The red building is so arrogant

Go back and talk about the palace.

After finishing the ritual of crying spirits held in the morning, the queen knelt on the straw mat, staring at the altar in front of her in a daze.

In the past, because she got along well with Concubine Wu, she always subconsciously avoided thinking about it, but now that the filter is broken, the more she thinks about Concubine Wu's recent behavior, the more uneasy she feels.

Ever since Emperor Longyuan fell ill, Concubine Wu Gui became swollen and domineering visibly, especially after resisting the pressure of the Empress Dowager head-on, she seemed to have nothing left to do.

If things go on like this, how long can the relationship between the sisters last?How should I deal with myself, the empress dowager, my aunt, in the future?
"Miss?"

While he was feeling sad, he suddenly heard someone asking: "Are you feeling unwell?"

The queen turned her head subconsciously, seeing that it was Jia Yuanchun approaching with a concerned face, her heart moved, and she stretched out her hand towards Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Yuanchun hurriedly supported the queen with both hands, and helped the queen up from the straw mat.

"I must have been tired just now."

While pressing her temples, the queen said: "Just help me to rest in the back hall."

Jia Yuanchun was naturally happy to be close to her.

After arriving in the apse, the queen waved her hands back and forth, and said softly: "I discussed it with Concubine Wu just now, and she promised not to pester you any more."

"really?!"

Jia Yuanchun was overjoyed, and hurriedly left the table to bow deeply: "Thank you for saving my life, thank you, thank you for saving my life!"

The empress hurriedly helped her up, and said with a smile, "It's not a life-saving grace. Besides, Concubine Wu is willing to give up because of your future brother-in-law's face. I just helped pass a few words."

Jia Yuanchun secretly said that it was true, but his face was still full of gratitude: "Your Majesty is too modest, even if it is so, I am afraid that it may not be able to convince Wu Guifei if it is someone else."

The Queen couldn't help shaking her head and smiling wryly when she heard this.

Seeing this, Yuan Chun's heart was moved, and then he thought about the sad look on Empress Cai's face in the mourning hall just now, so he boldly asked: "Madam, am I wrong? Or... there was a collision between Concubine Wu Guifei's words?"

The bitterness on the Queen's face first became stronger, and then quickly covered it up with a smile, and waved her hands: "She is straightforward, but it can't be called a collision."

Then he changed the topic again and talked about the whereabouts of the concubines in the palace.

Not to mention the empress, most of the few high-ranking concubines, like Jia Yuanchun, will become dowagers and stay in the palace to honor them—Wu Guifei will be crowned with the name of the emperor dowager to show peace difference to the rest.

Further down, some of the middle and low-ranking concubines who have been favored by the emperor can also be allocated to stay in the palace, but they will be assigned to the next few concubines as female officials, and most of them will be sent to the royal temple to lead their cultivation. , the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha passed away.

And those who have not been favored by the emperor are mostly released to their homes.

But judging from what Concubine Wu Gui meant, some of them were going to be thrown into limbo.

These methods of handling are common practice in this court, and there is nothing to say, the more the queen uses these things to divert the topic, the more certain Jia Yuanchun is that he guessed right.

The queen is indeed dissatisfied with Concubine Wu Gui!

In the past, even if she saw this, she would probably have chosen to stand on the sidelines and not get involved in this fight between gods.

But this inexplicable experience of being almost buried in the emperor's mausoleum made Jia Yuanchun full of vigilance.

As the saying goes, if there is one, there are two. Concubine Wu Gui was jealous of herself being favored at the beginning, but the previous rumors not only fueled this emotion, but also gave her a legitimate reason to target herself.

For Jiao Shun's sake now, she can still let herself go, but what about next time?Can Jiao Shun's face always work?
Don't forget, Concubine Wu now even dares to contradict the Queen Mother and Empress!
So I have no choice at all, I can only stand on the queen's side and report to the group to keep warm.

More importantly, the queen has always been magnanimous, and it is unlikely that she would betray herself to Concubine Wu.

Thinking of this, Jia Yuanchun looked at an opportunity and said bluntly: "My lady, King Zhongshun conspired to rebel, and there is no one qualified to be regent in the court. According to the usual practice, my lady should listen to the government behind the curtain. I'm afraid that Concubine Wu Gui will have other ideas. , and if there is another collision at that time, the empress will have no way out!"

The queen could not help but change her face when she heard her speak so straightforwardly, and immediately denied it firmly: "This is the imperial court's law and ancestral rules, how could sister Wu be so unwise?"

"It would be best if there was no such thing."

Although the Queen insisted on denying it, Jia Yuanchun still refused to give up, and continued to make the same suggestion: "But for the sake of the country, the community, the new king, and also for the good of Concubine Wu, the empress should always prepare in advance. A good way to check and balance, so as not to be caught off guard in the future."

The queen was silent, and after a long while she slowly shook her head and said, "Why is Concubine Wu so ignorant."

To be honest, the Empress has a lot of things to do with Concubine Wu Gui, but it may not be enough to check and balance Concubine Wu Gui. At that time, as long as Concubine Wu Guifei refuses to admit her to death, she will most likely end up with nothing but her status as the emperor's biological mother. Of.

And even if he is not as clever as Jia Yuanchun, he still knows the truth that if you kill a snake, you will suffer from it.

It seems that she will be the empress dowager behind the curtain in the future, with a respected status, but...

Looking at the current queen mother, one knows that these seemingly noble identities may not be able to protect herself at critical moments.

So she firmly refused again: "I just pretend that I have never heard of your words, and you must not leak them, otherwise if Concubine Wu Gui pursues it, no one will be able to protect you!"

But the Queen's previous silence, and her subsequent name change to Concubine Wu, have actually given the real answer.

While Jia Yuanchun understood, he also knew that this matter must not be rushed, otherwise, once the matter is revealed, no one may be able to withstand Wu Guifei's counterattack afterwards.

So she tactfully changed the topic, chatted with the queen for a while, and then took the initiative to leave and returned to the mourning hall in the front hall.

In the end, before he knelt down again, he saw Baoqin winking at himself.

Jia Yuanchun immediately took her to the porch outside to talk.

Holding the qin to see if there is no one around, he immediately lowered his voice and said anxiously: "Madam, it's not good! Second Master Lian was somehow involved in the treason case, and now he has been arrested by the people of Dali Temple!"

"what?!"

Jia Yuanchun's face turned pale when he heard the words, she had just escaped a catastrophe, how could she...

"What's going on, can you find out clearly?"

"I've also heard from others. I don't know exactly what's going on, but this is a case of treason. If you touch it, you will die, and if you touch it, you will be injured!"

Why doesn't Jia Yuanchun know this truth? The liver pain in his heart at the moment is Baoyu first, then Wang Xifeng, and then Jia Lian. Could it be that this natal family is just holding back? !

uh~
The third sister is still fine.

Thinking of the third sister, she hurriedly asked Baoqin to ask Tanchun to come out to meet her, and told about Jia Lian's imprisonment.

Tanchun was also shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Yuan Chun smiled wryly: "I don't know exactly what's going on right now. I invited my sister here because I hope my sister can go and find out."

As soon as Tanchun heard it, she knew that she wanted to go to Jiao Shun to find out, but the matter was urgent and she couldn't care about it, so she immediately said: "I'm going to tell the people around the prince for a lie, and then I will go to Jiao Shun to find out. Find out and see if he knows about the connection, and whether he can get around it."

Seeing that she understood her meaning so quickly, Jia Yuanchun couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief—the empress summoned Jiao Shun justifiably, and Concubine Wu was arrogant because of her status, Jia Yuanchun didn't dare to break the rules easily.

Tanchun has always been vigorous and resolute, and seeing that Yuanchun has nothing to say, he is going to go back and ask for leave.

When he didn't want to kick in and out of the door, he was suddenly called out by Jia Yuanchun again.

She turned back in doubt and asked, "Is there any other orders for sister?"

"This one……"

Jia Yuanchun hesitated for a moment, then pulled her into a corner and whispered about the queen's dissatisfaction with Concubine Wu.

She wasn't sure how Jiao Shun would react after learning about this, but this experience made her understand that now it's not Jiao Shun who has to rely on herself, but herself, so it's best for her to show enough strength. use value.

Tanchun frowned slightly when she heard this, she couldn't figure out whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, but since Jia Yuanchun said it, she naturally wanted to tell Jiao Shun.

…………

The side hall of Fengtian Hall.

With a livid face, Jiao Shun spread the soap evenly on his hands, then scrubbed vigorously.

In fact, he had already washed it just outside the palace, but he always felt that there was still a smell left on his body.

As we all know, even XXN has to eat and drink, and Concubine Rong is no exception.

So when Jiao Shun waited impatiently in the palace and returned to Donghuamen to check the situation, she had already...

Hey~
I should have known that I just took a bath at You's house.

But this is just an afterthought. If he really starts to wash up at You's house, Jiao Shun will be worried again, afraid that he will miss Wu Guifei's summons.

Besides, where should I put Concubine Rong when taking a bath?

Although it was quite irritating at first, when the third batch of water was changed, Jiao, who did it himself, still cocked his tail. If he kept it by his side while taking a bath, he would not be able to resist the temptation, but at least he would suffer a lot. .

Don't keep it by your side, Jiao Shun really can't worry about it - the rest are just fine, who can guarantee that Miss You, who has a lot of criminal records, won't open the box out of curiosity and do something out of the ordinary?
After washing his hands, Jiao sat down behind the table with a sinking face.

No matter how beautiful and delectable it is, it's still disgusting to be on the table, but he doesn't dare to make a fake hand on others.

The bigger problem is that Concubine Wu Gui has been procrastinating and refusing to summon her. If she continues to delay like this, it will be tantamount to yellow mud falling in her crotch, which is either shit or shit!
Thinking of this, Jiao Shun's teeth itch with hatred, it's no problem for Concubine Wu Gui to take advantage of herself, and those close ministers and favored ministers throughout the ages, who didn't have some reason to hold the power in the hands of those in power?
But you can't just drop such a bright bomb in the name of a reward!
It's all just throwing bombs, the key point is that Concubine Wu Gui is getting more and more unreliable, and it's not impossible for her to expose this matter to herself one day.

If it really blows up, she can push it three-six-five, and she will die without a place to bury her!
At this time, someone knocked on the door outside the duty room.

"what's up?"

"My lord, His Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to deliver a message."

The prince sent someone to deliver a message?
Jiao Shun hurriedly got up and said, "Please come in quickly."

When he found out that it was Jia Tanchun who came in, his smile suddenly collapsed. He knew that Tanchun was mostly for Jia Lian, so he didn't wait for Tanchun to ask questions, so he told the ins and outs that he knew.

Tanchun learned that Jia Lian was arrested because he participated in most of Sun Shaozu's banquets after he returned to Beijing, so he stomped his feet angrily. Jia Lian probably didn't know about Sun Shaozu's rebellion with King Zhongshun, but Yingchun wanted to He is well aware of exposing witchcraft!

Knowing that the second sister will never marry outside, and knowing that Sun Shaozu is not a thing, as his own brother, he is still...

If it was placed on someone else, Tanchun would probably say "serve it right", but Jia Lian is not representing himself alone, let's not talk about the people in the Rongguo Mansion, old and young, just say that the empress in the palace escaped with great difficulty. After a catastrophe, if this is implicated again, I'm afraid there will be no chance to stand up!

Thinking of this, Tanchun hurriedly told about the Queen's dissatisfaction with Concubine Wu Gui.

It turns out that the queen has already begun to be dissatisfied with Concubine Wu Gui!

Jiao Shun's eyes lit up when he heard this, he thought to himself that this is really dozing off, and he was worried that he would not be able to deal with Concubine Wu Gui, but if the queen would stand by his side, maybe he would have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"You also want to deal with Concubine Wu Gui?"

Seeing the change in Jiao Shun's expression, Tanchun couldn't help being surprised and said: "She is the prince's biological mother!"

Jiao Shun's biggest support now is undoubtedly the prince who is about to ascend the throne, but now he is planning to deal with the prince's biological mother. If this is not good, it will become a dead end!

"Where is it that I want to take the initiative to deal with her?"

Tanchun could see that firstly, he was observant, and secondly, Jiao Shun didn't want to hide anything from her. Seeing that she took the initiative to find out, he immediately told about Concubine Rong.

Tanchun's eyes widened when she listened, she was just pimping Jiao Shun at home, how could someone still do this in the palace? !

If this matter is leaked out, it won't be done by ruining the reputation, and it will only happen overnight if the family is ransacked!
Thinking of this, Tanchun blurted out: "We must find a way to check and balance her!"

She thought of going with Jia Yuanchun.

But this is not surprising, after all, Concubine Wu Gui is the prince's biological mother, even if there is a surefire way, her sudden sudden death at this time will definitely arouse suspicion.

When the little emperor takes power, none of the people involved will be able to escape!
So trying to check and balance her is the best choice at the moment.

Jiao Shun naturally understands the reason for this, and he has even been thinking about it for a long time.

According to his understanding these days, Concubine Wu Gui is a hobgoblin who is not stingy - she may shrink back when facing threats, but she will definitely retaliate from morning to night afterwards.

Therefore, ordinary excuses are mostly useless, unless it is impossible to deny it once it is taken out, and it is a real threat to her wealth and life, then she may obediently submit.

However, it is definitely not that easy to obtain such ironclad evidence, and one must even take great risks...

Jiao Shun hesitated for a moment, thinking that Concubine Rong was still in the carriage, he gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, left and right can't escape, it doesn't make any difference whether one sheep is shepherding two sheep or chasing them!"

As he spoke, he tipped his head and whispered a few words in his ear, only to hear that Tanchun's eyes widened, and the leopard's guts were almost shattered.

But after a while, she still nodded solemnly.

Seeing this, Jiao Shun exhorted: "First exaggerate the matter of Second Brother Lian a little bit, and then see Concubine Xiande's reaction, if she is eager to protect herself, then..."

The key to this matter lies in the queen, and the key to persuading the queen lies in Jia Yuanchun - I believe that with Jia Yuanchun's IQ, he should be able to test out the queen's intentions without fully revealing the words.