Queen's scheming

Chapter 196 Counterattack ([-])

As the New Year approached, Empress Shen of Dali and Imperial Concubine Mi went to Huangjue Temple with copied Buddhist scriptures after fasting and bathing for ten days.Although some censors in private were very contemptuous of Shen Qingyi's impromptu behavior, but after all, there was no reason for him to make a fuss.

Concubine Xue of Zhaoyang Palace temporarily handles the affairs of the six palaces for three days under the order of the Empress Dowager.The Spring Festival is approaching, and the affairs of the Six Palaces are complicated. The Duanjing Imperial Concubine Mi Yurou will not be so stupid as to entrust everything to Tang Aoxue, not only for the sake of not delegating power, but also because of her distrust of Tang Aoxue Well, Mi Yurou can do one or two things to take care of Tang Aoxue's tail, but the twelfth lunar month is already busy, so Mi Yurou doesn't want to have to take care of everything again!
Mi Yurou unexpectedly handed over the matter of the New Year's Eve banquet to Tang Aoxue, which made Shen Qingyi look at her with admiration. It's the affairs of the imperial dining room and the dance and music workshop, and it's not like the needle industry bureau, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and other affairs. It's the most difficult thing to show your face, not only the harem but also the front court.

But only Shen Qingyi knows that the banquet is not so easy to prepare. It is not as good as the flower viewing banquet held by the concubines in the harem. Anything that involves the previous dynasty, how can it be so simple? That's right, if you don't do it well, you'll be ashamed of yourself.

The masked woman naturally thought of the things that Shen Qingyi could think of. After she heard the news, she tried to persuade Tang Aoxue in a hurry, but Tang Aoxue felt as if she had been beaten to death at the moment. After waiting for such a long time to get ahead, how could she? Let it go, as long as she thinks that she can be praised by the previous court like her own sister, her blood will boil, and she can't listen to it.

Everyone said that the new official took office three fires, but Tang Aoxue was only acting as an agent for the affairs of the Six Palaces for three days. That associates with the power of the Sixth Palace, so these three days are not as respected as Tang Aoxue imagined.

There is a huge contrast between the happy hope in the heart and the loneliness that is ignored by everyone in reality. How can Tang Aoxue bear such anger, so the conflict is manifested on the first day Tang Aoxue temporarily handles the six palace affairs.

"It's not that the concubine doesn't obey the concubine Xue's words, it's just that there is only one big maid beside the concubine, and the other two second-class ones are newly assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They are only ten years old girls, let alone let them do things. It's too late, just fetching water to wash my face, I wish I couldn't carry a copper basin, so it's hard for my concubines to obey." Qiu Meiren bowed and saluted, ignoring how ugly Tang Aoxue's face was.

Not only Qiu Meiren, but other concubines also showed sullen expressions on their faces. For a palace banquet, they had to transfer the big palace ladies beside them to help. A second-class court lady, as well as the father-in-law and the mother-in-law, there are at most three people who can do the work around them. Most of the things are pointed at the first-class maid. Once they are transferred, they will be in a mess around them.

Tang Aoxue didn't have the slightest tone of discussion. The New Year's Eve banquet is so important, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs has only fifty servants in total, so how can it be possible? Not to mention those who pass the dishes, they are standing on both sides of the hall. For wine jugs, it takes more than twenty.Tang Aoxue wanted to make this matter perfect, so naturally she had to employ people. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs couldn't find anyone, she could only be promoted among the palace servants in the inner palace. Those who could be selected were of course around every concubine. The most powerful grand lady.

"It's just two days of work. If the maid beside you can't even lift the copper basin, then you don't need to wash your face!" Tang Aoxue felt that Qiu Meiren was deliberately finding fault. If she didn't pick on this thorn, These people below will definitely not accept her. The New Year's Eve banquet is a rare opportunity to meet Li Tianyou, and Tang Aoxue does not believe that Qiu Meiren will attend without washing and dressing.

Qiu Meiren said angrily: "Ms. Concubine Xue's words are so unreasonable. The New Year's Eve banquet is to meet foreign ministers. The concubines don't dress properly, and they lose face in the inner palace. Besides, concubine The concubines are also going to attend the banquet, if the big maids around are not here, how have those second-class little maids ever participated in such a banquet, if something really went wrong, wouldn’t it be embarrassing and thrown out of the palace!"

The concubines also felt that this was reasonable. Although they were not like Qiumei, the two second-class maids were ignorant, but the second-class maids were also inexperienced in such a big event as the New Year's Eve Banquet. With so many people in a mess, something is bound to happen!

Seeing everyone agreeing, Tang Aoxue became more and more annoyed in her heart. Shen Qingyi or Mi Yurou must have specially bribed this beauty Qiu. The purpose of making trouble for her was to make her look ugly. It will be difficult for her to get the right of Assistant Manager of the Sixth House.

"Speaking like a tongue, you have to obey what my concubine tells you to do. There is no need to discuss it. She is just a small beauty who dares to disobey this concubine. Come here, pull her down, and punish the twenty big bosses!" Tang Aoxue wanted Let's make an example to the monkeys, and see who dares to make mistakes when she manages the Sixth Palace!

All the concubines sighed endlessly, twenty big boards!It's fine if it's a servant girl, and it will be fine after lying down for ten days and a half months at most, but Qiu Meiren is used to being pampered, and beating twenty big boards, wouldn't it mean that half of her life would be lost, Tang Aoxue is too It's a bit vicious.

The next concubine who had a good relationship with Qiu Meiren begged: "Concubine Xue, Sister Qiu didn't mean to disobey her, but it is really powerful for Sister Qiu to have a big palace maid, and I ask Concubine Xue to forgive Sister Qiu. Let's do it this way!"

Tang Aoxue had no idea about the matter of the staff. She vaguely remembered that the two maids beside her who had been brought from the mansion had been punished by the staff for a hundred boards before they disappeared, so she didn't think there was a problem with the twenty boards. How many times, seeing someone begging for mercy, I felt that this was deliberately embarrassing her, and refused to accept her performance, and immediately said: "Since you are begging for mercy, you should suffer this together with your sister Qiu. She suffers twenty big boards. You and her Sisters are deeply in love, no matter what they have to suffer!"

No concubine dared to intercede now, but she just said one more word, and she was going to lie down on the bed for a month.

Qiu Meiren didn't expect that the person who helped her would be troubled, so she immediately said: "The concubine refuses to accept, and the concubine will have to wait for the empress and imperial concubine Duanjing to return to the palace to plead their case!"

Tang Aoxue frowned, her heroic eyebrows were on the verge of erection, this autumn beauty was clearly Shen Qingyi and the imperial concubine Duanjing who deliberately stayed in the palace to trip her up, threatening her so blatantly, Tang Aoxue slapped her side The younger son became more and more angry and said: "From now on, I will beat twenty big boards every day for three consecutive days. My concubine wants to see. After the queen and the imperial concubine Duanjing return to the palace, you Do you still have the strength to argue!"

Just this one sentence is the life and death of Qiu Meiren, but Tang Aoxue still doesn't feel it, she just thinks that since this Qiu Meiren is someone Shen Qingyi or Duanjing Huang Guifei deliberately sought, beating her is equivalent to beating her. She didn't believe that Shen Qingyi or the face of the imperial concubine Duanjing, after Shen Qingyi and Mi Yurou returned to the palace, they could still scold her for a low-ranking beauty!

As soon as Tang Aoxue said this, all the concubines held their breaths completely. Tang Aoxue was very satisfied with the deterrent effect, just like she saw the expressions of the concubines in Ningsu Palace. Tang Aoxue was very proud immediately and handled it herself She is also an expert in Liugong affairs, not everyone can match her.

Before Shen Qingyi and Mi Yurou returned to the palace, a big incident happened in the harem, beauty Qiu was beaten to death!Qiu Meiren's father is a military officer, and his official position is not high, but he actually climbed up step by step from ordinary people. When he heard the news, he was so angry that he made a fuss in Qiankun Palace. After eating Paizhu, I still can't get angry.

All of a sudden, Shen Qingyi's arrogance and domineering became dignified and virtuous in front of Tang Aoxue. Shen Qingyi is now an orphan. For the sake of Dali's country, she killed relatives righteously. Even if she has a tough temper, the courtiers can't say too much Well, if Shen Qingyi was really a coward, she might have helped the Fengguo government to seize the Li family in the first place.

But what is going on with Tang Aoxue, she is only temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Six Palaces, only for three days, and she has killed someone, if she is a slave, it will be fine, in the palace, the life of a slave is like nothing, but she is still a concubine Concubine?

All of a sudden, there were rumors that Tang Aoxue beat her to death because she wanted to use the powerful palace maid beside Qiu Meiren, but was rejected.Concubine Xue became famous now, and when the courtiers saw the people in Zhen Guogong's mansion, they all said meaningfully that Zhen Guogong taught a good daughter.

For some reason, such things spread outside the palace. When people teach their daughters and daughters-in-law, they often make an analogy, don’t learn from Concubine Xue. With such a vicious heart, I’m afraid they will die after death. Eighteen layers of hell!

Tang Aoxue still didn't feel that she had done anything wrong, she was just a low-ranking concubine, she would die when she died, but after Shen Qingyi and the imperial concubine Duanjing returned to the palace, it was a pity that after a long while, Qiumei was promoted as the fifth-rank concubine, and buried Entering the concubine's mausoleum gave her the posthumous honor and was praised by the concubines of the six palaces. Originally, Shen Qingyi didn't think so when she was there, but she only thought that Shen Qingyi was a formidable one. Compared with Tang Aoxue now, she is very gentle.

The imperial concubine Duanjing put away the mess left by Tang Aoxue without any complaints, and sent back all the palace servants in front of the concubines of the sixth palace. There were already enough people attending the New Year's Eve banquet. The maid of honor, I'm afraid she doesn't even have a place to stand.

At this moment, Mother Jiang was talking back in front of Shen Qingyi, narrating the whole story of this matter.

(End of this chapter)