After Wu Jieyu struggled for four or five days, she finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell ill completely.

It was unreasonable for the concubine to live in the Zichen Palace, and she was a sick person, and she was afraid that she would be too sick to His Majesty, so Shiquan and the others were already discussing moving her back to the Chengxiang Hall or moving to the Changge. Although they deliberately lowered their voices when they spoke, Wu Jieyu, who was sick, didn't know if her hearing was extraordinarily keen, and she still heard their words clearly.

She didn't want to go back to Chengxiang Palace, and when she remembered that there was once a snake under the cabinet, she didn't even have the courage to enter the dormitory. But Changge, that place is remote, and the palace is dilapidated, living in it is basically equivalent to entering a cold palace. And she is still sick, she has no money and no power, if she falls out of favor, she will only be spurned and forgotten by everyone, this time, I am afraid that she will not be able to turn over for the rest of her life.

No, she is only sixteen years old, and she can't be buried in the cold palace like this in this life!

She has thought a lot about the days when she is sick in bed, and she has slowly come up with some clues. Her father's embezzlement of disaster relief funds was a matter of the year before last, why did he suddenly make a fuss now? As soon as my father had an accident here, snakes began to be made in the palace, and it was to make trouble for her Chengxiang Palace.

At this time when I offended the Queen Mother, it was a bit too much of a coincidence.

Moreover, at this time, she slowly recalled the attitude of the Queen Mother for a while before, and felt that it was a little too kind.

All these questions, all the threads, finally pointed to the Penglai Palace. In the end, ginger is still old and spicy!

Thinking of this, Wu Jieyu struggled to sit up and instructed Lily of the Valley: "Change clothes for the palace." ”

Lily of the valley hurriedly went over to support Wu Jieyu, who couldn't even sit steadily, and persuaded: "Jieyu should rest well, the illness is not yet well, don't go out to blow the wind." ”

Wu Jieyu pushed her hand away, "The illness of this palace, I'm afraid it can't be cured by the imperial doctor, this palace is going to Penglai Hall to change clothes for this palace." ”

Lily of the valley had to change her clothes and help her out of the Zichen Palace.

From Zichen Hall to Penglai Palace, it took almost a quarter of an hour for Wu Jieyu to walk in a short distance, and she stopped two or three times on the way before she arrived at the door of Penglai Palace.

Chonglou, who was busy working outside the main hall, saw her, and there was sarcasm in his eyes, "Yo, isn't this Wu Jieyu, what kind of wind blew your favorite concubine to Penglai Palace, look at this little white face, or take care of your illness in Zichen Palace, don't let the wind of our Penglai Hall blow it down!" ”

Wu Jieyu came to beg for help, even if the palace maid of Penglai Hall spoke to her like this, she didn't dare to refute, she only lowered her head and said softly: "Concubine...... I came to greet the Queen Mother. ”

Seeing that Wu Jieyu had changed her ordinary and high-spirited appearance, Chonglou smiled meaningfully, "Jieyu has a heart, and she is sick and still wants to come to greet the Queen Mother." ”

She didn't feel embarrassed anymore, and let Wu Jieyu enter the Penglai Palace.

The Queen Mother still looks kind, sitting idly in the main hall and drinking tea. In Wu Jieyu's impression, the Queen Mother seems to always be like this, no joy, no anger, no sorrow and no anger, so that people can never think of what she is thinking in her heart.

At first, Wu Jieyu thought she didn't think about anything, but now it seems that she was so wrong. What the Queen Mother thought in her heart was probably something that she had not been able to achieve for many years.

Wu Jieyu walked in front of the Empress Dowager Guo, and bowed down with the support of Lily of the Valley: "Concubine Wu has seen the Empress Dowager." ”

Empress Dowager Guo didn't embarrass her, telling her not to be polite. In the past, this Wu Jieyu liked to hold and pinch it the most, and always liked to make a weak posture, but today she is really weak, her face is as pale as paper, her eyes are deep-set, and both eye circles are dark and blue, even if she has been specially groomed, the whole person is still haggard.

Lily of the valley is a discerning person, and she knows that Jieyu has something important to say to the queen mother, so she went down first to find a reason.

Wu Jieyu bit her lip, thought about it in her heart for a long time, and finally opened her mouth, "The Queen Mother, the concubine has already known her mistake, please ask the Queen Mother to be gracious!" ”

"Kaien?" Empress Dowager Guo's eyes always fell on the tea cup, and she gently flicked the foam of the tea leaves, "The mourning family doesn't know what Jieyu meant!" ”

Wu Jieyu was almost about to cry, gritted her teeth, couldn't care about her weak body, and fell to her knees with a poof, "The Queen Mother spares her life, she is not a concubine, the concubine is self-righteous, she doesn't know the height of the sky, she tries to separate the Queen Mother and His Majesty's mother and son, and the concubine deserves death!" ”

Empress Dowager Guo looked at her with a smile, "Really? This is all what you said, and the mourning family didn't say that yours was not. She paused, "Since you yourself said that your sin deserves death, what do you want to do when you come to see the mourning family?" ”

Wu Jieyu kept banging her head on the floor tiles, "Queen Mother, even if the concubine's father is not in a thousand ways, he is also the concubine's father, and the concubine doesn't want her own fault to affect her family." Now that the concubine has known her mistake, please ask the Queen Mother to spare the concubine's family for the sake of the concubine's service to His Majesty...... also spared the life of the concubine......"

Empress Dowager Guo put the teacup on the table and said lightly: "You get up, don't behave like this, lest you turn around and complain to Your Majesty, saying that the mourning family ignores your body, punishes you for kneeling, and makes you break your forehead!" ”

Here, the pothos went up and helped her up neatly.

Empress Dowager Guo's gaze at her suddenly turned cold at this time, and Wu Jieyu felt that she seemed to have become another person, so she only heard her say: "Since you also know that you are not in a thousand ways, and your father is also in a thousand ways, why should the mourning family spare you?" There are so many women who have served His Majesty, and all the mourning families have to indulge her in Daming Palace! ”

Empress Dowager Guo's words are tantamount to admitting that her father's affairs and the snakes in Daming Palace are her handiwork. Speaking of which, Guo Nianyun himself had encountered a snake once in the East Palace back then, but that time was much more thrilling than this, and the person who released the snake really wanted her and Heng'er's lives.

Wu Jieyu knelt down again, but this time she didn't kowtow, but put her whole body on the ground, and her tone was firm, "The Queen Mother is above, Jieyu Wu already knows that she is wrong, and from now on she will serve Your Majesty well, honor the Queen Mother well, no longer be arrogant, no longer extravagant hope for things that do not belong to her-ask the Queen Mother for mercy!" ”

Empress Dowager Guo didn't speak for a long time, as if she was chewing on how sincere her words were.

Wu Jieyu lay on the ground, as if she had been waiting for a long hundred years, and finally heard Empress Dowager Guo say: "Get up, don't kneel down." ”

At this moment, the cold aura on her body seemed to have been fully constricted, as if she was still the kind Queen Mother, and the Empress Dowager Guo, who was exuding a trembling cold air all over her body, seemed to have never appeared.

Wu Jieyu breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Empress Dowager Guo pick up the teacup again, slowly took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "That's it, since you know it's wrong, let the mourning family see how far you can change." ”

Wu Jieyu was a little unsure, and asked hesitantly: "The concubine's father, and the Chengxiang Palace......"

"Embezzling money for disaster relief is a heinous thing, and if the local people know about it, they are afraid that they will have to peel off their skin and cramp." Empress Dowager Guo said slowly: "In order to provide disaster relief, the mourning family personally took out a lot of their own money, you say, how should this one be calculated?" ”

Wu Jieyu naturally didn't expect that this disaster relief money would have such a big source, so she didn't know why Li Heng reacted so much after knowing about it, and almost ignored the feelings between them. So she buried her head and didn't dare to speak.

Empress Dowager Guo continued: "The snake of the Chengxiang Hall will not be in serious trouble, you can rest assured that you can live back, if you are afraid, move to the Hanshui Palace." ”

After a while, she said: "As for the dirty things your father did, this is a matter for the court, and the mourning family doesn't want to take care of it, this is what he deserves." Moreover, if everyone can do so many things to the mourning family first, and then solve the problem with an apology, I am afraid that the mourning family will not live to this age. ”

Wu Jieyu was anxious: "The concubine's fault, the concubine is willing to bear it, but the concubine's family ......"

Empress Dowager Guo's tone became cold again: "Don't you understand the words of the mourning family? The stolen money that your father embezzled in the first place, it has nothing to do with you! Whether it is to return the stolen money or to dismiss oneself, that is not a decision that the mourning family can make! ”

Wu Jieyu had to kneel on the ground in mourning: "Concubine...... I know, thank you to the Queen Mother. ”

Empress Dowager Guo paused, then slowed down her tone and said, "However, it also depends on your performance." If you satisfy the mourning family, then as long as your father is willing to honestly spit out the original stolen money, this is a capital crime...... It's okay to be exempt. ”

Wu Jieyu was helped up by the pothos, and she saluted and thanked the Empress Dowager Guo with her vague steps, and walked out of the Penglai Palace. She knew in her heart that the Queen Mother was not unable to control the affairs of the court, and since she was able to collect so much evidence in a short period of time to send her father to prison, she also had the ability to overturn those evidences at any time. It's just that this is a lesson for her, telling her that Penglai Hall is not something that can be moved easily.

This time, Wu Jieyu really understood that the emperor's favor was really ...... It's so thin. The water in this palace is really unfathomable.

After Wu Jieyu left, Chonglou came in and snorted at her back, "If you want the slave to say, the Queen Mother is too merciful." ”

Empress Dowager Guo sighed lightly, "Back then, the mourning family was also young and vigorous, and they didn't give people a way to live." Thinking about Liu Qingqing, he shouldn't have formed such a grudge with the mourning family. To this day, the mourning family has also figured it out, and they have to be forgiving and forgiving, although the martial arts family was greedy for some disaster relief funds, but in the early years, they were still incorruptible, so that they had been officials for 20 years, and even the dowries of their daughters were not complete. ”

"The Queen Mother is still kind-hearted." Chonglou tilted his head and thought about it, and then asked, "The snake in the Chengxiang Palace, will there really be any more?" ”

Empress Dowager Guo glanced at her with a smile, "Chonglou, you are honest, you really haven't changed all these years." ”

How could it be? The snake in the Daming Palace was originally a ghost made by a little eunuch who could control the snake in private arranged by Sishun, and the snake in the Chengxiang Palace was secretly put in after pouring medicine to the snake to make it dull. As for why snakes are not afraid of realgar...... That's because the big bag of realgar that night to Chengxiangdian was a lead pill that looked very similar to realgar, not realgar.