The Prime Minister's Wife

Chapter 224 The Emperor Summons (1)
The tall red walls of the imperial palace are all the same winding and endless. The palaces are scattered in the middle, and people are like walking in the middle of paintings, and the scrolls are endless.

Although I entered Xiaohe Kingdom's palace in a hurry last time and didn't take a closer look, Boqing still remembered that this was indeed the way to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, but I'm afraid the person who really wanted to see her was not the Empress Dowager.

After leaving for a cup of tea, the eunuch who led the way stopped outside a palace: "Mrs. Mu, please wait a moment."

Boqing gently nodded, without saying a word, standing outside the door, looked up at the three red gold characters on the palace plaque - Compassionate Palace, which looked a little dazzling today.

It seems that there are strict restrictions on the entry of foreign-born women into the palace, generally no more than two hours are allowed, and before long, the eunuch who delivered the decree came out and led Bo Qing to the Compassionate Ning Palace.

Eyelids lowered, he politely saluted, the queen mother offered him a seat, and after kowtowing affectionately, Fang sat quietly at the side, the queen mother asked each question before answering, and occasionally dared to look directly at the queen mother, but it was just for the convenience of the other party to look at him.

Boqing knows very well that Xiaohe is no better than Fengqiguo. Before the crown prince's major event is completed, she can't have any excessive performance, and even her ASEAN can't be exposed for the time being, so every step must be careful, and she must be smart. To be exposed, you only need to remember the word "submissive".

The Empress Dowager smiled kindly, and first casually asked a few questions about the customs and customs of Fengqi Country, and asked her what she was doing recently, and she answered them one by one.

The palace people brought some preserved fruits and snacks, and the queen mother smiled and said: "These are local products and snacks from Runcheng. Young people like this kind of little thing the most. You should try it too. If you like it, bring some back later." go home to eat."

Bo Qing's heart moved slightly, and she understood that they were afraid that Mu Zhaoming was an old minister of Fengqi Kingdom, and wanted to test out from her whether Mu Zhaoming's intentions really belonged to Xiao. No wonder the emperor gave him the official position of Zhongshuling. , You can only feel at ease if you put it under your nose.

Pretending not to know, he quickly stepped forward to thank him, took out a small piece of preserved fruit and put it in his mouth, the core had been removed, the taste was sweet and sour, and the taste was crunchy, but he did not reject it.

The queen mother smiled slightly: "This is made of green plum fruit. Do you like the taste?"

Boqing stood up in a well-mannered manner and said: "Back to the Queen Mother, my concubine likes it very much. I have been in Runcheng for half a month, but I often hear the mention of cooking wine with green plums in the gossip of the servants at home, and some people who listen to the song sing" Cooking wine with green plums On heroes "Although I am curious about how green plums are cooked into wine, I have never seen it with my own eyes, but if I taste the preserved green plums and think it is good, I guess the taste of green plums cooked into wine must be good."

After listening to the flirtatious words, the queen mother immediately smiled and said: "Green plum wine is the most suitable for women to drink, but unfortunately it is not the time now, it will be available in spring and summer. Next year, Ai's family will hold a green plum wine banquet and invite the wives of all families to drink it. Bring home-made plum wine into the palace for everyone to taste together."

Seeing that the Empress Dowager liked it, she said with a thin smile, "When the concubine returns home, she must study this green plum wine."

The queen mother smiled at the meeting, and said with a little affection, she suddenly said with relief: "Fortunately, you met the Ai family that day, otherwise I am afraid that you will not have the opportunity to participate in the green plum feast of the Ai family."

Boqing was startled, especially the first sentence "Fortunately you met Aijia that day", on the surface it was grateful for her life-saving, but in fact it was hinting to her that something was wrong that day.

What should come will always come, her petite body softened, she knelt on the ground, and tremblingly said: "I know I was wrong."

Seeing Baoqing's terrified expression, the queen mother withdrew her smile and said coldly: "Young Madam Mu, what is wrong with that day when Aijia and Shuang'er came back from praying for blessings and were hunted down on the way, if you hadn't happened to pass by by chance and shot Save me, I'm afraid Ai's family has already died in Huangquan."

By chance, the Empress Dowager pronounced the four words very emphatically.

In an instant, her fickle thoughts had turned a thousand times, and she immediately understood that the Queen Mother and the others were suspicious, and everything that day was deliberately arranged by her in order to take the opportunity to climb up to the Queen Mother.

Boqing raised his head violently, holding on to the previous events with a look of panic on his face, and said: "Going back to the Queen Mother, it was not my concubine's wish to see her die that day. It's just that the road to Runcheng has been uneven, and my concubine was frightened." I don’t dare to save people easily.”

On the way, they did meet a few robbers who wanted to hit the robbers they noticed.

Bo Qing didn't take it seriously at first, but now it seems that these people are deliberately delaying their time on the road, in order to let her meet the Queen Mother unexpectedly.

The Empress Dowager did not expect that Bo Qing would bring up the matter again. She pondered for a moment, continued to keep a straight face, and said in a cold voice: "Oh, is it? From Fengdu to Runcheng, all belong to Xiao Under the jurisdiction of the Peaceful Kingdom, how can the road be uneven." It was clearly an excuse.

Boqing pondered slightly, and said with lingering fear: "Back to the queen mother, on the way to Runcheng, I met several robbers. I thought they were doing it for money, but they kept asking me to hand over things. I don't know what they are referring to, but of course they couldn't hand it over, so they rushed over to snatch him. If the guards in the mansion hadn't been strong at that time, the concubines might not have been able to get to Runcheng safely. It's just..."

Seeing the sudden turning point of Bo Qing, the Queen Mother couldn't help but ask at the end of the sentence: "Just what?"

Seeing the empress dowager's stern face, Bao Qing was slightly moved, and said cautiously: "It's just that a group of robbers among them are very cunning, and they deliberately pick out men and women to pretend to be robbed by strong men. We went on the road together, but those people waited for an opportunity to attack us. When I met the Queen Mother outside the city that day, my concubine thought it was the robbers repeating their old tricks, so..."

The queen mother didn't let her get up immediately, so she knew that the queen mother had already believed the words of others. If she wanted to dispel suspicion and these misunderstandings, she had to prove that her appearance that day was actually deliberately arranged by someone, so she had to mention some things she didn't know on the way before. Take the little things to heart.

Baoqing deliberately stopped, looked up at the queen mother and said calmly: "The concubine heard the report from the pathfinder. When there was a fight in front, I felt lingering fear, so I ordered my family to stop, and we can enter the city after the matter is over. But no Thinking of the loyal guards of the Empress Dowager, protecting the Empress Dowager and the princess, and escaping to the courtiers, this is what happened next."

The slightly hoarse voice disappeared, and the hall became quiet. After a while, the Queen Mother said lightly: "These are just your one-sided words. How can Aijia believe you."

Boqing kowtowed deeply and said: "Queen Mother, please forgive my concubine for a crime of deception."

The Empress Dowager frowned, and from the corner of her eyes, she unconsciously glanced at the apse, and said in a less polite tone: "You have been charged with a lot of crimes, let's say, forgive you for your innocence?"

Boqing knew that the person who wanted to see her was not the queen mother, so she sneered in her heart, but said nervously: "Back to the queen mother, it was my husband who, after hearing about this incident, thought that these killers who dared to commit murder at the feet of the emperor must come from extraordinary backgrounds, and immediately let people I went to check if there were any clues, but unexpectedly found that there were two killers still alive, so I ordered people to take them back for treatment, hoping to find clues from them, after all, the person they wanted to assassinate was you, the Queen Mother."

(End of this chapter)