"The Queen, the Prime Minister has ordered that the Queen take all the concubines and escort them to the Jinluan Palace." The one who spoke was the maid next to the Queen. Wen Xi, the Prime Minister sent them to the palace half a month ago. The Prime Minister said that she would
Bringing his words to herself, she also said that she would protect herself.
The queen was slightly startled, then raised her eyes to look at Wen Xi, "But what happened? Has the emperor returned to the imperial city?"
Wen Xi lowered his head and said, "I don't know."
"The emperor must be back." The queen looked into the bronze mirror. The woman inside was graceful and luxurious, wearing a nine-tailed phoenix robe. The phoenix crown on her head was shining, but there was an obvious panic in her eyes. Her father was planning to rebel.
...I have no choice...but, Your Majesty, even if he is not good to me, even if he only has that woman in his heart, he is still her husband.
"The Queen..."
Wen Xi's voice came, and the queen couldn't help laughing when she heard it, "Queen?" If she took this step today, I'm afraid, no matter whether she loses or wins this battle,
She can no longer be the queen. This position she has waited for so long and held for so long will never belong to her again.
"Sister..." Li Fuyi's voice came from outside. The queen's eyes turned slightly cold. She walked out and saw Li Fuyi standing in the outer hall, looking at her with a smile, "Sister, my father asked my sister to control the harem."
All the concubines were brought to the Jinluan Palace. Could it be that my sister didn’t receive the letter? Why..."
The queen looked at Li Fuyi coldly, "I have made my own decision. On that day, I thought that my father sent you to the palace to favor the Li family. I was also curious why you entered the palace, but it seemed that
I have no intention of competing for favor. I spend the whole day in the Changchun Palace eating fast and chanting Buddha's name with the old woman. I also want to support you to the emperor, but I don't think that the purpose of your entering the palace is not at all."
Li Fuyi smiled, with a hint of charm in his eyes, "Sister is joking, the emperor belongs to my sister. Although Fuyi is young and ignorant, he also knows not to compete with her for things. But it seems that my sister
I don’t like Fuyi at all. Could it be that my sister is reluctant to give up this post? Yes, my sister and the emperor have been married for more than 20 years, so they naturally have a deep relationship."
"Shut up." The queen's eyes became even colder, "Are you here just to find ways to stab me?"
Li Fuyi smiled slightly and shook his head, "I came here just to tell my sister that when I came to Fengxing Palace, my sister helped her place a person. My sister asked her to find an opportunity to tell Concubine Jin and Concubine Jin what they had just done.
If the assassination of the newborn child comes true, it can be regarded as helping my sister to get rid of a hatred in her heart. If the matter is revealed, she will tell Concubine Jin and the emperor that it is her sister who wants them to die."
"Li Fuyi!" the queen said angrily, "I really underestimate you. I have forgotten that what you are best at is acting, just like your despicable biological mother!"
Li Fuyi was stunned for a moment, but still laughed out loud, "Why is sister so angry? This is also what father meant. Father said that sister is a person who values friendship the most. If the end comes, but she suddenly regrets it, then
It’s not good. You see, things are not going well now. The Emperor is afraid that he will hate you to the core. Even if you have done nothing, he will definitely not let you go. Moreover, Princess Huajing was really hurt by Princess Yunshang.
Now, I don’t know if I am still alive..."
"That's enough! Let's go!" The queen pointed at Li Fuyi, her face almost twisted.
Li Fuyi stood up and said, "Then sister will leave first. Sister, please remember and don't let your father down."
The queen watched Li Fuyi leave the main hall, his figure gradually submerged in the night, and then suddenly sat down on the chair, her face was blank, as if someone had hollowed it out.
"The Queen..." Wen Xi said again.
The queen raised her eyes and looked at her. Wen Xi was stunned and fell silent.
"Go ahead and bring the concubines to the Golden Palace." The queen said softly, with a bitter smile on her lips. If it was really necessary to use the concubines as a shield, I'm afraid all the concubines in the harem would also get up.
It had no effect at all. No one understood better than her what was most important in the Emperor's heart.
For the sake of the throne, even the women he loved so deeply could be treated indifferently, let alone these women he had never cared about at all. What's more, now Jin Fei and her children are firmly protected by him
Behind him, this harem of three thousand people is probably not even as good as an ant in his eyes.
Wen Xi left with the people, and the queen was the only one left in the huge Qiwu Palace.
"The Queen doesn't seem very happy?" Suddenly a soft female voice came out, and the Queen was shocked, and then heard the woman say again, "After all, if Prime Minister Li ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, the Queen will
But my identity is a bit embarrassing, I don’t know whether I should call her the Queen Mother or Princess?"
"Ning Yunshang!" The queen gritted her teeth. She heard the voice that seemed to come from the inner hall, and rushed into the inner hall. Sure enough, she saw Yunshang sitting on a chair, looking at the angry face with a smile on her face.
The Queen asked, "Mother is calling me?"
The queen was even more angry, "Ning Yunshang, give me back the mirror!" She roared and rushed towards Yunshang.
However, before she could touch the corner of Yun Shang's clothes, she was grabbed by someone. The queen was shocked and saw that she was caught by two men in black. She slowly calmed down. At this time, how could she
Here? The palace is now heavily guarded. How did she get in?
"Could the Queen Mother be wondering how Chang'er got in?" Yun Shang smiled slightly and explained kindly, "Don't the Queen Mother know that there are many secret passages in this palace?"
The queen trembled and looked at Yun Shang with burning eyes. Why did she never know that she had been in the palace for so many years? Could it be that the emperor never trusted her from the beginning to the end? Otherwise, why did even this little bitch
She knew things that, as the mother of a country and the master of the entire harem, she had never heard the emperor talk about it.
The more she thought about it, the more desolate she felt in her heart. However, after so many years of ups and downs in the palace, she had already developed the ability to remain calm. It was just something unexpected happened and she was just relying on her instincts.
The Queen was silent for a long time before saying, "Tell me, what happened to Hua Jing?"
Yun Shang smiled, "Actually, a few days ago, Chang'er still told the queen mother through other people's mouths. Could it be that the queen mother didn't hear it. Sister Huang, alas..." Yun Shang sighed, "Sister Huang was hit.
The waiter in the mansion told me that he had been poisoned by chronic poison. Calculating the time, it should have already taken effect. If he were in the imperial city, there might be a solution. But the third prince of Yelang Kingdom also insisted on kidnapping the emperor's sister.
The people of Lang State are not very good at medicine, and the antidote to the poison is only available here at Chang'er. I'm afraid that the imperial sister is... gone."
The queen's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and her voice became slightly hoarse, "Why are you doing this? Jing'er is a little more willful, but she is also your imperial sister. I have never done anything to teach you a lesson.
I'm sorry for you, is this how you repay me?"
"Willful? Cultivation?" Yun Shang seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world, and couldn't help laughing out loud, "Isn't the Queen just telling a joke? If it weren't for Chang'er's great fortune, I'm afraid, too
If you don't survive now, the imperial sister is just a little more willful, but she always comes for Chang'er's life. Mother, if it weren't for the fear of being discovered by your father and affecting your position, I'm afraid, to Chang'er
I won't show any mercy at all."
Yun Shang sighed, stood up, and walked to the queen, "It's just that now, it's meaningless for us to talk about this. Hua Jing was killed by me, and the queen mother wants to seek revenge from me. I will accompany you at any time, but I feel
, the queen mother is afraid that she will never have this opportunity."
"What do you mean?" The queen clenched her hands in her sleeves and stood fixedly looking at the woman with a faint smile in front of her, but as if she was deadly poison. Her heart was shocked, seeing her so successful.
I'm afraid that I was completely deceived by her early in the morning. I'm afraid that from the time she returned to the palace, she has deceived everyone. She doesn't have a bad body, and looks soft and weak.
The way she looks like she knows how to do it is all pretending. I'm afraid that only her current appearance is her true appearance.
Her Jing'er... although she grew up under her guidance, she only knew some ways to fight for favor in the family, some methods that a real wife should know. Moreover, Jing'er had been doted on since she was a child, and because of her outstanding talents, she was also in the family.
Growing up in the admiration of everyone, her temperament naturally became a little more pampered. Originally, she thought that it was not a fatal flaw, so she didn't care about it. However, she didn't expect that that seemingly inconspicuous flaw was taken advantage of by the woman in front of her.
In the end, it actually took her life.
She was the one who harmed her. The queen closed her eyes and felt as if her heart was being bitten by thousands of insects. However, Yun Shang's voice still came through very clearly.
"Seeing me appearing here, does the Queen Mother still think that the security in this palace is really as tight as you imagined? Or does the Queen Mother think that I really came alone?"
The Queen was shocked and looked at Yun Shang with a bit of disbelief in her eyes, as if she was still thinking about what she meant by her words.
Before he could react, he heard Wen Xi's panicked voice coming from outside, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... all the concubines in the palace are gone..."
The queen saw Yun Shang's lips slowly twisting into a smile. The bead curtain was opened, and Wen Xi's face appeared at the door of the inner hall. "Mother..." Before she could say anything, a sword was placed across her face.
Because he had no time to stop, his neck made a gash on the sword. Only then did Wen Xi see the situation in the palace, and his eyes couldn't help but widen.
"Did you take away all the concubines?" The queen did not look at Wen Xi, but looked at Yun Shang and asked in a deep voice.
Yun Shang nodded, "Ah, I'm really sorry for ruining the Prime Minister's plan. I thought that if the Prime Minister wants these concubines, in addition to threatening the father, he also threatens the families of these concubines. These concubines themselves have no
Whatever the mistake was, I felt soft-hearted and saved him."
"But it suddenly occurred to me that the Empress and Lady Fu are both Prime Minister Li's beloved daughters. I don't know if Prime Minister Li would care. The prince said that Prime Minister Li is a cruel person, so he shouldn't have much influence. However, it is worse than nothing. I believe that the Queen has never had the experience of being abandoned by her loved ones, why not come and experience it today?" Yun Shang said with a smile, but there was a bit of coldness in her eyes. In her previous life, she Even though he was abandoned one by one by his closest relatives, his husband and the imperial sister were in conflict with each other, and his mother gave him a glass of poisonous wine. This time, it was time for them to return it bit by bit.
There was deathly silence in the Queen's eyes, and she had no way out. Her feet were a little soft, and the tip of the Queen's nose was slightly sore. How did she get to this point? Originally, she was the supreme queen in the world, even if the emperor had no interest in her.
A little bit of love, but also a lot of respect. Originally, she also had a daughter whom she regarded as a treasure. Even though her daughter was a little pampered, she was also talented and very dependent on her. Originally, she also had a powerful father.
Even though she and her father were not close, they supported each other, and everything in the harem was under the control of the Li family.
How did you get to this point?
Yun Shang smiled and looked at the Queen, "By the way, does the Queen Mother know why Prime Minister Li would be so bold and do such a treacherous thing? The Queen Mother must not know the reason, so Chang'er and the Queen Mother
Let me tell you, in fact, the Li family are not from Ningguo at all..."
When the queen heard this, her whole body was shocked and she yelled angrily, "You're talking nonsense!"
Yun Shang ignored her, "The ancestors of the Li family were originally members of the royal family of the Xia Kingdom, because the Xia Kingdom had the ambition to compete in the world, but it suffered from a sparse population and a narrow territory. It was almost impossible to go head-to-head with the Ning Kingdom.
The ancestor of the royal family of the Xia Kingdom was also a visionary and ambitious person, so he asked one of his sons to remain anonymous and bring his confidants to the Ning Kingdom. He slowly developed along the way, entered an official career, and sent his daughter to the palace.
Gradually it became stable. By Prime Minister Li's generation, it was already very prosperous. After its peak, it would surely slowly decline. In addition, Xia State had been preparing for decades and had also placed many people in Ning State. Therefore, Xia State
The emperor then felt that the best time had come."
Yun Chang walked around and said, "Originally, this was a foolproof strategy. If it was developed according to Emperor Xia's strategy, it would have a high winning rate. However, something unexpected happened. The unexpected thing was that Chang'er's
My grandfather discovered some clues unintentionally. The prince went to investigate on the order of his father and discovered the conspiracy of the Xia Emperor. The Xia Emperor was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he had no choice but to implement the plan in advance. However, because of the advance
Because of this, many things have not yet been fully arranged.”
The queen shook her head, her throat was dry, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Why would you make up such a lie to deceive me? Do you think I will believe it?"
"I'm afraid the Queen has already believed it, right? We have been kept in the dark, but the Queen is Prime Minister Li's daughter, and she is the Queen, how could she not know? Even if Prime Minister Li didn't say it so clearly, she still
There are also many details of things. I think the Queen must have thought about it carefully and understood it." Yun Shang said casually without taking it seriously.
Wen Xi was escorted in, and the beaded curtain was opened again. A man in black walked in and saluted Yun Shang, "Reporting to the princess, all the guards in the palace have been replaced by our people."
Yun Shang nodded, turned to look at the Queen, and said with a smile on her face, "If Prime Minister Li loses, guess where he will retreat? Well, I guess, he will enter the palace. Because Prime Minister Li has worked so hard
After setting up the defense for a long time, in his opinion, the defense in the palace is probably foolproof. Moreover, he asked the queen to bring the concubines from the harem to the Jinluan Palace, probably just to threaten his father. If so.
Prime Minister Li has entered the palace, and the Queen has to guess whether he can walk out alive."
The queen turned pale, opened her mouth, and said nothing. Her eyes were full of misery. The Qiwu Palace was still magnificent, but now, in her eyes, it was like a reminder.
After a while, she smiled leisurely and looked at Yun Shang with a bit of hatred in her eyes, "Do you think that these are the only methods I have? If I die, I will die. If I die, there will be Concubine Jin and Concubine Jin.
With my beloved children by my side, I have no regrets!"
Yun Shang paused, her eyes filled with contemplation. No matter what, she could not put her mother, concubine, and younger brother in danger. Yun Shang walked out of the inner hall, summoned a secret guard, and gave him a few instructions before speaking again.
Went back.
Entering the inner hall again, Yun Shang did not speak. She sat in the hall and looked at the queen, with a smile in her eyes. The queen was so cold that she looked at her, but she also smiled and said, "What? Are you scared?"
"
Yun Shang shook her head, "I lied to the Queen about something just now. I originally planned to save her life, but after hearing what the Queen said just now, I suddenly changed my mind."
The Queen smiled coldly, "Don't try to quarrel with me. Do you think I will still believe you now? Could it be that what you want to say is that Jing'er is not dead yet? Hahahaha... I have nothing to do now."
It's terrible. I'm afraid that I won't survive today. If Hua Jing is really still alive, it would be better to die. Even if we die, we will be reunited underground."
Yun Shang did not respond.
After about an hour, the secret guard who had left earlier came back again, holding a golden nanmu brocade box in his hand. Yun Shang didn't even look at it. He smiled and waved lightly, "Let's show it to the Queen."
."
The secret guard walked up to the queen holding the brocade box, but the queen did not open it, only looked at Yun Shang coldly. Yun Shang said "hmm" and looked at the queen with a smile, "Why don't you take a look at it? Could it be that the queen doesn't take a look at it?"
Scared?"
The Queen snorted, raised her hand, and with a casual flick, the box rolled to the ground from the secret guard's hand. It was thrown away, and the contents of the box fell out... (To be continued)
