Hong Zhan let go of his hand and the ball slipped from his hand and rolled far away. He eagerly wanted to jump off Liu's lap and kept saying: "Eniang, ball... ball..."
Without waiting for Mrs. Liu's instructions, Jin Gu picked up the ball and handed it to Hong Zhan. The latter grinned with a small toothy mouth and took the ball from Jin Gu's hand and continued playing.
When Mrs. Liu was talking to Jin Gu, Ling Ruoyi learned about this from Yang Hai. She was neither disappointed nor unwilling. Her expression was calm, as if she was listening to something that had nothing to do with her. Instead, Shui Ruoyi was
Xiu couldn't help but said angrily: "Those ministers are really ridiculous. What does it have to do with them that the emperor wants to depose the queen? He actually stopped him like this. And the same thing happened to Tu Lichen. Why did he say that the master was wrong and that the master was not worthy of being the queen?"
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"Shui Xiu!" Ling Ruo scolded: "When did you become so unruly? Are you allowed to discuss the affairs of the previous dynasty?"
Shui Xiu said a little aggrievedly: "I'm just aggrieved for my master." As soon as she finished speaking, Shui Yue came up and said: "Master, it's not just Shui Xiu, all the slaves are worthless for you, and all the ministers are miserable.
Reading, but the result is that they can’t even distinguish the most basic human heart from good to bad. I really don’t know what they are reading.”
Ling Ruo smiled slightly and said: "The human heart is the most complicated thing in the world. Not to mention studying for ten years, even twenty or thirty years, I still can't tell the difference."
"But this is not fair to the master." Not to mention Shui Xiu and Yang Hai, even Yang Hai couldn't help but speak. Sanfu was the only one in the palace who remained silent.
Ling Ruo didn't answer, but looked at Sanfu and said, "What about you, do you have nothing to say?"
Sanfu bowed and said, "I'm sorry to say it bluntly, but there has never been absolute fairness in this world. The queen has been married to the prince for more than thirty years, and she always thought that what she showed to the world was gentle, kind, dignified and noble.
Now, just based on the words of a mere Ping'er, I am saying that the Empress is evil-minded and framed the concubines. How can those ministers believe it? To say the least, even if they really believe it, there will still be people who oppose the deposed empress."
Shuiyue blinked and asked in confusion: "Why is this?"
Sanfu explained: "The Nala family has been operating in the court for decades and has more or less relationships with many ministers. How could they watch the queen's downfall?"
Shui Yue said helplessly: "That's true, but can we just sit back and watch the Queen get away with it?"
Sanfu shook his head and said: "It can't be said to be at large. At least the queen is now restrained and can no longer make trouble. Moreover, after this incident, her position in the emperor's heart must have plummeted. It will be difficult to be the same as before, and whether she can step on the throne again.
It is still unknown whether she will leave Kunning Palace, but the Queen will be abolished..." He glanced at Ling Ruo and said, "I'll forgive you, my servant, but before there is more concrete evidence, the officials will not agree to the Emperor's decision to abolish the Queen."
Ling Ruo stroked the embroidery on her sleeves and said slowly: "I know that both I and the emperor acted too hastily on this matter. The centipede is dead but not stiff, not to mention that Nala has not yet died.
Die. Forget it, let Nala take the back seat for the time being. Just like Sanfu said, she is now confined to Kunning Palace and cannot come out to cause trouble."
"Whatever you say, but when I think that the queen has done so many evil things, but she is only grounded, I feel unwilling to do so." Shui Xiu hesitated and said, "Master, why don't you tell the emperor about the evil things that the queen has done before? If the emperor knows about it,
No matter how much those ministers object, the emperor will never compromise again."
"I have thought about this matter before, but now I don't think about it at all." Ling Ruo's words made Yang Hai and others feel strange. Only Sanfu understood a little more and asked tentatively: "Master is afraid that it will be difficult for the emperor?"
"Yes, once the emperor knows about those things, Long Yan will definitely be furious. Even if he is on the opposite side with all the officials, he will definitely depose the queen. However, doing so will do a lot of harm to the emperor but no benefit. I cannot harm the emperor."
Shui Yue said in confusion: "I don't understand why I harmed the emperor. The queen has done so many bad things. Not to mention deposing the queen, even if it means taking the queen's life, it is not an exaggeration."
"Where's the evidence?" Ling Ruo's words silenced Shuiyue, and after a while he said, "Isn't what the master said the evidence?"
"The emperor will believe me if you talk without proof, but will those ministers believe it?" Ling Ruo said mockingly: "Not only will he not believe it, he will also scold me even more, treating me as a monster and a traitor, and thinking that the emperor is stupid and immoral.
, doting on the traitorous concubine."
Shui Yue said unconvinced: "What the master said is true, why don't those ministers believe it?"
"After what happened this time, everyone will feel that I am deliberately targeting the queen, and no one will believe it, let alone that they are biased." Ling Ruo said a little tiredly: "Any fairness is relative, there is no absolute.
I don’t want to harm the emperor, so I’ll stop this matter and no one should say anything about it in the future, do you understand?”
"Yes." Regardless of whether they were willing or not, now that Ling Ruo had spoken, everyone could only agree and stop talking about the matter.
This silence lasted until night. As soon as Ling Ruo sat down at the dining table, she saw Yinzhen coming and quickly stood up to greet her. After sitting down, she smiled and said: "Why didn't the emperor let Eunuch Xi or Eunuch Xi in advance when he came to eat?
It’s Xiao Wu who told me to prepare some of the emperor’s favorite dishes.”
Yinzhen twitched the corner of his mouth, looked at the bowls and chopsticks placed in front of him by Shui Xiu and said, "It doesn't matter, everything you eat is the same."
Ling Ruo took a chopstick of fish meat and put it in Yinzhen's bowl and said, "This fish is steamed. It should taste light and delicious. Your Majesty, try it."
Yinzhen looked at the fish in the bowl, but did not move his chopsticks. He said in a bitter voice: "Even if you give me bear paws, I have no intention of eating them."
Seeing him like this, Ling Ruo whispered: "Is the Emperor still worried about what happened in court today?"
Yinzhen nodded, leaned back, and said sadly: "I didn't expect that there would be so many people who opposed the deposed queen, especially Tu Lichen. If he hadn't been old and frail, and lacked strength, he might have been killed by that collision.
It took his life."
Ling Ruo thought carefully for a moment and said: "After all, the abolition of the queen is of great importance. It is reasonable for all the officials to disagree. Moreover, this matter only came from Ping'er's confession, which is really unconvincing."
Yinzhen said in a cold voice: "In that situation, do you think Ping'er had the courage to lie to me?"
Ling Ruo sighed softly and said, "It's not a question of whether I believe it or not, but a question of whether the officials believe it or not."
"Those people don't know what they are thinking. They insist on going against me!" When he talked about this, Yinzhen became angry and furious.