Chang'an Palace and Tangli Palace are not too far away. I rode a chariot with Xuan Ling all the way. I saw from a distance that the entire Chang'an Palace was brightly lit, like daylight.WWW.tsxsw.COM Feng Shuyi, the head of Chang'an Palace, had already arrived.
After hearing the news, he brought the concubines and the people from the palace to wait outside the ceremony gate. When he saw the emperor, he knelt down to say hello. Xuan Ling said "get up" and then asked: "How is it?"
Feng Shuyi replied: "The imperial doctor has been inside to treat her, and Hui Concubine has not woken up yet." After a pause, she said: "I have sent someone to go back to the empress."
"Well. It's time for the queen to go to bed. Then send someone to tell the queen that she doesn't need to come over."
"Yes." Feng Shuyi responded, and the young eunuch quietly retreated to reply.
Xuan Ling said to the concubines: "Now that the imperial doctor has arrived, it would not be good for such a swarm of people to go in. You should go and rest first. Shuyi and Wan Concubine will go in with me."
The main hall of Chang'an Palace is Feng Shuyi's residence, and the Cunju Hall in Meizhuang is on the west side of the main hall. Seeing the emperor coming, the imperial doctors hurriedly knelt down all over the room. Xuan Ling ordered them to stand up with a wave of his hand. I couldn't hold it anymore and said anxiously: "
What's the situation with Sister Hui Bin?"
The leader, Imperial Physician Jiang, replied: "As far as the Emperor and Mistress Wan are concerned, Mistress Hui Bin is no longer seriously ill. She just choked on the water and was frightened, so she couldn't wake up for a while." After hearing what the Imperial Physician said, our side
He breathed a sigh of relief, and his fists that had been clenched tightly were loosened. They were clenched so tightly that the knuckles were slightly white.
Doctor Jiang saw Xuan Ling's "Hmm" and then continued: "I have prepared a prescription. Mistress Hui Bin will recover soon after taking care of her body with the prescription. But..." Doctor Jiang hesitated for a moment.
"It's just what..." the emperor said: "Don't hesitate when speaking."
Dr. Jiang agreed and said: "Yes. Yes. It's just that the little master is very frightened. I'm afraid it will take a while to recover his energy before he can fully recover."
"In this case, you must serve me more carefully and not be careless."
All the imperial doctors were obedient, and when Xuan Ling didn't say anything anymore, they withdrew.
Entering the inner hall, Mei Zhuang's personal maids Caiyue and Bai Ling still had tears on their faces. They knelt half-kneeling beside the bed and hurriedly packed away the wet clothes that Mei Zhuang had changed and wiped their foreheads with hot water. When they saw us coming in, they were busy helping us.
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The three of them were standing beside the bed. Xuan Ling and Feng Shuyi looked good, and I couldn't help but lean forward to take a closer look at Meizhuang.
Meizhuang had already changed his clothes, but his hair was still wet, and there was a dull and messy water stain on the soft fragrant elastic pillow under his neck. His face was pale and bloodless, and against the purple-red rice beads curtain and brocade quilt, there was something...
A strange green-white color. Because the whole person was unconscious, even the green-white color was illusory, like a veil covering her face, erratic. A drop of water slipped from the bangs in front of her forehead, and went straight across the golden hair hanging on the end of the earrings by her cheeks.
The beads swayed slightly but did not fall off. They trembled again and again, making the eyebrows look more and more like a dead leaf stuck in a bed of brocades, lifeless.
The tip of her nose was sore and her eyes were wet. Feng Shuyi had always been dignified and self-possessed. Seeing Mei Zhuang in such a condition, she couldn't help but feel touched. She picked up the silk and gently wiped her tears. Xuan Ling didn't speak, but looked coldly at the inner hall.
The serving palace servants glanced over one by one. Wherever they looked, the palace servants' expressions were involuntarily stern, and they hurriedly lowered their heads.
Xuan Ling looked away from them and said, "How do you serve the young master?" His tone was as calm as usual, without any harsh words, but the palace people were so frightened that they knelt on the floor.
Feng Shuyi was afraid that Xuan Ling would get angry, so she hurriedly turned around and said to the palace attendant on the ground: "Why don't you tell me what's going on! How could Hui Bin drown if she is fine?"
Caiyue and an eunuch named Xiao Shi were so frightened that they trembled violently. They knelt down to Xuan Ling and cried, "The slaves don't know either."
When Feng Shuyi heard this, her answer was wrong. She couldn't help but glance at Xuan Ling. When she saw Xuan Ling nodded slightly to signal her to continue asking, there was already a hint of anger in her words: "These words are confusing! How can such a big thing happen to the little master?
The slaves don’t understand the truth!”
Feng Shuyi had always been kind to the people in the palace. Seeing her anger and the presence of the emperor, Xiao Shi was already frightened and kowtowed: "I'm unjust. I really don't know. At night, I and Miss Caiyue accompanied my mistress."
I went to Concubine Hua's Mixiu Palace for a talk. When I came back, I passed Qianli Pond. Because the young master had to feed the fish every time he passed by Qianli Pond, he went to get fish food. Unexpectedly, he heard shouting just halfway through.
Said the little master fell into the water."
"What about Caiyue?"
Caiyue sobbed and replied: "Xia'er in Concubine Hua's palace said that there are some good inks available for the young master, but he just forgot to give them to me and asked the slaves to get them."
"So, when Concubine Hui fell into the water, neither of you were with her?" Feng Shuyi asked, then quietly raised her head to look at Xuan Ling.
Just as she was about to continue asking, someone outside the hall announced that Concubine Hua had arrived. No wonder, the Qianli Pond where Mei Zhuang drowned was only a hundred or two hundred steps away from her Mixiu Palace, and it was still within the restricted area of her palace. And she was
The concubine with the highest status under the queen, who is in charge of the Sixth Palace, naturally has to come to visit.
Seeing Xuan Ling's presence, Concubine Hua smiled sweetly and bowed politely. Xuan Ling said, "It's late at night outside, why are you still here?"
Concubine Hua looked worried and said: "I heard that my sister Hui Bin drowned, and I was so anxious that I didn't know what to do, so I hurried over here. Is Hui Bin feeling better?"
Xuan Ling pointed to the couch: "Go and have a look."
Concubine Hua took a closer look and sobbed: "How can this be so good? A person like a flower and a jade should suffer such a crime."
Feng Shuyi advised: "Sister Hua, don't be too sad. The imperial doctor said it doesn't matter when you wake up."
Concubine Hua took out a piece of silk and wiped her nose. She turned back to Caiyue and said to Xiao Shi, "You stupid thing! How can you serve your little master and cause such a big disaster to worry the emperor?"
Xuan Ling glanced at Caiyue and Xiao Shi coldly, and slowly uttered a few words: "It's useless."
When Concubine Hua heard what she said, she hurriedly said: "How can such a slave stay with Concubine Hui and serve me well? I'm afraid that there will be three disasters and eight disasters in the future. I think about it, it's better to send him to the 'violent room' to settle matters."
Secretly taking a breath, the palace people who entered the "violent chamber" were subjected to hard labor, and life was worse than death. Within March or May, they were either tortured to death or committed suicide, and few came out alive. Concubine Hua spoke again,
Cai Yue and Xiao Shi had no chance of surviving.
The words of Caiyue and Xiao Shi made me have a confused doubt in my heart. Xiao Shi just paid it off. Caiyue is a girl born in Meizhuang. She has been brought into the palace like a confidant. If she loses her, it will really be a disaster.
It's not a small loss. Now that Concubine Hua said this, she always felt that something was wrong. She didn't have time to think about it carefully, so she stopped her and said: "No."
Xuan Ling, Concubine Hua and Feng Shuyi all looked at me, and for a moment they had to search for a reason to reply, "Although Cai Yue and Xiao Shi are inappropriate to serve Sister Hui, they cannot be entirely blamed for the accident. Instead of punishing them both
People, it is better to ask them to give up their merits and wait for my sister to wake up."
Concubine Hua looked at me and chuckled: "Why do you think that the crime should not be punished and the merit should not be rewarded? If you indulge these two slaves, it will inevitably cause gossip in the harem. If you think you are wrong, you can just forgive the crime."
No need to be punished."
I said slowly: "Of course it is appropriate to reward and punish appropriately. But my sister was thinking that Caiyue and Xiaoshi had been serving Sister Hui, and Caiyue was brought into the palace by Sister Hui. If they were punished at this time,
Going to the 'violent room', I'm afraid my sister will not have any capable people around her, and she doesn't know how to take good care of her, which will not be beneficial to my sister's recovery."
Concubine Hua sneered: "Such a slave can't even take good care of concubine Hui. How can we let them continue to serve me? Concubine Wan is too relieved." After saying that, she said coldly: "Not to mention Qianlichi is in my care.
The show palace is no more than a hundred steps away, so how can I let go of anything that happens in the vicinity of my palace?"
The more he listened, the more inappropriate it became, and he began to think in his heart, "It is natural that rewards and punishments should be appropriate, but if the empress kills them, people who don't know will think that the matter happened near the Mixiu Palace and that it would be an obstacle to the majesty of the empress, so they are so angry. It is not just because of the
Concubine Hui drowned. Taking the lives of two slaves is a small matter, but hurting the reputation of the empress is a big deal. I hope the empress will think twice." Concubine Hua's eyes flashed, and she gritted her teeth slightly in thought.
After saying that, I just looked at Xuan Ling. If he didn't say anything, his words would be in vain. Sure enough, he said: "What Wan Bin said makes sense. Let them be spared first. If Hui Bin doesn't wake up, then send them away."
It’s not too late to break out of the room.”
After Xuan Ling spoke, Concubine Hua could no longer argue. Caiyue and Xiao Shi were so frightened that they were stunned when they heard that I was arguing with Concubine Hua. Feng Shuyi urged her twice before she came back to her senses and thanked her. I whispered softly.
Take a breath, it's okay.
Seeing that Concubine Hua still had anger on her face. Then I thought about it, Concubine Hua wanted to kill one of our people, so why not do it in the same way as a human being? I approached Xuan Ling and said softly: "
I, my concubine, have something to say that I don’t know whether to say or not?”
"you say."
"The reason why Sister Hui Concubine fell into the water is still unknown, but it must be that the guards were unable to rescue her and she choked on too much water and fell unconscious. According to my concubine's wishes, it is better to remove the guards of Mixiu Palace and replace them with another group. Otherwise, this time Hui will be the one who fell into the water.
Sister concubine, what should I do if I accidentally hurt Concubine Hua next time?"
When Concubine Hua heard what I said, she immediately said: "Didn't I just say that I would give up my merits? Why do I have to change the guards of my palace now? Isn't the reward and punishment too biased? It seems to be a defense."
I smiled and said, "Concubine Hua, you are worrying too much. I am also thinking about your concubine. The emperor has always loved his concubine, how could he let such a careless and lazy servant guard the concubine in the palace and put her in danger? Besides, it was just a new batch.
Being a guard is not a punishment." He turned to Xuan Ling and said, "I am ignorant, Your Majesty, please don't laugh at me for being short-sighted."
Xuan Ling said: "You are absolutely right. I almost ignored this level. Let Li Changming replace a group of capable guards to guard Mixiu Palace tomorrow."
Concubine Hua looked ugly and tried her best not to look at me again. She also knew that there was no turning around and the guards around her would have to be replaced, so she stopped arguing. She changed her smile and said to Xuan Ling: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for thinking about me.
." Then he said: "I have brought two pieces of fine mountain ginseng. It is the best for replenishing the body. I would like to ask someone to stew it for me to nourish my body."
Xuan Ling nodded, "Hua Qing, you are always thinking about things in the Sixth Palace. You have to work hard so late at night. Go back and rest early."
Concubine Hua smiled gently and said: "Your Majesty will have an early morning court tomorrow, so you shouldn't work too hard. When I came out, I asked someone to stew a pot of purple ginseng and pheasant. I'm afraid it will be ready soon. Your Majesty, please go use some rice and rest."
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Xuan Ling smiled and said, "You'd better be careful. I'm a little hungry too." He turned to look at me and said, "Wanqing, you can also go and use some. The food in Huaqing Palace is the best in this palace."
Concubine Hua only smiled softly: "Your Majesty said this, which really makes Shilan feel ashamed. My sister, please go with us."
You don't really want me to go, it's just to show Xuan Ling's face. When Xuan Ling goes, he will probably stay in Hua Fei's palace to rest. How could I be so ignorant? What's more, I really don't feel at ease here in Meizhuang.
He must accompany her. Then he smiled and said: "How can I have such a good taste? Why don't the emperor use my concubine's share as well, so that the emperor's pain of lovesickness can be relieved."
Concubine Hua said with a smile: "Look at how the emperor has spoiled my concubine, you can say this without blushing."
Xuan Ling said: "How dare I spoil her? She is already like this. If I spoil her any more, I will go to heaven."
I smiled and said: "I said, it turns out that the emperor has already disliked me. Your Majesty, please go quickly, the pheasant will not be good if it is cooked. I want to take care of my sister Hui here, but I really can't."
went."
Xuan Ling said: "Okay. You should also be careful yourself and don't get tired."
Concubine Hua smiled and said, "Then I'll take care of Concubine Lao Wan and Shuyi." After saying that, she followed Xuan Ling and walked out gracefully.
It was late at night. I saw that Feng Shuyi looked tired and knew that she was also tired, so I persuaded her to go back to the palace to rest. I ate some midnight snacks alone and stayed at the bedside of Meizhuang.
There was a cold bitterness in my heart. Just now, the concubines and concubines were living together in such a harmonious way, with the rain and dew evenly soaked in it, as if Concubine Hua and I had never argued before, so harmonious. The corner of the mouth curled up slightly, Pheasant Purple Ginseng Soup,
Concubine Hua really came prepared.
There was cold sweat on Meizhuang's forehead, so I took a handkerchief to wipe it for her. Meizhuang, this happened suddenly, and I didn't have time to think about it in my heart to sort it out. It's quiet at night, so I can think about it slowly.
Meizhuang hasn't woken up, so of course he can't ask anything. If Meizhuang doesn't wake up, there will be no reason to stop Concubine Hua from punishing Caiyue and Xiao Shi.
I called Caiyue in and asked, "Caiyue. You have been following your lady for many years, so you should know that my friendship with your lady is extraordinary."
Caiyue had not yet calmed down from the fright just now. When she heard what I said, she was about to kneel down. I hurriedly held her back. She sobbed: "I know this. If it weren't for this, how could the young master Wan be willing to fight with Hua for my slave?"
The master fought hard, but if it weren’t for the little master, this slave would have lost his life.”
I sighed and said, "Do you know why Concubine Hua punished you so severely? In fact, you and Xiao Shi are not guilty enough to die, so why bother sending you to the 'violent room'? It's obvious that you are on the road to death."
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Caiyue murmured and shook her head, and I said slowly: "If you want to kill people in the palace, you have to be careful. You don't want to kill people for no reason. If you really want to kill, most likely you will silence them." I looked at her and said deliberately.
She took a sip of tea, and the moment of silence created a little inner fear in her. Fang said: "If you think about it carefully, when your lady fell into the water, did you see something that you shouldn't have seen, which forced her to kill her?"
You." This is my conjecture, and there is no basis for it. Meizhuang doesn't understand the nature of water, so he won't go too close to the water, so how could he accidentally fall into the water? There must be something fishy in this.
Caiyue's face became paler and paler, as if she was trying her best to remember something. I didn't look at her, and gently wiped the cold sweat from my eyebrows, "Now that your little master is like this, what if you missed something?"
He said, "Even I can't protect you. But we have become fools together, and we don't even know whose hands we died in." After saying this, he sighed and raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears.
Seeing my sadness, Caiyue hurriedly pulled my sleeve and said, "I know how important this is. And...I don't see it clearly, so I don't dare to talk nonsense."
"I just want to know something in my mind. Please tell me."
"Slave... When this slave came back from taking the ink, it seemed... he seemed to see the figure of an internal prisoner running past Qian Lichi. It was getting dark, so I'm afraid I was dazzled."
I nodded, "No one else knows about this, right?"
Caiyue said hurriedly: "I really don't dare to mention it to others."
I said, "That's good. Remember not to tell anyone else. Otherwise, you may not be able to save your life, you know?" Caiyue was frightened and frightened, and nodded in panic.
I said gently to Yan Yue: "You were very frightened today, go and take a rest. Just ask Bai Ling to accompany me and look after you, Miss." Cai Yue Nuonuo withdrew. I stared at the dim view of Meizhuang under the candlelight.
Rongyan said softly: "I originally thought that the mountain rain was coming, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. Meizhuang, you must not get into trouble, otherwise, how can I withstand the force of this mountain rain alone?"
The night outside Cunju Hall was so dark, like black ink, it was suffocating. Even the big red palace lantern hanging outside was as erratic as phosphorus fire, the eyes of ghosts that refused to close their eyes. I looked at Meizhuang silently, what's the time?
After that long, the sky gradually turned white like a fish belly.
Lingrong came over to see Meizhuang early in the morning, and saw that she was just sleeping. She stayed with her for a long time, but I persuaded her to go back.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Meizhuang gradually woke up. She was just not in good spirits, so I fed her some light bird's nest porridge and only took a few mouthfuls before pushing it away.
Seeing her slowly calming down, we were the only two people left in the room, so we asked her: "What is going on?"
Meizhuang's face was filled with an unhealthy flush. He gripped the corners of the quilt with both hands and tried his best to hold back his tears: "Huan'er, tell the emperor quickly, someone wants my life!"
As expected, I said: "Caiyue said that when you were drowning, you saw the figure of a young eunuch running past from a distance. I thought it was a dazzle, but according to what you said, it seems that someone really wanted you to drown in Qianli Pond on purpose.
"Chinese." I patted her back gently and asked, "Have you seen who it is?"
She was startled and shook her head, "Pushing me into the water from behind, I didn't see his face clearly." It was also a question in vain. Since he was deliberately taking Mei Zhuang's life, he naturally made arrangements, so how could he reveal his traces so easily?
I held Meizhuang's cold hand and looked directly at her, "Since you want to tell the emperor, you must first tell me who did it?"
Mei Zhuang frowned, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "You know how rarely I offend people. The person who is most at odds with me is the deposed Yu Changyi. Besides, she has no time to take care of herself now, so how can she come here?
Deal with me." She thought for a moment, "Tian Gui, even though Qin Fangyi and others are at odds with each other, they are not so vicious as to kill me. In fact... I can't think of it."
"Then, the one who is most at odds with you is..." I didn't say any more, Mei Zhuang's hand shook slightly, and I knew she understood what I meant.
Meizhuang forced himself to calm down and held my sleeve instead, "Qianli Pond is not far from her Mixiu Palace... If she wants to deal with me, she won't do it in her own place. She should always avoid suspicion. How could she do it herself?"
Provoking trouble?"
I snorted softly, "You are asking for trouble? I don't think there is any trouble at all. The emperor rested at her place last night." Meizhuang's face became more and more ugly, and he almost breathed his last. I consoled her: "She
She didn't take advantage of her. Even if she didn't want to hurt you, your drowning and coma must be related to the failure of her palace guards to rescue you. Therefore, the emperor has ordered the removal of the guards guarding Mixiu Palace. Those people have been following her for a long time.
Some of them are confidants, and having them all taken away at once is enough to give her a headache."
Meizhuang just breathed a sigh of relief. I sighed softly and took the bird's nest porridge and fed her spoonful by spoonful. "You need to eat something first so that you can have the energy to talk to you slowly."
I told Xiao Shi in detail about how Concubine Hua came to visit Meizhuang and wanted to punish Caiyue, and then said: "You just left the Mixiu Palace, and within a hundred steps you drowned in the Thousand Carp Pond. Looking at today
In the palace, who dares to act so unbridled in her territory? Only one person dares - herself, and others will not easily think that she will get into trouble by herself, even if they think of it, who will believe that Concubine Hua will
So stupid?"
"She's not stupid at all. That's why others won't doubt her." A cold smile appeared on Mei Zhuang's face, "I just didn't agree with her words, but she turned out to be so vicious!"
"With the current situation, others would think that even if Concubine Hua had to deal with me, it would be me instead of you. It is because of this blindness that Concubine Hua dared to do such a cruel thing. In fact, you and I..." I hesitated and said: "
It's Huan'er who can't help her sister and has caused her trouble." I couldn't bear the guilt in my patience anymore, tears rolled down and hit the back of my hands, "The fire at the city gate has affected Chiyu. Sister, you are completely caused by me. Hua
The concubine is afraid that the two of us will be difficult to control in the future as we grow stronger, so she wants to get rid of you and leave me alone, like a broken arm, unable to compete with her."
Meizhuang stood there motionless for a long time, and then she shed tears. Her expression became much more normal than before. She said slowly: "It's none of your business. As early as when I first accepted her favor, she already regarded me as such.
I wanted to get rid of the choking bone, but it only hindered the emperor's favor, and I tolerated and avoided her in every way, so she didn't do it. Now..." Mei Zhuang gently lifted my bangs that were stuck to my eyes because of crying, "
It's just that he saw that I wasn't as submissive and tolerant to her as before, and the emperor had no time to worry about me, so he took action to avenge old revenge. It really has nothing to do with you..."
I knew that Meizhuang was just trying to comfort me. After crying for a while, he managed to stop his tears and said, "Then what are you going to say to the emperor?"
Meizhuang said calmly: "What else can you say? How can I slander the throne of the inner court without any evidence, but instead scare the snake. I will tell the emperor that it was me who accidentally fell into the water."
I nodded, but this is the only plan for now. "We must also seal Caiyue's mouth tightly, and she is not allowed to mention a word of last night to others."
It happened that Bai Ling came in with the wild ginseng given by Concubine Hua, and said in surprise: "The young master is awake! I'm going to call the imperial doctor. This is what Concubine Hua gave to the young master to make up for his health. Concubine Hua really cares about the young master, so
Fortunately, wild ginseng is really rare..." Meizhuang said coldly: "Take it off and go out."
Bai Ling didn't know why, so I hurriedly said: "Your little master is feeling unwell and needs to rest. Don't disturb her." Bai Ling hurriedly retreated.
Meizhuang looked at the box of ginseng with disgust and said: "To replenish the body? It's enough to replenish life. Huan'er, help me throw it out."
"Just don't use it. Why throw it out so conspicuously?"
Meizhuang's eyes were cold and terrifying, and he said bitterly: "I, Shen Meizhuang, can't do anything to her now, and I may not be able to do anything to her in this life. Since I have been spared my life, let's settle the score slowly!"
Meizhuang has always had a calm and gentle temperament, but now that he has said these words, it seems that he hates Concubine Hua to the core. His lips are dead and his teeth are cold, let alone Meizhuang, who is as close as a compatriot to me. How can I not hate, life and death hang in the hands of others, Now it's Meizhuang, I don't know when it will be me. Now I can still rely on Xuan Ling's favor, but judging from last night, Xuan Ling's affection for Concubine Hua, his old love, may not be as good as my new favorite, not to mention Concubine Hua and him We have been together for a long time, more than I can compare to day and night. I looked at the bright spring light outside the window, and vaguely felt that behind this bright spring light, there was a dull and gloomy bloody smell wrapping around me...