Queen's scheming

Chapter 166 Calculation ([-])

"The Empress Dowager is here!" The inner eunuch's shrill voice sounded, and Tang Aoxue looked at Shen Qingyi with a smile on her face.If there is anyone in this palace who can restrain Shen Qingyi, it is only the Empress Dowager.

Shen Qingyi greeted the Empress Dowager calmly, helped the Empress Dowager to sit on the first seat, and a court lady brought an armchair surrounded by bright and yellow embroidery upholstery, and placed it beside the Empress Dowager.

Shen Qingyi did not dare to take her seat, but with the support of the maid, she knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager, and said dignifiedly: "The Empress Dowager is coming to Ningsu Palace, and the concubines are really terrified. In such weather, your mother will always suffer from rheumatism. , so let the Queen Mother come to Ningsu Palace in person, no matter what the reason is, it is the concubine's fault, the concubine listens to the teachings!"

When the Empress Dowager heard this, the original three-point aura lost two points, and she quickly scolded the nurse beside her and said: "Hurry up and help the Empress up, now the Empress is pregnant, it is just the first three months, The fetus has not yet sat firmly, so what should I do if I kneel down to do something good?"

Tang Aoxue cast a disdainful glance at Shen Qingyi from the bottom. The top was covered with such a thick carpet of magenta birds and phoenixes, and it was surrounded by two big smoked cages. Kneeling on it was equivalent to kneeling on a brocade quilt. It's cold, the queen mother is clearly partial.

What Tang Aoxue didn't know was that she lost five points just because of Shen Qingyi's kneeling. Shen Qingyi cared about the Queen Mother's body, even if Tang Aoxue pointed her nose and scolded her like this, she didn't dare to disturb the Queen Mother, but Tang Aoxue was different. After entering the palace, Shen Qingyi knew that Tang Aoxue must have invited the queen mother or the emperor, otherwise Tang Aoxue, who was as proud as a peacock, would not have given her a well-behaved gift. Mi Yurou, a concubine, practiced standard etiquette, but it was always perfunctory in the past few days.

In order to deal a fatal blow to Shen Qingyi, Tang Aoxue specially invited the queen mother. She didn't care whether the queen mother could bear it in such weather, she only cared whether the queen mother could be her help and restrain Shen Qingyi.It is so easy to have such a good witness and material evidence, she must make the best use of it.

Shen Qingyi didn't refuse, and generously took the hand of the mother, got up and sat down in front of the queen mother, gently pushed the armholes up, revealing her shiny wrists, rubbed her knees for the queen mother, and let the queen mother The maid brought two hand stoves and placed them on both sides of the Empress Dowager's knees.

The Empress Dowager's heart was completely softened at this time, she had no daughter under her knees, even Mi Yurou was not very close to her because of her status as a concubine, only Shen Qingyi entered the palace because she lost her mother since childhood. Afterwards, I often stick to my side.

"You rest well, take care of your body, and it is serious to give birth to Ai's little grandson. Some of these things are done by people." The queen mother patted Shen Qingyi's Rou Yi lovingly and said.

Shen Qingyi rubbed it lightly, and replied in a warm voice: "It was made by others, where is the thought of a concubine? These two hand stoves were originally reserved for the mother, and they were mixed with wormwood. Warming."

Tang Aoxue saw her mother's kind and filial appearance, secretly gritted her teeth, stepped forward and said: "I implore the Queen Mother to be the master for my concubine!"

Tang Aoxue's cold voice interrupted the scene of warmth, and the queen mother remembered the purpose of coming today, she restrained her expression, and said: "The Ai family has also listened to your words just now, and they probably understand it. No matter what, Concubine Xue, it’s your fault that you are wearing white clothes today, insulting the empress is such an absurd thing, the Ai family can’t believe that you did it!”

The Empress Dowager's tone contained reproach. Tang Aoxue was dressed in white and pretended to be weak. It was an idea given by others. It was originally effective, and the concubines of the six palaces also stood by her side. It's a pity that she was turned around by Shen Qingyi's few words , regained his usual indifference and arrogance, and now he has become his own handle.And she doesn't have a long memory. Not everyone can wear the white lotus skirt. She hasn't remembered the lesson from the song "Ai Lian Shuo" last time!
Tang Aoxue was angry, but there was nothing she could do about it. This was indeed inconsistent with the palace rules. She was too eager for quick success, so she wanted to take Shen Qingyi down in one fell swoop. The sympathy of all.

Being under the eaves, she had to bow her head. In order to deal a heavy blow to Shen Qingyi in the future, Tang Aoxue could only admit her mistakes at this time, so that her sins could be exposed quickly. The highlight was Shen Qingyi.

"The concubine is guilty, and she was really confused by the empress, so she sat down on such an outrageous matter. The concubine dare not ask the queen mother for forgiveness, and ask the queen mother to deal with it according to the palace rules!" Tang Aoxue thought, as long as the queen mother Deal with her according to the rules first, and later Shen Qingyi's faults must also be dealt with according to the palace rules in order to convince the public. Such "throwing bricks to attract jade", Tang Aoxue was happy to accept the punishment.

Seeing that Tang Aoxue's confession was quite sincere, the queen mother nodded in satisfaction, looked at Mi Yuju and said, "Imperial Concubine Duanjing, you are the most familiar with the palace rules, so let's deal with it!"

Mi Yurou deliberated for a while, and finally said: "Queen Dowager, the concubine thinks it's better to let Concubine Xue explain why she did this, and it won't be too late to deal with it. If you punish it hastily without checking it out, it will be difficult to convince the sisters in the palace."

Shen Qingyi lowered her head and smiled, the best thing about Mi Yurou was her thoughtfulness, it was really difficult for Tang Aoxue to get a bargain here.

The Empress Dowager heard that Mi Yurou's words were reasonable, and said: "Since that's the case, Concubine Xue, you should make it clear, and I will make a decision after the Ai Family!" The Empress Dowager thought simply, at most it was just to punish a court lady, Shen Qingyi is now pregnant with an imperial heir , how could it not involve her head, even if this maid is Shen Qingyi's close body so what.

Tang Aoxue finally got the chance, glanced coldly at Yu Lian who was being supported, and said coldly: "The first-class maid in front of the Empress, the maid in charge of Ningsu Palace, visited Zhaoyang Palace last night, and was taken by the concubine palace. The guards caught her, and even found such things in her clothes!"

Tang Aoxue pointed to the small medicine bag in the small huanghuali wooden tray carried by the little maid beside her and said: "The imperial doctor identified that this medicine is not something else, but it is commonly used in brothels, and it is something that can make men and women fall in love!"

"What?" The queen mother was shocked, she didn't expect this to happen, she got the news that Shen Qingyi's court lady was captured by Tang Aoxue, the queen mother thought it was Li Tianyou staying overnight in Zhaoyang Palace, which made Shen Qingyi unhappy, that At most, the court ladies were sent by Shen Qingyi to Zhaoyang Palace to vent their anger, but the Queen Mother did not expect such a thing to appear in the palace!

This made the Queen Mother sober up immediately. No matter how close a daughter-in-law is, she can't kiss her son. Although Li Tianyou is not her own, she has been raised by her side for many years after all. Shen Qingyi found it close to the body of the maid, how could the Queen Mother not be angry!
(End of this chapter)