Knowing that there was still something serious in the previous dynasty, Chu Xue cried in Song Chen's arms for a while, and when the small kitchen prepared breakfast, she wiped away her tears, calmed down a little, and dined with him.

After breakfast, although the king was reluctant, he still went to the palace of diligence after some comfort, and the burden of the world was on his shoulders, so he had to be diligent.

As soon as Song Chen left, Chu Xue also put away her tears, the fragile side is for men to see, she has experienced open guns and hidden arrows again and again, she has been tempered strong enough, of course she is resentful, but she is also calm enough, since the person has gone to the inner court prison, then she will wait patiently, waiting to see if the inner court prison's torture room is weighty enough, can she let the little palace maid spit out useful things.

Inner Court Prison Cell.

This is the only room in the entire palace built underground, and the room is lit all day long, and all kinds of torture instruments are placed around it. Except for the palace people who have been on errands here for a long time, any living person who turns around here will have weak legs, just looking at the appearance of these torture instruments, it is already terrifying, coupled with the screams and screams of the tortured people from time to time, no matter how hard-hearted people are, I am afraid they will not dare to stay for a long time. Such a place can only be described in one word, and that is - purgatory.

But Juxiang, the palace maid who was escorted over this morning, refused to say a word after being tortured for four hours.

The two eunuchs who were executed had been with her for four hours, and they were already tired at the moment, one of them sighed, put away the face like Yama when he was being executed, walked to Ju Xiang, and persuaded in a soft tone: "I said Ju Xiang, the matter has come to this, why do you have to hold on, if you commit this thing, death is inevitable, but why can't you choose a happy way to die?" Do you have to spend an hour here with you? To tell the truth, they are all slaves, and we don't want to be difficult for you, so you might as well recruit it! It's all come to this, why are you still fighting for the people who called you? ”

Hearing this, the palace maid Juxiang, who was already dying, finally opened her eyes, her face was blurred with flesh and blood, she looked at the person in front of her weakly, and tried to squeeze out a sentence, "Father-in-law, I said, I am willing to say, can you let me down first, I hurt." ”

"Hey! You wouldn't have thought about it earlier! You still have to suffer all this! The eunuch who spoke glanced at the other envoy who was seated, and the other eunuch hurriedly got up from his chair and came over to untie the chrysanthemum on the shelf. After four hours, it's finally time to call it a day!

As soon as his hand moved, he hesitated a little, looked at the one who spoke before, and exchanged glances: This little palace maid, should she end it herself?

The one who spoke smiled contemptuously, he was tortured like this, he had a hard time talking, how could he end it by himself?

didn't suspect it anymore, and the two of them loosened the tie for Ju Xiang a few times.

Unexpectedly, Ju Xiang, who was still angry before, touched the ground with her feet, but immediately had strength, only to see that she didn't even say a word, just rushed to the opposite wall like a gust of wind, and then only heard a "bang", the head hit the stone wall, and in an instant, blood splashed, and Ju Xiang fell to the ground with blood on her face.

The two eunuchs immediately panicked, they had been doing errands in the torture chamber for so many years, and now they were deceived by this little hoof! It took four hours of punishment, and ordinary people would have recruited it a long time ago, but this little hoof was so loyal, without saying a word, and still retaining the last strength to seek death! It's okay now, the death of the offender is happy, and they haven't caught half of the useful sentences, so they have to go around without eating!

I really don't know how much grace the master behind it has given to let this little hoof bite to death like this!

How does Juxiang not bite to death?

Her sister Mei Xiang is still working as an errand in Concubine Shu's Hehuan Palace, and her brother is still working as a guard in the Peiguo Mansion. It is not easy for the three brothers and sisters who depend on each other to survive until now, she knows that once she confesses to the queen Xu Jinhe who instructed her, not only will she have no way to live, her sister will die, and her brother will also be killed by Pingnanhou!

When Qiu Gui arranged her to be on an errand in Yufu Palace, she knew that there would be such a day, and it would be good for her to die, but no matter what, let her brothers and sisters live!

Ju Xiang, who was covered in blood, smiled one last time and slowly closed her eyes.

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At dinner, Chu Xue waited for the news.

The hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly, and she looked at Zhou Yu, the chief supervisor of the inner court, who came to report the news, expressionlessly.

After being silent for a while, she asked coldly, "Does the emperor know?" ”

Although it is only six simple words, it seems to weigh a thousand pounds in Zhou Yu's ears, the beauty in front of him is beautiful, and a faint smile in the past can make people feel like Mu Sanchun and the warm sun, when did you have such a cold appearance as an iceberg now? Zhou Yu bowed his head and said, "If you return to Concubine Yi's words, the slave has already sent someone to return to the emperor." ”

"I know, there is Chief Manager Lao Zhou who has come over in person, the palace is a little tired, I want to go and rest first." Chu Xue still spoke in a light tone, not showing joy or anger.

Zhou Yu obviously understood the eviction order, and bowed his head knowingly and said: "Please rest for a good life, and the slave will retire." He bowed and withdrew.

After the room was clean for a while, Yanling and Ruyue looked at her together, wanting to say but not daring to speak. Following Chu Xue through one thing after another, they can naturally guess who did it, they originally thought that this time they could reveal the true face of the poisonous woman, but they didn't expect such an ending, they knew that Chu Xue's unwilling anger in their hearts must be better than them, so they didn't dare to say anything lightly, for fear of stimulating Chu Xue again.

Cheng Zisong said that the fetus in her womb was full-term, and the birth was within this half month, and they really didn't dare to call her emotional fluctuations and give birth to some accidents.

Chu Xue was nothing abnormal, and when the situation calmed down, she still raised her chopsticks to eat, and seemed to have a good appetite, and she could eat more than before. Putting down the chopsticks, seeing that the two girls wanted to speak and stopped, she said lightly: "Things are already like this, there is nothing to say, the other party has a lot of power, and it is not an overnight thing to deal with them." However, this palace can't do what they want, the more they don't want to call me good, I want to be good, I get angry and damage my body, so that my relatives are bitter and happy! ”

Like an initiation, Yanling Ruyue immediately put her mind at ease. The master is right, the matter has come to this, if you drill the horns of the bull hard, once you are damaged, you will only take advantage of the other party's mind. The two girls figured it out, and then they got busy, accompanied the master for a walk, and stayed to watch the housekeeper, and their calm faces did not show any anger.

Although the atmosphere in Yufu Palace is calm, the atmosphere of Fengyi Palace is a little delicate.

Abandoning the idle people, Qiu Gui came to Xu Jinhe, and said softly after saluting: "Niangniang, there is no movement in Yufu Palace, the slave maid just heard that that Juxiang is dead." ”

Xu Jinhe was stunned and asked, "Have you ever spit out something?" ”

Qiu Gui hurriedly replied, "It should be not, otherwise the people in the torture room will not be punished." ”

Xu Jinhe nodded, "This girl is quite smart." ”

"Yes." Qiu Gui pondered for a while, and then asked: "Niangniang, as soon as this matter comes out, will the emperor think of us ......?"

Xu Jinhe interrupted her with a sneer, "This palace maid can't fight with the eight poles of this palace, why does the emperor suspect it?" Even if you want to trace back to the source, her sister is also in Hehuan Gongrui's biological mother, Concubine Shu, the emperor's accession to the throne touched a lot of people, and it is not a family waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, the emperor has the heart to doubt his own people, it is better to think about how to deal with those enemies. ”

When these words came out, Qiu Gui secretly admired. Although the master's trick was unsuccessful, he left himself clean, Concubine Shu's temperament has always been gentle and indisputable, and it is much easier to make an idea from her than Concubine Duan or the former queen, and King Rui was banned by the king for rebellion, and it is reasonable for Concubine Shu to take revenge.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if the emperor has suspicions, now that he is dead, there is absolutely no evidence.

It's just that Yufu Palace finally realized that it was not affected, and this trick was invalid again, and it was a long road, and it was really not easy to get rid of Chu Xue.

was thinking about it, but he heard Xu Jinhe instruct: "Go and prepare some gifts, Concubine Yi is about to give birth, and she has not come to ask for peace, as soon as this matter comes out, the palace will go over to see it tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Qiu Gui bowed down and went to the storeroom.

In the Funing Palace, the Queen Mother's dinner had just been withdrawn, when she heard a loud rumor outside the palace gate that Song Chen was coming.

The king looked tired, greeted his mother, and sat down on the couch.

"The queen mother, but there is still food, and my son is a little hungry."

The Queen Mother was about to ask him if he had eaten, but when he heard him say this, she immediately ordered the female official to pass the meal.

After a while, the meal was served, the mother and son sat at the table, the mother watched, and the son ate, which was also a kind of warmth.

After he finished eating, the Queen Mother picked up the hot tea and asked, "Why did you come to eat today?" Didn't go to Concubine Yi? ”

Song Chen rarely sighed heavily in front of his mother, "This time it is about the safety of their mother and son, but they failed to catch the real murderer, son...... The son felt a little ashamed of her. ”

The Queen Mother skimmed the hot tea and did not answer immediately.

Song Chen said again: "Queen Mother, Xue'er has been in distress several times, and my son thinks that it will have something to do with the queen?" ”

Only then did the Queen Mother speak, "Is there any evidence?" ”

Seeing him shake his head, the Queen Mother said without waves: "Last time the Sheng'an Temple went to the water, the culprit was in the Xia family, this time, the mourning family also heard about it, didn't that palace maid spit out something until she died?" The people who passed through Concubine Shu's palace, even if they wanted to ask the guilt, they couldn't ask the queen! She put down the teacup and said earnestly: "The emperor has ascended the throne this time, and there are many people who are uneasy, if you want to take revenge from Concubine Yi's mother and son, it is impossible. ”

"You are a king, and you know how to use people better than the queen mother."

Song Chen closed his eyes, rubbed the corners of his forehead, and said for a while: "My son knows, I will go to see Concubine Yi first, she has always been obedient and sensible, and if she wants to come, she will be considerate." ”

The Queen Mother also nodded, with a slight smile on her face, "The mourning family shouldn't look away, Concubine Yi, she is a general knowledge." ”

The Queen Mother did not suspect Xu Jinhe, but as she said, there is no evidence that this matter is related to Fengyi Palace, and in comparison, Concubine Shu's motives can be more plausible at that time.

Besides, Xu Jinhe is now the queen, and the power of the Peiguo Mansion behind her is even more incredible, and the most important thing is that she is the biological mother of the crown prince Song Chi, for the sake of this emperor's eldest grandson, she also hopes that the emperor and queen will be harmonious, and her son has just ascended the throne.

Half an hour later, Yufu Palace ushered in the holy car.

Song Chen originally thought that he would see a complaining beauty, but he didn't expect Chu Xue, who would greet him when he stepped into the palace gate, but there was no half of a complaining look on his face.

"The concubines welcome the holy driver." Chu Xue wanted to curtsy, but was stopped by Song Chen, her belly was too big, he didn't want her to do any more meaningless courtesy, and now keeping their mother and son safe was what he most desperately wanted to do.

"Has the emperor had dinner?" Her tone was the same as usual.

"I just used it at the Queen Mother." He pulled her to the edge of the couch and sat down, and finally spoke, "Do you know about today's events?" ”

She nodded slowly, "Zhou Yulai has reported to the concubine." ”

He sighed and hugged her into his arms, "Resentful? ”

She shook her head, "It's not the emperor who harmed the concubine, how can the concubine complain about you." After a pause, she continued: "The emperor doesn't have to blame himself, how to arrange, the concubines will listen to you." ”

The queen mother was right, his Xue'er was really well-behaved and knowledgeable, he was silent for a while, kissed her forehead, and said, "Okay, I won't let people hurt you anymore, now give birth to the child well." ”

"Yes." She nodded meekly.

Today, Fugui came to report, saying that he went to the Queen Mother without eating, and if he didn't eat by himself in the Qinzheng Palace, he would definitely come back here to eat together, but today he went to the Queen Mother, which shows that he is depressed. At this time, you must not be an aggressive woman, he is an assertive man, crying will not change anything, but it will annoy him......

So she didn't argue or ask, just waiting for his promise to take the initiative.

That's the only thing that can be done right now.