On the second day, after two consecutive days and two nights of rain, after a torrential rain last night, it finally cleared. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a whole night of "crackling" and "uproar" yesterday, it finally ended at dawn. The rain stopped, and the world was clean and cool, not stained with a trace of dust, bright and transparent.

"What did I say last night, after the heavy rain, the sky will clear, you see, I didn't say it!" Ji Feicui said happily while eating the breakfast in front of her.

Xiangrong added a bowl of lotus seed porridge to her and said, "Concubine Xian, you are blind." If you're really that good, guess how long this sunny day lasts? ”

"Well, I see, it won't last long, maybe tomorrow."

"Cut, I thought you were so powerful. In this spring, it rains a lot, and I can guess it. ”

"Hey, you little girl, if you don't quarrel with me, you're not comfortable, aren't you?"

"That's it, what can you do with me? Ha ha. ”

Ji Feicui was so angry that he threw the spoon in his hand, and was about to go to think about it. But at this moment, there was a commotion at the gate. The two of them didn't have the heart to fight anymore, they both got up and walked to the gate of the hall, curious about what happened? Only Moyu was still sitting at the table, eating leisurely.

The first to come in was Concubine Shu, as well as Gonggong Ma beside the emperor, as well as Gonggong Wan beside the Queen Mother, and the drizzle around the queen. In addition to the concubine who is the master, the first-class eunuchs and palace maids from all the palaces of the harem are here.

Ji Feicui looked at the crowd of people who came in, and there were more than twenty palace maids and eunuchs. Suspiciously, he asked, "Concubine Niangniang, what is this going to do?" ”

Concubine Shu said in a deep voice: "On the emperor's command, search the palaces of the harem. ”

"Search again, didn't you just search yesterday?"

"Sister Xianfei, today is the emperor's personal message, and the palace is only acting on orders, and I hope that Concubine Xian will be convenient."

This is not her palace, even if she wants to make it convenient, it is useless! Ji Feiyu turned his head to look at Mo Yu who was walking towards them. Mo Yu said: "Concubine Niangniang, since it is the emperor's message, I naturally can't stop it more, you can search it!" ”

Concubine Shu smiled: "Thank you for your understanding." ”

Gonggong Ma stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Concubine Niangniang, disturb your meal, the old slave should die." ”

"It's fine, I'm pretty much used too." Mo Yu stood aside, got out of the way, and said, "Please! ”

"Yes." With a wave of Ma Gonggong's hand, a palace maid and eunuch entered the palace and began to search around.

Mo Yu motioned for Concubine Shu to sit down in the hall and poured tea. Ji Feicui, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but ask, "Concubine Niangniang, what's going on?" ”

Concubine Shu explained: "That's the case, there are no new clues in Zhang Jieyu's case, so I made a suggestion to the queen mother to search the palace." Since Zhang Jieyu's case was committed by the people of the harem, the accusations of one or two palace maids alone cannot convict the two masters. Since it was a case done by them, there must be some evidence left, and if the evidence is found through the way of searching the palace, then the case will progress. The queen asked the emperor and said that in order to ensure fairness, not only the residence of the two palace maids should be searched, but also the rest of the harem. ”

Xiang Rong and Ji Fei glanced at each other, and then they both glanced at Mo Yu in unison. Although there was no communication, I knew what would happen next. But I don't know who is unlucky? After Moyu came back last night, he didn't say a word about what he was doing outside.

"Then you'll have to search carefully, I don't want any more misunderstandings?"

Concubine Shu took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "How can there be any misunderstanding, this kind of thing is staged in the harem every year, I am tired of watching it, I believe in your personality." ”

Mo Yu just drank tea and didn't answer this. Concubine Shu said that she believed in her personality, but her personality was not very kind and fair.

A few people chatted for a while, roughly what happened in the palace in the past few days, the weather in the past two days, and the heavy rain last night, etc., about half an hour later. Under the leadership of Gonggong Ma, everyone finally finished searching the Jade Immortal Palace, and naturally there was nothing to gain. So Concubine Shu took someone, asked to leave, and searched elsewhere, but Moyu did not offer to keep it.

After everyone left, Xiang Rong couldn't help but run over and ask, "Niangniang, master, don't you really tell us where you went last night?" ”

Mo Yu patted her head and said, "What nonsense, I was in my palace last night and didn't go anywhere." Remember, when the emperor asked for a while, I thought clearly about what to say and what not to say. Don't sell me when the time comes. ”

Ji Feicui was puzzled: "You said that the emperor will ask us later, will it be too soon?" ”

"At noon at the latest, the emperor will definitely summon us. If you don't have enough to eat, eat quickly, and don't be so hungry that your eyes are faint and you say anything you shouldn't say. ”

Xiang Rong asked worriedly: "Niangniang, will Biyue be able to come back after noon?" ”

"I don't know. But Xiaoyue, I'm afraid it's impossible to live. "Xiao Yue is obviously bribed, not to mention that Ji Feicui can't want her anymore, and the emperor can't let her go.

Ji Feicui said a little sadly: "She is the one who has served me since she was a child, but I didn't expect that after entering the palace, she would be bought casually." I don't dare to use such a minion anymore, but I didn't want her to die. ”

"We don't know if it's bribed, or if it's threatened. But no matter which one it is, the most taboo in the palace is the disloyal and traitorous minions, even if she can live, she will not be able to live in this palace. ”

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As Moyu guessed, before noon, Gonggong Ma beside the emperor came to pass the word and asked Moyu and Ji Feiyu to go to Renming Hall together.

Along the way, Ji Feicui was a little excited and a little worried and asked Ma Gonggong if the murderer had been found, but it was a pity that the old man in the palace was very shrewd, and he didn't say anything or answer. He is just an errand runner who is ordered to do things, and he can't tell the truth about the affairs of his masters.

Today's Renming Hall is particularly lively. Naturally, the queen doesn't need to say that this is her palace, and she will definitely be here. In addition to her, the emperor is here, the queen mother is here, the concubine is also there, plus their concubines and virtuous concubines, and there is also a lower rank Lian Jieyu, several of the biggest masters in this palace, gathered together.

In the middle of the hall knelt two people in ragged clothes, covered in blood, their original faces could no longer be seen under the messy hair, but they could still be seen from the back. When Moyu and his party stepped into the Renming Palace, they wanted to shout out when they were almost uncontrollable, but they were glared back by their own master. There were also two people kneeling in the palace, the drizzle beside the queen, and Lian Jieyu.

"Concubine Moyu see the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Queen Mother."

"Concubine Jade see the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Queen Mother."

After everyone saluted and greeted, Moyu and Jade sat down in their places. saw that the queen's face didn't seem to be very good, and a pair of bright eyes were so angry that she almost shot Moyu out of several feet.

The emperor saw that it was almost over, so he took the lead and said, "Since everyone has arrived, the queen, let's start!" ”

The queen stood up, bent slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is heavy, and I am afraid that she will not be able to handle this case." Besides, it involves the people in the concubine palace, and the concubine is not easy to call the shots, so why don't you interrogate the emperor in person? ”

The queen nodded, and asked the queen mother again: "This case happened in the harem, since the queen is inconvenient, the queen mother, why don't you cut it?" ”

The Queen Mother looked ahead and said coldly: "This is the emperor's harem, or let the emperor handle it yourself!" The mourning family is old and doesn't want to toss anymore. ”

Don't want to toss anymore? Mo Yu sneered in his heart, then he brought the queen to the Jade Immortal Palace yesterday? I'm afraid it's shameless to meddle in the affairs of the harem again! After all, now she is the queen mother who has no authority.

The emperor no longer shirked, and said: "Since this is the case, let's start!" He turned his head and instructed Ma Gonggong: "Go and invite Luo Ying in!" ”

"Yes." Ma Gonggong went out to pass the word in response.

After Luo Ying came in, he first saluted, and then stood up and waited for the culture above. The emperor said: "Luo Ying, I order you to try the case of Zhang Jieyu in the harem, and tell me everything that these **** have found!" ”

"Yes, I obey. At three o'clock on the fifth day of the first month of this month, Zhang's Jieyu was poisoned and died when she was picking flowers in the imperial garden. After the imperial doctor's examination, the poison in Zhang Jieyu's body was highly poisonous Seven Zhu Hongling, and the poison seeped into the wound and flowed all over the body, resulting in death. According to Zhang Jieyu's personal palace maid Xianghuan, Zhang Jieyu was hit by Xiaoyue, the palace maid of Lanyue Palace, before she died, fell down, and left a wound, after which Zhang Jieyu was poisoned and died. According to Xiaoyue's confession, it was indeed she who poisoned Zhang Jieyu, but she was not the mastermind, but was instructed by her master, Concubine Xian, to take seven Zhu Hongling from the concubine Niangniang of the Jade Immortal Palace to poison Zhang Jieyu to death. Your Majesty, the minister's statement has been completed. ”

The emperor turned his head, looked at the lower head and listened to the serious Moyu, and asked, "Concubine, do you have anything to justify?" ”

Mo Yu shook his head and said, "The concubine has never seen Qi Zhu Hongling, so she doesn't know about this poison. ”

The queen interjected: "Everyone knows that the concubine understands medicine and knows toxicity. If you configure these seven vermilion lings by yourself, I'm afraid it won't be a difficult thing? ”

"The queen has a point."

The queen almost jumped up in anger, and all her anger hit a ball of cotton, which was really unpleasant. She thought that Mo Yu would refute it, but she didn't expect that she herself admitted that this was reasonable. But she only said that it was reasonable, and did not admit that she did it.

The Queen Mother said in a timely manner: "Then why was this poison found in Lian Jieyu's palace, and that is the big palace maid next to the queen!" Why was the poison hidden in her chamber? ”

This morning, Concubine Shu led the people of the harem to search all parts of the harem, especially in the two palaces of Yuxian Palace and Lanyue Palace, and searched very carefully, not even letting go of a gap. But as a result, I couldn't even find a little seven vermilion ling's powder, but in Lian Jieyu's bedroom and drizzle's room, I found a box of vermilion powder, which was verified by the imperial doctor to be the seven vermilion lings who poisoned Zhang Jieyu.

Lian Jieyu cried aggrievedly: "The concubine is wronged, the emperor, the concubine doesn't know what Qi Zhu Hongling is, and the concubine doesn't know why this thing appears in the concubine's palace." If the concubine has no grudge against Zhang Jieyu, it is impossible to poison her, please let the emperor know it. ”

Drizzle also cried: "Your Majesty, the slave doesn't know why this thing appeared in the slave's room." These seven vermilion lings are so valuable, they are not things that slaves and maids can have at all, please check the emperor. ”

Luo Ying on the side said: "The drizzle girl is worthy of being a first-class palace maid next to the queen, and she has a wide range of knowledge, so she knows that these seven vermilion lings are not cheap!" ”

Drizzle's face turned pale, and it was easy to slip out of her mouth in such a tense situation, but she quickly found her words. "Lord Luo, these seven vermilion lings, slaves and maids have never heard of it, it must be a rare thing, but if it is rare, it must not be cheap. The slave maid felt that someone wanted to frame the blame and implicate the queen mother and the dragon son in the queen's womb. Please emperor, the queen mother is clear, there is nothing to the death of slaves and maids, but the queen mother and the dragon son can't have anything to do! ”

Her trick to divert the topic was very successful, and Drizzle deserved to be a first-class palace maid by the queen's side. Let's start with a blame, explaining that these seven Zhu Hongling have nothing to do with her, and then shift the topic to the prince who the emperor cares about the most. Even if the emperor wants to punish the queen, he has to consider the dragon son in her womb. Drizzle should already know that today is a catastrophe, and she is paving the way for the queen. Sure enough, it's a heartfelt minion.

Luo Ying took out a piece of paper from her sleeve, spread it out and put it in front of Drizzle, and said: "Drizzle girl, today is the lady concubine, Father-in-law Ma and Father-in-law Wan will lead people to search the palace, and they will not go wrong." You say that this is a frame-up, so who has the ability to sneak into the room of the girl of Renming Hall and put poison in your room? You said that you were wronged, so why did Xiaoyue's confession say that you used her family as a threat to let her frame Concubine Xian Niangniang and frame Biyue. The noble concubine and the virtuous concubine had ordered two days ago that the palace people of the Jade Immortal Palace and the Lanyue Palace were not allowed to go out, and how did Xiao Yue of the Lanyue Palace go to get poison from Biyue of the Yuxian Palace? This is the confession she drew herself, the poison was given to her by you, let her poison Zhang Jieyu. ”

"She's talking nonsense." Drizzle pointed to Xiao Yue, who was kneeling with her head bowed on the side, and roared: "She is framed, a mad dog bites people." ”

Xiao Yue, who was kneeling on the side, raised her head slightly and said, "I'm not talking nonsense, it was you who kidnapped my family and threatened me to let me kill Zhang Jieyu, otherwise how could I betray Concubine Xian." You said that Zhang Jieyu has been favored by the emperor every night since she entered the palace, and the limelight has overshadowed the queen's mother, and if this continues, it will be a matter of time before she becomes pregnant with a dragon heir, and it will hinder the queen's path when the time comes, so she will strike first. ”

With a "clapp", the queen slapped the table tremblingly and shouted: "It's nonsense." ”

The emperor's face did not change, and said, "Go on." ”

The queen was so angry that her hair was about to stand on end. Xiao Yue continued: "Drizzle told me to get rid of Zhang Jieyu, firstly, to remove the obstacles for the queen's mother, and secondly, to blame the virtuous concubine and the noble concubine to get rid of the second concubine." Kill two birds with one stone. ”

"You talk nonsense, I'll kill you." The drizzle was out of control and was about to pinch Xiaoyue's neck, but was stopped by the eunuch who was guarding the side.

The emperor said in a deep voice: "Pull out this dog slave who committed the following crimes and execute him on the spot." ”

"Your Majesty." The queen was really frightened this time and stood up and said, "Your Majesty, things haven't been clarified yet, you can't kill Drizzle." ”

The emperor turned his head and looked at her coldly, and said, "What, the queen pities this minion?" The poison was found in her room, and there was Xiaoyue's testimony, and there was all the human and material evidence, and there was nothing else to understand. Before Xiao Yue said that the poison was given by Biyue, why couldn't he find any poison in the Jade Immortal Palace. Queen, you are the master of the harem, and this dog slave is a person in your palace, think about it later. He turned his head and said to the drizzle in front of him, "I give you a chance, this poison is rare in the world, but it is not something that a little slave can have." How did you get this poison, and who instructed you to kill someone, tell me honestly, I will leave you a whole corpse. ”

"Slave maid," Drizzle looked at his own master, his pale face full of horror and fear, and helpless. The emperor's words are actually a dead knot, she said it, it is death, and if she doesn't say it, it is death. Who in the palace doesn't know that she is the big palace maid next to the queen, and her master is the queen, if you want to say who instructed her, who else is there besides the queen?

"There is no one to instruct the slave and the maid, and everything is done by the slave and the maid. The poison was bought by the slave and maid who stole the things in the Renming Hall and sold them in exchange for the money, and the slave and maid had to clear the obstacles for the queen's mother. In this palace, everyone knows that the emperor loves the concubine and Zhang Jieyu, if the queen falls out of favor, the slave will not have a good time. Therefore, the slave and maid must get rid of these people and keep the glory and wealth of the slave and maid. ”

"Drizzle." The queen's hand clutching her sleeve couldn't help relaxing, she was relieved that the drizzle had taken all the responsibility on herself, and at the same time she felt guilty and reluctant. Drizzle was the closest person to her in this palace, and if she was gone, wouldn't her life be even more lonely after that.

"Mother, the slave can no longer serve you in the future. The slave and maid are blessed, and they can't see the little prince born. ”

Everyone in the hall was not stupid, in fact, they all understood what was going on, but no one was smart enough not to speak. One is the emperor and the other is the queen, who has nothing to do to touch their moldy heads?

The emperor said coldly: "Take it down." ”

When the drizzle was pulled out, he reluctantly looked back at his master's staring eyes. can exchange her death for the safety of her master, I wonder if she is willing? But she was willing to die in exchange for the safety of her family. (To be continued.) )