Leader Lan Palace

Chapter 2483 Eight Volumes 8 Alive But Already Dead
Nala smiled satisfied, "You still know to come to Ben Gong for help, then you are not confused to the end."

The nobleman Xiang raised his head suddenly, his eyes were shining brightly, "The imperial concubine Ling has been the favorite of all these years, and she has long been a public enemy in the harem! Because of her, her child alone will almost catch up with all the children in the harem. There are too many children born together! As long as there is her in this harem, there will be no way for others to survive!"

"She is a lowly maidservant with the Han surname of Xin Zheku, and she is even more arrogant, and now she has climbed to the high position of noble concubine, directly threatening the majesty of your middle palace, master and empress, and trampling everyone else under her feet." Go... What's even more frightening is that she is no longer young, but the emperor still hasn't treated her that freshly."

Xianggui closed her eyes in despair as she spoke, "...it is said that in the harem, only newcomers are heard laughing, but old ones are not crying. But the emperor's freshness towards her has lasted for more than 20 years. My mistress Don't you think this is too scary?"

"There is such a person in the harem, not to mention that the concubine has no hope of being favored, even the master and empress..."

Nala frowned and reprimanded lightly, "Presumptuous!"

Mr. Xianggui didn't dare to say any more, and cried bitterly on the ground, "I did something stupid today, but I didn't do it for my own selfishness... After all, I have no favor and no children, even if I hate her It’s not that I have to be at odds with her; this concubine does this for the sake of the entire harem, and also for the sake of you, the master!”

Mrs. Xiang kept on doing nothing, and simply raised her eyes and cried, "No one in the harem knows that the master and empress hate the imperial concubine Ling the most! It is said in the harem that if you want to get the favor of the empress, you only need to do one thing." If it’s not easy to get rid of Concubine Ling, it’s the same to get rid of Brother Fifteen!”

"Empress Empress... I know that I have no favors and no children. Now that the emperor is getting older, I think that if I want to live smoothly in this palace in the future, if I still want to protect my mother's family, You can only serve your master and empress, and you can only pin all your hopes on the body of our only direct son, Twelve Elder Brothers~~"

Knowing Xianggui's words, Nala could only listen to two points and give eight points, but no matter what, at least it sounded pleasing to the ear.

Nala said with a smile, "Listen to what you mean, you instigated Bagong to preside over the matter of plotting against the fifteenth elder brother, are you still doing it for our mother and son?"

At this moment, Mr. Xianggui doesn't care about the words "speaking big and not ashamed". He only cares about his life, so he is willing to say anything.

"This concubine is exactly like this... I also ask the master and empress to learn from me, and ask the master and empress to take care of me..."
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Nala's giggled and sneered.

"Don't speak dark words in front of the wise, you've already talked about it, and I don't need to be sloppy with you."

Nala sat upright, raised his chin, and displayed the majesty of the middle palace.

"This palace is the one that has been displeased to the noble concubine for more than 20 years! This is the harem of the Qing Dynasty, and it is the world of our Manchu family. She is a lowly maid with the Han surname of Xin Zheku, and she should only be a slave! Even if she can be selected to enter the palace, even if she has a child, it is already the limit to be named a concubine! But fortunately, she was already concubine eight years before the birth of her first child! Now, she has become a concubine. In this harem, the only imperial concubine under this palace!"

"What is this? What is this? How can the rules of the harem of the Qing Dynasty be messed up like this by herself?! It was Empress Xiaoxian who was so-called the only favorite of Lord Shunzhi back then, and she was also the princess of the noble family of Manchuria Never before has any woman with the Han surname of Xinzheku been able to ascend to such a high position!"

Listening to Nala's roar, Xianggui finally let go of half of his heart.

The queen really hated Concubine Ling to the bottom of her heart, and she begged the queen about this matter today, which means she has worshiped the right mountain gate.

But Nala's yelling was enough, he sighed, and turned to stare at Mrs. Xianggui, "But then again, it's true that I hate her, but it's not enough to be blinded. I can't see that you are acting in front of Bengong's eyes!"

"You have no favor and no children. On the surface, it seems that you will not make trouble with Concubine Ling for your own sake... So I believe that there is someone behind you. It's just that I don't think that I am that person. "

Nala raised her eyes slightly, "Master Xiang, your words have reached such a point that your life is in your own hands! Whether you want to die or live depends on whether you are willing to tell the truth to me !"

"If you say what I said just now sounds like I'm pleasing to the ear, but it's just a perfunctory word for me, then don't blame me for handling it impartially. I'll just hand you over to the palace supervisor, and wait for the emperor to deal with it!"

Xianggui was startled, the half of his heart that had just let go suddenly raised his arms again high.

"My lord, please forgive me..."

Nala sneered triumphantly, "If you want to survive, you have to bite out the person behind you for me!"
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At this moment, nobleman Xiang only wants to protect himself, knowing that it is not enough to hide the truth from the queen by using the conflict between the queen and concubine Ling. If she does not tell the truth, today's hurdle will not be overcome.She hesitated again and again, but still confessed to Mian De's mother, Ilari.

"Yilari?" Nala sneered several times as she patted Kang Yan'er, "She alone dares to rely on Mian De to get involved in the affairs of this palace! What did Yong Huang do back then?" Being reprimanded by the emperor and deprived of the qualification to inherit the great treasure, she, who is a Fujin, is completely forgotten!"

"I don't understand what her head is thinking. How can she think that her husband is no longer qualified to inherit the great treasure, and the emperor may ask her son to obtain this qualification again?!"

Nala smiled angrily, patted the table and bent down laughing, "Oh, this is ridiculous and pitiful. Yes, after all, the widow is unemployed, so she just sits and watches the sky and puts all her thoughts on it." It’s all about the son. If you really think that Mian De is the eldest grandson of the emperor, and he inherited the title of prince early on, then anything is possible... Oh, it’s so ridiculous."

Nalashi laughed enough, pointed at Xianggui and said, "You are so stupid, you are willing to believe in her wild dream, and you are willing to help her to do such a stupid thing together!"

Xianggui bit his lips, "...After all, in the previous Ming Dynasty, Ming Taizu also established the eldest grandson of the emperor directly after the death of the eldest son of the emperor, and passed on his position to the grandson of the emperor. Besides, this time At that time, the Li Dynasty also did the same thing, setting up grandsons."

"One is the former Ming Dynasty, and the other is our vassal state of the Qing Dynasty. Thanks to you, you still brought up their affairs. I don't know how shameless you are! I won't talk about the vassal state of Li Chao who claimed vassal and paid tribute. Let’s just talk about the previous Ming Dynasty, what happened to the emperor’s grandson, Emperor Jianwen, have you forgotten?”

Mr. Xianggui was also speechless, biting his lip, looking like a man with a knife.

Nalashi rolled her eyes at Mr. Xiang, and asked slowly, "Since it's Ilarishi, what's the matter, she also has the idea of ​​getting rid of Brother Fifteen? What's the matter, is it in her and your hearts that it's just now Why is it that the fifteenth elder brother who was born on the fourth birthday has become the most likely heir apparent in your minds?"

Nala's mentality at this moment is also somewhat contradictory.

Although a mother naturally doesn't want her son to be plotted against, but when she thinks that Yonghuang's Fujin is not the only son born by herself who is the first to plot against, she feels a little uncomfortable.

Xianggui respected Nala's words, so he immediately denied it, "Master, don't misunderstand, no matter whether it is Prince Ding'an Fujin or the concubine, I have never thought that the fifteen elder brothers are more valuable than the twelve elder brothers! In fact, this time, although the concubine took revenge on the Concubine Ling for her contempt, Prince Ding'an Fujin did not plan on Concubine Ling..."

"Then who is she drawing?" Nala's eyes narrowed.

Xianggui lowered his eyes sadly, "Yes, it's Concubine Yu and fifth elder brother mother and son."

"Oh?" Nala's expression brightened, "Tell me more about it!"

Mr. Xianggui has no chance to hide any more, so he poured beans out of the bamboo tube and said everything.

"...Prince Ding'an Fujin and Brother Miande's mother and son are not reconciled to the death of elder brother Miande Fujin. They have been investigating secretly for a year. The concubine listened to what Prince Ding'an Fujin wanted, and they The suspicion is on the fifth elder brother's head. Therefore, this time, we can take the opportunity to blame Concubine Yu and fifth elder brother for this matter, and also just to avenge Brother Mian De's Fujin!"

After hearing this, Nala couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips, "So that's how it is! Alright, this time, I will protect you! Tell me in detail, how do you plan to rely on Concubine Yu and Yongqi? If there are omissions in your plans, I will help you make up for them."

Xianggui finally heaved a sigh of relief, and regardless of his status, he kowtowed to Nala Shi.

I thought that all the dark clouds above my head had dispersed, and I could escape safely this time, but I didn't expect that before she could explain to Nalashi in detail, there would be a sudden voice of praise from outside, "The emperor's decree is——"

Mr. Nala and Mr. Xiang were startled, they looked at each other, they didn't dare to be negligent, they hurriedly straightened their clothes and went out to kneel down to welcome the imperial decree.

Mao Tuan'er recited the imperial decree aloftly, "...receive the items of the auspicious nobleman, hereby."
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During the two days of November 26th and 27th, the emperor was obviously fasting, but news from the harem spread quickly and frequently.

The Winter Solstice Festival is the most important ceremony that the emperor will visit in person during the year. In previous years, the emperor would usually put aside all mundane matters and concentrate on fasting in the fasting palace to express his respect to heaven.

Well, this year, the emperor has to deal with matters in the harem in these few days, so it shouldn't be that the emperor is disrespectful to heaven; it can only be said that in the emperor's mind, these few harem matters are no more important than the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. Go easy.

Yurui hurried in from the outside and told Wanxi the news that Mao Tuan'er had delivered the decree in Xianggui's palace.

Wanxi was also taken aback, and frowned slightly, "Accept the nobleman's belongings? What did you collect?"

Yurui handed over a list copied back from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Wanxi looked at it, and her complexion also changed.

I saw that the items listed on that list were unexpectedly long.

The gold and silver jewelry includes: one double-faced phoenix hairpin with golden silk, two plum-like hairpins with golden silk, one silver-plated blessing and longevity hairpin, one silver-plated lotus hairpin, a pair of silver-plated auspicious celebration hairpins, and a silver-plated water chestnut. A pair of flowers and knots, a total of dozens of pieces.

Not counting these big and neat ones, there are also some odds and ends in the list: six gold-encrusted rice beads, one ruby, one ring, five gold-encrusted turquoise, one rice bead, and one ring; A packet of shredded gold...

Wanxi couldn't help raising her eyes, "This is to collect all the gold and silverware in Mr. Xiang's hands, and not even keep any bits and pieces?"

Yu Rui nodded, "Not only are the bits and pieces not kept, but the emperor even ordered to melt all these gold and silver wares directly!"

Wanxi was startled.

Look at the emperor's posture of collecting things, it's almost the same way to give to the dead.It was all cleaned up and melted down, which means that Mr. Xianggui didn't leave anything in his hands.

Gold and silver items were also melted, and Dai Jiashi took it back and melted it after death, but Mr. Xianggui is still alive... so there is not even a little scum left.

But these things are not all on the list.When Wanxi looked down, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly.

"...The next thing to take back is Mr. Xianggui's clothes."

Among these clothes are: a gold and silver blouse embroidered with multicolored green satin and golden dragon, a squirrel cloak with bright yellow satin, a squirrel jacket embroidered with six groups of Kuilong and water squirrels in stone blue satin, and a golden dragon embroidered with green gauze. There is a single sweater, etc... From the regulations on these clothes, all the dresses and auspicious clothes that mark the status of Xianggui have been taken back.

That's not enough, even "cloth heads" are included in the list.

These "cloth heads" include: 31 embroidered pieces for embroidering small purses, eleven pairs of brows for embroidering cloaks, a piece of white raw yarn two feet long and one foot long, a piece of hang thin and long thin silk with a length of three feet two feet long A piece of apricot yellow satin measuring one foot by one foot was less than one piece, so they were all taken back together.

This means that apart from gold and silverware, not even clothing or even cloth is left behind.

Wanxi raised her eyebrows, "Look, among the belongings of Mrs. Xiang, there is apricot yellow satin that should not be used in her position, let alone a bright yellow satin cloak... After all, it is the first one. Coming from Erutt, the emperor has treated her favorably. However, she is not satisfied, and she has been deposed once but has no long memory, and she has finally fallen to where she is today."

"She wants to lose her fortune and life, who can stop her?" Yu Rui snorted softly, "It's winter, the emperor doesn't even leave clothes and fabrics. If it were me, I would really die gone."

Wanxi sighed softly, "According to the method of collecting things, the emperor is not just trying to degrade her, but in the emperor's heart, he has already regarded her as a dead person."

Yu Rui nodded, "Even though the emperor has not given her death, she is no longer a living person in the emperor's heart."

Wanxi put the list on the kang table, feeling a little mixed in her heart.

Over the years, I have personally watched the emperor treat all kinds of things in the harem, but to be honest, I have never seen the emperor be so cruel.

——The heaviest punishment in this world is not the death penalty, but life is worse than death.

It is still a felony for a concubine to kill herself. After depriving this person of everything, she will not be allowed to die; and in order to avoid implicating her mother's family, she can only live in the boundless sea of ​​​​suffering, not even daring to die.

This is the emperor, he is not even given the right to escape from the sea of ​​suffering after death.

Yurui stepped forward and took Wanxi's hand, "The emperor really hates this nobleman so much this time. How strong this hatred is is how much he feels sorry for our fifteenth elder brother... Sister, you can relax." Take it easy, take it easy."

Wanxi nodded, "Fortunately, Yuanzi is fine this time. In the future, let's just watch how this person lives rather than die, and suffers day by day."
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In Xiangguiren's Palace, since he came to deliver the imperial decree, Concubine Ying, Wu Changzai and other concubines came out to greet her on their knees.

In front of Concubine Ying and Wu Changzai, Mrs. Xiang collapsed to the ground after hearing the order.

Mao Tuan'er sneered, and after passing the decree, he took the people from the respect room straight to Mr. Xianggui's bedroom, and brought the bottom file to collect things.That posture is exactly the same as ransacking the criminal's home.

Mr. Xiang grabbed Nala's arm and cried bitterly, "Empress Empress, you stop them for me! I beseech Empress Empress to take care of me. Didn't Empress Empress agree to become my concubine... How could the emperor treat me like this? , how could this be so!"

Nala was also disgraced by this sudden order.Then he raised his voice and shouted at Mao Tuan'er, "Stop! I am still here, you are not allowed to act without authorization! I still have something to ask, and I will go back when I ask clearly. After discussing with the emperor, we will make a decision!"

Mao Tuan'er looked at the queen with a smile, and knelt down to pay respects according to the rules, but he held up the imperial decree, "Return to the queen, master, the emperor's decree is hereby. The emperor has made a decision, and the slaves can only follow the decree." .”

"Besides, the emperor is fasting in the fasting palace at the moment, and it is not convenient for the queen's master to meet the emperor in the past few days. Therefore, the emperor's decree today, the queen's master is afraid that it will take a few days before he can see the emperor. We have to act according to the imperial decree first.”

Nala's face was red and white, but he couldn't say anything.

Mao Tuan'er fell to the ground and kowtowed, "Your apology." Then he got up, regardless of Nala's expression, and led the people in to collect the goods.

Concubine Ying watched from the side, finally she could breathe a sigh of relief and smiled softly.

Originally, Concubine Ying was in a hurry when the Empress came to talk to Mrs. Xiang alone, but she couldn't get Nala's call, after all, it was inconvenient for her to listen to what those two people were saying.Concubine Ying was always worried that Nala would take advantage of this matter to mix in bad water, which would be detrimental to Wanxi.

At this moment, the emperor's decree came suddenly, but it completely dispersed Nala and Xianggui.Seeing how Nalashi and nobleman Xiang are like, Concubine Ying also guessed that the two of them were completely defenseless.Then she can rest assured.
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The night is gloomy, and the red light is like blood.

The people brought by Mao Tuan'er himself were all nimble, and they had already searched the boxes and chests in a short time. They packed up all the valuable gold and silver jewelry and clothes in Xiangguiren's palace, sealed the boxes and placed them in the courtyard. .

Xianggui was in pain as if his body had been cut off, crying and running up, reaching out to touch those precious things again, as if he wanted to stay warm for the last time in this cold winter.

Mao Tuan'er stood quietly in the night, and ordered coldly, "Stop Mr. Xianggui...ah no, this slave is wrong, he is no longer Mr. Xianggui, he should call 'Little Master Xiang'~~ Take the box away without delay Already!"

Xianggui was startled, and raised his head to stare at Mao Tuaner, "What did you say? Say it again! What do you mean I am not Xianggui, so what am I now, ah?"

In this harem, even the nobles are the "Masters of the Qianqing Palace", so only women who are always present, promised, and who have been selected to learn the rules and have not yet been formally conferred can be called "little masters".Mr. Xianggui was originally a dignitary, and he was a dignified inner court master, so he should be called "Master Xiang".

But now that Mao Tuan'er is called "Xiang Xiaozhu", it means that she has been demoted.

"...Is it the permanent presence? I was demoted by the emperor to the permanent presence again?"

Although Mrs. Xianggui felt uncomfortable, there was still a layer of reliance in her heart: After all, it wasn't that she hadn't been demoted to be a permanent presence, and she was restored later?Then she was not so afraid.

Mao Tuan'er laughed, walked closer to Mr. Xianggui, and said in a low voice, "If the young master Xiang is just degrading to be a permanent presence, then your belongings will be temporarily taken back by the respect room and stored in the warehouse, why not?" As for the emperor's decree to melt the little master's gold and silver jewelry according to the rules of the dead?"

Mr. Xianggui was startled, and took three steps back, "Then tell me, me, what am I now?"

Mao Tuan'er sighed, "Actually, the emperor didn't say what the little master is at this moment. The slave has the right to guess, since the gold and silver items have been melted, then he is no longer here... The slave For the time being, let’s call the little master “promise.”

"I think, at least this month, the emperor just ordered the Western Regions and Xinjiang to be included in the "Unified Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty", just to promise that the mother's family will have meritorious service in the imperial court, and the emperor will not even have the lowest promised position. You don’t leave it to the little master, do you?”

Xianggui's eyes were gray, and he backed away in a daze, "Yes, yes? I have been in the palace for 11 years, and I only got a yes in the end?"

Mao Tuan'er smiled, "By the way, the emperor still has an order, saying that since the young master and the eighth princess have always been close, and the eighth princess's biological mother has just passed away, there is no one to take care of her. The concubine Ying has to take care of the whole family. The affairs of the Palace of Jubilee can be indistinguishable, so the emperor asked Master Xiang to move out of the Palace of Yanxi Palace and move into the Xianfu Palace where Concubine Xin and the Eighth Princess lived alone."

As Mao Tuan'er said, he still obeyed the palace rules and slapped Qian'er with one leg, "Xiang promised empress, this servant will leave."

Xiang promised his legs to go limp, and he almost sat on the ground paralyzed.

The Xianfu Palace where Dai Jia lived... That was the place where Dai Jia was moved in by the emperor alone after giving birth to the eighth princess.It seems that Dai Jia's mother and daughter live alone in the first palace, but in fact it is not to hide the secret of the eighth princess?
That Xianfu Palace is the Leng Palace!

She was not reconciled, but when she looked back at her bedroom...it was all emptied, emptied.She didn't even keep anything of value, and even took away some expensive clothes.Then if she doesn't move to Xianfu Palace, what's the difference between this empty room with four walls and the Leng Palace?
(End of this chapter)