"But if you don't plead guilty, the Queen Mother will also kill you. Do you plan to die now, or do you want to accept the crime and fight for your life?"
If you say it, you will die, if you don't say it, you will die.
This was not a good choice for Concubine Rong. The tricks the Queen Mother used behind her back were enough to kill her ten thousand times.
Concubine Rong stretched out her hand and arranged the hair that was spread behind her back in front of her body. Her hands were like sharp combs to restore the hair to a smooth state. She smiled at Pei Wu and said, "Okay, I agree..."
Pei Wu also smiled at her: "That's right! Those who know the current affairs are heroes. When I am promoted by the emperor, I will definitely intercede for you."
She smiled with a proud look on her face, as if she was a man of the hour who could walk between the Queen Mother and the Emperor with ease.
Is this the person the Queen Mother's aunt found to replace her and Concubine Shu?
She is indeed a beauty. She is more calm than she and Concubine Shu. She can tolerate it until now without seeking fame.
Better than her...
But the aunt kept saying that she wanted to recover the Wu family and bring her brother and mother back from Ninggu Pagoda.
Her current behavior does not seem to be for the Wu family, but rather to stabilize her position and to cultivate a beloved concubine like Jiang Xinyue.
Aunt, she wants to control the harem!
Under the guise of restoring the Wu family, she and Concubine Shu were told to obey. Now that the two sisters have done all the bad things and have no use value anymore, she has to train new people.
Ah!
The Queen Mother's aunt looked down upon her too much. She was not the stupid concubine Shu who was played around by her.
"Before that, I would like to see my aunt one last time. Could you please Miss Pei to pass the message to me?"
"The Queen Mother doesn't have time to come see you now. If you have anything to say, it's the same thing with me. I'll help you tell her."
Is it because she feels that she will definitely die after taking the blame, so she doesn't want to waste this time?
When it comes to her aunt and nephew, she actually doesn't care about any family affection at all, so don't blame her for being cruel.
"Then Miss Pei will help me tell the Queen Mother that I wish her to get what she wants and control the harem with great dignity."
During the late emperor's time, he relied on his son to dominate the harem. She really thought that she was the number one person in the palace. She didn't even look at it. The late emperor didn't like her at all back then. If she hadn't been the biological mother of the late emperor's only prince, I'm afraid she wouldn't even be a concubine. Can't even catch it.
Relying on his son to rise to power step by step, he only fed his own ambitions and felt that he should be the big shot in control of the former harem.
The emperor expelled the Wu family, killed the Song family, defended the Zhu family, reused officials with no background in the court, emphasized the imperial examination, and favored talents...
How could such an emperor be manipulated by a woman like her?
The Queen Mother can't get what she wants after all, so just let her give her another ride.
The Queen passed away, and the palace was in a state of gloom and gloom.
Concubine De knew that she was a target in the spotlight, so she deliberately kept a low profile and lowered her sense of existence.
Jiang Xinyue had not expected that the Queen was so determined to die, and she wanted to push Concubine Rong to the front, making everyone mistakenly think that Concubine Rong was the emperor's Bai Yueguang, and Concubine Shu was just a scapegoat.
Unexpectedly, the empress would be willing to help her deal with Concubine Rong at the cost of her life for the sake of the fifth prince.
Her plan was useless, and Concubine De became the main culprit for "forcing" the queen to death.
Everyone in the palace is talking now, saying that if Concubine De had not wrongfully accused the Empress of poisoning the third prince, the Empress would not have died at all.
The crutch used by Mrs. Cheng Guogong was intended to kill the Queen.
People always sympathize with the weak, not to mention that now the Queen is not weak, but dead.
Don't think about the next days in Chengguo Duke's Mansion.
Jiang Xinyue just asked the emperor: "The old lady of Chengguo Duke's Mansion is really old and strong. I heard that her tiger-head crutch can knock the king unconscious and beat the traitorous officials. Is this true?"
The emperor poked her down on the bed with his finger: "You are the only one who dares to ask me such a treasonous question. If you ask me another person, you can try the consequences."
Try and die.
Jiang Xinyue quickly got up from the bed, hugged Emperor Xuanwu's arm and said coquettishly, "Isn't that right?"
"how?"
Emperor Xuanwu stared at her: "Are you afraid that one day I will become a foolish king and be beaten to death by the old lady of Duke Cheng?"
"how come?"
Jiang Xinyue glared at him angrily: "The emperor is not a fool! If she dares to hit the emperor, I will kill her. I don't know what it means to be a tiger-headed snake."
"Although I know that you are trying to coax me into dizzy with your sweet talk, but I am still coaxed by you."
Emperor Xuanwu took her off his arms, put her to sit on the bed, and said mockingly: "Don't worry, Duke Cheng Guo knows the current affairs best. Yesterday, he personally brought the tiger head crutch to the palace and handed it back to me. And asked the old lady to take off her clothes and kneel down to worship the Queen at the gate of the palace."
If he didn't do this, Cheng Guogong was afraid that his mother would not even be able to save her life.
Jiang Xinyue's little movement of relief was seen by the emperor. He thought that Jiang Xinyue was feeling uneasy about the queen, so he put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Have I put the fifth prince here to embarrass you?" ?”
If when the fifth prince grows older and is provoked by someone who is interested, the fifth prince may think that Jiang Xinyue killed his mother and ruined his bright future.
Keeping him by his side would be a source of instability for Jiang Xinyue.
"Concubine..."
"Your Majesty, one after another brought the five princes to ask for an audience."
Before she could say anything, Fenren came to the door with the fifth prince.
During the mourning period of the empress, the emperor could not visit his concubine. Last night, the emperor did not rest in Hexi Palace. Instead, he showed up at Taihe Palace early in the morning. He planned to accompany Jiang Xinyue to have breakfast and then go to Taihe together. temple.
Fenren knew about it, so he took the time to come over.
"Let her in."
The emperor walked out and sat in the flower hall. Jiang Xinyue also quickly got dressed, not wanting others to think that she was disrespectful to the queen.
In fact, it was still very early, and the concubines should get up around this time and go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to offer incense to the Queen.
It's just that Fenren is someone close to the Queen, and the fifth prince is young and pitiful, so he can't be too relaxed and comfortable when he is most sad.
Concubine De has turned her tail between her legs, and Jiang Xinyue cannot be said to have no respect for her.
When she finished dressing and came out from behind the screen, she had already knelt down in the flower hall with the fifth prince: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask your permission to allow this servant to be with the fifth prince when the empress's phoenix body is moved to Dongshan to be buried in the imperial mausoleum. Go to Dongshan to guard the mausoleum of the Queen."
It was a bold and somewhat offensive request.
The fifth prince is a royal heir. Only the emperor can decide whether he will stay or go. How can he accommodate a maid to control him?
