After the first fool

Chapter 68
"Stop," Mo Xiaoran raised her hand suddenly, with a cold expression on her face. Liao Xue thought she had stepped on her painful foot, and a smug look flashed in her eyes, "How is it? Did I hit the mark? After so many days in the palace, The emperor also doesn't want to touch you, in the future, when I have an heir, your successor will be handed over to me sooner or later."

"Do you have that piece of meat in your stomach now?" Mo Xiaoran smiled disdainfully. She really didn't understand how she had offended Liao Xue. From the first time they met, this woman was very hostile to her. Strong, unknowingly, maybe thought that he and she had revenge for killing his father and taking away his husband.

How could Mo Xiaoran know that Liao Xue wholeheartedly thought that the throne should belong to her, but because of the empress dowager's decree, she could only watch her as a fool canonize her as empress. No matter in which aspect, she is not inferior to Mo Xiaoran, how could she be willing to be below her?
"Sooner or later, I will be pregnant with a dragon son." Liao Xue held her head high, stroking her lower abdomen with her right hand, as if she saw the beautiful days when mothers depend on their children.

"Imagination is full, reality is skinny, want to conceive? You should try your best to seduce Bai Zixu instead of entangled with me here." Mo Xiaoran was too lazy to talk to this woman, "I'm going to sleep, why don't you return it?" Do you want to stay and watch me sleep?"

Seeing her unmoved appearance, Liao Xue thought she was just pretending to be calm, and she smiled smugly, "Why, you don't want to listen? That's right, sister, although you are a queen, you have never served Sleeping, how can you have children? What's more, the emperor hates you so much, how could he allow you to give birth to Long'er? You will die alone in the palace."

"I never understood, why do you hate me so much? Just because I'm the queen?" Mo Xiaoran asked suspiciously, "I asked myself that I never offended you, aren't there still a few in the palace? If you are free If you are bored, you can compete with them for favor, why bother holding me?"

That's the tone, that's the expression.

What she wants is not worth mentioning in this woman's eyes.

Liao Xue snorted resentfully, "You can only take advantage of it now. Only a woman like you can stay in this kind of place. I'm leaving. Hmph, stay for another quarter of an hour. They will insult my eyes."

She flicked her sleeves neatly, turned and left.

Mo Xiaoran's eyes widened in astonishment, she didn't understand at all, what was the reason for this woman's coming here in such a mighty manner, and then leaving in such a hurry?
Come to ridicule her as a prisoner and get satisfaction from it?

"It's perverted enough." She shivered violently, lying on the stone bed with all her clothes on, not bothering to spend any more energy on this woman.

Royal study.

Li Quan hurriedly came in from the outside, with a slightly hasty pace, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and respectfully bowed to Bai Zixu, who was reviewing the memorial: "Your Majesty, just now the prison leader of the Heavenly Prison People came back saying that Concubine Xue Gui went to meet the queen in private."

Bai Zixu's hand holding the writing brush suddenly stopped, and the brows slightly raised: "Oh?"

"Concubine Xue seems to have had a dispute with the empress." Li Quan resisted the pressure from above and held his breath.

"Hmph, isn't that woman restless even if she enters the dungeon?" A bloodthirsty gleam flashed in Bai Zixu's eyes, "Order, strengthen the vigilance of the dungeon, and no one is allowed to see the queen privately without my order." , remember," he opened his eyes, "no one else."

"Yes!" Li Quan shivered violently from his cold voice.

"By the way, go to the queen mother and ask if that court lady is willing to speak." Bai Zixu suddenly thought of Xiaozhu who had been imprisoned in the Buddhist hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and a gentle smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes, I'm going now, servant." Li Quan bowed out of the imperial study room, walked along the corridor, and walked towards the Palace of Compassion.

It has been three full days since Xiaozhu was brought to the Buddhist hall, almost no part of her body is intact, countless pinholes can be seen everywhere, she is leaning against the corner of the wall, dying like a gossamer.

"Queen Mother, her mouth is too hard, so I still don't want to say it." Nanny Gui stood respectfully behind the Queen Mother, and when she mentioned Xiaozhu, she felt a little admiration in her heart. There are not many court ladies who are as loyal as her. up.

"Well," the queen mother closed her eyes gently, "since she is unwilling to open her mouth, then that's all. After all, she belongs to the queen. If she dies in the palace of compassion, the queen and Ai's family will be separated. You can tell me something." Remind her, after going out, don't talk nonsense, if Aijia knows that she is gossiping in secret, even the queen can't keep her life."

Nanny Gui nodded immediately. It seems that the queen mother let the maid go. That's right. After all, the queen is still a queen. She can quarrel with the emperor because of this court lady, and even go to jail. I'm afraid this court lady has a lot of weight in her heart. Not low, if something really happened, the relationship between the queen mother and the queen would be completely broken.

The empress dowager was merciful, and ordered the imperial doctor to treat Xiao Zhu's wounds, and even used the best elixir in the palace, in order not to let Mo Xiaoran see any signs of it.

"Take her to the sky prison, and separate her from the empress, and release her after the emperor gives the order." The empress dowager casually glanced at Xiaozhu who had been healed by the imperial physician, and ordered her to be carried away.

When Xiaozhu came, he walked in, but when he left, he was carried out with wooden planks.

Mo Xiaoran didn't know at all that Xiaozhu had been sent to the sky prison, and was locked in a cell not far from her.

For seven days in a row, Bai Zixu still did not order Mo Xiaoran to be released, as if to let her take root in prison and spend the rest of her life.

In the early court, the flags fluttered in the wind on the ground of hundreds of feet of clouds, and Bai Zixu wore a bright yellow dragon robe. Surrounded by eunuchs, he entered the court hall, and all the officials knelt to greet him. gown and sit down.

The prime minister and the regent stand at the head of the hundred officials respectively. On the left are the civil officials of the first to fifth ranks, and on the right are the military officials of the first to fifth ranks.

"Kowtow to my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

Please An's voice was deafening, Bai Zixu lifted it empty, and smiled gently: "Everyone loves you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Li Quan yelled loudly on the right side of the dragon chair with a rooster voice: "Start playing if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do."

The memorials presented by local officials are all clichés of praise, or some local trifles.

Bai Zixu kept the papers and handed them over to the prime minister for review. Suddenly, the next imperial censor walked out of the queue and knelt in the middle of the court hall with his robe lifted, "Report to the emperor, I have something to report."

"Sure." Bai Zixu leaned lightly on the dragon chair, with a gentle smile on his face, motioning for Yushi to speak.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, seven days ago, the Empress had a big fight with the imperial guards in the palace. The Emperor has imprisoned the Empress in the dungeon. Dare I ask the Emperor if he wants to punish the Empress?" Holding his breath, he turned his gaze to Bai Zixu who was above him, the smile on his face froze suddenly, and a hint of evilness flashed in his eyes.

"How do you think the censor should deal with the queen?" He laughed dangerously. When did a mere censor dare to worry about the affairs of the harem?

The court is the place that manages the affairs of the world, how can Mo Xiaoran's crimes be discussed in the court?

Thinking of the humiliation he suffered at the hands of Mo Xiaoran, Bai Zixu's breath became heavy and his face was filled with anger.

The censor immediately listed Mo Xiaoran's three major crimes, first, pretending to be crazy and selling fools to deceive the king, second, disrespecting women's precepts, not obeying palace rules, third, lack of talent and virtue, making people laugh and generous.

Each one is enough to make Mo Xiaoran's head fall.

The prime minister gave this censor a secret look. This person has always been upright and dared to take care of the world's affairs. Mo Qing has no personal relationship with him. Unexpectedly, he would openly discuss Mo Xiaoran's crime in the court today. His face?

"Your Majesty, my little girl made a big mistake because she was young and ignorant, please forgive me extrajudicially." Mo Qing fell to her knees with a thud, begging repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, although the empress has been disrespectful, she has never made any unforgivable mistakes. Please think twice and forgive the empress for her crimes."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty."

"Please think twice, Your Majesty."

……

The prime minister spoke out, and the civil officials headed by him reconsidered at the same time, and a large group of people knelt down on the ground densely.

Bai Zixu held the armrest of the dragon chair tightly, and looked at the regent Bai Mo who was isolated as the head of the military officer. The regent has always been upright, if he asks me to punish the queen, he will completely offend the prime minister, and then...

Bai Zixu changed his mind and said softly, "Prince Regent, what's your opinion?"

Bai Mo's eyes trembled, his lips were tightly pursed into a line, with a slight arc of indifference, he walked out of the queue, his face remained motionless, he just looked at Bai Zixu at the head, cupped his fists and said, "Reconsider."

"You also think that the empress should be forgiven?" Bai Zixu narrowed his eyes dangerously. When did the regent stand on the same side as the prime minister?Why would he speak for the queen?
"Yes," Bai Mo lowered his eyes to hide the bitterness in his eyes. The emperor forced him to speak, just to provoke the relationship between him and the prime minister, and to make the two of them fight to the bitter end. His good brother, when will Became so scheming?

He vaguely remembered that when they were young, they used to go to the study together to study and play together in the imperial garden. If he wanted to become emperor, he would help him clear the court.

But now, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackey is cooking.

Bai Mo was so sad that he didn't dare to look up at Bai Zixu's face.

"Since all the lovers feel that the queen should be released, I will decree that the queen will be released from the dungeon immediately and sent back to Fengqi Palace. However, the queen has deceived the emperor and must be punished. She will seize the phoenix seal and hand it over to the noble concubine Liao Xue." Act as the host." Bai Zixu had already discussed with the queen mother to let Mo Xiaoran go, but he never expected that even Bai Mo would agree with this approach, and with a wave of his sleeves, he straightened up and said, "Retire."

Li Quan said sharply: "Your Majesty retreats—"

When Bai Zixu left the court hall, all the officials got up one by one, and the prime minister walked towards Bai Mo with a smile on his face: "Thank you, the regent, for agreeing with the old minister's opinion."

Bai Mo nodded slightly, with a calm expression on his face: "The prime minister is worrying too much, this king just thinks that the queen's crime is not so serious."

He just said what he wanted, and didn't mean anything else.

The prime minister took a soft nail, smiled coyly, but didn't say much, now that the position of empress is temporarily preserved, it seems that he should choose a time to enter the palace and have a good talk with this daughter!

If she continued to mess around like this, not only would her own life be in danger, even the prime minister's residence would be implicated.

The only one who is happy is probably Liao Ke who was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War. The phoenix seal symbolizes the mother of a country, and now it falls into the hands of Liao Xue. The status is second only to the empress dowager, so it can be said that one person is under one person and above ten thousand people.

(End of this chapter)