The Queen comes to visit the Concubine Xian.
After entering the door, he pulled Concubine Xian away from asking her to salute: "It's all my fault that my sister has been wronged."
"Queen, please don't say that to offend me." Concubine Xian said hurriedly, "I am willing to share my worries for you. How can I blame you?"
"In the eyes of outsiders, His Majesty's punishment for you brothers and sisters is not too severe, but I know that you didn't have to suffer such a punishment." The Queen sat down holding Xian Fei's hand and said, "In the end, it is still because of me."
"Your Majesty, our family does not speak the same language. You are the only one who has us. If we don't protect you wholeheartedly, who can we rely on in the future?" Concubine Xian comforted the queen, "His Majesty didn't blame you these days, right?
Although we were punished, we were not injured. I guess that although His Majesty did not say it in public, he would inevitably vent his anger on the Queen in his heart. "
"I really made you guess," the Queen sighed, "Your Majesty went to my palace the day before yesterday, asked all the people serving in front of me to step aside, and told me not to be suspicious all the time."
"Alas!" Concubine Xian sighed and said, "It doesn't matter if I am punished or reprimanded. Don't let Your Majesty have a grudge against you, the empress."
After hearing this, the queen smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just deceiving myself if I say I don't have any grudges. The emperor did save face for me. But in his heart, he must still blame me."
After hearing this, the Concubine Xian became anxious and said to the Queen sincerely: "My Lady, if this is really the case, it would be better to give up this concubine.
Just tell the emperor that everything is my concubine's fault and has nothing to do with you.
It was because I was sad that Wanyi had lost her child that I tried every means to frame Concubine Fu. "
"Are you crazy? This is a serious crime!" The queen frowned, "How can you come forward to take advantage of others when they can't hide?"
"Your Majesty, please don't be soft-hearted." Concubine Xian shed tears as she spoke, "At any time, it is you and the Crown Prince who are most important. Not only did we suffer some injustices, we also received serious crimes and even lost our lives. It’s not a pity either.
If your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can tell her about the musk screen and say that I wronged her. That time the evidence was conclusive and unmistakable. It was only because you helped me conceal the truth from the emperor that I didn’t know the truth. If these two things are put together, the emperor will no longer doubt it. "
"Are you crazy?! If you really want to do that, you can't look back." The queen couldn't help but be moved.
"Your Majesty, I am not crazy. I know very well what is most important." Concubine Xian wiped away the tears on her face and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do everything clean. No. It will implicate you.”
He stood up and walked out.
The maid in front of the Queen stepped forward to hold her and persuaded her: "My Lady, please be at peace. For such a big matter, the Queen must make the final decision."
"Sister," the queen called Concubine Xian, "it's enough for me to know that you have this sincerity. Now the matter has been settled. The emperor did not pursue it further. We can't afford to take the initiative to send her to your door.
You are my right-hand man after all. Without you, I have lost a helper and I cannot do anything wrong. Besides, even if you surrender in front of the emperor, you will not be able to defeat Concubine Fu, but will actually encourage her arrogance. "
When Concubine Xian heard what the Queen said, she stopped trying to force her. She just said, "Since your Majesty has already talked about this, I can't hold on to it. But today, I will talk about it here. No matter when, I will do it." I am willing to stand in front of my wife and block the sword. If there is even half a word that is not sincere, I will die badly."
"Sister, you are serious. If you say this quickly, why don't I still believe you?" The queen took Concubine Xian's hand and became even more intimate.
The rockery to the north of Taiye Pond is already densely covered with green wisteria.
There were several green-feathered birds taking a bath by the pool. Their chirping sounds were very pleasant, and the garden seemed particularly quiet.
The wise concubine was punished and the queen was warned. Everyone in the palace became cautious, and fewer people entered the garden to play.
In fact, even if there were people nearby at this moment, they would not notice that there was anyone in the rockery cave hidden by the branches and leaves.
"This is for you to eat. I specially asked them to make it. It's still hot!"
"I'm not hungry, one piece is enough."
"No, please eat more. I know you won't be full. Take whatever you can't finish with you and eat when you're hungry."
"No, if this thing is seen, I will be beaten to death."
"Then you can finish it here and don't take it back."
"I really can't finish it. I've gained weight these days."
"It's better to be fatter and give whatever you can't finish to the cat."
The two people talked quietly, like two little mice hiding in a hole.
The sun is shining brightly outside, but it's so dark inside the rockery cave.
The prince held a veil in his hand, and there were several pieces of pastry on the veil.
Lin Fufei's cheeks were bulging, and the black cat with green eyes squatted beside her feet.
"Prince, does your head still hurt?" Lin Fufei asked.
"I don't want to lie to you. In fact, the pain has stopped a long time ago." The prince smiled, "But I didn't want to study, so I told my mother that it still hurts."
"Then what if the Queen finds out?" Lin Fufei was timid and felt that lying was really dangerous.
"The Queen Mother doesn't care about me right now," the prince actually didn't want to mention the Queen. Whenever he mentioned her, he felt a knot in his chest. "She always only cares about herself."
"No, the empress regards you as her life." Lin Fufei said, "It's just that you are the prince, in the future..."
"Everyone in the world says what I will do in the future," the prince couldn't help but become impetuous, "They never imagined that I am a living person!"
"You did a great job," Lin Fufei looked at him sympathetically, "I wouldn't have been able to hold on any longer."
"You are also very good. I think you are living a much happier life than me." The prince lowered his head, "Sooner or later, my mother will force me to go back to study, and she will also force me to do many things that I hate..."
"Actually, I can live a good life thanks to one person," Lin Fufei thought of the journey she took after entering the palace. "Otherwise, I would have been dead."
If Xue Hengzhao hadn't told her about Lingbai's smoked pigs, she wouldn't have been able to get Aunt Zhuang's protection and break away from the hard work of a handyman to do lighter work.
If it hadn't been for Xue Hengzhao, who was framed for putting out lanterns, she would have died.
Later, Xue Hengzhao asked her to take a bath with Nepeta, and she stayed with the tenth princess from then on, and she finally settled down.
"Oh! If only someone could help me." As a prince, he always felt isolated and helpless. "I'd better stop dreaming."
"How about I go talk to Sister Xue and ask her to give you an idea!" Lin Fufei said with bright eyes, "She is really smart."
"How can she, a little palace maid, help me?" The prince smiled, "It's better to tell her to stay away! So as not to harm her."
