Chapter 136: Cooperate in the investigation of the case
This was unexpected by the queen/palace concubines, and they didn't expect it to be the young lady of the Wang family who made the emperor blue-eyed. But the emperor is not in the palace, and the palaces have no way to think about it, so they have to look forward to the summer passing soon.
Cheng Qingsu has not returned from the expatriate, and Yu Baize is said to have been busy with fun for a long time. Huai Xuanmo was hand-picked by the emperor to approve a part of the twists and turns, and Lord Hu and Mo Yushi, who had a dispute with Rong Jinhuan on weekdays, vented their temper when they arrived in front of King Huai, and there was no sound in the rules. Lord Luo is not in good health and is inconvenient to go to court, and Rong Yixuan avoided it because of Ding Shufang's scandal, but the two Gu adults were diligent.
Fortunately, when the scorching heat came, all parts of the country stopped working, and the affairs were much less than usual, and the whole court and the central government actually obtained a short period of peace and peace because of the emperor's summer retreat from the palace.
When the heat wave hit, the harem changed from the previous situation of being charming and colorful, looking forward to the grace of God, and it was quiet for a while. At ten o'clock at noon, even the imperial garden was without the shadow of Hu Shu'er and Chu Rulan, and when the scorching sun was over, she knew a strong call, and only the palace maid occasionally walked quickly.
Concubine De was busy with the mess of contagious diseases left by Wu Meiren, and asked the palace people in the former Xiuyu Palace to hand over the things used by Wu Meiren in their private collection and burn them, saying that if they didn't hand it over, they would festered and die once they were infected.
The palace people were afraid and they all exposed each other, and when they found out, they were beaten and thrown to the Clothes Bureau.
Mo Zhaoyi was not in a hurry to investigate the matter of the imperial dining room, but she didn't find anything even after checking for many days, things were still lost, and the palace people still had bad stomachs.
The tiger is not in the mountains, Ruoyun finally got a clean up, although it made Rong Jinhuan angry on the surface. But she is still Mrs. Yipin, and she has never been neglected a little because of this, and the bed board she slept on was a little loose. She didn't bother to fix it, and lazily watched the sun rise and move westward all day long.
Although there is no shortage of ice cubes to cool off in the Chaolu Palace, she doesn't want to eat because of the heat and fatigue, so although the injury on her knees is almost good, there are always repetitions, sometimes good and sometimes bad, the ointment given by Bai Ze ran out, Xiaohong went to the Tai Hospital the next day to get the good herbs for her to clean and smear.
The meal is over. Xiaohong didn't return for a long time, Ruoyun slowly walked out of the Chaolu Palace and waited, and took a breathe, and saw a palace person carrying a flower pot and walking out. When she saw it, it was the pot given by Wu Meiren, the last time she saw the flowers decayed, and now they are completely dead.
Seeing her coming, the palace maid and eunuch hurriedly stopped and waited for her instructions. She raised her hand and told them to continue.
Look at the pot of flowers being carried out of the palace little by little. She was stunned, thinking that the grace of that moment could not last a lifetime after all, there were many women in the harem, and no one could really be happy.
"No more verbose, I'm going to call someone!" Xiaohong's voice came from the corner of the wall, pretending to be angry but laughing.
Ruoyun slowly walked to the wall, and saw Xiaohong holding a basin of boiling water and looking up at the sky, and behind her was Zhang Yu, who was dressed in a hedgehog. The scar under the long hair was clearly recognizable, and he clasped his hands into fists and begged Xiaohong for mercy: "Miss Xiaohong." You can bear with me, even if you become an aunt in the future, don't embarrass me. ”
"Phew, who's my aunt?!" Xiaohong took a sip and glared, "Didn't you see that I was going to change the medicine for my mother, there are a lot of medicines in our palace and it is very good, you should keep the medicine for yourself when you were injured in the war." ”
"Yes...... Xiaohonggu...... The girl ......" Zhang Yu was helpless, and he hesitated with a small medicine bag in his hand.
Ruoyun chuckled, thinking that Xiaohong found out that he was sneaky and wanted to deliver medicine, so she blocked it back for her, sighing that this girl was becoming more and more sensible.
She smiled and moved a few steps, this time Xiaohong found her, her face changed busily, and she stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, why did you come out?" Your knees aren't healed yet! ”
Although she said, she held the basin of water in both hands and had no hands to help her, and she walked as she spoke, and her feet staggered.
Zhang Yu was a martial artist in the end, seeing that she was about to fall down with a basin of water, he quickly held the bottom of the basin to stabilize her, and only withdrew his hand when Xiaohong stood firm, the hot copper basin had already scalded his wide and calloused palm crimson.
"Oops, why are you so careless?!" Xiaohong scolded hurriedly, obviously surprised.
"This ...... It's not good if it's hot...... The girl's ......" Zhang Yu was an honest man, only explained in a wooden manner, and bowed his head in front of Ruoyun in a proper manner.
Ruoyun smiled and sighed: "General Zhang, there is no shortage of medicinal materials in my Chaolu Palace, if there is nothing to do, please go back." ”
Seeing Ruoyun's refusal, Zhang Yu was inconvenient to say more, so he nodded and turned around to leave.
"This person is really, what kind of medicine does he give at the end of the day, does he have a crush on you?" Xiaohong waited for him to go away, looking at the place where he left and muttering.
Ruoyun shook her head with a smile, put on a serious appearance and said: "This palace and General Zhang are like brothers, but this palace is puzzled, and I don't know who is happy to fight with him?" ”
As she spoke, she glanced at Xiaohong's instantly embarrassed face, felt very funny, put down the shelf that had just been raised, and said softly: "Go back and send Zhang Yu some scald medicine, don't say it's my idea." ”
"Hey, good!" Xiaohong agreed quickly, and did not hide the smile on her face.
Ruoyun couldn't help laughing, and she was in a good mood.
She was wrong before, who said that the people in the queen/palace can't be happy.
Just thinking about it, I saw a soft sedan chair coming here along the road from a distance, and there were only Qianyuan Palace and Zhaoyang Hall in front of her, and this sedan chair was obviously coming for her.
She roughly guessed who was coming, and hurriedly said to Xiaohong: "Change the clothes for me, comb your hair, and let people make tea for the visitors for a while." With that, he clutched his sleeves and went back to the house.
After she finished freshening up and walked out of the lobby, Mo Zhaoyi had been sitting and waiting for her for a long time, and when she saw her coming, she got up slightly and said, "I've seen Concubine Xian." ”
"Sister, don't be polite, please take a seat." She hurriedly picked her up and sat down beside her.
Seeing that Mo Zhaoyi only looked outside the door and didn't speak, Ruoyun opened her mouth and said to the palace: "You all go down and close the door." ”
Mo Zhaoyi smiled slightly, and only after everyone had dispersed did she pick up the teacup and take a sip.
"My sister is here, but it's because of the theft and poisoning of the kitchen?" Ruoyun pulled out a smile, thinking that Mo Zhaoyi didn't come here for this reason.
Mo Zhaoyi's eyes flashed with light, looked at her and sighed: "No wonder the emperor is interested in his sister, my sister is really smart." If I hadn't heard that my sister had slipped and been recuperating for days, I would have come a long time ago. ”
"It's really heartfelt." She frowned and muttered, Rong Jinhuan obviously did not revoke the things she had explained earlier, and before leaving the palace, she still explained the matter of arranging for her to assist Mo Zhaoyi in investigating the imperial dining room.
Ruoyun thought that a few days of leisure would be broken, and couldn't help sighing, and said stupidly: "I should have done it to the emperor about this imperial dining room, and I am duty-bound." The emperor may have seen that I was injured and it was inconvenient to go out for a few days, so I had to steal a few days of leisure. Now that I'm away from the palace to escape the summer, I'm almost as good as I am, and it's time to help. ”
Ruoyun said and smiled, thinking that this imperial dining room had been stolen for a long time, but Mo Zhaoyi had not captured the murderer, and the people in the palace were panicked, not to mention that she was a first-class lady, even if the emperor did not give an order or order, she would probably have to pretend to care, not to mention that she really wanted to know who was doing the obstruction.
Mo Zhaoyi was surprised when she heard this, and looked at her fixedly for a long time, which made Ruoyun almost uneasy, before she heard her say slowly: "Concubine Xian, everyone in the palace says that the emperor is angry with you and angry with you, but I, Mo Xiaochen, envy you." ”
She was taken aback and almost stood up, but she looked at Mo Zhaoyi's eyes with loneliness, pain, and even a faint envy, fortunately she never showed hatred, so she was a little relieved, and said: "Sister Mo said that everyone knows that my sister is favored, Ruoyun is just a concubine who touched the scales, knelt in front of the palace, and made the emperor unhappy and didn't know what to do." ”
She bit her lip, but she couldn't figure out Mo Zhaoyi's true opinion in her heart.
Mo Zhaoyi's eyes moved slightly, and she suddenly laughed, and let out a long sigh: "Wu Meiren also touched the reverse scale......"
As she spoke, she looked away and took another sip of tea: "The tea is cold, and the palace should also go to do something, I don't know what my sister thinks?" As he spoke, he gave her a look, put down the cup and got up.
Ruoyun saw that she couldn't hide, so she had to say, "I'll go with my sister." ”
Mo Zhaoyi smiled, turned around and left.
Seeing Mo Zhaoyi leaving, Ruoyun became gloomy, Mo Zhaoyi's words woke her up, and she also knew that the Emperor treated her differently, if she followed Rong Jinhuan's temper, I am afraid that she would have been beaten into the cold palace like Wu Meiren.
But even if it's different? Not to mention that she can't forgive herself, the opposition between Shan Rong Jinhuan and the Four Princes' Mansion and the irreconcilable contradiction with Rong Yixuan make her make a mistake no matter how she chooses, and she will definitely stand on the opposite side of a certain one.
Rong Jinhuan may regret it, but it was he who took away the power of her choice, leaving her trapped in this palace and relying on his supreme imperial authority to survive.
Right now, as soon as Rong Jinhuan left, Mo Zhaoyi came to find it, and she had to solve the things in the harem for herself, no matter how she had to be careful, she must be careful every step when Rong Jinhuan was not there.
She settled down and called Xiaohong to prepare to go to the imperial dining room.
When Ruoyun arrived in a hurry, the three floors of the imperial dining room and the outer three floors were full of people, and she vaguely heard someone crying inside.
When the crowd saw her coming, they all got out of the way, she took a cursory look at the ladies of the palace, Mo Zhaoyi arrived one step earlier but stood aside with a gloomy face, Concubine De Tie was sitting with a blue face, Hu Shu'er was arrogantly holding her head high, and she was actually sitting, and Chu Rulan on the side was holding Hu Shu'er's arm and watching a good show. Xu Cuiwei stood on the side with an indifferent face, while Ding Yifang looked at the center nervously, with something unspeakable.
In the middle was a kneeling little palace maid, wiping her tears and crying, her face was red and swollen, as if she had been beaten.
When Concubine De saw her coming, she hooked the corners of her mouth and said with satisfaction: "Concubine Xian, you came just in time, just now this little palace maid was caught secretly serving food in the imperial dining room, and she was about to be interrogated." ”
"Oh?" Ruoyun frowned, if this palace maid was so stupid, she should have been caught a long time ago.
She was on an equal footing with Concubine De, and someone from the palace had already moved a chair for her to sit down.
"I ...... I didn't...... The slave and maid are wronged...... The slave is just this one, and the others are not made by the slave and the maid! The little palace maid cried, sobbing and shaking her head desperately. (To be continued......)