"Sister Guifei, don't say good things for them, now no one in the palace knows that Xin Zhaoyi and Concubine Shu were in the Qiangong ...... yesterday" The Cai girl who was favored by Li Yiqian in the early years was full of contempt and said, after so many years in the palace, she has long learned what it is to be high and low. In the past, when Lin Yaxin was favored, she didn't even dare to look at her directly, but now she will definitely be even worse than before.

It's just that she was stopped by Liu Yuyang in the middle of her words, but everyone could clearly understand the unfinished meaning of her words, and some people's faces became a little strange.

At this time, the people at the gate of Fushou Palace came in and announced that Xin Zhaoyi and Concubine Shufei had arrived, and everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at the door.

The Queen Mother couldn't see the slightest expression on her face, and only said in a deep voice: "Xuan." ”

Lin Yaxin and his entourage walked in under the strange eyes of the people in the hall and respectfully saluted the queen mother. The Queen Mother didn't embarrass them in these little things, and gave them a seat very happily.

"I went to Xin Zhaoyi early this morning to discuss yesterday's chess game, so I came late, and I asked the Queen Mother to forgive me." After sitting down, Wang Jinyun opened his mouth with a smile to plead guilty.

In fact, she also explained what happened yesterday, and the matter of leaving the palace naturally cannot be said, so playing chess is a good excuse. Most of the people in the palace are from military generals' families, so the best thing is only a little bit of chess, but Lin Yaxin has been very talented in this area since she was a child, so it makes sense for her to do this.

"Concubine Shu has always liked these crepe things, and now it is understandable that people with good chess skills feel unbearable." The Queen Mother smiled and said she understood.

"Empress Dowager Xie is not to blame."

"Did Concubine Xian also go to Xin Zhaoyi to discuss the chess game? That's not your style. After Zhao Qinyue finished speaking, she covered her mouth and smiled mockingly.

"Sister Concubine De is right, who in the palace doesn't know that I am most impatient with those things that make ink in the dance text, besides, I can't understand it!" Wu Yuyan didn't care about Zhao Qinyue's cynicism, "Yesterday the emperor has arranged it, and tomorrow there will be a reception banquet for the envoys of the two countries, I thought that Xin Zhaoyi was five months pregnant, so I wanted to ask her if there was anything she couldn't eat, after all, I was not pregnant, and I didn't know much about these." ”

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment before continuing: "It's just that I didn't expect that Sister Shufei was crazy about chess, so I went to Sister Xin early in the morning to discuss chess skills." No, I sat there for a long time without waiting for them to finish! After saying that, she shook her head with a smile, and the helplessness in it was fully revealed.

"Sister Xian, don't talk about this, I haven't met a person in the palace for many years who can discuss chess skills together, yesterday the emperor called us to go together, only to know that Sister Xin is also a hidden chess master!" Wang Jinyun seemed a little embarrassed.

"Oh? You played chess with the emperor for a day yesterday in the Qiangong? Liu Yuyang asked as if unintentionally.

"That's not it, after the emperor knew that we could all play chess, he first asked me to play a few games with Xin Zhaoyi, and then put out a chess game for us to solve. The emperor said that this is a problem given to us by the envoy of Languo! Wang Jinyun didn't care about the explanation, and glanced at Lin Yaxin after speaking.

Yes, that's what they came up with. Lin Yaxin remembered that Li Yiqian told her about cooperating with Gongsun Ce, so she used this cooperative relationship to push these things on Lan Guo's head, and it was impossible for the Queen Mother to ask Gongsun Ce about the truth of this matter.

She has already asked Mama Lu to send a message to Qian, as long as he goes to the next court, he will know about it, so this breakthrough will naturally happen. In this way, not only can it explain yesterday's events, but it can also improve the status of the two of them, and even if it is manipulated properly, the status of civil officials will rise a lot. After all, the dignity of the country was saved by them, the despised civil servants.

Lin Yaxin quickly went through his plan in his mind, and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that there would be no loopholes. also accosted: "Yes, the emperor said that Languo didn't know where to find an endgame, and said that he came to our Huaguo to seek advice." The emperor remembered that Sister Shufei and I were from a civil official family, and maybe he could figure out a way to crack it, so he called the two of us over early yesterday morning to discuss this matter. ”

"In that case, have you figured it out?" Although the Queen Mother didn't know the truth of this matter, they presumably didn't dare to lie to themselves.

"Not yet, so the concubine went to Yuquan Palace early in the morning to find Sister Xin." Wang Jinyun seemed a little annoyed.

"Why did the emperor go to the two of you alone? It's not just the two of you who can play chess in the palace! Since it is a matter involving the majesty of our country, shouldn't we brainstorm ideas? Lan Yu was unwilling to let her plan be broken by them like this, and opened her mouth with a questioning face.

"Hehe, Sister Lan laughed. Of course, the two of us are not the only ones who can play chess in the palace, but the main palace that can compare to the two of us in chess skills can guarantee that there is no one! Looking at Lan Yu's appearance, Wang Jinyun only felt that his heart was full of impatience. She wasn't arrogant when she said this, but it was.

She has been in the palace for many years, and she has long seen through the character of everyone here, Liu Yuyang and Zhao Qinyue are from the family of military generals, and they are not the kind of characters who can calm down and play chess. In addition to talent, the most important thing to need is to be able to sit down and think well, obviously these two people don't match, even if they know some skin, they can't compare to her and Xin'er.

Although Xu Qian was born in the Ministry of Rites, she didn't know how to play chess. Sun Qi is a new person in the palace this year, and after losing his child, he has almost closed his door. As for Lan Yu, it's not that they look down on her, but her background determines that she can't know how to play chess.

Although those people felt very uncomfortable listening to Wang Jinyun's conceited words, they had to admit that she was telling the truth. If that's the case, it's useless to even tell them. Playing chess is a real headache just thinking about it. Among them, it also includes the queen mother who is from the same family as Liu Yuyang.

"Hehe, I don't know who spread such vicious rumors, doesn't this make Sister Xin and Concubine Shu suffer injustice?" While everyone was talking about chess skills, Zhao Qinyue suddenly interjected.

Only then did they remember that today's original purpose was to ask Lin Yaxin and Wang Jinyun about the crime. Even the Queen Mother was stunned, if what they said was true, then the rumors were naturally false, thinking of those unbearable words, someone must have deliberately spread them, and this method of competing for favor was really vicious.

"Rumors?" Looking at Lin Yaxin's dazed look, Zhao Qinyue smiled and briefly said the news she received this morning, only to see Lin Yaxin's face becoming more and more pale.

"This ...... The concubine has definitely not done anything so advantageous! Please also ask the Queen Mother to be clear! Saying that, the Queen Mother saw that Lin Yaxin was about to kneel down despite being pregnant, and hurriedly motioned to Ziyue to support her.

Wang Jinyun also knelt down and said indignantly: "I don't know who actually released such a rumor of innocence, and asked the Queen Mother to severely punish the people behind the scenes and return the innocence of the concubine and sister Xin!" ”

Looking at the smiling faces below, the Queen Mother felt that there were not so many poisonous schemes in the harem of the former emperor back then. Although there are people who will use methods and spread rumors, they will not be like them. Thinking that Lin Yaxin was pregnant and suffering from these slanders, he had misunderstood her before, so he looked at her with some pity.

"Xin Zhaoyi is pregnant, so in the future, I should worry less about these troublesome things and take care of the fetus. As for you, if you have nothing to do, don't gossip. Since you haven't done anything wrong, let's get up too. As soon as the Queen Mother's words came out, many people's faces changed.

The Queen Mother has always disliked Lin Yaxin, why did she suddenly say such something close to concern to her today, could it be that Lin Yaxin even won over the Queen Mother? The biggest reaction to this sentence is still Liu Yuyang, her aunt is her biggest support in the harem, if even she is on Lin Yaxin's side, then what drama do you have to sing?

"What my aunt said is that Xin Zhaoyi is pregnant and has to serve her cousin and think about these things in the court, which is really hard." Although Liu Yuyang was smiling when he said this, the meaning of his words was not so much that people wanted to laugh.

The Queen Mother listened to her words, her eyes were slightly deep, and she quickly returned to her original state. Liu Yuyang naturally saw the expression of the Queen Mother, and was secretly happy in her heart, sure enough, her words were still useful.

"But in the end, you are the women of the harem, and you should not get involved in the affairs of the previous dynasty in the future. The mourning family will also tell Qian'er to let him pay attention. ”

"Obey the Queen Mother's order."

"The Queen Mother, someone in the harem said so hurtful, and almost hurt the reputation of Xin Zhaoyi and Sister Shufei, the concubines implore that this matter be strictly investigated, and they must be given justice, otherwise others will follow suit in the future, and there will be chaos in the palace. What's more, this matter also involves the emperor's reputation. Seeing that the Queen Mother had already believed their statement, Wu Yuyan stood up and wanted to take on the matter, looking at the Queen Mother's hesitant look, she also deliberately took Li Yiqian out to talk about it.

The Queen Mother didn't want to meddle in this matter anymore, which proved that they didn't do that kind of thing, after all, rumors are the most difficult to investigate. But Wu Yuyan's words reminded her that at this time, it still involves Qian'er, and she can't just let it go. Yes, she looked at Wu Yuyan approvingly and said, "Now that you are in charge of the palace affairs, then I will leave this matter to you to investigate." It is important to find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible, severely punish the people behind the scenes, and also remind other people who are cautious, lest they do something that they should not do when they are hot-headed. ”

The Queen Mother's words originally meant very simple, but she couldn't stand the weakness of some people's hearts. Lan Yu always felt that the Queen Mother seemed to know that she had done this, so she panicked and knocked over the tea in her hand.