The Queen Mother's words made the emperor's heart ripple. He also knows the battle in the harem, but he doesn't want to admit that his harem is also so dirty.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the cold palace where Concubine Yu and the others are imprisoned is on fire." A little eunuch stumbled in.

"How did the place where they were held catch fire?" The emperor stood up abruptly and said.

The place of the North Garden of the Imperial Palace has always been a place where criminal palace people and concubines are imprisoned, and there are only a few guards guarding it, and no one else will go over.

"The minions don't know, the flames are running too fast, and I don't know why they caught fire, and now there are many people who have gone to put out the fire." The little eunuch knelt on the ground and said hurriedly.

"Yes, I see." The emperor said in a deep voice.

"Emperor, this cold palace is on fire, but there has never been a thing, now it is winter, there is ice and snow everywhere, how this fire was caused, but we must find out, don't let some people do evil, and let you bear the notoriety." The Queen Mother said earnestly.

"Yes, what the queen mother said is that the son will investigate this matter." The emperor bowed to the Queen Mother and turned to leave.

When the other concubines saw this, they also knew that it would be boring to take it again, so they also took their leave.

In the lively Empress Dowager Palace, it was quiet again in an instant, "Mama Ruan, why did you say that this fire burned so timely?" Does someone want to kill someone? ”

"The Queen Mother is hot-eyed, those little devils can't escape your eyes." Mama Ruan said with a smile.

"Hmph, you will make the mourning family happy, and you can also tell me, who did this?" The Queen Mother glanced at Mama Ruan and said.

Mama Ruan intimately served a cup of hot tea in the hands of the Queen Mother, and then said lightly: "Queen Mother, although the emperor has not abolished the queen yet, what the queen has done has already been placed in front of the emperor, and it will be a matter of time before it is abolished." The Lin family has fallen, and there are not many qualified concubines in this palace. ”

"You are transparent, she looked at the mourning family and didn't know her little thoughts, even if the queen was abolished, it would not be her turn to be the queen." The Queen Mother said lightly.

Since ancient times, this person who has been a queen has the support of a strong mother's family, and the reason why Xiao Wanyue can be a queen is because behind her is the Xiao family of Ningguohou.

"What the Queen Mother said is true, but the other party doesn't have a clear understanding." Mama Ruan said lightly.

"Well, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, and when Princess Rui enters the palace, let her bring her children to see the mourning family." The Queen Mother said lightly.

"Yes."

"The situation in Beiyuan, you also have to go and investigate, just go back and tell the mourning family the result." The Queen Mother said lightly.

After finishing speaking, the queen mother leaned on the soft collapse, and the palace maid rubbed her legs and shoulders to enjoy it.

When Mama Ruan came to Beiyuan, Beiyuan was in shambles, a fire had destroyed most of the houses, and the people who were locked up in Beiyuan were all huddled together in thin clothes to keep each other warm.

There were also several eunuchs who were moving charred corpses from the burned houses, and the scene was unbearable to watch.

"Mama Ruan, why did you get to this place, beware of soiling Mama's clothes." A little eunuch stepped forward and said with a smile.

"Little Shunzi, what's going on? How could it be so good that it caught fire? Mama Ruan raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Mama, this little one doesn't know, the little one is just responsible for delivering food here every day." Xiao Shunzi rubbed his hands.

He didn't dare to look at Mama Ruan at all, for fear that Mama Ruan would accidentally see the clues.

But what kind of person is Mama Ruan, she is the most trusted person around the Queen Mother, she has been in the palace for so many years, what can she hide from her eyes.

It's just that as long as some things don't hurt the interests of the queen mother and the emperor, then she can turn a blind eye, but now this matter, if it is not handled well, it will become a fuse that damages the emperor's reputation.

"Xiao Shunzi, are you looking at me, I asked this, but I didn't ask, it was for the Queen Mother, only the emperor, the queen mother and the queen are the real masters in the palace, and the other masters have no identity in front of these three." Mama Ruan said coldly.

"Mama, it's not that the slave doesn't say it, it's the slave who doesn't dare to say it." Xiao Shunzi said hurriedly.

"Anyway, if you say it, you'll be fine, with the Queen Mother here, no one dares to touch you." Mama Ruan said lightly.

"Okay, then the slave told Mama that Mama must save the lives of the minion and the minion brother." Xiao Shunzi said hurriedly.

"Let's hear it first."

"Mama, the slave's brother is serving in Concubine Xi's palace, Concubine Xi is worried that Concubine Yu and others will continue to do evil in the palace, so she asked the slave's brother to give the slave a bag of things, saying that it will not be fatal if eaten, but it will make people lose their appetite, and after a long time, people will gradually lose weight until the oil runs out and the lamp dies." Xiao Shunzi said lightly.

"Who is this medicine for? Do you have any leftovers? "Mama Ruan smelled the crux of the matter, this Concubine Xi has been in the deep palace all the year round, where did she get these medicines?

"Yes, the slave didn't dare to use it, for fear that something would happen, but I just let it go a little less, thinking to myself, as long as I lied to Concubine Xi and said that she would continue to use the medicine, anyway, she wouldn't be able to detect it for a while." Xiao Shunzi lowered his eyes.

"Well, even if you kid still have humanity, you won't continue to do that hurtful thing." Mama Ruan said lightly.

"The slave didn't want to let it go originally, but Concubine Xi sent someone to keep an eye on it, and the slave's brother is in Concubine Xi's palace again, so the slave can't hurt his brother." Xiao Shunzi cried.

Although Xiao Shunzi's brother served in the palace of Concubine Xi, he was just a little eunuch who did sprinkling and sweeping, and he had no chance to show his face in front of his master.

And Xiao Shunzi has always sent food and water to the concubines of the cold palace, and in this deep palace, there are too many little eunuchs like them. Their brothers can live safely because they are kind to others on weekdays and greet everyone with a smile.

"Don't worry, I'll go back and tell the Queen Mother, with the Queen Mother's protection, you won't be fine. You can give me the rest of the medicine now, it will be safer to keep it with me." Mama Ruan said.

"Yes, but now the medicine is not on the minion, the minion has hidden it. It's right under the tree over there. Xiao Shunzi pointed to a dead tree not far away.

Mama Ruan followed Xiao Shunzi to the bottom of the tree, Xiao Shunzi dug a stick of incense at the root of the tree, and then dug out a black cloth wrapped in something from it, after uncovering the black cloth, there was a larger paper bag inside, open the paper bag, there were some things that were chopped, but you could smell a very light smell of medicine.

Mama Ruan stuffed the medicine foam into her sleeve, and Xiao Shunzi left Beiyuan. Mama Ruan also had to find out the cause of the fire.

"The people in this room were burned to death." A voice sounded in Beiyuan.

What the? All the people in this room are dead? Won't these people call for help, won't they run away? Unless, unless they are all dead, or drugged and unconscious, there is no chance of leaving.

Xiao Shunzi said just now that he was ordered to drug the people in this house, and wanted them to slowly run out of oil and die of lamps, but wouldn't such a fire disrupt Concubine Xi's plan?

"Who are the dead? I have to go back and reply to the Queen Mother. Mama Ruan raised her voice.

The eunuchs who handled the matter in Beiyuan naturally did not dare to snub the first-class celebrities around the Queen Mother, and soon reported the names of the people who died in this fire.

In addition to the concubines who followed the Lin family to make trouble, there were also two other concubines in their house who also died.

Sure enough, as the Queen Mother thought, this was a fire that was premeditated. No matter how much, it is better to bring the herbs back to the Queen Mother first, so that the Queen Mother can deal with it.

Mama Ruan returned to the Empress Dowager's palace with the herbs, and the Empress Dowager looked at the herbs, "This is all broken, even if it is handed over to the people of the imperial hospital, it may not be able to see it, besides, it is not clear whether there is a trustworthy person in the imperial hospital now." ”

"Queen Mother, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, even if the girl next to Princess Rui understands medicine, when the time comes, let her take a look?" Mama Ruan suggested.

"Well, I can only let that girl take a look, by the way, I heard that Yun Zheng has returned to King Rui's Mansion again, so invite him to come to the palace banquet too." The Queen Mother said lightly.

"Yes, slave maid, let people pass the word." Mama Ruan saluted respectfully.

At that time, in King Rui's mansion, Gu Yunxin was holding the child to breastfeed, and King Rui was watching from the side, looking envious.

"What are you doing here? What's so nice about a child's feeding? Gu Yunxin wondered.

"I was so happy when I saw my child breastfeeding, and I was very moved." Rui Wang said lightly.

"Lord Wang, do you have something on your mind? I see you're always distracted. Gu Yunxin asked.

King Rui has been worried about it these days, although he has tried his best to cover it up, but as a wife, can't he see that his husband has something on his mind?

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you can guess that King Rui's heart must be about his mother, Emperor Mu.

"Lord Wang, are you thinking about the matter of the concubine?" Gu Yunxin said softly.

"Yes, you say, how did the queen poison my mother? My mother has never fought or robbed, why do you want to harm my mother. King Rui said bitterly.

"Hasn't my father already started to investigate? We'll definitely know what happened. ”

"I must kill Xiao Wanyue's slut to do it, it's her, she killed me when I lost my mother at a young age, if I don't kill her, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart." King Rui gritted his teeth.

"The hatred of killing his mother is not shared, what does the prince want to do, then let it go. No matter when, I will support the prince, so the prince does not need to have too many concerns. Gu Yunxin said softly.

Seeing that his beloved wife was so supportive, King Rui nodded, and turned around and went to the study......