sinovels Chapter 53
Chapter 53
In a blink of an eye, the day of the birthday banquet finally arrived.
Chen Yizhen brought Shuangshu to attend, and after a series of excitement and celebrations, finally, the wives and ladies followed the empress dowager to the Imperial Garden to watch a play.
There were only a few kinds of fun in ancient times, such as Cuju, watching operas, storytelling, leaf cards, singing and dancing, and juggling.This time the emperor obviously wanted to do something big for the empress dowager, so he ordered people to invite anyone who appeared and could play.
However, what the Empress Dowager likes most is watching operas.
Everyone also accompanied the Empress Dowager to the theater, only a few younger and more playful girls covered their mouths, held hands and bounced to other places.
Chen Yizhen is not a little girl, and he is not new to those gadgets, so he sits quietly and heavily on the mat to accompany his ancestors to watch the theater.
Knock melon seeds, sip tea, and taste a few snacks, it's not very leisurely.
But at this moment, a court lady hurried over suddenly, her face was flustered, and her feet staggered. She rushed forward and grabbed her sleeve.
"Miss!"
Chen Yizhen was startled, turned to look at her, saw that her face was pale and terrified, but she held back her trembling and breathing, for fear of alarming others, her heart skipped a beat, she pursed her lips, and asked calmly: "What happened?" What happened?"
The maid took a deep breath, leaned close to her ear, and told the story softly.
Chen Yizhen's complexion changed drastically, and she wanted to rush out subconsciously, but then, the sound of singing, talking and laughing outside rushed into her ears, and she clearly realized that this was the ancestor's birthday banquet.
Close your eyes, for a long time, finally calm down.
Opening his eyes, he saw two other maids walking quickly to the ears of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager who were sitting in the middle, and said something.
Then, she saw the empress dowager's eyes suddenly change color, full of extreme anger and resentment, she looked at her abruptly.
Chen Yizhen smiled wryly in his heart.
The Empress Dowager's face also changed, but after a while she regained her composure, and even smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth, looking at the Empress Dowager calmly.
"Why don't you order the next show?"
The empress dowager was taken aback for a moment, but in an instant she realized that her ancestor was covering her up. She gritted her teeth, wishing she would explode at this moment, but...she took a deep and slow breath, and a smile formed at the corner of her mouth, "Mr. Concubines are fine, today is my mother's birthday, mother's birthday, you order first."
"En." The Empress Dowager nodded and said nothing.
The empress dowager closed her eyes and kept saying in her heart, "This is the queen mother's birthday banquet, this is the queen mother's birthday banquet." Only then did she suppress the anger in her heart.
Chen Yizhen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the old ancestor was there, so the queen mother wouldn't make a fuss, but... she bit her lip, her expression suddenly gloomy.
The arrival of the court lady and the strangeness of the Empress Dowager and Empress naturally attracted many people's attention. They looked at each other, smiled inscrutablely, and then retracted their eyes neatly.
Something must have happened in the palace, but since the ancestors didn't want them to know, of course they couldn't inquire too much at this time, but after that, it's up to each of them to see what they can do.
This was originally a lively and festive birthday banquet, but since the maids came, everyone present has put a lot of thought into it, especially Chen Yizhen and the empress dowager, they hardly have any thoughts on watching the show.
For most of the day, she didn't know how to get through it.
Finally, the birthday banquet slowly ended, and most of the wives left the palace. The rest of the concubines, princesses, princesses, etc., wanted to stay and talk to their ancestors, but they also saw what happened today. So he didn't dare to stay, and proposed to leave very knowingly.
In the end, the birthday banquet ended, and only the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, Chen Yizhen, Xia Conglin, and Princess Wei Le were left in the harem.
The empress dowager has ordered people to call the emperor who received the prince's important ministers in the previous dynasty.
She glanced at the remaining people, and said calmly: "Go to Ningshou Palace first."
Chen Yizhen sighed softly, under the eyes of the empress dowager who was about to eat people, he slightly closed his chin, and followed the pace of the empress dowager.
When she came to Ningshou Palace, she saw a person kneeling in the middle of the main hall. She was upright and pale, but she was stubborn and calm. However, when she turned her head and saw the person coming, she couldn't help it, tears welled up in her eyes.
"Miss."
Chen Yizhen's complexion changed slightly, and he took two steps forward, "Shuangshu."
At the same time, another court lady standing next to her knelt forward and interrupted Shuangshu's words, "Report to the ancestors, the empress dowager, this is the person who broke the empress dowager's gift to the ancestors." birthday gift."
The Empress Dowager couldn't bear it any longer, she strode forward and glared at Chen Yizhen viciously, "Empress, you have such a vicious mind!"
Without saying a word, Chen Yizhen knelt down and bowed his head, "Going back to the ancestors, I don't know anything about this matter."
Then he asked Shuangshu, "Shuangshu, what she said is true, you smashed the birthday gift that the empress dowager presented to the ancestors?"
Shuangshu hurriedly shook her head, tears filled her eyes, "Your Majesty, it's not a slave girl, the birthday gift was already broken when the slave girl came in."
Chen Yizhen breathed a sigh of relief, then raised his head, looked at the Empress Dowager, and said firmly: "Old ancestor, this concubine trusts my concubine's maid, if she does this, she will definitely not play tricks."
"Nonsense! There are all witnesses and evidence, but you still dare to quibble! Empress, don't be fooled by her appearance."
"Okay." The Empress Dowager stopped her lightly, "What is the truth about this matter, we still need to interrogate, you don't need to worry, the Ai family will ask you one by one."
After all, she went to the top and sat down.
His eyes scanned the hall slowly, and finally landed on the maid who made the sound.
"Are you, sister Lin's maid?"
The maid kowtowed in a hurry, and said: "Back to the ancestors, it is the servant girl."
Xia Conglin stepped forward uneasily, "Old Ancestor, my servant..."
The Empress Dowager stretched out her hand, motioning her to shut up, "Don't need to say too much, I have Aijia to ask in person."
Xia Conglin bit her lip, lowered her head, fell silent for a while, and then slowly backed away.
"Aijia, let me ask you, why are you here?"
"Back to the ancestors, the maidservant is here to give you a birthday gift. The lady made you a pair of shoes. Who would have thought that she forgot to take them out when she came out, so the lady ordered the maidservant to go back to get the shoes and bring them to Ningshou Palace."
After the palace maid finished speaking, the Empress Dowager immediately said: "Queen Mother, there is such a thing. Sister Lin went out with my concubine this morning. Halfway through, she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten her shoes, so she asked the maid beside her to go back and help her." She takes it."
The palace lady kowtowed "bang bang", "That's exactly the case. I hope the ancestors will see clearly. The servant took the shoes and came to Ningshou Palace. Who would have thought that as soon as I came here, I heard a 'bang', and the servant hurriedly When I broke in, I saw the elder sister next to the empress standing helplessly in front of the broken birthday gift, and looked back at the servant with a flustered expression."
"You're talking nonsense!" Shuang Shu couldn't help turning her head, gritted her teeth and retorted, "I didn't, I was just running for my mother, and when I came in, I saw that the birthday gift was broken. Before I could react, you rushed in and pointed I said I broke the birthday gift."
She turned her head, didn't look at Chen Yizhen, just fixedly turned to the Empress Dowager, and kowtowed respectfully, "Back to the ancestors, what my servant said is true, if there is even the slightest deceit and concealment, I will call my servant a thunderbolt, and I will die!"
After the words fell, the palace fell into silence for a moment.
Suddenly, Xia Conglin stood up, with dissatisfaction on her face, but said in a calm voice: "It doesn't matter who broke the birthday ceremony, today is the ancestor's birthday, but you said something so rebellious as 'five thunders hit the top, you will not die well', isn't it? After experiencing the misfortune of such a good day, you girl, where did you learn the rules? I really don’t know what to say!"
Chen Yizhen narrowed his eyes, "Miss Xia is very well-behaved, the old ancestor has not yet spoken, but you are the first to speak out to deal with it. If you don't know, you will still be the master of this harem."
Xia Conglin's face changed, and she looked at the Empress Dowager in fear and sorrow, "Auntie, I..."
The empress dowager flicked her sleeves, "Presumptuous! It's against you! Empress, your girl violated the palace rules first, this time, don't try to save her!"
Chen Yizhen: "It's too early for the empress to say this, the old ancestor has not yet made a conclusion, and the truth of the matter is still unknown, how can it be determined that the concubine's girl made a mistake."
Xia Conglin suddenly said, "Last time, when the courtiers were visiting the Imperial Garden, they overheard two maids from the Zhongcui Palace discussing that the empress, as the empress and the master of the first palace, should take over the power of the palace. I don't know why the emperor took so long Instead of returning the power of the palace to the empress, I handed it over to the courtiers, an outsider. The courtiers were stupid. At that time, they felt ashamed and dared not wait any longer, so they turned around and left, who knows..."
"Okay, what is the Ai family doing? It turns out that you are here to gain power in the palace."
Chen Yizhen frowned and raised his eyes.
I happened to meet Xia Conglin's gaze, which was a little sarcastic, a little smug, and a little bit, it was imperative.
The author has something to say: As I was writing today, I suddenly felt as if it was almost over, because there were not many plots left, but when I thought about it carefully, the plot of the emperor and the heroine was still a bit of a struggle.