"Wait a minute!" Seeing Eunuch Zhao about to exit the threshold, the emperor suddenly stopped again.
Eunuch Zhao was busy and came back again. He lowered his hands and waited for orders. The emperor's face was gloomy. He pondered for a long time and then said coldly: "You go to pass on my oral instructions. First go to the palace of Dai Wang and ask Dai Wang. Since you have received my errand, why don't you deal with it quickly?"
?Also, let Luo Pei take office quickly without further delay!"
"Yes! I'll do it now, old slave!" Eunuch Zhao hurriedly bent down and responded.
The emperor's face was as dark as water. After speaking, he turned around and looked at the candlelight with his hands behind his back in trance.
Seeing that the emperor was speechless, Eunuch Zhao slowly backed away until he exited the main hall. Then he turned around and strode out. He wiped his sweat, asked someone else, and then went to the queen's place.
"Grandpa Zhao, are you going to the queen's house at such a late hour?" Seeing some rain, a young eunuch cleverly stepped forward to help put on the raincoat and asked cautiously.
Eunuch Zhao glanced coldly: "In the palace, if you want to live longer, you must learn to shut up when you should."
"Yes, yes! The villain has learned a lesson!" The little eunuch was so frightened that his face changed and he said hurriedly.
Seeing Eunuch Zhao go away, the young eunuch left immediately. It was late at night, and there were twists and turns between the palaces. There were roads everywhere. It was dizzying to walk through a few roads. He took a detour and entered through a side door. He went straight to the palace.
Concubine Wei ran to the palace, and after walking a few steps, she was suddenly stopped by a group of eunuchs.
"Take it!" the leading eunuch shouted coldly.
"Eunuch Hong, please spare my life..." The little eunuch turned pale with fright and wanted to beg for mercy. Two eunuchs rushed forward, blocked his mouth with a towel, and immediately dragged him down and pinned him down on the bench.
"Call our house!"
"Uh huh..." The little eunuch still wanted to struggle, so he hit her hard with a snap.
"one two three"
Accompanied by counting and shouting, the thick torture stick fell mercilessly on the young eunuch's waist and legs. In just a few blows, the bright red blood stained his clothes.
"Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen...twenty!"
Ten sticks later, the little eunuch who was still struggling at the beginning was silent and motionless. Blood dripped down his soaked clothes, forming a pool of blood under the bench.
Everyone looked at it coldly, and Eunuch Hong waved his hand: "Stop!"
Someone went up to check his breathing, raised his head and reported: "The person is gone."
"It's good if it's gone. There's no need for such irregular people in the palace." Eunuch Hong threw down the tea served by the young eunuch and said coldly as he stood up.
He knew he wouldn't survive. The rules in the palace were to give him a way to survive if he could tell the number of sticks. Anyone who didn't tell the number would be beaten to death. The eunuch who administered the punishment hit him hard. After ten sticks, he was actually dead. After ten sticks, he was beaten to death.
, is to prevent death from being impenetrable.
This has happened in the palace before.
"Did you hear any sounds?" Concubine Wei suddenly listened attentively and asked while walking leisurely on the imperial road.
Both the palace maid and the eunuch shook their heads: "My dear, my servant has never heard the sound."
That's what you heard wrong.
Concubine Wei suppressed the uneasiness in her heart and continued to walk towards the queen.
As a palace concubine, according to the rules, you usually go to the queen to greet her in the morning.
However, the Queen has been exempted from greeting the concubines in the morning for more than ten years. She has always closed the palace door and never sees her concubines or outsiders.
It was only in this year that things gradually changed.
But there was still no need for the concubine to go over to pay her respects. Concubine Wei recalled carefully that she and the empress had not seen each other for more than ten years.
What appeared in her mind was the beautiful middle-aged woman with a gentle smile more than ten years ago, wearing a phoenix robe, and even her eyes could reveal tenderness. Such a woman, after experiencing the death of the prince, and the execution of the prince's family, now
What will it look like?
Concubine Wei was a little nervous, especially when she suddenly invited her over, which made her unable to help but think more.
As she approached the entrance of the palace, the lights inside were bright, she suddenly stopped, covering her heart, and her face suddenly turned pale.
Sudden heart palpitations made it difficult for her to breathe.
The female officer who came with her heard the commotion and saw that her expression was not right. She was also startled. She rushed forward and asked carefully: "Mother, what happened? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Nothing." Concubine Wei whispered, "I'm just a little uneasy."
Seeing that her expression slowly recovered, the female officer believed that nothing was wrong and lowered her voice: "But because of the Queen?"
"No." Concubine Wei shook her head.
The female officer reassured: "We have arrived at the door and must go to worship. But don't worry, King Lu is gradually getting favored by the Holy Spirit. You are his mother-in-law. For this reason, the Queen will not deliberately embarrass you."
Concubine Wei glanced at the female officer. In the past ten years, this woman had been assisting her and was considered to be her confidant. Her words had indeed effectively calmed Concubine Wei's emotions.
She nodded and went in.
Along the way, you can see that the hall where the queen temporarily moved is a bit small, but it is small, because the queen moved here and it was decorated with splendor and grandeur, giving it an atmosphere, which is much more majestic than the residence of the concubine Wei.
In the emperor's mind, there is a difference between the first wife and the first wife.
Concubine Wei was sometimes favored, especially in the past ten years or so. She was favored by King Lu for two years because of her cuteness and good looks when she was young, and it was at that time that she was promoted to Concubine Wei.
But even at that time, she had never seen so many good things.
These treasures should have been given to the Queen recently by the Emperor, right?
After all, the queen's palace was affected some time ago. Tiles fell, many furnishings were smashed, and many craftsmen died. Even if some objects were rescued, they seemed to bring bad luck. Unless they were things that the queen valued, otherwise
I will not be sent to this new residence again.
"I have seen the Queen!" When she walked in, she saw a woman sitting in the center of the palace, wearing private clothes, looking over. Concubine Wei did not dare to look more, and hurriedly calmed her expression, and Zhuang bowed to see her.
"Concubine Wei, please stay on your own without any courtesy." A voice came from the superior: "Come, please give Concubine Wei a seat."
A palace maid came forward to help her up, and someone else brought a round stool and placed it next to the top of the table, asking Concubine Wei to sit down.
"Thank you, Queen." Concubine Wei said hurriedly, and it was not until this moment that Concubine Wei saw clearly the appearance of the woman sitting at the top.
Before, I only saw her wearing a lotus-colored dress embroidered with a phoenix, but now it slowly moved to her face. Her dignified and beautiful face had no makeup and had some traces of time, making it somewhat different from the beautiful woman more than ten years ago.
.
It can be said that the difference is big, but it seems not big.
Her eyes are still dark and gentle, her expression is calm, and the corners of her mouth are just right, making people feel that although the years have taken away her youth, they have left her more open-minded and calm.
After just one glance at each other, Concubine Wei's originally worried heart relaxed and she felt reassured. It seemed that it was not a bad thing. In the blink of an eye, she felt some admiration and jealousy again.
Looking at this situation, the Queen is doing better than she imagined. She originally thought that a woman who lost her only son and whose children and grandchildren died at the hands of her husband would be more extreme. Unexpectedly, as the mother of a country, the Queen is indeed the Queen.