ebonymovies Chapter 120 [2 in 1]
Chapter 120 [2 in 1]
In recent days, the imperial palace has been exceptionally quiet and deserted.
In order to prevent the epidemic from spreading, the empress seldom put on the majesty of the lord of the six palaces, and personally issued a decree, ordering the concubines of all palaces to stay in their own palace and not to go out, let alone walk around in other people's palaces at will - if there is any... Violators will be punished heavily, and may even be punished by a decree, and it is not too much to be banned.
Therefore, no matter for the safety of their own bodies or fear of Feng Yin's power, most concubines quickly tucked their tails, stayed in the palace peacefully, and lived a life of a lady who did not leave the door.
——However, what they don't know is that there are two women standing and kneeling in Yide Palace at this moment.
"Snapped!"
A resounding slap came, and mercilessly slapped Jinggui on the side of her face. The huge force caused her to fall sideways, her cheeks were swollen, and a trace of scarlet blood leaked from the corner of her lips. I couldn't stand up straight anymore.
"I have underestimated you."
Concubine Ying stared coldly at Mrs. Jing with her hands in her sleeves. It seemed that an invisible storm was brewing in her eyes. The chill that soaked into the bone marrow.
"His Royal Highness Seventh Princess is a daughter of gold, how dare you send her out of the palace privately... Qiao Danxin, you are really brave, but you know that you have committed a heinous crime?"
"……Ah."
Mrs. Jing sneered slowly, tried her best to stand up, wiped the blood from her lips with the back of her hand, coughed twice and said, "Even if I have committed a heinous crime, it should be interrogated by His Majesty and the Empress in person, whoever will get you to come and do it for me?" ?”
These words were sharp, and she was usually weak, and she had never shown such a fearless look in front of Concubine Ying, but the latter couldn't help squinting her eyes in novelty, staring fixedly at the other party, silent for a moment, and suddenly hooked. Cursing the corners of his lips, he laughed so hard that Jing Guiren's whole body felt cold instantly.
"You have such confidence, do you think... I really can't guess the whereabouts of the Seventh Princess?"
Lady Jing was taken aback, and her expression changed suddenly, but Concubine Ying didn't wait for her to react, and the cold voice like a poisonous snake sounded again: "From the capital to Qingzhou, you will pass through your hometown Rongzhou on the way. You must have been there long ago The manpower was arranged in order to respond to the Seventh Princess as soon as possible - in this way, firstly, it can protect her from the subsequent court turmoil, and secondly, it can escort her to Baicao Valley to find the Ninth Princess Mingtan, and send her to the Seventh Princess. I will tell you all about my plans, right or wrong?"
"..."
Correct.
This time, Mrs. Jing is willing to take a big risk to send Ming Wei out of the palace, just because she wants her to be innocent from beginning to end: Even if Concubine Ying is defeated in the end and Rui Lanxuan is liquidated, she still has enough reasons and confidence , can I ask Princess Nine to come forward to save Ming Ye's life...
She herself didn't know people clearly back then, and she was already in deep trouble, but she couldn't get along with her dearest daughter in vain!
——It's a pity, after all, she never expected that even though she tried her best to cover it up, Ye'er's traces were still exposed to Concubine Ying.
what to do?Will the Xu family send people to chase after him?
Jinggui tensed his body and gritted his teeth. Although he tried not to show timidity, his body still trembled uncontrollably.
Concubine Ying, on the other hand, didn't seem to be afraid of her, she just raised her hand to appreciate the newly acquired jade bracelet on her wrist, she looked calm and relaxed, even if she accurately guessed Ming Wei's whereabouts, she didn't feel any fear at all. It looked half-disordered.
"I have to say, right now the palace is under martial law due to the unwarranted epidemic, and you can still find a chance to give away a princess of a country, which is really very capable." Shui Wen, put down her hands, and turned her eyes back to Jing Guiren, "However, as a mother and concubine, you are not afraid that the Seventh Princess will encounter some unknown danger when she is alone outside the palace?"
"...My Qiao's silk and satin business spreads all over the country. As long as I pass through Louzhou and arrive at Yizhou, which is adjacent to it, I can find the silk and satin shop under the name of Qiao's and send people to protect it. There is no need to wait for Rongzhou."
Jing Guiren smiled loudly, his eyes were fixed on Concubine Ying's face, and there was an undisguised disgust in his eyes, "It's your Xu family, but you are just a horse breeder, you must have no such ability!"
——After hearing the word "horse keeper", Concubine Ying's expression changed suddenly, as if she had been severely trampled on some long-lasting scar, and she couldn't help showing a slightly ferocious expression.
Fortunately, she has extraordinary self-cultivation after all, and she returned to her original calm appearance in just a moment; but the eyes she looked at Jinggui were even colder, as if the other person had become a corpse, not worthy of her consuming any emotion.
"As expected of the well-known Qiao's silk merchant in Rongzhou, no wonder you have such confidence..."
Concubine Ying raised her eyelids, and said slowly: "It's just a pity, even though you have done all the tricks, have you forgotten the most important point—"
Jing Guiren's heart skipped a beat, and just as he had a bad premonition, Concubine Ying continued: "Qingzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it will take half a month at the shortest to go back and forth; but Bengong and my father have made plans today. After the discussion is over, let's do the math, can Her Royal Highness the Ninth Princess...will be able to return to the palace smoothly before the matter is over?"
"what?!"
Jinggui blurted out subconsciously, clenched his sleeves tightly with his fingers, and stared at her in astonishment, "You told me clearly a few days ago that you will have to wait until seven days at the earliest, when the lingering poison of His Majesty penetrates deep into your heart, and you will take the opportunity to correct yourself." Zhao and Fu Ye'er ascended the throne and proclaimed themselves emperor—"
"Sister Jing, what makes you think that I will trust you wholeheartedly?"
Concubine Ying interrupted the other party, chuckled lightly, and idly fiddled with the broken hair on her temples with her fingertips.Her appearance was originally gorgeous, and she looked bright, coupled with her expression and movements at this time, she was so charming that others couldn't take their eyes off, "What I told you that day was of course false news-the current epidemic situation in the capital city, all officials are not afraid of it." In the imperial court, only King Yu and the Empress control the palace, and the outside is tight and the inside is loose... Such a golden opportunity, I am not blind, how could I be willing to miss it?"
As soon as her words fell, Jing Guiren suddenly realized, and her eyes widened suddenly!
To be honest, almost no one knows better than her: Concubine Ying has been hiding her powers and biding her time for many years, and her roots are deep in the palace. To enter Tianhong Palace directly, it just needs a little more effort.
After all, everyone in this palace knows that Concubine Ying of Yide Palace is so infatuated with His Majesty that she will send someone to deliver food and soup to His Majesty almost every day no matter the cold winter or hot summer. She is really virtuous and virtuous. Naturally, Hongdian couldn't be more suitable...
Thinking of this, Jinggui stopped breathing and shivered suddenly, a thought that made her feel panic suddenly appeared in her mind, and she couldn't even speak properly, "You, are you going to-"
"Thinking about it now, why wait for His Majesty's remaining poison to enter the gut?"
Concubine Ying narrowed her eyes, showed a gentle smile, and said leisurely: "Although it is more risky, just take a dagger, or some strange poison that can kill people instantly, no, it can be done in the shortest time , to achieve the same effect?"
The meaning inside and outside the words of her words is obvious, which made Jinggui gasp for a moment, and almost couldn't control herself to scream: "Xu Chenbi! You are so insane and rebellious! - If you dare to kill the king today, you will die!" Aren't you afraid that God will punish you and let your relatives of the nine clans die immediately?!"
"Sister Jing, don't talk nonsense. I am just worried that His Majesty has been working on state affairs for too long, so I want him to have a good rest."
Concubine Ying's voice was soft and soft, as if she was really worried about the emperor's body, but the expression on her face was as if there was no waves, only a dead silence, no melancholy and thoughtfulness revealed in her words.
"Let this palace...be bear all the hard work in the future for His Majesty."
"You, you are shameless!"
Jing Guiren gritted his teeth while cursing angrily, suddenly violently wanted to grab Concubine Ying, but was quickly pinned to the ground by the guards in Yide Palace, and his knees cracked with a "crack". The sound, as if it was smashed alive, just listening to it makes one's scalp tingle.
"Well--"
She couldn't help groaning in pain, her hair was disheveled, her face was still red and swollen, but her eyes were extraordinarily clear and resolute, she spat at the other party fiercely, and cursed: "Xu Chenbi, you wolf-minded murderer! No matter how proud you are today, When the ninth princess returns to the palace, it will be your death!"
"..."
The room in Yide Palace was quiet, and the noble lady's voice seemed to be still echoing in the hall for a long time, and the words "Nine Princesses" in it pierced straight into Concubine Ying's heart like a sharp sword.
Her complexion finally sank completely, and with a wave of her hand, the guards dragged Jing Gui, who was temporarily unable to walk, down.
Concubine Ying also stared at them with deep eyes, until the figure of nobleman Jing completely disappeared outside the door, then she turned her eyes away and called lightly: "Yuxi."
"The servant girl is here."
"Go down and prepare some good wine, please go on your way, Mrs. Jing."
"...Yes, maidservant will do it now."
There was a sound of thunder on the soles of the feet, and the stubborn cloud couldn't get rid of it.
There were muffled thunder in the distance, and lightning pierced the clouds from time to time. The gloomy sky completely blocked the light, and the heavy rain fell continuously from it, soaking the peach trees planted outside the Tianhong Hall, and the branches trembled endlessly.
And next to the gnarled tree roots, there are still some bright pink petals, but all of them have been stained with mud in this heavy rain, and they are no longer as delicate and charming as the previous branches.
"...I heard that Your Majesty's dragon body is ill today, and he doesn't think about eating and drinking. Therefore, I have specially come to visit you under the order of the empress, and I also ask you adults to let me go."
Concubine Ying stood at the bottom of the steps, and after speaking gently to the guards guarding the palace gate, Yuxi took out a piece of bright yellow cloth, finished reading expressionlessly, and said, "My lords, please accept the order."
Seeing Yizhi, the imperial guards naturally did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly knelt down on the ground, raised their hands high, took the golden silk paper and looked at it carefully.
The material pattern of silk, the embroidered pictures of auspicious clouds, and the stamped empress's phoenix seal... The guards looked serious, remembering the orders of His Highness Yu Wang, and after confirming the authenticity one by one, they closed the Yi decree and handed it back to the fish. Xi, with a tentative voice: "Your Majesty, are you here to visit His Majesty today...?"
"To be precise," Concubine Ying smiled slightly, "it's a sickness."
Seeing that she clearly knew the inside story, the guards breathed a sigh of relief, and no longer doubted Concubine Ying's intentions, and respectfully said: "In this case, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please come into the palace quickly!"
Concubine Ying nodded at them, stepped into the hall, and immediately smelled a calming and soft fragrance of ambergris.She turned her head sideways, glanced at the newly inserted incense sticks that were quietly burning in the corner of the room, and walked straight towards the bedroom without stopping.
"My servant greets Concubine Ying."
The few maids guarding outside the sleeping hall saw her figure and hurriedly cheered them up, but Concubine Ying didn't even give them a look, she just asked indifferently: "Where is Chief Sheng Da?"
Sheng An was the emperor's personal eunuch, and it was said that he had been close to him during the time of his poisoning—however, she didn't see this person after entering the palace, which is really unusual.
Obviously, concubine Ying is not the only one who finds it strange, even the group of maids looked at each other in a daze after hearing her question, and only after a while did an older one take a step forward, hesitatingly saying: "Maidservant!" They concentrated on guarding and didn't pay attention to the whereabouts of Chief Shanda... But remember yesterday, the chief executive said that he would go to the House of Internal Affairs to change the incense in Tianhong Hall, and he should have already gone."
"I see."
The strong smell of ambergris is not good for the chronically ill.
Concubine Ying pondered for a moment, and felt that Sheng An's move was not unusual, so she nodded, "The Empress ordered me to come to serve the sick, you go down for now."
The maids were taken aback.Cautiously raised his eyes to look at Concubine Ying's face, and said hesitantly: "But Manager Shengda ordered the servants to be on duty here and not to leave at will..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Yuxi behind Concubine Ying, who sternly taught: "Concubine Ying came here at the order of the empress, and she wants to wipe and change your majesty's clothes, don't you even know this? Don't you know the rules?!"
The palace maid was startled, she quickly knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and said, "It's the servant girl who has overstepped, please forgive me, Concubine Ying!"
"It's okay, get up, you are doing your duty by waiting."
Concubine Ying and Yuxi sang together, nodded tolerantly, and said in a gentle voice: "Just wait in the main hall, and it will save you from being blamed by Chief Shanda."
"Thank you, ma'am!" The maid stood up gratefully, thanked Concubine Ying a thousand times, and led the sisters down quickly.
As soon as they left, Concubine Ying's expression immediately turned cold, and she glanced at Yuxi beside her.The latter understood immediately, took out a small porcelain bottle from her bosom, put it in Concubine Ying's hands, and said in a low voice, "The heart-eating pill that your empress told you."
Heart-Chewing Pills, as the name suggests, will make people's heart throbbing immediately after ingestion, and they will die suddenly within ten breaths. It is almost the most powerful poison developed by Lou Lianfang——
And, there is no antidote.
Concubine Ying took the porcelain bottle from Yuxi and put it in her sleeve. The freezing temperature made her fingertips tremble, and the expression on her face froze for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.
"You also stay outside the palace, and let me watch over those palace servants, and absolutely don't let them in."
"Yes, the servant girl obeys."
Concubine Ying nodded lightly, turned around, and slowly walked into the bedroom where the scent of ambergris was even stronger.
There were no other servants in the hall, except for the silence, except for the faint sound of rain coming from outside the window, there was only the soft sound of rubbing feet against the rug, which was extremely ear-piercing in the empty palace.
The bright yellow curtain hangs high above the beams of the house, as if the morning sun is shining, the vermilion lacquer pillars come into view, and the golden dragon pattern hovering on it seems to come alive suddenly, staring straight at the figure of Concubine Ying, silent But the majesty did not stop her from walking straight towards the dragon couch.
"..."
After a while, Concubine Ying stood still by the bed, quietly staring at the Nine-Five Lord who seemed to be sleeping soundly, without any expression on her face, but her voice was extremely soft when she spoke, like a whisper alone in the middle of the night, for fear of waking up Ming Yi's deep sleep.
"His Majesty……"
After calling softly, she sat on the edge of the couch, as if treating some rare treasure, stretched out her hand to carefully tuck the corner of the quilt for Ming Yi, and murmured: "Did you sleep well?"
The emperor on the dragon couch was unconscious, so of course he would not answer.
However, although there was no audience, Concubine Ying did not lose her interest in speaking.She straightened her back, put her hands on her knees neatly, not even a single corner of her clothes touched Ming Yi, just like a concubine who followed the etiquette most, she whispered softly:
"My concubine has to say that you are the most holy king since the founding of the Tiancheng Dynasty."
The sound of the rain outside the window seemed to get louder.
"Since His Majesty ascended the throne as the emperor, the sea is clean and the river is clear, and the prosperity and peace are peaceful; the governments of the states are well-organized and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Compared with Tai. The ancestor's period is even worse, and it is completely worthy of the praise of the Lord of ZTE..."
"In addition to the many political achievements, His Majesty himself is also a wise ruler of civility and martial arts: benevolent to the people, diligent in governance, dedicated to every opportunity, virtuous and not let Yao and Shun—"
Concubine Ying whispered, and finally raised a hand, took out the small porcelain bottle from her sleeve, and held it tightly in her palm.The lamps and candles in the dormitory shook slightly, casting her shadow on the curtain, like a one-man drama, lonely and funny.
"Also, your courage to make the Ninth Princess Ming Tan the emperor has always been admired by concubines."
How different is it for a woman to dominate the world?
There are too many rules and regulations in this world, which seem to put an invisible shackle on everyone: if you are of low birth, you will be despised and trampled; He will be criticized by others, let alone talking high in the court and pointing out the country among the ministers?
But Ming Tan did it.
"Your Majesty has never underestimated women, and never underestimated Princess Nine. You taught her what is benevolent, how to employ people, how to deal with government affairs, and how to be an emperor... After so many years of hard work, The Ninth Princess has indeed become an heir several times better than the previous crown prince as you wished."
There seemed to be a strong wind blowing outside the hall, and the sound of raindrops beating on the window coffin was heard continuously, crackling, noisy, and at the same time brought boundless chill, which seemed to turn the entire inner hall into a winter snowfield, icy cold desolate.
"...But Your Majesty, concubines are not reconciled."
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning pierced the sky, followed by a "rumbling" thunder, which gathered the black clouds in the sky like a two-pronged approach, and let the rain wash over the ground again and again, as if to wash away the sins left by whoever it was. debt.
At the same time, at the moment when the lightning illuminated the window lattice, Concubine Ying stretched out her hand and gently held Ming Yi's wrist.
"The concubine's family background is low and her family status is not obvious. When she was young, she occasionally played in the Taipu Temple, and she could always see her father being bullied by the officials. They even asked them to bow down as a stool and be stepped on the back of the horse. She suffered all kinds of humiliation ...and after the concubine was elected to the Xiuxiu Pavilion, she was repeatedly framed by the beautiful girls of the same court, and many dangers appeared...Afterwards, the Wanning Party in the palace was rampant, wantonly murdering the concubine's heirs, and the concubine even tried her best Even with all the strength in my body, I couldn't keep my child, so I could only watch him die in the infancy..."
"Your Majesty, tell me." Concubine Ying asked in a daze, "Does this concubine deserve to suffer such a painful fate just because she is the daughter of a horse breeder?"
Her tone sounded sad, but not a single tear fell from her eyes.
The emperor on the dragon couch didn't notice anything, and couldn't give Concubine Ying any answer.But the latter obviously didn't care whether he could get the answer. After sitting for a while, he finally lowered his head, stared at Ming Yi's face, and said word by word:
"If... the concubine can hold the same authority as you, will she not be as humble and oppressed as before, and will not be unable to keep... the most important thing in the concubine's life Where are those people?"
Naturally, no one in the hall would answer.
But Concubine Ying gave herself an answer.
"Yes. Of course not again."
It was raining heavily outside the window, and the hall was silent, unaware that there was a crisis concerning the lifeblood of Tiancheng, which was happening quietly but quickly.
The ambergris thread incense in the furnace was half burned, and there was a slight "crack" sound of breaking - at this moment, Xu Chenbi let go of the fingertips holding Ming Yi's wrist, and laughed slowly and flamboyantly.
Those dark eyes could clearly reflect the dim light of the candle flame, but they couldn't see through the deeper deep pool, nor could they reveal the ambitious ambition hidden in it for many years——
"It's not that the nine princesses are powerless to claim the title of emperor...it's the taste of the king's power. I want to taste it too."
The moment the voice fell, the cork of the porcelain bottle was pulled out violently, and an ominous smell of fishy sweetness immediately permeated the air.But Xu Chen Bi seemed to have never smelled it, and poured out a pitch-black pill with a flat face, pinched it on his fingertips, stared deeply at the emperor's face for a long while, then sighed softly, and said solemnly:
"After a hundred years of concubine, when I meet His Majesty in the Yincao Division, I will pay off today's debt to you!"
As soon as this vow was finished, she stretched out her hand with a respectful expression, and brought that heart-eating pill close to Ming Yi's lips——
"—Concubine Ying! Wait a minute!"