Even though there have been wars for many years, even if the undercurrents are surging, in Yongjia's generation, the number of vassal countries has still reached an unprecedented peak.

Every three years, when the coming of all nations comes, the envoys enter in groups, stretching for miles, and it is magnificent.

This year's dinner should be co-organized by Concubine Shu, and the luxury is exhausted, and the entire imperial city is splendid.

The envoys sighed that the Daning Dynasty was strong, which naturally added countless glories to the face of the emperor on the throne.

If things are done well, the emperor's mood will naturally be good. It's just that during the national funeral, the ceremonies and music are exempted, which makes this due festive scene a little less lively. During the dinner, Concubine Shu was toasted by everyone with a few more glasses of wine, the beauty was slightly drunk, and Emperor Yongjia, who was watching, also stopped again and again.

While his eyes were lingering, the queen beside him greeted him with a smile on her wine glass, "Your Majesty, the concubine toasts you." ”

The queen has been in power for many years, and she has always been pure-hearted and has few desires, and she does not care about all matters in the harem, but it has saved the emperor a lot of heart. He nodded, took a dip from his glass, and smiled at her.

"The emperor has been really tired for many days for the Hundred Flowers Meeting, and the concubine shouldn't have said much, but the concubine heard something a few days ago, and she was really frightened, and she was afraid of disturbing the court. After today's dinner, the matter was also stopped, and the concubines did not dare to deceive again. ”

The queen didn't say it loudly, although her face was smiling, there was a little more sadness in her eyes. The emperor frowned, sat down on her side and asked, "Is there something going on in the harem?" ”

The queen nodded slightly, raised her hand to cover the corners of her mouth, and replied softly: "Concubine Jing first told that she found several very large silver ants in the palace, and she was also careful, so she took one away and asked the imperial doctor, I am afraid that ...... It was the same ant that killed the Queen Mother. ”

The Palace? The emperor sat up straight and turned to look at Concubine Shu's side. She raised her glass to the emperor with her eyes blurred, and her smile was heartwarming.

The emperor retracted his eyes, frowned and thought for a moment, beckoned and whispered a few words to Tong Guan, and saw Tong Guan leave the palace quickly, and then relaxed his expression.

After the dinner, the envoys shouted long live and sent the emperor away, and then left the table and went back to Honglu Temple.

The emperor sat in the sedan chair, but his face was already bad, and the concubine Shugui who was following behind him didn't know what to say, so she wanted to ask Yingfan, but the queen mother spoke, "My sister doesn't know yet?" The emperor said that there was something important, so it was better to go to the palace together. ”

When Concubine Shu heard this, she sneered disdainfully, "Yo, did the queen mother drink too much and remember the wrong time?" Except that the emperor wants to stay with his concubines today, what else can he do? ”

"Concubine Shu, if you don't know, you can't do it unless you do." The queen's eyes swept over, with a sense of majesty, but her eyes were full of disdain, and she was helped out of the palace by the palace maid first.

The sedan chair followed behind the emperor and queen, and Concubine Shu turned sideways and asked Yingfan, "What's wrong?" Today, the emperor should have stayed in the palace, what is the queen doing with this old woman? ”

Yingfan shook his head, and he was also puzzled, "There is no one in the palace to pass the word, don't worry, you will know when you go back." ”

Concubine Shu didn't have such a good interest to wait, and whispered to her: "This palace thinks there is a problem, you send someone back to see what happened." ”

Ying Fan nodded, "Eh" and said a few words to the person next to him, and the person trotted away from the side path, and Concubine Shu sat up straight.

It's strange to say, there are really a lot of people who want to come to the palace these days. Since the death of the Queen Mother, Concubine Kang Jing has not pulled any of them, and always wants to come and sit here, but what kind of play is this usually silent queen playing, can she finally endure the loneliness of the deep palace, and also want to come to her place to rub some dragon energy? It's ridiculous.

Concubine Shu waited all the way and didn't wait for the person, her heart was no longer stable, and when she got off the sedan chair in front of her palace gate, she found that the door had been guarded by a group of guards.

Her face seemed to be calm, and when she walked a few steps inside, she felt that something was wrong, and the people in the palace were all kneeling in the courtyard, and there were other concubines waiting there.

When everyone saw the emperor, although they didn't know what was going on, they only felt that the heavenly family was majestic, and a wave of grandeur pressed down, and everyone was silent.

Concubine Jing raised her eyes slightly to look at the queen, this Hundred Flowers Dynasty is not a place where their concubines can show their faces, and they don't know where things have come.

Seeing that her face showed a hint of panic, the queen bowed slightly at her, which was regarded as a response. Concubine Jing immediately lowered her head, hidden in her sleeve and clenched her fist.

Everyone in the palace sat down, and the emperor asked calmly: "Concubine Shugui, can the death of the Queen Mother have anything to do with you?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Mo said that it was Shuguifei, and everyone present also showed a look of panic on their faces. The news that the Queen Mother died of Gu poison came out, although there were many gossips among everyone, but who dared to point this finger at Concubine Shugui, not to mention, even if she borrowed a hundred guts, she would not dare to do this to the Queen Mother.

Seeing that everyone raised their sleeves to hide their faces, and showed some disdain or incomprehension to Concubine Shugui, Concubine Kang, who was sitting on the side, opened her mouth first, "Your Majesty, this is a felony of rebellion, and it needs to be investigated in detail, don't blame my sister." ”

Concubine Shu turned her eyes to look at Concubine Kang, the biological mother of King Heng was also the same as her son, she followed behind her like a dog on weekdays, looking at her like that, not disgusted, but also a little disdainful.

Looking back at the emperor, Concubine Shugui's face was full of grievances, she shook her head slightly, and replied in a firm tone: "It has nothing to do with the concubine." ”

"Okay." The emperor was not angry, leaned forward slightly, supported his elbows and knees and waved his fingers, "Then tell me why you found this in your palace." ”

As soon as the words fell, the waiting guard handed over the tray, which contained a spread of haosha, and in it were black unicorn ants that had turned silver.

Seeing this, Concubine Shu instinctively raised her hand to cover her lips, the ripples turned slightly, and her eyes immediately turned red, "The concubine doesn't know what this is, and why it appears in the concubine's palace." ”

This thing was a novelty, and the concubines sitting behind them didn't really see it very clearly, and leaned forward slightly to look at the contents of the tray. I don't know who said "eh", and said with a bit of sneer: "Isn't this Haosha?" It is said that this hao yarn is a new tribute from Hangzhou, and the number is very small, and only the queen and the concubine have it in the palace. ”

The emperor was also silent, but his eyes were staring at Concubine Shugui, and there was a faint hint of anger.

The queen looked left and right, and persuaded with good words: "Your Majesty, let's listen to Concubine Jing first." ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately turned their heads to look at Concubine Jing, who also slowly got up and took two steps forward to worship the emperor.