Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen

"Ah..." I made excuses at random, "I heard that Hong'er's health is not very good, she's always crying and fussing. I think we should go back to the palace early..." When I rushed back to the palace, the first thing I asked about was about Shanshan's nephew, and I was warned not to disclose any of this matter to Shanshan, and Shanshan's family members were strictly prohibited from entering the palace recently. Ruyi told me that during the time I was on my way, the Ministry of Criminal Justice had already investigated the matter thoroughly.Zhao Wuyao fell in love with an official prostitute named Zhenji very much in the Aifeng Tower, and wanted to take her as a concubine. He originally set a date to redeem her with money, but unexpectedly bumped into her and the queen's younger brother You Tuyuan naked on the bed , couldn't help but get angry from it, the two sides moved their hands, and Zhao Wuyao killed You Tuyuan during the conflict.

I frowned and listened to Ruyi's words, secretly hating Zhao Wuyao for being so unprogressive, for doing such things for a prostitute. I thought about this matter for a while, and then asked: "What about the prostitute named Zhenji?" The first law since Qin Dynasty is death to the murderer, and Dayin is the same.But because the matter involved the empress dowager and empress of the dynasty, the Ministry of Punishment did not dare to make a judgment, so it was handed over to King Quan Yu for handling.If Zhao Wuyao has difficulties in this matter, then I can also plead in front of King Quan Yu.For example, You Tuyuan made a mistake first and forced Zhen Ji, who was about to redeem himself, to receive him.

I don't want Ruyi to say: "The prostitute named Zhenji is the witness, proving that Zhao Wuyao killed You Tuyuan on the spot, saying that he wants to avenge You Tuyuan." "What? Revenge?" "I heard... Zhenji has a lot of friendship with You Tuyuan. He is her first man. The official prostitute in the Aifeng Tower said that Zhenji secretly looked down on Zhao Wuyao and disliked his countryman background. He didn't even have a word. I know it. It’s just that a man wanted to redeem her, and Zhao Wuyao was infatuated with her, so he agreed, so he took advantage of the last few days in Aifenglou to hang out with You Tuyuan, but he didn’t want to be bumped into by Zhao Wuyao. on."

I patted the table again after listening to it, and said angrily: "Zhao Wuyao, kid! Because of a flirtatious woman like Zhenji, he caused me such trouble." But if I get angry, I can't let him go, even if he is Shanshan's nephew.The older Shanshan is, the more she doesn't care about right or wrong, she only depends on her feelings. With her current body, if Zhao Wuyao really died because of this, she might suffer some kind of blow. I had to hurry to Qinzheng Hall to find King Quan Yu.He was very happy to see me, and was about to tell me about Hong'er, I interrupted him and asked directly: "Can you let Zhao Wuyao go and give him a way out."

King Quan Yu was a little surprised, and said to me: "Don't you know what Zhao Wuyao committed?" "I know that he deserves death...but you should know about Shanshan's body. If something like this happens to her family, she will be sad and ashamed. I can't let her suffer such a blow." King Quan Yu thought for a while, and said not very optimistically: "Nuxi, I know your feelings for Shanshan. But, if I let Zhao Wuyao go because of this, then where is Dayin's law, what is my face, and how can I block you?" Let everyone talk, slave, have you ever thought about it? There is still a tricky place, the queen came to me with tears two days ago, and said..."

At this moment, someone came in from outside and said: "The queen mother, the emperor, the queen is asking to see you outside." King Quan Yu and I looked at each other, and I thought that the queen must have rushed here after hearing that I was with King Quan Yu. Sure enough, the queen came in just now, and didn't even salute King Quan Yu, so she knelt beside me and wept, "Your Majesty, please be the master of this concubine and my younger brother. Zhao Shanshan's nephew killed my younger brother, Please, Empress Dowager, must bring the murderer to justice..." The empress spoke righteously, and I was a little flustered, and said with a guilty conscience: "This matter is about human life, so it should not be judged lightly. It needs to be investigated thoroughly before we can be convicted."

"The first article of Dayin's national law is that the murderer dies, not to mention that there are indeed witnesses, and the words are convincing. The Queen Mother may be annoyed by seeing the courtiers and concubines, but the murderer is the nephew of Zhao Shanshan, who is relied on by the Queen Mother. Everyone knows Zhao Shanshan's momentum Not small, the concubine was afraid that her younger brother would die in vain, so she was flustered and begged the Queen Mother regardless of decency... Please, the Queen Mother must be the master for the concubine!" The queen took retreat as advance, and took the lead in prosecuting Zhao Wuyao's relationship with Shanshan and me, which made me speechless for a while, unable to advance or retreat.

Seeing that she had achieved her goal, the queen turned around and knelt down to King Quan Yu, kowtowed her head and said, "Your Majesty, I have been married to you for so many years. My son was exiled to a barren land because of corruption and crimes. Even though my heart hurts, I dare not say anything. Now that this happened, I hope that the emperor can handle it impartially as always, regardless of personal feelings. Please also be considerate of my age. , but still have to suffer such pain of bereavement, and wash his face with tears every day..." The queen reminded King Quan Yu of what happened last year, and it is estimated that this is the tricky part that King Quan Yu said just now.

It would be fine if Zhao Wuyao killed an ordinary person...but it happened to be the queen's younger brother, how could she let it go?What's more, what happened last year. Seeing the queen crying, and King Quan Yu being in a dilemma, I could only pull the queen up, and said weakly: "If it is confirmed that Zhao Wuyao really killed someone for no reason... the Ai family will definitely handle it fairly." Although Zhao Wuyao is like this, even I can't wait to kill him, but I really have to think about Shanshan, and the only hope I can save him now is probably that official prostitute named Zhenji.I quietly sent Jingming over to lure her with benefits, hoping that she could overturn the previous confession, but I didn't expect that prostitute to be so determined, and Jingming came back after being stunned.

Zhao Wuyao's conviction has been delayed for a long time, and some people have begun to discuss it secretly, so time is getting tighter and tighter.While I was depressed, I paid more attention to being with Shanshan. Shanshan had served me for so long, and felt my abnormality, and worriedly asked me if something happened. I shook my head at her, telling her not to think too much, and then asked her how she was eating recently, and whether she still had no appetite. As always, Shanshan replied with good news but not bad news: "Recently, my appetite has improved a lot, and I can eat anything. No, I just got hungry for glutinous rice balls at noon, so I ordered the small kitchen to make some. The old servant ate half a bowl."

"Tangyuan is made of glutinous rice, it is not easy to digest, you should eat as little as possible..." I said to Shanshan, when I suddenly mentioned glutinous rice balls, something came to my mind. I found an excuse to say goodbye to Shanshan in a hurry, and when I went out, I told my servants: "Tell General Ling to come to Eryu Palace to see Ai's family quickly, Ai's family has urgent matters to find him." When Ling Xin came to Eryu Palace, a curtain had already been set up between me and him. Behind the curtain, I straight to the point and said to him: "General Ling, the Ai family is looking for you this time because of your request." "What can the Empress Dowager ask my servants for help?" Xu Shi Lingxin considered himself the emperor's younger brother, so he spoke to me differently from others, speaking calmly, neither humble nor overbearing. "You must have heard about Shanshan's nephew Zhao Wuyao recently. You should also know about the relationship between Shanshan and Aijia. The key to this matter lies in Zhenji's rhetoric. Aijia heard that General Ling has a good relationship with Aifenglou , so I think maybe we can ease the matter through you." "What does the Empress Dowager mean to ask Zhenji to revise the confession?" Ling Xin heard my intention and replied bluntly. "It doesn't do her any harm." I said slowly, "Speaking of which, the reason why this matter happened like this is because this woman has both sides. If Zhao Wuyao dies, she will die too. But if she saves Zhao Wuyao Aijia can save her life, redeem her body, and give her freedom." "Does the queen mother really think that the temptation of profit can change everything, and never believe in the truth in the world?" I didn't expect Ling Xin to say such words suddenly. "What the Queen Mother can give her is probably too light. Her lover died because of her, and she doesn't want to live anymore. So even the servants may not be able to change the will of this humble woman." "Is General Ling humiliating Aijia by saying that?" "I dare not do this, I just want to tell the Queen Mother the truth. Unfortunately, I was also in the Aifeng Tower that day, so I saw Zhao Wuyao's domineering under the protection of the Queen Mother's wings. It can be said that Zhao Wuyao's generation should die to save the queen mother's name. If Zhenji changes his mind, I will stand up and testify again." I blushed and turned pale at what Ling Xin said, and the room fell into silence for a while. I heard Ling Xin on the other side of the curtain sigh softly, and then said: "If the Queen Mother has nothing else to do, I will take my leave first." He didn't seem to like staying here, so he got up and left before leaving.I thought for a while, this Ling Xin is really a "duplicate" person, he looks so gentle on the outside, but his behavior is so tough and unruly. Zhao Wuyao was finally sentenced to death, and I have no power to recover.I could only strictly instruct the palace people not to disclose this matter to Shanshan, and Shanshan's third brother and his wife wanted to see each other several times, but I stopped them outside the palace. It was a gloomy day, and a cold wind was blowing outside, blowing many petals and leaves to the ground.Zhao Wuyao is scheduled to execute at noon today, since I can't save him, I specifically request to execute him earlier, so as not to have long nights and dreams.I dealt with the chores in the harem in the morning, and was being served for lunch. I was thinking about how to see Shanshan for a while, when I heard the sound of trotting outside, and after a while, I saw Nian Huan walking in with a panting Fangguan.Fang Guan usually served by Shan Shan's side, only to hear her urgently say: "Queen Dowager, Queen Mother, Aunt Shan Shan is calling you, telling you to come over!" This is the first time Shanshan asked me to go and see her.Although Shanshan's health is getting worse and worse, sometimes she can't even get out of bed, but she always drags her sick body to visit me, and it's the first time for me to visit her. I had a bad premonition in my heart, immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks, and hurried to the room where Shanshan lived. When I turned to the corridor, I was stunned by the scene in front of me.Shanshan knelt outside the door of the house, ignoring the dissuasion of the surrounding palace people, and couldn't afford to kneel for a long time. I hastily stepped forward to grab her, and said anxiously: "Shan, what are you doing, get up!" Shanshan raised her head to look at me, her eyes were red and swollen as big as walnuts, and she said with tears, "Miss... the old slave can't get to you anymore... I can't stand up... miss, Save Wu Yao, please save Wu Yao..." It turned out that she had heard about Zhao Wuyao after all, and I didn't have time to find out who leaked the news, so I could only try my best to pull Shanshan up and said: "Shan, you stand up first, it's windy outside..." Shanshan desperately shook her head, just said: "I beg you to save Wu Yao, please..." When I saw this, I could only explain to Shanshan: "Shan, forgive me for not telling you...he is your nephew, it's not that I didn't try to save him, it's just that his crime is too great, and I can't think of a way." Shanshan kept saying, "I beg you, save him, don't let him die..." "Shan, do you know how big a crime he has committed? For an official prostitute..." Shanshan interrupted me rudely for the first time, not allowing me to explain at all, and cried again: "Miss, no matter how big a mistake he has made, please save him for the sake of this old servant, please... ..." I looked at Shanshan in disbelief, is Shanshan old and confused?It doesn't matter what happened, she was not such a person before.Or is it true that as Ling Xin said, the people in their family relied on my favor to do evil outside, and now Shanshan has become like this?Use my favor to do things that are sorry to me. Zhao Wuyao's troubles for me have already made me feel a lot of dissatisfaction. Now that Shanshan is threatening me like this, I can't help but turn cold, let go of Shanshan and said without a tone: "This matter has been judged. A quarter of an hour is the execution time. Shan, if you want to kneel like this, you can just kneel... Ah, Shan, you really let me down..." After I finished speaking, I made up my mind to turn around and leave with the palace servants. After walking a few steps, I heard a shrill cry from behind. I turned my head in surprise, and couldn't believe that it was the voice of the always dignified Shanshan. Shanshan was still kneeling there, she kowtowed non-stop, and said, "I beg you, please save this old slave's son..." What?son?What, good son? I opened my eyes wide and looked at Shan Shan with messy hair.She looked at me, her face was full of shame, her lips trembled and she repeated: "Wu Yao, son..." Before she could finish speaking, Shan couldn't hold herself back and fainted on the ground. I watched the people around me panic, and my mind went blank for a while.Shan Shan said about her son... I suddenly trembled and said, "Quick, save Wu Yao, hurry—" I held Shanshan's hand lying on the bed, weeping non-stop, her hand was so hot, she was having a high fever. Shanshan's head was shaking from side to side, as if troubled by some nightmare, until she opened her eyes, saw me, and looked at me expectantly. I turned my head with tears in my eyes, I didn't know how to answer Shanshan.It was too late when I sent someone over... Shanshan may have sensed it, but she still asked me with a glimmer of hope: "Miss, Wu Yao... Wu Yao..." Seeing such kindness, my tears flowed even more violently. I dare not speak, let alone know what to say. "Ah..." Shanshan said weakly, "Are you dead..." She fainted again after saying these words. During those three days, Shanshan fell into a coma repeatedly, but when she woke up, she just cried, and she didn't even want to look at me, she just cried by herself.Seeing her like this, I couldn't stop crying. Although I kept saying comforting words to her, I already knew it was useless. I repeatedly asked her, why didn't she tell me, why didn't she tell me that Wu Yao was her son earlier.Shanshan didn't answer, until one day she suddenly murmured: "You hate Chengsi, and you also hate Wu Yao..." So... Seeing how I treat Dan Chengsi like this, Shanshan thinks that if I hate all my father's children, I will hate her son too, right? I shook my head desperately and explained: "Shan, I don't hate, I don't hate your son, he is my brother, I love him, he is my brother..." But Shanshan's eyes were confused, but he couldn't hear anything Arrived. The imperial doctors guarded the Shanshan Palace all night, but they secretly told me that Shanshan was originally weak, but now he was in a hurry, his body was seriously overdrawn, and there was no cure. They asked me to prepare for the funeral early... But I still forced the imperial doctor to do bloodletting Medication, don't want to give up, because I can't imagine what it would be like without Shanshan by my side. At dusk on the third day, Shanshan woke up suddenly, her complexion was rosy, as if she had recovered all of a sudden.I was overjoyed, and hurriedly went to talk to Shanshan, who looked at me lovingly, stroked my hair, and slowly shed tears.She said softly to me: "Miss... this old slave doesn't want to part with you. The ancestral grave, please go to Dan's ancestral grave on behalf of this old slave..." After she said these two sentences, she closed her eyes and never opened them again... I fell on Shanshan's body, weeping uncontrollably.But I know that she is tired, she is too tired. I can't bother her anymore. I felt her body lose temperature a little bit and become stiff a little bit.I called her tirelessly, "Shanshan, mother. Mother." Shanshan, I have never called you that, but do you know that in my heart, you have long been my mother... I was wearing white filial hemp, and I listened to other people's comforting words with no expression on my face. My tears have been shed for so many days.Shanshan, you should know the reason why I don't like to wear white clothes... because I don't want to bear this kind of pain anymore. Later, I went out of the palace to Shanshan's third brother's house, and their family was also holding a funeral for Wu Yao.Wu Yao died with a severed head, and later hired a body repairer to connect his whole body. I slowly lifted the white cloth covering Wu Yao's face. It was a handsome face, not at all like the third brother of Shanshan rustic. I don’t know if it’s my psychological effect, but I think he looks so similar to Shanshan in some aspects, he is my younger brother, maybe he looks a bit like me. I asked the third brother and his wife about Wu Yao's life experience, and they said in amazement, "Is Wu Yao's child really the eldest sister's child?" I was taken aback.They told me that their husband and wife were infertile, and one day when the third brother's wife got up in the morning, she saw a baby boy placed at the door of the house with a note and some soft belongings stuffed in it.They didn't understand the words on the note, but after looking for someone to read, it was written that the child was named Wu Yao.The third brother's wife looked around but did not see anyone, so she understood that this was an abandoned child, and the couple happened to have no children, so they raised the child.But one day when the third brother's wife was cleaning the yard, they found a handkerchief scratched on the fence wall. The pattern on the handkerchief was the pattern that Shan Shan often embroidered, so there was suspicion.Weeping again, they added that no matter whose child Wu Yao was, they raised them as if they were their own.But they didn't train him to be a talent, but they were ashamed of his sister. I have never heard anyone say that Shanshan had a child. She must have found out that she had a child and was ashamed of my mother, so she concealed it and gave birth to the child quietly and abandoned it at her brother's house.Later, when Shanshan saw that I hated Dan Chengsi so much, he didn't dare to tell me about it, and could only care about his son in secret. I recalled that Shanshan had inquired about Wu Yao many times before, and often told his third brother and wife to educate Wu Yao well. Presumably, he had great expectations for Wu Yao, hoping that he would become famous so that he could recognize me.She named her son Wu Yao, how affectionate is that for my father. Although Wu Yao who did such a thing is annoying, but he grew up in such an environment, how much he was dragged down.If he had grown up as my father and Shanshan's son, he would definitely not be what he is now.Shanshan's son must be a handsome and sensible son. Ah... why am I so unlucky, and am I the one who caused this misfortune... At this time, I should have shared the family happiness with Shanshan and my younger brother. I came to the ancestral grave of the Dan family in accordance with Shanshan's last wish. It was a place I avoided deliberately. As a daughter, I never came here to worship my father, and now I am still indifferent. I don't know the reason why Shanshan ordered me to come here before she died. Did she want me to reconcile with my father, or did she hope that I would let the Dan's family go. After all, the Dan family used to be high officials of the imperial court for several generations, and their ancestral graves were built on a piece of geomantic land, but it is a pity that after I took power, it gradually declined.I found the cemetery watcher in the simple thatched hut and asked him where the tomb of my father Dan Yunshang was. The old man was getting old, he squinted his eyes and looked at me for a while, and suddenly asked: "You are the second lady of General Dan, right? One named Zhao Shanshan, tell me that you will come later and ask me to guide you." The second lady of the Dan family?It's been a long time since anyone called me that.So Shanshan has arranged all this long ago, so what exactly did she ask me to come over to see? After the old man finished speaking, he led me out, only then did I realize that he was half limping, leaning on crutches, and was very excited when he walked up and down.He led me away, but passed Dan's ancestral grave, I followed him quickly, wondering anxiously what was ahead. He took me to an unused wasteland outside Dan's ancestral grave. Just beside Dan's ancestral grave, under the cover of trees, there was an inconspicuous small grave. The grave watcher told me that he used to be my father's lieutenant general, and my father was kind to him in knowing him and saving his life. Therefore, after his father died, he volunteered to come here to guard Dan's grave for the rest of his life.He said that my father's last wish was to be buried with my mother. For this reason, he abandoned the name of the Dan family. After burying it in the ancestral grave, he asked the grave watcher to quietly move the tomb here. But wasn't my mother's body was hastily disposed of by my father and thrown into the wasteland?It turned out that Shanshan quietly found my mother's body back later, and spent some money to bury my mother here.My father was short of breath at the time, and he turned a blind eye when he knew Shanshan's deeds. Later, he buried himself here after his death. After hearing this, instead of being moved, I felt a burst of anger.What is father like this?Back then, he abused my mother until she died. Can he make up for it by burying her with my mother after death?Can I forgive him?It won't help if he does this, he doesn't deserve to be buried with my mother at all! I want to order to separate my father's tomb from my mother's. I want to build my mother's tomb in a better place, far away from this hateful Dan family.It was just at this moment that I suddenly thought that Shanshan must have kept this from me because she was afraid that such a thing would happen.And before she died, she told me that her wish was to be buried here with my mother and father, right, Shanshan? That was Shanshan's last wish, and it was Shanshan's last request to me.Thinking of this, I feel sad for a while.Maybe I really... did too many wrong things. After a while, I also moved Shanshan’s tomb here, and let her be buried with the lady she has always been loyal to and the man she loved all her life. I also classified Wu Yao as the ancestral tomb of Dan’s family, changed his surname to Dan, and officially recognized his identity. I called Shanshan's family and told them that even if Shanshan died, as long as I was still alive, my favor to them would not change.I also hope that they can do things that live up to Shanshan's expectations. The children in the family must go to school to read and read when they reach the age.They were all grateful, and the soft sobbing of one of the women was even more eye-catching. I saw that she was the niece who often went to the palace to talk with Shanshan and had the best relationship with her. She is also missing Shanshan, is she sad for Shanshan like me?Me too, I can think of Shanshan no matter what I see, even after a month, I still can't calm down, and now seeing her family members who are exactly like her is full of emotions. I walked through a kneeling crowd, came to the woman, stretched out my hand to pull her up, looked at her carefully, and always felt that her eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Shanshan, and I said to her: "Didn't you want to Entering the palace? Can you be as loyal to Aijia and love Aijia as your aunt?" The woman's eyes turned red, and she said: "That's also what Aunt Shan told me when she was alive. She said that our family should be loyal to the Queen Mother and serve the Queen Mother all my life. I can, no, this slave can." Thinking of Shanshan always thinking of me, I don't care about dignity at this time, I took her hand and wiped away my tears.I changed the girl's name to Shanruo, hoping that she will be by my side like Shanshan in the future. That night I dreamed of Shanshan, she didn't say anything, just smiled at me... "Nu Xi, what's wrong with you? I heard you crying." King Quan Yu pushed me awake and called me. I wiped the tears that fell from the corners of my eyes, and said sadly in the arms of King Quanyu: "I dreamed of Shanshan... I think she must be with my mother now, very happy..." After Shanshan left, I became more and more a loner, and only Ruyi and Xingdan were the only old people left in Eryu Palace, Jiuzhen and Cusi were not around.So I repeatedly wrote to Jiuzhen to urge her to return to the palace as soon as possible, and even sent a hand letter to King Duanyu begging him to persuade Jiuzhen. The harem is still as dull as before. The passing of Shan Shan made me hate the queen. I don't care who is right and who is wrong. Kindness will not die prematurely with hatred.The idea of ​​pushing Shao He to the back and making my two children the first princes became stronger and stronger in my mind.At this time, Shao He has reached the position of concubine Shu, only one step away from the empress. Just like the first emperor, King Quan Yu doesn't love his queen, and sometimes I can feel his deliberate indifference and hidden hatred towards her.From an emotional point of view, it is not difficult for King Quan Yu to abolish the empress, but he has never acted with emotion in his work. If it hadn't been for something that happened, he would not have considered such a major event. One month later it will be the Queen's birthday, and Shang Yi Bureau presented the arrangements for the birthday feast to me for review, which are basically the same as in the past, such as banquets for wives, musical performances, juggling troupes, temple donations, and rewards for everyone. I watched the long scroll suddenly put down, leaned on the low table, pulled the robe that had slipped off the shoulders, and sighed to the queen and other concubines below: "The Ai family recently copied scriptures for the deceased, and gained a lot of insights. The world is impermanent, don't look at our rich clothes and food, but these food and use are just floating clouds. Perhaps it is precisely because Concubine Huixian realized these things that she didn't covet vain positions and became rich early. It's really impressive Admiration. If the Ai family didn't have a young daughter under their knees, I'm afraid they would have gone with her long ago." I have said this because many concubines in the harem have not been favored by the emperor these years, and have nothing to do, so they simply imitated the nuns of Zhenshou to become a monk and wanted to be quiet. Concubine Huixian was just a few days ago A monk.After saying this, I stared at the queen, the meaning is self-evident, if you are sensible enough, you should learn from Concubine Huixian and become a monk earlier! The queen's face was not very good-looking, but she pretended not to understand and said: "Concubine Xian's behavior is noble and pure, but this kind of behavior of abandoning her husband is not advocated by concubines. Besides, how many people can really achieve success and retire?" What? There are very few such models.” What the queen meant was that it was I who failed to retire after all my achievements. As the queen mother, I still occupy the power of the harem.I snorted coldly, rolled up the memorial book slowly, and said: "Last year's harvest was not good. This year when the emperor mentioned it to Ai's family, he also said that the harem expenses should be kept as simple as possible. Ai's family has no plans to organize this year's birthday banquet. Your Majesty." I'm afraid your birthday banquet will not be publicized, but your empress...let's keep it simple." In fact, because of Shanshan's death, I didn't plan to hold this year's birthday banquet at all. From that day on, the conflict between me and the queen was finally unavoidable.Because the real power of the harem is in my hands, food and clothing expenses are all approved from me, so Fengyi Palace has been secretly deducted many times.Life in Fengyi Palace was tight, Concubine De dared not say anything for fear of implicating her daughter, and the other low-status concubines were even more afraid to speak. If I treat the queen like this, sooner or later she will be unable to restrain herself and do something outrageous, and I am waiting for such an opportunity.One day I was holding Hong'er, Shao He was holding Wu'er, and we were playing in the Royal Garden with the child.At this time, I caught a glimpse of a figure, and I asked, "Who is behind the tree?!" After a while Ge Min came out from behind the tree tremblingly, knelt down to pay his respects and said, "I pay my respects to the Empress Dowager." I looked at this child, and thought that he was so willing to get close to me before, but now he will only hide when he sees me.Probably he was also going to come to the Royal Garden, and happened to see me there, so he hurriedly retreated, and happened to be caught by me. I asked displeasedly: "After the third prince arrived at Fengyi Palace, he became less and less ignorant of the rules, and I don't know how the empress usually teaches you?" Ge Min pursed his lips tightly, and it took him a long time to reply: "Just now, the boy minister didn't see the empress dowager." No wonder he looks like this now, he must be hating me for causing his mother to become a monk, and causing him to be reduced to the current field.I was too lazy to talk to him, and I didn't want to pursue anything further. At this moment, Wu'er walked towards him step by step, curiously wanting to pick up the jade pendant around his waist, but Ge Min covered his waist to keep him from moving, and he was deadlocked like this with.Ge Min suddenly pushed Wu'er away and said angrily, "You are not allowed to steal my things!" Wu'er was pushed to the ground, startled for a moment, then burst into tears. Because it happened so suddenly, Shao He and I were dumbfounded.Then Shao He hurried to help Wu'er, patting the dust off his body for him, feeling distressed as if he had lost a piece of flesh, then turned around and blamed Ge Min: "The fourth prince is young and ignorant, just want to see your jade pendant, you How did you make the move..." I stretched out my hand to stop Shao He from talking any further, and didn't say anything more to blame Ge Min. I just asked Shao He to take Wu'er and said softly, "Let's go." In the evening I said to King Quan Yu: "Shao He chatted today and said that she is very busy every day, and the kid is very naughty, and the two boys are even more difficult to serve." King Quan Yu casually asked while undressing: "And then?" "Then? I envy her. It's not like me. Now I'm so idle every day." King Quan Yu smiled and said, "Is it good to be busy?" I said angrily: "You men naturally don't understand. Any mother who sees her child is not happy, no matter how hard or tired she is, her heart is sweet." King Quan Yu shook his head helplessly, "But those two boys are indeed very naughty, Wu'er is better, and Hong'er is a tosser despite his young age. Last time I hugged him, he pulled my beard so painfully, while I didn't pay attention, he drool a lot on the memorial." Hearing these actions of Hong'er, I couldn't help laughing too.We chatted about the two children again, and then I suddenly said to King Quan Yu: "Today I took the children to play with Shao He in the Royal Garden, and I happened to see Ge Min, and that child seemed very dissatisfied with me now. " After having Wu'er and Hong'er, King Quan Yu's thoughts were all on these two sons. When Ge Min was mentioned, he felt a little strange for a while, but then he reacted and said, "How could it be?" I showed a worried look and said: "Accordingly, it shouldn't be like this. But I'm afraid his mother, or the queen said something to him, which made him hate me. Not to mention wronging me, and telling the child these things What is the intention of the matter, and it is not good for the child. Ge Min pushed Wuer a little today, I really don’t know how the queen taught Ge Min when he took Ge Min back." "The empress has never been good at these things, and the eldest son Zhong was taught to be good or bad by her. No matter what the empress thinks, she can't help you. Didn't I entrust you with all matters in the harem?" "How can that be done? After all, Ge Min is your child. It's not a good thing to separate their brothers like this." "That's all, I see that you are so busy. Having two sons is not enough, and you have to worry about other people's affairs. Min'er's affairs are up to you. You care about others, but you have left me in the cold for so long, and you haven't seen me. Waiting for you with open arms?" I leaned against his arms coquettishly, and King Quan Yu whispered in my ear: "You've been putting on airs with me recently, tell me how long it's been since you let me touch you?" "I'm worried about your body, you really don't know how to be kind..." "I pay attention to replenishing every day now. You look very strong. I will go hunting in a few days, and I will make you a fur scarf..." After speaking, the candle was extinguished, and the two were lingering together. This happened exactly when King Quan Yu came back from hunting.We have always been better than newlyweds, and King Quan Yu is always in high spirits every time he comes back from hunting.We hid in King Quanyu's bedroom, which was the most official residence of the emperor, and it was extremely luxuriously furnished. There is a huge bed in the center of Changchun Hall, the four corners are supported by carved golden dragon heads, and the two sides are supported by two red horned wood in the shape of phoenix heads.The bed is covered with beautifully embroidered brocade quilts, with large peony patterns, tigers, divine carvings and other patterns on it, striving to combine rigidity and softness.There are several layers of soft and thin red curtains hanging on the bed. A slight tremor on the bed is like a breeze blowing, and the layers of waves are very beautiful. The patterns of dragons encircling phoenixes and flying are embroidered on the curtains, which are full of hints and attract people reverie.Around the bed are clothes hangers, lotus flower seat candles, bronze incense burners, etc., all of which are extremely delicate and gorgeous.There are several charming portraits of slender-eyed women sitting or leaning on the wall, all implying that this is a place for the emperors of all dynasties to enjoy. Right now, King Quan Yu and I are like mandarin ducks crossing necks, talking love words to each other, lingering ecstasy, my sweaty hands tightly grasping the brocade quilt under me, watching the veil above tremble, exhaling like blue , and soon felt a burst of dizziness. "Nuxi? Nuxi?" I opened my blurred eyes, my face was hot, and I saw King Quan Yu, who was also sweating profusely, calling me worriedly. "I'm fine," I said softly, reaching out to wipe the sweat off his brow, "I feel very happy." I thought how strange it was, after so many years, we didn't get tired of each other's bodies, but instead More and more familiar, more and more harmonious. King Quan Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and said apologetically, "I'm a little too impatient today." I looked at this man in front of me. After so many years together, he taught me how to be a woman and how to please others. "Then I should punish you a little too." I said softly, turning myself against him, leaning myself on him, my long hair pouring down like satin.I pushed them aside and leaned down to kiss or bite his taut body. Layers of red curtains made the sunlight from the hall dim on the bed, but this did not prevent the two people from seeing each other's bodies clearly. The bronze lion body next to the dragon bed exhaled a sweet and greasy aroma.King Quan Yu closed his eyes and frowned slightly, as if he was holding back something. After a while, he was eager to pull me onto him, but I didn't obey him. He was a little annoyed, and said with uneven breathing: "Bad thing, when did you learn to torture people... now The only thing that can make Emperor Dayin suffer is you..." The two of us fought like this for a while, and finally the curtain on the bed trembled again. 权禹王享受着愉悦，他神情迷乱地说：“朕总算知道为什么商纣王为妲己而亡国，周幽王为褒姒而不惜烽火戏诸侯……男人坐拥天下，而女人在龙床上征服男人。朕是你的，你想要什么朕都给你……” 正在这时，外面传来了一阵嘈杂的声音，殿外守卫皆是忠心权禹王的人，早就吩咐说不得让任何人踏进畅春殿半步，也不知道外面发生了什么事。 我稍稍分神，权禹王的大手压扶住我的腰身，喘着粗气说：“别管那些，不会有事的……” “皇后，皇上正在休息，吩咐不得任何人入内！”似乎殿外的门突然被打开了，外面的声音也一下子变得清晰起来。 话音刚落，皇后已经闯了进来，来到了我们屋子的床前。外面的侍卫不敢一并跟进来，所以只有皇后一个人在床的一侧呆呆地看着。 我想，皇后这么急找权禹王是想告状我将戈敏赶出凤仪宫的事吧，她听说权禹王今日回宫便匆匆寻到这来，没想到看见眼前的一幕。 此时我和权禹王正享受着欢愉，我赤身裸体地坐在上面，皇后在侧面应该一时看不出我是谁，更何况我们之间还隔着层层的红色幕纱，她只是影影绰绰地看见一对男女在一起。 “皇上……”皇后失声唤道，言语间难掩她的惊慌。 不知为什么，我转过头去，此时我的头发散落至腰间，神色迷醉，我想我是故意让她看见我的。我心里有一个念头，如果皇后看到我，权禹王一定会废掉皇后。 我曾听人悄悄议论说，权禹王英明睿智，缔造了大胤一派繁荣安宁的盛世，但是他的后宫却是死气沉沉的，而我应该是这后宫里唯一鲜活的女人。 透过红纱，我看不见皇后的脸色，但我分明见到了她那恐惧而惊愕的扭曲表情。 她在那儿怔了半天，一时间什么话也说不出来，还未等权禹王问罪，就跌跌撞撞地狼狈逃了出去。 我装作惊慌地说：“啊，怎么办，被皇后发现了……都是你说没关系，若是别人还好，她是皇后，侍卫怎么可能拦得住呢。” 权禹王边穿衣边阴沉着脸说：“皇后真是越发不懂规矩了，如此蛮横无理。我们先看看她怎么说。” 说完仔细宽慰了我一番，两人才各自分开。 我回到尔玉宫，被告知皇后已经在等我了，有些吃惊却也在意料之中。 我走进大殿，看见皇后正在不安地踱着步子，看样子她似乎已经从刚才的惊愕中走了出来，只剩下了愤怒。我挥手叫其余人等退下。 皇后见了我，直接伸手甩了我一巴掌，怒道：“你这个不知廉耻的女人！” 我的头偏在一边，左脸颊火辣辣地疼。许久没有人敢这样对待我了，上一次还是先太后这样打过我，怒斥我是勾引先皇的狐狸精。 此时皇后比我还要愤怒，仿佛她才是受委屈的那个人。她指着我，气得浑身发抖道：“之前淑妃就对我暗示说你和皇上有私情，我信任你也相信陛下，只当不信，没想到你们还是做了这样的事！” “我们有什么错呢？”我并不畏惧，反问道：“我们有什么错呢？” “你？你……” “我们很早就互许终身，只是阴差阳错我嫁给了先皇。我虽然身为太后，可实际上却只是一个比你也比他还要小的女人。现在我们在一起又有什么可指责的呢？” “你真是强词夺理！你这样欲把皇上的圣明置于何地？！” “圣明？”我冷笑了一下，“难道皇上与我在一起就不圣明了吗？还是他曾疏于政务，置天下事于不顾？没有，相反我给了他你们所不能给的，你们所做不到的。” “不管怎样，皇上一世英名，恐怕就会毁在你这个女人手上！这种事本宫决不允许！在你们的事成为天下笑话之前，奴兮，你若是还懂得礼义廉耻，心中若还有先皇，就该放手，若是以余生虔诚念佛也许还可弥补你的罪孽……这样对你对皇上都好！”以往皇后虽然年长我一倍，但一直尊我为太后，如此不客气地直呼我的名字还是首次。 皇后的义正次严触痛了我，我不怒反笑，笑了一会儿冷冷地看向皇后：“不劳皇后费心！你还是先关心关心自己罢，你若能活命恐怕已经是万幸了！连皇上都说皇后是越来越不懂事了，如果皇后不能胜任，就趁早换人！退下！” 我事后对权禹王说：“皇后来找我兴师问罪，说我们做的是不知廉耻的苟且之事，也不知道这件事情到底是谁比较委屈呢？让身为太后的我沦落到被她指责的地步……”说完我委屈地红着眼睛看向他。 “皇后擅闯畅春殿，朕还没有责问她，她倒是先发制人了。”权禹王面色不悦，我们的关系因皇后闯进而被发现，权禹王也有些恼羞成怒，因此对皇后也是非常不满。 “皇后如此谩骂我，连我都觉得无地自容……若真是被传了出去，还不如一死了之。恐怕她也会猜到雾儿和弘儿是我所出，日后必定不会承认他们……”我继续楚楚可怜地说。 “这件事情哪轮到她做主！” “她毕竟是皇后呀……无论在后宫还是朝堂她说话都是有一定分量的。她若是真的反对，必定会找出种种理由，即便你是皇上也不能不顾虑吧，何况还有把柄在她手里。” 看着权禹王皱着眉沉吟不语，我知道有一个想念一定会在他的脑中盘桓，我从后面将手搭在他的肩膀上，轻声说：“我实在不知道该怎么面对皇后了。她在后宫，我们随时有被揭发的危险。将她赶出宫，废了她吧……” 权禹王动了一下，说：“废后可是需要理由的，我们怎么昭告天下？” 见权禹王问到细节，我知道他心有所动，推助说：“皇后无子无德，这就是最好的理由。身为女人身为国母，她没有尽到生育子嗣繁衍皇室的责任；作为妻子作为皇后，她不顺从尊敬丈夫，上次在你严令禁止下依然闯入畅春殿，这就是最好的证据。相较而言，后宫淑妃既育有两个儿子，为人又谦逊识礼，这才是皇后的上好人选。？” 见权禹王还是没有表态，我索性放开他，背对他而坐故意不悦道：“敢情你之前说要废她立我为后，只是为了让我生下孩子哄我玩的？” 权禹王慌忙转过来扶着我的肩膀说：“怎么会，只是废后乃国家大事，轻率不得，朕总是要仔细思考一番。” “废后固然是难事，但是你想想我们，想想我们的儿子，难道这不值得吗？” 终于权禹王点了点头，下定决心说：“明日朕找来御史大夫仔细商议此事。” 我听了心中欢喜起来，亲近他道：“你若不答应，恐怕我今夜都无法安眠了。我知道办这事颇有阻碍，所以明晚我再告诉你一个喜事犒赏你。” 权禹王亲了亲我的手，装作惊异道：“莫非是你又？”说完他把手放在我的小腹上。 我打掉他的手，笑着说：“谁知道呢？也许差不多呢。” 第二日权禹王上完早朝，破例来尔玉宫用了午膳，顺便商议下午如何开口对御史大夫提废后的事情，两人正用着饭后茶，突然有人来禀说皇后想请皇上去凤仪宫一趟。 Oh?皇后终于要摊牌了！ “我想，皇后叫你去肯定与昨天的事有关，我们不妨过去看看她怎么说。” 我与权禹王一同来到凤仪宫，凤仪宫原本是后妃所居的最大宫，直到我后来搬到尔玉宫，通过不断修缮扩大，凤仪宫反而被比了下去。皇后不喜奢华，又不操心布置装饰，所以凤仪宫渐渐有些老旧了。 皇后见到我与权禹王同来，稍有意外，但却还是异常热情地迎接了我们，仿佛昨日她撞到的事全然没有发生般。 她跪下，还未等权禹王发话，便主动请罪道：“昨日臣妾鲁莽，擅闯畅春殿。”然后她又瞄了我一眼，继续说，“太后是过来人，说出来也不怕她笑话。昨天打扰了皇上与淑妃休息，现在想想臣妾还颇无地自容。这才叫皇上来，是特意请罪的。” 什么，皇后她刚刚说昨天撞见的是权禹王和邵禾？ 权禹王疑惑地看向我，询问其实皇后并没有发现是我们？我对他暗中摇了摇头，怎么可能呢？她昨天明明认出了我，后来还特意到尔玉宫谴责我。 难道她这么说的意思是暗中保证不会把昨天的事情说出去吗？可是我想废去她的想法并不会改变。 皇后一边热络地将我和权禹王迎入座，一边滔滔不绝地说着：“还请皇上一定莫要将昨日的事记挂在心上，太后也帮臣妾求求情吧。臣妾今日特意嘱咐宫人沏了上好的茶……” 皇后的笑容让人觉得不踏实，我坐下便开口道：“恐怕也无所谓求不求情了，哀家和皇上这次来……” “幺娘，看茶！”皇后喊道，全然不顾我所说的。 只见一普通装束的宫娥走了进来，她先是将茶端给我，然后又半跪在权禹王面前轻声说：“皇上，请用茶。” 权禹王本是漫不经心地要接过去，突然不知怎么，他的手骤然停在半空，只怔怔地盯在眼前。 我在一旁有些不解地看着权禹王的反常举动，直到我发现权禹王的手都在微微发抖，才意识到这件事有多么不寻常。 权禹王此时却还在怔着，我不由得顺着他的目光看向那眼前的小宫娥。 她的年纪在二十左右，面貌固然清秀，但也无什么特别的，只是一弯柳眉很好看，身段不胖不瘦，并无什么新奇的地方。 我越发不解了，我看着权禹王，希望他能够给我答案，而他似乎还陷在自己的震惊之中。还是皇后发话了：“怎么样，很吃惊吧，皇上？臣妾当初见她也非常吃惊。她长得简直和小妹长得像极了……” What?皇后说眼前的这个女子长得像尤妃？ 我刹那间明白了权禹王为什么是这样的反应……我一时陷入了慌乱，下意识地再次打量那名叫幺娘的女孩。 不……不，无论我怎么看，那只是一个长相平凡得不能再平凡的女子。 权禹王，你为什么还那样看着她呢？你用这样的眼神刺痛了我的心，你不知道吗？你是不是忘了我们是为什么来这儿的？你是不是忘了你身边还有其他人……我在心中默默地喊道。 不知何时权禹王终于反应过来，他故作镇定地接过茶，对那女孩说：“快起来。刚才皇后叫你什么？” “奴婢叫幺娘。”那女孩子低眉顺眼地轻声回道。 权禹王并不满足这样的答案，他看向皇后问：“她是……” 皇后露出一个笑容，回答道：“她是臣妾前阵子去世的弟弟的孩子，叫幺娘，是最小的女儿。她的姐姐们都出嫁了，臣妾弟弟死后，她落得无依无靠的。这姑娘又扭得很，不想轻易嫁人，于是臣妾想不如直接将她接进宫长长见识，也陪臣妾做做伴……” 权禹王哦了一声，便再也不说什么，只是握着茶杯一口口地喝茶。 皇后尽管说得详细，但我还是从她的话中发现了端倪。听说她弟弟死后，她确实接见过她弟弟的妻妾子女们，她早该见过长得像她妹妹的幺娘。但是为何偏偏这时才将她接到宫中？ 我想她一直是忌恨自己妹妹的，所以并不欲让酷似她的女子再次夺走权禹王的宠爱。而现在她发现了我与权禹王的关系，为了破坏我们的关系而破釜沉舟。 幺娘已经退下了，而权禹王依旧一副神色不宁的样子。我见他这样神色，知道今日废后之事恐怕不会再提；而我也因为这位酷似尤妃女子的突然出现，心中慌乱。 于是这期间一直都是皇后在说话，而我却已经记不得她说过什么了。 直到我和权禹王灰溜溜地各怀心思出来，我还能看出他在故作镇静。我看着他，多么希望他能跟我说这没什么，但他只勉强笑了笑，低声说等晚上再来找我，自己颇狼狈地匆匆而去。 我怅然若失，怎么也无法想到，皇后手里竟然还藏有一张致命的王牌。 还好晚上权禹王来找我时，神色已自然多了，但是我知道他依旧心不在焉。当他沉默不语时，他是不是还在想着白天和幺娘相见的情景，还是他想起了以往和尤妃相处的时候？I have no idea. 从凤仪宫出来后，我也一直在思考着尤妃的问题。我一直以为尤妃死了一切都不足惧，不，也许是我一直不敢碰触而已。那是我逃避的死角，而现在它突然直面在我眼前，我不确定它将改变什么，所以我心生恐惧。 我反复回想着幺娘的面容，皇后说她长得像尤妃，那样姿色平平的女孩？尤妃怎么可能会是那样平凡的容貌，能摄住权禹王之心的女子应该有倾国倾城的容颜…… 权禹王这时回过神来，搂住我说：“怎么了，看你盯着烛火一动不动的？” 我颇心酸地笑着说：“也不知是谁先出神的？” 权禹王干笑了两声，仿佛什么都没发生般，问我：“你昨日说的惊喜是什么？你还没有告诉朕。” 我摇了摇头，当初生下弘儿和虹儿的时候，我只写信告诉他生了儿子。本来想亲口告诉他让他欣喜，不想后来遭遇善善去世，一直处于悲伤之中，我也没心情再提这事，而拖到现在，今晚我更是没有心境了。 “没有什么事……是我想错了……” 权禹王并没有继续追问下去，这更使我生出一丝绝望。他似乎很累的样子，对我说道：“夜了深，睡吧。” 我本还想问问下午找御史大夫商议废后的事，但我知道问了也不会是我想要的答案。 他在床上一如往昔般搂着我，但是我觉得他的怀抱不如以往那样紧迫和热情，这个动作似乎只是习惯和敷衍。 啊，我怎么能这样多疑想呢，我现在明明就在权禹王的怀中。 多么讨厌这样的自己，唉，好心烦…… 此时权禹王在我背后动了一下，他突然说：“今天的事没什么的。” 我一动不动，尽量将身体的姿势维持成刚才那样，还故意发出均匀的呼吸声。 “奴兮，睡了吗？”权禹王轻轻问道，见我半天没有反应，也倒下去睡了。 可是我却一夜无眠。权禹王，你知道吗？我想要的不是“没什么”一句话，我想让你主动跟我说，说尤妃的事，说你们的感情，说你现在还爱不爱她。你说没什么，但你的行为却泄露了一切，你说没什么，到底是在安慰我还是在安慰自己呢。 而令人悲伤的是，我却问也不敢问。 第二日我睡到很晚，醒来也懒懒地不想动弹。我靠在榻上，突然看见圆桌上碧绿瓷瓶里的白色栀子花，我疑惑地看向形单，她回答说：“这是皇上刚刚遣内侍送过来的。听说皇上经过御花园，见栀子花开得正好，就摘了两朵送给太后欣赏。” 不知道为什么听到这话，我心中释然许多，权禹王他还是想着我的……形单见我的样子，继续说道：“太后，您刚才睡得熟，没敢叫醒您。帝姬那边来信了，说年底前就准备回来了……” “什么？”我听到这儿，把一切的情绪都抛之于外，慌忙下了床说，“快，快把信给我看看！” 我重新看了遍信，确认九珍确实要准备回来了，心中一阵激动。想想我有多少年没见到自己的女儿了呢。 于是我迫不及待着手安排小雅斋的修缮整洁工作，到了下午邵禾便带着雾儿和弘儿来看我，雾儿已经三岁了，活蹦乱跳得一点也不老实，邵禾阻也阻不住，只有揪心地看着雾儿。弘儿还小，吃着手指瞪着乌溜溜的眼睛看雾儿跑来跑去。 雾儿乱跑着，有时候拿了什么，或者磕了碰了，都找邵禾去说。随着雾儿越来越懂事，他对我和邵禾的区分也越来越明显。他明白了母妃是什么意思，相信邵禾才是他的自己人，而我纵然疼爱他却也是外人。 更何况他与我每日只是相处一段时间，而邵禾则与他朝夕相处，情分自然不同。 “这两个小子越长越健壮了，也越来越淘气了，也难为你天天照顾他们。” “皇上今天也这么说，夸赞两位小皇子越长越壮了。臣妾倒不觉得辛苦，每天和小皇子们在一起非常开心。” 邵禾虽然年纪不大，但因为是家里的长姊，又照顾孩子多年，因此有了一种与年龄不符的老气和持重。甚至有时候宫人议论说她看起来比我年纪还要大些，整个人浸着柴米油盐的味道，也不知道皇上是怎么看她的。 我心中一动，问道：“哦？皇上今日到你那儿去过？” 邵禾点了点头，回答：“过了晌午到臣妾宫中抱了抱小皇子。” 知道权禹王还像以前那样惦记着我们的儿子，我心中好受了些。也许真的如权禹王所说没什么？毕竟那幺娘不是尤妃，又姿色平平。权禹王不会因为那个微不足道的女人而抛弃我的，我想我不该自乱方寸。 邵禾刚刚走，椒好和娣儿也正巧上我这儿聊天说闲话。椒好刚刚入座，就发出一声感慨道：“我可总算知道邵禾为什么会受到皇上的宠爱了。” 我对她的话很好奇，抿了一口茶后问道：“这话怎么说？” “她能生儿子啊！这不生过四皇子后，去年又新添了一个五皇子。听说皇上就是看中了她命中多子，所以才宠幸她的，若说男女之情，也未看多出几分。别看她容貌平平，但人家命就是好呢……” “你呀，这话里可带有酸味儿呢。”娣儿打趣道。 “我怎么能不羡慕她啊，我若是也有那本事，为孝宗添个一男半女，也不至于如此遗憾。唉！也算是辜负了太后的期望，还好邵禾争气，不负众望。” “太后谋略高明，也给后宫不少妃嫔提了醒。看那个意思，皇后是不是也想把那个叫幺娘的献给皇上，为自己找个靠山？”娣儿说。 听到她们提到幺娘，我心中一惊，我也不过昨日才见过那人，她们又是从哪里听说的？ “幺娘？你们什么时候见到她的？” “我们正想向您禀告。”椒好回道，“刚刚来尔玉宫的路上见到的，见到她端着什么汤往勤政殿那边去，她向我们行礼，因为见着眼生，便随口问了一下。她说是凤仪宫新来的女官，看她那架势，又往皇上殿上送这送那的，皇后的心思也不难猜。” “不过我见那女子长相并不出色……”娣儿说道。 “笨，看邵禾不就知道了，说不定那女子也是皇后找来生皇子的……”椒好像模像样地说。 椒好和娣儿告诉我的事，突然使我不安起来，我发现我想得过于天真了，即便权禹王不主动招惹幺娘，皇后总会为她创造机会的，这也是她召幺娘进宫的目的所在。 我借口说身子不适，让椒好和娣儿早些回宫，又马上遣人去注意勤政殿的动静。我派的人到时，听说幺娘早已退下了，跟权禹王并未说什么，我又嘱咐她以后要密切注意那个叫幺娘的。 一切喜悦突然又烟消云散，这样的大起大落使我感到疲累。 我一直在等待，等待权禹王主动和我说些什么。我不质问他是因为我不想让他以为我是小题大做、斤斤计较的女人，我的自尊也不允许我那么做。 权禹王晚上来时，一如往常，谈笑风生。他丝毫没有提起白天幺娘去勤政殿看他的事，他是不是觉得因为什么也没有发生而没有必要，但他不懂这却已经让我非常不安。 然而我也并非束手待毙之人，权禹王的态度暧昧不明，我会靠自己寻找罪证将皇后和那个幺娘赶出宫去。但还未等我的计划有所进展，皇后倒一反常态，来了个先发制人，率先抓到了我的话柄。 那日我正在午睡，就听见外面熙熙攘攘的，我起身正欲斥责，就见年欢慌慌张张进来说：“太后娘娘，皇后带了后宫众妃嫔过来说让您主持公道呢。” 等我出了寝宫来到正殿，果然看见皇后带着后帮人等着我，在她身后正站着她的侄女