Watching "Langya Bang", I have always felt that it is quite incredible that Concubine Yue drugged the Nihuang County Lord to "love silk".
This is equivalent to a harem concubine, under the sovereignty of the emperor, blatantly murdering an important minister with great military achievements and an iron horse, this is a big crime, how dare she do such a thing?
And judging from the fact that the matter was revealed later, Emperor Liang only lightly punished the Yue family and the crown prince, so I don't think it's strange.
1. The emperor's attitude is the confidence of the Yue family
Over the years, Concubine Yue has been arrogant and domineering in the entire harem and even the government and the opposition, nothing more than the favor of Emperor Liang, many things she does, Emperor Liang is not unaware, but chooses to turn a blind eye, as long as it is not too much, she is basically let go. This further fueled the arrogance of the Yue clan, so much so that even the Nihuang County Lord dared to poison, and even the prince (King Jing) dared to shoot him.
Judging from the later revelations and the results of Emperor Liang's punishment of Concubine Yue and the crown prince, it can also be seen how tolerant and doting the emperor was to the mother and son of the Yue family, and the murder of Zhongliang was such a major event with conclusive evidence, Concubine Yue only punished the demotion, and the prince only punished the grounding. It is conceivable that on weekdays, some other "small mistakes" will not cure the Yue family's crimes.
And Concubine Yue also took this seriously, so she was confident that even if the matter did not succeed and was exposed, the emperor would not really punish their mother and son. What's more, she is fully prepared, thinking that it is difficult for the county lord to fly, even if the county lord denounces her, there is no evidence, and she always has a set of excuse quibbles.
It's just that what Yue didn't expect was that a god like Mei Changsu would catch the evidence so quickly and break her game, pushing this matter to her worst end. Even so, this ending is something that the Yue clan can bear, so why not fight for the Yue clan?
2. This kind of thing is really about women's festivals, and it won't be publicized
When the emperor convicted and punished the Yue family, he seized the reason that "this matter is related to Nihuang's reputation, and it is not appropriate to make a big announcement", and the small punishment of the Yue family and the prince was regarded as an explanation in front of Nihuang and others.
This reason, the Yue clan naturally could have thought of it a long time ago. Therefore, no matter whether the matter is successful or not, it will not be publicized to the outside world, and it will not make too much trouble. If the matter succeeds, it is a matter of her own reputation, and it is impossible for the county lord to openly crusade against her, and Nihuang can only knock out her teeth and swallow it in her stomach in the end. And when the emperor saw that the raw rice was cooked and cooked, he would just take advantage of the situation, as long as he did not threaten to shake his own position of power, the rest did not matter. In this way, after a long time, Nihuang succumbed, and her power became the prince's side in private. But Concubine Yue still underestimated Nihuang.
3. There have been successful cases
More than 20 years ago, the eldest princess of Liyang drank the wine that the Empress Dowager personally brought to her (love silk), and was taken advantage of by Xie Yu, and finally had to marry him. Obviously, Concubine Yue knew about it.
Liyang is also a heroic woman, a little similar to the heroine Nihuang, and Liyang is still a princess with a more noble status, in the eyes of Concubine Yue, after drinking this kind of wine, the eldest princess has to succumb to reality and marry Xie Yu, who she doesn't love, not to mention the Nihuang whose identity is not so noble and unprotected
Concubine Yue thought that Nihuang was a woman after all, and when the raw rice was cooked into cooked rice, even if she was angry again, she would take care of her reputation and choose to accept the reality of marrying Sima Lei. But Concubine Yue won't understand that the situation between Nihuang and the eldest princess of Liyang is different, Liyang is more to save the child in the belly, and the person he loves runs away, he is disappointed, so he will succumb. But Nihuang and Lin Shu's love is always loyal, and there are no other concerns, if it is just because of his own loss, with a heroic spirit like Nihuang, he will never swallow his anger and be at the mercy of others.
4, Concubine Yue herself is a small and ruthless person
This matter also has a lot to do with Yue's own character and personality, and I feel that only a ruthless and small talent like Yue's can come up with such a method. It is impossible for a person like Queen Yan who comes from a family and is always dignified and arrogant to take care of her face can come up with such an inferior and extreme method.
In order to achieve her goals, Concubine Yue can flatter, she can lie, she can do whatever she wants, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a poisonous woman. With the pattern of the more noble concubine, she can probably only come up with such a low-level trick.
And in the end, she was still eaten up by what she thought was smart, for the simple reason that this kind of cleverness was not used in the right path, and at the same time it was too low-level.
People like Yue Guifei look smart and have high emotional intelligence, and they seem to be very sleek and good at dealing with people, but they don't have a long-term view of the overall situation, and sometimes they will be smart and mistaken by smart.
In fact, people, many times, it is better to be stupid and sincere.