Chapter 49: The Cold
Queen Mother The lights in Changxin Palace had been turned off. Xiao Xuanzi thought that the palace maids in Changxin Palace were just like their masters, very arrogant.
If he went there like this, he might be driven out before he could see the emperor.
He gritted his teeth, stepped back a few steps, and then rushed forward, shouting: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Concubine Rong is in trouble. Zhen Guirong met her on the road and was sending her to the Imperial Hospital! Your Majesty, Concubine Rong asks you to save her child!"
He couldn't say that his master asked him to ask the emperor, otherwise he would bring hatred to his master.
Anyway, it was Concubine Rong who was saved, and she was asked to take the blame. Xiao Xuanzi didn't feel any psychological pressure at all.
The room was silent for a moment, and soon there was the sound of clothes being put on, and it seemed that there was also the sound of something breaking.
Emperor Xuanwu came out in a hurry, and Wang Dequan saw Xiao Xuanzi at a glance. Before he could say hello, the boy lowered his head and ran out quickly behind the emperor.
Wang Dequan glanced at Concubine Li Guifei who was chasing after him, and immediately realized that Xiao Xuanzi was hiding from him. He didn't say anything and followed the emperor's footsteps.
"Mother..."
"Pa!"
The eunuch saw that Concubine Li Guifei was not wearing shoes. It was so cold, and he wanted to remind her that the cold starts from the soles of the feet for the sake of his master, but he was stunned by a slap in the face before he could say anything.
Xia He let Concubine Li vent her anger before she stepped forward and asked, "Who was the eunuch who was shouting just now? Which palace is he from?"
Everyone knew that Concubine Gui had a bad temper and was favored. How many fearless people in the palace dared to ruin the good things of her queen and the emperor?
Concubine Gui had plenty of ways to deal with such people, and would make him regret living in this world.
The eunuch who reported the news rushed in, knelt down and started shouting, with his head down the whole time, and he was wearing a hat on his head, covering most of his face. In the dim light, his appearance could not be seen at all.
But Concubine Li was obviously angry, and the eunuch didn't dare to ask without knowing anything. He didn't have time to think about it and blurted out: "It's the little adopted son of Concubine Rong."
Xia He choked and looked up at Concubine Li. When she heard that it was the little adopted son, her heaving chest gradually calmed down. She glared at the palace guards at the door and turned back to her room.
Xia He said to the eunuchs behind her: "Go and find out what happened to Concubine Rong?"
"Ahhh..."
Jiang Xinyue was guarding outside the medicine room of the Imperial Hospital, listening to the terrible screams inside, and knew in her heart that Concubine Rong might not be able to keep this baby.
She did everything she should do, she had a clear conscience, and she was not afraid.
Shuangjiang's face was filled with anxiety, "Master, why don't you go back to the palace first! I and Xi Que are guarding here. When the emperor comes, we will go back, okay?"
Why was Shuangjiang so anxious for her to leave?
"The Empress Dowager is here..."
Instead of the emperor, the Empress Dowager, who was said to be strong-willed and overbearing all her life, came first.
Shuangjiang's worry became a reality, and she quickly pulled Jiang Xinyue's arm, "Master, the Empress Dowager will definitely be angry with you. What should we do? Why hasn't the emperor arrived yet?"
A group of people rushed into the Imperial Hospital, and finally a beautiful woman who looked no more than thirty-five or thirty-six years old walked in with the eunuch's arm around her.
She was wearing a high-collared black robe with wide sleeves, decorated with dark red embroidery. The dark patterns on the clothes were made of dark ink fluorescent silk threads. With every movement, the flowing patterns on her body seemed alive.
Her hair was tied up with a string of tiny pearls, with a faint halo. Her hair was tied up in a bun, and a golden crown in the shape of a twelve-petal lotus wrapped the bun, which was extremely luxurious.
This was the well-maintained Empress Dowager Wu. She looked young, but her actual age should be over 45 years old.
Her eyes were cold, and when she swept over, Jiang Xinyue felt like she was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
"Your servant pays respect to the Empress Dowager..."
"Pa!"
"Kneel down for me!"
A stern voice was followed by a slap in the face. Jiang Xinyue did not dare to challenge the Empress Dowager's majesty and knelt down immediately.
Xi Que opened her mouth, but Shuangjiang pulled her and she also knelt on the ground with a thump.
The palace maids and eunuchs surrounded Empress Dowager Wu and sat down. Jiang Xinyue and her servants looked like lambs surrounded by wolves, and they looked extremely pitiful.
Emperor Xuanwu and Empress Dowager Wu were almost at the same time, so he also saw the slap that Empress Dowager Wu gave Jiang Xinyue.
"Your son pays respects to the Queen Mother."
A strong scent of ambergris floated around him. Emperor Xuanwu turned sideways to block the sight of Empress Dowager Yu, and stretched out his hand to pull up the poor little Jiang Xinyue: "Thanks to you, Concubine Rong is not worried about her life. There is nothing for you to do here. Go back to the Palace of Respect and have a rest."
His collar was still stained with Concubine Li's lip balm, just like the trick that the vixen outside would play when they want to declare their sovereignty to the main empress at home.
A drop of crystal tear fell on Emperor Xuanwu's arm and exploded. The bullied poor little Jiang, without raising her head, bent her knees, and ran away with unsteady steps under the support of Shuangjiang and Xijue.
Empress Dowager Wu snorted coldly: "I haven't been out for too long. I didn't know when the emperor's harem had such a beautiful woman. I just don't know what kind of vicious person is hidden under this beautiful skin, daring to harm Rongpin and plot against the royal heir?"
Emperor Xuanwu hated Empress Dowager Wu the most for always being so strong and intolerant of others.
Seeing Jiang Xinyue being wronged, he thought of himself when he was a child.
But now he is no longer a child, he is the only monarch of Dayan.
The emperor frowned with cold and hard brows, and said without emotion: "It was Rongpin who asked her for help, so she risked her life to escort Rongpin, and also ordered her attendants to go to Changxin Palace to call for me. If your mother thinks that such a person is vicious, then I'm afraid no one in the harem will be worthy of your eyes."
That silly woman probably didn't know that the relationship between him and the queen mother was like fire and water, so she didn't dare let him see the marks on her face after being beaten, for fear that he would have an unpleasant quarrel with the queen mother.
Jiang Xinyue returned to Hexi Palace. Xi Que immediately came over with medicine. Looking at the bloody marks on her face caused by the armor, she burst into tears with heartache: "The Empress Dowager is too unreasonable. Even if Concubine Rong is her niece, she can't hit people at will! If it weren't for our master, Concubine Rong would have..." "
Xi Que! Stop talking."
Jiang Xinyue, with obvious slap marks on her face, shook her head: "The Empress Dowager is also worried."
No one would be in a good mood after being slapped inexplicably at the beginning of the new year.
But she was not the only one in a bad mood. There were many frustrated people in the palace. If you really compare them, the Empress was probably the most unhappy.
On New Year's Eve, the Emperor should have been in the palace of the Queen, but was intercepted by Concubine Li. Wasn't this a slap in the face of the Empress?
The Emperor Xuanwu that Jiang Xinyue knew was a calm and self-sustaining emperor who cared about the world. It had never happened before that he didn't give the Empress face.
Why this time?