The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

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Comb the remnants of clothes in a cloud bun (3)

The Taiye Pond in Shengchun is just like a hectare of blue waves, and the waves are shimmering. Looking around, the weeping willows and weeping poplars along the bank are lush and lush, and the branches with new leaves move slightly in the wind, like newly painted black eyebrows, or like Thousands of jasper silk ribbons.Looking further into the distance, there are Penglai and Yunmengshu Islands in the pool, dotted like scattered chess pieces on a chessboard.When you get closer, you can see the pavilions and towering ancient trees on the island. There is a long and loud noise of cicadas, which adds a bit of artistic conception and makes people yearn for the cool shade of the trees.

On this day, the weather was fine. Standing on the dragon boat, I felt that the vast Taiye Pond was almost the same color as the skyline, like a handful of clear springs flowing quietly in front of my eyes.

Concubine Xian and Concubine De respectfully stood by Zhu Chengbi's side, while the small internal eunuchs stood a little further away, holding a canopy painted with dragon and phoenix patterns to cover the sun.

Seeing that Zhu Chengbi was in high spirits, Concubine De smiled and said, "The empress dowager is in a good mood today, is it because King Xiangcheng has returned to Beijing?"

Zhu Chengbi nodded lightly: "Of course I am happy. King Xiangcheng has been fighting in the southwestern border for four and a half years. Now that he is back in Beijing, the Ai family intends to let him stay in the capital. What's more, the emperor is very close to him. They are brothers after all."

Concubine Xian pressed the powder on her nostrils with a golden veil of milk smoke, and said with a quiet smile: "I heard that a few days ago, the emperor and the king of Xiangcheng went to the Nanyuan school grounds for a horse race!"

"Brotherhood is deep, and its benefits cut through gold, just like you and Concubine De..." Zhu Chengbi's eyes slowly passed over Concubine Xian's peaceful face, and smiled slightly, "Concubine Xian, the Taiye Pool is calm and the scenery is very good, but , Below the surface of the lake, there is an undercurrent surging, which is the same as judging people, otherwise how can there be people who know people, know their faces, but don’t know their hearts?"

Concubine Xian was puzzled, her eyes trembled slightly, and she said meekly: "The empress dowager has always been wise and wise, so she must be able to see people very clearly, concubines must never dare to compare with the empress dowager."

With a faint smile on his face, Zhu Chengbi took a piece of flying catkins casually: "The concubine Xian despises herself too much. If you want to say it to the Ai family, the concubine Xian's mind is the first in the six palaces, just like flying in the air. Xu, you can't figure it out. Otherwise, how can you hide it so well?"

Shocked, Concubine Xian hurriedly knelt down: "Empress Dowager! This concubine does not understand what you are talking about..."

Zhu Chengbi's gaze was firmly fixed on Concubine Xian's face like an ice pick, and he said solemnly: "Concubine Xian really doesn't know anything about the burning bird case?"

Concubine Xian kowtowed again and again: "The empress dowager is a lesson! How dare the concubine curse the empress!"

Concubine De also knelt down and raised her right hand to swear: "Empress Dowager, my concubine dares to vouch for you, the case of the burning bird really has nothing to do with Concubine Xian!"

Zhu Chengbi glanced at Concubine De, took time to sort out the repeated and delicate crystal tassels on the clothes, and turned around slowly, the pleated long dress woven with golden silk and embroidered with thousands of phoenixes and phoenixes looked like plump peonies in full bloom on the Taiye Pool.

Zhu Chengbi sat down on a pear flower wooden chair brought by Zhuxi, took a cup of densely packed cherries from Zhuyu, and said lightly: "Don't rush to swear, as an accomplice and accomplice, Defei, you are also inescapable." guilt."

Concubine De was tongue-tied, looked at Concubine Xian, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager! Someone must have framed this matter! I hope the Empress Dowager will learn from you!"

Zhu Chengbi picked a cherry into the mouth, and the sweet taste made her smile brighter, she didn't look like a woman who was nearly forty years old at all: "In the palace, if anyone dislikes the queen the most, besides you, there are Who is there? If the Ai family said that it was Concubine Xian who cursed the Empress, would the Emperor believe it? If it was Concubine Duan, Wan Zhaoyi, and Li Xiurong, would the Emperor believe it? Concubine Xian, you have always been magical, how can you not understand?"

Concubine Xian gritted her teeth and said: "Concubines will not admit to things they have not done! Zi Ao City has always been a place where gossip gathers and spreads. ah!"

Zhu Xi shook his head slightly: "Concubine Xian, don't you cry when you see the coffin?"

Concubine Xian was startled, and was about to refute, but saw a slender woman walk out of the cabin with low eyebrows, Fu Yifu said: "May the queen mother be blessed!"

As if being struck by lightning, Concubine De tremblingly reached out to her, seemingly in disbelief: "Fuzhi? How could it be you!"

Zhu Chengbi leisurely flicked the pigeon blood red peony earrings on his earlobes, and put his hands on his knees, with a demure demeanor: "Fuzhi, what you heard and saw in Yonghua Palace, speak out boldly, and Aijia will help you." Be the master, don't be afraid of others."

Fuzhi responded, and said quietly: "On the night of the third day of April, the concubine Xian came to Yonghua Palace to have a secret talk with the concubine De. As usual, all the palace people had to go out of the palace to wait. The concubine was serving tea, but heard some movement in the back of the palace, thinking that someone was eavesdropping there, so she went quietly, only to see a cat jumping on the wall. When the servant was about to leave, he heard the concubine de concubine say "burn Jiao's sparrows', I was wondering, so I listened carefully for a while, and then I realized that the two empresses asked the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Ministry of War to catch a lot of sparrows from outside the palace. Empress Empress."

Seeing Fuzhi's eloquence and eloquence, Concubine De was so angry that she rushed up to slap her, but was held tightly by Zhu Xi and Zhu Yu, unable to move.

Zhu Chengbi glanced sharply, and there was a cold expression between his lips and teeth: "Hold her down, if she loses her senses again, immediately throw her into the Taiye pool!"

Concubine De was so frightened that her legs became weak, her face turned pale, and even the pearls on her forehead were distorted as if they were about to burst. She repeatedly shouted: "The Empress Dowager, please forgive me! The Empress Dowager, please forgive me!"

Concubine Xian locked her teeth tightly, glanced at Zhu Chengbi's icy face, and said loudly: "Fuzhi must have been instructed!"

"Fuzhi is Concubine De's dowry maid, to instigate her? Who has the ability?"

Concubine Xian said bluntly: "If the concubine said that you are the most capable queen mother, how do you plan to explain it?"

Seeing that Zhu Chengbi didn't say yes or no, Concubine Xian had already made a good guess, she simply tore her face open, and said brightly: "Empress Dowager, you let your concubine and concubine De accompany you to swim in Taiye Pool today, just because you intend to call Tian Tian here. Ying, did the concubine and the concubine be executed in a place where the land is not good? Don’t forget that the concubine’s father is the current prime minister, and the concubine’s father is the Minister of the Ministry of War. Based on the case of Zhuoque, do you think Can you give us a death?"

"Of course it's not just the case of the burning bird." Zhu Chengbi stood up slowly, forced the concubine's calm gaze, and said word by word, "There are also cases of murdering the emperor's eldest son Yu Ze, poisoning Cheng's concubine, and defeating Wan Zhao." Yi's fetus..."

Concubine Xian was startled, her fingertips trembled slightly, and subconsciously said: "The concubine is wronged!"

"If you want to bring down you and Concubine De, rely on one or two things alone, I'm afraid it's too much force, you have to have a name. With the emergence of fine velvet cotton, you put the blame on Wan Zhaoyi, intending to provoke Imperial Concubine Qixian and Wan Zhaoyi were fighting each other, but in the end, Imperial Concubine Xian resorted to tricks and planted the spoils on Concubine Cheng. You know that Concubine Cheng was wronged, so you just kept doing nothing and sent someone to poison her while she was being thrown into the cold palace. If you let her go, Wan Zhaoyi will suspect that Concubine Xian directed and acted on her own, killed people to silence her, and your goal has been achieved."

Zhu Chengbi approached step by step, and his calm tone was full of chills: "You buried the musk under the Changchun Palace, causing Wan Zhaoyi's miscarriage, and then blamed Cheng Concubine's maid, in order to create the illusion of 'Cheng Concubine committed suicide', and even more It caused Concubine Xian to doubt whether what happened to Yuze was really related to Wan Zhaoyi, and Wan Zhaoyi would also point the finger at Zhangde Palace for the miscarriage. It's a pity that although your methods are cruel, Concubine Xian and Wan Zhaoyi Yi did not fulfill your wishes. Are you particularly discouraged?"

The sun was shining and the wind was warm, but Concubine Xian could clearly feel the cold sweat running down her back.The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind. He plots against others step by step, and others keep an eye on him all the time.The fact that she has succeeded several times is not due to her superior skills, but because she has accumulated a lot of strength and intends to defeat the enemy with one move.

"Concubine Xian, don't you plead guilty?"

Concubine Xian's nose opened and closed slightly, she was forced to have nowhere to go, she simply resisted to the end, and said with a stern heart: "Empress Dowager, my concubine was framed!"

Zhu Chengbi saw through the shock and panic in her eyes that were too late to conceal, and laughed dumbly: "It's this time, and you still refuse to admit it? Yonghua Palace and Linzhi Palace, the Ai family can easily put in evidence such as musk and scorching sparrow, to put it bluntly , Aijia wants you to die, you can only die."

Zhu Chengbi casually threw the coral beeswax bracelet on his wrist into the Taiye pool, holding a secret smile: "Concubine Xian, tell Aijia, if this ship sinks, can you float? Or, Aijia and you, who can escape death?"

Concubine Xian keenly sensed the fierce murderous intent in her words, she could hardly believe it: "Is the Empress Dowager trying to drown my concubine?"

Zhu Chengbi helplessly spread his hands: "The Ai family is really distressed. If your virtuous concubine refuses to submit, then the Ai family can only learn from the Migui concubine of the late emperor's dynasty, but both the Migui concubine and the eighth prince died. Here, if you leave Ai’s house, only you and Concubine De will die.” Zhu Chengbi’s eyes turned slightly, and he looked at Concubine De who was so shocked that his face paled, and ordered lightly, “What are you waiting for? Bamboo breath, Immediately throw Concubine De into the Taiye Pond!"

Zhu breathed in response, his gaze was like a sword, he turned lightly on Concubine De, and sighed: "Ms. Concubine De, it's a pity for your beautiful appearance. I heard that when Concubine Migui was salvaged, her whole body was swollen. , looks like fermented steamed buns. However, Empress Defei doesn’t have to be afraid, since Empress Xianfei refuses to admit the case of the burning bird, this trick of drowning will not damage your reputation, you, it’s still the same It’s quite a bargain to be buried in the concubine’s mausoleum and enjoy the mourning honor.”

Concubine De's complexion was pale, she clutched the side of the boat tightly, and even her white nails, which were inch long, were broken: "Empress Dowager! You have spared my concubine! Concubine dare not! Concubine will not dare again!"

Zhu Chengbi raised his hand slowly, and said coldly, "Throw it down."

"Plop", the water splashed everywhere.

Concubine Xian was so horrified that she couldn't speak when she saw this scene, her mind was blank and her ears were buzzing.When Zhu Xi and Zhu Yu grabbed her, she came back to her senses and yelled like crazy: "Don't! Don't! Empress Dowager! What do you want my concubine to do! I can do whatever I want!"

Zhu Chengbi said slowly: "If you are asked to betray the regent, will you do it too?"

"Do it! Do it! The concubine can do everything!"

Zhu Chengbi smiled calmly: "Okay, let's bring Concubine De up, even though it's spring, it's still cold enough."

Concubine Xian was startled, but when she turned her eyes, she saw Concubine De, who was drenched and half-dead, being pulled onto the boat. It turned out that a rope was tied around her waist. "Thank you, Empress Dowager..."

Zhu Chengbi said quietly: "You two were able to enter the palace because of the regent. Aijia is not stupid, so he naturally knows that you are his eyeliner. But, you have to think about it, if the regent usurps the throne, what are you? They can only be the concubines of the deposed emperor, and are they still as prosperous as they are today? You entered the palace for your parents and clansmen, and when the clansman flourishes, you will be completely reduced to forgotten stepping stones, without any use value."

Concubine Xian pressed her chest tightly: "Then, after the empress dowager uses concubines and concubines to overthrow the regent, will concubines also become your abandoned sons?"

"The Ai family will keep you as a virtuous concubine, and will also keep the concubine De." Zhu Chengbi raised his hand and asked Zhu Yu to present two volumes of ivory silk brocade to Concubine Xian and Concubine De, and said slowly, "This It is a promise written by Ai's family and stamped with a red seal. Even if the regent falls, the two of you will not be affected. The previous things will be written off."

Concubine Xian held Ling Jin tightly, as if holding her own future and future: "What do you want my concubine to do?"

"After Jiang Chengyu's death, many people have become dissatisfied with the regent. Now that King Xiangcheng is returning to Beijing, Murong Jiong is about to return to Beijing. The Ai family has at least 30 troops, which is enough to compete with the regent. From now on, You are Aijia's confidantes, but Aijia doesn't want this relationship to be known by others, understand?"

Concubine Xian and Concubine De kowtowed and replied: "I understand."

"Zhuxi, help Concubine De to go to the cabin to change clothes, how to get on the boat, how to get off after a while, don't let others see the flaws."

Concubine Xian hesitated for a while: "Then, the case of the Burning Bird..."

"Don't worry, the Ai family has its own arrangements."

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