The Queen Mother ignored his words and said to herself: "Originally, this batch of birthday gifts was given to me, but you wanted to fill it into the Shanggong Bureau!" Do you know that it was Wei Bo for my sake, for the sake of Princess Fu's face, and made a decision in disguise! ”

"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, which queen mother and queen will take a birthday gift privately? This is the rule set by the Empress Sun! Li Chun's words were cold, "The queen mother has been in the palace for many years, isn't it clear?" ”

"Don't scare me with Empress Eldest Sun! Rules are rules, but which emperor didn't hide his secrets? Which queen mother didn't have her own money? Besides, I'm not for myself, I'm all for Hu'er! The Queen Mother was right, "How much dowry will Tian Ji'an bring when she marries her sister?" I must be able to afford a dowry! You can't just take 100,000 yuan at will and send the Tian family away when you are married! You're doing it too well! It's not that I didn't ask you, before Hu'er went to Zhenhai, the first three batches of Birthday Gang had already arrived in the palace, even if you could give me two or three out of ten, I wouldn't make such a decision! ”

As soon as the Queen Mother said this, the eldest princess's family of four was shocked. Once the queen mother stole her birthday gift, it was just to hire her young son?

It's also true, after all, Wei Bo is rich and rich. And the Tang royal family fought for many years after the Anshi Rebellion, and their vitality was greatly damaged, and now the palace is not full, even the treasury is not full.

Li Chun was even more angry when he heard this. Today's Datang is full of holes and the treasury is empty, and after he ascended the throne, he racked his brains to open sources and reduce expenditure! But Rao is like this, he still has the filial piety to hold a birthday banquet for his biological mother! And when he learned that the birthday gang sent by the four places was worth a lot of money, he also secretly rejoiced, and planned to use these birthday gifts to fill the harem funds and save expenses.

He never thought that the Queen Mother Wang, who had been in the palace for many years and had been in charge of the phoenix seal for many years, would take advantage of his filial piety and ignore the palace rules for Li Chengxuan, how could he not be angry? !

"If I don't steal the birthday gang, you tell me, where does Hu'er's dowry come from? My private house is only about 200,000 yuan, and Hu'er doesn't care about money. And you! The Queen Mother sneered again, "It is said that the eldest brother is like a father, how much will you give him?" ”

Li Chun's face turned pale when he was asked: "For such a ridiculous reason, the queen mother would rather not protect the late festival?" ”

"I'm old, half of my feet have been buried in the ground, what do I care about my reputation?" The Queen Mother raised her hand to wipe her tears.

"Then why did you go to steal Zhenhai's birthday gift?" Li Chun was angry, "Do you know that the imperial court is about to take Li Qi for questioning, how much turmoil will there be if he loses his birthday gift?" You're pulling your son's hind legs! ”

"But that's the quickest way to do it! The first three batches of birthday gifts have already entered the palace, and there is no possibility of stealing them again, only the batch of Zhenhai is still in time! The Queen Mother tried to argue.

Li Chun was so angry that he had nothing to say.

At this moment, Xiling Yue's voice sounded softly: "Then how are you ...... How? ”

The Queen Mother glanced at her, slowly straightened up, and took the opportunity to calm down her emotions and sort out her words: "I heard that a Fusang monk returned from a trip and arrived in Luoyang with Hu'er, so he made thirty identical boxes and loaded them with stones, and asked Master Zhen Luo to pretend to be his old belongings and entrust the Fusang monk to bring them back to Chang'an. ”

"I didn't let Hu'er send the Birthday Gang into the palace, I wanted Qin Se to pick it up, and I also ordered her to go to Anguo Temple to ask for the scriptures for me, just to steal the thirty boxes of Birthday Gang and change the pillars. Later, I asked the mage to pick up the box and hide it in the secret room of the Qing Xiu Yuan. ”

This mystery was finally gradually solved with the Queen Mother's self-statement. Why are the seals on the boxes identical?

Why is it still stamped with the seal of Shang Gong Bureau? It is because the thief is the empress dowager herself, who is in charge of the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions, that she can say that Du Shanggong and Qian Sizhen worked hard for her, and afterwards she kept her mouth shut and committed suicide in fear of crime.

What about Qin Se? Does she know the inside story too? Was it involved in the whole project?

"The words on the seal ......" Before Xi Lingyue could ask, Guo Zhongting grabbed her sleeve and hurriedly hinted that she should stop.

But the Queen Mother had already heard it, shook her head and replied, "Qin Se's kid doesn't know. She has been with me for many years, what is her habits and handwriting, I still don't know? A few months ago, I asked Qian Sizhen to steal the annotations of her books and began to imitate her handwriting. ”

"In order to distract her, I said that I was going to wear Shu Jinzhai clothes at the birthday banquet, and I also knew that Xichuan Jinxiuzhuang was served, and I deliberately made it difficult for her, so that she didn't have time to pay attention to the birth gang. But I didn't expect that my long-lost granddaughter turned out to be the heir of Jinxiuzhuang, and in a few words, my clothes were solved. Qin Se was relieved because of this, so he went to ask about the birth gang and taught her to find that Zhenhai's batch was lost. ”

The Queen Mother looked at Xiling Yue resentfully: "According to my previous plan, this matter could have been delayed for a month, and when my birthday banquet is approaching, no one dares to speak out." After the birthday banquet, Shengchengang will leave Chang'an with Tian Wangyan, and no one will think of it. ”

Indeed, according to the original plan of the Queen Mother, God did not know it.

But Xilingyue was still suspicious: "I doubted this method of secretly changing the Birth Gang, before Master Zhen Luo didn't take the box, I also went to Anguo Temple to quietly explore, but I didn't find the Birth Gang." ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother only pondered for a moment and replied: "You are very smart, but you are too simple. Don't you want to think about it, why did Hu'er give Atsui and Adan to you? ”

"Acui, Adan ......" Xilingyue suddenly realized that these twin sisters are the eyes of the Queen Mother! She suddenly remembered that before visiting Anguo Temple that day and night, Adan said that he had come to Guishui and had not come back after going out for a long time, so he must have gone to ventilate and report the news!

What's more, when Adan checked the box, he changed himself, it was already dark at night, and he didn't dare to light the lamp, even if Adan saw that batch of birth gangs, he would cover up the past, so that Xiao Yi and Guo Zhongting would not find out!

It turned out that Li Chengxuan knew at that time, and he guessed that it was Ah Cui and Ah Dan who should cooperate with each other, so he allocated them to himself. It turns out that this is the "fault" committed by their sisters!

Xiling Yue only smiled bitterly and shook her head: "You really miscalculated." Originally, the prince suspected that you did it, and he tried his best to cover it up for you, but later because Master An Cheng died unexpectedly, Dali Temple suddenly intervened, and the matter could not be covered...... If you had stopped in time, things wouldn't have come to this point. ”

"Who said I killed the monk?" The Queen Mother hated and denied it, "He has no power, no power, and no knowledge, why should I kill him?" ”

Xiling Yue was shocked: "Can ...... But he's dead, and he's still leaving clues to you! ”

"It can't be!" The Queen Mother's eyes widened, "I never killed him!" From the beginning to the end of this case, only two people died because of me, that is, Du Shanggong and Qian Sizhen! ”

"That was killed by Master Zhen Luo himself?" Xiling Yue speculated again.

(End of chapter)