Chen Xiurong held the scissors in one hand and played with the pot of red plums in the other hand. He cut off the messy branches hard. Madam Hui looked anxious, but she still held back her temper and said with a smile: "These red plums are indeed good, but Madam Hui
, you asked me to come here, didn’t you really want me to appreciate these red plums?”
Chen Xiurong smiled, put down the scissors, and said: "No matter how good something is, if it is not pruned well, it will be unsightly. For example, if this red plum grows in the wild, it will be exposed to wind and rain, and will not be able to enter the palace."
, it can’t become a climate!”
Madam Hui's heart skipped a beat, and she said with a smile: "That's right! This red plum deserves a lot of thanks to the empress for cultivating it. Without the empress, when would the red plums be able to shine?"
Chen Xiurong smiled at her and said, "It's good if my sister knows."
Madam Hui lowered her head and said, "What are you talking about? Hongmei, you are trying to squeeze me in all kinds of ways! I am of a low status. I used to serve you as a palace maid. Without you, I would not have changed from a slave to a master. Now you want me to repay you."
I understood, so I squeezed out a smile and said, "I will definitely obey my concubine's orders."
Chen Xiurong stared at her and said: "I don't have any instructions, but I just want to talk to you. The empress is sick, and I don't know if she misses the biological father of the third prince too much."
Lady Hui was shocked and stuttered: "The biological father of the third prince... is the emperor. The emperor goes to the Chen Palace to visit the queen every day. How could it be..."
Chen Xiurong had a weird look on his face, and said in a low voice: "It seems that my sister doesn't know anything! Our queen is the princess of the South, and she used to be with the acting king of the South..." She leaned close to Lady Hui's ear, and spoke like this
Fan said it again
Madam Hui's face turned pale, and she heard Chen Xiurong say: "It is related to the blood of the emperor, how can I allow others to confuse the public? If the second prince grows up and knows that his younger brother is a bastard, huh! Won't he lose the royal face?
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Madam Hui understood. When it came to the second prince, Xiu Rong was afraid that the third prince, who was the Queen's legitimate son, and the second prince would compete for the throne! Once the eldest son of the emperor died, the second prince became the "eldest", but the third prince was the "eldest son."
Ah! Chen Xiurong wanted to kill two birds with one stone, but he had to put himself in danger
"Don't worry, I'm just saying something. If it works, it's good. If it doesn't work, it won't hurt you." Chen Xiurong said leisurely
Madam Hui sighed softly, come on, besides helping her with things, what else can I do?
Public opinion is the fastest and most effective way to spread. Throughout the dynasties, some people have always relied on the power of public opinion to defeat their opponents.
Lady Hui was born as a palace maid, so she had many good friends with the palace maids and eunuchs, so within three days, "the queen messed up the palace, had an affair with the deceased Southern Dynasty King, and brought the child back to the palace with the intention of confusing the emperor's bloodline!"
"As for the more serious and treasonous remarks of "subverting the Northern Kingdom and restoring the Southern Kingdom", even if they were spread, they did not dare to cause too much trouble, so these two sentences did not spread too widely.
The Queen's return to the palace with her son had already aroused a lot of speculation. In addition, as soon as she came back, the Emperor gave her all his love and rested in the Chen Palace every day. Even if the Queen was sick, according to the usual practice, the Emperor could not go there.
The concubines thought they had a chance, but the emperor still slept alone in the palace, which made the concubines almost crazy!
This time, there were remarks that slandered the Queen. They were happy to spread the word, and even described some details as vividly as if they had seen it with their own eyes. They did not take into account that it was a great sin to make arrogant comments about the palace behind the back.
But the rumors were just spread by word of mouth among the slaves and did not reach the ears of the master.
Xiao Shizi seemed to have heard some gossip, and immediately banned it. This kind of gossip must not be spread to the ears of the emperor and empress!
Xichen never paid much attention to these things, so he didn't hear it. However, Shen Huan learned the whole story from the angry Chun'er and Qingyue. I was angry, but looking at Shen Huan's face, I didn't see any signs of worry.
He sat up straight and said to Xiang Ming: "If no one told me, the rumors would not spread so fast. Go and find out who spread the word. Remember, check quietly!"
The fragrant tea blessed his body and he said: "I understand."
Chun'er said angrily: "If we find out, we'll skin him! How dare you talk nonsense about such a big matter! You're really tired of living!"
The corners of Shen Huan's mouth raised slightly, and she removed the eyeliner arranged by some people. Was she in a hurry?
The result found by Xiangming, the starting place of the message is Jingyi Palace
"Jingyi Palace? It can't be painted."
Xiangming replied: "In addition to Pang Guiren, there is also Lady Hui who lives in Jingyi Palace. Chen Xiurong arranged for her to live there."
Chun'er quickly said: "Ms. Hui used to be Chen Xiurong's palace maid. It seems that this matter has something to do with Chen Xiurong!"
Shen Huan snorted coldly: "Can you bring down me by creating public opinion? Chen Xiurong, you look down on me too much!"
Xiangming asked: "Mother, are you conducting a thorough investigation?"
Shen Huan shook his head: "No need for the moment, even if it is found out, it will be Madam Hui and not Chen Xiurong who will be unlucky! Madam Hui is certainly hateful, but it is Chen Xiurong that I have to deal with! Besides," she paused and took a deep breath. The tone was, "I am so anxious to block everyone's talk, and it seems that I have a guilty conscience. If the rumors do not achieve the results they want, I am afraid they will jump to the wall!"
Xiang Ming reminded: "But I can't sit still and wait for death!"
Shen Huan smiled at her and said, "Go and check that Lady Hui. There are so many people, but she is the most confused about her details!"
"yes"
Queen Shenwen leaned on the soft cushion and sighed: "After the small election, after the small election, my illness should be cured!"
There is no need for the queen to choose the small election herself. After the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Cui Shanggong coordinated, Cui Shanggong selected a few to be placed in the Chen Palace, and Xiao Shizi selected a few to be placed in the Qian Palace. The remaining concubines were not qualified to choose by themselves, so they could only After the queen has chosen, she will reward them. They cannot complain, they can only accept it.
That's all for others, but Shen Huan did not send any new people to Chen Xiurong's place. Instead, he assigned a few old people who were about to reach their age and would be able to leave the palace in a year or two and said: "Sister Xiurong, there are two The prince needs to be raised, and if a careless little palace maid goes to serve him, I'm afraid he won't be able to serve him well! It's better to use these mature and stable ones in the past to serve him, they can be as good as several young ones!"
People who don't know why only think that the queen is cautious in doing things. Only Chen Xiurong is itching with hatred. There must be someone from the queen among these people! Even if not, people are about to leave the palace. Everyone wants to leave the palace safely. Why? She will take risks to do things for herself, and if things go wrong, her life will be in danger, and she will only think about being safe and sound! On the contrary, the new palace maid who doesn't know anything is easy to bribe!
Shen Huan raised her eyebrows knowing that Chen Xiurong hated her in his heart but wanted to express his gratitude. Being a queen was indeed very beneficial!