The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 78 The Killing Intent ([-])

Wan Lai pulled down the curtain of 'Apricot Blossom and Wind' and changed into emerald green pajamas with a shy face.

She walked to the warm seat with bare feet, put her forehead on the emperor's shoulder and said with a clever eye: "Why is the emperor so serious and ignores his concubines."

The emperor smiled heartily, stopped Wanyu's waist and sighed: "I think Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" written by Sun Wu has a few lines very wonderful." He said, pointing to a line of yellowish ink on the booklet: "It says' If you know yourself and know yourself, you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you don't know your enemy but know yourself, you will win and lose once; if you don't know your enemy and yourself, you will lose every battle." , Jie Ye', it really is the most reasonable words."

Wan Lai pretended not to know what it meant, and leaned into the emperor's arms and asked him, the emperor replied: "It's just some way of using soldiers. In fact, how is this different from being a man? You have to know yourself and the enemy, and kill yourself with one blow, and you will die forever." future trouble."

After finishing speaking, he closed the book of war again, looked towards Wanyu and said with a smile, "I'm going to bore you if I tell you this."

Wan Yuqian shook her head with a smile, but the silver inlaid gemstone jasper butterfly hairpin on the top caught the emperor's attention.

The butterfly wings fluttered with the graceful movement, lifelike, the emperor asked: "This hairpin was worn by Concubine Yi before, but was it given to you?"

"This hairpin was originally a pair. It was given to the concubine and the eldest sister by the concubine's mother. The childish things made the emperor laugh."

The emperor stretched out his hand to stop the vibrating butterfly wings, and leaned closer to Wanyu: "Your mother will enter the palace in a few days, I will allow her to stay overnight in Yikun Palace, and then you can move in with Concubine Yi on that day. I haven't seen my family for a long time, so I must miss you very much."

After Wannai thanked the emperor for his sympathy, she saw Liang Jiugong enter with a dragon-patterned food box, respectfully placed it in front of the two of them, and said, "Your Majesty, nobleman Wan, the new 'Sweet Jade Pipa Cake' made by the Imperial Dining Room, I also invite the two masters to try it first."

The emperor opened the food box, and the strong scent of flowers came out, the emperor casually took a piece and handed it to Wanyu's lips, "Let's taste it."

Wan Lai pushed shyly, and frowned slightly: "The emperor always wants his concubines to eat these snacks, and most of them are sweet and greasy. If you go on like this, don't become a round and fat man."

The emperor brought the pastry closer and persuaded: "It's not because you are weak like a willow in the wind, I feel so distressed when I see it. Concubine Xian told me in private that you usually hide in your own palace and eat very little. How good is it to burn out your body for the sake of your body?" He leaned close to Wanyu's ear, and said delicately: "These are all yours, no one else has them."

Wan Lai's brows and eyes drooped, her cheeks flushed, she sighed happily, and Liang Jiugong laughed, "Your Majesty Wan, don't waste the emperor's thoughts, this 'Sweet Jade Pipa Cake' will be ordered to start in the imperial dining room in the afternoon." Made it, after four times of water and steaming twice, it took a lot of effort to get this plate. The servant looked at the palace, and only you can make the emperor so troublesome."

Hearing these words, Wanyu's heart warmed even more, the emperor smiled and reprimanded Liang Jiugong and ordered him to go down to serve, and the duo and Wanyu used up the plate of pastries.

Since serving in bed for several months, every time Wanyu slept in Qianqing Palace, she had to eat the snack prepared by the emperor carefully for her, and each time the recipe was different, except that the taste was sweeter.

Wan Lai also asked the concubine next to her in private, that no one else has this kind of friendship when she sleeps with her.

Although eating is a small matter, he even cares about such trivial things as he eats less on weekdays. This caring is not easy.

The emperor had too many things to deal with, and he couldn't care about her in everything, and it was inevitable that she would suffer some grievances.

But the honor and delicacy of these days has already made Wanyu wipe away the disappointment she felt towards the emperor that day.

After going to bed that day, the emperor still allowed her to stay overnight in Qianqing Palace.

The two of them embraced each other and fell asleep against the sound of insects outside the house, and after an unknown amount of time, Wannai was awakened by Liang Jiugong's throaty cry.

The voice was extremely low, and she was awakened only because she couldn't sleep well at night.

She was about to open her eyes, but she heard Liang Jiugong say something, saying that Suo'etu was outside asking to see him.

Now that the night has passed, why would the courtiers of the former court come to visit in the middle of the night?

Without waiting for Wanyu to think about it, she heard the emperor next to her pillow say "Let him wait outside" and hurriedly got up.

She pretended to be in a deep sleep and did not open her eyes. She only glanced around slowly when there was no movement in the hall.

Sure enough, there was no one in the huge side hall, only the cold moonlight shining on the wall through the patterned windows.

The night was eerily quiet.

'Snapped'

Suddenly, there was a sound of jade being smashed from the direction of the main hall, followed by the emperor angrily saying 'presumptuous'!
Wan Lai was taken aback by fright, but she was really curious, what made the emperor Ye Mido so furious?
With this doubt, she tiptoed off the bed and walked towards the door.She leaned her ears against the door curtain, and could vaguely hear the conversation between the two.

"Is he really so rebellious? Killing ministers without permission, and exchanging people for people, I have tolerated him, and now he dares to exercise power and interfere in politics, and replace all important military officials with his cronies? Is he planning to rebel?"

Wan Lai heard the emperor's words and said that the person was Ao Bai, her heart tightened and she secretly thought that something was wrong.

He heard the voice of another person in the main hall behind the curtain. It must be Suo'etu who came to see him: "The emperor has been planning for a long time, and now he just waits for the imperial edict. The ministers will go through fire and water to protect the emperor and the Qing Dynasty!"

"I think he has made great achievements in the Qing Dynasty, and he tolerated it again and again but didn't want to help the tyrant." The emperor paused for a while, sighed and said: "Send his cronies away from the capital! When the time is right, he will not be left behind. Also, is Ye Bilong still close to him in the near future?"

"Yi Zhongtang has always been close to him, so I don't know about it"

"With the exception of Oboi, there is only Ye Bilong left among the four assistant ministers. If he is still obsessed with his obsession, there is no guarantee that he will not become the second Oboi in the future. This matter is over, let's get rid of him together."

When these words came to her ears, Wanyu only felt a burst of tinnitus, as if firecrackers ignited on New Year's Eve exploded in her ears, making her temporarily deaf.

She broke out in a cold sweat, hurriedly ran back to the bed and buried herself with a quilt, for fear that the emperor would know that she had overheard his conversation with Suo'etu.

Ama obviously has lost contact with Aobai for a long time, why does Suo'etu still want to link the two of them together?
Thinking of what the eldest sister said that the queen has been in constant contact with her mother's family recently, and that Suo'etu is the queen's uncle, it might be that the Hesheli family wanted to take the opportunity to eradicate the Niu Hulu family's influence in the previous dynasty, so as to strengthen themselves His status in the previous dynasty is also unknown.

Ah Ma ordered her and her elder sister to enter the palace, the original intention was to let the two of them often speak for the mother's family, so as to find a way out when the court changed.

But she reset and refuted the queen's face, making the queen even more confrontational with her.

Now that the Hesheli family is colluding in the court and the harem, and he and his elder sister are alone and weak, how can they stop this shocking turmoil?

That night, the emperor never went back to the side hall for bed, and Wanyu never closed his eyes again.

(End of this chapter)