Traveling through the harem: the favorite concubine

Chapter 138

When Mu Yizhi was brought to Zhaoyang Hall by Deng Xian, Zhao Qingze was already sitting in front of the long table full of imperial meals.

He was wearing a golden dragon robe, and under the sunlight, it seemed to be coated with a layer of light. When Mu Yizhi just walked in and looked up and saw it, his face was stunned. If Zhao Qingze didn't speak suddenly, he would almost subconsciously want to Kneel down and salute.

Zhao Qingze stood up with a smile, and asked Deng Xian to take Mu Yizhi into his seat.

When Mu Yizhi woke up and found his own thoughts, he felt a little embarrassed, and sat in silence opposite Zhao Qingze.

The palace attendants standing by the side came up with a basin to clean Mu Yizhi's hands, and another palace attendant came up to deliver bowls and chopsticks, and then began to serve the two emperors, Mu Yizhi and Zhao Qingze, and began to eat.

Mu Yizhi watched the palace people test the poison and serve the dishes in a regular manner, with a slight memory on his face, and said to Zhao Qingze: "Speaking of it, this is the second time I have used imperial food in this palace. At that time, it was yours. Father... As a subject, I sat at the bottom. That time, it was the eve of my expedition as General Pingxi, who knew, I went..."

Mu Yi felt a lot, and even spoke intermittently.

"I'm afraid, on that day, as General Pingxi, you would never have imagined that there will be today."

Zhao Qingze smiled, and didn't want to... Or at this moment, he didn't want to accompany Mu Yizhi to recount the past, he just said: "Just now, I don't know what happened to the meeting with Concubine Xian?"

Hearing this, Mu Yizhi put down the chopsticks in his hand, fell silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty... as a former subject, even now as the emperor of Yi Kingdom, I have to call you that, and I have to admit that my The root is still here. It’s just that I can’t stay here anymore, so I have to choose to live in a foreign land. This time I will come back, one is about the book, but I hope you will agree to my request.”

Zhao Qingze slightly raised his eyelids, looked at Mu Yizhi with a calm expression on his face, but said, "Please tell me."

"Although I have been staying in a remote place in the northwest, I have also heard that the emperor loves and favors the imperial concubine alone. I must not care about the concubine Xian. My Mu family has long since died, and there is only Concubine Xian and one daughter under my knees. I owe a lot to this daughter..." Mu Yizhi sighed deeply, and said, "Since the emperor is willing to agree to a truce, he naturally has good intentions. Return to the country of Yi."

Zhao Qingze picked up the wine glass at hand, put it to his mouth and took a sip slowly, then looked at Mu Yizhi and said in a flat tone: "I'm afraid this is unreasonable, at least there has never been such a thing."

The meaning in the words is obviously the meaning of polite refusal.

Mu Yizhi also knew that this daughter who had already left the family had absolutely no rules of going back, not to mention that this daughter was still married into the palace.

Once a concubine in the palace enters the gate, it is impossible to leave, unless she becomes a monk or dies, or even if the emperor never touches her for the rest of her life, she will be alone in the palace.

"I also know that it is not reasonable, but I still want to take the liberty to ask you to agree. Since you love the imperial concubine, you naturally don't care about the concubine Xian. One more or one less of her may not have much impact on the emperor, right? , but Concubine Xian is my daughter... Please forgive me for being a father."

Seeing that Zhao Qingze's expression remained unchanged, Mu Yizhi felt ruthless in his heart, and said, "As the defeated country of Yi, I, as the leader of Yi, would like to respect the emperor."

As soon as Mu Yizhi's words came out, Zhao Qingze looked at Mu Yizhi appreciatively. You must know that Mu Yizhi's words were clearly expressing to Zhao Qingze that the country of Yi is willing to be a subordinate country. They bowed their heads and bowed their heads.

Although the Yi Kingdom was defeated in the Northwest War, Mu Yizhi proposed the signing of the peace agreement early, and got his approval. In fact, there is no need to make concessions to the signing of the peace agreement.

Now that it is like this, it is obvious that Concubine Xian plays a role in it.

"This matter is not discussed for the time being."

Zhao Qingze smiled, but did not immediately agree.In the end, only under Mu Yizhi's repeated questioning, Zhao Qingze said with a smile: "If the concubine Xian has no objection, I will naturally not stop it."

After lunch, Zhao Qingze personally sent Mu Yizhi out of the palace gate, but he did not return to Zhaoyang Palace, but came to Concubine Xian's palace.

Concubine Xian obviously did not expect that Zhao Qingze would come to her palace for the second time today. The incident in the morning obviously had a great impact on her. Although she had a smile on her face, she was still somewhat reluctant.

Zhao Qingze didn't care too much, his face was not as gentle as when he came to Concubine Xian's palace, but rather serious, he looked at Concubine Xian and said: "I am here this time, I want to talk to Concubine Xian Pile deal."

The smile on Concubine Xian's face slowly faded. Looking at Zhao Qingze, there was a trace of uneasiness in her heavy heart.

As the weather was getting hotter, Ruyi asked the people below to put on summer clothes and began to tidy up slowly.

Hearing what Shaoyao told her, when the palace was going to invite the Lord of Yi and his queen into the palace for a family banquet, she was taken aback for a moment, and said in a flat tone: "The emperor treats the Lord of Yi very well." enthusiasm."

Isn't it enthusiasm? First it was a palace banquet, and now it's a family banquet.

She didn't speak any more, picked out a rose red palace dress from her clothes, smiled at Shao Yao: "Do you think I will wear this to attend that family banquet?"

Before Shaoyao could speak, Zhao Qingze, who walked in from the outside, picked up the clothes in Ruyi's hands with a smile, made gestures on her body, and said, "You can change into them at any time."

Ruyi smiled and turned to look at him, but took the clothes and put them back.

"Why did you come back so early today? Tomorrow's family banquet, don't I need to do anything?"

Looking at the smile on Ruyi's face, Zhao Qingze said slowly, "No need, you and Aman Tianyou can just stay in Zhaoyang Hall properly."

"I don't have to go?"

Ruyi asked in surprise when she heard the words.

"Tomorrow, only Concubine Xian and I will go there."

Zhao Qingze said something lightly without explaining.When Ruyi heard the words, there was worry on her face, but she was not jealous, but genuinely worried. She could probably guess in her heart that something big would happen tomorrow.

She looked at Zhao Qingze, trying to see something from his face, but there was nothing on that face that was full of calm and calm expressions.

In the end, Ruyi sighed and said softly: "Tomorrow, you must come back unscathed."

Zhao Qingze nodded with a smile, touched Ruyi's face, with a little excitement in his eyes: "After tomorrow, my long-cherished wish in this life is to train Aman to be a qualified heir. .”

Moreover, this last wish is probably a strange number that suddenly appeared in his life.

Ruyi smiled, and her voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible: "From the beginning to the end, my wish is actually only one, that you, me, and the two children will be together safely in this life."

Concubine Xian sat in front of the dressing table, looking at herself dressed up in the mirror, but her face was expressionless like a puppet.

She closed her eyes, but what Zhao Qingze said to her echoed in her ears: "In this life, the only woman I have is the imperial concubine, and my heirs will only be born by the imperial concubine. Anyone who is an enemy of the imperial concubine I will remove all the people for her. Concubine Xian, you are the person who is most likely to threaten the imperial concubine, but if you handle this matter for me, as long as you live peacefully in this life, I will protect you in the next life Enjoy wealth without worry, and the power of the harem, I will not take it back."

Royal concubine...

A mocking sneer floated on Concubine Xian's face, but this sneer slowly filled with desolation.

Her hands touched the white porcelain bottle on the dressing table in a daze. The cold temperature on the porcelain bottle made her whole body shiver. She took a deep breath, but stopped the trembling, and slowly made up her mind. .

She can't be blamed for this, she just wants to live a good life, moreover, it was him... It was her father who was sorry for her first, and her father who was first sorry for the Mu family.

If he had died that year, there would have been no subsequent tragedies. It was a mistake for him to live, and she was just ending this mistake.

Concubine Xian held the porcelain bottle tightly in her hand, and stood up from the dressing table.

Concubine Xian didn't know how she felt when the glass of wine was poured out of the jug in her hand.But when she saw that Mu Yizhi didn't notice and drank it without the slightest hesitation.

She knew that she had succeeded, but she felt that her heart was a little numb.

She looked at Zhao Qingze in a daze, and also looked at her father who was holding his chest and looked at her in disbelief. She opened her mouth, and when she wanted to call out the name that she hadn't called out for many years, she found that her throat It was difficult to yell out a sound.

She could only numbly look at the chaotic scene in the hall, at the man who called her nickname "Niuniu" not long ago, her only relative in the world was pushed to the ground by the guards, looking at that man The woman she hated was also pushed on the seat.

She didn't feel happy or regretful, only numb.

Zhao Qingze glanced at her indifferently, and asked someone to help her back to the bedroom.She didn't resist either, but was at the mercy of the people below, until the moment she sat on the bed, her mind kept echoing Mu Yizhi's unbelievable eyes just now.

"You can't blame me...it's your fault, it's your fault."

Concubine Xian clutched the quilt tightly, with a smile and tears on her face.

Mu Yizhi sat in the iron prison. Although he was still wearing luxurious clothes, his hair was disheveled and he looked very embarrassed.Just now the imperial physician had prepared the antidote for him, so although his complexion was a little pale, his spirit seemed much better.

Zhao Qingze walked in, sat outside the prison and looked at him.

Mu Yizhi sneered, and said to Zhao Qingze: "Arresting me is useless. Besides, your Majesty, you promised to sign a peace agreement with a truce, but then broke the contract. I don't know how to reply to the people of the world."

Zhao Qingze smiled when he heard the words, and was not moved by Mu Yizhi's words.

"Even if you become the emperor of the Yi country, you are only a traitor. If I punish you, why not reply to the people of the world. In the Northwest War, tens of thousands of soldiers died, and how many other people lost their lives. My own relatives, if you obey the law now, I am afraid that everyone in the common people will applaud. More importantly, I did not give you that glass of wine, and the person who wants to kill you is not I, but your daughter, Concubine Xian! "

"You... despicable!"

Mu Yizhi snorted coldly.

"Wait until tomorrow, your daughter will list your crimes to the people of the world."

"Zhao Qingze, you are as despicable as your father." Mu Yizhi clenched his hands into fists, he lay on the iron prison railing regardless of his appearance, trying to reach out to grab Zhao Qingze.

Zhao Qingze approached without fear, and said with a smile: "No, I can attack the Northwest in a fair and honest way, and then arrest you, but I don't want to do that. In fact, the person who really resembles me is you .It’s just that you lost, but I won! Even if you became the emperor of the so-called Yi country.”

"You are very similar to me, so I won't humiliate you. On the contrary, I admire you, because you were in a worse situation than me at the beginning, but you gritted your teeth and survived. I'm afraid Concubine Xian still doesn't know. In fact, you There is no such thing as treason..." Zhao Qingze paused slightly, looked at Mu Yizhi and said, "But, I'm afraid it's better for her not to know now, and you don't want her to know anymore, after all, she is the only one you survived. The blood of the world. You still want her to live well, even if she wants to kill you."

Mu Yizhi's hand holding the iron railing gradually weakened. He looked up at Zhao Qingze and said in a deep voice, "You know?"

Back then, Mu Yizhi led millions of soldiers to fight under the orders of the Supreme Emperor. Even though he knew that it was not a good time, even though he knew that the tactics formulated were not good, but because it was the order of the Supreme Emperor, he did not dare to disobey.

As a result, he was caught in an ambush and was defeated.

At that time, Mu Yizhi was red-eyed, and he had suffered countless injuries, but he still persisted, and even had the determination to die.

But he didn't die. When he woke up, he found that he was scarred and unable to move. That's when he saw his current wife and learned that the Supreme Emperor listened to the slander and thought he was really a traitor. The whole house was wiped clean.

Even at that time, Mu Yizhi still clearly remembered that he still held the belief of clearing up his grievances.So he struggled to survive in the northwest, just to be able to repay his name one day.

But slowly, he also changed, and he also understood that even if he proved his innocence, he might not be able to clear his name. The Supreme Emperor will not admit his mistakes. If he wants to return his innocence, it is to let the Supreme Emperor admit his mistake.

How is that possible!
Mu Yizhi is not stupid, and he also knows that only when he stands at the same height as the Supreme Emperor, or even a higher position, can he be possible.And the power is intoxicating, he is immersed in it, how can he not be moved.

He relied on his wife to fight for power and profit in the northwest, instigated wars, and then took advantage of the fisherman and sat on the supreme position. It's just a pity that the new emperor in front of him is not as incompetent as his father. The northwest warrior who has always been brave and good at fighting, unexpectedly lost.

And he also fell into the trap, and now, he is alone as a prisoner.

At this moment, Mu Yizhi knew in his heart that even if he didn't drink the poisonous wine handed over by the concubine Xian, he still couldn't beat the man in front of him.

"I admit defeat, I just ask you to treat my daughter well."

It was the first time Mu Yizhi used an honorific title, he lowered his head and gave up his request for self-esteem.

"Concubine Xian, I will not touch her."

For Mu Yizhi, a man who has so much in common with him, Zhao Qingze didn't want to go too far, so he agreed to his request.

It's just that when he left, he opened his mouth and said: "Just today, my soldiers have captured the Northwest."

When Zhao Qingze returned to Zhaoyang Hall, Ruyi was sitting on the couch with his two children playing together. Under the dim candlelight, a warm smile appeared on his face.

As if feeling something, Ruyi raised her head and saw the figure of Zhao Qingze returning, with a gentle and gentle smile on her face, looking at him and smiling.

(End of this chapter)