Tangled

"A hundred years ago, the family and country were in turmoil. In order to quell the flames of war, the Zhang family went to battle with the whole family. They were awarded the title of general of soldiers and horses, and commanded an army of [-]. Since then, all dynasties have regarded themselves as heroes, and there is a tendency to despise the emperor." Su Qingwan took over Mu Luoluo took a sip of the tea that was handed over to her, and said slowly, "When the late emperor was here, he had a lot of criticisms about the Zhang family, but the Zhang family was stationed in the northeast, so it was not appropriate to act rashly, so they simply ignored it.

After old General Zhang resigned due to illness, the first emperor intended to weaken the military power of the Zhang family, and weakened step by step. However, the Zhang family had taken root for a long time and had many vassals, which were difficult to eradicate for a while. It was not until his death that the Zhang family was isolated.

At the beginning of the emperor's accession to the throne, his foundation was not stable, so he let the Zhang family ignore it for the time being, but he didn't want the Zhang family to become rebellious at this time, and was almost investigated. In order to protect himself, your father planned to plant this matter on the Chu family. All the witnesses and material evidence from that year were all produced by your Zhang family!Mr. Chu can't argue with a hundred mouths, you are wronged and punished, the Chu family is destroyed, and everyone's life is on your Zhang family's back! "

Su Qingwan's voice rose sharply, she became angry for a while, and coughed continuously, Mu Luoluo hurried forward and patted Su Qingwan's back lightly.

Mrs. Zhang lowered her head, her face was dark and unclear.

"Six years ago, when you were still young in the draft, the Zhang family had no choice but to let Zhang Xinju enter the palace, but they didn't want her to rise to the top, so they always wanted her to give birth to a prince, but Zhang Xinju was not blessed." Su Qingwan complied. Furious, he continued, "Then the Zhang family sent you to the palace again, thinking that they would be able to give birth to a prince, even if he is not the eldest son, he would still be able to occupy a place in the royal family in the future.

But they were wrong, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family was spoiled, arrogant and domineering, ignoring the dignity and etiquette to force the limelight, everything in every way is planting the seeds of disaster for you today.The one who sent you to this cold palace was not Ben Gong, but yourself, but the Zhang family you had been thinking about, and Ben Gong was just adding to the flames. "

"You nonsense!" Xiao Zhang suddenly became ruthless and rushed towards Su Qingwan. Fortunately, Mu Luoluo reacted in time and kicked Xiao Zhang's lower abdomen. Immediately, a woman stepped forward and knelt Xiao Zhang to the ground.

"You are talking nonsense! Zhang Xinju and I are both children of the Zhang family, so why am I thrown into limbo and my father is exiled, but she can live happily? It's not because of you! Yes, I am domineering, but I just look down on Zhang Xinju , she is just the eldest lady of the concubine branch, so why should she be domineering over me. But what about you? When I first entered the palace, did I ever disrespect you? The palace will have you targeting everywhere!" Xiao Zhang knelt on the ground and screamed hoarsely, her neat hair bun was messed up.

"It is precisely because his father is a concubine that there is such a separation today." Su Qingwan stood up and looked down at Xiao Zhang, "Do you know why the Zhang family fell so quickly this time? Internal conflict! You have learned a lot from your father's arrogance, but you don't have the slightest bit of old General Zhang to win the city!"

Su Qingwan leaned slightly, and whispered in the ear of Xiao Zhang who was gradually quieting down, "The Chu family not only survived Chu Zhaoyuan, but also the second son of the Chu family. And you are just a substitute, a substitute who arouses His Majesty's longing for Chu Zhaoyuan and doubts about the Chu family's treason."

"No! No!" Xiao Zhang began to struggle again, but the mother-in-law held on tightly, and everything was in vain.

"In this way," Su Qingwan straightened up, and smiled softly, "You, Zhang Xinlan, contributed a lot to the downfall of the Zhang family."

"You're talking nonsense!" Su Qingwan's words were like a small hammer, shattering Xiao Zhang's reason bit by bit.

"Am I talking nonsense, your heart is like a mirror." Su Qingwan looked at Xiao Zhang who was about to collapse in front of her, turned and left.

"Impossible! Before entering the palace, my mother clearly said that the Zhang family is my greatest support! I have the glory of the Zhang family on my shoulders! It cannot be that I have harmed the Zhang family! It is also impossible that the Zhang family has brought me into this situation! No!" Xiao Zhang screamed and was locked in the house like a trapped animal.

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Su Qingwan waved her hand towards the sedan chair parked outside Lenggong, "I will go back by myself, you guys go down."

"You just said it, how true and how false?" Mu Luoluo supported Su Qingwan, bearing most of her weight.

"Half-true, half-false." Su Qingwan turned her head to look at Mu Luoluo, "I feel that my words are perfect, and Mrs. Zhang didn't even question it. How did you know there was a lie?"

"The Zhang family has no internal conflicts, and even if there is, it will not be brought to the surface. After all, they are of the same origin, and a king is like a tiger. How can there be no eggs under a nest?" Mu Luoluo sighed, "If the Zhang family The contradictions in the situation have been noticed, so the time when General Guide was recalled to the Northeast, and the member of the Ministry of Justice Wailang arrived in the Northeast, it was enough for the Zhang family to destroy all evidence, so this point is false."

"As expected of the eldest lady I have a crush on, she is really very smart." Su Qingwan smiled, leaned forward and kissed Mu Luoluo on the cheek, "Besides, what I said is all the truth. That's what it says."

"Why bother, why did Baba come to tell her?" Mu Luoluo tightened Su Qingwan's cloak, and wrapped her cool hands in her palms.

"How did you go crazy when you were Lin Qingyin? You were not driven crazy by the lives of more than a dozen people from the Chu family." Su Qingwan sighed, "After the Chu family was wiped out, there are people with evil intentions who go to the alley like me today. I lied to Lin Qingyin, but what I said was half true and half false, and what that person said was all lies. Although Lin Qingyin left, she also left two helpers for me. I will return all these to the Zhang family for her. Not too much."

"You're not afraid of forcing her to death." Mu Luoluo shook her head with a smile. It was Su Qingwan's style to distinguish between grievances and hatred.

"Death?" Su Qingwan snorted coldly, "If she can really die, it would be a relief, but even though she is in the cold palace, she is still a concubine. Self-inflicted suicide is a felony, all exiled members of the Zhang family will be buried with her, she dare not."

"It's really a good plan." Mu Luoluo joked.

"That's not how the eldest lady took care of her well." Su Qingwan rubbed Mu Luoluo's shoulder coquettishly, "I'm so careful, it's not that the eldest lady guessed it completely."

"It's just that I have troubled Sister De Concubine. Although I didn't demote this time, I'm afraid I won't be favored again in the future." Su Qingwan raised her head, the winter sky was extraordinarily clear.

"I heard people say that on the day of Chu Zhaoyuan's funeral, Concubine An Xian stood on the highest moon-lanning pavilion in the palace for a whole day, watching Chu Zhaoyuan's coffin leaving the palace and leaving the city. In that direction." Mu Luoluo said casually.

"It's rare to have a confidant in life, and An Yiran is also good at playing the harp. Before the accident, the two of them often got together." Su Qingwan said slowly, "Since Lin Qingyin entered the alley, An Yiran has never touched the harp again. Presumably Boya broke his qin, so it's hard to find a bosom friend."

"It's so rare." Mu Luoluo sighed.

"Go back, go back and make a bowl of ginger soup. It's really getting colder every day." Su Qingwan moved closer to Mu Luoluo, greedily absorbing the warmth from her body.

"Another year has passed."

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"How did you wake up so early today?" Mu Luoluo came in to change the spices, turned around, and saw Su Qingwan looking at her with a smile, and walked over to close the curtain.

"I'm going to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday today, so I get up earlier to make some food. I'm used to doing this every year." Su Qingwan moved and lay on Mu Luoluo's lap.

Mu Luoluo didn't know that every morning when she woke up, Su Qingwan would wake up with a start, and then quietly watched her change. After she went out lightly, Su Qingwan would sleep for a while.

"Isn't the Empress Dowager's birthday October 28th? Today is only 26th. Could it be that you are being confused?" Mu Luoluo smiled lightly and pinched the tip of Su Qingwan's nose.

"How could that be?" Su Qingwan raised her hand to hold Mu Luoluo's hand, and put it next to her face, "If it wasn't for the birthday, His Majesty would have accompanied the empress dowager on her birthday, and the concubines in all palaces would go to Shoukang Palace a day earlier or later. Celebrating the Empress Dowager's birthday, and I don't like excitement, so I decided to advance it two days."

Mu Luoluo nodded: "What do you want to prepare?"

"It's not necessary, just make some ordinary snacks, which will please the Empress Dowager even more. What's more, today, I have prepared a generous gift, and I think the Empress Dowager will be happy." Su Qingwan blinked playfully, Mystery.

"Then I'll get someone to help you get up." Mu Luoluofu tapped Su Qingwan's lips lightly, and then said loudly, "Your Majesty, get up."

"Put that bracelet on." Su Qingwan sat up and said to Mu Luoluo.

Mu Luoluo was stunned for a moment, then she came to her senses and nodded slightly. She probably knew what the generous gift Su Qingwan had prepared for the Empress Dowager.

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"Grandmother, Wan'er is here to celebrate your birthday." Su Qingwan didn't need others to lead the way, and took Mu Luoluo straight to the empress dowager's bedroom with ease.

"You child, you are willing to call Aijia's grandmother on Aijia's birthday." The empress dowager was obviously happy with Su Qingwan's arrival, "Come, come and sit next to Aijia."

"Calling you empress dowager is respect, calling your emperor grandmother is intimacy. Naturally, Wan'er wants to be more intimate on your birthday." Su Qingwan sat beside the empress dowager, pulling her sleeves and acting like a baby.

Mu Luoluo watched from the side, because the lap dog at the empress dowager's feet did not dare to approach.

"Wan'er made some desserts, Grandmother can try it, if you like it or not." Su Qingwan put out all the desserts by herself.

"You child is weak, so it's hard for you to have this kind of heart." The empress dowager patted the back of Su Qingwan's hand kindly, and then picked up a piece of dim sum to savor carefully. You did it?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, that snack was made by a maidservant." Mu Luoluo had seen through Su Qingwan's carefulness when she placed it.

"Come on, come closer." The Empress Dowager waved at Mu Luoluo.

Mu Luoluo hesitated again and again, but finally walked over slowly.Seeing this, Su Qingwan leaned over and hugged the lap dog into her arms, so that Mu Luoluo could kneel at the empress dowager's feet.

"He's a neat and good boy." The empress dowager nodded with a smile, and stretched out her hand towards Mu Luoluo, "Come and let Aijia take a closer look."