"What about Gao Yi?" The Queen Mother leaned back in her chair and asked lazily.

Gao Yi is also a paper tiger who only dares to bully the weak, and when he heard the Queen Mother ask him, he rushed out with a roll. He still hasn't understood that all this is a bureau set up by the Queen Mother to put him to death.

"Queen Mother, this dagger is indeed a slave's, but the slave only found out this morning that the dagger has been lost!" Gao Yi fell crookedly at the feet of the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, please be clear, the slave didn't do anything!" ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes and looked at the eunuch who had just identified Gao Yi: "You said that he would take out this dagger every day to check it, right?" ”

"Yes, every night when the senior attendant returns to the bedroom, he will take out this dagger and play with it, and it has not fallen every day."

"Listen, you're still quibbling." The Queen Mother shook her head at Gao Yi with a disappointed face, "Since the dagger is taken out and played with every day, why did you only find out that the dagger was missing this morning?" ”

"This ......," Gao Yi was speechless for a while. He really didn't take out the dagger yesterday, because he complained about the Queen Mother's punishment of him, and he didn't even want to see the dagger given by the Queen Mother, but naturally there was no way to say this on the surface, so he could only eat this dumb loss.

"Gao Yi, the mourning family told you at that time, don't hold a grudge against these two girls, and go to them for trouble in the future. Why don't you listen? Now that someone has died, even the mourning family can't save you. The Queen Mother said sadly, but she could vaguely see joy in her eyes.

"No, Queen Mother, this girl was not killed by a minion!" Gao Yi shook his head in fear, "No matter how bold the slave is, he only dares to whip it with a whip to scare and scare them, how dare he really kill someone!" Queen Mother, you know the minions, the minions are as timid as rats, and they can't kill anyone! ”

"Then tell me, since you didn't kill her, why did your dagger stick to her?"

"This ...... Someone must be trying to blame the minions! Gao Yi turned to face everyone, and he picked up a eunuch at random, "Is it you?" After asking, he turned to another palace maid, "Or you?" ”

"Enough!" At this point, the Queen Mother finally looked at An Su, "When you went to Zhou Meihong's room yesterday, did you see anything?" ”

An Su replied truthfully: "When the slave maid entered, there was no light in the house, and it took a while to light the candles. The slave maid found that something was wrong with Zhou Meihong, and was about to go out to call someone, but she was knocked unconscious by someone, and when she woke up, she was already here. ”

"Queen Mother, it is true that we found her fainting in Zhou Mei's red house this morning, so we carried people to the courtyard together." Yuxian stood beside the Queen Mother and whispered a reminder, and the agate red jade plate tied around his waist also swayed gently with his movements.

"Did you see the man's appearance when you were knocked unconscious?" The Queen Mother asked deliberately.

An Su's gaze wandered on Yuxian for a moment, and finally nodded as if he had made up his mind: "Back to the Queen Mother, the slave did see the man's face before she was knocked unconscious. ”

Yuxian's brows furrowed inadvertently, but the Queen Mother was not messy at all, with a hint of a smile on her face: "Then you should tell me, who is the villain who killed Zhou Meihong?" ”

An Su bit her lip, as if she was ruthless, and stretched out her hand to point in the direction of the Queen Mother: "It is this senior attendant." ”

"You! You are talking nonsense! Which eye did you see our family, our family didn't go to Zhou Meihong's house last night! Gao Yi was waiting for An Su's testimony to clear his suspicions, but at the moment he was shocked. He really hadn't been there last night, and Zhou Meihong's death had nothing to do with him.

An Su was questioned by him, and his heart was also weak, so he could only take a few steps back, but fortunately, Yuxian quickly restrained him. An Su knew in her heart that this matter had nothing to do with him, but the Queen Mother intended to test her with this matter, if she pointed out that Yuxian was the real murderer, she would definitely be sent to Yongxiang. It doesn't matter if she stays in Yongxiang by herself, but how can she have a chance to find her brother like that.

Zhou Meihong was whipped by Gao Yi before his death, and he was not a good person, so it was not a pity for him to take the blame. As for Yuxian, she is also on the order of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother is no one, I am afraid that no one in the world can move her. Since you can't shake your opponent, it's smartest to protect yourself. Although An Su felt guilty about Gao Yi in his heart, he still understood what to do was the right choice.

"Now that the evidence and witnesses are available, Gao Yi, I'm afraid you won't be able to escape this catastrophe." The Queen Mother rubbed her temples, as if she was worried about the loss of a loyal servant, and put on a fair appearance again, "Yuxian, drag him down, do what he wants, and then send him to Shenshui Pavilion." ”

Until Yuxian left for a long time, Gao Yi's cry for mercy was still echoing over the courtyard, and all the palace people were cold eyes to all this, as if they had never known this person. An Su felt a little comforted in his heart, it seemed that Gao Yi did a lot of evil on weekdays, which made everyone in the palace sad for him, and he didn't even sigh.

"Okay, that's it, let's all disperse!" Hu Yu waved his hand, and beckoned a few palace people to send Zhou Meihong out to bury him, and this important matter related to human life was dealt with in this way.

"Shangguan Ansu, you come in with the mourning family."

An Su followed behind the Queen Mother, and she had a lot of feelings about Zhou Meihong's death in her heart, but the order in the palace would never be disrupted by the life and death of a little palace maid, and she understood this truth very well.

"You're a rare smart girl, and you're ruthless enough." As soon as the Queen Mother said this, An Su didn't know whether she was praising her or belittling her.

"The Queen Mother asked the slaves and maids to come in, what did she command?" An Su did follow the path given by the Queen Mother, but it did not mean that she agreed with the Queen Mother's approach. Although she kept telling herself in her heart that Gao Yi really deserved to be executed, Zhou Meihong was innocent, and the Queen Mother wanted to get rid of Gao Yi with her life from the beginning. Even before An Su showed her cleverness, the Queen Mother wanted to send her to see Hades with her.

"In the future, you will stay in Changle Palace, and you don't have to worry about the place in Yongxiang." The Queen Mother sat down on the main seat, but did not look at her.

"Thank you Queen Mother, the slave and maid are leaving." An Su's heart was confused, and she really didn't want to deal with the many traps in the Queen Mother's words, she just wanted to go out quickly to catch her breath. The Queen Mother nodded slightly, but acquiesced in her retreat.

As soon as An Su left, Songhe came up with a cup of tea, and said dissatisfiedly: "This girl is too ignorant of the rules, and the Queen Mother hasn't let her retreat, so she is about to retire on her own." ”

"She is still young, and she can't think about some things, thinking that the deaths of Zhou Meihong and Gao Yi were indirectly caused by her, and she is feeling uncomfortable!" The Queen Mother sneered.

"Then you shouldn't be so ignorant in front of the Queen Mother."

"People who have the ability have some temper, and the greater the ability, the greater the temper. She has just entered the palace, and she doesn't know much about the way to survive in the palace, and this temperament has to be sharpened again. The Queen Mother looked at Songhe, "This matter will be handed over to you and Hu Yu." ”

"Does the Queen Mother want the slave maid to give her some hardship?"

"Take your time first, don't go too far, and when the mourning family wants to use people, then polish this pearl." The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction, lifted the pen and swiped the ink, and the word "generation" was presented on the paper.

An Su went back to the room, feeling very tired, and received a stick on the head last night, and it hurt badly at this time. As soon as she got into bed, she fell asleep in a daze, and it wasn't until she was slapped that she slowly woke up.

"The Queen Mother left you in Changle Palace, but she didn't let you sleep lazily here! It's almost time, and I'm still asleep! Hu Yu slapped her again, "Hurry up and go and clean the entire front hall for me, otherwise you won't be allowed to eat dinner!" ”

"Got it." An Su rubbed her sore shoulder and got up, she was a newcomer, and she finally got the opportunity to stay from the Queen Mother, and she didn't dare to offend anyone easily.

Changle Palace is very large, and the front hall is naturally not small, and it is even more difficult to clean. Especially the fallen leaves in the yard, there is a breeze today, and the leaves are swept together, if it is slowed down for a moment, it will be blown away by the wind again. An Su knew that Mama Hu was embarrassing her, such a big place, on weekdays, it had to be cleaned by six or seven palace maids, and now it was left to her alone, and it had to be cleaned before dinner, which was almost impossible.

An Su swept and swept, and the smell of rice got into her nose, she was sleepy before, and lunch was useless, and her stomach was screaming vigorously at this time. Watching the palace maids who had finished eating walk in front of her one by one, An Su continued to sweep a few times, and suddenly remembered what Mama Hu had told her, and suddenly had an idea in her heart.

She walked over with her head bowed, took the meal like everyone else, found a random corner, and ate it in a big gulp. But before she was halfway through the meal, Mama Hu found her figure with sharp eyes, and walked over angrily, kicking the food in her hand mercilessly.

"I said it, you are not allowed to eat dinner until the front hall is cleaned, don't you understand?"

"Mama, the slave has finished sweeping." Ansu is neither humble nor arrogant.

"Are you blind when I'm old?" Hu Yu stretched out his hand and pointed to the fallen leaves in the yard that were swept up by the wind, "What are those?" See for yourself! ”

"Mama, you only let the slave maid clean the front hall before you can have dinner, but you didn't say that you want to clean it!" An Su said calmly, "These fallen leaf slaves have been swept before, and now the wind is blowing, and the residual leaves are rolled up again, but it is not something that the slaves and maids can control." ”

"You! You! Mess around! Hu rumors couldn't say anything about Ansu, so he simply reprimanded, "Get out and sweep all the fallen leaves, if you can't sweep it clean, you can sleep in the yard tonight!" ”

"No." Ansu lowered her head, looked at the dirty food on the ground, and sighed silently in her heart. Knowing that Mama Hu would come to find the ballast when she saw it, although she prepared a rhetoric, she still had to hurry to fill her stomach. It's a pity that it was a step too late, and it was gone after only a few bites, and I was still hungry at this time.