Jinyiwei factory flower base love story

After a heavy snowfall, the long winter has officially arrived.

The empress dowager is in poor health and ignores affairs. Concubine Ning, who is the most popular, is bedridden to recover from illness. Concubine Li is grounded.For a moment, the chaotic palace became exceptionally quiet.

However, the so-called tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. This kind of tranquility is often the harbinger of something big about to happen.

In this season when the vegetation is dying and everything is dormant, Dongchang welcomes an uninvited guest.

Wearing a bright red Zhaojun hat and a white fox fur cape, Liang Wan walked gracefully into the inner hall of the East Factory.

Wan Zhen was discussing with Gu Huaiqing, when she saw Liang Wan who came unexpectedly, she showed a surprised expression, and said with a smile: "What wind brought Miss Liang here?"

Liang Wan slowly took off the hood, revealing a smooth and full forehead, black and shiny black hair, snow-skinned and beautiful face, bright eyes, she is indeed a rare beauty.

Everyone in the palace said that Liang Wan looked exactly like the queen mother when she was young, and that she was understanding, intelligent and intelligent, so she was especially loved by the queen mother, and she was raised by her side like a daughter.

As the Empress Dowager's confidant, how Liang Wan came to Dongchang suddenly made people guess her intention.

Liang Wan raised her head slightly, looked directly into Wan Zhen's eyes, and said, "Master Wan Zhen, please step back, I have something important to tell you."

"It's about the Empress Dowager." Liang Wan added.

Wan Zhen restrained her smile, waved away as she said, and only let Gu Huaiqing stay: "Huaiqing is my confidant and the most powerful backbone of Dongchang. If Miss Liang has anything important, just tell me."

Liang Wan glanced at Gu Huaiqing arrogantly, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, this is a serious matter, I have to be cautious, and I hope the two adults will understand. To be honest, I am here to ask you two protect the Queen Mother."

Both Wan Zhen and Gu Huaiqing were stunned for a moment, and they looked at each other, both deeply puzzled.

Wan Zhen asked, "Why did Ms. Liang say that? Is the Queen Mother in any danger?"

Liang Wan took out two pieces of thin paper with words written on them from her wide sleeves, and handed them: "My lords, please take a look at this."

Wan Zhen took it over, quickly browsed through it, and his face became serious: "When did you receive this?"

"These are just two of them. About a dozen or so days ago, the Queen Mother received such letters one after another. At first she was very annoyed, and tore up the letters when she got them. Then she searched everywhere for the source of the letters, and even punished and expelled many palace officials. people, but did not find any clues, the letters still come in one after another, sometimes on the table, sometimes by the bedside, these are the two I received recently. I have trouble sleeping and eating, and my headaches are getting worse. I, a junior, look at it, and I am really worried."

Gu Huaiqing leaned over curiously, and Wan Zhen handed the letter to him.Gu Huaiqing read it in a hurry, and his heart was shocked, it turned out to be a threatening letter.

The first piece of paper reads: "Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. The sins you committed will eventually be punished."

On the second piece of paper was written: "Liang Qing, you vicious and treacherous bitch, you will surely die a terrible death!"

Wan Zhen asked Gu Huaiqing: "What do you think?"

Gu Huaiqing looked at it carefully, shook his head and said: "The tone of these two letters is very different, it doesn't seem to be written by the same person. The font is ordinary, and there are some crooked ones. It is probably written with the left hand."

"Writing with the left hand?" Liang Wan woke up like a dream, "No wonder we checked the handwriting of almost everyone in the palace, and none of them could match, so it turns out..."

Gu Huaiqing said with a disdainful smile: "It's just a small skill. There are still people who are good at imitating other people's handwriting, and they can learn it perfectly. It's not very reliable to find people by handwriting. Besides, since the other party dares to send a threatening letter to the Queen Mother, they must I've made full preparations, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find anything just by looking at the handwriting."

Liang Wan opened her eyes wide, and looked at Gu Huaiqing squarely.Originally, in the eyes of this high-spirited Ms. Liang, Gu Huaiqing was just a courtier who flattered the emperor, but these words gave her a new understanding of Gu Huaiqing and a little more respect.

Liang Wan asked: "In the opinion of Master Gu, who did this?"

Gu Huaiqing asked back: "This question, maybe you should ask the Queen Mother herself, who has a deep hatred for her?"

Liang Wan was stopped by the question, and she fell silent. There are so many secrets hidden in this palace, and open and secret fights never stop. The Queen Mother can sit in today's position, and her hands must not be clean. If there is a feud with her, there may be more than one or two .

Seeing the stalemate in the atmosphere, Wan Zhen hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "Anyway, the top priority is to ensure the safety of the Empress Dowager. I will immediately send more experts from the East Factory to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to secretly protect the Empress Dowager."

Liang Wanfu saluted: "The slave's family has thanked Governor Wan on behalf of the queen mother, please take your troubles."

Wan Zhen said solemnly: "Miss Liang, you are being polite. This is our duty. I will also report the truth to Your Majesty."

"No need." Liang Wan shook her head and said, "Your Majesty is always busy, so don't bother him with this matter, this is also what the Queen Mother meant. Maybe the person who wrote the letter was just threatening. Sending Dongchang expert guards, presumably the Queen Mother can rest easy."

With Liang Wan's insistence, Wan Zhen reluctantly gave up his plan to report to the emperor.

Gu Huaiqing guessed that Liang Wan's refusal to report to the emperor might be because he didn't trust the emperor. After all, the conflict between the emperor and the Liang family has become public. If the emperor investigates seriously, maybe he can really dig out some secrets of the empress dowager. At that time, it will cause trouble instead.

Liang Wan couldn't stay for a long time, so she thanked Wan Zhen and turned to leave.Gu Huaiqing politely sent her out.

Although the snow had stopped, the weather was extremely cold, and a thin layer of ice formed on the steps. When Liang Wan went down the steps, she accidentally slipped and fell straight down.

Fortunately, Gu Huaiqing followed behind, and quickly supported Liang Wan, preventing this beautiful and arrogant Miss Liang from falling into the mud.

"Thank you... Thank you!" Although she knew that Gu Huaiqing was an eunuch, Liang Wan was still a girl in her boudoir and had never had any contact with a man, and Gu Huaiqing was so handsome. Two bright clouds flew up on the cheeks.

"Miss Liang, pay attention to your steps. I will send you back later." Gu Huaiqing said, his eyes suddenly froze, and he stayed on Liang Wan's wrist. There was a bloodstain, which looked quite shocking.

Liang Wan also noticed Gu Huaiqing's strange gaze, quickly tucked her wrists into her sleeves, and said nonchalantly, "The Queen Mother's cat is very naughty, I accidentally got scratched by it a few times, and Master Gu laughed."

There is a big difference between cat scratches and human scratches, Liang Wan's statement is obviously trying to cover up.It's just that no one in the palace knows that she is the empress dowager's niece. Besides the empress dowager herself, who else could abuse her like this?It seemed that the rumors that the Queen Mother had a violent temper and often beat and scolded Liang Wan were credible.

However, since Liang Wan didn't want others to know about it, Gu Huaiqing didn't expose her, but just kept an eye on her.

In the afternoon of that day, Wan Zhen personally took ten Dongchang masters to the Palace of Compassion, and Gu Huaiqing also followed.

When they went, the queen mother was punishing a court lady.

The maid looked childish and looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. Kneeling on the cold stone slab, Nanny Wang waved her thick palm and slapped her across the face, making the maid's face swell up and her mouth full of tears. Blood.

"Too... Empress Dowager... please forgive me... I really don't know anything... that letter... I went in to tidy up the room, and I just lay on the bed, woo woo..." The palace maid desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy. , smashed his forehead, and scarlet blood dripped on the floor.

The Queen Mother looked gloomy, and said with a sneer, "I don't know? Then beat me until you remember!"

Wang Momo continued to beat her dutifully, the maid was startled and terrified, weeping and kowtowing, the eunuchs and maids next to her all bowed their heads tightly, not even daring to breathe out.

It seems that the Empress Dowager is still investigating the threatening letter. Gu Huaiqing felt that the maid was really pitiful, but the Empress Dowager was so angry that she probably wouldn't listen to anything she said.

Wan Zhen led Gu Huaiqing and ten Dongchang masters in to greet the Queen Mother. Gu Huaiqing secretly raised his eyes to observe, and was very surprised. It was only ten days before the chrysanthemum appreciation meeting, but the Queen Mother seemed to have aged ten years suddenly. The young and charming face became sallow and haggard, the eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, the bags under the eyes drooped, and obvious wrinkles appeared at the corners of the eyes, and there were two deep bruises under the eyelids, only two blobs of bright red rouge were still flying on the cheeks , It's so gorgeous that it's almost bewitching.

The queen mother sized up the ten masters of the East Factory, and said indifferently: "I hope you can be of some use."

"These ten people will be on duty day and night outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning to protect the safety of the Empress Dowager. If there is any situation, the Empress Dowager can speak out, they are always at your disposal."

The Queen Mother hummed, showing some satisfaction.

"Empress Dowager, it's time to drink medicine."

Zi Kui came in with a bowl of dark concoction, the Queen Mother looked disgusted, but finally, under Zi Kui's persuasion, she drank it slowly.After drinking the medicine, Zi Kui rinsed the Queen Mother's mouth with water, and thoughtfully peeled a piece of maltose for her to remove the bitterness.

The queen mother rubbed her temples wearily, and waved her hand to signal Wan Zhen and the others to leave.

After walking out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Gu Huaiqing hesitated for a moment, and asked Wan Zhen: "Father, do you really need to report the situation on the Queen Mother's side to Your Majesty?"

Wan Zhen looked back at him, smiled meaningfully and said, "The imperial palace is so big, if His Majesty wants to know, he can't hide it from him. But, are you sure, Your Majesty really wants to know?"

Gu Huaiqing was taken aback by Wan Zhen's question. After Xiao Jing came to power, the relationship with the Queen Mother and the Liang family became increasingly tense, especially after the Chrysanthemum Appreciation Party. If it is lost, Xiao Jing's heart will be even deeper, so he will use the excuse to take away the Queen Mother's right to manage the harem.

Gu Huaiqing nodded knowingly. After all, Jiang is old and spicy. Wan Zhen can see the situation in the palace more clearly than him.

"What the foster father said is true, I understand."

******

Ever since Wan Zhen sent experts from Dongchang to defend the Palace of Compassion and Peace, there were no more threatening letters. However, the Empress Dowager's rage did not improve, but became more serious.

The eunuchs and maids of the Compassionate Ning Palace were expelled and injured one after another, and the remaining people were less than half of the usual number.

The Palace of Compassion and Ning was short of manpower, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs had to prepare candidates for the Queen Mother to choose again, but before they could be sent over, another shocking news came—the Queen Mother's most powerful confidant, Nanny Wang, was strangled to death by the Queen Mother!

This sudden death, even the emperor Xiao Jing was alarmed.That's all for other palace people. This Wang Momo has been with the Queen Mother for more than ten years. She can be said to be the Queen Mother's most loyal cadre. It is absolutely impossible to betray her. What happened that made the Queen Mother even her most trusted person strangled?

Xiao Jing sent several imperial physicians to consult with the queen mother. The imperial physicians studied for a day and a night and came to the conclusion that the queen mother may have a problem with her sanity, so she often rages and hurts others.Because the empress dowager is emotionally unstable and often suffers from headaches, in this case, she needs to rest quietly, and don't leave too many people around, so as not to irritate the empress dowager and make her hysteria worse.

Xiao Jing followed the advice of the imperial physician and only kept the Queen Mother's closest palace servants, including four first-class court ladies including Zi Kui and the cat-raising eunuch Qian Xi, and the rest were only waiting outside the palace and not allowed to enter the inner room to disturb Queen Mother.Xiao Jing also told Wan Zhen to ask Dongchang to strengthen supervision, restrict the queen mother from going out, and prevent the queen mother from going crazy and hurting people.

The empress dowager's scope of action was restricted to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and people from Dongchang looked after her. She should have had peace of mind, but disasters happened one after another.

The Empress Dowager was walking in the garden of the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility, when her pet Persian cat pounced on her and scratched her face severely. The Empress Dowager screamed, slipped on her feet, and fell backwards , The back of the head hit the ground, and the person fell into a coma all at once.

So the imperial physicians were summoned again for a consultation, they gave needles and poured medicine, and the emperor and queen also came to serve the medicine in person, but they couldn't make the queen mother wake up.

At this point, everyone has an ominous premonition.

Sure enough, in the early morning three days later, the sad news of the Queen Mother's death came...