Chapter 1168 Must Protect the Queen

It goes without saying if the relatives are capable.

Because the front court and the rear palace restrain each other, everything has to be weighed.

But if the relatives are killed, the concubines will not be favored.

Unless, this concubine is so clever that she is very good at holding the emperor's heart.

Of course, like the Meng family, if the relatives died together with the concubines, they would be wiped out.

Now it seems that Concubine Yu Gui was killed, but that year Gengyao and Nian's family went up and down.

Especially in that year, Gengyao made great achievements in battle.

That's why fourth master would say "it's a bit difficult at the moment".

"Emperor Empress, you can't treat me like this." Huixing said hastily.

Ruoyin gave Huixing a cold look, and ignored him.

"Come on, you, you have done a lot of evil, and you are a monk and you are getting together with the maid, it would be good for my mother to save your life." Ru Shuang said and pulled Hui Xing out.

It was night, fourth master immediately blocked the real news.

It only said that the Queen Mother went to the Taimiao because of the instigation of her servants to support Concubine Yugui.

After all, everyone was searched. This is a fact, and it is impossible to pretend that it never happened.

This was the only way to keep Ruoyin's reputation and loss to a minimum.

As for what kind of waist to support, you don't have to think about it, you know that it is the day of the Longevity Day.

In the following days, although fourth master did not compromise with Ruoyin.

And Ruoyin did not return to the Forbidden City.

But he let out rumors that someone was going to murder the queen.

Then it was justifiable to arrange many Ouchi guards to Ruoyin's yard.

Probably when he went to Baoping Mansion, too many things happened.

As a result, even if Zhang Jia Guoshi had already left the customs, he could not rest assured.

That battle was no worse than the guards in the Forbidden City.

It can be described as "heavily guarded".

From the inside to the surroundings of the courtyard, there are guards strictly guarding it, and not even a fly can fly in.

Although the queen is grounded, she is no different from others and cannot have special treatment.

But in this way, because someone wants to harm the queen, it means that they must be protected.

Seeing Ruoyin's courtyard being strictly guarded, Concubine Yugui of Yikun Palace was furious.

"Master, the queen's small courtyard is surrounded by guards inside and out. Our people were scolded and left before they approached. I'm afraid it will be difficult." Ziqing sighed.

"That Huixing is really useless. I gave him so much time, but he failed once. I said at the time that it would be difficult when the emperor came back. Look, it's all right now. I even doubted it. Did the emperor notice something, otherwise how could he kill Aunt Cui and become more and more indifferent to me."

It stands to reason that the elder brother won the battle, and the emperor should treat her as well as possible.

But during this period of time, the emperor has become more and more cold towards her, not as good as before.

snort! I get angry when I think about that day.

Ben wanted to search the queen's yard with the queen mother.

Give the queen a hat of being out of the wall.

Who knows what kind of old imperial doctor the Empress Dowager is looking for, and she immediately solved the truth of the matter.

Then the emperor appeared again, and every move was to help the queen.

But he didn't look at her directly.

Now there are so many guards to protect the queen, is this to guard against her?

Ziqing got up, filled a bowl of dark brown medicine juice from the earthen jar on the table, and handed it to Concubine Yugui, "Master, drink up the medicine."

Concubine Yu Gui glanced lightly at the medicine in the bowl, picked up the medicine bowl as usual, and drank it in one gulp.

She frowned and said uncomfortably, "Why is this medicine getting more and more bitter?"

"It shouldn't be, it's all the medicine that Madam asked someone to take according to your situation." Ziqing said, and sniffed the medicine bowl.

Concubine Yu Gui pinched a piece of candied fruit from the table, suppressing the bitter taste in her mouth.

Then he said lightly: "Since the empress is strict, let's take it easy, lest the emperor find out and implicate my brother."

"Okay." Ziqing put the medicine bowl aside, "You have been worrying since you were pregnant with Si Gege, and you didn't even sit well during the confinement period. The next thing is to take care of your body and don't collapse from exhaustion. "

As early as when his master lost his three heirs, his health became worse every time.

This time being pregnant with Si Ge Ge seemed to have sucked all her nutrition away.

As a result, after the master gave birth to Si Gege, his complexion became worse and worse, and it was all caused by rouge and gouache.

In addition to the medicine specially ordered by my mother's family, this is how I survived.

I don't know if it's because of postpartum depression, my temperament is not as calm as before, and it always has ups and downs.

Sometimes I cry while talking.

Or lose your temper suddenly.

The gentle master of the past will never come back.

"The Empress Dowager doesn't know what she's thinking. Last time, I said that Si Gege would be handed over to her to be raised, but she didn't say yes, and she didn't refuse, so she hung on to me." Concubine Yugui said displeased.

"It's not that the Fourteenth Lord's family gave birth to a little Princess. I heard that the Queen Mother is all about taking the Fourteenth Lord's Princess to the palace to raise." In this way, there is no way to care about Fourteenth Princess.

"I saw it when I went to Ningshou Palace last time. The Fourteenth Master was very nervous about that princess. It seems that he won't be raised by the Queen Mother."

"Well, the slave also saw it. Anyway, the queen mother didn't reject us, which means there is still something to do." Ziqing said in relief.

"hope so."

A few days later, Nian Gengyao, who fought at the border, returned to Beijing triumphantly, and held a prisoner offering ceremony at Deshengmen.

At this moment, fourth master was standing on the gate of the city, looking at Nian Gengyao and the returning soldiers.

I saw Nian Gengyao wearing a blue brocade robe, tall and burly, looking rough and domineering.

His skin is dark, his whole body looks like a rock, and he looks energetic.

And behind him stood thousands of soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, he kowtowed to the fourth master on the city gate, and held up a box with both hands, saying: "The slave Nian Gengyao returned in triumph, and presented Albuba's head to the emperor."

He meant what he said, and he said before the expedition that he must dedicate Albuba's head to Fourth Master.

Now that he has returned in triumph, he has really done it.

Then, a guard took the box and handed it to fourth master on the city gate.

Fourth Master glanced at the head in the eye box, then slightly lowered his head and said: "Very good, you really did not disappoint me."

Immediately afterwards, Su Peisheng recited the items that the fourth master had bestowed upon Nian Gengyao.

It stands to reason that Nian Gengyao made military achievements again this time, so besides rewards, he would also be promoted.

But he is already a first-class duke, and he can't go any higher.

And he has the title of General.

Also served as Minister for the Prime Minister's Affairs.

Moreover, it can convey the will and write the edict.

Such treatment is already a mighty grace of the emperor.

If you go up again, you will be able to overwhelm the master!

Therefore, Su Peisheng's thoughts are all about material things.

In addition to rewarding Nian Gengyao, the fourth master also rewarded some meritorious soldiers.

After Su Peisheng finished reading, Nian Gengyao bowed his head and said, "My slave, Nian Gengyao, thanked Long En."

His every move was in order.

But if you take a closer look, it seems that there is something missing than before.

If Nian Gengyao had always saluted in a well-regulated way, then there would be no problem.

But he was so loyal in front of fourth master before.

Every time I kowtow, I can't wait to swell my brain.

But this time, he just simply saluted.

The attitude of being a grandson is gone.

Therefore, once people have a comparison, the difference will come out.

At this time, the soldiers behind Nian Gengyao also kowtowed.

Fourth master is a perceptive person, he looked at Nian Gengyao below, his eyes tightened slightly.

Following him, he raised his right hand and said solemnly: "You don't need to be too polite, just get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Nian Gengyao and his soldiers made a loud noise, spreading far and wide over the city gate.

However, except for Nian Gengyao who got up alone, the soldiers kowtowed to the ground and did not get up.

After Nian Gengyao got up, he realized that the soldiers around him and behind him hadn't got up.

So, he said in a deep voice: "The emperor told you not to be too polite, why are you still standing there!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers all answered "Yes" and got up.

Seeing this scene, everyone present was a little stunned.

Even the fourth master's eyes changed slightly.

But he didn't say anything, just rubbed the Lantian Moyu finger with the fingertips behind his back.

He has always been like this, even if something big happens, he will always look indifferent, and he will never be happy or angry.

But Nian Gengyao said, "Your Majesty, they are all rough people who are used to staying in the military camp. They have never seen your holy face on weekdays, so they don't know how to behave. Maybe in their eyes, only If you know the military order but don't know the holy will, please forgive me, the servant will make up for them."

After finishing speaking, Nian Gengyao kowtowed three more times.

It's just that they click to the end, there is no "dong dong" sound before, and there is no big bump on the forehead.

In fact, it would be better if he didn't say that.

It's just that those soldiers have never seen this kind of scene and don't know the rules.

But what he said made people sound extremely uncomfortable.

It seemed that those soldiers only listened to his Nian Gengyao, not to the Holy Majesty.

And what he said seemed to be just interceding for those soldiers.

All of a sudden, the soldiers and his fellow Nian Gengyao were divided into one camp.

As the emperor, Fourth Master seemed to be in another camp.

This caused some officials below to shake their heads, feeling that they couldn't see it.

In the past, Nian Gengyao only acted arrogantly in front of them and acted arrogantly.

But in front of the emperor, he is a loyal dog slave.

Now he can even say such words.

Who doesn't know that the entire Qing Dynasty belongs to the emperor.

It also includes his Nian Gengyao, who is the emperor's servant.

But what he meant was that he could surpass the emperor.

I just don't know, this guy is really blunt and said the wrong thing.

Or loyalty changed, and began to speak wildly.

On the city gate, fourth master's black pupils exuded an elusive black shadow, mysterious and unfathomable.

The man's thin lips parted slightly, and he said lightly: "Okay, you have worked hard all the way, so you don't have to be so cautious. Especially Nian Gengyao, I heard that your arm was injured, so you should pay more attention."

He didn't say it's okay, let alone blame.

After all, Nian Gengyao did a great job this time.

When I was the most tired, I didn't rest for more than ten days.

And fourth master is a person who rewards for his merits.

Everything counts. Even if these soldiers make him slightly displeased, it is impossible for him to punish the meritorious minister immediately because of such a trivial matter.

Not to mention that just because of one word or one action, we should not deny Nian Gengyao's great achievements.

It's like a person who does a good job and contributes a lot to the country.

It is impossible to be killed just because one sentence offended the higher-ups, which is unreasonable.

It's just that over time, these will become unusable reasons.

This is the art of speaking and being human.

Why are people with the same high credit, some benefit.

And there are some people, no matter how hard they try, they are not likable.

But it has to be said that all this will eventually create an irreparable rift between the monarch and his ministers.

On the road of Nian Gengyao's death, he will also pave an invisible road with flowers of death...

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