When Zi Yan arrived at Ningshou Palace, Empress Xiao was watering her beloved orchid in the courtyard, still dressed in plain clothes, and several palace maids and eunuchs were fighting on the side, and Empress Xiao looked calm and relaxed......

"The imperial sister-in-law is so Yaxing, she will take care of these flowers herself." Zi Yan stepped forward and said with a smile on her face.

Empress Xiao put down the things in her hand and slowly turned around to see Zi Yan smiling at Yingying, Empress Xiao also smiled and agreed, I am really an idler now, if I don't serve the flowers and plants, I really know how to do it, Zi Yan, you are the first to come to see me since I was grounded.

Looking at the sadness between Xiao Huang's eyebrows and the sadness that is greater than the death of the heart, Zi Yan is also very uncomfortable in her heart, "Sister-in-law's grounding is only temporary, you should be relieved." ”

For Zi Yan's relief, Empress Xiao was indifferent, "Zi Yan, it's rare for you to come to see me, let's go to the hall to talk together." Saying that, Empress Xiao took Zi Yan's hand and walked towards the main hall.

After Zi Yan followed Empress Xiao to the main hall and sat down, the palace maid came in to serve tea, although Zi Yan was not the first time to come to Ningshou Palace, but she was still not free to look around, the furnishings here are really incomparable with the original Zhaoyang Palace, as the saying goes, it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and this is difficult to go from luxury to thrift, this Empress Xiao will take some time to adapt to today's Yiqiē.

Empress Xiao ordered the palace maid Xiaohua to bring the little prince Murong Minghui.

After a while, the palace maid came to the main hall with a little boy with a tiger head and a tiger brain and delicate facial features.

"Minghui, come over and ask my aunt for a hug." Zi Yan smiled and beckoned to the little boy.

Xiaohua let go of Minghui, and the little guy first went to Queen Xiao, and called Queen Sheng in a milky voice.

Empress Xiao touched the little boy's face lovingly, and gently explained that Hui was obedient, and quickly went over and asked the imperial aunt to take a look.

The little boy obediently walked up to Zi Yan and called the imperial aunt in the same milky voice.

looked at the well-behaved and lovely boy in front of him, Murong Ziyan, who was sad, "Minghui is so good." Zi Yan held Murong Minghui in her arms, tears actually fell disobediently, seeing Minghui, she not only thought of her good sister Concubine Chen, but also thought of Emperor Tiande, she didn't expect that there would be so many embarrassing pasts between Emperor Tiande and Concubine Chen and Murong Yichuan.

The little boy's Ziyan burst into tears, and suddenly became overwhelmed, and a pair of innocent big eyes kept blinking.

After a while, Zi Yan let go of Minghui and handed it to the palace maid, and then took out a handkerchief to wipe away her tears. "You see I'm really useless, every time I get stuck with the royal brother's child, I can't help crying." Zi Yan smiled at the wall, but her heart was still crying.

Empress Xiao's eyes were also wet, "How can I not be like this." I only hope that Murong Yichuan will show mercy to the former emperor's flesh and blood. I heard that the missing kings have been recovered, and their ankles have been broken, Murong Yichuan originally wanted them to return to their fiefdoms, but suddenly changed their minds, and asked them to live in the capital or among the eight counties under the jurisdiction of the capital, and they were not allowed to meet the ministers privately, and the original titles of several princes of the former emperor were also taken away, and the second prince Murong Zhixun has reached the age of leaving the palace, and now he is also five settled, Ziyan, you are the most trusted person of Murong Yichuan and Queen Wanruo, you have to protect the princes and princesses, There's nothing I can do now. ”

Listening to Empress Xiao's earnest instructions, Zi Yan's mood became even heavier, "Sister-in-law of the emperor, rest assured, I will definitely protect all the princes and princesses, and the imperial brother also told me these things when he called me to his side privately before his death." ”

Empress Xiao was even more sad when she heard this, "It turns out that the first emperor had expected such a day, so why didn't he have the ability to make a decision immediately and eradicate Murong Yichuan, a minister, so that there would be no civil strife in Taizheng, and the royal family would be peaceful, and I wouldn't-" Empress Xiao's words became more and more poignant, tears crackled and fell, and she hurriedly took a handkerchief to wipe it.

Seeing that Empress Xiao was so sad, Zi Yan didn't know how to comfort the most appropriate, "Sister-in-law also knows that the emperor's brother has always been indecisive, and everything is a foregone conclusion, and now she is worried about it, sister-in-law, it is better to let herself deal with this qiē calmly, in fact, it is like sister-in-law has always hoped to get along with you, if you want to protect the princes of the former emperor and the harem concubines, you have to be like a sister-in-law." "Zi Yan is serious.

Hearing that Zi Yan wanted to live in harmony with Wanruo, a trace of coldness passed through the corners of Empress Xiao's mouth, "One mountain does not allow two tigers, and now she is the master of the harem, how can she be good with me, she has no intention of befriending me at all, otherwise how can she suspect the poisoning of Princess Anle on my head, because I am a concubine, although I have no status in the Xiao family, it is not that the woman who is suitable for Xiao's housework was a concubine for the first emperor, I have my share, I have been married to the emperor for more than 20 years, no favor and no children, if it were not for my surname Xiao, I would tolerate the harem concubines everywhere, I fear that the position of queen has long been seized. She is just a girl from a poor family, and she is still a concubine who can fly on the branches to be a phoenix, and she is loved by thousands of people, not only the queen mother spoils her, but even my brother is the same, and Zi Yan You also treat her as a few people, Zi Yan You were just born when I married the emperor, our relationship is much longer than you and her, and I also heard that it seems to be entangled with your husband, why do you still stand on her side to speak for her? Empress Xiao, who was gentle and low-browed, also had times when she was not inferior, but her eyes full of warm water were all frozen at the moment, and she could not hide her disappointment and resentment in the face of Zi Yan and Wanru's friendship.

Zi Yan took a sip of tea and tried her best to be calm and normal, she could be sure that poisoning Qian Xue might not be what Queen Xiao was called, she didn't have such ruthlessness and courage, she was at most suppressed for too long, longing for an outlet, but if she wanted to harm others, she didn't have the ability.

"The imperial sister-in-law said that she heard that the relationship between Wenjun and Wanruo's sister-in-law is innocent, and I know my own husband that the imperial sister-in-law must not believe the rumors. However, my sister-in-law and I hit it off at first sight, maybe this is what people often call fate, and the imperial sister-in-law, you are like an elder in Ziyan's heart. Zi Yan used the word fate to skillfully explain her relationship with Wanruo, which made Queen Xiao have nothing to say.

As for the relationship between herself and Wanruo, Zhongli Wenjun and the others are constantly cutting and messing up, Zi Yan doesn't want to say more, and Queen Xiao is not a person who is suitable for listening to this, if she is not careful, she is afraid of causing trouble, Zi Yan can see that Queen Xiao is still unfriendly to Wanruo.

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When Zi Yan returned to Zhaoyang Palace from Ningshou Palace to see Wanruo, it happened that Ping'er was also there.

"Zi Yan, what did you hear from the imperial sister-in-law?" As if anxiously asked.

Zi Yan took a sip of tea and calmed down and replied, I had a long talk with the imperial sister-in-law, and I can be sure that the poisoning has nothing to do with her, and she also said that there were ears and eyes installed by Ximen Guifei in Zhaoyang Palace before, in order not to make right and wrong, so the imperial sister-in-law also turned a blind eye, and this time I thought that the poisoning of Xue'er was done by Ximen Guifei.

Zi Yan has planned it, no matter whether she can be sure that the person who poisoned her is related to Queen Xiao, she will do her best to protect her.

As if listening to this, he nodded silently, and his eyes fell to Ping'er on the side, "The two palace maids who committed suicide in the Inner Servant Province seem to be the ones who poisoned them." ”

"Two palace maids committed suicide?" Zi Yan asked in surprise.

Ping'er said yes, just now the governor of the province sent someone to say that two palace maids bit their tongues and committed suicide, I specially brought someone over to see what happened, and the two palace maids were indeed the closest people to the princess after verification.

Zi Yan blinked her eyes and thought carefully for a long time before saying that maybe they couldn't endure the torture before biting their tongues.

If this is also possible, I don't want to continue the investigation, two people have already lost their lives, and I am afraid that more people will lose their lives if I continue to check the machine, so I can't bear it.

"Isn't this going to stop here?" Ping'er asked hurriedly.

Zi Yan also looked at Wanruo in puzzlement, looking forward to her next step.

As if without the slightest consideration, he said in a resolute tone that this is exactly the case, now Xue'er is fine, whether the two palace maids are poisoned or not, they also gave their lives, and the emperor wants the internal servants to investigate and deal with the murderer within three days, I think they will naturally use torture, whose life is not life, just put the blame on themselves The two palace maids will close the case, and as for the others, let them do miscellaneous labor. Now Zhaoyang Palace is my own people, after this time, I have also eaten a trench and grown wise, I will definitely protect Xue'er well, and I can order someone to contact Queen Xiao's grounding.

Ping'er and Zi Yan saw that they treated this matter so generously and benevolently, although they expected it, they were still a little unexpected, they originally thought that the environment and situation would change if their forbearance changed, but when they saw that they were dealing with the murder of Qian Xue like this, they suddenly realized, it turned out that Wanruo was still the original Wanruo, and still had a generous and loving heart, which made Ping'er and Zi Yan and other followers of Wanruo very happy.

Immediately, Ping'er sent all the palace maids and eunuchs imprisoned in the Inner Servant Province to Zhanghe Courtyard to do miscellaneous labor, and dragged the two palace maids who committed suicide outside the palace to be buried, and the grounding collar of Ningshou Palace was also lifted, a storm stopped instantly, and Yunkai Yueming was peaceful.