The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

Chapter 85

I regret that this place is not my land (3)

Zhu Chengbi was sitting on the white marble steps outside Yining Palace, his fingers brushed the exquisitely carved dragon and phoenix seals on the steps intentionally or unintentionally, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

"Empress Dowager!" Zhu Xi hurried out of the hall, walked to Zhu Chengbi's side, and said anxiously, "Why are you sitting outside! The wind is so strong."

"Bamboo breath." Zhu Chengbi smiled sadly, "You also know that I will definitely come back, don't you?"

Zhu Xi was slightly stunned, and said in a low voice: "The empress dowager, the regent..."

"I'm really scared. I'm really afraid that he and Ling'er will meet each other in the end. One is my son and the other is the man I love the most. Who should I help?" Zhu Chengbi held the silk in his hand tightly, It was so tight that it was almost poking a hole, "The best way is to let him always remember that when I asked him to take me out of the capital, he hesitated, and this slight hesitation should be firmly burned in his heart." , he will be ashamed of me, so that he will not hurt me again, and will not be tempted by the throne. But why? Why do I expect his hesitation so much, but when he really hesitates, I feel so heartbroken? So heartbroken ?”

Zhu Xi held Zhu Chengbi's hand tightly, tears meandering out.

Zhu Chengbi couldn't cry for a long time, his slender eyelashes were covered with tears, and he closed them heavily as if he couldn't bear the burden: "Look, how ridiculous and sad I am! When things come to an end, even the man I love the most will have to prevent and plan in every possible way, But why am I willing to do this? It's just that I have changed, so can I ask him to remain the same?"

"Empress Dowager! Please cry loudly!" Zhu Xi hugged Zhu Chengbi's shoulders tightly, "The pain in your heart will be gradually forgotten only after you cry hard."

"I can't forget it. What happened tonight will be etched in my heart for the rest of my life. I will never forget it." Zhu Chengbi leaned on Zhu Xi's shoulder, unable to hold back the grief that filled his lungs, and wept loudly.

From the nineteenth day of the first lunar month, for several days in a row, the regent stopped going to court, and the officials of the Manchu court came to visit one after another out of speculation.However, the Prince Regent didn't see him at all, and only asked Miao Congzhe to send official papers to the Prince Regent's Mansion every day, and after giving instructions, he selected the most important ones and handed them to Yining Palace.In this way, it caused people to speculate that the Prince Regent's move was intended to stand against the Yining Palace and turn the Prince Regent's Palace into an imperial court in the actual sense.

When Zhu Chengbi was very upset about this matter, Zhu Yujin reported in a low voice: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager Xian is here."

Zhu Chengbi waved his hand impatiently: "Biography."

"May my mother be blessed with golden safety!" Zhu Yixiu respectfully blessed his body, and lightly opened his red lips, "My mother, I have a difficult matter, and I would like to ask my mother's intentions."

Zhu Chengbi raised his eyes to look at Zhu Yixiu, and said lazily, "Say it."

"The empress is not in good health these past two days, and all the concubines took turns serving the sick. When it was the turn of the noble concubine, she accidentally broke the casserole in which the empress made medicine. The soup was boiled for a long time by Imperial Physician Liu... "Zhu Yixiu carefully glanced at Zhu Chengbi's calm face, and said in a low voice, "You see, Empress Dowager?"

"Who is serving the bed in front of your concubine?"

"It's the concubine."

"Concubine Li?" Zhu Chengbi smiled coldly, and put on a set of armor inlaid with gold and jade inlaid with emeralds for himself, and said slowly, "If you break it, you can break it, and you can just endure it. There is no need to mess with it." Everyone should know about it, let alone the emperor.”

Zhu Yixiu hurriedly said: "Your majesty doesn't know, but my ministers have already warned the palace people present not to talk nonsense, so as not to disturb the empress's phoenix body."

"Well done, since that's the case, you should go to Zhenxia Pavilion again and tell Concubine Li that the Ai family is not in the mood to argue with her about these trivial matters now, and if she has trouble again, the Ai family will send her off immediately Leng Gong!"

Zhu Yixiu was stunned, and hurriedly said: "Your servant obeys the order."

Zhu Chengbi stood up lightly, walked slowly to Zhu Yixiu with Zhu Xi's hand, stared at her smooth and jade-like face, and suddenly smiled faintly: "Concubine Xian, you have always been smart, and you really have nothing to do with concubine Rugui. Do you know? If you don’t believe me, you won’t be able to understand today’s play.”

Zhu Yixiu was startled, tried his best to smile and said, "My son..."

"When people are angry, although they may make mistakes in judgment, they may also see more clearly." Zhu Chengbi's eyes slashed across Zhu Yixiu's calm face, and he raised his hand to gild the phoenix wearing peony, which was straightening her temples. Bu Yao said meaningfully, "Whether you do it on purpose or not, you have to know who should move and who should not."

"Your Majesty!" Cai Rong rushed into the Hexu Hall, and Fu Yifu said, "Imperial Concubine Xian went to Zhenxia Pavilion after she came out of Yining Palace."

Wan Mingyu picked up a cup of jasmine fragrance, and said quietly: "It seems that Bengong guessed correctly."

Cai Rong rubbed her chest with her hands, feeling a little scared: "Fortunately, the empress dowager is wise, she must have seen through the concubine's plot. Just now in Fengyi Palace, the servants were really frightened. If the empress dowager gets annoyed, the noble concubine Xian Taking this matter to make a fuss again, I don't know how the emperor will be furious!"

"Although Concubine Li is a little clever, she is really stupid!" Wan Mingyu's lips curled up into a mocking smile, "So far, the only clever thing she has done is to force Yaqi to death, and then in Yining The palace staged the empty city plan... In fact, it was just a life-threatening outbreak. What is the situation now? The regent has not been in court for several days, and the court is in vain. I am still such a low-level trick, if the Queen Mother didn't punish her, she is lucky!"

Cai Rong said sincerely: "Your Majesty is absolutely right! The previous Zhou family was pregnant, and the concubine was suppressed so helplessly that she even had to go to Zhangde Palace to cry to Concubine Xian. It can be seen that she just chose a choice. It's just a big tree for perching, it only depends on the protection of people, and there are not many brushes. It's just..." Cai Rong frowned and said, "No matter what, I can't stop the concubine from coming to harm the empress one after another!"

"There is no other way right now, I can only make a good plan first. If there is a chance, I will definitely tell her that An Rouyi cannot live or die!"

In the Zhenxia Pavilion, the concubine was sitting anxiously in the pavilion, tightly holding the thin white and silver handkerchief in her hand.The sun was like gold, sifted through the bead curtain and shone obliquely on the body, but I couldn't find even the slightest bit of warmth, it was like thorns one by one, forcing the concubine to sit up straight bit by bit.

Before long, there was a high-pitched voice from the inner eunuch: "Concubine Xian is here!"

The concubine got up in a hurry, and saluted respectfully: "My concubine Xian, the noble concubine, best wishes and eternal peace!"

Zhu Yixiu couldn't restrain his anger, he slapped Concubine Li's face hard, and said sharply, "Everyone else get out of here!"

Concubine Li was trembling with fear, she didn't dare to cover her swollen cheeks, she knelt on the ground with a "plop" and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

"Forgive me? I can spare your life, but who will spare my life? You just swore that the casserole matter has nothing to do with you, so I will report to the Queen Mother!"

Concubine Li was startled, and said in surprise: "The empress dowager..."

"If the Empress Dowager thinks it was done by the Concubine Ru, will I be in the Zhenxia Pavilion now?" Zhu Yixiu glanced coldly at the Concubine, and slowly uttered a few words, "It's useless!"

The concubine knew that she had miscalculated, but she was also afraid that Zhu Yixiu would not want to keep her. She was filled with remorse and kowtowed: "It's my concubine's negligence! Your majesty, forgive me! Your majesty, forgive me!"

"With the status of the noble concubine in the Queen Mother's heart, this small trick will not do anything at all." Zhu Yixiu glanced at Li Concubine's regretful expression, and frowned slightly, "Li Concubine, you once told me that you have nothing to do with Zhuo Wu. It has nothing to do with it. I chose to trust you, but you should not betray this trust. I also know the potential threat of Concubine Ru, but at the moment when the Queen Mother is still dependent on her, if you make a move, you can only be Seeking death. I can save you for one time, but I definitely can't save you for the second time."

Hearing this, the concubine finally let go of her heart, and kowtowed again: "My concubine understands. Thank you for your reminder! It's just..." The concubine hesitated, "The concubine also knows that Rugui concubine is quite Threat, why didn't you start?"

"If one day, such as your concubine loses the value of being used, someone will take the lead first." Zhu Yixiu turned around slowly, his eyes were a little cold in the sunlight, "From the beginning to the end, only those who can hold their hearts can I have the last laugh. Concubine Li, go and kneel outside the Zhenxia Pavilion for an hour to understand what I mean."

After returning to Zhangde Palace, Jianqiu offered a deer garden hair tip, and said in a low voice: "Since the empress has already warned the concubine, why do you want her to kneel?"

Holding the ice jade teacup, Zhu Yixiu felt a little warmth: "Concubine Li is from my palace, if your concubine suspects that this palace is instigating her to act, wouldn't that be a fire?"

"Your Majesty, do you want Concubine Rugui to think that this matter has nothing to do with your Majesty?"

Zhu Yixiu leisurely flicked the cat's-eye pearl earrings: "I have no way of knowing what your concubine thinks. What I want to do is to make things look like that. But it's an eventful time, and she's so smart. , will definitely not make a move. Jianqiu, keep a close eye on Hexutang, don't let her get distracted."

The Regent's Mansion, the study room, Jiang Chengyu couldn't hide the smile on his face: "The Regent is doing the right thing! Now that the officials of the Manchu Dynasty only go to the Regent's Mansion, it can be seen that the Queen Mother is powerless! This time, I want to let the Queen Mother know that today Times are different, she no longer has the bargaining chip to fight against the Prince Regent!"

Yi Zhen took a sip of Taiping Houkui, and said calmly: "You are wrong, this king is not protesting against the Queen Mother, it's just that he doesn't want to see her these days."

Jiang Chengyu was startled, glanced at the pair of jasper lotus bracelets on the table, and said hesitantly: "If the regent cares about the queen mother, I have a way."

"Just say it."

"The regent can follow the example of Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian. The regent is called 'Emperor of Heaven', the queen mother is called 'Queen of Heaven', and the two sages are called Zhi in the court, and then the current emperor is called the prince, so that the queen mother can keep the real power in her hands and ensure the current emperor's Isn’t status enough to consider everyone?”

Yizhen was startled, then smiled and said, "You have a heart."

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