Chapter 128 Testing Cao Qinmo
"I just went to the Qinzheng Palace to see the emperor. While waiting at the door, I heard the emperor getting angry, so I casually asked Eunuch Su a few questions."
Sun Miaoqing played a good role and indeed had been to the Qinzheng Hall. As for Su Peisheng, no one would go to confront him.
She wiped An Lingrong's tears with a handkerchief and said, "My dear sister, now is not the time to cry. The most urgent thing is to find a way to keep our family."
"Home?"
An Lingrong tried to stop crying, "Sister, are you saying that mother and the others will also be implicated?"
Sun Miaoqing nodded.
She knew very well that An Lingrong not only cared about her useless father, but also felt sorry for her blind mother in her hometown.
"But, but my mother is far away in Songyang County and doesn't know anything."
"Collaboration with the enemy and treason is a serious crime. Once proven guilty, the whole family will be executed. The emperor doesn't care whether you know it or not."
An Lingrong looked at Sun Miaoqing with tears in her eyes, "But didn't sister just say that Eunuch Su also believed that father was cautious and would not dare to surrender to the enemy and betray the country?"
"Eunuch Su is from the front of the emperor. How can he say that? Isn't it the emperor's intention?"
Sun Miaoqing: “…” Pretty quick reaction.
“That’s where the problem lies.”
An Lingrong didn't understand.
"It is a capital crime to kill an official appointed by the imperial court without authorization. Now that Nian Gengyao has already taken action, in order to exonerate himself, he must prove that your father and his men are guilty of treason. Even if the emperor knows it clearly, he will never punish General Nian, who has worked hard and made great contributions, for the sake of these dead people."
"Just because he has worked hard and made great contributions, can he just ignore other people's lives?"
Sun Miaoqing sighed, "A high-ranking official can crush anyone, not to mention the current general Nian, who holds military power and is at the peak of his career. Even the emperor is afraid of him, not to mention your father."
"No wonder the Emperor refused to see me these days. It turns out he is angry with me. I, I will go find Concubine Hua Gui!"
An Lingrong suddenly thought of a solution and was about to run out, "I'll go and beg her..."
"Sister! Sister An!"
Sun Miaoqing hurriedly grabbed her and forced her to sit down, "Good sister! Wake up! General Nian is Concubine Hua Guifei's biological brother. Can she help you to convict her own brother?"
"Then I'll go find Sister Mei and Sister Wan to think of a solution."
"I heard that during my confinement, Sister Wan was the one who was favored by the Queen, and Sister Mei is now in charge of the affairs of the harem for the Queen. They are both smarter than us. It's been so long since the incident happened, and you even received a letter from home. How could they not know?"
"Sister, what I mean is..."
"Military intelligence is a big deal. I came here as soon as I got the news. If they really wanted to help you, they would have come here a long time ago. Why would you have to wait until your sister received a letter from home before asking for help?"
Sun Miaoqing looked at An Lingrong with a questioning look.
"Then, what should I do? My father is already in trouble, I can't just watch my mother ..."
An Lingrong covered her face with a handkerchief and cried sadly.
"Don't worry, sister. Even though I am insignificant, I will definitely help you."
Sun Miaoqing pretended to think, and said, "Your Majesty is not a murderous person, and this matter is not without room for maneuver."
"Sister, do you have a solution?"
An Lingrong held Sun Miaoqing's arms with both hands, the letter in her hands was crumpled into a ball, and she even wanted to kneel down.
Sun Miaoqing held her up and said, "What are you doing? Get up! Get up! You and I are sisters, why do you have to do this?"
"As long as sister is willing to help me, Lingrong will work like a slave to repay sister in the future."
The story of An Bihuai just happened at a different time and is essentially no different from the one in the drama.
Sun Miaoqing figured out the solution to this game.
It's not about Nian Shilan or the Queen, but about Zhen Huan's just the right words.
But she needed teammates, so she had to use An Lingrong to surrender to the Queen and let the Queen take the ready-made credit.
"Let's go find the Queen."
The Queen should have gone to the Qinzheng Hall by now.
When Sun Miaoqing and An Lingrong went to Louyue Kaiyun, Huichun came out to deal with them.
"You two young ladies came at an inopportune time. The queen just went out."
"Did the Queen go to the Qinzheng Palace?" Sun Miaoqing asked.
"That's right. We don't know when the queen will be back. You two ladies should come back later." Huichun replied.
Sun Miaoqing always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't figure out what it was, so she just said and left.
"Are they all gone?"
Jianqiu saw Huichun coming from behind and asked.
"Yes, I sent them away."
The Queen leaned back on the couch, touching the pine nuts, and asked lazily, "What is it about?"
"I followed your Majesty's instructions and did not dare to investigate further. An Changzai's eyes were red, as if she had been crying. But Sun Danying asked one more question. She thought that you had gone to the Qinzheng Palace."
"Qinzheng Palace?"
"yes."
An Changzai cried, and nothing major happened in the Qinzheng Palace recently. I vaguely heard that Nian Gengyao killed a few people.
It seems that this incident had happened in the previous life, and I was even bothering to go to the Qinzheng Hall to plead for someone.
In this case, in order to make this grandson feel at ease, I have to make one more trip.
"Do you have any more of the lily and lotus seed soup from the kitchen?"
"My lady, there are still some left, but not much."
"What's the problem with the amount of soup?" Just add some water.
The queen went to the Qinzheng Palace with the diluted lily and lotus seed soup.
In Yinfeng Palace, Concubine Cao and Concubine Xin brought the princess to see Nian Shilan. The small kitchen stewed green bean soup to cool down the body and even added milk. However, because it was for the princess's benefit, the soup was not chilled.
Princess Shuhe inherited her mother's talent and could not stop boasting.
"Empress Hua is fragrant and sweet. Her mung bean soup is also fragrant and sweet. Shuhe likes Empress Hua the most."
Cao Qinmo fed Wen Yi a small sip. Wen Yi, who had been taken good care of since the palace, was in good health now.
He doesn't cry or make a fuss, and eats very sweetly.
She looked at Shuhe with a motherly tenderness in her eyes, "I just hope that my Wenyi will grow up and not learn from a mother like me who is clumsy in speech. If she can be half as smart as Shuhe, I will be satisfied."
Xin Guiren said without hesitation, "If you are not good at speaking, how many people in the harem can speak well?"
Nian Shilan deeply agreed with this.
Songzhi came in from outside and said that the empress had gone to the Qinzheng Palace.
Going to the Qinzheng Hall at this time?
Nian Shilan reacted immediately. She knew exactly what to do, but she was curious about Cao Qinmo's attitude at the moment, so she wanted to test him and asked:
"What is she doing there in the middle of the day?"
"I heard that the Empress went to plead for An Changzai." Song Zhi added, "Someone saw Sun Danying accompanying An Changzai to Louyue Kaiyun just now. An Changzai was crying very sadly."
Nian Shilan put down the bowl in her hand and asked, "Please?"
Xin Guiren said quickly, "I heard that An Bihuai was ambushed by the enemy while escorting military supplies and surrendered on the battlefield. The Empress must be pleading for An Changzai to avoid implicate his family."
"Your Majesty's brother has been a general for many years, fighting hard in the battlefield, but he can't even handle such a trivial matter properly. No wonder the emperor is angry."
What Cao Qinmo said was actually the same as in her previous life.
Nian Shilan lowered her head slightly and wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.
Cao Qinmo handed Wen Yi to the wet nurse, who carried the child to the side hall with Lingzhi, and Princess Shuhe also followed.
Xin Guiren was just quick-witted, not stupid. She could tell that Cao Qinmo wanted to say something to Concubine Hua Gui alone, so she shouted to her daughter to slow down and followed her out.
"The Queen has just gone to ask for a favor. Does the Queen want to make this trip as well?"
Nian Shilan asked back: "What do you think?"