Seeing her coy look, Qingya was reminded of her own mother's death, so fragile and silent. All kinds of hatred filled her heart, prompting her to become even more jealous.
"How dare you, who are you? How dare you slander the imperial concubine. The ceremonial clothes the empress gave to the imperial concubine and me are now in the palace. I immediately sent someone to get them."
"Why did the imperial concubine give it to you? Why did I choose a grass-colored dress? The more I talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes."
After saying this, she stepped forward and bowed again: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty, I can present the ceremonial clothes you gave me that day for your Majesty to see!"
"Okay, send someone to get it!" The queen waved expressionlessly.
Qingru was sweating profusely, lying on the open ground, facing the cool breeze. She raised her head and glanced at the princes around, and looked at the sky coldly, showing no mercy to her.
When people run fast, six sets of ceremonial clothes, including pink, light blue, jade color, autumn fragrant purple, moon white and indigo, appear in front of them in a short time. The female official inspected everything meticulously, including the embroidery work on the fabrics.
"Your Majesty, these six sets of ceremonial clothes were indeed all given by Your Majesty on that day. Your Majesty thought that Mrs. Wan Guo was plainly dressed, so she gave the imperial concubine and her ceremonial clothes. I personally brought them to the maids of the imperial palace."
"But I have doubts. This pink dress is similar to the one worn by Mrs. Li, only the pattern is different. The one given by the empress is a peacock feather pattern, and the lady uses a phoenix pattern! How could there be two such similar clothes? "
Just this question made Mingxuan and Qingya panic. King Yong, who was sitting nearby, had already discovered their plan, but he had to protect them and quietly gestured to Mingxuan to drink tea.
The husband and wife had a tacit understanding, and Mingxuan said: "My dear, I have remembered that I invited Mrs. Li to have tea a few days ago."
"I was thinking that Mrs. Wan Guo lost her mother when she was young, and her longing for her mother made her lose weight, and Mrs. Li and she were biological sisters, so she wanted to find the two of them to drink tea and talk, so that she would feel better. "
"I remember that I tried on this pink dress that day and used it to meet Mrs. Li. Mrs. Li also praised the beautiful style of this dress!"
Qing Ya was stunned and bowed in front of her: "Well, then this is not a deliberate violation of etiquette. Do you want to... tamper with the pattern of the pink ceremonial dress and wear it to face the saints, in order to frame me and the imperial concubine?"
"This is obviously a gift from the imperial concubine. I can't believe what you two said. I have a maid to prove it. Yi Ge'er... come here!"
Wan Yanying stood aside, lightly fanning her fan and saying, "Can you trust me if you find a personal maid? What if you secretly capture her relatives and force her to submit?"
"Princess..., you are the holy sister's sister, why do you want to help the tyrants do evil?" Qingru scolded angrily.
"Okay, in that case, let your Majesty listen to what your maid says!"
She put away her fan wantonly, held her belly and walked over in a swagger. Seeing that the girl had difficulty walking, the emperor quickly gave a cold look and asked the maid next to him to step forward and help her up, for fear that something would go wrong.
Yi Ge'er looked at Wanyanying timidly, and then pulled her head back when she saw her grinning.
The Queen spoke: "I would like to ask you, has your wife ever been to the Imperial Palace to drink tea? Did the imperial concubine give you any clothes?"
"My lady has been there, been there!"
"But the Imperial Concubine and Mrs. Wan Guo never mentioned the gift of clothes!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? You personally carried the clothes..." Qingru was furious and stepped forward to fight with the maid.
"Madam, the imperial concubine never gave me clothes, so what did this slave bring me?"
"You rip-off thing! I'll kill you!"
Qingru stepped forward and tore her hair. The scene was in chaos. Seeing this, all the ministers lowered their heads in embarrassment.
When the emperor saw this, he became furious and shouted: "You bastard! How can I tolerate you being so presumptuous in front of me!"
At this moment of rage, the two of them stopped and bowed themselves in the cool breeze, not daring to raise their heads even an inch for fear of the divine wrath. After everyone calmed down, Wanyanying waved her small fan again, seemingly aggressive but with a hint of sincerity: "Li Qingru, how can you continue to do evil? You are jealous and hateful. When you were at your parents' home, you relied on your father's favor. You embarrass your sister everywhere and do whatever you want... and now you think of this way to frame your married sister, your
Is the heart a stone? "
She paused and said no more.
After a moment, he added: "Do you know how hopeless you are? You are really hopeless."
"Your Majesty, I ask your Majesty to make a decision and deal with this person."
After Emperor Wan Yanliang heard this, he paid more attention to Qing Ya. Seeing that in this chaotic scene, surrounded by dangers, she seemed extremely calm, acting according to her heart without going too far. Compared with the crying and crying her in the past, this stability and calmness were hard-won.
He looked at her, and she raised her head slightly, glanced at him lightly, and then looked away again, her every move was so affectionate and so restrained.
The past was just in front of him, and he once again aroused that feeling of guilt.
She has been tortured like this, how could he still let her suffer! So with the blessing of various factors, he made an angry decision: "Come here, take this poisonous woman down with a forty stick, strip her of her title, and demote her to a concubine."
"King Qi, let's fight forty together!"
Wanyan Wulibu patiently answered, but Qingru cried and was escorted away by the palace maid, and the matter was settled. ..
The emperor looked at her sitting quietly not far away, his eyes suddenly blurred, he raised his glass and drank deeply. After drinking, he looked again, everyone was enjoying themselves, and she was nowhere to be found. Looking around, he saw her figure standing alone on the hill opposite her in the dusk, so he went there in a hurry because of his drunkenness.
She stood alone on a small hill, with clumps of withered grass covering her feet. The autumn wind was clear and bright, and the fallen leaves gathered and scattered with the wind. The crows croaked in the cold, resting and frightened again. The darkening dusk seemed to make this lonely girl stand alone. Swallowed by falling mountains.
Suddenly an autumn wind swept her forehead, and she was shocked to see that the world was already deep in autumn.
Zhang Qinli came from the shooting venue not far away, gently touched her shoulder and asked: "Why is my sister independent and not talking to us?"
She looked back and saw that not far away, a group of women from the clan were sitting together playing chess and chatting. A few children passed by with a kite, and there was a lot of laughter.
"I'm clumsy and can't speak, so... I just enjoy the scenery here by myself!"
The emperor came quietly in a light yellow jacket, catching the two of them off guard. Qinli knew what he meant, so he patted her shoulder and resigned.
When she saw him, she greeted him with the same courtesy, lowered her eyebrows and smiled, took a step back and looked at him.
"Do you remember this place? Before you got married, we came here every year," Wan Yanliang asked, holding her hands behind her back.
It seemed like a long time passed before I heard her reply: "Remember what you can do, things are different and people are different!"
He tilted his head to look at her, his lips were gentle and his eyes were bright. He was as intoxicated as before.
"Qingya, do you know why I like you?"
She shook her head.
"I love the scent of books on you the most, which is elegant and fresh. I also love your stubbornness after reading poetry and books. You are not muddy in the world. I don't know if it is because you are from the Bohai family, but you are different from ordinary people."
"Maybe! I really don't have much else to show for myself. I have only read poetry and books since I was a child."
She smiled lightly and remained silent, still not daring to look at him.
He took an inch forward, which was only a small step, and she had to take another step back, keeping a respectful distance.
"Qingya, please come back to me! This way, no one will bully you anymore, and I can protect you."
She bowed again, bowed her head and said: "Your Majesty, just let me do this! I don't want to enter the palace, and I don't want to go through any trouble."
"I think now I have just changed my identity. I can see His Majesty being happy and I am satisfied!"
"Qingya, I don't care if you have been with Wulu, really..."
"I know, but I... really just want to live an ordinary life like this! I hope your majesty will not blame me for the sake of past friendship."
After repeated advice, he calmed down and looked at the dusk. She slightly gathered her cloak to surround the cool breeze.
He turned the jade ring between his fingers, then took it off and handed it over. She still took a step back and smiled without leaving any trace: "Your Majesty, I dare not accept such a precious thing. Your Majesty, please keep it and give it to the empress of the harem." !」
"Take it, this affection belongs to you..."
He finally put the ring finger back into her palm and walked away casually. He walked not far away, picked up his beloved daughter who was coming towards her, turned around to look at her, and finally walked away.
She held that affection in her hands.
After the banquet that day, when I returned to the Yongguo Mansion, I heard a message from someone waiting for me, saying that Wanyan Yong was going to be summoned.
She roughly guessed what was going on, so she went with Xiyi. She opened the closed door and as soon as she entered, she saw Wanyan Yong sitting on the official hat chair with a gloomy face. Next to him was the supervisor Zhang Jiyan.
And Mingxuan stood in front of him, head bowed and silent, like a child who had done something wrong.
When Wan Yanyong saw Qing Ya coming, he reprimanded him angrily: "You two have performed such a big show today that the lonely king is going to be stunned by you two. What are you going to do with this show?" , eh? The lonely king doesn’t dare to stay around you two anymore. What if I get hurt by you two someday?”
"Your Majesty, I realize my mistake!" Mingxuan bowed first, while Qingya still stood still.
He raised his black eyebrows and said to Mingxuan: "Xuan'er, she doesn't understand, don't you understand too? Ru'er is the cousin of the lonely king. Forty big boards are going to be crippling for a girl! You know ?"
After Qingya heard this, she thought of the desolation when her mother died. When she thought of the crazy things Qingru did, she became even more confident and said: "What's so pitiful? It's only a mere forty pieces. My mother's bones are not cold yet. She is like this." He died tragically, doesn’t Li Qingru deserve retribution?”
"My mother gave birth to me and raised me for more than ten years, and endured humiliation and heavy burdens for more than ten years. She was kind and helpful to others, kind and virtuous, and she never treated Qingru differently because she was the daughter of my late wife. But what about her? Is this a human thing? "
"King Gu has told you long ago that there is no need to dwell on the past. Do you know that this trip of yours is to harm others again?"
"Look at you, you have been gentle and considerate since you were a child, and you have read a lot of poetry and books. You are Mrs. Gaoming, can't you have a longer-term perspective? Do you think my uncle doesn't know what you are doing? You have to kill each other in your own family, okay? ?」
Qingya became more and more impulsive and bluntly contradicted her: "Yes, that's what I want to do. I am a vicious woman, and I will never be gentle and considerate, especially to you. You still speak up for others when I am wronged. I will never be gentle and considerate, because you don’t understand me or my situation. You will only be kind and endlessly tolerant, which is tantamount to aiding evil! Yes, that’s it!”
After hearing this, Wanyanyong was so angry that he raised his palm to hit her. Zhang Jiyan and Xiyi quickly knelt down: "Your Majesty, I can't hit her, please calm down!"
He curled his lips and pointed at the two of them and said, "Someone is begging for mercy before the lonely king takes action. Who is your master?"
"There is no need to persuade, if you want to be beaten, your Majesty, just do it! I have been beaten a lot since I was a child, and I will not miss this one! If I had to do it again, I would do it again."
At this moment, her son, Wan Yanyong, turned red with anger and walked back and forth in front of her, looking at her again and again.
"You...you," he pointed at her again.
"Do you look like a destined woman? You are indulgent and willful, do whatever you want. Do you think this government will give you the surname Li?"
She said nothing, paused for a long time, turned around and left. After a while, she came back to help Mingxuan up and they went out together.
"Hey, you're so presumptuous, you don't even take the lonely king into consideration!"
"How presumptuous!"
He stood there holding his waist, looking at the walking figures of the two people outside the door, and slowly calmed down.
