Chapter 337 News
After giving the instructions, Su Qingqing went directly to the Imperial Garden.
There were already groups of celebrities and noble ladies gathered there, and her arrival naturally created another kind of liveliness.
Yue Niang, who had been staying alone on the side, also joined the crowd enthusiastically after Su Qingqing suddenly appeared. Then everyone found that the queen, who had had a private chat with Yue Niang before, did not give Yue Niang a good look in front of everyone.
Everyone has a very sensitive mind, and for a moment their attitude towards Yue Niang becomes subtle .
Yue Niang's uneasy heart finally felt more at ease.
From Su Qingqing's reaction, she was certain that Su Qingqing had seen what happened between her and His Majesty in the pavilion.
She looked over the crowd and began searching for Jixiang. Jixiang felt her gaze and found an opportunity when Su Qingqing was surrounded by several socialites. She winked at Yue Niang, and the two of them walked one after the other to a secluded corner.
"What's wrong?" Jixiang asked.
Yue Niang followed behind Jixiang and burst into tears, "I seem to have gotten into trouble."
Jixiang frowned, "Just say what you want to say nicely, why did you get into trouble?"
"After chatting with the Queen today, I was returning to the Imperial Garden when I got lost and walked to a pavilion not far from where the Queen was.
His Majesty left shortly after I entered.
Your Majesty may have recognized the wrong person and hugged me directly."
Jixiang's expression suddenly changed.
Yue Niang bit her lip and said aggrievedly, "I, I didn't know that the clothes I was wearing were the style that the Queen liked. If I had known, how could I dare to offend the Queen's taboo.
At that time, His Majesty hugged me and I struggled in panic. His Majesty realized that he had hugged the wrong person, but... but he did not leave. He stayed in the pavilion and talked to me for a while.
Miss Jixiang, do you think His Majesty will...
But I already have a husband and I’m married.
what do I do?"
Jixiang looked at her, "Who else knows about this?"
Yue Niang shook her head. "There was no one in the pavilion at the time. Only His Majesty and an attendant in front of His Majesty knew about it. There should be no one else."
Jixiang was silent for a moment, "Well, I will send you out of the palace first, and you don't have to come back to the palace. Just pretend that this incident never happened."
Yue Niang's eyes were filled with tears. "But what if, what if His Majesty comes looking for me."
"There is no such possibility. Don't worry, I can handle it. I will send you away from the palace now."
Originally, Yue Niang was very satisfied , but Jixiang's firm words "Don't worry, I can handle it" made her feel uneasy again.
What she wanted was that Jixiang could not handle it. If Jixiang really handled it, then her efforts would be in vain.
But now that it has come to this, if she insists on not leaving, she is afraid of arousing suspicion. After thinking it over, she lowered her head and said, "Okay, I'll trouble Miss Jixiang. I, I really didn't mean it."
Jixiang hummed, trying to figure out what was in her mind, and vaguely said, "It's okay if you did it on purpose. There can't always be only the queen in this palace."
Yue Niang was startled, and looked up at Jixiang,
Jixiang turned around and walked out with her, as if he hadn't said anything.
Yue Niang pursed her lips, followed Jixiang, and rushed through the long palace. Yue Niang couldn't keep her composure, so she asked Jixiang in a low voice, "Miss Jixiang just now..."
Jixiang didn't look at her, he just looked ahead and walked forward, "I didn't say anything, just forget it."
After leaving the palace, Yue Niang did not go home, but went directly to the house of the Minister of Rites.
When it was getting dark, the wife of the Minister of Rites and another wife of a marquis came back together, and the three of them went to the Minister of Rites' study together.
Facing the three women, the Minister of Rites was not too restrained or awkward. He treated them like his colleagues. He took a sip of tea and asked, "How is it?"
After Yue Niang finished her part in detail, the lady of the Marquisate said, "We were at the pavilion at the time and saw it clearly. The Queen was not very happy, but she was not very angry either. She is a very rational person."
As she spoke, she stood up and walked to the map hanging in the study of the Minister of Rites, pointing to three places.
"She wants to station troops in these three places, northeast, northwest, and southwest, to gradually replace the original garrisons here. She seems to be preparing for the future, saying that it is impossible for her to be the only female member in the palace forever. Sooner or later, there will be three palaces and six courtyards. She wants to hold the military power in her hands.
Let those old marquisates and dukedoms who are close to the Su family army consider whether they are willing to send people.
The old lady of Weiyuan Marquis Mansion expressed her willingness to follow her arrangements at that time. "
The Minister of Rites frowned.
He didn't know much about military affairs, so he would make arrangements when he reported back to Duke Xue.
"Anything else?"
The Marquis's wife walked back to her seat from beside the map and sat down again. "Also, there is another piece of news that we had wrongly received. She brought out not one person but three people from the cold palace."
When the Minister of Rites heard this, his expression changed immediately, "Are you sure? Isn't she testing you?"
"No, this matter was brought up after the garrison incident. If it was a test, how could she reveal such a military secret? Since she said it, it shows that she has absolute trust in everyone present.
After talking about the garrison, we started chatting about Concubine Yu in the cold palace. She asked us about Concubine Yu, and after that, someone asked about the situation of the one in the cold palace. She said herself that three people came out of the cold palace at that time, one of them stayed in the palace, and the other two were secretly placed just in case.
As a result, the one in the palace was killed by Concubine Qi . They said that there was enough evidence and witnesses. Tomorrow morning, His Majesty should directly announce the charges and the results of the punishment at the morning court session."
Yue Niang followed up with another response: "Yes, that's what His Majesty said in the pavilion."
The wife of the Minister of Rites was a little anxious, "Sir, what should we do? We can't just watch the princess get punished. If she is punished, we will be deaf and blind and won't receive any news in the palace from now on."
The Minister of Rites took a deep breath and walked out from behind the desk. "I'm going to go to the Duke first. You guys don't have to leave in a hurry. Wait until I bring back some news from there ."
The Mansion of Duke Xue.
When the Minister of Rites arrived, Duke Xue had just seen off a man in a short shirt.
The man was short and stocky, with calluses all over his hands. It was obvious that he was a laborer, but his eyes were so sharp that they made people feel cold.
The Minister of Rites subconsciously wondered in his heart, who is this person?
But he did not dare to ask, and just told Duke Xue the news he had received today when he returned to the study.
"...When Yue Niang returned to the Imperial Garden from the pavilion, she did not meet Xiao Zhezi. Something must have happened to her."
