"Ma Jia's insult to you and Jiarou should be handled by you." Yin Zhen's voice did not fluctuate at all, as if he was just talking about a trivial matter, not a person's life and death.

Ling Ruo nodded slightly, and said to Ma Jia, who was still kneeling there: "Come close, this palace has something to say to you." ”

"Yes." Ma Jiashi propped his weak legs and moved forward, and when he walked in front of Ling Ruo, he knelt down with a "plop", and begged: "The concubine knows that she is wrong, ask the mother to forgive her sins, and the concubine will definitely stop saying the slightest right or wrong in the future, otherwise the concubine will not die well." ”

After Ling Ruo finished speaking, Fang said: "King Guojun saved the palace and Jiarou in Zhungeer, and it was thanks to him that the mother and daughter of the palace could return to the emperor's side, maybe this is the reason, so Jiarou was born with the king of Guojun, I don't know if this answer is satisfactory?" ”

Where did Ma Jiashi dare to respond to this, and kowtowed in a panic: "The concubine is really just a momentary nonsense, not intent on insulting the mother and the little princess, begging the mother to spare the concubine this time." ”

Ling Ruo got up with a glass of water and wine, looked down at Ma Jia's who didn't dare to raise his head, and said casually: "How are you afraid of what Bi promised to do, this palace is not a man-eating tiger, this palace just asked, what this palace said just now, are you satisfied with Bi promise?" ”

Seeing that Ling Ruo had been holding on to this sentence and refused, Ma Jiashi nodded helplessly and said, "If you go back to Niangniang, the concubine ...... The concubine was very satisfied. ”

"It's good to be satisfied." Without waiting for everyone to understand the meaning of her words, with a shock of their wrists, the glass of water and wine in their hands had all been splashed on Ma Jia's face, so that her carefully applied makeup was wet by the sudden wine, and the black eyebrows, white fat powder, and red rouge were all dissolved, and the colors were mixed together, like an overturned palette, and she also covered her already frightened pale face.

Without waiting for Ma Jiashi to speak, Ling Ruo said coldly: "Your question has already been answered by the palace, so now the palace should question you, Jiarou is the princess of Gulun Zhaoqing who was personally crowned by the emperor, and she is a first-class princess, you are just a seven-grade micro-end promise, what qualifications do you have to criticize her origin?" And you criticize Jiarou at the same time as criticizing the palace, you feel that the palace misbehaves, loses virtue, and is not worthy of the position of the concubine, right? ”

It is a great shame to splash face, but at this moment, Ma Jiashi can't care about this, and can't help complaining: "The concubine was fascinated for a while, and said words that insulted the mother and the little princess, and the concubine really knew that she was wrong, and begged the mother to open up." ”

If she had changed the previous Ling Ruo, she might have forgiven her for the sake of Ma Jia's first offense, but after experiencing the test of life and death and returning to the harem again, she understood a truth better than before - the country is easy to change, and the original is difficult to change!

Even if she spares Ma Jiashi now, Ma Jiashi will not be grateful, but will hate herself for letting her suffer such a shameful humiliation, and intensify the rumors behind her back, although she doesn't care about this kind of rumor that can't stand scrutiny, and Yinzhen won't believe it, but it's always a little annoying.

Moreover, she believes that Ma Jia's family is not the only one who questions Jiarou's background, even if she knows that Lu Dao cannot be true, but Jiarou's incident outside the palace is still enough for them to chew on the root of their tongue for a long time.

Nala said on the side: "Concubine Xi, as the so-called forgiving and forgiving people, Bi promised to know that she was wrong, so spare her this time." ”

"That's right." Ling Ruo said after a bow: "But the concubine is afraid that Bi promised to know her mistake, but she didn't think so in her heart." ”

Ma Jiashi hurriedly said: "No, the concubine really knows her mistake and asks for forgiveness." ”

Ling Ruo smiled, put down the empty wine glass and said, "Since that's the case, then okay." Without waiting for Ma Jiashi to be happy, Ling Ruo already said: "But the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, how about going to Xin Zheku to work for a month?" ”

Nala was stunned and said, "This...... Concubine, will it be too heavy? ”

Xinzhiku is a place for some palace people who have made mistakes, if it is said that what permeates the cold palace is endless loneliness and despair, then what permeates Xinzheku is endless toil and pain. Because the cold palace is nothing more than depriving the glory brocade clothes, but Xin Zheku has to work constantly, in a day, there are only two or three hours to rest, and the rest of the time, all the time in the Huanyi or Li Chung rice, because of excessive hardship, so there are often people who die.

However, after all, the palace concubines are different from those slaves, even if they commit a crime, at most they will be abolished from the cold palace, and they will definitely not go to the Xin Zhi Library, only Zheng Chunhua of the previous dynasty was punished to the Xin Zhi Library because of adultery with the prince, and then it caused a lot of incidents.

So no one expected Ling Ruo to say such a punishment, although Ma Jia's position was low, he had also heard of what kind of location Xin Zheku was, and when he thought that he was going to stay there for a month, he couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body, and begged bitterly.

Ling Ruo ignored her, just turned his eyes to look at Yin Zhen and said, "Does the emperor also think that the punishment of the concubine is too heavy?" ”

Yin Zhen stood up and said coldly: "Ma Jia's insult to you and Jiarou, just this one is enough for her to die thousands of times, and you just punished her to work in Xinzhiku for a month, and she didn't even lose her position, it should be said that it was too light." After that, he waved his hand and motioned to the palace people to pull Ma Jiashi down, unwilling to take another look.

This small turmoil subsided because of Ma Jia's departure, but the ripples left in everyone's hearts have not dispersed for a long time, Ma Jia's fate and Yinzhen's attitude have made everyone secretly vigilant, after this incident, even if they don't think much of Ling Ruo's concubine, they don't dare to say another word, otherwise Ma Jia's will be a lesson from the past.

After disposing of Ma Jia's family, Yin Zhen stroked his forehead, which was a little sore by the wind, and said, "Concubine, I am a little drunk, you can go back with me." ”

"The concubine obeys." Ling Ruo owed a bow, and walked to the Heart Nourishing Hall with Yinzhen, behind them, the Nala clan led everyone to curtsied, and sent Yinzhen off, in the figure of everyone, the corners of Fucha's mouth were slightly hooked, revealing a faint smile.

After returning to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Sixi hurriedly wrung a hot face towel to wipe Yinzhen's face, and then went down to make sobering tea, taking advantage of this time, Ling Ruo served him to take off his coat and go to bed to rest, seeing Yinzhen frowning, he said in a cut voice: "Does your head hurt?" Do you want the concubine to pass on the imperial doctor to take a look? ”

Yin Zhen said disapprenously: "It's nothing, I think I drank too much wine just now and was blown by the wind, so it hurts a little, and I have nothing to do after drinking sobering tea." Saying this, he held Ling Ruo's slender wrist and said, "Are you okay?" ”

"The concubine didn't drink much, but her cheeks were a little hot." As soon as Ling Ruo's words fell, Yin Zhen shook his head and said, "I didn't say this, but those words of Ma Jia's just now. ”