Chapter 21: Care is chaos

Concubine Wang brought her daughter Zhu Xuanyan and Zhao to Kunning Palace. What surprised her was that Queen Wang seemed to have just lost her temper and had a little unconcealed anger. It seemed that it was not as simple as Zhao said before that she wanted to see the little princess.

Queen Wang grabbed Concubine Wang, who was about to salute, let her sit beside her, and gave a wink at the personal palace maid behind her. The little palace maid took Zhu Xuanyan from Concubine Wang, and said, "Princess, I will take you to have something delicious."

After Zhu Xuanyan went out with the little palace maid, Queen Wang waved to signal all the palace maids and eunuchs in the room to go down. When only Concubine Wang and the others were left in the room, Queen Wang did not politely and said directly: "This time I asked my sister to come here, it was actually because I just learned a rumor that was almost well-known in the capital."

After saying that, Queen Wang stared at Concubine Wang without blinking. Since she learned about the widely circulated rumor, she thought about it and felt that there were two people who caused the initiator of this matter that were the most suspicious.

One is the rumor that the favored vixen Concubine Zheng sent someone to spread. Maybe the emperor agreed to her. Her move was to test the ministers' reaction to this matter so that they could take timely measures. This possibility is very high. Not only did she be favored, she also gave birth to a prince for the emperor recently. More importantly, the emperor actually wanted to promise to give the bitch a favor! Is this a signal to depose herself?

Thinking of this possibility, Queen Wang felt bitter in her heart.

Another one is Concubine Wang, who has long fallen out of favor. In terms of the beneficiaries of this matter, Concubine Wang is the most questionable, and her son, the eldest son, may be the biggest beneficiary.

One thing is that when those conservative ministers and censors heard the rumors that the emperor had the idea of ​​deposing the eldest son and establishing the young, even if they had doubts about the rumors, judging from the emperor's repeated refusal to make the eldest son the crown prince, they would believe that the emperor really had this idea. So, will these censors who regard their reputation as more than their lives watch this obviously violated the system? No, absolutely not! Their duty is to maintain orthodoxy, defend the ancestral system, and speak out for the current problems, and they will definitely not let their reputation be criticized by future generations.

Queen Wang seemed to have seen those rumors working hard for this matter one after another.

Second, no matter whether the rumors are true or false, Queen Wang knew that she had completely opposed Concubine Zheng. Others have been bullied to the top. Can she bear it? If she can't bear it, she will fight with Concubine Zheng, and the result will be very bad. If she bears it, it will be even worse. As the lord..., she has to swallow her anger and remain indifferent after being bullied by a concubine. You queen is over. What kind of prestige can you have? The more sharp the conflict between Concubine Zheng, the more fierce the fight is, who is the most beneficial to? The answer is obvious - it is the eldest son of the emperor!

However, Queen Wang, who carefully observed Concubine Wang's every move, was disappointed. Concubine Wang was at a loss at first, and a confused expression that was completely unaware of the situation, making people unable to see any flaws. Of course, Concubine Wang was indeed unaware of the situation, and it was strange that she could reveal any flaws.

"Rumor?" Concubine Wang Gong asked curiously.

Queen Wang nodded. She was now 60% sure that this was not done by Concubine Wang. It was not like pretending to be fake, looking at Concubine Wang's expression and tone.

"That's right! Last morning, the emperor actually wanted to give the Zheng family a gift that only the queen could get. Now it's been circulating in the capital that the emperor is planning to depose me, the queen who is not his wishes, and change the title of Concubine Zheng as the queen." Queen Wang said with a wry smile.

This was another test. She deliberately said the words in this order. If she didn't understand the inside story, it would be easy to mistakenly think that the rumors were true based on the meaning of these few sentences.

"Ah!" Concubine Wang covered her mouth with her hands, and a disbelief and helpless expression, and her face turned pale in an instant. She believed the rumor, otherwise how could the simplicity that belonged to the queen's family be randomly given? This is a signal to depose Queen Wang?

Seeing Concubine Wang Gong's expression, Queen Wang nodded secretly. At this time, she basically believed that Concubine Wang Gong was unaware of it.

If the rumors were rumored by Concubine Wang Gong, then she must know the truth and how could she react like this? If she didn't understand this, she would mistakenly think that these words were true. With Concubine Zheng, who had the prince, took office and lost the protection of the queen, the eldest prince was really in danger. How could she not show a confused and helpless look? This is a very small detail. Queen Wang believes that few people will consider it so carefully in an instant.

"Sister, don't panic. This is just a rumor that was deliberately released. It cannot be taken seriously. Haha, the rumor also says that the emperor intends to make the third son of the emperor the East Palace? How is this possible! Don't say that the rules of ancestors cannot be changed, even the emperor once said in front of Shen Shixing that the crown prince of the Eastern Palace has his own laws and regulations. If you don't joke, how can you not count?" Queen Wang showed a relaxed expression on the surface and persuaded Concubine Wang Gong, but these words were not just for her to listen to.

Queen Wang was also worried at this moment. Since Concubine Wang was not the spreader of rumors, was it Concubine Zheng? What has the emperor agreed to that bitch?

When he heard it was just a rumor, Concubine Wang breathed a sigh of relief, but she still confirmed with concern: "Empress, is it really just a rumor?"

"Sister, just relax. It's just some rumors, no one will take it seriously." Queen Wang comforted Concubine Wang and said.

Concubine Wang was much more at ease and was about to say something grateful, suddenly the voice of Empress Wang's personal palace maid came from outside the door: "Qi reported to the Empress and Concubine Gong, Chang Ning and Zhiyun of Jingyang Palace had something to ask for the two empresses, saying that there was something important about His Highness the Great Prince."

"What's the matter?" Concubine Wang stood up in disobedience. The words about the eldest prince had already made her mess up. However, after getting up, she realized that Queen Wang was still next to her, and it was not her turn to make decisions. She couldn't help but look at Queen Wang with embarrassment and apologies.

Of course, Queen Wang would not care about this little thing: "Sister, don't worry, sit down first, and wait for them to come in before asking clearly."

Although Concubine Wang was anxious, she knew that what the queen was saying was reasonable and that she didn't know what was going on, so she sat down as she said.

"Let them come in." Seeing Concubine Wang sitting down, Queen Wang said to the door.

"See Empress, Empress Gong." The little eunuch Chang Ning and the palace maid Zhiyun came in and knelt down and bowed.

Although Concubine Wang Gong wanted to know the details quickly, she had not forgotten that the queen was next to her at this time, so she had to endure it and not speak.

"Get up and talk back." Queen Wang said to the two of them: "What happened? To be honest."

"Thank you!" After the two of them got up, Zhiyun, who had been in Jingyang Palace for a long time, said, "Impress, this is the matter. Since I entered Jingyang Palace more than three years ago, I have never seen Huntangsi deliver hot water on time, and often send some cold water. Today, Huntangsi was one hour late and had not yet sent water, so Gao Shenghuai went to ask, but the Huntangsi people spoke not only harshly, but also beat Gao Shenghuai unreasonably. Woo... Your Highness was so angry that he had already taken Zou Yi and Gao Shenghuai to Huntangsi to argue."

As the little girl talked, she began to wipe her tears with grievance.

"What a bastard! These people are so arrogant!" After hearing this, Queen Wang slapped the table suddenly, looking and being imposing. At this time, she already knew in her heart that many things here were actually what she had previously agreed to. Of course, it was also necessary to have a contribution from Concubine Zheng, but she would never admit it.

"What? What did you say? Luo'er went to the Huntangsi?" Concubine Wang was panicked and scolded the little palace maid and the eunuch: "How do you do it? Why don't you stop Luo'er? Huntangsi is outside the east gate and is already outside the palace. What should I do when Luo'er is in danger? You..."

Concubine Wang suddenly realized that no matter how much she scolded them, it was useless. For the sake of the current plan, she had to hurry up and chase Zhu Changluo back. She knelt down at Queen Wang, kowtowed and said, "Please give me kindness to the Huntangsi and send someone to recall Luo'er."

Queen Wang stood up and pulled up Concubine Wang who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "What are you doing with sister? Luoer is like my own son. How could I let him be wronged? Let's relax."

He turned his head and asked Chang Ning and Zhiyun, "How long has the eldest prince been there?"

Chang Ning knew what Queen Wang wanted to know, thought about it and replied respectfully: "Even if Your Highness can't get to Huntangsi at this time, I'm afraid he'll have arrived at Donghuamen."

Queen Wang frowned and said to Concubine Wang Gong: "Sister, it seems that they have left the palace. I'm afraid it won't take long before the emperor will know."
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