"Then do you know what Le Jieyu did back then? All the mistakes Le Jieyu committed were major crimes against the nine clans. It was your father's intention to execute Le Jieyu. It was your mother who harmed people first, and then later.
With such consequences, everything is no different from others. How did I teach you? But you accused the beauty in public because of a few words of instigation from others, and you were taken advantage of without knowing it. You are really confused!" Concubine He Xian sighed.
With a cry, I hate that iron cannot become steel.
I don’t know who is stirring up trouble behind the scenes and taking advantage of a child under four years old. It is really hateful.
The eldest prince said with blurry eyes: "Even if my mother did something wrong, she is still my mother. Why should I want to take revenge?"
"It seems that everything I taught you before was in vain. You go to the small Buddhist hall and kneel down. When you think about right and wrong, you will come out." Concubine He Xian coldly opened her lips and ordered someone to take the eldest prince down.
When Dugu Liancheng came over, the eldest prince was already kneeling in the small Buddhist hall.
Concubine He Xian knelt down in front of Dugu Liancheng: "I am a concubine who has failed to teach her son well. Please punish me."
"Since you know your mistake, you will kneel down with Nian'er as a punishment."
The eldest prince was eavesdropping with his ears pricked up.
As soon as Dugu Liancheng said this, his face suddenly turned pale: "It's not the fault of the mother and concubine. The sons and ministers are responsible for their own affairs. The father punished the mother and concubine indiscriminately, but the sons and ministers refused to obey!"
"You said that I punished your mother and concubine to kneel indiscriminately, but have you ever thought about whether you were indiscriminate when you accused Mu Meiren of killing Le Jieyu in public today? You only heard what you wanted to hear.
I never asked about the cause and effect. Now your mother and concubine are implicated, all because of you." Dugu Liancheng looked at the eldest prince coldly, threw up his sleeves and left.
The eldest prince wanted to refute, but could only watch Dugu Liancheng walk away.
Seeing this scene, Concubine He Xian couldn't help but sigh...
Cuiwei Palace.
As soon as Li Waner sat down, Yingdong served her a cup of hot tea.
"It's because the empress is so clever that she made the eldest prince humiliate the beauty in public."
Li Waner took two sips of hot tea and replied with a smile: "That woman is thick-skinned. I'm afraid that the eldest prince's move will not make that woman restrain herself."
With the emperor's protection, this was Mu Ci's confidence, and the eldest prince's move would not cause much trouble.
"The entire harem is Mu Meiren's enemy, and I won't be proud of her for long." Yingdong disagreed.
"You are wrong. If she were the one in the cold palace, her methods would be very powerful. Didn't you see her methods today? She dared to touch a tyrannical person like Huang Xiurong, even when she met a concubine with a higher status than her.
She was not seen saluting, and she was protected by the emperor. She also returned the two women given to her by the imperial concubine intact. Do you think such a person can be easily removed?" Li Waner stroked the lines on the rim of the cup, her eyes
Light color.
"Your Majesty, what you say makes sense. I think this thing is too simple." Yingdong said with a look of shame.
"In the past two years when the Queen Mother entered Chenxiang Palace, although there were many people in the harem, everything was peaceful, just because the emperor was fair to everyone, and the position in the middle palace was also vacant. The appearance of Mu Ci will definitely break this situation
Balance, a bloody storm is inevitable." Li Waner curved a beautiful smile on her lips: "The show has already begun."
The judges were also ready, and she couldn't wait to watch a good show.
"Are you going to watch a show or act in a show?" Yingdong asked a lot.
Li Wan'er glanced at her, her heart trembled, she lowered her head and said, "This slave has exceeded the rules."
"Mu Ci has taken away all the love from the emperor. Who in this harem can tolerate even a little bit of ambition?" Li Waner curled her lips and smiled: "Even if the imperial concubine did not attend the plum appreciation party today, the news must have spread to Jingyang.
Palace?"
As Li Waner expected, someone from Jingyang Palace was reporting the news to An Rong at this moment, and this person was none other than Platycodon grandiflorum.
After being severely injured in the battle with Platycodon, she took a few days to rest and was fine.
After listening to Platycodon's report, An Rong asked: "Do you know who is inciting the eldest prince to rebel?"
"I can't find it. The other party didn't leave any traces." Kikyo lowered his eyes and looked at his toes.
"The eldest prince really said that the one in Yong'an Palace is the Queen Mother?" An Rong asked with a straight face.
Isn’t the Queen Mother still in Chenxiang Palace?
Moreover, she inquired about the origin of the man from Yong'an Palace, and found out that he was clearly from Lin'an City. After entering the palace, he went to Si Lesi, and was later given to Liu Jieyu by Li Dianle.
The emperor at the time was not aware of all the twists and turns, and judging from the first meeting between the emperor and Mu Ci at that time, the emperor indeed did not know Mu Ci.
Every aspect of this process is very natural. In this case, Mu Ci cannot be the Queen Mother.
Of course, it is impossible for the emperor to arrange for Mu Ci to quietly leave Chenxiang Palace, and then arrange for Mu Ci to change his identity and enter the palace again. This is not what the emperor would do.
If the emperor really wanted the queen mother to enter the harem, he could have released the queen mother from Chenxiang Palace in an open and honest manner without such roundabout ways. Something must have gone wrong.
"This is the news that I heard from you. I heard that the eldest prince overheard the conversation between the two palace men, so he ran to Merlin to question Mu Meiren. Everyone present heard it at the time. This matter is not false." Kikyo lowered his eyes.
Close eyes.
"What was Mu Meiren's expression like at that time?" An Rong asked with interest.
"This..." Kikyo said with shame, "I forgot to ask."
"I don't blame you. Even if Mu Meiren is really the Queen Mother, it's impossible for people to find out. Besides, everyone's attention was on the emperor at that time." An Rong asked again: "By the way, what was the emperor's answer at that time?
"
"The emperor asked the eldest prince to apologize to Mu Meiren, and then reprimanded the virtuous concubine."
After hearing this, An Rong was thoughtful. After a while, she said: "Go and carefully check the process of Mu Ci's entry into the palace. Maybe we have made some mistakes."
Kikyo hesitated to speak at this time, but finally she said: "I have actually checked it out, and there is no problem with Mu Meiren's origin, but the strange thing is that the Qu family has disappeared. There is one more thing.
After the beauty entered the palace, Sizhu went to Chenxiang Palace, met the Queen Mother, and chatted with the Queen Mother for a while."
An Rong's lips curved into a playful smile: "This is interesting. Sizhu may have suspected Mu Meiren's identity, so he went to Chenxiang Palace to verify it. As for the Qu family who went to the empty building, there must be something wrong before they disappeared. This
Doesn’t it mean that there is something wrong with Mu Meiren’s origin?”
She is probably not the only one who is searching, the emperor may also be searching for the true origin of the beauty.
Interestingly, Mu Meiren is a very interesting woman regardless of whether she is the Queen Mother or not.
"Platycodon, you did a great job on this matter." An Rong praised without hesitation.
She glanced at Zhitao, who understood, and immediately took the reward and handed it to Platycodon grandiflorum.
Platycodon grandiflorum respectfully accepted the reward, thanked him, and then left.
