long live the queen

Chapter 52

Not seeing Yang Yi, Wei Yunqing had no choice but to go back to Yanxi Palace temporarily.

She summoned a court lady and asked, "Did the emperor say that I am not allowed to send a letter out of the palace?"

The maid hurriedly shook her head.

"Can't or don't know?" Wei Yunqing asked again.Because something was on her mind, her tone was not very good.

The palace maid was even more flustered, she quickly shook her head and said, "Your maidservant doesn't know!"

Wei Yunqing fell into a depressed silence, she would never admit it, no matter what method she tried, she must let Yang Yi let her out of the palace.She wanted to send a message to Yan Rusong first, asking him to wait for her, and she would definitely leave the palace soon.But this news may not get out.Her personal freedom was restricted, and she doubted that Yang Yi would not give her a chance to pass the news out of the palace.

She thought for a while, then suddenly asked the maid: "Do you know Cao Jun, Eunuch Cao?"

The maid hurriedly said: "This servant knows."

"Go and invite him." Wei Yunqing said.

The maid of honor went away in a hurry.

Since he couldn't deliver the news by himself, he could only borrow the hands of others to spread the news.She doesn't know many people in this palace, Lucui and Lantian should still be there in Qianqing Palace, they have no right to leave the palace at will, all she can count on are those high-ranking eunuchs.Zheng Xiang is someone close to Yang Yi, and he came to read out the imperial decree, so she didn't believe that he would pass on her news, so she had to find Cao Jun, who had met before.When she and Cao Jun first met, they were not happy, but they were harmonious when they reconciled. Maybe she gave him more money, and he was willing to help.

Thinking of money, Wei Yunqing hastily said loudly: "Come here!"

Another court lady walked in quickly. After listening to Wei Yunqing's order, everyone waited outside and was not allowed to enter at will.

"Did all my things be brought into the palace?" Wei Yunqing asked.

The maid said: "Yes, empress, all your things have been brought in."

"Where?"

"It's right here." The maid pointed to a row of wooden boxes beside the bed.

Wei Yunqing walked over quickly, opened the box and saw that her gold, silver and money were indeed there, presumably there was a lot.

After sitting in the palace for a while, the maid directly led Cao Jun back.

When Cao Jun came, there was a flattering smile on his face, and before Wei Yunqing could speak, he said, "Your Majesty, I know that you have a dignified face, and you will definitely be noble in the future. Now that you have really become an imperial concubine, I am so happy and congratulated." !"

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed Wei Yunqing's ugly face, and immediately fell silent, thinking in amazement where he made a mistake.

After all, there is a need for others, Wei Yunqing calmed down his displeasure, and forced a smile: "Eunuch Cao, I will not go around the bush anymore. I came here because I need your help."

Cao Jun was taken aback for a moment, he couldn't imagine that Wei Yunqing is now an imperial concubine, what else needs his help?Is it possible to let him move around to help him become a queen?Even the emperor can't do this, let alone him.

He smiled calmly and said, "Look at what you said, ma'am, what do you want to do, just give me an order, and I will make it beautiful and satisfying for you!"

Wei Yunqing waved his hand and asked all the palace people to go out. When only she and Cao Jun were left in the room, he said, "Eunuch Cao, I would like you to help me send a message outside the palace."

"Message?" Cao Jun was surprised.

"Yes, for Yan Rusong." She said it directly.

Cao Jun was slightly startled, swallowed his saliva, and then said cautiously: "Madam, this woman in the harem has correspondence with the man from the previous court...isn't it good?"

"Eunuch Cao, you should know that entering the palace was not voluntary on my own accord. Yan Rusong and I agree with each other, and we will get engaged." Wei Yunqing's face was frosty.

Cao Jun's eyes sank, and he wished he hadn't rushed over today. This is a good time, and he fell into a dilemma.

Before, Wei Yunqing was taken into the palace by Yang Yi to be named imperial concubine. He, as the eunuch who was in charge of ceremonies and Bingbi, could not have known about it, but at that time he was just thinking that it was so. Fortunately, he did not choose to be an enemy of her at the beginning. , didn't think deeply about the inside story.However, Wei Yunqing himself told him the inside story, and he was a little disturbed to hear such a secret matter of the palace—if the emperor knew that he knew about this matter, he might not be pleasing to him!

"This... Your Majesty, please forgive me for saying a word of loyalty." Cao Jun looked embarrassed, "My Majesty, you are now an imperial concubine who is only one step away from the queen, and the matter is a foregone conclusion. This matter outside the palace has nothing to do with you. Now, you should stop contacting outside the palace..."

"Eunuch Cao, thank you for your kindness. I just want to ask you, can you send a message to Yan Rusong for me?" Wei Yunqing only asked.

Cao Jun was silent for a while, then shook his head and sighed: "Madam, I really can't handle this matter. If the emperor finds out, I have to kill my servant. There are old and young in the servant's family, so I dare not take such a risk."

Wei Yunqing didn't care about how a eunuch was under the influence, but frowned and said: "Eunuch Cao, I can only come to beg you in this palace. If you don't help me, no one will. I still have something for me here." If Eunuch Cao doesn't dislike such a useless foreign object, please accept my little favor."

She took out a stack of banknotes and placed them on the coffee table at hand.

Cao Jun likes money, there is no doubt about it. When Wei Yunqing took out the silver bill and put it on the coffee table, his eyes drifted away unconsciously, greedy in his heart, but this matter is not trivial, he can still tell the situation clearly, so I had to withdraw my gaze and smiled wryly: "Madam, if this is an ordinary matter, the servant will help you, but this matter is so serious, the servant is really courageous..."

Wei Yunqing said: "Eunuch Cao, there is still a box of gold, silver and jewelry over there. If you are willing to help me with this matter, I will give it all to you."

Cao Jun's gaze followed Wei Yunqing's gaze, and when he saw the big mahogany box, a greedy light flashed in his eyes, but then he looked back regretfully.At present, he is ranked as the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and he is the second in command of the supervisor of ceremonies. He is closely subordinate to Zheng Xiang, the top eunuch with palm prints, and ranks second among all the servants. He can be the eunuch of Bingbi This position has a lot to do with his ability to control his greed and know what he can and can't have.

"Your Majesty, if it's anything else, the servants can't ignore it, but for this matter...even if you kill the servants, the servants can't help you!" Cao Jun lowered his eyes and stopped looking at those temptations.

Wei Yunqing took a deep breath. Although she knew that this matter might not go smoothly, such a lure still failed to move Cao Jun's heart, and she was still disappointed.

"Eunuch Cao, that's good, I'll ask you another thing." She said.

"My lady, please tell me!" Seeing that she no longer bothered about sending the letter to Yan Rusong, Cao Jun heaved a sigh of relief and hurriedly responded.

"I want to see Mr. Sun, the first assistant." Wei Yunqing said.

Cao Jun hesitated for a moment, and said for a moment: "Your Majesty, Mr. Sun is not something a slave can make. Besides, although he is old, he is still an outsider after all, so he is not allowed to enter the inner palace."

Wei Yunqing exhaled, did not bother anymore, and changed another request: "Forget it then, help me invite Sun Sisi, the granddaughter of Mr. Sun, into the palace. I want to see her." Before Cao Jun could speak, she continued, "Sun Sisi can You're not a foreigner anymore, can this be done?"

Cao Jun nodded hurriedly: "It's natural, it's natural!"

"Then I will thank Eunuch Cao first." She said, pushing the bank note forward again.

When Cao Jun saw this, he couldn't resist the greed in his heart after all, he stepped forward and put the bank note into his arms, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the reward, my servant, I will arrange for Mrs. Sun's granddaughter to come to the palace to see you!"

Later, Sun Sisi entered the palace.It wasn't until seeing the real person appearing in front of her that Wei Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief. He might not have even seen Sun Sisi before.

Wei Yunqing directly drove all the palace people out, and looked at Sun Sisi who was surprised and disturbed.

"Your Majesty... Your name is Sisi, what's the matter?" Sun Sisi said coyly.

Wei Yunqing waved his hand: "Don't follow them and call me whatever you want outside, call me now."

Sun Sisi deliberately made such a well-behaved appearance under the orders of Mrs. Sun. Hearing Wei Yunqing's casual attitude, she immediately let go of her tense face, and said with a coquettish smile: "Sister Wei, you are really scary!" I'm dead. You don't even know that when grandma heard that you wanted to see me, she insisted on pulling me to force me to be respectful to you, not to be rude."

She stuck out her tongue as she spoke.

Wei Yunqing smiled and said, "If Mrs. Sun is here in the future, you can pretend to respect me so that the old man can rest assured." She paused for a moment, then suddenly thought that she would not be able to get out of the palace, so she hurriedly said, " But don't worry, it won't be long before you don't need to be respectful to me in front of Mrs. Sun."

"Why is that?" Sun Sisi asked doubtfully, widening Shui Ling's eyes.

"Because I'm going to leave the palace sooner or later." Wei Yunqing gritted his teeth, "Yang Yi forced me to stay in the palace regardless of my wishes, and I will let him let me out!"

Sun Sisi blinked in confusion, and asked, "But Sister Wei, isn't it good to be an imperial concubine? The most noble woman in the world is an empress, and an imperial concubine is one position lower than an empress."

"If I like Yang Yi, that's fine, but I already have someone I want to marry, how can I stay in the harem?" Wei Yunqing said angrily.

Sun Si thought for a while, and then became suspicious again: "But sister Wei, you have already been concubine, and the matter is a foregone conclusion. If you want to change it, isn't it too late?"

"Of course it's too late." Wei Yunqing said, "Yang Yi let me out of the palace, I will change my identity at worst. Anyway, I will not return to the harem in the future, as long as no one recognizes me. Even if someone recognizes me, I will not admit it. They What can you do with me? Do you want me to go back to the palace because I was the former imperial concubine? What are they doing? They are idle!"

Sun Sisi was surprised by Wei Yunqing's different thoughts, and it took a long time to recover and praised: "Sister Wei, you are really right! But don't change your surname when you change your name, I am used to calling you Sister Wei."

Wei Yunqing: "..." Sun Sisi's focus is really different.

Wei Yunqing didn't say anything to Sun Sisi, she took out the letter she had written while waiting alone, and handed it over: "Sisi, please help me deliver a letter to General Yan Ru Songyan."

"General Yan?" Sun Sisi asked in surprise.

"Yes, this is very important." Wei Yunqing squeezed the letter tightly, his knuckles turning white.

Sun Sisi noticed this, swallowed her doubts, took the unwritten envelope and said solemnly: "Sister Wei, don't worry, I will hand over this letter to General Yan myself!"

Wei Yunqing smiled and said: "You don't need to do it yourself. You can just send a trusted maid or servant to see you off." After all, this is ancient times, and she herself doesn't care about male and female defense, but others do. She can't ruin Sun Sisi's boudoir reputation .

Sun Sisi nodded: "I know, Sister Wei!"

"There is one more thing." Wei Yunqing said, and took out another letter, this time "Master Sun" was written on the envelope, "Please give this letter to your grandfather for me."

She didn't tell Sun Sisi too much, and she didn't want him to get involved too deeply. She wrote everything she wanted to say in the letter.

"Okay, I will definitely give this letter to my grandfather!" Sun Sisi nodded vigorously.

"Thank you." Wei Yunqing hugged Sun Sisi, his voice choked up, "Thank you."

"Sister Wei..." Sun Sisi hugged Wei Yunqing somewhat helplessly, her voice was soft, as if she was afraid of scaring her, "Don't worry, you will definitely be able to leave the palace."

"En." Wei Yunqing murmured in reply, put away his rare fragility, and let go of Sun Sisi.

After Sun Sisi took the letter, she left the palace without delay.When her grandmother asked what Wei Yunqing had said to her, she only said that she was looking for her to catch up with her, and she didn't mention the two letters.Her grandfather hadn't returned home yet, so she could only keep the letter temporarily, but she handed the blank envelope letter to Yan Rusong to the most trusted maid around her, and told her to hand it over to Yan Rusong herself.

Yan Rusong heard a report from his family saying that there was a girl in Mr. Shoufu's house asking to see him, and he was about to go out, and soon he saw the girl.The man dressed up as a servant girl, and immediately handed over a letter when he saw him, and said in a low voice: "General Yan, this is what my lady asked me to hand over to you, and you will understand after reading it."

Yan Rusong took the letter suspiciously. The envelope was blank, and it was impossible to see who wrote it. He opened the envelope, took out the neatly folded letter paper, opened it and saw the first few words and was stunned: "Ru Song ,it's me".

His heart trembled, he hurriedly folded the letter paper, and said to the maid: "Thank you, I have received the letter, please thank your lady for me."

After finishing speaking, he immediately turned around and returned home, quickly rushed into his room, sat on a chair and poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp, sat quietly for a long time before opening the letter.

The handwriting on this letter is very handsome, it is the strange but neat handwriting that he has seen before - it is Yun Qing's handwriting.

He closed his eyes, exhaled slightly, and read line by line.

Rusong, it's me.

Right now I am being locked up in Yanxi Palace, I want to see Yang Yi, but he refuses to see me.But I still haven't given up, I will find a way to get out of the palace.

I'm sorry, if I had agreed to marry you earlier, this would not have happened.But I don't regret my original decision, I just feel sorry for you.Ru Song, I hope in my heart that you can wait for me and wait for me to come out of the palace.However, if you don't want to entangle with me anymore, I don't want to force you either.

If you are still willing to wait for me, please keep this letter until I come out.

The letter is short and very concise.Yan Rusong read it several times, and finally put the letter back into the envelope carefully, clutched the letter to his chest, and let out a sigh of relief.

This letter became a reassurance that he forgot all the anxiety and despair he had been in for the past few days, and he even forgot what he promised his father.He believed in her and was willing to wait for her.

Another letter from Wei Yunqing soon reached Sun Chengji's hands.The letter was as short as it was, just explaining the situation at the moment, asking Master Sun to help her, and persuading Yang Yi to let her go out of the palace.

Sun Chengji held the letter and sat alone in the study for a long time in silence.In his heart, he hoped that Wei Yunqing would stay in the palace, but in the letter, she begged him like that, and his weather-beaten heart couldn't help being moved.Since that girl's mind is not in the palace, nor in Yang Yi, he might as well help her.

On the second day, Sun Chengji met Yang Yi alone after the court was over, and mentioned Wei Yunqing's matter to him. His attitude was not harsh, but unavoidably serious.

"Your Majesty, Miss Wei is your savior, but you forcibly brought her into the harem. This is against the words of the saints. This is repaying virtue with resentment!" Sun Chengji said.

Yang Yi didn't expect that Sun Chengji was talking about this, and he regretted leaving him to talk, and frowned impatiently: "Sun Shoufu, I don't need you to worry about the matter of my harem."

Zheng Xiang on the side also smiled and said: "Master Shoufu, you are too lenient to take care of this, right? Why do people from the previous court intervene in the matter of the harem?"

Sun Chengji glanced at Zheng Xiang indifferently, ignored him, only looked at Yang Yi and said: "Your Majesty, I have gone through three dynasties, but I have never seen such a thing of revenge. Besides, Majesty, have you ever thought about how Miss Wei is feeling at this moment? A twisted melon is not sweet, please think twice, Your Majesty."

"She is now the imperial concubine!" Yang Yi said angrily, but he did not dare to look directly at Sun Chengji, after all what Sun Chengji said was exactly what he was guilty of.He knew that she didn't want to stay in the palace, so he didn't dare to see her at all.

"Your Majesty, Miss Wei is kind to you, please don't chill her heart, and don't chill the hearts of the people in the world!" Sun Chengji said.

"Bold!" Zheng Xiang scolded loudly, "Sun Shoufu, don't forget that you are a minister and the emperor is a king!"

"I'm talking to the emperor, why are you interrupting?" Sun Chengji and Zheng Xiang had always looked at each other, and snorted coldly.

Zheng Xiang was angry, but the other party was the chief assistant after all, and he didn't dare to be too presumptuous if he didn't rely on the name of the emperor, so he had to hold back his anger and step aside.

Yang Yi stood up suddenly: "Don't talk about this matter anymore, I will not change my mind!"

Yang Yi flicked his sleeves and left, Zheng Xiang hurriedly followed, and finally glanced at Sun Chengji, his eyes were cold.

Since Sun Chengji agreed to Wei Yunqing, he would not give up halfway, and came to advise him every few days, and his tone was much softer than the first day.But Yang Yi was determined not to let Wei Yunqing out of the palace, so he always found excuses not to see Sun Chengji, and the matter came to a stalemate.

In the past few days, Wei Yunqing also often went to Qianqing Palace to find Yang Yi, but he guarded against him to the death, and she couldn't find a chance no matter what, every time she was pissed off and returned home.As for Sun Chengji, there has been no news.

This day, she couldn't sit still.

Apart from not being able to leave the palace or enter the Qianqing Palace, Wei Yunqing's personal freedom was not restricted too much. As the palace people said earlier, there was no place in the palace that she could not go to.She packed up and went to Jingren Palace where Concubine Zhuang lived.

In Jingren Palace, when Concubine Zhuang heard that Wei Yunqing had come to kill her, she came out to welcome her, not to be outdone.

On the day when Wei Yunqing was conferred the title of Royal Concubine, the concubines of the inner palace got the news very quickly, some were surprised, some were surprised, some were injustice, and some were resentful, and Concubine Zhuang belonged to the latter.She felt that she had seen through Wei Yunqing, the little goblin's plan, and said that she treated the emperor as her younger brother, but how to explain this matter now?She once wanted to go to Yanxi Palace to find trouble, but the Jinyi guard at the door stopped her, saying that it was the emperor's order not to let the other concubines disturb the imperial concubine, and Concubine Zhuang had to come back in despair. It really suits her to come to her door!

Looking at the imposing concubine Zhuang, Wei Yunqing smiled.She just hoped that Concubine Zhuang would be high-spirited when facing her, otherwise how would she create trouble?
"Why are you here?" Concubine Zhuang said bluntly.She is used to running rampant in the palace, and although Wei Yunqing is of higher rank than her now, she does not take Wei Yunqing seriously.

Wei Yunqing snorted coldly: "I have been an imperial concubine for a few days, but none of you unruly concubines have come to see you. You people are really courageous. Now I am going to come here in person. Come on, but you don't even call your sister, you really are defiant. Come on, teach me a lesson for the unruly concubine Zhuang!"

Wei Yunqing's standard entourage every time he travels is not only her palace servants, but also Jin Yiwei. Now when she sees Concubine Zhuang, she is ready to make a move, which really frightens them. The palace people look at each other, and no one dares to go forward.Concubine Zhuang has been rampant in the palace for a long time, and they are still terrified when they see her, how dare they "teach" her?

Although no one did anything, but hearing that Wei Yunqing dared to act wild in her palace, Concubine Zhuang was already very angry, and angrily scolded: "I want to see, who dares to act wild here?"

Wei Yunqing glanced behind her, and the palace people met her gaze, and lowered their heads even more, not daring to meet her gaze.

She sneered and said: "It turns out that I, the imperial concubine, can't even command you over such a trivial matter?"

The palace people were silent, but they were calling Qu in their hearts: Your Majesty, teaching Concubine Zhuang a lesson is really not a trivial matter!You are favored, the emperor will not blame you, but if we do it, we will die!

"Okay, if you don't do anything, I will do it myself!" Wei Yunqing raised his eyebrows, and looked at the palace servants of Jingren Palace behind Concubine Zhuang, "If you dare to do something to me, then weigh the lives of yourself and your family. leave!"

After she finished speaking, she suddenly rushed towards Concubine Zhuang.

In Qianqing Palace, Yang Yi was holding his chin in a daze, when a servant rushed in, Zheng Xiang reprimanded him: "What's the hurry? How did our family teach you all, everyone forgot the rules?"

The servant hurriedly knelt down in panic, and said in a trembling voice: "Go back to Eunuch Zheng, go back to the emperor...it's not good! Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Huang are fighting!"

(End of this chapter)