Lian Lizhi

After that day, all the people in the harem tried their best to keep the emperor more favored than others when they got the queen's words.But Kang Chensong didn't know what kind of thoughts he had, allowing himself to be intoxicated in the glamorous beauty town for many days and even skipped the morning court.

Seeing the increasing number of memorials in front of Man Chen, Zhi Rong said, "Your Majesty has pushed all the important affairs of the country to the empress alone, and the empress will not persuade your majesty either!"

Man Chen persisted in writing a note on the memorial and said, "Your Majesty has His Majesty's thoughts, I don't want to talk too much!"

Zhirong thought about it, "That's right, even the Zhongshu order Zheng Shaoqing and Master Zheng were scolded by His Majesty a few days ago for admonishing him with death. There is really no need for your empress to find trouble!"

Man Chen smiled faintly, but the smile was far from reaching his eyes.

Duoge came in and said, "Your Majesty, the young master Lu Xiaoyi from Changcui Palace is here to pay your respects to Your Majesty!"

Man Chen didn't raise his head and said, "Is she cured?"

Zhi Rong covered her mouth and smiled, "I'm afraid it can't be bad?"

There seemed to be something strange in her words, Man Chen raised his head and said, "What's going on?"

There was also a disdainful smile in Duoge's eyes, and he replied, "Returning to your mother, after hearing about the greetings that day, His Majesty said that since Lu Xiaoyi is not well enough to even greet you, then I will wait until she is well. Look at her! At the beginning, Lu Xiaoyi was still holding on, but for seven consecutive days, His Majesty has been wandering around in every palace except Changcui Palace, thinking about it, Lu Xiaoyi finally couldn't sit still!"

Zhirong said, "It doesn't deserve it. Your Majesty is telling everyone in the harem with actions that the empress's status cannot be offended. It's no wonder that Lu Xiaoyi has always been smooth sailing when she first entered the palace. I don't know how your majesty values ​​empress. Ask for trouble!"

Seeing that both Zhirong and Duoge were gloating, Man Chen shook his head and said with a smile, "You went back to her, I am busy, tell her to go back!"

Duoge made a dry smile and said, "Yes, the slave will return to Master Lu Xiaoyi now!"

On the second day, Man Chen had just returned from court when he saw two figures standing outside the gate of Shangtong Palace from a distance.

When they got closer, the two people suddenly came forward to meet each other and bowed, "Concubine Lu Xiaoyi has met the empress, empress Jin An!"

Man Chen had to stop and said, "Lu Xiaoyi doesn't need to be polite, why are you standing outside the gate of this palace so early?"

Lu Xiaoyi greeted Yingying, "The concubine was caught in the cold a few days ago and couldn't come to pay my respects to my mother. I came yesterday because my mother was busy with business and was blocked from the door, so I came here a moment earlier today. Thank you for your gift of medicine!"

This Lu Xiaoyi is indeed a rare beauty, with Qiushui as divine jade as her bone, her lips seem to be full of vermilion, her eyebrows and eyes are slightly floating, and she is charming, but it is no wonder that Zhi Rong often whispers in her ears that this Lu Xiaoyi is like a vixen .

Man Chen smiled and said, "Your sister, you are being polite. Greetings are just a vain courtesy, and my sister's body is more important!"

Lu Xiaoyi pursed her lips and said angrily, "I don't dare not to come, if I don't come to greet my mother, Your Majesty will never see my concubine again!"

Man Chen said calmly, "My sister's Ann has been invited, I still have a lot of things to do, so I won't leave my sister alone!"

Lu Xiaoyi said with a stubborn temper, "It just so happens that the concubine has something to do in the palace, so the concubine has resigned!"

After saluting hastily, Lu Xiaoyi walked away holding the maid's hand with her small chin raised, and complained softly to the maid as she walked, "It's you who caused me to wake up so early, why don't you stick your hot face to others' coldness?" butt!"

The little maid hurriedly said, "My lord, forgive me, the empress has always been like this, and it's not aimed at the little lord alone!"

As the two gradually walked away, the words after that could not be heard clearly.

Zhi Rong stomped her feet and said, "This Lu Xiaoyi is really arrogant, Your Majesty should just ignore her for a few more days!"

A cold light flashed in Man Chen's eyes, he shook his head and said, "Go in, she will be doomed within half a month?"

Zhi Rong wondered, "Your Majesty also knows how to do divination?"

Man Chen sneered and said, "Before I met her, I thought she was capable, but now I see her as a spoiled young lady. She may not be able to cope with the intrigues of the harem."

Man Chen said again, "But it's none of our business, let's go in!"

However, what Man Chen did not expect was that Kang Chensong was the cause of this catastrophe. On the second day of May in the eighth year of Mingde, Kang Chensong and a group of concubines suddenly fainted while admiring flowers in the garden. They were all startled.

Man Chen was inspecting the establishment of the academy outside the palace at that time, and when he heard the news, there was a crowd of Yingying Yanyans kneeling outside the Qing'an Palace, all of them were crying so hard that they were obviously frightened.

Man Chen stepped forward and saluted the Queen Mother sitting on the main seat, "I have seen the Queen Mother!"

"You're here!" The queen mother sighed softly, she seemed much older than the last time I saw her on New Year's Eve.

Man Chen nodded, turned to the imperial physician who was waiting tremblingly and said, "What's going on?"

The imperial physician didn't dare to hide anything, so he took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty's body fluctuates from cold to hot, and his pulse is chaotic, which is a symptom of taking Wushisan!"

"Five Stone Powder?" Man Chen said with a cold light on his face, "Five Stone Powder is forbidden in the palace, how could Your Majesty take it?"

Yu Zhaoyuan suddenly said loudly, "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, just now the Empress Dowager ordered a search of the palace, and Wu Shisan was found in Lu Xiaoyi Palace!"

Lu Xiaoyi, who was kneeling among the crowd, had completely lost the arrogance she had when she first entered the palace, and Zhu Chai's face was pale, "It's not a concubine... a concubine, I don't know that it's Wushisan, and I don't know that the palace Do not use Wushi San. Aunt... Aunt, save me!"

The queen mother shook her head sadly and said, "You child, why are you so confused! Ai's family let you enter the palace, it hurt you!"

Man Chen said coldly, "So you are really the one who used medicine on His Majesty?"

Man Chen has always been gentle in front of people, and the people in the harem have hardly seen him with such a cold appearance, and everyone present was awed by his majesty.

Lu Xiaoyi didn't even have the strength to support her body and kneel on the ground, she just collapsed on the ground and said, "I really don't know... I really don't know that it will hurt the body!"

Man Chen said, "Since you said you didn't know it was Wushi powder, where did you get it?"

It was then that Lu Xiaoyi seemed to have remembered something, and said loudly, "It's the two little blessings of Huaixia Palace. I went to relax by Yuzhao Lake that day and just heard them hiding in the flowers and talking about how good this thing is. Out of curiosity, I just I went back to the palace to try it, and after using it, it was indeed as ecstatic as the little eunuch said, and then I presented it to His Majesty, and His Majesty also said that it was very good. After that, I used it more often in the palace Wake up, after using it up, I asked Xiao Fuzi to go out of the palace to buy it a few times... This concubine really doesn't know that it is a forbidden drug!"

After speaking, Lu Xiaoyi burst into tears again.

Huaixia Palace is where the newcomer Xu Gui lived, and she was also the most favored among the newcomers. Hearing this, she couldn't help but turn pale and said, "You spitting blood, there is no such person as Xiao Fuzi in my palace!"

At this time, Tong Xiuyi suddenly said, "I remember that there was a person named Xiao Fuzi next to Madam Rong before, but Madam Rong was driven to the respect room after being thrown into the cold palace!"

Man Chen said, "Go and find Xiao Fuzi!"

After a while, the guard who went to find someone came back and reported, "The people in the respect room said that they saw Xiao Fuzi's body in an abandoned well this morning. Now the body has been soaked beyond recognition and can only be recognized by the clothes!"

Hearing this, Lu Xiaoyi wailed, "Someone must have killed someone to silence me. I was framed. Auntie, I was framed!"

Before the Queen Mother could open her mouth, Man Chen said again, "Even if you don't know about it, you can't escape the blame! Someone, let's talk about it after putting him in the cold palace!"

No matter how Lu Xiaoyi struggled, she was dragged down by the attendants.

The empress dowager's complexion changed a few times and suddenly she coughed heavily, someone from the palace had already offered her some medicine to help her take it.

The Empress Dowager sighed, "Your body is getting worse day by day, Ai's family will go back to the palace first, and I will leave this place to the Empress!"

Man Chen said, "Yes, congratulations to the Queen Mother!"

After the Empress Dowager left, Man Chen glanced at the people who were still kneeling on the ground and said, "Your Majesty hasn't woken up, and you staying here won't help. You all go back to your respective palaces first. This palace will definitely investigate this matter to the end!"

After everyone left, Li Gui, the chief eunuch who had been following Kang Chensong, knelt down in front of Man Chen and said, "Aren't you going in to see Your Majesty? Your Majesty may not know Wushi San, but His Majesty is suffering!"

Man Chen paused and said, "I know!"

Pushing open the door and entering, the curtains in Qing'an Hall were pulled down, making the room look a bit dark, and a faint scent of medicine mixed with the scent of Ningshen incense lingered.

Man Chen went to the bed to see the unconscious man, he had lost weight for many days, his eye sockets were sunken, and the bright yellow cloth and brocade made his complexion pale as paper.

He thought that he would never fall in love with him again, but now seeing him like this, Man Chen felt his eyes warm up and almost shed tears.

Man Chen sat in front of the bed and leaned his hand on his face, suppressing his sobs and said, "You humiliate yourself like this, and you don't want to make me feel better, do you? Song, why are you so stupid? Why are you so stupid?"