"I have known Concubine Ying for many years. If she had second thoughts, she would have had them a long time ago. How could she wait until today?"
"But..." Jin Ping hesitated for a moment and said, "As the Eighth Prince grows up, there is no guarantee that Concubine Ying will not become competitive and take risks."
"Are you saying that Concubine Ying will collude with the Wei family?" Faced with Xianyue's question, Jin Ping said, "I don't want to think so, but if there is nothing shameful, why would she hide it from the master?"
Qi Kuan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "No, even though the ninth elder brother was killed by the Yehenala clan, he was inseparable from his concubine. Concubine Ying hated her deeply. Unless Concubine Ying lost her memory,
Otherwise, no matter how much your concubine talks, it is impossible for Concubine Ying to join forces with her; besides, if this is really the case, your concubine should be happy instead of angry."
Before Jin Ping could say anything else, Xianyue had already said: "Okay, until the end of this matter, no one should mention it anymore." After saying that, she added: "I am a little hungry, please prepare some food; besides, I am a little hungry.
, Jinping, go and see if Brother Eleven is still there. If he is, ask him to stay for a meal and ask the small kitchen to prepare some dishes that Brother Eleven likes and send them over."
After Jinping followed the instructions, Xianyue's eyes fell on Qi Kuan, "What do you think the emperor summoned Yun Zhongzi and two into the palace several times for?"
"I don't know this slave, but the Twelve Prince was dying at that time, so I must have asked them to pray for Twelve Prince's blessings and eliminate misfortunes." Speaking of this, he smiled and said: "Maybe it's because of this.
The second elder brother has just been able to turn the crisis around. I heard that the emperor plans to allocate money from the inner treasury to expand the Wanshou Temple and Ziyun Temple."
"It would be great if they really have that kind of ability, but I'm afraid they have no real ability and are just using sweet words to deceive the emperor. If I remember correctly, this is the third expansion in the past ten years, and the previous two times cost as much as the money.
It’s a huge amount of one hundred thousand taels, I don’t know how much more silver it will cost this time.”
Seeing what Xianyue said, Qi Kuan said: "The emperor is a wise king, and he will not be easily deceived by others. Besides, the expansion of the temple is also a meritorious deed."
"Having said that, whether it is the national treasury or the internal treasury, all the money stored in it comes from the taxes of the people. Expanding the temple three times in ten years is really too much. In addition, in the past ten years, the people have not believed in the emperor's belief in Buddhism and Taoism.
There are already quite a few criticisms. Once the expansion is expanded this time, I'm afraid there will be even more criticism. If it accumulates day after day, I'm afraid it will be difficult to end in the end." At this point, there is a flaw.
Yue sighed softly and said: "Over the past thousands of years, how many emperors have pursued the immortal path. Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu eastward to find the elixir of immortality. In the former Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing practiced Taoism and elixirs every day, but none of them truly became immortals and became immortal.
"After all, it's all false, but the emperor refuses to listen. It's really strange. In the past ten years, the emperor has paid special tribute to Buddhism, which is completely different from before."
Qi Kuan lowered his head and said: "Actually, this servant has only heard about this matter. It may be just nonsense from the palace people. It may not be true. Master, please don't think too much."
Xianyue sighed and said nothing, and said that she was going back to Yongxuan after lunch. Unexpectedly, she saw a new "Strange Stories from Mountains and Seas" in Yongxuan's room. She was immediately addicted and waited to finish reading it all.
Just as we were leaving, the sky was already dark, and when we were halfway there, thin snowflakes started to fall in the sky.
Yongxuan brushed the cold snowflakes off his face, glanced at the dark sky and exhaled: "This damn weather, it has already snowed several times before the New Year, it will freeze people to death."
The palace man said behind him: "Brother Eleven, how about I go back to Kunning Palace and borrow an umbrella?"
Yongxuan shook his head and said: "Forget it, this trip will take longer. Let's go back quickly before the snow falls heavily. I'm afraid I'm already impatient."
The palace man responded and walked with him quickly towards Yonghe Palace. During this section of the road, the bronze lamps on both sides were probably due to insufficient lamp oil, and the light was very weak. Some of them even went out. In addition, there was snow and there was no moonlight.
, seems extremely dark.
After walking for about half a cup of tea, a figure hurriedly walked across from Yongxuan. By the time he noticed it, he couldn't avoid it and bumped into each other.
Yongxuan couldn't stand firm for a moment and was knocked to the ground. Seeing this, the palace attendants quickly stepped forward to help him, "Brother Eleven, how are you doing? Is it okay?" With that, he walked towards the one who was knocked back a few steps.
The figure shouted: "Who are you? You dare to rush into Brother Eleven and risk your life?"
Hearing this, the figure quickly knelt down and said, "I didn't mean to cause any conflict. Please forgive me, Brother Eleven!"
Yongxuan reluctantly stood up in response to the palace man's hand, looked at the person kneeling on the ground with the faint light and said, "Are you a palace guard?"
The figure raised his head slightly and said, "Yes, my subordinate Li Jifeng has met Brother Eleven."
Yongxuan frowned and said, "What are you doing here alone? Moreover, this is the inner palace. You are not allowed to enter unless ordered by Emperor Ama."
Li Jifeng's eyes flashed slightly and said: "Replying to Brother Eleven, my subordinate was patrolling the outer palace and vaguely saw a dark shadow entering the inner palace. I was worried that it would be detrimental to the masters in the palace, so I pursued him.
Come in and take a look.”
Hearing this, Yongxuan hurriedly said: "There is such a thing. Have you found that person?"
"My subordinates searched the area and found nothing. Maybe I saw it wrong." Before Yongxuan could say anything, he added: "Please rest assured, Brother Eleven, I will advise the commander and ask him to
Strengthen patrols around here."
Yongxuan nodded and said: "In that case, you can leave. Don't stay in the inner palace for a long time." After Li Jifeng retreated as instructed, he rubbed the remaining pain and held the palace attendant's hand.
After leaving, not far away, I saw someone coming from the opposite side holding a lamp.
The visitor recognized Yongxuan first, and said with some surprise: "It's snowing so late at night, why is Brother Eleven still outside? Aren't you worried about Concubine Hui?"
"Yongxuan has met Empress Xin!" After he had bowed, Yongxuan said: "As for you, I just came back from watching the Twelfth Brother and was about to go back to Yonghe Palace. Unexpectedly, halfway through, it suddenly started snowing.
Come."
"I see." As she said this, she looked at the palace attendants with sympathy and said, "Bring an umbrella to Brother Eleven."
"Thank you, empress." Seeing that Yongxuan's movements were a little weird when he saluted, Xinbin said, "Brother Eleven, what's wrong with you?"
After Yongxuan explained what had just happened, Xinbin said in surprise: "This Li Jifeng is so brave, he dares to rush into you."
"He was just fulfilling his duty, not intentionally." After saying a few more words, Yongxuan said goodbye and left. After he left, Xinbin stood there without moving for a long time.