Remembrance Hibiscus GL

At nightfall, the queen and imperial concubine took people to Yijing Palace. After hearing the news, Concubine Min brought a group of court ladies and eunuchs to welcome them out. Lanterns lit up the front and back yards.Concubine Min didn't even salute, she stepped forward, with a sneer on her lips: "The two empresses and phoenixes are here at the same time late at night, Yijing Palace is really full of splendor!"

The queen's face darkened: "It seems that Concubine Min was indeed used to being favored before, and now she was confined by the emperor for a day, and her mind became confused, and she even forgot the etiquette of the harem."

As he spoke, he passed her, followed the imperial concubine one after the other, and went straight into the main hall.Concubine Min turned and followed, the corners of her lips raised slightly, but there was no smile in her eyes: "I will never forget the etiquette in the palace, but for Concubine Lian's miscarriage, someone put a cold arrow behind my back, trying to make me recite this. Blame, the emperor misunderstood me and took away my Lie Er last night, and the empress also has Princess Lanling under her lap, so she should know what it feels like to be forcibly separated from a mother and a child."

"Really?" The queen threw the jade dragonfly in her hand to the ground, and said coldly, "Is this planted on you?"

The color of Concubine Min's face changed, she turned to look at Qiaoying, Qiaoying quickly knelt down: "Empress, I have a pair of these jade dragonflies, but one of them disappeared a few days ago, I don't know where the empress got it from?"

The queen said: "Where did you get it? Do you still need to ask me? This bead flower is owned by a court lady named Yixue in Xiefang Palace. She is the one who put the abortion medicine in Concubine Lian's anti-abortion medicine. "

Qiaoying flew into the sky, hurriedly said: "Mother, this jade dragonfly is something I lost, I don't know Yixue, and I don't know why this thing came into her hands, I have nothing to do with it , and ask the empress to pay attention to it!"

"Whether it matters or not, I will find out by myself."

Concubine Min was very calm: "What about the lady in the palace? Why didn't you call me to confront Qiaoying face to face?"

The Queen said: "Last night, I committed suicide in fear of crime in the Ye Court Division."

Concubine Min sneered and said: "In this way, there is no proof of death. Could it be that I would be so stupid as to drug someone and reward her with something that everyone can recognize?"

"This evidence is enough, and we will find new evidence." The queen glanced at the people on standby underground, and said solemnly: "Search for me!"

"Wait!" Concubine Min stretched out her hands and said angrily, "What do you want to do?"

Everyone was reprimanded by her, and they stopped involuntarily. The queen said: "What are you doing? You are suspected of murdering Concubine Lian, of course they searched your palace. You slaves, why don't you do it?"

"You dare!" Concubine Min suddenly raised her hand, and slapped Tu Shan with a crisp slap, and said sharply, "What are you? Are you free to search my bedroom?!"

Tu Shan is the chief eunuch of the Yonghua Palace, and even the queen's confidant. Her slap in the face was tantamount to slapping the queen in the face. The queen was furious. She stood up from her seat and pointed at Concubine Min: "Concubine Min, you Relying on the fact that I gave birth to a son, I have always been arrogant in front of the concubines, and even my palace is not in their eyes. At this moment, you dare to be so arrogant! We came here on the order of the emperor, do you still dare to resist the order today? What?!"

"Resist the decree? The emperor was just bewitched by you!" Concubine Min's eyes were filled with hatred, she turned around with a flick of her sleeves: "I'll go face the saint right away!"

"Stop her!" The Empress ordered with a stern face, "Take all the people in Yijing Palace to the front yard and guard them, and don't move a single step. You search carefully one by one. No room, no corner is allowed. Let go."

"Yes!"

Everyone led the order and searched around separately.Concubine Min just sneered, turned her head to the side, and saw that Concubine Huang was sitting leisurely drinking tea, as if she was staying out of the matter, she said, "Concubine Huang, do you also think that this matter was caused by me?"

The imperial concubine glanced at her, and said softly: "The clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. Please stay safe and don't be impatient."

Concubine Min suppressed her smile, stared at her and said slowly: "Concubine Huang, now that you have a son, everything is different from before, isn't it?"

The imperial concubine smiled slightly, but did not speak, suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside, and several inner eunuchs hurried into the main hall holding two wooden boxes, and knelt down and said: "The empress, the imperial concubine, the servants are here I found this in the dark compartment under Concubine Min's bed."

As he spoke, he opened the wooden box and knelt up to present it. When the queen saw it, she saw two mahogany figures, one big and one small, lying in the two boxes respectively, with the characters of birth date engraved on them. , and handed it to the imperial concubine: "Sister, come and take a look, what is this?"

The imperial concubine said: "This seems to be the birth date of Empress Empress and Xu'er."

The empress stared at Concubine Min with sharp eyes and said: "This kind of witchcraft is a big taboo in the harem, Concubine Min, it was found from under your bed, you cursed this palace and the second prince, and why did you not give up?" What can I say?"

"Can this prove that I harmed Concubine Lian's child?" Concubine Min knew that she had been plotted against, without the slightest fear on her face, she said coldly: "The matter has come to this, what can I say? After seeing the emperor, I will Speak for yourself!"

"My dear sister, do you want to see the emperor? Then the emperor must be willing to see you! Come on, take Concubine Min down and take care of her." The queen smiled and stood up: "Let's go!"

Let’s say that Li Xuanzhen made alchemy for the emperor every day, a large amount of charcoal, black coal, metal utensils, and even mined silver, red copper, black lead, etc. were continuously sent to Baoren Palace.This day happened to be a batch of new elixir, Li Xuanzhen sent his apprentice Hongtong to quietly bring it over, after taking it, the emperor felt energetic, but he was still awake.

The queen came in together with the imperial concubine, and explained in detail about the inspection of Yijing Palace. The emperor was always superstitious and hated things like suppressing dimples. As soon as they fell on the ground, the queen and imperial concubine immediately knelt down: "Please calm down, Your Majesty."

The emperor's chest rose and fell violently, and the hall was silent, only his snorting sound was heard. The two knew that he was extremely angry, so they just waited quietly without making a sound.After a long time, I heard the emperor say: "This matter must be kept secret, and other concubines must not know about it for the time being, especially not spread outside the palace."

The queen said: "The concubine understands."

"Concubine Min has always been smart, and she would do such a foolish thing even if she didn't want to. It really makes me very disappointed." The emperor sighed, stood up and took a few steps: "But after all, a husband and wife, she gave birth to me for me. If the eldest prince is to be dealt with according to the rules, I can't bear it, let me think about it in advance."

The queen lowered her hands to listen, and couldn't help but secretly anxious, the emperor said again: "There is just one thing that really bothers me. Last night Lie'er was in my palace, crying and begging for his mother and concubine. The nurse took a long time to sleep before falling asleep, alas!"

The queen's lips moved, she wanted to say something, but she forcibly held back, the imperial concubine said: "Your Majesty is in charge of the world, and he manages every day, how can you worry about such trivial matters? According to my concubine, it is better to entrust the eldest prince to the empress to raise him." Teaching must be appropriate."

"Oh?" The emperor was obviously surprised. He stopped, looked at the imperial concubine, and said, "Empress, what do you think?"

The queen lowered her eyebrows and said, "As the master of the harem, the concubine always regards the princes as no different from Princess Lanling, so she should share the emperor's worries."

The emperor glanced at her, nodded and said: "Okay, then I will hand over Lie Er to you for the time being."

Back at Qingquan Palace, Simu's little maid had prepared fragrant soup for the imperial concubine to bathe in. Qinzhu and Shutong waited for her to remove the hairpin ring and take off her clothes. The imperial concubine stepped into the water with her snow-white feet bare, Standing behind her, Qin Zhu gently massaged her temples with both hands, and finally asked what she had been holding back for a long time: "Your Majesty, you said...the empress is the one behind the scenes."

"Well, I know what you're thinking." The imperial concubine reached out and fiddled with the fresh petals floating on the water: "It's not a bad thing for us if she gets rid of Concubine Min."

Qin Zhu asked again: "Do you think the emperor will not forgive Concubine Min?"

The imperial concubine said: "Of course not."

"But the emperor said he couldn't bear it."

"It's not that he can't bear it, it's just that he's not ready yet." The corner of the imperial concubine's mouth burst into a faint smile, and she said lightly: "Father Concubine Min still holds the power to guard the capital, he always has A little scruples."

"In this case, why did the empress offer to let the empress raise the eldest prince?" Qinzhu's brows were filled with worry: "If the empress really adopts the eldest prince as an adopted son, then the position of prince will not be the turn of anyone else." gone."

"The empress is too eager to raise the prince, so I naturally want to help her."

Qin Zhu said: "The servant does not understand."

"You don't need to understand." The imperial concubine leaned her head against the bathtub, closed her eyes and said, "There's no need to worry, I won't let her wishful thinking come true."

Qin Zhu could only say: "Yes."

"Shutong, go and ask Sang Rong to come in, I have something to ask her."

"Yes." Shutong turned around to leave, but the imperial concubine stopped her again: "Wait a minute." Shutong quickly stopped, and listened to her instructions, only to see her open her eyes, lost her mind for a while, and said in a low voice: "Forget it, let's talk about it tomorrow."

It was drizzling outside, it had been raining all day in autumn, and the raindrops hit the broad plantain leaves, making a rustling sound, and the sky was gradually getting dark.The little palace maid took the candle scissors and tiptoed forward to cut the candles, but she heard a slight sound from the bed, she turned her head to see it, and hurriedly smiled and said: "My lord, are you awake?"

Lian Zhen hadn't fallen asleep at all, and she didn't say much when she heard her question. She got up and sat up, and the maid hurriedly helped her up. Lian Zhen asked, "What time is it?" It's been three quarters, and the small kitchen just sent someone to ask if there is a delivery for dinner, so I'll go and tell my sisters."

After giving a salute and retreating, Lian Zhen looked at the flickering candlelight in the distance, and said in a low voice: "At that time, I secretly agreed with each other, and after the banquet, Lan Tang was heartbroken. Pick up silver lanterns, hold pearls, and embroider quilts in the cold autumn rain. ..." Up to this point, my heart felt sour, and I let out a faint sigh.

Hearing that she woke up, Hengbo brought people in with handkerchiefs and other things, waited for her to wash, Baozhen came in with a silver tray, Lianzhen didn't wait for her to speak, and said: "I don't want to eat."

"My lord, you haven't eaten anything all day, so what will happen if you go on like this." Hengbo said with a smile: "Princess Li said that you are weak now, and it is better to eat light and nourishing food, anyway..."

The words were still unfinished, and I only heard people back and forth: "The imperial concubine and empress are here."

Hengbo and Baozhen hurried out of the door and knelt to greet them. The imperial concubine stretched out her hand to untie the cloak, handed it to Qinzhu, and said, "Have you eaten dinner, master?"

Hengbo replied: "Master, I don't have much appetite today, I haven't had dinner yet."

The imperial concubine nodded: "You all wait outside, I'll go in and see her." Everyone agreed, and when she went in, Hengbo closed the door from the outside with his own hands, turned around and said with a smile: "Aunt Sangrong, Miss Qinzhu, Please come with me and drink a cup of hot tea to escape the rain."

Behind the concubine red silk curtains embroidered with orchid patterns, there was a faint smell of benzoin. Standing there, the imperial concubine felt a sense of homelessness. She paused for a while in mid-air, collected herself, and lifted the curtain to enter. up the inner room.

Lian Zhen leaned on the pillow, and when she heard her coming in, a layer of mist gradually filled her eyes. The imperial concubine walked to the bed and sat down, and looked at her carefully. She saw that her beautiful face was pale and much thinner than before. Poor people, both painful and ashamed.The two sat silently facing each other, looking at each other without saying a word. After a long time, she turned her head to the side, pointed to the food on the silver tray, and said softly, "Why don't you eat such a good thing?" Slowly handing it to Lianzhen's lips, Lianzhen looked at her through the hazy teary eyes, opened her mouth and took a bite, then shook her head lightly, the imperial concubine did not force it, and put the rest into her mouth.The honey cake was soft and melted in the mouth, but when she ate it right now, it tasted like chewing gum. She frowned slightly, swallowed the food in her mouth with great effort, and suddenly whispered: "You...you have suffered."

"I thought..." Lian Zhen sniffed lightly, her voice choked up: "I thought I was going to die that day, and I was only worried that I wouldn't see you..."

"No." The imperial concubine raised her head, a strange pain flashed in her eyes: "Don't say that word!" She stretched out her hand involuntarily, grabbed her hand tightly, and repeated: "Don't say that."

"I'm not a good mother. The only thing I thought at the time was this. If my child could know, he would hate me."

Speaking of this, she forced a smile on her face, but a string of tears slid down and landed on the back of the imperial concubine's hand. The imperial concubine's chest seemed to be blocked by something, and her heart was extremely sad.

Lianzhen was silent for a while, then whispered: "Binglun, I want to ask you something, is that okay?"

"You ask."

Her eyes, which seem to be filled with ice and snow forever, seem to be blown by the spring breeze at this moment. They are thorough and pure, exuding intoxicating tenderness. Lian Zhen's heart can't help but tremble slightly. Impulsively, he opened his mouth and said, "Why did you ask Li Taiyi to prepare 'cold medicine' for you?"

There was a sudden death-like silence in the air. She felt that the hand holding her was slowly getting colder. Then, she pulled away from her hand. She was flustered. She raised her eyes to look at her, but she heard her whisper: "Lianzhen, do you doubt me?"

Her voice was extremely soft, with a faint smile on her face, Lian Zhen was inexplicably scared: "No, Binglun, I just want to know...why are you doing this."

"Is Li Mao loyal to you now? Lianzhen, it seems that I have always underestimated you." The imperial concubine was frightened and angry, but her voice was so calm that there was no ripple. Lianzhen didn't expect that she misunderstood herself to such an extent. She reached out to pull her sleeve, when suddenly she heard Su Yun's voice from outside: "Lian Zhen, are you awake? Have dinner already?"

As she spoke, she opened the curtain and came in. When she saw the indoor scene, she quickly bowed her knees and saluted: "See the imperial concubine, the concubine does not know that the phoenix is ​​here, and if I am rude, I ask the empress to forgive me."

"That's all." The imperial concubine stood up and said to Lian Zhen: "Concubine Lian, the emperor and the empress are thinking of you, you are taking care of yourself, I will go first."

Lian Zhen's heart was boiling with oil, suffering from Su Yun's presence, even though there were thousands of words to explain, she still couldn't speak, so she tried her best to hold back her tears, and watched her go out.

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