The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

162 Chapter 5
"You go, take advantage of the dead of night, everyone is asleep, you quietly leave the central palace, and wait for the opportunity to do something!" After explaining everything that should be explained clearly, Empress Wu closed her eyes wearily.

Su Qing got up slowly, and said softly: "Yes, the servants are leaving, and the empress is just resting at ease."

Lady Su withdrew from the inner hall, and Eunuch Wang rushed up anxiously. He glanced at the inner hall first, and then lowered his voice, "Did your empress tell you anything?"

Miss Su said with a relaxed smile: "The empress finally made up her mind and told me the way to open the secret passage. Eunuch Wang, I will go out of the palace overnight to rescue soldiers, and the palace depends entirely on you." One person to cover, maybe after tomorrow, we should change our name to the Empress Dowager Empress Dowager.”

Hearing this, Eunuch Wang was overjoyed, and at the same time his tightly gripped heart relaxed a bit: "That's great, Su Qing, you still have a way to finally convince the empress."

Lady Su heard the words, but she smiled modestly: "This is thanks to the imperial concubine. If she hadn't provoked the empress, the empress might not be able to make up her mind. Now that the situation is urgent, I won't tell you more, so I will leave the palace immediately." Report to the Wu family, and everything in the palace will be entrusted to you, Eunuch Wang.”

"Go with peace of mind, I will guard the empress until you come back." Eunuch Wang naturally hoped that the immediate crisis would be resolved as soon as possible, so he didn't stop Su Qing from saying more.

Su Qing successfully opened the secret passage according to the method Queen Wu said.After watching her enter the secret passage, Eunuch Wang turned around and went to guard outside the inner hall.

In order to facilitate Li Meiying's sickness, the imperial concubine arranged for Li Meiying to temporarily stay in the wing room of the Yujing Palace. In the early morning of this day, Li Meiying accompanied the imperial concubine after breakfast, and the two of them took each other to the Longling Hall and go.

When the two arrived at Longling Hall, Emperor Cheng had just finished his breakfast, and when he saw Li Sister-in-law and the imperial concubine, he had a rare smile on his face and said, "You guys came early, did you have breakfast?"

The imperial concubine saw that Emperor Cheng's complexion improved a little bit, so she felt relieved and said: "The concubine and the princess came here after breakfast, is the emperor's breakfast delicious?"

When Emperor Cheng heard this, the smile on his face faded a bit, and he shook his head and said: "I don't feel like eating anything these days, so I just eat casually for breakfast. There is something in my stomach, and I will drink the medicine for a while, so that I won't be sick." uncomfortable."

When the imperial concubine heard the words, her eyes showed worry, but her expression was as gentle as possible: "Your majesty, the imperial doctor said that you are seriously injured and need to eat more. I don't know what the emperor wants to eat. The concubine ordered the imperial dining room to prepare it for the emperor. "

Hearing the words, Emperor Cheng thought for a moment in silence before softly saying: "Speaking of what I want to eat, I really want to eat that kind of dim sum with soy sauce, but it's a pity that there is no bayberry sauce now!"

When the imperial concubine heard this, a strange look flashed in her eyes immediately, but she said calmly: "As long as the emperor has something he wants to eat, that's fine. As for the materials for making, the concubine ordered people to buy them outside the palace. In Xindu, the concubines don’t believe that they can’t buy even a few ingredients!”

Hearing this, Emperor Cheng stretched out his hand to hold the imperial concubine's hand and said, "Huiyi, I've really worked hard for you during the period of my illness."

When the imperial concubine heard the words, she shook her head and said: "The concubine is very good. As long as the emperor's body can recover as soon as possible and the hearts of the subjects are reassured, the concubine will be satisfied."

Tightening the hand of the imperial concubine, Emperor Cheng sighed: "In terms of virtue, you are far above the Wu family. You act impartially and unbiasedly. This is the superior quality that the mother of a country should have. These years have made you I have wronged you for being subordinate to the Wu family."

The imperial concubine shook her head and smiled when she heard the words: "Your Majesty, my concubine is not wronged. When it comes to managing the harem, my concubine is far inferior to her."

Emperor Cheng didn't refute when he heard the words, because the imperial concubine was telling the truth, there were many affairs in the harem, and she was able to handle things in an orderly manner for more than ten years, so that no major troubles happened to all parties. It was really not easy, but it's a pity Too vicious, too greedy for power, and wanting to stretch his hand to the court, this is what he doesn't like.

The harem has always been forbidden to engage in politics. As a queen, her responsibility is to manage the affairs of the inner palace, educate the prince and princess well, and the men have to worry about state affairs.But Mrs. Wu is determined to hold the military power in her hands. It can be seen from this that she has wolfish ambitions. She is afraid that the crown prince will succeed in the future. It's not like it didn't happen.

The imperial concubine does not understand politics, but she understands etiquette and abides by the law. If she is the birth mother of the prince, she will be able to restrain the emperor's virtue after the prince ascends the throne in the future, and make the politics of the court clear.Thinking of this, Emperor Cheng had already thought of killing Empress Wu in his heart. The crown prince cannot have a deposed mother, but if the Wu family passed away due to illness, it would have no effect on the crown prince's reputation.

After making up his mind, Emperor Cheng said to the imperial concubine: "Huiyi, I still want to eat the dumplings made by you. Do you still remember that when you first entered the palace, you cooked and made dumplings yourself, and your craftsmanship is very good?" .”

Hearing this, the imperial concubine smiled and said: "If the emperor wants to eat, the concubine can go to the small kitchen to make the dumplings by himself, and the emperor can eat the dumplings made by the concubine for lunch?"

Emperor Cheng nodded with a smile when he heard the words, and Li Sister-in-law, who had been silent on the side, smiled and said: "I don't know that the imperial concubine can make dumplings. To be praised by the emperor, she must have extraordinary skills. I am lucky today." gone."

Speaking of the imperial concubine's skill in making dumplings, Emperor Cheng's mood immediately brightened. He smiled and said to Li Meiying: "My son, the imperial concubine has a lot of research on cooking skills. She can not only make dumplings, but also make many folk snacks." Well, but what I miss most is the dumplings made by her, the stuffing she made by herself is even more delicious than the imperial chef's concoction in the imperial dining room, you will know when you taste it at lunch."

Seeing that the old and the young were all interested, the imperial concubine got up and said: "Making dumplings and adjusting the stuffing is the key, I'll go to the small kitchen to prepare, the princess will stay with the emperor!"

"Go and prepare!" Emperor Cheng nodded, let go of the imperial concubine's hand, and let her go.

The imperial concubine saluted, then exited the inner hall, and took the maids to the small kitchen of Longling hall to work on dumplings.As soon as the imperial concubine left, Emperor Cheng pointed to the chair beside the couch and said to Li Meiying: "Younger, sit down and chat with me for a while."

Li Sister-in-law sat down and said: "Is there anything the emperor wants to say to Sister-in-law, Sister-in-law listen."

Looking at her beautiful face, Emperor Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "My son, I beg you to forgive me for not publicly condemning the Wu family and abolishing her to avenge your mother. I personally taught that among my several sons, I have the most sage-like style. If I abolish the Wu family, it will definitely affect the reputation of the prince. Therefore, what I can do is to kill the Wu family and announce that she died of illness , and she must be given a decent burial as a queen."

(End of this chapter)