The Queen Mother looked at the portrait in a daze for a long time, raised her eyes and looked at Shen Wanzhen suspiciously: "You haven't seen Concubine Xiao, how did you draw it?" ”

Shen Wanzhen looked at both sides, the Queen Mother waved back left and right, and said: "Here is our mother, you can always tell me, what happened, could it be that the accident in King An's Mansion is related to King Ping?" ”

The Queen Mother is really powerful, in a word, sometimes the battle between the palace and the palace is intuitive, keen, bold and careful.

Shen Wanzhen didn't hide it, put the matter together, and said at the end: "Erchen dared to ask the queen mother, can Concubine Xiao's death have anything to do with the queen mother?" ”

Empress Dowager Guo closed her eyes and didn't speak for a long time, Shen Wanzhen couldn't help but be nervous, and her heart was up and down, if it was really the Queen Mother's doing, then King Ping was the enemy who killed his mother, and he was a mortal enemy who did not share the sky, and there would be a battle of life and death.

Empress Dowager Guo slowly opened her eyes, as if she was stuck in the memories of the past, for a long time, she said quietly: "For many years, when the first emperor was alive, he favored Concubine Xiao, and he ignored the six palaces, and Concubine Xiao was inseparable from the moon, I don't know how many people in the harem were jealous, and Concubine Xiao gave birth to King Ping, and the first emperor had the intention of abolishing the prince and replacing King Ping, and the courtiers opposed it, since then, the first emperor loved Concubine Xiao even more, not to mention the concubine palace, that is, my queen's Kunning Palace, the first emperor did not step into it for half a year, I was young at the time, and I also loved the emperor, I don't know how many tears have been shed for this. ”

Empress Dowager Guo has been sad for many years, and she is still sad when she mentions it, maybe she has forgotten that she once loved someone in the bloody wind of the palace over the years, but now when she mentions the past, she is probably still frustrated and daring for a strong woman like her.

The queen mother took a breath and said in a long voice, "The women in the palace are all eager for her to die, and I am the same, later, I don't know what to do, the first emperor Long Yan was furious and beat her into the cold palace, the harem concubines were happy, but they didn't know why the emperor suddenly turned his face, the first emperor was secretive about this, no one dared to mention her, Concubine Xiao stayed in the cold palace for three years, in the past three years, the whole country has been drafted and enriched, but no one can enter the heart of the emperor like Concubine Xiao. ”

Empress Dowager Guo sighed, looking tired, Shen Wanzhen knelt on the couch, beating the back for the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother paused for a while, and then continued: "The first emperor did not favor anyone, and the harem concubines were all safe, but, maybe the first emperor missed Concubine Xiao too much, or the days have passed, the taboo things have become lighter, anyway, the first emperor has the idea of taking back Concubine Xiao, and he attaches more and more importance to King Ping, and hates the mourning family in his heart, hates her for snatching away the favor of the first emperor, hates the first emperor and only has the son of Concubine Xiao in his eyes, and is afraid that Concubine Xiao will return to the palace, and the favor will be more prosperous in the past, Shake my position as the queen, and then, frame, Xian'er will be finished. ”

Empress Dowager Guo's eyes were cold, "I sent someone to bring poisoned wine to the cold palace, but I was a step too late, and the person sent said that Concubine Xiao had fallen to the ground and was poisoned." ”

"That's good, save me another life."

Shen Wanzhen asked cautiously; "Then the queen didn't find out who poisoned Concubine Xiao? Does the mother of the poisoned person know the way? ”

Empress Dowager Guo shook her head, "When the emperor heard that Concubine Xiao died, he vomited a mouthful of blood, and he couldn't afford to be sick, since then, his body and bones have been good and bad, and he has been dealt with by the political commissar and important ministers, as for who poisoned him, no one cares, in short, Concubine Xiao is dead, and the people are happy." ”

Shen Wanzhen listened to the Queen Mother, and with her intuition, what the Queen Mother said did not seem to be a lie, so who killed Concubine Xiao, after many years, the first emperor died, and the Queen Mother didn't need to lie to her.

The Queen Mother talked too much and was thirsty, Shen Wanzhen hurriedly picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to the Queen Mother, who took a sip of tea and said: "If you guessed correctly, from this incident to draw the hatred of King Ping, frame King An, and avenge the murder of his mother, then he will settle this account on the head of the mourning family." ”

Shen Wanzhen took the teacup in the queen mother's hand and asked in a low voice: "If King Ping believes that it was the queen mother who murdered his mother, it must be someone close to him, or the person who is waiting for Concubine Xiao, who can the queen mother think this person is?" Who told King Ping? ”

Empress Dowager Guo said: "The mourning family also pondered, at that time King Ping was still young, if he said who he believed the most, of course, it was Concubine Xie, after Concubine Xiao died, the first emperor was not energetic, and ordered Xie Zhaoyi to raise King Ping, to say close, Concubine Xie and King Ping are the closest." ”

Shen Wanzhen wanted to ask, did the Queen Mother have a holiday with Concubine Xie, but because of the exit, the harem women fought and did everything they could, looking at Concubine Xie's appearance, she was over thirty years old, and she could still see the charm of the year, Concubine Xie must have been a rare beauty back then, and it was inevitable that there would be a gap between her and the Queen Mother.

Empress Dowager Guo seemed to guess her thoughts, and said: "When Concubine Xie entered the palace, she was two sisters, her sister was charming, and she did everything possible to seduce the emperor. ”

Shen Wanzhen relieved her doubts, she intuitively felt that there must be a hidden relationship between Concubine Xie and the Queen Mother, it turned out that it was because of her sister's care, maybe Concubine Xie was better at tolerance than her sister, so she lived to this day, so she said: "If King Ping only listens to Concubine Xie's words, King Ping will not be convinced, there must be important witnesses among them, pointing to the Queen Mother, this matter, the palace maids and eunuchs waiting beside Concubine Xiao should know the truth of the matter." ”

Empress Dowager Guo said: "After Concubine Xiao died, the emperor couldn't find out the truth of the matter, so he buried all the people who were waiting for Concubine Xiao at that time. ”

This clue is broken, Shen Wanzhen wondered, how did King Ping know, there are still people in the know, seeing the people sent by the Queen Mother, they mistakenly thought that the Queen Mother sent someone to poison Concubine Xiao, this insider only King Ping himself knows the Tao, it seems that he can only say that King Ping re-investigated the things of the year, but things are wrong, after many years, can this past be revealed?

Empress Dowager Guo said suddenly: "The guards guarding the cold palace at that time may still be alive, although they are not close to Concubine Xiao's side, but they may see something, as soon as Concubine Xiao died, the emperor couldn't bear the blow, he was exhausted, he didn't have the energy to track down the murderer, and he did it hastily, and the matter was over." ”

Shen Wanzhen said: "If this knot is not untied, King Ping is bent on dealing with King An, wouldn't he fall for the tricks of people with ulterior motives." ”

"The affairs in the palace, the mourning family has the ability to figure it out, don't look at the mourning family now ignoring the affairs of the harem, let the queen take care of it, but as long as the mourning family says a word, there is nothing in this palace that the mourning family can't do."

Empress Dowager Guo instructed again: "This matter, no one can know about it, so as not to startle the snake, tomorrow you will go back to the palace, and you will be notified as soon as there is news about the mourning family." ”