Wu Jieyu couldn't wait for the evening, came out of the Penglai Palace, waited in the Zichen Palace, and when she saw Li Heng going to the court, she went into the palace.

Li Heng was still reading the excerpts, and when he saw her coming in, he didn't raise his head, and asked lightly: "As a harem concubine, you should still understand what your duty is, stay in the harem, and don't always run to the front court." ”

Wu Jieyu said in her heart, "The Queen Mother is also the harem concubine of the first emperor" in her throat, but she didn't say it. In the end, she still has a little sense, knowing that her identity cannot be compared with the Queen Mother for the time being, and if she really says it, she is afraid that she will be disgusted by Her Majesty.

She adjusted her mood slightly, walked to Li Heng's side, and showed a sweet and coquettish smile, "Your Majesty, yesterday's concubine...... The concubine saw a lot of ...... by the pool of Taiye There are so many snakes, but they can frighten the concubine! So...... Therefore, the concubine was not worried about Your Majesty, so she specially sent His Majesty a purse of herbs to prevent snakes and insects......"

"Oh, put it down." Li Heng's tone was still light, and he didn't seem to notice the sentence "It's terrifying to the concubine" that she didn't deliberately emphasize just now, but in fact her tone was very heavy.

Wu Jieyu was a little frustrated, but still didn't give up, and her tone began to become a little pitiful: "The concubine is the most afraid of snakes, and I don't know how there are so many snakes in Daming Palace, the concubine also found a nest of snake eggs in the flower pot that the Queen Mother rewarded the concubine last night, Your Majesty, you don't know how terrible it is......"

Speaking of the back, her tone was a little crying.

This sentence finally made Li Heng raise his head, but there was no concern in his eyes, but he frowned, quite displeased: "What do you mean, or blame the Queen Mother for not rewarding you with flowers?" ”

Wu Jieyu looked even more aggrieved, "How dare the concubine mean this, the concubine just said...... I just don't understand how there are snake eggs in the flower pot, and the concubine has been afraid of snakes since she was a child......"

Li Heng already has a purse containing realgar and mugwort leaves and other things on his body at this moment, which was given by the Queen Mother before the court in the morning. Last night, Wu Jieyu screamed when she encountered a snake by the Taiye Pool, and then went to the Shang Pharmacy to get realgar, at this time the Empress Dowager Guo had already ordered someone to go to the Taiye Pool to catch snakes.

Then, of course, the Penglai Hall was also ordered to be carefully inspected inside and out, although nothing unusual was found.

In this matter, Empress Dowager Guo also seemed to have nagged Li Heng unintentionally.

Therefore, when Wu Jieyu mentioned it again with a complaining attitude, for Li Heng, it was no longer lethal. Although he was instigated by Wu Jieyu a few days ago to have some unpleasant disputes with Empress Dowager Guo, in the end, it was his mother who was connected by blood, and it was not something that a little girl who had only been together for a few months could easily get separated.

When he heard that there were snakes in Daming Palace, the first thing he thought about was whether his mother would be fine. And snake eggs appeared in the flower pot, in fact, Li Heng knew very well how much his mother cherished the flowers under his eaves. At the beginning, Li Heng felt that Wu Jieyu was a bit too much to ask for her flowers, but now he is more concerned about whether there will be problems in other flower pots.

What's more, before he could ask today, news had already come from the Ministry that the Fenzhou Governor had sent a secret letter and took the initiative to say that Wu Jieyu's father had embezzled money and food for disaster relief.

He also had an impression of the Fen River flood the year before last.

At that time, in order to quell Wu Yuanji's rebellion, the military expenditure was huge, and the treasury was somewhat unable to make ends meet, and it was almost impossible to take out the money to manage the flood of the Fen River. It was Empress Dowager Guo who was sympathetic to the innocent suffering of the people, so she sold two shops in Dongshi and raised the first money out of her own pocket.

The Guo family also responded vigorously, taking the lead in transferring millions of money from various shops for disaster relief, so that many courtiers and wealthy families in the capital followed suit, and only then did they raise a sum of money and food for disaster relief and hurriedly sent it to Fenzhou.

Even Li Heng himself raised two thousand catties of grain from his own food and put it in.

And now, he suddenly got the news that a large part of this money and grain was embezzled by corrupt officials and was not delivered to the people at all, which should be a big impact for a young emperor who is not very experienced!

Moreover, the governor of Fenzhou is an orderly person, and he listed the collected evidence one by one in the secret letter, which is not believed by anyone.

Therefore, Wu Jieyu's grievances yesterday were wasted, not only did they not play the slightest role, but on the contrary, His Majesty began to doubt her words, and even disgusted them.

Even if Wu Jieyu took the rare initiative to come to Zichen Hall to show her goodwill this time, Li Heng was only faint, "I know." ”

He just said he knew? Wu Jieyu didn't believe her ears a little, pinched the purse in her hand again, and repeated again: "Your Majesty, this purse ...... Please also make sure that Your Majesty wears ......"

Li Heng's zhu pen approved a few words on a folding, reached out and took another one, and said casually: "Oh, the Queen Mother has already given it to me in the morning." ”

Dowager? Already given?

Wu Jieyu suddenly understood the cause and effect of His Majesty's very cold treatment of her today. It turned out that the Queen Mother had taken precautions and had said all her lines in advance, it seems that she underestimated the old witch!

She pressed her chest and saluted slowly: "In this way, the concubine will go back first." ”

Wu Jieyu returned to the Chengxiang Hall sullenly, leaning on her head in the dormitory. When several palace maids saw that her face was not good, they were afraid of touching the moldy head, so they all went from head to outside to guard. Lily of the valley saw that there was no one around her master, so she had to stand guard at the door.

After staying for a while, I was a little bored, and I got up to get the work that I had nothing to do on weekdays, but when I walked to the counter, I heard a sound under the cabinet.

Reminiscent of the terrifying experience of meeting the snake last night, Wu Jieyu screamed in fright, "Come on, come on!" ”

Lily of the valley hurriedly ran in and saw that the master was pointing to the bottom of the cabinet with a frightened face, and Lily of the Valley was also startled, and quickly knelt on the ground to look at the bottom of the cabinet. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, when you look at it, your face suddenly turned pale, and her voice trembled: "Niangniang, go to the main hall......"

At the bottom of the cabinet was a tabby snake, about four or five feet long, spitting letters, which was terrifying.

Lily of the valley settled Wu Jieyu in the main hall, and then hurriedly ran to call a few little eunuchs to catch snakes.

Wu Jieyu was once again frightened, even more frightened than she had received last night by the Taiye Pool. You know, this is her dormitory, and she sprinkled a lot of realgar in the house last night, why would there be snakes crawling in today? Or is the snake in the house?

The more Wu Jieyu thought about it, the more scared she became, she would have to go to His Majesty to cry a long time ago, but now she just came out of Zichen Palace, obviously Your Majesty is not happy today, and her crying may only make him more irritable. Wu Jieyu has this self-knowledge to some extent, but the more she has a clear consciousness, the more helpless she feels.

Because since she entered the palace, she has always been His Majesty's favorite, and she has the most opportunities to sleep, and she even often shows off the rewards of His Majesty and the Queen Mother in front of the concubines.

Pingsu didn't think there was anything wrong, but when something happened, she remembered that she didn't have a close friend. Even though she was a little afraid to stay in Chengxiang Hall at this time, she suddenly found that she had nowhere to go. The other concubines, I'm afraid they are gloating at this time waiting to see her jokes, right?

Wu Jieyu stubbornly moved a chair and sat in the center of the main hall, and called three or four palace maids to stay next to her. The hall is empty on all sides, so you're not afraid that a snake will quietly burrow in front of her, right?

Wu Jieyu sat in the main hall in embarrassment for an afternoon, and finally couldn't help it, so she went to Zichen Palace.

She was really scared, this time Chu Chu was pitiful and not pretending at all, and even began to be a little nervous. Li Heng finally felt a little unbearable, and there were already snakes in the Chengxiang Palace, so he didn't feel at ease, so he allowed her to stay in the Zichen Hall at night.

But the experience of seeing the snake again and again has become a lingering nightmare for Wu Jieyu, and she can't sleep at all.

As soon as she closed her eyes, she felt a large group of tabby snakes surrounding her, spitting scarlet letters at her, twisting and twisting towards her, forcing her to retreat. She sat up screaming, she was already sweating profusely, and even Li Heng was awakened by her.

After coaxing her for a while, she quieted down, but as soon as she fell asleep, she dreamed that a huge snake was at her feet, and opened its mouth to her, hissing and spitting letters, but she could not move.

"Ahh

When he woke up again, Li Heng yawned sleepily, a little distressed. He was tired and tired from a hard day's work, and he had just over an hour left to get up and go to morning morning.

He reluctantly reached out to pat her back to comfort her, and when he touched his hand, he found that she was already soaked in cold sweat.

He had to sit up, "That's it, I won't sleep anymore, I'll sit with you for a while." Don't think nonsense, there will be no snakes in Zichen Palace, there will be me. ”

Even he felt strange, how could he have seen so many snakes in Daming Palace for so many years? Even if there are occasionally one or two in the grass by the pool, they won't run into the house!

Moreover, from the beginning of the sting to the present, I have never heard of others seeing snakes, since last night said that there were snakes, the Queen Mother has ordered the Provincial Monk Palace Bureau to urgently search and clean up everywhere, except for a few caught by the Taiye Pool, no other snakes have been found, and Wu Jieyu, who is most afraid of snakes, lives in a place where snake eggs and snakes live.

Accompanied Wu Jieyu to sit for a while, said some light gossip, and when it was time for the last dynasty, Li Heng ordered someone to pass the imperial doctor to Wu Jieyu to see, and told Wu Jieyu to rest in the dormitory of Zichen Hall first, and then went up to the court with two dark circles under his eyes.

The imperial doctor came to see it, and only said that he was frightened and needed to recuperate, and then prescribed a calming prescription and handed it to Lily of the Valley.

Li Heng accompanied Wu Jieyu for two days, and finally couldn't stay up, and on the third day, he was so sleepy that he even fell asleep in the morning, so he had to rest in the study by himself.

Wu Jieyu is actually worse than him, even in Zichen Palace, it is still inevitable that he will not have demons, he can't eat well and sleep well, and in just a few days, his eye sockets are deep, haggard, and his appearance has lost three points.

At this time, there are still letters at home urging her why she hasn't pleaded with His Majesty yet, where does she still have the spirit to intercede! Moreover, although Li Heng hasn't turned over other people's brands in the past few days, Wu Jieyu has already faintly felt that he treats her as well as before, and she has no chance to speak!