Early the next morning, the palace people of the Jiaofang Hall felt that there was something unusual in the entire hall, but as for what was unusual, they couldn't say.

Hearing that the emperor lifted the queen's grounding yesterday, they should have been happy, but the atmosphere in the entire hall was very depressing, so they couldn't be happy. They were still doing their own errands, but they glanced into the hall from time to time, the door of the hall was tightly closed, but there was a faint sound of talking inside.

"Mother, are we going out today?" Teng Ling asked curiously while dressing up the Yi room.

Early this morning, Yifang called Teng Ling and Zili, and ordered someone to dress her up. This kind of situation has never been seen in the past few days, in the past few months, Yifang simply put his hair in a bun every day, either sitting in the yard basking in the sun, or lying on the bed to rest.

"Not only to go out, but also to do something very important." Yifang's voice was cold, and Teng Ling always felt that she was a little different today.

When the makeup was finished, a eunuch hurriedly ran in: "Niangniang, the minions have been investigated, although I don't know where the source of those rumors is, but the most ferocious palace maids and eunuchs, the minions have been found." ”

"Very well done, you can take this palace to find them!" Yi Fang raised his eyes, and the gaze made the eunuchs in front of him startled, this is probably the legendary murderous aura.

"The queen mother is here-" Yifang's complexion was very good today, and the voices of the eunuchs around him were a little louder.

The palace maids and eunuchs of the Bird Tower were gathering together to chat, and they didn't expect Yifang to come over at this time. The palace people in the Bird Tower have always been the most leisurely, and it is this leisurely that makes them usually have nothing to do, so they can only get together and talk about the West.

"The slave and maid see the queen's mother, and the queen's mother is happy." Among them, there were several palace maids eating, and they didn't even dare to chew at this time, so they only swallowed it raw.

"Seeing that you are so idle on weekdays, this palace is really a little envious!" Yifang sighed, but didn't tell them to get up.

A palace maid at the head boldly answered: "Niangniang, the slaves and maids are fortunate to be on duty in the Bird Tower, and they will never dare to be lazy." ”

"Really?" Yi Fang's gaze swept towards her, frightening the palace maid, "Why did this palace hear that you get together every day and gossip?" It's not like it's on duty. ”

"Niangniang is aware that the slaves and maids are indeed on duty seriously, and they will never dare to speak nonsense."

Yifang called out the eunuch who had been sent out before, and glanced at him, and he pointed out all the palace maids and eunuchs he had found before.

"All these people who were ordered just now, get up!" Yifang let these people get up, but let the others still kneel, and they couldn't help but panic.

"I heard that this palace is very concerned about the affairs of this palace on weekdays, yes or no?"

"Queen Mother, slaves don't dare." Those people quickly knelt down, and they didn't dare to make a sound. They have always said the most after people, but when they are in front of people, they can't hold back a word, let alone talk about rumors.

"Don't dare, how did you hear about this palace, you care a lot about this palace and the unborn little prince?" Yifang's voice was getting colder and colder, and these people were shaking even more.

None of them dared to continue to answer, after all, what Yifang said was the truth, and they did talk a lot.

"Since you have nothing to say, it's tacit acquiescence." Yifang waved his hand, and a eunuch rushed forward behind him, "Take them down to the palace, first beat fifty boards, and then walk around the palace, and then drag them down to death with a cane, and throw the corpses into the mass grave outside the palace." ”

Yifang's words seemed to come from hell, which made everyone present panic, for fear that what he had said before would also be found out. And those palace maids and eunuchs who are about to be punished are shaking into a sieve all over their bodies, they don't understand why so many people have gossiped, and they just talk a little more, so they need to suffer such serious consequences.

"Queen Mother, this is not fair! But the rumors are not spread by us, they are just hearsay, you shouldn't have punished us like this! One of the palace maids struggled, presumably dying, and became bolder, so she rushed forward and shouted loudly.

Yi Fang sneered, then stood up and looked at her condescendingly: "You admit it yourself, have you said those rumors from your mouth?" In this case, then this palace is not considered to have wronged you. ”

After she finished saying this, she looked up at the others: "I think you also know that there is no shortage of rumors in this palace, maybe you are too idle, and if there is any wind and grass, it will be known to everyone." But often these rumors change as they go by, and in the end they become false. It's just that these false things are the most widely circulated, which is really not a good sign. This palace punished these people today, just to give you a warning, if anyone dares to chew the root of their tongue in the future, the end will be a hundred times worse than them! ”

"The slave and maid obey the queen's will." These words were sonorous and powerful, and every sentence hit these palace people deeply, and no one dared to refute them at this time, and everyone lowered their eyebrows and lowered their heads, hoping that they could escape this catastrophe by luck.

"What are you doing in a daze? Don't take people down yet, do what this palace says. ”

"No." A few eunuchs dragged those people down, and suddenly the screams resounded outside the bird tower, attracting many palace people to come and see.

Yifang took this opportunity to make people hype up the sins they had committed, and reminded others not to do it again, otherwise it would be the same consequences as them.

Originally, the onlookers were still puzzled, but after hearing these words, their hearts also became worried. None of them stayed out of it, all of them said something, just a difference between more and less.

After Yifang dealt with these people, she took people back to the palace, but the fear she left behind was still there, everyone was trembling, and when she left, it was silent, and no one dared to say a word more.

For the next few days, the palace was much quieter than before, and even if there were gossips, they didn't dare to talk about topics related to Yifang. Yifang really did as promised to Liu Heng, and it only took one day to quell these rumors.

On this day, another eunuch who sent lotus seed soup entered the imperial study. At this time, Liu Heng was reviewing the folds, and when he heard the sound of someone coming in, he thought it was Wu Ping.

"I came back from the court today, and the palace people I met along the way were silent, you go and inquire, did the queen do something?"

"Don't ask, the queen deserves to be the queen, and there are really some means." This voice was not Wu Ping, Liu Heng raised his head, and sure enough, it was the eunuch again.

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Heng's brows furrowed.

The eunuch sat down directly beside Liu Heng, and smiled on his face: "The queen mother is so majestic today, she counted the palace maids and eunuchs in the Bird Tower, and beat a few rumors of fierceness, and let people lead them around the palace before throwing them into the mass grave after death." ”

The corners of Liu Heng's mouth involuntarily hooked, Yifang had been in a sullen mood before, he watched the former tiger become a cat, and he always felt that he couldn't live with her. At this time, I heard that Yifang was playing majestic in front of the palace people, and he was doing things vigorously and resolutely, without dragging his feet, and finally had some joy in his heart.

"It is the queen's duty to manage the harem well, those palace people who have broken their mouths should indeed be punished, is there anything wrong with the queen doing this?"

"Of course there's nothing wrong with it, the minion isn't praising the queen!" The eunuch squinted and smiled, "It's just that the emperor don't forget what I said last time, the queen mother and the child in the womb can only keep one." ”

"The queen is alert, ordinary methods can't work, now that I think about it, there is only one way to strangle the child in the cradle during childbirth." Liu Heng said indifferently, trying his best to make the eunuch not see what he was thinking.

"Really?" The eunuch was apparently not convinced.

"Now the queen is very vigilant, and even the medicine I sent over must be checked before drinking, and it will be even more difficult if you have to find a way to do it. If you really want to achieve your goal, do what I say. ”

The eunuch was still skeptical, but his expression had loosened a little: "That's fine." ”

Liu Heng was careful to deal with these people, but Yifang put all his suspicions on Mrs. Shen. Although those rumors came out of the mouths of the palace people, there must be a source, and the person who provoked this matter first must have done it deliberately.

"Tengling, you go to find some trustworthy people, and watch at Huanning Hall day and night, but don't let people find out. This palace wants to see what Mrs. Shen has done. After Yifang finished the order, he drank the fetal pills that Zili had checked.

Since Liu Heng sent her slippery pills last time, all the things at the entrance of Yifang no longer pass through others, and only Zili is fully responsible. There were also other concubines who sent her some supplements, but they were all put into the warehouse, and she couldn't be more vigilant.

"Mother, you haven't laughed in days." Teng Ling suddenly came out of nowhere.

Yi Fang was stunned for a moment, and then touched his cheek. She has never paid attention to these things, and it seems that she is really not having a good time these days.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can protect the baby in your womb, it's worth it."

After three or two days, the people who sent out finally had a response, saying that Mrs. Shen had sent someone to secretly contact people outside the palace. But they were very cautious, and the people sent out by Yifang didn't dare to get too close, and they couldn't hear what was said, so they came back first to report.