ALL NOVEL Chapter 139 - face saint
“The minister’s wife has seen the Empress.” Xu Cong knelt down and bowed in a proper manner, the long back hem of her robe dragged to the ground, her face was a little haggard, but she did not look sideways, and her demeanor was elegant.
In Shi Shi’s eyes, the naive daughter of Jiaoman in the past seemed to have changed her personality. Seeing her drooping eyes and nodding, calm and docile, she couldn’t even see her squeamishness and impetuousness.
She stood there in a daze, not recognizing for a moment.
Empress Xu didn’t care about Xu Huan’s changes, she opened her mouth and asked, “Your mother said you know the inside story of the second prince’s murder? But what did Prince An do?”
Because of the thin and protruding eyes, they stared at Xu Huan, and the scorching eyes had a piercing temperature, which made it impossible to look directly at him.
Xu Yan hesitantly raised his head and glanced at Shi Shi, the calm eyes suddenly showed waves, and she was suppressed after a while: “Reporting to the Empress, a few days ago, Prince An’s mansion did find a few unknown origins, The spy who has been in ambush for a long time, and the other Shen shi was also born in the palace, the second prince, the ministers and wives are ashamed, and the whole of Prince An’s palace can’t absolve them.”
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
Empress Xu’s face was obviously unhappy, and she turned to look at Shi Shi indifferently: “So, Princess An is here to shirk responsibility from this palace?”
Shi Shi was frightened by the sight of her, and hurriedly blessed her body, so she hurriedly walked to Xu Huan’s side, “Silly girl, why are you covering up for King An who treats you like this? Tell the Empress the truth, Let the maiden call the shots for you, huh?”
Xu Yan looked at Shi Shi with a complicated expression, the water in her beautiful eyes was shining, and the strong emotions were intertwined back and forth, and finally turned into firmness and apology.
“Mother, you misunderstood.” She paused, “It is true that Prince An has sealed off his daughter’s yard, and her daughter is not allowed to enter or leave at will, but this is all because the lord has misunderstood his daughter.”
Xu Huan turned around and solemnly kowtowed to Empress Xu: “Empress Empress, my mother was worried about the courtier’s wife and lost her sense of proportion. I disturbed you, and please forgive me.”
Empress Xu was thinking about her son, and she was put out by Shi Shi for nothing. How could she have such a good temper, and said coldly: “Princess An’s meaning, the sin of taking the second prince as a raft, can you let it go so gently?”
Shi’s face turned pale, and immediately knelt down beside Xu Huan and buried his head deeply: “The minister’s wife deserves ten thousand deaths.”
Xu Huan bit her lower lip unbearably, and raised her voice: “Empress Empress, although the ministers do not know who poisoned the second prince, but the truth is true. The minister’s wife inadvertently learned a secret, and Wang An did not allow the minister’s wife to see anyone for fear of the news leaking and causing trouble.”
Empress Xu’s eyes narrowed: “What’s the secret?”
“Did you know that the holy car was shocked a few days ago when offering sacrifices to heaven?”
“You mean, the Feng clan that appeared out of thin air?” Empress Xu’s expression showed a bit of deep thought. She was recovering from her illness, but it was not that she was silent.
It is no small matter that someone wants to kill the king.
“Yes,” Xu Yan secretly took two deep breaths before calming down the thunder-like heartbeat in his chest. “The court lady has vaguely noticed that Concubine Bai seems to be involved with the Feng family.”
Empress Xu’s expression was solemn and gloomy: “Is this what you mean by secret?” There was a bit of suspicion and threat in her tone, “Princess An, are you trying to fool Ben Gong just like Mrs. Shizi?”
“The minister’s wife doesn’t dare!” Xu Hao fell heavily to the ground and replied respectfully, “The minister’s wife was also after the second prince’s accident, when she was sorting out Shen’s past whereabouts, and accidentally discovered that not only Shen’s leaving the house that day, Afterwards, Concubine Bai also went out…”
“It was only then that the courtier’s wife became suspicious. After secretly asking people to investigate for a few days, they discovered the abnormality of Concubine Bai.”
“It’s a pity that the minister’s wife told Prince An about this, but King An was afraid of getting burned and causing trouble, so he banned the minister’s wife and the white side concubine from the palace and refused to pay attention.”
Empress Xu listened with deep eyes, and her sharp eyes fell on Xu Huan’s body with sharp and stinging pain. She forcibly endured it, but her figure trembled uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Queen Xu thought that she didn’t have the guts to deceive herself, and the second prince had just woken up. If he could find some clues about the assassination of the thief at this time, it might be able to offset some of the negative effects of the second prince’s physical condition on their descendants. .
“Go and bring Concubine Bai.” Empress Xu waved her hand slightly tiredly, “When she comes, Ben Gong will directly take you to meet His Majesty.”
She said lightly, showing some fearful power: “If I can’t say anything, I don’t blame this palace for not thinking about the love of the family, and handing you over to your majesty.”
The understatement of the sentence went down like a heavy blow, causing Shi Shi and Xu Huan to lower their heads and hold their breaths.
What Queen Xu meant was that she and the second prince were pure innocent victims. The search for the murderer and the truth had to be handed over to the sage. Only in this way could they win the greatest pity and sympathy for their mother and son.
At this moment, his movements were much faster than those of Xu Huan. Bai Yinhua was almost dragged all the way to Kunning Palace by the people beside the queen. At this moment, his hair was messy, and his clothes were full of folds, which made people see I felt embarrassed.
Xu Huan raised his eyes slightly and looked over, a cheerful and mocking smile flashed across his face.
Bai Yinhua didn’t dare to show her secret hatred in front of the empress, but asked timidly, “I don’t know what the empress did when she summoned her concubine into the palace?”
Empress Xu glanced at her condescendingly, “If you have anything to say, you should keep it for now, and talk about it when you wait for the saint.”
Bai Yinhua lowered his head silently, and with a thud, a bad premonition suddenly surged in his heart.
After speaking, he got up first, and two grand palace maids on the left and right stepped forward to support him. The sedan chairs were already prepared outside the palace gate, and there were four little eunuchs standing respectfully around. Yu Guang swept the figure of Queen Xu and hurriedly knelt on the ground. Please be safe, carefully serve the queen on the sedan chair.
Shi and others didn’t have such good treatment, they could only face the bone-piercing cold wind and walked to the Taiji Hall step by step by foot strength.
Along the way, the mother and daughter did not care about greetings, and the wives and concubines did not have time to compete.
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After receiving the news of the second prince’s awakening, the emperor had to go to Kunning Palace to see it once a day. There were too many memorials today. He sat down in front of the imperial court for two hours, and suddenly heard Li Quan report that the queen asked to see him. , looked up and realized that it was almost noon.
“Isn’t the queen ill? Why did she come over by herself?”
Li Quan replied respectfully: “Your Majesty, the servants do not know, when the Empress came, Princess An and the concubine An’s side, as well as the prince’s wife of the Marquis of Chengen’s Mansion, said that there was something important to report to you. “
The emperor pondered for a moment, raised his hand and asked the little palace maid next to him to put away the memorial on the table on the imperial case, “Let them come in.”
After Empress Xu and others entered the hall one after another and greeted the emperor with a salute, the empress said slowly: “I accidentally heard something from Princess An, and I don’t know what to do, so I can only disturb Your Majesty, and I hope you don’t want it. Blame, ahem…”
She had not yet recovered from her illness, so she forced herself to reach the Taiji Temple. After kneeling and standing like this, her body was already unbearable.
Seeing her swaying slightly, the emperor frowned, and asked someone to add a chair to the queen.
“Why did you come out before you were in good health? If you have something to tell me, can I wait until I come to see you later?”
When Empress Xu heard the words, warmth flowed into her arms, and a faint layer of pink appeared on her pale face, and even her eyes softened a lot: “Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, but this matter involves a lot, and I worry that if the rumors are revealed, I will be responsible. Sorry.”
He smiled helplessly, and when he turned his head to see Xu Huan and Bai Yinhua, the tenderness in his eyes instantly turned into ice: “Princess An, Concubine Bai, report everything you know to Your Majesty. If you hide something, otherwise it will be a serious crime to deceive the king, understand?”
Bai Yinhua still didn’t know the situation, so Xu Huan took the lead and said what he just said carefully.
Until the mention of “Feng”, the emperor’s calm and gentle face showed a trace of waves, but he did not ask.
Empress Xu spoke on his behalf and asked Bai Yinhua directly, “Concubine Bai, how do you explain what you said to Princess An?”
Bai Yinhua felt as if a heavy mountain was pressing down on his shoulders, his body was tense, and he didn’t even dare to breathe, for fear that he would not be able to hold on any longer.
“I beg your majesty and the empress to know, concubines and concubines really don’t know who the traitor who assassinated the holy car the day before yesterday is, let alone say that they have anything to do with them… The princess said that the Feng family that the concubine knew should be with that group. What the assassin said about Feng has nothing to do with…”
Empress Xu added a bit of impatience in her tone: “It’s not up to you to decide whether it’s related, just say what you know.”
At this time, the emperor raised his eyes slightly and glanced in the direction of Queen Xu: “Queen, the concubine of King An is no more than a housewife in the district. If it is just a small matter, there is no need to report it to me.”
He made it clear that he didn’t want to waste time listening to Bai Yinhua’s so-called testimonies that were either true or false. Empress Xu was startled, and quickly softened her voice: “Your Majesty, it’s about your safety in the end, please be gracious and listen to Concubine Bai. Say the last word.”
After saying this, he glared at Bai Yinhua as if he lowered his eyes to warn him, with the attitude of “If you don’t say anything about this palace, you will be punished”.
Bai Yinhua didn’t dare to hesitate any more, and slammed on the ground: “The Feng family that the concubine said is the surname of a concubine’s aunt who died in the backyard of the concubine’s father. But, but that concubine has been dead for many years, how can she have anything to do with the thief who assassinated the saint…”
“Your sister-in-law?” Queen Xu frowned, “Isn’t she the one who married Princess Duanmin as her daughter-in-law?”
Bai Yinhua replied in a low voice, “Exactly.”
At this time, Empress Xu felt a little regretful. She and Princess Duanmin have maintained a good relationship for many years. If she had known that it was related to her, she should have communicated with the princess first and then reported to His Majesty.
She looked at the emperor hesitantly, and she should have called the concubine who Bai Yinhua had said in her mouth to ask what was going on, but this would inevitably offend Princess Duanmin. There are also excuses.
“Cough.” The emperor coughed lightly, breaking the silence of the room and raising the hearts of everyone present, he slowly changed his sitting position and leaned on the chair, “Since Princess An has entered the palace I’m here to complain, so what is this eldest wife of the Chengen Hou family here for?”
Shi Shi, who was quietly hiding by the side, raised her head suddenly, her face was not bloody, she first glanced at the queen subconsciously, and then hesitantly replied: “Chen’s wife, minister’s wife… she came to the palace to greet the queen’s concubine. .”
“Oh?” The emperor said lightly, “The queen told her how to deal with the crime of deceiving the king?”
Empress Xu was startled and sat upright in the chair unconsciously: “Your Majesty, concubine…” Before she could finish her sentence, she received a casual glance from the emperor, her expression froze, and she replied softly, “So does Mrs. For the mother’s loving heart, worried about Princess An’s situation, she went to the palace to ask a concubine to let her see her daughter, thinking that it was human nature, so she called Princess An into the palace.”
Turning to look at Shi Shi: “Mrs. Shizi was also frightened by your power, I hope you will forgive me.”
Shi Shi replied, and cold sweat broke out on his face.
Having said that, the fact that Prince An imprisoned Princess An and prevented her from seeing people could not be concealed.
The emperor chuckled lightly: “In that case, lest the queen be worried about her illness and simply call everyone, wouldn’t it be better to make it clear?”
“Go,” he waved his hand, “announce King An and the three young ladies of the Shen family together.”
Empress Xu just wanted to speak to stop it, but she shyly put it back on hearing the words.
The eyebrows could not help wrinkling, and secretly pondered, what does Your Majesty mean?