The emperor took out the queen to press the imperial concubine Shu. Even if the imperial concubine Shu was reluctant, in terms of etiquette and law, the queen was the serious hostess in the palace and the mother of the princes.
Lady Shu's face was white and trembled all over. Even if she pretended to be Zhen Ding, she couldn't hide her frightened eyes.
The emperor turned his eyes to Princess Shu, "OK, don't kneel. It's a good thing for me to let the twelve princes follow the queen. By the way, my birthday is coming, you can embroider a longevity picture for me. Go down."
Lady Shu tried to control her trembling body and kowtowed again, "my concubine obeys."
When she came out of her Majesty's bedroom, imperial concubine Shu only felt that she was cold all over. She kept shaking until she returned to her bedroom. The close fitting silk clothes she was wearing inside were already soaked with cold sweat.
"Granny Wang." imperial concubine Shu coaxed away all the maids in the bedroom and left Granny Wang alone. She was paralyzed in front of Granny Wang and looked pale.
"What's the matter with your mother?" Granny Wang quickly knelt down and wanted to help Princess Shu up. She touched the palm of Princess Shu's hand. The bottom of her hand was wet, which made Granny Wang even more frightened.
"I'm finished!" Lady Shu's eyes were dull. Even when she looked at the queen mother, there seemed to be no focus. "I'm finished!"
She kept repeating these two sentences as if she were stunned.
"What happened to the empress?" mammy Wang's anxious heart flew out of her throat. "What about your highness? Why didn't your highness come back with your mother?"
When mammy Wang asked about the twelve princes, Princess Shu suddenly came back to her senses. She grabbed mammy Wang's arm and unknowingly pulled her excellent nails into mammy Wang's skin and flesh. Mammy Wang frowned with pain, but she endured it.
"Your Majesty probably knows something..." imperial concubine Shu grabbed mammy Wang and said eagerly, "otherwise, how could he suddenly send little twelve to the queen! Why did he suddenly ask me to embroider a longevity picture! He didn't explicitly prohibit my feet, but he always knew that I was not good at female red... Calling me to embroider pictures would keep me indoors..."
"Empress, don't worry..." mother Wang's heart jumped, "if your majesty really knows anything, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as sending the twelve princes to the queen..."
Mother Wang's words instantly soothed the impetuous heart of Princess Shu, "yes, yes." she nodded hurriedly, as if she had grasped the driftwood. "If your majesty knew anything, she would not let me go so easily..." but soon she frowned again, "But if your majesty doesn't know anything, how can he suddenly send the twelve princes to the queen without warning?"
"But what did the twelve princes say in front of his majesty?" asked mammy Wang again.
"This..." imperial concubine Shu repeated what the twelve princes said in front of her majesty. Mammy Wang couldn't figure out anything for a moment. She thought for a long time, and then asked carefully, "otherwise, please ask Hongxing to come in and ask?"
"Ask her?" Princess Shu intuitively rejected her and shook her head.
"Empress, think about it. The twelve princes moved away from us to the queen. How can Hong Xing not know such a big thing? Rather than let her talk nonsense with her master, let's stabilize her first." mother Wang said anxiously.
Mother Wang's words reminded Princess Shu.
That person even put a lot of eyeliner in the palace. Today's affair must be evade. It is better to start with oneself than to lose faith in that person.
She sank her mind, and then asked mammy Wang to tidy up her appearance for herself. Only then did she let someone call Hongxing in.
Today, when she was in the bedroom with her majesty, there was no one else except the little eunuch and little shunzi next to father-in-law Gao.
That little shunzi is Gao Hequan's Apprentice. Gao Hequan has been in the palace for so many years, and his mouth is the most reliable. Besides, Gao Hequan is all his Majesty's people, which has nothing to do with that person. Since Xiao shunzi is Gao Hequan's apprentice, her mouth is also very tight, so if she doesn't say why, even red apricot can't find out.
Imperial concubine Shu tried her best to make herself look leisurely.
When Hongxing came in, she lifted her hand, "aunt Hongxing, sit down."
"I dare not." red apricot said so, but she looked a little arrogant. "Madam, just now, I saw someone from Fengxiang palace coming to pick up the clothes and other items worn by the twelve princes for me. I inquired. Those people said that the twelve princes would go to the empress empress Empress empress empress empress empress empress empress empress empress empress empress empress empress in the future. Why on earth is this?"
"Oh, this palace asked you to come in to tell you about it." imperial concubine Shu pressed her heart beat like a drum and said calmly, "this is what this palace means."
"What does your mother mean?" red apricot frowned.
"Our palace and your majesty request that the twelve princes go to the queen for education." imperial concubine Shu smiled. "Our palace thinks it's good for the twelve princes. You can go back to your master."
"Really just so simple?" said the red apricot suspiciously.
"Will the palace lie to you?" there was an uncomfortable light in the bottom of imperial concubine Shu's eyes, but she just lowered her head and didn't let red apricot notice. "It's also good for your master to do this! At this time, only holding the Queen's mother in our palace, she won't have much resentment against the empress Chen. It should be noted that the Queen's voice is very high among the people, and only holding her in our palace and following her can be normal."
Red apricot was still a little skeptical. She looked at imperial concubine Shu deeply for several times. Seeing that imperial concubine Shu looked indifferent, she nodded. "The slave and maidservant will go and report to his master."
"Well, go. If you tell your master about it, your master will praise the palace for doing well." said Princess Shu.
When Hongxing quit, imperial concubine Shu immediately collapsed on her chair, like a pool of mud.
That night, Xiao Jin came to his majesty, "father emperor." he gently called the emperor who leaned back on the chair and closed his eyes.
His majesty slowly opened his eyes, "ah Jin, but there's something moving over there?"
"Well." Xiao Jin nodded. "The minister detected that there was a maid named Hong Xing over there. She had just sneaked out of the palace."
His Majesty's eyes darkened when he heard the speech. "She really has lost me..." then his Majesty's eyes were cold, "how many people have been placed in my palace? A little maid can still leave the palace after being forbidden!"