Concubine Qing folded her hands on her lap, looked at me lightly, and asked, "Then when will he come to see the palace?" ”

I replied, "He told the slave maid that King Yuwen has the habit of taking a nap, so tomorrow at noon, after King Yuwen sleeps, he will find an opportunity to come into the palace to meet you." ”

Concubine Qing nodded slightly, and then said to Fu Yuqing: "Just in case, Qing'er, you will also come over tomorrow, this time, you can't make another mistake." ”

"Okay." Fu Yuqing nodded in response, and then said: "It's not too early today, so Erchen will retire first." ”

After finishing speaking, Fu Yuqing fell soft, saluted Concubine Qing and left.

I sighed secretly, this Fu Yuqing can be regarded as gone, and my hanging heart has finally been let go.

After he left, I slowly walked to Concubine Qing's side and said slowly: "Niangniang, the slave has something to report to you." ”

Concubine Qing turned her eyes to me and said slowly, "You say." ”

"The slave maid heard that the crown princess risked her death this morning to testify and ran to the emperor to say that the prince was involved in poisoning the queen."

Concubine Qing chuckled lightly and said slowly: "When Fang Cai Qing'er was here, she had already talked to the palace about this matter, and since this is the case, there is no need to torture Song Yizhu for the time being." ”

Hearing this, I sighed secretly, and the worry in my heart finally dissipated.

At noon on the second day, Yunyi, the personal guard beside King Yuwen, arrived as promised and came to Concubine Qing's bedroom.

Concubine Qing sat on the top of the main hall, I stood on her right hand, Fu Yuqing sat on the left side under the steps, Yun Yi knelt on the ground, and was greeting Concubine Qing.

"No need to be polite." Concubine Qing smiled faintly, but there was a hidden vigilance between her eyebrows.

As soon as Yun stood up, I saw Fu Yuqing's gaze locked on his cheek, and after a moment, he shifted his gaze to Concubine Qing and nodded slowly.

After getting Fu Yuqing's affirmation, the vigilance in Concubine Qing's eyes eased slightly, "This palace heard that you have a younger brother who owes a lot of gambling debts outside. ”

Yun Yi lowered his head and said slowly, "Yes." ”

Concubine Qing squinted at me, and I immediately understood, walked down the steps quickly, and handed the one hundred taels of silver in my hand to Yunyi.

"This is a little bit of the palace's heart, you can keep it."

Yun Yi glanced up at me, and then looked at Concubine Qing, showing a hesitant look, I saw this, so I said to him in a loud voice: "You can take the reward from the mother." ”

Yun Yi stretched out his hand slowly, hesitantly caught these silver taels, he licked the corners of his dry lips, his face seemed to be a little embarrassed, just when I just turned around and was about to return to Concubine Qing, I suddenly heard him say: "Niangniang, the slave's brother... I owe five hundred taels..."

I almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, this Fu Yuli is also ruthless enough, obviously he is going to join forces with us to harm Concubine Qing, and it is already very advantageous to get a hundred taels for nothing, but he is not satisfied... actually opened his mouth and was about to leave, Concubine Qing was five hundred taels.

Concubine Qing frowned slightly, as if she was a little displeased, but she just said to me lightly: "Go get it again." ”

I had no choice but to retreat and take some silver taels from the treasury, and as soon as I got it to Yunyi, he accepted it easily, not at all as hesitant as Fang Cai.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, this master and servant are really thicker than the other...

When I returned to Concubine Qing's side, I heard Concubine Qing say slowly to Yunyi, "Now, can you talk to this palace properly?" ”

Yun Yi lowered his head and said with a smile: "Naturally, the slave will thank Niangniang for his generous gifts, and he will definitely help Niangniang get what she wants." ”

Although he was so respectful, Concubine Qing was still dissatisfied, and her tone was still light: "This palace has hidden a bottle of poison in the silver you gave you, and when you enter the palace with King Yuwen to greet the queen in the future, find a way to get down to the queen's tea, after the incident, you only need to say that King Yuwen asked you to do it, and the rest of the palace will find a way to excuse you." ”

Yun Yi replied: "The slave must handle this matter well, and he will not accept the entrustment of the mother." ”

Concubine Qing closed her eyes, no longer looked at Yunyi, and waved her hand to signal him immediately.

Yun Yi's face was still smiling, and he was very happy to see the mountain, he bowed down and said slowly: "Then the slave will retire first." After saying that, he happily left Concubine Qing's palace with those silver taels in his hand.

I turned my eyes to look at Concubine Qing, she had a hateful and distressed look on her face, and said hatefully: "At that time, this palace will definitely let him and Fu Yuli suffer together!" ”

I looked at Concubine Qing like this, I really wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

In the evening, when I returned to Xing'er's residence, Yi Xuan was sitting in front of the window, reading a book by the moonlight.

I walked up to him and wondered, "What are you doing here?" ”

Seeing that I was back, Yi Xuan put down the book in his hand, stretched his waist casually, turned his head and said to me, "On the table is what Fu Yulan asked me to bring you." ”

I walked to the table suspiciously, and faintly saw that there were many things on the table, and after lighting the candles, I realized that these things on the table were actually those silver taels that were in the afternoon of this day.

I turned my head to look at Yi Xuan and wondered, "What did he give me this?" ”

Yi Xuan shook his head, "I was just entrusted by someone, he only said that he would keep one hundred taels as evidence, and let me give you the remaining four hundred taels, and I didn't mention anything else." ”

I was slightly stunned, I never thought that he had actually supposed the four hundred taels for me, but why did he do this? Don't... Is it to buy my heart?

"I can't take it." I resolutely refused, "Fu Yuying won't let me accept it, and I don't want to provoke Fu Yuying to have any suspicion of me because of money, you better bring it back to him for me." ”

Yi Xuan glanced at me lightly, then looked at the book in his hand, and sighed: "Lost pearl, you haven't thought about it, is it really worth it for you to do your best for Fu Yuying?" ”

I remained silent and did not answer.

Naturally, I thought about it, and naturally knew that his purpose from beginning to end was just to use me, but when I thought of the warmth he gave me, I really couldn't help but do my best for him, actually... I don't understand why I have to stay with such a person, but I know that I just want to go with my heart.

The night was long, and I just felt lonely.

On the second day, after the concubines in the palace asked the queen to say goodbye, Fu Yuli went into the palace to greet the queen according to the custom, and Concubine Qing sat quietly in the palace, playing with the dice very patiently, waiting for a drama to be staged.

After counting the hours, it was about three o'clock in the afternoon, and a message of condolences came from the middle palace.

Concubine Qing stopped what she was doing, with an unstoppable smile on her face, she quickly got up and walked towards Fengqi Palace with me.

Just arrived at the gate of Fengqi Palace, and happened to meet the emperor, Concubine Qing hurriedly threw herself into the emperor's arms, and tears fell immediately, "Your Majesty... The concubine heard that the queen's sister's life was hanging by a thread... You tell your concubine... None of this is true, is it? ”

Looking at this scene in front of me, I couldn't help but sigh, it's a pity that Concubine Qing's acting skills don't go to singing...

The emperor stroked Concubine Qing's back and comforted her: "I know that you care about the queen, so at this time, you should go in with me to see the queen quickly." ”

Concubine Qing hurriedly got up, her voice still twitching: "What the emperor said is..."

Concubine Qing said, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with an embroidered handkerchief, and then hurriedly followed the emperor's footsteps into Fengqi Palace.

The queen was lying on the bed, as if she was no longer alive, and there were a group of people kneeling down on the ground, including the imperial doctor, the palace people, and Fu Yuli.

The emperor walked straight to a imperial physician, frowned and asked, "Imperial Physician Gao, how is the situation of the empress?" ”

Imperial Physician Gao lowered his head, he sighed, and said slowly: "Back to the emperor, the queen... It's gone, the ministers are useless, and I ask the emperor to mourn..."

The emperor froze in place instantly, and Concubine Qing knelt on the ground with a thud, crying and crying bitterly. I hurriedly knelt down with Concubine Qing, lowered my head, and didn't dare to move much.

The emperor closed his eyes and was silent for a long time, during which there was no other sound except the crying of the palace people and Concubine Qing.

"What's going on?"

The emperor opened his eyes and asked the group of people kneeling on the ground in a cold voice.

Imperial Physician Gao raised his head slightly, and arched his hand: "Back to the emperor, Wei Chen carefully investigated Niangniang's diet before her death, and only Niangniang's tea was poisoned. ”

The emperor squinted slightly and asked, "What poison?" ”

"It's the same poison as last time."

"What a guts!" The emperor was very angry, "Come on, bring Song Yizhu out of prison and bring me out!" ”

The eunuchs beside the emperor did not obey the order, but slowly said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, wait, Song Yizhu is still in prison now, even if the news can't be passed out, how can there be a chance to be poisoned." ”

The emperor squinted slightly, and asked the palace maid beside the queen in a reprimanding voice: "Who has touched the queen's tea?" ”

"Back to the emperor... That cup of tea... Be... It was King Yuwen who ordered the guards around him to serve it to the queen... In addition to the palace people who prepare tea, they should... Only King Yuwen's people have touched it. ”

Hearing that he was named, Fu Yulan turned around and knelt facing the emperor, his tone was not hurried: "Father, the son is absolutely harmless. ”

"And this cup of tea, how do you explain it?"

Fu Yulan lowered his head and said slowly: "Everyone in the tea palace can testify, it has never passed through the hands of the sons, and Yunyi also took it from the hands of the maid of the tea palace and handed it to the queen in front of everyone." ”

Concubine Qing wiped the tears from her face, turned her head to look at Fu Yuli, and asked, "Shouldn't you personally do the tea ceremony to the queen?" For no reason, why do you want to be disrespectful and let your subordinates do it, this palace sees, you are simply continuing to serve tea to murder the queen, and letting Yunyi do it is just convenient to excuse your crimes! ”

Fu Yulan chuckled lightly and asked Concubine Qing: "Concubine Qing, when did someone say that Erchen was destined to serve tea to the queen at that time?" ”

Concubine Qing was stunned for a moment before she realized her aphasia, but she reacted quickly, and immediately retorted: "Even if you are not a tea celebrant, why do you want to bring a cup of poisonous tea to the queen mother?" ”

"Concubine Qing said with a smile." Fu Yulan was very steady, and looked at Concubine Qing as usual, "If Erchen knew that it was poisonous at that time, he would naturally not serve it to the queen, what's the matter, if Concubine Qing knew that the tea was poisonous, would she serve it to the queen?" ”