The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

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The window contains new rain and cool summer (3)

At the hour of Hai, the main hall of Yining Palace was brightly lit, Zhu Chengbi sat on the phoenix seat in the center, the emperor and empress were on the right, and Zhu Yixiu and Wan Mingyu were on the left.

In front of Zhu Chengbi, the concubine knelt on the ground, wearing only a gloomy palace attire, a blue silk tied by a plain and undecorated silver hairpin, with meandering tears on her face, like a frozen snake in winter. He crouched in a disguised manner.

The disgust in Xuan Ling's voice is obvious: "Curse the queen with the burning bird, frame Li Xiurong with poisonous cakes, and Changyin Pavilion and Zhuo Wu's adultery, are you all!"

Concubine Li's thin shoulder blades trembled, and she quickly glanced at Zhu Chengbi's serious face, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes..."

Xuan Ling was furious, clasped his hands tightly, and had horrible veins popping out: "Say it! Why did you curse the queen!"

The concubine didn't dare to raise her head, she bit her lower lip so hard that blood was about to ooze from her lips: "The Queen's Empress is the only one to be favored..."

Wan Mingyu covered his lips and smiled, held a cup of Xueding Hancui in his hand, slowly blew on the floating tea powder, and said lightly: "The empress is the empress, what is your identity?"

When the concubine saw Wan Mingyu's words, a look of disgust flashed across her face, but she heard Zhu Chengbi coughing lowly, and hurriedly suppressed her face and wept, "My concubine is guilty, but if my concubine doesn't care about the emperor, I have the emperor in my heart. How dare you do such a rebellious thing!"

Wan Mingyu shook his head, his eyes were deeply drawn towards Concubine Li, wanting to suppress the remaining obsession to survive in her heart: "Love breeds resentment, resentment breeds hatred, Concubine Li, even if you have feelings for the emperor, but We must also distinguish between right and wrong!"

Concubine Li suddenly raised her head, her gaze fixed on Wan Mingyu's calm face, and she asked sharply, "Wan Zhaoyi! Why are you so proud! Why should I bear all the crimes! What have you done? You know it yourself!"

Zhu Chengbi's eyes darkened, and he ordered lightly: "Bamboo breath."

Zhu took a breath to understand, stepped forward, and slammed loudly on the concubine Li's face.

Concubine Li was beaten into a daze, and at the moment of daze, Zhu Chengbi's cold voice pierced into her ears: "If you continue to slander others, the Ai family will not even leave you the whole body."

The concubine trembled violently, panting: "Why! Why! Why is it all me! Wan Zhaoyi! Concubine Xian! Queen Mother! Don't you all need to be punished? Did God lose his eyes! Why am I the only one who deserves to die? !"

Xuan Ling looked coldly at the state of concubine Li who was about to go crazy, and lightly instructed Li Changdao: "Concubine Li An Roupi, cursed the queen, mutilated the emperor's heir, fornicated the guards, was demoted to change clothes from the eighth rank, stripped of her title, and thrown into the cold palace. choose a day to die."

Zhu Chengbi's eyes shined through the faint candlelight of the purple-gold Suzaku lamp, and rushed towards him with an irresistible chill: "In Zi'ao City, Ai's family plotted against others, and others plotted against Ai's family, but the sin you An Rouying committed , It is not something that can be redeemed by kneeling in the Tongming Hall for a lifetime. You have given birth to a daughter, but you have the courage to enter Zi'ao City. The Ai family admires your courage and determination, but you are stupid by nature, and you don't know how to restrain yourself. You live and kill secretly. It is unacceptable."

An Shi looked at Zhu Chengbi in front of her in despair, and when she touched the longevity lock in her hand, she suddenly lost all her strength, collapsed limply on the ground, and murmured: "Am I wrong? I was wrong." Is it wrong? Bolinghou died back then, why did my family members be tracked down? What mistakes did my father-in-law make? Why was he innocent? Why was he imprisoned?"

Xuan Ling shook his head, ignored An Shi's muttering to himself, and held Zhu Rouze's hand tightly: "Drag An Shi down."

Zhu Rou looked at An's crumbling figure with pity, and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it is enough to be thrown into the cold palace, why bother to die?"

With sharp ears, Wan Mingyu turned around quickly, and said seriously: "An's son entered the palace as a virgin, and ten thousand deaths cannot be redeemed. If word spreads, I'm afraid it will shame the royal family. The empress is too benevolent."

Zhu Chengbi pressed the center of his eyebrows, turned his eyes slightly to Zhu Yixiu, took a deep breath, stepped forward to hold her hand, turned around and bent his knees and said: "The empress dowager is exhausted, the emperor, empress and empress Zhaoyi should go first. Go back." Zhu breathed a little, and said again, "The empress dowager still has a few words to instruct the concubine Xian."

When the hall calmed down again, Zhu Chengbi just looked at Zhu Yixiu, who was in a state of anxiety, and suddenly stretched out his hand. Zhu Yixiu couldn't stand the slap, which was as fast as lightning, and the crisp sound was like thunder. Both Xi and Zhuyu were slightly startled.

Zhu Yixiu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Mother..."

"The Ai family has never slapped you before. This slap is for you to remember. This time, it was An Rouying who took the blame for you. Next time, maybe you will go to Yiyuan Hall to plead guilty to the emperor." Zhu Chengbi looked down at Zhu Yixiu's trembling shoulders coldly, and said calmly, "At this time, Purple Austrian City must not be out of control."

Zhu Yixiu tried his best to hold down the slight tremor of his fingertips, and kowtowed again and again: "I understand."

"The Ai family knows what kind of calculations you are planning to make a dangerous move. For the sake of the Zhu family, the Ai family will not touch you, but this does not mean that the Ai family allows you to wantonly mutilate the emperor's heir! You gave up your position back then , Aijia has always felt that I owe you, and loves you far more than the queen, but Aijia does not want you to become a person with a heart and tongue. If you have been walking on the road of resentment in your heart, you will Everyone is regarded as an enemy and an obstacle, and they will only get farther and farther away from their conscience and good thoughts. Such a person cannot secure the position of the noble concubine, let alone the position of the Queen Mother, do you understand?"

Zhu Yixiu shivered slightly, and said in a low voice, "Yes, I understand."

Zhu Chengbi waved his hand wearily: "The Ai family is exhausted, you can go back."

At the end of Yongxiang, the dilapidated and damaged Lenggong came into view. Because it was late at night and the moonlight was bleak, the Lenggong looked extremely terrifying, and even the half-discovered reflections seemed to be like a lonely ghost. The musty smell mixed with an unknown stench wafted in the wind, making it impossible for people to avoid it.

Wan Mingyu walked in slowly while supporting Cai Rong's hand, but he heard a shrill cry from the hall: "Call that bitch over here! Call her over!"

Wan Mingyu frowned, but saw Li Changzhuan leaving the hall with his whisk, he seemed to have been slapped on the face, quite embarrassed.

"Eunuch Li, is it possible that Mrs. An still refuses to submit?"

Seeing that it was Wan Mingyu, Li Chang hurriedly saluted, and said with a wry smile: "Ms. Zhaoyi, this servant really has nothing to do. An Changyi is making a fuss inside, and the servant can't even get close. Say something that makes your lady laugh, This is the first time for this servant to do such an errand, and An Changyi went crazy, so this servant can only ask the emperor what he means."

Wan Mingyu smiled faintly, and raised his slender willow eyebrows slightly: "Don't bother, the person she wants to meet is Bengong, right? Then, if Bengong says a few words to her, maybe she will be willing to die safely."

Li Changwei wondered: "The servant is afraid that Ann changing clothes will hurt the empress."

"It doesn't matter, Ben Gong and Cai Rong go in, you stay outside the hall, if there is any wind, just come in."

Li Chang thought about it carefully, nodded and bowed quickly: "Then, I will trouble your mother!"

When he entered the hall, An Shi's clothes were torn and his hair was disheveled. When he saw Wan Mingyu coming in, his catalog was about to burst, and he almost rushed over.

Wan Mingyu smiled lightly, not afraid, as if he was admiring a long-standing antique: "The case of the burning bird, Li Xiurong's miscarriage, and entering the palace as a non-virgin, the emperor is already tired of you, Concubine Xian In order to get rid of the relationship, I naturally don't want to see you again. Bengong wants to send you a ride, if you don't ask An Roupin to be grateful, at least you shouldn't be staring at Bengong like this."

An's eyes were full of fierce anger, she pointed at Wan Mingyu, gritted her teeth and said, "I can't bring you down! I can't bring you down!"

"If you know you've lost a move, you have to admit defeat, and if you know you're at the end of your game, you have to admit defeat!" Wan Mingyu covered his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief, his eyes full of contempt, "How stupid you are!" , how many times have I tried to design this palace, how can I keep you?"

An's face was ferocious, and he said sharply: "You killed Zhuo Wu, even if I will be hacked into pieces, I will never allow you to be so proud in Zi'ao City!"

"Really?" Wan Mingyu smiled coldly, like the thin frost under the moon, "Then, before that, what were your low-level tricks? If you didn't annoy me time and time again, would this palace be so painful? ?”

"In the harem, it's the usual way to be with the red top and the white one, and throwing stones into the well! If Concubine Xian once planned to kill you, would you also pursue her to the end?"

Wan Mingyu said coldly: "You can score clearly by stepping on the high and stepping on the low. Whether the person you stepped on has the ability to stand up and turn the situation around! The momentary pleasure will eventually cost you ten times, a hundred times , short-sighted, you are really worthless!"

Wan Mingyu stepped forward slowly, and stared closely at An's annoyed gaze: "You risked a hundred thousand yuan to enter the palace, you should follow the rules and be cautious in your words and deeds, rather than just throwing trouble at someone who falls out of favor. Whoever gets in your way, you should try your best to attack and frame you! What's more, you don't have much favor, and your methods are not very clever. In the past, even a concubine could ride on your head, but you didn't know how to restrain yourself! That's good, but if you come here, you will only be looking for your own death! You also want to be Wang Zhi? I'm afraid you can't even compare with Li Ji!"

When An Shi heard the last word, a look of hatred suddenly appeared on the brows that were originally in despair. She rubbed her body and rushed forward, but was pushed to the ground by Cai Rong with quick eyes and quick hands.

Anshi couldn't get up, and she couldn't stop cursing: "Bitch! You bitch! You won today, so you come to teach me a lesson? You deserve it too? You are just a pawn of the queen mother, and the pawn will one day Become an outcast!"

"If you have a brain, think about it carefully. Why did you lose so badly this time?" Wan Mingyu had a happy and uncontrollable smile on his face, "You put oleander in the food box. The pollen is good, but the food box was dropped by my people outside Chengming Palace, so there is no problem with the cakes sent into Chengming Palace."

An Shi was startled: "Then, how could Li Xiurong do that?"

"Someone is pushing the flames to make the fake show come true, and this one is your good master."

"Concubine Xian?" An's face turned pale and pale, she couldn't believe it, "It's her?"

"So, you should also understand that it's not the palace that broke you, but the queen mother wants you to die. First of all, you have borne all the crimes of the burning bird case and Li Xiurong's miscarriage, which can be regarded as an account to the emperor; Secondly, the Empress Dowager is giving Concubine Xian a warning so that she will not dare to harm anyone again, do you understand?" Wan Mingyu turned around leisurely, reached out and brushed off a piece or two of dust that fell on his sleeve, "No matter how bad the chess pieces are, It's better than being a scapegoat, and better than taking the blame, An Rouying, you should get on your way early, Zhuo Wu is still waiting for you on the Naihe Bridge."

"Wan Mingyu!" An Shi stood up tremblingly, her legs shrank, and she could hardly hold on, but her voice was as stern as a night owl's wailing, and she shouted sharply, "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooked, and the birds are gone!" , Liang Gongzang!"

Wan Mingyu didn't look at her again, and went straight out of the hall. Li Chang quickly rushed in with a few powerful inner eunuchs. The last thing that came was An Shi's unwilling cursing and desolate laughter, which lingered endlessly.

With the death of An Rouwen, Zi Ao City became much calmer. Because Xuan Ling hated An Rouwen who cursed the queen with a scorching bird, he ordered the people in the palace not to mention An's name again.Li Xiurong, who had lost her womb, lived in the palace since then, and never wanted to come out again, and even declined Xuanling's few visits.

Thinking of this matter, Wan Mingyu sighed quietly, and said to Concubine Rong: "The emperor is more concerned about the former than the loss of a child. For Li Xiurong, he is naturally heartbroken."

Concubine Rong Gui didn't say yes or no, but slowly fiddled with a jasper pear flower on her temples: "The emperor only has the queen in his heart, Li Xiurong is out of control and looking for trouble."

Wan Zhaoyi glanced at Rong Guibin intentionally or unintentionally, and said flatly: "It's a mistake for her to fall in love with someone who will never fall in love with her."

Concubine Rong's hand gestures froze for a moment, then returned to normal in an instant, and only looked into the distance with a faint smile: "The people and things in the palace are all wrong. Human kindness is the most real thing. If not, Princess Zhenning would not abandon the good life in the capital, but go to a remote place like Jizhou."

Wan Zhaoyi's eyes were a little blurred, as if he had seen through the overlapping palace buildings in front of him, and saw the misty and misty Jiangnan, he seemed to sigh with emotion, and seemed to mutter to himself: "We, even if we exhausted our lives, I, can I still get out? Even if I die, I will still be the ghost of Zi Ao City, a shackle that cannot be broken, and a cage that cannot escape."

Concubine Rong's eyes were slightly dazed, and the bitterness and pungentness surged up in her heart for a moment, almost constricting her heart and lungs, making her unable to breathe. She clenched her fists tightly, and finally fell silent, no longer speaking.

However, the years in Zi Ao City will never be so peaceful forever.In mid-July, when autumn was beginning to rise, two incidents aroused new discussions and set off a strange situation in the capital.

The first incident was a conflict between the regent king and King Runan's sedan chair at the Shenwu Gate. In the early court that day, it was the Runan king who arrived at the Shenwu gate first, but the regent who arrived later asked the Runan king to withdraw. Go, let yourself go in first, but the King of Runan naturally refused, and started a dispute with the regent king on the basis of his status as a hero, until the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng came forward.

However, the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng just reprimanded King Runan lightly: "As your emperor's uncle, the regent is an elder and must be respected."

Fengqingyundan is only seventeen characters, but it caused a lot of courtiers to discuss, thinking that the Queen Mother Zhaocheng is partial to the Runan King, so it is only based on the difference of seniority, not the power.The regent was also very dissatisfied with such rhetoric, so he said that he could not go to court for several days due to illness.

The second incident was that Concubine Duanjin was seriously ill.Concubine Duanjin entered the palace in the third year of Longqing. She was once quite favored, but she fell out of favor because of the death of Qin Guiren and the emperor's seventh son, and she was bedridden for three years.Later, it was because of a few words of persuasion from the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng who was Concubine Lin at that time, that she was able to be made a noble concubine and came out of the cold palace like Changyang Palace.Concubine Duanjin was grateful for Concubine Lin's kindness, and then secretly took refuge in Concubine Lin, and her father Su Suixin also became Concubine Lin's confidant.

Coming out of Fushou Palace, Zhu Chengbi shook his head dejectedly: "The body of Concubine Duanjin has not been very good since the death of the first emperor. It is also pitiful. She has been ill before the age of 30."

Zhu Xi sighed softly, and persuaded softly: "Empress Dowager, in the final analysis, the root cause of Empress Dowager Duanjin's illness was also facilitated by Empress Dowager and Mrs. Yu'er."

Zhu Chengbi's eyes narrowed, and he shook his head: "Speaking of the abolished empress, the Ai family inevitably thinks of An Shi who made waves. Ahead, because of An's affairs, the Ai family paid less attention to the previous dynasty, as if the regent A little uneasy again."

Zhu Xi said softly: "Yes, since King Runan returned to the capital, many officials have shown kindness to King Runan and Murong Jiong, which will naturally make the regent king restless."

Zhu Chengbi stretched out his hands and climbed over a clump of pomegranate flowers in full bloom beside him, and said coldly: "The power has been held for a long time, and now someone wants to take a piece of the pie, so he is naturally full of reluctance, but, today is different from the past, Jiang Chengyu After they are dead, Miao Congzhe and Gan Xun have become mourners, how many tricks can the regent come up with?"

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