Coming in excitement and returning in defeat, Yuan Rui's originally happy mood was also wiped out by this sudden change. This Hu Bizhu seems to be the curse of the Queen Mother, no matter what party and banquet the Queen Mother holds, she always ends up because of her displeasure. Chongyang that day of the chrysanthemum festival because of the capture of "Qin Da Niu" and failed to attend, and later heard that Hu Bizhu that day made a big fuss in Hualin Garden, the queen mother was stunned, at the time I thought it was incredible, today I saw her hand and left, it was really no one to give face, there was enough willfulness. And seeing the queen mother's reaction afterwards, she was really angry, and I hope she won't have anything to do this time.

Perhaps due to the influence of the palace, Yuan Rui still seemed upset and unrefreshed after returning home, so that he couldn't sleep at night. I finally fell asleep, and I was harassed by all kinds of chaotic and bizarre dreams, and even when I was asleep, I was very tired.

In the haze, a long-haired woman was vaguely seen standing in the smoke with her back to him, Yuan Rui stepped forward and greeted: "It's cold here, the girl is dressed so thinly, be careful of the wind and cold!" ”

The woman's tone was surprisingly flat: "I came to see Rui'er from below, I can't feel the cold here, Rui'er don't worry." ”

"Rui'er......" Yuan Rui couldn't help but be shocked, "Are you ......?" ”

Woman: "Rui'er, you don't know me anymore?" ”

Yuan Rui burst into tears when he heard this, and asked in a trembling voice, "Mother? When I was a child, I often heard some palace people privately speculate that you were assassinated to death, and you told Rui'er whether this was true? ”

But no matter how Yuan Rui called, the woman stood there like a stone wall from then on.

Yuan Rui stepped forward and gently tugged at the corner of her clothes: "Mother, you turn your head and let Rui'er see what you look like." Those elderly palace people say that you are beautiful and kind, but Rui'er is not half impressed......"

The woman turned around slowly, and her jade fingers gently lifted the messy hair blocking her face, revealing a ...... No, this woman has no face! No eyes, no nose, no mouth, just a bare patch of skin.

Frightened, Yuan Rui screamed and woke up, it turned out to be a dream.

Sun Qian, who was beside her, was awakened by this terrible scream, turned over and saw Yuan Rui covered in cold sweat, looking frightened, and asked with concern: "Brother Rui, are you having a nightmare?" ”

Yuan Rui had not yet recovered and nodded weakly.

Sun Qian obediently rested her head on the crook of Yuan Rui's arm and patted his chest: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!" ”

Under her comfort, Yuan Rui's rapid breathing gradually calmed down, but his mind was always full of all kinds of inexplicable troubled thoughts that could not be straightened out, tired but could not rest. Sun Qian in his arms fell asleep again, and he kept his eyes open until the east was full of fish belly.

Early the next morning, Changle Wang's mansion ushered in a guest - the new tiger Ben Zhonglang will be Huazidu. As soon as Hanako entered the door, he confessed: "I should have come to visit a long time ago, thank Your Highness for your recommendation, but there are too many official duties recently, and today I am busy squeezing out some time, Your Highness should not be surprised!" ”

Yuan Rui: "What are you polite to me about, in recent years, I have been playing around, is there less place to trouble you with butterflies?" And I'm also a virtuous person for the country, if you don't have this material, even if you have a good personal relationship with me, it's useless. ”

Hanako smiled slightly: "I believe in Your Highness this!" ”

Yuan Rui led the flowers to sit down: "Why do you have to rectify your new official when you take office?" Don't even have time to go out and meet old friends? ”

Hanako smiled bitterly: "Where?" They are all on orders. I just received an order last night, ordering me to carefully select a group of innocent and well-skilled forbidden soldiers, and replace all the guards in the harem. ”

Yuan Rui was taken aback: "The action is so big, but what happened?" ”

Hanako lowered her voice: "I heard that there is a guard named Pan Liang who secretly communicates with thieves, and last night the Queen Mother personally ordered Ling Chi to remove them in order to prevent the guards from having his comrades." ”

Yuan Rui couldn't believe his ears: "What? In addition to Li Hui, there is also an internal response to the thief in the court? ”

Hanako nodded solemnly: "Yes!" At first, I was also surprised, to say that someone was secretly in love with thieves, but I had never heard of them doing anything to damage the court? But then I heard that the Queen Mother personally supervised the execution last night, and almost used all kinds of torture tools on Pan Liang before she began to linger, if it was an ordinary matter of chickens and dogs, how could the Queen Mother be so angry? ”

Yuan Rui pondered for a long time, and wondered: "It's just that why do you just target your suspicion on the guards?" The eunuchs and palace maids are not suspicious? Or is there something else going on? ”

Hanakodu: "It's inconvenient for us to speculate, in short, what the above commands, we just do." ”

Yuan Rui's expectation was good, this matter did have another hidden secret, and its impact on the Great Wei court was far from being as simple as removing a group of guards. At this moment, in the Danyang Palace, the Queen Mother was sternly asking Hu Bizhu: "Why is this so?" If you weren't the niece of the mourning family, the mourning family would have beaten you to death with a stick, but the mourning family's tolerance of you again and again has been exchanged for your more and more outrageous behavior, do you really think that the mourning family will not dare to touch you, and you will not be able to continue to maintain the status of the Hu family without you? ”

Hu Bizhu said coldly: "The concubine naturally knows the queen mother's methods, didn't you reveal the idea of replacing the concubine with Hu Yurui yesterday?" ”

Hearing her mention yesterday's incident, the Queen Mother's thoughts couldn't help but return to the birthday banquet, she was drunk at that time, and casually said that she might include Hu Yurui in the harem in the future, but she really didn't think about it. The helpless speaker has no intention of listening to the heart, and when these words reached Hu Bizhu's ears, they became deliberately aimed at her, and she brushed her sleeves away in a fit of anger, making the Queen Mother extremely unhappy.

After the banquet dispersed, the more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more angry she became, and summoned Cui Jiaren to Danyang Palace overnight. Seeing Cui Jiaren's dignified and beautiful character, and thinking about Hu Bizhu's many nonsense words, her brain fever was hot for a while: "Cui Zhaoyi, the mourning family wants to abolish Hu Bizhu, and make you the queen!" ”

"Ah......" Cui Jiaren didn't expect this to come out of the mouth of the queen mother, and hurriedly excused herself, "The concubine is only shallow in learning, and it may be difficult to lead the harem." ”

Queen Mother: "Don't shirk it, no matter how shallow you are, you are always better than her Hu Bizhu, right?" In front of everyone's eyes, there was no etiquette, she said to leave, the mourning family did not cure her, she thought that the queen mother of the mourning family was called in vain! ”

Cui Jiaren said with relief: "Queen Mother, you are angry, the concubines at the birthday banquet were also present just now, maybe the queen is too sensitive, thinking that the Queen Mother, you said that you would invite a few young sons to the husband and promise Luoyang to let the young girl enter the palace are all ironic about her ...... conduct, so you did that kind of thing." ”

After Cui Jiaren's words, the Queen Mother gradually calmed down, and setting up Hu Bizhu as the queen was a very important move for her to consolidate the status of the Hu family. But she rushed into the mourning family like this, and she must not be punished! He turned his head and shouted out, "Aunt He! Aunt He! ”

Outside, a palace maid ran in in a panic, her name is Liu Fang, she has just been transferred to Danyang Palace to serve the Queen Mother, although she usually does things with an unusually serious attitude, she is always dull and cute, and she is not less scolded by the Queen Mother. Just trotted all the way, and at the moment the anger was not smooth: "Queen Mother, you forgot, Aunt He has been, has been ......"

"Oh, yes, Aunt He has already left...... Queen Mother muttered in a low voice, and ordered Liu Fang, "You, go to Lantian Palace and call the queen." ”

Liu Fang answered, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by the Queen Mother: "You better come back, this crazy woman will excuse herself nine times out of ten, even if the mourning family is afraid of her, the mourning family will go over in person!" ”

Seeing that Cui Jiaren was still standing aside, he said to her again: "It's nothing to do with you, go back!" ”

Half an hour later, the Queen Mother Feng Yuan came to Lantian Palace, and the two palace maids at the door were extremely panicked when they saw the Queen Mother. The two exchanged glances, and one of them greeted them: "The queen mother is coming, and the slaves and maids will go to inform the queen to welcome her." The other maid turned around and walked inside, but in a hurry, she was stumped by her own foot.

The Queen Mother suddenly felt that something was wrong, and pushed the palace maid away: "Mourning the family will go by yourself!" ”

The palace maid refused to give up: "Please wait in the lobby for a while, the queen has already rested, it would be too rude if she didn't change her clothes." ”

The Queen Mother kicked her away: "Get out, take another step forward and kill you immediately!" ”

The palace maid didn't dare to move recklessly when she heard this, and her eyes were full of anxiety. Seeing that the other palace maid quickly turned to Hu Bizhu's inner room, the queen mother hurriedly followed. The behavior of these two palace maids was so abnormal that she wanted to see what was going on inside, so she didn't want her to see it.

Pushing open the door, I saw that the palace maid just now was picking up a piece of clothing and handing it to Hu Bizhu, and Hu Bizhu was naked and urging, in addition to their master and servant, there was actually a man in the room, it was Pan Liang, one of the guards who escorted Cui Jiaren to greet him that day, and like Hu Bizhu, he was also naked.