Chapter 031 The Strangeness of the Empress Dowager
Xiangyun Palace
In the morning, a gentle sunlight sprinkled into the room.
Empress Dowager Ling Caili sat on the main seat, holding a collection in her hand and was reading it. Her maidservant Ziyun came to report: "Empress dowager, noble concubine Nangong is looking for a meeting outside."
"Xuan."
Nangong Bingyu came in and lowered his head and knees. "Bingyu, please the Empress Dowager."
"Falen yourself, raise your head and let your family have a look."
Nangong Bingyu raised her head, and what she could see was the egg-like brocade clothes and phoenix satin. Although the empress dowager Ling Caili was already more than 30 years old, Xu Niang was still half old, and the charm was still there, and she was also very beautiful. From her outline, she could faintly find the shadow of Emperor Chu Tianxiao and the free king Chu Tiancheng.
In my heart, it was really mother and son, and they looked very similar.
And the Empress Dowager Ling Caili was also looking at Nangong Bingyu carefully. What a handsome girl. The eyes under Liu Ye's eyebrows were big and bright, with a light smile on the corners of her lips, and she was not nervous because she raised her head. The bright purple palace costume only showed that her skin was better than snow. She seemed to be very calm, and the flexible light in her eyes was looking at herself.
Seeing this, the Empress Dowager Ling Caili's eyes flashed strangely uncomfortable and smiled gently at her, "Can the wound on your hand be seen by the imperial doctor? How's the injury?"
"If you go back to the empress dowager, Bingyu has been seen by the imperial doctor, and the injury has stabilized. It's really Bingyu's fault to worry about the injury. Please plead guilty.
The warm voice of Nangong Bingyu sounded, and her answer was also watertight. She did not say that her injury was serious and light, but that it was stable, so that the Empress Dowager could not find her own problems. If it is serious, the empress dowager will definitely be punished. If it is light, she still can't escape the fate of serving, and it's better for her to control herself.
After hearing her reply, the Empress Dowager Ling Caili raised her eyebrows slightly. She was indeed a smart girl. He smiled at Bingyu in Nangong, "Come on, if you are injured, don't be too polite. Ziyun, give the noble concubine a seat."
"Yes, the Empress Dowager."
Ziyun immediately moved out of a chair in the inner hall and placed it in front of Nangong Bingyu, "Your Noble Concubine, please take a seat."
"Thank you."
Nangong Bingyu said gratefully. This gratitude from the heart stunned the Empress Dowager Ling Caili and her maidservant Ziyun. No master in the harem would say thank you to the slaves. But Nangong Bingyu said it, and what she said was so natural that it could make people feel the sincerity in her heart.
After Ziyun retreated, the remnants of her eyes couldn't help looking at the noble concubine Nangong in front of her. She felt that although she was elegantly dressed, she did not have the arrogant feeling on Ling's body, let alone give people a kind of inaccessible frost. The nobleness of the noble concubine was like the water in the pool, which was as beautiful and Approachable.
The Empress Dowager Ling Caili picked up the teacup in front of her, took a sip, and suddenly asked, "How was Bingyu doing in the weaving courtyard some time ago?"
"For good, the emperor let my concubine understand what can be done and what can't be done. Against the emperor's will, the person who suffers is a concubine.
Nangong Bingyu said with a smile. This did not say whether she was doing well or not, but explained her position. No matter what she did, the emperor was the master of the palace. If the emperor's wishes, he would be the only one who suffered.
"If you say so, do you need to know what you do?" The Empress Dowager Ling Caili continued to ask indifferently.
"Bingyu is clear."
Of course, she knows that she has always known what she wants, but if her grandfather hadn't been nosy, she would not have become the emperor's woman. Although she is a nominal couple, she doesn't want it at all. Therefore, she will definitely leave.
"You are so smart that you don't need to say anything more, and what you should do and what you should do, the family will no longer ask. However, since you have entered the palace, it already means that you have an inseparable relationship with the royal family in your life." The Empress Dowager Ling Cai said with some meaning.
"Thank you for your understanding, and my concubine will follow the teachings of the empress dowager."
Nangong Bingyu responded and said in her heart, is the Empress Dowager following her like this? Is it possible that the Empress Dowager is not worried at all?
While thinking about the problem, a father-in-law outside the hall came in and said respectfully, "Empress dowager, Concubine Ling came to say hi to the empress dowager and is waiting outside the hall."
"Zero is coming? Let's announce it."
"Hit!" The father-in-law took the order and left.
Empress Dowager Ling Caili smiled and said, "I heard that your relationship with Ling'er is a little stiff. Don't you know if it's true?"
Nanggong Bingyu smiled lightly, "The Empress Dowager is more careful. There is no gap between Bingyu and her sister."
"Oh?"
The Empress Dowager Ling Caili just made a promise and didn't go on.
As soon as Ling Linger came in, she saw Nangong Bingyu here with the Empress Dowager. She also wondered why the noble concubine of Nangong came to Xiangyun Palace? Shouldn't she stay and recuperate in her own Jinfeng Palace?
Ling Linger's strangeness, the empress dowager Ling Caili was all included in her eyes, and the words turned, "Bingyu, I heard that all the concubines went to your palace yesterday morning to say hi. Do you want to Qingxin Temple?"
"Yes, the Empress Dowager."
"Well, how about letting Linger go with you?"
Nanggong Bingyu was shocked, but her face remained unchanged, with a smile, "Bingyu is at the disposal of the Empress Dowager."
"Okay, then go back and sort it out first. Let's go with Linger the day after tomorrow and stay at Qingxin Temple for 49 days. When you come back, your hand injury must have healed." Empress Dowager Ling Caili deliberately glanced at her injured arm.
Nangong Bingyu lowered his head and said, "If you go to Qingxin Temple, I don't know if Bingyu can take a doctor?"
"Excreme."
"Queen Xie, Bingyu will leave first."
"Go."
After Nangong Bingyu retreated, the smile on her face gradually faded, because she really couldn't guess what card the empress dowager Ling Caili was going to play! Did the Empress Dowager arrange for Ling Linger to accompany her to Qingxin Temple? Is this act of special significance? It seems that there are some things that need to be prepared in advance.
As long as she leaves this palace, it will be easier and easier for her to leave.
And after Ling left and waited for Nangong Bingyu to leave, he looked at the empress dowager Ling Caili puzzledly, "Auntie, you are..."
Empress Dowager Ling Caili interrupted her question with frost on her face and said coldly, "Linger, don't say that your aunt doesn't love you. This time, it is the only chance for you to eliminate her in one fell swoop. It's better to let her disappear from the world. If there is such a smart girl in the harem one day, you will always be pressed down by her, and you can't get the concubine you want. She is by no means the same as she seems to have nothing to ask for.
"Auntie, you mean..."
"Kill!"
The Empress Dowager said in a cold voice, and her slender fingers were tightly clenched into fists, allowing her nails to cut the palm of her hand.
At this time, she was a little emotionally unstable. She had never seen Nangong Bingyu. Today was the first time she saw Nangong Bingyu, but she was surprised!
The shock in her heart just hid in the bottom of her heart and made her think of the only one reason why she wanted to kill. No matter how she thought about it, she didn't expect that she looked so much like the dusty woman, the woman she loved deeply before the emperor. Before she died, the name she called was still that woman after all.
In the past, there was a portrait of a beauty in the emperor's residence. After the death of the former emperor, she burned the painting with jealousy and devoted her life for the former emperor. Originally, she thought that the former emperor had her in his heart, but from beginning to end, the former emperor was looking for traces of Yanyu among the three thousand concubines in the harem and would make her queen. It's also because her back is very similar to the girl in the portrait - Yanyu!
Ling Linger's cleverness didn't ask anything more. She changed the topic, "Auntie, how do you think I should make her disappear?"
"Use poison and don't let her have any scars on her body. Remember, you only have 49 days in Qingxin Temple.
"Aunt, please rest assured that I will let her die without investigation."
Ling Linger said fearlessly, and she was also calculating about it. Should she invite the poison god to come forward?
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Back to the Jinfeng Palace, the breeze came up, "Miss, how's it going? Did the Empress Dowager make things difficult for you?
"No. But we have to prepare. The Empress Dowager asked me and Ling Linger to leave for Qingxin Temple the day after tomorrow.
The breeze was stunned, "Ah? So urgent."
"This empress dowager is unfathomable, and I can't guess her intention. How could she arrange for her concubine Ling to go to Qingxin Temple with me? Whether something happens to me or her, the other party is by no means a good thing. Moreover, Concubine Ling is hostile to me, and it is not a matter of a day or two. The Empress Dowager's behavior really puzzles me. Nangong Bingyu's face was sad, and she only felt dizzy.
Sure enough, none of the people in this harem are easy to deal with.
Especially from the concubine to the queen, to the Empress Dowager Ling Caili woman!
If it is put in modern times, it can be said that she has slowly climbed up from an ordinary profession to the position of chairman's wife in a large company. It is unknown how smart that means are.
Qingfeng said worriedly, "Isn't that young lady's hand injury in vain?"
"No, at least things have taken a turn." Hearing this, Nangong Bingyu shook her head disapprovingly, "This injury will not be in vain. On the contrary, because of this injury, it has brought me a new machine. The Empress Dowager allowed me to go to Qingxin Temple before leaving the palace, which means that if I die there, I will not involve his family, understand?
"Miss means that you don't regard Qingxin Temple as the place where you want to sneak away, do you?" Qingfeng was shocked, and his eyes were full of surprise.
"Why not?"
Nangong Bingyu smiled cunningly, "I remember that there is a cliff in the back mountain of Qingxin Temple. If I arrange someone to pick me up below, I just need to jump on the edge of the cliff. Isn't the freedom I want?"
As soon as Nangong Bingyu's words came out, Qingfeng was so scared that he couldn't even speak.