Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 197 Xia Shengqing's "idea"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. After all, the concubine Yue is also an old man who serves the emperor. What do you care about with her? Think about it, she is a person with bad looks, and she is not as beautiful as you. You just want to Guard the emperor's favor carefully, are you afraid that you won't be able to surpass her, there will be a time when Concubine Yue bows her head to you in the future, won't she?"

After persuading the little palace lady like this, she lowered her voice and said again: "You still have His Royal Highness as your backing, and the manager Xia who is beside the emperor is also helping you, bear with it at this time, and you will be able to vent your anger in the future Come back, when the time comes, who in the palace will dare to underestimate you, empress!"

Qin Guiren listened to the little palace maid's persuasive words, and he couldn't help thinking to himself, that's true, it's just a matter of letting Concubine Yue be proud for another year or so, and wait for her to gain a firm foothold in the palace step by step Go up and see how she cleans up this old woman.

"It's better for you to be more thoughtful." She bit her lip and said, straightening the sash on her arm, her eyes gradually narrowed.

The little maid finally breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that noble Qin would continue to make trouble.

But at this time, there was only a sound of footsteps coming from the yard, and a young eunuch in black clothes walked up to Qin Guiren in small steps, and saluted her respectfully.

"The slave pays homage to the nobleman!"

Qin Guiren responded, seeing the little eunuch's eyes tightened, he couldn't help feeling a bit suspicious.

"Who are you?"

"The slave is the person in front of Director Xia, and he came here to give you a message, Mrs. Xia, at the request of Director Xia!"

As soon as he heard that it was Xia Shengqing's person, Qin Guiren let go of his thoughts, thinking that Xia Shengqing was the prince's minister under the cover, and also helped him a lot, so it must be something important to let someone pass the news this time.

"Speak quickly!"

The little eunuch responded, and then said: "Boss Xia said that although the emperor scolded you yesterday because of the words of the concubine Yue, he still favors the noble in his heart, but you should not play a fool in front of the emperor last night. Temperament, although the emperor didn't say anything later, but when he was reviewing the memorial in the palace after the imperial court, he had already ordered the concubine lotus of Yuehua Palace to go to bed tonight, you really... displeased the emperor."

Seeing that Qin Guiren's complexion became a little tense for a moment, she thought that Ming Shengdi had always been tolerant of her, and she definitely wouldn't just annoy him like this.
"Then Manager Xia said what to do!" Qin Guiren hurriedly asked.

"Boss Xia said that the emperor was just displeased with your attitude yesterday, as long as you behave yourself and ask for favors, the emperor will still love you."

The little eunuch said, "Yesterday the concubine Yue sent the soup to the emperor, you can draw a ladle from the gourd, can't you? You picked a lot of chrysanthemums from the chrysanthemum garden yesterday, and the concubine Yue used it as a reason to blame the emperor in front of the emperor. Wouldn't it be just right for you to make a chrysanthemum matsutake soup with the chrysanthemums you picked and send it to the emperor."

"Firstly, the chrysanthemum and matsutake soup is the best way to nourish the stomach. The emperor has been feeling weak in the liver recently, so it must be very suitable. Second, the nobleman can use an excuse to say that he picked the chrysanthemum garden yesterday to make soup for the emperor. The flowers in the palace, and the Yuefei empress blamed you for preventing you from making soup for the emperor, wouldn't it just solve yesterday's suspicion."

Seeing that Qin Guiren kept nodding while listening, the sorrowful cloud between his brows also dissipated, and turned into a deeper joy, and his spiritual eyes moved.

"Wonderful and wonderful!"

Why didn't she think of such a good idea, this plan can firstly resolve yesterday's suspicion, secondly, it can show her "heart" for Ming Shengdi, and thirdly, it can take the opportunity to complain in front of Ming Shengdi, saying that Concubine Yue is looking at her But the eyes are deliberately smeared.It's really wonderful to kill three birds with one stone.

"I got it. You went back to Mr. Xia and said that I took note of what he said, and I will definitely arrange it properly. Thank you for his plan!"

"You are welcome, Mr. Xia said that you are bound together with him, and he will never look at you to be worried. You must be careful in the palace in the future, and don't let Xia down. It would be good if the general manager cares about it.”

The little eunuch bit down on the word "concern" again, Qin Guiren only thought that he was emphasizing that she and Xia Shengqing were both working for the prince, and Xia Shengqing was worried that she would lose the chain.He didn't think about it, so he nodded and agreed, and motioned to the little maid next to him to give him a piece of silver as a reward.

"Slave thank you, Madam, Manager Xia is still waiting for the slave to reply, so he leaves first."

"You go!"

The little eunuch saluted, then turned around and walked away, Qin Guiren immediately mobilized the palace staff to bring out the chrysanthemum picked yesterday and bring it to the small kitchen to make the chrysanthemum matsutake soup.

No one noticed that after the two sides dispersed, behind the creaking panes blown by the autumn wind, a figure quietly crossed the path and slipped out from the side door of Zhaohui Palace.

In the main hall of Yikun Palace, Shui Yanran leaned half-supported on the soft chair. She rested her hands on the edge of the chair and gently moved it, but there was a little anxiety in her eyes, so she had to pick up the fragrant tea in her hand from time to time. Press dry air.

The sound of thud thud thud steps from the steps and then into the hall, followed by three knocks on the door to stabilize the figure.

Shui Yanran understood, and immediately winked at the palace man behind him, and the palace man stepped forward and opened the palace door to let the man in.

"How? How is it?"

Before the man saluted her, Shui Yanran asked impatiently.

"Hui Niangniang, you really did not make a mistake!" The man bowed his body and said, "Qin Guiren of Zhaohui Palace and that Xia Boss are indeed suspected of being in love with each other, and the servant can hear it clearly in the corner!"

Shui Yanran was overjoyed instantly, and hurriedly asked: "Very good, how can I explain the whole story quickly and in detail!"

"The servant listened to the order of the empress yesterday and deliberately walked around the main hall of Zhaohui Palace. This morning, a young eunuch who claimed to be Mr. Xia's subordinates came to the Zhaohui Palace, and told Mr. Qin as soon as possible. The strong chrysanthemums picked in the garden were made into chrysanthemum matsutake soup and sent to the emperor, so as to eliminate suspicion by solidifying favor!"

The man narrated the little eunuch's words word by word, and seeing Shui Yanran listened more and more joyfully, and said: "The little eunuch also said that Qin Guiren and Manager Xia are one body, and Qin Guiren should be careful in everything and not let Xia down." The manager's whole heart!"

Shui Yanran leaned on the edge of the chair with a smile she couldn't hide, she laughed twice, covered her lips with a handkerchief and let out a hearty hum.

"What a Xia Shengqing, what a nobleman of Qin, to dare to do such a mediocre thing at the emperor's feet, and the emperor's side, is really shameless!"

When she said this, she seemed to have forgotten that she also had an affair with Xia Bin, and she absolutely had no face to speak of others.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now? But I want the servant to continue to spy on the two of them, and then secretly collect evidence of their affair, and report it to the emperor!"

Shui Yanran shook her head and said: "It's too slow. If you are accidentally discovered by others, you will only startle the snake so that they are prepared, and it will be difficult to catch the handle in the future. The best way now is to win quickly. The two of them will wipe out the net and eliminate future troubles forever!"

The man nodded with all his thoughts, but he couldn't think of any good way to cut the mess quickly, he raised his hands and said: "The slave is dull, but please tell me!"

"Oh, now there is an excellent opportunity!"

Shui Yanran said quietly, her eyes sparkled with brilliance, and the thoughts in her chest became clearer and clearer. A net was gradually woven, and it was bound to trap Xia Shengqing and Qin Guiren to death and never return.

"You just said that Xia Shengqing's subordinates told Qin Guiren to make a chrysanthemum and matsutake soup today and send it to the emperor. Did you see clearly how Qin Guiren prepared when he came out?"

The man nodded and said: "Go back to your mother, Zhaohui Palace was already busy when the servant slipped out, looking at Qin Guiren, he must have sent it to the emperor at dinner time, I heard that the emperor wants to invite luck tonight. Concubine, presumably Qin Guiren must be unhappy to be cut off by Concubine Lian for a night after spending so much time in bed, and wants to win the Emperor's heart away before the emperor orders people to pick up Concubine Lian into Qianqing Palace at night."

"Since she intends to prepare, then I will add a sum, and take advantage of the situation between the two of them to invite the two of them into the urn, so that they will be destroyed tonight!" Shui Yanran smiled comprehensibly, and the corners of her eyes narrowed slightly. With an extremely vicious look on her face, she smiled lowly twice, waved at that person, and when he approached, she whispered in her ear and explained every word.

"That's how you are."

At three o'clock, the water clock of Qianqing Palace rang a few times.

Ming Shengdi approved the papers for an afternoon, and his back was already a little sore. He propped up the table and stood up slowly. Looking at the sky outside the window, the sky had already dimmed. Zhuo Miyuan.

"In autumn, the days are getting shorter and shorter." Ming Shengdi sighed suddenly, but he couldn't help feeling a little sad. Now his age is very similar to autumn and winter, and his body is getting worse day by day. Well, if one day he can no longer hold on, this country will be handed over to another person.

"Is the emperor going to have a meal? It's [-]:[-] a.m., and the emperor has been approving the papers all afternoon, so he must be hungry. The dishes in the imperial dining room have been prepared, and they can be served just waiting for the emperor's order." Xia Shengqing respectfully Said, pulled a thin dress from the shelf for Ming Shengdi and put it on.

Ming Shengdi nodded, then waved his hand and told him to go down and make arrangements.

But after a while, a palace lady came with dishes, and feasted on delicacies from all over the world. All kinds of delicious food were placed on the jade table one after another, but Ming Shengdi had long been accustomed to having rich clothes and fine food in this palace. Following the rules, I tried the dishes with silver chopsticks, and after confirming that they were non-toxic, I used the chopsticks to eat.

But in this matter, there seemed to be the sound of footsteps outside, Xiao Xiazi who was guarding outside slowly approached the house, and respectfully said: "Your Majesty, Qin Guiren is begging to see you outside!"

"What is she doing at this hour..." Ming Shengdi put down his chopsticks and frowned, thinking that Qin Guiren had been too arrogant and spoiled for the past two days, and was about to tell Xiao Xiazi to send her back.

(End of this chapter)