III Jiangshan

Something happened in the harem.

It's not a big deal, but Tan Shao'er brought it to the imperial court.

Yuan Youqi came back from the palace, took a nap for a while, then sent the little eunuch to Shoukang Palace to ask the queen mother if she was awake.If she wakes up, she will go to Shoukang Palace to greet the Queen Mother.

Unexpectedly, the little eunuch who was sent to Shoukang Palace hadn't come back yet, but the eunuch who was on duty outside the Hall of Qinzheng came to pay a visit.

In the past, when Tang Xi served with Yuan Youqi, such words were always relayed by Tang Xi.But now, Yuan Youqi is surrounded by different inner eunuchs every day, and when she leaves the palace, she takes no one with her except the inner guard.

She can't trust them, especially when it comes to Mochi.She was afraid that someone with evil intentions would harm Mochi.

In just ten days, the secret guards caught two unidentified people with malicious intentions in Ningwang's other courtyard, and they are still imprisoned in the Hori room of Ningwang's mansion.

Yuan Youqi rubbed the center of his brows to get rid of his drowsiness, and ordered the on-duty internal prisoner to come in and answer.

It is definitely not a trivial matter if you can request to report to the imperial court.

The little eunuch who was accompanying her passed it on in a panic.

Yuan Youqi stared at his flustered back, and missed the days when Tang Xi served him even more.

The on-duty internal prisoner was quickly passed in.

He reported to the emperor that it turned out that it was Tan Jieyu who brought the little maid to kneel outside the Hall of Qinzheng and begged for an audience.

Yuan Youqi suddenly felt a headache: the matter of the harem has come to the Qinzheng Hall.

According to the legacy of the ancestors, the harem must not interfere in politics.Qinzheng Hall is the place where the emperor governs, and the harem is not allowed to set foot.

Therefore, the internal eunuch on duty outside the Qinzheng Hall did not dare to let Tan Jieyu in even if he was beaten to death, so he could only forcefully let her kneel outside the hall for half an hour until the emperor woke up from a nap.

After hearing this, Yuan Youqi snorted coldly.

Tan Shaoer killed herself, just to punish her for the crime of "disobedience to etiquette and law".

At this moment, Yuan Youqi was not worried that because Tang Xi was not around, the cowardly eunuchs didn't have the guts to send Tan Shaoer away.

"Xuan!" Yuan Youqi said coldly.

The coldness in the emperor's tone made the eunuch who came to report shiver.

It was rumored in the palace that the emperor favored Tan Jieyu, but the situation before him was not like it.Could it be that Tan Jieyu offended the emperor... getting angry?

This eunuch has been in the palace for more than ten years, and he is an old man in the Palace of Qinzheng. He knows the rules of the Palace of Qinzheng most clearly.If Tan Jieyu had a bit of a brain, she should decline one or two of the emperor's announcement.

However, she came in with that little maid in a loud voice!

The eunuch shook his head secretly, thinking that Tan Jieyu's favor might be coming to an end soon.

Tan Jieyu came to the side hall gracefully, and saw the emperor sitting cross-legged on the couch, looking at her expressionlessly.

She still didn't feel that something was wrong, and she was still thinking "This Yanfu of His Majesty makes him more handsome".

"What's the matter?" Yuan Youqi asked lightly, suppressing his anger.

"Your Majesty, Wan An!" Tan Jieyu bowed down, "My concubine has something important to report!"

The little maid behind her also bowed down tremblingly.

Yuan Youqi glanced past the maid, searched in his mind for a moment, and a flash of clarity flashed in his eyes.

But his face remained calm, and he still said indifferently: "What's the matter?"

The emperor didn't order her to die first as usual, no matter how careless Tan Shaoer was, he also noticed something was wrong.

However, she didn't think too much about it, she only thought that the emperor had just taken a nap, and sometimes she didn't expect it.

Tan Shao'er quickly thought about it, still knelt down, and replied confidently: "The concubine came to ask His Majesty's order to search Qixiang Palace!"

When Yuan Youqi heard this, his eyes opened slightly, and his complexion sank.

I only heard Tan Shao'er continue to say: "Qixiang Palace Zhou's condoning the prostitution of his subordinates and messing up the harem is an unforgivable crime!"

She spoke recklessly, but Yuan Youqi only saw two words on her face: die.

After the emperor heard his words, it was obvious that his face was extremely difficult to look at.This is natural, which man can stand his wife or concubine being smeared with prostitution and chaos?What's more, he is still a high-ranking emperor?

Tan Shaoer felt that she was simply too smart.Not only herself, Wu Linlang is smarter.

She immediately became more confident in her heart, and without waiting for the emperor to ask, she continued on her own: "Hui Rong, Zhou's personal maid in Qixiang Palace, had an affair with Tang Xi, the inner eunuch. Zhou knew it well, but indulged and ignored it. It is not a crime." Forgive me!"

Fornicating and eating...

Thanks to how they think about it!

Yuan Youqi sneered secretly, the coldness on his face remained unchanged: "Is there any evidence?"

It is natural to say that there is no evidence, and the emperor will not be so confused. Tan Shaoer understands that she has already made preparations.

Then she raised her hand and pointed behind her: "Your Majesty has learned! Bi'er in the concubine's palace is the witness! She saw it with her own eyes!"

The little maid Bi'er who was kneeling behind her trembled when she heard this, and her body kneeling on the ground shrank even more.

This is a game that has been set up long ago, and what Bier will answer is predictable, but it is just some tacky choreography, so it doesn't matter if you don't listen.

Yuan Youqi felt impatient for a while, wishing she could take care of Tan Shaoer immediately.

She sternly ordered the little eunuch who was serving beside her: "Come to Zhou! Pass to Huirong! Pass to Tang Xi!"

Xiao Nei heard the emperor's colder and more severe voice, and felt a chill down his spine, so he hurriedly responded to the sound and quickly went to execute it.

Tan Shao'er saw that the little eunuch was about to leave, and hurriedly said, "Hold on, Your Majesty!"

The footsteps of the little inner eunuch faltered.

Yuan Youqi showed displeasure, thinking that I am still here!How could the eunuch in this palace obey the instructions of a concubine?If this were Tang Xi, he would pass on the decree regardless.

The little eunuch didn't know it yet, and in the emperor's mind, his future had already been denied.

Faced with the emperor's cold questioning eyes, Tan Shao'er was inexplicably frightened, and subconsciously did not dare to look into the emperor's eyes, lowered his eyes to stare at the floor tiles and said: "Your Majesty's lesson! If the Zhou family is passed on at this time, there is still Didn't the two lowly maids come to give them a chance to destroy the evidence?"

When Yuan Youqi heard that she referred to Zhou Leshi's personal maid Hui Rong, especially Tang Xi who had served her as a "bad maid", she suddenly felt hatred in her heart, and said with a sullen face, "What do you think?"

Tan Shao'er immediately became active and said: "According to my concubine's opinion, Qixiang Palace will be closed immediately, and the Zhou family will be banned! Hand over those two lowly maidservants to the Inner Court Secretary, and torture them severely. If you don't believe me, they will not confess!"

Yuan Youqi sneered suddenly: "You know it very well!"

Tan Shao'er's throat tightened, and he held on and said: "Your Majesty is trustworthy, and the concubine pays more attention to the management of the harem. The concubine..."

"Manage the harem?" Yuan Youqi sneered, "Who allowed you to manage the harem?"

Tan Shaoer raised his head in astonishment, staring at Yuan Youqi's strange expression as if he didn't know him.

"Didn't you say, Your Majesty..." She opened her mouth to argue.

"What did my son say? He told you to manage the harem?" Yuan Youqi asked rhetorically.

Tan Shaoer's mind was buzzing, and suddenly he seemed to have captured something terrible, but he couldn't find it clearly after searching.

"Manage the harem?" Yuan Youqi sneered, "What power do you have to manage the harem? Who promised you the Phoenix seal?"

Tan Shaoer was so shocked that he couldn't tell whether the emperor was angry with himself or the Zhou family and blamed himself.She was really lacking in intelligence, and even more incapable of responding. Facing the aggressive questions of the emperor, she could only kneel in place and be dazed.

Yuan Youqi glanced away in disgust, feeling that such a vulnerable opponent was very boring.It's a pity that the Empress Dowager Wei and Gu Heng had forced her to read the books on the emperor's power and strategy. After a small try, she was confronted with such a pig-headed opponent.

She found out that the little eunuch whom she had sent to preach to Xuan Zhou and others was still hesitating at the entrance of the hall, and immediately hit the door with fire, and said angrily: "What are you doing waiting! Wait for me to pass it on in person!"

The Xiao Nei listened to the emperor's roar, and almost peed his pants in fright, said "yes, yes" indiscriminately, and ran away in a panic.

Yuan Youqi simply closed his eyes tiredly, too lazy to look any further.

There is no handy person around, and it is really difficult to do anything.

Tan Shaoer knelt on the ground for as long as the little eunuch had been away.

The longer she knelt, the higher her heart hung.Because the emperor was silent from the beginning to the end, and his face was dark, as if he didn't even bother to talk nonsense to her.

Tan Shao'er raised his head carefully and tremblingly to peek at the emperor above several times, and every time he gathered up enough courage, when he saw the emperor's cold face, he was so frightened that he retracted into his stomach.

The situation is very bad.

As stupid as she was, she also sensed that something was not right, and had a very bad premonition that someone was going to be in trouble.And this premonition that the person who is going to be unlucky is obviously not Zhou Meiren who was falsely accused by her just now.

Tan Shaoer felt that if this continued, it would be even worse.Just when she was courageous enough to say something to the emperor, the little eunuch who had been sent to deliver the word of mouth came back with an attitude that something was wrong.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty! Zhou...Zhou..." He spoke incoherently, and Yuan Youqi glared at him, making his articulate even more difficult.

On the contrary, a young woman dressed as a court lady who followed behind him knelt forward and said neatly: "This servant is Nian Xia who is serving by the beautiful woman Zhou in Qixiang Palace. Please answer your majesty's words. The beauty is bedridden and cannot follow your majesty's orders. Come, please Your Majesty, come down!"

After all, I bowed deeply.

Yuan Youqi has heard a lot of stumbling and stupid palace servants talking recently, and suddenly hearing such a clear, clear and clean voice, his eyes light up.

"You said Zhou Meiren was sick?" Yuan Youqi looked at Nian Xia with great interest.

Facing the emperor's question, Nian Xia remained calm, and replied: "Respond to Your Majesty, the beauty is not sick."

"It's not that you're sick, why are you bedridden?" Yuan Youqi doubted.

"Beauty, your Majesty will know when you come to Qixiang Palace in person." Nian Xia replied.

Yuan Youqi laughed, and snorted, "Your master is so powerful that you are driving me?"

"Your Majesty is holy!" After Nian Xia finished speaking, she didn't say much, just knelt in the same place, waiting for Yuan Youqi's reaction.

Yuan Youqi tilted his head, looked at Nian Xia with great interest, and secretly wondered what Zhou Meiren was going to do.

It's interesting that Zhou Leshi, including those who serve her, are not afraid of herself.I don't know if it's a pretentious gesture, or a bit of character.Yuan Youqi was even more curious.

However, no matter what Zhou Meiren's plan is, Qixiang Palace and his party are inevitable, and...

Yuan Youqi glanced at Tan Shaoer, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said calmly, "Since that's the case, I'd like to go and see for myself what's going on with the Zhou family."

She changed the subject and said to Tan Shao'er: "Shao'er won't go with me?"