Qingyun Weiyang

It was originally a quiet and fragrant Wenzhong Garden, but there was a scream. The voice was still penetrating and powerful, but then gradually became smaller, as if giving up resistance and approaching fainting.

"The queen mother is here."

Following the eunuch's shrill voice, the chief eunuch and the palace servants who were holding the playing board knelt down one after another.The two palace maids who were executed were lying on the benches, their backs had been beaten to pieces, and the peach-colored palace clothes were dyed a bright red, like peach blossoms in autumn, the color was deep and dazzling, shocking.

Yun Jin frowned slightly, apparently she had never seen such a bloody scene.

"The empress dowager is here, why don't you kneel down?" the supervisor shouted sharply at the two maids.

The two of them were dying, but one of them seemed to be more resolute. She was stained with sweat and tears, and the blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth stained her collar red and flowed down her neck.

It was Liu Chen, the maid in charge of Wen Zhongyuan, and the other young maid who was beaten was Fu Xin, who was already weak and sick, and her consciousness had become blurred after being punished by the stick.Liu Chen struggled to move to Fu Xin's side, her brows were watery, and tears flowed down the corners of her eyes. She held Fu Xin steady and slowly got down from the bench, but Fu Xin's body was so weak that she couldn't hold it up at all, and fell straight onto the stream. on dust.

Yuan Xi couldn't bear it, she knew Liu Chen already, the two of them almost grew up in the palace, they were older court ladies, that's why they were able to be in charge.It's just that he never expected that one day Liuchen would go on this road.

"The empress dowager passed by here and was disturbed, are you guilty?" Yuanxi asked this deliberately, but in fact he was asking the supervisor.

The chief eunuch is the chief eunuch next to the first empress dowager. After the first empress dowager passed away, he was responsible for managing the eunuchs and maids in the palace.As the maid in charge of Yunqi Palace, Yuanxi, the grand maid beside Yunjin, has greater status and power than the grand eunuch, but she doesn't care about other matters in the palace.

"Slave...Slave is guilty, please punish the Queen Mother." Liu Chen has always bent her body, and all the center of gravity of her body is used to support Fuxin. Fuxin is only about sixteen years old, and he has not been in the palace for a long time, and he has been tortured. It was the first time she saw the queen mother, she didn't know how to salute, let alone what to say, she just looked at Liuchen foolishly.

Na Lanqing glanced at Yun Jin, seeing that she was so calm and unrevealed, it was impossible to guess what she was thinking.This is a family matter of the Department of Internal Affairs, and it also involves the regulations of the palace, and it is even more related to the first queen mother. She really wants to see how Yunjin handles this matter.

Yun Jin looked down at the two of them, her eyes were slightly cold, even if she had a heart of compassion, she would never show it in front of others, "What did you two do? You were punished so severely?"

The eunuch was startled, the little eunuch who just came to ask about the situation should have reported to the queen mother, the two maids violated the palace rules and they would be killed with a stick.He thought Yun Jin would turn a blind eye, but he never thought that she would still come over.Did you ask this on purpose after you came here?Isn't this slapping his face?

But he still bowed his head and went forward to salute, "Back to the Queen Mother, these two people have no shame, and they actually engaged in food and drink in the palace, which is really insulting to the court etiquette. The old slave is executing the execution."

"Excuse me? Is there such a thing?" Yun Jin said in a few short words, exuding majesty, she looked at Liu Chen, waiting for an answer.

Yuan Xi hurriedly took a step forward and said, "Sister Liuchen, if you have any business, please explain to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is lenient and benevolent to the world, and the Emperor governs the country with virtue. You will not be wronged in any way."

Na Lanqing saw that Yuan Xi was eager to save Liu Chen, and his words were just right, not only giving Liu Chen a chance, but also not embarrassing the Queen Mother, he was really very clever.

Fu Xin rests powerlessly on Liu Chen's shoulder, Liu Chen's eyes are firm, but looking at Fu Xin is as gentle as water.She could comprehend the meaning Yuanxi conveyed, and nodded slightly, "Queen Mother, I don't know what crime I have committed, but I violated the palace rules just because I was in love with Fuxin, and I can't escape the death penalty. Xingouqi, I don’t know how the supervisor understands the word “gouqiu”. We can’t help but love each other. Is it justified? Huh, slaves and servants only sigh that they were born in this indifferent palace, unable to protect the one they love.”

"You are presumptuous!" The supervisor angrily stepped forward and slapped him.

The crisp applause echoed in Wen Zhongyuan, but it was like a blow to Yun Jin's heart, and the haze of the past suddenly hit her heart.She shook her head in disgust, her eyes were slightly closed, like an instinctive reaction, it was reflected in Nalan Qing's eyes.

What's up with her?Nalan Qing looked at her worriedly.

"Superintendent, the queen mother is asking questions, how can you do it? Where do you put the queen mother?" Yuan Xi was obviously dissatisfied with this superintendent's random behavior. Yun Jin hadn't spoken yet, but he dared to do it.

Liu Chen was ready to die, that slap was neither painful nor itchy to her, so why should she be afraid?Fu Xin woke up startled by the slap, her thin lips were already pale, she got up from Liu Chen's shoulders, looked at the red mark on her face, and shed tears.

But she just slowly crawled to Yunjin's feet, gently tugged at the corner of her clothes, "I beg the queen mother to be merciful, it's the servant who seduced sister Liuchen, it's none of her business, let the servant be let go, beg the queen mother for grace. "

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Liu Chen obviously didn't expect Fu Xin to take all the blame like this.

"Before I entered the palace, I had heard about the benevolence of the Empress Dowager when she was still Princess Xian. Now that you are the Empress Dowager, you still treat people generously. It is the servant who should not have thought about Sister Liuchen. Please let the Empress Dowager die, please forgive me. she."

"No, no." Liu Chen finally showed panic, she kowtowed desperately to Yun Jin, her head was as loud as hitting the ground with a sharp weapon, "The empress dowager clearly learned, this slave is voluntary, and the slave must be with Fuxin for life and death, please beg the queen mother Put us to death together."

"Liu Chen..." Fu Xin burst into tears, she hugged Liu Chen and began to sob, touching her forehead distressedly, "Don't kowtow, your head will hurt."

Even Nalan Qing felt sympathy for this scene, she didn't believe that Yun Jin didn't feel it at all.She remained silent and observed Yun Jin's reaction.Although Yun Jin was reticent and her attitude was not clear, her eyes were changing rapidly. Na Lanqing really wanted to know what she was thinking, and when would she know what she was thinking in her heart?

"You guys know that eating is taboo. The Empress Dowager Fengtian disliked eating the most during her lifetime. Why did she knowingly commit the crime?" Yun Jin finally spoke, but her words were intriguing.

What she said was the taboo of the palace, the taboo of the first empress dowager, not her own taboo, Na Lanqing felt that the time had come.

"Your maidservant just can't help herself..." Liu Chen's fearless eyes cast into Yun Jin's heart, the eyes are so familiar, this kind of perseverance is very much like his own sister.

She took a deep breath, and her inconspicuous sigh showed her powerlessness. She wanted to deal with it leniently, but she couldn't violate the rules of the first and empress dowagers.

Yuan Xi still wanted to save her, but it was about the Empress Dowager, so it was inconvenient for her to say anything more. She turned her attention to Nalan Qing, and pinned all her hopes on her.

She believed that Nalan Qing must have a solution.

Na Lanqing did not meet her gaze, but raised the corner of her clothes, knelt beside the two of them, and first bowed to the sky, "This salute is to pay homage to the Empress Dowager Fengtian." Then she bowed her head to Yun Jin, "Empress Dowager In the three years of the Regent, the emperor ruled the world with filial piety and virtue, which is the blessing of the country and the people. It is under such lenient etiquette that our Daji Dynasty has become stronger and stronger. Etiquette, it is also a chance to meet the Empress Dowager today. Empress Dowager Xiaoyi naturally respects the Empress Dowager, but when the Empress Dowager was alive, our dynasty had not yet completed the unification, but now the world has been unified, all people return to their hearts, and the whole country is improving the legal system. Etiquette is no exception, not to mention that if the Empress Dowager perfects the palace rules and regulations, it is the greatest respect and filial piety for the former Empress Dowager."

Originally, Yunjin didn't know what Nalanqing wanted to do. After laying the groundwork for so long, the topic finally gradually shifted to the main point. Yunjin suddenly realized that she could almost guess what Nalanqing was going to say.

"The Empress Dowager is in a good mood today. It is a taboo to see blood in the next court. The incident of eating is not a crime in itself. It just spreads it and insults the reputation of the palace. Such things should be severely punished, but I feel that the crime is not to death."

"Why does the Zhongling officer think that this crime is not worthy of death? This old slave is puzzled." The supervisor asked back.

The old eunuch actually stood and looked down at her, but Yun Jin hadn't said no, so Na Lanqing had to kneel and talk.

"Lanqing get up and talk."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Nalan Qing felt a warm feeling in his heart, and Yun Jin resolved the embarrassment of her situation. An old eunuch is not qualified to overlook her.

Since the old eunuch is so ignorant, Na Lanqing doesn't intend to be polite anymore.She looked at the supervisor, her eyes shot out a sharp look, "Dare to ask the supervisor, are there any ministers and merchants in the palace who have achieved a century-old friendship?"

"Naturally have"

"Are there any guards who married court ladies?"

"There are also..." The chief supervisor lowered his head with some guilt, not to mention Nalan Qing's aggressive aura, there was an invisible sense of oppression, which made him feel afraid.

"So, if the two court ladies like each other, they must die?" Nalan Qing asked back, the supervisor's sly eyes rolled, and just about to say something, Nalan Qing said: "Just now I said that the queen mother is generous In governing the country, if the palace rules are to be rectified again, will the eunuch oppose it?"

Hearing this, the superintendent knew he had fallen into Nalan Qing's language trap, knelt down hastily, and said repeatedly, "I dare not have such delusional thoughts even if I die."

"Since this matter itself is innocent, please be kind to the Queen Mother. The two maids are already half dead, and the punishment is enough. It is not long before the unification of my dynasty. If the other three countries know that the etiquette in the palace is so harsh, I am afraid it will have a negative impact on the Queen Mother's prestige. I hope the queen mother will think twice."

"Empress Dowager, Sister Liuchen and her servants grew up in the palace, and they have always been dedicated to their duties. In view of her years of hard work, please spare her life." Yuan Xi took the opportunity to plead for mercy, she felt that there was still hope for everything.

Yun Jin was moved with compassion, but she didn't want to openly violate the palace rules set by the first queen mother, and she couldn't speak up if she wanted to save her.Nalanqing successfully resolved her embarrassment and gave her a reasonable and irrefutable reason.

"It's time for the palace regulations to be rectified. The central ordering officer drafted an edict and ordered Wenshu Yuan to draft a draft of the court etiquette. Aijia must unify the palace regulations and etiquette. From now on, everyone in the palace will implement the palace regulations according to the new law." Offended people, the eunuch said no more.

"Yes, the minister obeys the order!"

Liu Chen and Fu Xin couldn't believe that they had survived the crisis, they just kowtowed repeatedly, "Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness, thank you Zhongling Guan for your kindness."

"However, you can be spared the death penalty, and you cannot escape the death penalty." Yun Jin's sentence made the atmosphere tense again, and Nalan Qing didn't know her intention.

Why is there a but?If you don't want to fight again, you already have half your life left.

Unexpectedly, Yun Jin's eyes softened in an instant, and she looked at the two of them and said, "You two violated the first queen mother's palace rules, and you have already suffered from flesh and blood, now I will expel you from the palace, as a warning to others."

Liu Chen couldn't believe his ears, and Fu Xin didn't understand the meaning of it.

Yuan Xi said happily, "Liu Chen, Fu Xin, don't hesitate to thank you."

"Thank you... Thank you, Queen Mother..." Liuchen, who had always been calm, had never burst into tears like this. He had already stepped into the road of hell, but now he was forgiven.

In name, they were expelled from the imperial palace, but in fact they were just fulfilling the two of them.

"Show me!" Yun Jin turned around leisurely, and gradually left.

Liu Chen and Fu Xin just knelt and kowtowed, and didn't get up for a long time, they kept repeating in their mouths: "Thank you, Empress Dowager, Mr. Xie Lan..."

As the autumn wind passed by, Yun Jin's lips curled into a subtle smile, she turned her head and glanced at Yuan Xi, "I worked so hard to get Ai's family to come here just to save people, now it's as you wish."

"Thank you Queen Mother for your kindness." Yuan Xi smiled and finally let out a breath of relief.

"Thank you Lanqing."

"Yes, Empress Dowager and Grand Lady Rende."

Nalanqing was smiling slightly, with a kind of gentleness that has been quiet for years. This kind of gentleness is like a touch of sweet spring, which can flow into people's hearts.She knew that Yun Jin was still so kind, even though she was in a high position, her heart never changed.

"Report to the Empress Dowager." The little eunuch of Yunqi Palace came to report, "The Empress Dowager, King Yong'an is asking to see you."

"It's really here." Yun Jin glanced at Nalan Qing, showing a meaningful smile, and she really hit the spot.