"According to the concubine, Imperial Servant Lin may not have seen how Xiaocai fell from the rockery." The queen said.

"Oh? Why do you think that? The Queen Mother asked.

As soon as the words fell, Concubine Rong had already walked to the door of the main hall. Liuquan informed the Queen Mother, and Concubine Rong walked into the hall with two little maids and asked the Queen Mother and the Queen to greet her. Xu Songjie did not come with Concubine Rong.

The Queen Mother gave Concubine Rong a seat to sit down, and said to the queen: "You go on." ”

"Imperial Servant Lin and Xiaocai entered the palace together, and the relationship between the two has always been good." The queen glanced at Concubine Rong and said, "The concubine is thinking, maybe although Imperial Servant Lin sent a note to make an appointment, she herself did not go to the appointment on time, so although Xiaocai accidentally fell, Imperial Attendant Lin didn't know what to do." ”

"The queen thinks of people like this, but she thinks of people's hearts too kindly." Concubine Rong suddenly said with a slight sneer.

The queen said lightly: "Human nature is good, I am naturally willing to see that the emperor is surrounded by good people." ”

"It's a pity that the queen was wrong." Concubine Rong suddenly got up and bowed to the Queen Mother, and said, "Please also ask Niangniang to be the master of Xiaocai." ”

The Queen Mother said solemnly: "You found out something, you might as well say it directly." ”

"As far as the concubine knows, Xiaocairen's death has a lot to do with Imperial Servant Lin." Concubine Rong looked up at the Queen Mother and said firmly: "Imperial Attendant Lin quietly sent a note first, inviting Xiaocai to go out early in the morning. As soon as the two of them walked to the rockery, Lin Yushou pushed Xiaocai down. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the queen hurriedly shouted in a low voice: "Jingping, the queen mother, you must speak clearly and with evidence." ”

Concubine Rong turned to the queen and said with a sad expression: "The queen's words are naturally good, and the concubine also hopes that she is talking nonsense." Pity...... It's a pity that we all misread Imperial Servant Lin. ”

"Did Imperial Servant Lin personally admit that she pushed down Xiaocai from the rockery?" The queen asked.

"Naturally, it's true, the concubine heard it with her own ears, why didn't the queen believe it?" Concubine Rong raised her head and said, "Imperial Servant Lin is still staying in the concubine's Taiqing Building, she can't be questioned but there is no excuse, and she finally confesses after the end." But she was so excited that she screamed and cried for a while, and the concubine had no choice but to lock her up in the room. If the queen doesn't believe it, she can ask her. ”

"Go and pass Lin Zitong over, and the mourning family will ask her personally." The Queen Mother suddenly opened her mouth and said to Liuquan: "If such a thing really happens in the palace, then what can it do!" ”

The Queen Mother's voice was very calm, but it was already full of anger. The joyful atmosphere brought by the news of Fang Caiqin's beauty giving birth gradually faded, and the entire main hall of Qingshou Palace was in a gloomy atmosphere.

"Jingping, you get up first." The Queen Mother's voice was bitter and regretful: "Why does the Lin family want to harm Xiaocai, can you ask?" ”

The Lin family, the Queen Mother's anger towards Lin Zitong is already very obvious.

"The Lin family was crazy, crying and laughing, but the concubine also asked about it." Concubine Rong hurriedly bowed down and said, "The reason is still in the matter of being favored or not. Lin said that she entered the palace with Xiaocairen, and asked herself that her background was higher than Xiaocairen, and her appearance was better than Xiaocairen, but Xiaocairen was favored by the emperor before her. Although both of them are royal attendants, the emperor gave the wooden imperial attendant the word 'Xi' as a title. also said that among the eight people who entered the palace together on that day, in addition to Shu Meiren, the most favored person was Xiaocai. Even ...... Even when the emperor summoned the Xinglin clan, it was because of the introduction of Xiaocai people......"

"That's it!" The Queen Mother finally interrupted Concubine Rong's words and said solemnly: "The virtue of the concubine is the first harmony, and the first is jealousy. What Lin said was trivial. She actually murdered the harem concubines for this reason, and her mind was ruthless and jealous, which was incredible. ”

When everyone saw the Queen Mother's anger, they didn't dare to speak, so they had to stand one by one and bow their heads silently.

After a while, the Queen Mother's anger was suppressed slightly, and she muttered again: "I saw the Lin family every day, and it is not such a person. If a person wants to harbor such a big evil intention, the mourning family may not be able to detect it at all. ”

The queen took two steps forward, bowed down and said: "The concubine also thinks that the Lin family is not such a jealous person, maybe the two of them are not in harmony on the rockery, and the Lin family impulsively pushed Xiaocairen." As for what she said to Concubine Rong—" The queen turned her gaze to Concubine Rong, and there was a pause between her words.

"How?" Concubine Rong's eyes seemed to have some strange light moving slightly, and she asked a little vigilantly.

Shu E stood in front of a chair beside Concubine Rong, and inadvertently saw this look in Concubine Rong's eyes, and her heart was also relieved, and then she looked back at the two maids who came with Concubine Rong, both of whom were little maids in the Taiqing Building, and there was no Xu Songjie inside.

The queen followed Shu E's eyes and also saw a pair of maids standing behind the chair where Concubine Rong had just sat down. After a pause, he continued: "The words that the Lin family said to you, or because of the tragic death of Xiaocai, the Lin family's heart was agitated, so he didn't choose what to say. ”

"Whether or not you don't choose to say those words, saying those words is a loss of virtue in short. Moreover, what a person says when he does not choose to say it is sometimes the truth. Concubine Rong replied.

At this time, in the main hall, in addition to the queen and Concubine Rong, there were Shun Jieyu, Yang Jieyu, Shang Meiren and Shu E, and the concubines with lower status in the other four halls were not common Queen Mother, so they did not come.

For a while, the queen and Concubine Rong were all talking, and the main hall was quiet again. Shu E only felt as if there was a heavy stone pressing on her heart, which made people depressed.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps in front of Qingshou Palace, followed by the voice of the prince and the prince: "Someone is coming, stop!" How can you panic and lose your manners! ”

"Oh no, no......" A woman's voice trembled and came in with infinite trepidation.

Zhu Yan walked out of the hall quickly, and let the prince let the people in.

As soon as the woman entered the main hall, she slumped down, fell to the ground and cried in horror: "My girl...... Lin Yushou hit the wall! ”

All the people in the main hall were shocked, the Queen Mother leaned back on the back of the chair suddenly, the Queen Mother and Concubine Rong took a step forward in unison, and Yu's Family, Yang Jieyu, Shang Meiren and Shu E also exclaimed at the same time.

For a short moment, the main hall was as silent as stagnant water.

The first to react was Concubine Rong, the color on her face changed a few times, and she finally clenched the handkerchief in her hand and shouted: "Imperial Servant Lin stayed in my Taiqing Building well, and ordered you to guard it well, how could you hit the wall?" ”

The maid lay on the ground trembling, frightened and frightened, and said in a trembling voice for a long time: "Slave maid...... The slave doesn't know what to do......"