A Precious Pearl in the Imperial City - Chapter 97

The eyes of Jiuzhu, Wang Chen, and Wang turned to Concubine An.

Concubine An turned her head silently and looked at the only imperial doctor who didn’t look at her: “My lord, how many times has the mother concubine used this incense in the past few days, is it harmful to the body?”

“A few times did not have much impact.” The doctor glanced at her, and was able to eat secretly, indicating that the spleen and stomach were not affected at all.

“That’s good.” Princess An breathed a sigh of relief and asked the maid to give the imperial physician Xie Yin. She turned to look at Wang An: “Master, this kind of incense was sent by Empress Wei Zhaoyi, do you want to…”

Involving other concubines, as juniors, they dare not make a decision lightly.

“Fifth brother.” Although Wang An is a timid and fearful character, but when it comes to the safety of his mother and concubine, he has a little more courage than usual: “I want to report this matter to the empress and empress for my brother.”

The queen is the lord of the harem, no matter how things are going, they can’t go past the empress.

He didn’t understand. Since he was a child, he has been a mediocre character and a mediocre personality. He neither competes with his brothers for power, nor does he stand alone. The most excessive thing was to follow a few brothers and ran to the injured fourth brother’s house to boil the pot.

But at that time, it was the fifth brother who had made the decision, and it was the elder brother who ordered the palace staff to prepare. Even if the fourth brother hated him, he should not be the one who hated the most.

As for his mother and concubine, after the father became the throne, he gave her the title of Zhaoyi. In the past so many years, the title of the mother concubine has never been promoted. It belongs to the father and the emperor passing by her on weekdays, and she will not take a second look.

Who would take so much effort to calculate their mother and son?

What’s the picture?

Can’t it be for the father and the emperor to save a sum of money to support their family?

Suddenly, his expression changed and he looked at Wang Chen suddenly.

Could someone find that he succeeded in holding his thigh and hate him?

Or maybe someone hates the fifth brother, but this person can’t get the fifth brother, so he will use him to vent his anger?

He only knew that there were dangers in competing with his brothers for the crown prince reserve, but he did not expect that holding his thigh would also be risky.

“It seems that we can’t eat this lunch of Empress Zhaoyi for the time being.” Wang Chen stood up and turned to look at Lu Zhaoyi who walked back to the door: “Empress Zhaoyi, go sit there with the empress.”

Lu Zhaoyi didn’t expect that she just went out for a trip, and when the juniors came back, their expressions changed. She asked anxiously, “What happened?”

Had she secretly eaten folk snacks such as stinky tofu, fire, snail rice noodles, and snail noodles, and was discovered by Chen Wang?

There are rules in the palace, not to eat things outside the palace at will. But this kind of rule is basically to open one eye and close one eye. Which concubine in the palace has not eaten anything outside the palace?

“Mother concubine.” Princess An’s face was pale: “There is a problem with the incense that Wei Zhaoyi gave you.”

Of course, she didn’t mention that she accidentally leaked.

Lu Zhaoyi was taken aback for a moment, and then nodded to Wang Chen and Jiuzhu: “It’s time to go to the Queen’s Empress. For my concubine, I’m going to trouble the Empress.”

She looked at the four young people in the temple and sighed in her heart.

The heirs of the royal family have to come this far in the end.

I hope that the tragedy of Xiande’s last years will not be repeated in these princes.

Wei Zhaoyi was sitting at the table for dinner, while Princess Jing was standing at the table serving her dishes, looking pale.

After waiting for the princess to pick up some chopsticks and dishes, Wei Zhaoyi motioned to her to sit down: “I think your face is not good, what happened?”

“Back to the mother and concubine, the daughter-in-law’s family just came in. The daughter-in-law’s uncle was taken by Jin Wuwei to Jingzhao Mansion for interrogation.” Princess Jing lowered her head, with a respectful attitude: “No intention to disturb the mother and concubine’s interest in eating Mother and concubine forgive.”

“what happened?”

“My daughter-in-law doesn’t know, I only know that it is the order of Wang Chen and Wang An.” Princess Jing smiled reluctantly: “In the past two years, Wang Chen had trouble with the family, and there may be some conflicts.”

“I’m not surprised that Yun Duqing gave such an order. Why did Wang An join in the fun?” Wei Zhaoyi was a little confused. When did Wang An have such courage?

“Recently, Wang An has been deliberately trying to please Chen Wang, maybe…” Jing Wang whispered: “Perhaps it is to surrender to Chen Wang.”

“Is he so sure that King Chen can inherit the Datong?” Wei Zhaoyi sneered, and then said: “Don’t worry, Jing Zhaoyin is an upright person, even if it is the order of the King Chen, as long as Du Qingke has done nothing, he can still return to the house safely. .”

Princess Jing hesitated for a moment, and whispered: “My daughter-in-law is worried… Wang Chen will deliberately plant and frame her.”

Wei Zhaoyi glanced at her daughter-in-law with a smile but a little bit of sarcasm in her tone: “Do you think Yun Duqing wants to deal with a certain official in the DPRK and needs to frame him?”

“Mother Concubine…”

“No, don’t talk about it.” Wei Zhaoyi interrupted her: “There is no fool in the palace. Don’t put your little tricks in front of the palace.”

Princess Jing paled.

“Niangniang.” A **** hurried in: “The queen Niangniang wants to see you.”

Wei Zhaoyi’s brows furrowed tightly. It’s time for dinner. It’s definitely not a good thing for Su Meidai to see her at this time.

She glanced at Princess Jing: “You will stay in the sixth house, and don’t care about things outside the palace.”

After speaking, hurried to Mingyue Palace.

Mingyue Palace is the most special palace in the harem.

The palace where the emperor lived is called Taiyang, which means the center of the highest point and also means that the sun is right in the air.

The scorching sun and the moon gate are right, extremely noble, what are the other palaces?

The humble star at night?

Wei Zhaoyi looked up at the plaque of Mingyue Palace. This plaque was newly replaced after his majesty ascended the throne, and the words were also written by his majesty. From the very beginning, His Majesty has been telling everyone about the difference between Su Meidai and other concubines.

“Wei Zhaoyi, please go here.” The court lady at the door led her into the hall.

Then… she saw a large group of people sitting around the dining table, and Lu Zhaoyi sat in the corner with a satisfied expression.

“Concubine has seen the empress empress.” Wei Zhaoyi gave a big gift.

“Here?” Su Hou pointed to the empty seat next to Lu Zhaoyi: “Sit down and eat together.”

“Hui Niangniang, my concubine has already eaten food.” Wei Zhaoyi’s eyes swept across the crowd, and finally fell on Ming Jiuzhu.

Perceiving Wei Zhaoyi’s gaze, Jiu Zhu raised her head and met her eyes.

Wei Zhaoyi smiled at her.

“What are you looking at?” Chen Wang put Jiuzhu’s favorite dishes into her bowl.

Jiuzhu shook his head, leaned on Wang Chen’s shoulder, and whispered: “The Jing Wang and Wei Zhaoyi look like.”

“When it comes to humiliating people, Ming Xiaozhu, you are a master.” Wang Chen laughed: “The palace said that among the five princes, only King Jing is the most ordinary. You also said that he looks like Wei Zhaoyi. Isn’t this a curse?”

“Who is telling you about the appearance?” Jiuzhu gently poked his shoulder: “The Buddhist school has a saying, the red face is withered, and the beautiful person is just a skeleton after death.”

“Why do people who grew up in Taoist temple talk about Buddhism?” Wang Chen brought the soup to her: “Drink the soup first.”

Being stared at by her mother for soup at home, and stared at by His Highness drinking soup in the palace, Jiuzhu feels like a soup pot. She picked up the soup and drank it, put down the bowl and continued to whisper: “Said Dao family, but I’m not talking about looks, but the feeling between mother and child.”

They are clearly there, but it is very easy for people to ignore their existence.

Master has said that everyone in the world has a meaning of existence. If a person is ignored on any occasion, it can only show that the person is deliberately lowering his sense of existence.

Such a person is unlikely to give the problematic incense to other concubines in the palace, because this does not meet her low-key guidelines on weekdays.

A lunch takes a lot of time. Although the mother concubine didn’t tell Wei Zhaoyi what it was for her to come, she just stood so quietly, respectful and humble, without the slightest anxiety.

Whether it was Zheng, who had been given to death by his father, or Zhang Bie, they were nervous when they came to Mingyue Palace alone.

Jiuzhu carefully observed Wei Zhaoyi, and said to Chen Wang after a long while: “I think she has a relationship with the Buddha.”

With such a good character, it’s a pity not to recite sutras.

“You, a traitor to Taoism, are actually worrying about the development of Buddhism.” Wang Chen chuckled softly, “If this is a fake mercy, wouldn’t it damage the reputation of Buddhism?”

“Du Qing, Jiuzhu, what are you two whispering?” After seeing the two heads together, Su Empress sighed. This is the scene of the harem trial at any rate. Can you two be more serious?

“After returning to our mother, we are worrying about the future development.” Wang Chen said frankly: “In the harem, the children and Jiuzhu can’t talk about it. You don’t need to care about us.”

Queen Su: “…”

I don’t want to care, but the way you two are whispering is really a bit arrogant.

“Wei Zhaoyi.” Su Hou looked at Wei Zhaoyi: “You know, the incense you gave Lu Zhaoyi is poisonous?”

When Jiu Zhu saw Wei Zhaoyi’s calm and self-sufficient face, she was surprised. It was an unexpected surprise, but this expression was quickly magnified by her, as if she wanted everyone to know her mood at the moment.

“Niang, I don’t know my concubine.” Wei Zhaoyi knelt down: “The concubine and Lu Zhaoyi have no grievances and no grudges, and they often go back and forth. How can the concubine poison Lu Zhaoyi’s heart?”

After speaking, she looked at Lu Zhaoyi anxiously, but because she was always clumsy, she only said a few words like “not me” and “please trust me” for a long time.

“Don’t worry, let’s talk about how the incense is made?” Su Hou took a sip of the digestion tea: “Until the matter is cleared, this palace will not wrong any innocent person.”

“Niang, the concubine was sent by the Queen Mother to the hidden residence. She was the incense maker beside the Empress Dowager.” In front of several juniors, she looked a little ugly when talking about her past.

In fact, the status of the concubines in the harem, except for the Zheng who was given to death, is not very high.

“The incense given to Sister Lu Zhaoyi was made by her concubine herself.” Wei Zhaoyi said: “But the incense given to Sister Lu is also used by her concubine herself. How can it be used to poison her sister?”

Empress Su raised her arm slightly, and the maid brought up the spices in Wei Zhaoyi’s palace. The doctor took the incense and checked it carefully.

“Niangniang, ladies and gentlemen, the incense in Wei Zhaoyi’s palace is indeed very similar to the incense in Lu Zhaoyi’s palace, but the raw materials of the flowers are somewhat different.” The effect of the medicine is comparable to that of another flower.”

Hearing this, Wei Zhaoyi knew that she had been deliberated.

Who is calculating her?

“Wei Zhaoyi, do you have anything you want to explain?” Empress Su looked at Wei Zhaoyi without much anger.

Even the victim Lu Zhaoyi looked at Wei Zhaoyi without much resentment.

“Niang, my concubine really doesn’t know why the spices given to Sister Lu are going wrong.” Wei Zhaoyi squatted her head, helplessly, but honestly chose to accept her fate.

“Mother Queen.” Jiu Zhu said, “My daughter-in-law thought that maybe Empress Wei Zhaoyi had changed the ingredients when making spices, or made the wrong one by accident.”

A person who is good at making incense cannot make mistakes about the raw materials.

Most people here have guessed that Wei Zhaoyi may have been calculated, but calculations without evidence can often only admit his fate.

Jiuzhu said these words only to give each other a step down.

“Yes, Niang Niang.” Lu Zhaoyi reacted and spoke actively: “Sister Wei has been with me for many years, so she shouldn’t harm me like this.”

“Since Lu Zhaoyi and Princess Chen intercede for you, this matter will reduce you by three points. It’s just that the matter has already happened, and I can’t go unpunished.” Su Hou turned his head and asked Xiangjian next to him: “Xiangju, in accordance with the palace rules. , What crime should be punished for murdering the concubine?”

“Hui Niangniang, go to the rank of the lighter, move out of the main hall, and die if he is heavy.”

When the word “stick and death” was exited, King An and Concubine An trembled, and the two leaned against each other, like helpless little people.

“Although Webster is at fault, the crime does not end here.” Su Hou chuckled lightly.

Wang An secretly glanced at Queen Su, who was in front of him, and didn’t even call “Wei Zhaoyi”. It seemed that the empress did not intend to spare Wei Zhaoyi at all.

“From now on, Webster will be relegated to Jieyu to save herself.” Empress Su smiled softly at Webster: “Are you satisfied with the punishment of this palace?”

Wang An shrank his neck.

To reduce the person from the second-ranked Zhaoyi to the third-ranked Jieyu, and ask whether the person is satisfied or not, this is to pierce people’s heart with a needle.

“Thank you Empress Empress for her magnanimity.” Wei Jieyu gratefully looked at Su Hou and kowtow to her, as if she had really picked up a big deal.

“It’s over, so leave it.” Queen Su yawned: “My palace is sleepy.”

Everyone quickly retired.

After everyone in the hall had retreated, Su Hou sneered: “I sneaked into my son’s palace and tried to replace the incense spies, I’m afraid it’s the people under Webster’s hands.”

“The mother is kind, but she is downgrading her rank.” Xiangjuan quickly answered, “Is there anything she is not satisfied with.”

“Yes.” Queen Su lazily raised her eyebrows: “Whether she is or not, there are certain things that can’t be separated from her.”

Anyway, she is a domineering pet queen, what reason do she need to say when she becomes a pet?

“It’s a pity.” Jiuzhu sighed as he walked out of the Mingyue Palace.

“What a pity?” Chen Wang was curious.

“It’s a pity that a good seedling who has a relationship with the Buddha is still a Jieyu and can’t get out of the house.” Jiuzhu shook his head and sighed, “Probably, this is fate.”

Upon hearing the Buddha’s words, Lu Zhaoyi remembered the fear he had when copying the scriptures last year, and quickly moved aside, a little further away from Jiuzhu.

Wang An and Princess An looked at Jiuzhu in horror. The queen empress just wanted to downgrade Wei Chong’s rank, but Princess Chen wanted to be a nun.

Ruthless, or Ming Jiuzhu ruthless.

Wang Chen raised his eyebrows and glanced at the husband and wife, his eyes quickly turned away the horrified look.

“Ming Xiaozhu, why do I feel that you seem to be a little bit repulsive to Webster?” Wang Chen stretched out his hand, hugged Jiuzhu’s waist, and walked to the side: “Come on, tell your prince, I will help you Come up with ideas.”

“Maybe because I was raised by Taoism.” Jiuzhu looked unpredictable: “This is the sense of competition of Taoism people facing people who are destined to the Buddha.”

“What a mess.” Wang Chen poked her forehead: “Speaking of people.”

“She doesn’t suit my eyes.”

An hour later, Wei Jieyu, who had just been downgraded, received a new decree to move her to the palace within three days.

The new palace is nothing special, but it’s far from the Kylin Palace.

“Surely Su Meidai will take this opportunity to reduce Webster’s grade. She relies on the emperor’s favor, so she doesn’t have the slightest scruples in doing things.”

“Master, it is a good thing for Wei to move to the palace, she is far away from Lu Zhaoyi.”

“What’s the use of Lu Zhaoyi? It’s a timid trash. With Su Meidai’s personality, she has achieved the goal of lowering the Webster’s rank. Why did she even move her to the palace?”

“The maidservant doesn’t know it, but the servant has already sent someone to clean up the person who changed the spices.”

“It’s a pity, I originally wanted to use this incident to turn King An and King Jing into enemies. I didn’t expect that the incense incident would be discovered so quickly, wasting a good chess piece in this palace.”

“Yes, it’s a pity that the master is your pawn.”

Hearing the death of the palace maid who had been serving her for many years, Wei Jieyu’s hand combing her hair did not stop. She sneered and whispered: “My palace seems to have caught this mouse.”

After hiding for so many years, the tail of the fox finally leaked out.

After calculating her, she still wants to get out of her body, it’s not so easy.

“His Royal Highness.” Jiuzhu squatted at the root of the wall and found two ants fighting. They bit each other’s legs. He hurriedly called King Chen: “Come on, the ants are fighting.”

“Look at what ants are fighting.” Chen Wang stopped her and picked her up: “It’s better than we fight by ourselves.”

“His Royal Highness, you can’t beat me.” Jiuzhu hugged his neck and thought about it for a moment: “I should fight harder.”

“Are you willing to hit me?” Wang Chen put her off the bed, put his hands on her side, leaned over her forehead and kissed her, then wrapped her in a quilt: “Is it still possible to fight like this?”

“His Majesty, you are using a beauty plan!” Jiuzhu crawled out of the quilt with difficulty, took off the hairpin on his head, and threw it aside, then pulled Wang Chen down and said triumphantly: “His Royal Highness, you know what a force drop is. Ten meetings?”

“Then you know, what is the real beauty trick?” Wang Chen smiled and dragged Jiuzhu into the bed.

Taiyang Palace.

“Your Majesty, it will be Ching Ming in five days.” Li En handed his hands: “This year’s ancestor worship ceremony, is it still in accordance with the rules of previous years?”

“No.” Emperor Longfeng raised his head to look at him: “This year, let the Chen Wang pay the sacrifice on behalf of Zhen.”

Li En’s eyes widened: “Your Majesty?!”

“Why, can’t my son go?” Emperor Longfeng said slowly: “Anyway, it’s him who will go sooner or later, so it’s okay for him to get used to it sooner.”

Li En’s legs are a little soft.

My goodness, is this what he should listen to?

Your Majesty, please tell this to those confidantes!

Weichen is not worthy!