The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 140

Faced with a cold nail, Zheng Yanniang closed her mouth tactfully, if it wasn't for the child in her belly, and for the future with Yunlang, she still didn't want to be Mrs. Wu Shao. supercilious.

The Wu family formed an in-law relationship with the royal merchant Zheng's family. With the financial support of the Zheng family, the business of the Anguo Duke's Mansion in various places has finally stabilized. Although it is still not profitable, at least it will no longer be squeezed out by some merchants.

Because the Zheng family contributed both financial resources and manpower, it was of great help to the Wu family, and Zheng Yanniang's life in the Wu family became much better. Sometimes Wu Haolong would send her back to the Zheng family to meet Zheng Yunjie.

In the blink of an eye, it was October, and the business of An Guogong's mansion in various places was gradually on the right track, and An Guogong was also thinking behind closed doors at home for more than a month. He really wanted to restore his power, so he let An Guogong's wife enter the palace to greet Empress Wu.

In the middle palace, all the concubines gathered together. Empress Wu casually discussed the harem matters with the imperial concubine, and her eyes turned to the concubine Wangui who was under the concubine Liang from time to time. Her mood was indescribably complicated. After Emperor Cheng gave Concubine Wangui the status, eight out of ten days she stayed in Concubine Wangui's bedroom. Empress Wu originally wanted to put the crime of deceiving the Lord on Concubine Wangui's head, but Emperor Cheng never did it for her. Concubine Wangui made an exception for what she did, which made her unable to grasp it for a while.

Of course, the most unbearable thing for Empress Wu is that this concubine Wangui is not an extremely beautiful woman, but she is skilled in medicine and has a special fragrance of medicine on her body. This is the same as Ruan Xueying, but she has the same body feeling Fragrance, can make a little medical girl get all the favor of the emperor, which is a great shame to Empress Wu.

Concubine Liang at the side quietly watched Empress Wu's every move. After realizing that Empress Wu was frequently paying attention to Concubine Wangui, she pursed her lips and smiled calmly, and took a sip from the teacup on the table. Tea, seemingly unintentionally, said to Concubine Wangui: "This phoenix hairpin on Wanmei's head is really unique, it must have been given to my sister by the emperor a few days ago!"

Regarding Concubine Liang's malicious question, Concubine Wan Gui's eyes flashed a slight disgust, but her expression was always indifferent: "Sister Liang Concubine really has good eyesight, this is indeed the hairpin given to me by the emperor a few days ago. .”

In the entire harem, only concubine Wangui dared to speak like this. She never called herself a concubine in front of Emperor Cheng, nor did she call herself a concubine when talking to concubines who were higher than herself, because Emperor Cheng liked her independence. With her unique personality, she is allowed to give her a license, so she doesn't have to call herself a concubine.

Concubine Liang met a nail that was neither soft nor hard with Concubine Wangui, her face was a little embarrassing, but from the corner of her eyes, she saw Empress Wu's eyes fixed on Concubine Wangui's phoenix hairpin, her face was as dark as the bottom of the pot. It seems that some gloat again.

The imperial concubine, who had been watching coldly, looked at Concubine Liang, then at Empress Wu, and finally her eyes were fixed on the hairpin on Concubine Wangui's head, and she said in a neutral tone: "Speaking of the hairpin For the style, Sister Wan has to thank Bengong, the style of this phoenix hairpin was personally selected by Bengong, the phoenix hairpin matches my sister's temperament very well, and I didn't help the emperor choose the wrong gift."

After hearing what the imperial concubine said, a slight smile appeared on Concubine Wan's indifferent face: "Sister imperial concubine, don't worry, I like Fengchai very much."

Empress Wu glanced at the imperial concubine, and if she was going to have an attack, she swallowed it all back into her stomach. At this moment, Eunuch Zhang entered the hall and said, "Greetings to the empress, and greetings to all young masters."

"Eunuch Zhang is about to be excused. I don't know that Eunuch Zhang is coming at this time, but what is the emperor's order?" Seeing that it was Eunuch Zhang, Empress Wu immediately smiled.

"His Royal Highness the fifth prince sent back another good news. The emperor ordered this old slave to come over and tell the empress, please rest assured." Eunuch Zhang replied with a smile on his face.

When Empress Wu heard the words, a sincere smile appeared on her face. At this moment, the servant's singing was heard outside the palace: "Mrs. An Guogong is here."

Empress Wu was slightly taken aback, she did not expect Mrs. An Guogong to enter the palace at this time.Mrs. An Guogong entered the palace and saw that all the concubines were there, she was also slightly startled, then she stepped forward to salute as if nothing had happened: "Greetings to the empress, and greetings to the young masters of the palaces."

"Excuse me, let Mrs. An Guo take a seat." Looking at Eunuch Zhang, Empress Wu calmly ordered Mrs. Su.

Eunuch Zhang glanced at Mrs. An Guogong calmly, and then he continued to laugh: "It's a coincidence that Mrs. An Guogong came here, and there is one more thing. The emperor means to ask the queen to convey it to Mrs. An Guogong. Now Mrs. An Guogong The madam has entered the palace, which saves the empress a lot of trouble."

When mentioning An Guogong, Empress Wu and Mrs. An Guogong looked at each other tacitly, with deep worry in their eyes: "What does the emperor want to convey to An Guogong?" Empress Wu suppressed the worry in her eyes and asked softly .

"Responding to the empress's words, the fifth prince asked An Guogong to lead troops to reinforce Saigon. After discussing with the ministers, the emperor has agreed to the fifth prince's request. After Mrs. An Guogong returns to the mansion, please tell Anguo Gong that he will send an order tomorrow. All the ministers will go to the imperial study to have an audience." Eunuch Zhang lowered his eyes and replied respectfully.

As soon as Eunuch Zhang said this, Empress Wu and Mrs. An Guogong's faces immediately showed joy, while Concubine Liang's face sank, showing a very displeased expression.After all, Empress Wu has sat in the central palace for many years, and she is more stable than Mrs. An Guogong. She did not get carried away with complacency, and she just reminded Mrs. An Guo at the right time: "This is really a great gift, Mrs. An Guogong, please thank the emperor for your husband's favor first." !"

Mrs. An Guo came back to her senses, got up and gave a salute in the direction of the imperial study, and said to Zhang Gonggong: "I am sorry for Zhang Gonggong to report back to the emperor. Tomorrow An Guogong will enter the palace on time for an audience."

"Yes, this old slave will leave now." After saluting, Eunuch Zhang slowly exited the main hall of the central palace.

As soon as Eunuch Zhang left, the concubines who were sitting congratulated the queen and Mrs. Ango, and the imperial concubine also said a few words in a symbolic manner. He and Empress Wu are mortal enemies, and it is even more impossible to say anything to congratulate her.

Empress Wu had something to say to Mrs. An Guogong alone, said some casual words of instruction, and then let everyone disperse. But for the reinstatement of Duke An?"

The goal has been achieved, and she didn't ask the queen to get it. Mrs. An Guogong said with some confidence: "It is true that the Duke of the country sent his concubines into the palace to ask the empress to help him find a way, but he did not expect that His Royal Highness the fifth prince has always been thinking about it. Duke of the state, personally asked for the decree of grace, so to share the worries of the empress, it is really filial."

(End of this chapter)