At this time, in the Yikun Palace, Nian was walking back and forth irritably. Although she did not know that the Queen was planning to take Lingruo's position, it was only Lingruo's return to the palace and Yinzhen who showed it in front of the Queen Mother.
His attitude made her extremely uneasy.
Niu Hulu and Lingruo obviously colluded with Imperial Physician Xu and conspired to kill Imperial Concubine Jing. Together, these two crimes were enough to punish even the nine tribes. However, Yinzhen did not blame her at all, and even helped to replace her.
She covers up the crime.
She is not stupid. How could Xiaochunzi, a mere slave, have the courage to murder a noble concubine? It was clear that Yinzhen deliberately pushed the matter onto him and killed him first. These people were already dead, so of course
You can say whatever you want.
Damn it, what kind of drug did this Hulu clan give to Yinzhen to make him protect him without any discrimination? If this continues, there is no guarantee that one day, Yinzhen will not give Niu Hulu clan a higher status.
Imperial concubine? Or imperial concubine?
Just thinking about it, Nian was almost going crazy with jealousy, no, she wouldn't allow it! Nala was the queen, she couldn't help it, but she would never allow anyone to cross her, even if they were tied!
However, how she was going to deal with the Niu Hulu clan, the matter of Princess Jing was no longer allowed to be mentioned, and the matter of escaping from the palace privately was beautified into praying for the Qing Dynasty. These two things can no longer be used to make an issue.
To deal with her, we have to start elsewhere, but where is this other place?
Nian thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out. On the contrary, her head hurt a little, and she sat back helplessly in the chair. Seeing her like this, Lu Yi quickly put some peppermint oil in her hands from the small box she carried.
, then walked over and gently rubbed Nian’s temples.
The breath of mint slowly penetrated into her nose, and after Nian's anxious heart gradually calmed down, Lu Yifang whispered: "Master, are you worried about the one in Chengqian Palace?"
"Who else could be there besides her?" Nian closed his eyes and said sadly, "I thought she would never come back after leaving the palace this time. Unexpectedly, not only did she come back now, the emperor treated her better than before.
As soon as she returned to the palace, she stayed in the Yangxin Hall to sleep. If she is allowed to continue like this, wouldn't this palace and Fupei even have a foothold?"
Lu Yi said disapprovingly: "Master praises Concubine Xi too much. No matter what the emperor does to her, she is far from being comparable to the master. The master's family is rich, and his brother is a general of Fuyuan and a third-class prince. The emperor relies heavily on Concubine Xi.
What, she’s just the daughter of a fourth-grade official, and her family members are still in prison, and it’s unclear whether they can be released.”
Hearing Lu Yi's words, Nian's heart moved, and she turned around and said, "I heard that the Ling family was imprisoned because Ling Zhu made a mistake at the emperor's coronation ceremony. Do you know what the specific matter was?"
Lu Yi thought about it carefully and said: "It is said that there are several pieces, but the most important one is that the dragon robe worn by the emperor when he ascended the throne was damaged, and the silk threads were broken in several places."
"In this way, this matter is not complicated, but the emperor has not yet sentenced them. He just detained them in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment." Nian said while tapping the armrest with the crane pattern with his fingers, his eyes half-opened.
I don't know what I'm thinking about.
"Several imperial censors repeatedly petitioned the emperor to severely punish Ling Zhu for the crimes he committed, but the emperor suppressed them all. In my humble opinion, the emperor is afraid that he will spare Ling Zhu's family just for the sake of Concubine Xi.
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Nian Shi smiled coldly, and her eyes slowly opened as Lu Yi's words fell. She wanted to suppress Concubine Xi. This was an excellent opportunity. The previous dynasty and the harem had always been closely related. Once the mother's family lost power, the concubine's life in the palace
Naturally, they were not as proud as before. Some of them were even implicated, fell out of favor, and were even thrown into the cold palace.
Nian thought for a while and said: "I will write a letter later, and you will send someone to deliver it to my eldest brother."
Nian has two elder brothers, Nian Xiyao and Nian Gengyao. Now it is Nian Xiyao who Nian is sending a message to. Although he is not as outstanding as Nian Gengyao and is relied upon by Yinzhen, he is now also the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Minister, Nian Gengyao is far away in the northwest. It takes too much time to go back and forth, and it is far less convenient than Nian Xiyao here.
Yinzhen wanted to let go of Niu Hulu's family, but she did not want to do as he wished. She took advantage of this opportunity to kill all of Concubine Xi's family. Even if they survived, she would also force them to abandon their official positions and titles.
Just when Lu Yi was about to go out, Fu Pei walked in and called out "Eniang" with a gloomy face.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Nian always felt sorry for her son. Seeing that he looked unhappy, she hurriedly pulled him to her side and asked with concern: "What happened?"
The little eunuch who followed Fupei to the study room for class bowed in and was about to put the brocade bag containing books and the four treasures of the study on the small table. Fupei had already snatched it away and threw it to the ground.
Unable to understand his hatred, he raised his foot and stomped on it a few more times.
"Fupei, what happened? Tell E Niang quickly." This was the first time that Nian had seen Fupei lose such a temper, and she felt distressed and strange.
Fu Pei took a few breaths and said, "Mother, I don't want to go to class, and I don't want to see Master Zhu again. I feel sick when I see him and those who are accompanying him."
After Nian kept asking questions, he learned that Master Zhu was asking a question in class and pointed to Fupei and Hongli to answer. Fupei got the answer wrong but Hongli got it right. Master Zhu then gave Hongli a thumbs up in class.
He praised Fupei and asked Fupei to learn more from Hongli in the future. The most annoying thing was that after class, half of the people from aristocratic families who had been surrounding him during this period actually ran to Hongli to flatter him.
Fupei and Hongli were already at odds with each other, and what happened last time made the two even more enemies. In the past, when Ling Ruo was not in the palace, Fupei had the upper hand everywhere, even if sometimes Master Zhu knew it was him.
No, I pretended not to see it, but all this has changed quietly now. This change made Fupei very unhappy, and he was suffocating all the way!
In the palace, there is never a shortage of people who can act according to the circumstances. In the past, Hongli was an elder brother whose mother was not around. In addition, there were many gossips in the palace, so naturally no one would take him seriously. But now everything is reversed.
When Ling Ruo came back, especially when he came back from the Qing Dynasty, Hongli's identity immediately changed subtly, causing some people to start to please Hongli instead.
Nian didn't expect that in just two days, people from top to bottom were already eager to flatter the mother and son of Cheng Qiangong. The speed was really fast.
"Go, throw this pile of things out, it's an eyesore!" Fu Pei pointed at the dirty brocade bag on the ground and said to the little eunuch.
"Wait a minute." Nian opened his mouth to stop the young eunuch. He bent down and picked up the brocade bag from the ground. He took out all the books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones inside before handing it to the young eunuch. "Take it off, wash it and dry it.
Also, bring a new brocade bag to put things in for the second elder brother."
[Author's digression]: I recommend two books, one is "It's all the fault of the shared apartment" and the other is "The evil son has a sinister mother". Both books are very well written. The author's writing is experienced and the writing style is very good.
The overall plot of the story is pretty good, you can check it out while waiting for the update, hehe