My queen does not compete for favor

Chapter 19

Concubine Yuchi was startled and angry, she couldn't help but think of the humiliation she suffered in the middle palace that day, the most powerful fact now proved that it was actually a scene directed and acted by Yan Zhaorong herself, she broke the jade pendant but was afraid of being charged with crimes Framing others, but for no reason caused her to be humiliated and lose face. The more Imperial Concubine Yuchi thought about it, the more she hated her.So Shuying's sword came out, and Yan Zhaorong was severely punished by [-] boards, and was thrown into the cold palace on charges of smashing the jade pendant bestowed by the former emperor and framing the queen.

For this reason, Prime Minister Zuo had an audience over and over again, Concubine Rou cried and knelt at the door of the emperor's imperial study for a day and a night, but to no avail.In the end, the disciples of the Zuoxiang of the court joined forces to remonstrate, and Qin Xian let go, releasing Yan Zhaorong.However, a ban was issued, and Yan Zhaorong was not allowed to leave the Liuli palace for even half a step without the emperor's dispensation.In fact, it is equivalent to being in the cold palace, but the treatment is slightly better.As soon as this order came out, everyone in the harem cheered secretly.It seems that Yan Zhaorong has offended many people.

"Your Majesty, we go around like this... Cough, rectify, we are not afraid of being found out by Concubine Yuchi and blamed by the emperor..." Yunxia didn't have the guts to say "planting and framing", so she had to use the word "rectify" vaguely.

Wan Qixiao was practicing handwriting without raising his head, but his voice was cold: "You really think the emperor doesn't know anything?" With a vertical stroke of the brush, a domineering sword character was written.Sweep the spring and autumn with the sword, and pacify the invaders in the world; I want to become a king, but the gods and Buddhas block the way and kill them all.

Yunxia paused for a moment with her grinding hand, and the ink splashed out of the inkstone: "What do you mean, empress?"

"It's all under his nose." Wan Chengxiao's voice could not hear any joy or anger. "You can understand that he is pampering me, or you can understand that this palace is helping him... So not only will he not punish me, I'm afraid that the reward is already on the way."

It is said that Prime Minister Zuo seemed to have aged a few years overnight, and many more clever courtiers had already started looking for another big tree.This is obviously the result Qin Xian wanted.Qin Xian was clearly waiting for her to make a move to punish the Zuo family, and then took the opportunity to test the Zuo family's reaction and ability to rebound.It can be said that Qin Xian is already in the stage of sharpening his sword. If there is no accident, Qin Xian is probably already arranging a candidate to replace the left minister.

After Wan Qixiao knew the result, he couldn't say whether he was satisfied or not, but felt that he seemed to be being used by Qin Xian.So the more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.Perhaps, after all, the harem is too small, it is inevitable to sit on the sky and watch the sky, only looking at the present, so the long-term view is not long enough.So, is it time to consider something more promising?For example, starting a business.

Wan Qixiao put down his pen.As soon as the brush was put down, I heard a message from the outside: "Please listen to the order..."

Wan Qixiao gave Yunxia a look: Is what I said right?Here comes the reward.

After that, there was a burst of kneeling and kowtowing to greet the decree, talking a lot of nonsense in praise of Wan Qixiao's performance at the Ye Hua Banquet, and then boxes and boxes of jewelry were carried to the central palace, and the list was so long that the eunuch could read the order My tongue was dry and my voice was slightly hoarse before I finished reading.As soon as he finished reading, Wan Chengxiao thanked the decree, and immediately took out a string of South Sea pearl necklaces the size of pigeon eggs from the box and plugged them in. He accepted his congratulations and flattery with a smile, and then all the little eunuchs gave a generous reward , leaving Zhonggong with smiles on their faces.

The empty storeroom in the central palace was suddenly filled to the brim.Yunxia touched the pearl as big as a sea bowl for a while, and the jade coral three feet high for a while, and worshiped Wan Qixiao in her heart to death.What kind of Ye Hua Banquet? The envoys from various countries have been out of Beijing for a few days, and now they think of rewarding it?It's clearly in the name of Yehuayan, secretly admiring the empress's downfall of Zuo Zhaoyi and Yan Zhaorong.However, it is enough for the parties to know this kind of thing well. Outsiders always think that the gift list is huge and the efficiency of the Ministry of Rites is low.

Wan Qixiao and Yunxia had just returned to their dormitories, and before the stools were warmed up, the little eunuch reported that Concubine Yang, Hong Jieyu, Huang Meiren, Lu Cairen, Lan Baolin and other concubines had come to pay their respects to the empress.Wan Qixiao was surprised. Today is not the day when the concubines in the harem must pay their respects. Then he thought about it, and thought that as soon as this side was rewarded, those places immediately got wind of it and rushed to curry favor.And Wan Qixiao has always enjoyed the adoring eyes that all living beings look up to, so she is happy to show off.

Supported by Yunxia, ​​as soon as Wan Qixiao entered the flower hall, the flower hall was already filled with two rows of concubines, and some of the lower ranks were not qualified to sit at all, so they had to stand outside the door.As soon as Wan Qixiao entered, all the concubines inside immediately stood up to greet him.

"All the younger sisters get up. They are all from my own family, so there is no need to be too polite." Wan Chengxiao politely helped Concubine Yang up, showed the concubines to sit, served tea, chatted about "my family" one by one, and immediately bought her off A large number of low-level concubines were brought in.All the concubines immediately became enthusiastic, the elder sister was the elder sister, and the elder sister was inferior, and they praised Wan Qixiao so much that there was nothing in the sky and nothing on earth, which made her laugh.One by one, they expressed their hope that she would say good things about themselves in front of the emperor, and Wan Chengxiao agreed without hesitation, and all of them immediately smiled, and became more and more familiar with Wan Chengxiao.

"Your Majesty, when our sisters came, we asked Concubine Rou. Concubine Rou was unwell and said that she might come later. Concubine Yuchi, on the other hand, ignores us every time! How arrogant!" Concubine Yuchi's words flooded in like a tide.

"Yeah, yeah, just because I have Shuying's sword, I really consider myself the master of the harem..."

"Every time we invite her to an event, she ignores her... withdrawn..."

"Self-righteous... She keeps a straight face everywhere, as if everyone owes her hundreds of taels of silver..."

"It's clear that the queen's sister is in good health, and she hasn't returned the control of the harem..."

If there are too many women, they will gossip, one will say that Concubine Yuchi is not good, and all of them will attack in groups.Wan Qixiao felt a little sympathetic to Concubine Yuchi, she was thankless, the so-called upright gentleman usually ended up like this in the end.But that's what it deserves.Sympathy is sympathy, she would not choose that path.

Everyone was chatting and laughing, when the little eunuch came to report: "Mother, Concubine Rou is here!"

Wan Chengxiao and the others laughed and said, "Come in, please."

The courtyard door opened, and Concubine Rou walked in with her waist and stomach shy, supported by her nanny, Nanny Gui, who was close to her.The sun shone in the yard and on them, making them look so proud, and they seemed to be so proud in their frailty.

"Concubine Rou?" Wan Qixiao raised his eyebrows.

Concubine Rou bowed slightly to Wan Qixiao, and said softly: "I'm sorry, empress, Sirou is pregnant now, so please forgive me for not being able to salute." She spoke in a soft voice, like a good girl.But in the harem, this kind of good girl usually has a scorpion tail on her back.This soft concubine has more than one scorpion tail, at least nine.

(End of this chapter)