The emperor's scheming: alluring the world

Chapter 174
The turmoil between Wu Ding's family finally subsided. In the afternoon of this day, Wei Jinyang was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study room, when the servant's greeting came from outside the door: "Greetings to the empress dowager, the empress dowager is blessed and safe."

"Ai's family wants to see the emperor, you go in and tell me." Empress Dowager Wu endured the anger surging in her heart, and said to the little servant in a calm voice.

The little servant didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly turned around and went into the imperial study to report to An Fu.Wei Jinyang had heard Empress Dowager Wu's voice a long time ago, but deliberately pretended not to hear anything, and only waited for An Fu to speak before saying, "Please come in, Empress Dowager."

Hearing this, An Fu welcomed Empress Dowager Wu into the imperial study in person, and Wei Jinyang stood up unhurriedly, saluted the Empress Dowager and said, "Greetings to the Empress Dowager."

His expression was indifferent and alienated, without any respect. His behavior made Empress Dowager Wu extremely worried, but thinking of her current situation, even if she was angry, she could only endure it: "Excuse me!"

When Wei Jinyang sat back at the desk, the Empress Dowager Wu forced a smile on her face and said: "The emperor has been on the throne for a while. Aijia has been ill before, and he has no power or intention to do anything in the harem. Now Aijia is in good health. , the affairs of the harem don't have to be entirely on the Dowager Concubine! After all, she still has to take care of Prince Jin, so the burden on her is not too heavy."

After listening to Empress Dowager Wu's words, the guess in his heart was confirmed, Wei Jinyang also showed a smile and said: "The empress dowager has worked hard all her life on this harem matter, and now she should enjoy her old age in peace. There are all the concubines to help you. It won't be too hard, so don't bother the Empress Dowager to worry about it."

Although the result was expected by Empress Dowager Wu, when Wei Jinyang said it, her expression froze for no reason. Is this the position of Empress Dowager that she had worked so hard to get?This bastard's wings are hardened now, and she can't handle it at all. It seems that only by supporting her own son to sit on the throne, can she become a veritable empress dowager.

"Your Majesty is really filial. He always remembers Aijia's body. Since you want Aijia to enjoy happiness, Aijia will go back to the East Compassion Ning Palace to enjoy Qingfu." Empress Dowager Wu finished speaking with a condensed expression, and then supported the female officer's body. hand, got up and left angrily.

An Fu looked at the back of Empress Dowager Wu leaving, then leaned down and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the affairs of An Guogong's mansion are hidden from the Empress Dowager according to your wishes, but this paper can't contain the fire after all, if the Empress Dowager is stabbed Go there, I'm afraid the empress dowager will make a big fuss."

"If she likes to make troubles, let her make troubles. Wu Shaoyou was at fault for Wu Shaoyou's incident. If he hadn't secretly hidden the woman in the military camp, would the following things have happened? This matter, when it comes to heaven, is also true. He, Wu Shaoyou, was at fault, and I just dealt with it impartially. If she dared to make a scene, it would be because she, the queen mother, is ignorant. She has been shrewd all her life, so she still has some patience." With a cold smile, Wei Jinyang was neither salty nor weak. opened the mouth.

Anfu opened his mouth after hearing Wei Jinyang's words, but finally said nothing.

Empress Dowager Wu came out of the imperial study, her old face was cold and frightening.That time she was kicked on the heart by Emperor Cheng, because she didn't get treatment in time, now whenever she gets angry, her heart will hurt. This is the internal injury left by the man she loved all her life. However, he lost all his power and became a decoration in the harem.

Empress Dowager Wu supported the female officer's hand and walked forward on her own, because she was thinking about things and didn't pay attention to the beautiful middle-aged woman coming across.

"Hey, isn't this our Empress Dowager? After convalescing for a long time, she is now able to leave the Compassionate Ning Palace, but is she almost recovering from her illness?" Concubine Liang was extremely upset because her natal family lost two outstanding nephews. , could have used this matter to completely overthrow the Wu family, but Ding Lei, who was not angry, also made a mistake, and An Guogong's righteousness and extermination of relatives won a lot of sympathy and support, so that all their suppression methods had to be put down, otherwise the speech would be disturbed. Officer, the pen in their hands is to catch whoever is impeached.When she was depressed in her heart and had nowhere to vent her anger, when she met Empress Dowager Wu, a deadly enemy, she naturally had to make some sarcasm.

"It turned out to be Concubine Liang. The Ai family heard that the fourth prince was conferred the title of Prince Ming. Why didn't the younger sister go to entrust the land with Prince Ming?" When Empress Dowager Wu saw her deadly enemy, she would not jump her feet angrily because of a few words from the other party. This kind of sarcasm to each other can be regarded as a lifetime.

Concubine Liang was already in a bad mood, but when she heard about this, her mood was even worse. The smile on her face could hardly hold back, but she tried to save face and said: "The emperor cherishes talents, and he is not willing to bury a pillar of the country like Prince Ming." Being an idle prince in the fiefdom, I issued a decree to allow Prince Ming and my sister to stay in Xindu."

When Empress Dowager Wu heard the words, she smiled mockingly: "It's a good thing to stay in Beijing for reuse. Congratulations, sister Liang. From now on, we sisters will walk around more and be each other's companions."

Such undisguised sarcasm caused an evil fire to surge up in Concubine Liang's heart. Just as she was about to explode, she suddenly seemed to think of something, and said deliberately embarrassingly: "It's just something happened to Wu Ding's family. But I don’t have such a big heart, and I walk with my sister as if nothing happened. Not to mention that Lord Ding will not forgive me as a sister, even Duke An, who lost his two sons, may not tolerate my sister.”

After Concubine Liang finished speaking, she saw the shocked look on Empress Dowager Wu's face as she wished, and felt much happier in her heart. Holding the female officer's hand, she passed Empress Dowager Wu proudly and left.

It took a long time for Empress Dowager Wu to recover from the shock. She was about to ask what happened. There was still the shadow of Concubine Liang in front of her. She thought that Concubine Liang had left without her permission. , Empress Dowager Wu was suddenly furious, and her heart began to ache again.Seeing this, the female official was very frightened, and hurriedly summoned the maids to help Empress Dowager Wu back to the East Compassion Palace.

Back at Dongci Ning Palace, Empress Dowager Wu took the pills, and after the pain in her heart subsided, she gave orders to Eunuch Wang: "Go out of the palace and go to the mansion of Duke Anguo, and ask what happened to Duke Anguo. "

Eunuch Wang saw that Empress Dowager Wu looked anxious and worried, so he didn't dare to delay, so he hurriedly exited Dongci Ning Palace after paying a salute, and went out to An Guogong's mansion to understand the situation.

In the empty main hall of Dongci Ning Palace, only the Empress Dowager Wu and the female officials were left. Looking at this empty and cage-like palace, the Empress Dowager Wu felt a strong sense of loneliness for the first time. To return to the past, the only son, now Prince Kang, must be recalled to the capital. She knows that only her son, who is related to her by blood, can make her a truly powerful empress dowager. It's not just the empress dowager with a false name now.

(End of this chapter)