Palace scheming: Empress Leng Gong I

Chapter 20
"Miss! Don't go over there!" Yun Qing broke away from Xiao Taohong suddenly, and rushed like an arrow towards the last boat that hadn't had time to get out. Xiao Taohong was startled and hurried to follow.

But she took a step too late, Yun Qing jumped onto the boat recklessly, reached out and snatched the eunuch's boat pole, startling the man.

"Hey, you're crazy, give it to me quickly!" After the eunuch came to his senses, he snatched back the boat pole with all his strength, and after struggling and pulling, the boat's body had already swayed out of the shore.

Yun Qing was stronger than ever, she was holding on to the boat pole, desperately trying to save Bitao; an eunuch next to her finally came to her senses at this time, seeing Yun Qing rushing to grab the boat like crazy, he Helping the previous eunuch to pull Yunqing hard, he was caught off guard and pushed Yunqing who had suddenly let go of the boat pole in his hand, and his body fell into the lake with a "boom" sound...

"Ah! Miss..." Xiao Taohong's scream scared the two young eunuchs on the boat into a daze, but no one jumped down to save Yun Qing, only to see Yun Qing's light blue clothes ups and downs on the water. People are startled.

"Miss..." Bi Tao cried bitterly when she heard the sound, her heart stopped beating in fright.And Fugui and the others were also very surprised. For a while, no one took any action to save Yunqing.

On the other side of the shore, the floating white shadow just rushed into the palace gate when he heard a tragic exclamation. When he saw the situation in front of him, his handsome eyebrows immediately tightened, and his figure was like an arrow. He kicked a small boat with his foot, and then he heard a person screaming "thumb" and fell into the lake.

Then panicked screams came from the other boats, and I saw the man in white clothes fluttering, sailing against the wind, although he didn't punt the boat, but the boat broke through the waves like flying towards the direction of Yunqing falling into the water.

"Miss, miss!" Bitao's heart-piercing cry clearly spread throughout Cuiwei Palace, and it also made Yun Qing feel pain in his heart, but he could no longer open his eyes...

As night fell and the stars were dotted, the Cuiwei Palace, which had always been deserted, became bustling like never before. The lights were brightly lit everywhere, and the lake was also glowing with a soft luster under the reddish light.

At this moment, Cuiwei Palace seems to be holding a grand festival celebration. There are constant comings and goings of palace people, one after another, all surrounded by their master, stepping into this place that no one has paid attention to for many years. Cool palace.

The first person to come here was Hua Heng, a young imperial physician invited by King Anqing. At this moment, he only brought a medical boy with him, and was staying in the inner hall to treat Yunqing.

The last ones who came here were the emperor Xuanyuanze who was specially invited by the queen mother's order, and the concubine Hua who had already received the news of Fugui but remained calm - He Ruowan.

When the two arrived, a group of palace people greeted them and got up one after another.At this moment, Fugui's originally weak legs could finally stand up straight, and his heart, which had been chilled by Xuanyuan Yi's stare, gradually warmed up again.

"My sons and concubines send greetings to my mother, and wish my mother good luck! Be in good health!" Xuanyuanze and He Ruowan both bowed to the queen mother sitting in the upper seat, and then looked at Xuanyuan Yi who was standing beside the queen mother with a cold and handsome face. There are complexities in the eyes.

"Well, no courtesy!" Situ Xianyu responded lazily, then looked at Xuanyuanze with a serious face, and asked: "Emperor, do you know why the Ai family asked you to come here at this moment?"

"My mother has been practicing for many days, and I have never dared to disturb her. I really don't know why my mother is here today?" Xuanyuan Ze raised his handsome eyes, and his voice was clear and clear, as if he was talking to all the people standing around him. Nothing to see.

Situ Xianyu smiled slightly, but did not answer, but asked He Ruowan again, "Concubine Hua, do you know why the Ai family asked you and the emperor to come here?"

He Ruowan's heart tightened slightly, but she smiled gently and calmly on her face. She bowed respectfully, and replied: "Did the queen mother send ministers and concubines here because of the theft of the Shang Palace Bureau today? This afternoon, the Shang Palace Bureau will supervise the father-in-law Fu." Gui came to inform the concubine that someone in Cuiwei Palace had stolen the belongings of the Shang Palace Bureau, and asked the concubine to come forward to ask for an explanation for them. The concubine did not know the specific reason at the time, so she asked Eunuch Fu to bring the thief back, and then Hand it over to the concubine. But up to now, the concubine has not seen Eunuch Fu bring him."

As soon as the words fell, Fugui at the side immediately took a step forward and knelt down to the Queen Mother, and said in a sharp voice: "The Queen Mother clearly noticed that the slaves discovered that Shang Palace Bureau had lost a lot of items today, and then followed the clues to find that those things were actually in Cuiwei Palace. The servant then told the Empress Ming to come and get someone."

steal?

Xuanyuanze frowned slightly, looking at the maids and eunuchs in this palace, then at the displeased-looking queen mother and the handsome fifth younger brother, he couldn't help but wonder, what happened in Cuiwei Palace?

She actually alerted the queen mother and fifth younger brother to come, and Wan'er knew about it beforehand. It seemed that she was the only one who didn't know what happened.

"But today, my king not only saw you lead people all over the palace to chase people from Cuiwei Palace, but also saw you abusing your power, arresting people indiscriminately, and blatantly wanting to die." Xuanyuan Yi snorted coldly, his cold eyes A sweep of Fugui immediately made his legs tremble and his head lowered.

"Forgive me, the Queen Mother. The slaves didn't just refuse to save their lives. It's just that the slaves and their party were all frightened by the accidental fall into the water by Yun... the queen. It happened that King Anqing arrived in time, and the slaves..." Fugui kowtowed on the ground, speaking incoherently It can be seen that He Ruowan has already made a decision in her heart.

"Falling into the water?" Xuanyuan Ze's eyes darkened, his heart skipped a beat due to an inexplicable shock, he glanced at Fugui and Xuanyuan Yi respectively, and his body was already walking towards the inner hall quickly.

"Your Majesty, Yun Qing is still in a coma and is very weak. Your Majesty should not look at it." With a flash of Bai Ying, Xuanyuan Yi unscrupulously blocked Xuanyuan Ze's way, his handsome eyes were full of indifference without warmth.

"Coma?" With a heartbeat, looking at Xuanyuan Yi who did not evade, his handsome eyes could not help but cast on Fugui who was kneeling on the ground again, and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, what is going on?"

On the way to Cuiwei Palace, he wondered if that woman Yun Qing was bored and caused some trouble?
But she didn't expect that she would fall into the water and become unconscious again this time.

Damn, couldn't she just be a little quieter?

"Damn the slave, damn the slave!" Fugui was frightened by the cold eyes that enveloped him like ice, and the little heat that was left just now disappeared. Kowtow desperately.

He didn't expect that someone would care about the abandoned queen, and he was also the queen mother's favorite young son, a well-known ruthless prince-Xuanyuan Yi.

Coincidentally, he was also bumped into the scene where he was desperate to save himself, which made him speechless and terrified.

That's all, I thought that the emperor would dote on Concubine Hua, and he would secretly give orders from his empress, so the emperor would not make things difficult for him.

But who would have thought that the young emperor, who had just been in power for a long time, would have such captivating eyes that made him tremble uncontrollably under his gaze even though he had lived a long time.

At the moment, he was busy making a fuss about the empress dowager and Bitao going to the Shang Palace Bureau today. How did he find the handkerchief that Bitao left behind, and saw that it was a gold thread stolen by the Shang Palace Bureau? , and sent people to Cuiwei Palace to capture the thief and explain the whole story one by one.

Of course, he ignored the fact that they deliberately deducted Cuiwei Palace's share and Concubine Hua's secret order, and only talked about his innocence and the fact that Bitao and the others had stolen.

Moreover, he asked people to present to the Emperor and Empress Dowager one by one the items lost by the Shang Palace Bureau found in Cuiwei Palace, to show that he had not wronged them, and that it was they who stole first, so he brought people to search.

"Wan'er, why haven't you told me about this?" Xuanyuan Ze's eyebrows were slightly frowned, and after Fugui kowtowed to explain, his handsome eyes turned to He Ruowan who was beside him.

"Back to the emperor, the concubines were not sure if someone was stealing in Cuiwei Palace at that time, so they asked Eunuch Fu to check it out first before making any plans. How did Eunuch Fu start a dispute with them, causing Sister Yunqing to fall into the water for no reason, It's all because of the carelessness of the concubine." He Ruowan's beautiful eyes were lowered, and the sternness in her eyes was buried under the shadow invisible to everyone, and her voice was so pitiful that people couldn't bear to blame.

"Fugui, then are all the stolen things you mentioned here?" Xuanyuan Ze glanced at the sundries on the ground, and his handsome eyebrows couldn't help but frowned even deeper.

These are rice grains, needlework and daily necessities, and the quantity is very small. If they want to steal these things, how do they usually survive?
"Your Majesty, the slaves are absolutely true, every sentence is absolutely true!" Fugui said Amitabha from the bottom of his heart. Fortunately, the plan he originally thought of to frame him had not been implemented, and they couldn't resist their own crimes.

Otherwise, his little life was really killed by his eagerness to ask for credit!
"Hmph, what a bunch of nonsense, which eye did you see them stealing?" With a cold snort, Fugui softened his hands in fright, and then heard King Anqing scold coldly: "These are all things I would rather The thing in the heart palace was also sent by me personally for Yunqing and the others to live in, but you said they stole it, do you want the emperor to punish you for deceiving the emperor?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive me! This servant really doesn't know. There are indeed a lot of things that have been lost in the servant's palace recently, and the things that were lost are indeed these things, right? This servant really didn't lie, I beg the emperor. Mingjian!" Fugui is really speechless, he doesn't know what King Anqing said these things belonged to his palace, but these clearly few things came from their Shang Palace Bureau!

"What's the matter, fifth brother?" Xuanyuan Ze raised his eyebrows, motioning Xuanyuan Yi to continue talking.

He also wants to hear, what does fifth brother mean by this?
The last time Yun Qing was deposed was because of him. Could it be that during this period of time, he still has something to do with her?
"Fugui, this king asks you, who is in charge of the regulations issued in Ningxin Palace?" Xuanyuan Yi was not in a hurry, but the corner of his mouth raised an indifferent arc, and he looked at Fugui on the ground indifferently.

"Eunuch Fushun, the manager!" Fugui replied without thinking about it.

"Well, did Fushun tell you that there is a special account book for the items distributed in the palace every day, and what to give and what not to give on weekdays are all selected by the king himself. If the king does not If you want it, you don't need to give it away, but I still have the right to control these things!" Jun's eyes were fixed, Xuanyuan Yi's voice was not high, but Fugui was so frightened that his whole body went limp, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

"Damn the servant!" After Xuanyuan Yi finished speaking the last word, Fugui was completely lying on the ground, unable to move.

He really didn't expect that this King Anqing didn't care about anything on weekdays, and he made it easy for eunuchs like them who like to take small things for nothing; but he didn't expect that just such a casual move by him was enough to kill all of them.

God, he Fugui no longer dares to covet those petty profits. He still wants to live to be 60 years old, buy a field house outside the palace in peace, and spend his old age peacefully!

"It turns out that it was sent by King Anqing!" He Ruowan thumped in her heart, she never thought that the woman would be put into the cold palace because of this, but her life would be saved again because of this.

She would like to see, she deliberately reminded at this moment, the emperor will not have his heart in his heart!

Sure enough, as soon as He Ruowan made a sound, Xuanyuan Ze's handsome eyes turned from staring at Fugui just now to Xuanyuan Yi with an indifferent face, and his deep gaze made it difficult to see his thoughts clearly.

But at this moment, the Queen Mother, who had been listening to the conversation of several people, suddenly got up and said lazily: "I'll go and see Qing'er, alas, the good-looking child was hurt by you, Yi'er. Fortunately, you made up for it Otherwise, the Ai family will never forgive you!".

"Yes, Yi'er got it wrong!" Xuanyuan Yi lowered his eyes slightly, watching Situ Xianyu go in to see Yun Qing accompanied by Fang Fei, but he stood still.

After the figure of the queen mother disappeared in the hall, Xuanyuan Yi raised his eyes to meet Xuanyuan Ze's examining eyes, his handsome face sank, and he pleaded lightly: "My brother is at fault, please forgive me!"

"Fifth Brother, why is this?" Xuanyuanze raised his handsome eyes, quietly waiting for his next words.

"The younger brother has been brooding about what happened that night, so he felt guilty, so he quietly gave some things to the emperor's wife to spend the day. In fact, the thing is like this..." Xuanyuan Yi glanced at Concubine Hua who was secretly waiting for her next words , the corner of his mouth lifted, as if he hadn’t seen it, how he heard a song that fascinated him that night, and then followed the sound to the Golden Wind Palace, found Yun Qing and quietly took her away...

He said that at that time he only knew that she was a little maid of the Golden Phoenix Palace, so he forcibly sealed her acupoints and took her to his Qingfeng Palace.

Then, he asked her to teach him to play the piece she hadn't finished playing. The two exchanged skills, and it was rare to meet a bosom friend who was proficient in rhythm, and they couldn't help but have a good chat.

However, when he mentioned to Yun Qing that he liked her very much, she rejected his love very seriously and wanted to leave Ning Xin Palace immediately.

In a moment of anger, he sealed her acupoints, trying to scare her, but was bumped into by Xuanyuan Ze who happened to come over, which made him extremely embarrassed, and left without explaining well.

It wasn't until the next day that he heard that the emperor had abolished Yun Qing's position as empress, which made him feel extremely guilty, and wanted to make up for it, which caused these things...

When Xuanyuan Ze saw the pale and drowsy Yun Qing, his intentionally indifferent heart trembled uncontrollably.

Looking at her thinner face and hair that was still slightly wet at the moment, he could imagine that she must have suffered a lot here.

"Oh, what a poor child." Situ Xianyu gently held Yun Qing's hand, his eyes full of love.Seeing Xiao Taohong and Bitao, the two loyal girls crying with tears in their eyes, watching silently by the bed, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

A master who is desperate for a maid is naturally worthy of the maid's death to protect the master, especially in this harem, it is the biggest rule for a woman to survive.

Even the supreme man who seems to be able to give him a lifetime of love, sometimes he can't help him as much as these girls.

After all, being with the emperor is like accompanying a tiger, and once you enter the palace, it is as deep as the sea, and fortune and misfortune often depend on each other.

Only by being able to make those around you loyally follow him, and willing to share weal and woe with him, can such a person be able to take on great responsibilities and not be surprised by favor or humiliation.

Looking up at Fang Fei who was standing quietly to one side, the two of them just looked at each other for a moment, and they had a good understanding.

Once upon a time, there were two maidservants who were like sisters by my side, but now, only Fang Fei is left.

I hope that Yun Qing is luckier than herself and can take good care of these two girls and stay in this harem for a long time without being harmed.

"Hua Aiqing, when will she wake up?" Seeing the pair of eyes that were once so clear are now tightly closed, Xuanyuanze only felt his heartstrings tighten, as if being gently touched by an invisible hand inadvertently.

"Back to the emperor, the empress's pulse is calm and her complexion is extremely bad. Because she was too sad and fell into the water for too long, she drank a lot of lake water. Fortunately, King Anqing rescued her and saved her life. No matter how good your medical skills are, you will never be able to recover." The young imperial physician originally stood aside respectfully, but now when he heard the emperor's question, he spoke in a calm and unhurried manner.

"I just ask you, when will she wake up?" Impatiently interrupting Hua Heng's long speech, Xuanyuan Ze raised his eyebrows and gave him a hard look.

He knew that Hua Heng was a promising young man that his mother had spent a lot of time finding for his fifth brother two years ago. He was in his twenties, and he was familiar with medical classics. He was upright and a rare medical talent.

And his teacher is Fang Tianyou, a well-known master doctor in the Jianghu, so his status in the imperial medical department is almost equal to that of the great imperial physician Fu Ming, and everyone respects him very much.

It's just that he is not listening to Hua Heng's preaching now, he just wants to know when Yun Qing will wake up.

He wanted to see if, after waking up, she would still be bravely staring at him with bright eyes like before.Not afraid of his status as the emperor, he stubbornly always keeps himself thousands of miles away.

"Back to the emperor, I have managed to wake up the empress. Because the empress is too weak, I gave the empress the tranquilizing medicine to let the empress sleep peacefully." The answer still respectful, but Xuanyuan Ze was very annoyed, coldly snorted One sound, no more questions.

"Then according to what Imperial Physician Hua said, Yun Qing should be fine in a while, right?" The queen mother also looked at Hua Heng, with a little peace of mind in her eyes.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager just fell into the water, and she may catch the cold! But please rest assured, the Empress Dowager, I will do my best to heal the Empress!" Hua Heng replied respectfully with his eyes downcast.

"Queen Mother, you don't have to worry about Imperial Physician Hua, why don't you go back to the palace to rest earlier. Wan'er will help you." When He Ruowan stared deeply at the person on the bed in Xuanyuan Ze, the hatred in her heart almost overwhelmed her.

Although Fugui didn't say anything unfavorable to her, she was really disappointed that he was so timid.

Fortunately, there was no big mistake today, it was just that the woman was not drowned because of her good luck.Otherwise, she could just put everything on Fugui's head and rest easy from now on.

It seems that I still have to train Qiuyue well, only she seems to be very considerate, and she is very cautious in handling things.

"No need, it's good to have Fang Fei with me. It's getting late, you all go back to the palace too! Xiao Taohong, when Yun wakes up tomorrow, come and tell Ai's family that you have suffered a lot these days." Well, it’s because the Ai family’s lax investigation made you suffer so much grievance for nothing. But don’t worry, the Ai family is here to make decisions for you. Since Yun Qing didn’t make a mistake, the queen’s position cannot be abolished! Emperor! , tomorrow you will make an order to let Yunqing move back to Jinfeng Palace." Situ Xianyu slowly got up with Fang Fei's support, and his majestic gaze swept over everyone present one by one. It feels like a choke in the throat, and the sting is extremely uncomfortable.

Gently tugging Xuanyuanze's sleeve beside her, she gave him a wronged look in her eyes, quietly waiting for him to respond to the Queen Mother.

(End of this chapter)