Concubine De froze. She struggled desperately and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and their family members attending the palace banquet can relax the restrictions appropriately according to special cases. The last Qujiang Banquet and this Dragon Boat Festival Banquet in Dongneiyuan went to The list of banquets has been presented to the deposed queen and Concubine Shu for their review."
Is this a self-inflicted crime that puts the blame on Concubine Shu? Do you want to offend Concubine Shu to death?
Just look at how dark Concubine Shu’s face is!
Li Sixu smiled: "So, Empress Dowager Defei admitted that it was her fault that she did not let the household minister Wang Wang and his family members attend the banquet."
"As far as Sisi knows, if the people attending the banquet are relatives of the emperor, the conditions can indeed be relaxed appropriately. However, I heard that although Wang Xian came from a famous family, he was the grandson of the famous general Wang Fangyi and the son of Zhongshusheren Wang Jin. Are you a relative of the emperor?"
Li Sixu looked at Xuanzong: "Father, the last Qujiang banquet was hosted by Concubine De and Concubine Xian with the help of the Queen Mother. This Dragon Boat Festival banquet was hosted by Concubine De and Concubine Xian with the assistance of Concubine Shu. Concubine De and Concubine Xian assisted Empress Shu. The empress can relax the special exception if she personally acknowledges it, and we will find out who did it and let the household minister Wang Wang and his wife in."
Do you need to check again?
Concubine De has stopped asking herself!
Concubine Xian felt relieved. Their tenth princess never disappoints anyone. She looked at Yang Guibin.
Yang Guibin hurriedly spoke: "I sincerely ask the emperor to find out who was the one who intentionally brought the household minister Wailang Wang and his family members into the palace to recognize their relatives twice at the Qujiang Banquet and the Dragon Boat Festival Banquet. Who revealed to the Wang family the life story of the little maid next to the princess?"
Every banquet held in the palace has detailed records.
Don't think that this is the last straw for Concubine De, Li Sixu has something more cruel.
When De Fei froze and didn't know how to respond, Li Sixu came up with the final trump card: "Er Chen also forgot to tell his father that the kitten Yaoyao raised for Er Chen was actually Concubine De. I asked Brother Four Emperors to give it to my son."
"Empress De Fei ordered the Four Emperors to give cats to her son, and also gave Empress Xiu Yi a sachet that can make cats excited. This is a very beautiful move."
Li Sixu asked her sarcastically: "It's just that when the empress used the Fourth Emperor Brother to scheme against Sisi, did the Fourth Emperor Brother know about it? If the Fourth Emperor Brother knew what the Empress did, he would definitely be very sad. How could he have known that? Will I be the sword that the empress uses against Sisi?"
What Xuanzong hated the most was the calculations between brothers and sisters!
This is what he fears most.
Li Sixu's words were not unkind. Seeing that Concubine De's face was as pale as a sheet of paper, her lips were moving and she could not utter a word. How could Xuanzong still be unclear about this?
"You bitch, how dare you use Yan'er to plot against my princess, and how vicious you are to plot against my royal heir. Such a heinous crime will never be forgiven!"
Xuanzong was furious: "Come here, this bitch is no longer my concubine. She is demoted to a commoner and relegated to the cold palace."
After receiving this news, it was not only the concubine De who felt like a bolt from the blue, but also the fourth prince who learned that Huangfu Xiuyi had a difficult delivery and hid in the flowers not far away to observe quietly.
Last time, he dropped the cherry blossom cake sent by his younger sister and was severely punished by the prince and his sister. The fourth prince began to pay attention to what his sister said.
He had never thought of it before, but since he was reminded, after careful attention, he discovered that the seemingly loyal Aunt Zhang was actually always instigating his mother-in-law, and she kept talking about the little emperor sister in front of him. Bad words.
The sachet given to the servants during the Dragon Boat Festival contained Nepeta, and the Fourth Prince felt something was wrong, because he had raised a cat before and knew that Nepeta would stimulate cats to become excited.
But since he gave the cat to the imperial sister, no one in Penglai Palace kept a cat, so he didn't take it seriously.
It wasn't until beside the Longshou Pond that I heard the young eunuch next to her mother and concubine coming to report to her father that Huangfu Xiuyi had a fetal abnormality because of the cat her sister raised, that she realized something was wrong.
The fourth prince, who was hiding in the dark and seeing everything, felt extremely remorseful. He secretly regretted that he had been reminded by the imperial sister, but he only secretly observed the words and deeds of Aunt Zhang, and did not have time to tell him about the bad intentions of Aunt Zhang. Mother and concubine will make a big mistake!
He hid among the flowers, holding on to his last glimmer of hope.
He hoped that his imperial sister would be soft-hearted and not expose the fact that he gave her the cat.
However, his hopes were dashed!
The little imperial sister not only revealed the fact that his mother-in-law asked him to give him a cat in front of his father, but also exposed his mother-in-law's intentions.
The fourth prince felt sad that his sister did not save him the last bit of face, and he was also disappointed that his mother-in-law used him to harm his little sister.
All kinds of complicated emotions were intertwined. He knew that the matter was irreversible, and the people who witnessed his father wanted to drag his mother and concubine down.
The fourth prince felt that he must not let go of Nanny Zhang, who had been instigating trouble with his mother and concubine since she returned to the palace from Luoyang.
I don't know where the courage came from. At the moment when Concubine De was about to be dragged down, the fourth prince walked up to Xuanzong with tears in his eyes, and then knelt down silently.
When Concubine De saw the sudden appearance of the fourth prince, her eyes lit up, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw.
Xuanzong looked gloomy: "Are you here to plead for your mother and concubine?"
"no!"
The fourth prince shook his head, and his eyes were like knives directed at Nanny Zhang: "My son came to complain to my father, an evil slave who incited my mother and concubine to murder my sister."
"Since I and my concubine returned to the palace from Luoyang, Grandma Zhang has been speaking ill of the little imperial sister in front of my son and my concubine, and instigating my mother and concubine to deal with the imperial sister."
There were some words that the Fourth Prince really couldn't say in front of the many concubines at today's Dragon Boat Festival.
However, he thought that his mother and concubines had been demoted to common people and were about to be thrown into the cold palace.
What else can't be said?
No matter what was said, it couldn't get any worse.
So he became cruel and made up his mind: "Last time my mother and concubine angered my father in the cherry garden, it was Aunt Zhang who instigated her many times. She said that my father planted the cherry garden for my mother and concubine, and gave it to her during the Dragon Boat Festival." It was also Grandma Zhang’s idea to put nepeta in the sachet for the servant.”
"I felt something was wrong at the time, but after giving the cat to the imperial sister, no one in Penglai Palace kept a cat, so I..."
The fourth prince choked up and couldn't speak any more. He only hated himself for not knowing people well, and even more blamed his mother and concubine for being confused.
Grandma Zhang, who thought she had done a perfect job, was panicked when the fourth prince jumped out and attacked her.
She knelt down on the ground: "In order to exonerate the empress, the fourth prince blamed the old slave for everything. As the steward of the Penglai Palace..."
Before Mother Zhang could finish speaking, Xuanzong looked at the fourth prince, indicating that he was not hopelessly confused.
Glancing at Li Yan who was kneeling with relief, Xuanzong ordered in a cold voice: "The master has committed a crime. There is no need to keep the slaves in Penglai Palace. Drag him down and beat him to death with sticks."
