According to the rules of the palace, it was almost time for him to retire.
He thought that he would wait for a few more years to wait for Cao Rang to mature, and then pass the position of the red-robed eunuch to him through Xiang Rong's connections. In this way, he would have no worries about food and clothing in his later years.
only……
All this came to nothing a few days ago.
The successor he carefully cultivated died.
Because this woman in front of me is not the only one who was lucky enough to be visited by His Majesty twelve years ago.
But other than that, His Majesty never laid eyes on her in the past twelve years...
Such a person.
Why?
Anger rose in Cao Yuan's heart, and he raised his hands high.
He looked at the woman's slightly trembling body and pale face, and a twisted pleasure grew wildly in his chest.
His hand rose and fell.
But he stopped only half an inch away from the woman's face.
"This hand."
"You dare to fall."
"I dare to cut it."
A voice came from outside the palace gate. Cao Yuan's heart trembled. He looked up and saw a young man in brocade clothes appearing there with narrowed eyes.
Behind him, two children and an old woman walked in quickly.
"Mother!"
"Empress!" The three of them exclaimed when they saw Liu Qing'er lying on the ground, and then quickly walked up, trying to help Liu Qing'er who fell on the ground.
Just as they stretched out their hands, several eunuchs in black robes stepped out and stopped in front of the three of them.
The little elk looked at his mother with blood-stained hands. Even though he was dull-witted, he understood that his mother had suffered a lot here.
The little elk's eyes were red with tears rolling down his face. He stretched out his hands to grab the hands of the two eunuchs and tried to force them.
"Yao'er! Say goodbye!" Liu Qing'er saw her daughter's thoughts at a glance, her face changed drastically, and she said in shock at that time.
The little elk shuddered and was a little confused, but he still took back his outstretched hand at that time.
Ji Yao is born with strange powers.
But when manpower is exhausted, with a little strange power, you may be able to show off your prestige for a while, but after that, the huge gap will require greater suffering to fill it.
At least.
Liu Qing'er doesn't want her daughter to suffer this.
At this time, Li Danqing slowly walked to the three of them and looked at the scene of the Pure Women's Palace from a distance.
Everyone in the Jingnu Palace obviously did not expect that a foreign minister would break into the palace, and they were all in a daze at this moment.
"Get out of the way." Prince Li squinted at the two eunuchs in front of him and whispered.
The two eunuchs were stunned. They had probably heard about the evil reputation of the prince who chopped off Cao Rang a few days ago, and they felt a little frightened for a while.
They looked hesitantly at the Queen on the high platform...
And this kind of gaze somewhat stung the empress who held a high position.
Such hesitation not only showed the incompetence of the two eunuchs under her, but also questioned her majesty.
At that time, Xiang Rong stood up and looked at Li Danqing: "Li Danqing! You are so brave!"
"The Jingnu Palace is the most important place in the harem! How dare you, a mere foreign minister, to enter without permission! Come on, get it for me!"
The people around who were in a daze came to their senses at this time. How could foreign ministers be allowed to come and go at will in this palace?
It’s just that Prince Li’s reputation was so evil that everyone was surprised for a moment.
Due to the appearance of Li Danqing, they forgot that his arrival itself had violated Wuyang's laws.
Cao Yuan, who had a deep hatred for Li Danqing, was the first to react. He shouted loudly, and the eunuchs in black robes around him started to kill Li Danqing.
A cold light flashed through the slits of Li Danqing's narrowed eyes, and one of his feet suddenly stamped on the ground.
boom!
With a muffled sound, the ground under his feet centered on where he landed, and cracks suddenly spread out. The eunuchs who were trying to kill were unstable. At that time, they trembled one after another, and several of them fell to the ground.
Cao Yuan was even more furious and shouted: "Li Danqing, you broke into the palace privately! You are treasonous and you dare to attack the imperial official. The empress can now summon the secret guards in the palace to take your life!"
Before Li Danqing could respond after saying these words, a clear voice came from behind Li Danqing.
"Then please ask the queen mother to call the secret guards and execute her sons and ministers together!"
The moment Xiang Rong heard the voice, her expression suddenly changed. She looked behind Li Danqing and saw a young man in brocade clothes who was about seventeen or eighteen years old walking into it.
He has a jade face and red lips, sword-shaped eyebrows at the temples, and eyes like stars. He is tall and has an extraordinary bearing, and there is a sense of nobility in his every move and every move.
"Ji Fei!" Xiang Rong was horrified and called out the other party's name at this moment.
That's right, the person who led Li Danqing to Jingnu Palace was none other than the second prince of Wuyang, Ji Fei!
"My son Ji Fei has met my mother."
At that time, Ji Fei clasped his hands in front of him and bowed respectfully to Xiang Rong.
The posture of the waist and the writing style, as well as the ritual of bowing and bowing, are exactly the same as the etiquette taught by the master of ceremonies, and no one can find any fault with it.
"What's the matter? Your Majesty has been to Yutang Palace for a few days. Does Nangong Yun think that she can replace me?" Xiang Rong looked ugly and asked coldly at that time.
Ji Fei stood up and said with a smile: "Why did the Queen Mother say this? The Queen Mother honors the world, her virtue can be revealed by the sun and the moon, and the heaven and earth can learn from it."
"My sons, ministers, and concubines have always had nothing but respect for my mother, and have never had any intention of overstepping their bounds. I hope my mother will learn from this."
How could Xiang Rong believe Ji Fei's words? She sneered: "Since I have no intention of overstepping my bounds, I'm afraid it won't be your Yutang Palace's turn to intervene in the matter of punishing the immoral concubine, right?"
"As a prince, you don't want to work hard and make progress to assist His Majesty and the Crown Prince. Instead, you come to clean the palace late at night. What do you mean?"
When Ji Fei faced Xiang Rong's question, the smile on his face never dimmed. He responded: "The Queen Mother has misunderstood."
As he said this, he turned his head and looked at Ji Yuzhi and Ji Yao beside him: "I have some free time today. After dinner, I wanted to go to Yanhuan Palace to see the emperor's brother and sister. I happened to hear that they were preparing for the concubine.
I was worried about the affairs of the Jingnu Palace, so I brought the emperor’s younger brother, the emperor’s sister, and the young master here to see the situation.”
"For the Jingnu Palace, it's enough for the third prince and the little princess to come. What is the identity of this foreign minister that allows him to come here?" Xiang Rong gritted his teeth and asked with an unkind expression.
"The emperor's brother and the emperor's sister were young, and the mother took away the concubine. The emperor's brother and the emperor's sister had no one to take care of them. Li Danqing, as the young master who was personally conferred by his father, was the teacher of the emperor's brother and the emperor's sister. He would lead him
It is most appropriate to follow nature.”
"The emperor's brother and the emperor's sister are the dragons of their father. If something goes wrong because the concubine is not around, Ji Fei can't bear it. I don't think the queen mother can't bear it either, right?" Ji Fei faced Xiang Rong's questioning with a calm expression.
said softly.
But although the tone is calm, what can be said is indeed tit for tat.
"Why, are you blaming me for mishandling the situation? Shouldn't you accuse the concubine?" Xiang Rong frowned and asked in a cold voice.
“The queen mother is the master of the harem, so it’s natural to accuse whoever
Because of my mother's reasons, I dare not ask any more questions."
"It is reasonable for the mother to control the concubines in the harem."
"But it is reasonable for a young son to seek his mother."
"It is more reasonable for a teacher to take care of his disciple."
"My son, I think that no one is at fault, and I would like to ask my mother to tell the truth."
Ji Fei's words were clear and well-measured, but Xiang Rong, who had the intention to attack, could not find any reason for it for a while.
Her face turned purple for a while, and after a while, she said in a deep voice: "The second prince is indeed very eloquent, I can't speak to you."
"But now that you have brought the person, what are you going to do next? Are you going to use your smooth tongue to excuse the concubine, or are you going to use your status as the second prince to put pressure on the concubine and take the concubine away by force?
"
Ji Fei smiled when he heard this, cupped his hands again and said, "The queen mother still misunderstood my son."
"My son is just doing what is reasonable, and he will be judged by his mother in the future. I will never interfere."
After Ji Fei said this, he stepped aside and said nothing.
Xiang Rong raised her eyebrows, obviously not expecting Ji Fei to make such a response. She took a serious look at the second prince, but saw that he did what she said and stepped aside. It seemed that he really didn't
I don't want to interfere in this matter anymore.
Xiang Rong's mind changed and her eyes fell on Li Danqing: "What about Prince Li? The second prince has decided to stay out of the matter. Why are you planning to interfere in my harem's affairs?"
A sneer appeared on Xiang Rong's face, and she gradually calmed down at this moment.
Li Danqing's arrival was indeed beyond her expectation, but if she thought about it carefully, as a foreign minister, how could he have the right to interfere in the affairs of the harem?
If he says anything inappropriate at this moment, and she raises an eyebrow to accuse him, she will bring trouble to His Majesty, and that will also be Li Danqing's responsibility.
Thinking of this, Xiang Rong's heart settled, and her eyes looking at Li Danqing became colder and colder.
Li Danqing, who was standing there, blinked his eyes when he heard this and looked at Xiang Rong, with a very confused expression on his face.
"What are you saying, Queen? Didn't the Second Prince make it very clear? Li Danqing is here just to take care of the prince and princess. How can I, a foreign minister, dare to interfere in the affairs of the harem?"
When these words came out, the expression on Xiang Rong's face suddenly became a little strange.
This is of course the wisest choice, but Xiang Rong feels that this approach seems to be completely different from Li Danqing's temperament.
But soon, the empress calmed down. She thought about it carefully, and she really couldn't think of the possibility that Li Danqing would dare to mess around in this pure female palace. Thinking of this, she looked at Cao Yuan and said: "Since the second prince
Both you and Prince Li understand this rule, so don’t be in a daze anymore, let’s do whatever we want to do to interrogate him!”
"Slap me!"
Cao Yuan also came to his senses after hearing this. In his opinion, Li Danqing and the second prince had been dismissed by Xiang Rong, and he no longer had any worries.
On the contrary, he could slap their biological mother in front of the prince and princess. Such a novel experience made the twisted pleasure that had been suppressed grow wildly in Cao Yuan's heart again.
He took a deep breath, raised his palms high at that moment, and continued what he had just unfinished.
But at this moment, a voice came from beside him.
"Little Elk."
"Did you see that hermaphrodite in red?"
"If he dares to take action later, you can throw him into the sky."
"Remember, throw it high enough."
"The kind that can kill you."
"Otherwise there will be no Babao Chicken to eat tomorrow."