imperial concubine

Chapter 180 Qi to the East Palace
The wax torch is getting shorter, and the east is white.Yun Jingya's head slightly tilted forward, and she woke up from her sleep immediately.Look at the inner hall, several maids are still standing aside to serve, the queen is sitting beside the prince's bed, looking at the prince blankly.

Yun Jingya only felt numb all over, and then she slowly got up and moved around, walked to the empress, looked at her bloodshot eyes, and knew in her heart that the empress must have not closed her eyes last night.

Thinking of this, Yun Jingya said softly to the queen: "Mother, don't be too tired. You should go and rest for a while! Brother, let me watch over here. When brother wakes up, I will send someone to notify you."

Li Fangyuan struggled all night last night, and finally managed to temporarily stabilize the prince's condition.Yun Jingya just wanted to sit down and rest for a while, but unexpectedly, she fell asleep leaning on the chair.

The queen shook her head and said, "No need, Jingya. You should go back and rest first! Huang'er's symptoms have stabilized. Thinking about it, he will be fully recovered in a few days."

Yun Jingya on the side didn't speak.Li Fangyuan said yesterday that the poison can only be suppressed temporarily, and the antidote has to be prepared slowly.This development process may only take more than ten days, but it may also take several years.What the queen mother said at this time was just for reassurance.

Thinking of this, Yun Jingya snorted coldly and said: "Mother, my little brother is bedridden now, and it's all caused by those women in the harem with evil intentions. If you don't show them some strength, I'm afraid it will get worse in the future!"

On weekdays, the emperor was in the capital, and although the two parties fought secretly with each other, there was never anything out of the ordinary.At most, it is confinement in the cold palace.Unexpectedly, it was less than a month since the father left Beijing, and they were already so bold that they dared to attack the prince!
Seeing her son's pale and haggard face, the queen's eyes were full of kindness, she gently put the prince's hand away, and said very kindly: "My son, rest well, those bitches who dare to attack you, the queen mother will definitely Will not let them go."

After finishing speaking, the queen took a deep look at the prince.Then she stood up, and all the love and pity on her body just now disappeared, leaving only the domineering power in charge of the mother of the six palaces.

Called Eunuch Li, who had been serving in the outer hall, the queen squinted her eyes and said: "The decree of the palace is that His Royal Highness is suffering from minor illness and cannot see the wind; the post of supervisor of the country will be replaced by the princess temporarily, and the government will be carried out by the princess and the prime minister." Handle it with the three bachelors."

Eunuch Li agreed, then turned around and went out to announce the decree.The queen brought Yun Jingya to the outer hall, and closed the door of the inner hall to prevent those with malicious intentions from taking the opportunity to spy on the prince's condition.

Sitting in the outer hall, the empress slowly took a sip of strong tea to refresh herself, and then asked: "Jingya, yesterday I said that Concubine Shu might have done something wrong, but you said it was impossible. But in this palace, apart from Concubine Shu, , who else has such a great ability?"

Yesterday the queen and Yun Jingya had already discussed who was behind this incident, but the queen was absent-minded at the time, and the prince happened to vomit blood, so the discussion between the two ended without a problem.Now that the queen saw that the prince's condition had finally stabilized, the anger in her heart suddenly burned, so she asked Yun Jingya about what happened yesterday again.

Hearing the Queen's words, Yun Jingya straightened her figure, and then said to the Queen: "My queen, although Concubine Shu is extremely strong, it is precisely because of this that Concubine Shu is absolutely impossible to do such a thing."

Yun Jingya's words are a bit strange. Concubine Shu has the strength, opportunity and motivation. This kind of thing should be done by Concubine Shu, but why does she say that this is the reason for Concubine Shu not to do this thing at all?
The queen frowned slightly when she heard it, and then asked, "Your Majesty, the queen mother doesn't understand what you said. Why is it that Concubine Shu has no evidence to do this when she is strong?"

In any case, this matter should have been done by Concubine Shu.Not only because she has the ability and means to do this, but also if there is something wrong with the prince, then the second prince's entry into the East Palace is a certainty!
Seeing the queen's puzzled look, Yun Jingya said very calmly: "Mother, there are three reasons. First, now that the father is no longer in the capital, you are the most precious in the harem, and the prince is the most respected in the court." , all internal and external powers are in our hands, Concubine Shu chooses to act at this time is tantamount to killing herself by hitting a pebble with a stone."

Emperor Chongwen personally marched to the frontier to crusade against Daliang. Whether it was the harem or the court, all power was tightly held in the hands of the queen's line of troops. Even if the crown prince fell ill now, it would be Yun Jingya who took over the country temporarily, not the second prince.

After listening to Yun Jingya's words, the queen nodded lightly, "The emperor's words are reasonable. At this time of year, although it seems that we and Concubine Shu are evenly matched, they are actually at a disadvantage. What else?"

The power of the internal and external imperial courts is in the hands of the queen, and even Fang Yuanli, the head of the court officials, is the queen's confidant. Under such circumstances, how could Concubine Shu dare to attack the prince?

I only heard Yun Jingya continue to say: "Secondly, although we have the upper hand now, it is impossible to uproot Concubine Shu's forces in a short period of time. But if this is really done by Concubine Shu, then Anyone who has a relationship with Concubine Shu will definitely not be spared. Concubine Shu will not understand this truth, so it is impossible for her to do it."

Although Concubine Shu is at a disadvantage now, as long as Emperor Chongwen returns, she will naturally be able to turn things around.But if this kind of thing is done, even if His Majesty loves Concubine Shu and Concubine Lin, he will definitely behead them for public display.Concubine Shu would not be so stupid.

The queen nodded slightly, Yun Jingya's analysis was indeed good, "The emperor's words are very reasonable. What about the third point? Apart from these two points, how could there be a third reason for Concubine Shu not to do this? "

Yun Jingya said two points just now, and she has carefully analyzed the reasons why Concubine Shu did not do this from the two aspects of strength and situation. It seems that there are no other aspects other than this. Where does the third point come from? Say?

Yun Jingya said with a smile: "Has the mother forgotten it? Although nobleman Ying admitted yesterday that she fell into the water by mistake, the mother must also know that this is Concubine Shu playing tricks. From this point of view, Concubine Shu is just a little girl for the time being. There are actions, and it is far from reaching the point where we are going to fight to the death with us."

When Yun Jingya reminded her, the queen immediately thought of what happened yesterday.If Concubine Shu really did these things, she should try her best to avoid offending herself. From this point of view, although Concubine Shu wanted to take revenge on herself, it was only a small-scale mutual design.

Thinking of this, the queen frowned and said: "In the opinion of the emperor, who else in the harem can do such a thing except concubine Shu? Could it be that the third prince did it?"

Although the third prince and the crown prince have always been close, too many horrible things have happened around that chair. Before sitting on that chair, everyone around them may become enemies.

Hearing the queen's muttering, Yun Jingya shook her head and said: "Although the third prince has strength, he doesn't have that kind of thought. What's more, the power of the third prince is under our hands. We don't want him to do such a big thing. Probably not."

The third prince's personality has always been pure, and he is even closer to the prince, so he is a staunch supporter of the prince.In order to express his desire to stand aloof from the world, the third prince even handed over all the power in his hands to Yun Jingya to take care of it.

The queen frowned and said: "Then other than that, the rest of the palace are just some tiny forces, don't say they don't have the guts, even if you give them the guts, they don't have the ability either!"

In the huge harem, only the empress and concubine Shu can be called big forces. Both the current power and future potential of these two families are immeasurable, so they can become the two big forces in the harem.

Yun Jingya lowered her head slightly, then looked at the Queen and said, "Of course those small forces have no courage and no wrist. But, Queen Mother, you have forgotten one person! The fourth prince and Su Wan of Yiliang Palace!"

Ever since the Fourth Prince went out of Beijing to fight with Emperor Chongwen, many people ignored his existence intentionally or unintentionally.At this time, Su Wan was also extremely low-key, unless something happened, she would only study in the Yiliang Palace behind closed doors.

Hearing Yun Jingya's words, the queen immediately understood what she meant, "You mean, Su Wan secretly did this while we were careless?"

Since Su Wan entered the palace, she kept a low profile. In addition, the Kunning Palace had always shown kindness to Su Wan before, so the queen never thought of this possibility at all, nor did she think about it.

Yun Jingya narrowed her eyes slightly, nodded and said: "That's right. If we and Concubine Shu are torn apart because of this matter, then there will be no one else who can profit from it except the Fourth Prince."

If there is a war between the two sides, then there must be a loss between the prince and the second prince. Naturally, it is impossible for the defeated party to fall under the opponent's hand, so there is only one choice, to take refuge under the fourth prince's hand and save a life.

The queen's brows that had already been loosened were frowned tightly again, "Even if it's what Su Wan did, she just entered the palace not long ago, where did so many dead men willing to help her get rid of her head?"

Once the crime of assassinating the crown prince is proven, even the relatives of the emperor, the powerful ministers and honorable officials will have to die.With Su Wan's intelligence, it's not difficult to set up such a situation, but where can she find so many people who are not afraid?
Hearing the queen's words, Yun Jingya said with a light smile: "The queen mother doesn't know how powerful Su Wan is. He is good at touching people's hearts with his words. What's more, we haven't cleared up the arrangement of the fourth prince in the palace before. The fish that slipped through the net will do their best to help Su Wan."

These words make sense.The power of the fourth prince was broken up by me once before, but I didn't care about the power of the fourth prince at that time, so I just broke up the matter, and didn't kill the grass at all.Unexpectedly, it was used by Su Wan in this way.

After thinking about it carefully, the queen said to Yun Jingya: "Jingya, although your analysis is very reasonable, but there is no evidence to support it, so it is finally not credible. This matter can only be concluded after finding solid evidence!"

Everything just now was based on Yun Jingya's guess, if she did not have enough evidence to support Su Wan rashly, she might be caught by someone in the future, and the gain would outweigh the loss.

Yun Jingya smiled proudly: "The queen mother wants evidence, all she has to do is ask." Just as she was about to continue talking, she only heard the eunuch outside the palace gate singing: "Imperial Concubine Lin, Concubine Shu, Second Prince Concubine arrive!"

After the news of the prince's lingering sickness and bedridden spread spread throughout the harem, Concubine Shu finally came to find out the truth.

(End of this chapter)