Chapter 553 Luo Qi Conspires for the Imperial Palace
In the palace, above the main hall.
Emperor Liu Chi was quite furious, his voice was so loud that it almost blew off the roof of the palace. The eunuchs in the palace all fell to the ground and trembled, while the ministers in the palace all sat up straight, but they did not look particularly nervous. Wasn't it normal for a minister to scold the emperor?
"Feiyan is so innocent, yet she is attacked and criticized, saying she is like Mei Xi and Daji. Am I a king who lost his country like Jie and Zhou?
How ridiculous.
A king who loses his country must have ministers who lose his country. I have appointed a prime minister to govern the country. Does that mean that the prime minister is a minister who loses his country?
Could it be that the Prime Minister is the treacherous villain who caused me to lose the world?"
The ministers in the hall all stopped eating and looked at Wang Mang, but saw that Wang Mang's expression did not change at all. He picked up a glass of wine and drank it, as if what was said had nothing to do with him. Wang Mang's allies, including Luo Qi, said nothing.
Only Wang Cheng said angrily: "Ridiculous!
Concubine Zhao was presented to me by me. Concubine Zhao is Mei Xi and Daji. Who am I then?
Please tell me clearly, Your Majesty, which traitors said this? This insult to my reputation can only be washed away by sword and blood!"
Wang Cheng's murderous words were not empty talk. The Han people loved fame, and insulting someone's reputation was tantamount to revenge for one's father's death. It was normal for a strong-willed person to kill people with a sword.
No one took it seriously. Instead, they looked like they were watching a show. This was not a formal occasion.
Hearing Wang Cheng's words, Wang Mang's eyes darkened. He glanced at Luo Qi, who nodded slightly, indicating that they could begin. Wang Mang then said quietly, "Your Majesty just mentioned the secrets of the palace. How did these outsiders know about it?"
The people who had just not taken it seriously felt something was wrong. This implicated the inner court and was colluding with the outer court. Wang Mang was trying to cause trouble!
If Wang Mang knew about this, he would definitely say that you are judging others by your own standards.
All his tricks were to lure people into a trap, and every time he dealt with someone, he had solid evidence.
Fishing enforcement is fishing enforcement, but there is no problem with the procedure.
Besides, this time the attack against the inner court was just a defensive counterattack.
After Luo Qi entered Chang'an, he immediately suggested that being just a concubine was not enough, and Zhao Feiyan must be made queen. Queen Mother Wang was getting old, and if she could not hold on and passed away, Zhao Feiyan could continue to serve as a helper in the palace.
Luo Qi's original words were, "The women in the palace are jealous. Feiyan is favored, so she must be jealous. Witchcraft has always been prevalent in the palace. As long as you keep an eye on the most prominent people, you will definitely have a chance."
Then, just as Luo Qi said, as Zhao Feiyan became more and more favored and became the most favored concubine in the harem, the emperor no longer rested in the other palaces and just stayed with Zhao Feiyan every day. Unable to bear it any longer, witchcraft entered the palace again.
Wang Mang and Luo Qi, who had been keeping an eye on these things for a long time, immediately knew that the opportunity had come.
Then this series of memorials were fabricated, and of course it was Zhao Feiyan who told the stories about the palace affairs.
The opponent has already put the knife in his hand. If Wang Mang doesn't stab him hard, that would not be his style. So everything that happened today happened.
Luo Qi, the one who concocted all of this, can be said to have inherited the true skills of the Luo family's diplomacy. His entire body is black when cut open, comparable to Luo Qing, who directed the palace coup back then.
After Wang Mang finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with Luo Qi, then looked outside the palace, silently counting. In just a few breaths, before anyone could react, a voice was heard outside the palace, "Concubine Zhao is here."
As soon as the words fell, everyone saw a beautiful woman in palace dress walk in. Her body was so light as to seem as if she was flying off the ground, and a fragrant breeze blew towards them.
Zhao Feiyan had already sat down next to Emperor Liu Chi. She blinked her eyes and looked around, revealing infinite charm.
She first glanced at Luo Qi. They had met briefly a few times before, but it was not easy for a concubine to meet an outsider. This was the first time she looked at him carefully.
Those who can become officials all look pretty much the same, there is no one who is particularly ugly, especially in this era of the recommendation system, where appearance is very important, but Luo Qi still stands out from the crowd.
After staring at the holy mark on Luo Qi's forehead for a few seconds, Zhao Feiyan's eyes were filled with infinite heat and she fell in love with him almost instantly.
It's not just about the face, there is another crucial point.
Every time she appeared, it was just Rocky, and although there was a sense of stunningness, there was no sense of obscenity.
All men in the world are the same, but the man in front of me is different.
This greatly improved her favorability.
It turns out that this is what Luo Shizi is like!
There are countless active thoughts in her mind.
She is no longer that actress. The power possessed by the royal family can make an ordinary person turn over a new leaf in an instant. She is now the most favored concubine in the palace. As long as she can gain the favor of the emperor, her family will soon become prominent because of her.
Even Wang Mang cannot treat her as a pawn now, but an ally to be united with.
Of course, she also needed Wang Mang's help to make her more noble.
An emperor has many relatives by marriage, but the most honorable one is the queen!
Zhao Feiyan wanted to be the queen, and Wang Mang needed her to be the queen. The alliance between the inner and outer courts was the most stable.
Putting aside her desire for Luo Qi, Zhao Feiyan began to perform. She glanced at the memorial on the table and suddenly said in shock: "Your Majesty, this...
Am I actually a person like Mei Xi and Daji who bring disaster to the country?
If this is really the case, Your Majesty, please expel me from the palace and leave me to fend for myself.
The sisters in the palace don't like me and say hurtful things to me. The ministers outside the palace also resent me. This is probably really my fault."
As soon as these words came out, several people's eyelids jumped. Although Zhao Feiyan didn't say anything, the memorials on the table that recorded the secrets of the palace, the question Wang Mang just asked, and Zhao Feiyan's current words, made people involuntarily connect them together.
The inner court and the outer court colluded to frame the emperor's most favored concubine!
It's gonna be bad!
This was the thought that instantly occurred to the few people who reacted, and they even lowered their heads silently, hoping that the emperor would not see them.
Emperor Liu Chi's eyelids also twitched when he heard this. He certainly knew that there was dissatisfaction in the palace about his exclusive favoritism towards Zhao Feiyan, but why would he care?
He is the supreme emperor. He can favor whomever he wants and make whomever he wants honorable.
As the supreme ruler of the empire, why should he need to explain his life's deeds to the ladies in the palace?
But he didn't expect these people to be so bold as to attack his favorite concubine. Now that they dared to attack his favorite concubine, would they be dissatisfied with him in the future and want to assassinate him as the emperor?
Thinking of this, a hint of anger flashed across Liu Chi's brows.
Once people become heartless, their hearts will be chilled as iron. No matter how tender and sweet they were in the past, it will all be an illusion.
Zhao Feiyan knew the emperor too well. As soon as she saw his expression, she knew what he was thinking, so she exaggerated and said, "Your Majesty, I have been having headaches recently, as if there were needles pricking me. I really don't know why."
boom!
When Zhao Feiyan said this, even Wang Mang lowered his head slightly, and the other irrelevant people were even more confused.
who I am?
Where am I?
What should I do?
Why did I come to the palace today?
I really doubt my life!
This is so obvious. Which of these people is not well-read? Who of them doesn't know about the disaster of witchcraft?
The symptoms Zhao Feiyan described are exactly the result of witchcraft!
But everyone looked at the confused Zhao Feiyan and could not see any intention at all. She seemed to really not know what she was talking about.
Only Wang Mang and Luo Qi secretly admired in their hearts.
What Zhang Wuji's mother said was verified once again: the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to lie!
With so many old foxes present, no one could see through Zhao Feiyan's acting skills, let alone the emperor who was rushing around so much that his brain was almost gone.
Almost the moment Zhao Feiyan finished speaking, her hair stood on end.
There is no official correspondence between heaven and man in the world today, but there is spontaneous one. Ministers often say so, and the emperor also says so. This is the remnant of the theory of destiny handed down from ancient times.
The same is true for witchcraft. Some people doubt whether it really exists, some swear by it, and some are half-believing and half-doubting.
If you say there is, in fact no one has seen it. If you say there isn't, then the witchcraft disaster in the past really caused sudden death.
Regardless of whether others believed it or not, Liu Chi believed it. He was particularly superstitious about things related to ghosts and gods, and also believed in the existence of witchcraft.
"This is witchcraft!"
Liu Chi gnashed his teeth and said, "You actually used witchcraft in the palace. Are you trying to harm my beloved concubine, or are you trying to target me?
I am really too kind, which is why so many disasters have occurred in the palace.
"Emperor, immediately search the palace for me, especially the palaces of those nobles, search them thoroughly!"
The hall suddenly became silent!
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Empress Zhao of Xiaoxi was originally an actress from Guandong. She had a slender waist and was good at walking on tiptoe, as if she was holding a flower branch, trembling with movement. No one else could imitate her, so she was called Feiyan. Wang Mang presented her to the emperor to confuse him, and he entered the palace and made her a concubine, who was very favored.
There was a palace in the Changsheng Palace, which was extremely precious. It was painted with gold, had white jade steps, and the walls were inlaid with pearls, indigo and emerald feathers. The empress and the other concubines had never had one in it, so they were all jealous of it and so used witchcraft to bring disaster upon themselves.
When the disaster happened, the emperor was horrified, deposed the empress, and hanged five of the concubines, and made Consort Jieyu the empress.
(End of this chapter)
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