Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 73 The Heart of a Woman (2)
"The injury on the emperor's back still needs to be rested in bed. How can he walk around at will?" The queen's concern was full of anxiety. Seeing that Chu Huotian didn't answer, she turned her head to Li Jingcai and said, "Why don't you, Eunuch Li?" Persuade me, what if the wound is opened, how can the emperor's dragon body be a joke?"

Li Jingcai nodded repeatedly and said yes, but looked at Chu Huotian's back with three points of grievance in the corner of his eyes, how could he not persuade the emperor, but everything is useful only if the emperor listens to him.

Chu Huotian paused slightly, and said lightly: "A little injury is nothing. I think I survived the multiple injuries I suffered on the battlefield back then, and there may not be anything wrong. The queen is too worried."

Only when Li Jing saw that the spearhead had shifted away from him did he heave a sigh of relief.

The queen rolled her eyes and said to Chu Huotian with a smile: "The emperor was brave back then, but it is different now. The emperor must care about the world. In the future, he must not go in person for such a trivial matter, and he must let the people below do it. It is."

Chu Huotian paused again, looked coldly at the queen beside him, and then walked into the inner hall without saying a word.The queen suddenly followed in.Li Jing just saw the two statues went in, so he quickly called people in to wait on them, and those who had nothing to do with them quickly backed away, so as not to be affected.

Sure enough, after a while, there was a "bang dang" sound from inside, and the sound of porcelain shattering.Li Jingcai quickly leaned over by the door and took a peek.Chu Huotian had a cold face, and the queen was already kneeling on the ground with her head bowed.

"I didn't want to quarrel with you at first, but you have to be moderate. No matter how much you hate Rou Fangyi, you still have to worry that she has my own flesh and blood on her body." Chu Huotian said coldly, his handsome face was already so dark Comparable to black charcoal.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. The concubine sees this very strangely. Why does such a thing happen when she goes to offer incense? The concubine is afraid that this is a trap! Your Majesty!" The queen raised her delicate face and mourned. soundtrack.

"You!" The veins on Chu Huotian's forehead throbbed, and she still wanted to bite back? !People say that the most poisonous thing is the heart of a woman. When did she become like this?
"Yesterday, the Royal Forest Army killed those people in the forest and checked their identities. Does the Queen want to know where they are from?" Chu Huotian asked coldly.

The queen hurriedly shook her head: "The concubines don't know which side they are from. The emperor asked the concubines like this, and the concubines panicked..."

Chu Huotian snorted coldly: "They are rebellious people in Huadi, and they want to exchange my concubine for their accomplice in prison. How about it? Wouldn't Rou Fangyi be convicted of collusion and conspiracy against the outside world? ?” He knelt down in front of her slowly, staring into her eyes.

"Chenqie..." The queen was about to say, but suddenly looked at his expression, and suddenly couldn't say a word.

"If I hadn't sent someone to watch them, everyone would have thought that Rou Fangyi was colluding with outsiders and trying to frame me!" Chu Huotian stared at her and said every word.

"Think about it, Queen, the Chu Palace is deep, when will she go out, and she is my favorite concubine, and more importantly, she is pregnant with my flesh and blood. What about people with rare goods to live in. How did the news get revealed to those people from the Chu palace? The empress is in charge of the six palaces, so tell me which concubine has such extraordinary abilities?"

After Chu Huotian finished speaking, she stood up, and a huge shadow fell in front of her.The queen was in a cold sweat immediately, and dared not speak any more.A deadly silence surrounded the two of them, and the tiles that Chu Huotian knocked down in anger just now were still shining with a cool light.Her heart just fell into the bottomless abyss.

So he knew it all, he knew it all!
"The empress has followed me for many years, you should know how the queen and queen died back then? Just tell me." Chu Huotian said coldly.

The queen knelt down on the ground, trembling and unable to speak.

"There is a saying in the ancients, the lesson from the past is the guide for the future. I don't want you to become the second king and queen! Think about it yourself. Don't think that if your Zhao family is here, I won't dare to touch you. If you are virtuous, I will protect your queen forever." No one can shake this position, if you are really too much, I can't tolerate you anymore."

Chu Huotian finished speaking lightly.But those words were stabbed into the queen's heart like a knife.

I can no longer tolerate you!The queen stared at Chu Huotian's handsome face with wide eyes.This is her husband!This is her husband who has been with her for more than ten years!To say such unfeeling words to her for another woman!There were tears in her eyes, she could no longer be herself, she fell on the ground and tears fell like rain.

Chu Huotian looked at her coldly, and called Li Jingcai to say: "I have said enough today, the empress is not feeling well, and I specially ordered Mrs. Liu Guo to help manage the harem from the side. Yuan. All the expenses are rationed according to the rules. Rou Fangyi was frightened by the thieves, and gave two thousand-year-old ginseng and some gold and silver cloth as special rewards."

"Li Jingcai, go and convey my will." He looked at the queen who was still kneeling on the ground, and said quietly: "The queen thinks about it here, there is no need to send me off."

After he finished speaking, he shook his long sleeves and left without looking back.

In May of the second year of Chu Ninghe, the busy spring plowing and farming had passed, and many prefectures and counties from all over the country selected many innocent and well-behaved beautiful girls to send to Chujing.Although the Chu Palace was calm, there were turmoil secretly.Many empresses are quietly talking about which lady can get a higher status, the palace is not peaceful, and the outside of the palace is also not peaceful, many people are secretly ventilating with the ladies in the palace.Since Chu Huotian was held accountable that time, the empress has assigned most of the affairs of the harem to Mrs. Liu Guo, and she often recuperates behind closed doors without leaving the door.

Mrs. Liu Guo's Yanxi Palace has accumulated many empresses from various palaces.Ouyang Ruo had also been there once or twice, and besides greeting them, he often chatted with them about the family affairs.After listening and listening, I also found out a lot of eyebrows.Mrs. Liu Guo is in control of the power, and the more proud she is, the better she treats Ouyang Ruo, asking for his health.All the empresses in the palace were talking about how the newcomer entered the palace.

She laughed and said: "Look at you all panicking, it's reasonable to get pregnant quickly."

Hearing these words, all the empresses in the palace were dumbfounded for a while, and they all stared at Li Yinghong and Ouyang Ruo who were pregnant.

Naturally, Li Yinghong didn't have a good word for Mrs. Liu Guo, seeing her attracting the eyes of all the ladies in the palace, she snorted and said with a sneer: "It all depends on what the concubine does, I don't know if it's a dragon or a phoenix. According to the concubine, the lucky person in the harem is Mrs. Liu Guo. The eldest prince is so old, how can he be the emperor's right-hand man in the future."

One sentence made Mrs. Liu Guo's face change three times, and the empresses of all palaces laughed secretly in their stomachs.Ouyang Ruo sneered in his heart, but he only said nothing on his face.

No matter how unwilling the harem is, the day of the draft is approaching day by day. Ouyang Ruo was driving to Huanbi Palace to visit Mrs. Lin on that day. show girl.There were about a dozen people in the group, and the leader was the aunt in charge of Yuxiu Palace. When she saw Ouyang Ruo coming, she quickly called the beautiful girls to salute.

Ouyang Ruo looked at it on the shoulder, each of the flour noodles was full of spring, like the freshest flower buds, just about to bloom.She sighed softly in her heart.The most indispensable thing in this harem is young and beautiful women.

Most of those beautiful women entered the palace for the first time, and when they suddenly saw a stunning woman brought in, they couldn't take their eyes off it, and after asking, they realized that it was the most favored lady today—Rou Fangyi.

"What are you envious of? It's just from Huadi..." A beautiful girl said suddenly, her voice was not too loud, but it was clearly heard by Ouyang Ruo who passed by.

Ouyang Ruo suddenly laughed when he heard the words.The leading aunt in charge was so frightened that her soul almost flew away.She hurriedly followed the sound to look, but all the beautiful girls couldn't find the bold and presumptuous person for a while.

Wan Hui's complexion darkened, and she glanced back at the group of beautiful girls who were about to explode.Ouyang Ruo called out softly: "Auntie, let's go." The voice was as soft as a spring breeze, and it made people feel drunk when they heard it.

Wan Hui had to leave.It was a long way before Wanhui complained: "Why did your mother let that person go? The newcomer doesn't take your mother seriously when they enter the palace, isn't it going to be the opposite?"

Ouyang Ruo licked one or two strands of hair that fell on her temples and said with a smile: "Auntie, what's the matter with those ignorant and beautiful girls? The left and right are just stupid people who can only talk fast. If I don't need to take action, someone will step on her Never see the sun."

Wan Hui then smiled and said, "It's the servant who is worrying too much."

The first lesson in the palace is to learn to hide your brilliance and get rid of your edges and corners.If she doesn't understand, she won't live long.

Chu Huotian didn't want to ask too much about the draft, but since he questioned the queen, he began to send Li Jingcai to frequently ask. Mrs. Liu Guo wanted to please him, so naturally she carefully examined the wealth and character of these beautiful girls, I reported it in detail.It is said that Chu Huotian drew up a list and ordered Mrs. Liu Guo to draft according to it.How exactly is it? People passed it on and on, and everyone insisted on their own opinions, but they couldn't make it right.

Wan Hui was puzzled and said: "My servant sees that the emperor is not the kind of impatient person, so I have chosen so many..." After she finished speaking, she dared not continue.

Ouyang Ruo only half-lyed on the couch quietly, and said after a long while: "Auntie, the harem and the vestibule have always been inseparable, the emperor naturally has a reason to do so."

Although the queen's arrogance only showed a little bit, it was enough to alert Chu Huotian.The emperor's side has never tolerated the existence of someone who is strong enough to challenge him.Even his original wife is not acceptable.Besides, there are also the kings and queens of the previous dynasty as warnings.The queen showed her edge too early.

Chu Huotian chose quite a few this time, and it really is a few happy and some sad.

At the end of May, the nuns taught the palace rules to the newly selected show girls, and they led them to the central palace to receive the empress's kind training.After the training, I went to see the empresses of the palaces.The empresses of several palaces all put on a straight face, trying to put on a majestic appearance. The palace costumes on their bodies were more gorgeous than the other one, but Ouyang Ruo still wore plain palace costumes, and fell into the beauty for a while. A branch of white lotus stands gracefully.She was born extremely beautiful, but this plain palace dress looks elegant and refined, making it impossible to take one's eyes away.

Mrs. Lin didn't bring the second prince over. She has lost a lot of weight with the children now, and her face has only slightly evened out the rouge. He smiled and said: "According to my opinion, there is no one who can compare with my sister. Don't worry, my sister."

Ouyang Ruo just smiled and said nothing.

Sitting close, Mrs. Xu sneered and said, "What's so good about being young and beautiful? You'll be old in a few years. According to this palace, it's better to rely on yourself than yourself."

Ouyang Ruo smiled when she heard the words, Xu's aggressive temperament has not changed at all, but now she doesn't like to make trouble.Since that time when she took the risk to save her, Ouyang Ruo wanted to thank her several times but closed the door, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Ouyang Ruo felt that she was not simple, and he didn't know what would happen to her in the end. Occasionally, thinking of the hatred in her eyes, he regretted that he had helped her out, but now that she was out, there was nothing she could do.In this palace of Chu, it was either his enemy or his friend.And what she needs most is an alliance like Xu's.

The couple met the queen one by one, received different rewards, and went to meet several empresses in the palace.The empresses of several palaces were not willing to be the queen, and they rewarded things one after another.Ouyang Ruo also prepared many gifts and gave them away one by one.The new showgirls all look like peaches and plums, and they are youthful without makeup. Many of them still look like ignorant girls, about thirteen or fourteen years old, and most of them are only 16 years old.Their youth makes the empresses of the palace even more old and dull.The queen hadn't seen her for a few days, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes showed that she was very old and haggard. It seemed that Chu Huotian's reprimand to her was a big blow.On the other hand, Mrs. Liu Guo's face is full of spring breeze, and her crescent eyes are full of charm.

As newcomers passed by, Ouyang Ruo gradually saw a few familiar people coming.

The first one is Zuo Xiangguo's youngest daughter--Pei Lingling. Although she wears the same palace attire as the other beautiful girls, she can't hide her demeanor.Ouyang Ruo accepted her bow, and secretly ordered Wan Hui to take out the generous gift she had prepared.The second one is Li Mingqian, the daughter of the Minister of Rites. Ouyang Ruo also likes her very cool and elegant, and bestows generous gifts on her.There are still a few, Ouyang Ruo looked at and gave gifts, but she didn't know who it was, that beautiful girl's appearance was just like that of a master, and she was a bit charming on closer inspection, but her face was proud, Like the daughter of an official family.Ouyang Ruo asked Wanhui in a low voice who this person was.

Wan Hui frowned and said, "My servant looked at her familiarly, ah—— this servant remembered that she was the daughter of the Minister of Industry—Guo Minghong. The banquet at Yunxiang Palace was held by her and another Miss didn't come,"

Ouyang Ruo frowned slightly, watching her salute to Mrs. Lin without respect.No wonder!This kind of arrogant person thinks that she must be the phoenix among them, and she probably can't tolerate any man in her eyes except the emperor.I can't help but feel a little tired of her.

When she thought of Su Yanqing, her heart felt astringent again.Ever since Su Yanqing received the imperial decree and got married, she left her wife behind and went to Huadi alone.She was still in a daze, but she didn't notice that Guo Minghong had already come to salute her.Seeing her in a daze, Guo Minghong got up by herself with a look of disdain at the corner of her mouth.To go to the next concubine.

"Wait a minute. This younger sister has not finished bowing to the concubine Rou, how can it be my turn." Suddenly someone spoke, the voice was soft but with an irrefutable meaning.

Ouyang Ruo came back to his senses and saw that the speaker was Zhang Guiren who hadn't appeared for a long time.She frowned and looked at Guo Minghong.

Guo Minghong was stunned for a moment, pouted and said disapprovingly: "The concubine has already bowed to Empress Rou Fangyi, everyone has seen it."

Hearing this, Zhang Guiren frowned again and said: "Your name is also wrong, how can you call yourself a concubine before you go to bed. You should call yourself a slave."

Guo Minghong blushed again and again when she heard the pretty face, but could not speak out bitterly.Ouyang Ruo found it strange that Zhang Guiren was usually silent, but now he made an attack on this occasion, so he smiled and said, "What's the matter? Just salute again."

Guo Minghong couldn't do it, so she had to salute politely and called herself "servant".Ouyang Ruo nodded and rewarded as usual.Guo Minghong got up now.Zhang Guiren also looked at her and saluted.It's time to pass.Mingying behind Ouyang Ruo couldn't help laughing, leaned into Ouyang Ruo's ear and said, "Ma'am, look at this little master Guo's face is red and puffy, isn't he like a toad?"

Ouyang Ruo looked at her and saw that she really seemed to be puffing up with anger.With a slight smile on his face, the full of melancholy faded a bit.

The noisy new couple's ceremony finally came to an end, Ouyang Ruo drove back to Yunxiang Palace by shoulder.Along the way, the spring red willows and green willows are also pleasing to the eye.She became interested, and asked the servant who raised her shoulders to go to Shanglin Garden, which is wider than the Imperial Garden, and the scenery is better, and there is a clear and clear Weiyang Lake beside it, and many white lotuses are planted in it. You can't see the lotus flower buds coming out.

Seeing that she was in a good mood, Mingying happily followed her: "Madam, do you want to bring the little Diji over to play?" She almost always carried the little Diji with her, so naturally she wanted to ask the little Diji to come with her if there was anything good .

Ouyang Ruo nodded.Mingying responded happily, and quickly turned back to the palace.Ouyang Ruo was supported by Dexuan, and walked slowly with his shoulders down. The grass under his feet had just grown three or four inches. The spring in Chudi was indeed later than that in Huadi.At this time, Huadi is already a splendid spring scene with grass growing and warblers flying.Dexuan followed her, bowing slightly.Ouyang Ruo whispered a few homely words to him, and suddenly heard a few crisp laughter from a distance.Ouyang Ruo didn't pay attention, thinking that a maid from some palace had come out for a spring break.

At this time, Mingying also brought Xiao Linxiang over.Xiao Linxiang was very good at running and jumping now, and ran to Ouyang Ruo with a "cluck" all at once, grabbing the hem of her clothes and acting like a spoiled child.A group of people are also happy and harmonious.

At this time, the court ladies also approached, and Ouyang Ruo looked casually, and it turned out that they were the new ladies.All of them were dressed in palace costumes of the same color. They looked like spring flowers, and they looked very beautiful in the sun.Without the restraint in the queen's palace, those beautiful women all came forward to salute Ouyang Ruo with a smile.Ouyang Ruo ordered them to get up with a smile.

One of the smaller girls, watching Lin Xiang running around, was very innocent and cute, and couldn't help but blurt out: "What a cute little girl!" The face is as rosy as a peach blossom that has just bloomed in early spring.Obviously just a child.Ouyang Ruo didn't care about her words, and just laughed it off.

Mingying couldn't help but interjected: "It's Diji Minmu!" The little show girl smiled coyly, stuck out her pink tongue, and didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Ouyang Ruo took Lin Xiang and was about to leave. Suddenly, someone from the group of beautiful women snorted: "Emperor Concubine also wants to separate relatives and estranged people. I don't know..." The more she spoke, the weaker her hearing was, but she really couldn't hear. come out.

Ouyang Ruo immediately stood on the spot, she couldn't hear it, the voice was clearly the one who said "It's just from Huadi..."

It's okay for others to say what she says, but she bears it and doesn't care about it any more. If she leads this tongue-in-cheek talk to her Lin Xiang, she won't be polite.

Ouyang Ruo stood up quietly, and said with a sneer, "I'll stop everything!"

(End of this chapter)