Empress Dowager Wu turned around and threw the remnants of the Dahongpao brought by Jiang Xinyue to the ground: "The Ai family punched and kicked her? Your heart is so biased, first let's see what your dear concubine gave to the Ai family. ?”
Although there are some fine residues on the crimson carpet of Kunning Palace, there are more tea leaves exuding a strong fragrance.
The dried tea leaves were plump in shape, and two taels were worth a hundred gold, but Empress Dowager Wu knocked them to the ground without cherishing them.
Empress Dowager Wu instantly understood that it was Zhenbi, a cunning woman, who had covered the good tea leaves with a thin layer of tea residue and tea stems. She had already predicted that she would overturn the box.
vicious! So vicious!
Jiang Xinyue twisted her body, looking like she had been greatly wronged, and pulled Emperor Xuanwu's sleeves to act coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I know that the Queen Mother has a deep misunderstanding of me, so I specifically asked the Queen Mother about her preferences. Then I brought the best Dahongpao from Jiuyun Mountain, hoping to please her old man. Unexpectedly... Wuwuwu... It's my concubine... It's all because of my fault. I'm clumsy and talkative. , making the Queen Mother unhappy again."
Emperor Xuanwu thought: Concubine Zhen really can't act, let alone lie. Look at her panicked eyes, red cheeks, and fingers nervously grabbing my sleeves when she looked at me, like a frightened kitten. My whole body was covered in hair.
If you stay a little longer, you might faint from fear.
The emperor, a straight man, couldn't see through it, but Empress Dowager Wu was trembling with rage in the play of Beizhen Concubine, who was both good at singing and singing.
I also understood that this was the emperor's connivance with Concubine Zhen to come to her Kunning Palace to act wild.
If Concubine Zhen was allowed to leave her place intact, how would the master and slaves in the harem laugh at her?
"Come here, let the Ai family capture Concubine Zhen and give her a hard slap so that she can remember her and stop treating others like fools."
Wouldn't it cost Jiang Xinyue her life to hit him hard?
As soon as her fingertips were loosened, her whole body slipped into the emperor's arms, and the little bird snuggled up to seek shelter.
The palace attendants from Kunning Palace hesitated and stepped forward. Emperor Xuanwu hugged Jiang Xinyue and shouted, "I wonder who dares?"
With the emperor protecting him so fiercely, no one would dare. The palace people looked at the furious Queen Mother, and then at the glaring Emperor...
Neither party can afford to offend, so forget it, kneel down and beg for mercy!
The palace people knelt on the floor with cheers and cheers. Empress Dowager Wu covered her chest with one hand and pointed at Jiang Xinyue with a trembling hand: "Okay, okay, Emperor, you are really a good son of the Ai family. You are not willing to deal with Concubine Zhen today, are you? Okay, Ai. I will accompany Concubine Shu to the Jokhang Temple to apologize to the ancestors of the Shen family and let them see how this good son born in the Ai family forced his own mother."
This is a bit serious to say.
Besides, Concubine Shu went to Jokhang Temple because she was plotted by Concubine Li. People thought that Concubine Shu had murdered the emperor's heir, so there was nothing wrong with her going to Jokhang Temple to pray for Concubine Li's child.
But the Queen Mother is different!
If she went to the Jokhang Temple, the subjects would think that the emperor could not tolerate his biological mother and queen, who was from the Wu family.
There was silence in the air for a moment, and Emperor Xuanwu hugged Jiang Xinyue tightly with an ugly expression on his face: "Does Queen Mother have to punish Concubine Zhen today?"
"Aijia..."
"The Queen Mother must think clearly before answering. Who does the Queen Mother care about most in this palace?"
Of course it was herself, Concubine Shu, and the child in Concubine Shu's belly.
"Are you threatening the Yi family?"
"My son is only known as a person, and I will return to my mother as my queen."
Wasn't Queen Mother Wu using the public opinion of the people of the world to threaten the emperor just now?
Empress Dowager Wu did not believe that the emperor would be harmful to Concubine Shu, but looking at the way he protected his concubine, it seemed that the woman in his arms was the emperor's favorite woman.
She didn't dare to gamble, and she couldn't afford it.
Concubine Shu was her last bargaining chip to regain the Wu family.
Empress Dowager Wu pulled a long face and said reluctantly: "You can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the living penalty. Concubine Zhen has repeatedly disrespected and teased the Ai family. Emperor, what should you do? You have to give it. Aijia’s explanation.”
The initiative returned to Emperor Xuanwu and Jiang Xinyue again, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
The seemingly embarrassed emperor exhaled heavily from his nose: "Then let's ground him!"
"Emperor, are you fooling the Aijia? Do you think the Aijia doesn't know what you did during the month of her confinement?"
What have you done?
Not only were they offering delicious and delicious food, but also all the good and fragrant rare things were sent to the Hexi Palace. It was as if she was deliberately going against the Empress Dowager Wu. She withdrew the green card from the concubine Zhen, but the emperor continued to go to the Hexi Palace every day. Xigong, even if she didn't stay overnight, but went there every day, it was a slap in the face to Queen Mother Wu.
The most hateful thing is that the emperor also asked Zhenbi to build a small kitchen in Hexi Palace.
Since ancient times, this small kitchen has been given to concubines by emperors as a sign of their supreme favor. It is the concubine, not the concubine.
A concubine is not qualified to build a small kitchen. Even the harem where she favored the late emperor did not receive this treatment when she was a concubine.
Emperor Xuanwu pondered for a moment and then said: "Then I will confine her for six months this time, until the end of the year, right?"
The words "I advise you not to push yourself too far" were clearly written on his face. Empress Dowager Wu was not someone who didn't know how to accept a favor, so she took the opportunity to make a request: "Concubine Shu can't go to the Jokhang Temple. Emperor, you can go by yourself." Convince Concubine Li to change the Jokhang Temple into the Sheng'an Temple in Beijing."
The Jokhang Temple is far away from Jialuo. It takes half a year to get there by carriage from the capital, and it takes three to four months to get there by horseback. It is located between Goguryeo and Fusang. The folk customs have not changed and the people are brutal and rude. How can Concubine Shu endure it?
At least in Beijing, as the Queen Mother, she can speak her mind and can help her to some extent. She has a high chance of returning to the palace, so it is not difficult to regain her favor.
Jiang Xinyue glanced at the emperor cautiously. This man hated others making terms with him. Would he compromise for her?
To Jiang Xinyue's expectation, Emperor Xuanwu agreed directly without any hesitation, but the coldness in his eyes was clearly visible to Jiang Xinyue.
This is... I plan not to go to Sheng'an Temple with any of the saints. I am afraid that Empress Dowager Wu's wishful thinking will come to nothing.
but……
The Tao is one foot high, the devil is one foot high, and the days ahead are still long! Who could have said that one year later, who else would be standing behind Emperor Xuanwu with a smile?
It's already the end of May, and after six months of confinement, it's the end of the Lunar New Year. By then, her belly will be seven or eight months old, and she won't be able to have a miscarriage easily.
Moreover, Jiang Xinyue also had the confidence to give birth to her child under the protection of Emperor Xuanwu.
Jiang Xinyue was banned, and the happiest person was Ye Guiren. She felt that she had gained favor by imitating Jiang Xinyue. Now that Jiang Xinyue, the real owner, was banned, she, a Xibei, just took advantage of it.
