After being robbed by the prince of the enemy country

"Is Qiu Wei's inspection going well?"

Dismissing the other officials at the Shangshutai, Huaizhen strolled to the Imperial Garden wearing a crane cloak on snow, and shook off the eyes and ears inside and outside the Heyang Hall, before asking Ning Yuanqiu who was following behind.

Ning Yuanqiu cupped his hands and replied: "Everything is going well, and the inspection will be completed in half a month."

Checking papers means that in the imperial examination, the examination papers that are judged to be failed by the examiner are re-examined to prevent the pearls of talented people from being dusted.

"Shangshutai is all Taifu's disciples. I have just ascended the throne, and there are not many civil servants I can trust. Aiqing has worked hard."

"The water in the Gongyuan is deep, and I am willing to help His Majesty find a way."

Ning Yuanqiu was framed by others back then, so that the number one scholar failed the ranking and was wronged. If he hadn't been appreciated by Huai Jiugu, who was still a prince, he might have to go to his hometown to farm with a full belly of talents. He himself suffered injustice, so naturally Don't want others to make the same mistakes.

Huaizhen was born as a general, and was of foreign blood. The civil officials in the court were not convinced, and they all respected Taifu Wen in private.

This time Qiu Wei was the first selection of talents after the new emperor ascended the throne. If Wen Teng's disciples controlled the whole process, the right to speak in the court would continue to be controlled by the Wen clan in the future.

Naturally, Huai Zhen couldn't sit still and was competing with these civil servants both openly and secretly.

A snowflake came, Huai Jiugu spread out his palms to catch it, looked up at the sky, and saw that thick clouds had covered half of the sun, thinking it was going to snow again.

He turned around and asked Wen Yan, "Your Majesty went to Yongning Palace to pay her respects this morning. Did you bring an umbrella? If not, you should hurry up and send it to him before the wind and snow hit him."

Wen Yan bent down and returned: "Xiangxiu is careful and thoughtful, she must be carrying an umbrella, your Majesty can rest assured."

Ning Yuanqiu thought of the ginger soup just now, and joked with a smile: "Your Majesty is not angry with the Empress?"

Huai Zhen smiled lightly, feeling extremely helpless, "How dare I be angry with him? Do you know why he asked someone to deliver ginger soup?"

Ning Yuanqiu listened attentively.

Huai Zhen complained: "On the wedding night in the bridal chamber, I sat on the stone steps outside the sleeping hall all night!"

"?!" Almost laughing out loud, Ning Yuanqiu endured hard work.

"He did know that it was windy and snowy last night, so he didn't know to send me a bowl of ginger soup!"

These words were so sour that the two guards who drank the ginger soup behind them began to tremble again, worried all the time that their heads would be lost.

Wen Yan saw that the guard drank a whole bowl of ginger soup, and Jun Shang drank a whole bowl of vinegar!

Then he smiled and said: "Your Majesty is not curious, why did the Queen know that a guard was beaten by the cold wind last night?"

Huaizhen: "?" I've been looking at sour ginger soup, but I really didn't think about it so carefully.

Wen Yan adjusted the black bear and crane cloak on Li Huaizhen, "This winter, a piece of black bear fur was tributed from the north, and His Majesty had someone make a crane cloak and send it to Qiwu Palace."

One word awakened Huai Jiugu, why didn't he remember that this black bear and crane cloak can only be found in Chushao Palace!

Wen Yan said exaggeratedly: "Yesterday in the middle of the night, the Queen suddenly threw this crane cloak out of the window, just right! It was put on Your Majesty!"

Ning Yuanqiu closed his eyes and blew: "The queen is really accurate!"

Huaizhen's eyes became hot, and he felt like a little sun was wrapped in the crane cloak, which warmed his heart.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! It's not good!!" At the right time, a young eunuch shouted and broke into Huai Zhen's sight, panting and saying:

"The concubine was stunned by the empress! Concubine Wen was beaten and cried by the empress!!"

Ning Yuanqiu: Whoa! ! !This is the day to blow up the harem!

At first, Huai Zhen thought it was Chu Shao who was being bullied, but it turned out that Chu Shao was bullying others, so it's okay.

"Why are you panicking, straighten your tongue before you speak!"

The little eunuch told everything that happened in Yongning Palace in detail.

Ning Yuanqiu, an outsider, felt that Chu Qingxu was unreasonable, after all, it was not too much for the concubine to ask him to serve tea.

Huaizhen, an insider, heard this, but his eyes lit up, and he asked the little eunuch, "You mean, the concubine asked me to choose a concubine, and the empress made a big fuss in Yongning Palace?"

This matter is too absurd. On the first day of the emperor's wedding, the emperor dared to offend the concubine, and even attacked the concubine in full view. Wen's face was swollen. No queen is as arrogant as Chu Shao!

The little eunuch faltered and couldn't figure out the cause and effect for a while, so he followed the words of the emperor and said: "It seems that it is for the selection of the concubine!"

Huaizhen's heart fluttered suddenly, his eyes gleamed with golden light, he grabbed Ning Yuanqiu, and was very excited: "Chu Shao is jealous! Chu Qingxu, he really still loves me!"

Ning Yuanqiu saw that Junshang was full of peach blossoms, although he was also happy for him, but he still advised: "The front and rear palaces restrain each other, this matter is too big, it must have spread."

Huai Zhen pulled back a bit of reason, "Then I will go to appease the emperor now, and promise him that I will not choose a concubine!"

"Your Majesty! That's not the point!" Ning Yuanqiu pulled Huai Zhen back, "The most important thing right now is the Yongning Palace! Your Majesty should go to appease the concubine immediately. If the concubine refuses to let go, the queen may not be able to escape the courtiers' attention this time." Verbal criticism!"

Offending the elders and beating the concubines, just for these two crimes, all the officials can die and remonstrate and abolish the empress!

Since Ning Yuanqiu is Huaizhen's confidant, it is absolutely impossible for him to harm Chu Shao. This time he considered it very rightly, so Huaizhen restrained the urge to wag his tail in Qiwu Palace and drove to Yongning Palace.

The wind and snow are getting stronger, and the snow on the ground is getting thicker.

Huai Jiu rushed to Yongning Palace in a hurry, but did not see Concubine Wen who was supposed to be punished to kneel outside the palace.

As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw the concubine with a pale face, drinking medicine under the attendant of the maid. The smell of the medicine was quite strong.

Seeing Huai Zhen approaching, Concubine Ning coughed weakly twice, before forcing out her usual smile, "Here is Zhen'er, sit down quickly."

"No need, concubine mother." Huaizhen's eyes fell on the teacup on the table, and he guessed that this was the tea that Chu Shao would not kneel down to serve the concubine, nor would he drink it.

"I heard that the empress had a misunderstanding with the concubine, so I came here to make amends on his behalf." Judging from the three years of upbringing, Huai Zhen was still willing to respect the concubine.

The smile on Concubine Ning's face froze again, "How can there be a reason why a minister makes a mistake and the emperor pleads guilty on his behalf?"

Although Chu Shao is a queen, he is still a courtier. In this world, only Huaizhen is the "lord".

"Xiao Shao is the official wife that my matchmaker is marrying. I don't care about the difference between the emperor and his ministers. We only talk about the unity of husband and wife. If he makes a mistake, it means that I make a mistake. If I apologize, it is he who makes an apology. I also hope that my mother and concubine will not criticize him any more."

What a husband and wife, so to speak, if someone dares to treat Chu Shao harshly, it is tantamount to slapping Huai Zhen in the face. Chu Shao is so willful and arrogant, presumably it is because of the emperor's majesty.

Concubine Ning smiled, not daring to tear herself apart with Huai Zhen, so she invited him again, "Sit down, Zhen'er, we mother and son haven't talked together for a long time."

Huaizhen still stood up straight, not intending to sit down, he stared at the cup of tea that was already cold on the table, "Daughter-in-law tea can only be drunk on the first day of the wedding, mother and concubine don't drink it today, I'm afraid it will make Shao'er fall It's nothing to talk about, so let's drink it in front of my son-in-law now."

"You..." The concubine clenched her sleeves tightly, "He doesn't even obey the etiquette of kneeling down to serve new tea, and beats Concubine Wen in my palace. Did he ever take me seriously?!"

"There are [-] etiquette rules and regulations in Qin Palace, but Chu Shao doesn't need to abide by any of them. What objection does the concubine mother have to this privilege given to me?"

The concubine's face turned blue, and she heard Huaizhen say confidently: "Concubine Wen just got three slaps from the queen, I haven't found out that her face hurt Chu Shao's palm, but she dared to ask the queen , where is she?"

Wen Yan on the side had already "pleased" Wen Rongyu who was hiding in the inner hall, Huai Zhen turned his head and saw that Wen's face was swollen from the beating, and he was in a panic.

When Wen Rongyu saw Huaizhen, he immediately knelt on the ground, grabbed the hem of Huaizhen's clothes, and cried: "The empress is domineering, please Your Majesty to be the master for my concubines!"

Huai Jiu lifted his feet and tore off the cloth that Wen Shi was holding, without even looking at her, "The empress punished you to kneel on the snow for two hours, why are you disobedient?"

The concubine made a break and said, "It's because I can't see Chu Shao's arrogance, so I spare Concubine Wen from punishment."

"The concubine mother really prefers the Wen family." Huai Zhen raised his hand and ordered: "The concubine Wen disrespected the emperor, so she provoked her casually, went to kneel in the snow, and reflected on it until dark!"

At this hour, we haven't even passed on lunch—it's more than two hours before dark.

Wen's face was full of astonishment and despair, she looked at the dowager on the main seat, and asked for help with her eyes.

As if the concubine had been slapped in the face by the emperor, she wanted to speak out to dissuade her, but Huai Zhen preemptively said, "Does the concubine even dare to object to my will?"

Concubine Ning could hear displeasure in his words, she couldn't make up her mind for a while, just between her consent and refusal, Wen Rongyu was dragged out of the palace by the maid.

The hall fell silent, Wen Yan received Huai Zhen's signal, and raised the cup of cold tea, and handed it to the concubine.

Huai Zhen said leisurely: "The world respects me, and the harem respects Chu Qingxu. If your mother and concubine want to keep the glory and peace in front of you, you'd better drink this tea."

"Zhen'er, are you threatening me?" Concubine Ning got up slowly, her eyes filled with disappointment and shock, "I raised you for three years anyway, and you actually threatened me for a Chu Qingxu?"

Huaizhen sighed softly, "I have never forgotten the kindness of nurturing you in those three years, so after I ascended the throne, I made you the only concubine, gave you a residence in Yongning Palace, and rewarded the Ning family. For the rest of my life, I think I have lived up to the three-year bond between mother and child."

He paused for a moment before pointing out something else, "Mother and Concubine, please don't worry, even if it's a critical moment of life and death, I will not be as wise as my Concubine and abandon you."

"You're still blaming me..." Toffee sat down on the soft chair with a sad face.

Huai Zhen said coldly: "I never dare to forget the 'kindness' of my mother and concubine."

He will never forget the pain of suffocation and dying when King Rui pushed him into the ice lake of the imperial garden, and he will never forget how Concubine Ning Guifei, who caught a glimpse of the rockery before falling into the water, sat idly and idly by.

"I have the fate to live to this day, and it all depends on my fate. I will never forget the 'graciousness' of my mother and concubine's unsaved back then."

The concubine closed her eyes, it was useless to be sad and regretful.

Wen Yan said at the right time: "Madam Taifei, please drink tea."

The tea was completely cold, and Concubine Ning raised her head and drank it all, only to feel that the tea was as cold as the snow water outside.

She thought that when Huaizhen fell into the icy lake, it was also so bitterly cold. If she had rescued him back then, the tea today might be warm.

"After drinking the tea, Qingxu did not disrespect her mother and concubine today, and please restrain the palace people. I don't want Qingxu to be criticized."

"As for Wen Rongyu, Chu Shao didn't kill Wen's today, it's already because of his kindness."

Huaizhen turned around and shook his sleeves, "Mother and concubine don't have to bring up the matter of choosing a concubine to embarrass Chu Shao. A Wen family thinks she is redundant, let alone accept other concubines."

Concubine Ning tremblingly asked: "Are you partial to him like this?"

Huaizhen didn't turn his head back, but his words clanged loudly: "I regard him as my life."

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