276. 277 Turning things around
"Your Highness, it's not early, your mind has been received by the full moon, and the secret weapon has been accepted, Your Highness should go back and rest early." The full moon took a step back, and although his tone was polite, it was more or less the meaning of the eviction order.
Lin Jian sighed lightly and muttered in a low voice,
"Not for you to receive my heart, but to receive my heart."
"Your Highness, don't send it."
When the full moon heard it, Lin Jian should know very well that it was impossible for her to give him any answer, whether it was him or Lin Yidongyao.
Full Moon turned around and went back to the room, behind him was Lin Jian, who had been staring at her back for a long time.
Lin Jian stood in the courtyard for a long time, Su Kang saw that the two palace maids were about to wake up, and was about to step forward to remind Lin Jian, but saw him suddenly turn around and walk outside.
The deep understanding on his face made Su Kang nervous, and he didn't dare to make a sound.
Every time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince met Miss Linghu, his reaction was extreme.
If you are not in a good mood, it will be as bright as before for a while, or it is like this, dark and low, and there is a feeling of oppression that a storm will come at any time.
After the two little palace maids who served the full moon woke up, they saw that each other was leaning on the door of the room and dozing off, they were both startled, and hurriedly stood up straight, not daring to desert anymore, and they were glad that they were not discovered by the full moon.
Inside the house, the full moon will put away the hidden weapon, and for a while in the future, the night dance will accompany her.
Lin Jian's carefulness was beyond the expectations of the full moon, and the secret weapon carried his worries and concerns. It's just that this concern is destined to be a burden to escape for the full moon.
The next morning, the full moon woke up early, and the palace maid and the little eunuch were busy in the courtyard, quietly shaking off the sable cloak prepared for her in the palace.
"Miss, this cloak was sent yesterday and was rewarded by the Queen Mother."
The cloak was shown in front of the full moon, and the full moon glanced at it, his expression was cold, and he said lightly,
"Who sent this cloak yesterday?"
"It was sent by the Shangyi Bureau." Ning Jing looked at the full moon suspiciously, could there be something wrong with this cloak?
"Wait a minute." The full moon winked at Ning Jing.
The palace maids arranged by the Queen Mother were all busy working in the courtyard and did not know what was going on in the house.
In a moment, the full moon came to the courtyard dressed up, and pulled the collar of the cloak as he walked.
When the little palace maid saw it, she asked her with concern,
"Female officer, the slave maid will arrange your cloak for you."
"Okay." Full Moon nodded, raised her hand and stroked the collar of the sable velvet of the cloak, looking like she couldn't put it down.
"This cloak was sent by the Queen Mother to the Shangyi Bureau, and I liked it very much at first sight."
"Thisβ" The little palace maid hesitated for a moment, and then whispered to remind the full moon,
"Female officer, I'm going out hunting today, the hunting ground is windy, this cloak is too thin, it's better to wear that white velvet cloak with a cotton lining, one to keep out the cold, and the other to match this season."
While the little palace maid said this, she was also worried that the full moon would not approve.
The full moon looked at Ning Jing, and then at the little palace maid, sighed lightly, and said in a low voice,
"It's okay, you once served the Queen Mother, so you naturally know how to travel better than me. Silence, take her one of my jade earrings. β
As soon as the full moon said this, the little palace maid breathed a sigh of relief and happily changed into another cloak for the full moon.
"Female officer, the ribbon of this cloak is a little long, do you want the slave to help you change it?" The little palace maid asked about the full moon tentatively.
"It's okay, I think it's a little longer, too. You helped me change it, just in time for me to come back and wear it. β
"βYes, lady." Although the little palace maid responded, her tone was a little hesitant.
Immediately, the full moon got into the carriage out of the palace.
Inside the car sat her and Ning Jing, and outside the car were Tie Ying and another palace maid.
picked up the two of them casually, but saw the little palace maid just now holding the cloak and hurriedly running towards the Yanxi Palace.
Lowering the car curtain, the full moon closed her eyes slightly, and waited to see the queen mother make a move.
ββ
The little palace maid hurried to Yanxi Palace, but the queen mother had not yet set off. Ru Jing saw that it was the palace maid who served the full moon, and she didn't feel it, and took her to the queen mother.
"Queen Mother, Dongmei asks to see."
The Queen Mother, who was sitting on the Taishi chair, raised her eyes slightly, this early in the morning, if there was nothing special, Dongmei would not have come.
"Call her in."
"Yes."
Ru Jing brought Dongmei in, and Dongmei was still holding a sable cape in her hand.
"Back to the Queen Mother, this cloak was sent to Weiyang Palace by the Shangyi Bureau yesterday to the female officer Linghu, and the female official was originally going to wear this cloak today, but the slave maid found that there was a problem with the cloak, so she asked the female official to change it. Please take a look at the Queen Mother. β
Dongmei presented the cloak, and Ru Jing took it and took a look, also surprised.
"Queen Mother, this is not sable down, but snow leopard down dyed purple." Ru Jing serves the Queen Mother every day, and the Queen Mother's cherished snow leopard cloak Ru Jing has to help the Queen Mother take care of it every day, so she can naturally recognize and feel the texture of the collar of this cloak at a glance.
"It's nonsense! What's going on? The Queen Mother slapped the armrest of the Taishi's chair and was furious.
A room full of female eunuchs knelt down.
"Queen Mother, there seems to be something hidden in this collar."
Ru Jing opened the collar to show the Queen Mother, at first glance it was nothing, but if you look closely, there seems to be a small bulge under the collar.
"Take it apart!"
The Queen Mother ordered coldly.
Ru Jing personally unwrapped the collar of the cloak and stuffed a small ball of black cotton wool inside.
"What's going on?" The Queen Mother looked at the black cotton wool, her eyes full of doubts.
Ru Jing suddenly realized.
"The queen mother, the slave maid saw her mother sewing quilts and clothes when she was at home, how much do you know some folk exquisiteness, the clothes worn by your own family are best sewn by people you can trust, if you have a grudge, when sewing the quilt, you will stuff a small ball of thread or black cotton wool in the four corners or the collar of the clothes, because the quilt or cotton clothes are generally rarely cleaned, most of them are exposed to the sun, even if they are cleaned, they will not touch the cotton inside, this is a kind of folk curse, if the person who covers this quilt, There will be no happiness in the rest of life, housework is peaceful, and those who wear black cotton wool stuffed with bad luck will have bad luck at worst, and at worst they will be in great trouble. β
Ru Jing's voice fell, and the Queen Mother's face instantly darkened.
"Quick--quickly check the bedding and clothes in the mourning palace, and check it thoroughly."
The Queen Mother ordered Ru Jing in a deep voice.
"Also, this matter must not be made public, otherwise it will be killed!"
The last four words of the Queen Mother fell, and everyone's faces froze.
Everyone below went to search for suspicious quilts and cloaks, and Ru Jing stayed by the Queen Mother's side to serve left and right.
The Queen Mother's face was cold and terrifying, and she squinted her eyes and gritted her teeth for a while before she spoke,
"These people are blind to mourning, aren't they? Do this kind of thing under the nose of the mourning family! Is it that Linghu Manyue has lived in Weiyang Palace for too long, and it hinders their eyes! You can come up with such a vicious trick! β
As soon as the Queen Mother's words came out, Ru Jing didn't dare to make a sound.
Today's show is indeed ruthless and vicious.
The sable's collar was replaced with dyed snow leopard fur, which was tantamount to keeping pace with the Queen Mother, and once the Queen Mother found out about the problem with the cloak when hunting, she naturally couldn't spare the full moon of the fox.
Snow leopard fur is scarce, outsiders have no chance to see it, the snow leopard fur queen mother left the whole body as a cloak, and the remaining limbs were given to the four mothers in the palace. They are the queen, Concubine Jin, Concubine Hui and Concubine Jing.
And one of the pieces of fur can be used to make a collar.
It's just that the queen mother wears the same cloak, so the queen can only be used in the palace and can't be used.
"The Queen Mother has too much strange about this, the fox girl has only returned to the Hou Mansion in the past year, and she was fostered in the He family in the county seat before, she can't have the opportunity to see a snow leopard, and it is naturally impossible to recognize the difference between snow leopard fur and sable fur today. Once the Queen Mother is angry, she will inevitably behead Linghu Manyue as soon as possible, and if you investigate in detail in the future, it seems that only Concubine An will be left suspicious. β
As soon as Ru Jing's words came out, the Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.
Concubine An didn't have snow leopard fur there, there were only the queen and other concubines, and the queen and the other three concubines were naturally not stupid enough to lose their snow leopard fur to frame Linghu Manyue, so all the focus was naturally easy to focus on Concubine An who didn't have snow leopard fur.
The Queen Mother suspiciously understood that Concubine An took the opportunity to eradicate the queen or other concubines!
The Queen Mother and Concubine An are not on good terms, once they think of this, they naturally won't believe Concubine An.
In this way, as soon as Linghu Manyue died, the relationship between the Hou Mansion and the Queen Mother was bound to be stiff, Linghu Hongxi and Linghu Quan couldn't say anything bad about Linghu Manyue, and the Queen Mother wanted to fight Concubine An but there was no evidence, and the deeper the resentment, the more difficult it would be to control the situation in the future.
If it weren't for the fact that Dongmei was also a palace maid who had been with the Queen Mother for several years, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see the reason today, which gave the people behind the scenes a real chance.
"It's just that you don't take the mourning family in your eyes! This is to cross the river with the mourning family! β
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and spoke, her face as cold as ice.
After a while, all the palace maids and eunuchs sent out by the Queen Mother came back.
"Back to the Queen Mother, the bedding palace clothes found in the Queen Mother's bedroom have a total of twelve pieces of wired balls and black cotton wool. Among them, there are three sets of bedding, all of which are usually used by the Queen Mother, and they were also sent from the Shangyi Bureau just last month, nine pieces of palace clothing, three of which were sent together with the bedding last month, and the other six were sent this month. β
The little eunuch's voice fell, and the purple jade cup in the queen mother's hand was thrown on the ground and shattered.
The Shangyi Bureau has always been in charge of the queen!
If it was really done by the queen, then the queen mother had worked hard to cultivate her for twenty years before! Isn't it luring a wolf into the house!
"Back to the Queen Mother, this is the list of palace clothes sent to Weiyang Palace by the Shangyi Bureau, and there is no sable cloak sent to the Linghu female official." The steward's eunuch's voice fell, and Dongmei shook her head suspiciously,
"Back to the Queen Mother, I was also present when the Shangyi Bureau sent the palace clothes over, this sable cloak is at the bottom, although it is not all exposed, but the collar and the ribbon slave are known."
Dongmei's words are tantamount to indirectly suing the Empress Dowager that the list of Shangyi Bureau is fake!