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Wei Yining put down the needle and thread in his hand, and he had to take a break after bowing his head for too long.

Her hand stove was set aside, and Verangel's cat lay on it, its paws hanging limply as if it had been pulled out of a bone.

Wei Yining smiled and couldn't bear to wake it up, so he moved his fingers, picked up the bamboo scissors and lit up the wick on the side.

Wei Lanqi yawned and put down the needle and thread in her hand, and the work they did was the winter clothes that the queen prepared for the people who transported the grain.

Now in the harem, except for the queen mother, winter clothes are being made from top to bottom, which is led by the queen mother, and everyone else naturally has to keep up no matter what the purpose.

"Wow! Yining, your hands are so fast, it's only been more than half a day's work, and you're almost finished sewing! Wei Lanqi looked at the work in Wei Yining's hand and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's really fast and good, whoever wears this dress is blessed." ”

"This kind of coarse cloth is best to walk the needle, unlike those silk satin, you have to be careful, the material is slippery and afraid of scratching, and it is not easy to pull out the needle." Wei Yining said: "What's more, I'm used to it. ”

"Speaking of which, the queen is also benevolent," Wei Lanqi picked up the warm tea on the side and took a sip and said: "Selling the property of the inner treasury is not a trivial matter, these three princes usually look very well-behaved, but who knew that they were so bold behind their backs." ”

Because the queen wanted to make winter clothes, she asked someone to go to the inner warehouse to count the backlog of clothes, but who wanted to find that the clothes were missing.

After checking and checking, it turned out that it was Chen Fu, the chief eunuch next to the third prince, and Zhang Ping, the chief administrator of the inner library, who stole these clothes and sold them.

The queen specially called Chen Fu and the three princes over for questioning, but Chen Fu still quibbled a few words, but the three princes couldn't stand it and took the lead in admitting it.

However, the stolen money could not be recovered, and the queen considered that the three princes were young and ignorant after all, so she only severely punished Chen Fu and Zhang Ping, and asked the three princes to be grounded for three months to show repentance.

Wei Yi quietly did needlework and didn't say anything.

"Yining, why don't you speak? What do you think about this? Wei Lanqi asked her.

"I don't know the whole picture, I don't dare to make a judgment." Wei Yining replied with eight words.

Although this matter has long been spread in the palace, it is just hearsay. Although they often went to the queen to say goodbye, the queen never mentioned these things since, and naturally they did not ask much.

It is a matter of royal face, and people don't dare to inquire more, but when they talk about it in private, it is inevitable that there will be conjecture on the part of everyone.

"So what? After all, it is impossible for the queen to wronged him. Wei Lanqi said while sewing clothes: "It's no wonder that the third prince recklessly flattered Xu Guifei, after all, he has been raised there since he was a child, and he will have to ask Xu Guifei to say good things for him in the future." He didn't have any money in his hand, so he naturally wanted to think about it, so he couldn't take risks, but he didn't expect it to be revealed so soon, and it was quite pitiful to think about. ”

"If this is true, the third prince is afraid that he will fall out of favor even more." Wei Yining said: "What's more, the most in this world is the icing on the cake and the falling stone. ”

"Well, you're right," Wei Lanqi nodded again and again after hearing this, and said, "Since the third prince was grounded, I heard that Xu Guifei hasn't even looked at him. just asked someone to return the birthday gift given to her by the third prince, although it was not biological, in the end it was nominally a mother and son, and outsiders couldn't help but feel chilled when they heard it. I really feel a little sympathetic to the three princes. ”

"Don't let outsiders listen to this," Wei Yining couldn't help but raise his head and remind Wei Lanqi: "Leave nothing else, let's be in this palace, it's best not to get involved in royal disputes." ”

"You don't have to tell me, I know that." Wei Lanqi hurriedly responded: "If the little shrimp is squeezed into the fish, it will be eaten if you are not careful, the gods fight, the little ghost is injured, and most of the injured little ghosts are close." ”

"It's good that my sister knows, it's me who is too worried." Wei Yining smiled sweetly: "It's not too early, let's clean up and sleep." ”

Wei Lanqi agreed, and put half of the needlework in the basket beside her. He stood up, stretched, and went back to his room.

At this time, the moon outside was dark and the wind was high, and a palace maid was walking on the road wearing a dark cloak.

Carefully bypassing a team of patrolling guards, he came to the outside of the third prince's bedroom.

The eunuch guarding the door had a frosty face, and mercilessly reprimanded the little maid who came at night.

"The two eldest brothers, please be accommodating, I will only go in and say a few words to the third prince before leaving." The little maid begged bitterly, and stuffed the two silver tickets into the hands of the two eunuchs.

"What are you doing here?" One of the eunuch guards was enraged and wanted to shout loudly and called the guards over.

The older eunuch next to him glanced at him, and then said to the little maid: "It's only a quarter of an hour's work, if you have anything to say, go in and say it quickly." ”

The little maid slipped in through the crack in the door with a thousand thanks.

The eunuch from before couldn't help but say, "How can you put her in?" Let people know that the two of us can't eat and walk around. ”

"You are really a," the old eunuch said with a sneer, "Even if you are found to have beaten the board at most, it will only be twenty strokes." But look at this silver ticket, it's fifty taels! It will take us a few years to get this amount of silver! ”

The eunuch was moved, put the silver ticket into his arms, and couldn't help asking, "Which palace is that little palace maid?" How do I look at the noodles? ”

"You don't know her, do you? Tell you, she is not a serious palace maid, she is the maid brought into the palace by the eldest lady of the Sun family. The elder eunuch smiled and said, "The Sun family is an imperial merchant, and some of them are silver. ”

"What is the maid of the Sun family running to the third prince for?" The eunuch still didn't know why.

"Say you're a wood, you're a wood." The older eunuch couldn't help but laugh at him: "You probably forgot to bring your brain when you were reincarnated." ”

"I'm too lazy to bother with these things, as long as I have money." The eunuch said.

"It's just a piece of wood! The three princes have been grounded for three months, and they shouldn't be the only ones who come this time. The older eunuch said.

"In that case, let's stay here every month from now on." The eunuch said.

"Look at what you can, even if you want to keep it every day, I'm afraid you can't." The older eunuch sneered: "But, when the little palace maid comes out in a while, I can tell her which days the two of us are in shifts." ”

After Sun Mingming's maid entered, she saw the eunuch next to the third prince, who was Chen Fu's apprentice, put down some books and food she brought, and took out a few silver tickets.

"This is what our girl told to give to the third prince, if there is anything else you need, just say it." The little maid said, "As long as we can get it." ”

At this time, it was too late for others to hide from the three princes, only Sun Mingming took the initiative to step forward.

Because for the three princes, this is the time to see the truth in adversity.

Sun Mingming didn't want to miss this opportunity.