The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 123
When the imperial concubine heard the words, she opened her mouth and wanted to refute, but found that what Li Sister-in-law said was the truth, she had no way to refute, and finally just closed her mouth unwillingly.

Seeing this, Li Sister-in-law showed a deep meaning in her smile, but she didn't speak any more, and just followed the imperial concubine's footsteps to Chengfu Hall.

After entering the Chengfu Hall, the ministers ordered their daughters and noble daughters to salute the imperial concubine and Li Sister-in-law one after another. The imperial concubine ordered everyone to avoid the ceremony, so she let go of Li Sister-in-law's hand and said, "You have a noble lady whom you have befriended. , I won’t leave you by my side, you can go as you please!”

In fact, when Li Meiying entered the palace, she saw Li Xueshang, Mu Jinglian, and Guo Mengzhen. If the imperial concubine asked her to speak, she obediently bowed and went to where Li Xueshang and others were.

Li Xueshang and others first saluted Li Meiying, and then the four of them sat down around the table. Li Meiying looked at Li Xueshang, who was ruddy and happy in her eyes, and said happily: "Xueshang, it seems Your married life is very happy, and I am happy for you."

As soon as Li Meizhen finished speaking, Guo Mengzhen excitedly said: "Princess, Xueshang is pregnant. As soon as we met today, she told me the good news, and I'm waiting for you to come and share it with me!"

When Li Meizhen heard the words, she first showed a look of astonishment, and then the astonishment was replaced by joy. She held Li Xueshang's hand and reconfirmed: "What Mengzhen said is true, are you really pregnant?"

After all, Li Xueshang was young, and it was not long after marriage. Every time she mentioned the matter of pregnancy, she was extremely embarrassed. When she saw Li Sister-in-law asking, she lowered her eyes shyly and said softly: "Yesterday, when the doctor came to the house to take a pulse It was diagnosed just a month ago."

After receiving the confirmation letter from the master, Li Sister-in-law showed a more joyful smile: "This is a great joy, but the first three months of pregnancy are very important, you must be careful."

After hearing Li Sister's reminder, Li Xueshang smiled and said, "I will pay attention, Wen Yuan is also taking care of me very carefully, don't worry!"

Hearing this, Li Meiying felt relieved, and at this moment, a thunderstorm exploded, and Li Meiying realized that the outside of the hall was dark at some point, and suddenly the servants outside the hall sang and reported: "The emperor and empress have arrived. .”

Everyone hurriedly got up to greet them, and after Emperor Cheng let them go down without courtesy, everyone got up and returned to their original seats.Li Meizhen confessed a few words to Li Xueshang and others, and then returned to her seat.

Emperor Cheng looked at the sudden rainstorm outside the hall, sighed and said: "It's a pity that there is no bright moon to enjoy such a heavy rainstorm and dark clouds at night."

Empress Wu on the side glanced outside the hall, then smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty, according to my concubine, the rain fell at the right time. Our Daxin has been fighting for half a month in many places. This heavy rain has been a long time for the common people." The emperor should be happy about the sweet rain that came from hiding."

As soon as Empress Wu's voice fell, many ministers joined forces again and again. Li Sister-in-law even swept over those ministers who agreed, all of whom belonged to the Wu family. Seize military power.Thinking of this, Li Meiying's beautiful peach eyes looked at An Guogong, and then a malicious smile flashed in her eyes.

Wei Jinyang at the side had a panoramic view of Li Meiying's every move. Seeing the malicious expectation in her beautiful peach eyes, he hurriedly lowered his eyes to hide the smile in his eyes, and lamented in his heart that his I'm afraid that the uncle in name is going to be in bad luck.

Li Meizhen didn't know that Wei Jinyang next to her had already seen through her careful thoughts, while Zhong Yan, who was sitting opposite the two of them, was staring at Wei Jinyang thoughtfully.

Li Meizhen took her eyes away from An Guogong's face, and accidentally discovered that Zhong Yan was looking at her side, but that line of sight was not her own. She was slightly puzzled, followed Zhong Yan's line of sight, and finally fixed her eyes on him. Seeing the faint smile on Wei Jinyang's perfect profile, she couldn't help being a little confused, wondering why Zhong Yan looked at Wei Jinyang with probing eyes.

Wei Jinyang felt the gaze from his side, and the smile on the corner of his lips deepened. He calmly raised his eyes to look at Li Sister, and whispered jokingly: "Is there something on my face that made you stare at me like this?" face."

Wei Jinyang's behavior was so sudden that Li Sister-in-law panicked for a moment, she hurriedly moved her eyes away, and said in a disguised voice: "You are so strange, when did I see you, I'm so passionate." She said After finishing, he picked up the tea on the table and took a few sips.

Yunyu on the side saw all this, but pretended not to notice anything, but Qing'er carefully looked at Li Sister, then at Yunyu, and finally at Wei Jinyang, with an expression on his face. He looked puzzled.

Because of the Queen's words, Emperor Cheng's depression was relieved a little. He expected that the rainstorm would come and go quickly. Maybe half an hour later, the sky would clear up. As long as the sky cleared, it would naturally not affect the moon viewing at night. Thinking about it this way , he was completely relieved.

Seeing that Emperor Cheng was completely relieved, Empress Wu breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly winked at Minister An Guo. After receiving the hint, An Guogong understood, and nodded to Empress Wu not to worry, he had already arranged everything.

Empress Wu breathed a sigh of relief when she got the response, but she didn't know that this kind of eye interaction between her and An Guogong was under the control of Emperor Cheng, and Emperor Cheng just turned a blind eye to it. It is a fact that the eldest son made military achievements. He has always treated his subordinates fairly, and the Wu family will be rewarded for his meritorious deeds. It is a pity that it is so easy to take back the military power from Duke An. This time, I am afraid that he will have to return part of the power to Duke Ango. Here, Emperor Cheng felt extremely uncomfortable.

The banquet began in the increasingly heavy rain. Although the officials in the Chengfu Palace were smiling, they were faintly uneasy. I don't know if it was the oppression caused by the thunderstorm outside, or because this banquet would happen again. What's the matter?

Not long after the banquet started, Duke Ang couldn't sit still. He got up and walked to the middle of the hall, saying, "Your Majesty, when the dog suppressed the bandits in Miwu Peak, he seized more than a hundred altars of sweet-scented osmanthus wine from the bandits' lair. It is indeed the batch of tribute wine that was robbed three years ago, and the batch of wine has returned to Beijing under the personal escort of Quan Zi, and Quan Zi is waiting for the emperor's call to inquire at the side hall."

As soon as An Guogong said this, not only Chengdi showed surprise on his face, but Li Sister was also a little surprised, because the information she had in her hands was not that Wu Shaoyou had seized the stolen sweet-scented osmanthus wine and personally escorted it back. Beijing this news.

Generals who report their duties abroad are not allowed to return to Beijing at will if they have no will. The matter in Beijing suppressed the reward, and Empress Wu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, that batch of tribute wine is a treasure treasured by the late emperor for many years. It was originally given to the emperor of Lingxia Kingdom as a birthday gift, but it was snatched during the escort. Shaoyou finally helped the court vent his anger, and I hope the emperor will take Shaoyou's reckless return to Beijing lightly."

(End of this chapter)