phoenix knot

"In the middle of the night, why did you run out and bump into her?" Wei Xiangwan saw the injuries on Su Mingyue and Xiao Moxue's body, and he felt pain.Su Mingyue was covered in bruises from her neck to her back, and her stomach was also kicked a few times. It's unknown if any internal organs were injured.Xiao Moxue's pretty face was swollen beyond recognition, blood was still oozing from the corner of her mouth.

Su Mingyue had been holding back tears just now, and at this time, she felt wronged for the rest of her life. When Concubine Ning came over with the wound medicine, she finally threw herself into Concubine Ning's arms and cried loudly

It turned out that she had heard that Xiao Moxue and Cheng Jiayin were serving the Queen Mother in Ruide Palace early in the morning, and she did not have anyone close to her in the palace. These two girls were recruited into the palace after being selected by the Su Mansion, and they were treated by Concubine Hui. If the child is abandoned, the three of them became sisters because of the pity for each other.Su Mingyue also inquired with them about the situation in the Su residence, to see if it was possible to release them from the palace and return to their parents and relatives.She herself is not very close to her father, and there is no one in her family who she misses, only a little maid, Hong Ling, and she doesn't know if she is still in Su's residence, but it is better than being in this palace, day and night, worrying and being on guard. It is better for Concubine Hui to harm herself.Back then when his mother was still alive, she was also Su Yunhai's successor. At that time, Su Jingxian did not dare to touch her. Later, not long after his mother passed away, Su Jingxian was selected into the palace.Now that she has no relatives or reasons in the palace, Su Jingxian has become the concubine Hui who covers the sky with one hand, is there any end to her hard life?

As for Xiao Moxue and Cheng Jiayin, they miss their parents, brothers and sisters at home even more. Although the emperor is young and vigorous, wise and powerful, he is not an annoying old man, but he loves him if he says he loves him. He stays in Changle Palace day and night to have fun. Having fun is unbearable, or if you say it is indifferent, it is indifferent. He was busy with the government and military affairs of the previous dynasty, and the war stopped deadlocked. He never visited the two of them.Let Concubine Hui send them to Ruide Palace to be with a strange woman with an indifferent expression who only knows how to eat fast and chant Buddha.

"Today is Sister Jiayin's 16th birthday. She is the youngest daughter in the family. She is the most loved by her parents and brothers. Now she is in the palace and cannot return home. The situation is bleak and sad. The Queen Mother is also a person who eats vegetarian food and recites Buddhism. , Suxi is pure and clean, we don’t want to hear anyone crying, we brought gifts for sister Jiayin’s birthday, we talked with her for a while, and comforted her, and I got up and left after she fell asleep. "Su Mingyue will tell the reason why he met Concubine Hui.

"Sister Mingyue didn't intend to return to Yanqing Palace until it was dark, and she never brought a lantern with her when she came. It was dark and slippery on this journey. I was afraid that she would fall, so I told the Queen Mother to hold the lantern and go with her." Come here, I can't sleep anyway, I want to talk more with my sister, so I simply rest in Yanqing Palace. Yuanjia Road is narrow, somehow I met that evil star." Speaking of this, Xiao Moxue burst into tears again, "Isn't it clear why she recruited us into the palace to compete for favor in the first place? But she never wanted to offend the emperor, so she turned around and abandoned us sisters."

The people in the room were full of grief and misery. Even Concubine Ning and Wei Changzai thought of their family members and wept together.

"It can't be so cheap, that poisonous woman, who abuses people for no reason, no way!" Wei Xiangwan protested, "Sister Mingyue, let's go, I will take you to Yongxuan Palace. I heard that the empress is returning to the palace today. , let's go to her and complain!"

"What time is it? The empress is busy with business, so she can't go now if she wants to file a complaint." Concubine Ning hastily dissuaded her.

"The Empress will not sit idly by, she must take care of this matter." Wei Xiangwan was not convinced.

"My little ancestor, I really can't go tonight. The empress wants to discuss important military and national affairs, so it's fine if you go and bump into her!"

"The Empress hates the harem oppressing the innocent the most. I know she is busy, so we won't disturb her. We will wait outside the gate of Yongxuan Palace and ask the eunuch to report when she is finished." Wei Xiangwan Speaking of which, she was already gearing up, and pulled Su Mingyue and Xiao Moxue to file a complaint.

"Now that the enemy is at hand, you, the empress, have the time to take care of your affairs? Don't make her unhappy. She has killed the enemy before. It's not common for her to stab you through with a single sword." thing!"

When Concubine Ning said this, Su Mingyue was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly and broke away from Wei Xiangwan, "This is not a joke! Our personal grievances are not worth mentioning in front of military affairs." Then he said, "But having said that, In all dynasties, the harem was not allowed to interfere in internal affairs. In the Tang Dynasty, the Empress Wu was also called the emperor. In the Song Dynasty, she was very afraid and controlled women very tightly. How can our empress hold such power? Doesn’t the emperor fear her?"

"The emperor said that our empress is the rebirth of Zhong Wuyan and Mu Guiying, and he is not Xuan Wang Huizong, nor Li Zhi who is incompetent and sickly. It is said that the empress made a marriage promise back then, and the emperor was still the king of Yan at that time. Your Highness, on the eve of the emperor's death, he went to the Liang Mansion to snatch the queen. The queen also liked the emperor, so she willingly became Princess Yan. Sheng Lin passed the court, which was personally agreed to by the king of Yan when he snatched the marriage. Even if the civil and military opposition of the Manchu dynasty was opposed, the old general Liang personally persuaded him, but he didn't take it seriously. But later, Xu said that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. There were disagreements, coupled with the repeated persuasion of General Liang, the empress retired to the harem and no longer went to court."

"I've never heard of this."

"The harem is not allowed to discuss this matter. What I said today, you should not reveal it tomorrow. One day, two young eunuchs talked behind their backs about our empress's coming to court. The emperor heard it and beat him to death. In front of Lan Yi Palace in Yongxuan Palace."

"Ah!" Wei Xiangwan covered his mouth, "You never told me about this."

"The queen has been in court for less than a month, so only a few people know about it. Most of the concubines in the harem were brought in later, so they don't necessarily know about it. And the little eunuch who was killed was the one in the queen's palace. , who dares to discuss after this?"

"Sister Concubine Ning also came to the palace later, how did she know that the queen was once in court?"

Concubine Ning shook her round fan and smiled slightly, "I won't say who told me. If you want to tell others in the future, don't tell me that I heard it from here. I don't want to be beaten to death by the emperor."

Su Mingyue sighed, "So, in the final analysis, the emperor has betrayed his promise. In his heart, he really doesn't like the empress to fight against him and call him the second sage. The promise made by His Royal Highness King Yan back then was just an expedient measure, in order to get the empress. You Said, did he fall in love with the queen, or the talent of the queen, and the Liang family behind her. After all, it was the queen and her brothers who were responsible for his life and death. "

"It seems inappropriate for us to talk about the Son of Heaven like this?" Xiao Moxue said tremblingly.

Concubine Ning covered her face with a round fan, Wei Xiangwan covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and everyone seemed to know it. "It's getting late, go to sleep!"

In the middle of the night, when Su Mingyue couldn't sleep due to the pain on her body, Wei Xiangwan suddenly slipped into the room and slipped into the gauze curtain.

She made a silent gesture, "I've been thinking about it all night, and the more I think about it, the more I get annoyed. Let's go find the Empress without telling Concubine Ning. She should have finished her official duties now."

"Are you still thinking of filing a complaint?"

"I miss the empress, so there's no need to file a complaint. Let's see what's going on. If she's tired after a busy day, forget it. Just take a look from afar."

"Or... let's go tomorrow."

"Where will we see her tomorrow, maybe he rode a horse and led the army to go out."

Su Mingyue sat up and thought for a while, "Okay, I'll go with you. It's not for complaint, I just want to meet the empress, and see what this strange woman, Zhong Wuyan and Mu Guiying, looks like when she is reborn. .”

"Can't wait for tomorrow?"

"You said, I won't see you tomorrow, I don't know when I will see you again."

"go!"