Contract Prince

Concubine Li arrogantly said: "I asked you something, why didn't you answer? Are you contemptuous of my majesty?"

Deng Kuan tremblingly said: "The guilty minister...the guilty minister has absolutely no such intentions. The noble concubine, the robbery of the treasury, the guilty minister really...really knows nothing about it."

Concubine Li's dark and indifferent eyes swept over Deng Kuan, at this moment she was like a poisonous snake that could kill anyone at any time.

"Hmph, what a ignorant one. You dare to use these words to prevaricate Ben Gong when things are at this point. Deng Kuan, I see that you are tired of work!" Concubine Li Gui glanced at her and lay on the bed , The emperor with a weak expression said again, "Your Majesty is so angry that he vomits blood, and you are unconscious. You deserve death!"

Concubine Li Gui shouted: "Come here, pull Deng Kuan down and behead me!"

Deng Kuan prostrated himself on the ground, kowtowed his head continuously, and begged, "Your Majesty, the guilty minister who committed the theft of Kuyin is unavoidable. Even if he was beheaded, he would have no complaints. But the guilty minister is not reconciled, the murderer has not been caught yet. , The guilty minister is unwilling to die like this."

"I beg your concubine to be merciful, and let the guilty minister solve the case. At that time, even if the empress kills the minister, the minister will never frown."

Not only did Deng Kuan's request have no effect, but on the contrary, it aggravated the resentment in Concubine Li's heart. The Qin family hated others to negotiate terms with her.Although Deng Kuan's words did not mean to talk about conditions at all, but to Concubine Li's ears, it sounded a bit like this.

"You, a little household minister, are you worthy of saying such things to me? If you don't kill you today, what majesty does this palace have?"

Concubine Li Gui gave a cold shout just now, and several guards walked in quickly. After they saluted Concubine Li respectfully, they carried Deng Kuan away expressionlessly.

"Imperial concubine, the guilty minister is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of dying unwillingly..." Deng Kuan struggled, with his feet on the ground, but he was a civil servant after all, how could he be the opponent of the guards with strong martial arts skills.Before struggling for a minute, he was dragged away like a dead pig by several people.

When he was dragged out of the door, he bumped into the princess consort who rushed over quickly.Xiao Muxue already knew what happened. She took a look at Deng Kuan's embarrassed appearance, and knew that Deng Kuan must have been arrested for questioning.

On the way to the palace, Gu Yunjing told her about Deng Kuan.Deng Kuan can be regarded as a clean stream among the many corrupt officials. He is upright and sympathetic to the people.In the early years, he went to disaster relief with Xiao Zhan and did a lot of good things for the people.

Such a good official naturally won Xiao Muxue's sympathy, she said to the guards: "What are you doing?"

Before the guards could answer, a sarcastic sentence came from Concubine Li Guifei: "Deng Kuan, Minister of the Household Department, was ineffective in governing, which led to the theft of the treasury silver. This Palace has condemned him, so is it possible that Her Highness the Princess still needs to take care of the others?" Control?" She coldly ordered the guards again, "What are you still doing, why don't you drag Deng Kuan down!"

As soon as the guards raised their feet, Xiao Muxue said, "Wait, let Master Deng go."

As soon as the words fell, Concubine Li was furious, "I said, what do you mean, Your Highness? You are openly shielding Deng Kuan. Have you ever thought about Your Majesty who was so angry that he almost vomited blood to death. Go and see if your father, the emperor, is successful." What's it like?"

Xiao Muxue was not afraid of the Qin family, she said sternly: "The theft of Kuyin is a serious matter, and the empress has not investigated it clearly, so why are you accusing Mr. Deng? This seems to be inconsistent with emotion and reason. The empress is so anxious Is it really for the sake of Ku Yin that you punish Lord Deng?"

To put it bluntly, there is nothing wrong with the loss of Ku Yin and Concubine Li Gui.No matter what major events happened, as long as the country is not destroyed, as long as Xiao Guan is still in power, she will still be a noble concubine, the only woman in the six palaces who can compete with the queen for the limelight.

Wars are raging ahead, and Concubine Li Gui is still living a luxurious and luxurious life in the deep palace.Now, it is really difficult for her to go to all lengths and work so hard for the matter of Ku Yin.

Naturally, there was a reason why Concubine Li Gui was so anxious to convict Deng Kuan.Deng Kuan and Xiao Zhan have always been on good terms, and it was precisely because of Xiao Zhan's support at the beginning that he had a smooth career in his official career and directly sat on the position of Minister of the Household Department.

Although Xiao Zhan was demoted to the county king, there were still some people who secretly supported him, and Deng Kuan was the most obvious representative of them.If Concubine Li wanted her son Xiao Cong to ascend the throne, she had to get rid of all the forces around Xiao Zhan.

Concubine Li Gui looked at Xiao Muxue who looked calm, and said, "Of course I'm not for Ku Yin, I'm for Your Majesty. Your Majesty has been made so angry by Deng Kuan, should I just sit idly by?"

"Why, the imperial concubine knows very well." When talking to someone like Concubine Li, Xiao Muxue did not show any sympathy, "I put my words here today, I must save Mrs. Deng."

Deng Kuan looked at Xiao Muxue, extremely flattered.Her Royal Highness is usually cold and arrogant, and the prince and grandson can't strike up a conversation with her.This time, for the sake of himself, he would not hesitate to offend Concubine Li.Deng Kuan's heart was slightly hot, and wave after wave of gratitude surged up in an instant.

Concubine Li was domineering, her sharpness never diminished, "These days, Her Majesty's temper is probably spoiled by His Majesty. The Empress, who is in charge of the Sixth Palace, wants to talk to me in a soft voice when she sees me. You alone A married junior dares to yell at me. I am afraid that the royal etiquette has been ruined by you."

"I don't need to be taught by the concubine, Muxue knows what etiquette is." Xiao Muxue's tone became more and more ruthless, "I don't want to waste time on lip service, in a word, Mr. Deng, do you want to let it go? "

Concubine Li Gui smiled sinisterly, and said in a bitter voice: "Don't let go! Now that His Majesty is unconscious and has no one to back you up, what does Your Highness Princess want to do?"

Gu Yunjing stood up from behind Xiao Muxue and stopped in front of Concubine Li. She smiled sarcastically: "Could it be that the concubine wants to bully His Majesty the Princess while His Majesty is unconscious?"

Concubine Rong, the concubine of Qin and Xiao Muxue, has never been very friendly. When Concubine Rong was alive, she won the favor of Xiao Guan, which can be described as extremely favored.Compared with Concubine Rong at that time, the Qin family was just an inconspicuous stone.

Qin Shi is a very, very jealous woman, she doesn't like anyone.Always using this and that vicious trick to harm Concubine Rong, in order to make Concubine Rong fall out of favor, and the two formed a hatred.

After Concubine Rong gave birth to Xiao Muxue, she contracted a cold and died.Concubine Li Gui couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, she burned a month's votive incense in private in the bedroom.

Although Concubine Rong died, her daughter still received endless favor from Xiao Guan.Looking at Xiao Muxue's face which was [-]% similar to that of her concubine mother, Concubine Li also gradually developed hatred for Her Highness the Princess.

Later, as Xiao Muxue grew older, she got very close to the queen mother and son.The emperor felt jealous of Xiao Zhan, who had a high prestige. If Xiao Muxue hadn't been smoothing things out, Xiao Zhan's life would never have been so easy.

For the Qin family, Xiao Muxue was a threatening enemy.Although she has always hated Xiao Muxue, but because of Xiao Guan's existence, she never dared to express the hatred in her heart to her face.

However, today is different from the past, the life and death of the current emperor is uncertain, Concubine Li has nothing to be afraid of.Provoked by Gu Yunjing, she said bluntly: "Yes, you are really right. I just want to bully her. How can you stand up to me?"

Gu Yunjing raised her eyebrows, and smiled slantingly: "The imperial concubine is really confident. I'm sorry you are wrong, but we really dare to do something to you. Otherwise, the imperial concubine will try it?"

Concubine Li swung the sleeves of the exquisite Huafu vigorously, and snorted: "Don't be alarmist here, my son Xiao Cong is the most noble prince today, and my elder brother is the most powerful general in the capital. What do you have? Have the guts to fight against me?"

Gu Yunjing narrowed her eyes, with an intriguing expression in her eyes, she smiled slightly: "Why do I listen, I feel that the imperial concubine has a little intention of rebelling. Could it be that the imperial concubine wants to take advantage of this juncture and come to force the palace? "

"Don't forget that although Qin She is a hussar general, he has no actual military power in his hands. The only troops that can be mobilized in the capital are the Habayashi Army. The commander of the Habayashi Army is such a loyal person, Jiang Shitang, presumably the imperial concubine. You know it too."

"Although your son Xiao Cong is a prince, all he has is honor and doesn't have much power. If you want to rebel, you will die."

Gu Yunjing said again: "The imperial concubine may wish to think about our power. My father is the commander-in-chief of the world's soldiers and horses. He holds a heavy army, and all the soldiers and horses of the world are under his command. If I tell him the situation of the court at this time, he will definitely We will send troops back to help."

"Stealing chickens won't make you lose rice. I'm afraid that you will end up dead before the rebellion succeeds."

"Your Majesty is seriously ill. According to Xiao Guozu's system, the empress should be in charge of everything. How can I get the imperial concubine to guide the world here?"

"Her Royal Highness and the Empress have always been close. If she wants to save Lord Deng, the Empress will definitely support her. Empress, you have to be strong for a lifetime, and now you are really no match for the Empress. To put it bluntly, if the Empress wants to abolish the imperial concubine of the Empress It's not impossible."

Concubine Li's heart went cold for an instant.

Although she gritted her teeth against the empress and her like, she had to admit that Gu Yunjing's words made sense.It's only strange that Xiao Guan didn't help her to the back position, and now he can let that woman of the Zhao family dominate.

Concubine Li swallowed her resentment, she said expressionlessly: "Come here, let Deng Kuan go!"