Chapter 446: Root of Doubt

Yi Xingen bit her lip, trying hard to control herself not to look at the imperial concubine.

She knew very well in her heart that it seemed that the emperor was asking questions, but in fact it was the noble concubine who decided her life and death.

Judging from the emperor's attitude just now, it is obvious that both Concubine Min and Du Langu are the ones the emperor wants to protect.

These two must have done something that the emperor couldn't tolerate, otherwise Chunjia wouldn't have gotten to the bottom of it.

They even took the initiative to pretend to be confused and cover up their faults for them.

After all, Du Langu is talented and young; as for the imperial concubine, she is deeply favored and loved.

In contrast, the stunning beauty she possesses is the most readily available to the emperor, so naturally she is not cherished.

If the concubine Gui is not satisfied with her own answer, with Yun Fenghuang's personality, she will definitely throw the pot away and clean herself up in minutes.

The most terrible thing is that neither the imperial concubine nor Yi Xingen expected Du Langu to be so stubborn, and it was time for him to refuse to follow the only way of life that the imperial concubine left for him, to admit the relationship between the two brothers and sisters, Act out a brother and sister who reunited after a long absence.

So Yun Fenghuang didn't give her advice on what to do at this time.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this concubine and Mrs. Du are indeed brothers and sisters." Yi Xingen's thoughts changed, and she said in a sad voice, "It's just that Mrs. Du was born at a young age, and I didn't grow up with my concubine. Later, my family suffered great changes. , sending someone under the fence. After Mr. Du succeeded in the imperial examination, he found a concubine, and originally planned to take care of the concubine. It's just that the concubine..."

She lowered her head, as if in extreme embarrassment, and her voice quickly dropped, "My concubine... wants to enter the palace to serve His Majesty. Lord Du...doesn't agree very much. After that, because of the isolation in the palace, I haven't contacted her again. Originally, my concubine Everything is fine in the palace, although I miss my only remaining relatives, but I dare not disturb them without authorization."

"but……"

Yi Xingen finally glanced at the imperial concubine, he hesitated to speak, the kind who dared not speak.

Yun Fenghuang snorted coldly: "What do you want me to do? I don't know that you have such a promising brother!"

"...I don't dare." Yi Xingen said cautiously, "I originally thought that if Lord Du won His Majesty's favor, I would have nothing to worry about. I couldn't be close to serve the sick, but I also heard the discussion from the Xuanqing Palace, and I was worried and frightened. I am a concubine..."

Her whole body visibly flinched, and she wept softly, "I'm so worried, and Mrs. Du, also... just like your empress and the disciples of the Xie family! That's why I secretly bribed the palace servants with money to invite them Help contact people outside the palace, try to contact Master Du."

"Actually, being a concubine has no other meaning, that is... that is, being a concubine's parents and family members, except Mrs. Du, who are no longer alive."

"In the past, I didn't have any thoughts about myself. I just saw my empress like that. I was afraid that one day, Yin and Yang would be separated, and I would... regret it at that time!"

"Therefore, I want to keep some thoughts with Mrs. Du, and I also hope that the Seventh Imperial Daughter will remember when she grows up. It's not that there is no one else in the birth mother's house, but there is still an uncle."

After the words, I can't cry.

Although she was very beautiful, the emperor didn't feel anything wrong with crying so much, but it was Concubine Min who seemed to be evoked by the painful memory of the previous scene, and her mood was clearly depressed, which made Chunjia slightly frowned and said: "Okay , I already know. You just shut up!"

Yi Xingen trembled from being scolded, and quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, not daring to let out a moan.

Du Langu beside her has an unpredictable expression, as if guessing the truth.

After a long while, Chunjia comforted Yun Fenghuang in a low voice. Seeing that the imperial concubine was still depressed, she felt a little disgusted that their presence was in the way, and directly ordered: "You guys go down, don't say anything about this matter, we will talk about it later!"

Du Langu and Yi Xingen hurriedly got up and left.

When going out, Yi Xingen quickly looked back, the emperor knew nothing about her small movements, and was concentrating on coaxing the imperial concubine softly.

She looked a little sad.

Because of the emperor's order, the nearby palace guards did not embarrass them.

After the brothers and sisters had walked for a while, Yi Xingen said in a low voice: "This time... I have caused trouble for your lord, left and right... The Seventh Princess has also met your lord, from now on... I will not bother you again gone."

"..." There was no expression on Du Langu's face at all. When Yi Xingen was blessed and turned around to leave, she asked in a deep voice, "You really didn't inform the noble concubine in advance about our relationship?"

Yi Xingen smiled bitterly: "Really not. I... well, believe it or not. Who are you as a concubine? If she knew about this early in the morning, she really wanted to take advantage of it. What do you think about today's matter? Is it that simple?"

She looked around and saw no one around, and said quickly, "This time, you have offended her severely. Simply Zhaoqing is in front of the imperial concubine, and there is still room for mediation. You don't have to worry about this matter, I will do it. It's just that in the future, you don't want to be tough with the concubine like this. You just saw that although His Majesty values ​​you in his heart, he loves the concubine even more."

Du Langu narrowed his eyes, turned his head suddenly, looked at her carefully, and said slowly: "Then why did the noble concubine promote you as a concubine?"

"...!!!!" Yi Xingen was stunned, but this time she was not pretending at all. She really didn't expect that the reason why the co-author firmly believed that the concubine was plotting against him tonight was because she was kidnapped. The matter of the noble concubine supporting the unconventional concubine?

Even if she was determined to try every means to coax this elder brother, she couldn't help laughing angrily, "Mrs. Jinglang is a female picker who entered the palace in the same batch as me, and her status is even higher than mine now! Do you think that she also has Jane in her heart?" Can't Dixin's brother succeed?!"

Du Langu was not embarrassed, and slowly said his doubts: "Although you are not as favored by the emperor as the imperial concubine, but in terms of beauty, in fairness, you are worse than the imperial concubine! Mrs. Jinglang, but she is just like the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine's wrist is too People, the city is deep, maybe they don't care about Mrs. Jinglang, but how can they sincerely praise you? She is not afraid of being robbed of your favor by you? Therefore, there is no reason why you can get out of her hands more and more?"

"...My lord." Knowing that the source of his doubts did not come from tonight's turmoil, but something completely unrelated, Yi Xingen quickly calmed down and asked calmly, "If the imperial concubine is really afraid of me because of my beauty?" As for me, after knowing that I have a brother like you, wouldn’t it be more difficult for me to have a good future? After all, those who hold high positions in the palace, except for the concubine, who is not from a famous family and has the support of a family background? Now an exception is made Concubine's poor family girl, in the final analysis, is either attached to this or that. There is no one who can occupy a place in the palace with her own ability like the noble concubine, can she?!"

"The imperial concubine is indeed not a real virtuous and virtuous concubine." Yi Xingen raised her head, stared at Du Langu's expression, and sneered slightly, "But in terms of bearing, I have never seen anyone like her in the palace. Even if I was born more beautiful than her, so what? As you have seen just now, His Majesty always has only her in his eyes, not me... Even Zhao Qing, who is also my own daughter and raised in front of the imperial concubine, is better than the one raised by myself Seventh Princess, I don't know how much His Majesty loves you!"

She breathed out slowly, and said sadly, "What I just said in front of the imperial court is the truth. I have the protection of the noble concubine, and there is nothing in the palace that needs your support. Besides, I only gave birth to two princesses. I don't even have an adopted prince under my knees, so why do you want to support me? Zhaoqing is raised in front of the noble concubine, so there is no need to talk about the future. It is the seventh emperor daughter. For Zhaoqing's sake, I will ask the noble concubine in the future. How decent is it?"

"As for the concubine's bad health..."

"At that time, can you help me with anything?"

"The reason why I was able to become a concubine is because the concubine is not afraid of my beauty. It is also because I serve the concubine well!"

"If you don't believe me, go and ask, among those people who entered the Xuanqing Palace back then, who was as attentive as I am to the imperial concubine?"

"The imperial concubine, I don't know how you foreign ministers think of her. In the palace, who doesn't think she is the most wanted position of the palace concubine? Although the rules are strict and the punishment is harsh after making mistakes, she never cares about her On the contrary, the people below are quite graceful."

"And as long as it's not her own fault, the imperial concubine is very defensive."

"It can be said that as long as you abide by the rules and are sensible and obedient, you don't need to worry about anything under the concubine's hands."

Yi Xingen said this in one breath, and smiled wryly, "Didn't it be because of these reasons that you persuaded me to join her?"

Du Langu frowned, and said: "How could I know so much about Concubine Min Gui? At the beginning, I just thought that if you insisted on entering the palace, you might lose your mother and keep your son if you went there. Superficial, you may not dare to be caught rashly. Therefore, you still have a glimmer of hope... Forget it, it seems that I misunderstood tonight."

He hesitated for a while, and said slowly, "I will report to His Majesty some other day for my apology to Concubine Min."

As for the relationship between the two, Du Langu didn't have much idea of ​​maintaining it, "As you said, we don't want to meet each other in the future, as long as we know each other is fine."

Yi Xingen was disappointed in her heart, but also worried. She didn't know if this result could be explained to Yun Fenghuang, but she was afraid that if she was too eager, Du Langu would see the truth, so she said in a low voice: "Yes."

After a long while, she saw the imperial concubine who left the banquet early and came back because of "being brought up to mourn in the past" in Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion, and told the story in her heart: "I beg your forgiveness, it is because I am incompetent."

"I don't blame you for this matter." Yun Fenghuang was in a bad mood, but he didn't mean to vent his anger. He just said slowly, "It's because I don't know enough about this Du, so I'm not prepared enough. But anyway Well, since he has disclosed his relationship with your brother and sister, even if he doesn't help us in the future, when other people want to win over him, they have to weigh it."

He said again, "And, didn't he say that? You brothers and sisters, as long as you know each other is well. But what if one of them is uneasy?"

Yi Xingen said embarrassingly: "What the empress said is true, it is the concubine who is stupid."

"By the way, since he met the seventh emperor, what can he say?" Yun Fenghuang thought for a while, and then asked, "The seventh emperor is still so young, isn't he not pretending?"

Yi Xingen said hastily: "That's not true. He is quite kind to the seventh emperor, and even wanted to find something as a greeting gift, but he was afraid of being taboo when he entered the palace, and he didn't have anything, so he gave up."

"That's it." Yun Fenghuang nodded, and said, "You sister can't make him soft-hearted, isn't there still Zhaoqing and the Seventh Queen and their sisters? The niece came to the door, how can an uncle still talk to you?" Rejecting your people as well? Right now, the princes are still young, and I am not in a hurry."

Seeing that she had no intention of punishing her, Yi Xingen finally breathed a sigh of relief, completely unaware that Yun Fenghuang was smiling at the moment, but her heart was ruthless: "In two years, if this Du is still obsessed with his obsession, then this Palace will arrange He sacrificed to the heavens, so he has a reason to exchange some benefits for Zhaoqing..."

It took her so much effort to calculate, how could it be possible to turn around and walk away!