atypical prostitute

Chapter 191 A Woman's Secret Words
When the men are fighting each other with their own minds, the women are also not idle.

Long before His Majesty left for the expedition, Concubine Shu had asked for permission to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival night with her natal relatives in Marquis Wude's Mansion.In order to welcome Concubine Shu's family visit, Marquis Wude's Mansion and Lin's family have been busy since March, and Concubine Shu's family-visiting ceremonial ceremony was indeed as grand and grand as they hoped, full of nobility.Especially the accompanying female officer in the team, she is worthy of coming out of the palace, she has a noble temperament, she forgets the vulgarity when she sees it, even Concubine Shu treats her very politely.

Li Ci, who was invited to the banquet, paid attention to this rather kind-faced female officer when she greeted her, but the female officer was also surprised. Others looked at her openly and straightly, but when Li Ci looked at her, she hung down. Turning his head, Li Ci was very puzzled.

It's just that although he was puzzled in his heart, this female official was brought by Concubine Shu after all, so it's not easy for Li Ci to ask more questions.After exchanging pleasantries, I entered the banquet, drank wine against the moon, admired the chrysanthemums by the water, and got a little drunk between cups and cups, so I found a reason at random and wanted to go to the side room to rest.

This is a very common thing, but Concubine Shu is unexpectedly courteous and said: "Mrs. Shaohou is not feeling well during pregnancy? You are an old man in the palace, and she is best at taking care of pregnant women. Why don't I let her accompany you?" ?”

Xiao Chongrong was the female official who made Li Ci feel a little weird.

Li Ci refused on purpose, not wanting to see Concubine Shu's eyes flicker, and moved Lady Fei's fingers slightly, as if she had been expecting this for a long time, and said: "Then it will be disrespectful."

Fei Chongrong got permission, and Shi Shiran stepped forward, together with Ye family's servants, helped Lici to go to the side room.

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For concubine Shu's family visit this time, the Wudehou's family made meticulous preparations.Even if it is an ordinary side room, it is full of beauty, warm and fragrant when entering, and there is even a faint fragrance that disperses quietly, refreshing.

Li Ci wasn't drunk at all, but she was bored during pregnancy and hated socializing. Now that she got this elegant place, she suddenly felt comfortable physically and mentally, and her spirits were uplifted.She walked to the imperial concubine's bed and was about to sit down when she saw Fei Chongrong who was packing up her belongings with her back turned to her.

Fei, who is brilliant in writing, is an extremely unpopular surname. When did there become more people like this in the palace?
Contacting that face that always makes people feel familiar, Li Ci suddenly realized, sat down with his arms on his waist, snorted coldly, and said: "Empress Xian, if you go out of the palace privately, you are not afraid of being known by Empress Defei Murdered by the machine!"

"Fei Chongrong" trembled when she heard the words, she turned her face abruptly, with feigned panic on her face.

——Her face was heavily powdered, and a few freckles were spotted on her face with brown rouge, but there was no doubt that she was a concubine Xian.

The sudden exposure of her identity made Concubine Xian feel a little restless, she retorted instinctively: "Why can't I understand Mrs. Shaohou's words?"

Li Ci laughed and said, "If you're not a concubine Xian, you're committing a crime."

After a pause, he said again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, they are all my confidantes, and they never gossip."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand to signal the servants to leave the room temporarily, leaving only one person behind the veil to stand by.

Seeing that Li Ci had indeed seen through her, Concubine Xian stopped pretending, flicked her sleeves, and sat proudly across from Li Ci.

"Madam Shaohou has a good wink."

Li Ci said: "It's not that I wink, it's that you don't act like a female official in all kinds of behaviors. Thanks to Concubine Shu's clever cover-up, the people in Wudehou's mansion pretended not to notice."

When Concubine Xian heard this, her beautiful eyes flashed with gloom, and then the corners of her eyes drooped, and she said: "Mrs. Shaohou's teaching is right."

Li Ci said modestly: "Don't say anything polite, the empress colludes with Concubine Shu to meet with the wife in private, what's the matter?"

"Mrs. Shaohou—"

Concubine Xian spoke awkwardly, as if she was ashamed of the begging she was about to say.

In fact, Li Ci knew very well why she was willing to take great risks to leave the palace without permission, but she was also happy to be confused when Concubine Xian didn't take the initiative to speak out.

Seeing her eager eyes, Li Ci did not forget to yawn, and pretended to be reserved: "Your Majesty is also a mother, and she knows that pregnant women are the easiest to get tired—"

Concubine Xian knew that Mrs. Shaohou was forcing her to speak.

She has always been aloof, although she has decided to give up her face to beg this time, but when she really wanted to speak, she felt that the tip of her tongue was so heavy that she couldn't utter a single word.

After several times of gnashing her teeth, she finally stood up and said: "You don't speak dark words in front of Ming people. There has been an undercurrent in the palace recently, and Mrs. Shaohou must be aware of it."

Li Ci nodded and said: "The two princes came into the world at the same time, and the mother is equally honorable, so there will inevitably be some disputes."

The corners of Concubine Xian's mouth twitched again, she tried her best to suppress the unhappiness in her heart, and said softly: "Indeed, it's not uncommon in the past dynasties that the biological mothers of the princes fight openly and secretly. It's just that the current situation is quite different from the past."

"The courtier's wife is ignorant, but she doesn't know how to be different?"

you--

Concubine Xian's face became more and more ugly, she forced herself to smile, and said: "Mrs. Shaohou is well informed, why don't you know that His Majesty may not return to the palace this time?! Concubine De is ambitious, and she is trying to unite with the vassal and let her Your child will sit on the throne! Madam Shaohou, you are now the only hope for me and the emperor!"

"The concubine Xian is worrying too much. Your Majesty has a real dragon to protect her body. How could she be murdered by this little boy?"

Li Ci said indifferently, although she had long planned to form an alliance with Concubine Xian, she also knew that once Concubine De succeeded in becoming the Queen Mother, she would definitely not let the Ye family go, but if Concubine Xian agreed too easily, Not necessarily a good thing.

"But... the emperor is about to be killed by them!"

"Concubine Xian has evidence?"

Li Ci asked back, she knew as much about the methods of the harem as Concubine Xian.

Concubine De attempted to unite with the vassal kings and launch a coup to allow herself to sit on the throne of the Queen Mother. It can be seen that she is ruthless and has her eyes on the big.It's just that since she decided to unite with the vassal king to usurp the throne, she is now in the stage of intensive preparations, how could she be so stupid and make people alert in advance!
You know, only she and Concubine Xian gave birth to a prince in the palace, and Concubine Xian's child made a mistake, Concubine De was the first to be suspected.

Even if he wanted to kill Concubine Xian and her child, it would be after his own child successfully ascended the throne.

Maybe she was the one who poisoned her!

Li Ci speculates viciously that newborn babies are the most vulnerable, and if they hadn't consciously controlled their weight, they would have died long ago.But if Concubine De wants to attack, Concubine Xian's child must die, so how can she control the amount carefully?
In fact, the eldest prince was poisoned, and it was Concubine Xian who benefited the most.She didn't even need to spread rumors that the concubine De had been poisoned, as long as she hugged the child and cried around, she could win the sympathy of the entire harem, as well as the sympathy of the court's civil and military officials.

Although the women in the harem are not really clean.Even Concubine Shu is no longer the ignorant girl she was when she first entered the palace.But she still couldn't forgive Concubine Xian, she hated this woman who pretended to be noble but was actually greedy from the bottom of her heart.

Therefore, knowing that the Ye family must form an alliance with the concubine Xian if they want to overcome the current difficulties, and knowing that concubine Xian will turn their backs and deny anyone if they are in power, Li Ci still decides to deliberately demean the concubine Xian at this critical juncture.

"The concubine colluded with foreign ministers and spread the word, but it is a crime of treason. What the empress said just now is just speculation, there is no evidence, so don't talk nonsense in the future. After all, the wall has ears, and human nature is fickle. Who knows that today's confidants will not Will it become tomorrow's gut-piercing poison?"

She said pointingly, watching Concubine Xian's bluish-red face with satisfaction.

"I know that my majesty is worried about the prince, and I know that the capital is indeed not peaceful recently, but there are some things that my majesty has to remember. The world belongs to your majesty, and it belongs to the Xiao family. As long as your majesty is still here, there will be no room for the younger generation." act wildly!"

"Mrs. Shaohou taught me a lesson. I was just in a moment of impatience and uttered lies."

Concubine Xian spoke perfunctorily, her face softened, but her heart was full of resentment.

Li Ci knew her hypocrisy, and said with a smile: "Speaking of it, it's no wonder that the empress is impatient. Recently, some rebellious ministers and thieves committed a big crime at the feet of the emperor. The two princesses have not heard from them so far. Don't say it is the empress, it is the important officials in the court. It’s been discussed a lot.”

"But I don't know what happened to the two Highnesses, do you have a clue?"

Concubine Xian said nervously, she has been in the deep palace for a long time, although she has information from her natal family, it is not as good as outside.

What's more, her biggest reliance on forming an alliance with the Ye family is the pressure this case brought to the Ye family.Although he hoped that the case would not be solved, the Ye family had a bad relationship with the two feudal lords.But Concubine De was aggressive, but she also sincerely hoped that the Ye family could solve the trouble as soon as possible and free up their hands to help her calm down the harem.

"It's hard to say, some people are involved, and Jing Zhaoyin dare not investigate further."

Li Ci said vaguely, she knew that Concubine Xian was suspicious, and saying half a sentence about everything would arouse her suspicion more than saying a whole sentence.

Sure enough, Concubine Xian's eyes flashed with joy, and the corner of her mouth was a wry smile, and she said: "Could it be that the mountains and rains are about to come and winds fill the building? Someone really wants to use the opportunity to shake the capital?"

Li Ci said: "There is no evidence, so I can only keep my doubts in my heart. The Ye family is struggling now, and they can only trust His Majesty and the laws of heaven."

Concubine Xian knew that she was perfunctory, so she laughed and said: "The laws of heaven are clear, Mrs. Shaohou don't have to worry."

Li Ci took her hand and comforted her: "I'm really not worried. The situation in Chengshi's five years is much worse than it is now, and it's not the same? It's destiny, no one can control it."

What the destiny belongs to, cannot be controlled by others.

The eight words made Concubine Xian's face froze, and it took a long time to force out a smile, and said: "Yes, destiny is where it belongs, and no one can control it. Your Majesty is the Majesty of destiny, and you will surely return from danger."

"That's right. Since His Majesty will return in peace, what should Concubine Xian have to worry about? Concubine De is not the only one in the harem! Concubine Gui is not someone who is easy to delegate power."

Li Ci smiled and poked Concubine Xian's palm.

Concubine Xian understood what she meant when she heard this.

Concubine De's eagerness to be the empress dowager seriously violated His Majesty's interests.As long as His Majesty returns safely after the conspiracy is launched, Concubine De will surely die without a place to bury her.Even in the moment of stalemate, there is Shangguan Mingzhu who is greedy for power and domineering, using the honor of a noble concubine to suppress Concubine De, if Concubine De wants to act recklessly, she still needs to weigh it carefully.

"Then...what if there is a change in the palace?"

"There will be no accidents in the palace. You and I are aware of Her Highness's methods."

Li Ci smiled lightly, tacitly.

Seeing this confident smile, Concubine Xian was finally really relieved.No wonder so many things happened in the capital, Mrs. Shaohou was still complacent. It turned out that the empress left the backhands before leaving the palace, and these backhands were temporarily held in the hands of Mrs. Shaohou.

This Ye family is really scary!
Concubine Xian thought to herself, she decided that after the emperor's son ascended the throne, the Ye family must be eradicated. Whether it was due to personal grievances or business affairs, the Ye family was destined to become the enemy of their mother and son.

Of course, right now, she still has to be hypocritical, after all, apart from the royal blood, Concubine Xian has nothing to rely on.

(End of this chapter)