The more Crescent Moon listened, the deeper her brows furrowed, and finally asked, "Was anyone seen when he sent me out?" ”

Fei'er thought for a moment and said, "He only has a few palace maids and eunuchs who have seen it." However, now, do you still dare to gossip about King Jin? ”

Xinyue listened from the sidelines and glanced at Feng'er, who nodded, "Fei'er, you go outside to get the girl's medicine." ”

"Yes, Sister Feng'er," said Fei'er and walked out obediently.

"Girl. Do you have something to say to the slave maid? Hao'er asked, leaning closer to the crescent moon.

Crescent Moon nodded, "What happened so unseemly, why didn't you stop it?" ”

"Fei'er is actually right, no one can stop the Jin prince now. The slave and maid stopped, but they couldn't stop him. But the slave maid thought that this matter was not glorious to the prince. ”

"No matter how dishonorable he is, he is also a man, do you think that my reputation has been ruined now, so it is no big deal to splash sewage again?" After Xinyue finished speaking, Feng'er immediately knelt on the ground, "The slave knows it's wrong. ”

"Today's Jiang family, coming and going in a hurry, is quite strange, and Beijing is really a place of right and wrong. But the eldest brother hasn't come back yet, and we still have to stay in Beijing for a while. Go tell your sister-in-law to close the door and say goodbye until the eldest brother comes back. After Xinyue finished speaking, she heard the footsteps and gave Feng'er a look, and Feng'er stood up.

"Girl, the medicine will have to boil for a while, you can bubble more in the water" Fei'er came back from seeing the medicine, opened the curtain and said to Xinyue.

"Good" Xinyue slowly sank her body into the water, let the warm water wrap her, she couldn't get out of the tragic situation of witnessing Wang's coffin, and said that poor people must have something to hate, this Wang, what is there to hate? It's just a poor woman who is extremely pitiful, and no one makes decisions for her, and even she herself has not been able to get herself out of the most pitiful.

Early in the morning of the second day, the palace sent someone to say that the queen mother wanted to see her, and the new moon who was taking medicine put down the spoon in her hand, the prince's funeral had just passed, and the queen mother and the queen were sad and sick, so why did they see themselves now?

Without daring to think about it, Xinyue entered the palace with the person who came to summon the news.

When I arrived at the gate of the palace, I was still waiting for myself with the familiar Xuecui there, and the vegetarian elements in various parts of the palace had not been removed, and walking in it, I couldn't help but feel a little depressed.

"Auntie, is the Queen Mother okay?" Xinyue asked about the queen mother's body, Xuecui shook her head, "The queen mother can't eat or sleep, she can't sleep, she has to rely on medicine every day, the slave has been taking care of the queen mother for so long, she has taken more medicine in the past few months than Xiao Bansheng." ”

"Auntie doesn't have to be sad, the Queen Mother is old, just raise more. I don't know what the Queen Mother called me to do today? Crescent asked

Xue Cui wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said, "The Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, I want to ask you about the Crown Princess's suicide." ”

Crescent Moon nodded knowingly, "Thank you, Auntie." ”

"Girl, wait a minute. Today, there is still a guest in the Queen Mother's office. ”

"Got guests so early?" The new moon looked at the sun, if it was just over half the hour, and wanted to come to this guest, it should have come from the palace gate as soon as it opened.

"It's Mrs. Hou Zhuang's" After Xue Cui finished speaking, Xinyue frowned, it seems that she has often seen or heard this old lady Zhuang's recently.

"Then please tell the Queen Mother, I want to go to the East Palace to see the Crown Princess first."

"The girl has seen the crown princess, so let's go to the queen's palace, and the queen mother said that she will go there in a while." Xue Cui suggested to Crescent.

Crescent Moon nodded, "Yes, then Crescent Moon will go first." ”

When the crescent moon came out, he glanced at the bare camellia tree in the courtyard before continuing to walk towards the East Palace.

"Crescent Girl." A male voice full of breath sounded from behind Xinyue, and Xinyue turned around, it was Yu He Guoshi who had just come out of the Qiangong next to him.

"The national teacher is fine." The new moon bowed generously to him.

"Girl, are you going to the East Palace?" Yu He asked.

Xinyue nodded, "Go and see the crown princess, can the national teacher go with you?" ”

"Girl, please," the two of them walked in the direction of the East Palace one after the other.

"What does the girl think about the matter of the crown princess?" Yu He asked.

Xinyue smiled decently, "The life is fixed, and Xinyue doesn't dare to have any opinions." ”

"The two of us won't talk to each other, will the crown princess live today?" Yu He asked.

"How long can the crown princess live, what did I say?" Crescent Moon shook her head and refused to give a specific answer.

Yu He is not annoyed, he calculated that it is almost the same, ask more, it is more of a temptation" The girl said that it was naturally forgotten, and I wanted to remind the girl below. ”

"What?" Xinyue found that Yu He had stopped, and looked back at the attendants beside him, who were also deliberately separated by him.

"Since the crown princess is a dying person, the girl should not go to see her again."

"Why?" Crescent Moon asked, puzzled.

"Who does the crown princess hate the most in her life? Even if she died, how could she let go of the person he hated the most? After Yu He finished speaking, he looked at the new moon.

Xinyue smiled, "National teacher, don't worry, the person she hates the most will naturally not be me." If she wants to do something with her death, it will definitely not affect me. ”

"But the queen is the mother of the crown prince, she should, she can't be so ruthless." Yu He still wanted to stop Xinyue, Xinyue shook his head, "National teacher, after so many years, haven't you seen it through?" What is going to happen, it will still happen. ”

"Yes, it's greedy. But today, there are clouds floating in the sky, and it is going to rain. If the rain falls, it will surely wash away all the filth in this world. If you have something to do, I won't accompany you, girl, and talk here. With that, Yu He walked away.

"Girl" Feng'er ran over in a few steps and walked to the side of the new moon.

Xinyue frowned, although she thought about it, she still felt that there was something strange about what Yu He said, and asked Feng'er, "Do you know what the crown princess is like now?" ”

"When the slave maid left the palace yesterday, she asked a few palace maids who knew each other, saying that the crown princess was unconscious, so there shouldn't be anything else." Feng'er whispered to the new moon.

"Anyway, I'm sitting at the end of the line, let's go, let's go to the East Palace to see her." As she spoke, the crescent moon continued to walk forward.

Xinyue felt that she was really destined for the East Palace, and she was very diligent during this time.

The crown princess is seriously ill, and there is no one in charge in the East Palace, and the person who came out to greet the guests is the main person next to the Wang family, Mama Qinniang.

Qin Niang is Wang's nurse, and together with Mei'er, she is her confidant.

"Mama, is the crown princess better today?" Crescent asked as she made her way to the Backrooms.

"Mother, she's already dying." Qin Niang had already cried and swollen her eyes, and she was choked up when she spoke at this time.

"Mama, don't be sad. Niangniang is also uncomfortable, perhaps only by doing this can she express the grief in her heart. With that, Xinyue went to the back room where the Wang family was, under the leadership of Qin Niang

Her bedroom, like her character, was elegant and comfortable, while Wang was lying on the bed, her face pale and unbleed, and her chest occasionally rose and fell, which seemed to be the only evidence that she was alive.

Crescent Moon came to her bedside, and saw that her forehead was covered with gauze four fingers wide, but it still could not be covered, and all the wounds on her forehead, only to see the wounds spreading from the gauze, all the way deep into her hair, and the vertical wound was killing her little by little.

Remembering the last words she said. Xinyue said to Qin Niang, "Mama, can I be alone with Niangniang for a while?" ”

Qin Niang thought for a while, thinking that if the situation was again, she would not be able to suffer anywhere, so she nodded and called away the other palace maids in this room, and Feng'er also went out with them under the instruction of Xinyue, at this time, there were only two people left in this room, Xinyue and Wang.

Before Xinyue could say anything, Wang's chest rose and fell twice, and then opened his eyes.

Xinyue was frightened by the color of her blood, and immediately shouted outside the door, "Qin Niang, quickly pass on the imperial doctor, Niangniang is awake." ”

Wang's eyes were a little confused, and it took a long time to find the focus, and when he looked at the new moon, he asked, "Is the prince back?" ”

Her voice was small, and the crescent moon was only heard when it was closer.

"Niangniang, the crown princess?" Crescent tried to call her, but the Qin Niang and the others ran in again.

"Is the prince back?" Wang Shi still looked at the new moon for a moment, and it was already difficult for her eyes to roll, but she still refused to give up.

"What are you talking about, mother?" Qin Niang asked sadly.

"Today, but our cave room is a candle night, hasn't he come back yet?" Wang still looked at the new moon and asked.

"Niangniang, you, you..." Qin Niang saw Wang talking about this, and immediately cried and knelt beside her bed, "Why are you suffering?" ”

"Prince, Prince, you..." Wang muttered a few times, and lost consciousness again with his head tilted.

When Xinyue saw her close her eyes, her pupils were dilated, and she thought that it was no longer possible, and the imperial doctor stepped forward to treat her, and she was also worried.

Xinyue stood up, she couldn't help here, so she was about to leave, but before she reached the door, it was rumored that "the queen mother has arrived." ”

Crescent Moon had to stand aside, kneeling on the ground and waiting for the queen to come in.

"New moon? There you are. The queen was stunned when she saw Xinyue, and then remembered that the queen mother had summoned her today, so it was not unusual to see her here.

"Yes, good night, mother." The new moon asked for peace.

"Get up, this person is all around here, what's wrong?" The queen's face was haggard, and she was also supported by Aunt Shen beside her, and she barely came over.

"Niangniang, I'm afraid it's not good for our mother." Mei'er listened to the queen's question and replied crying.

Xinyue stood up, "The little girl was in there just now, the crown princess, it's..."

When the queen heard this, her eyebrows only wrinkled, and at this time there was a cry in the house, and the imperial doctor hurriedly ran out, and when she saw the queen, she immediately knelt down, "Niangniang, the crown princess, she, it's gone." ”

Xinyue helped the queen to go in together, she didn't want to go in again, but the queen didn't stand firm all of a sudden, so she held Xinyue, and Xinyue could only go in with her.

I saw that the crown princess who was lying on the bed just now had a white cloth on her face at this time, her chest no longer rose and fell, and a life left like this.

Serving the crown princess, the palace people in the East Palace were crying, and the queen sitting on the edge of the bed reached out and touched Wang's hair, which touched her heart for a while, tears fell and she cried.

Crescent Moon knelt on her side, her head bowed, her eyes were dry, her throat was sore, and she really couldn't cry. Fortunately, in the midst of a cry, she was able to fill up the numbers.

"The queen mother, our mother has gone, and I ask the queen mother to show us, what should we do after our mother's death?" Qin Niang was the first to react, knelt in front of the queen, and asked.

"Yesterday, the palace has ordered the inner division to prepare for the crown princess, and the people of the inner division have received the news, this will come, you and the inner division are discussed, and you must take care of the aftermath of the crown princess. She is a martyr, and she will definitely make her future a model for future generations after she died for the prince this time. The queen's tears were wiped in the handkerchief in her own hand, and after that, there was not a single tear left on her face.

"Mother, the people from the inner division have arrived." Someone outside said, and the queen nodded, "Let them in." ”

As soon as the words fell, a female official in her forties, with her hair combed brightly, dressed in black palace clothes, led a group of palace maids in black at the same time, and after greeting the queen, the female official said, "The slave maid wants to invite the maid and the crescent girl, move outside first, and the slave maid and others want to change into clothes for the princess and the princess." ”

After hearing this, the queen nodded, "Xinyue, let's go to the front hall, Your Majesty has received the news, and I want to come and have a look." ”

"Okay" said, Xinyue and the queen prepared to go out together, who knew that her hand was grabbed by someone, Xinyue was startled, she didn't expect that someone would block her way.

Xinyue lowered her head and looked at the person who was dragging her, Mei'er, the princess's personal maid.

She cried into a tearful person, kneeling on the ground at this time, and fell to the crescent moon with all her strength, the new moon looked at her holding her jade bracelet with both hands, and the new moon was afraid that she would break her bracelet, and said eagerly "bold"

"You killed our mother, and you want to leave." After hearing this, Mei'er pulled Xinyue's arm harder.

Xinyue said angrily, "You mother, but you passed away in front of everyone's eyes, what does it have to do with me, let go of me." ”

The crescent moon couldn't shake it off, and the female officer in black stepped forward and grabbed one of Mei'er's arms, and the hand behind her was on her shoulder, Mei'er immediately felt pain, and the strength in her hand seemed to hang down.

Xinyue secretly said that this female official is really not simple, but now she is too busy to take care of herself, shakes off her hand, and sees that the bracelet on her wrist is fine, and she is relieved.

"This girl is crazy, come on, drag her to the Criminal Division to sober her up." The queen didn't care about these things at all, she glanced at Xinyue, and the relationship between her and this girl was not as good as the bracelet on her hand.

"Queen, as the master of the harem, you actually shielded the person who killed our mother, you, what are your intentions?" Seeing that Mei'er was about to be dragged out, she immediately shouted loudly.

At this time, in this inner room, there were not only people from the East Palace and the queen, but also palace people who came to help, and some people who came to see the excitement.

"Niangniang, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother have arrived, and they are in the front hall, and they want to see Niangniang." There was a rumor outside, the queen knew that after a while, the emperor and the queen mother would know what the palace maid was arguing about.

Seeing that the queen had changed her mind, Xinyue took the initiative to speak and said to Mei'er, "Since you keep saying that I killed your mother, then you say, how did I do it?" ”

"Someone, tie up this palace maid and take her to the front hall." Seeing Xinyue's calmness, the queen opened her mouth and said to Xinyue, "It's not good for Your Majesty and the Queen Mother to wait, you can go to the front hall with the palace." ”

"Yes" Xinyue has no objection, if he leaves at this time, it will be more suspicious.

Going out of the inner chamber with the queen, the new moon heard a thunderclap, she looked up into the air, and there was another lightning bolt, and the bright eyes hurt, and it was about to rain.

When they arrived at the front hall, His Majesty and the Queen Mother sat in the main hall left and right, and His Majesty saw the Queen coming over and said, "There is no need to salute, how is the Crown Princess?" ”

"The concubine body has already let the people of the inner division watch the arrangement." Although His Majesty said so, the Empress still bowed, and so did the New Moon.

After flattening, the new moon walked in front of the queen mother, and the queen mother saw the new moon and smiled reluctantly, "Come on, sit down." ”

"Yes" Xinyue waited for the queen to sit down before she stepped forward and sat on the soft bench beside the queen mother.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, the concubine has something to tell you."

"Say it" The Queen Mother's face was extremely bad, and she said weakly.

"The personal palace maid next to the crown princess, Mei'er told Xinyue that she was the murderer of the crown princess." The queen said embarrassedly.

"Presumptuous, a palace maid with a clear mind, she actually dares to slander the prince and noblewoman, and she will be killed with a rod." The Queen Mother raised her eyes, and she was about to drop Mei'er.

"Indeed, Queen, you would listen to such words." The emperor also felt that this was absurd.

When the queen saw that both of them said this, she was about to expose the matter, but Mei'er shouted out outside the door, "The slave is willing to protect her life, listen to Your Majesty, listen to the words of the slave, our mother is really wronged." ”

"Are all the people out there dead? A girl can't hold it down and drags it down. The Queen Mother listened, dropped the cup, and Xinyue stood up in a panic, "Queen Mother, stop being angry." ”

"Queen Mother, this girl has shouted these words several times all the way, and many people in the palace have heard it, if it spreads, it will not be good for Xinyue's reputation."

Crescent frowned and didn't speak.

"In this case, if it can be spread through such a high palace wall, you, the queen, don't have to do it." The Queen Mother pulled the new moon and let the new moon sit down anew.

"Yes, the concubine knows her mistake. Come on, send down..."

"Mother, wait a minute." Xinyue quickly thought about the whole thing, and was really a little curious, what was Mei'er going to do to blame this sure thing on her head, and who was behind her. Now the new moon can exclude the emperor and the queen mother in this room. The queen she didn't doubt it, so Xinyue felt that she had an enemy, and she didn't know who she was, she wanted to find out.

"What's wrong?" The queen didn't expect that the new moon would take the initiative to stop her.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, the little girl is sitting upright, you don't have to make this windless and shadowless thing as if it was a palace secret, and please ask the Queen Mother to investigate this matter thoroughly, and return the little girl to innocence." As she spoke, Crescent Moon knelt on the ground.

"Why are you doing this?" The Queen Mother was a little surprised, this is something of no value, why waste time.

"It's about the innocence of the little girl, and I ask the mother to call the shots." Crescent Moon didn't listen and leaned down.

"In that case, let's check it, and the mourning family and the emperor will also listen to it."

"Yes," replied His Majesty, clapping his hands.

"Since the Queen Mother agreed, Xinyue, you also want to prove your innocence, okay, then this palace will be the person who presides over the trial, Xinyue, you get up first."

"Yes," he said, and the new moon stood up.

"Bring Mei'er in." The queen ordered, and Mei'er was pushed in through the door.

Mei'er's mouth was already gagged, and she couldn't speak.

The queen said, "This palace will give you a chance to speak, and after taking off the cloth, you will say whatever you ask, and if there are any more disrespectful words, you will be killed immediately." ”

Mei'er couldn't stop nodding, so the female official next to the queen took off the cloth from Mei'er's mouth. She glared at Crescent Moon as if she had really killed her master.

"This palace asks you, why did you testify against the crescent moon, and what evidence do you have?"

"The night before, our mother was upset, with the slave maid from the east palace in the lotus pond to meet this slut, the mother of the slave and maid, and the slut in the lotus pond after talking, our mother was in a trance, tears did not stop, and then went back to the inner room to rest, but also pretended to sleep to branch the slave and the maid and others, a few hours later, on their own, went to the spirit of His Royal Highness, fell in front of the prince's coffin, this slut is near, must be this slut, said the words that stimulate our mother, and what did she do in front of the prince's spirit."

"That night, did you see the crown princess?" The queen asked.

Xinyue nodded, "Yes, the little girl is on the bridge of the lotus pond in the East Palace, and she has seen the crown princess." ”

"What about the prince Lingqian?" The queen asked again, "What's the matter?" ”

"That day, the sky was bright, and the little girl wanted to leave and return home after keeping vigil in front of the prince's spirit. At that time, the king of Jin was also there, he came out with the little girl, the two of us just arrived in front of the palace, the little girl was talking to her maid, and heard another muffled sound in the palace, and when the little girl went in, the princess was already lying in front of the coffin with her head covered with blood, and the things behind it, there are several witnesses, there is no doubt. "The new moon is clear, and the events of that day are told from beginning to end.

"After that, you haven't seen the crown princess again until just now? How are we doing today? ”

"Yes, today is the Queen Mother who summoned the little girl into the palace, and the Queen Mother has a guest..."

Xinyue said that she was also a little puzzled, because after this series of things, there was no evidence at all, and she could stand on her feet, saying that she had harmed the crown princess, why did this Mei'er still slander herself so much, was it just to vent her anger to her master, not what she thought at the beginning, what was the mastermind behind the scenes?

Just as the new moon was coming out of his mind, His Majesty spoke, "Then, on the lotus pond, what did you say to the crown princess?" Did you say anything to stimulate the crown princess? ”

Xinyue frowned, and now it seems that even His Majesty has a concern about this matter.