Charging the
Phoenix Nirvana: The Road
to Glory and Favor of the Demon Queen of the Confused Country Mu Lan’s brows twisted: “Where is the Imperial Hospital?” It’s too late for slaves
over there. It happened too suddenly. Imperial Kitchen it’s because there are already familiar people, so it’s not difficult to get these. In other places, I’m afraid I’m looking for Lord Mu, but.. Xiaolian explained.
Mu Lan nodded and said nothing.
A lot of things, take it as it comes, Xi Guifei is so anxious, afraid is not want to keep their own, not to mention, the presence of the prime minister and the empress Dowager, the people of the He family together, if Li Shiyu can’t catch up, then even if Mu Lan died in vain, it is only a dead end, there is no room for survival.
Sink, Mu Lan let oneself gradually calm down.
Hsiao-lien, on the other hand, couldn’t be more nervous. “Empress, you can’t go. If you go, you’ll die.”. Concubine Xi, it is clear that this is to kill you. What’s more, the image of Concubine Xi has been unstable for a long time, so she came to the Deqing Palace and deliberately ate the rose cake you gave the prince.
Mu Lan said, “This is something that everyone with a discerning eye knows.”. If this palace doesn’t go, it will only make this palace feel even more guilty. Then the imperial concubine Xi doesn’t even need to ask, and she can condemn this palace to death.
Xiaolian’s face was pale.
“Calm down and listen to my palace.” Mulan pressed Xiaolian’s trembling shoulders, “you go to Imperial Study now, if this palace’s calculation is right, this point, should be Lord Mu and the emperor together, you tell the truth, Cheng manager will certainly take you to see the emperor.”
Yes, slave.. The maidservant is going. Xiaolian is shaking more and more.
Mu Lan shook his head. “Not now, but after I’ve left. If you go now, the people at the Deqing Palace will know that you’ve gone to find reinforcements. I’m afraid that if you don’t get reinforcements, I won’t even have time to delay, and I’ll die in vain.”
Mu Lan does understand.
Xiaolian nodded again.
Is really at a loss feeling, clearly know all kinds of situations in the palace, but Xiaolian has never met such a thing, in such circumstances, Xiaolian can not calm down.
“Believe in yourself. Do you hear me?” Mu Lan answered, “Besides, don’t tell the prince what happened. If the prince wakes up and the palace hasn’t come back yet, tell the prince that the palace has something to do and will come back soon. Let the prince go back to the East Palace first and don’t cause any more trouble.”
“Your Royal Highness won’t listen to the minions at all–” Hsiao-lien was about to burst into tears.
Ao Feng’s temper, Xiaolian this period of time to be too clear, Ao Feng only listen to Mu Lan a person, where will listen to their slaves.
If let Aofeng know that Mu Lan had an accident, the result can be imagined, so Mu Lan’s worry is not without reason.
“This palace left a note for Ao Feng, so there’s no need to worry. When Ao Feng sees the note, he’ll be obedient and go back to the East Palace.” Mu Lan confessed.
Xiao Lian answered repeatedly.
Under such circumstances, Xiaolian hurriedly prepared ink, paper and inkstone for Mu Lan, and then handed them up. Mu Lan quickly wrote a note and handed it to Xiaolian. The guards outside the
bedroom were already impatient and began to urge again.
Mu Lan this time did not hesitate, seriously looked at Xiaolian, nodded, and then quickly turned around and walked out, the bodyguard saw Mu Lan when a cold hum, with Mu Lan toward the Deqing Palace.
Although not rude, but the attitude between the lines, has completely not taken Mulan seriously. Mu Lan did not care, after all, the people in the imperial palace are very realistic.
Soon, Mu Lan was escorted to the Fengyang Palace, the atmosphere of the Fengyang Palace was even more gloomy, the slaves did not dare to breathe, the imperial doctors walked back and forth in the Fengyang Palace, the blood in the hands of the slaves was basin after basin.
Mu Lan knew at a glance that this situation was not good.
……
And after Mu Lan left, Xiaolian wanted to leave from the Deqing Palace in a hurry, and immediately went to the Royal Dragon Hall. As soon as she arrived at the Royal Dragon Hall, Cheng Dezhu saw Xiaolian at a glance, but recognized that this was the person beside Mu Lan.
Are you a slave of the Deqing Palace? Don’t you know when you are in such a hurry and where you are? Cheng Dezhu scolded Xiaolian in a low voice.
Xiaolian knelt down with a splash and said, “The maidservant has seen Manager Cheng. The maidservant wants to see the emperor.”
“What happened?” Cheng Dezhu’s eyes became serious and looked at Xiaolian. Not daring to hesitate for a moment
, Hsiao-lien told Cheng Te-chu what had happened in the Deqing Palace: “The empress was taken away by the people who took the imperial concubine Xi. The imperial concubine Xi said that the empress had murdered the prince.”
Now, Cheng Dezhu’s face panicked for a moment.
Xi Guifei has been silent in the palace recently, but she has settled down a lot. But this matter has not been passed to the Royal Dragon Palace until now, according to reason, the prince can not live in the palace is a great thing, the first time to tell Li Shiyu, but now no one in Fengyang Palace to pass.
This-
Cheng Dezhu understood at once.
Afraid that this is to Mu Lan’s life, will come to the Royal Dragon Palace to send a message, otherwise, if Li Shiyu knows, this Fengyang Palace people to do things also afraid is not done.
Li Shiyu will certainly stop it.
Cheng Te-chu did not hesitate: “You come with us.”
With that, Cheng Dezhu hurried toward the Royal Dragon Hall, while Mu Lan quickly stood up and followed Cheng Dezhu toward the hall.
In the Royal Dragon Hall, as Mu Lan guessed, Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao were together, and when Mu Zhanxiao saw Xiaolian for the first time, his face changed. With a splash,
Xiao Lian knelt down and said, “See Your Majesty, Lord Mu.”
“What happened?” Li Shiyu turned and asked.
The empress was taken away by the people of the Fengyang Palace, and the maidservant affirmed that the emperor had gone to save her, and that the empress had been wronged. The rose cake was originally prepared for the crown prince, so how could it be poisoned? If it was poisoned, wouldn’t the empress even poison the crown prince? Xiaolian hurriedly finished her words.
Li Shiyu’s face suddenly changed. Then he looked at Cheng Te-chu and said, “There’s no news from Fengyang Palace?”
Cheng Te-chu shook his head and said, “Your Majesty, no one has come to Fengyang Palace.”
“How long has the Empress been taken away?” This is Mu Zhan Xiao asked. When
the empress was taken away, the maidservant came. I’m afraid she’s already in the Fengyang Palace, and she doesn’t know how long the empress can hold out. Xiaolian cried out in a hurry.
Mu Zhanxiao’s face is more ugly, but due to the presence of Li Shiyu, Mu Zhanxiao can not be too obvious, in the end, Mu Zhanxiao can only stand so passively, looking at Li Shiyu.
This matter, if Li Shiyu does not open his mouth, Mu Zhanxiao can not open his mouth.
But Li Shiyu didn’t let Mu Zhanxiao wait long. He quickly said, “You go out first. I have my own plan for this.”
“Yes.” Xiaolian didn’t dare to say anything more.
Before hurrying out, Xiaolian looked at Mu Zhanxiao without any trace, Mu Zhanxiao gave Xiaolian a soothing look, and Xiaolian left.
After Xiaolian left, Mu Zhanxiao looked at Li Shiyu and said, “Your Majesty, Concubine Shu was taken away by Concubine Xi. What do you think of this?”
“It’s an opportunity, isn’t it?” Li Shiyu could not be calmer.
The two had known each other for more than ten years, and Mu Zhanxiao could almost understand Li Shiyu’s meaning at a glance. At this point, Mu Zhanxiao calmed down for a moment before opening his mouth: “What the emperor means is to eradicate part of the power of the Ho family through the matter of the imperial concubine.”? In other words, it was to pull down the imperial concubine Xi from the harem. In that case, the Ho family would have cut off some of the power in the palace.
Li Shiyu hum, and did not deny.
To eradicate the He family line, has been laid for a long time, Li Shiyu is willing to come out, Mu Lan can not have an accident, will naturally return safely.
And to move the Ho family, is also a matter of time, just to find a reasonable opportunity, this time, is indeed an opportunity.
Because Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao are very clear, Mu Lan will not do such a thing, at least in the present situation, Mu Lan will not.
This must be planted by Xi Guifei. Xi
imperial concubine wants to get rid of his eyesore, but this matter can be big or small, if Li Shiyu haggles, then the implication is very wide. The foundation of the Ho family is too deep, it will be impossible to uproot for a while and a half, just hurt the vitality, or can, as long as the vitality is hurt, then slowly disintegrate, it will not be difficult.
Sink, Li Shiyu did not hesitate, bowed his head to explain Cheng Dezhu, Cheng Dezhu led the order to leave in a hurry.
After that, Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao did not hesitate to walk quickly in the direction of Fengyang Palace.
Approaching the Fengyang Palace, the two exchanged their eyes, the Fengyang Palace was quiet, as if they had not heard any shrill voice, their eyes inevitably with a trace of panic, do not know whether this is an accident, or not. The eunuchs of
the Fengyang Palace had already seen Li Shiyu, and their faces turned pale with fear. They immediately knelt down, and immediately someone shouted, “Your Majesty and Lord Mu are here.”
Fengyang Palace became lively from the dead silence.
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Fengyang Palace.
As soon as he arrived at Fengyang Palace, it seemed that the bodyguards were completely impolite to Mu Lan and pushed Mu Lan directly into the palace.
Mu Lan staggered, if not in time to stand firm, flummoxed fell in front of everyone, and when Mu Lan entered the Fengyang Palace, the bloody breath in the Fengyang Palace was even more serious. The faces of the slaves and the imperial doctors who
came and went looked dignified.
“On your knees.” The first time the empress Dowager saw Mu Lan, there was already a stern voice, with a trace of gloom in her eyes.
Mu Lan has not had time to kneel, the slave behind him has given Mu Lan a foot, Mu Lan knelt down heavily.
Knee instant landing, that kind of tingling feeling swept over the first time, almost painful so that Mu Lan almost cried out, but Mu Lan soon has stabilized the mood, regardless of their own situation.
She paid her respects: “I see the empress Dowager. The empress Dowager is a thousand years old.”
“How dare you.” The empress Dowager looked directly at Mu Lan and said rudely, “How precious it is for the imperial concubine Xi to have a prince. In this palace, even the emperor holds the imperial concubine Xi in the palm of his hand. But you should have done something cruel to the imperial concubine Xi. You have ulterior motives.”
The accusation came all at once, and Mu Lan was not given a chance to open his mouth: “If something happens to the prince of the imperial concubine Xi, the Ai family will certainly make your head fall.” He yuan,
the prime minister, and He Shen, the prince of Hsun, were also at the scene. Their brows were furrowed, but they were trying to calm the empress Dowager’s emotions: “The empress Dowager, please don’t get angry. The imperial concubine Xi has her own fortune. The little prince is the son of a dragon. Nothing will happen.”
But this is just saying, everyone knows that the situation of Xi Guifei is not good.
Mu Lan calmly looked at the scene of posturing in front of him, and before he could open his mouth, Cui Liu had run out of the bedroom, pale, as if frightened, and knelt directly on the ground, the voice was crying.
“Empress Dowager Taihuang, the prime minister, Lord Xun, and the little prince have gone..” Cui Liu obviously felt the same way.
“What did you say?” The Empress Dowager immediately stood up, and her withered figure trembled. Mammy Li, who was standing beside her, immediately supported the Empress Dowager. “You tell the Ai family again.”
“The little prince has gone.” Cui Liu’s voice was trembling, and she dared not look at the empress Dowager.
The empress Dowager held her forehead and almost fainted. The faces of He yuan
and He Shen’s father and son suddenly changed.
You know, Xi Guifei this child, even though they all know that the situation is not good, but selfishly still want to stay, as long as there is this prince, the position of the crown prince will be captured, are you afraid of any accident? This big week’s rivers and mountains, even if round and round, is still in the hands of the He family.
And now, the prince is really gone. What did
you say! How could anything happen to the little prince? He yuan took the lead in reacting.
Cui Liu’s voice was even more tearful: “The doctor girl and the imperial doctor were inside, and they all said that this prince was poisoned to death!” The
doctor quickly came out and knelt down in front of the three of them and said, “Tell the empress Dowager that the little prince is really gone. The imperial concubine is bleeding heavily now, and the situation is not very good.”
“The Ai family doesn’t allow anything to happen to Xi’s concubine.” If the empress Dowager had not been supported by Mammy Li, she would not have been able to support her at all.
And Ho Shen seemed to come to his senses for the first time, and without thinking, he looked at Mu Lan: “It was you, you bitch, who was dissatisfied and killed the little prince, but also wanted to let something happen to the officer’s daughter, so that you could reach the sky in one step.”
「……」
Seeing that your appearance is not surprising, everything turns out to be carefully arranged! Concubine Shu, you have a vicious mind, and you have planned for a long time. I will take your life to pay for it!
…… Everyone
in Fengyang Palace never gave Mu Lan any chance to open his mouth. Between the lines, they all directly blamed Mu Lan. One person, one mouth, wanted to put Mu Lan to death.
“Somebody, put Concubine Shu-fei in a heavenly prison.” He Shen has given the order.
The bodyguard immediately came over and dragged Mu Lan impolitely. Under such circumstances, Mu Lan was also calm, and did not let these things happen, and let himself become flustered.
“The empress Dowager, even if you convict someone, at least you have to let someone defend you, but I haven’t said a word. Don’t you think it’s too sloppy to convict my concubine directly just because she went to my concubine?”. Mu Lan was carrying, still word by word asked the empress Dowager.
“Nonsense.” The Empress Dowager gave a low roar and then coughed lightly. “The facts are already in front of you, so why should you defend yourself?”
Mu Lan smiled and said, “Is the Empress Dowager anxious to convict my concubine?”? Even if a person is convicted, he has to put aside his closest relatives before it can take effect. And in front of the ministers and concubines, they were all members of the He family, and Xi Guifei also happened to be members of the He family. If word gets out, aren’t you afraid that people will say that the Ho family wants to gain the initiative in the palace, and that’s why they’re doing this to anyone who threatens them?
“You..” The empress Dowager was surprised.
Did not expect Mu Lan so eloquent, and such eloquence and calm, but let the queen mother think of the late queen, and this calm, especially in such circumstances, the empress Dowager only in the queen’s body seen.
But now now Mu Lan, unexpectedly abruptly gave the empress Dowager the feeling of panic.
Such a person is even more impossible to stay. Once there was a queen in the
palace, if so, the people of the He family were suppressed and could not resist, so now Mu Lan has gone, the empress Dowager will not allow such an accident to happen again.
“Besides,” Mu Lan’s voice sank, and his eyes looked at the empress Dowager for a moment. “Even if I really committed a crime, then I am also a concubine in the harem. The only one who can directly convict me is the empress, and now there is no empress in Dazhou. Even if I am convicted, I should be sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, not to the prison of heaven.”
This word by word can not be refuted, the queen mother’s face is more and more ugly, but there is no way to take Mu Lan.
He Shen and He yuan father and son also did not expect Mu Lan to be so difficult to deal with, this time, two people look at each other, and then He yuan took the initiative to open his mouth.
“Empress, this concubine is eloquent and eloquent, but she must not be good at it.”. And that’s the way it is. There’s no need to be afraid. Even if the emperor is here, the result will be the same. He yuan said directly.
The empress Dowager nodded.
But Mu Lan listened to He yuan’s words and said lightly, “Prime Minister He, the emperor is a wise king. Do you dare to say this in front of the emperor?”? Do not need any justification and judgment, can directly sentence a person to death, that and that Li Shiyuan have any difference? Aren’t you afraid that one day the emperor will condemn Prime Minister Ho in the same way?
“You..” He yuan’s face also changed suddenly.
You know, Prime Minister Ho was the first to use this method, and the emperor is just following it. After all, if a prime minister dares to touch the emperor’s concubines, how can he put the emperor in his eyes? Mu Lan asked directly. What does
this mean? There is no need for Mu Lan to say more. All the people present understand.
He yuan looked sullenly at Mu Lan. “How dare you, Concubine Shu!”
“My palace is just arguing on just grounds.” Mu Lan opened his mouth lightly, completely without fear of the existence of He yuan.
She is not without contact with He yuan, from contact with He yuan, Mu Lan has not liked He yuan this person, the mind is too deep, but in the circumstances at that time, they are smiling at each other.
At that time, Mu Lan got the support of the He family through the empress Dowager, Mu Lan did not expect that the He family could be loyal forever, so from then on, Mu Lan thought about eradicating the He family sooner or later, but the time was not right.
Now, the attitude of the Ho family has become more and more domineering.
Mu Lan gave a sneer in his heart.
But Mu Lan’s low eyebrows and eyes are counting the time, she was taken to Fengyang Palace, Xiaolian should also be synchronized to the Royal Dragon Palace, and the distance from the Royal Dragon Palace to Fengyang Palace is not very long, almost this time is coming.
Just hold off a little longer.
Because Mu Lan knows very well that the people of the He family will not give themselves a chance to live.
“What an argument! Let the king see how you will argue.” It was Ho Shen who said this, and the cruel look in his eyes was obvious. “Somebody, take Shu-fei down.”
Here are the people of the Ho family, naturally will not take orders from others.
And the empress Dowager is a gesture of acquiescence.
Just as the guards were about to drag Mu Lan up, a message from the eunuch came from outside the door: “Your Majesty, Lord Mu has arrived.”
This, let the people in Fengyang Palace stunned, obviously did not expect Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao will come. Now
, everyone looked at each other.
Even the queen mother, who had always been calm, was not calm.
And Mu Lan was really relieved.
No matter what Li Shiyu thought, as long as Mu Zhan Xiao was there, Mu Lan knew very well that he could not have an accident. Besides, Li Shiyu’s mind, Mu Lan will not be unable to figure out, this He family, Li Shiyu also did not intend to keep, today’s matter, afraid is also a breakthrough. Don’t let go of this palace
yet. Are you going to be so presumptuous in front of the emperor? Mu Lan’s voice also followed sternly.
This is a look of self-respect without anger.
In such a look, the bodyguard has unconsciously loosened Mu Lan, Mu Lan is still standing, but the knee is extremely painful, she is now fragile is the slightest bit of danger can not be touched, otherwise, it is very easy to explain themselves out.
And now, it almost happened again.
Soon, Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao both appeared in Fengyang Palace, the slaves of Fengyang Palace knelt on the ground, He Shen and He yuan also knelt down, together with Li Shiyu.
The empress Dowager looked at Li Shiyu subconsciously, but Li Shiyu’s surface was so calm that people could not see any clues.
“Such a big thing happened at Fengyang Palace, but no one told me?” Li Shiyu waited for a while before he opened his mouth and asked directly word by word. The people
present did not dare to speak and looked at the empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager sighed and then said, “Your Majesty, the Ai family always thinks that a miracle will happen. Your Majesty is busy with state affairs. I don’t want to worry the emperor at the first time. It’s just..” The Empress Dowager really looked sad. “The little prince couldn’t stay, and the Ai family was about to send someone to the Imperial Dragon Palace to inform the emperor, but the emperor had already come.”
This is also said perfectly.
The empress Dowager has been in the palace for decades, and naturally she knows how to open her mouth to speak satisfactorily without setting herself on fire.
“What’s going on?” Li Shiyu opened his mouth sullenly, not at the empress Dowager, but at the imperial physician kneeling on the floor in front of him. “A bunch of wasters, can’t even save my prince?”
“I have been wronged.” The imperial physician knelt down and begged for mercy. “I’ve done my best..” The prince in the arms of the imperial concubine
Xi was already unstable, and people dared not neglect him, but even if they tried their best, the prince still failed to keep him.
It was just a matter of time, but it came earlier than they expected. The imperial concubine Xi was stable before, so she went to the Deqing Palace. Unexpectedly, something happened as soon as she came back from the Deqing Palace.
“What’s going on?” Li Shiyu looked at the imperial physician and said, “I want you to tell the truth and not hide it.”
“Yes.” The imperial physician did not dare to hesitate, but said, “Concubine Xi had a miscarriage because she was poisoned.”. That’s why we couldn’t save the prince in the end.
Other words, the imperial physician did not say, but also want to throw the responsibility clean, to avoid implicating themselves again.
“Poisoned by what?” Li Shiyu asked directly.
“Scattered flowers.” The imperial physician gave the answer, “For ordinary people, if this poison is treated in time, there is still a chance to live, but for pregnant people, it is extremely easy to die.”. The little prince was not saved, and now the empress is also bleeding heavily, and the doctors are all inside, so for the time being we don’t know how the empress is.
Li Shiyu listened to the words of the imperial doctor, sank, and did not immediately open his mouth, he did not look at the trace of Mu Zhanxiao, the two exchanged lines of sight.
You know, these five flowers are not in the palace, but in Jianghu. The palace is very strict with these things, and it is impossible to appear in the palace unless someone brings them in private.
And such a person, the official position is not small.
Otherwise, how can we avoid the inspection of the guards at the gate of the palace.
“How did the empress get poisoned?” Li Shiyu was quiet for a moment before he began to speak,
while the empress Dowager beside him said, “Princess Xi went to Princess Shu, and when she came back, she was poisoned.”
“So because of this, did the Empress Dowager insist that it was Shu Fei who did it?” Li Shiyu asked. Only then did
He yuan say, Your Majesty, Concubine Xi was worried about what had happened Imperial Garden, and she had a gap with Concubine Shu, which made the harem unstable. As soon as she was stable, she went to the Deqing Palace. She ate the rainbow rose cake made by Concubine Shu in the Deqing Palace. Not long after she came back, something happened. So, Ho yuan didn’t say the
rest. He just looked at Li Shi-yu like this, and understood that everyone knew the meaning of Ho yuan’s words. Li Shi-yu was not stupid, and naturally he knew.
Mu Zhanxiao’s eyebrows twisted up, looking at He yuan, his eyes sank, but Mu Zhanxiao did not open his mouth to speak, looking at Mu Lan without any trace, but his eyes were appeasing.
Mu Lan returned a very faint smile, as if not because of such a situation and some panic.
Mu Zhanxiao was slightly relieved, but he didn’t say anything. Only then did
Li Shiyu look at Mu Lan and say, “Concubine Shu, tell me what’s going on.”
Mu Lan was blessed, but the dull pain in his kneecap always made him a little unsteady. Li Shiyu’s brows twisted: “What’s going on with Shu Fei?”
In a word, the people of Fengyang Palace became nervous.
But Mu Lan smiled faintly and said, “It’s nothing. It’s just that my concubine spoke lightly. In addition, she was implicated in the premature birth of the imperial concubine Xi. Naturally, it’s a matter of course to suffer a little.” There is no trace of
this and Li Shiyu filed a complaint.
Li Shiyu’s face darkened for a moment. Then he looked at the people present and said, “Concubine Shu is my concubine. When did the people in the palace wantonly go private with Concubine Shu without my permission?”? “
” Concubine Shu, why are you spitting blood here. When has the Ai family ever had you lynched? The empress Dowager shouted angrily.
Mu Lan, however, was also very innocent. She smiled gently and said, “Empress Dowager, I didn’t say that. It was the emperor who said that.” The implication
is that if you have the ability, you should question the emperor instead of getting angry with people like her.
Sure enough, the empress Dowager’s face changed, but was blocked by Mu Lan can not say a word.
“Your Majesty.” Mu Lan then looked at Li Shiyu, but his attitude was very good between the lines. “The Empress Dowager, Prime Minister Ho, and Lord Hsun are all sensible people. Naturally they won’t do anything to me. And please don’t worry about me. I’m just a little hurt in my kneecap. It’s not a big deal.”
“Shu Fei.” Li Shiyu’s voice was gentle. “If you can prove that you are innocent today, then I will not forgive these people lightly. If you can’t prove it, then I will not let you go.”
“I know.” Mu Lan answered.
Li Shi-yu hummed: “Say.” Only then did
Mu Lan slowly open his mouth, which was also the first time that Mu Lan opened his mouth to explain the situation related to this matter after he entered Fengyang Palace.
“I was waiting at the Deqing Palace for the prince to come back, but I didn’t expect that the imperial concubine would come ahead of time. Naturally, I didn’t dare to stop her. Besides, she was pregnant, so I was even more careful. I had never been pregnant, and I didn’t have any experience, so I didn’t dare to prepare anything for her to eat.”
Mu Lan’s voice came slowly: “The empress also blamed my concubine for this, saying that my concubine was not attentive to guests.”. But I really don’t dare.
Fengyang Palace is quiet, only Mu Lan’s hoarse voice came, such a voice, listen to people uncomfortable unceasingly.
But Mu Lan did not seem to mind, suddenly chuckled, some self-mockery. When she looked up
again, she said slowly, “Later, the slaves gave me a rainbow rose cake made by my concubine. It’s what the prince likes, but the process is complicated, so my concubine seldom makes it on weekdays. It takes about half a month to make it for the prince.”. The imperial concubine Xi picked up the rose cake and ate a piece of it, and it was not easy for her to organize.
「……」
“Then the empress had an accident, and my concubine was taken to the Fengyang Palace, saying that she had eaten my concubine’s rose cake and that the empress had been poisoned.”
Mu Lan’s eyes fell calmly on Li Shiyu: Your Majesty, this rose cake was prepared for the prince. The imperial concubine Xi ate the rose cake of her concubine and was poisoned, causing her to have a miscarriage. Even if it was really done by my concubine, why did my concubine poison the prince? Why should I have any trouble with myself?
These words, Mu Lan said directly.
After that, Mu Lan stopped talking. Before
Li Shiyu could speak, it was Ho yuan who said, “So what Shu Fei means is that Concubine Xi has deliberately framed you?”
Mu Lan did not open his mouth.
Is not framed, discerning people can see clearly, in fact, there is no need for Mu Lan to explain what.
“Yes.” Ho yuan sneered, “If that’s the case, we’ll know if there’s anything wrong with this rainbow rose cake.”
Li Shi-yu followed Ho yuan’s words: “Somebody, go to the Deqing Palace and bring the Rainbow Rose Cake.”
“Yes.” Cheng Dezhu answered.
Soon, Cheng Dezhu turned to leave, hurried to the Deqing Palace, and Fengyang Palace, is still a dead silence, noisy outside the palace, and inside the bedroom, Xi Guifei seems to be hanging by a thread.
The imperial physician came and went, and a basin of blood was constantly brought out, which shocked people.
The empress Dowager is constantly wiping tears, see the empress Dowager for the imperial concubine Xi’s love.
“The Ai family won’t let it go like this.” The empress Dowager suddenly looked at Li Shi-yu and said with great certainty, “Concubine Xi is also the grandson of the Ai family. How can Ai family sit back and do nothing?”
This is clear to tell Li Shiyu, she will not give up, and Mu Lan also can not think of leaving so smoothly today.
Li Shiyu did not speak, but just stood with his hands on his back.
Because of Li Shiyu’s silence, the people in Fengqing Palace did not dare to make mistakes, and eventually all the people could only stand so deadlocked.
Until Cheng Dezhu brought back the Rainbow Rose Cake from the Deqing Palace.
That stack of rose cake, except for the part that Mu Lan had moved, the rest of the part had not been moved, and it was still placed, but it was already cold.
Under such circumstances, Mu Lan did not say anything, but just stood quietly.
“Test the poison.” Li Shiyu spoke sullenly.
Cheng Dezhu quickly took the silver needle and tried it on every piece of rainbow rose cake. The people in Fengyang Palace watched with bated breath. Soon, the silver needle became black, and everyone’s face was startled.
Even Mu Zhanxiao changed his face slightly and looked at Mu Lan.
On the contrary, Mu Lan is always calm. There was no panic because the rose cake was found to be poisonous.
“Your Majesty, there is poison in the rose cake.” Cheng Dezhu answered.
“Now, Shu-fei, what else can you quibble about?” All of a sudden, the empress Dowager was full of confidence and looked angrily at Mu Lan. “The Ai family saw that you were bent on murdering the imperial concubine Xi, and that you were wronged on the left and King Yu on the right!”
Li Shiyu did not speak, the line of sight also fell on Mu Lan’s body.
Before Li Shiyu could speak, the Empress Dowager said, “Somebody, send Concubine Shu to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so as not to say that the Ai family is not human.”
Li Shiyu did not open his mouth, the bodyguard naturally did not dare to move, the bodyguard looked at Li Shiyu. Only then did
Li Shiyu look at Mu Lan and say, “Is there nothing for Shu Fei to explain?”
But Mu Zhanxiao, who had always kept quiet, suddenly said, “Empress Shu, forgive me for my rudeness. Have you eaten the Rainbow Rose Cake?”
“No, the prince is in the Taifu’s house today, and his stomach is not feeling well, so he can’t eat.” Mu Lan is telling the truth.
Li Shiyu listened, negative hand and stand, low under the eyebrows, people can not guess Li Shiyu’s mind at the moment.
“I can see that this concubine has been premeditated for a long time, and naturally she didn’t dare to attack the prince. That’s why the prince didn’t eat.” He yuan gave a sneer. The label of this
capital crime is firmly buckled.
Mu Lan looked at He yuan calmly, but smiled: “Does Prime Minister He know the procedure of the Rainbow Rose Cake?”
He yuan was stunned by Mu Lan’s question.
So it seems that Prime Minister Ho probably really doesn’t know. The process of making the Rainbow Rose Cake is complicated, and this palace started working on it yesterday afternoon. In the evening, it has to be iced in ice cubes to ensure that the ingredients are not bad. This morning, we have to get up and reshape it again, and then put it on the steamer.
He yuan did not understand the meaning of Mu Lan’s question. During
this period, it was the slaves of the Deqing Palace who personally watched. Who knows what will happen in one night? Mu Lan asked in reply, “Besides, if the prince hadn’t caught a cold today and felt uncomfortable, he wouldn’t have been able to stop eating.”. How many concubines have the courage to poison the prince? Is it good for me?
「……」
Secondly, even if I had really poisoned her, how did I know that the imperial concubine Xi was coming to the Deqing Palace today, and that it was such a good time for her to appear? Could it be that Prime Minister Ho meant that I and my concubines could still control Xi’s imperial concubines? Mu Lan asked He yuan sharply word by word.
He yuan was questioned by Mu Lan and retreated.
Finally, I have never invited the imperial concubine Xi. My concubine is in poor health, and has been living in seclusion in the Deqing Palace. There are only a few people I can see, and I can’t recognize all the people in the palace.
Speaking of this, Mu Lan never said anything, the original certainty of the fact, but has been Mu Lan picked clean, the face of the He family has no room to refute.
And Mu Lan’s heart can not help but tremble with fear.
This Xi imperial concubine, not only is to murder oneself, even if Ao Feng she also did not let go, if Ao Feng ate today, then this plate of rose cake down, Ao Feng will inevitably have an accident, plus Ao Feng young, want to save it even more difficult.
Even if you save it, I’m afraid you’re a fool.
Mu Lan’s eyebrows and eyes flashed a trace of gloom, such gloom with monstrous anger, how can not be dispersed.
The empress Dowager could not speak for a while and a half, and then looked at Mu Lan’s eyes with a little more profound meaning.
Since the late empress, the empress Dowager has never seen such a sharp-tongued person who can suppress you between the lines without saying a word.
“Prime Minister Ho?” Li Shiyu looked at He yuan.
He yuan bit the rose cake to death, and he had already come to his senses: “The poison on this rose cake is the same as the poison in the imperial concubine Xi. It must have been premeditated. The emperor shouldn’t let the imperial concubine Shu be deceived!”
「……」
“Your Majesty, my daughter is still in the palace, and her fate is uncertain. When the empress was still alive, she had already entered the palace and accompanied the emperor. So please ask the emperor to make decisions for the empress.” He Shen also opened his mouth to say. The
Ho family knelt down.
Mu Lan just smiled and did not speak.
Ji Jang Geum happened to come out of his bedroom and quietly knelt down, with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. “Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager is all right now. It’s just that the Empress Dowager is weak and unconscious after bleeding heavily. It will take an hour or two to wake up. Please don’t worry about it.”
“Doctor Ji has worked hard.” Li Shiyu answered.
“This is what a maidservant should do.” Ji Yi-nu nodded.
Soon, Ji medical woman stood up, too the hospital heard the news, also followed a sigh of relief, after a while, only left a carry-on medical woman, the rest of the people have calmly left the Deqing Palace.
“Doctor Ji, please stay.” Li Shiyu suddenly stopped Ji Yi Nu.
Ji Chang-jin was stunned. “If the emperor has something to say,” he asked.
“Do you have Wuhuasan at Tai Hospital?” Li Shiyu asked lightly.
Ji Yi-nu shook her head: “There are no such things in the palace. Some special things that need to be poisoned must also be strictly guarded. It’s very difficult to go out without permission.”
“Who can take it?” Li Shiyu asked.
“Only if the head of the Imperial Hospital or an official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs personally gives the order.” Ji Jang Geum explained.
“Now in this palace, who has the power to get it?” Li Shiyu asked again.
Ji Jang Geum looked around for a moment and then said lightly, “Only the emperor and the emperor can do that.”
“Can Shu-fei get it?” Li Shiyu continued to ask.
Ji Chang-jin shook his head and said, “It’s absolutely impossible for the imperial concubine to live. Even if the empress is alive, it’s not in line with decency.”
Ji Jang Geum has always been an outspoken person, and will not be taboo or hide anything because of your rank, which is known to everyone in the palace. There are many people who
hate Ji Jang Geum, but no one can move him. Li Shiyu has unconditional trust in Ji Jang Geum, just like now.
So as soon as Ho Shen heard this, without saying a word, he went back to the past and said, “Doctor Ji, you can’t spit blood at people.”. Ben Wang never knew what Wuhuasan was. Ben Wang went to the hospital, and he couldn’t have taken these things!
Ji Jang Geum looked calm and said, The maidservant never spits blood at people. She just tells the truth. Besides, the maidservant didn’t say you’d been to the Imperial Hospital.
In a word, he Shen was stunned.
And Li Shi-yu had already looked at Ho Shen: Why did Lord Hsun go to the Imperial Hospital? Won’t you explain it to me?
“Your Majesty.” Ho yuan immediately said, “Lord Hsun went to the Imperial Hospital to inquire about the situation of the Imperial Concubine Xi, but now the person I’m going to liquidate is the Imperial Concubine Shu.”
‘All right. Then tell me, Aiqing, how should we deal with this matter of Concubine Shu? Li Shiyu’s unexpected decentralization.
He’s father and son looked at each other and couldn’t figure out Li Shiyu’s idea for a while, but what Li Shiyu suddenly mentioned before still made them tremble with fear.
This young emperor, the mind is too deep, so between the lines, people always feel that no matter what they do, it seems that there is no way to hide, but clearly revealed in front of them.
If so
, Ho’s father and son also became hesitant.
But now, at this point, it was impossible to retreat. Ho Shen stood up and immediately said, “Of course I want to put Shu Fei to death in order to correct the harem.”
“Yes, too.” Li Shi-yu half-smiles. “The harem can produce such a vicious person. It really shouldn’t be kept.”
Li Shiyu’s words relieved the people present.
The only ones who did not change their faces were Mu Zhanxiao and Mu Lan. Concu
bine Shu is also capable of making Prime Minister Ho, Prince Xun, and the Empress Dowager personally angry and want to be executed. It seems that I usually look down on Concubine Shu. How do people who live in seclusion do it? Li Shiyu raised his eyebrows, and then his voice suddenly sank. “Concubine Shu’s reason is here, too. Concubine Shu has no motive for committing the crime. This rose cake has always been placed in an iced place. Shouldn’t we thoroughly investigate the slaves of the Deqing Palace and convict them?”? Is that how sloppy Dazhou’s conviction was?
“The Deqing Palace is full of concubines, so naturally you can’t trust them.” He Shen did not want to open his mouth.
But Li Shiyu looked at Ho Shen lightly, and this glance almost made Ho Shen tremble with fear: “If you say so according to Aiqing, then I can’t believe it.”
With this, the people at the scene changed their faces, and the panic was obvious.
Because I was at the Deqing Palace all last night and never left, and Concubine Shu was by my side, how could Concubine Shu have time to poison me. Besides, Shu Fei can judge that Xi Guifei will come back today? As Shu Fei said, is poisoning to harm the prince? What good will this do Shu Fei?
Li Shiyu’s words, word by word, are sonorous and forceful. The people
present were too shocked to say a word.
You know, Li Shiyu never spent the night with any concubine, but now he appears with Shu Fei. What does this mean.
On the contrary, the calm Mu Lan was also slightly stunned, because she knew very well that Li Shiyu had never spent the night in the Deqing Palace at all, but now this person said such a thing, clearly protecting himself.
Mu Zhanxiao subconsciously looked at Mu Lan, Mu Lan slightly shook his head, said he did not know what happened.
Both of them were smart enough not to speak again.
“So how do you say this?” Li Shiyu threw the question to He yuan.
He yuan was so surprised that he couldn’t say a word. In the end, he could only stand passively: “This..”
“Come and see Concubine Shu back to the Te-ching Palace.” Li Shiyu suddenly said, “Doctor Ji will follow me to the Deqing Palace to see the foot injury of the imperial concubine. If anything happens, let me know as soon as possible.”
“Yes.” Ji Yi Nu answered.
“Instead of learning from Fengyang Palace, if I hadn’t accidentally known about the prince’s miscarriage, I’m afraid I’d really be the last person in the palace to know about it.” Li Shiyu’s attitude has cooled down. The Fengyang Palace, which
had been seething with excitement, was now as quiet as a needle dropped on the ground, and could be heard clearly.
Rong Jiu stepped forward and said, “Empress, please.”. Subordinates send you back to the palace. “
Yes, Lord Lao Rong.” Mu Lan nodded politely.
Rong Jiu did not say anything, was about to take Mu Lan to leave, suddenly, Fengyang Palace, came the sound of footsteps, and crying.
That’s Xi Guifei. Xi Guifei, who
had just had a miscarriage and had just woken up from a coma, looked discomfited. She was completely different from her former elegance. Her face was pale and frightening. She could not walk steadily. She was staggering. Cui Liu was crying beside her, as if she was particularly distressed by her master.
In such a song, it looks even more pitiful.
Only in such a pitiful, brewing is the murder.
“Empress,” said Cui Liu, calling Xi Guifei.
And the side of the empress Dowager, he’s father and son to see such a picture has not been able to return to God, the presence of people are looking at each other for a moment.
Instead, Mu Lan calmly ignored it and followed Rong Jiu to leave Fengyang Palace.
At this time, an unexpected scene happened.
Xi Guifei went to Mu Lan, and when everyone had no time to react, she almost cried out in a mournful voice: “Xu Zhenzhen, this palace wants you to pay for your life and return the prince of this palace.” The
sharp dagger appeared in Xu Zhen’s hand and thrust hard into Mu Lan.
Mu Lan has long lost his martial arts, coupled with these years of serious illness, the body’s reaction is far less sensitive than before, coupled with the speed of Xi Guifei is very fast, it is clear that he is going to drag Mu Lan to hell together.
Rong Jiu first time back to God, he is relying on the nearest two people, but Rong Jiu still missed a step, too late to take Mulan away, Xi Guifei’s dagger failed to pierce Mulan’s heart, but also deeply cut Mulan’s arm
moment, the gown was red with blood, the Deqing Palace was filled with the smell of blood. Such a deep and heavy wound, so that Mu Lan instant blood dripping, such a blood hole looks seeping people, cut a long cut. The people in
the Deqing Palace were too frightened to say a word.
And Mu Zhanxiao has also controlled Xi Guifei for the first time.
“Is this a rebellion?” Li Shiyu shouted angrily, “I’m still here, but I dare to use a lethal weapon. Next time, is this dagger going to stab me in the chest?”
A word, let the empress Dowager and he’s father and son are scared white face.
The Empress Dowager’s hands trembled as she gripped the armrest of the armchair, and Ho and his son immediately knelt down and desperately begged for mercy: “Your Majesty forgives me. The Empress is too sad to lose the prince, and she asks your Majesty to forgive me.”
But the two people did not think so in their hearts, and they always felt sorry.
If Rong Jiu reacts a little slower, then the dagger directly pierces Mu Lan’s chest, and now Mu Lan no longer exists.
But in front of Li Shiyu, it can’t be like this.
Pitiful and aggrieved or to pretend, the loss of the child’s mother, the abnormal reaction is understandable.
But now Xi Guifei seems to be out of control. Even though she is caught by Mu Zhanxiao, she is still waving her dagger desperately: “I want to kill you, I want to kill you..”
Mu Zhanxiao frowned, and without saying a word, he hit the dagger in the hands of Xi Guifei on the ground, and Xi Guifei sent out a shrill cry.
“Unbridled.” Li Shiyu shouted angrily, “Somebody, lock up the imperial concubine Xi in her bedroom and keep her under strict guard.”
“Yes.” The praetorian guard on one side answered.
Soon, the imperial guards took the imperial concubine away.
This time, the people present did not dare to say anything, and Ji Jang Geum has taken the initiative to come forward, check Mu Lan’s wound, the wound is too deep, it seems to seep hate.
“Empress, it is the fault of your subordinates. Please punish them.” Rong Jiu immediately said.
Mu Lan smiled and looked at Rong Jiu. “It doesn’t matter. This has nothing to do with Lord Rong.”
Because of such blood loss, originally appeared pale Mu Lan, now the face is almost completely bloodless, pale lips scary, but even so, Mu Lan’s calm is still there, and did not become panicked.
Mu Zhanxiao twisted his eyebrows and looked at Mu Lan.
Mu Lan did not trace of Mu Zhanxiao nodded, made it clear that he was not a big obstacle, in such a situation Mu Zhanxiao also did not loosen his eyebrows.
And Li Shiyu’s eyes also looked over: “What’s the situation with the empress?”
The tall figure came in the direction of Mu Lan, ignoring the other people in the bedroom, and appeared in front of Mu Lan in two or three steps. Smiling,
Mu Lan shook his head at Li Shiyu. “I’m worried about the emperor. I’m all right.”
“Is it a big deal that you lost your life?” Li Shiyu gave a reprimand.
Mu Lan smiled and did not refute Li Shiyu’s words, and Ji Jang Geum seriously treated the wound for Mu Lan, after treatment, such a wound looks deep, but ultimately did not hurt the bone, just hurt the flesh, so it is not too difficult to get better.
Soon, Mu Lan’s bleeding stopped, Ji Jang Geum gave Mu Lan medicine, bandaged, but Mu Lan’s left hand has been unable to move. Only then did
Ji Chang-jin look at Li Shi-yu and say, “Your Majesty, the wound on the empress’s left hand is too deep, and the empress is not in good health. If you don’t have a good rest, I’m afraid it will kill the empress.” In
these words, it was between the lines that he told the imperial concubine Xi. The implication
, a little deeper, today’s Mu Lan really died here.
Li Shiyu did not speak, but lowered his head to examine Mu Lan’s wound carefully. His deep voice, with a trace of tenderness, did not mind the people present at all: “Does it hurt?”
“It hurts.” Mulan is telling the truth, “but it’s tolerable.”
Li Shiyu hum, this just did not say what, then carefully loosened his hand, Mu Lan also did not open his mouth again. The conversation between the
two men was limited to one question and one answer.
“Send Concubine Shu back to the palace. There must be no mistakes on the way.” Li Shiyu ordered sullenly, “If anything goes wrong again, you’ll be waiting to see me.”
“Yes.” Rong Jiu answered.
This time there was no accident, Rong Jiu respectfully left with Mu Lan, Li Shiyu watched, watching Mu Lan leave the figure, until Mu Lan’s figure disappeared in front of Li Shiyu, Li Shiyu’s eyes fell on the scene.
“Your Majesty.” It was the empress Dowager who took the initiative to speak, and she had already come to her senses. “Xi Guifei just lost her child, and her heart ached. Even if she woke up, she didn’t care about her own body, and she wanted to seek revenge for the murderer.” Between the lines of
the empress Dowager, still speak for the imperial concubine Xi, between the lines or dissatisfaction with Mu Lan, firmly determined that Mu Lan is the murderer.
“In the eyes of the Ai family, this concubine is eloquent and has deceived the emperor.” The Empress Dowager said directly, “There is no such coincidence in this world.”
One side of Ho’s father and son did not speak, in such circumstances, the empress Dowager opened her mouth, more useful than them, and the understanding of Li Shiyu, Ho’s father and son is some fear, can not say the reason for fear, but it always makes people shiver, always as if there will be any deviation.
But they can’t think of where the mistake is.
So under such circumstances, they kept silent, especially when they could not figure out what Li Shiyu was thinking.
“Your Majesty, this matter must be dealt with. The Ai family must not let go of those who deliberately murdered the little prince.” What the empress Dowager said was very sad. The voice of the empress Dowager was the only one left in
the Fengyang Palace.
But Li Shiyu listened quietly, but did not know whether he had listened or not.
It was not until the voice of the Empress Dowager fell that Li Shiyu looked at her and said, “Has the Empress Dowager finished speaking?”
This voice is neither salty nor light, still can not guess Li Shiyu’s mood.
“Your majesty,” said the empress Dowager, slightly stupefied. “You’re not still trying to protect Concubine Shu, are you?”
“Good.” Li Shiyu suddenly answered, “Since the Empress Dowager wants to thoroughly investigate this matter, then naturally I can’t let the Empress Dowager down. After all, this is also my prince. This sudden accident, I am also very sad.”
“Okay, okay.” Listening to Li Shiyu’s words, the empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief.
On the contrary, Li Shiyu’s good words made the father and son more nervous. They could not say that they had a thorough understanding of Li Shiyu’s ideas, but they could not say that they had no understanding of Li Shiyu at all.
Li Shiyu has never been such an obedient person, you can not guess what Li Shiyu’s next move will be, and in the face of Li Shiyu’s good words, for them, it is more like a bomb from time to time, people will be blown to pieces at any time. Over
the years, they are not unaware of what the Ho family has done in Dazhou.
Li Shiyu in the back of the investigation, the He family also naturally understand, but the strength of both sides are in the contest, before the absolute grasp, each other you advance and retreat are very well protected, there will be no mistakes.
Under such a habit, this time Li Shiyu is retreating step by step.
So Ho’s father and son, some confused, but at the moment, they can only remain calm, to remain unchanged.
“Somebody.” It wasn’t until Li Shi-yu broke the silence that he said, “Send in Dr. Miao from the Imperial Hospital.”
“Yes.” The slave took the order and left.
When hearing the three words of Miao Taiyi, the faces of He’s father and son changed, and they looked at each other. Instead, the empress Dowager was somewhat inexplicable, and did not know how she suddenly called Miao Taiyi.
Miao Taiyi had just left for a short time.
And Miao Taiyi is also the imperial physician who protects the fetus for the imperial concubine Xi, and Miao Taiyi has contributed a lot.
But Li Shiyu’s tone did not seem to mean that, but was somewhat indifferent.
“Your Majesty, this –” the empress Dowager looked at Li Shiyu in bewilderment.
Li Shi-yu was very calm: “Doesn’t the empress Dowager want the truth?”? I will bring you the truth.
The empress Dowager was stunned, and she was more or less aware of something wrong. This time, she kept silent, sat quietly in her original position, and did not speak again.
“Of course I want justice in the matter of the little prince.” Li Shiyu’s voice came coldly.
He has been talking about the little prince, not the imperial concubine. What does
this mean? He’s father and son suddenly understood.
At this point, Ho Shen could not bear it any longer, and took the initiative to say, “Your Majesty, this matter..” Before Ho Shen
had finished speaking, Li Shiyu had already interrupted Ho Shen: He Aiqing has been angry for so long today. Isn’t it to seek justice? If so, then wait for me to get this justice back.
“This..”
After all, he is my prince. My prince is not so good, is not it? Otherwise, after so many years in the harem, why did the imperial concubine Xi become pregnant alone? Li Shiyu looked at He Shen neither salty nor light.
This is bright, even cover up are lazy, listening to He Shen can not help but tremble up, and He yuan’s face also surprised. But
Li Shiyu, as if he had nothing to do, went on to say, “If we find out the truth about this matter, I will not forgive you lightly.”. After all, to murder a prince is to implicate nine clans. As the
voice drops, the faces of Ho and his son suddenly change, but on the surface they still want to remain calm: “I represent the empress, and I thank the Lord for his kindness.”
Li Shiyu said hum and stood with his hands on his back.
Soon, Imperial Physician Miao was also brought in. He appeared to be extremely calm. When he saw Li Shiyu, he immediately knelt down to pay his respects: “I see the emperor. Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor.”
“Get up.” Li Shiyu waved his hand. Then Imperial Phys
ician Miao stood up and said, “I don’t know why the emperor has sent me here.”
“Do you know this?” Li Shiyu suddenly looked at Cheng Dezhu.
Cheng Dezhu stepped forward, Miao Taiyi was somewhat inexplicable, but when he saw Cheng Dezhu coming towards him, he had some inexplicable panic, but it was only a moment, Miao Taiyi calmed down and got a piece of paper from Cheng Dezhu’s hand. When he
saw the handwriting on the paper, Miao Taiyi’s face suddenly changed.
“Could Aiqing recognize the handwriting on it?” Li Shiyu’s tone became stern.
Miao Taiyi looked at Li Shiyu shivering and dared not say anything more.
In the end, Miao Taiyi could only stand so passively, because the handwriting on it was not someone else’s, but his own.
This prescription is an aphrodisiac prescribed for the imperial concubine Xi, and many of the medicinal materials in it are not easily available in the palace, so they must take the prescription to match with the folk.
“Your Majesty, I..” Miao Taiyi is still defending.
Li Shiyu, however, was already asking Ji Jang Geum, “Doctor Ji, what is the function of this prescription? Tell me.”
“Yes.” “This is an aphrodisiac. The hospital has a few flavors in it, but you have to register before you can take them. During this time, no one has registered.”. But the heaviest medicine has toxin, which is not found in the hospital during this period. We can only start with the people.
The voice was cold and merciless, just telling a fact, without any emotional ups and downs.
Ji Changjin’s voice fell, and soon Rong Jiu had returned from the Deqing Palace, with a man in his hand. He was a slave of the Fengyang Palace. “Kneel down.”. Where did you go three months ago?
“Minute–minute–” The little eunuch was already pale with fear. Under such circumstances, how could he dare to hide anything?” The minute–he didn’t know anything. The minute–he just went to the palace gate to get something. That’s what the empress told him. ”
“What did you take?” Li Shiyu asked.
One pack.. A packet of medicinal herbs? The little eunuch said submissively, “But the slave absolutely doesn’t know what’s in it. The slave is just following orders.”
The little eunuch finished, still kneeling on the ground and shivering.
When Ho’s father and son heard this, their faces suddenly changed.
“Well, then you’ve made it clear to me that this is the person who brought you the medicine.” Li Shiyu’s voice fell, and the shadow guard had already come in with a thin man.
In such a situation, the other side has never seen, let alone see Li Shiyu face to face, that kind of panic and know. Shadow Wei is half forced to let the other side raised his head, mouth stuffed with cloth, to avoid the other side bite his tongue to commit suicide.
“Yes.” The little eunuch confessed for a moment, then gave a positive answer: “That’s him.”
Only then did Li Shiyu say, “Somebody, put this slave in prison and wait for his fate.”
The little eunuch desperately begged for mercy, but to no avail, was soon dragged away by the guards, and Fengyang palace, is dead, the empress Dowager in the face of such a situation, also slightly stunned, but she is not stupid, soon has understood the clue. The ambition of the He
family, the empress Dowager has, but in the palace for many years, the empress Dowager wants to keep the splendor and wealth of the He family, which is why when Mu Lan personally came to the empress Dowager, she agreed.
And this time, as the elder of the He family, she hoped to eradicate dissidents, but did not expect that behind this matter, there is still a side she did not know.
Now it seems that she is afraid of being used.
“This is the shopkeeper of the West City Medicine Shop in Kyoto. This prescription came out of the hands of Imperial Physician Miao and went into the hands of this man. Then he found the precious medicinal materials in it and sent them to the palace. Finally, it went into the hands of the imperial concubine Xi.” Li Shiyu’s voice is neither salty nor light.
But his eyes were always sharp: “I cherish Concubine Xi because she is smart and sensible. She has helped me manage the harem very well these years. So no matter what the situation is, I always go to Fengyang Palace to have a meal with Concubine Xi.”. To my surprise, Concubine Xi actually gave me an aphrodisiac.
「……」 The effect of
this aphrodisiac is so strong that I am not prepared for it. In my opinion, such a thing is not what Xi Guifei can do. The result was a great disappointment to me. Li Shi-yu sneered, “This aphrodisiac has a toxin in it. So it seems that Concubine Xi may also be trying to murder me?”
“Concubine Xi is so loyal to the emperor that she has no such thoughts.” Ho yuan immediately knelt down and said, “I ask the emperor to learn from me.”
“Prime Minister Ho.” At this point, Li Shiyu looked at Prime Minister Ho and said, “If Concubine Xi didn’t mean to murder me, then this Concubine Xi has an expert behind her.”
Ho yuan’s face was even more alarmed: “Absolutely impossible.”
“Is it?” With a half-smile, Li Shiyu said, “I’ve followed this clue. Prime Minister Ho, guess what I’ve found?”
He yuan has been afraid to open his mouth.
He Shen was even more afraid and immediately knelt down.
The empress Dowager said, the heart has been clear, this matter, afraid is not the surface to think so simple, they brought themselves, nothing more than to let her open her mouth, because Li Shiyu in front of the empress Dowager, or give a few thin face, as for others, Li Shiyu will not give any mercy.
“It’s the Ho family that’s behind the scenes at this pharmacy.” Li Shi-yu finished his sentence word by word. So, what does this mean? Would you like to ask Ho Aiqing to explain to me?
He yuan kept kowtowing: “Your Majesty, forgive me! Your Majesty, forgive me! There must be a reason for this.”
Li Shiyu snorted coldly and looked at He yuan for a moment. “Does He Aiqing think this is the end of the matter?”
He yuan did not dare to speak, and he Shen did not dare to speak.
Li Shi-yu paid no more attention to the two men in front of him. Instead, he looked at the empress Dowager and said, “Empress Dowager, don’t you want to seek justice for the imperial concubine Xi and the little prince?”
At this point, the empress Dowager did not dare to open her mouth, so she could only look at Li Shiyu passively: “Your Majesty, this..”
“Ji Yi Nu.” Li Shiyu looked at Ji Jang Geum.
“The maidservant is here.” Ji Jang Geum answered.
Li Shi-yu, however, did not hesitate: “Why was the position of the fetus unstable?”
Ji Jang Geum’s voice came steadily: “This aphrodisiac itself is poisonous. When you are pregnant, because of the poison, the image of the fetus will not be stable.”. The maidservant had seen the tocolytic medicine that Imperial Physician Miao had prescribed for the empress. Apart from calming the nerves, most of it was for removing toxins. If the toxins were not removed cleanly, the fetus would certainly not be saved.
「……」
“And now it seems that the poison is extremely difficult to get rid of, so in private, Imperial Physician Miao has already said that the little prince in the belly of the empress is afraid of danger.”
Ji Jang Geum finished his words without changing his face.
The empress Dowager’s face was even more ugly. After Ji Jang Geum had finished,
Li Shiyu looked at the Empress Dowager and said, “Empress Dowager, now do you think who really murdered my little prince?”
The empress Dowager was speechless.
“Your Majesty, the Empress has no such thoughts.” Ho yuan begged for mercy, “and asked the emperor to take warning.”
“Ming Jian, is it?” Li Shi-yu sneered, “Come, bring the people.” Another
person, he’s father and son this is panicked, they know very clearly, they think that things are undetected, but all in the hands of Li Shiyu, but Li Shiyu quietly.
If there is no this matter of Mu Lan, the prince in the belly of Xi Guifei can not be saved, then it is also can not be saved, will not be implicated so much.
But now Mu Lan’s matter, let Li Shiyu take advantage of the situation to the He family. Involved in
this matter, the He family is to blame, and Li Shiyu did not give up the meaning, they thought they had the initiative, can eradicate the hidden danger of the imperial concubine in the harem, but now did not expect, this hidden danger has become the entry point of Li Shiyu.
These years of stalemate, as if at this moment, the He family was defeated like a mountain, for a while, at a loss.
Only Li Shiyu is still very calm.
At the end of Li Shiyu’s voice, Cuiliu was brought out of the bedroom, but no sound could be heard in the bedroom. Cuiliu kept shouting: “Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life! Empress, save the maidservant, save the maidservant..”
But Xi Guifei did not say a word.
Li Shiyu walked up to Cuiliu. Cuiliu was so frightened that she trembled all over. “Your Majesty, spare my life. Your Majesty, spare my life. The maidservant doesn’t know anything.”. The maidservant is only following orders.
Cuiliu where can take care of too much, Xi Guifei has no time to take care of their own life and death, Cuiliu do not want to die, can only try to keep their own lives.
“All right, tell the truth and I’ll let you live.” Li Shiyu opened his mouth coldly.
Cui Liu desperately kowtowed: “What does the emperor want to ask? If the maidservant knows, she will answer truthfully.”
Not to mention, Cuiliu’s voice was really frightened.
Li Shiyu looked coldly at Cui Liu and said, “After I favored the imperial concubine Xi, did the imperial concubine Xi ever drink the soup she sent me?”
Cuiliu was stunned.
“Tell the truth.” “If you don’t tell the truth, don’t blame me for being heartless.”
Cui Liu said excitedly, “Your Majesty, the empress is not..” Never drank. They were thrown away by the maidservant. When
Li Shiyu heard what Cui Liu had said, he gave a sneer, but the coldness in his eyebrows and eyes did not ease at all. “Well, now the truth has come out. How did this prince, Concubine Xi, get pregnant? And why did this prince, Concubine Xi, go through so much trouble to get pregnant, but she couldn’t keep it?” Inside
the Fengyang Palace, there was a deathly silence.
You know, deceiving the emperor, this is a capital crime, can implicate the nine clans, the nine clans of Xi Guifei, this is subtle, the people present, are all. Li Shiyu,
however, did not seem to be in a hurry to put the imperial concubine on trial. Instead, he went on to say, “This cheap maidservant can escape the death penalty, but the living crime is inevitable. She will be punished on the spot. If she can survive, it is her fate to be driven out of the palace.”
“Yes.” The bodyguard answered.
These thirty big boards go down, is almost ominous, even if alive, leave the imperial palace in a few days, will die, it is better to behead directly to the comfortable.
Cuiliu’s face is pale, desperately screaming, but to no avail, the guards have quickly taken Cuiliu down, after a while, outside the Fengyang Palace has heard the screams of Cuiliu.
At first, the voice was still very sad, but gradually, the voice was no longer heard.
It was not until the bodyguard came in again that he said, “Your Majesty, there are only 25 big boards, and this slave is already dead.”
“Pull it out and feed it to the vultures.” Li Shiyu spoke coldly.
“Yes.” The guards hurried away. Inside
the Fengyang Palace, it was even more deathly silent. Only then did
Li Shi-yu look at the empress Dowager: “So now, what do you think the empress Dowager is going to do?”
This problem, Li Shiyu threw on the body of the empress Dowager.
Ho and his son had already knelt down and said, “I have absolutely no second thoughts about the emperor. I will certainly investigate this matter thoroughly.”
“How to investigate thoroughly?” Li Shi-yu asked coldly, “The imperial concubine Hsi was implicated in this affair. Doesn’t it have anything to do with the Ho family?”
“Your Majesty, forgive me..” He’s father and son urgently beg for mercy.
Their eyes looked at the empress Dowager, the empress Dowager low eyebrows, silent sigh, after all, this is the matter of the He family, she can not ignore, if the He family is really implicated, then she is also to blame, she has an age, not a few years of good times, but did not expect that he would also be implicated.
“The emperor will see to it.” The Empress Dowager finally opened her mouth. “The Ai family only asked the emperor to see that the Ho family had made great contributions to the emperor, and to make an exception and not to exterminate them.”. It was only because she loved the emperor so much that she came up with such a plan.
Li Shiyu snorted coldly and said nothing.
But he’s father and son to this, but still want to drag Mu Lan into the water, they seem to see Mu Lan in the heart of Li Shiyu is not the same, at least drag Mu Lan into the water, this matter has room for manoeuvre.
“Your Majesty, even if the empress had done such a thing, it is an indisputable fact that the imperial concubine had poisoned her.” He yuan reminded Li Shiyu.
Li Shiyu looked sullenly at He yuan and said, “I didn’t want to pursue this matter, but now Prime Minister He has mentioned it on his own initiative. Then I have to calculate this account.”
He yuan’s face changed.
“The murder of the prince is also a capital crime that implicates the nine clans.” Li Shiyu said directly.
At this point, He yuan did not dare to speak again, but Li Shiyu was aggressive and did not let go of He yuan’s meaning: “Prime Minister He doesn’t want to seek justice, but why doesn’t he speak now?”? Is justice not to be done?
“This..”
“Or does Prime Minister Ho have a pretty good idea?” Li Shiyu asked a step closer.
He yuan knelt down and kowtowed, “I absolutely dare not have any idea of murdering the prince.”. The prince is the son of the late empress, and the emperor’s favorite son, and I have absolutely no second thoughts about the prince.
“It’s good that the prime minister knows.” Li Shiyu gave a sneer.
In the matter of poisoning, Li Shiyu never suspected Mu Lan. The understanding of Mu Lan, when she really wants to start, is fair and aboveboard, will not do the means of these villains.
Mu Lan’s cruelty, in the early days of their understanding, Li Shiyu knew clearly.
Mu Lan does not need to use these means, can let a person be obedient. And now Mu Lan can be suppressed, but because now Mu Lan does not have any trustworthy people, plus identity issues, otherwise, why should Mu Lan be suppressed.
And the Deqing Palace, Mu Lan around the people who can trust is probably Xiaolian, the rest of the people, some are arranged by Li Shiyu in the past, some are arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past, then there are problems in the middle, it is not a strange thing.
What’s more, the palace is very realistic, for such a sudden concubine, many slaves are not obedient, but with a trace of dissatisfaction.
A lot of things, hit it off.
Otherwise, there is no such coincidence. If there is a traitor
in the Deqing Palace, then every move in the Deqing Palace will naturally tell the Fengyang Palace that it is not unusual for the imperial concubine Xi to step on the spot. Besides, the child in the belly of the imperial concubine Xi just can’t stay. If you want people to believe that you are innocent, you must make yourself deeply hurt. In the eyes of the people of Fengyang Palace,
this is killing two birds with one stone.
Anything can be pushed to Mu Lan, in case Aofeng ate the rose cake, it would be even more exciting.
And the matter has come to this point, how to deal with, is not the empress Dowager can interfere, even if the people of the He family want to turn the tide, but in this case, also to no avail.
In the end, the Fengyang Palace was terribly quiet.
Li Shiyu said coldly, “I have told you that Concubine Xi has been demoted from an imperial concubine to a concubine. I have served Concubine Xi for many years, but she has worked hard without merit. She still keeps the Fengyang Palace. Without my permission, Concubine Xi cannot leave the palace in private. She is confined for a month as a punishment.”
「……」
From now on, Concubine Xi will no longer be in charge of any matters in the harem. Apart from matters in the Fengyang Palace, Concubine Xi will not be allowed to interfere in anything. If there is any violation, I will not tolerate it.
Li Shiyu finished his oral instructions word by word.
And Xi Guifei has also been helped out from the Fengyang Palace, that kind of mess is obvious, in hearing such words, almost instantly soft on the ground.
Xi Guifei wanted to open her mouth, but in the eyes of He Shen, Xi Guifei finally quieted down.
“My concubine, thank Lord Long for his kindness.” Xi Guifei’s voice trembled.
“Find a new slave from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come and serve the empress.” Li Shi-yu looked at Cheng Te-chu and said, “The empress had a miscarriage. Don’t neglect her.”
“Yes.” Cheng Dezhu answered.
After that, Li Shiyu looked at He’s father and son, and they knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.
“The Ho family is duty-bound in this matter.” Li Shiyu’s tone became stern. “I will punish you with a year’s salary and close down several shops of the Ho family in Kyoto to make an example of others.”
“I thank Lord Long for his kindness.” Even if reluctantly, Ho’s father and son also recognized this matter.
They also know very well that although Li Shiyu did not say what shops to close, but Li Shiyu did, is bound to hit the lifeblood of the He family shops, so that the He family is a great loss of vitality, it will be difficult to recover for a while and a half.
But in such a passive situation, it is even more helpless.
“Does Ai-ching have any objections?” Li Shiyu asked again.
“I have no objection.” He yuan answered.
“Very good.” Li Shi-yu nodded and said, “This is the end of the matter.” The implication
, do not want to talk about, and Xi Guifei in the harem all-powerful days, has become the past, although still retained the Fengyang Palace, but this was even down a few levels, a little discerning people are very clear, Xi Guifei can not stage a comeback.
Unless there is a great opportunity. But now it seems that it is even more difficult.
After that, Li Shiyu did not stay any longer and hurried outside the Fengyang Palace. Only after
Li Shiyu left did the empress Dowager stand up and look at Ho and his son: The Ho family is the family of the Ai family, and the Ai family doesn’t want anything to happen to the Ho family. But you must know that the present emperor is not an ordinary person, and he is not something you can play with.
“The Empress Dowager..”
“Even the sad family was almost dragged down by you.” The empress Dowager twisted her eyebrows and said, “The emperor didn’t move the Ho family because he didn’t really care about the Ho family helping the emperor when he came to power, and he didn’t connive at the Ho family doing whatever they wanted over the years because he was afraid.”. When the emperor really wants to uproot them, the Ho family doesn’t even have room to turn over.
「……」
“It was not easy for the imperial concubine to get to where she is today, and she is only one step away from being the empress. The result is now,” says the empress Dowager, shaking her head. “It’s all a matter of variables.”
He yuan twisted his eyebrows and said, “Empress Dowager, this matter –”
“This matter has passed. You have no right to interfere with what the emperor wants to do, nor can you interfere. This period of time, first behave yourself, do not cause trouble, the autumn festival is coming soon, Xi Guifei can turn over, it depends on the autumn festival. The Ai family thought that the emperor could not be indifferent for the sake of the Ho family. The empress Dowager guessed.
Ho yuan answered, “I know.”
The empress Dowager did not say anything, but was supported by Mammy Li and slowly left the Fengyang Palace. Inside
the Fengyang Palace, there was a dead silence. Unwillingly, Concu
bine Xi looked at Ho Shen and said, “I will never be reconciled to this matter in my palace.”
You are now at the Fengyang Palace. I’m afraid the emperor has already been prepared for this. He doesn’t want to be implicated again. He must not cause any more trouble. Ho Shen is reminding Concubine Xi, “We will deal with other things naturally.” Concu
bine Xi gritted her teeth and said, “Do you see Concubine Shu gaining power?”
“I’m afraid this Shu-fei isn’t going to be easy. We’ll have to think about it in the long run.” Ho Shen frowns. “She’s not one of those brainless concubines in the harem.”
The more she thought about it, the more unwilling she was, but because of the current situation, she really couldn’t do anything.
“If you keep the green mountains, you won’t be afraid of running out of firewood.” “Now even the servants of the Fengyang Palace are arranged by the emperor himself. Whatever you do will be under the eyes of the emperor, so it’s better to be careful.”
「……」 If
the Ho family is here, nothing will happen to you. This imperial position will come back sooner or later.
……
He Shen appeased for a while, and then did not stay in Fengyang Palace, so Li Shiyu stirred up a while, a lot of things will be discussed in the long run.
This period of time in Kyoto, I am afraid it will not be peaceful.
……
Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao walked toward the Deqing Palace.
Mu Zhanxiao asked directly: “Does the emperor want to move the water transport of the Ho family?”
Yes. The two most profitable shops in the He family were moved. Let your people get involved. In this way, you can weaken the power of the Ho family in Kyoto. For a long time, the Ho family won’t have the heart to do anything with me. If you take advantage of the situation and check up, it will be much clearer. Li Shiyu said quickly.
“I will obey the decree.” Mu Zhan answered.
“The Ho family will not give up so easily. If we are not in front of the Ho family, the Ho family will certainly be in front of us.” Li Shi-yu said directly, “This matter will not end so easily.”
Mu Zhanxiao hum, did not object to Li Shiyu’s words. The people who should cooperate with the
He family have not been able to find out. Now that the He family has been moved, the people behind it will hide deeper. Over the years, their layout and efforts will be destroyed, so it is not unreasonable to keep the He family.
What’s more, the Ho family is by no means something that can be uprooted for a while, and a lot of things really have to be discussed in the long run.
The two men bowed their heads and discussed.
Until this matter is finished, Li Shiyu suddenly looked at Mu Zhanxiao. When Li Shiyu looked at
Mu Zhanxiao in this way, he was calm, and his voice was much calmer: “Does the emperor have something to ask me?”
Li Shiyu was not in a hurry to open his mouth, but after more than ten years of friendship with Li Shiyu, Mu Zhanxiao could know at a glance that what Li Shiyu asked was not so simple.
Mu Zhanxiao did not take the initiative to open his mouth, but waited patiently.
Li Shiyu took a few steps and then asked, “Not long ago, Lord Xu was beating around the Bush, asking me what you think. When will you marry the daughter of the Xu family?”
This candidate was chosen by Mu Zhanxiao himself, and Li Shiyu never interfered.
As for the reason, Li Shiyu more or less understood that although the power of the Xu family was far from that of the family in Kyoto, the Xu family was a local snake in the south of the Yangtze River, and the south of the Yangtze River was the real land of fish and rice. It seems that
the Xu family has not entered Kyoto for many years and has lived in Suzhou and Hangzhou for a long time, but the south of the Yangtze River is a land of fish and rice, rich in products, and the Xu family is the richest man in Jinling, which is immeasurable.
The Xu family and the Mu family naturally had the meaning of marriage.
“After the Autumn Festival.” Mu Zhanxiao gave the answer.
Good. I then decreed a marriage. Li Shiyu nodded and opened his mouth lightly.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Mu Zhan answered. Only then did
Li Shiyu look at Mu Zhanxiao: “Apart from the fact that the Hsu family is the richest in Suzhou and Hangzhou, don’t you have any other reason for choosing the Hsu family?”
Mu Zhanxiao did not answer immediately.
Hsu Wan-ying is not a legitimate daughter of the Hsu family, but a concubine. Your status and position, the legitimate daughter of the Hsu family, are all superior to you, not to mention the fact that you are only a concubine. Li Shiyu’s words are direct: “Besides, the reputation of this daughter of the Hsu family in Jinling is not very good.”
Xu Wanying had a son out of wedlock. At that time, the Xu family wanted to drive Xu Wanying out of the Xu family. It was Xu Wanying’s mother who forced her to die. Finally, Xu Wanying stayed in the Xu family’s genealogy, but she was also driven out of the Xu family. She had been living in the suburbs of Jinling and never had any contact with the Xu family.
Now, Xu Wanying came back because of her marriage to Mu Zhanxiao, which shocked the whole Jinling.
“Yes.” It was a long time before Mu Zhanxiao answered, “These ministers all know.”
“So?” Li Shiyu raised his eyebrows.
Mu Zhanxiao chuckled, “Her child belongs to me.”
Li Shih-yu was not surprised by this answer: I will give Hsu Wan-ying an identity later, so that no one dares to say anything. As for the affairs of the Hsu family, you decide for yourself. You don’t need to ask me.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Mu Zhan answered.
Li Shiyu didn’t say anything, but the two of them took a few more steps. Then Li Shiyu went on to ask, “All these years, you’ve been indifferent. I’ve rarely seen you enthusiastic about anything. On the contrary, it’s about the imperial concubine. Do you take it to heart?”
This sounds plain, but there is a hint of temptation.
But Mu Zhanxiao looked at Li Shiyu and smiled softly, “I’m just for the sake of the crown prince.”. It is rare for the prince to like a person, and I will naturally try my best to keep the person he likes. In this palace, everyone has evil intentions, and it is very difficult to meet a person who is really good to your Highness. And I thought that even if the empress were still alive, she would do the same.
Mu Zhanxiao’s attitude is very calm, expressed his own ideas, the whole process did not implicate anything that should not be implicated.
And such a reason, impeccable, people can not refute. Indeed,
Mu Zhanxiao can do everything for Aofeng, just for the entrustment of Mu Lan.
“Yes, too.” Li Shiyu nodded and then did not ask any more questions.
The two men had already reached the gate of the Deqing Palace.
…… Inside
the Deqing Palace. The wound on
Mu Lan’s arm was a little shocking. When Xiao Lian saw it, she was so frightened that her face turned white. She hurried toward Mu Lan and said, “Empress, what are you..”
“It doesn’t matter.” Mu Lan answered, “Where is the prince?”
“Your Highness saw the note left by the empress, but he didn’t make a fuss. He’s already gone back to the East Palace.” Xiaolian explained.
“That’s good.” Mulan was relieved.
This appearance to let Aofeng see, do not know what is going to happen, Aofeng this child is good, but as long as it involves Mu Lan, Aofeng can not calm, and even the attitude will be particularly bad, even regardless of.
Mu Lan can’t let Ao Feng be so impulsive.
“Don’t mention this to the prince.” Mu Lan explained carefully.
“The maidservant obeys.” Xiao Lian answered.
Mu Lan nodded, but said nothing. Then Mu Lan looked at Yung Chiu and said, “Lord Lao Yung has personally sent me back from the palace.”
“This is what subordinates should do.” Rong Jiu is calm. “After a while, Doctor Ji will come in person to examine the injury for the empress.”
“Good.” Mu Lan nodded.
“Then the subordinates won’t bother the empress so much. The empress will have a good rest.” Rong Jiu answered.
Mu Lan nodded, Rong Jiu quickly turned away, after Rong Jiu left, Mu Lan looked at his arm, this knife is really ruthless, if not Rong Jiu pulled himself away in time, now I’m afraid the person who died is himself.
She should be more careful.
Sinking, Mulan turned and looked at Xiaolian. “What kind of minions are there in the small kitchen?”
Xiaolian thought for a moment and quickly read the name: “There are only three slaves in the small kitchen, and they are all busy in the small kitchen on weekdays.”
“Are you clear about their origins?” Mu Lan asked directly.
Hsiao-lien recalls, Except for Hsiao Shu, who came Imperial Kitchen, the other two were all arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The maidservant is not very familiar with them.
Mulan nodded: “Go to the small kitchen with this palace.”
“Yes.” Xiaolian answered, but still looked at Mulan with some concern. “Empress, would you like to rest first?”
No. Call all the palace minions to the small kitchen. Mulan’s calm command.
“Yes.” Xiaolian more or less understood.
Mu Lan is probably a pretty good idea, to kill the chicken to make an example of the monkey, many of the slaves in the palace are arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, except for Xiaolian, and not Mu Lan personally elected, even if Mu Lan is favored, these slaves are more or less unconvinced.
Therefore, it is inevitable to move a crooked mind.
What’s more, the harem is so big that it’s not impossible to be patted by the concubines.
After all, favored, in the palace is everyone’s envy of things, nature can not easily let go of Mu Lan, this time something happened, Mu Lan escaped by luck, if the next time? Not everyone has such good luck every time.
Xiaolian quickly turned around and did what Mu Lan ordered.
And Mulan walked in the direction of the small kitchen.
Mu Lan usually in addition to do small points, rarely appear in the small kitchen, this cold came, but also in the time, which naturally makes the people in the small kitchen are nervous.
The little tree was the first to come to his senses and kneel down to pay his respects. “See the empress,” he said. “The empress is a thousand years old.” After
Xiao Shu knelt down, Xiao Guizi and Xiao Dezi also knelt down, but their eyes were much more nervous, especially when they saw Mu Lan appear safe and sound in front of them, they were even more flustered. On the surface
, however, the two of them were extremely calm: “Little Tokuko and Little Katsura pay their respects to the empress. The empress is a thousand years old.”
“Get up.” Mu Lan opened his mouth lightly.
The three of them were about to get up when Mu Lan suddenly looked sharply at the two men kneeling on the ground. “I only let the little tree get up, but I didn’t let you get up.” When
Xiao Guizi and Xiao Dezi heard this, they were so frightened that they trembled all over. They had been in the palace for more than a year or two. They knew very well that it was impossible for Mu Lan to come back when he went to Fengyang Palace. As a result, Mu Lan came back. They knew better than anyone what this meant.
In this contest, the final winner is Mu Lan, not the master of Fengyang Palace.
And Mu Lan now appears in the small kitchen, the implication is why, it is more clear.
Little Guizi and Little Dezi knelt down with a splash and desperately begged for mercy: “Empress, Empress, don’t listen to slander. The slaves are wronged.”
At this time, they know very well that they can’t admit it. If they admit it, they will confess their lives. It seems that they are betting that Mu Lan is just a lady’s concubine. In addition, they keep a low profile and are kind to others, so they can’t do anything too cruel and ruthless.
The two of them were crying.
Mu Lan always looked down at Xiao Dezi and Xiao Guizi. “Why, do you want to tell this palace that you didn’t do this?”
“The slave is loyal to the empress and has never done anything wrong to the empress.” The two men shouted to show their loyalty.
“Loyal?” Mu Lan smiled faintly.
“Yes, the slave is loyal.” The two men repeated a sentence.
Mu Lan looked down at the two people, condescending eyes, but suddenly to the infiltration of the chill, almost instantly let two people shiver, such Mu Lan and the Mu Lan seen before, such Mu Lan eyes cruel and ruthless, and the usual warmth formed a sharp contrast.
But the words spoken by the slightly sickly body made people shudder: “Since you are loyal, let this palace see how loyal your hearts are.”
Xiao Dezi and Xiao Guizi haven’t been able to react to Mu Lan’s words for a while.
Mulan had already said sullenly, “Somebody, cut out their hearts and let me see how loyal they are.”
“Yes.” The bodyguard answered with an expressionless face and quickly stepped forward.
Now, little Dezi and little Guizi came to their senses and couldn’t believe their ears and what they had seen. The guards had pulled them up. Little Dezi and little Guizi screamed bitterly, but Mu Lan stood still and looked at them sullenly.
“Empress, spare my life, Empress!” Little Tokuko cried miserably at Mulan. “Please, spare the slave. Please, the slave will never dare again.”
Mu Lan stood indifferently, just looking at it like this, even if such a scream seemed extremely desolate, Mu Lan did not have any reaction at all.
And the slaves of the Deqing Palace stood where they were.
The next picture, so that their faces suddenly changed, such cruelty and blood, in fact, is not uncommon in the palace, but in front of their own face, so naked happened, that is really the first time. The
guard’s dagger tore out the heart of little Tokuko. He was tied to a pillar and could not move. In order to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide, his mouth was stuffed with white cloth, and blood gushed out. Little Tokuko’s pupils were infinitely dilated, and finally he had completely fainted in place.
And that heart, when it was dug out, was still beating, the whole person’s chest was missing a piece, the ground was left with blood, filled with the smell of blood.
Many slaves could not stand such a picture and vomited.
Little Dezi gradually stopped moving, but his eyes never closed, his pupils widened, and he looked very seeping. Not to
mention the small cassia son, such a picture of the small cassia son do not want to desperately kowtow on the ground, he is very clear, the next person is himself, but also clearly know that Mu Lan’s means from the cruel, not just the surface to see.
“Empress, the slave was forced. I beg your forgiveness.” Little Guizi desperately kowtowed, and did not dare to hide anything. “The slave was forced by Xi Guifei. If the slave did not obey, Xi Guifei would kill the slave’s family. The slave did not dare not obey.”
「……」
“Empress, I beg you to atone for your sins. I will be loyal to the Empress in the future. I will never do anything wrong to the Empress again. I beg the Empress to spare my life.”
Xiao Guizi kept shouting, and the sound was heard all the time, echoing in the Deqing Palace.
But for Mu Lan, begging for mercy is of no use, anything can be forgiven in Mu Lan’s view, but when it comes to Ao Feng, Mu Lan is absolutely impossible to forgive.
She walked up to Xiao Guizi step by step and asked sullenly, “Do you want me to forgive you?”
“Empress, the slave is guilty. I beg the empress to spare her life.” Little Tokuko kept kowtowing, and blood was already dripping on her forehead.
But such a picture, in Mu Lan’s view, appears to be much more indifferent, and there is not much reaction.
“You poisoned the rose cake at the behest of Concubine Xi. Why, was Concubine Xi planning to kill herself?” Mu Lan asked again.
Only the corner of Mu Lan’s eye looked at a certain place without any trace, but soon he took it back, and Mu Lan knew that the man standing outside was Li Shiyu.
And these words were said by Xiao Guizi to Li Shiyu. No
, no, no.. No.. Guizi shook her head. “It’s the prince who’s going to kill Concubine Xi. These pills will only kill the fetus in Concubine Xi’s womb. They won’t kill Concubine Xi.”
“Do you know that killing the prince is the capital crime that implicates the nine clans?” Mu Lan continued to ask sullenly.
Xiao Guizi’s face turned white again.
“And the only thing we can’t stand is someone attacking the prince. If that’s the case, how can we let you go? If you can work for Concubine Xi, then you can betray us later. How can we trust you?” Mu Lan smiled coldly.
“a slave would never dare.” Xiao Guizi just wants to find a chance of survival.
But Mu Lan looked at Xiao Guizi with a cold smile on his face: “Xiao Guizi, I can put up with anything, but I can’t put up with anyone who is cruel to the prince. I have been disloyal to the prince, and I would rather kill him by mistake than let him go.”
Xiao Guizi’s face turned white in an instant. When
the bodyguard heard Mu Lan’s words, he already understood the meaning of Mu Lan, and immediately stepped forward, Xiao Guizi became the second Xiao Dezi, and his shrill cry was pressed under the white cloth, which made people completely lose the ability to resist. The slaves of
the Deqing Palace knelt on the ground. Standing in a pool of blood,
Mu Lan looked around at the people present and said, “I don’t want this to happen again in the Deqing Palace. If it happens again, I won’t forgive it lightly.”
This is neither light nor heavy, but it sounds an alarm bell in everyone’s heart.
In an instant, all the slaves of the Deqing Palace answered, “The slaves are loyal to the empress. They are loyal to the empress. They have no second thoughts.”
Mu Lan looked at the crowd, but his face was still very cold: “Very good.”. If anyone is disloyal and doesn’t want to stay in the Deqing Palace, he will leave the Deqing Palace today. Once he is discovered by the palace, the two dead slaves will be a warning to you. The palace will never be soft-hearted.
This was said with a warning word by word to the people present. The
slaves answered in chorus, “The slaves have no second thoughts.”
Mu Lan nodded his head.
Then, Mu Lan did not look at the crowd, quickly toward the direction of the time, the slaves are still kneeling in place, until the figure of Mu Lan disappeared, this dare to stand up.
But the people are still looking at each other, for the present situation, the faces of the people are still pale, Mu Lan’s attitude today, is really in the Deqing Palace.
From now on, no one will dare to continue to make mistakes in the Deqing Palace.
…… When
Mu Lan walked out of the backyard and returned to the front of the Deqing Palace, he saw Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao standing side by side. Li Shiyu’s eyes fell on Mu Lan, and Mu Zhanxiao also looked at Mu Lan.
Li Shiyu’s eyes with a trace of meaning unknown, people can not guess the mood of this person at the moment.
And Mu Zhanxiao eyebrows slightly twist, Mu Lan know, Mu Zhanxiao also saw the previous things in the backyard, Mu Zhanxiao is not agreed, such behavior in the palace is too high-profile, too easy to cause trouble. This trouble is not an outsider, but Li Shiyu. Everything
just now, is the most real Mu Lan, not now in the Deqing Palace, not the world of Mu Lan, once touched the bottom line of Mu Lan, Mu Lan can never be soft-hearted.
But soon, Mu Lan calmed down, looked at Li Shiyu, and said, “I see the emperor. Long live the emperor. Long live the emperor.”
“Get up.” Li Shiyu stepped forward and helped Mu Lan up in person.
But Li Shiyu’s movements are extremely careful, and did not touch the wound on Mu Lan’s arm, the deep eyes fell on Mu Lan’s body, slightly with deep meaning. But
Mu Zhanxiao said, “I have seen Empress Shu.”
“No courtesy, Lord Mu.” Mu Lan nodded, and there is no familiar place with Mu Zhan Xiao, but it seems very weak.
And under such circumstances, Mu Zhanxiao naturally can not say anything, just so passive looking at Mu Lan, the surface is not alarming.
“Your Majesty, if you have nothing to do, I will retire first.” Mu Zhanxiao answered respectfully.
Li Shiyu nodded, and did not say anything, and Mu Zhanxiao quickly turned away, in the departure, Mu Zhanxiao did not look at the traces of Mu Lan, Mu Lan did not make a statement, still standing quietly.
After Mu Zhanxiao left, Mu Lan took the initiative to look at Li Shiyu.
Li Shiyu kept his countenance.
“Did the emperor see it?” Mu Lan opens his mouth, this is a positive sentence.
Li Shiyu hum, did not deny Mu Lan’s guess, before that scene, Li Shiyu and Mu Zhanxiao see clearly, but this scene did not let Li Shiyu feel how Mu Lan, but silently laughed, such behavior is like the memory of Mu Lan.
People do not attack me, I do not attack, and Ao Feng is the bottom line of Mu Lan, touched such a bottom line, Mu Lan naturally can not give up.
Under such circumstances, for the former Mulan, now Mulan has become much more gentle.
Kill the chicken to make an example of the monkey, the master of each palace will, what Mu Lan does is just an ordinary thing, and compared with other palaces, Mu Lan’s means are not cruel.
“The slaves in the Deqing Palace are your people. They are heresy. My beloved concubine naturally has the right to punish them. There’s no need to think about it.” Li Shi-yu put it bluntly, and this was undoubtedly a release of power for Mu Lan. “If the beloved concubine is not satisfied with the existing slaves in the Deqing Palace, she can also personally ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send them over and personally select them, or if she likes any slaves in the palace, she can ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to transfer them to the beloved concubine.”
“I thank the emperor for his kindness.” Mu Lan is blessed.
Li Shiyu helped Mu Lan up in person, and then he looked at Mu Lan and said calmly, “My beloved concubine doesn’t need to be polite when she sees me.”
Mu Lan was stunned.
“When my beloved concubine sees me, she can skip all the formalities in the palace.” Li Shiyu said calmly, “As long as there is no one in private, my beloved concubine doesn’t need to do this when she sees me.”
Mulan was a little surprised, but Mulan didn’t say anything, just nodded: “I remember.”
Li Shiyu hum, but also did not say anything, very naturally hugged Mu Lan’s waist, toward the Deqing Palace.
Two people walked into the Deqing Palace, Mu Lan did not want to stand up to order Xiaolian, prepare Li Shiyu usually like to drink tea, to personally give Li Shiyu bubble.
As soon as Mu Lan stood up, Li Shiyu had already pulled Mu Lan back: “There’s no need to be busy.”
“Your Majesty?” Mu Lan was stunned.
But Li Shiyu had already brought Mu Lan to his side and sat down on the soft collapse. Deep eyes fell on Mu Lan’s body.
Mu Lan was a little confused and looked at Li Shiyu calmly.
Li Shi-yu, on the other hand, opened his mouth with concern, and his voice was extremely gentle: “Does it hurt?”
Voice fell, Li Shiyu’s hand has also grabbed Mu Lan’s hand, but carefully, and did not touch Mu Lan’s wound. The arm that had been scratched by the imperial concubine Xi
before had been bandaged, but in the previous case, the treatment was much simpler, just to stop bleeding in time and not let the wound get worse.
And the arm that has been treated, hidden in the wide sleeve, will not be able to see the clue for a while.
But on the white gauze, you can still see the traces of oozing blood.
“I will pass on my concubine to you.” Li Shi-yu opened his mouth lightly, never letting go of his twisted brows. “So it doesn’t hurt?”.
“It hurts.” Mu Lan is not affectation, very calm expression. With a hum,
Li Shiyu turned and ordered, “Chuan Ji’s daughter, go to the Deqing Palace.”
“Yes.” The slave took the order and hurried away.
Li Shiyu did not loosen Mu Lan, but gently untied Mu Lan’s gauze and took out the golden sore medicine from his bosom. Mu Lan recognized the golden sore medicine in front of him. It was made of extremely precious medicinal materials. There were very few people in the palace. Even the imperial concubine Xi had never got it.
“Your Majesty,” cried Mu Lan, “I can do these things myself. What’s more, my concubine’s wound was not so serious that she didn’t need such a medicine for golden sores. This medicine was overqualified for my concubine’s wound and was wasted.
“If I don’t think it’s a waste, it’s not a waste.” Li Shiyu opened his mouth lightly and said directly, “You deserve the best.”
But this word, on the contrary is to let Mu Lan be stunned, for a while and a half will not know what to say.
Two people sit on the edge of the soft collapse, and did not chat, but Li Shiyu seriously to Mu Lan on the medicine, and not because of their identity, and feel that there is anything wrong with such a practice.
Mu Lan finally quiet, silent sigh, and did not open his mouth to say anything, let Li Shiyu give himself medicine.
And Ji Yi Nu soon came to the Deqing Palace, carrying a basket in her hand, which contained the medicinal materials to be used.
As a result, when Ji Jang Geum walked into the Deqing Palace and saw the golden sore medicine on one side, he was stunned for a moment. When he saw the picture of Li Shiyu personally giving the medicine to Mu Lan, Ji Jang Geum did not speak.
Such a picture seems to see Mu Lan and Li Shiyu many years ago.
And the person in front of us is clearly not Mu Lan.
But,
but Ji Chang-jin didn’t say anything, and soon he was blessed and paid his respects, saying, “See the emperor, the imperial concubine.”
When Li Shiyu saw Ji Changjin coming, he just made a sound, and still bowed his head and concentrated on giving Mu Lan medicine again, and did not let go of any wound.
“Your Majesty, the maidservant will do.” Ji Jang Geum opened his mouth.
Li Shiyu did not answer, until Mu Lan’s wound was completely medicated, the cold touch of Jinchuang Ointment came, so that Mu Lan suddenly felt comfortable.
After that, Li Shiyu stood up and motioned to Ji Jang Geum to come forward.
Ji Jang Geum calmly came forward, she carefully looked, Mu Lan’s wound has been Li Shiyu to deal with very little, she has to do is to re-bandage, that is a simple job.
Ji Jang Geum did not speak, seriously with gauze to Mu Lan injured position to bandage.
All the way, Li Shiyu stood, looking at Ji Jang Geum’s movements, and did not say anything.
It was not until Ji Changjin had finished bandaging the wound that Li Shiyu asked, “Doctor Ji, how is the empress?”
Your Majesty, with the Emperor’s Golden Sore Medicine, the wound will heal in only three days. The wound looks deep, but it doesn’t hurt any bones or muscles, so it’s much better than maidservant thought, and there won’t be any serious harm. Just don’t touch the water these three days, and try not to use the injured hand. Ji Jang Geum confessed.
Li Shiyu kept it in mind.
Only then did Li Shiyu say, “Look again at the body of the empress.”
Ji Jang Geum nodded and soon gave Mu Lan pulse. Mu Lan’s pulse condition was not much different from the previous one, but it looked much more stable than previous one.
So Ji Jang Geum for Mu Lan’s body, and before said that there is no other difference.
Li Shiyu nodded.
“Your Majesty, it’s autumn now, but as the weather gets colder and colder, the empress should still pay attention to rest and not get cold. If she catches a cold, she’ll be in trouble.”
Li Shiyu’s eyebrows twisted up.
Big week because of these years of recuperation, the autumn festival is stopped, and this year, Li Shiyu just restarted the autumn festival, before, is Gao Qian with people to big week.
And this year to the autumn festival, Li Shiyu naturally want to take Mu Lan, but heard Ji Jang Geum this, Li Shiyu can not help but worry about Mu Lan, for fear of any accident.
“What if it’s an autumn festival?” Li Shiyu calmly asked Ji Jang Geum.
Ji Chang-jin was surprised, but he quickly came to his senses and calmly explained, “The Autumn Festival in the Western Regions is much colder than Great Zhou Festival. It’s bound to snow in a month or so. If the empress goes to the Autumn Festival, she has to do a better job of protecting herself from catching cold. Otherwise, it will be even more troublesome if the weather freezes.” It’s
not that you can’t go, but you have to protect it. This is what Ji Jang Geum wants to express.
But the surprise in Ji Jang Geum’s eyes lasted for a long time.
You know, in the past Dynasties, those who can follow the emperor to the autumn festival are by no means ordinary concubines. It is extremely troublesome to go with the female dependents. There are many things to prepare, so those who can go are the empress and the imperial concubines. It is impossible for the following concubines to have this opportunity.
But Li Shiyu wanted to go with Mu Lan. What
does it mean?
Ji Jang Geum didn’t dare to think much about it.
But Ji Jang Geum appeared to be much calmer, and after he finished speaking, he stopped talking.
Li Shi-yu nodded his head and said, “That’s all right. You can step down first.”
“Yes.” Ji Jang Geum answered respectfully.
Soon, Ji Jang Geum calmly left the Deqing Palace. Only after
Ji Jang Geum had left did Mu Lan look at Li Shiyu with a surprise in his eyes: “Your Majesty, are you going to take me and my concubine to the Autumn Festival?”
“Yes.” Li Shiyu did not deny it.
“Your Majesty, this is not proper. I shouldn’t have followed the emperor to the Autumn Festival.” Mu Lan is calm. When there was no one in the
palace, Mu Lan and Li Shiyu were presumptuous and would not be criticized, but if Li Shiyu took Mu Lan to such a big event as the Autumn Festival, those people in the palace could not help blocking it, plus the matter of Xi Guifei, Mu Lan knew very well that he was undoubtedly an eyesore in the eyes of many people.
And even now Xi Guifei has been demoted, but in everyone’s eyes, Xi Guifei is still the head of the harem, and now the demotion is just to calm the anger of the public.
So if you want to go to the autumn festival, it should be the imperial concubine Xi, not Mu Lan.
“If you are not decent, then I will make you an imperial concubine, and there will be nothing improper.” Li Shiyu opened his mouth lightly.
Mu Lan in Li Shiyu’s words, stunned completely did not respond.
But Li Shiyu is always calm, calm looking at Mu Lan, did not speak.
“Your Majesty!” It took Mu Lan a long time to find his voice.
Li Shi-yu, on the other hand, is calm: “This matter has been decided.” The implication is that the matter of making Mu Lan imperial concubine has been settled.
Mu Lan’s lips moved and wanted to say something, but in Li Shiyu’s attitude, Mu Lan finally failed to say a word, so he could only passively look at Li Shiyu.
“Besides, the prince will also go with him to the Autumn Festival. Won’t his beloved concubine go?” Li Shiyu asked Mu Lan.
This quieted Mu Lan. Before he could open his mouth, Li Shiyu went on to say, “Does the beloved imperial concubine want to leave the prince alone in the Western Regions?”? The Western Regions are both safe and unsafe. After all, the prince is young, and he still has to be accompanied by someone who can control him.
「……」 It is impossible for the slaves in the
East Palace to control the prince. If the prince has done something in the Western Regions, isn’t the beloved concubine afraid that the prince will be implicated? The light of Li Shiyu’s eyes fell on Mu Lan. “Although the present imperial concubine Xi has been demoted to a concubine, the identity of the Ho family is still there. In this case, the imperial concubine Xi will hurt herself. When she goes to the Western Regions, the imperial concubine Xi will go herself, or she will completely break her face with the Ho family.”
「……」
“Concubine Xi has gone, and the prince is here. If Concubine Ai doesn’t go, aren’t you afraid of an accident?” Li Shiyu asked Mu Lan lightly.
Mu Lan listened, twisted his eyebrows, and then answered, “The prince is here, and I will naturally go.”
Li Shiyu looked at Mu Lan and said, “So now my beloved concubine is willing to go to the Western Regions with me, just because of the prince?” There was a hint of jealousy in
that tone.
Under such circumstances, Mu Lan responded calmly: “That’s not entirely true, because I am the emperor’s concubine, and naturally I have to accompany the emperor.” As
he spoke, Mulan added, “In any case, the emperor is naturally the first.”
This is to appease Li Shiyu, Li Shiyu will not be unable to hear, but such appeasement is always better than Mu Lan’s magnanimous feeling that Ao Feng is more important.
Li Shiyu listened, silently laughing, and then he hugged Mu Lan, very naturally kissed Mu Lan’s forehead.
Mu Lan’s heartbeat was a little fast, and his palms were sweating.
That feeling, I can’t say. It
was a long time before Mu Lan said, “Why did the emperor treat me so well?”
“Isn’t it fair that you treat the prince well and I treat you well?” Li Shiyu asked directly.
This, so that Mu Yi Zheng, a long time can not say a word, she thought of a lot, thought of the previous Fengyang Palace, Li Shiyu to do his own perjury, poisoning, if not find reasonable evidence, then the crime of poisoning, in the immediate is impossible to prove their innocence.
And with Xi Guifei’s personality, under such circumstances, she would never let go of herself.
“Thinking about what?” Li Shiyu looked at Mu Lan and naturally held Mu Lan in his arms.
When Mu Lan came to his senses, he looked at Li Shiyu and said calmly, “Why did the emperor commit perjury for his concubines today?”
Last night this person did not spend the night in the Deqing Palace, others do not know, but Mu Lan can know clearly.
Not to mention last night, this period of time, this person has hardly been to the Deqing Palace. So under such circumstances, Mu Lan knew very well that Li Shiyu was talking nonsense.
But Li Shiyu’s perjury can stop everyone’s mouth. The people
of the He family can suspect Mu Lan, but the people of the He family dare not suspect Li Shiyu, Li Shiyu’s words pick Mu Lan clean, Mu Lan did not have the time to commit the crime.
So under such circumstances, Mu Lan smoothly got rid of this matter.
And Mu Lan’s question, let Li Shiyu bow his head and chuckle, but did not take the initiative to explain Mu Lan’s question, Mu Lan looked at Li Shiyu, and finally did not ask more.
After all, when Li Shiyu doesn’t want to talk to you, you can’t get anything out of this man’s mouth.
When Mu Lan gave up, Li Shiyu spoke lightly: “The Ho family is not an ordinary person. If I don’t open my mouth, you can’t get away at all. The Ho family wants you to die. If the Ho family bites you back, under the circumstances at that time, I can’t protect you at the first time.”
“And if I don’t protect you, you can disappear without a trace in this palace as long as there is a moment’s space.” As he spoke, Li Shiyu suddenly stroked Mu Lan’s cheek. “Your status is different now. In front of the Ho family, you hit a stone with an egg.”
Mu Lan listened quietly, but in Li Shiyu’s words, there seemed to be something faintly heard.
This person seems to have something to say, but Li Shiyu did not explain, and in this case, Mu Lan also kept silent, did not open his mouth.
“I have thanked the emperor.” Mu Lan is blessed.
Not to mention anything else, as far as this matter is concerned, Mu Lan really should thank Li Shiyu, so Mu Lan is not hypocritical. Hearing Mu Lan’s thanks,
Li Shiyu chuckled, “There’s no need to thank me.”
Mu Lan was quiet.
But Li Shiyu’s hand had already pinched Mu Lan’s chin: “I have only one request for you.”
“Your Majesty, please speak.” Mu Lan carefully answered.
Li Shiyu chuckled. “Just don’t hide anything from me.”
This, let Mu Lan’s heart missed a beat, for Li Shiyu’s words, Mu Lan some can not distinguish the true meaning of this person’s words, and faintly feel that this person knows what, but there is no certainty. In the end, Mulan could only remain silent. After
a long time, she said quietly, “I have nothing to hide from the emperor.”
“Good.” Li Shiyu answered and did not continue the topic.
Mu Lan’s high hanging heart has never relaxed, that kind of tense mood, obvious.
But Li Shiyu had already changed the subject and said lightly, “I’m staying at the Deqing Palace for dinner tonight.”
“Good.” Mu Lan answered.
Then Mu Lan stood up, turned around and ordered Xiaolian, Xiaolian heard the news, but beaming, in Xiaolian’s view, Li Shiyu stay, this is a good thing, especially in such circumstances, is undoubtedly to tell the people in the palace, Mu Lan’s identity can not be questioned by anyone.
With Li Shiyu’s protection, these people who want to do something to Mu Lan will naturally appear cautious and dare not be so presumptuous.
Soon, Xiaolian took the order and left, while Mu Lan quietly returned to the bedroom to accompany Li Shiyu.
Two people did not deliberately talk, Mu Lan quietly looking at the book, and Li Shiyu is in the review of the memorial, these memorials are not long ago Cheng Dezhu just sent over. In
such an atmosphere, the Deqing Palace appears to be harmonious.
……
Mu Lan in the unofficial history, some entranced, said some ghost stories, Mu Lan has always liked to see these, entranced, so that Mu Lan did not find Li Shiyu has put down the memorial to the throne and come over.
It was not until Li Shiyu hugged Mu Lan from behind that Mu Lan was startled and looked at Li Shiyu. “Your Majesty,”
he said, “What are you so absorbed in?” Li Shiyu asked.
Mu Lan turned the book over to Li Shiyu and said, “It’s just some ghost stories.”
“You like these?” Li Shiyu flipped through it.
“Like it.” Mu Lan answered, “When you’re free, you can pass the time very well. Besides, these books can also tell you a lot. They’re not just simple ghost stories.”
“Like what?”
“Ghosts are not to be feared. What is to be feared is the human heart.”
“What else?”
“Ghosts are also divided into good and evil, just as there are two levels in the human world..”
Mu Lan said slowly, but in such an explanation, Mu Lan did not realize that these words seemed to have been said to Li Shiyu himself, but at that time, Mu Lan was not Li Shiyu’s queen, but also just met Li Shiyu for the first time, they were in the box of the shop, each foot, and occasionally asked.
So Mu Lan’s obliviousness does not mean that Li Shiyu was not aware of it.
Listening to Mu Lan’s words, Li Shiyu’s eyebrows and eyes with a faint smile, his mandible is very natural against Mu Lan’s shoulder. The
two men’s movements became more and more intimate.
Mu Lan was stunned, but also calm, subconsciously turned to look at Li Shiyu, Li Shiyu looked down at Mu Lan, thin lips raised, and then did not give Mu Lan any chance to react, Li Shiyu bowed his head and kissed Mu Lan.
Mu Lan hesitated for a moment: “Your Majesty!”
As soon as the words began, they were completely extinguished by Li Shiyu’s kiss. All the voices were swallowed up in such a kiss, but it seemed that they were moved by each other.
Even Li Shiyu mouth in Mu Lan waist hand, also followed involuntarily tight, Mu Lan is almost close to Li Shiyu, in such a quiet space, the two movements appear more ambiguous.
But Mulan did not refuse.
Such warmth, Mu Lan is also greedy, until Li Shiyu took the initiative to loosen Mu Lan, but Li Shiyu still hugged Mu Lan, but opened a certain safe distance between the two.
“It’s too easy for me to get too close to you.” Li Shiyu said directly.
Mu Lan’s cheek was slightly hot, trying to push the man away, but the man did not move.
Under such circumstances, Mu Lan can only be passively encircled in the arms of this person. After a moment of
silence, Li Shiyu suddenly said, “When the empress was around, she especially liked to read books about ghosts.”
Mu Lan heard Li Shiyu mention himself, and did not speak, the surface of calm listening, but in Li Shiyu’s words, Mu Lan or with a trace of tension.
“At that time, I collected a lot of books about ghosts for the empress, all of which were in the world, including some imported ones. The empress was also fond of reading them. Even the difficult words in them seemed not to be difficult for the empress.” “She is the most knowledgeable person I have ever met,” Li Shiyu said with a smile.
「……」
Sometimes her erudition puts me to shame. The empress has done a great deal to bring me to this day. Li Shiyu said very calmly.
Mu Lan just listened and did not open his mouth. Any topic involving themselves, Mu Lan will be appropriate to keep silent, she is afraid of their own words, it is easy to bring themselves into this topic, and then be seen flaws.
What’s more, the man in front of him is the one who knows himself best.
Mu Lan did not speak, Li Shiyu did not seem to mind, told Mu Lan is his own memories of her, that is Li Shiyu’s deep feelings for Mu Lan.
Mu Lan did not understand why Li Shiyu mentioned this to himself.
But when Li Shiyu’s voice fell, he suddenly looked at Mu Lan, and what he said surprised Mu Lan: Since the beloved imperial concubine likes ghost stories so much, the beloved imperial concubine can take the books of the empress at will. The Fengqing Palace has been empty for a few years now, and when I get someone to clean it up, my beloved concubine will move to the Fengqing Palace.
Mu Lan listened to Li Shiyu’s words, did not say a word for a long time, just so stunned looking at Li Shiyu, completely did not respond.
But Li Shiyu is still calm: “I empty the Fengqing Palace, in order not to destroy the traces of the existence of the queen, the queen’s position in my heart is unshakable.”. But Fengqing Palace is just a palace after all, and now that I can find someone who suits my heart, I think the empress will agree.
This, Li Shiyu said directly.
“Your Majesty, this..” Mu Lan, however, disagrees: “Fengqing Palace has been the residence of empresses in all Dynasties, and it is not suitable for ministers and concubines.”
“So my beloved concubine means to tell me that she wants to give you a legitimate identity?” Li Shiyu did not get angry, but just looked at Mu Lan.
Mulan’s heart beat faster as he watched, and he immediately knelt down and said, “Your Majesty, I have absolutely no such intention.”
Li Shiyu had already picked up Mu Lan: “I know what you mean.”. But there will never be any change in my decision.
Mu Lan could not speak.
The Fengqing Palace is just a palace. It happened that many empresses lived there in the past Dynasties, so it became a symbol of the empress. And I have been on the throne for many years, and the back seat has always been vacant. The position of queen will not be vacant for too long. When
Li Shiyu said this, he did not speak again.
Mu Lan in Li Shiyu’s words, faintly heard what, she felt crazy, but looking at Li Shiyu, Mu Lan can only suppress their emotions, dare not expose.
Mu Lan always felt that Li Shiyu was hinting at something.
But Mu Lan can not ask directly, in the end, Mu Lan can only stand passively.
Under these circumstances, it was Li Shiyu who lightly changed the subject: “When the Autumn Festival comes back, there will be a happy event in Kyoto. Over the years, Kyoto has been too quiet.”
“What happy event?” Mu Lan asked a question.
“Zhan Xiao’s marriage.” Li Shiyu did not conceal that he was “with the Xu family in Jinling.”
This matter, Mu Lan heard Mu Zhanxiao mentioned, but Mu Zhanxiao did not say much, naturally will not know the specific time, but this matter is mentioned by Li Shiyu, Mu Lan was somewhat surprised.
However, Mu Lan did not reject it and nodded: “Lord Mu has already reached the marriageable age. He hasn’t been married all these years. Now that he is married, I think the Third Lady is happy.”
After all, the third lady is Mu Zhanxiao such a child, the other Mu Mian, if not for Mu Lan’s mercy, even Mu Mian can not be retained.
Mu Mian has been thinking behind closed doors, and did not leave, plus Mu Mian’s original identity, it is impossible to remarry, but now all day long in the Mu family with three ladies.
But the third lady’s greatest wish is to see Mu Zhanxiao get married.
And Mu Lan’s words, let Li Shiyu quietly looked at the past, but did not expose the flaw in Mu Lan’s words, continued to say: “Just the identity of Xu Wanying, may not be satisfactory, but this candidate is Zhan Xiao personally selected, I naturally will not say anything.”
Mu Lan twisted her eyebrows. “What’s not to like?”
“Hsu Wan-ying has a child out of wedlock, which is an indiscreet act.” Li Shiyu explained quietly.
Now, Mu Lan was a little surprised.
These things are unknown to Mu Lan, but Mu Lan has no objection to any decision of Mu Zhanxiao, because Mu Lan knows Mu Zhanxiao.
“What does Princess Ai think of this?” Li Shiyu asked Mu Lan.
Mu Lan said, “I think Lord Mu is a wise and wise man. He has a sense of propriety in everything he does. Lord Mu will do this because of Lord Mu. I don’t think we need to worry about Lord Mu.”
Mulan is just telling the truth.
Li Shiyu, however, had already looked faintly at Mu Lan, reading between the lines with a hint of temptation: “My beloved concubine does understand Zhan Xiao.” Without being bypassed by Li Shiyu,
Mu Lan calmly said, “It’s just my intuition. I intuitively think that Lord Mu should be such a person.”
This reason is reasonable, also said in the past, Li Shiyu smiled, but also did not continue this topic.
Just then, Xiaolian came in and said respectfully, “Your Majesty, the empress, dinner is ready. Please move to the dining room with the empress.”
Li Shiyu waved, and Xiaolian quickly retreated.
But Li Shiyu had already changed the subject and said lightly, “Since dinner is ready, I’ll go to dinner first. I’m just a little hungry.”
“Good.” Mu Lan answered.
But Li Shiyu personally helped Mu Lan up, two people just walked toward the direction of the dining room, the whole journey Li Shiyu has not loosened Mu Lan.
Until the two men entered the dining room.
……
Small lotus sees two people to come, let the slave bring up dinner very quickly.
These dishes are in line with Mu Lan’s usual taste, appears to be much lighter, and has not changed because of the arrival of Li Shiyu. The
slaves set the dinner table and retired respectfully. The people in
the Deqing Palace knew that when Li Shiyu and Mu Lan were dining, they didn’t like anyone to be there, so they wouldn’t be so uninterested.
Mu Lan habitually wants to give Li Shiyu food.
She knows this person’s habit very well, it is deep-rooted, since Li Shiyu began in the Deqing Palace, this matter is Mu Lan personally, and did not fake the hands of others. This
time, however, Li Shiyu stopped Mu Lan: “I’m coming.”
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