My heart hurts when I mention the abolition

A servant's flustered sound broke the blooming flowers in the back garden, and the joy was harmonious.

Mrs. Ningyuan Hou ran to the front yard in a panic, leaving the rest of the ladies to entertain the ladies in the back garden.

He Yourong frowned silently.

The noble ladies gathered together one after another, talking to each other.

"What happened? Why did Mrs. Ningyuan Hou leave in such a hurry?"

"What did the boy say?"

"It seems that something happened to Ningyuanhou's Mansion?"

As they spoke, everyone turned their gazes to Yuan Ruru and Chen Yining who were at the side.

Yuan Ruru was extremely flustered, "I, I'll go and see."

She was about to lift her feet, but saw a few servants rushing in from the backyard, and these servants shouted one after another.

"It's not good, madam, go back quickly, something happened to He Shangshu!"

"Ma'am, Master Qin has been brought back!"

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Four or five names were reported in a row.

He Yourong's complexion changed drastically, and he raised his foot to rush over there. The noble girls behind him, including Yuan Ruru and Chen Yining, were stunned for a moment, and immediately followed quickly.

After walking around, I happened to hear the young servant report, "Ma'am, the master was carried back from the palace in a faint."

Mrs. He turned pale, and subconsciously asked, "What's going on?"

After she finished speaking, her heart skipped a beat, she bit her lip in annoyance, and immediately wanted to take back the words, how could the family affairs be spread out rashly, she was just impatient and didn't think carefully, so she asked the question quickly.

However, before she could tell him to shut up, the servant had already uttered his heart outright.

"Your Majesty is in the courtroom today. You must not ask for the abolition of the imperial edict. Otherwise, you will be punished with the crime of treason. The master and several adults knelt down to express their inappropriateness to the emperor. Who would have thought that the emperor's idea is very firm. See the master They insisted on what they said, so they punished the master and they knelt outside the hall, and the master, the master and a few adults just knelt down and passed out."

The whole back garden was silent.

After a long time, a lady poked at the lady next to her, and said blankly, "What is he talking about? Did you hear me clearly?"

"I, I heard clearly... But, I don't seem to understand." The lady returned the same blank and gradually shocked expression.

"Sister He, I, did I hear you right?" The lady next to He Yourong looked over in disbelief.

"He is, he is saying, the emperor, not only did the emperor not abolish the queen's position, but instead, he ordered that no one should be allowed to ask for the abolition of the empress?"

Her voice was tightly pinched into a thin thread, rolling into people's ears, like countless pieces of iron rubbing against each other, clamoring and drilling straight into people's heads, buzzing, and having a splitting headache.

He Yourong's face turned pale little by little, for a long time, her body swayed in a trance, her lips parted slightly, and she murmured almost silently.

"Impossible, impossible..."

Mrs. He left in a hurry with He Yourong, not only them, but all the invited guests hurried home.

Firstly, I was worried about the master at home, and secondly, since such a major event happened in the Ningyuanhou Mansion, I must not have the intention to entertain them anymore.

After everyone left, the ladies told their servants to clean up the back garden, and hurried to the main courtyard.

main house.

The doctor came out and said to the old lady in charge and several gentlemen and wives: "Master Hou is fine, but his body is very tired and dehydrated, and he will be fine after resting for two more days."

"Dr. Zhang is here."

"The old man left a warm and nourishing prescription. As long as the old lady takes it regularly for Master Hou three meals a day, it will be fine in four or five days."

"Okay, housekeeper, seal a red envelope of 50 taels and send Dr. Zhang out."

"Thank you, old lady."

After the old doctor left, everyone looked at the inner room covered by layers of curtains, and the anxiety between their brows could no longer be concealed.

They have already heard about what happened in the palace, but the specific inside story has to wait for Lord Hou to wake up.

Yuan Ruru had been in a dazed state ever since she heard the outline of what had happened. At this moment, she followed the crowd to her parents' yard in a daze, her mind still not turning around.

Seeing the worried expressions on everyone's faces, she suddenly recovered from a stunned state to a half-stunned state.

All this is a dream, right?

Turning his head, he happened to see Chen Yining's cold and indifferent expression, which was at odds with the whole family, and the shock, reluctance, and jealousy in his heart suddenly turned into anger.

"Chen Yining! You vicious woman! Are you happy now?"

Chen Yining turned her head and looked at her coldly.

Mrs. Ning Yuanhou frowned slightly, walked over dissatisfied, and scolded her, "Your father is recuperating, what are you making so much noise about?"

Yuan Ruru pointed at Chen Yining and complained, "Mother, the family suddenly encountered such a catastrophe. Not only did she not worry and worry along with her, but she acted like a normal person. According to my daughter, such an unvirtuous and unfilial person should be beaten up." Pause, then throw her in the ancestral hall and let her fend for herself."

Mrs. Ning Yuan Hou looked at Chen Yining who was standing quietly beside her, her expression gradually became gloomy.

"Big……"

"Big daughter-in-law!"

Mrs. Ning Yuanhou paused, turned her head, at some point, the old lady came out, she responded respectfully, and stepped forward to hold the old lady's arm.

The old lady gave Chen Yining a serious look, and said suddenly: "The juniors in the family have always been raised by you personally, and Sister Ru grew up under your knees. Is this how you teach her to disrespect the elder sister-in-law?"

Madam Ning Yuanhou was startled, she withdrew her palm and stood respectfully, "Daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law..."

"And Sister Ru, my family has been teaching you how to read and learn etiquette for so many years. Is this how you study and understand etiquette?"

Yuan Ruru was shocked and puzzled, her lips trembled slightly, "Grandma, grandma, I, I..."

The old lady calmly ordered: "Come here, press the young lady to the ancestral hall and kneel there overnight."

Out of the corner of her eyes, she caught sight of Madam Ningyuan Hou's face turning pale, ready to move, her eyes suddenly sank, and she lowered her voice, "No one is allowed to intercede, or we will kneel together!"

Mrs. Ningyuan Hou paused, and after a while, she turned her head away with a pale face.

Yuan Ruru was escorted away in disbelief, leaving behind an oppressive silence.

The old lady turned to Chen Yining, her gloomy face softened slightly, "Daughter-in-law, I heard that sister Lin was ill a few days ago, you don't have to wait here, go back and take care of sister Lin first."

Then he said to the nurse next to him: "Bring that 500-year-old ginseng from my warehouse and send it to Sister Lin."

Chen Yining did not refuse, "Thank you grandma, then the granddaughter-in-law will leave first."

On the way back, fearing that the surrounding walls would have ears, Shuangwen kept suppressing her excitement and ecstasy until she returned to her own yard, where her wife would never let the news out. Unable to stop, she squatted down, her eyes were red and she said: "Miss, our second lady's status is stable."

She was so excited that she even called out the title of Chen Yining's boudoir.

Chen Yining sat down blankly, staring blankly at the front, her sight was empty and not focused anywhere, her whole mind seemed to float to the far sky, floating out of this cage full of shackles, in a trance, she seemed to return to When I was young, I lived in the mansion with my second sister, imagining the prosperous and prosperous years in the future.

I don't know how long it has passed, but the mind has not yet returned, but the body has responded honestly——

Two lines of clear tears fell slowly, her calm lips/petals trembled suddenly, the trembling became more and more intense, frequent and sudden, she hugged Shuangwen in front of her, crying silently.

Shuang Wen choked back and hugged her daughter, as if she was constantly comforting and affirming, she murmured: "Girl, don't cry, our good days are yet to come, as long as the second girl doesn't fail, our Chen family still has hope. As long as the Chen family has hope, we will always have support behind us."

Talking nonsense, she suddenly thought of something, and she smirked, "Girl, look, the news just came out from the palace, and the palace treated us differently immediately, so Yuan Ruru was never so arrogant and domineering in the past, why isn't she being punished to kneel now?" After leaving the ancestral hall, even the madam dare not intercede."

"Do you still remember what my wife said a few days ago? My wife said that there is still hope for our Chen family, let us hold on. Look, hope is coming now."

Chen Yining wept silently, and shuddered silently while clinging to Shuangwen's body.

After a long time, a firm sigh came from the room, "You are right, everything can be expected in the future."

After a while, she suddenly thought, "Hurry up, hurry up and report to the family, and tell the family the good news of this day."

"Hey!"

Chen House.

"You, you said yesterday that the emperor issued an edict that would not be abolished?"

The Second Madam of the Chen family stared at the young servant, clutching the handkerchief tightly in her hand. She was always dressed elegantly and simply but could not conceal her luxury. She was only wearing plain clothes and a jade hairpin on her head. Looking at the servant in front of her, her excitement and urgency could not be concealed on her face.

"Yes, yes, back to the second lady, I heard you right. The emperor issued an edict yesterday, and he will not abolish our empress's seat. For this reason, he severely punished a large number of ministers who used this to give advice. I heard that many All the honorable ministers were brought back after they fainted, including He Shangshu from He Laoxiangguo's mansion."

Mrs. Chen Er sat back down, feeling numb. After a while, she raised her handkerchief to cover her face, crying bitterly, "Mother, Sister Zhen."

"That's great! That's great! The sky will never die, our Chen family!" The old man of the Chen family leaned on the chair, tears filled his eyes, and he couldn't contain his excitement.

Mrs. Chen was also very excited, but after all she was old and had experienced a lot, so she controlled the excitement in her heart in a blink of an eye, pondered for a while, corrected her expression, and said to everyone present: "It is a good thing that your mother has not been abolished." , we can only be happy for the empress, but at this critical moment, we should be more low-key and cautious, it is best to let the emperor forget us, and we must not drag the empress down because of us."

"I'll just leave my words here today. If anyone dares to do something that drags down the family and the empress, don't blame the old man for being ruthless. Our Chen family can't tolerate such people!"

The rest of the people stood up one after another, bowed their heads and responded: "It's natural, I will never do things that drag down the family and the empress. If anyone dares to commit a crime, I will definitely be the first to spare him!"

After speaking, everyone opened their mouths and laughed together.

Before the Chen family collapsed, the two masters of the family were arrested, and then the news spread in the palace that the empress asked to abolish the Queen's position. Everyone felt that the Chen family was about to fall!

Haze and heaviness enveloped the hearts of everyone in the Chen family. These days, they were lifeless, eating, sleeping, and dazed like numb corpses, desperate and mournful, not knowing what to do in the future.

But at this time, the emperor's edict came out, and a sprout suddenly sprouted from the rotten wood of the Chen family. Although it was very small and fragile, it was called hope and light.

As long as, as long as the empress does not fall, as long as the empress and the emperor can take a step forward, their Chen family's desperate life will immediately grow into a towering tree, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth in the blink of an eye, and making a comeback in a violent storm!

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Master He was also one of the people who was carried back. When he was carried back to the He Mansion, the family members were all terrified, thinking that his lord had done something irreversible and treasonous, which offended the Holy Majesty.

After the guards and eunuchs in the palace left, Mr. He woke up immediately. He drove everyone out, leaving only a few masters and wives and the old masters who had retired, Mr. He Xiangguo and Mrs. He.

Hearing what happened in the palace, everyone present was shocked, and then fell into silence in silence.

After a while, Mr. He's younger brother, the fourth master who is currently a minor official in the Imperial Academy, asked his eldest brother, "What does the emperor mean by this?"

Master He didn't answer, but turned to look at his father, Mr. He Xiangguo.

He Lao Xiangguo stroked his beard and was lost in thought. After a long time, Fang deliberated and said, "There are two possibilities. One is that the emperor is deeply in love with the queen and does not want to abolish the queen, and the other is that the emperor wants to use the queen to restrain us." , I don’t want the queen to appear in any of our families.”

After a pause, he guessed, "According to the emperor's temperament and the experience of these years, we can almost be sure that this is the second possibility."

"As for the first possibility, the possibility is extremely low. Just look at the emperor's attitude towards the empress in the future. I heard that the empress is now living in Zhongcui Palace, and she no longer holds the power of the Six Palaces in her hands."

He Laoxiangguo's meaning is very simple. To verify the second possibility, we only need to see whether the emperor will let the queen move the palace, and whether the emperor will return the power of the six palaces to the queen.

Since more than half a year ago, the emperor quickly took over the power of the empress and handed it over to the empress dowager and the empress dowager. During this time, there has never been any sign of returning it.

After listening to He Lao Xiangguo's words, the rest of the people fell silent, and silence stretched across the room.

After discussing for a long time, without discussing any substantive content, He Lao Xiangguo ordered everyone to wait and see for a while before talking.

Mrs. He and Mrs. He went back to their yard. On the way, Mrs. He suddenly remembered what was on her daughter's mind.

She glanced at the master next to her, and said hesitantly: "Master, is it impossible for Miss Rong's matter?"

Master He paused, for a moment, he put his hands behind his back, raised his head and gazed at the bright moon in the sky, for a long time, he calmly said: "Just see if Miss Rong has this luck."

As the ministers were carried back one by one, the affairs of the court slowly spread to the outside world. Apart from being shocked, surprised and puzzled, most of the nobles expressed the same meaning as He Lao Xiangguo on this matter.

As old slickers who are proficient in playing with the government, they never imagined that, as the best slickers, the emperor would have to choose not to abolish the empress because of some unimaginable things.

After figuring this out, everyone hesitated. According to the original assumption, they first worked together to get the Chen family down. As for the further issue of who will be the queen, they will discuss the competition at that time.

But now, the emperor has fundamentally cut off their way.

Since ancient times, the emperor and the courtiers have been in a relationship of mutual domination. The two have been seeing each other and making compromises for their own interests. But right now, it is obvious that the emperor's attitude is very firm. There will be no compromise.

Thinking of this, the nobles can't help but feel discouraged.

In addition, they inevitably burst into a sigh.

That is: the luck of the Chen family is really good, and it was finally beaten to the ground, but there is still one in the palace, who is really a centipede, dead but not stiff!

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