Emperor Tianwu and the queen have always been the best partners. Over the years, the two of them have managed the harem in a stable and stable manner. The queen is very good at guessing Emperor Tianwu's thoughts, and she will often give him a glance.
She knew what to say and what to do. Emperor Tianwu also felt that this queen was very popular with him in the past. Apart from the lack of love, there was still affection. If the mother of a country did her job, there was nothing to criticize.
But both of them clearly understood one thing, but neither of them had revealed it. They were both waiting for someone from the other party to come forward and lure the fish into the bait. Whether the queen can still be a queen depends on her destiny.
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Of course, these were Emperor Tianwu's previous thoughts. Ever since he regained his favor with Concubine Yuan Shu, he has forgotten all these things. Sometimes when he wakes up a little, he will remember that he is still waiting for someone to appear, and
This person had to be brought out by the queen, so the queen could not be deposed. He also knew that disturbing the queen was equivalent to disturbing the country's foundation, which was not something that could be easily solved by deposing the queen, so the position of the queen was always retained.
But Emperor Tianwu didn't do much tonight. His mind became much clearer. It wasn't that he remembered anything or that he realized something. He just started to be suspicious and suspicious of the current situation.
Especially when he heard that he had actually demoted Zhang Yuan to the Sinus Division, he felt even more horrified.
He asked the queen: "Do you know why I sent Xiao Yuanzi to the Sin slaves department? Why can't I remember what mistake he made? What's more, even if he made a mistake, I couldn't treat him like that. Xiao Yuanzi
Yuanzi has made more than one or two mistakes since he was a child, and I have long been used to it."
The queen was really happy when she heard this. In any case, the emperor was willing to think about the truth, which showed that he was not completely confused and did not completely listen to the words of Concubine Yuan Shu and her son. This gave her hope.
Seeing the hope of Emperor Tianwu's recovery, she said to Emperor Tianwu: "The Emperor feels that something is wrong recently?"
Emperor Tianwu nodded, "There is something wrong, but I can't figure out what is wrong. Apart from the matter of Xiao Yuanzi, Queen, please tell me, what else is wrong?"
"That's a lot." The Queen said calmly, "For example, Concubine Yuan Shu. Or, for example, the Eighth Prince. Does Your Majesty think her recent state is normal?"
Emperor Tianwu thought about it seriously, then shook his head, "I don't think it's abnormal! Concubine Shu is my beloved concubine, and Mo'er is my beloved son. It's okay for me to be close to them."
"Beloved concubine and beloved son? Then why have they been neglected for more than twenty years? The emperor has never thought about the reason?" The queen revealed the truth, but Emperor Tianwu was stunned again.
He always had a headache when such a topic was mentioned. Emperor Tianwu raised his hands and hugged his head with a painful expression. He looked at the emperor with a little resentment in his eyes. He said: "Queen, I just want to ask you about Xiao Yuanzi
Why did you mention Concubine Shu and Mo'er? My head hurts as soon as I heard what you said, so you'd better stop talking about it."
The queen was helpless, but seeing Emperor Tianwu like this, she really couldn't say anything else, so she turned the topic back to Zhang Yuan and said: "The emperor wants your concubine to pick up Zhang Yuan from the Sin Slave Division."
Come back?" She said while shaking her head, "It's not easy! Now I can't move even in this palace. I am restricted by Concubine Yuan Shu at every turn. The emperor thinks that I have the ability to bring Zhang Yuan out? Thank you.
As a result, Concubine Yuan Shu is now the master of this harem."
"You are the queen." Emperor Tianwu raised his voice a little and said unhappily: "Why do you still have trouble moving forward? How can a good person like Concubine Shu restrain you?"
"Since the Emperor thinks so, why didn't you just ask Concubine Yuan Shu to get Zhang Yuan out instead of calling the concubine?" She asked back: "Calling the concubine to come over, isn't it because the emperor subconsciously felt that there was something going on?
Can't you tell Concubine Yuan Shu?"
As soon as she said this, Emperor Tianwu also remembered, yes! He was feeling dizzy just now, and felt that there were many things that he couldn't understand. For example, how did he spend this New Year's Eve in the past twenty years? Why haven't we seen each other for so many years?
Concubine Shu? Why do I always feel that I have forgotten many things? I have also distorted many things? He had a particularly strong consciousness for a moment and wanted to clarify all these questions. At the same time, he also felt that he could not ask Concubine Yuan Shu.
I also had to ask a reliable person. After much deliberation, the only reliable person was the Queen, so I called the Queen over.
"Yes!" Emperor Tianwu murmured: "I called you here just to be on guard against Concubine Shu. But... why?" He couldn't understand it again.
The queen sighed softly, patted the back of Emperor Tianwu's hand and said, "Since the emperor wants to see Zhang Yuan, I will try my best to make the emperor's wish come true." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Fang Yi who was standing outside the door.
, Fangyi nodded towards the Queen, but did not act immediately because Concubine Yuan Shu and the Eighth Prince were still standing outside.
Those two people were also very anxious. In the eyes of the palace people, they were so anxious because they were worried about the emperor's condition. But they didn't know that the eighth prince buried his head and whispered in Concubine Yuan Shu's ear: "
What should I do? If the old guy is not under control, will this thing collapse?"
Concubine Yuan Shu shook her head and said softly: "It won't collapse yet, it's just a little more difficult. These situations were also what we expected at first. Doing this kind of thing is like trying to pass a level. Obstacles will always appear, and you have to pass each level one by one.
In the end, everything will be settled." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xuan Tianmo and advised: "Mo'er, don't be anxious, we still have time."
At that time, everyone in the miscellaneous yard of Sinusi had gone back to their houses to spend New Year's Eve. Even in a place like this, the palace would not be unkind on New Year's Eve, and there were still dumplings.
Distribute it so that the sin slaves can take a bite.
There was light snow falling in the sky again, and Zhang Yuan was not able to enjoy the benefits of hiding in the house and eating dumplings. At this time, he was sitting in the yard washing clothes, and the water still had ice stubble on it, which pricked his hands.
Bloody cuts. While washing, he had to be careful not to let the blood from the bloody cuts on his hands get on his clothes. From time to time, he would rub them in the snow to try to freeze the wounds.
Zhang Yuan has been in the palace since he was a child and has a good fortune. He has never suffered such hardships with the emperor. These days in Sinusi have given him all the hardships that he had not suffered in the past ten years. What?
Cleaning toilets, doing laundry, carrying water, and washing the boss's feet, he has done all these things. If he doesn't do well, he won't be given a meal, and he will be punished by standing in the ice and snow.
Both of my feet are covered with frostbite, and both of my hands are now in a semi-disabled state. I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of themselves well.
But there are still so many jobs waiting for him, and almost everyone's work has been pushed to him alone. Those who are free only need to rub their shoulders and feet for the boss here on weekdays, so they don't have to do this.
It's hard work. In order to survive, in order to survive, he has never thought of this kind of trick, but no one treats him. Even if he kneels down to beg, no one will pity him. He just wants to be rubbed by the boss.
Shoulder, they don't need him. It's clear that they are deliberately making things difficult, just to make him suffer and get hurt, and just to humiliate him, a great eunuch who was once famous in the palace and even wanted to show off his dignity when he met Quan.
And the banknotes and money that Feng Yuheng had given him before disappeared overnight. Before he could use the money to curry favor with anyone, the money was no longer his.
The more Zhang Yuan thought about it, the more frustrated he became. He wiped away his tears and looked at the basins of clothes in front of him. He knew that he would not have to sleep tonight. I am afraid that these clothes would not be finished washing until tomorrow morning, and they would be washed again.
It's snowing, I really don't know if he will freeze to death outside.
When he thought about the possibility of freezing to death, he shuddered and quickly stood up, thinking of getting some more clothes from the house. He still wanted to see the old emperor again in his lifetime, but he couldn't die like this.
But before he had even taken three steps, he heard someone coming from the other end of the yard, shouting as he walked: "Hey! Zhang Yuan, what are you going to do? Have you finished washing your clothes? Have you been asked to leave here?
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Zhang Yuan turned around and saw that there were three people coming. They were all eunuchs from the palace. They were punished to the Sin Slave Department for making mistakes. They were obviously the same slaves, but these three people got along well with the boss here.
They fawned over each other every day and refused to lick anyone's feet. If he did a good job in this area, he would naturally not have to suffer like him every day. The life of the three of them really seemed to be more enjoyable than when they were with their former master.
Of course, Zhang Yuan was also given a lot of stumbling blocks.
For example, right now, Zhang Yuan wanted to go back to the house to add some clothes. By chance, these three people saw him. They shouted at the top of their lungs and kicked over the two boxes of clothes that Zhang Yuan had washed.
Then he looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile and said: "In the past, you were a popular person around the emperor. We all had to talk down to him when we saw him, but we were often offended. But now, you are a sin slave who is worse than a dog. You still think about it.
In those days like those before? Do you still want to be feared by others? Bah! No way!"
"That's right! A sin slave is a sin slave. If you don't wash your clothes well, where are you going to run? Believe it or not, we just need to shout Zhang Yuan to run away, and the steward will break your legs when he comes!"
"Our Sin Slave Division beats a Sin Slave to death, but there is no need to report it. You must know whose hands your life is in!"
Zhang Yuan saw that the two basins of washed clothes were dirty again, and tears almost came out. But he knew that it was useless to cry, to argue, and to quarrel. He had used all these tricks, and in exchange for
, there is nothing but a new round of humiliation.
Silently I picked up the two basins of dirty clothes and added ice water again. I didn't expect to go back to the house to get the clothes, so I just sat on the small bench and started washing again. The blood on my hands became more and more bloody.
If there are too many, I can only keep wiping it on the snow or on my own clothes, trying not to stain the clothes of the nobles.
Zhang Yuan thought, if they hate him so much, they must really want him to die, right? There is no need to report the death of Sin Slave Si, so this is a good opportunity to kill. But the reason why they have only tortured him until now is not letting him die.
Falling off, this means that there must be someone behind the scenes who doesn't want him to die, or in other words, doesn't want him to die too quickly, and wants him to suffer more torture. This is the other party's real intention...