Ruan Jia looked at him directly without humility or arrogance: "The slave maid is just a lowly palace maid, and it is natural that the emperor has never paid attention to the slave maid. After a toss, her sideburns were loosened, a few strands of hair fell down to her chest, and her eyes were full of anxiety but extremely firm: "It is said that the emperor cherishes Concubine Lan the most, and now that the mother is in trouble, will the emperor believe in her and protect her?" ”

Jing Zhen was taken aback: "Why do you say this?" At the same time, he motioned for the attendant to untie the rope from her body.

Ruan Jia took out the missing corner of the rhombic dumpling from his bosom and said, "The slave found a dead raccoon cat in the back garden of Yuntai Palace today, and this was picked up near the dead cat. ”

Jing Zhen's eyes fell on the rhombic dumpling, and his face was gloomy.

Ruan Jia saw that he seemed to be hesitant, and couldn't help but say angrily: "Is the emperor suspicious? ”

He waved his hand and left his attendants, leaving only Zu Cheng by his side, and said in a deep voice: "Why do I believe you? ”

Although he asked like this, Ruan Jia could see that he didn't believe it completely, so he bowed and said earnestly: "Concubine Lan has a life-saving grace for the slave and maid, and the emperor doesn't believe in the slave and maid, so he can take the slave and the maid to the mother to confront him." It's just that time is pressing, if you can't withdraw the Jiuzi dumplings sent by Yuntai Palace as soon as possible, once the poisonous zongzi is put on the feast...... There is the queen mother, there are palace concubines and concubines, and even if the emperor returns to protect the mother, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the mother to prove her innocence, and she will have to suffer a lot of flesh and skin. ”

Jing Zhen took a deep look at her, and called Zu Cheng: "Go to the Yiyuan Palace to tell Empress Sù, let her remove the imperial rice dumplings from Yuntai Palace, and then ask the imperial dining room to make a new batch and replace them." After a pause, he said, "In addition, Concubine Lan doesn't have to assist the queen in presiding over the family banquet." The queen can't be tired because of her heavy body, so you go to Changning Palace and ask the queen mother to help her. ”

Zu Cheng asked: "If the queen mother asks the reason......

Jing Zhen said: "If you only say that it is my will, she will not ask more." As for Concubine Lan, I will go to see her myself later. Before leaving, he ordered someone to take care of Ruan Jia, and then make a decision after he met Concubine Lan.

How could Ruan Jia not know what he meant to protect? All kinds of measures seem to have wronged Concubine Lan on the surface, but in fact, they are just big things and small ones, and they make her completely avoid right and wrong. Relying only on her own words, the dignified emperor actually trusted and protected one person so much, which made her heart warm and said sincerely: "Thank you emperor." ”

Jingzhen stopped under the porch, turned around and asked, "What's your name?" ”

Ruan Jia's eyes fluttered, and he smiled happily: "Slave Ayuan, send off the emperor." ”

The wind blew, and he was dressed in a green robe, and he was more and more like a Zhilan jade tree. Ruan Jia saw him leave with his hands in his hands, leaving only a tall and slender back, reflecting a silhouette in the setting sun. However, King Xiang has a dream, and the goddess has no heart. If one day, he understands that his sister's indifference is only because she already has a lover in her heart, and he doesn't know what kind of disappointment and anger it should be......

The royal night banquet should have been extremely flashy and grand, taking into account the mourning period of the first emperor, everyone was only dressed in plain clothes, luxurious but not glamorous, and the conversation was also quite solemn. On the feast, the Empress Dowager Zhang was enshrined as the chief, the emperor was on the left, the queen was on the right, and the three of them shared the throne. Below the emperor, the left seat is the inner and outer wife and the unmarried prince and princess, the right seat is more than ten concubines of the emperor, and Concubine Lan sat alone at the end of the seat because she was sick.

After a family banquet, there was only a polite greeting to each other, and no one dared to laugh loudly. It wasn't until the end of the feast that a sharp rebuke broke the peace of the Yiyuan Palace.

"Get out!"

The concubines were shocked, and looked at the banquet, only to see Concubine Min standing up directly, condescendingly glaring at the noble Xu family under her. The noble man was so frightened by her sudden attack that she fell to her knees with a snap, tears streaming out of her eyes.

There was a deathly silence in the hall, and everyone immediately looked at the emperor and queen. As if he hadn't seen or heard anything, Jing Zhen picked up the white jade dragon tea bowl and took a sip of tea. Queen Chunyu, who was sitting opposite him, just looked at the Queen Mother at first, but then felt that it was inappropriate, so she had to hang her head.

The Queen Mother raised her eyes, her eyes seemed to have a silver needle in her eyes, and she said unhurriedly: "Who made us Jingjing angry again?" ”

Concubine Min's woven golden pomegranate red dress was particularly dazzling in the hall, and she pointed at Ying Guidao angrily: "She committed the following offense and ridiculed the concubine!" ”

The Queen Mother asked, "What did Guiren Ying say?" ”

The Xu family and Zhang Jingjing lived in Zichen Palace, and they had to suffer from her bad luck on weekdays, but they just kept sobbing at this time, and they couldn't say a word for a long time. Until the maid Qiaoyun beside Concubine Min stepped forward and replied: "Back to the Queen Mother's words, the slave maid can hear it clearly next to her." It's our mother who started to talk about it, now that you have become the queen mother, you still have to help the harem host the family banquet, and you can't be idle for a moment, and she feels distressed in her eyes. The noble little lord said that the queen mother was pregnant with a dragon fetus, and Concubine Lan was weak, so she could only bother the queen mother. So our mother said that she is also a concubine, and she is also a Zaifu, so she can also share the worries of the queen mother and the queen. The noble little lord ridiculed our mother for being young and ignorant, and she would only cause trouble everywhere, even the nine-year-old fifth eldest princess was not as good, and the fifth eldest princess could still catch spies for the emperor in the Rende Palace......"

"Qiyue is catching spies in the Rende Palace?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, interrupting her chatter.

Jing Zhen put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "Children are messing around, the queen mother doesn't have to take it seriously." The son went to see it, and it was just a misunderstanding. ”

"Rende Palace......" The Queen Mother pursed her lips and hesitated slightly, "Have you interrogated carefully?" Although Mu is dead, there are still remnants of sin, and if he stays in the palace, he must make waves. ”

Queen Chunyu picked up a piece of scarlet fragrant dumplings, dipped them in osmanthus honey and sent them to the queen mother's plate, and said with a slight smile: "The fifth eldest princess is not quiet, and she has no brothers and sisters around on weekdays, so she always plays with the little eunuch and the little palace maid. Last time, she also asked Huang Xuan'er in the palace of the concubine to play an assassin for her, but she was beaten by the eldest princess and never dared to leave the Chengqing Palace again. She covered her mouth and chuckled, and the pink and white beads on the phoenix hairpin trembled slightly, swaying with surging brilliance.

"It's good that the emperor knows it." The Queen Mother entered the piece of honey dumplings, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said loudly: "Qiyue! ”

Qiyue was startled, hurriedly swallowed the zongzi in her mouth, and stepped forward in response. When he walked in front of the Yugui concubine, he glanced at her worriedly, and saw that her biological mother was just closing her eyes and didn't look at her, so she had to walk up to the queen mother and bend her knees and salute: "The son is here." ”

The Queen Mother said: "In the past, the mourning family and your mother connived at you too much. You are the eldest princess of the dignified Zhou, and you have reached the age of going out of the cabinet in a few years, and you are still so stubborn, what kind of system! ”

Qiyue said in a low voice: "Erchen knows that he is wrong. ”

The Queen Mother asked, "Who did you arrest?" ”

Qiyue replied: "After returning to my mother, that person claimed to be the palace maid of Yuntai Palace......"

Yuntai Palace, the Queen Mother snorted coldly and glanced at the emperor with slight displeasure. The emperor couldn't help but smile and said, "That palace maid is indeed Concubine Lan's person, and my son has seen it." Today's incident is because she has just entered the palace and is not familiar with the roads in the palace, so Yue'er misunderstood. ”

Qiyue also sincerely admitted her mistake and said: "It's the son-in-law who is too reckless, please forgive the queen mother and the emperor's brother." ”

Suddenly, Concubine Min smiled and said, "Your emperor brother only needs to hear the word Concubine Lan, how can there be any bad people in his eyes." The so-called one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, Concubine Lan's sister is the emperor's heart, and the cats and dogs in her palace are naturally good. ”

The Queen Mother shouted: "You are too presumptuous! ”

Concubine Min twisted her body, and the golden branches and jade on her head shook and trembled, and she said coquettishly: "Aunt! ”

The Queen Mother said angrily: "Don't call your aunt the mourning family!" The mourning family can't afford to be your aunt! Only after cutting off the decay, you will dress up so vulgarly and disrespectfully one of the emperors; Today's family banquet in the palace, you are making a lot of noise for the dispute between words and tongues, and you have no respect for the second; Concubine Lan served the emperor before you, although there is no difference in position, you should respect her as the elder, but she is not disrespectful and not good at women. Such an unfilial and unrighteous person, what qualifications do you have to call your aunt and mourn! ”

When Concubine Min saw that the momentum was not right, she knew that the Queen Mother was really angry, so she hurriedly knelt down and said, "Concubine...... The concubine was not intentional, it was ...... I was stunned by Yinggui's anger......"

The Queen Mother smiled coldly: "Could it be that you are dressed like this, and you were also instigated by the Xu family?" ”

Ying Guiren wiped her tears and said timidly: "No, it's not a concubine......"

The Queen Mother raised the lake blue chisel flower enamel armor, pointed at Concubine Min and said angrily: "It seems that what the Xu family said has some truth, no wonder the emperor doesn't need the queen and Concubine Lan, so he can only count on the mourning family to manage the affairs of the palace." In vain for my Zhang family's famous family, but out of a straw bag like you! ”

The queen gently persuaded on the side: "Jingjing is still young, and there are people who don't know how important to speak." It's just the Duanyang Festival, don't be angry with the queen mother. ”

The Queen Mother retorted: "When you discipline Qiyue on weekdays, you all say that she is small; This is a lesson for Jingjing, and you also say that she is small. Until now, they are all used to not being the same. As a queen, you don't know how to control the concubines, and the harem is restless, so you can get rid of your responsibility? ”

Chun Yu's family was not from a high background, and he always only knew how to obey the will of the emperor and the queen mother, and never asked about harem disputes. At this time, when he heard this, he was already covered with sweat, his round face was flushed, and he only bowed his head and said nothing.

Jing Zhen said apologetically: "The queen mother should have been raising her for the rest of her life, but she let the queen mother worry so much, because her son did not do a good job." ”

His words made the queen regain some face a little, and Chun Yu said: "What the queen mother taught is that the concubines will pay attention in the future." ”

The queen said with a slight smile: "You are pregnant with a dragonborn, and the mourning family should not be too harsh on you." It's just that the sixth house can't be left without an owner for a day, the Yang family is weak and sickly, Jingjing is young and ignorant, and the mourning family can only take care of it for you first, what do you think? ”

Chun Yu was a little cramped, and looked at Jing Zhen at a loss, Jing Zhen understood, and said gently: "Then according to the queen mother's wishes, please also ask the queen mother to teach the queen more." ”

The Queen Mother nodded, her eyes wandered to Concubine Min on the side, and suddenly changed color: "As for Zhang Jingjing, she lost her honor in front of the emperor today. Go back and copy 300 articles of "The Book of Filial Piety" and "Internal Training", be fined for half a year, and be grounded for one month, do you know what is wrong? ”

Concubine Min twisted and pinched her dress, reluctantly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and said with tears in her eyes: "Jingjing knows that she is wrong. The queen mother called her by her name, and she also called herself by her name, and everyone understood that the queen mother just took advantage of Concubine Min's matter to give the emperor a dismissal, and took back the authority of the middle palace. Using her niece as a gesture, others naturally have nothing to say.

The feast was about to end, and Concubine Lan, who was sitting at the end of the table without saying a word, got up and retired. She never talked to anyone, and no one cared about her whereabouts, only Concubine Min smiled at her when she left. Concubine Lan was concerned about Ruan Jia, and she didn't care about the deep meaning of the smile, so she ordered the sedan chair to go to the Rende Hall first.