The crowd followed the voice.

I saw a woman in a light gray plain shirt and robe come over.

The people looked at the woman in confusion, but they did not know who it was.

"Who is coming, dare to be presumptuous in front of the queen!" Zhang Ruo scolded. Jiang Sumo stared at the woman, his eyebrows slightly puzzled.

"You're presumptuous, this is a concubine." The palace maid beside the woman scolded angrily.

The crowd was even more puzzled.

Toffee?

Many of the concubines in this palace have died of illness, and some of them are not valuable and are kept in the inner palace. The concubine in the palace, Jiang Sumo all knew each other, but the ...... in front of him

"Concubine Niang? The concubine in this palace, not to mention us, the queen mother knows it, you, Mrs. Ben has never seen you in the palace, you are not bold and pretending to be a concubine! Zhang Ruo said in a loud voice.

The princess snorted coldly, "You haven't seen it, it's you the frog at the bottom of the well." ”

"You!"

The princess walked up to Jiang Sumo step by step, looked at Jiang Sumo, "You are the queen." ”

Jiang Sumo looked at the woman in front of him with emotion, and did not answer directly.

The princess's left eyebrow raised slightly. Fortunately, this queen is still a bit of a brain.

"You are so bold to dare to talk to the queen like this!" Zhang Ruo was angry with the frog at the bottom of the well just now.

The princess squinted and glared at Zhang Ruo, "You are so bold to dare to talk to the mourning family like this." ”

She turned her eyes to look at Jiang Sumo, "Don't say that the mourning family dares to talk to the queen like this, that is, talking to the emperor, the mourning family also dares, but you, what kind of thing." ”

"You!" Zhang Ruoqi's face was flushed.

The princess turned around, "The mourning family lives in the deep palace and does not often go out of the palace, and the mourning family is the concubine of the first emperor Yun or the princess Wang." ”

"Emperor Yun or ......," Zhang Ruo frowned and thought.

Yun or Yun Rongjue's grandfather, his concubine, didn't they all die early? How can there be anyone alive? Moreover, this person does not seem to be very old, if he is said to be the concubine of Yunlou, it is more credible.

Yun or the concubine, Wang.

Jiang Sumo thought with a calm look.

Cloud or ......

Wang's ......

It seems familiar.

"If the queen doesn't know, and it's okay, if you don't believe it, you can ask the emperor to come over, yes or no, it's clear."

After the princess finished speaking, she turned around, took out something from her arms, and handed it to Jiang Sumo, "This thing, the queen should know." ”

Jiang Sumo took it and looked at it, her breathing suddenly became heavy, her face changed, she was busy owing, "The concubine is the concubine." ”

Zhang Ruo and everyone were stunned.

"See the concubine."

Although Ren Ziyue and the others were still a little confused, Jiang Sumo had already bowed, so how could they not follow. Before Zhang Ruo could react, she only saw Jiang Sumo and several others saluting the woman, she was confused, and saluted.

What's going on?!

"Let go of Mrs. Jiang." The princess spoke.

The internal official holding Jiang Wu hurriedly let go of Jiang Wu, and Nanfu hurriedly stepped forward to support Jiang Wu.

"See the concubine." Jiang Wu saluted the princess.

"This silkworm ceremony is the best thing, but the queen wants to punish her at such a time."

"What the concubine said is that today is an accident, Mrs. Jiang trespassed, sacrificed silkworms in gorgeous clothes, and collided with the silkworm god, and the concubine also punished her in accordance with the rules of the ancestral system, hoping that everyone in the harem will take it as a warning." Jiang Sumo said.

The princess lowered her eyes, looked at Jiang Wu, and said slowly: "The queen should know that there are other solutions." ”

Jiang Sumo pursed his lips tightly, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"If there is a problem in the middle of the silkworm ceremony and has to be interrupted, if there is a queen mother, a concubine, and a queen mother in the palace, the silkworm ceremony can be carried out." The princess spoke.

"Queen, as a mourning family, she should be able to preside over this silkworm ceremony, right?" The princess asked with a sideways smile.

Jiang Sumo swallowed his saliva, and after a while, he bowed his head, "The status of the concubine is noble, and it is very suitable for you to preside over the silkworm ceremony." ”

The princess smiled, "That's good." ”

As soon as the princess gave the order, Jiang Sumo was the leader and could only follow.

The silkworm ceremony resumed.

The process of pro-silkworm ceremony is complicated, the queen holds the yellow basket with a golden hook, and the concubines hold the yellow basket with a silver hook, sings mulberry songs, and takes mulberry leaves. After that, the silkworm woman will pick the mulberry leaves and chop them and feed them to the cannibal, and then wait for the silkworms to form cocoons and select the good ones and present them to the queen.

"Concubine." Jiang Sumo presented the selected silkworm woman to the princess.

The princess looked at it and smiled, "Not bad." ”

The palace man stepped forward and put it away.

The silkworm ceremony has come to an end.

"Queen Mother, although the silkworm ceremony was successfully carried out, in the final analysis, today's incident is due to Mrs. Jiang, and Mrs. Jiang cannot escape the blame." Zhang Ruo reminded Jiang Sumodao.

Jiang Sumo sighed lightly and turned his head to look at the princess.

"Concubine Niangniang, the silkworm ceremony has the help of the concubine Niangniang, the concubine is grateful, today's incident, as Mrs. Zhang said, it is indeed Mrs. Jiang who is out of the pool, disrespectful to the silkworm god, should be punished, the concubine is the master of the harem, commanding the six palaces, can not be ignored, let it go, don't you say?"

The princess glanced at Jiang Sumo leisurely, and then turned to look at Jiang Wu, "Mrs. Jiang, what is the matter, you talk to the mourning family." ”

Jiang Wu stepped forward, knelt down, and truthfully explained that there was something wrong with his clothes.

"So, Mrs. Jiang doesn't have a heart."

"Concubine Niangniang, whether you have a heart or not, we don't know, but everyone knows that you can't wear fancy clothes for silkworm ceremonies, and you are disrespectful to the silkworm god." Zhang Ruo answered. The implication is that Jiang Wu may have done it on purpose.

The princess's eyes were slow, "The mourning family is talking to the queen, when is it your turn to interject." ”

Zhang Ruo choked.

Jiang Sumo glanced at her, but she rolled her eyes reluctantly.

"Concubine Niangniang, Mrs. Zhang has always been straightforward, she has no malicious intentions, and she didn't mean to collide with you, she just ...... Regardless of whether Mrs. Jiang has a heart or not, this is a business trip at the silkworm ceremony, it is always a fact, according to the rules, it should be punished, the concubine Niangniang has been in the palace for many years, and she is the most sensible, and she will be able to understand the truth that there is a mistake to be punished, and there will be no favoritism, right? ”

The princess's gaze must have fallen on Jiang Sumo's smiling face.

After a while, she said slowly: "What the queen said is that there is a mistake that should be punished. ”

Jiang Su Mo bowed his head.

"However," the princess said, "it is true that this is wrong and should be punished, but before punishing the wrong, should we also find out what is wrong?" Is the queen right? ”

Jiang Sumo was slightly stunned, then nodded, "What the concubine said is right." ”

"If this punishment is wrong, you have to punish the right person, Mrs. Jiang said, this dress is found to be damaged, if this is really investigated, it should be to find out the person who took care of the sacrificial clothes and caused the sacrificial clothes to be damaged, and punish them, right?"

The princess Wang's words are sonorous and powerful, and every word is said to be a rational word, without a single word of favoritism, and it makes it impossible for people to directly determine Jiang Wu's loss.

Jiang Sumo was silent for a moment, and the princess looked at her, "Does the queen think that what the mourning family said is wrong?" ”

Jiang Sumo stretched his lips and chuckled, "What the concubine said is reasonable. ”

"Since the queen thinks what the mourning family said is reasonable, then just like that, I ordered to go down and find out who damaged the clothes." The princess said.

"This ......," Jiang Sumo crossed his eyebrows with a hint of hesitation.

The princess glanced at her, "What, does the queen think there is anything wrong with the decision of the mourning family?" Or does the queen have a better way? ”

Jiang Sumo wanted to speak and stopped.

"Concubine Niangniang," Zhang Ruoqi said, with a perfunctory smile on his face, "I don't know if I can listen to the concubine?" ”

The princess didn't move her eyes, "What do you want to say, say it." ”

"The concubine thinks so, this is such an important festival day of the silkworm ceremony, Mrs. Jiang made such a big mistake, it is not very reasonable and reasonable, let's not say whose fault it is, Mrs. Jiang is always her fault for wearing the wrong clothes, the queen mother is punished according to the rules, and the concubine feels that there is nothing wrong." classic

"Fortunately, the silkworm ceremony has been carried out smoothly at the moment, but if it weren't for the concubine Niangniang, you would have come in time, this silkworm ceremony would have been postponed because of Mrs. Jiang, so the concubine felt that the queen should punish Mrs. Jiang."

After listening to Zhang Ruo's words, the princess laughed, "Mrs. Zhang is very insightful." ”

Zhang Ruo bent his lips and smiled, "The concubine is ridiculous." ”

"Mrs. Zhang's words are certainly somewhat reasonable, but the mourning family wants to ask Mrs. Zhang, if according to what Mrs. Zhang said, if someone in Mrs. Zhang's palace accidentally damages something in the future, but I don't know who did it, is this wrong, should it be attributed to Mrs. Zhang?"

Zhang Ruo was choked by the words of the princess, "Concubine Niangniang, this is ...... How can this be compared? ”

"Why not? Although things are different, the reason is the same," Concubine Zhang continued, "Oh yes, if according to what Mrs. Zhang said, Mrs. Jiang can't escape responsibility for this matter, then ......"

The princess suddenly chuckled and looked at the queen, "The queen is the one who commands the six palaces, and Mrs. Jiang is also under the management of the queen, I don't understand this, Mrs. Jiang is at fault, is the queen also at fault?" ”

Concubine Wang's words not only refuted Zhang Ruo, but also involved Jiang Sumo. Jiang Sumo didn't expect that these words would go around her, and it would be her, but she would be wrong.

Zhang Ruo was speechless for a while, his eyes were dry, and he couldn't think of words to refute.

Jiang Sumo eased his emotions, and then bowed to the princess, "What the concubine said is very true, since there is a reason for the incident, it is not what Mrs. Jiang wants, and it should be investigated and dealt with clearly." ”

After she finished speaking, she summoned the palace people to order them to find out what was going on.

The princess listened to Jiang Sumo's instructions, smiled proudly, and then stood up, "Okay, this matter will wait for the results to come out, you all disperse, disperse." After speaking, he left straight away with the support of the palace maid.

After the princess left, Jiang Sumo's eyes swept around everyone's faces, and then fell on Jiang Wu's face, she said softly, "Mrs. Jiang, you have to worry about this matter, investigate and deal with it as soon as possible, so as to punish those palace people who are not rigorous." ”

Jiang Wu owed, "The concubine understands." ”

Jiang Sumo pulled his lips, didn't say anything more, and walked towards the Jiaofang Palace.

After Jiang Sumo left, the concubines dispersed.

Jiang Wu's tense emotions then relaxed, and he turned around and headed towards the Spirit Dance Hall.

Not long after she walked out, she met the princess in the palace road. She thought that the princess had already returned to Huiyuan.

"Why, don't you like to see the mourners? Today's mourning family has saved your life. The princess looked proud.

Jiang Wu smiled widely, "The concubine thanks the concubine for coming to the rescue, and she will definitely repay the spring for saving her life." ”

"It's a hot day, the tea you cooked for the mourning family last time, the mourning family thinks it's not bad, this is not far from your Spirit Dance Palace, are you willing to cook another one for the mourning family?"

Jiang Wu was naturally willing.

Back at the Spirit Dance Palace, Jiang Wuren took the utensils used to cook tea, and carefully cooked fragrant tea for the princess.

"You're also adding mint leaves? Not last time. The princess asked.

Jiang Wu explained: "Now that the weather is gradually getting hotter, the mint leaves are cool and the heat is gone, and they are cooked in tea, and the lower lips and teeth are cool, refreshing and comfortable." ”

A cup of firewood water was quickly cooked, Jiang Wu filtered the tea residue clean, and the tea in the tea bowl was steaming, and the smell was pleasant.

The princess picked it up, sniffed it, and then slowly tasted it.

"Not bad, not bad."

There was a lot of movement outside, and the two of them subconsciously looked at each other, and Nanfu walked in, "How is it?" Jiang Wu asked.

Nanfu bowed to the two of them and reported the situation to the two of them.

The sacrificial garments were prepared two days before the silkworm ceremony, and they were kept in the rooms of the side hall, guarded by special palace personnel in turn.

The guard, Nanfu and others, inquired one by one, and no one left during the guarding process, even if they wanted to go to the toilet, they were replaced.

No one left, no one entered, but the clothes were damaged, and it was incomprehensible.

"Concubine Niangniang, madam, the emperor is here." At this time, the palace maid outside walked in and said a voice.

After a while, Yun Rongjue walked in.

"Your Majesty."

"Concubine."

"I've heard about what happened at the silkworm ceremony." Yun Rongjue looked at Jiang Wu, his deep eyes were worried and self-blaming.

"Grandson Concubine Xie helps my sister to be thoughtful." Yun Rongjue said to the princess.

The princess looked at the two of them with affection, and sighed lightly, "The emperor is serious, and the mourning family happened to hear that she had helped the mourning family water the little cabbage before, and the little cabbage would want to help her, and the mourning family would not help her, but the little cabbage." ”

Jiang Wu and Yun Rongjue both smiled. I know the princess's knife mouth and tofu heart.

"Who is in charge of the sacrificial garments of the silkworm ceremony?" Yun Rongjue asked Nanfu, who was standing on the side.

Nanfu will do everything one by one.

Yun Rongjue frowned.

No one left, no one entered, and no one admitted to damaging the garments. At first glance, it sounds like a paper kite with a broken thread, and there is no trace to be found.

"Yes, that is the case, the palace people of the Spirit Dance Hall are all suspicious, and they can't find out who it is, and each of them will hit thirty boards." Yun Rongjue said.

As soon as Yun Rongjue's words came out, Jiang Wu trembled, and all the palace people in the palace knelt down in a panic and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, this is not very good." Jiang Wu tugged at his sleeve and couldn't help but say.

Although she also wanted to find out what was going on, the punishment of such a reproach was too severe, and there were too many innocent people involved.

"There's nothing wrong with it, since no one admits to doing something like that, this Spirit Dance Hall is their keeper, and if something goes wrong, everyone will be blamed." Yun Rongjue said.

"Imperial ......"

Jiang Wu still wanted to persuade again, but the princess Ruoyi glanced at Yun Rongjue and interrupted Jiang Wu's words to persuade, "According to the mourning family, the emperor is also a feasible way to do this, if you feel wronged, you can only blame the person who did something wrong but didn't dare to recognize him, it was him, and he was the one who caused you and others." The princess said to everyone.

"Spread my will, from tomorrow onwards, the people of the Spirit Dance Palace will walk with their canes one by one."

After Yun Rongjue gave the order, he turned his head, "I just finished sacrificing to the god of agriculture, Lord Xiao and they are waiting in the Xuanshu Hall to discuss something, and I went over first." ”

Jiang Wu was worried about his head.

"Concubine, grandson leaves first." He bowed to the princess and left the Spirit Dance Hall.

After Yun Rongjue left, the princess saw Jiang Wu's worried eyes in a blink of an eye, and she chuckled, "Don't worry, they'll be fine." ”

Jiang Wuxiu frowned, "But everyone is punished, these many people are wronged, can the concubine Niangniang make the emperor take back his fate?" She said.

"Didn't the mourning family tell you, it's going to be fine, just watch." The princess said.

Jiang Wu is worried that he will have to walk with a cane one by one tomorrow, how big the resentment in this Spirit Dance Hall should be.

The other side.

Zhang Ruo and the others were annoyed.

"Queen Mother, where did this concubine come from? How could I have never heard of it before? Zhang Ruo was puzzled.

Today's pro-silkworm ceremony, Jiang Wu accidentally made a big mistake in his clothes, what a rare opportunity, I wanted to take this opportunity to punish Jiang Wu well, but I never thought that I would kill a Cheng Cheng to bite the gold, something bad.

Jiang Sumo slowly walked to the circle chair, sat down slowly, and leaned down, "She is the concubine of the first emperor Yunhe." ”

Everyone knows that Yun or Yun Rongjue's grandfather.

"She's the imperial grandfather's concubine? But I don't look very old. Ran Wenjia was puzzled.

Jiang Sumo took the tea handed over by Fu Dong, "The first emperor Yun or, in the later period of the throne, she married a concubine surnamed Wang, she was young, and she was very favored by the emperor after entering the palace, and the token she showed to the palace was given by the emperor." ”

"Why don't we know where this one is in this palace?" Zhang Ruo was puzzled.

"As far as the palace knows, when the first emperor died, he specially told his father to treat him well, and later, when the first emperor died, according to the rules, the concubine and the queen mother all lived in the inner courtyard of the harem."

"After several turmoil in Da Liang, this palace also thought that these concubines of the former emperor had already died of illness, but I didn't expect that she was still alive." Jiang Sumo said.

"On weekdays, we have never seen this concubine enter and leave the palace, why did she suddenly appear today, and helped Mrs. Jiang." Ran Wenjia wondered.

Zhang Ruo snorted coldly, a little yin and yang, "Yes, so I said, our Mrs. Jiang has the ability, she can fascinate our emperor, and even the hearts of the people can be subdued, this concubine has never shown up, and it is not easy to help her like this." ”

At this moment, the official of the Jiaofang Palace walked in, "Queen Mother." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Queen Mother, the emperor has just issued an order to thoroughly investigate the matter of Mrs. Jiang's sacrifice, but no one admits it, so that all the palace people in the Spirit Dance Palace, from tomorrow Shenshi, will all carry out the rod for thirty." The inner official said in a solemn voice.

"What?" Several people exclaimed.