Chapter 317, National Treasure Key
The Shi family entered the palace to thank them, but on the way out of the palace, they ran into Concubine Liu Gui and the female family members of the Liu family. Anyone with a discerning eye knew that Concubine Liu Gui was deliberately blocking people.
Looking at the unfriendly concubine Liu Gui and the others, Mrs. Shi's heart sank slightly, she glanced at Jin Yue'e and Shi Fuxin, and signaled them to endure with her eyes.
"Yongan greets the imperial concubine and empress."
"The imperial concubine, Wanan."
Princess Yong'an and Shi Fuyin took the lead in blessing Liu Guifei.
Concubine Liu Gui glanced at the two of them, ignored them, and cast her eyes on Mrs. Shi, Jin Yuee, and Shi Fuxin who were also doing blessings, and gave the maid beside her a look.
The palace maid received the signal, and immediately scolded: "Presumptuous, why don't you kneel down to pay your respects when you see the imperial concubine?"
As soon as these words came out, both Princess Yong'an and Shi Fuyin changed their expressions.
Lady Shi knew that if Concubine Liu Gui was not allowed to vent her anger today, they would not be able to leave the palace smoothly, so she looked at Jin Yue'e and Shi Fuxin, and immediately prepared to kneel down. However, before the knees could be bent, the arms were grabbed by the granddaughter beside her.
Shi Fuxin's actions were seen by Concubine Liu Gui and the female members of the Liu family, and contempt and ridicule appeared on their faces.
Women are not required to kneel when they enter the palace, except for formal occasions.
After all, a concubine is the emperor's woman, representing the imperial power and the emperor.
It is only natural for a minister to kneel to the king.
Concubine Liu Gui just wanted to beat and humiliate Shi's family, to let them know that don't think that Shi Dinghao's becoming a son-in-law is nothing serious, and that it would be easy for the Liu family to handle them.
Seeing that the family members of the Shi family did not kneel down for a long time, the maid just wanted to reprimand again when she heard a crisp sound of 'pop'.
Everyone looked for the reputation, and saw a piece of black and white jade carving broken into several pieces at the foot of Concubine Liu Gui's skirt.
Seeing the jade carving, Concubine Liu Gui and the female family members of the Liu family all had expressions on their faces. How could they care about the female family members of the Shi family?
When the emperor brought the crown prince, the fourth prince, and Chu Yao's favored clan children over, he happened to see Concubine Liu Gui and her party leave in a hurry.
"Greetings to my father."
"See the emperor."
This time, Shi Fuxin suppressed her reluctance and knelt down with Mrs. Shi and Jin Yuee.
The emperor raised his hand to let them stand up, and then glanced at Shi Dinghao and the prince.
Not long ago, Shi Dinghao told him that Concubine Liu Gui stopped the family members of the Shi family, and she hesitated to speak, just like Concubine Liu Gui wanted to do something to her family.
The prince heard it from the side, and also talked about Concubine Liu Gui's dominance inside and outside the words.
Seeing from the Empress Dowager's face, he was also worried that Concubine Liu Gui would make too much trouble, so the emperor reluctantly came over to have a look.
But, I didn't see anything.
The emperor thought to himself at this moment, Concubine Liu Gui and the Liu family are still very familiar with the general situation.
Chu Yao looked at Shi Fuxin, then at Concubine Liu Gui and the others who had hurried away and couldn't see her figure, thoughtfully.
Prince is a little regretful, if Concubine Liu Gui gets into trouble with the Shi family, for the sake of the Empress Dowager, the father will also reprimand Concubine Liu Gui and the Liu family.
It's a pity that Concubine Liu Gui still has a bit of a brain.
The fourth prince breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave Shi Dinghao a hard look.
What a time Dinghao, he dared to sue his mother and concubine in front of him just now, to see how he would deal with him in the future.
The emperor had nothing to say to the female family members. He briefly talked to Mrs. Shi, asked about the situation of Duke Anguo's mansion, and prepared to take the people away.
At this moment, the girl from the Shi family who dared to flatter him the first time she saw him spoke.
"The emperor forgives the sin, just now the minister seems to have offended the imperial concubine."
The emperor's eyes flashed displeasure. Concubine Liu Gui is his woman. Even if she makes things difficult for the Shi family, the Shi family are courtiers, so just accept it. They ran to him one after another to complain. Is this a disobedience?
"Oh, tell me, how did you offend the noble concubine? Let me hear and see if I want to help the noble concubine punish you?"
When the fourth prince saw Shi Fuxin, who was pleading guilty on the surface, but actually complaining, his complexion immediately sank, but when the emperor said that the daughter of Shi's family would be punished, his expression relaxed again.
Hmph, his mother and concubine are concubines conferred by his father and emperor himself, how could he be offended by a courtier's daughter!
Shi Fuxin acted frightened: "The courtier didn't kneel down to pay her respects immediately, and the imperial concubine was so angry that she smashed a black and white jade carving."
The emperor laughed angrily at such a clumsy complaint. At this time, the family girl really thought that Shi Dinghao could run up to him and put eye drops on the noble concubine at will when he became a son-in-law. She was about to warn her when she suddenly thought of something.
"What did you say the imperial concubine smashed?"
Shi Fuxin hastily replied: "It's a black and white jade carving, my servant looked at it, and that jade carving looked a bit like the iron-eating beast I saw in the Bashu travel book."
The emperor's face suddenly changed, and without saying a word, he turned around and walked towards Jingren Palace.
Chu Yao also thought of something, glanced at Shi Fuxin, and followed quickly.
The prince took a step behind, and thoughtfully glanced at Shi Fuxin who was kneeling on the ground.
The Sixth Girl of the Shi Family.
He is no stranger to this girl at all, and the queen mother has tried to stuff this person into her backyard more than once.
The crown prince carefully looked at Shi Fuxin, um, she looks quite lucky.
Thinking of the expression on his father's face when he left just now, the prince's eyes became a little dark.
Seeing the fourth prince rushing to chase after the emperor, the prince glanced at Shi Fuxin again, and followed others to Jingren Palace.
After a while, only Shi Fuxin and the others remained in the Imperial Garden.
Princess Yong'an watched Shi Fuxin get up calmly, and her heart was slightly moved.
Every time he meets Shi Jiulang, the person Shi Jiulang talks about the most is his twin sister, saying how amazing she is, and seeing her today, she is indeed amazing.
In front of the fourth prince, the crown prince and others, he gave Concubine Liu Gui the eye drops in front of the emperor, and it looked like it was done.
Princess Yong'an glanced at the emperor's party who had gone away long ago, her eyes flickered, she suddenly had a premonition that Concubine Liu Gui might suffer disaster this time.
"Princess, hurry back to Shoukang Palace, we are leaving the palace now."
Princess Yong'an insisted on sending the Shi family to the gate of the palace, and then returned to Shoukang Palace. After going back, after thinking about it, she went to see the Empress Dowager and told her exactly what happened just now.
The Empress Dowager was lying lazily on the armchair, but after hearing Princess Yong'an's words, she also sat up with a 'bass'.
"Yong'an, tell me again, what does the jade carving that Concubine Liu Gui smashed look like?"
Princess Yong'an saw that the Empress Dowager was so serious, and quickly repeated it: "Black and white, Miss Shi Liu said it looks like an iron-eating beast in the Bashu area."
The Empress Dowager got up and walked around: "The jade carving is really broken?"
Princess Yong'an nodded: "Well, it broke into several pieces." Seeing the Empress Dowager sitting back on the armchair, she asked, "Is there any origin of the empress dowager's jade carving? After the father heard it, his face also changed greatly." Change."
The Empress Dowager did not answer immediately, and only after a while did she speak quietly: "Empress Wende likes the iron-eating beasts in Bashu area very much, and calls them national treasures."
“During the Taizu period, the great Chu state was powerful. Due to the shortage of treasury, some of the gold, silver and jewels were relocated. Empress Wende jokingly called it the royal treasure.”
"The treasure has only one entrance, and the key to open it is an iron-eating beast made of black jade and suet jade. If you don't enter from the entrance, there are organs all over the place."
If you want to get the royal treasure, you must first find the treasure map, and second, you must have the key to start the treasure.
After Xingzong, few people knew about the royal treasure, but the Empress Dowager knew that the regent had found the treasure map back then.
Fortunately, he didn't get the entrance key, otherwise, the regent would have won that year.
(end of this chapter)