Kangxi's salted fish queen

The empress dowager's unceremonious words made Concubine Tong look a little ugly for a while, she couldn't help lowering her eyelashes, and fell silent.

But the Empress Dowager seemed to be very dissatisfied with Concubine Tong for some reason, even though Concubine Tong didn't say a word at the moment, it still made the Empress Dowager feel displeased: "I'm already sick, but I'm so sick. It's bitter, I don't have to let the Ai family see it, and I feel very uncomfortable."

What the Empress Dowager said made Concubine Tong subconsciously clenched her lips. She raised her eyes to look at the Empress Dowager, and felt that although the face was much older than she remembered, the sharp eyes still scared her heart. After jumping, Concubine Tong could only swallow her anger and replied: "It's all the concubine's fault, you offended the Empress Dowager, it's just..."

Concubine Tong bit her lip, with a look of hesitation on her face, and the Empress Dowager was used to seeing women in the palace acting like this, she just looked at Concubine Tong with a half-smile and didn't answer, it was Concubine Tong herself Unable to hold back any longer, he slowly explained his intentions.

"The concubine originally didn't want to disturb the empress dowager's peace with those mundane things, but now the emperor is very fond of the jade concubine, and somehow he let a lowly maidservant in a coat go to a high position. Where are those noble girls with innocent family backgrounds in the palace?"

Concubine Tong avoided the seriousness and said lightly, and after she said a long series of words, she raised her eyes to look at the Empress Dowager, but she didn't want to be frightened by the empress dowager's cold expression and froze in place.

"The Ai family doesn't know, Concubine Tong's hand is getting longer and longer. Now there is no owner in the middle palace. The emperor and the Ai family discussed the matter of canonizing the concubine. What is the intention of Concubine Tong's words?"

Concubine Tong did not expect that Kangxi and the Empress Dowager had already reported it, and the reason was strong, and she was shocked and frightened by what the Empress Dowager said.

It's just that the fear in her heart is not enough to make Concubine Tong forget her purpose of coming here today.

"The concubine doesn't know what's going on, and I ask the empress dowager to forgive me for the offending words. It's just what the concubine said just now, and every sentence is from the bottom of my heart. That jade concubine's birth is too humble.

But now that the emperor loves the jade concubine so much, I am afraid that the birth of the eldest son of the emperor is just around the corner. Do you really want the eldest son of the emperor to be raised by the empress dowager? "

Concubine Tong blurted out these words in a hurry, but the Empress Dowager's face froze. Then she looked at Concubine Tong, supported Lagu Su Ma's hand and walked slowly towards the hall, and asked as she walked, "What's wrong with you?" What about your opinion?"

The Empress Dowager asked casually, but after hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Concubine Tong already knew that the Empress Dowager had listened to what she said just now, but this old godmother was really difficult to deal with.

"Although the jade concubines have won the emperor's favor, they are all just a bit of coquetry. How can they be the head of the six concubines?"

"Kung Fu, is it because you have completely forgotten the two previous rescues of the concubine? This time the canonization of the concubine is also the emperor's compensation for her."

The Empress Dowager dismissed Concubine Tong's proposal lightly, and Concubine Tong's heart sank when she heard what the Empress Dowager said.

Although Na Wuya's status is extremely lowly, but luck is extremely good, he saved the emperor twice in a row, the emperor is the ninth-five-year-old, the wealth and life are so precious, even if she is rewarded with a concubine, it is okay, but...

Now that the Wuya family has been conferred the title of concubine, if Ruodan gives birth to an heir, will he be equal to himself?

"Empress Dowager, you mean to let this girl's family dominate, and then the entire palace will become the world of the wrapped servant?

It doesn't matter if the concubine waits, but the concubine heard that the daughter of Prince Horqin Darhan has reached the age of Huaxin, and that she admires the emperor very much..."

Concubine Tong hesitated to speak, but the expression on the Empress Dowager's face really relaxed a bit, but Concubine Tong's words were not enough to shake the Empress Dowager's mind.

The emperor is getting older now, so that he doesn't let himself intervene in ordinary matters. This time, Dafeng's harem can communicate with him first, which already makes the empress dowager feel extremely excited.

Therefore, the empress dowager did not persuade the emperor to make Wen Ya a concubine, but what Concubine Tong said also had its reasons.

Nowadays, there is no lord of the harem in the harem, so if one inherits the great lineage, it is better for the eldest son of the emperor.

And if the eldest son of the emperor was born in the belly of a noble daughter of Horqin who is of the same blood as him, that would be the best for him.

Concubine Tong saw the empress dowager's expression loosen, and then looked at the empress dowager's somewhat old face, pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "You are now in a state of energy, empress dowager, maybe you can still look at it by then. The eldest son of the emperor has grown up, but if the eldest son of the emperor is born by the jade concubine, will he be close to you by then?"

Concubine Tong said persuasively, this raised a thought in the Empress Dowager's mind, but then suppressed it, and gave Concubine Tong a meaningful look: "The Ai family didn't know when Concubine Tong was so clever, just mourning The family and the jade concubine have never been against each other, even if the jade concubine gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, the Ai family is his rightful mother, so how can we talk about being close or not?"

What the Empress Dowager said made Concubine Tong gnash her teeth even more, and at this moment the Empress Dowager was already sitting at the head.

Concubine Tong had no choice but to support Huanyun's hand, and was not allowed to sit by the Empress Dowager, and she did not dare to sit down easily, and she was already a little tired from standing at the moment.

"Really? It's true that the jade concubine has never been against you, what about the emperor?"

As soon as Concubine Tong said this, the face of the Empress Dowager immediately sank, she gave Concubine Tong a cold look: "What do you want to say to the Ai family?"

Concubine Tong took a deep breath and forced herself to suppress her pounding heart before she pretended to be calm and said.

"Only the concubines, the Empress Dowager and Aunt Su Mala know about that matter, but even if the Empress Dowager is quick to strike, there is no impenetrable wall in this world...

Guess whether the emperor knows about that matter now or not? Once the emperor has doubts about that matter, the prince in this palace, unless it is the daughter of Horqin born with your family, or the child of a concubine Besides, do you think the emperor will let you get in touch with other princes? "

"Are you threatening Aijia?"

The Empress Dowager looked at Concubine Tong coldly, and spoke in a cold tone, which made Concubine Tong shudder subconsciously.

"Chen and concubine dare not."

Concubine Tong knelt down as she spoke, while the Empress Dowager was holding her hand, staring high and high. After a long time, she said lightly: "You came to Yi Ai's family today and already knew about it, but Ai's family didn't expect it. Eyelids are so shallow, I just think about Yubi, why don't you think about why you can't give birth to a prince or princess?"

"Is the empress dowager making fun of the concubine? Now that the entire palace is closed, no one knows that the emperor has not stepped into the concubine's palace for a long time!"

Concubine Tong has already said what she said boldly just now, and now she is even more fearless. The Empress Dowager is also held by the side at this moment, she never cared about Concubine Tong's offense, she just looked at Concubine Tong It took a long time for the imageless appearance to sigh softly.

"Forget it, the Ai family doesn't embarrass you. The Ai family has already noted this matter. Don't worry, the Ai family will arrange it later."

The empress dowager's words were like a reassurance, which made Concubine Tong feel relieved, and she almost passed away. When Concubine Tong passed behind her, a smile appeared on her face, and she sincerely gave the empress dowager After paying a salute, he left the Compassionate Ning Palace with the support of Concubine Tong.

After Concubine Tong left, the Empress Dowager was still staring at the wide-open palace door, and did not speak for a long while. On the contrary, Aunt Su Mala, who was beside her, looked at the Empress Dowager's appearance, made a cup of hot tea and placed it in the palace. The Empress Dowager's hand.

"You know Concubine Tong's temper, so why bother to provoke her like that just now."

"Ai Jia just wanted to see if she was as stupid as she was when she was a child.

Fortunately, Concubine Tong is not the right-hand man of the Ai family, otherwise the Ai family would have pushed her out as a shield long ago!

A selfish, stupid woman who only knows about an acre of land in front of her, so why should she take her to heart? "

"But, in the final analysis, Concubine Tong is also from Tong Jia's family. Even for Empress Xiaokangzhang's sake, Concubine Tong's future is bright!"

"Really? When she threatened Aijia with that incident, didn't she know that the higher she climbed in the future, the better a knife in Aijia's hand?

I gave up a mountain that was more beneficial to her, but now I want to use this to turn against the water and threaten Aijia, what a joke! "

When the Empress Dowager said this, a sharp light flashed in her eyes, and she lived up to her former amiable appearance. Lagu Su Ma, who was used to serving at the side, couldn't help being surprised when she saw it.

This harem is really a big dye vat, and the innocent little girl that Ge Ge used to be has turned into what she is now...

However, Gege is the person I vowed to follow when I was young, no matter how Gege has become, I will always protect Gege!

Aunt Lagu Su Ma thought about it, a glint of light flashed in her eyes, and then she whispered in the ear of the Empress Dowager: "I got up this morning and I heard that there was an accident in the Imperial Garden. I heard that the accident happened. A palace official in Chuxiu Palace."

"People from Chuxiu Palace? If the Ai family remembers correctly, the Emperor's heart is in Chuxiu Palace."

"That's right, the palace lady died in a miserable state, and she was watched by the big palace maid next to Empress Yubi. I'm afraid that the whole palace will be in turmoil again soon."

"It's just that someone died in the palace, so why keep talking about it?"

"It's fine if it's an ordinary way of death, but you don't know that the palace maid died terribly..."

Aunt Su Ma said so, but then paused:

"However, we have seen such a tragic death in the palace, it is not worth anything. But this is the first time I have seen the ability to defecate alive."

"The big change?"

The Empress Dowager glanced at Aunt Su Ma suspiciously, and then she heard La Aunt Su Ma say softly: "It is said that the palace maid died tragically, but this servant thinks that the person who died for her in the lake was the one who died for her." Injustice."

"Stand-in... Tsk, it seems that the palace will be lively again in the future, but these have nothing to do with Aijia. Aijia remembers that the newly promoted beauty prescriptions from below have a good effect, and people can use them .”

……

In the back hall of Chuxiu Palace, Wen Ya has been in a daze because of hearing about the matter of Hanyu today, while Concubine Ma Jiashu in front of her is already preparing to move to the palace, so there is a lot of noise in front of her, which makes her very uncomfortable.

After finally waiting for Concubine Ma Jiashu to tidy up and move out of Chuxiu Palace, it was already afternoon.

It's just because she has something on her mind, so Wen Ya doesn't have a good lunch at the moment, even though it's almost evening, she still doesn't have much appetite.

"Master, what happened today? That Han is not worthy of master's worrying about her."

Perrin stood aside and looked at Wen Ya worriedly, but Wen Ya just shook her head slightly and did not speak.

She didn't do this just because of the matter of Hanyu, it was because what Ruo Liu said today made her feel physically strange.

It was a living human life, and it just disappeared in a deep palace like this!

I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me. Once this thought arose in Wen Ya's heart, Wen Ya felt that everything was wrong in her heart, but at this moment there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then she heard Kangxi's familiar voice.

"Worried? What is Ruyu worried about?"

Kangxi asked like this, but Wen Ya didn't know how to say it, she just saluted silently, then lowered her head and didn't speak.

Seeing this, Kangxi pondered for a moment, then looked at Pei Lan who was standing beside him: "Your master doesn't want to say it, so you say it."

Peilan looked at Wen Ya, then at Kangxi biting her lower lip, not knowing what to do.

Simply being gentle and not wanting to embarrass Peilan too much, she only pulled Peilan aside, and then said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's not an important matter, so I don't want this to bother you."

"It's really not an important thing? You usually pay attention to eating and drinking well, and everything is worry-free. Today, you let this girl talk about worrying, which is enough to show that this matter is very important to you, and what do you say? It's the most important thing, and it's also the most important thing for me."

"This... You were busy with things in the previous dynasty, so you don't need to get entangled in this matter, it's just that the concubine's mind can't finish it for a while."

Wen Ya spoke like this, but at the end, seeing Kangxi's irresistible eyes, Wen Ya sighed in a low voice, and then said what happened today.

"There is such a thing!"

As Kangxi spoke, he jumped up against the case, and then called Liang Jiugong in:

"I don't know that a person disappeared in this huge palace for no reason, or a person who was tortured, and there is no trace! Liang Jiugong, check it out for me!"

After Liang Jiugong got the order, he hurried out and assigned the tasks one by one. He was also puzzled about this matter. Anyone who has a discerning eye in the Chuxiu Palace now knows that the emperor has a sharp heart, but at this juncture there are still people. Going forward to stroke the tiger's beard, it is really very daring.

Although the palace lady is small, but the master of this palace lady is not something that others can belittle at will. If she can be dealt with by that palace lady silently today, how will she know if she will do anything to Chuxiu Palace in the future?

After Kangxi finished giving his orders, he held Wen Ya's hand:

"Presumably Ruyu was frightened for a while today, don't worry, I will let a team of guards patrol outside your palace regularly in the future, and today's incident will never happen again."

As Kangxi said so, Wen Ya felt the warm temperature between her fingers, and her heart moved slightly for a moment.

She knew what Kangxi meant, but what she was worried about was not the strangeness of Han's disappearance.

After all, Hanyu had already done something against the master, which made her disappear without a sound. She must have left Chuxiu Palace on her own, so the safety of Chuxiu Palace was not as serious as Kangxi thought.

But she cared more about another matter...

"Your Majesty, I, my concubine..."

Wen Ya wanted to express what was in her heart because of the warmth attached to the back of her hand, but she opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.

"In the future, you don't have to be so restrained in front of me, just call yourself me, and I am the same."

Kangxi spoke softly, then raised his hand casually to take off Wen Ya's hairpin, letting that black hair cascade down like a waterfall, and then touched it lightly twice.

Wen Ya raised her eyes to look at Kangxi, and there was a faint warmth in the air for a while.

Kangxi paused, then put his hand on Wen Ya's shoulder, and gently hugged Wen Ya close to him.Wen Ya froze at first, then relaxed, leaning lightly on Kangxi's chest, listening to the regular heartbeat, she felt her mind gradually calmed down.

That's good too, there's no need to look into the eyes of the emperor, so that I don't know what to say.

"I'm here, if you have anything to worry about, just tell me and listen to me."

Wen Ya pursed her lips, said something in her heart, and then said slowly: "Does your majesty still remember the palace search?"

Kangxi nodded, and thought that Wen Ya must not be able to see his actions at the moment, so he said "remember" in a low voice.

Wen Ya continued to slowly tell Kangxi about Nahan's actions before, and also expressed her previous intentions. Afterwards, Wen Ya's voice became lower and lower: "...Although she betrayed the Lord, I didn't want to. He personally dealt with her, only wanting to let the person behind the scenes make her suffer, but he didn't expect to ruin her life.

Although she is not loyal to me, I don't want her to lose her life because of it..."

Wen Ya's words made Kangxi couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and then put his hand on Wen Ya's shoulder, exerting a little force.

That's right, only such a peaceful and equal country can give birth to such a lively and vigorous girl in his memory.

It's just that Ruyu is benevolent, but in this palace that cannibalizes people without spit out bones, that is absolutely unacceptable.

Although Kangxi thought so in his heart, but remembering Wen Yan's trembling voice just now when he mentioned that, he couldn't bear to explain the matter clearly.

However, persuasion is still necessary.

"For the matter of Hanyu, it is because she made a mistake first, and Ruyu doesn't need to use her mistakes to punish herself."

"But……"

Wen Ya wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Kangxi:

"Since Ruyu is worried about this matter, I would like to tell Ruyu that I have captured all the ministers of the court, Oboi, under my command before that.

Afterwards, in order to stabilize the court, I cut off all of Oboi's henchmen. At that time, the blood at the gate of the vegetable market was still red even after it had been washed by heavy rain for several days. A worthless person? "

"How can this be the same?"

"Why is it different? This is the case in the court, and it is even more so in the harem."

"But she is not guilty of death..."

"How does Ruyu know that in the eyes of the person behind her, she is not guilty enough to die?"

Kangxi's question made Wen Ya completely silent, and then Kangxi looked at Wen Ya, and held Wen Ya's slightly cold fingertips.

"I heard from you just now that I knew the news after breakfast. I must have never used lunch well, right? It just so happens that I have already arranged for the cook in your small kitchen, so let them give it to you tonight." It doesn't matter if Zhang Luo has a table of good food, how about widening your heart?"

Wen Ya did not refuse Kangxi's thoughtful words, and even showed a smile on her face, which made Pei Lan, who had been watching from the side, breathe a sigh of relief.

"Then thank the emperor."

Kangxi smiled, then squeezed Wen Ya's hand and continued to ask:

"Since it's your first day in the small kitchen in the palace, you can tell them what you want to eat."

After Kangxi said so, Wen Ya really thought about it, and although it is early spring, the weather has not warmed up, especially the wind and cold at night, and Wen Ya didn't take good lunch today, so that at this moment I really feel I'm a little hungry.

"If you want to eat a pot of white soup, it is best to prepare some thinly sliced ​​beef and mutton, mix a fragrant and spicy oil dish, rinse and dip it...

Add some more radishes and the like in it, and you can drink soup while eating. Thinking about it, I feel very comfortable. "

Kangxi looked at Wen Ya talking about eating with extra energy at this moment, and couldn't help but smile faintly at the corners of his lips, and the fact that he could still eat proved that his consolation just now was effective.

"Okay, okay, what Duyi Ruyu said is that some new Tan sheep just happened to be sent from Jingyuan County. This Jingyuan lamb meat is famous far and wide, and it will be disposed of by the imperial dining room in a while, and it will be sent over. .”

Naturally, Wen Ya didn't respond to this, and when the two of them talked to each other, they settled down the evening's affairs.

After receiving the order, Pei Lan walked out briskly, and nodded slightly to Ruo Liu who was guarding outside, and Ruo Liu heaved a sigh of relief.

"If I had known that I would not have told Awen after I found out about it today, it would have made Awen unhappy all day today."

Ruo Liu walked gently to Pei Lan's side, and the two walked slowly towards the small kitchen.

Hearing Ruoliu's extremely regretful words, Pei Lan shook her head lightly: "I don't blame sister Ruoliu for this matter, it's just because the master's heart is too kind."

"Yeah, Ah Wen has always been the most tempered. Then Hanyu has harmed us before, but Ah Wen is also worried because of her murder."

As Ruo Liu spoke, she pursed her lips in displeasure.

From her point of view, Han Ju was not worthy of Wen Ya when she was real, because she couldn't eat lunch today.

"Master's benevolence is a good thing for us, but we know that master's benevolence is just that. From now on, we need you and me to guard against master's side, so that no one will use his benevolence to harm him. "

Pei Lan said with a serious face, and Ruo Liu also changed his face immediately, and responded seriously.

"What you said is very true. What happened today must not be spread."

After Ruo Liu said this, she glanced at Pei Lan, and the two of them had a very tacit understanding to press down on today's matter and not to mention it.

With Kangxi's order, a Jingyuantan sheep was quickly slaughtered in the imperial dining room, and even according to Wen Ya's request, the fresh and tender lamb was sliced ​​into thin slices.

The imperial chef's knife skills were excellent, and he picked up a piece of thin mutton, and the faint light shining through the texture of the shredded meat was really worthy of the sentence "thin as onion's wings".

Compared with the mutton in front of me, the mutton that is quick-frozen for easy processing and cut into mutton rolls is really not worth mentioning.

After lightly rinsing the mutton in the pot and changing its color, Wen Ya dipped it in the oil dish specially prepared by the imperial dining room and put it in the mouth. Forget about it all, just immerse your whole body and mind in the deliciousness of the mutton meat.

Due to the special geographical location of Jingyuan County, the Tan sheep that grow here eat the common medicinal herbs that are naturally grown here, and drink the mountain spring water full of minerals. The meat is so tender that you can't easily taste the smell of mutton, only a faint aftertaste, which is just right.

After eating the mutton, he added some vegetables such as radishes to the mutton soup, and then drank a bowl of soup gently and beautifully. He only felt a pleasant atmosphere exuding from the whole pores, and the whole person was leaning against the Luohan bed. Big welcome pillow, don't want to move.

"I asked you to eat less just now, but you didn't listen, but now you're laying on the bed and don't want to move. Get up and go for a walk with me."

Kangxi looked at Wen Ya lazily leaning on the Arhat bed like a big fat cat, he was angry or smiling, and walked over to try to pull Wen Ya up.

"No, no, I was full just now, and now I feel sick to my stomach!"

Wen Ya quickly waved his hand, Kangxi glared at Wen Ya, and then he leaned on the big pillow with her, let Wen Ya lean in his arms, and gently massaged her belly with his hands.

"That's right! When will I have something good and I won't be thinking about you anymore. I haven't tasted the lamb meat yet, so I have someone bring it directly to you for cooking, but you still don't know how to restrain yourself. If this I'm feeling uncomfortable, but it's not me who is distressed?"

At this time, Kangxi is not like the king of a country, Wen Ya is like Sun Wukong who has been cursed by Tang Monk when he read it brokenly: "Your Majesty at night, don't talk about these things, it is really that the boiled mutton is so delicious. , The mutton I ate before and the one I ate today are simply the same!"

While begging for mercy, Wen Ya recalled the deliciousness of the hot-boiled mutton just now, and Kangxi couldn't help but nod her forehead: "You, you!"

But looking at Wen Yasheng's relaxed and joyful atmosphere, Kangxi still didn't say much.

Forget it, Ruyu is in a bad mood today, so it's better to eat more delicious food to make up for it, at worst, let her drink a cup of Xiaoshi tea before going to bed.

And Wen Ya is also full of food and drink at the moment, and she doesn't want to think about anything, it seems that the things that worried her so much today disappeared with a big meal.

And the biggest change this incident brought to Wen Ya was that it made her attitude towards Kangxi more relaxed.

She remembered what was said in those promotional articles before. If a man would persuade others, although he would use his own actual experience to persuade others, he could add "I have a friend" to cover it up, so he knew that men were naturally self-esteem.

But today, the majestic king of a country is willing to use his bad experiences to comfort her, even at the expense of self-deprecation...

Thinking of this, Wen Ya couldn't help but take a deep breath, and then smelled the smell of mutton.

Hey, I still want to eat!