Because of the excessive sadness last night, Qingyu was not in good spirits, and there was no blood on his face. Yin Zhen served obediently on the side, but it was only one night, and he changed from a naughty and playful personality to an adult-like stability.

Qing Shi looked distressed at Yinzhen, who fell asleep by the bed until dawn, and commanded in a low voice: "Take the fourth elder brother down to rest first." ”

Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong came quietly, and stepped forward to salute in the early morning, but Concubine Rong hurriedly stopped her. Qing Yu heard the movement, so she slowly opened her eyes and said, "The two sisters are here."

Concubine Rong watched Qing Yu's face decrease a lot overnight, and hurriedly comforted: "Your Majesty has issued a decree to bury the eighth princess, and all of them will be declared to the outside world that they are infected and died, and if anyone disagrees, they will be severely punished." and ordered the Internal Affairs Office to drag Wang Jia's body to a mass grave outside the palace for burial as a punishment. ”

Qing Yu hated Wang Jia in her heart, and said angrily: "Even if I crush her bones and scatter ashes, it will be difficult to understand the anger in my heart." What are you going to do to come at me, why don't you be innocent? ”

The second concubine Huirong experienced the pain of losing her son in her early years, and she also understood what Qingyu was going to do now, and Concubine Rong said: "There is such a thing in the palace, the reason is that I and Concubine Hui are not strict in governance, and when this matter is over, the two of us will ask the queen mother for the guilt."

Concubine Hui also nodded in response.

Qing Yu coughed lightly and said, "This has nothing to do with the two sisters, so why blame yourself."

After the two concubines Rong Hui glanced at each other, Concubine Rong said slowly: "After yesterday, I called all the palace people on duty in Xianfu Palace, and there were very few concubines in Xianfu Palace in that palace, and they had not been stepped into by the grace of the saint for many years. ”

Concubine Hui said: "As for how Wang Jia promised to know about the Eighth Princess's full moon banquet, it was because there was a palace maid serving by her side. It's just that I heard that two days ago, when the palace maid went to fetch Fengyin, she collided with the concubine between words, and she was beaten a few times, who knew that she was weak and weak, and she went before she was beaten a few times. ”

The concubine also promised to be friendly with Wang Jia, and since the decoction incident, she has broken off contact with Wang Jia, and the concubine has always been irritable, and the palace people are so angry that she is mostly punished, and it is not surprising that the rod kills the cold palace minions.

Qing Yu nodded and said, "I'm tired of the two sisters." ”

"It's just that there were still some doubts about yesterday, and I still have to know a little more. I wonder if the mother agreed? ”

After Qingyu agreed, Concubine Hui turned to ask Xiang Yixin: "You tell me what happened yesterday." ”

"Yesterday, the slave took the eighth princess back to the Chengqian Palace, when passing through the gate of Xianfu Palace, a black shadow suddenly came out, she was sensitive to her hands and feet, and came straight to the eighth princess in the slave's arms, the slave dodged quickly, but I don't know who hit it, the hand was loosened, and Wang Jia promised to grab the eighth princess, and then rushed to the imperial pool to choke the princess off."

Concubine Rong grabbed Bai and said, "How many palace people were there who returned to Chengqian Palace with you at that time?"

After pondering for a moment, he replied, "Four, the slave and the nurse, and two palace people."

Qing Yu suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered: "Bring them all to the palace for personal interrogation."

Qing Shi helped Qing Yu to the main hall, Qing Yu Ling looked at the three people in front of him, pointed at them and said, "Who pushed the heart yesterday?"

At this time, the three of them were all trembling like sifting chaff and pouring rice. Refusing to speak, Qing Yu put the tea cup on the table: "If you all refuse to speak, all of you will be sent to the Shen Criminal Division!"

"It's a minion."

Qing Yu's heart trembled, it was Yuelan.

"Didn't the palace say that you were not allowed to come to the front hall to serve without permission?"

Yuelan consciously bowed down and defended: "Because Chonghua Palace is extremely far away from Chengqian Palace and extremely cold, one of the palace people arranged by Aunt Yixin prevaricated and pretended to be sick, and Aunt Yixin had no choice but to let the servants replace her."

Qing Yu scolded: "It seems that this palace usually treats them too well......"

After that, it caused a cough.

Qing Shi asked, "Then why do you want to deduce the heart?"

Yuelan lowered her head and said: "Wang Jia promised to rush over at that time, and the slave subconsciously pushed Aunt Yixin to let her stay away from Wang Jia's promise, who knew that the eighth princess was robbed by her."

Concubine Hui slapped the table and said, "It's nonsense! Who knows if you agreed to collude with that Wang Jia to frame the eighth princess. ”

Yuelan laughed instead of being angry: "How can that lady still have a slave to justify?" The mother has thought about the responsibility of the slave, and she only needs to be convicted. ”

Concubine Hui was so angry with her that she was speechless for a while, and commanded: "Pull her out and scold her for twenty years, and see if this mouth is still the same as now!"

Yuelan was beaten, and she had no strength, sweat mixed with blood flowed out of the cracked wound, and the wound was about to show the fine flesh inside, and she couldn't bear to look at it carefully, don't look over.

Concubine Hui asked, "You can say it now, did you collude with Wang Jia's promise?" Are there accomplices? ”

Yuelan said in a weak voice: "The servants are doing their best to work in the Chengqian Palace, but how can the mother look at me squarely, just because I have served in the Xianfu Palace, so I have been cleaning in the backyard and enduring their scolding. I hate it, why should I do this to me. ”

Yuelan endured the severe pain and continued, "You are all extremely hypocritical, you are from a noble background, I am from a humble background, I was born to be bullied and abused, when I was in Xianfu Palace, Yunping often bullied me, just because I boiled that bowl of medicine back then, I always suspected that I was sent by the imperial concubine. Now that the eighth princess has been strangled to death by her, I tell the truth, and I feel that I made up a lie, why should I be wronged like this? ”

Concubine Hui scolded: "You are a slave who dares to speak wildly here, drag it down!"

"Wait."

Qing Yu suddenly thought of a few years ago, when she and Jing Concubine were the best sisters, because she was not favored when she first entered the palace, she was bullied by the Yi nobles at that time, it was Jing Concubine who was angry for her, and it was Jing Concubine who took her to the Shangyuan banquet, so that Xuan Ye could look sideways. But after she became pregnant, she sent a bowl of soup and medicine, which ruined the friendship for several years. Qingyu refused to believe that Concubine Jing would harm her, but the evidence pointed directly to Xianfu Palace, and the jealousy and framing were famous, and Concubine Jing never defended herself for half a word. Qing Yu believed it after all, and since then Qing Yu has never seen Jing Concubine again, and Jing Concubine refuses to see her.

And now, when Qing Yu heard her words, he hurriedly asked, "You mean that the bowl of soup medicine back then, there was someone else?"

Yuelan sighed and said: "I stared at the soup back then, and I never faked it to others. It's just that Jing Concubine Niangniang is high-spirited and unwilling to explain, which will cause this situation. ”

Qingyu knew that it was someone who instigated them to let their sisters go farther and farther, so that they would cause a catastrophe. But she shouldn't have harmed Mei'er's life. Is this really destined to leave her heirless?

Concubine Rong asked Xiang Qingyu: "What do you think should be done?"

Regardless of whether what Yuelan said is true or not, there is no conclusive evidence and it is groundless speculation, and now, punishing them will not change Mei'er's life, Qingyu sighed and said: "Xianfu Palace is on duty in the night palace and the staff is fifty years old, if you neglect your duties again in the future, you will be sent to the Xin Library." The palace people of Chengqian Palace, if there are any more people who pretend to be sick and slack off, and only want to fly on the branches, they will be expelled from the palace! ”

Concubine Hui pointed at Yuelan and said, "Then her, what will the imperial concubine do?"

"Since it was an unintentional mistake, it can't be regarded as her fault, so she was expelled from the Chengqian Palace and punished into the Huanyi Bureau."

Concubine Hui shook her head helplessly.

Qing Yu said politely: "I'm tired of the two sisters today."

Concubine Rong got up and said, "You, you still have to watch out for your body, there will be more in the future."

Looking at the departing figure of the second concubine Huirong, Qingyu couldn't help but fall into deep thought, whether Mei'er's death was intentional or unintentional, it doesn't matter now, but I am afraid that the person behind it will deal with her or the people close to her.

Qing Yu thought about everyone in the palace over and over again, the concubine was the most suspicious, if she said something to Wang Jia Jingmin, she couldn't find any evidence, but she and Qing Yu had no grievances, and she was not too close, so she couldn't harm Qing Yu. If it was Concubine Yi, the matter of decoction could be solved, but she used Wang Jia Jingmin to harm Mei'er, but she had no motive at all. If it was Concubine Wen, she was simple-minded and never had such a mind. If it was Concubine De, would she hurt Mei'er because of Yinzhen, no, no, she wouldn't be so ruthless.

There are all kinds of things, as if someone is manipulating behind her back, Qingyu doesn't know who it is, but the other party calculates her perfectly, this pile, one by one, seems to be an unintentional move, but there are inextricable relationships, which makes her feel scared for a while.