Hearing Concubine Xu's summons, Gu Yunxi put down the work in his hand, straightened his clothes and hair, and walked into the main hall.

Concubine Xu had woken up from the night, changed into a plain white wide-sleeved robe, her head was tied in a round bun, and she was waving in front of the bookcase, and the head of the brocade bamboo stood aside to serve.

"Mother, Wan'an."

Gu Yunxi bowed in front of the bookcase.

"No courtesy."

Concubine Xu stopped writing, raised her clear eyes, and smiled softly at Gu Yunxi:

"I have tasted that ice water lychee paste in this palace, and the taste is unique, but the color is different from what I eat on weekdays. Tell me where you got the lychees and what kind of way to do them? ”

Gu Yunxi first knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said:

"Please forgive the slave for the deception."

Concubine Xu already knew it in her heart, but she was not in a hurry or annoyed, Qingsu smiled:

"Let's get up. Don't be afraid, tell the palace truthfully. ”

Gu Yunxi got up and did so, put his hands between his sleeves, and said with a respectful expression:

"There is not half a lychee fruit in the slave's lychee paste, but it is made by mixing the three main ingredients of black plum, cinnamon and ginger.

The slave maid believes that in the hot summer season, the mother often eats cold food to inevitably hurt the spleen, but the black plum water can quench thirst and moisten the jin; Sand kernels have the effect of calming the nerves and cooling off the heat; Cinnamon and ginger juice can also warm the stomach and regulate the spleen cold. The three are paired with cloves to bring out the aroma of lychee.

Niangniang talked about lychee paste in the afternoon, but this season was lychee, and the slave maid was anxious to think of this nominal lychee paste, and asked the mother to forgive the slave and maid's sins. ”

As he spoke, the man fell to his knees again.

Concubine Xu looked at Jinzhu, Jinzhu bowed her head, and went over to help Gu Yunxi.

Concubine Xu continued to draw on the rice paper, and said to Gu Yunxi:

"You don't have to be afraid, this palace can call you here, that is, I like the ice products you make, and I don't mean to blame. In the morning, Bengong just asked questions casually, and I also wanted to see your ability, and now Bengong is very satisfied.

You are so ingenious and dare to try, and the things you make are fresh and rare, and even the imperial concubine is satisfied. ”

Gu Yunxi was secretly happy in his heart, but his face was calm:

"Xie Niangniang praised."

Speaking of Wan Yuyao, the topic of small talk between master and servant returned to the morning daughter's meeting.

Jinzhu studied the ink again, with a mocking smile on his face:

"Then Sun Jieyu really deserves it, and she just entered the palace and showed off a sharp mouth. wanted to slap on the princess by stepping on others, but he didn't expect to be cocooned and self-bound, but he was beaten by the board. ”

Concubine Xu's pen kept on, dipped in ink on one wall and outlined on the other wall to provoke the arc of her lips, and her voice was light:

"This palace teaches you a lot on weekdays, don't be competitive in everything, and it may not be a blessing to suffer some losses."

Jinzhu smiles and bows:

"Slaves and maids should remember the teachings of their mothers. However, when you went to bed at the time, there was a rumor outside that the imperial concubine ordered someone to beat Sun Jieyu for twenty boards, and she was still angry, and she starved in the violent room. This is good, how can the flesh and skin injuries have to be raised for more than two months, Sun Jieyu wants to sleep for a while, I am afraid that it will be difficult. ”

Concubine Xu smiled coldly and didn't answer.

Jinzhu frowned at this time, looking a little puzzled:

"The slave maid still can't figure out what happened in the morning, and she thought that Concubine Wan would take advantage of Yu Zhaoyi's belated incident to severely punish her, why did she suddenly change her personality and become annoyed with Sun Jieyu? After all, she is also the daughter of the governor of the second grade! ”

The moist tip of the pen traced a leaf of orchid, Concubine Xu stopped the pen to look closely, and smiled lightly on the lips of the rose:

This is Wan Yuyao's scheming. Everyone knows that Sun Shengsheng has a good background and a good family, and he is just born with a beautiful face and a good appearance, but these people can't get into Wan Yuyao's eyes.

And Jin Jieyu and Yu Zhaoyi are different, they are all delicate and good-looking, but they are the righteous daughters in charge of the affairs in front of the Gong Yuan, their status is humble, and they pose little threat to Wan Yuyao, and Jin Jieyu is backed by the commander of the West Factory, which is the best control for Wan Yuyao.

Sun Jieyu is just a newborn calf, not only does she not know how to leave a way back for herself, but she doesn't care about her clothes, and she chooses the red color that clashes with Wan Yuyao, which naturally displeases her. Think about it, the concubines here, including Gu Yunyao, don't dare to pierce the truth, then Sun Jieyu has to say it in public, and point out the Yingluo of Yongning Palace, if the imperial concubine really has a calculating Yu Zhaoyi, there is nowhere to put her face. ”

If you don't kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, I'm afraid that the harem concubines will learn from her in the future, and teach Wan Yuyao how to establish authority in the harem?

As for Yu Zhaoyi, Bengong saw that she was indeed wronged. But she is more sensible than anyone else, knowing that she was persecuted by Wan Yuyao and had to take all the blame in public, Wan Yuyao returned her favor and reduced her punishment. ”

After listening to Concubine Xu's analysis, Gu Yunxi told Concubine Xu and Jinzhu what he heard and saw in the rockery of the Imperial Garden when he went to look for the gorse at noon.

Jinzhu shook his head after hearing this, and said worriedly:

"Yu Zhaoyi is already in poor health, but now her sister is turning against her, and she has to be calculated by her sister behind her back, which is pitiful. Wan Huang Concubine is the most protective, even if she knows that her palace people are so reckless, I am afraid that she will turn a blind eye. ”

Concubine Xu simply put down the pen and sighed with a deep face:

"No wonder this is the case, that Jin Jieyu is a ruthless person, she has already received holy favor, but she remembers her sister who refused to let go of her in the past."

Gu Yunxi's face was as usual on the side, but his heart was already very anxious, and he asked tentatively:

"Niangniang, Zhaoyi is the head of the nine concubines in the harem, and her status is not low. Yu Zhaoyi can have today, it can be seen that it was also beautiful in the past, why did it fall here? ”

Concubine Xu sat down with her sleeves brushed up, and her face showed a touch of sadness:

"It's pathetic. She was once favored by Long, but a year ago she heard that her best sister outside suddenly disappeared, and her health deteriorated after a serious illness, so she no longer had the opportunity to serve the emperor.

In the past year, the harem has been constantly filled, and she is depressed all day long, and the emperor naturally can't think of her. ”

Gu Yunxi's heart trembled for a while, and his liver and gallbladder within the five were like bursting, and he felt that his body and mind were in pain.

Unexpectedly, my sister fell out of favor due to illness, but it was due to her disappearance.

Maybe the topic of small talk was too heavy, Concubine Xu had no intention of painting at the moment, got up and ordered Jinzhu to wait for her to change clothes, and the plain robe on her body was handed over to Duxue to take to the Huanyi Bureau. ”

Gu Yunxi sent his master into the bedroom and started to sort out the things on the bookcase.

When she thought of Gu Yunyao, her heart felt as if she was crushed by a heavy stone, and the feeling of swelling was indescribable.

——

At the end of the day, Leng Qingtang entered the palace to meet Emperor Jingxiao, and reported the progress of the recent Dongchang investigation of the dummy case in the deep palace to the emperor.

The day after tomorrow is the traditional July Seventh Daughter's Day in Dayi, when the palace Shenwu Gate is wide open.

Considering that the palace attendants frequently came in and out, in order to prevent the masked people from making waves in the palace again, Leng Qingtang specially invited Emperor Jing Xiao, and specially allowed the Shenwu Gate to be guarded by the Dongchang guards.

The emperor approved Leng Qingtang's proposal, and then ordered him to retire.

Leng Qingtang walked out of the imperial study and walked side by side with Cheng Wanli on the palace road under the red wall, accompanied by more than ten eunuchs, and always maintained a fixed distance from the overseer and Cheng Qianhu.

"Master, this dummy's case has helped Dongchang, so that we have a legitimate reason to take people around."

Cheng Wanli lowered his voice as he walked, his expression relaxed and happy.

As soon as the dummy case came out, Dongchang sent three people to arrest people day and night in Gyeonggi. In just a few days, dozens of officials in the government and the opposition alone were sent to Zhao Prison.

On the surface, Leng Qingtang is arresting the key culprit in the fake case, but it is not.

Most of the officials in these prisons are closely related to the cases of Baishuiguan 24 years ago and Zheng Guogong 11 years ago.

Leng Qingtang walked slowly, slightly raised his chin and looked straight ahead, his eyes were like blades:

"Wanli, tell the Zhao Prison to step up and find out the truth of those two things from those mouths, and this governor also wants them to confess in person!"

"My subordinates understand!"

A laughing sound interrupted the whispering conversation between the master and servant, and they all stopped together, looking for prestige.

I saw that on the opposite side of the palace road, two chamberlains were walking hurriedly carrying a spring stool, and a young palace lady was following closely.

The man on the spring bench was disheveled, judging from his clothes, he was a woman, but he didn't know what had happened and ended up in such a terrible end.

The one who followed the group and kept running was none other than the eldest son of Emperor Jingxiao, the stupid Chen Wang Hua Nanxin.

I saw him chasing the spring stool all the way and grinning, raising his hand from time to time to pat the people on the spring stool.

The palace maid on one side saw it and said angrily:

"Go away, get out of the way!"

Leng Qingtang looked surprised when he saw him, and asked:

"Who's in the queue over there?"

Cheng Wanli craned his neck and shook his head.

At this time, I saw that the young palace maid completely turned her face, twisted her eyebrows and eyes, bypassed the spring stool, walked to King Chen's side, raised her foot and kicked him, and scolded him sharply:

"A stupid thing with no eyes, a sick brain and deaf ears? Didn't Grandma tell you to get out of the way—"