Jingzhen entered the palace gate, only to see a piece of pink porcelain and jade, and the queen mother looked down at the people in the hall with angry eyes. When those people saw the emperor coming, they fell to the ground and kowtowed to him, saying "Wan Fu Jin'an".

The Queen Mother didn't get happy when she saw him, and she sneered: "Does the emperor still plan to hide the sky and the sea for her?" ”

Jingzhen said: "Why did the queen mother say this? In the corner of her eye, Concubine Lan also knelt on the cold hard floor tiles with her head down, not looking at him. I thought that if he came to the rescue, she would be grateful, at least she would lower her body and ask him for help, but she was not moved in the slightest, and her heart couldn't help but feel as if she had been pricked by a silver needle. It's just that the sting is nothing to a rock-solid infatuation, and his expression quickly recovers as usual, and he says, "Is the queen still pursuing the assassin?" ”

The Queen Mother beckoned him to sit on the couch together, and sent someone to send Ruan Minghui away, but her anger did not decrease a little: "The affairs of the Rende Hall have been asked clearly." Regardless of whether Qiyue is joking or not, you know that as an emperor, his own safety is related to the rise and fall of the world. In case of a mistake, how can you be worthy of the ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty! ”

Jing Zhen said apologetically: "Let the queen mother worry, it's the son's carelessness." However, the Rende Hall is an important place in the previous dynasty, and the son was afraid that Yue'er would cause some big disaster, so he was in a hurry and forgot to take proportions. ”

The Queen Mother was displeased: "And then? It's just that you went to check the 'assassin' in person, and as soon as you heard that it was related to the Yang family, you immediately suppressed the matter? ”

Jing Zhen said: "The queen mother is too worried, and the son did not publicly explain the poisoning, not because Concubine Lan was involved. It's just that there are a lot of doubts about this matter, and my son feels that it is quite strange. The Queen Mother was puzzled, and he said: "If it is really the Mu family and Prince Zhuang's Yu Dang, they will have a plan to succeed, as long as they don't startle the snake, they may be able to follow the vine and touch the melon, and the remnants left in the palace will be wiped out." Besides, the queen mother must have heard that the poison was only on the rice dumpling rope, and the son felt that he was afraid that there was something else in it. ”

The Queen Mother asked, "What do you want to say about this?" ”

"Although my son ordered the case to be kept secret, he immediately sent an internal guard battalion to investigate secretly." Jing Zhen glanced at Ruan Jia and said indifferently: "After this little palace maid found the poisonous dumplings in Yuntai Palace, she immediately went out of the palace to explain the situation to Concubine Lan, she probably didn't know that that afternoon, a palace maid was missing in Yuntai Palace. ”

Ruan Jia's heart was shocked, and he was eager to hear what he was saying.

Jing Zhen said: "That palace maid's name is Sango. This morning, the men I sent to investigate the case returned, and they found the missing maid. She was already dead, and her body was thrown in an abandoned well in the North Palace. The Interior Guard found evidence of a connection to the Muhammad Massachusetts on her body. ”

The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and hated: "That's the case! ”

Jing Zhen shook his head and said, "Because of this, my son realized that there was something strange in it. Among the Muhammads, if anyone can still hide in the palace, they must not be ordinary people, how can they use such a clumsy poisoning method. After the matter is revealed, whether it is suicide or being exterminated by other remnants, there will never be any evidence left. Now that their identities are exposed in such a grand manner, I am afraid that someone wants to use them to cover up their true intentions. ”

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said slowly: "What the emperor said has some truth. But ......" she looked at her and said angrily: "Even if this girl has nothing to do with the Mu family, what explanation should the Yang family make for the private burial of the concubines!" ”

Ruan Jia looked up and said: "Back to the queen mother and the emperor, the slave maid is willing to swear with her life, and the slave maid is not the concubine of the first emperor." If someone uses the similarity between the slave and the concubine as a reason to frame Concubine Lan, the slave is willing to die to prove the innocence of the mother! She said this categorically, after all, Emperor Jianzhao also officially issued an edict to make her a concubine at that time.

Jing Zhen originally thought that the Queen Mother was angry with Concubine Lan because of the assassin, but she was very puzzled at this time, so she asked, "What's going on?" ”

The red calyx, who had been serving by the side, recounted the cause and effect, plus the testimony of the guards and Ruan Minghui, before the emperor nodded and said, "I see." Suddenly, he slapped the table again, and said angrily: "Concubine Lan, is what the Queen Mother said true?" ”

Concubine Lan said: "There is no such thing. Ah Yuan met the concubine by chance in the court, when she was seriously ill, and the concubine saw that she was very similar to the concubine's deceased cousin, and liked her intelligence, so she took her into the palace. ”

Jingzhen seemed to suddenly remember something, and asked, "Is that the palace maid who had a pox rash before?" ”

Concubine Lan replied: "Exactly." ”

Jing Zhen smiled at the Queen Mother: "It seems that the Queen Mother misunderstood, this palace maid I have seen it before, and my father served by Concubine Lan before the funeral." ”

The Queen Mother didn't believe it: "Is this true? ”

Jing Zhen said respectfully: "The son will not deceive the queen mother." ”

Ruan Jia took the opportunity to cheer up and said with a hearty smile: "That's it, the emperor said so, why doesn't the Queen Mother still believe it?" The slave and maid said that people are similar, and things are the same. Doesn't the Queen Mother think that the slave maid and the Lan Concubine are also a little similar, but the maid is always the maid, and the slave is still the slave. ”

The Queen Mother saw her destroying the evidence with self-mutilation before, so she was coaxed by her words, and only sneered: "What a sharp mouth!" ”

Jing Zhen knew that Concubine Lan was weak, and after kneeling for a few hours this time, she gradually lost her strength, so she ordered someone to help her up, gave her a chair seat, and hinted to Ruan Jia: "Since the Queen Mother doesn't pursue you, why don't you hurry up and thank you?" ”

Ruan Jia hurriedly bowed, knocked her head three times, and only heard the Queen Mother above casually ask her: "The mourning family forgot jì, what do you say your name is?" ”

She raised the corners of her mouth and replied, "Slave Ayuan, I haven't seen my parents, and I don't know my surname. ”

The Queen Mother said lightly "um" and said, "The mourning family sees that you are sharp-toothed, and there is a lack of someone to talk to, so you can stay in Changning Palace to serve the mourning family." ”

Everyone was shocked, and Concubine Lan said in a loud voice: "The concubine and Ah Yuan are quite in love, and I thought that I would recognize her as a righteous sister and let her ......"

The Queen Mother was displeased and interrupted her: "Why, your righteous sister can't serve the mourning family?" ”

Concubine Lan hurriedly bowed her head: "The concubine doesn't dare." ”

Ruan Jia was afraid that she would provoke the queen mother's anger again, so she kowtowed and said: "It is a blessing for slaves and maids to be able to serve the queen mother." ”

Jing Zhen smiled: "Okay, Concubine Lan doesn't have to worry about Ah Yuan." Since the queen mother knows that this is a misunderstanding, she must not embarrass your sister. He focused on the word "sister" in order to improve Ruan Jia's identity. is the righteous sister of the high-ranking concubine of the harem, although the queen mother keeps her by her side to serve, she will not take her life casually.

Concubine Lan naturally heard the deep meaning of Jing Zhen's words, so she could only nod her head and say yes, and asked Ruan Jia a few words, but she was still relieved. However, the Queen Mother was a little impatient, and immediately ordered them to retreat.

After their sisters left, only the mother and son were left in the palace, and the queen mother sighed and said to the adopted son beside her: "The emperor knows that if you favor the Yang family like this, you will actually harm her......"

Jing Zhen was stunned and silent.

The Queen Mother said slowly: "The mourning family knows that you all thought that when the mourning family was young, it was not loved by your father and the emperor, so they hated the favored concubines like the Gu family and the Mu family who won the hearts of the king. In fact, otherwise, the mourning family does not hate them, and the mourning family will always only worry about one thing, that is, whether they can threaten the position of the middle palace of the mourning family! Otherwise, how could Concubine Yugui live well by the side of the mourning family for so many years? ”

Jing Zhen didn't expect the Queen Mother to talk to him about the past of the first emperor's harem, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, so she had to respond: "The queen mother is in charge of the six palaces and has the world in her heart, so she is naturally not like ordinary concubines who only know how to be jealous." ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "What the emperor said in this sentence, I don't know whether it is praise or depreciation?" ”

Jing Zhen said abruptly: "I am the emperor, so I naturally respect the overall concept of the queen mother. ”

The Queen Mother said: "However, the emperor can't focus on the overall situation for the harem." She paused for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The emperor favors Concubine Lan too much, but it hurts the hearts of the queen and other concubines, as well as the hearts of the family forces behind these women!" ”

Seeing that Jingzhen was silent, she said again: "What's more, did the emperor ever think that if you pamper her without scruples, you will put her on the cusp." There are so many women in the palace, staring at her every day, eager to devour her flesh and eat her blood, can you protect her for a while, and can you protect her for a lifetime? ”

Jing Zhen didn't think about it, he just believed in himself too much, since he was the king of a country, couldn't he protect a weak woman in the area? Can't favor the people you love?

There seemed to be a trace of worry in the Queen Mother's eyebrows, and she sighed: "The mourning family didn't mean to embarrass the Yang family, but they were just worried that she would do something unfavorable to the emperor because she was spoiled." Now it seems that the mourning family is too worried, she seems to be not interested in the emperor? ”

Their secret relationship was said casually by the Queen Mother, how shocked Jingzhen was, and how sad it was! It's just that he's used to hiding his feelings, and he always seems to be so indifferent, and he can't see joy and sorrow.

The Queen Mother seemed to be unbearable, so she slowed down her tone and said: "The mourning family hopes that you can be blessed with the Six Palaces, and it is also for the sake of the emperor's heirs." The queen is about two months away from giving birth, as long as she gives birth to a prince, as soon as the concubine comes out, the emperor can withdraw the soup given to the concubine. Let them spread the branches and leaves for the emperor as soon as possible, and extend the heirs, and the mourning family will be at ease. ”

Jing Zhen saw that her temples had silver hair, although she was not her biological mother, she still worked hard for him, and she couldn't help but say that she was a little moved. I didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, Fang remembered that Shi Cai was anxious to solve Concubine Lan's predicament, and forgot another important thing for a while, so he said: "My son is here today, but he actually has something to tell his mother." ”

The Queen Mother asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Jing Zhen replied: "The fourth brother has been found." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had returned to the scene when the fourth son of the emperor Jingyu Chenghuan was kneeling more than ten years ago, and she couldn't help but call out emotionally: "Yu'er ......"