Linhua Palace was in chaos.
Chunhua kept kowtowing on the ground: "Your Majesty is still recovering, can she survive after kneeling all night? Queen, I will kneel down for you, can I copy it for you?"
"Go away, what's wrong with you, a cheap servant?"
Xie Nianyao threw Chunhua away in disgust and almost kicked him.
If Cheng Ning hadn't stepped out of the way quickly, that kick would have almost knocked Chunhua over.
"Okay Chunhua, it's just a punishment of kneeling down." Cheng Ning led her up, looking calm.
"The maids are not allowed to follow!"
Xie Nianyao scolded Chunhua again when she saw that Chunhua was reluctant to follow him.
At this point, Chunhua couldn't be more angry. She couldn't help shouting: "If His Majesty finds out, he will definitely - ah!"
How could Xie Nianyao endure Chunhua using Wei Yanzhou to suppress her.
She originally hated Cheng Ning because this bitch took advantage of Huang En again and again.
Not to mention the rain and dew, she had never even taken off Wei Yanzhou's clothes.
How could Cheng Ning, a bitch who had lost his position, be favored by Wei Yanzhou so many times?
She grabbed Chunhua's long hair and slapped her to greet him!
But when he was close at hand, Cheng Ning grabbed his wrist violently.
Cheng Ning didn't speak, but there was clearly oppression in his eyes, which made people feel frightened just by looking at him.
...Why does she have such an intimidating power?
Xie Nianyao was frightened by her eyes, which looked like she was looking at a dead person, and she forgot her movements for a moment.
Cheng Ning had already let go and turned to face the palace attendants in Linhua Palace.
"You should close the door. If someone wants to beat or scold you regardless of innocence, or searches the palace on the pretext of missing the hairpin, those who beat you will be beaten back. If you wait for me to come back, you will go and receive the punishment from Your Majesty."
It was the first time that Cheng Ning called herself "my palace", but it was much more dignified than what Xie Nianyao always said.
She was used to calling me handsome, but it was a bit difficult to pronounce her words this way.
But in the harem, if you don't harden up, you will be bullied.
Xie Nianyao is a woman with kindness and despicable methods, but these servants may not be able to withstand it.
Her words made everyone in Linhua Palace straighten up a lot.
Then Cheng Ning turned around again and smiled at Xie Nianyao: "Didn't I say that I'm the empress? I'm going to receive the punishment right now. Is the empress going back to Fengluan Palace?"
Xie Nianyao's face turned pale with anger, then turned pale again.
But she couldn't even say a word in rebuttal, so she had to throw away her hands and leave.
"Since you are going to be punished, of course I want to keep an eye on you to prevent you from using any coquettish tricks again!"
All the way to Yong'an Palace, there was a strong smell of incense ash coming from a distance.
Xie Nianyao felt uncomfortable just by smelling it like this, but Cheng Ning's expression didn't change.
I cursed in my heart that I was a bitch.
Entering Yong'an Palace, the tablets of the late emperors were lined up.
When Xie Nianyao came here for the first time, her ceremony for becoming a queen was in a hurry and she had no time to pay homage to her ancestors.
Seeing the lifelike portraits of emperors and empresses on the walls, their eyes seemed to have substance, she felt unhappy all over.
But he also wanted to see Cheng Ning being punished.
"The Queen, Concubine Xi."
The servants in Yong'an Palace came out to greet her, thinking that the queen was suddenly coming to offer incense.
Unexpectedly, Xie Nianyao didn't even step into the door of Yong'an Palace. She just stood outside and ordered in a cold voice: "Bring the ring to Concubine Xi!"
Cheng Ning was about to kneel down, but the old woman handed her a futon.
But who knows, Xie Nianyao said coldly: "What's the difference between kneeling on the futon and sitting on the ground? Withdraw!"
Grandma didn't dare to disobey, so Cheng Ning knelt on the cold ground.
When copying a female ring, the paper is spread out while the palace attendants study the ink.
"If you are sincere in copying, you should naturally research the ink yourself," Xie Nianyao added: "Also, what are you doing holding a lamp in broad daylight? Do you think the palace's expenses are not enough and wasteful? Put out all the lamps!"
The oil lamp was originally lit for the ancestors, but Grandma looked embarrassed.
Cheng Ning winked at her and motioned for her to kill it.
But she smiled softly and said: "My queen is not afraid of the late emperors dreaming about me at night."
"Who are you scaring??" Xie Nianyao was worried, but her words were just like water thrown away.
There is no reason to change orders overnight.
Tian Xing supported her and said softly: "Mother, it's almost done. This hall is so gloomy that you can't see clearly even if the lights are turned off. Even if Concubine Xi is not blind after copying, she will be dazzled for a few days."
Xie Nianyao reluctantly stopped talking.
Before leaving, she added: "Tomorrow morning, I will take these ten times of female precepts to pay my respects. If I miss one word, I will copy it a hundred times more!"
After saying that, he led the palace servants and left in a majestic manner.
Cheng Ning raised her hand to grind the ink. When the footsteps were far away and could no longer be heard, she put down the ink stone and picked up the pen.
There was nothing on the plain paper. Her ink fell down and stained it all black.
The old woman knelt down and said, "General."
"How's it going?"
At first glance, it seemed that Cheng Ning was concentrating on writing and not paying attention to the old woman at all.
"General Fu replied to the letter and listened to the general's words, but he had questions and asked the general why he didn't recall him..."
Grandma didn't say the rest, she just made a forward and backward gesture with her palms.
Treason.
Now that the Cheng family has been convicted of treason, why not just go against it?
Cheng Ning sighed softly: "He is still impulsive. I haven't found out the truth about the Cheng family's rebellion. The southern Xinjiang only has 200,000 troops, and my original northwest troops were 300,000, all of which are in the hands of Wei Yanzhou. If this reaction occurs, life will definitely be ruined, and we may not be able to win."
What she wants is the truth, and what she wants is for the Cheng family to live.
As for who is on the throne, she doesn't care.
If Fu Youting was involved, he would really be making fun of the lives of the soldiers.
Mammy understood what Cheng Ning was thinking, and she added: "But general, the imperial edict was issued that night, and before the late emperor passed away, General Cheng did lead his troops to Qingwu Palace."
Qingwu Palace, the late emperor’s residence.
Cheng Ning looked over suddenly: "The late emperor is critically ill, and we don't know whether the imperial edict is true or false. Dad may have led the troops to protect him!"
She had learned from everywhere that her father led troops into the palace that night, and there was no exchange of fire with the palace guards at all.
This is also one of the reasons why they insist that the Cheng family is not plotting rebellion.
If he was plotting rebellion, would he have to go in and confirm whether the late emperor was really dead before taking action?
There is no such truth.
What's more, my father has been loyal to Jinyang for many years. If he had the idea of becoming emperor, he should have done it when he was still the coach.
How could he wait until Wei Yanzhou led others to be imprisoned?
The whole thing is full of doubts, and something must have happened that Cheng Ning didn't find out.
It's just that Wei Yanzhou has completely changed. No matter whether she is telling lies or pretending to be asleep, she can't get even the slightest bit of information from him.
There are only less than three months left until spring in March.
Was she going to watch her father and brother go to the guillotine?
"Where is Qu Shaoling? I heard about the Dongchuan incident and the one sent was Huben. This Huben seems to be still young?"
Mammy sighed: "General Qu has been sent to guard the imperial mausoleum. The late emperor's mausoleum needs to be repaired, and your majesty named him."
Cheng Ning's heart grew colder inch by inch.
Deliberately, her people, Wei Yanzhou, were abandoned.
He was guarding against her.
But Qu Shaoling was a rare major general in Jinyang. When he went to build the imperial mausoleum, he was overqualified and underutilized.
Does Wei Yanzhou really want to help the Xie family to the throne and let Huben, who is only fifteen years old, lead the army in the northwest?
"Mommy, you have been an old man in the palace for decades. When the late emperor was still in power, did any major events happen in the palace? Are there any secrets?"
