On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, one more day will be the New Year.

This day is also the birthday of the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother doesn't like extravagance, and her previous birthdays have never been extravagant, but she invited relatives and friends to have a dinner together.

Before entering the palace, Zhao Xu returned to the palace in the afternoon and gathered everyone.

"Have you prepared a birthday gift for the imperial grandmother in the evening?" asked Liu Xu.

The princess smiled faintly: "It's ready." The imperial grandmother doesn't like luxury, so the concubine made people look for a Buddha statue all over the place, which was carved by the master of the previous dynasty, the Buddha statue is lifelike, and there is a sandalwood fragrance, the imperial grandmother should like it. ”

As she spoke, the Buddha statue was brought in. Zhao Xu was satisfied after seeing it, and ordered someone to keep the Buddha statue properly.

At this time, Liu Changqing got up and said, "Father, my son has also prepared a gift for the Queen Mother!"

"Oh!" Liu Xu raised his eyebrows and smiled, "What kind of gift?"

"The son has been burning incense and bathing vegetarian for the past few days, and personally transcribed a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" to the Queen Mother. Liu Changqing said.

"You have a heart. Liu Xu persuaded, "The Queen Mother will be happy to know your filial piety." ”

Liu Xu was silent for a while, and then said: "Recently, some things have been rumored in the palace, before entering the palace, it will inevitably make the Queen Mother annoyed, and some things have to be explained." ”

He glanced at Concubine Su and said, "You take the prince down first, and prepare for entering the palace at night." ”

Liu Changqing knew that sometimes it might not be suitable for him to know, so he didn't ask, got up and hugged his fists, and retreated with his mother.

Liu Xu half leaned back in the chair, his face was a little gloomy, he glanced at the rest of the people, and said, "Recently, there have been some rumors in the palace, princess, tell me what's going on?"

The princess got up, thought for a while and said: "Previously, the third lady had a miscarriage, and the imperial doctor pointed out that it was the second lady, but in recent days, the second lady found out that the third lady was not pregnant at all before, how can she say that she had a miscarriage? ”

"Nonsense!" the third lady got up and scolded, "you ...... My child is gone, you still have to disgust me so much, frame me, what the hell do you want to do!"

"Do you have any evidence?" Liu Xu asked in a deep voice.

"First of all, Xue'er in the courtyard of the third lady explained that she was indeed entrusted by the third lady to let her brother-in-law buy different medicinal materials in different pharmacies outside, these medicinal materials look very ordinary, but together they are medicines that can make people look fake, which I have confirmed to a miracle doctor who tasted a hundred herbs. Secondly, since it was a fake pregnancy, it was inevitable that it would be impossible to hide it from everyone's ears and eyes, so the concubine checked the imperial doctor who often checked the pulse of the third lady and identified the second lady on the day of the third lady's miscarriage. ”

After a pause, the princess continued: "According to the imperial doctor's confession, she was indeed bribed by the third lady, helped her cover up the truth, and pushed the matter onto the second lady on the day she miscarried. He was able to ask about the spices so quickly because he knew the whole plan in the first place. In addition, in his house, there were some gold, silver and jewelry, which were privately owned by the third lady and bought for his use. ”

"Nonsense!" the third lady was so angry that her chest rose and fell, "I don't know what you're talking about! That little slut Xue'er is just a rough girl, if I really want to do such an important thing, I must hand it over to someone I trust, how can I find a maid at will! Besides, I have never heard of anything that can make people fake pregnancy, so why should I instruct others to buy it? The imperial doctor is even more talking, but he is only complicit with you and wants to frame me!"

She suddenly looked at Mo Ziyu and said, "When I was pregnant before, you looked at me every day and checked my pulse, have you ever noticed anything abnormal?"

Mo Ziyu was silent for a moment: "Yes, but I'm not sure." ”

"You!" the third lady sat down with a pale face, "If you really noticed anything unusual, why didn't you tell me!"

"Because I'm not sure. Mo Ziyu paused and said, "As for medical skills, I only know a little about the surface. But ......"

"But what?" the Third Lady asked hurriedly.

"The second lady has a relative of the Lin family, it seems that there has been such a thing, after the young lady of the Lin family was pregnant, it was originally a joy, but how do you know that the young lady of the Lin family did not stop bleeding later, and invited a famous doctor in the capital to stop the bleeding. Later, she learned that she knew a Taoist priest who made her take a pill, so she had signs of pregnancy later. Mo Ziyu said.

"This kind of thing happened in the Lin family, so the second lady just painted the scoop in the same way, and used a trick on me, didn't it!"

The second lady said coldly: "What kind of Taoist priest, I haven't seen it! Besides, if this matter is really related to me, how can I involve myself in it? Third lady, it is already a matter of human and material evidence, so don't quibble, it's better to admit your guilt obediently!"

She turned around and glanced at Mo Ziyu coldly: "Mrs. Ning, don't talk nonsense about things without evidence." ”

"The third lady doesn't know how to use medicine, how could she know this prescription?" Mo Ziyu said with a roll of his eyes, "After explaining this point clearly, things will make sense." ”

"She doesn't know, it doesn't mean her mother's family doesn't know. The second lady hooked her lips and smiled, "The You family is full of peaches and plums all over the world, what's the problem in finding a prescription? Now that the human and material evidence is in front of you, if you don't want to believe it, I can't do it!"

"I have just experienced the pain of losing a child, and now I have been slandered by you like this, do you still have a conscience! Why do I have so much? Don't forget, I have also gone to half my life!" the third lady said sharply.

"You went to half a life?" the second lady smiled disdainfully, "If it weren't for the accident that happened to the You family at that time, if it wasn't for the Yang family at that time, you would have let go of me who was framed by you so easily?

The second lady knelt down and begged: "The concubine is wronged, please ask the prince to administer justice for the concubine." ”

The third lady also knelt down immediately and cried: "Lord Wang, they conspired to frame the concubine, please call the shots!"

Zhao Xu was silent for a moment with a gloomy face, raised his eyes to look at the princess, and asked, "What do you think of this matter?"

The concubine didn't want to believe that the third lady would do this, but now it was indeed human and material evidence, and the concubine felt that it was ...... It should be handled impartially. ”