When the two met their eyes, Chen Xueying immediately saw something was wrong with him and was slightly startled.
Lu Zhao immediately looked away and raised his hand to hold her wrist. This time she did not insist, but followed his strength and moved her hand away.
The atmosphere was a little subtle. She noticed that the temperature in the man's palm was very high, which instantly caused a slight irritation on her wrist.
Fortunately, he soon let go, and the two of them tacitly agreed not to mention the matter, but returned to the topic.
"As expected, Concubine Li will not get a good answer from Concubine Li for the two requests you made. If she still insists on your agreement, you don't need to enter the palace recently and avoid her. When the wolf cub is threatened, the female wolf They are the hardest to offend and will attack indiscriminately." Lu Zhao gave advice.
Chen Xueying nodded: "Don't worry, I have a sense of discretion."
Sure enough, as Lu Zhao and Lu Zhao had guessed, both Concubine Xiang and Mrs. Zhong rejected Concubine Li's request. No matter how she swore and swore, she could not make them relent.
Concubine Li humbly prayed at first, but even though she knelt down, Concubine Xiang still disagreed, and she immediately fell out.
"Since you are reluctant to part with money, why did you come up with the idea to ask me to beg the Crown Princess? Now the Crown Princess has agreed. As long as you contribute part of it, she will do her best to save Xiao Wu. But you don't agree when you turn around. What do you really want? Why?" Li Fei's eyes turned red.
No matter how stupid she was, when faced with this matter, she noticed something was wrong and asked in a fierce tone.
Xiangbi felt a headache. She already regretted digging a hole for Chen Xueying, but now Chen Xueying threw the hole back, making her feel embarrassed.
"Concubine Li, it's not that I don't want to borrow it, but my food and clothing all depend on the money from the palace. It's not like you have a prominent family, and the palace people are usually very reluctant to reward you. There was a rumor in the palace before. I am the stingiest master, and it’s not like you don’t know, I really have no money.”
"But the princess's dowry was rich, and her birthday gift to the emperor was a tall golden wolf body. Later, she also got a fighting wolf from the emperor, which shows how wealthy she is. She asked you to borrow part of it from me, just for the sake of asking for it. It's just an excuse, I just don't want to borrow it." Xiangbi tried her best to explain, her tone gentle and distressed.
She didn't dare to completely break up with Concubine Li, after all, the Zhong family was still standing behind, and on the day of the Fifth Prince's Full Moon Wine, Concubine Li and the Crown Princess went crazy with each other, which spread throughout the palace.
As a concubine of low status, she was most afraid of such crazy people and could not afford to offend her.
Li Fei sneered: "You also said that others are making excuses, aren't you making excuses? If she really doesn't want to borrow it, she can just find a reason like you and send me away. She can say that after entering Northern Qi, she can use plastic gold I surrendered to the emperor, bought my own life, and later exchanged treasures for gold and silver, just to live a better life in the Northern Qi Palace. In fact, there was not much left of the dowry, it was just superficial."
"Who doesn't want to cry about poverty, but she didn't. Instead, she actively gave me ideas and proposed feasible ways. But after you dragged the Crown Princess out, you wanted to be a coward and watch the show, but it was your turn When I hit my head, I started to push back and forth again. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"
Zhong Li is against Chen Xueying. Although she has been defeated repeatedly, she will not lose when facing someone like Xiang Bi, and she will not give in at all.
These words directly exposed Xiangbi's true face.
Concubine Xiang wanted to be nice and maintain each other's dignity, but Concubine Li didn't know how to do it. She immediately ruined the harmonious atmosphere and made them quite nervous.
"Li Fei, I'm not——"
She still wanted to explain, but Li Fei interrupted her forcefully: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't want to hear it. Let me tell you, since this idea came from you, don't even think about staying out of it. You have to borrow this money." , I have to borrow it even if I don’t. If it’s because of your delay in saving Xiao Wu, I will fight for you even if I’m about to die.”
Concubine Li didn't pay attention to the concubine at all. A palace maid who climbed onto the dragon's bed still held the position of concubine after giving birth to the prince, which showed how much the emperor disliked her.
The concubine was neither favored nor had a strong natal family to back her up. As the prince she relied on, she was still a cripple and had nothing to fear.
It's a pity that she can do this to Xiang's concubine, but when facing her own mother, there is nothing she can do.
Mrs. Zhong's objection was more solemn than that of Xiang Bin.
"Li'er, please stop struggling with this matter. Even the Queen and Concubine Yu are not immune. How do you think you are better than them?"
"Mom, of course the Queen and Concubine Yu are not immune. After all, one is the crown prince and the other is the second prince. At that time, the emperor had few heirs, so they must have tempered their wills and competed for the position of heir apparent. But now they both have five sons. Well, there is still a twenty-year age difference between Xiaowu and the prince, so there is no need to live such a hard life. From now on, he can just be an idle prince." Concubine Li was slightly excited.
Mrs. Zhong smiled sarcastically: "Why, now you want to be an idle prince and stop dreaming about your dream of going further?"
Concubine Li had mentioned it in front of her several times before, and her ambition was clear.
Zhong Li's face suddenly turned pale and her tone was weak: "Mom, I was just ignorant at that time, but now I have figured it out. As long as Xiao Wu grows up healthy and safe, there is no need to fight for those things, and it may also implicate our entire life." Zhong family.”
Mrs. Zhong looked at her blankly and sighed.
If Zhong Li had figured it out before, she wouldn't have disgusted the emperor so much, but now there is no need to mention it again.
"On this matter, no one can help you unless the Great Luo Immortal takes action. At the beginning, the emperor only had one son, the prince, and he dared to throw him into the wolves. He was not afraid that he would have no heirs and no one would inherit the throne. Now he has five sons. If you have a son, you won’t be afraid anymore.”
"Your idea is fundamentally untenable. When there were few sons, the emperor always abided by this rule. Now that there are many heirs, do you think he will make an exception for Xiao Wu?" Mrs. Zhong directly denied her fantasy.
Concubine Li's eyes turned red instantly. These reasons were all she comforted herself with, but now they were rejected by Mrs. Zhong one by one. She felt like the sky was about to fall.
"Mom, no matter it's useful or not, at least I have to fight for Xiao Wu. Do you want me to do nothing and watch him being carried into the wolf's den? I can't do it!"
"I just ask you to be a witness. The Crown Princess promised me that as long as you come forward as a guarantee, she will lend me money. I will use this money to exchange with the Emperor!"
Li Fei was obviously cheating. She burst into tears and looked extremely pitiful.
Mrs. Zhong felt heartbroken, but still shook her head.
"It's not that I don't agree, it's that I can't agree. The Crown Princess wants me to come forward not only as a guarantee, but also to drag the Zhong family into the princeling party. If I can really save the fifth prince, it doesn't matter if I agree. But now it's just It's just useless work, let alone your father, even I won't agree. It's completely impossible to drag the Zhong family into the party struggle for a failed result." She was firm.
These few words completely shattered Zhong Li's expectations, and she became hysterical.
"Mom, Xiaowu is your grandson, why are you so cruel! How do you know that it will definitely fail if you don't even try? What's more, when it comes to party struggle, the prince is originally the prince, so how can there be any talk of party struggle? , he is orthodox, that is the skill of following the dragon. After all you say, you want to stay out of the matter completely and don’t care about Xiao Wu’s life or death. Mother, you are so cruel!"
Li Fei's eyes were red, she didn't cry this time, but she was more excited than ever before.
Mrs. Zhong closed her eyes. When she opened them again, her mood was a little unstable, obviously she was stimulated.
"What does it mean to not try? Do you think you are the only one struggling? The mothers of the four princes in front of me have not tried their best and used various methods, but they all ended in failure. Where do you think the queen's serious illness came from? of?"
"The reason why she couldn't get sick was because her son was carried into the wolf's den twice. And the second time, she almost succeeded, but in the end the fourth prince still became a wolf cub. The emperor called The Crown Princess came to your palace to apologize to you. As a result, the Queen only sent a palace official to Longqian Palace. The Emperor changed his mind and promised not to pursue the matter. He also agreed that the Crown Princess would not come to see you and go directly to Fengzao. Just go to the palace."
"You used premature birth to plan and let the emperor force the princess to bow to you, but the queen's light communication made him change his mind. It shows that in the heart of the emperor, you are not even as good as a finger of the queen. But Even so, the queen failed to make an exception for the fourth prince, do you think you can do it now that you have fallen out of favor?"
After Mrs. Zhong said these few words, she immediately began to gasp.
Firstly, because I was so angry, and secondly, I couldn’t breathe evenly as I spoke so many words continuously.
In fact, she didn't want to mention the queen at first. After all, Li Fei was not someone who kept secrets. Once she went crazy, she would probably tell everything regardless of her.
But she was really hurt by Li Fei's words, and she no longer cared about Li Fei's face, so she said it quite frankly. Many of the words sounded quite hurtful.
Li Fei was startled, obviously stimulated.
After regaining consciousness, he burst into tears, his legs became weak, and he fell to his knees directly.
"Then what should I do? Mom, Xiaowu crawled out of my belly. How can I bear to see him suffer?"
Mrs. Zhong quickly stepped forward and hugged her, and the mother and daughter cried together.
"Every mother knows, child, if you want to cry, just cry. Things may not be as bad as you think. At least the first four princes lived well after being carried into the wolf's den. And it's okay. Send a palace servant to take care of him, and the fifth prince will be able to grow up safely." Mrs. Zhong wanted to comfort her in a soft voice.
But before he could say a few words, his voice was already trembling, and before he could say a few words, he choked up again.
After Mrs. Zhong left Caixia Palace, Concubine Li fell ill.
This time she was really sick. She had been frightened and sick before. Because of the fifth prince's incident, she had to hold on and beg for help. Now her hope was completely shattered and her whole body seemed to fall apart.
On the day when the fifth prince turned six months old, Qin Youan personally brought someone over and took the fifth prince away.
Before leaving, he went to Li Fei's hospital bed to say goodbye to her.
"Empress Li, the fifth prince has been taken away. Don't worry, our family has specially selected a pack of wolves with good personalities. The female wolves are good at taking care of their cubs. They will definitely take good care of the fifth prince." Qin Youan The tone was respectful.
Li Fei was lying on the bed, struggling to get up, but she had no strength.
The palace servants serving her were all from behind, and none of them were considerate. Instead, they were all looking at Qin Youan's face. At this moment, no one came forward to help her up.
It was only after Qin Youan cursed that a palace maid stepped forward to convince her and let Concubine Li take a look at the fifth prince.
"Xiaowu, my son. I'm afraid I won't be able to see you anymore, but you must grow up well." She reached out and touched the tender face of the fifth prince, and she shed tears as soon as she opened her mouth.
She was now haggard and seriously ill. Several imperial doctors came to check her pulse, but they all shook their heads.
Furthermore, she was feeling weak and vomiting everything she ate, and she felt that she didn't have a few days left to live. Now this sentence sounded like a farewell, but in fact it was more like a farewell.
The Emperor showed mercy, and Mrs. Zhong was called into the palace yesterday to stay with Concubine Li.
Now seeing this scene, his eyes are red.
"Take off all the valuables on the fifth prince." Qin Youan waved his hand.
The maid held the fifth prince in her arms and stepped back. Even if Concubine Li stretched her arms, she could not reach him.
The swaddling clothes were opened, and several palace maids moved gently, taking off the little baby's bracelets, collars, etc., leaving no other accessories except the clothes he was wearing.
"Wait a moment, Mr. Qin, jade pendants support people. This piece of chicken blood jade is hard to come by. How about letting the fifth prince wear it personally." Mrs. Zhong couldn't help but speak.
Qin You'an sighed softly: "Mrs. Zhong, it's not that our family is unaccommodating, but those wolves have very sharp noses. It's not easy to put anything in their mouths. No matter how good the thing is, if they take a few bites in their mouths, they will be killed. Either chew it into pieces, or leave a few pit marks and throw it away, which is completely in vain.”
Mrs. Zhong nodded, she stepped forward personally, reached out and took off the jade.
The maid held the fifth prince and leaned over slightly, letting Concubine Li take another look, and then left with him in her arms.
"Ah——" Concubine Li's cry came from Caixia Palace.
But because she was so ill that she had no strength left, Manager Qin and his party could no longer hear her as soon as they left the outer hall.
Chen Xueying was leaning on a chair drinking tea when Hua Pu trotted in quickly.
"Master, Concubine Li is gone."
When Chen Xueying heard this, she stopped drinking tea and couldn't tell what it felt like.
"When did it disappear?"
"I don't know the specific time. I heard that the breakfast was quite a lot, but when the palace maid wanted to serve her for lunch, she realized that the person had already left." Hua Pu shook his head and turned a little pale.
Concubine Li was so arrogant and domineering before, but now she is gone, and she doesn't even know when she died, which shows that the people around her don't take her seriously at all.
Chen Xueying couldn't help but sigh, she felt this cannibal palace again.
When Concubine Li was favored, Lu Wuji held her up to the sky and made everything go well for her.
In several confrontations, Chen Xueying planned in advance to suppress her.
But because of the incident of almost cuckolding the emperor, even though Li Fei was not the culprit, the old pervert's anger was still directed at her. He killed Li Fei's usual palace servants, replaced them with a new batch, and then made Li Fei Going to watch a few princes fight was just torture for her.
The emperor was so angry that even the Zhong family did not dare to comment.
The fifth prince was taken away again, leaving Concubine Li without any hope, let alone hope of survival.
A person who was originally bright and beautiful was tortured to death in just a few months.
Chen Xueying once again saw Lu Wuji's abnormality.
Lu Wuji didn't catch the incident in action, and there was a hidden secret in it, but it still made him feel ashamed and annoyed.
Mrs. Zhong was quickly invited into the palace. It had only been a few days since the fifth prince was taken away, but she received such bad news, and her heart ached.
In fact, Li Fei's health was deteriorating, and several imperial doctors had sentenced her to death one after another, so she was mentally prepared.
But Mrs. Zhong still couldn't accept that Concubine Li was only in her early twenties, and she had been young and energetic before, so she was not someone who died young at all.
However, a series of blows came one after another. Li Fei's life was too smooth in the first half of her life, and she could not bear such a big blow. She was unable to recover, and even lost her life.
The emperor immediately recalled General Zhong, and it was not until he rushed back to Jicheng that he began to mourn. When he went to court, he selected a nice posthumous title for Concubine Li and named her imperial concubine.
After torturing her for several months during her lifetime, she was given a considerable honor after her death. However, if Concubine Li was allowed to choose by herself, she would not want such a posthumous name.
Chen Xueying made a special trip to Caixia Palace to see her off. Although they had old grudges before, they were all dead and everything was over.
When she was sitting on the sedan chair and about to leave, she looked back.
When the fifth prince had a full-moon wine party, the Caixia Palace was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations. Looking back, it seems like it was just yesterday.
But looking back now, there are white lanterns hanging everywhere, people wearing linen and mourning, and the entire Caixia Palace has been divided. It seems that with the departure of the owner, this palace will soon become deserted.
After taking a few steps, he met General Zhong head-on.
The last time we met, General Zhong was still walking like a dragon and a tiger. He looked like a powerful military commander. But this time, when we looked at him, his temples were already covered in white frost. Although his figure was still tall and straight, his aura was completely wrong. A sense of depression.
"Stop the sedan." Chen Xueying waved her hand.
The last time they met, she had just faced off with Concubine Li when she bumped into General Zhong. At that time, she just nodded and didn't even stop the sedan, which showed her arrogance.
Now her mood was different, and she formally met him.
"The Crown Princess just came out of Caixia Palace?" General Zhong asked proactively.
"Yes, I have a fate with the Imperial Concubine. Although we didn't get along happily, I agreed to her request the last time we met. Now I'm giving her a ride, and my grudges are over." Chen Xueying nodded.
Her words meant that she was not willing to enmity with the Zhong family, and she knew that General Zhong would definitely understand.
"The Crown Princess is interested."
"General Zhong, my condolences." Chen Xueying moved a step to the side, obviously to make room for him.
The two said goodbye, and soon after she returned to the East Palace, someone came to tell her.
"Princess, Aunt Lan from the Fashion Bureau will have someone tailor clothes for you."
Chen Xueying raised her eyebrows slightly. After she built the princess's palace outside, she refused to have clothes made in the palace.
After all, the popular styles in the Northern Qi Palace were very different from the original owner's style. She did not want to have much involvement with the harem, and not having contact would save a lot of trouble.
Therefore, the female officials in the harem and palace bureau never asked to meet again after that, and they were very knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
"Invite them in." She waved her hand.
Asking for a meeting at this time, Aunt Lan must have something to meet.
"Slave Lancao has met the Crown Princess."
"Get up."
Lancao doesn't look outstanding, but her skin is extremely white, which makes her look a little more delicate.
"I saw that the Crown Princess likes to wear sheaths before. The Shangfu Bureau has never had it before, so I didn't dare to bother you. Now that I finally have this material, I want to tailor clothes for you."
As she spoke, she took out a piece of material the size of a handkerchief, which had obviously been cut out as a sample.
The tentacles are light and thin, and sparkle under the sunlight, as if they were made by sharks, hence the name.
"Aunt Lan took the trouble."
"I don't dare." Lan Cao immediately bowed and saluted with an extremely respectful attitude.
"Okay, let's get measured." Chen Xueying stood up, opened her arms, and let him be measured generously.
Lan Cao personally measured her, and then discussed the style of clothes she needed.
Chen Xueying took the time to wink, and soon the two palace ladies who came with Lan Cao were led away by Hua Rong.
"What's up with Aunt Lan today? There's no one else here, so just tell me." Chen Xueying asked softly.
Lancao took out an account book from his sleeve and presented it with both hands.
"Before I entered the palace, I was the personal maid of Concubine Li. After entering the palace, I joined the Shangfu Bureau, thinking that I could help the empress. But after all, I was not around to serve, something happened. Now that the empress has passed away, before she left, She didn’t even have a caring person around her, so when I went to see her, she gave me a booklet.”
"She said she was going to die, and Xiangbi still wants to plot against her to fight with you. She must not let Xiangbi succeed. It's just that she is powerless and can't take revenge. Now that the evidence is in your hands, what will happen? Everything depends on your wishes, and she has no control over it."
Lancao explained the matter clearly and clearly, but when she said the last few words, her tone couldn't help but choked up.
After all, there was kindness in the past, but now we are separated from each other. In addition to lamenting that fate has tricked people, it is inevitable that there is also some sadness in my heart.
"let it go."
After Chen Xueying took it, she didn't look through it, but said a few more words and let her go.
She waited until the orchid grass had gone away before she opened it. Sure enough, there was evidence of Xiang Bin's crime written on it.
Concubine Xiang's cry about Concubine Li's poverty was not false.
She is indeed poor. She has no financial support from her natal family, her status is not high, and her monthly income is not enough. She also wants to subsidize the prince.
Money was needed everywhere, so she had no other choice, so she reached out to the palace people in the harem.
When Concubine Yu is in power, the palace's account books must be even, and no one can make mistakes.
Xiang concubine can't make money in a big way, but she can find other ways.
She actually became an information dealer, selling information about the harem to officials of the former dynasty.
Chen Xueying couldn't help but frown. She was really aggrieved as a concubine. Intelligence chiefs like this were usually prominent palace men in the harem. Compared with palace maids who could not leave the palace, eunuchs who could easily leave the palace would seize such people. Chance.
Nowadays, the concubine Xiang actually competes with the eunuchs for money, which makes her laugh out loud.
She pondered for a moment and then made a decision in her heart.
The reason why Concubine Xiang has not fallen out of favor until now is that she is cautious and does not sell all information; secondly, some officials knew about it and wanted to catch up with the prince and deliberately gave her money.
As for whether Concubine Yu knew about it, she tended to know about it.
After all, Concubine Yu is in charge of the harem. No matter how careful Concubine Xiang is, it will be impossible for her to do so for such a long time without leakage.
As for why Concubine Yu didn't attack, she probably wasn't at the point of breaking out. :,,
