Since Zhang Fengyang's death, the Queen Mother Yaltan has rarely been out of the palace, and she has not had any pastime when she stays in Ningshou Palace all day. teased the thrush that Qing Yu sent not long ago.

In the past, Yaltan also raised thrush larks and the like in Kunning Palace, but he starved to death because he couldn't bear it, and now he thought about it again, and Qingyu found a thrush to accompany the Queen Mother to relieve her fatigue.

The Queen Mother picked up the bird food, but there was no trace of the thrush, so she couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "What about Du Heng?"

This Du Heng is the name of the thrush, and Gui Mu can only say truthfully: "Today, the slave saw Du Heng fly out, thinking that he just flew back for a while as usual, but he has never seen Du Heng until now."

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned, with a little anger in her eyebrows, and threw it out along the vase on the table, and the porcelain pieces shattered to the ground.

"Look for it, don't come back if you can't find it."

However, news came from the palace people that Du Heng was found in Zhang Jiachang's residence, and he was dead when he was found.

The queen mother's heart was inexplicably angry, and the thrush that had been with her for a long time died inexplicably, which must have been caused by this Zhang Jiachang's inauspiciousness, and turned to Guimu and ordered: "Spread the will of the mourning family, Zhang Jiachang is unlucky, grounded for three months, and fined for half a year!"

After Zixin was grounded, the flowers planted in the front yard of Lijingxuan withered overnight, and the matter spread to the harem.

The Queen Mother was disgusted with Zixin because of the thrush, and as soon as this incident came out, the Queen Mother thought of asking the shaman to come to Ningshou Palace to dispel evil spirits. Zhang Jia is often evil, and he can't say what strange things will happen in the future.

In the evening, the gods worship Manchurian gods such as Ah Hunnian Xi and Manchu Zhangjing, and the portraits are placed in the middle of the mantle, and the table is full of incense saucers and liquor, and fruit cakes are all available.

The shaman first saluted the queen mother, recited the sacred song and prayed, and then prayed and recited the god again and again, and the whole Ningshou Palace was solemn.

But seeing that she was holding the divine bell in her hand and beating the drum and beating the board to respond, the Queen Mother asked worriedly: "Is there any evil in this palace?"

The shaman's wife beat the drum violently, and then said with a heavy face: "There is indeed evil in the palace. ”

The Queen Mother was puzzled: "This evil is powerful, I don't know where it is?" ”

The shaman's wife pretended to be deep and said, "Has there been any death in the palace of the Queen Mother recently?" ”

The Queen Mother nodded, and the shaman then rattled the bell to discern the direction, and suddenly stopped: "This evil is in the west!" ”

The Queen Mother was suddenly shocked, Du Heng died in the west, and the Queen Mother hurriedly asked, "Is there a way to save it?" ”

"This evil arises precisely because some people are disgusted with it. All you need to do is turn this person away, and the evil will be solved. ”

This person is not an outsider or Zhang Jia is always there, the Queen Mother is convinced of this, she is even more sure that Zixin is unlucky, and she intends to send her to the imperial tomb to guard the spirit.

Qing Shi didn't believe in this ghost and god, and thought that the shaman wife was talking nonsense, seeing that the day when Zixin left the palace was approaching, she wanted to find out the reason and return Zixin's innocence, but was stopped by Qingyu.

"You don't remember what happened to Concubine An last time, you found a mistake and saved Zhang Jia Chang, but the people who target her will be used to you? This back and forth is another fight. My sister doesn't want you to get involved in these things. ”

Qing Shi shook his head helplessly: "Can you only watch her being wronged?" ”

Qing Yu comforted with confidence: "You don't need to come out of this matter." ”

"Could it be that my sister has a plan?"

Qing Yu smiled but did not speak.

On this day, the concubines were talking endlessly, and Zhang Jia was often in bad luck. The aroma of tea lingered, Concubine Wen took a sip, and raised her eyebrows slightly between her words: "I should have let Zhang Jia stay in the palace earlier, so as to save these bad luck." ”

Qing Shi was slightly dissatisfied, and secretly glanced at her, and at this time, he stepped forward, and the palace people behind him were still holding a flower pot. Everyone didn't know why, and Huan Chu said: "Zhang Jia is often unlucky, and the concubine doesn't know. But the concubine wanted to argue for her. ”

Qing Yu leaned forward slightly, stretched his eyebrows, and said with a smile that has not changed over the years: "You say."

"The concubine is not talented, and she knows a little bit about the principle of planting flowers. After the flowers withered that day, the concubine went to Lijingxuan, and the flower stalks were covered with red bollworms, which could make the flower buds wither quickly, and it was not difficult to corrode the flowers in one day. ”

Then she motioned to the palace people to move the flower pot forward, Qing Yu looked at the withered flower pot and asked, "But where did this red bollworm come from?" ”

"This cotton red bollworm is common, some time ago, the Ministry of Internal Affairs dealt with a batch of flowers and plants full of cotton red bollworms, and the concubine guessed that someone must have transplanted the insect-covered flowers to Zhang Jiachang in front of the palace, and then spread and caused the flowers and plants to wither."

As soon as Dingchang said this, the concubines looked at each other, and Concubine Rong asked, "She is just always there, who can she be the enemy of?"

Ding Chang was looking at Guo Changzai, watching her movements on one wall, and a smile on the other: "It depends on who has made enemies with her." ”

Guo Changzai deliberately avoided her gaze because of his weak heart, and pretended to be calm: "What are you looking at me, I didn't do it." ”

Concubine Yi grabbed Bai and said: "Is there any evidence for the regularity?" ”

Ding Chang shook his head with a smile and said, "The concubine is not." ”

Concubine Yi's eyes were full of disdain, and her tone was not high: "If there is no evidence, it is just your groundless speculation." ”

Guo Changzai echoed casually: "That's it." ”

"Just because there is no evidence for the concubine doesn't mean I don't know who did it. This red bollworm grows very fast, and it is not easy to detect it when it attaches to people, although it has not been sick now, it will be covered with macules and ulcers and die in a few days. Now we just have to wait, and then we will know who did it when someone in the palace festers and dies. Ding Chang was talking casually, and Guo Chang was so frightened that the tea cup fell to the ground, and there were splashes all over the ground.

"The concubine is timid, and she sounds a little scared."

Guo Chang explained in a low voice, and Qing Shi couldn't help but hide his smile lightly.

Concubine Yi forcibly suppressed her anger, and pulled out a smile from the corner of her lips, as if she was light: "It's the first time I've heard of this palace, who knows if this is true or not?" ”

Dingchang was staring at his eyebrows, and continued in a whisper: "If the concubine is wrong, the mother can punish the concubine."

Seeing that Concubine Yi didn't say anything, she said in a hurry: "As for the thrush, it's even more nonsense, how could he die for no reason, I think someone did it on purpose, but unfortunately the concubine went to Ningshou Palace that day and happened to bump into the sneaky departure of the people in the first palace, and the people in that palace have been arrested by the concubine." It only takes a little interrogation to know who did it. ”

Qing Yu instructed behind him: "Okay, you go and send people to the Shen Penal Division, this palace wants to see who is playing right and wrong in the palace!" ”

Concubine Wen Guifei took the posture of watching the play, and added fuel to the fire and said: "What this shaman wife said is all lies." I'm afraid that I will have to arrest her and interrogate her, and how much silver she has collected. ”

Guo Changzai couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately knelt down: "Niangniang doesn't need to be tried again, it's the concubine, all this is done by the concubine, I put the worm, and I sent someone to strangle the thrush of the Queen Mother." ”

"Why are you doing this?"

Guo Changzai suddenly burst into tears, crying: "The concubine body is not used to her climbing from a slave to the same identity as me, since she was punished by His Majesty that day, the concubine body has a grudge against Zhang Jiachang, so when she went to Ningshou Palace to ask the Queen Mother for peace, she had a stupid idea and killed the thrush of the Queen Mother." All this is the fault of the concubine, the concubine no longer dares, and begs the imperial concubine for mercy. ”

If she is always there, she can hear the flaws, and she is stupid, and she will be explained in a few words, Concubine Yi wanted to defend her again, but she had already confessed, so she could only kneel down and say: "Guo Changzai framed Zhang Jia Changzai, and the concubine as his sister did not dare to shirk the responsibility, and only begged the mother to punish her." ”

After all, this farce ended with Guo Changzai being demoted to promise and imprisoned in Yikun Palace. Concubine Yi's fine ended in half a year.

When she returned to the palace, it was Jin Wuxishen, and the shadow of the sundial was about to slant, and she looked up: "This day is really good." ”

The cotton red bollworm can cause festering and catch the people of Ningshou Palace, which she made up at the behest of the Queen Mother and Qingyu to scare Guo Changzai. Who knew that Guo Chang was so unfazed, and he made all the moves at once.

The Queen Mother knows even more that there can be such a coincidence in the world, and the piles and piles point to Zhang Jia's constant presence. When she was the queen, she didn't see much, she just wanted to see who was pretending to be a ghost in this palace.

Ding Chang looked at the orchids in the courtyard, pointed to the orchids and instructed the palace people: "Take two pots of this orchid and send it to Lijingxuan, so that Zhang Jiachang is shocked." ”