Detecting fragrance and ugly concubine

170: Kneeling Washboard

The Empress Dowager ignored Zhenliang's turbulent and resentful eyes, stared at Nangong Lie closely and waited for his answer to punish Zhenliang.

Obviously, she had heard from nowhere that after Concubine Liang returned to the palace that time, the emperor just let her kneel for half an hour, and then not only took her to enjoy the sour plum duck, but also gave her the gift of turning on the lights at night .

In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, how could these actions be punishment?It was clearly the best kind of grace, and her unlucky young son was responsible for all the crimes.

Therefore, unless the emperor can allow Nangong Yu to enter the palace today, she will ask the emperor to make up for the punishment that should be given to Zhenliang, and that punishment must pass her level first.

Nangong Lie lowered his eyes and remained silent, as if he was thinking about how to punish Zhenliang, and also seemed to be thinking about how to deal with the Queen Mother, or he was not going to answer the Queen Mother's question at all.

After all, in this imperial palace, he doesn't care if other people make irresponsible remarks, he has the right to decide whether his woman is alive or dead, good or bad, and the punishment he gave Nangong Yu is really very light. The queen mother should understand better than anyone else, but instead of being dissatisfied, she even came to care about him. It can only be said that in her eyes, he has never been her own son.

At this moment, Zhenliang hated the Queen Mother's insidiousness and cunning, and would rather offend Nangong Lie than make the Queen Mother feel better. After turning his head quickly, before Nangong Lie reacted, he covered his eyes with his hands and kneaded. He said, and began to pretend to cry "woo woo woo".

Although she didn't shed a single tear, Masuzu thought that her sadness was well controlled, and she successfully destroyed the original dignified atmosphere.

In the eyes of the queen mother, Zhenliang is a savage and cunning girl, not cowardly and well-behaved. Seeing her crying like this now, she couldn't believe her eyes and ears.

Nangonglie glanced at Zhenliang coldly, and could clearly see that the corners of her eyes were not wet, obviously she was crying fakely.

In fact, he has already thought of a countermeasure, but since this little woman also has a countermeasure, he might as well see, whose countermeasure is better?

As everyone knows, soon, Nangong Lie will regret his hasty decision, and even more agree that if women are disasters, it is because of his connivance that he is used and ridiculed by this woman.

The queen mother couldn't see anyone crying in front of her. Seeing Zhenliang crying like it was endless, she couldn't help annoyed and said angrily, "Well, why are you crying?"

Hearing Zhenliang's intermittent crying, Nangong Lie actually felt that she was singing, and had an urge to burst out laughing, but seeing the empress dowager's ruthless face, all his moods were destroyed, only more so Looking forward eagerly, what kind of medicine is this little woman selling in her gourd?

What Zhenliang was waiting for was the kind of words that the Empress Dowager was concerned about, and slowly stopped crying, first glanced at Nangong Lie sadly, and then sobbed, "Hasn't the Empress Dowager heard how the emperor is so cruel?" Punish the concubine? Hmm? If the concubine can exchange punishment with the third prince, such as not being allowed to leave the Qiongyu Palace for three months, the concubine must think that the punishment she receives is light! It’s a pity that the third prince is still the third Your lord, this concubine is still a concubine! Even though the emperor severely punished this concubine, this concubine knew that it was what she deserved after committing a big mistake. The concubine was convinced, but thought that she would continue to suffer like that. I am so regretful about leaving the palace that day! If I can choose again, my concubines will never harm others or themselves."

Seeing that Zhenliang had talked for a long time but didn't get to the point, the queen mother stared at her impatiently, as if she would be rude to her if she dared to talk nonsense.

Zhenliang was trying to make her angry with her. Seeing that the time was almost up, she glanced at Nangong Lie with both sad and affectionate eyes, and replied shyly, "Maybe the empress dowager heard that the second day when the concubine came back from the palace, the emperor He punished the concubine to kneel for half an hour, and then took the concubine to eat sour plum duck. At night, he asked the concubine to turn on the light to serve the bed. As everyone knows, this is just a superficial phenomenon. That day in the imperial study, the concubine was kneeling Washboard."

"Kneeling on the washboard?" The queen mother's eyes widened, and she looked at Nangong Lie in disbelief. She really couldn't believe that this kind of trick to toss women could come from this incomprehensible son.

Although there is no such thing as kneeling on the washboard in Daxin Kingdom, the Empress Dowager can also imagine how painful it would be for a woman with delicate skin and tender flesh to kneel on the washboard.

While the Empress Dowager looked at Nangong Lie, Zhenliang also looked at Nangong Lie with the corners of her mouth twitching. The former was shocked and unbelievable, while the latter was provocative and protesting.

Zhen Liang couldn't figure out Nangong Lie's thoughts, whether he would expose herself, if he exposed herself, then she would inevitably be punished twice, and if he didn't expose herself, then she might not be punished.

This is just a gamble of choice, Zhenliang bets that Nangong Lie will not expose herself, because she can more and more feel that the Queen Mother does not like Nangong Lie's son, and Nangong Lie respects the Queen Mother, but is also extremely dissatisfied Hi, therefore, she bet that Nangong Lie didn't dislike her as much as the Queen Mother.

No one saw that when Zhenliang said the word washboard, the corners of Nangong Lie's mouth twitched violently.

At this moment, the Queen Mother asked him for confirmation with his eyes. Although he wanted to deny it, but, by a strange coincidence, he lowered his eyes to avoid the Queen Mother's direct gaze, and indirectly admitted in this way.

The queen mother gasped, feeling that she really didn't know enough about this son.

Under the direction of the Queen Mother's eyes, Zhenliang continued knowingly, "After kneeling on the washboard, the concubine accidentally fell down because of her knee pain, and the emperor said that the concubine deserved what she deserved, and no one was allowed to help her. After the concubine got up from the ground, the emperor carried the concubine to the poetry wine garden to eat sour plum duck. Stomach of the night."

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but chuckle, as if countless "should" words were written on her face.

Whether it was Zhenliang's unlucky stomachache, or the emperor's tampering with the sour plum duck, the queen mother felt that Zhenliang deserved it.

"Turning on the lights after dark sounds like an amnesty and a gift. In fact, that night, only the concubine guarded the vacant room alone. How could there be the emperor?" Mentioning that night's bedtime, Zhenliang stared quietly. Nangong Lie glanced at the empress dowager, but it was full of resentment, "The empress dowager doesn't know, since that night, the emperor has punished his concubines not to sleep for six months, woo woo woo... Although this matter It has not been spread to others, but it is an unwritten agreement between the emperor and his concubines, woo woo woo... The queen mother is also a woman, so she should understand how painful such a punishment is."

"You... this..." The Queen Mother didn't expect that the punishment in Zhenliang's mouth would change its tone in the end. She was thick-skinned and cruel, and her old face turned red for a while.

And Zhenliang said these words in front of Nangong Lie, since Nangong Lie has not refuted, the queen mother will not suspect that Zhenliang is just talking, so she completely believes that it is true.

To put it plainly, the matter of serving the bed is a matter between men and women. The Empress Dowager is also young, so she naturally understands what it is like, and it is about face. Things are much lighter, so I can only complain, "Your Majesty, you should take care of those pampered women, dare to do anything, dare to say anything, this is not a slap in the face of the mourning family, but Slap the emperor in the face!"

Zhenliang glanced at Nangong Lie quietly, and found that his face was more gloomy and terrifying than she expected, and there was a strange tranquility before the storm. Fortunately, he kept pressing his thin lips tightly and did not expose her Masuzu gradually became convinced that he would not settle accounts with her in front of the Queen Mother.

This gamble, she won.

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely embarrassing, none of the three people left or spoke, they all had their own thoughts, among which Zhenliang's thoughts were the most obvious, so she raised her head to look at Nangong Lie for a while, and the Queen Mother for a while , but the more I look at it, the more I feel uncomfortable.

I heard that the queen mother gave birth to two sons in total, one Nangong Lie and one Nangong Yu, but Zhenliang could clearly feel that the queen mother's attitude towards the two sons was completely different, treating the youngest son Nangong Yu like a doting son A loving mother has a gratifying smile on her face, but when she treats her eldest son, she never smiles, and she has to hide her needles when she speaks, even a little mean and ungrateful, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Perhaps in order to cultivate Nangong Lie to become the emperor, the Queen Mother has been strict with him since he was a child, so he has formed a habit?

It makes sense to think like this, but it's the first time that Zhenliang feels distressed for Nangong Lie. With such a mother who has never been soft-spoken, she doesn't get compliments, and most of what she gets is scolding and accusations. How can I feel better?Perhaps, he is so cold and aloof and not good at getting along with others, so he has something to do with the Queen Mother.

Just when Zhenliang was thinking in full swing, the queen mother said: "Wu'er, that girl Aijia has always liked, and was originally going to let the emperor point it out to Yuer, but that girl wanted to marry the emperor wholeheartedly. She talked with her a few times, and seeing that her mind has been made up, she can only follow her way, Your Majesty, how about making her a fourth-rank concubine Xuan?"

Nangong Lie withdrew his gloomy expression, and said in a respectful and cold voice, "I have no objection to my mother's arrangements."

The content of the chat between the queen mother and the emperor should be regarded as extremely personal, but she said it in front of Zhenliang without any concealment, which not only made her understand that the woman named Wu'er was infatuated with Nangong Lie, but also made her understand that the queen mother I like Wu'er very much, and I can guarantee that the two of them will be equal in the future.

Zhenliang guessed silently that the queen mother deliberately let her hear these words, or she didn't pay attention to her existence at all, or she deliberately angered her and stimulated her, right?