Chapter 89: Retreat to Advance
Fearing that she would be frightened, he put his hands behind his back, held Jiang Xinyue's hands and rubbed them, then turned his head and nodded at her, saying softly: "Don't be afraid, I believe you."
Believe you, you big pig hoof, he saw with his own eyes that Concubine Shu rode on Concubine Li Gui, can he still blame her?
With a moving look on her face, Jiang Xinyue sniffed, her mouth shriveled, she wanted to cry but held back, she looked like a poor little girl who was bullied. Seeing this,
Emperor Xuanwu felt more pity for her.
The other Concubine Shu who was kneeling in the palace was not so relaxed.
She was the culprit who caused Concubine Li to have a miscarriage. On the soft couch at the back of the palace, Concubine Li forced herself to stand up: "I don't want her child. She killed my child, and I want her to pay for her life."
Pei stopped entangled with Empress Dowager Wu, and walked into the inner hall to persuade her: "Your Majesty, don't be willful. You will never have children in the future, how can your family feel at ease? It was Concubine Shu who caused you to lose your child, so she should compensate you."
"I said, I don't want it!"
Concubine Li swung her palm, and the medicine bowl in Xia He's hand was swung out, and it broke behind the screen with a crisp sound.
The whole room was silent except for Concubine Li's miserable roar: "When I see her and the child I see, I will be reminded of the baby that aborted in my stomach. Why should I keep her child and torture myself? Why? She plotted to murder Concubine Gui and poisoned the royal heir. Can't she be beheaded for such a crime? The Emperor and the Empress Dowager are determined to protect her. I don't mind asking my grandfather and grandfather-in-law to seek justice for me."
If the case escalates to the court, it will not be as simple as asking Concubine Shu to pay with her life. The ministers will doubt the Emperor's ability to handle affairs and their determination to assist the wise monarch will be shaken.
"This is all my fault. Please, Your Highness, please be merciful and don't embarrass the Emperor."
Concubine Shu finally found a chance to speak up: "I deserve to die, but the child in my belly is innocent. I... I am willing to give the child to Your Highness. I... I will go to Hanshan Temple to pray for Your Highness."
Hanshan Temple in Suzhou is a temple with a very strong incense among the people.
Jiang Xinyue raised her eyes. Concubine Shu was really smart. She found a way out for herself in an instant.
The emperors of the Great Yan Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River once every ten years, but Emperor Xuanwu was diligent in government affairs and had never gone to the south of the Yangtze River to appreciate the scenery of the water town.
Concubine Shu was sure that the emperor would go to the south of the Yangtze River within three years at the latest, so she took the initiative to say that she wanted to go to Hanshan Temple.
Empress Zhu acted like a tool, neither helping Concubine Shu nor Concubine Li. Only then did she say, "Hanshan Temple in Gusu is the most beautiful temple in Dayan. Concubine Shu has found a good place for herself."
Concubine Li's sharp voice came from behind the screen again, "Let him go to Jokhang Temple in Jialuo. When she gives birth to the child, leave the child behind and let her go to Jokhang Temple alone to pray for my child who died in vain." Empress Dowager
Wu had deep furrows between her brows, and her eyes were extremely sharp, "Jialuo is thousands of miles away, and the people there are fierce. Is Concubine Li trying to kill Concubine Shu?"
"Isn't it fair to pay for a life with a life?"
Concubine Li sneered and said, "She should be secretly happy that I am willing to adopt her child. Does the Empress Dowager think that Concubine Shu's life is a life, but my child is so worthless? This is not okay, and that is not willing, so let Concubine Shu pay for my life."
Jiang Xinyue almost laughed out loud. Concubine Li's move of retreating to advance, the ultimate goal is actually to force the Empress Dowager and Concubine Shu to hand over the child to her for raising.
She and Pei, one playing the bad cop and the other playing the good cop, forced the Empress Dowager into no way out.
This is the confidence that a strong family brings them.
No wonder Empress Dowager Wu has always wanted to revive the Wu family, and Concubine Shu has always wanted the emperor to release the Wu family back to the capital from exile.
Concubine Shu knocked her head heavily on the ground: "I am willing to go to the Jokhang Temple. Please ask Concubine Li Gui... Concubine Li Gui treat my child well."
She cried bitterly, but unfortunately, among the people present, only Empress Dowager Wu felt sorry for her. The emperor turned his head and talked to Jiang Xinyue.
After a while, Empress Dowager Wu's face turned dark and gloomy. She glared at Jiang Xinyue fiercely and gritted her teeth and said: "You two have your own reasons. Since Concubine Shu is willing to take a step back, then do as Concubine Li Gui says! But in the final analysis, if Concubine Zhen hadn't asked Concubine Shu to release paper irises, this would not have happened. Concubine Zhen also has to bear part of the responsibility. Just let her be confined to house arrest for a month and remove the green card!" When
she said this, she had already decided on Jiang Xinyue's punishment and would not allow the emperor and the empress to refute it.
The strong smell of Chinese medicine wafted from behind the screen. Jiang Xinyue's stomach churned and she almost vomited.
Emperor Xuanwu also knew that if he continued to protect her at this time, it might make Empress Dowager Wu hate Concubine Zhen even more. He couldn't always accompany Concubine Zhen. In the previous dynasty, he was always unable to come in time. He was afraid that Empress Dowager Wu would poison Concubine Zhen again, so he had a cold face and didn't say a word.
Jiang Xinyue pulled the emperor's hand, smiled at him, walked out from behind him, and bowed: "Your servant accepts the punishment."
Compared with Concubine Shu, this was no longer a punishment for her. She only needed to cultivate her body and mind for a month. She didn't have to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, and she didn't have to see Jin Zhaoyi and Ye Guiren, two big idiots. She was happy to be free!
Emperor Xuanwu escorted the people back to Hexi Palace, held her hand and reluctantly said goodbye: "My beloved concubine, the martial arts competition of the palace guards has come out. Wang Dequan said that there are two guards with chest injuries. I was going to take you there to identify them. Since the Queen Mother wants you to be under house arrest, I will bring them to Hexi Palace tomorrow, and you can identify them in front of the hall."
"Two?"
Jiang Xinyue blinked her big watery eyes, clear and bright, without any scheming: "Who is it? I heard from them that most of the palace guards have backgrounds. What if the person I pointed out has a big background, will it make the emperor embarrassed?"
Emperor Xuanwu snorted coldly: "No matter what his background is, if he dares to touch my woman, I will suppress him so that he will never have a chance to turn over in his life."
This hatred came too inexplicably.
Touch the emperor's woman?
There must be another meaning.
Jiang Xinyue's eyes flickered slightly, not sure if it was the effect of her previous words to sow discord between Concubine Shu and the Emperor in front of Wang Dequan.
But what is certain is that the two guards who will be injured in the chest tomorrow are not ordinary people, but should be family members and brothers of high-ranking concubines.
They calculated and calculated, but in fact they did not see clearly that the final initiative was not in their hands, but in Jiang Xinyue's hands.
She is the perfect "victim", whoever she points out as the murderer is the murderer.
It seems that her Hexi Palace will be very lively tonight.