Madam Hou

Chapter 125

In Chunhua Palace, the emperor finished his dinner, and then sat on the couch next to him. Concubine Wan took the Ru kiln tea bowl with a lid painted with dragon and phoenix patterns from the hand of the maid and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor took a sip, then frowned.

In Shifeng Longjing before the rain, the tea tasted just right, but he was used to the slightly weaker tea brewed by Concubine Jing, and felt that the tea was a bit strong.After barely taking a sip, he put down the teacup.

Concubine Wan naturally saw the emperor's expression, and couldn't help feeling a little sad.

The emperor said: "Where is the third princess, let someone carry her out for me to see."

Concubine Wan said: "She played a little crazy today, and she stopped early when she was tired, so I will ask the nanny to bring the princess over."

The emperor waved his hands and said: "Since she is asleep, let her sleep. The child is still young, so I won't catch the cold after hugging her."

"Yes."

After that, there was nothing to say, the room became quiet for a while, the surroundings were quiet and silent, even the breathing of the palace lady became a little shallower.The emperor obviously had no desire to bring up the topic, and rested on the big welcoming pillow.

If it was normal, Wanbi would have picked up some topics that the emperor was interested in talking about, and would even rack her brains, thinking about what to say next after talking about this topic, so as not to let the atmosphere cool down, nor to make the emperor feel that what she said It's all nonsense.But today, she couldn't bring up the interest in talking.

After a while, Concubine Wan took a deep breath and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, my concubine heard something recently and I don't know whether I should tell it or not."

The emperor thought that Concubine Wan was just looking for something to chat with him as usual, so he said indifferently, "If you have something to say, just talk about it, mother-in-law and mother."

"Because of the honor of respecting concubines, the concubines are hesitant."

The emperor's closed eyes slowly opened, and then said: "Speak!"

Concubine Wan winked at Ping'er who was next to her, and Ping'er nodded, and led the maids in the house down, then closed the door again, and guarded the door by herself.

Concubine Wan took the purse and handed it to the emperor. The emperor took it and looked at it casually, but it was a red purse with gold thread embroidered with plum blossoms. special.

Concubine Wan looked at the emperor's expression, saw that his face was expressionless, and couldn't tell whether it was anger or something else.Concubine Wan said cautiously: "This purse was originally hidden by Erye Lin of the Yongning Hou Mansion. Mrs. He, the second wife of Lin, discovered that her husband had secretly hidden this purse when she first entered the door. There was a word 'Chen' embroidered on the purse, and it was also She thought it belonged to Mrs. Lin Hou's Mrs. Chen, so she made a big fuss in the Hou's mansion, but it ended with Mrs. He being grounded by Mrs. Lin Tai. Later, Mrs. He found out that this purse turned out to be..."

The emperor naturally heard Wanbi's unfinished meaning.The needlework of this purse is so familiar, many items on his body, such as the purse, socks, etc. are all made by Concubine Jing, how could he not recognize Concubine Jing's needlework.

The emperor squeezed the purse firmly in his hand, and then said word by word: "Concubine Wan, you should know what the crime of deceiving the emperor is!"

Concubine Wan hurriedly got down from the couch, knelt at the emperor's feet, raised her head and said, "I dare not lie, Mrs. He's mother, Mrs. He, also knows about this matter, the emperor can send Mrs. He to interrogate. "

Since Concubine Wan said this, Mrs. He has already been brought into the palace, and this step by step has been calculated.The emperor glared at Wanbi sternly. Wanbi felt that she wanted to tremble with fear from inside to outside, but she couldn't show any fear and forced herself to raise her head to accept the emperor's question.

The emperor gritted his teeth and said, "Pass!"

Mrs. He was brought in by Ping'er, and then knelt down on the ground.

Mrs. He quietly raised her head to look at the emperor. The emperor was younger than she imagined. He was in his early thirties and had never had a beard on his face. He was sitting on the couch with majestic eyes.

This was the first time she met the emperor, and the atmosphere in the room was so oppressive that she could hardly breathe. This time, it was even more frightening than the last time she entered the palace to meet the imperial concubine.She shook her body and kowtowed stammeringly: "My...my wife kowtows...your majesty, long live your majesty...long live!"

The emperor didn't speak, nor did he shout, and finally the concubine who was kneeling on the other side said: "Mrs. He, I heard that your daughter told you that your son-in-law Erye Lin had an affair with Concubine Jing, you will Tell the emperor about this matter."

Mrs. He's heart skipped a beat. Why was it different from what the imperial concubine told her last time? She felt as if something had been overlooked by her, and hurriedly said: "...Going back to your empress, it's not an affair...it's the concubine respecting her." ...Our uncle, he...he is innocent...."

The emperor's face became darker and darker.

Wanpin said: "Madam He, the emperor has his own judgment on all innocents, you just need to tell what you know."

"……Yes."

Mrs. He then told how the He family discovered the purse, how he had a big fight with Lin Erye, how he knew from the maid that Lin Erye almost engaged Concubine Jing before, and that this purse was exactly what Concubine Jing was wearing before, etc. All of them were said in a single brain like a bamboo tube.

After Madam He finished speaking, she lowered her head again.She is really scared now, she feels that things are not what the imperial concubine said at all.

The emperor's face was dark and he didn't speak, the room was quiet for a moment, after a while, the emperor stood up from the kang, said "very good" three times in a row, then glared at Concubine Wan and said: "Very good, sure enough Good means, a concubine in the harem can even inquire about the affairs of my courtiers' homes, Wanbi, your hands are really long."

Concubine Wan was not in a hurry to distinguish, she looked up at the emperor.Those eyes full of style were slowly covered with mist, and two lines of clear tears slipped from the eye sockets, and finally dripped on the clothes on the chest.She didn't seem to want to cry, but she couldn't help but shed tears. The way she looked at the emperor was so affectionate, wronged, and desperate.

The beauty is alluring, the pear blossoms are raining, and her eyes are full of affection. This is her most beautiful crying state, and this is the most pitiful crying state, but at this moment, the emperor's eyes are so cold when she looks at her, without pity , no temperature.Wanpin thought, this time, she was afraid that she was really going to be over. Although she knew it would be like this, but after experiencing it at this time, she knew how heartbreaking it was.With a crying voice, she finished the words that had been rehearsed thousands of times: "Chenqie... just can't bear to be deceived by the emperor, even if he is rejected by the emperor, even if his body is broken, I want the emperor to see the face of Concubine Jing clearly." , the ministers and concubines are dedicated only to the emperor." After finishing speaking, she kowtowed her head.

With a big wave of his hand, the emperor swung all the tables and tea bowls on the kang to the ground, and the tables and tea bowls fell on the ground with "bumping" and "choking" sounds.

The emperor said angrily: "You are so single-minded." After speaking, he kicked Wanbi's heart, Wanbi leaned back, and quickly put one hand on the ground and the other hand covered her chest.

Madam He was so frightened that she quickly prostrated herself on the ground, not even daring to breathe, for fear that the emperor would find her and give her a hard time.

There was too much commotion in the room, the servants guarding outside the room glanced at each other, rushed in, and saw Concubine Wan lying on the ground, Mrs. He prostrate on the ground, and the emperor had an angry look on his face.

"Pass the decree, Concubine Wan is disrespectful in front of the palace and demoted to Jieyu."

Then the robes fluttered, and the emperor left the Chunhua Palace like the wind, and the servant took a look at the concubine Wan, and then left too.

Ping'er walked up to Concubine Wan, choked up and said, "Your Majesty!"

Wanpin wiped away her tears, she has always believed that if the tears are not for men to see, no matter how many tears she shed, it is useless.She can even laugh at herself, her scene has ended perfectly, whether it is good or bad, there is always a result.

She remembered that her heart was higher than the sky when she first entered the palace, and she never thought that she would end up like this.Fortunately, she hasn't climbed very high yet, and although it hurts to fall, she hasn't been smashed to pieces.Wanpin helped Ping'er's hand to stand up, and said: "Ask someone to take Mrs. He out."

The emperor walked on the empty palace road, looking around, he didn't know where to go.

Palace lanterns were lit everywhere in the palace. There was thick snow on the ground, and the palace lanterns shone on the snow, elongating people's shadows.The emperor thought for a while, and then said: "Let's drive to Lanhe Palace."

In Lanhe palace, the second princess was sitting on a small low chair. She was covered in a white jacket, and the rabbit fur on the edge of the jacket made her fair face even whiter.Beside her, there was sitting Concubine Jing who was dressed in white like her.Concubine Jing was holding a book in her hand, and she was listening to the second princess reciting it to her.

The second princess glanced outside the door, suddenly her eyes lit up, she stopped reciting the book, stood up and ran out, shouting as she ran, "Father!"

The emperor caught and hugged the second princess who was running towards her, and asked, "My little Fuqing, what were you doing just now?"

The second princess's voice was crisp, hugging the emperor's neck, and said in a childish voice: "I am reciting the book, memorizing the peaches, burning the flowers."

It is well known in the palace that the second princess likes to recite books, and she likes to recite catchy poems, but she often can't remember the names of the poems. Name it out.This song "Taoyao" was just learned by her, and she had to recite it to her concubine after learning it.Obviously don't know the meaning, but solemnly recited "The peach is so young, its flowers are burning. The son of Yugui, Yishi IKEA..." often makes people in the palace laugh.

The emperor touched the head of the second princess and said: "It seems that my little Fuqing is a talented girl."

The second princess didn't know what "talented woman" meant, but people often praised her by it, so she knew it was a good word. She smiled a little embarrassedly, and buried her head on the emperor's neck.

Yan Niang bowed to the emperor, the emperor waved her to get up, then walked to the couch and sat down on her own.Yanniang walked to the other side and sat down, then asked: "Why is the emperor here today?"

The emperor looked at Yan Niang for a long time, and then asked with some ambiguity: "Why, you don't want me to come over?"

(End of this chapter)