Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 49
"Miss, are we not going to Fangyi Palace?" Under the dark night, Yun Qing walked towards Jinfeng Palace, accompanied by Bi Tao and Murong Chong.

Holding the lamp, Bi Tao saw that the lady had been silent since she came out of Zhuhua Palace, and was walking straight towards Jinfeng Palace, so she couldn't help asking softly.

"No, let's go back to the palace directly!" Yun Qing's voice was cold, Bi Tao was a little puzzled.

She knew that the young lady had always been serious in her work, and that she could be at ease in everything she handled in the harem. How could she ignore the selection banquet that was going on in the Fangyi Hall today?
"But the emperor is still in Fangyi Hall, if..."

A cold sneer curled up at the corner of Yun Qing's mouth, and he interrupted: "It's okay, Xiao Taohong and Ling Ge are staying there, and they will take care of the rest!"

"Oh, miss, are you angry with the emperor?" Bi Tao felt that the lady was angry, and was surprised that the lady who was always calm seemed to be angry with someone.

For Concubine Hua, Bi Tao knew Miss's temperament well, no matter how scheming she was, Miss would not take it to heart.

So, is it to the emperor?The emperor seemed to behave ambiguously towards the lady in the hall, could it be that...

"I'm not angry, it's just that I feel a little bit of human feelings!" Thinking of that person, Yun Qing felt unhappy for a while.She didn't know why she felt indescribably uncomfortable when she saw his indifferent expression.

In fact, she knew that he must have seen through Concubine Hua's pretensions to be so calm, but she couldn't accept that he could be so ruthless to a person she loved when trying to win his affection.

That night, Xiao Taohong came back and told Yun Qing that after they left, the Emperor looked down, and was not interested in the other women's performances, and the dinner ended uneventfully.

All the women tried their best to win the emperor's favor, but none of them got the emperor's favor in the end; although all of them got the emperor's reward, none of them were turned over by the emperor.

Yun Qing listened to the news of Xiao Taohong's reply, her expression didn't change at all, she just nodded lightly in confirmation, and asked Xiao Taohong and the others to rest.

The next day, Yun Qing went to the Empress Dowager's Palace to report the results of the emperor's selection of Fang. Hearing that the emperor did not choose a servant that night, the Empress Dowager only frowned slightly and didn't say much.Afterwards, Yunqing discussed with the Queen Mother about the matter of preparing incense and worshiping Buddha for the members of the royal family on the first day of next month, and determined the members who will travel that day, the amount of donations, and the fasting ceremony, etc. The announcements of the imperial list, etc., are handed over to Yun Qing's arranger.

At dinner time, Yun Qing was about to eat when he saw Xuanyuan Ze coming to Jinfeng Palace.

With a pleasant smile on his face, he stretched out his hand to Yun Qing, who was saluting, to excuse him.But Yun Qing straightened back quickly, with a usual light smile on his face, but in his eyes, there was a coldness that was pressing.It made Xuanyuanze's original smile froze slightly.

"Heh, I came at the right time. Tonight I can taste the delicacies in the Queen's Palace again." He couldn't figure out the meaning of Yun Qing's expression, so he deliberately laughed, and went straight to the table to eat as usual.

Xiao Taohong and the others hurriedly added bowls and chopsticks for the emperor and empress to eat together.

"If the emperor likes the flavor of Yunqing's food here, Yunqing can send the imperial chef from Jinfeng Palace to the emperor's palace and serve as the emperor's order." Chopsticks pick vegetables.

His handsome face darkened slightly, Xuanyuanze's bright mood just disappeared immediately, he couldn't help but suppress his smile, his handsome eyes shot at her tightly, and said in a deep voice: "The queen doesn't seem happy to see me! She left me alone last night I don't care about the matter of Fangyi Palace; why is the empress still so indifferent to me today?"

"Yunqing dare not!" Smiling softly, Yunqing's smile was like a blooming snow lotus, cold and cold: "Yunqing wanted to go to Fangyi Palace after sending Hua Concubine and sister back to the palace last night, but suddenly felt a headache Not feeling well, but also thinking that Fangyi Palace is a place where all the ladies compete for beauty, if Yun Qing, as a queen, is not present, it will have no effect on the emperor's choice of queen, or on the performance of all the ladies, so Yun Qing will go back to the palace first. As for today, the emperor was lucky enough to visit the Golden Phoenix Palace for only a short while, and Yun Qing strictly abided by the palace rules, and did not attend the table without the emperor's permission. I wonder if the emperor was dissatisfied with Yun Qing before he made such a statement? Please tell the emperor clearly, Yun Qing also If you know your mistakes, you will correct them.”

Her voice was calm, her expression was gentle, and every word and every word was reasonable, but it was not pleasant to Xuanyuan Ze's ears.

Looking at her closely, he saw her pair of clear and beautiful eyes just looking at him calmly.That kind of look, more than the indifference before, made him frown, confused.

"Really?" His voice was suspicious, and after he couldn't figure out the reason, he had to give up: "Does the empress know why I am looking for you?"

"I don't know!" Hearing the still cold answer, Xuanyuanze suppressed his unhappiness, and continued to laugh: "Hehe, I came here to tell the queen a good news! This time, the emperor's brother went to Guyang to make a great contribution to me. Today In the early morning, I received a letter from him on a fast horse, saying that the riots in the northwest were Fenglai's provocation against Tianque. Fenglai originally wanted to take advantage of General Yuan's illness to attack the border. If we don't send troops to suppress it, they will borrow The turmoil took the opportunity to invade and annex the Northwest Territory. Fortunately, the emperor's brother took the initiative to put down the rebellion. As soon as he went to Guyang, he took the lead in letting the army to reorganize the army. On the night of Fenglai's first invasion, he fought a beautiful defensive battle. Otherwise, my This time, I will really be hurt by those ministers who like comfort..."

Yun Qing raised her brows, watching the happy Xuanyuan Ze talking, her heart moved, she was secretly delighted at the good news that Xuanyuan Moyu sent back.

After hearing Xuanyuan Ze finish speaking, she only said to him indifferently, "The emperor is blessed with great blessings, and made a wise decision. It is really gratifying to congratulate you on the victory of the border." Such promises made Xuanyuan Ze's handsome eyes sink immediately. , the anger hidden in her heart was finally irritated by her perfunctory attitude.

"Crack!" Putting down the jade chopsticks in his hand, he looked angrily at Yun Qing's expressionless face, his chest rose and fell slightly, and said angrily, "Damn, what's your attitude? You're trying to get angry with me, aren't you? "

After finishing all the official duties in a hurry, he came to see her with full of joy and longing.

Last night when she left indifferently, he felt that she seemed to be angry with him. Although he didn't know why, he still wanted to see her.

He wanted to share his joy with her, and he wanted to have this dinner with her happily. All his bright and joyful attitudes were just to break the silence she had avoided seeing him these two days.

but…

He could endure her retorting at him, her angry beautiful eyes looking directly at him proudly, and all the things he was not keen on, such as her making drafts for him!However, he couldn't bear her being so indifferent to him, so disdainful and alienated.

He couldn't figure out why she didn't accept him a little bit after putting in so much effort, but instead rejected him more and more?

He was suddenly so tired of this tiresome waiting!She even doubted herself, would her heart really have a day for her?

Xuanyuanze's sound of damn it scared Xiao Taohong and Bi Tao to their hearts, they hurriedly lowered their heads and knelt down, not daring to look at the emperor's furious face again.

They could see that the lady's attitude towards the emperor was more indifferent than before.They were also very puzzled, obviously these days, the relationship between the young lady and the emperor has eased, but why it suddenly became so tense.

"Yunqing doesn't dare, please calm down the emperor!" Lowering his head silently, Yunqing ignored his angry face, but said indifferently, "I don't know how the emperor wants Yunqing to be satisfied?"

"Raise your head!" Xuanyuanze's handsome eyes narrowed, and his voice was so tough that she couldn't refuse.

He didn't believe that she didn't know what he was angry with, let alone that she didn't understand what he wanted from her?

"Yes!" Yun Qing didn't want to face his angry eyes, let alone figure out why he was angry.Wen Sheng just obediently raised his face and looked at him, but saw that his eyes were full of frustration and sadness, as if a certain belief in his heart had been broken, and there was a kind of silent pain.

Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her eyes flashed, but she still couldn't look into his eyes calmly.

"Why, the queen understands now, why am I angry?" His heart continued to sink, and he regarded her behavior that she dared not face up to as her unwillingness to see her performance, and a self-deprecating smile on the corner of his lips, his voice There was a trace of powerlessness.

After a while, Yun Qing finally looked up at Xuanyuan Ze who was waiting for her response, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, please have your meal first, if you wait any longer, the food may be cold."

"You!" With his heart blocked, Xuanyuan Ze saw his own anger in her pair of indifferent eyes.

She really has the ability to make him unable to control himself. Every time he faces her, his temper becomes uncontrollable, and he is always flustered and depressed by her plain words.

Damn, he was about to be driven crazy by her.

Striding up to Yun Qing, he stared fixedly at those calm and beautiful eyes, he couldn't help clenching his fists tightly, and then without saying a word, he flicked his sleeves and left in a rage.

The moment he stepped out of the palace gate, he stopped, turned his back to Yun Qing unwillingly, and said in a deep voice: "Even if you are angry, you should let me know the reason! You reject me thousands of miles away like this, you know, I have a heart too, and it hurts too!"

With a sudden bang in his heart, Yun Qing's eyelids twitched, and the feeling he had deliberately ignored was brought out by his clear reminder.

She is Yun Qing, not Concubine Hua, if he wants to feel sorry for Concubine Hua, he should also feel sorry for Concubine Hua, why did he say this to her.

Oh, ridiculous!Did his love actually transfer to himself?

Last night he still told himself so seriously that he only wanted to give his infatuation to one person. Could it be that he changed his mind so quickly and easily?
"There is so much melancholy in life, the moon is not always round, and the spring is easy to grow old. Yun Qing really doesn't understand the emperor's heart! Yun Qing only saw that the emperor was so indifferent last night when Concubine Hua was unwell. As the emperor who loves her deeply, if he has the heart, how could he be so ruthless?" Sighing secretly, Yun Qing's voice was somewhat helpless.

Whether he is affectionate or ruthless, it has nothing to do with her.

She didn't want to understand him, and she didn't want to be confused by his ruthlessness!He is the emperor, he is only used to making all the women feel sad for him, but how does he know what kind of pain those women will suffer?
With a tight heart, Xuanyuan Ze couldn't help froze in place when he heard the metaphor in her words.

The moon is not always round, and the spring is easy to grow old.

He didn't expect that she cared so much for his attitude towards Wan'er, which surprised him.

What she said should mean that her heart for Wan'er is no longer as deep as before!
Perhaps, she was right, her performance last night was indeed a little too calm.It's just that she knows, after discovering some of Wan'er's scheming that he doesn't want to face, how can he still love her as before?
"Do you think I'm that kind of ruthless person?" With a sigh in his heart, Xuanyuan Ze's voice was a little heavy.

He thought that with her intelligence, she should have seen last night that Wan'er was clearly an artifact that was intentionally knocked over!

At that time, the reason why he didn't blame Wan'er was because he wanted to save her face and didn't want to embarrass her too much.But Yun Qing, in her heart, has she become a ruthless person?

After a long while, hearing that the people behind him didn't make any more noise, Xuanyuan Ze finally clenched his hands and walked away dejectedly.

"Farewell to the emperor!" The palace people outside the palace hurriedly knelt down to see him off, only Yun Qing stood there silently without turning around.

That night, Yunqing heard a phoenix chariot outside the palace passing by outside the palace wall, and the wind chimes sang in the night as the wheels turned. Such joyful jumping made one almost feel the joy and joy of the people in the chariot.

In the middle of the night, the bell rang again, and after a burst of jingling, the previous tranquility was restored again.

The next day when Yun woke up, Bi Tao told Xiao Chongrong to go outside the hall early in the morning to say hello, Zhenggong waited for the queen to wake up and serve Xiaoxian tea.

Yun Qing looked calm, and after asking Bi Tao to dress herself, she went out to meet Xiao Chongrong.As soon as I entered the main hall, I saw a beautiful and gorgeous woman sitting quietly in the hall. Seeing the queen coming, she immediately smiled coquettishly, got up and respectfully blessed the queen, and said: "My concubine Xiao sees the empress, the empress is auspicious! "

"Xiao Chong tolerates no courtesy. From now on, you and I only need to be sisters, and there is no need for such a big gift." According to Tianque palace regulations, all the emperor's women below the concubines will meet the emperor and empress as concubines.And all the beautiful women who saw Yun Qing before called themselves ministers or civilian women, like Xiao Yuran who called herself a concubine today, which proved that she has now become the emperor's woman.

Yun Qing understood, and looked at her gently, but she saw that her willow eyebrows were lightly drawn, her beautiful eyes were smiling, and there was also a ambiguous blush on her cheeks, and she was happily saluting Yun Qing again.

"Well, Bitao, bring the daily note." Yun Qing took a look at the waist card handed over by the shy Xiao Chongrong, then ordered Bitao to bring the daily note, and took a pen to write down her for Xiao Yuran seriously. The time of bedtime.

Then I exchanged greetings with her for a while, and asked Xiao Taohong to take out a pair of Jade Jade Bracelets with Green Hearts and Hearts and gave them to her, and told her to serve the emperor well in the future, and to live in harmony among the sisters in the palace; soon the masters of other palaces also followed suit Come to pay respects to the queen and congratulate Xiao Yuran. It has been so lively all morning, Yun Qing finally dismissed everyone, and it was rare to be free.

In the afternoon, she was busy paying respects to the Buddha again, and ordered Ling Ge to take her golden seal to summon Murong Qian, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, to arrange escort for the first day of junior high school.

After the assassination incident of offering sacrifices to ancestors last time, Yun Qing thought that although this time it was only in Tiancheng City, he must not be careless.After all, the imperial list has already been posted, if there are still people who want to harm the emperor, they will not miss this opportunity.

She discussed with Murong Qian and Murong Chong in the meeting hall all afternoon, and agreed that Murong Qian would first send the Imperial Forest Army to clean up all the idlers inside and outside the Huangjue Temple, and strictly guard the surroundings of the temple, not allowing a single stranger to enter.

When traveling, the first-class guards in the palace and the Habayashi Forbidden Army were sent to protect the safety of the emperor and the empress dowager. The city guards dispatched a small team to clear the way first, clear the streets and passers-by, and ensure unimpeded travel.

When they arrived at Huangjue Temple, all the imperial guards tried their best to protect the surroundings of the temple, and all the first-class guards were scattered around the emperor's personal guards, not only to ensure the normal holding of the ceremony of offering incense and worshiping Buddha, but also to protect the safety of the emperor and the queen mother at all times.Be sure to be safe, so that the last assassination incident will not happen again.

"What about you, my lady?" After everything was agreed upon, Murong Qian remembered a detail that was almost missed, and couldn't help clasping his fists and asking.

"I should be with the empress dowager and the others at that time. Commander Murong doesn't need to worry. The empress dowager sent her powerful bodyguards to my side. I believe that if something happens, Murong Chong will protect me. And you will carry out according to the original plan." , no matter what, protecting the safety of the emperor and queen dowager comes first, understand?"

"Yes!" After hearing such a clear instruction from the queen, Murong Qian's eyes lit up, and he deeply appreciated the queen's decision.

"My empress is thoughtful, and my subordinates admire her." In Murong Qian's view, the empress really has the ability to impress others.Not only brave, but also strategy is rare among women.

"Hehe, Commander Murong needs to take care of everything. I'm talking about war on paper, but it's not enough for immediate changes. You just need to tell me clearly about the changes that Commander Murong needs, and you don't need to worry about it." Yun Qing smiled gently, seeing that this had something to do with Murong Chong's appearance. A somewhat similar man also has a good impression of him.

This person is not like Murong Chong's taciturn, but he always speaks to the point, his uniqueness, which she appreciates very much.

No wonder he was appointed as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army at a young age. Presumably, his ability not only reassured the queen mother, but also made the emperor extremely trust him.

"This subordinate understands! Madam, please rest assured, this subordinate will definitely live up to the high expectations, and will definitely complete the task assigned by Madam with all its strength." Standing up respectfully to salute, Murong Qian's respectful expression made Yun Qing nod in satisfaction, and said: "Well, then Commander Murong will have to work hard! You should make arrangements first!"

"Yes, my subordinate will leave!" After another salute, Murong Qian hurriedly exited the hall.

"Murong Chong, are you an older brother or a younger brother?" Seeing Murong Qian's disappearing back, the queen suddenly said something, which made Ling Ge unable to react for a moment.

"Go back to your mother, this minister is my younger brother!" Murong Chong responded quickly, as if his curiosity towards Yun Qing had already been understood.

"Hehe, it's very interesting that you two brothers don't even exchange a word when you meet. If it weren't for your similar names and looks, I would never have thought that you two are brothers!" The situation, between the two brothers, they didn't even say a word.

She was sitting in front of them as a queen, and she wanted them to discuss together, but she didn't want them to have opinions with her at most, and they didn't speak a word to each other, which really made her a little curious.He couldn't help laughing and said, "Isn't there some festival between you brothers?"

"I'll see you!" Murong Chong was taken aback for a moment, and then, under the empress's light and casual smile, nodded his head and admitted aloud.

"Oh, what is that for?" the queen wondered.

"This subordinate once killed the woman he loved the most!" Murong Chong pondered for a moment, his handsome eyes drooped, and he spoke in a calm tone.His casual words frightened the queen for a moment, and the topic that he didn't want to ask casually surprised her so much: "Why?"

Murong Chong had no expression on his face, he was not surprised to see the Queen's surprise.

And the reason why he told the queen was because she was his current master.He will not hide anything from her, it is a private matter, as long as she asks, he will answer.

"That woman is the daughter of our father-killer and enemy!" After saying these words coldly, Murong Chong's calm was in stark contrast to the Queen's shock.

She couldn't understand that Murong Chong was so calm when he said this.Could it be that men's feelings are really so rational?

"Does that woman deserve to die?" She asked softly, suddenly feeling sympathetic to Murong Qian.

The daughter of an enemy, the elder brother fell in love with her, but the younger brother killed her.Alas, it's no wonder that Murong Qian is so indifferent to him, if it were anyone else, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to let go of it.

"No!" His handsome eyes sank, Murong Chong didn't expect the queen to ask such a question.

In his heart, the revenge of his father must be avenged, and he has no way to avenge his father himself, but he will not let go of the daughter who killed his father and enemy either.

Just like the queen who asked him at this moment, she is the queen, and he is her current bodyguard.Then she is his master, no matter what orders she has, he will never disobey them.

(End of this chapter)