Chapter 5 Chapter 5: Jinwan Disaster

How long does it take for childhood to end?Sometimes, all it takes is one sentence. From that day on, Mi Yue's carefree childhood seemed to be over.She began to have something on her mind, and she was no longer a child who played with cats and dogs and had no worries. She once asked Ju Ji: "Mother, what will a person look like when he grows up?" Ju Ji was startled, and then she laughed and said: "When people grow up, they will get married, have children, and then continue from generation to generation." Mi Yue asked: "Then what will I be like when I grow up?"

Ju Ji smiled and hugged her into her arms: "You are the princess of the Chu Kingdom. In the future, you will naturally marry a prince, be your wife, manage concubines, and take care of housework. I will teach you when you grow up." How can you be a mistress, three meals a day, four seasons bestowing clothes, sacrificial rituals and music..." Her voice suddenly dropped when talking about sacrificial rituals and music. Back then, as a princess of the Ju Kingdom, she was brought up by her first wife, but when the Ju Kingdom perished and she became a concubine in the Chu Palace, the sacrificial rites and music were of no use. No matter how much she learned, so what.

Mi Yue asked, "Is it useless to learn a lot?" Ju Ji Fang Wu, she had said the words unknowingly, she suddenly came back to her senses, and smiled wryly: "If you learn too much, if you don't use it, you will be unwilling and distressed." Mi Yue ran away silently, and she went to ask Xiang Shi again: "Mother, are you in trouble?" Xiang Shi was sewing a piece of Mi Rong's clothes, her eyes were calm and gentle, she smiled lovingly: "No, mother is not distressed, mother has you, how can there be distress?" Mi Yue asked again: "Mom, have you learned anything?"

Xiang Shi was surprised: "What have you learned?" She thought for a while and shook her head: "I have learned cooking, female celebrity, rules, how to obey and serve..." Mi Yue shook her head, Xiang Shi's answer was still not what she wanted. However, she asked Chu Wangshang, Fengfang, Hualiu, and everyone she knew, but everyone's answer was completely different. She never thought that what she wanted to learn would be rejected, and this kind of rejection only thought that she was a girl, and she would never use some things in her life.She never thought that she was different from others. Since she was a child, she followed Chu Wangshang, regarded her father as an idol, and took it for granted that she would become another father.

Now she realizes that she will never be another father. The troubles of her childhood began at the beginning of the year, and she began to learn to think, sometimes sitting in the garden, she would wonder if there is a sky beyond the sky, why do birds have wings, why fish don’t sink in water, right? Young Siming and Senior Siming will see what all of us do... The two little servants around me were originally sent into the palace to play with her, but now I see that she no longer plays, but sits Feeling bored there, fearing that she would no longer be useless, she tried her best to make her happy, and took her old favorite golden ball to play with birds, etc. Unexpectedly, on this day, the golden ball flew out and caused a lot of trouble. A storm is coming.

Just after the silkworm kissing ceremony ended, the queen brought the eighth princess Shu to the violent room to watch the weaving and dyeing of silkworms.The so-called violent room is the weaving and dyeing practice place in the palace. The word for violent means exposure.From silkworm rearing to silk spinning, weaving, silk dyeing and training, it is all one-stop.At this time, the violent room heard that the queen and the princess had arrived, and the violent coward in charge ordered all the people in charge of the palace to wait and serve.Food in the mouth and clothes on the body are the basis for the survival of the people. As the king and mother of a country, it is natural to take the lead and set an example.Therefore, every spring, the king will personally plow the fields, and the queen will take care of the silkworms in the mulberry forest. This is the responsibility and honor of being the king and mother of a country.The matter of silkworms is the national economy and the people's livelihood, and it is also the most basic thing that the mother of a country must understand.

Mi Shu followed her mother into the violent room, but saw two rows of palace people waiting quietly, stepped forward to salute, and held their breath except for the roll call. The queen only gave birth to two prostitutes, the eldest daughter was married, and the rest was the eighth among the princesses, who was named Shu after the allusion of "Quiet girl Qishu".But she is one year older than Miyue, and she is favored by the queen. The queen took her daughter through the dyeing room, but saw different dyeing vats, divided into colorful ones.A few dyers on one side threw the yellowish silk and linen fabrics into the dyeing vat, and stirred them evenly for bleaching and dyeing. On the other side, some dyers picked up the dyed fabrics with bamboo poles, and put them on the shelf to cool in the shade first, and then dye them. dry.

The queen went into the weaving room again and taught her daughter to watch the weavers shake the spinning wheel and weave the loom, and the silk threads were woven into cloth with warp and weft. The queen pulled Mi Shu to sit in the main room, and patiently directed the different female officials below to come to visit, explaining: "This is the method of praising women, the method of mastering women, and it is used to teach concubines and wives. In the matter of concubines, in the autumn, they will contribute their merits, distinguish their good from evil, calculate their value, record them in the slips, and hide them in the inner palace for the use of the king and queen."

Mi Shu is eight years old this year, and she is just curious. She looks at everything in front of her excitedly and keeps nodding her head. The queen pointed out one by one: "Diansi, the palm silk enters and distinguishes its objects, and it is good for it. Palm its storage and release it, and when it is time to make achievements, award the silk to the outside and the inside. All of them are taught. The same is true for all gifts from above. When offering merit, one will receive good merit and store it..." "Dian 枲, a thing of hemp that is spread in the palm of the palm. It is awarded for meritorious deeds at the time, and for dedicating merits and sufferings, and it is stored in the form of Jia. To be awarded at the time, it is awarded with clothes..."

"Neisi clothes, the six clothes of the queen in charge. Yiyi, Zhuidi, Quedi, Juyi, Zhanyi, Yuanyi, plain yarn, clothing for women who distinguish between the outside and the inside, Juyi, Zhanyi, Yuanyi, and plain yarn All the priests, guests, the clothes of the queen, and the nine concubines and wives..." "Sewing people, in charge of sewing thread in the palace, using slave girls to guard, and dressing the king and queen's clothes..." "Dyeing people, dyeing silk with palms. For silk dyeing, spring training, summer Xuanxuan, autumn dyeing summer, winter dedication..."

"Zuishi, who is in charge of the queen's first clothes, is deputy, editor, second, Zhuiheng, and ji, and is the first clothes of nine concubines and wives, for sacrifices, guests, funerals, common jiu, and the same... ..." "The Xie people, the clothes served by the king and the queen are Chik, Heik, Chik, Huangk, Qingju, Suk, and Gek, distinguishing the order, function, and sank of husbands and wives. All four-season sacrifices should be served..." "Xia Cai, in charge of the great funeral, returned to the great ancestor with the crown and clothes, and built Sui with a chariot. Returned to the surrounding suburbs..." After seeing all the officials in the palace, and because Mi Shu was very curious about dyeing, some dyed people came forward and explained to Mi Shu: "Princess, this is Polygonum indigo, which can dye silk into blue; this is Madder and safflower can be dyed vermilion; that is yellow tiller and turmeric, which can be dyed yellow; this is comfrey, which can be dyed purple; this is black mortar, which can be dyed black..." The queen took Mi Shu's hand lovingly and explained to her in detail, pointing to the different fabrics placed on several tables: "If you add more dye, the color will be darker; if you add less, the color will be lighter. Like this Kind of red, the lightest is pink, the darkest is pink, the deeper is red, the deeper is crimson; if comfrey is added, it is crabapple red, if more purple is added, it is purple; if turmeric is added, It will turn orange; if it is mixed with silver powder, it will be silver red... The rituals of a country start with the uniform system. People of different identities use different materials and cut different clothes. If you are the queen of a country in the future, you will be As long as the wives see them, they can know their status and know how to control them..." Mi Shu stared intently, amazed, the little child was curious about everything he saw, and wished he could take it all for himself, and quickly pointed and said: "It's so beautiful! Queen Mother, I want this, that, these I want I want everything." The queen smiled lovingly: "All right, all these are for you to play with." Mi Shu asked curiously: "Mother, how did these silks come from?" The queen said: "These are silk produced by silkworms." Mi Shu asked again: "What is a silkworm?" The queen beckoned, and Diansi presented a round bamboo box with a few mulberry leaves on it, and two small silkworms were wriggling.Mi Shu curiously wanted to stretch out her finger to move it, but felt that this wriggling bug had never been seen before, so she dared not touch it. The queen took her little hand and stroked it up: "My son, this is the silkworm. The ancestors sacrificed the rice to eat the rice, and sacrificed the silkworms to clothe the silk. With rice and millet, there is food in the mouth; with silkworms, They have the clothes they wear. So every spring, the princes and concubines visit the silkworms to pray for the rice to be plentiful and the silkworms to ripen, so that the people have food and clothing. Although the silkworms are small, they are useful for the country.” Mi Shu held the bamboo box in her hand, looked at the two little silkworms inside, and said with a smile: "Mother, let me give the little silkworms a name." The queen smiled tolerantly and said, "Very good, what name does Shu remember?" Mi Shu said: "This one is a bit green, so it's called a green dress, and the one that's a little yellow, it's called a yellow dress!" The queen smiled: "'Green clothes, green clothes and yellow clothes.' Shu, you have learned "Poetry" very well." This kind of classics, which were called by later generations, was called "Poetry" or "Three Hundred Poems" at this time.Rites and music have been the foundation of a country since ancient times. There are poems in the ancestral temples of the Zhou people. If the country's morals are in chaos, some people will compose songs to satirize them; among the military, there are also songs.Not only did the people of Zhou have poems and songs, but so did all the vassal states.Since the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, there have been not only songs made by Yue officials, but also songs presented by princes, ministers, and scholars. There are also poetry collectors specially sent by the Yuefu to gather the styles of various countries and compile them into poems. It is said that since the past dynasties , and accumulated thousands of poems.It’s just that since King Ping moved to the east, these classics have been scattered and no one has cleaned them up. Later, Kong Qiu from Lu, known as Confucius at that time, took the restoration of Zhou rituals as his ambition, sorted out more than 300 poems, and compiled them into a compilation. It is called "Three Hundred Poems". This "Three Hundred Poems" is divided into three categories, one is "Wind", the second is "Ya", and the third is "Song". "Song" refers to the ancestral temple music that sings praises to ancestors. "Ya" is the elegant language, which is the language used by the Zhou family and the official language of the upper-class nobles and officials of the countries at that time. It is divided into "Daya" and "Xiaoya", and "Ya" "Daya" is about the life of the upper class of the Zhou royal family, and "Xiaoya" is more about the life and work of the military for the people of the country. "Feng" or "Guofeng" is a poem used by the princes in the country, and it is usually sung in the dialect of each prince's country. So at that time, when a boy with his hair tied up went to school, he first had to learn "Three Hundred Poems". Confucius once said: "If you don't know poetry, you can't speak." To learn "Song"; to communicate with others, to use "Ya", if you want to go out of the house and travel around the world, then learn the poems of "Guofeng" of other countries, which is the essential part of learning the dialects of other countries. So although Mi Shu is still young, she was enlightened at the age of five, and now she has memorized many poems.Her casual remark came from the chapter "Beifeng" in "Guofeng", which is called "Green Clothes". As the daughter of the king of Chu, she is either the empress of a great country, or the wife of an important minister. The queen has been raising her according to the requirements of the queen's wife since she was a child, learning rituals and music, loving silkworms, knowing poetry, being good at singing and dancing, etc , now seeing that although her daughter is young, she is beautiful and lovely, and she is very relieved in her heart. It was the first time for Mi Shu to see this kind of silkworm raising, and she was full of curiosity. From how to raise silkworms to what the silkworms look like, she asked a lot of questions.The queen was also a little tired, and all the affairs in charge were back and forth, so she called the maid Yunge: "Take the princess to the Jamsil." Yun Ge responded, and took Mi Shu to the silkworm room to see the silkworms, while answering Mi Shu's question: "Princess, if you give Can Er mulberry leaves, it will grow up slowly, and then it will spin silk and spit it out. The silk is then woven into brocade by weavers, which can be dyed and then cut into clothes." Mi Shu walked through the silkworm room, and saw the densely packed silkworms squirming, and the silkworm man spread the mulberry leaves, only to hear rustling, and soon saw the mulberry leaves gnawed until only the veins and meridians remained. Mi Shu stared blankly, and refused to move for a long time.It wasn't until the queen was about to leave that she was dragged away under Yunge's half-coaxing and half-persuasion. The queen was walking in front with the tortoise at this time, and the tortoise reported to the queen in a low voice that the king of Chu Shang wanted to change the nine princesses into men's clothes, and learn from Zuo disciple Qu Yuan together with the princes and grandsons. The queen was startled, she stopped and asked, "Is this true?" Tortoiseshell also lowered her voice and said, "It's absolutely true." The queen frowned. These nine princesses are really like a bone stuck in her heart all these years, unable to swallow or spit out.If the other party is a son, with her being so favored and such a celestial phenomenon, she will try her best to turn against the king and she will get rid of her.But it happened to be a princess, so she had to hesitate whether the price she paid for getting rid of her was worth it.But every time she was about to let this person go, something happened again, which made her feel faintly uneasy. She suppressed this anxiety, turned her head and asked, "Where is Shu?" Mi Shu held the bamboo box and looked at the little silkworms in the box as she walked. Yunge hurriedly led Mi Shu forward when she heard the queen's question.But at this moment, there was a sudden sound in the air, and a yellow sparrow fell in front of the maid Shen Jiao, staining her skirt with blood. Shen Jiao screamed and jumped back, but stepped on the feet of the maids behind her. The maids panicked immediately, some screamed, some retreated, and the neat and solemn team was in chaos for a while. At this moment, Yun Ge was also walking forward holding Mi Shu's hand, when suddenly the team was in chaos, and all the maids ran around screaming, after all, Mi Shu was still young, she was suddenly frightened, she fell to the ground with a small box in her hand, and rolled out. The two small silkworms inside fell out, and in the chaos, some court lady was pushed, and between the steps, the two small silkworms were trampled into meat paste. Seeing the bamboo box fall to the ground, Mi Shu wanted to catch up and pick it up. Seeing the confusion in the crowd, Yunge quickly protected Mi Shu and retreated to the side. Mi Shu saw the small silkworm in the box fell out and was stepped on, and burst into tears . The queen frowned: "What's going on?" Although her voice was not loud, she immediately calmed down the chaotic situation.The ladies of the court didn't dare to shout any more, and all knelt down. At this time, Mi Shu's cry was particularly sharp. The queen raised her eyes and saw that Yun Ge had already hurried over with Mi Shu in her arms, but Mi Shu was struggling hard and slapped Yun Ge's left eye with a palm. Then, she brought Mi Shu to the queen, saw that Tortoise took Mi Shu, then she knelt down and said, "Damn it, I frightened the little princess." The queen hurriedly took her beloved daughter from the tortoise shell, and seeing her crying loudly, her face flushed red from crying, her heart ached, she hugged her in her arms and coaxed her, "Don't cry, child, who made you cry?" Mi Shu sobbed and said: "My green clothes... my yellow clothes..." The queen frowned, and before she could ask, Yunge had already confessed: "At that time, I was only thinking about hugging the princess and letting others rush, I didn't want the silkworm box to fall to the ground and be trampled on by others, it was all slaves. no." The queen nodded and said: "It wasn't your fault, eunuch Xie, go and see what's going on?" At this time, the eunuch Xie had already arranged his team and reported back: "It was the servant girl Shen Jiao who made the wrong guard of honor, which caused the commotion." At this time, Shenjiao was also brought up, knelt on the ground and hurriedly argued: "Xiaojun, it's really not about slaves, a yellow sparrow suddenly fell from the sky and landed on slaves, so slaves screamed out in surprise, Disrupted the guard of honor." The queen asked angrily: "The oriole, what is the oriole?" The eunuch Xie hurriedly ran to the place where Shenjiao was standing, picked up the fallen oriole, and picked up a golden pill that fell on the ground beside the oriole, and presented it to the queen. The oriole had already been hit by the golden pill, fell into the crowd, and was stepped on several times by someone, so it was already bloody and bloody. The queen was disgusted and scolded: "Take it quickly, it looks disgusting." The eunuch said again: "There is a golden pill not far from the oriole. I think someone hit the oriole with a golden pill, which shocked the queen's guard of honor." The queen said in a deep voice: "Who is so arrogant and extravagant that he uses golden pills to chase birds?" The tortoise shell hurriedly whispered in the queen's ear: "The naughty boys in the palace who can chase birds with golden pills must be the two born to the Xiang family..." The queen looked down and saw her daughter crying pitifully, she couldn't help being furious: "Go and take that urchin down for me." The eunuch Xie hurriedly took orders, and hurried towards the direction where the oriole flew over with two servants. But it turned out that the two little servant boys saw that Miyue was bored, so they took her to play birds in the imperial garden for fun. Miyue used to shoot birds that were sitting on the branches, but now that her skills have improved, it is her ability to shoot the birds when they are about to fly, like a shooting star chasing the moon. When he saw a yellow sparrow flying by, he hit it casually, not wanting to cause trouble with just this one. She could only hear screams in the distance, and before she could recover, she saw the eunuch Xie leading a group of servants to grab her and bring her in front of the queen.She has always been loved by King Shang of Chu, so she was not too afraid. She only bowed to the queen, and looked up at the group of people with shining eyes. The queen looked at the golden pill in her hand with a half-smile and said, "Using gold as a pill, even I, the queen, dare not be so extravagant. It seems that the king really spoils you so much that you don't know the heights of heaven and earth, the rules and etiquette, and even Do such nonsense in the palace!" Mi Yue contradicted, "I was just hunting birds, how could I offend the queen?" The eunuch threateningly said: "How dare you be so rude in front of the queen!" I didn't want Miyue to be more courageous than others, and she didn't take him as a servant at all. When she saw the eunuch Xi pushing her hard, she got angry, and slapped her away with a wave of her hand: "Bold, I am a princess, and you are a slave. How dare you do this?" Is it wrong?" The eunuch Xie froze immediately, not daring to make another move.Seeing this, the queen snorted coldly, and the eunuch Xie hurriedly knelt down: "This servant deserves to die." The queen took the golden pill presented by the tortoise shell, handed it to Mi Yue, and asked, "Is this golden pill yours?" Mi Yue stretched out her hand to snatch it: "Give it to me." Shenjiao quickly picked up Jinwan.The queen reached out and slapped Mi Yue hard. There was a red and purple palm print on Mi Yue's face, she couldn't help covering her face, the tears rolling in her eyes resisted not falling, and asked angrily, "Why did you hit me?" The queen sneered and said: "Why? Didn't you say just now that you are a princess and he is a servant girl, and if he beats you, he is the next offender? I am the queen, and if I want to beat you, I will hit you. If I ask you, you'd better Answer it outright." Mi Yue gritted her teeth hard and glared at the queen. The queen said, "Let me ask again, did you shoot that golden pill?" The eunuch Xie had already stood up, and at this time, he pulled out the slingshot from behind Mi Yue as if asking for credit, and handed it to the queen: "Xiao Jun, this is her slingshot." The queen took the slingshot, angrily rising, threw the slingshot away, and slapped Mi Yue heavily from the other side. Mi Yue rushed towards the queen angrily, but the eunuch Xie quickly pinned her down, kicked her feet in anger, and shouted: "Let me go, let me go!" The eunuch Xie hurriedly called two servants to come up and hold Mi Yue down. The queen had never seen a child who dared to be so presumptuous in front of her, and she couldn't help but feel three points of anger turned into seven points of anger, and the tortoiseshell words just now made her feel uneasy, she sneered, and said slowly: "It seems that you really owe me The discipline is very strict, the eunuch analyzes it, pull her down, and punish her twenty!" The eunuch Xie immediately understood what was in the queen's eyes, and immediately responded: "Yes, this servant obeys!" At that moment, Mi Yue also saw the murderous intent in the queen's eyes. Although she was still young and didn't understand what the eyes represented, she was vigilant and sensitive like a small animal in her nature. She instinctively felt fear and uneasiness. , Immediately retracted her head, bit hard on the wrist of eunuch Xi, eunuch Xi let go with a cry of pain, Mi Yue bent over cleverly, turned around and ran away. The queen ordered and prohibited her in the palace, but she had never met such a lazy person, who dared to resist and run away in front of her, and smiled back in anger, and said coldly: "Eunuch Xi, are you a dead man? Haven't caught up yet." But Miyue screamed while running: "The queen is going to kill me, my father save me, my father save me!" Immediately, her screams could be heard all over the palace.What's more, Hualiu and Lu'er, the two former little servants beside her, saw that she was taken away by the eunuch Xie. Although they didn't dare to show up, it was Hualiu who went to report to the Shang Palace of the King of Chu, and Lu'er quietly followed her to observe. with. Seeing Mi Yue running out and the eunuch Xi chasing after him, Lu Er rushed out from time to time to make trouble. The eunuch Xi was furious, grabbed Lu Er and slapped her across the face several times. He hugged the eunuch Xie tightly. When the eunuch Xi was in a hurry, it was Mi Yue who saw that Lu'er was caught by the eunuch Xi, and went back and forth. She took a branch as a weapon to save Lu'er, but was caught by the eunuch Xi. He pulled it over and held Mi Yue down. Mi Yue screamed, and saw Ju Ji hastily arrived with her attendants in the distance, and said to the eunuch, "What are you going to do?" The eunuch Xie saw that he was outnumbered by the crowd, so he had no choice but to let go, and said with a smirk: "The servant is ordered by the queen to let the nine princesses go and obey." Mi Yue had already thrown herself into Ju Ji's arms and screamed: "Mother, this slave is going to beat me to death, mother save me." Startled, Ju Ji held Mi Yue's face in her hands, but seeing the purple palm prints on both sides of her face, she was furious: "Who hit it?" The eunuch Xie sneered and said: "Princess Jiu is extremely stubborn, and the Queen disciplines Princess Jiu. Does Mrs. Ju still want to blame the Queen?" Ju Ji sneered and said, "My concubine Shen'an dared to accuse the queen, but she just wanted to take the ninth princess to see the king. If the queen wants to discipline her, she should ask the king first." The eunuch was in a hurry, and stepped forward to seize Miyue, saying: "The affairs of the harem are all managed by the queen, even if you are a king, you will not interfere in these matters!" Ju Ji turned her face and said: "You low slaves, do you dare to threaten me under the pretext of the queen's will? The queen is the model of a country, how can she be unkind to the nine princesses, it must be you low slaves who provoke trouble, I only go to the king Go and talk to me." Saying that, she wanted to take Mi Yue away. But behind him, the queen's arrogant and reserved voice said: "Master Ju, do you want to block my palace rules?" The eunuch looked back, but saw the queen and her attendants rushing over, hurriedly stepped forward to meet her, and said, "Queen, this slave is about to bring the ninth princess to see you, but Mrs. Ju blocked it..." The queen gave him a cold look, snorted and said, "Useless things." But Ju Ji had already turned around, saluted the queen with a smile all over her face, and said, "My concubine sees Xiaojun. The child is rude and offends Xiaojun. I will take her back now, so that I can discipline her." The queen sneered: "Good discipline? If you know how to discipline well, how could you turn the princess of my royal family into such a savage? Since you don't know how to discipline, the little boy has to work hard to discipline himself." Ju Ji was startled, what she had been worrying about for years finally happened.She knew that the queen was a ruthless person, and would not make a move easily, but if she did, it would be a fatal blow.Although she couldn't understand why the queen turned her face at this time, she had to force her smile and replied submissively: "The nine princesses are all spoiled by the king. Queen, please forgive her for being young and ignorant, and please be kind and tolerant." The queen sneered: "You don't need to use the king to resist everything. The king has always been kind and indulged any child, but it may not be like this for other children. She is young and ignorant, so you are not young and ignorant, right?" , if she dares to shoot me with a golden pill, you should disobey my words face to face, which shows that you have not set a good example." Saying this, she ignored Ju Ji, turned around, and said to the eunuch: " What are you doing standing there!" The eunuch knew it, and hurried forward to snatch Mi Yue from Ju Ji's arms, but Ju Ji took Mi Yue and took a step back, smiling at the queen's back: "The queen has taught you well, and I know that the little princess is not good. You should offend Xiaojun, so you have already asked the king for your crime before coming here, and the king asked the slave to take the princess to interrogate himself." The queen's eyes sank, but she secretly sighed in her heart that the great opportunity was lost, and said with a sneer, "Okay, Xiaotong will go with you to meet the king and see if the king is going to interfere with the affairs of the harem that Xiaotong presides over?" With that said, he walked towards Zhang Huatai first.Ju Ji glanced at her eyes, and led the people in her palace to walk another way quickly, one in front and one in back, but they entered Zhang Huatai ahead of the queen. As soon as Mi Yue entered Zhang Huatai, she ran to King Shang of Chu crying, threw herself into his arms and shouted, "Father, father, I'm so scared, woo woo woo..." Chu Wangshang saw the little girl throwing herself into his arms, crying pitifully, her little body trembling unceasingly, his heart was also angry, when he lifted her face, and saw the red and purple palm marks on both sides of her face, he couldn't help but Shocked: "What's wrong with you, who dares to treat you like this?" Just as she was talking, the queen came in holding Mi Shu's hand, and sneered when she heard Chu Wang Shang's words: "In the eyes of the king, is there only the concubine's daughter left? Haven't you seen your mother-in-law?" The princess was also frightened, didn't she say hello to her?" Chu Wangshang looked at Mi Shu who was being pulled by the queen. Although he had stopped crying, the tears on his face were still there, and his eyes were red and swollen. He was also surprised: "Ruzi, who made you angry?" Mi Shu was already extremely wronged, but when she saw herself and Mi Yue entering the palace at the same time, she was still being dragged by her mother, but Mi Yue threw herself into her father's arms and acted like a baby. As soon as I asked, my mouth was flattened and I cried again: "My green clothes are dead, my yellow clothes are dead, woo woo woo..." King Shang of Chu was confused when he heard this, he beckoned Mi Shu to come closer, and asked, "Who is the green clothes and who is the yellow clothes?" Mi Shu whimpered and took out the bamboo box that was still tightly clutched in her hand, and handed it to Chu Wangshang: "My green clothes, my yellow clothes..." But just now she insisted that Yun Ge give her the small bamboo box. Picking up the box, he put the two dead silkworms in again, and after looking at it, he felt like crying. Chu Wangshang saw the dead silkworm in the bamboo box, and he understood it, and asked with a smile, "Your green clothes and yellow clothes are silkworms?" Mi Shu nodded with tears in her eyes. The bamboo box, the palm marks on Miyue's face, and the small bow and golden pill in the hand of the eunuch Xie, he understood most of it in his heart, so he said to Miyue, "You are hunting birds in the garden?" Miyue nodded, Then she said to Mi Shu: "Are you shocked?" Mi Shu nodded quickly, then turned to the queen and said, "I have offended the queen, and I will punish you, right?" Mi Yue pursed her mouth, she was a smart ghost, she heard the meaning of King Chu Shang's words, she covered her face and cried: "It hurts... I didn't mean it, she beat me all the time, and she still wants to stick me shoot……" Chu Wangshang's face sank: "I will stick you to death?" When the queen was about to speak, Ju Ji hurriedly laughed and said, "I think your little one misunderstood in panic. How could the queen issue such an unkind order to kill you with a stick?" The queen was furious and wanted to speak, but King Shang of Chu cast a cold glance at the eunuch and said, "Is there any?" The eunuch Xie was shocked, and plopped down on his knees to argue: "The queen only said that the little princess would be hit twenty times with the stick, but why did she ever say that the stick would kill her..." Chu Wangshang looked at the eunuch Xie coldly. Under such eyes, the eunuch Xie seemed to have nothing to hide, his back was drenched in cold sweat, his whole body trembled, and he dared not answer any more. Seeing him like this, Chu Wangshang turned to look at the queen. The queen secretly hated the eunuch's useless analysis. Stepping forward, he shouted: "You son is rude, how dare you talk nonsense in front of your face!" King Shang of Chu looked at the queen and said, "The queen has something to say slowly, why get angry." The queen saluted gracefully, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty, the affairs of concubines and concubines in the harem are the duties of concubines. The child is rude today, please ask the king to hand over the concubine to discipline him." Chu Wangshang asked back: "Dare to ask how the queen wants to discipline her?" There was an eerie silence, only the sound of Mi Shu's low sobbing.But Mi Yue stopped crying early, shrank aside obediently, and watched all this in silence. The queen went to sit down opposite Chu Wangshang, raised her chin, and the eunuch Xi hurriedly offered the golden pill and slingshot in his hand, Fengfang took the two and presented them to Chu Wangshang. Seeing that King Shang of Chu looked at the golden pill and the slingshot without saying a word, the queen said coldly: "Today, my concubine and Shu watched the silkworms come out from the violent room. They were walking in the garden with them when suddenly a golden pill fell from the sky and hit the bamboo box in Shu's hand." on..." She emphasized her tone: "If it is a few more inches away, it may land on Shu's face, or in her eyes, or even cause Shu to die..." Chu Wangshang took a look at Mi Yue, and Mi Yue immediately understood, and shouted: "Impossible, my golden pill hit the oriole, and it was the oriole that fell with the golden pill. It is impossible to hit anyone..." Speaking of which, she ran to Mi Shu, took Mi Shu's hand and asked, "Did you see the golden pill yourself, who did the oriole fall on, and how did your Can'er die?" She asked three questions in a row, but they got to the core. Just as the queen wanted to speak, Chu Wangshang waved his hand to stop her: "You let Shu speak for herself." Mi Shu has never been like her naughty boy who always likes to talk to her parents, and she has the opportunity to play freely, let alone her flexibility. Bainuo, straight to the point, heard what Chu Wangshang said, the more he thought about it, the more wronged he felt, he sobbed and said: "I don't know, I heard them screaming, my bamboo box fell to the ground without holding it, Halfway there, they were screaming, and then...then..." She burst into tears again: "My yellow and green clothes are, just..." But Mi Yue asked again: "Who did the oriole fall on?" Mi Shu pointed, "It's Shenjiao." Shen Jiao quickly knelt down and said, "It's my slave's fault. I shouldn't have screamed out loud, disturbed the guard of honor, and disturbed the princess." The queen frowned, and was about to speak, but Chu Wangshang raised his hand to stop her, and asked Mi Shu: "Did you drop your bamboo box by yourself, or was it knocked down by someone else?" This is not even asking about the possibility of being knocked down by Jin Wan, and Mi Shu never thought of this level. Instead, she tilted her head and thought about it, and became angry again: "I, I was hit by someone, so I didn't catch it!" Yes, woo..." Ju Ji immediately said cleverly: "Even if it wasn't caused by the golden pill of the ninth princess, the oriole landed and shocked the palace people after all, and it was the fault of the ninth princess. It would be too heavy for the queen to punish the nine princesses for twenty. It would be better to order The ninth princess should apologize to the eighth princess, and then ask the violent room to send a few small silkworms for the eighth princess to choose. What do you think, my lord?" Chu Wangshang already knew it in his heart.Over the years, he and the queen have been in love with each other, and the queen's temper has become more and more violent. He just couldn't bear to reprimand the queen and make the prince lose his prestige. In a country with many branches like Chu, as the king authority is especially important. It’s just that most of the queen’s actions were within his tolerance before, but now she dared to stretch her claws in front of him, which really made him want to go crazy, but seeing Ju Ji cleverly smoothed things over, he agreed in his heart, nodded and said: "This statement is very..." Before the words were finished, the queen said sharply: "No!" Mi Shu also stomped her feet and shouted: "My green clothes and yellow clothes are dead, if you pay me a hundred silkworms, it won't be my green clothes and yellow clothes anymore." The Queen also said coldly: "Why does Your Majesty question Shu? What does her child's family know? This child is flying golden pills in the Forbidden Palace. She has never hurt anyone today, and there is no guarantee that she will not hurt anyone in the future. If you don't teach me a lesson , why does the boy rule the harem!" Chu Wangshang didn't expect the queen to be so obsessed with obsession, and his face sank: "If the queen can deal with it fairly, the widow will not bother. But now that the trouble is in front of the widow, there is no reason for the widow to ignore it." The queen said sharply: "It is because the trouble is in front of the king, so the king should hand it over to the little boy. Otherwise, the affairs of the harem are complicated every day, and everyone makes trouble in front of the king. Why does the king deal with the affairs of the world? The little boy is the queen. , Isn’t it dereliction of duty.” Seeing that Chu Wangshang was so partial to favor, she also lost her temper, and she couldn’t believe that Chu Wangshang could still put this concubine’s daughter above her face. Chu Wangshang glanced at the queen, and said: "It's okay for the widow to see Shu, and Yue has been punished. The widow asked her to pass on the message. If Juji didn't stop it in time, you will make a big mistake, queen. " The queen said angrily: "Xiang's daughter shoots golden pills indiscriminately in the inner palace, causing serious trouble. If you can't kill everyone, I'm afraid that in the future, the concubine will not even dare to leave the house. I don't know when disaster will come. Isn't everyone at risk? .” King Shang of Chu was also angry: "As a queen, no matter who comes out of the harem, they are all your children. Why don't you even claim to be the daughter of Xiang's family? You have no mercy for the childish children, and you keep saying to kill them , isn’t it unkind.” The queen was very angry: "The king is in charge of the outer court, and the boy is in charge of the inner court. The boy doesn't ask about the matter of the king's outer court, but today, Ji Ji messed with my execution, and the king intervened in palace affairs. If this continues, where is the prestige of the boy? Why do you give orders?" The Sixth Palace? If the king insists on this, why does the boy continue to be in charge of the inner court, and ask the king to choose another talented person?" The queen fell to the ground, saluted elegantly and arrogantly, straightened up and looked at Chu Wangshang provocatively. The king of Chu made a few cases with all his strength: "The queen is so majestic, even the widows in the court are not as arbitrary as you, and you are not allowed to say a word. Although the queen is called a little monarch, she is attached to the king, and she is not really allowed.与君王分庭抗礼了。君王不能称职，尚要自省，王后不能称职，就该自退。你身为小君，当为举国之母仪典范。可你，却没有半点懿范慈心，今日寡人还活着，你就敢在光天化日之下，亲自动手对付寡人的骨肉。有朝一日若是寡人不在了，你是不是要杀尽王室血胤，毁我宗室？”他被王后所激怒，说到最后，终于将不忍说破的隐事，也说了出来。 王后怔住了，楚王商这一言诛心，她既觉得惶恐，又觉得愤怒。她脸色骤然变得惨白，嘴唇颤抖着想说什么却没能说出口，整个人都如风中落叶颤抖，终于尖厉地嘶喊起来：“大王这是何意，妾乃大王元妃，嫁与大王三十年，生儿育女、主持后宫、祭祀宗庙，多年来含辛茹苦、两鬓成霜，如今连公孙都有了。而今日，您居然为了几个媵妾和庶女，要将妾身的颜面踩在脚底下吗？”她说到最后，已经是克制不住，掩而而泣。 楚王商见状，心中略有不忍，想到方才她的骄横，转眼看到芈月脸上的掌痕，心中又硬了起来，长叹一声道：“寡人一直记得，你是寡人的元妃，所以你在后宫任意妄为，寡人一直睁一只眼闭一只眼，可你并没有感念寡人的容忍，反而得寸进尺，更加的骄横狠毒。”他拉过芈月，指着她脸上的掌痕：“如此不仁不慈，下手狠毒，这样的事就算是放到朝堂上公议，到宗庙里问列祖列宗，你也没有资格继续做这个王后了！” 王后死死地瞪着楚王商，两人的表情对峙，终于王后脸上的强势渐渐崩塌，她慢慢伏下身子，两只手用力抠住地面，撑住身体艰难地说出了一句话：“妾身……知罪……一切但听大王……处置！” 楚王商长长地松了一口气，若是王后坚持到底，他竟是要面临两难选择了，如今他一声长叹，道：“九公主没收金丸，以后不许在宫中用任何弓箭弹丸，罚其闭门思过一月。王后有失母仪，罚俸一年。八公主受了惊吓，赐锦衣一袭，幼蚕一盒安抚。寺人析冒犯公主，杖二十。” 王后浑身一震，缓缓地应下：“是，谨遵大王之命。”她双手紧握成拳，左手中指的指甲已经在她按住地面时用力过猛绷断了，她忍痛握住掌心，咬紧牙关不让眼泪继续流下来，行完礼，说完话，竟觉得已经不似自己的了。强撑着将一系列的行为完成，便挺起身来，长长的衣袖落下，遮住了她的双拳：“妾告退。” 楚王商点了点头，王后站起身来，脸色铁青径直而去。玳瑁看了看地上断裂的半根指甲，悄悄拾起来，拉起哭得打嗝的芈姝，急忙追了出去。王后所带的宫女侍从们也随着一窝蜂地退出去了。 楚王商看着王后的背影，忽然间脸色潮红，用力按着头，呼吸紧促。莒姬正在安抚芈月，见状忙放下芈月扑上来惊呼：“大王，大王，您怎么了？” 楚王商喘了好一会儿，才渐渐平息，摇了摇头：“寡人无事。” 莒姬忧虑地看着楚王商，近来楚王商身体渐衰，甚至连脾气都变得暴躁异常，幸而她机灵温婉，每每能够安抚楚王商的情绪，因此渐渐得了独宠。可这份人人称羡的独宠背后，却是沉甸甸的危机。她此时得宠越甚，将来的危机就越是临近。这份荣宠多么脆弱，而她所恃的儿子虽然已经有了，却还仍然是个年幼的孩子，楚王商的身体，根本不足以撑到孩子的长大啊。 不提莒姬心中忧虑，且说王后自入主楚宫以来，从来没遇到这样的难堪和羞辱。她急匆匆地走回所居的渐台内殿，怒气不息，将几案上的物件统统扫落地下。 吓得玳瑁连忙上前扶她道：“小君息怒，仔细伤着了手。” 王后坐下来，喘息渐定，好半日才恨恨地道：“老匹夫，竟敢如此辱我，教我还有何颜面立足于世！” 玳瑁大惊失色：“小君慎言。” 王后冷笑：“慎言、慎行？小童慎得还不够吗，慎到今日，竟是连存身之地都没有了！” 玳瑁连忙上前抚着王后的胸口让她平息怒气：“小君近日心浮气躁，太医说过您要安心静养，千万勿要动气。” 王后颓然掩面：“我近来天癸渐竭，与大王再无承恩之可能了。我……我看着那些贱妇，心中恨不得把她们统统给杀了！” 玳瑁知道妇人绝经之时，最是情绪不稳，近来王后一直喜怒无定，便是内侍宫婢也打杀了好多个，却不想她今日竟在楚王商面前发作起来，导致惹下大祸来。她心中叹息，口中却劝道：“小君且安心调理，您将来还要看着太子登上大位，看着公主出嫁，看着公孙渐渐长大，您要长命百岁，可比什么都来得强。” 王后咬牙切齿道：“若有那一日，我要教那些贱妇，一个也别想活下来！” 正说着，转身却见芈姝怯怯地站在门口，她从来不曾见母亲发这么大的脾气，顿时吓住了。 王后敛下心神，将爱女抱住道：“姝今日可被吓着了？” 芈姝点点头，忽然就哭了：“母后，母后，您别吓我，我好生害怕！” 王后只得安抚着她：“勿惧，勿惧，母后在呢，必会让我儿无忧无惧。” 很多年以后芈姝想起来，这是她和芈月的第一次见面，她就输了。但是，后来她忘记了这次见面，她想，也许是那时候她还太小。