"Second sister, why are you here?" Zhang Yanling hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.
Empress Zhang whispered: "There are many people and mixed views, so go in and talk."
Zhang Yanling nodded hurriedly and led Queen Zhang into the mansion. Axiu hurriedly ordered everyone to pack up and go back to the mansion, closed the door, and felt doubtful in her heart.
Empress Zhang entered the Zhang family's back house without saying a word, came to the back hall and sat down. Then she took off the black veil on her face, revealing a haggard and pale face. Zhang Yanling was frightened when she saw that face.
Wow, I haven’t seen her for half a month, and Empress Zhang seems to have changed. Her face is pale, her eyelids are swollen, and her cheeks are sunken. She seems to be a completely different person.
"Second sister, what's wrong with you? What happened?" Zhang Yanling asked in a low voice.
"Little brother..." As soon as Queen Zhang opened her mouth, her eye circles turned red and tears welled up.
"Second sister, what happened?" Zhang Yanling panicked and asked hurriedly.
Empress Zhang wiped her tears, tried her best to control her emotions, and gritted her teeth and said: "Brother, your Majesty...he has another woman."
Under Zhang Yanling's shocked eyes, Queen Zhang told Zhang Yanling the matter in detail.
"...In the past half month since the New Year, I have felt that something is wrong with the Emperor. After the first day of the New Year, he does not come to Kunning Palace often. Even if he does come, he still makes me feel strange when he talks to me.
Weird, he didn't dare to make eye contact with me, always feeling a little strange. I thought he was tired from working on national affairs and was thinking about national affairs, so he seemed a little absent-minded. However, his behavior became more and more strange, sometimes sitting down
I was laughing there. Originally, the emperor didn’t care about his appearance at all, but that day I actually saw him pulling out his white hair on his temples in front of the mirror. He also asked me if he looked old. These abnormal behaviors made me think that he
It’s a little strange.”
"... Of course, these things are nothing, just strange, and I didn't think there was anything particularly abnormal. Until I went to look for him in the Qianqing Palace that day, and saw a bottle of medicine called Sea Dog Pills on his bedside
.Yanling, you are a man, you should know what the sea dog pill is."
"The emperor is very restrained in his daily life. I can't say he is abstinent, but he is very restrained in that aspect. We only have sex a few times a month, and he doesn't need to take any medicine at all.
. He himself said that tonics are the fundamental medicine for overdraft and should not be used too much. Now that he has taken sea dog pills, and we have not been together recently, I immediately became alert. I quietly inquired about the emperor.
During his recent trip, I learned about the situation from the people around him. Recently, the emperor often visits Changchun Palace, and sometimes even stays there."
"Where is the Changchun Palace? It is the Queen Mother's bedroom. Even if the Emperor and the Queen Mother have a deep relationship, they will not go there seven or eight times in the first half of the year, and they still stay in the Changchun Palace. It is even more strange.
. Then I remembered that on the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, shortly after you left, the emperor ordered someone to tell me that he was going to talk to the old queen and would not accompany me and Hou Zhao to have dinner in the evening. I didn't think much about it at the time.
Later, I saw that the night was getting late, and I was worried that the emperor was drunk and worried that he would be cold when he came back, so I personally took the fur cloak and sent it to him. However, the people in Changchun Palace said that the emperor had already left. I went to the emperor's palace, and the emperor
But he wasn't there. I waited in Qianqing Palace for a long time before he came back smelling of alcohol. He seemed very ashamed when he saw me. I asked him why the people in Changchun Palace said he was back, but he didn't return to Qianqing Palace.
Or go to Kunning Palace. He said that he remembered an important matter and went to the imperial study room to deal with some important matters. I didn't pay attention at the time. Afterwards, I thought about it. He drank so much wine and it was midnight. What kind of government affairs were he dealing with?
?Obviously lying. But I didn’t suspect him at all, so I didn’t notice it at the time.”
"...There was something fishy in the Changchun Palace. I asked Liu Zhong to secretly investigate the matter, and Liu Zhong found out. On the first day of the new year, several people from the Zhou family entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the old queen. Those who entered the palace were the Zhou family's uncles, father and son, and their female relatives.
There were eight people, but one was missing when they left the palace. In other words, someone stayed in the Changchun Palace on the first day of the Lunar New Year. And that night, the old queen called the emperor to talk and left him to eat. The emperor lied to me that night.
According to my intuition, there was a vixen in the Changchun Palace that night and entangled the emperor. A few days ago, I pretended to accidentally break into the Changchun Palace to see the Queen Mother, and then I saw the vixen. Little brother, do you know? That one
The vixen looks very much like me when I was young. She felt extremely guilty when she saw me. Although I didn't talk to her much, I knew it was her based on my feeling. The emperor must have been fascinated by her...
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"Brother, do you know how sad my sister is? Not only is she sad, I'm going crazy. The emperor and I have been married for more than ten years and have been deeply in love. Now he has moved on to someone else. This little vixen has seduced the emperor's soul.
.The emperor has been seduced by this little fox. In order to please her, he went to all the trouble. He ignored me and was absent-minded. Even if he sat in Kunning Palace for a short while, I could feel it.
His heart is not with me. I am really going crazy. Today is Yuan Dynasty. We were supposed to watch the lanterns together in the palace, and the palace was going to set off fireworks. But he said he was going to Changchun Palace to accompany the Queen Mother to watch the lanterns.
I went to see the lanterns with Zhao'er by myself... I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but at this rate, I'm afraid I'll lose my position to that vixen and be relegated to the sidelines. So, after thinking about it, I have to
I came to discuss this matter with you. The only person I can discuss this matter with is you. So I left the palace secretly, and the emperor and Zhao'er didn't know about it. I will go back to the palace soon to avoid being discovered by them and taking me.
Talk about sneaking out of the palace. Brother, my sister is really going crazy. I feel lonely and helpless in the palace. If this continues, my sister will die."
After listening to Queen Zhang's gnashing of teeth and desperate and angry narration, Zhang Yanling's brows knitted into a knot. Originally, after hearing Queen Zhang's previous words, he thought it was just some minor marital conflict between the emperor and the queen.
.The emperor had other women, and the queen was dissatisfied and came to cry to her. In fact, this matter is not a big deal. As the emperor, there is only one woman, the queen, this matter itself is not normal. Even if the emperor
Occasionally eating secretly is nothing, as long as it does not threaten the queen's position, and as long as the emperor still respects and favors the queen, it is no big deal.
However, as she listened, even though Queen Zhang's words were somewhat incoherent and ambiguous due to her emotions, Zhang Yanling soon heard some shocking details, and some unusual descriptions touched Zhang Yanling's sensitive nerves.
This incident was obviously no longer a matter of the emperor secretly eating the women in the palace as he thought, but it seemed that it might be a well-planned conspiracy.
"Second sister, don't be angry. Don't let your anger break your body. Have a cup of hot tea to calm down." Zhang Yanling made tea for Queen Zhang.
Empress Zhang couldn't drink the tea and sighed: "Brother, what do you think we should do now? I am at a loss and really can't make up my mind. At this time, my sister can only come to discuss with her family. No one else can be trusted.
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Zhang Yanling nodded and said: "Second sister, please be patient. Can I ask a few questions?"