The emperor sent people back to Beijing every day to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.
The person sent back that day was the imperial guard Aji.
He first went to the Empress Dowager to present the emperor's greeting package, and then went to the Empress Dowager.
But all the way from outside Chuihua Gate, the palace maids and eunuchs were standing guard.
He was a bodyguard and could not enter the inner palace.
After passing the message in, after a long time, I saw Nanny Ying, who was beside the Queen Mother, coming out to take the certificate.
She kowtowed and just exited Chuihua Gate.
From a distance, I saw a few people approaching in a sedan chair.
They hurriedly stepped aside, lowered their hands, and waited for the sedan to pass before getting up and exiting.
Concubine Tong was supported by the palace maid and got off the sedan chair.
Someone had already opened the curtain.
She knew that the Queen Mother had nothing to do and was leaning in the warmth pavilion, so she supported the palace maid and slowly entered the warmth pavilion.
She saw the Queen Mother sitting on the Kang. smoking hookah.
She asked her to go, and the Queen Mother sighed and said, "Get up."
Before she finished thanking her, she couldn't help but cough repeatedly, and the Queen Mother hurriedly ordered someone to sit down.
Concubine Tong knew clearly why the Empress Dowager called her here.
When she regained her breath after coughing and panting, she said: "Because I have been ill for the past few days, I didn't bother to come over to pay my respects to the Queen Mother.
Please forgive me."
The Queen Mother put down her cigarette pouch and a palace maid offered her tea, but she did not accept it.
She only frowned slightly and said, "I know that you have been in trouble all the time.
There are many things in the harem.
E Niang knows that you are I am powerless."
He paused and asked, "What's going on with the bead painting?"
When Concubine Tong saw her asking about it, she could only say: "This matter is handled by Sister An.
I only know that it is the palace maid next to Ning Guiren who came forward to confess."
Seeing that she did not know the beginning and the end, the Queen Mother had to turn to face Aunt Ying said: "Send someone to call Concubine An."
Concubine Tong lingered on the sickbed.
Concubine An and Concubine De were in Yonghe Palace to manage the affairs of the Sixth Palace every day.
When the Empress Dowager summoned Concubine An, Concubine An and Concubine De came together.
After the two of them met, the Queen Mother asked Concubine An: "I heard that Ning Guiren asked you to be locked up.
What happened?"
Concubine An said respectfully: "In response to the Queen Mother, Ning Guiren's maid Xiao Jier came to see me this morning with a box of things.
I was shocked at that time and asked the Queen Mother to take a look."
She came prepared. , with a brief gesture, the palace maid beside him presented a mahogany box.
Grandma Ying took it and opened it.
Inside were four little ghosts with green faces and fangs twisted into paper, and a small peach wood man with several bright silver needles stuck on his body.
On the heart of the mahogany man, there was a birth date written in cinnabar, which was exactly "Jiawu, Wuchen, Wushen and Wuwu", the Queen Mother only felt her temples beating wildly, and she was speechless for a long time.
Concubine An said: "This kind of nightmare and witchcraft has always been despised by the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager.
Ning Gui has always been favored by the Holy Spirit, but she did not expect to dare to curse the emperor.
It is really a heinous crime.
Concubine, please don't After discussing with the sisters Rong Bin, De Bin, Yi Bin, and Duan Bin, I ordered someone to take her under temporary custody and was about to ask the Queen Mother for instructions."
It was extremely quiet in the Nuan Pavilion.
I could only hear the sound of dripping copper leaks.
Concubine Tong was sitting in front of the Queen Mother.
She could only hear her breathing rapidly, staring straight at her, and said hurriedly: "Empress Dowager, don't be angry, your body and bones are important."
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An Bin also said: "The Queen Mother does not have to be so ungrateful.
The villain is so angry that his body is broken."
The Queen Mother didn't speak for a long time, and finally asked: "What are you going to do with it?"
Concubine An said: "This matter is of great importance, and I need to ask the Queen Mother to give her instructions.
However, the ancestral family method is to use the magic of nightmares to confuse the harem."
After a pause, she said: "It cannot be kept.
Whether to kill the relatives depends on the Queen Mother.
Grace."
Cursing the emperor is a heinous crime and should be punished by law, and the nine clans will be killed.
The Queen Mother felt inexplicably irritated and said: "Human life is at stake.
We will wait until the Emperor returns to the palace to discuss this matter."
When the concubine heard that she was going to take someone's life, she felt uneasy for a long time.
She also said, "What Huang's mother said is that the matter is so important that she has to wait for the emperor to return to the palace and ask for an imperial edict before she can make her final decision."
An Bin couldn't help but glance at De Bin, pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Sister De is kind-hearted, but Ning Guiren dared to curse the emperor, which is a heinous crime.
When my sister said this, she seemed to be trying to protect her."
The Queen Mother said coldly: "The emperor has always loved noble Chongning.
When he comes back and asks the whole story, it won't be too late for you to talk about the family law of your ancestors."
Concubine An said: "The emperor has always dealt with things strictly and never used personal favoritism.
Based on my humble opinion, I presumed that the holy will must be followed by the family laws of the ancestors."
After the words were finished, there was only a "bang" sound, but it was the Queen Mother who The tea bowl in his hand was dropped heavily on the Kang table.
Concubine Tong was so frightened that she quickly stood up.
Aunt Ying said hurriedly: "The Queen Mother, it is really abominable for Ning Guiren to betray the emperor's favor.
Don't be so angry."
After being reminded by her, the Queen Mother slowly said: "Anyway Let’s wait until the emperor comes back to discuss this matter.”
Concubine Tong respectfully said "yes".
She was the deputy concubine and had the highest status.
Although she was ill, she was still the nominal agent for the affairs of the Sixth Palace.
Since she was complying with Yi's order, Concubine An and Concubine De had to keep silent.
The emperor returned to the palace half a month later.
He first summoned the courtiers and briefly handled the affairs of the court.
Then he went to Cining Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.
After dinner at Cining Palace, he went to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.
When they arrived at the palace gate, Grandma Ying had already led the people to greet her.
She was a long-time grandma.
She only asked for a couple of greetings and whispered: "Long live my lord, the Queen Mother has always said that her heart hurts, but now she is tilted. ” The emperor hesitated for a moment and said, "Then I'll come back tomorrow to pay my respects to the Queen Mother."
He only heard the voice of the Queen Mother in the Nuan Pavilion asking: "It's the emperor outside.
Come in quickly."
The emperor replied: "It's his son."
After entering the Nuan Pavilion, I saw the Queen Mother leaning on the big pillow, with no sick look on her face.
Seeing him, she asked with a smile: "Why don't you come back?"
Here we come."
The emperor bowed politely, and the queen mother ordered someone to sit down.
The emperor said, "The queen mother's sacred bow is against the will, so my son will order someone to send the imperial doctor."
The queen mother said, "It's just that she is a little impatient." , It will be fine after a while.
There is something that makes me angry just thinking about it - that is your beloved. " When the emperor heard her talking about his beloved, his heart skipped a beat, and he smiled and said, "Empress, in the Sixth Palace, sons are always treated equally, and there is no partiality consciously."
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The Queen Mother looked slightly disappointed and said: "Even you said that, so the child Huazhu is hopeless."
When the emperor heard her mention painting beads, he realized that he had thought wrong, and his heart suddenly dropped.
Immediately asked: "What's wrong with Mr.
Ning?"
The Queen Mother ordered Aunt Ying: "Tell it to your long live master."
Aunt Ying told the story from the beginning.
The look on the emperor's face gradually became solemn, and finally said: "Whether it is Anyone who commits such a curse will be punished.
I ask myself if I treat the Sixth Palace very well, regardless of the ruler or ministers, just the husband and wife, how can anyone who curses a husband as a concubine have any emotional disadvantages?"
The Queen Mother didn't think about it.
She was startled when she heard what he said.
The emperor said: "My son will order Tong Jia to investigate clearly and then report to the Queen Mother."
The emperor was always quick and straightforward in his actions.
He immediately drove to Jingren Palace after coming out of the Queen Mother's Palace.
Concubine Tong was seriously ill and reluctantly came out to pick her up.
The emperor felt pity for her when he saw that she was so weak.
Said: "You should be crooked, don't force yourself to set the rules."
Concubine Tong thanked her, but she just half-reclined and half-sat.
The emperor told her some gossips and interesting stories on the road, but Concubine Tong couldn't help it. , reported the nightmare matter in detail, and said: "How to deal with it, please let the emperor tell you."
After a moment of hesitation, he said: "What the Queen Mother means, Ning Guiren has always been loved and respected by the emperor."
The emperor said: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules.
Among the six palaces, which one of you do I not care about?"
His tone changed: "It's just that I think this matter is strange.
I ask myself that I am not treating her poorly, and she should not have any resentment."
"How can a nightmare curse arise from his heart?"
Concubine Tong knew that the emperor was thoughtful.
The secret will inevitably arouse suspicion, and he immediately said: "I think so too.
The emperor treats Ning Gui with deep love and righteousness.
It is really puzzling that she ignores the kindness of heaven and does such a treasonous and unethical thing."
The emperor said: "That one came out.
My maid, please order someone to interrogate me carefully."
Concubine Tong was afraid that the emperor would be suspicious, so she immediately ordered someone to call the palace maid Xiao Jier, and ordered the nuns around her in a stern tone: "This matter is of great importance.
You should interrogate her carefully.
If she is a little vague, pass the stick.
You must If you don't ask me for help, you don't have to come to see me."
She has always been kind to her servants, but this is something she has never done before.
The nuns were horrified and kept saying yes.
Those wonderful nuns, who specialize in the trivial affairs of the Sixth Palace, are the most shrewd and capable, no less than the punishment names of the foreign dynasties.
Since the imperial concubine Yi decrees that punishment is allowed, they are even more energetic.
After a rigorous interrogation all night, at noon of the second day, the clues came out.
After reading the confession, Concubine Tong couldn't change it in one breath and coughed sharply.
The maids hurriedly came up to wait on her, and finally managed to calm down from her coughing and wheezing.
She gasped slightly and said, "I will go to Qianqing Palace to meet the emperor."
The emperor was not in Qianqing Palace, and went directly to Cining Palace after going to court.
Concubine Tong had no choice but to go to Cining Palace again.
When she got off the sedan chair, Cui Bangji had already led people to greet Concubine Tong.
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He first greeted Concubine Tong and said in a low voice: "It's unfortunate that your master is here.
The Empress Dowager is taking a nap."
"Where is the emperor?"
Concubine Tong couldn't help but stop and asked: "Where is the emperor?"
Cui Bangji was startled for a moment, then immediately smiled and said: "Long live the Lord, he is reading the book in the Dongtou Nuan Pavilion."
Concubine Tong went to the Dong Nuan Pavilion, but Cui Bangji took a step forward and said loudly from outside the threshold: "Long live the Lord, your master."
I'm here to say hello to you."
Then he opened the curtain.
Linlang was copying the Diamond Sutra in front of a major case.
When he heard Cui Bangji's announcement, he quickly put down his pen and came forward to greet Concubine Tong.
He first saluted Concubine Tong.
Concubine Tong didn't want to see her here, but she was surprised and didn't think much about it.
The emperor was sitting on the west kang reading the book.
When he saw her come in, he fell down on the kang and gave her a hand.
He said, "Since you are sick, you can just send someone back if you need anything.
Why bother to come over here?"
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Concubine Tong saw this situation when she first entered Nuan Pavilion.
Although the emperor and Linlang were more than ten feet apart, the situation was just like that of an ordinary couple, and it did not make anyone feel that it was an obstacle to the emperor and his ministers according to the palace regulations.
She couldn't help but have a complicated feeling in her heart, and her eyes felt hot when she heard the emperor say this.
Relying on her identity, she tried her best to stay calm and said, "There is another story about the Nightmare.
I don't dare to take charge of it, so I went back and forth to report it to the Emperor."
She glanced at Linlang again and saw her standing under the window with her head hanging slightly.
The bright spring light shines through the window screen, and it reflects on Linlang's face.
Although it is not gorgeous, it is quiet and gentle, faintly like the brilliance of beautiful jade.
All I could hear was the emperor saying, "Sit down and talk first."
He turned to Linlang and said, "Go make some tea."
Concubine Tong and he were close relatives, and now her position in the middle palace was vacant.
Although the emperor had no intention of establishing a queen, he always paid special attention to her and treated her as a guest.
Only now did she feel that although the emperor treated her, It's respect, but there always seems to be a layer of separation in this respect.
Listening to him casually calling Linlang to pour tea, I suddenly felt that in this warm pavilion, Chang Zai, a low-status person, seemed to be closer to the emperor than himself, a noble concubine.
She seemed to be like a guest, and she felt as if she was missing. ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― Reddish lips A kind of eyebrow, the lower string is not as good as the first string.
Yu Lang is not old yet, why should he be sad early?
The plain wall glows obliquely, and the shadow of bamboo sweeps across the window.
The empty room was quiet, the crow was about to crow, and I went down to the west building again
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