After listening to Fuzhi's return, Ying'e bowed her head with satisfaction, "Li Guangan has done this now, first transfer him to the imperial dining room to do a few days of errands, and then find an opportunity for him to come back." This palace still needs a good servant around her, and this palace doesn't want you to be a girl who is polluted with filth and bad reputation. ”

Fuzhi smiled bitterly, "Fuzhi thanks the queen for her love, now Fuzhi only has family feuds in his eyes, and he can't see the so-called filth, and what those people do is a hundred times, a thousand times." Queen Mother, your heart is too kind, always thinking about others, but you hurt your own heart. Fuzhi is not afraid of dirty hands, he just wants to do this last thing for the queen, an abandoned pawn, and die quietly. ”

Ying'e faintly felt a trace of unbearability written between her eyebrows, and was noticed by Fuzhi, she didn't want Ying'e to be merciful for a while but to be devoured by snakes, "Niangniang, you have let her go so many times, has she ever been grateful?" However, if this person is not eliminated, he will become a disaster. Fuzhi had listened to the subordinates who served Niangniang in Taiyuan Palace, and they all praised Niangniang, saying that Niangniang had the same courage to kill and make decisions as men when she was young, and the rewards and punishments were clear. For the Empress Dowager Hu to endure humiliation in the palace, for the emperor's compromise, she endured it step by step, but she was given an inch. Niangniang didn't want Fuzhi to be polluted, so Fuzhi wouldn't let Niangniang tarnish her virtuous name, and Fuzhi retired first. ”

After listening to her words, Ying'e made up her mind and said, "Okay, you go, let her go more comfortably." ”

Fuzhi nodded, "Don't worry, Niangniang, Fuzhi will be done." ”

Two days later, Ru Qihua died violently in the Shen Criminal Division, but there was no abnormality, after the corpse was examined, he only said that he had a high fever after entering the Shen Criminal Division, and finally used a silver needle to test the poison, and there was nothing unusual. But I didn't know that Fuzhi used a kind of ricin from Tianzhu, this plant is extremely rare in the Central Plains, it was obtained by her father when he traveled with Li Daoyuan in a merchant in the Western Regions, and later when she encountered great changes, her father gave her to save her life or die a dignified death when she was humiliated. This poison was put in the dish but could not be detected, and when the medical officer saw it, it was just a cold into the body, and finally respiratory failure, and it was only a palace maid who died.

Ying'e sent Fu Zhi to find Qi Wan's relatives out of love, wanting them to take her body out, but when Fu Zhi was looking for it, he found something suspicious, and Ru Ting, the third son of the Ru family who originally lived in Luoyang, left Luoyang with his family after the Heyin Change, and now his whereabouts are unknown. It stands to reason that it was the peaceful days after Yuan Ziyou ascended the throne, but it was strange that he left his ancestral home and didn't even go back to his hometown. Ying'e could only order Er Zhu Shilong, who stayed in Luoyang, to arrange people to look around, and finally found Ru Ting in Yecheng, and under coercion and temptation, he found that Ru Qihua and Concubine Zheng had a deep relationship. Ying'e, who got the letter, finally understood all the ins and outs, and with the evidence, she wanted to go to the Taiji Hall to find Yuan Ziyou to distinguish clearly.

Yuan Ziyou was discussing with Yuan Hui, Yuan Yu, Li Yu, Yang Jin, etc., Ying'e waited outside for a long time and still didn't see any signs of their end, and when she was upset, she asked Fuzhi to call Zhang Haosong and asked, "How long has the emperor been talking, and how did it take half a day?" Is it to discuss the crusade of Han Lou and Wan Qiao Ugly Slave? ”

Zhang Haosong replied respectfully and carefully, "Queen Mother, the servants really don't dare to listen to what the emperor and the princes and ministers discussed, they have all stood under this corridor for a long time, but looking at today's situation, I am afraid that it will not be dispersed for a while, and the queen mother's labor jade body cannot be waited under this cold wind." If the queen has something to see the emperor, it is better to go back to the Jiafu Hall to rest first, and then report to the queen when the emperor is gone? ”

Ying'e looked at the closed palace gate, the lights were bright, and several waiters in the imperial dining room sent dinner in, Ying'e saw Yuan Ziyou looking at the map with her back to the palace gate and listening to what Yang Jin was talking about, she wanted to get closer, Zhang Haosong suddenly shouted several times higher, "Queen Mother, the emperor is busy with government affairs today, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you, and the servants are waiting for you to go back to the palace to rest." ”

Yuan Ziyou heard the sound and saw that Ying'e seemed to have something to say to herself, but she only showed a shallow smile, which seemed to make her feel relieved to go back, Ying'e's stubborn temperament was aroused, she turned around without saying a word and left with Fuzhi, and walked towards the Taihua Palace, since she couldn't find the answer in Yuan Ziyou, then she wanted to let Concubine Zheng tell the truth herself.

Seeing that Ying'e had been carried away by anger, Fu Zhi hurriedly stopped and said softly, "Niangniang, now there is no full evidence, what can you say when you go to Taihua Palace, besides, the concubine said that she is not in good health in the past few days, and no one has been seen. ”

Ying'e slowed down her pace and looked at the time, "The concubine is not in good health, as a daughter-in-law, she should visit, now that the autumn is cool, the concubine's cough is getting worse, and it is always time to send some soup to moisten the lungs and relieve cough." Suspend going to Taihua Palace, return to Jiafu Hall to make Sichuan Bei Sydney Pear Soup with your own hands, and then go to Concubine Zheng to say goodbye. ”

Concubine Zheng listened to Yueru's report that Ying'e came to ask for peace, and sneered, "She has been happy in the past few days, and she actually remembered that the mourning family came, or not, she didn't come to look for the mourning family, the mourning family still wanted to find her, did the mourning family let you prepare the things?" ”

Yueru replied confidently, "I have prepared it for a long time, the emperor's book has been burned by Gonggong Zhang, which was hand-copied by the slave maid before, and let people clean it up in the outhouse together with those books." ”

Concubine Zheng sneered, "Okay, the mourning family wants to see what kind of look she looks after reading the book, the grievances of Qi Xuan's death, the mourning family can't understand her mistakes, but they can't let her be so proud, and work with the emperor to calculate the mourning family." ”

Yueru asked a second-class palace maid Yueqing to deliberately move out the books in the backyard, and when Ying'e entered the courtyard, she happened to bump into Yueqing holding more than 20 volumes of books to salute Ying'e, and naturally dropped the books to the ground with an unstable center of gravity. It just so happened that a few volumes of books were scattered at Ying'e's feet, but Yueqing didn't wait for Ying'e to speak, so she kowtowed and admitted her mistake, "The queen mother's life, these are the books that the emperor has read since childhood, and the concubine let the lady tidy up and take advantage of today's sun to get sunburned, if it is late today, she will put it away, but she never thought that the slave and maid clumsily collided with the queen, and the queen forgave the sin." ”

Ying'e had other thoughts, so naturally she didn't want to waste time with a slave, so she said virtuously, "It's okay, you can get up." Then he walked through the book and entered Concubine Zheng's bedroom.

Yueru saw that Ying'e was not in a hurry when she was half curious, for fear of breaking her plan, so she slapped Yueqing in the face over Ying'e, and Yueqing's eyes were full of gold stars, and her face immediately swelled, "The next thing, I know that I am lazy and slippery on weekdays, but now I can't do anything well, don't you know that this is the emperor's favorite book?" What's more, most of these books have been lost, and they were all hand-copied by the emperor when he was young. If there is a breakage, be careful with your skin. After speaking, he picked up the scroll and carefully checked it in front of Ying'e, seeing that Ying'e seemed to be curious, she hurriedly pretended to pile it on the tray unintentionally, "Queen Mother, the concubine is waiting for you inside, the slave maid should lead you in first, this girl will be punished when she turns back." ”

Fu Zhi sneered, "Aunt Yueru made such a big move, didn't she just want the queen to read the book?" The queen has already read it along your mind, so what topic do you change? ”

Yueru was choked for a while, and said with a sneer, "Fuzhi, this girl is young and sharp-toothed, but it's a pity that we don't have one like this in Taihua Palace, and none of us are angry about the rules." I don't have what you think, but let these girls be careful and don't damage the emperor's books. ”

Ying'e smiled faintly, "Fuzhi, you really have no rules, let Aunt Yueru laugh at it plainly, this is not comparable to Jiafu Palace, you can't talk nonsense." She said as she took the book handed to her by Fuzhi, and looked at the bamboo slips with the book "Huang Tingjing", she had never read this kind of Taoist collection, and when she opened it lightly, it was a matter of teaching people to maintain health, "I didn't expect the emperor to like this kind of books, it's not just that Father-in-law Zhang should take care of it." She wanted to see Concubine Zheng as soon as possible, so she didn't look at the book carefully, rolled the bamboo slips and put them back on the tray in Yueqing's hand, and didn't pay attention to the suspicious look on Fuzhi's face, and Yueru led her inside.

Ying'e saw that Concubine Zheng was fiddling with a game of chess, she knelt down and asked for peace, "Erchen asks for peace for the concubine, and the concubine is safe." ”

Concubine Zheng didn't raise her eyes, she still stared at the chessboard, noncommittal, and didn't say anything to let Ying'e get up.

Ying'e knelt and couldn't get up on her own, so the two stalemates lasted for about ten minutes, Fuzhi felt sorry for Ying'e and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Ying'e's eyes. I only heard Ying'e say slowly, "I heard that the concubine has been unwell recently, and her cough has become a little worse, so I made this Sichuan shellfish pear soup with my own hands and sent it to the concubine to moisten her lungs." It's better to let the retainers serve the concubine with some, and it should also fulfill the filial piety of the retainers. After speaking, he turned around and took the food box, took out the soup cup, and slowly got up to serve the soup.

Concubine Zheng didn't raise her eyes, and put down the sunspot in her hand, "The queen pays attention to the body of the mourning family, as soon as the mourning family is uncomfortable, the queen's soup will be delivered, but I am afraid that this blessing will not be able to bear it." After speaking, he looked at the chessboard and said, "This game can't be solved again, it looks like it's a send-off, but it's a hidden punishment, and the pieces on the tip of the heart are all eaten by people, but it's not a game of bad luck." ”

Ying'e looked at the chess game, black and white were chaotic like a pyre, the black chess and the white chess were killing the chess, and she also heard the voice of Concubine Zheng, clearly talking about the chaos of the chess pieces, but directly saying the resentment of Qi Wan's death. "Taifei, Ying'e is a person who doesn't know chess, and there is no way to look at this chaotic game, but people who don't know chess are looking at the bypass, Heizi is lonely and aggressive in the early stage of man-made encirclement of Baizi, Baizi is messy but finally kills, and it is also a move to die with the courage to survive. Since this game has become a problem, it is difficult to solve it according to the convention, why not disrupt it and start over, find another way, and then rebuild it after destruction, it is impossible to win or lose, but it is also a tie. ”

"Tie? Hehe, there are no regrets, do you know? Concubine Zheng threw down the black piece in her hand, just hit the white son who was counter-killing, and knocked him out of the game, "Once the chess is played, you must divide the winners and losers, otherwise it will not be boring." Now you don't want to pretend to be a filial daughter-in-law with the mourning family, and the mourning family will not be blessed to consume your soup, if you are poisoned, wouldn't it be the same as Qihua? ”

Ying'e saw that Concubine Zheng had made her words clear, so she called Fuzhi to get up, "Now if the concubine doesn't want to continue to play with her son, then the minister will have something to say today, just make it clear alone, or in front of everyone, and look at the concubine." ”

Concubine Zheng glanced at Yueru, Yueru led everyone to retreat, Fuzhi also followed, and there were only two people left in the house, Concubine Zheng and Ying'e, who seemed to be sitting calmly, but the tension was about to erupt. It's just that the two of them look at who speaks first, that is, who can see each other's hole cards. After a stalemate for a moment, Concubine Zheng said impatiently, "Didn't the queen say something?" Now that everyone has withdrawn, but they don't say anything, even if they don't have anything to say, let them go back. ”

Ying'e lifted the corner of her eyes slightly, looking at Concubine Zheng's steady state like Mount Tai, and secretly thought in her heart that this woman was indeed deeply hidden, and she had been recognized by others but was still so calm, knowing that she deliberately let herself say it first, she unhurriedly took out a purse and put it on the desk in front of Concubine Zheng's eyes, "Someone brought you an object from Erchen, saying that it was embroidered by your sister, but unfortunately now that the person is gone, let you keep a thought." ”

Concubine Zheng looked at the purse in front of her embroidered with a pair of swallows around the willows, her heart tightened, she forced her composure, "When does the queen like to collect such dilapidated things, and say that the mourning family's sister's things, the mourning family doesn't even know that there is a sister, but the queen's red mouth and white teeth can't be arranged?" ”

Ying'e didn't expect her to admit it, and she wasn't in a hurry, "That's because Erchen is young and ignorant, and he is easy to be deceived." However, thinking of having a fight with the master and servant of Ru Qihua, even if she died, she didn't want her to be buried in that mass grave, so she returned to the Ru family with kindness. Although the Ru family suffered, but later Empress Dowager Hu was sympathetic, lenient, and everything that had nothing to do was returned to the family, which should have settled in Luoyang. But it is strange to say that not long after the emperor ascended the throne, the people of the Ru family moved out of Luoyang en masse, and they did not even have their hometown. In order for Ru Qihua to be taken away by her family and put into the ground, Erchen wrote another letter to ask his cousin to find it, and the hard work paid off, and he found it in Yecheng. Let Erchen think about it, what is the name of it, oh, yes, it is called Ru Ting, it is Ru Hao's third son, and he is most familiar with Qi Wan. Speaking of this, Ying'e paused, glanced at the concubine's face and gradually became worse, and her heart became more happy, and then said, "Ru Ting is now without merit and fame, and his livelihood is difficult, and his son can't bear to be down, so he sent a few silver, and wrote a recommendation document with his father, so he can take care of the last bloodline of the Ru family." How do you know... He even asked his retainers to hand over this purse to the concubine, and the retainers said that he was presumptuous and must not climb relatives. ”

Concubine Zheng couldn't suppress her anger when she heard this, and pointed at Ying'e's nose and scolded, "Is there a daughter-in-law like you in the world?" After entering the door, I put a gun and a stick, and I talked to myself for a long time, the mourning family didn't say you, and now I just find a purse and say that the mourning family is related to the Ru family, what do you want to do! ”

Ying'e saw that Concubine Zheng was so angry that she actually said it herself, and she didn't want to pretend to be humble, she stood up, looked directly at Concubine Zheng and said word by word, "Ying'e didn't say a word about the concubine's relationship with the Ru family since she entered the house, only said that Ru Ting brought the concubine's sister's belongings, where did the concubine come to this conclusion." Then Ru Ting is right, Ru Qihua's deceased mother is the concubine's sister Ren Shuangdie, and the concubine is a double swallow, so the purse is a double swallow wearing willows, and the concubine thinks there should be a double butterfly wearing flowers. This is also why the concubine takes such care of Qihua, even the emperor doesn't know about your relationship, Ying'e is thinking about the marriage contract, I'm afraid only the concubine knows. ”

Concubine Zheng was furious and smashed the soup cup on the case directly on Ying'e, and the soup splashed Ying'e's body, "Get out, the mourning family doesn't have time to listen to you slandering the mourning family here, and the mourning family wants to tell the emperor that this is the queen he has chosen so much, and she is so disobedient to the mourning family, so rebellious, the mourning family wants the emperor to abolish you." ”

Yueru, who was outside the door, heard the movement in the house, hurriedly pushed the door in to check, blocked in front of Concubine Zheng to protect her, and questioned Ying'e, "Queen Mother, you dare to be disrespectful to the concubine, slave maid, please ask the emperor to call the shots." ”

Ying'e smiled faintly, "The concubine is angry, Ying'e went to see the emperor first, because there are too many things I want to hear the emperor's opinion, but the emperor is busy with court affairs, so I came to the concubine to verify." Now, Ying'e understands everything, but she wants to talk to the emperor even more, and she is tired of Aunt Yueru to invite the emperor. ”

Yueru was at a loss when she saw Ying'e say this, and seeing that Concubine Zheng didn't want to alarm the emperor, she hurriedly said, "Since the emperor is busy, the queen mother should go back to her palace first, and wait for the emperor to report to the emperor tomorrow and let the emperor decide." Yueqing, send the queen mother. ”

Ying'e didn't want to argue, she needed to ask Qing Yuan Ziyou first, so she turned around and wanted to leave, Concubine Zheng said coldly behind her, "No wonder the emperor doesn't want to have a child with you, you want to learn the "Huang Ting Jing", you really don't deserve to be a branch for the royal family." ”

Ying'e's hand holding Fu Zhi was suddenly stunned, turned around and asked, "What is "Huang Tingjing", what did you say?" ”

Concubine Zheng stopped talking, and ordered someone to push their master and servant out of the Taihua Palace, and dropped the door key heavily.