The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 50
Sure enough, when the Supreme Emperor heard Zhen Guifei's words, he became even more angry, pointed at Tu Rui and said sternly, "Look at what you look like now, if you dare to do this here, if you leave this palace gate, do you still have to kill people? "

Seeing that the Supreme Emperor would continue to speak, Mu Xu stepped forward to explain for Tu Rui as soon as he moved his feet.But at this time, a voice came from outside the hall, "Who is going to kill?" Mu Xu turned his head to look, and saw an old woman with gray temples and a fine dress, walking into the hall with the support of two maids.

Seeing the person coming, Tu Rui and Tu Zhen both showed joy, turned around and bowed, "I have seen the emperor's grandmother." When Mu Xu heard this, he didn't know that this was the Queen Mother Sun, so he also hurriedly knelt down and saluted. "I have seen the queen mother." Concubine Zhen who was on the imperial steps hesitated for a moment, then came down from above, and gave a blessing, "I have seen the queen mother."

Empress Dowager Sun passed Tu Rui and the two directly, ignored Concubine Zhen, and came to Mu Xu, pulled him up, and looked at him carefully, "Are you the child of that girl Shuang'er?"

Mu Xu nodded respectfully, "Yes, Empress Dowager." As soon as he finished speaking, Empress Dowager Sun patted his arm lightly and said angrily, "What's your name, Empress Dowager? Grandmother."

Mu Xu didn't hesitate, and called out sincerely, "Grandmother." Empress Dowager Sun nodded with a smile, "Oh, that's right." Then he turned around and asked Tu Rui and the others to get up, "You hozens, why don't you get up again?" What's the matter, that made the old emperor so angry?"

Before Tu Rui and the others could answer, the Supreme Emperor showed embarrassment and coughed, "You are not in good health, just take a good rest, why are you here?"

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Sun didn't give him face at all, and sneered, "If I don't come, some people will listen to outsiders and yell at their own grandson to kill them."

The Taishanghuang made this remark awkward, and didn't know how to answer it for a moment.Concubine Zhen smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know something. Your Majesty is angry because my natal nephew came to Beijing yesterday and brought His Majesty a letter from Mrs. Feng Sheng and some local specialties from my hometown. Unexpectedly, as soon as we arrived in Beijing, we just went to the teahouse to have a cup of tea, so our second prince had a fight with the younger brother of Zhongjing Wang's family, and by the way, the prince of Dongping was helping us."

Tu Zhen hadn't spoken since Mu Xu and Tu Rui came in. At this time, hearing that Concubine Zhen was so confusing, she couldn't help it anymore, "Nonsense, I..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, Empress Dowager Sun reached out her hand to stop him, signaling him not to speak yet.Although he didn't understand what it meant, he also knew that the imperial grandmother would not harm him, so he could only hold back.

Concubine Zhen didn't care about Tu Zhen, she pulled Zhen Shihong who had been invisible since the queen mother came in, pointed to the bruises and dark circles on his face, "Look, what kind of beating my nephew is. I'm afraid that my nephew accidentally offended the Second Prince and the others, so why don't I bring him here specially so that His Majesty can mediate for them."

Seeing Concubine Zhen's pretentiousness, Empress Dowager Sun glanced at her and Zhen Shihong, "I heard that the county magistrates of the seventh rank in the local area have to ask the plaintiff and the defendant when they hear the case. Sister Zhen doesn't even know about this. Bar?"

Concubine Zhen is actually only in her early thirties this year, when she heard Empress Dowager Sun call her younger sister, she vomited half to death, but then she said that she was not even as good as a mere seventh-rank county magistrate, which made her even more angry.She took a deep breath, turned her head and put on a smile, and acted coquettishly at the Empress Dowager, "Your Majesty, look at what the Empress Dowager said, it seems that my nephew intentionally wronged the Second Prince and the others. This child has been honest since he was a child." , now it’s the first time to travel far away, so how dare you make trouble.”

Ever since the Empress Dowager Sun came in, the Supreme Emperor had been taciturn. He didn't care about the two women fighting in front of him. He just stared at the ancient inkstone on the imperial table, as if there were flowers on it. Leading him to his side, he had no choice but to play Tai Chi, "This matter, after all, is a child's play. I have already taught them a lesson, so let's forget it."

Concubine Zhen actually knew in her heart that with the Empress Dowager Sun here today, this matter can only be left alone, and she asked Zhen Shihong before she came, knowing that he was unreasonable, and originally planned to ask the Supreme Emperor to teach some youngsters a good test All of a sudden, she didn't expect to be ruined by this old godly woman. Pressing down the hatred in her heart, she acted like she was wronged, "The courtiers and concubines are all up to His Majesty."

Seeing her like this, the Supreme Emperor nodded in satisfaction and looked at Empress Dowager Sun.Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Sun didn't even look at him, so she turned around and asked Mu Xu, "Grandson, please tell my grandmother what happened yesterday."

Although I don't know why the Supreme Emperor seems to be a little afraid of the Queen Mother, but Mu Xu will not let go of this opportunity, so he immediately responded.

How did they go to watch the excitement, and when they found out that Zhen Shihong was robbing the civilian girl, Tu Zhen stepped forward to fight against the injustice, but Zhen Shihong punched him first, and then let the slave of the Zhen family come up to do it, so he was forced to do it. How to deal with this matter in the end? I said it exactly.

After hearing what he said, Empress Dowager Sun looked at the Supreme Emperor with a cold face, "Your Majesty, what do you have to say now?"

After hearing Mu Xu's words, the Supreme Emperor was speechless for a while.Concubine Zhen who was on the side was anxious, "This is just his one-sided words. It is clear that they have colluded to bully my nephew who is a foreigner."

Mu Xu lowered his head and bowed to Concubine Zhen before saying, "If the concubine doesn't believe it, you can send someone to the teahouse to inquire about it. There were dozens of people watching yesterday, so they can't all be in collusion with us. "

Concubine Zhen was pissed off by Mu Xu, she blushed in a hurry and argued, "Maybe those people were bought by you..."

Seeing that Concubine Zhen was at a loss for words, the Supreme Emperor had no choice but to say, "Okay, no matter who is right or wrong about this matter, let's forget it, don't mention it any more." After finishing speaking, he ignored everyone and went straight to the back hall, Dai Quan He hastily bowed to Empress Dowager Sun and Concubine Zhen, and hurriedly followed.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager had left, Concubine Zhen stopped making trouble, and suddenly put on a smiling face, and gave a blessing to Empress Dowager Sun, "The concubine is also retiring." After speaking, she said to Zhen Shihong who was beside her, " Hong'er, come with Auntie, Auntie will find an imperial doctor for you, so that you won't be disfigured by those black-hearted people." Zhen Shihong responded and followed her.

Seeing the two of them leave the hall, Tu Zhen spat fiercely on the ground, "It's really deceiving people, I won't be able to spare them in the future."

Hearing what he said, Queen Mother Sun was so angry that she patted him on the back, "Your father taught you this in the past. You can be happy and angry, and you can't hold your breath. What big things can you do in the future?"

After hearing this, Tu Zhen quickly admitted his mistake, "Grandmother calm down, Zhen'er doesn't dare."

Empress Dowager Sun didn't talk about him any more, and only said to a few people, "Okay, if you have something to say, come to my Renshou Palace to talk about it." She ignored them, and walked towards the outside of the Chuigong Hall accompanied by two maids.Mu Xu and the others looked at each other speechlessly, they could only follow behind silently and headed towards the Palace of Compassion and Ning together.

After walking for about half a stick of incense, the group arrived at Renshou Palace.I saw the front and rear corridors, yellow glazed tiles and double eaves resting on the top of the mountain.It is seven rooms wide, and each of the five rooms has four doors with four double crosses and four bowls of water chestnut.Between the two ends is a brick sill wall, with four double-crossing and four bowls of water chestnut windows on each side.There is a platform in front of the hall, three steps on the front, and one step on the left and right. There are four gilt bronze incense burners on the stage.There are card walls on the east and west mountains, each with a vertical flower door, which can lead to the backyard.

Following the Queen Mother into the main hall, I saw Empress Chen pacing up and down the hall, seeing several people coming in, Empress Chen was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Empress Sun, "Queen Mother, it's these evil people who deserve to die. I also trouble you to make a special trip to rescue them."

Empress Dowager Sun patted her hand and said with a smile, "It's okay, you don't have to scold them. They did nothing wrong. It's clear that Mrs. Zhen took the opportunity to make trouble, and your father is just partial."

(End of this chapter)