Adore Trick of Beauty

In the quiet inner hall, Xiao Fengming stood in front of the window with sleeves and hands, looking at a pink hosta flower hanging low by the window. Nie Wushuang walked to him softly and just stood silently with him.

"Is the Queen Mother gone?" Xiao Fengming asked lightly.

"Gone." Nie Wushuang replied softly.

"Did you hear it too?" Xiao Fengming suddenly asked.

Nie Wushuang was slightly startled and couldn't help but ask: "What did you hear?"

Xiao Fengming smiled lightly: "The Queen Mother just scolded you."

Nie Wushuang suddenly remembered the angry and contemptuous scolding of Empress Dowager Gao. She said, "You are born of this cheap maid..." The second half of the sentence must be even more unpleasant, either "bastard" or "bastard". With Xiao Fengming's current situation With his strength, Empress Dowager Gao could easily scold him like a child. One can imagine how Empress Dowager Gao made things difficult for Xiao Fengming before he took charge.

Nie Wushuang suddenly felt a little pity for the emperor in front of him who always looked calm and calm. It turns out that the position of Ninth Five Supreme Being is not a painful shackles for Xiao Fengming. It's just that the shackles are covered with a dragon robe that looks like the glory of the gods.

"My mother was once a maid beside the Queen Mother." Xiao Fengming suddenly said, this time he did not call himself me. Nie Wushuang was slightly shocked. This was the first time he opened his heart to her.

"After being spotted by my father, I asked Empress Dowager Gao to become a lowly female official in bed. Later, my mother became pregnant, and she officially became my father's concubine. As long as I can remember, my mother has always lowered her head. , kneeling down to every woman who has a higher status than her father. One time I finally couldn’t help but ask why I had to kneel down to them. My mother said, she said, because their origins were much higher than hers, and she would have to do it all her life. Beneath them."

He suddenly chuckled lightly: "Isn't it boring to say this?" There was a smile on his face, but there was a trace of deep sadness deep in his pure black eyes.

Nie Wushuang shook his head: "The courage to show the past to others is not out of boredom, but a way to accumulate strength. Your Majesty, tell me, I want to hear it."

Xiao Fengming looked out the window and continued calmly: "At that time, Empress Dowager Gao was still the late emperor's empress. She gave birth to a son, who later died young. At that time, my father had many sons, and naturally many of them had better backgrounds than me. There were many candidates. But the Queen Mother only chose me. I think she chose my mother who was always humble and cowardly behind me. Later, my father hesitated among several princes who were most likely to be the prince. In the end, the Queen Mother chose I tried every means to convince my father, so it was possible for me to become the prince and sit on the throne."

"What about the emperor's biological mother?" Nie Wushuang asked.

Xiao Fengming looked out the window and said calmly for a long time: "He's dead. He died of illness a year before I became emperor."

Plain tone, plain explanation. Nie Wushuang heard a different meaning. In the harem, there are always a thousand ways for people to die silently. Empress Dowager Gao took away the son of another concubine, so naturally she did not dare to let her live to the day when she could be equal to her.

It turns out... they are all poor people! Nie Wushuang suddenly remembered Xiao Fengqing's cynical handsome face, the same life experience, and the same forbearance. Xiao Fengming chose to remain silent and obedient, looking forward to the final counterattack. Xiao Fengqing, on the other hand, chose to treason to cover up her ambitions.

It turns out that the people around me have very different thoughts. Nie Wushuang sighed deeply in his heart and looked out the window, a hidden worry slowly rising in his heart.

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Two or three days after Empress Dowager Gao rebuked the emperor, ripples began to appear in the quiet court hall. Many important officials in the court began to petition the emperor, asking the emperor to put the overall situation first and give lighter punishment to the dozen or so court officials who were sent to prison for "collaborating with the enemy".

Every time Xiao Fengming went to court, there were officials in the court who would die to remonstrate. He tried to end the court meeting several times, but had no choice but to leave in anger. There was a commotion in the court, and the palace far away from the capital seemed to be gradually feeling uneasy. Concubine Shu and Concubine Yun made several petitions to return to the palace. Xiao Fengming followed the schedule and did not issue an imperial edict.

Nie Wushuang watched with cold eyes. She knew that Empress Dowager Gao was forcing the emperor to make concessions, and why did Concubine Shu and Concubine Yun come back to join in the fun?

she asked Yang Zhi. Yang Zhi sighed in a low voice: "There is no need to mention Concubine Shu. Several of the guilty officials who 'collaborated with the enemy' this time are her father's subordinates. Although Concubine Yun's father is from the Qingliu sect, he has long been embraced by the aristocratic families in the capital. They have become a group and cannot be separated, not to mention that this time it affects the nine tribes, it is really too involved."

Since Yang Zhi said this, it must be very serious. Only then did Nie Wushuang really feel the pressure on Xiao Fengming. Xiao Fengming went to the morning court for several days in a row, and went down to court every time when he was angry. On the fifth day, he simply issued an order to stop the court for three days. Everyone was shocked.

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The sound of the piano was heard in the pavilion. Under the shelter of the towering trees, the pavilion was filled with green shade. Nie Wushuang gently twisted his bare hands, and the melodious music of the piano poured out from his fingers. She looked at Xiao Fengming, who was lying on the couch across from him with his eyes closed and concentrating. She gently twisted the music between her fingers, and the sound of the piano became more ethereal and melodious.

The forest was as quiet as a paradise in the world. Nie Wushuang couldn't help but be lost in thought as he looked at the green colors. Xiao Fengming had been staying at her house for three days. He and she were either playing chess or drinking tea. Every night they summoned the dancers from the palace to perform dances, and the sound of silk and bamboo was endless.

On the first day of court, there was a mountain of memorials on the Dragon Case.

After the court was over the next day, the former crown prince came to invite the emperor to court. The trembling old man passed by Nie Wushuang and cursed angrily: "Trouble!"

After the court was dismissed on the third day, the elders and important ministers of the three dynasties knelt in front of the Yonghua Hall and asked the emperor to give a lighter punishment to the guilty ministers who were still detained in the Ministry of Punishment.

Xiao Fengming turned a blind eye to them all. Nie Wushuang caressed the piano carelessly. At this moment, the dozen or so important officials of the court were probably kneeling to death in front of her "Yonghua Palace" under the scorching sun.

"Wrong, I played a wrong note." Xiao Fengming, who had his eyes closed, suddenly spoke. Nie Wushuang stopped his hand and said with a smile: "It turns out that the emperor is pretending to sleep."

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