It's not late autumn, but the wind and rain for days are still biting and unbearable. The clouds and smoke are fine, and the brocade clothes are embroidered with peonies, and the colors are gorgeous.
"When will this wind and rain stop?" The queen lightly opened her red lips, her voice was steady but could not conceal her haggardness.
"Empress."
Holding an ivory comb, he is patiently combing the woman's hair. The graceful and graceful woman looks like she is thirty.
"You... are blessed, and all your wishes will come true."
"Blessed?"
The queen smiled but didn't care.
"It's just a fortune-teller who said auspicious words to get reward money. It's hard for a little girl like you. I still remember it to this day."
"Miss, it cost me three taels of silver!"
The woman smiled, arranged her hair into a bun, and used her hairpin again.
"Zhaoxia, after the New Year, you are thirty-six years old. Don't you still want to get married?" The queen asked without looking back.
"Miss, don't drive me away." Zhaoxia smiled.
"..."
"Do you really want to be an old palace maid for the rest of your life?" The queen turned around and looked helplessly at Zhaoxia: "You really don't regret it? You wasted your time in the deep palace with me."
"Miss, you can be comfortable outside, and you can be comfortable in the palace. It's ups and downs, it all depends on the individual."
"Besides, if I leave the palace, what will you do?" Zhaoxia said softly: "Madam wants me to protect the young lady. From now on, I will only have the young lady left."
"Silly girl... If that's the case, then just follow me!" The queen's eyes turned red and she sighed again.
In recent years, many people have left the palace, but when it comes time to use them, they find that there are very few people available.
"Empress, someone is coming."
There was an eunuch who crawled in without waiting for an announcement, his body covered with rain water.
His first words were astonishing.
"Your Majesty, my grandson has rebelled against me!"
"What?"
Since contacting the grandson, the queen has been paying close attention to the palace, especially the emperor's movements.
It was she who arranged for this eunuch to go there.
"Tell me carefully!" The queen stood up immediately: "Isn't Taisun a hundred miles away checking accounts and fighting with Zhang Dai?"
"Why here?"
"This servant doesn't know, I only know that Taisun led the Yulin Guards to rebel, and Xu Jinzhi, the Shenwu Guards, also followed him!"
"We have attacked Yuque Gate now!"
Just like the emperor's reaction, the queen hurried to the corridor and looked around, but she saw rain falling from the sky, and the palace near and far was in chaos. From further away, the sound of fighting was still faintly heard.
"It's Yuque Gate!"
Thinking of this, the queen burst into tears and seemed complicated.
Shenwu Guard Xu Jinzhi was one of her own, and she knew about the previous transfer. She had a vague guess that she had changed shifts, and it would be useful in the future, but she didn't want to activate it today.
She also knew the news about Zhang Dai. She knew that her grandson was magnanimous and would not be merciful in his dealings. Why did he get involved with Zhang Dai? Now that he thought about it, he immediately understood that this was to confuse the emperor!
The queen also wondered why her grandson was able to travel thousands of miles overnight to reach the capital, and even stabbed King Qi hard when he rebelled.
"Fu'er, your son is much more decisive than you, he is much better than you!"
"Emperor, it turns out that you are not really destined by destiny!"
Just as he was about to say something, another palace lady walked in to report.
"Empress, Princess Xinping would like to see you."
"It's so late. If Xinping doesn't go to her mother and concubine, why do you come to this palace?"
The maid came closer to speak
"Empress, Concubine Wu is also here. She is waiting outside, but she won't let Ming Ming arrive."
"Concubine Wu..."
The queen frowned in thought.
Although she doesn't have much contact with her, Concubine Wu knows how to advance and retreat, and knows how to measure things. She is not an easy person to deal with.
Why did you come here late at night?
Could it be for Xinping?
Did she finally see it?
An indescribable feeling surged into my heart, like a crystal-like light, breaking through the accumulated haze in my heart.
There was more sparkle in the queen's eyes, and she began to look forward to it.
"It's a coincidence. If she doesn't come, I will have to look for her."
"Please ask her to go to the side hall and see what she says."
Side hall.
Someone was holding an umbrella along the way to shield the group from entering.
When you reach the palace pavilion and cross the threshold, you will be surrounded by incense and the aroma is pleasant.
The queen is waiting here.
Concubine Wu was not dressed in fancy clothes, but in simple clothes. When she saw the queen, she immediately knelt down and bowed down.
"Please sister, save Xinping!"
The queen was smiling, but she was stunned when she saw this, and her eyes turned to Xinping.
Xinping, who has always been lively, suddenly lost his normal tone tonight, appearing taciturn, and even received a big slap on his face.
"What trouble did Xinping get into?"
Didn't she leave the palace to practice Taoism... She's like this, and she can still get into trouble.
Xinping dare not speak.
It's one thing to lie in front of your mother and concubine, but it's another thing in front of the queen.
"Could it be, could it be..."
Xinping and Taisun?
Guesses lingered on her lips and she swallowed them. The queen looked at Concubine Wu, but she saw Concubine Wu covering her face with her sleeves, feeling ashamed.
"Xinping is unworthy and has the flesh and blood of his grandson."
"If this were not the case, how could my sister dare to bother with nothing? She really had to come."
"...You have worked really hard." The queen felt complicated.
Bu Regret is in the palace, and there is Xinping in front of him... How can this happen? When did the grandson do this?
Logically speaking, it is a good thing that her great-grandson is spreading her branches and leaves, and she should be happy.
But I don’t know why, but I can’t calm down in my heart.
Lowering her eyes and suppressing the ripples in her heart, the queen composed herself and forced a smile: "Sister, please get up. This matter is not particularly serious."
"In the former Liang Dynasty, there was Emperor Liang Ming. Seeing the beauty of his aunt, Princess Suyin, he demoted his consort to the captaincy. Half a year later, his consort fell into the water and died of illness. His relatives were convicted one after another, and their homes were confiscated and exiled."
"The princess stayed alone in the capital, and the emperor gave her a Taoist temple. At that time, there was an extra concubine in the palace, and she was very favored... According to unofficial history, it was said that she was Princess Suyin."
"Since Xinping is pregnant, and the grandson will ascend the throne the next day, he will definitely not be able to get the concubine."
When the queen said this, Concubine Wu felt confident. It seemed that Xinping was right about halfway. The grandson and the queen had already accepted it and made arrangements.
It’s just concubines, and they are also divided into levels. It is impossible to be a concubine, let alone to depose the concubine. Even if it is possible, being a concubine means meeting hundreds of officials, causing a big scandal, how will it end?
Now that we have done it, we must do it to the end. With a cruel heart, Concubine Wu took out something from her sleeve, and it glowed with golden light under the light.
"Sister, this is the Changle Palace Guard Soldier Talisman. Now it has returned to its original owner."
It is about an inch and a half long and about seven minutes wide. It has the shape of a tiger with a flat head and a raised tail. It has scales on its waist and moiré patterns on its neck and ribs. There are two lines of seal script engraved on each back, but it is cut open in the middle, with only the left side
.
The exterior is gilt, the interior is copper-colored, and there are buckles and special textures.
There is an inscription "Changle Guards, guarding the queen, left at the back, right in the army."
The writing style is majestic and solemn, the layout is rigorous and orderly, and the bends and smoothness are used together, exuding a majestic atmosphere.
The queen knew immediately after she got it that it was indeed a genuine military talisman.
The Changle Palace Guards guard the Changle Palace Palace, and the military symbols of the past dynasties are controlled by the queen.
With this, you can give orders.
Since the prince was executed, the military talisman was taken away by order. Later, it was given to the concubine for safekeeping.
In the past twenty years, the favored concubine has changed several times, and this military talisman has been removed several times, but now it is in the palace of Concubine Wu.
However, the beloved concubine only has the military talisman, and the armor cannot actually be mobilized.
The queen must use her seal and military talisman before she can obey the order.
Originally, Concubine Wu was not here, so the queen had to look for her for this military talisman.
Unexpectedly, she came first - Xinping is very dedicated, but also an idiot...
After twenty years, the power of the palace that belonged to the queen finally returned to her hands.
For a time, I felt so many things and it was hard to calm down my thoughts.