Zhang Yue was surprised at first when he saw the man who was tied up, but he quickly figured it out.

This person he knew, it was Lu Xiong, the son of Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

After Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne last year, Lu Zhen proposed to the new emperor to let his son join the throne.

The selection of officials in the Ming Dynasty includes both imperial examinations and recommendations, and the recommendations can also not avoid relatives. Lu Zhen's request is reasonable.

This Lu Xiong looks like his father, but he doesn't have his father's ability, and he is not suitable for a high position when he has just joined the ranks.

Zhu Zhanji thought about it and gave him a military department. The official rank is not high, but it is a position of real power, because he can impeach hundreds of officials, even the emperor.

In January last year, Lü Zhen impeached Song Hu, the Marquis of Xining, which led to the reduction of the Marquis of Xining. So today, Lu Xiong appeared in Chonghua Palace, which is also in line with the logic of the eldest princess An Cheng: If you harm my concubine, I will harm you.

In her opinion, Hua Qiao is not innocent: The Empress Dowager saved you, but she didn't save my donkey? Then I'll make you unlucky again, and see if she can save you again!

Zhang Yue was speechless: "I'd rather offend a gentleman than a woman...... Okay, you hand him over to me, and I'll go to Lu Mansion in a while, disgusting and disgusting Lu Zhen. ”

I wanted to go to the main hall again to see how Hua Qiao tore An Cheng's face, do you need him to fan the flames, and remembering that there is a female official Xianshu, it shouldn't be much of a problem.

He looked left and right, asked Xiao Qi for a scoop of water, and sprayed it on Lu Xiong's face with a mouthful of "poof". Lu Xiong woke up coldly, and when he saw Zhang Yue, he screamed "woo woo".

"If you want to live, don't scream! Do you know where you're from? ”

The strap tied to Lu Xiong's hand was untied, and the cloth in his mouth was also taken out. He rubbed his cheeks and said puzzledly:

"An aunt in the palace said that His Highness here came to me and wanted to tell me that there were people in the court who illegally stationed troops, so I followed. Isn't this the palace where the prince lives temporarily? ”

"It is true that there was a minor prince living here before, but that was also when Emperor Taizu lived, and now she lives here is the eldest princess Baoying, next door...... There are also three eldest princesses. ”

Lu Xiong was so frightened that his face turned white, and it was not an exaggeration to break into the palace and cut off his head.

"Master Zhang...... The lower officials have no covetous heart, please ...... Save the officer's life! Lu Xiong's voice trembled, and he almost cried.

Although Lu Xiong was deceived into entering, after all, he entered the palace of the eldest princess, in order to save the royal face, he also had to ask for the guilt, and he was demoted to a place outside the country, which was the best result.

Hua Qiao also thought about this, so she wanted to leave him out.

"Xiao Qi, go get a palace maid's suit."

Not long after, Xiao Qi and the "palace maid" sent Master Zhang out of Chonghua Palace together.

In the main hall of Chonghua Palace, it is not so easy.

"Auntie, just now you said that I have a foreign minister here....... I wonder who saw it? Hua Qiao asked with a smile, as if she was talking about which clothes to wear to worship the god of flowers during the flower festival.

But when An Cheng saw her smiling face, he couldn't wait to tear it up!

Without saying a word, she crossed the buckwheat and went directly into the inner hall, and when she turned over the bed and behind the curtain, she stopped and said to the maidservant beside her:

"Search for me! Cabinets, boxes, under the bed, there is no leakage! ”

A few handmaidens were about to make a move, and Hua Qiao shouted:

"Bold! Who dares to turn over the things of the main palace! The harem is the queen's mother, she can't do anything about the palace, only the queen mother and the queen mother can manage the palace, what are you? ”

Can'er also stood in front of the closet, as if to block the maids.

Cheng An sneered: "Okay, then go and invite someone who can manage you!" This palace wants to see how lawless it has become in Emperor Xuande's palace now! ”

As soon as the maidservant went out, the queen hurried over, and as soon as she entered the palace gate, she saw the tension inside.

She heard from the palace people that the eldest princess of Chonghua Palace, Baoying, had a quarrel with the eldest princess of An Cheng, so she hurried over to take a look.

"What's going on? It's rare for my aunt to enter the palace, why is she angry with her sister? ”

The queen asked people to move chairs, asked An Cheng's eldest princess to sit down, and asked people to pour tea, held it in front of An Cheng with her own hands, and persuaded:

"My aunt is not in the palace and I don't know, Princess Baoying is the emperor's favorite sister, and the relationship between the two is better than that of the sister-in-law who grew up together. You have reached the ears of the emperor like this......"

An Chengyuan also heard that when the emperor was still the emperor's grandson, he first met Hua Qiao outside the palace, and later learned that she was the biological daughter of Li Xuanzhi who was replaced out.

His royal brother recognized this daughter who grew up in the people, and the imperial grandson made a lot of efforts.

Zhu Zhanji had his own palace early on, and the time he could spend with his sister Jiaxing was also very limited, not to mention, the etiquette in the palace was cumbersome, even if he loved his sister, he couldn't get close.

On the contrary, since I met Hua Qiao, I have shared weal and woe with her several times, and she has saved Zhu Zhanji more than once, which is also the reason why Hua Qiao ranked first among the eldest princesses after he ascended the throne.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that he has more affection for buckwheat.

The queen doesn't know the details, let alone An Cheng? They only knew that the imperial grandson almost wanted to include the buckwheat in the East Palace! This is what this group of palace women think is a great shame.

It was also because of this incident that Jiaxing hated buckwheat.

So the queen's words reached An Cheng's ears, like a thorn in her heart, and she pressed it hard, and she said disdainfully:

"Your Majesty? If someone doesn't abide by women's morals and does something unseemly, the palace doesn't believe it, and the emperor can still protect his shortcomings? ”

As he spoke, he heard someone singing outside the door: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" The Empress Dowager has arrived! ”

"What is this for? Call us all here to ask for the guilt of Master Bao Yingxing? "The Empress Dowager was a little unhappy.

Today, An Cheng was in her palace, and she always said something weird about yin and yang, and she couldn't help but get angry. She entered the palace late, not a few years older than the eldest princesses.

"When Emperor Yongle was here, no one dared to be a demon, and now, seeing that the emperor is young, you are all jubilant one by one? ...... Empress? Since you're here, why don't you persuade you? ”

Empress Dowager Zhang didn't speak, she didn't like buckwheat, but she didn't like the harem to be unclean.

Jiaxing, who followed behind the Queen Mother, gloated with a look of schadenfreude, with an underwhelming expression of stepping on dog shit when he went out.

An Cheng didn't wait for the queen to speak, and said to his subordinates:

"Now you don't have to be afraid, in front of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, search the cabinet well, if you can't find anything, you will be innocent."

"Good! You don't hesitate to search. Hua Qiao smiled slightly, and said lightly:

"If someone deliberately frames me, I won't let her go easily."

Can'er retreated to Hua Qiao's side, and the two maidservants opened the cabinet and turned it up. Soon, a package appeared in front of them, and the maidservant presented it.

"Open." The Empress Dowager said expressionlessly. The trick of the harem, don't even young girls let go?

The servant untied the baggage, and inside was an unworn middle coat and a new pair of shoes. It seems that this is something that the palace maid has done for the buckwheat and has not had time to take it out.

"What's wrong with that?"

The Empress Dowager secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and her face softened a lot. It seems that Hua Buckwheat has taken precautions, and he is really a clever child.

"Look more carefully and see if there's anything you haven't turned out?"

The eldest princess An Cheng was a little flustered.

Today's battle is so big, but there is no good human or physical evidence, how can she continue to sing this scene?