406: Borrowing a Knife to Kill

Su Xinyi came out of the Purple Palace, looking up at the sky, with Hu Siyi smiling behind her. She could only say goodbye with a smile and walked slowly back to the East Palace.

Su Xinyi was summoned by His Majesty, and it was impossible to hide it under the public eye. Soon the news spread to the front court and the harem.

Concubine Li was angry about the news that Ming had a miscarriage on the day of Prince Xiang's wedding, and when she heard this, her face couldn't help but fall.

Nanny Ren whispered, "Your Highness, calm down first and take care of yourself."

Li Guifei leaned on the couch, staring at the ground with her eyes slightly downcast, and said after a while, "Do you think I did something wrong? I shouldn't have let Ming go to the palace?"

How could Nanny Ren say that Guifei was wrong? She immediately said, "Your Highness was also distressed by the prince. You did this for the prince's good. Ming Shi Concubine failed to keep this baby. It was her own bad luck. Your Highness must not think too much."

Li Guifei couldn't help but think too much. She had a smooth life in the first half of her life. She was the only one favored in the harem. Even the queen had to take a step back. If she wasn't the queen, how could she be her opponent.

But when did things change?

Li Guifei squinted her eyes and thought carefully. It took her a long time to remember that it seemed to start from Su Xinyi's return to the capital, from her confrontation with Prince Rong, and from her failure to become the Princess of Xiang.

At that time, she was holding back her anger and wanted to suppress Su Xinyi, but for some reason, Su Xinyi seemed to have good luck and could always turn danger into fortune. It seemed that the better her luck was, the worse her luck was.

After several fights, she became more and more impetuous and more and more extreme in her actions. Now that she thought about it carefully, she was sweating all over.

"My queen, what's wrong with you?" Nanny Ren saw that Concubine Li looked wrong and was frightened and spoke out quickly.

Concubine Li turned her head and looked at Nanny Ren, her eyes flashed, and she didn't know how to speak for a while. She remembered that Nanny Ren had advised her, but she didn't listen at all at that time.

It was like being possessed.

Now, as things happened one after another in the Prince Xiang's mansion, and as the consequences of her previous actions gradually emerged, Concubine Li looked back and found that things were completely beyond her expectations.

Concubine Li grabbed Nanny Ren's hand and stood up, wanting to go to the bedroom to take a short nap. She needed to calm down, but her feet were weak and she sat back down dejectedly.

"Nanny, go to the Xiangwang Mansion and see what's going on." Concubine Li gritted her teeth and said, "This time, we must investigate the matter thoroughly."

Nanny Ren was stunned, "Madam, what are you doing?"

Concubine Li gradually calmed down at this time, and she had her own ideas in her mind. She looked at Nanny Ren and sighed, "I'm really crazy. I didn't listen to your advice before, but I created the bad consequences today."

"Madam, please don't say that. You are also for the prince. Fu Yun has bad intentions. It's right for you to make her behave." Nanny Ren was frightened by Concubine Li and hurriedly persuaded her, fearing that the queen would get stuck in a dead end. "I think this incident is also related to Aunt Fu. Xiang Wangfu just married into the palace, and she doesn't have the ability to do anything."

"Go check it first, and then we can talk about it clearly." Concubine Li had a clue in her heart, "Don't alarm people."

"Yes, I'll go now." Nanny Ren nodded hurriedly.

"Go." Concubine Li leaned back on the soft pillow again and waved to Nanny Ren.

Nanny Ren wanted to say something, but she swallowed it back when she saw the concubine like this. She bowed and bowed and retreated.

After Nanny Ren left, Concubine Li looked at her hurriedly leaving through the window, and remembered what she had said before.

The Crown Princess is just the daughter-in-law of His Majesty. Even if there is something, the Queen only needs to convey it.

But His Majesty summoned the Crown Princess. What does this mean?

This means that Su Xinyi is the same as others in His Majesty's eyes. She is the Crown Princess. His Majesty values ​​the Crown Prince, so he naturally values ​​Su Xinyi.

Moreover, since Su Xinyi married the prince, not only did her relationship with the queen not get worse, but it got better. In the eyes of His Majesty, Su Xinyi's ability should naturally be credited.

She was wrong.

This time, Prince Rong went south, there must be the prince's hand. The prince promoted Prince Rong so much, and the queen naturally returned the favor to Su Xinyi, the princess.

Concubine Li closed her eyes fiercely. The East Palace had Su Xinyi in a stable place, and there was Zhu Chanyi in the Rong Palace. Although it was not clear how Zhu Chanyi, the Rong Princess, was doing now, she had no merits and no faults.

As for Princess Jing and Princess Wu, Concubine Li never took them seriously.

Let's take a look at the situation in the Xiang Palace. Not to mention compared with the East Palace, it can't even be compared with the Rong Palace. In the past, Prince Rong was compared to nothing by her son.

"Come here."

"My queen, what do you want?" Song Yue walked in quickly and saluted and asked.

"Change clothes. I'm going to talk to the Queen." Concubine Li let out a sigh of relief. She couldn't go on like this. She couldn't watch the Queen and Su Xinyi's relationship getting more and more harmonious.

"Yes." Although Song Yue didn't know why Concubine Guifei suddenly wanted to go to Yuanhui Palace, she immediately chose a pomegranate red palace dress for Concubine Guifei to change into, and recombed her hair into a bun.

Concubine Li looked at the person in the mirror carefully. The older she got, the less she liked to look in the mirror. Even if she didn't admit it, she knew in her heart that she was old and there were fine lines on her face.

She carefully applied powder, painted eyebrows and lips in front of the mirror until she became the beautiful person in her memory again, and then nodded with satisfaction.

After leaving Yuzhao Palace, Concubine Li walked on the palace road, and the palace people who came and went bowed down to salute. Concubine Li put her previous kind smile on her face, and walked step by step to Yuanhui Palace.

In Yuanhui Palace, the Queen naturally knew that His Majesty had summoned Su Xinyi, but the Queen didn't take it to heart. When she heard Aunt Zhao say that Concubine Li was asking for a meeting, she was stunned for a moment, "Concubine Li? She's coming. do what?"

Aunt Zhao shook her head, "Old slave, I see that Concubine Li is not the same as usual today, but she looks like she was before."

"What was it like before?" The queen didn't understand for a moment.

Aunt Zhao said: "It's just as unpredictable as the past few years."

Queen:......

The smile on her face disappeared. The queen had a dull face and really didn't want to see her. However, she was also a little curious about what Aunt Zhao said before. After thinking about it, she said: "Let her in, I want to hear it. What does she want to do?"

I want to pretend to be a god or something.

Aunt Zhao responded with a smile and soon welcomed Concubine Li into the palace.

"I have met the empress." Concubine Li saluted politely this time, which was completely different from the previous days when she and the empress wanted to be separated.

When the queen saw Concubine Li, she immediately understood the meaning of Aunt Zhao's words. Tsk, Concubine Li must have hit a ghost. What she hates the most is Concubine Li's face that always has a calm expression. She didn't expect to see her again now. arrive.

"Concubine, you don't need to be polite, just sit down." The queen's face almost became tense. She hated Concubine Li's pretentious demeanor the most. She looked less cute now than she had been jumping up and down in the past few years.

After Concubine Li sat down, she looked at the Queen's unhappy face. She breathed a long sigh of relief and then said, "I come here this time because I have something to discuss with the Queen."

The queen smiled and said, "The imperial concubine can discuss anything with me. Speaking of which, the imperial concubine has always been a decisive person in this palace."

Hearing the thorn in the Queen's words, Concubine Li didn't take it seriously and said directly: "I heard that Your Majesty summoned the Crown Princess, and I was very worried. I didn't know what happened. I was panicked, so I came to talk to the Queen. say."

Queen:......

It was Concubine Li who was full of lies.

"I have never interfered with your Majesty's affairs. Didn't the noble concubine already know this? Besides, why you summoned the crown princess is not something you and I can interfere with. It's better for the noble concubine to be cautious."

"What the Queen is saying is that I just thought that after decades of entering the palace, I have only been summoned by His Majesty alone very few times. The Crown Princess is very lucky. She has only been married for a long time, but she is favored by His Majesty. I have to It is said that His Royal Highness is indeed highly valued by His Majesty.”

The Queen is quite confused. What is Concubine Li doing?

Sow discord?

Adding fuel to the fire?

"The prince is the crown prince of a country. His majesty attaches great importance to it because he has done a good job. As for the princess, with her temperament, the royal family has only had one like her in the past hundred years. She is different from ordinary ladies. She is capable of literary, military and fighting skills. If you can resist, not to mention that the Crown Prince values ​​her, even I now feel that the Crown Princess is of great use. "

Concubine Li almost wanted to vomit blood after hearing this. She knew that the queen and Su Xinyi had been getting along well in the past few years, but she did not expect that the queen would still protect her after what she said.

Concubine Li's heart sank, and she felt more and more that she had really done something wrong in the past few years. She had chosen the wrong path from the beginning and went further and further off the track.

"What the Queen said is that the Crown Princess has always been strong and refused to admit defeat. I don't think her temper will change in the future." Li Guifei's smile became more gentle. She is strong now and will be strong in the future.

Now the Crown Princess is still the Crown Princess. If she takes a step further in the future, how will the Queen deal with herself?

The queen also has a very tough temperament. When the two of them are at odds, she doesn't believe they can still get along peacefully.

The queen gradually came back to her senses, looked at Concubine Li meaningfully, and then said with a smile: "Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? If Concubine Li has nothing else to do, she should go back first."

Too lazy to listen to her nonsense.

Concubine Li was not annoyed. She smiled and continued, "There is indeed something else. Has the Queen heard about the matter in Prince Xiang's Mansion?"

The queen almost couldn't hold back her smile when she heard this. After hearing about it, she just laughed to death.

Concubine Li Guifei is such a shrewd person, who knows what kind of evil she has fallen into. She has tormented her son so hard in the past few years without anyone else taking action.

Thinking this in her heart, the queen could not say such a thing, so she just said lightly, "What will happen if Prince Xiang marries the princess now? Concubine Li, I am not talking about you. When your son grows up and marries a daughter-in-law, you will be in your own house." He should let him handle it himself.”

Concubine Li sighed after hearing the words, "What the Queen said is that if I had listened to the Queen earlier, I wouldn't have to come to ask the Queen for help today."

The queen's hair stood on end, it was indeed a bad person.

As a queen, she really couldn't ignore it, and almost cursed her in her heart.

She said that the fox came to the door with no good intentions. Did Concubine Li want to divert trouble and make her a bad person?

Why didn't this bad boy vomit her to death?

"Concubine Li, there is no need to say this. You have always paid close attention to Prince Xiang's affairs. I myself have Prince Rong to take care of me. Now that I have married a daughter-in-law, you and I should take a break. Let them handle the affairs of the children by themselves. Married My daughter-in-law is now an adult, and I can’t let you take care of things in the future.”

Hearing the queen's refusal, Concubine Li's eyes turned red, "Empress, if I hadn't been helpless, I wouldn't have asked you to come here. I still want this face."

Queen:......

Why are you crying? It’s not like His Majesty will show mercy to her!

It’s so frustrating!

Concubine Li was crying, and the queen could no longer act disobedient, so she could only sigh, "Speaking of which, you should tell me what happened in Prince Xiang's palace, and I will help you come up with ideas. ”

It's impossible to reach out and take it, but you can watch the excitement.

Concubine Li took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears, and choked with tears: "Now I am no longer afraid of the queen's jokes. On the night of Prince Xiang's wedding, Ming had a miscarriage."

The queen looked puzzled, "Who is the Ming family?"

Concubine Li looked up at the Queen with a sincere look on her face. If she were someone else, she would definitely believe that the Queen didn't know about it, but the Queen definitely knew what she knew about the Queen.

Pretend it for her!

"Ming is the maid that I later sent to the palace to serve King Xiang." Concubine Li said and sighed quietly, "My dear, you also know that when King Xiang brought Fuyun back to the capital, he wanted to reach heaven in one step thanks to the grace of saving his life. , how could I, the concubine, see such villainous behavior? In a moment of anger, she inevitably did some extreme things. Thinking about it afterwards, she felt a little guilty, so she let Fuyun return to Prince Xiang's Mansion. How could she have known this intention? "Shan, I actually caused Ming's miscarriage. My concubine felt like she was fried. She really didn't know what to do, so she shamelessly asked the empress for help."

Queen:......

This Concubine Li actually told the truth. It seemed that she was going to make a big deal. She was so frightened that she immediately said: "Concubine Li, how can you be sure that it was Fuyun who did it? After all, a human life is at stake. , there still needs to be evidence. Although Fuyun and Mingshi are just concubines, they are still the people around Prince Xiang, and they still have to be treated with dignity, otherwise wouldn’t it be Prince Xiang’s face that gets hurt?”

Concubine Li wanted to use her hands to push down one of them, but the queen couldn't do as she wished, and insisted on lifting them all up, even with her face plastered with gold.

Concubine Li knew that the queen was cunning and cunning, so she was not angry after hearing this. She was already prepared in her heart. At this time, she cried and said: "Queen, your words make sense. I also want to do this, but I am not in charge of Prince Xiang's palace." In this case, what should I do, my concubine? Tell me, I listen to you."