"The evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say!" The Queen Mother's eyes showed obvious hatred: "Drag it down and kill it with a cane, and tell the palaces tomorrow to set an example!" ”

"Queen Mother! The Queen Mother spares her life! The concubine is wronged! Su Lingyu was convicted of capital punishment before he could open his mouth to defend himself, and at the same time, there was a burst of lightning and thunder outside, Su Lingyu was so shocked that he fell to the ground and burst into tears, his forehead kept knocking on the ground, and he was dripping with blood: "Concubine Jing!" That step is clearly your concubine, you opened your mouth to go to me! I didn't give it to you on my own initiative! How did I know that you would ask me for this step, and the unknown prophet had soaked rosemary in the step! ”

Xia Ruoqing half-leaned on the bed, her red and swollen eyes drooped her head, constantly stirring a string of dark green Buddha beads between her fingers, and she did not speak.

Seeing this, Su Lingyu's expression on his face became even more desperate. She didn't hold an umbrella when she came, her long hair with a scattered shawl was half-soaked by the light rain, and as she kowtowed, the outside of the ground spread out, revealing the thin underwear inside, and her slender body became thinner and thinner. Su Lingyu was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't care about the etiquette in the palace anymore, knelt on the ground, his eyes swept back and forth on the shadows of the three women not far away without focus, weak but unwilling, trembling and muttering: "That step shake is just a gift from Zhen Wanyi a few days ago, even if that step shake is soaked in rosemary, I don't know it......"

The queen has not had much energy, rarely spoke, seeing Su Lingyu's wolf appearance, there was a trace of unbearability in her apricot eyes, and she whispered to the queen mother: "Queen Mother, maybe there is a hidden secret in this matter, if you rashly kill Su Lingyu, maybe it really does what others want." ”

"There are all human and material evidence, what else is there to say!"

"Queen Mother, Jing Guifei is pregnant, Jing Guifei and Tai Hospital have not been rumored, Su Lingyu has a low position, she shouldn't know about it, how could she deliberately soak the rosemary of the slippery tire on the step shake and give it to Jing Guifei? In the past, the matter of Langya Palace...... "The queen mentioned the 'Langya Palace' when the sad color on her face flashed, and the queen mother sitting in the center heard this, and her expression was also slightly moved.

"The means in the palace are also clear to the queen mother."

Since the queen said this, the queen mother breathed a sigh of relief, and squinted her eyes and glanced at Su Lingyu coldly: "Since the queen intercedes for you, I will leave a chance for you to open your mouth to refute." You just said that Bu Shao was given to you by Zhen Wanyi, what's the matter? ”

Su Lingyu, who thought that there would be no more chance, finally breathed a sigh of relief, cried with joy, and kept kowtowing on the ground: "Empress Dowager Xie, Empress Xie's mother's great grace!" Back to the Queen Mother's words, this agarwood step shake is a gift given to the concubine when Zhen Wanyi went to Qingtao Garden to talk to the concubine a few days ago, and the concubine has a record of receiving gifts as evidence! ”

"Oh?" When the queen mother heard this, she raised her jaw to the palace people on the side, and the palace people understood, and immediately bowed down and exited the main hall to go to Qingtao Garden.

In less than two quarters, the palace people turned back and presented the account book that had just been turned over from Qingtao Garden to the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother flipped through the pages and wrote it in great detail, the objects sent by the palace on a certain day of a certain month, and the gifts given back on what day, are all details of the gifts given to each palace. The Queen Mother turned to more than ten days ago, and really saw one of the columns and wrote: Nanzhao has not been in March, and she has not received a piece of agarwood from Zhen Wanyi.

The Queen Mother slowly turned a few more pages, then closed the account book and said, "You are careful." Go and pass on Zhen Wanyi to come and speak. ”

The palace people responded, and went to summon Zhen Wanyi and Liu Shilan.

After a moment of rest to take the account book, Su Lingyu's excitement calmed down a lot, although he was still lying on the ground and his body was stiff, he was already sorting out the context of this matter in his heart.

At present, it seems that Jing Guifei's slippery tire must be a real thing. Being able to conceive a dragon fetus is a dream of the harem concubines, plus the conversation between Xia Ruoqing and the maid that was overheard in the imperial garden that day, you should also know how much Xia Ruoqing attaches importance to this fetus, so it will definitely not be her own hands and feet. Neither Su Lingyu himself nor Xia Ruoqing, it can only be Liu Shilan, who gave Bu Shao to himself, or the hands of people close to the palace who can touch Xia Ruoqing's ornaments.

It is impossible to dye incense overnight, and with the fragrance similar to rosemary on the hydrangea, Su Lingyu can almost conclude that there was a problem when this step shake was delivered to her.

The problem is that Su Lingyu doesn't understand, why would Liu Shilan know that she would give the step to Xia Ruoqing? - After all, even Su Lingyu didn't know that Xia Ruoqing would be semi-strong to take this step. If you don't know, what does Liu Shilan mean by giving the rosemary soaked step shake to her who is not pregnant?

Besides, she had been carrying it for several days after all, and if Liu Shilan insisted that it was good when Bu Shao gave it to her, it was the rosemary she soaked during the custody of Bu Shao, and she would not be able to prove her innocence.

No matter how you say this, it doesn't seem to be able to come to pass. Su Lingyu sighed silently, feeling that this time he was afraid that he would not be able to wash it away even if he jumped into the Yellow River, and he would be less auspicious.

She didn't do anything, she just wanted to live a good life in the palace, why was it so difficult ......!

Not long after, Zhen Wanyi Liu Shilan was brought into the hall, Liu Shilan's round and lovely face was full of uneasiness, and after kneeling down to say goodbye, the Queen Mother asked the queen mother to bring Bu Shao to Liu Shilan: "Zhen Wanyi, this Bu Shao Su Guiren said that you gave it to her ten days ago, right?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother's words, yes. This step of the carving is fine, beautiful and unassuming, and the concubine feels that it is very suitable for the Su nobles to wear, so she sent it to Qingtao Garden. Liu Shilan replied respectfully.

"Oh, just think it's right for her?" The Queen Mother's smile was still not warm: "You can be honest." Do you have to mourn your family and order someone to punish you before you confess? ”

When Liu Shilan heard the word 'great punishment' on her childish face, she immediately panicked, and said in a loud voice: "Please make it clear to the Queen Mother, the concubine doesn't know what the concubine is guilty of!" ”

"The imperial doctor has checked, rosemary has the purpose of condensing incense and fixing incense, if it is a fragrant thing in the body, it can make its fragrance rich after soaking it in rosemary water, and the original smell of rosemary will be covered by the fragrance of the body. It's just that this rosemary has to soak through the object, and it can't be obtained for more than a month. Su Guiren has been shaking for more than ten days, and it was all in your hands before, who is it that you are not immersed in? ”

Su Lingyu heard it on the side and knew that the Queen Mother deliberately slandered Liu Shilan, if this was true, the Queen Mother forgave her sins after checking her account books and let her get up. It's just that Liu Shilan has the heart to move Xia Ruoqing's fetus, and she is probably not good inside, so she won't be so lightly slandered.

Sure enough, Liu Shilan's face was full of ignorance, and she said, "Rosemary? Concubines rarely use incense, and they have never heard of this thing. This agarwood step shake was originally a pair, and the concubine's father saw that its carving was exquisite, so he sent the concubine into the palace. It's just that the concubine felt that this step was not suitable for the concubine, so she sent one to Su Guiren and one to Fu Guiren. If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, Fu Guiren still has a branch shake to prove the innocence of the concubine! After finishing speaking, Liu Shilan turned her head to Su Lingyu again, and cried: "Su Guiren, you and I have no grievances in the past, and no enemies in the near future, I kindly gave you a step to shake, how did you get something on it, and you have to rely on my head!" ”

Su Lingyu was cold-hearted by this question, and said hurriedly: "This step is clearly given to me after you soaked the incense." You said that you have never heard of rosemary, but on the hydrangea you prepared on the day of the Spring Festival, I clearly smelled the smell of rosemary! Many palace concubines were present that day, could it be that you rely on me, and the hydrangea was also prepared by me?! ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? When did there be rosemary on the hydrangea? ”

"Stop arguing! Go to pass on the noble Fu, and go to bring the hydrangea of that day. The Queen Mother shouted, as if her brain hurt from the quarrel between the two women, and she kept rubbing her temples.

The two were reprimanded, and they didn't dare to argue in the hall anymore, and later Fu Liuying was also brought to the Ning'an Palace, and with her, there was also a peony that was similar to the hibiscus flower agarwood step shake.

Su Lingyu and Fu Liuying have been estranged for a long time, and this is the first time they have seen this peony. The imperial doctor had already been summoned to arrive, and he took over the step shake and immediately began to examine it. Su Lingyu didn't look carefully at the inspection process at all - she knew that since Liu Shilan had taken precautions first, this step would definitely be clean and clean, and nothing could be tested.

However, at the time of tea, the imperial doctor had already come to the result, and knelt down and said: "Queen Mother, this step has not been dyed with rosemary." ”

Su Lingyu smiled miserably, and before he could speak, the palace people hurriedly presented the hydrangea used in the game on the day of the Spring Banquet. The imperial doctor continued to inspect the hydrangea, and after the same tea time, he replied again: "The queen mother, the minister did not detect rosemary on these hydrangeas." ”

"How...... Maybe ......" Su Lingyu's hopes were repeatedly dashed, and he didn't care about etiquette, so he grabbed a hydrangea and put it under his nose to sniff. Only this time there was no fragrance in her nose, as if the fragrance she smelled that day was just an illusion.

Su Lingyu held the hydrangea and looked at it carefully, the hydrangea was still small and cute that day, with a piece of green silk tied at the top, and she couldn't tell the difference.

"Su Guiren, do you still want me to soak rosemary on the hydrangea and step shake to harm the womb of Concubine Jing?"

The connection between the two things has been inspected, Liu Shilan's face is pale, and she aggressively pointed her hand at Su Lingyu.

"Su Guiren, what else do you have to say now?" The queen also sighed lightly and asked.

"Sister Fu, when Concubine Jing shook me that day, you were also among the flowers, I know you saw it. You say, did I take the initiative to present this step to Concubine Jing, or did Concubine Jing go to me?! ”

Every road was blocked, and Su Lingyu could only cast this last hope on Fu Liuying, hoping that she would remember her previous friendship and say a fair word for her.

Fu Liuying glanced at Su Lingyu lightly, then looked at Xia Ruoqing, who was still silent, and said for a while: "That day, I was looking for hydrangeas among the flowers, and I did see Su Guiren and Jing Guifei in the forest road, holding hands and shaking. ”

Su Lingyu was overjoyed when she heard this, and before she was happy, Fu Liuying continued: "It's just that it's far away, and I only saw Concubine Jing take the step shake, but I couldn't hear the sound." I don't know if it was Su Guiren who took the initiative to give it, or if Jing Guifei forced it. ”

The second half of Fu Liuying's sentence was like a bucket of cold water, pouring it from Su Lingyu's head. Su Lingyu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Fu Liuying, his eyes were mixed with a lot of complicated feelings, and he only muttered: "Okay, good, what you said is good." ”

The room was silent for a while, Su Lingyu took two deep breaths, regained her calm expression, and asked the imperial doctor who was standing beside her: "Imperial Doctor Zhou, may I ask how long it will take for this rosemary to soak through the object and achieve the effect of slippery tires?" ”

"A small amount of rosemary has the effect of condensing incense, which can clear the heart and refresh the mind, and has the effect of treating insomnia and heart palpitations. However, if the dosage is too large and too pure, it is easy to cause slippage to the unstable fetus. Agarwood is hard, and if you want to soak rosemary thoroughly into agarwood, you need to soak it in an extremely pure liquid for at least five to seven days. ”

"Does rosemary have a miscarriage immediately after touching it?"

"Not really. Rosemary is essentially a spice, and unlike musk, it is milder in nature and is useless for a stable fetus. In fact, the mother is weak and the fetus is unstable, and the smeller will be affected by the purified rosemary in the early stage, giving birth to a feeling of soreness in the waist and abdomen. ”

Direct contact? Su Lingyu recalled that ten days ago, in the garden, she peeked at Xia Ruoqing's maid wiping the corners of Xia Ruoqing's lips with a towel wrapped in hydrangeas, and guessed that the purified rosemary was afraid that it directly entered Xia Ruoqing's body that day. And this step is just a catalyst.

But when it comes to vomiting, Su Lingyu believes that even if she asks Xia Ruoqing, Xia Ruoqing will not admit it. One is that she is a voyeur, and the other is that vomiting hurts the fetus, where will Xia Ruoqing take the initiative to take this kind of relationship at this moment.

Su Lingyu's forehead slammed on the ground again, and said in a deep voice: "The queen mother, the queen mother, the concubine is now speechless, and only ask the queen mother and the queen mother to listen to the concubine." The concubine came to have a low status, and she didn't know that Concubine Jing was pregnant, and she didn't know that Concubine Jing's dragon fetus was unstable. Imperial Doctor Zhou also said that this rosemary is useless for people with a stable fetus. The concubine is just a six-grade nobleman, and she is not even qualified to ask the queen mother for peace during the day, how can she know the status of the dragon fetus of Concubine Jing clearly? Second, the imperial doctor of Zhou said that the person who smelled the fragrance had direct contact with the purified rosemary in the early stage, and then sniffed it for days before he slipped the tire. The concubine and Concubine Jing are not familiar with each other, and there is almost no contact, and the concubine has never had the opportunity to come into contact with Concubine Jing's daily diet, let alone let Concubine Jing come into contact with the purified rosemary. Third, Imperial Physician Zhou also said that it takes at least five to seven days for agarwood to soak rosemary. It only took more than ten days for the concubine to get this hibiscus flower step shake, even if the concubine started to harm the concubine Jing Gui's fetus from the time she got the step shake, it would be necessary to soak the step shake in rosemary day and night. But in those days, there was more than one person who saw the concubine swaying during the day. The concubine and the concubine Jing have no grievances, and the battle in the palace is only for the grace of His Majesty, the concubine is not favored and has a low position, and there are very few opportunities to get the grace of His Majesty. If you can be happy for a while, why should the concubine go to this hurtful mind to hurt others and herself? Fourth, even though the steps are similar, they are not one after all. Fu Guiren's peony step shake has been clean, but the concubine's hibiscus flower step shake is not necessarily. These are two different things. Su Lingyu didn't care about Liu Shilan, who heard this, and began to cry again, and only continued: "The concubine is all about it, I hope the queen mother and the queen mother will be judged." ”

After this tirade, only the queen's suppressed light cough remained in the hall. After a while, the Queen Mother looked sideways at the queen: "Queen, what do you think?" ”

Erchen thought that Su Guiren's words were not all unreasonable, there were many doubts about this matter, and this matter involved a wide range of issues. When His Majesty heard the news, he was already on his way back to Beijing, so it was better to ground Su Guiren first and hand it over to His Majesty to return to Beijing before he could leave. ”

"So do as you say. Su Guiren cut off the title of the nobleman, first demoted to change clothes, and was confined to the East Warm Pavilion of Qingtao Garden, and was not allowed to visit without an edict. After returning to Beijing in the next day, I will make a decision! ”

As soon as the Queen Mother said this, Su Lingyu was always relieved. She knew that the days of being grounded and awaiting trial would only be more difficult, but no matter what, there was always a silver lining. When he was dragged by the palace people and pulled his arms from the ground, Su Lingyu's body was completely weak, and he could only be supported by two palace people. When he was about to go out and turn around, Su Lingyu's eyes swept towards the people in the room, Xia Ruoqing no longer lowered his head at this moment, the two looked at each other in the air, and there was resentment in their eyes.

Xia Ruoqing is for the child in her womb, and Su Lingyu is for this unexplained grievance.

The days of being grounded are really hard.

Outside the Dongnuan Pavilion of Qingtao Garden, there are palace people from the Inner Mansion Pavilion and palace guards guarding day and night, and Xia Ruoqing can't get out of the room even half a step. Besides, although she still has a title of changing clothes, everyone knows that she is guilty, not to mention her attitude, and even picks up the worst food. Later, only two steamed buns and a bowl of pickles were delivered throughout the day. Su Lingyu spoke out about the eunuchs, where had they ever suffered like this. At first, I was reluctant to eat, but later I was so hungry that I could only swallow with tears in my eyes.

The most tormented person is not only the meal, but the anxiety and suspicion of waiting for the trial, which makes Su Lingyu unable to sleep all day and night, and occasionally sleeps lightly is nightmares, and can only pick up the small window hole that has been sealed by the wooden strip and cry. The only thing that comforted Su Lingyu was that at least Qingxuan was still with her, not alone.

At noon on this day, Qingxuan was called out. Now that she is only a slave left in Dongnuan Pavilion, naturally all the big and small affairs fall on her, but Su Lingyu doesn't care. It's just that he didn't wait until sunset and dusk and didn't wait for anyone to come back, so Su Lingyu was in a hurry. She couldn't go out even half a step, and she could only do things in the house. When the light broke through the fog in the early morning of the second time, Qing Xuan still didn't come back, Su Lingyu couldn't hold her breath, and could only beg the inner palace palace and the guards who were guarding her to find someone. It's just that with her current situation and status, where can she still instruct these people, and even pleading and begging are only ignored. Su Lingyu pleaded for a whole day, and the people guarding the door were unmoved.

After several days of mental torture, coupled with the fact that he had not touched the water and rice for a day and a night, Su Lingyu couldn't hold it anymore after all, and he didn't dare to go back to bed, for fear of missing the movement of Qingxuan's return, so he curled up in front of the door and closed his eyes to recuperate.

On the third day, Su Lingyu didn't wake up until the third pole of the sun. I don't know if it's because of the wrong posture of curling up in front of the door, her whole body is so sore that she doesn't have the slightest strength, and the sunlight outside spills in through the crack in the door and falls on her, and it is cold and can't bring the slightest warmth. Su Lingyu only felt that he didn't even have the strength to stand up, stared at the roof with confused eyes for a long time, and then fell asleep in a daze.

This sleep, it wasn't until the night that Su Lingyu really woke up.

She woke up not because she had slept enough, but because the dark sky outside kept flashing with light that pierced the sky. Another bright light flashed through the sky, and Su Lingyu's slow mind paused for a while before she remembered what it meant, and then she immediately shouted in panic: "Qingxuan! Qing Silk! Where are you?! ”

It's just that her shouting as hard as she can is actually like a mosquito, and no one responds at all. And as if in response to her fears, another flash of light struck, followed by a loud 'boom' connection.

Su Lingyu's apricot eyes widened, revealing a blatant fear that had never even been shown in the Ning'an Palace, and he covered his ears and screamed "Ah".

The thunder in the sky stopped slightly, and just when Su Lingyu took a breath and was shocked, there was another loud bang, and thunder that was more coherent than just now fell from the sky again, and at the same time, a shining light penetrated through the window lattice, as if it had fallen in the courtyard.

"Ah!!h The memory of a long time ago flashed in his mind for a moment, Su Lingyu's screams couldn't stop this time, and his sore and weak body seemed to suddenly have strength, crawling to the corner of the room, hiding in the gap between the tables and chairs and crying.

Along with the lightning flash, there were not only thunderstorms, but also strong winds. The sound of the wind like a ghost crying blows the large green bamboo in the window to the left and right, and the once familiar bamboo shadow now seems to have turned into many demons and monsters with teeth and claws, whistling and dancing outside the window, ready to choose people to devour.

"Let me go...... Get out ......."

"Someone...... Open the door...... Let me out......"

The explosion thundered quickly, and it seemed that it would never stop, Su Lingyu climbed from under the table and chair to the door again, shaking the closed door weakly, and was shocked by another booming thunder.

"Help me...... I'm going out...... Qing Silk ...... Qing Silk ...... Where are you? ”

“…… I'm going out...... I don't want to die...... Who's going to save me...... Let me ......"

After a long period of confinement and repression, it finally collapsed and poured out completely under the threat of thunder.

From shouting and muttering, Su Lingyu moved slightly at the same time that he was tormented and thought that he would die like this tonight.

Su Lingyu was startled, thinking it was her illusion, and then the frequency of the door vibrating was a little louder, and then it was pulled open from the inside to the outside by a force.

Su Lingyu's body leaning on the door fell out, and just when Su Lingyu thought she would be knocked firmly and closed her eyes and waited for pain, she fell into a warm, soft, fragrant and pleasant embrace.

No matter who it is, Su Lingyu will be regarded as a lifesaver. When she realized that it was a person who caught her, Su Lingyu immediately grabbed that person tightly with both hands, and her already weak hand almost slashed into the person's back, and tears flowed out of her already red and swollen eyes again, and she said softly: "Help me...... Don't go...... Don't leave me...... Please...... Don't leave me ......"

The man did not break free from Su Lingyu's cling, he was silent for a moment, then stroked his hand on Su Lingyu's messy long hair, and gently patted it to show comfort: "It's okay, don't be afraid, I'm here." I don't go, I won't leave you. ”

The voice was calm and calm, and another lightning bolt fell, illuminating the guards who knelt on the ground and the person Su Lingyu was clinging to, it was actually a concubine in palace clothes with her hair combed in a high bun, Jun Yihuang.

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