When I followed the palace maid who led the way in front of me, I came to the palace where the Queen Mother was. When I walked in, I found that the palace was full of people, and the concubines and palace people from each palace were present, but the atmosphere in the palace was not very active, and it was really because of the matter of the night pearl.

I walked slowly, as the weak makeup of the autumn water matched my soft steps, and it looked as if it was about to fall when the wind blew. When everyone saw me come in, all eyes were on me. I walked to the Queen Mother step by step with those eyes that were more or less mocking and incomprehensible.

At this time, the Queen Mother was sitting on the highest seat and looking at me condescendingly, looking at each other coldly, as if she was looking at an ant with disdain.

After I said hello to the Queen Mother, I knelt down, and before I could finish speaking, a voice full of oppression sounded: "Are you guilty?" I didn't look up, but leaned down and looked more respectful and said: "Back to the Queen Mother's words, but the Queen Mother is in charge, but at this time the concubines don't know what the crime is!" ”

As soon as I finished speaking, everyone looked at me in amazement, as if to laugh at my unrepentance. The eyes that fell on me, big and small, were focused on my weak back, which was lying on the ground.

"Bold, how dare you, this concubine, contradict the Queen Mother!" The old slave who has followed the Queen Mother for many years taught me a lesson. No one else has spoken out under such pressure as the Queen Mother, so I naturally cooperated and bit my lip that was already white, trembling and not answering.

The queen next to her watched this scene, so she began to play a round next to her, and it was also at this time that the queen mother was so atmospheric, only the lord of the harem could say a word to ease the tense atmosphere.

"I haven't figured out the matter yet, so naturally let's listen to what Lin Guiren has to say first." The queen's voice was not flat, not mixed with the slightest emotion, but it was enough to calm people's hearts, worthy of being a woman who had been on the throne for many years, and naturally understood what to do at this time.

It happened before a stick of incense, when the Queen Mother was looking for the night pearl in her heart, she found that she couldn't find it, and remembered where she had put it before. Later, a little palace maid who was tending to flowers and plants by the lake saw a personal attendant who had thrown something in the lake, because she felt that the chamberlain was sneaky and couldn't help but be a little vigilant, so she took a few more looks.

Later, this little palace maid reported to her mother, who was in charge, and just in time for the queen mother to lose the night pearl, and people were panicking, the housekeeper felt bad and reported the matter to the people in the queen mother's palace. After checking layer by layer, I found that the personal attendant in the palace was the autumn water in the Xiwu Palace.

Naturally, a slave could not have had the audacity to throw something into the lake, suspecting that it was her master's order. At this time, the Queen Mother immediately divided two groups of people, one to pass the Wugong Niangniang to enter the palace to track down the whereabouts of the Night Pearl, and the other group of people to the lake to see if there was any trace of the Night Pearl.

And so, the whole thing unfolded before us. After listening to it, I was not too surprised, but slowly raised my head to look at the Queen Mother and said: "The concubine is wronged, the things I let the autumn water throw down will never be able to pull the pearl of the night." ”

After listening to what I said, the Queen Mother stared at me with a frown, as if she was considering whether what I said could be trusted. So, she said, "Oh? Tell me, then, how did you tell your maid to throw things at that time? ”

At this time, I was still kneeling on the floor, and then with an aggrieved voice, it looked a little pitiful, and I spoke: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, this matter will have a quarrel with Liu Guiren a few days ago, but my sister is magnanimous but did not get angry with me, but sent someone to bring me pastries." But my sister was so narrow-minded that I was still angry with my sister at the time, so I asked my maid to throw the pastry into the lake, and then people bumped into my maid throwing things. ”

I finished speaking in one breath without any pause, and what I said was very smooth, but the Queen Mother smiled shrewdly: "It's not that I used to have a deep sisterhood, why did I quarrel at this time." The subconscious expression is full of distrust. But at this time, the guards who salvaged the lake came with the news that the lake was too deep and nothing was caught at all.

And at this moment, when the Queen Mother wrung her brows, Liu Jianxue stood up at this time, she walked to my side, saluted the Queen Mother and said: "Queen Mother Qiqi, what Lin Guiren said just now is indeed the truth, we have had a quarrel before, and I have also sent pastries to her, if this incident didn't happen" She looked at me, snorted coldly, and then continued: "I didn't want to know that my sister would lose the pastry I gave my sister!" ”

In this way, the quarrel that occurred was real, before the Queen Mother and others just heard me say that it was too much for me to be alone, at this time Liu Jianxue came out and stood up and said this, it is estimated that most of the people here now basically believe it.

It's just that these are what I told Sister Liu before, although when I discussed it with her at that time, she was still a little scared, after all, lying in front of the Queen Mother and the royal people is a little too terrifying. But this kind of thing often happens in the harem, and Sister Liu saw that I was also wronged here, so now she stood up in front of everyone and testified that there had indeed been a quarrel before, and according to the previous discussion, you should do enough to do the show.

At this time, the Queen Mother knew that the night pearl might not be able to be found, and she had just lost her temper with those minions, and then after listening to Liu Jianxue's words just now, she couldn't help but feel a little angry. Although what Sister Liu said was ridiculed by everyone in the eyes of everyone, these ridiculed words also confirmed the fact that I had lost pastries. At this time, in the eyes of the Queen Mother, who has seen the battle in the harem for many years, she doesn't think so.

Without the permission of the Queen Mother, I was still kneeling on the ground, and my legs were still a little numb after kneeling for a long time. Now in the eyes of other recognitions, it is me who is still here to listen to the punishment of the Queen Mother.

The emperor sat next to the queen, and when he saw me like this, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and he was about to say something to excuse me, but he was preempted by the queen mother. She deserves to be the one who won the battle in the harem, and she must not have fully believed my words and Sister Liu's words at this time.

"Although the mourning family is old, it's not something you fox can easily deceive, someone will make more efforts to turn over the lake for me, and I must find the night pearl!" The Queen Mother met my eyes coldly, and there was a hint of warning in her eyes, and she had the intention of immediately correcting me on the spot if she found it.

At this time, the atmosphere in the palace became more and more depressing, and now in this oppressive atmosphere, I coughed a few times inappropriately, and suddenly I felt that the eyes gathered on my body were even more vicious.

The emperor also felt sorry for my sick and weak body, and he spoke with some concern: "Concubine Ai is not feeling well, don't kneel yet, it's not too late to convict after the night pearl is found!" In the end, he once again cared about the majesty of the queen mother, and asked the queen mother: "I don't know what the queen mother wants?" At this time, when the queen saw the emperor pleading for me like this, it was naturally time to show her generosity, so she also said: "The concubine sees that Lin Guiren is sick, it is better to give her a seat first and wait for the salvage of the Night Pearl, so as not to let outsiders fall into their tongues and say that our royal family is mean." ”

The queen's words had just fallen, and the queen mother had naturally just been a little dismissed by the emperor's concern, but at this time, when she heard that the queen had come back, she naturally didn't feel good in her heart, but they had already spoken, so they had to let me go for the time being.

"Empress Dowager Xie has mercy." I replied with some weakness.

Bailu and Qiushui carefully helped me up who was kneeling, and my legs were a little sore because I had been kneeling for a long time, and I was a little unsteady when I walked at this time, and there was no false component when I staggered, and it was even more distressing in the eyes of others. I can't help but feel that the matter of the Night Pearl has nothing to do with me.

The Queen Mother didn't seem to want to see me at all, so she just said to Sister Liu: "You also go back and sit first, I don't know what things are like now, I'll talk about it later." Sister Liu had no choice but to answer, and then returned to her seat. At this time, the main hall returned to its original calm, but there were many people outside the palace who were busy doing things by the lake.

At this time, it was probably a long time, and the emperor seemed to be a little impatient to wait, so he looked at the queen mother and said: "Queen Mother, you see that people have been fishing for a long time, maybe the pearl was not in the lake at all that night, is it wrong to blame Lin Guiren." "When the Queen Mother heard what the emperor said at this time, she didn't have any evidence to prove that I did it, but she was unwilling to forget it. The Queen Mother had to say that she should let people go and see if she had caught anything.

After a while, a chief guard came to report that he had indeed fished for a long time and carefully, but there was nothing in the lake. When the Queen Mother heard this, she said angrily: "Do you really have serious salvage? You can't do anything like that! What use do you want! I'll all go down and get punished! The emperor hurriedly persuaded: "Queen Mother, you dissipate your anger!" How is it possible for these people to take your orders and not do them seriously? Naturally, there is nothing in the lake! It's just a night pearl, I'll send someone to buy it again, if I lose it, I will lose it, don't be angry about these things outside my body. ”

The Queen Mother listened to what the emperor said, but there was no sign of discouragement, "You, you are blindly favoring your favorite concubine!" But it's certainly not going to be that simple! The emperor was about to say something, but the queen mother looked at me sitting on the chair at this time, and she was a little angry, so she spoke: "In this case, the night pearl was not found from the lake, so it was put aside, but the current harem needs to be put in order!" ”

When the queen mother heard what the queen mother said, she immediately understood, so she also followed the queen mother and echoed: "What the queen mother said is reasonable, as the emperor's pillow person, you should always focus on the overall situation, and you must not encourage those who are jealous or intrigued. ”

When Concubine Shu heard the queen say this, she knew in her heart that she was secretly beating herself, and suddenly her face was naturally not very good-looking, but now she couldn't interject a word. On the contrary, the Queen Mother nodded after hearing this, looked a little comfortable, and then said to me: "I'm afraid what Lin Guiren did this time is not appropriate, sisters should be more generous, you see how safe Liu Guiren is in doing things, and he will naturally do things in the future." ”

After I heard this, I struggled to stand up and said to the Queen Mother: "Back to the Queen Mother, the concubine remembers, and you must be careful in doing things in the future." The Queen Mother didn't plan to pass like this, so she continued: "Then punish you for copying scriptures in the Buddha Hall, and purify your body and meditate!" With that, he got up and left the main hall.