Gong Yunao bowed respectfully and slowly sat down.
The Empress Dowager looked at his indifferent grandson with a serious look on her face. She stopped talking and said bluntly: "Emperor, grandson, what do you plan to do with the imperial concubine?"
Gong Yun'ao said with a cold face, "Grandma Huang, what do you mean?"
The Empress Dowager's face sank, she snorted coldly, and said, "Don't pretend to be confused with the Ai family. You know what the Ai family is talking about."
"Imperial grandmother, my grandson doesn't know." Gong Yunao said with his head slightly lowered.
Seeing that he still wanted to protect the woman, he softened his tone and tried to persuade her: "My grandson, the people in the harem are talkative, and the rumors are vivid, and the rumors are even worse among the people..."
"My grandson, pampering and pampering your concubines is your biggest weakness. You must put order in the harem, and punish the imperial concubine severely regardless of whether her affairs are true or false."
Gong Yun'ao patiently explained: "Royal Grandmother, this matter was maliciously slandered by someone. Folk rumors cannot be trusted."
When the Empress Dowager heard this, her gray eyebrows were twisted tightly, as if she wanted to twist them into a hemp rope, "Why can't you believe it? If one or two people talk about it, the Ai family will naturally not believe it, but if there are too many people talking about it, they will become the common people's after-dinner gossip.
If you have such talk, it can’t be groundless.”
"And this matter has spread to the palace... If it affects the government, the consequences will be disastrous... Now, the post of the Sixth Palace is vacant, and the Ai family cannot let it go."
Gong Yun'ao looked unhappy and said in a deep voice, "Royal grandmother, my grandson believes in Yaoyao and she is innocent. Moreover, there are many doubts about this matter. The person spreading the rumors behind this has ulterior motives. My grandson is already investigating the matter.
We must find out the mastermind behind this."
Seeing that he was still trying his best to defend the woman, the Queen Mother's face darkened for a moment and she shouted angrily: "Emperor, stop deceiving yourself and others. What is the mastermind behind this matter? You need to know that if others don't know about it, you can't do anything except yourself."
It’s already caused a commotion in the city, don’t you think the royal family is not embarrassing enough?”
She was minding her own business and angrily, not noticing at all Gong Yun'ao's increasingly sullen face, "The Ai family knows that you are interested in her, but is a concubine who has an affair with you worth such sacrifice? Her heart
If it’s not here, why should you care?”
Gong Yunao had a sullen expression on his face. He suppressed the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart and shouted: "Grandmother! She is my grandson's wife. If you insult her, you are insulting your grandson!"
The Queen Mother did not expect that he would dare to disobey his elders for a woman, so the more she thought about it, the angrier and more excited she became. She blushed, knocked on the tea table, and shouted loudly:
"Listen, to return your wife, you actually indulged her so much? Did the Ai family hear that she was already unchaste before entering the palace? How can a ruined body be worthy of the royal family? Such a shameless person, this
It brings shame to the royal family..."
"That's enough!" Gong Yun'ao shouted violently, and then stood up. He looked down at her condescendingly, his eyes filled with coldness.
He couldn't bear the pain of the person he held close to his heart, but he was maliciously slandered. How could he remain calm?
"I respectfully call you the Grand Empress Dowager, which proves that I still have you as the imperial grandmother in my heart. I don't want to tell it from other people's mouths. Besides, I believe in her and love her. As for the rumors among the people, you
Just listen to it.”
"Also, don't think that Gu doesn't know that all these rumors that are not good for Yaoyao were spread by that woman Fei Qiyang. Gu knows what she is thinking better than anyone else. Please keep your eyes open and see.
Be careful about the people around you, don’t listen to slander, and don’t even know you are being taken advantage of.”
When the Empress Dowager heard this, she was furious and her blood was gushing, "You mean the Ai family was used as a weapon?" She slapped the table and rebuked excitedly, "The Ai family are not old fools yet!"
"The Empress Dowager, you will live your life in the palace. You should stay away from the affairs of the former harem and the harem. You have your own opinions." Gong Yun'ao's voice was smooth and strong. He lifted up his dragon robe, nodded and retired.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that she was out of breath. She stared blankly at Gong Yun'ao who was walking away, and suddenly a terrible idea came to her mind.
Three days later, Gong Yun'ao followed the etiquette and went to the Circular Mound Altar to offer sacrifices to heaven.
As the saying goes, "The major affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs." Sacrifice is even more important than the use of soldiers. The ruler relies on it to set an example for the world, educate the people, and restrain officials.
Seven quarters before sunrise, when the time comes, the Zhai Palace rings the Taihe Bell, and the emperor sets off to the Circular Mound Altar.
The bells stopped, the drums started, and the ceremony officially began.
At this time, a calf is being burned in the southeast of the Circular Mound Altar, sky lanterns are hanging in the southwest, misty clouds are misty, and the Candle Shadow Theater is shaking red, giving people a very mysterious feeling.
…
Just when Gong Yunao left the palace, the Empress Dowager issued a decree and restrained Shu Yao.
Shu Yao knelt down to receive the order, but in her heart she disdained what the Empress Dowager did. She did this simply to avoid His Majesty, and did not want to have a direct conflict with him, so that he could control her without being blocked by His Majesty.
Since entering the palace, she and the Empress Dowager have not met several times. Firstly, the emperor exempted her from the etiquette of greeting her; secondly, the Empress Dowager does not like her very much.
Because during Shu Yao's canonization ceremony, His Majesty did too many disrespectful things for her, and this overwhelming glory caused people all over the world to talk about it. Therefore, she felt that Shu Yao was just a beauty who charmed the king.
The Empress Dowager always believed that if she was a virtuous concubine, the emperor would be a virtuous king; if she was a traitorous concubine, his majesty would be a coward.
What else will the Queen Mother do next?
With Shu Yao's ability, how can Xiao Jingzu defeat her? Perhaps, this old woman has some backup plans. She will wait and see before the third brother comes back.
Shu Yao was just banned. Some people who couldn't see through would think that the beloved concubine who had shared hardships and was favored for a while would also be jealous of the emperor. In the end, he was unable to resist such rumors and banned her in the palace.
Just at this moment, Bei Mingye learned that Shu Yao had been banned by the Empress Dowager because of rumors, and was extremely worried.
With his rebellious character, so many people were talking about him and Shu Yao. He didn't care at first, but when the matter involved Shu Yao, she couldn't ignore it and let it go!
He really imagined entering the palace at night like last time, but Shu Yao's attitude towards him last time made him lose his position for a while. He was also a man, a man with self-respect, not to mention that she was already a wife.
In order to put Shu Yao's mind at ease, so that she would have no worries, and to solve those troubles once and for all, he was willing to be the bad guy.
Several storytellers in Kyoto who talked about Shu Yao, as well as ordinary people or dignitaries who gathered to talk about Shu Yao, were all assassinated by the Netherworld Mansion overnight.
Bei Mingye's series of actions seemed more like a guilty conscience, which further confirmed that their previous rumors were not groundless.
This is still in the ancient feudal society, and the lethality of rumors in this Sifang City is enough to make a person crazy or even die.
The storm that had been suppressed began to counterattack again, making Shu Yao feel like he was being roasted on a fire.
This incident made one person extremely happy, and that was Fei Qiyang.
She hid in the boudoir, laughing evilly, "Hahaha, I'm still thinking, how can we promote the spread of rumors quickly? At this moment, someone handed me a pillow, Bei Mingye, you are really not helping!"
Xiao Yin next to her cast a hateful glance, his eyes filled with frightening poisonous light. A pair of white hands lightly covered her cheeks. On the back of her hands, a criss-crossing scar suddenly appeared, long and narrow, pale pink, extending to
Elbow.
Under the candlelight, every scar that crisscrossed the area glowed faintly red.
Her sinister voice echoed in the large square room, and with the beating of the flames, it became even more eerie and terrifying, "Next, there will be a good show waiting for them! Bitch, take the move! Even if I can't kill you,
I also want you to peel off a layer of skin."
Shu Yao learned that the people who guided public opinion in the capital were assassinated one by one by the Netherworld Mansion, and it actually caused panic and chaos. She was anxious for a while.
She never thought that someone as smart as Bei Mingye would do such an extremely stupid thing.
Maybe, he doesn't care, maybe, he has always been cruel and doesn't think so much. No matter who makes him unhappy or dislikes anyone, he will be cold-hearted and cold-blooded without hesitation.
Who did you kill?
Killing someone is as simple as crushing an ant.
Shu Yao was anxious and pacing. She couldn't sit still and wait for death, so she came to the desk, picked up a pen and wrote for a while, and then handed the written letter into Pearl's hands.
Shu Yao's eyebrows grew increasingly sad, and she hurriedly ordered: "Zhenzhu, take my handwriting, ride on my sweat-blooded horse and leave the palace to see Bei Mingye."
"You must convey my words to him verbatim. It is not wise to do such a thing at this time. It is not helping me, but harming me."
Pearl knew the seriousness of the situation. She didn't dare to delay or ask any more questions. Instead, she took the letter with a solemn face, took Shu Yao's handwriting and said, "Okay, I'll do it now!"
Pearl soon disappeared in the imperial city and headed to Netherworld Mansion...
She wanted to warn Bei Mingye not to act rashly. Killing one or two people would not solve any problem at all, it would only make her worse.
Moreover, if this matter was spread to the previous dynasty, and the ministers knew about it, and she consulted it, then she would be more reasonable and unable to explain it clearly.
Moreover, they would also say that she colluded with the Jianghu forces. At the very least, the two were having an affair. At the most serious, she was colluding with the Jianghu forces in an attempt to destabilize the country. In the end, she and the people around her would suffer.
In order to protect the safety of Pearl, Shu Yao ordered Ji Feng, who was hiding in the dark, to arrange for a top expert to escort her all the way.
However, Shu Yao never expected that the departure of Pearl would be the beginning of disaster.
At nightfall, Shu Yao was so anxious that she waited and waited, but she didn't even wait for Pearl to come back.
She hurriedly got up from the couch, but at this moment, Shuying, the secret guard sent by Jifeng to protect the pearl, came back with wounds all over his body.
The tree figure in black clothes had a livid complexion and black lips. It was obvious at first glance that he had been poisoned. He gasped, "Master, this subordinate is not doing his job well..."
Shu Yao was horrified when she saw this, "What happened?"
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