The Ups and Downs of Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 41 "Performance" in the palace ([-])
The spring is cold and the wind blows again, and the cold seeps into Fang Xiuyi's clothes bit by bit, and time goes by bit by bit.Fang Xiuyi stood quietly, let the cold wind blow, let the maids and eunuchs laugh and watch.She tried to move her feet slightly, but found that her legs and feet were numb, she wanted to smile, but her face was already stiff, well, it was almost time.

Fang Xiuyi slowly started to move his fingers, moved his fingers, and his feet also started to move slightly.The maid passing by gave her a surprised look, but she didn't expect that there were still people making small moves on the Queen Mother's ground.After a few minutes, Fang Xiuyi felt that her fingers were alive and her legs and feet were a little more comfortable, so she first took off the Huasheng hairpin in front of her hair, and the light of the gemstone flickered in front of her eyes. Crisp, it sounds good in this quiet place.Hua Sheng threw it to the ground with a "crash".Then, the auspicious cloud hosta on the sideburns, "Ding Dang", fell to the ground.Then, the golden flower tin on the other side also fell to the ground, and the flower branches on it were still trembling slightly.

When Fang Xiuyi's hair was disheveled, a panicked court lady had already gone in to report it, but the Queen Mother didn't seem to think that she could cause any trouble, so Fang Xiuyi threw away all her jewelry, and there was no reaction.

Fang Xiuyi thought to himself: This old thing, is it really going to force her to give up her dignity?She gritted her teeth, her grandma's, she had to go all out, in this life, how much wronged she had suffered in order to live!Could it be that just after living a good life, it becomes more expensive?I don't want the child to be unable to catch the wolf. For the sake of the future of the two children, what is there to worry about? !

Fang Xiu touched her hair and threw away all the hair accessories. She rubbed her hair casually, the bun was loosened, and a few strands of hair fell down.She knelt down with a "plop", and shouted in a panic: "Queen Mother, please forgive me!"

Shouting for mercy, he looked left and right for nothing like rocks, took off one of his shoes, took a serious look, then closed his eyes, and knocked on his forehead cruelly, making a "slap" sound. .Damn, it hurts!
There was finally a reaction inside, only a sound was heard, and several women came out consecutively from the inside, the leader was an elderly woman with dignified facial features but a bit harsh, Fang Xiu guessed that this was probably the Queen Mother herself.As soon as she saw these women coming out, she threw herself on the ground and cried, "Queen Mother, please spare me!" in a very miserable voice.

"What's going on? Crazy?" The queen mother was a little angry. She thought that a little cook would not dare to challenge her authority even if she borrowed her courage. Come play.

"Bold! How dare you tease the empress dowager! Hurry up and take her away!" Fang Xiu heard this voice that seemed a little familiar, and it must be the former concubine Wu Zhaoyi.

"Empress Dowager, please spare me!" Fang Xiuyi didn't say too much, she just said this back and forth, she reckoned that the emperor should show up soon.

"Mrs. He, you are also the wife of a dignified second-rank official, how can you do such an unremarkable thing, what a shame!" This is the queen's voice.

Immediately, several aunt-like people came over, trying to pull Fang Xiuyi up, but how could Fang Xiuyi submit so easily, she fell on the ground, and no one else could do anything to her.

"Empress Dowager, if I do something wrong, please ask the Empress Dowager to teach me, but you can't treat me like this! The emperor said, I am a first-class imperial lady!" No matter what you have to highlight your identity, otherwise how can you show off? the seriousness of what happened.

"Hehe, it's still a grade! Don't you look at where you are?" Wu Zhaoyi sneered, and other women immediately echoed with slight laughter.

"Shut up!" the Queen Mother snapped.After all, he is a seasoned veteran, and he has already seen Fang Xiuyi's purpose and brilliance, "Pull her up!"

The aunts must have heard the empress dowager's bad tone, so they lifted Fang Xiuyi up abruptly with all their strength, and forced her to stand up on the ground.

Fang Xiuyi didn't struggle at all, so why bother herself, anyway, the desired effect has already been achieved.

The queen also realized at this time that she hated Fang Xiuyi.The last time we met, half of her power was divided, and this time it was the same situation again.She held back the anger in her heart, and told the people around her: "Aunt Chang, please ask Mrs. He to go to the side hall to redress!"

Fang Xiu secretly scolded the emperor for not coming, but she still had to yell: "My empress dowager, I am ignorant and ignorant, I offended the empress dowager, please punish her!"

The queen mother frowned and waved her hand, "Aren't you going down?"

The burly aunts hurriedly dragged Fang Xiuyi to the inside. When Fang Xiuyi was worrying about what to do, a clear voice came from outside the palace gate: "The emperor is here!"

Now, there is no need to use anyone's tricks. Fang Xiuyi took advantage of everyone's slack and immediately lay down on the ground again. It was too late for the empress dowager's subordinates to catch her again. The emperor walked in with a group of people. All of a sudden, Wu Yangyang knelt down, and the voices of asking for peace also kept coming and going.

"It's so lively here! It seems that I came at the right time!" The emperor's voice sounded very happy, "Get up!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone flattened their bodies one after another, which made Fang Xiuyi even more prominent. She was lying on the ground in embarrassment alone, refusing to get up.

After Fang Xiuyi heard He Huai'an say that the queen and Wu Zhaoyi were relatives of the queen mother, she knew that the emperor probably didn't leave any good work for her.Thinking that she, a woman who just crawled out of the mud, was about to step onto the stage majestically and sing an astonishing performance. It really can only be described as "If you don't succeed, you will succeed".

He Huaian said that there was no danger, because the emperor just wanted to take advantage of her straightforwardness and ignorance.But the fact is that she was not really born in the countryside, she has also seen the world.She can neither be fearful nor defiant.Especially now, she still has two children to worry about. She is not sure what the emperor is thinking, and the emperor has never talked to her, and there is nothing written in black and white. It depends on how much patience and affection the emperor has for the queen mother and other women, or how much these women know about the emperor.

Alas, after all, everything depends on oneself, "do it yourself, have enough food and clothing".In the previous life, I never thought that one day I would become a shrew.

"Who is kneeling on the ground? Why didn't you hear what I said?" Fang Xiu heard the emperor's voice, and felt like a spring breeze blowing by her ears. It was finally her turn to appear on the stage, but it was a pity that the oil paint was not heavy enough.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. It's Mrs. He's wife. She accidentally fell down just now. My concubine and others are about to help her up." Before Fang Xiu could stand up and speak, the queen had already preemptively, and Fang Xiu was measuring her. Xiuyi is a village woman, she would not dare to confront the queen mother, empress and others even if she had the guts.Immediately after the queen finished speaking, she ordered someone to help Fang Xiuyi up, "Hurry up and help Mrs. He up!"

It's just that Fang Xiuyi has already walked on the stage, not to mention a play, how could he leave in such a state of embarrassment? !

"Your Majesty, please listen to my concubine's details." Fang Xiuyi tried her best to break free from the restraints of the maids, and still knelt on the ground, but raised her head high, her messy hair fluttering in the wind, her forehead was red and swollen, and a piece of her foot was lost. only shoes.

The emperor was taken aback when he saw it. The front feet were still the dignified and gentle Mrs. Yipin, but the back feet turned into such a ghostly appearance.

"Well, why is this? How did Mrs. He look like this?" The emperor's surprised tone made Fang Xiuyi wonder if he might have misunderstood the play.

"Your Majesty, she didn't accidentally drop it, so what did you ask her to say? Disrespect in front of the imperial court is a serious crime!" That Wu Zhaoyi stood up and wanted to step on Fang Xiuyi.

The emperor glanced at Wu Zhaoyi blankly, and didn't answer, but Fang Xiuyi said: "Okay, let me just listen to you, can the queen still wrong you?"

Injustice?Fang Xiuyi grasped this word sensitively. Could it be that this is what the emperor meant?Oh my god, it's so difficult to act without a script!

"Thank you, Your Majesty! This concubine is auspicious." Fang Xiuyi's head was spinning rapidly, "I was nervous and honored when I learned that the queen mother had summoned me. I was afraid that I would offend the queen mother with something wrong. Give me some pointers, it's really a blessing in three lives. The father-in-law of the Palace of Compassion and Ning introduced the concubine into the palace, and let the concubine wait here, and he went to report. The concubine stood here, not daring to move at all, for fear of breaking the rules However, the concubine waited for a long time and was not summoned by the queen mother, so she asked the aunts here, but they did not say a word to the concubine. The concubine was wondering if the father-in-law was negligent in doing something else, but suddenly Hearing the voice coming from the Empress Dowager's room, I was startled."

"Oh, what did you hear?" The emperor seemed very interested in Fang Xiuyi's story.

"My concubine heard someone say: 'Queen Mother, what is she, let her stand outside and let her know how powerful she is!'" Fang Xiuyi now feels that it is not for nothing.

"You're talking nonsense! Who said that?" That Wu Zhaoyi was furious.

The emperor waved his hand, but Wu Zhaoyi didn't dare to make another mistake.

"Really? Then did you hear who said this sentence?"

"The emperor made amends. At that time, my body felt cold all over. I could only hear this sentence clearly, but the speaker's voice was a little fuzzy." She thought of giving Wu Zhaoyi a big move.

"and then?"

"Then someone said, this Mrs. Yipin is really interesting. I heard that she used to be a cook with two children. Somehow, she hooked up with He Shangshu, and a pheasant flew up a branch!" Fang Xiuyi suddenly felt He's pretty good at making up his own stories.

"It's a bunch of nonsense! Please the emperor check it out!" The queen couldn't help it anymore, no matter how calm she was, she couldn't stand someone slandering her face to face.

"Speaking of which, I will make my own decision."

"When the concubine was wondering who this was talking about, a lady came out from the inside, reprimanded the concubine for being shameless, and asked the people in the palace to tear the concubine's hair and clothes, saying that the concubine was not worthy of this imperial order! Concubine They kowtowed desperately to beg to be let go, but they didn't stop. Fortunately, the empress dowager was kind and came out to stop it in time, just at this time, the emperor came over."

"You, you, you are talking nonsense, how dare you lie in front of the emperor. Your majesty, hurry up and punish her for being disrespectful!" Wu Zhaoyi gritted her teeth with hatred.

"Your Majesty, I'm not talking nonsense. Although I'm from a humble background, I still know how to write the word loyalty and filial piety!" Fang Xiuyi kowtowed to the emperor firmly this time. However, if the concubine's origin and experience make the world question the emperor's ruling, then please the emperor revoke the concubine's order. Even if the concubine is ridiculed by others, I don't want to let the emperor suffer The world gives pointers!"

This time Fang Xiuyi completely tore off her face, she didn't say who was right and who was wrong, but emphasized that the emperor's decision had been questioned.

The women including the empress, except the empress dowager, knelt down one after another, "Please enlighten me, my concubine and others have nothing to say!"

Before the emperor said anything, the queen mother spoke first.

"Mrs. He, what a guts! You talk nonsense and nonsense in front of Aijia. What's your purpose?"

"Your Majesty, this concubine must never dare to think otherwise!" Fang Xiuyi's forehead was red and swollen, which looked a little scary.

"Really? Then tell me, who came out to instigate people?"

Fang Xiu glanced at the emperor, the emperor didn't move, well, if he didn't move, he acquiesced.Looking at the queen mother again, the queen mother is dismissive, thinking that she is a humble person who can't stand her.Then, Fang Xiuyi pointed at Wu Zhaoyi very precisely without hesitation, "This is the empress!"

"Your Majesty, you can't believe her. What she said just now is all false? We haven't done it!" Although Wu Zhaoyi was angry, she was not nervous. With the Queen Mother here, she had never done anything, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

"Your Majesty, what my sister said is true. It is indeed Mrs. He who is making up things." The queen didn't know why Fang Xiuyi did this for a while, but she thought that with these things made up, the emperor would not be incapacitated. Distinguish between right and wrong.

Several other concubines also spoke at this time, saying that Fang Xiuyi had lied and it was a crime of deceiving the emperor.

Fang Xiuyi knelt there with a resolute face, she was fighting for her own life.

The emperor pondered for a moment, "Madam He, get up first. Don't worry, if what you said is true, I will make the decision for you!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Fang Xiuyi kowtowed to the emperor very sincerely, and then stood up.

"Mrs. He, you and Wu Zhaoyi have different opinions. Can anyone testify for you?"

Fang Xiuyi glanced at the emperor carefully and disrespectfully, then at Wu Zhaoyi and the empress who were angry but somewhat proud, and the empress dowager who seemed to be thinking deeply, and then saw He Huai'an, the two children, and that Wen Renyi. Isn't it the inner palace? Why did the emperor bring his courtiers in.The moment Fang Xiuyi saw the children, her heart skipped a beat. They had been wronged and bullied when they fled before, but like today, kneeling down in such embarrassment and humble as dust, the children are the first Seeing it with her own eyes once, she didn't know if it would leave a shadow in their hearts, but now she can't care so much, and she will explain it later when she goes back.

"Your Majesty, I know that women are honorable, so I can't be wronged. However, since the emperor asked me, I dare not refuse. The father-in-law who sent me here just now has been standing in the palace. Outside the door, I just don’t know if he heard anything.” Fang Xiu thought, this time it’s really a success or failure, not to mention that He Huai’an also mentioned a little before that there will be no danger, it seems that the emperor is also bound to win, It's just that this method is a little more despicable.Thinking of He Huai'an, Fang Xiuyi felt that it was necessary to have a long talk with him. Now that the two are a family, if one loses, they both lose. They can't hide it like this anymore, they must trust each other.

"Mrs. He, you are the first-rank imperial order that I personally conferred. You are so honorable. Don't underestimate yourself! Well, in this case, let Lu Deqing come in and talk about it. Wen Aiqing, come and decide for me." The emperor seemed not very concerned commanded willingly.It is strange to say that although it is spring, it is not warm outside, and the queen mother and empress are all outside, but the emperor seems to have not seen it. Not only is there not much enthusiasm, but he is not even willing to save face. Outside, what's more, the affairs of his own wives were even judged by an important court official.

Lu Deqing hurried in from the outside and knelt in front of the emperor, "Your Majesty!"

"Get up and talk."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Deqing didn't look sideways after entering.

Wen Renyi took a few steps forward, looked at Fang Xiuyi's hair blown by the wind, and said solemnly to Lu Deqing: "Lu Deqing, I, on behalf of the emperor, want to ask you something, you must tell the truth, and there must be no lies." , otherwise it is deceiving the king."

"Master Wen, I understand."

"After you sent Mrs. He into the Palace of Compassion and Peace, did you ever come in?"

"Going back to the adults, the younger one will send Mrs. He to the door, and then Eunuch Li will lead Mrs. He to meet the Queen Mother. The younger one has not even stepped into the Palace of Compassion, and has been waiting outside the door."

"So, you didn't see what happened here at all?"

"Yes, the little one didn't see anything."

Wen Renyi has always been relatively indifferent, and sometimes he speaks without emotion. It may be because of this, coupled with his high position and authority, the emperor also relies heavily on him, so the people who talk to him are already weak when they try to figure it out a bit.

"Such a big thing happened inside, you can't hear a little movement outside the door, right?"

Lu Deqing hesitated for a moment, then subconsciously glanced at Fang Xiuyi, he finally knew why Fang Xiuyi let him stay outside the door.

"Eunuch Lu, don't worry, just say what you know." Wen Renyi still said to Lu Deqing calmly.

"Yes, my lord. The little one stood outside the door. He didn't wait for Mrs. He to come out for a long time, so he thought that Mrs. He was talking happily with the queen mother. But suddenly, the little one heard a few 'dingling bang' The sound, I don't know what fell to the ground, and then, then..."

"and then?"

"Then, Madam He was heard shouting: 'Queen Mother, please forgive me!'"

"Presumptuous! A little eunuch dares to talk nonsense and make up nonsense in front of the emperor and the queen mother!" The queen sternly scolded Lu Deqing, and then said to the emperor, "Your majesty, this eunuch dares to deceive the emperor, please be careful."

"Queen, don't worry, I have my own judgement, if someone deceives the emperor, I will never forgive you lightly!"

Wen Renyi continued to ask Lu Deqing: "When Mrs. He said this, were there any other voices?"

"There are, but the small ones don't sound real. It's like a 'popping' sound."

"Can you make out the sound?"

"Small, small, I just vaguely heard this kind of sound, it seems, it seems to be like this." When Lu Deqing said, he slapped himself on the face with his hand a few times, making a "papapa" sound, "It seems to be this It’s a kind of voice, but I’m not sure if it’s too small!”

Before the others reacted, Fang Xiuyi felt a little regretful at first. Why didn't he expect to greet his face a few times with the "cracking" sound, wouldn't it be even worse?

"Nonsense! You damned eunuch!" Wu Zhaoyi was very angry, "Your Majesty, Lu Deqing is lying, Madam He did all of this herself! Your Majesty!"

Lu Deqing kowtowed heavily to the emperor, "Your Majesty, what you say is true, you dare to swear to the sky, if there is a lie, I am willing to be struck by thunder!"

"Okay, okay, get up quickly, you have been by my side for many years, and I believe that you dare not lie."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is truly a wise king!"

Everyone could hear the direction of the emperor's words. Since Lu Deqing did not lie, Fang Xiuyi's words were at least [-]% trustworthy.It is precisely because of this that the complexions of the Queen Mother and Queen are not very good-looking.The queen mother is more angry, and the queen is more fearful.

But there is one person whose brain is underdeveloped.

(End of this chapter)