"Rong Cang and Chu Yunfei left the palace?"
In the imperial garden, Concubine Gu and her maid were walking along the winding corridor, seemingly admiring flowers, but in fact, her thoughts had already flown to Qinzheng Hall.
Thinking of the day when the Protector of the Kingdom came into the palace to complain, and then the emperor summoned King Chen, and finally called Prince Zhan and his wife into the palace for questioning.
Compared with the usual method of interrogation in the palace, today's method of questioning individually and taking turns is really unpredictable, let alone what the emperor is thinking, which naturally makes him a little uneasy.
The maid behind her respectfully replied: "I have already been watched by others. Please don't be impatient, please."
As soon as he finished speaking, a palace maid trotted over from a distance, knelt down and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, the War King and the Princess have just left the palace and returned to the palace."
As soon as the words fell, Concubine Gu's face darkened instantly.
"Two unfilial things." She gritted her teeth and said with a cold and angry voice, "It's rare for me to enter the palace, but they don't even think of paying respects to me, the mother-in-law. I really don't know what I have to do with raising such a white-eyed wolf. use!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down." The nanny hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, "The King of War and the Princess may have been reprimanded by the Emperor and are in a bad mood, or maybe...maybe the Emperor asked them to go back and reflect on their mistakes?"
When the imperial concubine heard this, she thought of the reason why Rong Cang and Chu Yunfei were summoned to the palace for training. Her eyebrows turned cold, as if covered with a layer of frost: "I really underestimated Chu Yunfei."
It is indeed bold to dare to order a maid to slap the daughter of the Zhao family in full view of the public. No wonder she did not hesitate to let her father enter the palace to impeach Rong Cang after receiving the divorce letter.
Mammy agreed in a low voice: "Yes, I thought that Princess Zhan was from a small family and had a weak and meek temperament, but I didn't expect that she would be a bit fierce."
Although a person with a strong temper can easily make enemies, you should be careful when dealing with her, lest she get impulsive and do things that others dare not do, say things that others dare not say, and do bad things at critical moments.
"Reporting to the Queen, there is one more thing," the palace maid hesitated for a moment, "Miss Xie was summoned into the palace by the Queen today. The time was very close to the time when His Highness King Chen entered the palace, but it was later than His Highness King Chen left the palace. It seems that Stay in Shuhuang Palace and have lunch with the queen before leaving."
Concubine Gu frowned: "Xie Danshu entered the palace?"
"Yes." The palace maid nodded, "I have been out of the palace for about an hour now."
Concubine Gu's eyes turned cold and she walked to the pavilion in front without saying a word and sat down in front of the stone table.
The Queen didn't summon her earlier or later, but she chose to summon Xie Danshu today?
What a coincidence?
"Your Majesty." Grandma frowned and said, "Why don't I send someone to find out--"
Concubine Gu raised her hand to stop her: "You can't inquire about the things in the Queen's palace, and besides, I don't necessarily know what she said."
The queen has no children, what happened to Chu Yunfei in Prince Yu's Mansion, and what does it have to do with her?
Even if she knew that Chu Yunfei had been ostracized and bullied and humiliated in front of her, what would she do?
Chu Yunfei was her daughter-in-law, not the queen's, so she had no right to question her.
Concubine Gu turned her eyes slightly and looked at Liu Qingxi who was standing aside: "How is the King of War's health?"
Being asked unexpectedly, Liu Qingxi's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly moved forward and knelt on the ground to hide the uneasiness in her eyes.
"Reply to your Majesty." She calmed her tone and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty stopped taking the decoction last night. The Princess said that the medicine was 30% poisonous. Your Majesty's injury has healed and there is no need to continue taking the medicine, but the external ointment is still being used. After the wound heals, you still need to remove scars and build muscle, so there’s no harm in using more.”
Concubine Gu stared at her coldly: "You have been making the decoctions these days yourself?"
"Yes." Liu Qingxi lowered his head, and the hands in his sleeves trembled, "This slave cooks two pills every morning and evening, and the dosage is exactly according to the prescription."
Concubine Gu's eyes fell on the top of her head, her gaze as sharp as a knife: "There won't be any accidents, right?"
"No, it won't happen." Liu Qingxi's heart trembled and she reassured her again and again, "Please rest assured, the noble concubine."
Concubine Gu hummed: "When can I see the effect?"
“As soon as you stop using the ointment, you can see the effects at any time.”
Concubine Gu was silent for a long time before she raised her hand: "Get up."
Liu Qingxi breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and stood with lowered eyebrows and eyes.
"Forget it, let's go back to the palace." Concubine Gu stood up and walked back along the corridor, "I am tired."
When I walked to the end of the corridor, I saw from a distance that the eunuch of Zhaochen Palace who had been sent out to inquire about the news had returned and was walking towards here quickly.
Concubine Gu paused slightly.
The little eunuch came to the scene in a blink of an eye and knelt down to report: "Mother, my servant has heard about it. Eunuch Yang just sent someone out of the palace to deliver the decree. Zhao Shangshu's daughter was punished with twenty slaps on the face and had to stay in seclusion for three months. The Protector of the Country and Zhao Shangshu managed the family. If there is no way, each will be fined three months' salary."
Concubine Gu's expression changed: "The emperor actually punished the Zhao family?"
"yes."
"The King of War and his wife were not blamed?"
"I don't know," the young eunuch knelt on the ground and replied respectfully, "I only heard that when the emperor summoned the King of War to talk, he suddenly got angry and threw the teacup memorial all over the floor. But the palace people were all outside and did not see the specific details in the palace. The situation, I don’t know why the emperor is angry.”
Concubine Gu's face was cold and her eyes were dim.
What a Chu Yunfei, who could make the emperor issue an order to punish the daughter of the Zhao family.
What on earth did she say in front of the emperor?
Concubine Gu thought about it and felt that this was a good result.
At least it can suppress the arrogance of the Protectorate.
"Is that the concubine in front of me?" A group of people walked around the rockery and looked at Concubine Gu with a smile. When they came closer, they bowed calmly and said, "Sister, I have met the concubine."
The leading woman was dressed in light blue palace clothes. She was about the same age as the imperial concubine, but she was dressed very elegantly. She had a light and peaceful smile on her face: "I heard that the emperor summoned Prince Zhan and his wife, I don't know why? Zhan Has it been a long time since the king came to pay his respects to the concubine?"
As expected of a mortal enemy, he stabbed the imperial concubine in the heart every time he opened his mouth.
Concubine Gu's face darkened: "Sister De Fei, what do you mean? Concubine Yu invited my daughter-in-law to drink tea, but she allowed her cousin to offend and insult Concubine Zhan in public. Do you think this matter will just go away?" ?”
Concubine De's smile paused, and she bowed sternly: "Princess Yu really didn't do a good job in this matter. My sister will give her a good scolding when she has time later. Please forgive me, my dear concubine."
"Even if you don't teach her a lesson, Princess Yu will regret it now." Concubine Gu said maliciously, "The emperor has sent people to the Zhao family to convey the decree, and the Duke Protector and Minister Zhao will each be fined three months' salary. , Zhao Yunrou was slapped twenty times and kept behind closed doors for three months."
The smile on De Fei's face completely froze: "Seriously?"
"Can I lie to you?" The imperial concubine smiled coldly, "The Duke Protector's Palace has been so pampered by the emperor in recent years. He thinks that his family is already a relative of the emperor and is superior to others, but he doesn't know that a family as prominent as his in the imperial city is not Young, but they don’t feel it themselves, and always regard themselves as the emperor’s favorites. They ask with conscience, is the Zhao family better than the Xie family, or is it better than the Qi family? They really regard themselves as green onions. "
After saying these words, Concubine Gu walked away, too lazy to say anything more to Concubine De. Anyway, the purpose of making people heartbroken was achieved, no matter what she thought in her heart.
Concubine De stared at her back with a stiff face: "What are you so proud of? Do you really think you can be the final winner?"
When she thought about the emperor's punishment of the Zhao family, Concubine De's face frowned a little, and she was suddenly worried that there would be a gap between King Yu and the Zhao family.
But King Yu slapped Zhao Yunling in front of so many people...
