Zhichun said aggrievedly: "This slave is not messing around. Even if the master is not allowed to enter, the emperor must give the order. How can Eunuch Xi make his own decision and not allow the master to enter?!"
Facing Zhichun's rebuke, Sixi said calmly: "I didn't say that. If the empress feels something is wrong, I will go inside and report it. However... I'm afraid the empress still won't be able to enter the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart."
Xianyue had been to the Yangxin Hall several times before, but was sent back without ever seeing Hongli. It was precisely because of this that everyone in the palace felt that Xianyue was not as good as before, and began to have some feelings for him.
The wantonness.
"Mr. Xi, please don't misunderstand me. I have no intention of blaming you. It's just this girl who doesn't know the rules and talks nonsense." After saying this, Xianyue said again: "I have no intention of disturbing the emperor, but I do.
I bought the rose and lotus root cake that the emperor likes the most, so I brought it to the emperor. If possible, I would like to ask Eunuch Xi to make it convenient for me to send it to the emperor."
Faced with Xianyue's almost pleading words, Sixi hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "In that case, please take it in, my concubine. I don't see it. I think I will be scolded by the emperor at most."
His words made Xianyue extremely happy, and she quickly said: "Thank you so much, Eunuch Xi, I really don't know...how to thank you."
Si Xi lowered her eyes and said: "My Majesty, you are serious, please go in quickly, otherwise it will be even worse if others see it."
Xianyue nodded repeatedly, and led Zhichun to push open the heavy palace door and enter. Her appearance alarmed the people standing next to the imperial case, and they knocked down several books in a hurry.
Xianyue said in surprise: "Concubine Rong? What are you doing?"
Qiluo quickly covered up the panic on her face, walked up and knelt down and said: "I am preparing a memorial for the emperor." As she said this, she looked at Xianyue in confusion and said: "On the contrary, why did you suddenly break into the Yangxin Palace?
"
"I brought snacks to the emperor. By the way, why don't you see the emperor?" As she spoke, Xianyue's eyes stayed on Qiluo, and she did not miss the panic that flashed across Qiluo's face just now.
"The emperor has been looking at the poems for a long time and is a little tired, so I helped him to go to the inner hall to rest." After saying that, Qiluo said: "My queen, please give the snacks to me. When the emperor wakes up, I will present them to the emperor."
Enjoy.”
"Thank you, Concubine Rong." After signaling Zhichun to hand over the food box to Aying beside Qiluo, Xianyue walked to the imperial cabinet and bent down to pick up the folds on the ground. Qiluo quickly stepped forward to stop them: "These people
Just let me do the work, how dare you trouble the empress."
Although her attitude made Xianyue suspicious, she didn't say anything more. Just as she was about to stand up, she accidentally saw the contents of one of the folds exposed. Although there were only a few words, Xianyue understood,
This was an urgent military report. Xianyue's heart moved. Before Qiluo put it away, she took it in her hand and looked at it carefully. It turned out that what this letter contained was that the deputy commander-in-chief Amindao was assassinated, and Amindao was assassinated.
Mindao was one of the officials responsible for guarding southern Xinjiang.
Before Xianyue could finish reading, Qiluo had already reached out to grab it and said in a cold voice: "This is a document presented to the emperor. How can the imperial concubine read it without permission?
Xianyue ignored her words and frowned: "Have you not surrendered to the Qing Dynasty since you returned home? Why would someone assassinate A Mindao?"
Qiluo's eyes flickered and she said: "How did this concubine know this? Besides, what evidence does the empress have to prove that this matter was done by Huibu? In my opinion, it was done by someone else and has nothing to do with me at Huibu!"
"Really?" Before Qiluo could react, Xianyue had already snatched several other notebooks from her hands. Without exception, these notebooks were all military memorials, covering matters in southern Xinjiang.
There is also unrest in Tibet.
Qiluo wanted to take it back, but Xianyue avoided it. She said coldly: "What's the point of you reading the memorial again and again?"
"This is what I should ask you." Xia Yueyang raised the memorial in her hand and said coldly: "Concubine Rong, why do you want to peek at these memorials?"
"When did I peek at the memorial, please don't slander me!" Facing Qiluo's excuse, Xianyue scolded: "If you hadn't peeked, how could you have dropped these memorials when I came in just now?
On the ground; I just felt
It's a little strange. How could you want to sort out the memorials for no reason? It turns out that the sorting out is fake. Taking the opportunity to peek at the memorials is the real thing. What's your conspiracy? Also, why do so many things suddenly happen in various places? Is it related to this?
Is it related to returning to the Ministry?!”
Facing Xiayue's pressing questions, Qiluo said with an ugly face: "Although you are the imperial concubine and your status is more noble than the concubines, you should not talk nonsense like this. The two uncles are loyal to the emperor, and even more
How can I do anything wrong again if I offer my concubines to the Emperor?"
Xianyue sneered and said: "People's hearts are unpredictable. Who knows what your thoughts are? Or maybe I brought you into the palace just to confuse the emperor and bring trouble to our Qing Dynasty!"
"You...you have gone too far!" Qiluo said angrily: "I will definitely tell the truth to the emperor about this matter."
"No need, I will go and speak to the emperor personally." After saying that, Xianyue went to the inner hall. Qiluo's expression changed and she stepped forward to stop him: "The emperor is resting, no one is allowed to disturb him."
Xianyue stared at her coldly and said: "You are not qualified to stop me, get out of here!"
All this time, Qiluo had seen the gentle and gentle side of Xianyue. He had never seen her look so harsh and harsh. For a moment, she didn't dare to move, letting Xianyue pass over her.
Seeing Xianyue walking away, Aying stamped her feet anxiously and said: "Master, this... what can we do? If the emperor believes what the imperial concubine said, we will fall short."
Her words brought Qiluo back to her senses, she suddenly turned around and stared in the direction Xianyue was leaving and said coldly: "I won't let her get her wish." Then, she said to Aying: "Slap me!"
Aying looked at Qiluo blankly, thinking that she had heard wrongly. It was not until the latter repeated it that she realized what was happening and said in shock: "This...why is this?"
"Just slap me if I ask you to. Why are you talking so much? Hurry up!" Under Qi Luo's urging, A Ying slapped her helplessly. Unexpectedly, Qi Luo thought it was too light and insisted on a harder slap.
Ying could only close her eyes and raise her hand to slap her hard. More than half of her face was red from the slap, and blood oozed from the corners of her lips. She said in a panic: "Slave... I didn't mean this, Master..."
Qiluo stroked her stinging cheek and sneered: "It's okay, let's go."
Entering the inner hall, they saw that Hongli had woken up and was sitting on the bed, looking at Xianyue standing in front of him with sleepy eyes. The latter lowered his head and recounted what happened in the hall just now in detail, and then said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty.
I suspect that Concubine Rong and the Hui tribe have evil intentions and intend to be detrimental to our Qing Dynasty. Please investigate carefully, Your Majesty!"