Forty-third: Uncover the mystery (1)
The next dinner, the queen took the soup to Qinzheng Hall and briefly reported to Li Yuxuan about Li Jingyuan. She only mentioned that Li Jingyuan suddenly felt uncomfortable. The imperial physician had seen him and had no obvious symptoms. Later, after the minister invited to the palace, he found that it was the last family that was decided, which was in conflict with the layout of the Eastern Palace.
"Your Majesty, the Eastern Palace should not be changed easily. I know that I should not make arbitrarily, nor should I easily discuss the family of loyal ministers. This conflict is not the fault of one party, but the power is considered as fate has not arrived. According to me, it is better to postpone the marriage of the prince and consider it again next year." The queen slowly sent Tang Geng to Li Yuxuan, frowned slightly, and felt guilty.
After all, after this screening, although the final crown princess was not announced to the public, the harem and even the previous dynasty knew that the emperor and empress were looking for noble ladies in the capital, and now it was shelved for no reason, which inevitably caused some discussion.
Li Yuxuan was a little surprised at first. After hearing the queen's reply, he nodded with regret. The queen has always been steady, and it must have been a moment of intent to make this decision. He knew that he didn't need to question her first wife.
He looked at the soup bowl in front of him, but he didn't mean to move quickly and said, "Since the queen and the prince have made a decision, I, a father, have to wait a little longer. The queen has been working hard for many days recently, so she should pay attention to her health."
The queen stood in front of Li Yuxuan, silent for a moment, lowered her head and said, "This is because I was too hasty and did not pay much attention to Jingyuan, which caused these troubles."
Seeing that she was dressed in a simple manner and had a haggard face, Li Yuxuan knew that she was still blaming herself, and there was no need to comfort her. As soon as the matter was over, he changed the topic and said: "I have been busy with the government in recent days, so I only knew about this. What's wrong with Jingyuan now?"
"Jingyuan has improved today, and the imperial physician said that it would be better if he stayed for a few more days."
The couple took a few more steps across a red sandalwood book, and they were even familiar with each other. Whether they were silent or spoke, they were tacit understanding.
The queen felt another alienation in this quiet gap. After more than ten years of getting along, everything was familiar and standardized. He trusted himself so much that he would not be surprised or concerned about whether he did well or not.
Even if you say something more, this is not your fault alone, so you don’t have to blame yourself.
After Li Yuxuan told the palace that there was no need to visit the hospital, he stepped into the gate of the East Palace and visited Li Jingyuan who was carrying the medicine at that time. He also circled around the palace to show his father's concern.
As soon as he left the palace gate, Li Yuxuan called Wei Ling and asked, "Do you see anything?"
Wei Ling's heart skipped a beat and said pretending to be ignorant: "Go back to the emperor, I am stupid, I don't know what the emperor said?"
"You really didn't notice anything with such old fox-like eyes?" Li Yuxuan rolled up his sleeves, turned around and pointed at Wei Ling, and said, "Do you don't know or dare not speak? I can see it."
Wei Ling smiled ambiguously and said, "The Emperor is wise."
"There are fewer large objects in his palace, but you don't see it?"
"When I go back to the emperor, your highness has indeed placed less things," Wei Ling accompanied the emperor to the Eastern Palace and naturally had more eyesight towards Li Jingyuan. "But, I can recognize it carefully. The emperor can rest assured. The servants are inappropriate in their work and fall a few by chance. Your Highness is generous and kind, and he has not pursued it. You should be at ease."
Li Yuxuan glanced at Wei Ling coldly and said, "The most important things are either the ones I or the Queen Mother personally appreciated, or they were won back on some important days. The prince cherishes the most, and it just so happened that they are all intact."
Wei Ling heard the emperor's meaning, and realized that this might have been done by the prince, so he chose those who didn't matter.
He pondered for a moment, turned around and looked deeply at the East Palace that had returned to normal, with cold eyes and said, "Let me ask someone privately who the prince has seen recently."
A few days later, all the palaces knew that the prince had recovered from his illness and expressed their intention to visit him. The queen did not want to refuse the kindness of the sisters one by one, but people came and went, even if each person only sat for a quarter of an hour, Li Jingyuan had to deal with it for a long time, so he used the prince's academic priority as a reason and asked the concubines to make an appointment to go on the same day.
Mu Yanqing waited until all the concubines left and said to the queen: "Empress, I only went to the Prince's place to bother you a few days ago. There are many people today, so it is not advisable to go there. If you go there multiple people, you will only disturb your highness more. I hope the Queen will be considerate, and I will be as happy as usual for the Queen and your Highness."
The queen believes in her sincerity. It is rare for someone to understand her dilemma. It is difficult to say it explicitly, "I am very happy that you are so sensible. Since you have such considerate intentions, I naturally have to agree. By the way, it is hot, I see that you have always loved to eat some small pastries, so I asked the kitchen to make some snacks for you today."
The sudden reward made Mu Yanqing stunned for a moment and said, "I'm so greedy for this problem that I'm so greedy, the Empress actually remembers."
The queen asked Aunt Wei to take out the food box, looked at the flattered Mu Yanqing gently, and said, "A few days ago, I remembered that you couldn't put down those pastries. But now it's the time when the heat is strong, so let the chefs do something to relieve the heat. The taste is a little different from before. If you like it, you can come to my house more often."
Mu Yanqing took the food box and swallowed his saliva. He didn't know what to do. He suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable soreness in his heart, and suddenly he rushed to the tip of his nose. Perhaps, in the heart of the queen, as long as the woman named by the emperor, regardless of her origin, she is the sister she wants to take care of. Her dignified queen, why should she care about how this person is promoted? The emperor can see it.
"What's wrong?" The queen stood up from the bench and walked to Mu Yanqing, not sure, "Why is her eyes red all the time?"
Mu Yanqing did not expect that in everyone's eyes, she, a person who sells her masters and seeks honor, still has her every move and inadvertent preferences in the queen's attention and concern. Since she came to this intrigue place, it is the first time that anyone has been so careful and considerate about her, except Gu Xiaochuan and Cailian.
"I..." Mu Yanqing turned his head, sniffed and calmed down, not even caring about the title, and said, "It's because the concubine has lost her etiquette. The Queen treats me so kindly, and I... I... I am moved."
The queen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I am the lord of the six palaces. Of course, I should pay more attention to you. However, there are many concubines in the palace, so there are inevitably times when you are not considerate. Although I met you late, I also know that you are upright and smart." She sat down next to Mu Yanqing, and suddenly felt a little sad, and then said, "Who in the palace doesn't work hard for the grace of the holy people? You may not be working hard on this matter. Since the days are long and lonely, if there is no more care and trust between each other, this day will be even more difficult."
Mu Yanqing suddenly realized that what the queen said was clear, wasn’t it her own? There were many beautiful and talented concubines, and they could do their best to fight for favor. Only the queen was the wife and the model of the six palaces. She seemed to have no need to fight for the sake of ordinary concubines, but she could not fight for it.
Whether the husband comes or not, whether he laughs or not depends on how the queen does it, but on his temporary joy.
The cicadas are chirping and frogs are circling, and the dragonflies are flying low. The noises are even more delayed in the hot breeze. Even the tender grass that has just grown in the corner of the wall seems to be pressed by this dullness and has not yet risen towards the sun.
Gu Ningchuan saw Mu Yanqing finally walked out of Jingren Palace, and Cailian, who was carrying a food box, said: "It seems that the pastries that the Queen has given me are enough for the master to enjoy for the afternoon."
Mu Yanqing led them to the side and said seriously: "No, the Queen's food box just helps me. I don't go to visit the prince with them, because I want to meet someone while they have something to do."
Gu Ningchuan frowned and realized something.
"Xiaochuan, you go back to the palace first. If Xiaopin came back early, he would just say that I was so bored that I would go out for a walk, and you would accompany her to practice martial arts as usual. Cailian, you and I go to Xinzheku. I think the eunuch Yu we have been looking for is there."
Gu Ningchuan immediately said: "No, master, the people who serve in Xinzheku are all guilty. I have been there for a while before, and there are all kinds of people in it. When Cailian is back, I will follow you."
"No," Mu Yan thought it clearly early in the morning, "I just know that you have been there before, so I can't go with you. On the one hand, people there are easy to recognize you, but this is not easy to deal with. On the other hand, I...I don't want you to be uncomfortable."
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a pig or a dog. Mu Yanqing thought about it and could not bring Xiaochuan to that gray area anyway.
Gu Ningchuan was as if he was nailed by a nail and was reluctant to move his steps back.
"I won't stay there for long. Don't you believe my intelligence?" Mu Yanqing smiled, "I'll just ask some things and come back soon. Just go back and wait for me."
"Okay," Gu Ningchuan nodded seriously, "After an hour, if you haven't come back, I will go to Xinzheku to find someone."
Mu Yanqing frowned in surprise and blurted out: "Why are you suddenly like a domineering boss?"
She left Gu Ningchuan, who had heard the new vocabulary and had to be explained, and left casually. Gu Ningchuan did not bother with the meaning of the words, nor did he care what he looked like. He only knew that this eunuch Yu, who had no news for a long time, suddenly appeared in Xinzheku, and let Mu Yanqing know.
Just like an enemy who has been hiding on the battlefield for a long time, searching for nothing, when it suddenly appears again, it is usually one reason - it is tempting to go deeper.
Mu Yanqing took off some of the hairpin on his head along the way. At first glance, he looked like a great palace maid in the palace of the Empress. Relying on the unique Fengfei brocade cloud pattern of the food box, she quickly walked into Xinzheku without any explanation of where she came from, and stuffed a handful of silver. The consul eunuch smiled and took her to find Yu Cong.
The two were about to thank the consul eunuch, but the old man with white hair raised his hand with a smile on his face, stopped Mu Yanqing's words, "I don't care about where you are and what you are doing. The most in the palace is people and things that cannot be explained. Today, I will give you some convenience. If you want to sincerely thank you, you can just pretend that you have never seen you or come here. The old man only reminds the girl that although there are most likely people who have entered Xinzheku, they can't go out straight, but if the girl wants to solve any people and things here, they have to clean the place when they come and go. It is difficult to think twice. "
Mu Yanqing was stunned for a moment, as if he was blocking his chest in one breath, and he stared at the consul and eunuch leaving.
Cailian whispered, "Master, Ogawa is right. The people here are vulgar and have no education. Why do you think about people like this? Don't bother with such people."
It was not the question of vulgar speech. It was this familiar and sarcastic spirit that made Mu Yanqing vaguely feel that every sentence the old eunuch said was true. "I just feel that there seems to be something important in what he said that I need to grasp, but I didn't understand it for a while."
But time is running out, and two beautifully dressed girls should not stay here for a long time. Yu Cong is waiting for her in the room, and there may be only one chance.
Mu Yanqing asked Cailian to guard outside, hesitated for a while, and then hesitated and knocked on the door before walking in.
As Mu Yanqing expected, the person who turned around was a thin and young eunuch. He was not tall and had a scar on the tip of his eyebrows. His expression was exactly the same as that of Xinzhekuri - all tired and weak. According to Mu Yanqing's guess, this Eunuch Yu should have known the original Mu Yanqing before the incident, so that he could collude with her to frame Yao Jiyun.
"Eunuch Yu?" Mu Yanqing looked him up and down and said in surprise, "I haven't seen you for a long time. My father-in-law really made me... almost unable to recognize you."
Yu Cong was obviously surprised by her arrival and said, "What are you here to do? See how miserable my fate is now? Oh no, I should call him Xiaozhu, you have already flown to the branch."
Mu Yanqing immediately analyzed that the other party's sarcastic lines were unwilling to become a well-known master, but he wanted to see no hope in this place where there was no light.
In addition to reducing his rejection and pulling himself to the same height as him, ambiguous lines can better continue the clichés. How the opponent interprets them depends on their own thinking.
She entered the state, closed her eyes and sighed, "Do you think I want to be this little master? I have a lot of helplessness to be the unwilling agreement, which no one knows."
Yu Cong sneered, not knowing whether to laugh at himself or to laugh at Mu Yanqing, and said, "What you said is right. We are also setting up a plan for him and lying for him. The ending, life and death are all in his mind."
Mu Yanqing turned his back to Yu Cong, and suddenly heard him mention the third party, the person who set up the plan. He felt nervous and said, "Yes, you also know that the life and death of ant like us lies in him. I have no day to live a better life, for fear that he will take my life if he thinks about it one day."
"How could it be?" Yu Cong said without hesitation: "I was originally an irrelevant slave in front of him. After this incident, my one person suffered from the trouble of being away from right and wrong, and for the comfort of his family, it was much better than being there until he was old. And you, he was promoted to the position and wanted you to appear in front of Concubine Yao every day, so that Concubine Yao would always take you out of anger, and he would pick it up completely and would not make Concubine Yao suspicious of him."
The sky outside the window became darker and darker. Mu Yanqing stood in this dilapidated small room and could hear the wind outside hiding in a dull situation, as if it was full of momentum and had no way to find a trace.
The setting up a situation that harmed Yao Jiyun, but she didn't want her to arouse suspicion. She could also control the family of the palace servants at will. Under the pressure of Yao Jiyun, she was promoted to a palace maid and sent a eunuch... With such rights, she could not count the entire palace city several times, and Mu Yanqing could not count the second person.
Chapter completed!