The little eunuch stepped forward and reported, "Your Majesty, the empress is here."
"Let her in."
The little eunuch retreated.
Soon, the queen came in.
The emperor casually flipped through a page of the book, and cast a glance at the queen, "The palace banquet is over?"
"We broke up unhappily," said the Queen.
The emperor frowned.
The Queen sighed, "In order to please the Emperor, Concubine Li Gui let Mrs. Marquis of Wucheng take the lead in donating in the name of a palace banquet, and the wives of the ministers can only follow suit."
"Before in the court hall, Dongxianghou had already taken the lead to ask all the officials to donate once. When the noble concubine came, the ministers and wives had opinions."
"The concubine has lost her phoenix seal, and her words are useless, but Li Guifei's actions are undoubtedly only forcing those ministers to be greedy for ink."
The salaries given by the imperial court are only enough for the ministers to support their families, but cannot give them rich clothes and fine food.
And whenever there is a natural or man-made disaster, they are required to donate, and one donation is not enough, so they have to donate again.
I don't have money to donate, I'm afraid that the emperor will be unhappy and his official career will be damaged.
In order to have money to make the emperor happy, I can only accept bribes and be greedy.
It is inappropriate for Concubine Li Gui to disregard the lives of all the officials in order to please the emperor.
Moreover, the jewelry worn by the wives of the ministers is worth a lot, so it is really wrong to chill the hearts of the ministers.
The queen proposed to return the donated jewelry.
The news that the Queen was going to the imperial study reached Concubine Li Gui. Concubine Li came here in a hurry, worried that the Queen would trip her up.
The father-in-law stopped Li Guifei to enter the imperial study to report, but was pushed away by Li Guifei.
Concubine Li Gui stepped in, just in time to hear what the queen said, Concubine Li Gui almost pouted angrily.
After taking a few deep breaths, she suppressed the anger welling up in her chest. She looked at the queen and said, "Sister is too good at buying people's hearts!"
The queen didn't expect Concubine Li Gui to come, she said, "How can I buy people's hearts?"
"Isn't it?" Concubine Li Gui said coldly.
She went up to greet the emperor, and then said, "Your Majesty, the concubine's brother-in-law Mrs. Wu'anhou proposed a donation. Before the concubine could understand what was going on, the queen took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and said it was a donation." to the poor people."
"At the banquet, she was full of praise for the donation, but when it came to the emperor, it was wrong again, and the hearts of those ministers were upset. With such inconsistency, how can you respect the world?!"
The emperor looked at the queen.
Concubine Li Gui dared to accuse the empress of duplicity, which shows that what she said was true and confident.
The queen panicked for a moment, and then said, "The imperial concubine wants donations from those noble wives, but if the concubines don't help, outsiders should say that our imperial concubine is not compatible."
"It's not good for ministers and concubines to show the face of the imperial concubine, but the donations are given back by you, the emperor, which also shows that the emperor is thinking of his ministers. This is not contradictory."
Good one is not contradictory!
Concubine Li Gui wanted to kill the queen alive.
This is because the villains asked her to do it, and offended those noble ladies, and then she went to persuade the emperor to return the jewelry, which showed that she was thoughtful and thoughtful about everything!
She just wants to use this to tell the emperor that she is the empress, and she is in charge of the Phoenix Seal, so she will not make such a mistake!
However, Concubine Li Gui is not easy to mess with. She has been able to fight the empress for so many years, and she can still hold the position of concubine, which is evident.
After a while, a little maid came in outside and whispered something in Concubine Li Gui's ear.
Concubine Li Gui said coldly, "Just stick me to death!"
Concubine Li Gui spoke a little loudly because of her anger.
Not only the queen, but also the emperor heard it.
The emperor asked, "What happened?"
Concubine Li Gui wanted the emperor to intervene, she looked at the emperor and said, "Your majesty, the concubine is in charge of the Phoenix seal and is in charge of the harem instead of the queen. What mistakes have happened in such a long time?"
"The concubine wanted to ask the wives of the ministers to collect donations, but before the concubine could make arrangements, Marquis Dongxiang took the lead in donating in the court, and the concubine dismissed this idea."
"Today's banquet for those ministers and wives was decided before, and there was no intention of soliciting donations. It was a lowly maid in the concubine's palace who sent a message to the concubine's brother and sister-in-law, asking her to take the lead in collecting donations"
Concubine Li Gui revealed the plotted matter with a face full of grievances, and then said, "After the concubine returned to the palace, someone arrested that lowly servant girl, and she actually admitted that the queen ordered her, this concubine thinking about the queen?If you are so active towards the courtiers and concubines, how can you get so many ministers and wives to donate only with the Marquis of Wucheng? "
"The concubine was so angry that she asked someone to hang up that lowly servant girl. That lowly servant girl was wronged, saying that the empress instructed her. If there is even half a lie, she will die."
Concubine Li Gui felt uncomfortable without telling the queen.
But if you file a complaint directly, you will be bitten back by the queen.
Therefore, Concubine Li Gui chose to face the queen openly, and sue her vehemently in secret.
The queen can't say anything yet, after all, no matter how the court lady swears, Li Guifei doesn't believe it.
The queen gritted her teeth and said, "It's also thanks to the concubine's sister trusting me."
Concubine Li Gui smiled and said, "In the future, if my sister is not doing well enough, please point it out directly. The donations have been collected, and if you object, you will go back. My sister thinks that she is taking care of the overall situation. Others don't understand my sister's behavior." The deep meaning of doing it is to treat my sister as the villain who stabbed the knife in the back."
The queen's face was faintly blue.
The emperor sat there watching concubine Li Gui and the empress quarreling with each other, his heart was like a mirror.
But knowing it was useless, Concubine Li Gui was put on by the queen, and she didn't dare to complain openly, so there was no evidence.
Without evidence, the emperor can't help her.
The emperor looked at the queen and said, "Although I let Concubine Li Gui take care of the Fengyin and the harem instead of you, you are still the queen. If Concubine Li Gui is wrong, you should point it out directly instead of letting her go wrong. Since those jewelry Donations have already been raised, so I won¡¯t return them, let¡¯s all withdraw.¡±
The empress and concubine Li Guiqi retreated together.
After leaving the imperial study, Concubine Li Gui didn't bother to say a word to the queen, and left holding the maid's hand.
But Li Guifei didn't do nothing.
There is nothing to hide in the palace, a gust of wind can blow to every corner.
"Your Majesty calm down, don't get so angry," the maid advised.
"How can I not be angry?!" Concubine Li Gui gritted her teeth.
"She tricked me to offend so many wives of ministers and the Marquis of Wucheng, and she will persuade the emperor to return the jewelry to please those noble ladies!"
"It's a good thing the emperor didn't listen to her, otherwise I wouldn't be pissed off!"
Concubine Li Gui cursed as she walked.
Soon, word spread.
In order to get news from the palace in time, those ministers bought the palace people as eyeliner.
These words spread out of the palace again.
Those noble ladies and ladies who have entered the palace and put in a lot of jewelry are very angry.
Concubine Li Gui fought with the queen, and they became victims.
They also wondered how Li Guifei was so stupid that she did not hesitate to offend them in order to please the emperor.
Even if the emperor dotes on her, without the support of the ministers, the emperor would not make the third prince the crown prince. Unexpectedly, it was the queen who was behind the scenes. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com