The Queen Mother retracted her gaze: "But what the emperor wants, it's not that she is clear in her heart, nor does it mean that we don't believe her, the emperor wants to return her innocence and let her walk out of the Jade Cui Palace with dignity, isn't it?" ”

Jingchen pursed her lips, and after half a sound, she finally admitted that she was discouraged: "Yes, but my son is useless, torture for a night, and only ask about these things that are not helpful to her." ”

"Have you ever thought that maybe these confessions are true?" The Queen Mother squinted her eyes and turned her body a little, "If you really want to talk about it, in fact, the mourning family and you don't know this girl very well, what kind of temperament she has when she is outside the palace, does the emperor know?" What kind of temperament was when he was a palace maid, and did the emperor know it? If a person is determined to disguise himself, how can he tell by his eyes and ears alone? Is the emperor really not suspicious of this confession? ”

Jingchen looked at the Queen Mother, and was not angry because of the Queen Mother's repetition, on the contrary, the Queen Mother could ask him like this, but instead removed a stone in Jingchen's heart.

On the way here, he had already thought about such a possibility in his heart.

As an emperor, he was sensitive and suspicious in his bones, and the moment he heard the testimony he received after the torture, he was indeed shaken.

He didn't really know Ruyi, at least not enough now, Ruyi didn't know him completely, she had seen some of his gentle or willful irritability, but there were more intimidating things, Ruyi hadn't had time to see it.

These words he suppressed in his heart, it is impossible to take the initiative to mention, he has learned to hide the words in the depths of his heart since he was nine years old, the queen mother asked, he just pushed the boat to talk about it, the habits in his bones can not be changed.

"My son has thought about it." Jingchen's voice sounded a little hoarse, "My son remembers. . . When I met her on the palace road. ”

"Wen's situation is miserable, and he doesn't even have a piece of hot carbon."

"She is a little palace maid, alone, trembling, going to the Qianzheng Palace to ask to see her son, not for herself, but for the master who is good to her, but has not been able to let her live a good life."

"My son remembered that she was huddled on the ground, her fingers were still wrapped in bandages, for a piece of blood swallow, she dirty her son's road, and almost lost her life, that day she was wearing a very old jacket, and when she raised her face in a panic and joy, the tip of her nose was red from the cold, but those eyes were really clean, just happy for her son to be willing to see Wen's, that's all."

Jingchen paused, he looked at the ground, and the corners of his mouth had a very shallow but gentle arc: "Although my son doesn't know what kind of person she was before she entered the palace, my son values her because of her bravery and loyalty, because she is clean, and the evidence of the execution is very good, saying that it was because the minions of the Huanxi Bureau humiliated the Wen family, she made this decision to teach them a lesson, but when the son thought about it carefully, he felt that it shouldn't be like this, she was not a person who did such a thing, she herself was born as a slave and maid. She wouldn't know that once she was convicted, it would cost more than a dozen lives, she wouldn't do it, she would be upright and ask for an answer she wanted. ”

"What a dignified one." The Queen Mother chuckled.

Because of these four words, the Queen Mother also remembered what she said to herself when she summoned Ruyi for the first time.

It's true.

She wouldn't do such a thing.

will not cause trouble for himself and Jingchen during the New Year's Festival.

She is a sensible and intelligent child, the Queen Mother has been teaching by her side for so long, if she can't even see her temperament clearly, she will be in vain in this deep palace for a lifetime.

She asked Jingchen what she really thought, and she was also steadfast in her heart, she was afraid that Jingchen would say that she believed it, but there was a seed of doubt buried in her heart, which would take root one day in the future, and once the rift between the two spread, there would be no way to repair it.

She has seen too many such things, suspicious and cautious, often have to be used in the right place, measured, and can only grasp it with her own heart, what the Queen Mother can do is only to guide a little.

"In that case, the emperor will send the confession, and the mourning family will present it to Princess Rui." The Queen Mother took the tea cup at hand.

Jingchen was anxious and wanted to listen to it together, but his brain turned fast and he stopped before he could say anything, he still had his own things to do.

The princes and ministers are still waiting for him.

He can't deliberately stay because of a small and constant thing in the harem.

With the Queen Mother and the Queen presiding, it is enough.

It was Jingchen who only said yes in the end, and after sitting for a while, he got up and left the Yongshou Palace.

Li Shuanglin watched Jingchen enter with a gloomy face, and when he came out again, the expression between his eyebrows had eased a lot, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart, wondering if the Queen Mother had some way, but he didn't dare to ask, and waited for Jingchen to get into the sedan chair before asking if there was a place to go.

Jingchen pondered for a moment and decided to go over to Prince Xun's side.

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The confession from the execution department was sent to Yongshou Palace in the afternoon.

The queen followed closely, took the confession from the queen mother's hand and read it carefully, and then raised her eyes thoughtfully to look at the queen mother's face, and did not hurry to make any judgments.

The Queen Mother lowered her eyes and fiddled with the incense pieces in the incense burner, and said softly: "After tossing all night, the result is in your hands, Princess Rui is still waiting for news, and the queen will invite someone." ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, and always felt that the queen mother had something to say but couldn't guess it really, so she could only ask one more question: "Will it be passed on now?" ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyes: "Is it possible to delay it until dinner and let everyone come to see this excitement?" ”

The queen hurriedly lowered her eyes, complied, and then turned around and ordered, asking Zhao Yuan to hurry up and pass the word and invite Princess Rui over.

After doing this, the queen looked at the confession in her hand again, and said tentatively: "Ke Chang is really loyal to the Wen family, even if it is... The queen paused lightly, and then endured the half sentence before continuing, "How can the words of the minions be taken so seriously? ”

The Queen Mother was still leisurely fiddling with the spices in her hands, unable to see anything, and did not answer the queen's words, but asked, "Where is Yuelang?" ”

The queen chuckled: "Yuelang Ji hangs on Minmin, the morning has passed, the two little girls are noisy, and the relationship is very good." ”

The Queen Mother bowed: "It's a good thing that the children have a good relationship, and when they grow up and have their own thoughts, they don't have such good feelings, and the mourning family still remembers that when they were young, Jing'an was the most pestering the emperor, and now they also have their own hearts, and they are a little restrained when they come back, and they have grown up in the end." ”

"Prince Xun set up his own mansion, and the emperor is not as good as before, although he has grown up and is stable, but the concubine thinks that Prince Xun still respects the emperor very much in his heart, and the relationship between the two brothers is still deep." The queen knew that the queen mother sighed, Prince Ying and Prince Rui, the two brothers were really not worry-free, "The concubines are also looking forward to the grievances and grievances of our generation can be eliminated in Yuelang and Minmin, and in the future, Yuelang can always have someone around her to talk to, she has no sisters now, she will be big girls in the future, brothers and sisters are still young, concubines. I'm always afraid that she will be alone. ”

In this palace, except for the concubines, they are slaves.

Even if she has herself, but the girl is going to grow up after all, she can't accompany Yuelang for a lifetime, the queen hopes that Yuelang can also have a good friend by her side, although Minmin is pampered, but now it seems that she is still a frank and hearty character, the queen has a thought in her heart, and she has said it here, so she simply mentioned it to the Queen Mother: "Yuelang is going to ask Aunt Xi to teach, the concubine thinks that Minmin and Yuelang are the same age, and Aunt Liangpei's class is not something that anyone can attend, so it is better to give Prince Rui's Mansion this grace to show the Queen Mother's gift, and also let the two girls be companions." ”

The queen mother made a move in her hand, looked at the queen with a side face, didn't say good, didn't say bad, the queen's heart for her daughter, the queen mother can understand, parents love children, they are all similar, the queen now only has such a daughter, Yuelang is all she has.

And something like this happened, Min Min entered the palace to study, which can be regarded as a kind of appeasement to Prince Rui's mansion.

The most important thing is that Min Min stayed in the palace, which was also a kind of containment to Prince Rui's mansion, the queen's proposal was good, but the queen mother still had something to consider, so she didn't say anything for the time being, only said: "You teach Yuelang very well, she will understand the truth of dignity and loneliness, and she will grow into a very good appearance." ”

The queen's eyes were a little hot, and she quietly wiped her side face away, and responded vaguely.

Accompanied the Queen Mother to sit silently for a while, and it didn't take long for Zhaoyuan to come back from outside and say that Princess Rui had arrived.

The Queen Mother let the pass on, and soon Princess Rui came in, saluted the Queen Mother and the Queen and sat down.

She took a deep breath, straightened her back, and stood upright, waiting to hear the outcome of yesterday's events.

But the Queen Mother didn't rush to say this, the incense burner was removed by Mo Yan, and the Queen Mother took the Buddha beads in her hand and slowly moved them in her hand: "Yuelang went to your side in the morning, are you naughty?" ”

Princess Rui was stunned for a moment, she originally held her breath to see the confession, but she didn't expect the Queen Mother to talk about her parents, and the breath she was holding was dissipated at once, so she could only pull the corners of her mouth and reply to the Queen Mother's words: "The princess is the most sensible, and Min Min was very happy when she passed, and ran to the back of the yard to catch fish with nets, and the minions followed, and thanks to the princess going, the concubine came out so smoothly, otherwise she would always be pestered, and she had to coax for a while." ”

The Queen Mother smiled and bowed: "My daughter is like this, you have both children and daughters, and no one has such a good blessing as you." ”

Speaking of this, Princess Rui's face also showed joy: "What blessings can the concubine have, but the left is just stained with the blessings of the Queen Mother." ”

"What about Yongyan and Yongfeng?" The queen also asked, "I'm afraid boys don't like to catch fish and play." ”

Princess Rui's face flashed with two points of displeasure, probably because the queen mentioned Yongfeng and Yongyan together, but when she talked about her son, she was still very energetic: "I followed the prince on horseback, and I was thinking about it before I entered the palace, and it was noisy this morning." After speaking, he deliberately added, "Yongfeng also went." ”

seems to be afraid that someone will think that she treats each other partially, but the last sentence is dry, without any feelings, unlike when she talked about Yongyan, her eyes are shining.

"It's a good thing that boys like to ride horses and shoot arrows, and they will definitely be as heroic as the prince in the future." The queen also praised decently, and then looked at the queen mother, the queen mother didn't speak, she was not in a hurry to talk about yesterday's events, and the confession folded in her hand was hot.

Princess Rui was said like this, when she came in just now, the anger around her body dissipated in an instant, Yongyan and Min Min are her pride, and they are all of hers, speaking of these two children, she will always have endless topics, listening to others praise her children, her heart is even more happy, but she is humble on her lips, but the smug smile on her face is uncontrollable.

The Queen Mother saw that Princess Rui was in a good mood, and then said slowly: "You have brought the child very well, and the mourning family also likes it in the heart, Min Min hurt her finger yesterday, and the mourning family is also as distressed as you." ”

Hearing the queen mother say that she was distressed, Princess Rui felt better, and by the way, she told the complaints that had accumulated all night, she patted her heart, frowned, and said: "The queen mother can understand the concubine body, the concubine body and the prince, just such a daughter, she has never fallen since she was a child, she lost so much blood yesterday, and she cried decently, and the concubine body now thinks of Min Min's cry, her heart hurts and tightens, and Min Min's fingers are so open, just like drawing on the concubine's body and mind, the concubine speaks directly, and the queen mother doesn't blame the concubine, and she takes the liberty of saying, The queen mother and the queen mother are both mothers, and their children suddenly suffer such a crime, and the concubine body will not be able to get over this hurdle no matter what. ”

The Queen Mother bowed her head and said with relief: "The mourning family naturally understands, and naturally wants to give Minmin an explanation and justice." ”

Princess Rui took a deep breath at this time, didn't get excited anymore, took out her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes.

After listening to the Queen Mother's words, the queen was finally able to take out the confession at hand: "The person in charge of the execution department has sent a confession, and the words of the slaves, Princess Rui will take a look." ”

The queen didn't say anything to death, but it was a one-sided word, and it was also an opening to speculate on the queen mother's attitude.

Princess Rui didn't listen carefully, took the confession handed by the queen and read it, and finally stood up angrily: "Ke Chang is trying to punish the slaves, making fun of children?!" The concubine looked at her on purpose! ”

The slave next to her hurriedly stepped forward to support Princess Rui, and whispered to remind her not to shout loudly in front of the Queen Mother.

Princess Rui's face changed, but she still sat back obediently.

She folded up the confession and said in a deep voice: "What is the Queen Mother going to do with Ke Changzai?" ”

The Queen Mother held the Buddha beads calmly, glanced at Mo Yan with a side face, Mo Yan bowed her head, walked out quickly, and let people come in.

Soon there were a bunch of minions kneeling in front of him, it was a few palace maids who came up in the main hall last night, and Qingchun and Changfu who were tortured to the point that they had no good place to live.

The Queen Mother didn't look at them, but just said to Princess Rui: "You have read the testimony, and then listen to other words, these minions have to pry a few more times before they can spit clean." ”

Princess Rui looked at the tragic situation in front of her, but she lost her anger by two points, and felt that the impact was a little strong, but she lost the strength just now, and her tone was a little weaker: "Yes." ”

She subconsciously leaned sideways to the queen, not wanting to see these bloody scenes.

On the contrary, the Queen Mother sat upright, swept the minions below with cold eyes, Mo Yan interrogated the Queen Mother, and exchanged a look with Shen Yun who was waiting outside the door, and immediately someone brought a pot of hot red charcoal up.

The hot air rushed in front of Qingchun and Chang Fu's heads, and the two of them shrank back, but they didn't dare to hide.

After a while, another slave was thrown in from outside, Princess Rui didn't recognize it, but the queen remembered from the side face that it was the palace maid who followed Ruyi earlier, it seemed to be called Momiji.

Her face turned pale at this time, and she was forcibly dragged up by Aunt Shenyun, and after seeing the scene in front of her clearly, her whole person began to tremble wildly.

also trembled badly, as well as Qingchun and Chang Fu.

They originally thought that they would be fine after surviving this wave, and they would definitely be able to live a good life with this credit in the future.

But the cruel sound of judgment has only fallen now, Chang Fu's brain is buzzing, and it is a dead end before and after, what should I do?

He subconsciously looked sideways at Qingchun next to him, and found that Qingchun's eyes widened, as if he had lost his soul.

Then, Aunt Mo Yan's voice sounded above her head: "Spread the meaning of the Queen Mother, I want you to be here, and confirm your confession clearly again, the Queen Mother is willing to give you a chance, if you can not change your words after suffering this red carbon, it can be regarded as proving your innocence." ”

After speaking, Mo Yan's eyes fell on Hongye's face, who was unconsciously frightened and crying, and soon a few eunuchs came in, each of whom put hot carbon and raised it to the face of this group of minions: "The Queen Mother asked, are the minions around the Wen family really as loyal as the confession said?" ”

After asking, the carbon was about to fall, and Princess Rui's heart tightened and she frowned.

However, the imaginary scorching screams did not sound, and the first to scream and shout for mercy was Hongye, her eyes widened, and she pointed at Chang Fu and Qingchun and said, "Queen Mother!" Dowager! The slave said! The slave said! The two of them, the two of them never did their best when they were on errands by Wen's side, the slave maid and Chang Fu are fellow countrymen, he often comes to the slave maid, saying that the Wen family is useless, he doesn't want to suffer with her, he wants to change the master to serve, the confession is fake, it is fake! He's not a loyal man at all! He and Ruyi. No, no, he and Ke are always here, and it is absolutely impossible to have any relationship! ”

Momiji shouted in a trembling breath, for fear that if he said it a second late, his face would be ruined.

She didn't dare to shake out the matter of Hui Guifei, she didn't want to go out from the Queen Mother and die at the hands of Hui Guifei, she was also sure that Chang Fu and Qingchun didn't dare to say it, so she only insisted that Chang Fu was not loyal, and she couldn't care what others did, so it was true to keep herself first.

Chang Fu looked at Hongye in shock, resentment flashed in his eyes, but there was blood in his throat, he struggled to say something, but only made a vague tone.

Before he could recover from this shock, Qingchun next to him opened his mouth in a hoarse voice: "Minion. . . The minion also lied, in fact, it was not Ke Chang's idea at all, all of this was the minion's master, that is, the idea of Chang Fu around him! He used to have a dislike with Ke Chang, and he was afraid that Ke Chang would clean him up once he gained power, so he did. only let the slave do such a thing, and wanted to frame Ke Changzai, and the words on the confession were all said by him who taught the slave! If the slave doesn't do this, he threatens to make the slave unable to live, beg the queen mother for mercy, ask the queen mother for mercy! ”

Qingchun kowtowed and smashed it with a muffled sound.

He was blank, just numbly talking.

The promise of the sea is not what Chang Fu heard.

From the very beginning, Qingchun was to exchange his life for the rest of his family, and if he didn't agree, the whole family would die.

He didn't have a choice.

The master above had already told him that if the confession didn't work, he would immediately put everything on Chang Fu's head.

On the Huangquan Road, they were two masters and apprentices, and they became companions.