I can't help but secretly admire in my heart, this Queen Mother's methods are really ruthless enough, it seems that the turning point of the plot should be staged soon.

Sure enough, a eunuch walked in with a piece of green paper.

"The Queen Mother, the maid who distributed the charcoal committed suicide in fear of sin, and left this blood letter before she died."

"Bloody book?" The Queen Mother glanced at Emperor Qi Yan, Qi Yan gestured to Ji Li, Ji Li stepped forward and took the blood book and handed it to Qi Yan.

Qi Yan spread out the blood book and frowned, "It's rare that this maid can write, although it is full of typos, but Mrs. Pei's three words are very clear." ”

"Pei Lin, what else do you have to say!" The Queen Mother was furious again.

Pei Lin knelt on the ground, and the pear blossom retorted with rain: "The queen mother, the concubine is wronged, that Fuzi can't even write his own name, how can he write the blood book, someone must have framed Lin'er, please check it." ”

I can't help but secretly admire Pei Lin in my heart, who can grasp the shortcoming of the palace maid Fuzi who can't write, and make such a big article.

I glanced at Qi Yue, who was kneeling on the ground, and was wondering why she had not said a word, when she finally spoke.

"The Queen Mother, the concubine thinks that there must be something else wrong with this matter, and it is a small matter to frame Mrs. Pei and the concubines, and it is the most evil thing to want to use this to murder the Queen Mother."

I stared at Qi Yue, Qi Yue's eyes swept over me, and there was a slight uneasy look. I couldn't help but shake my head and sighed, "There are always people who like to lift a stone and shoot themselves in the foot, and this kind of self-inflicted wisdom is indeed a bit hateful." Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that what Qi Ronghua said really has some truth, and she really should check it carefully, what is the truth? ”

The Queen Mother turned her head to look at me and asked as if she was puzzled, "Why does the queen believe the words of these two women?" ”

I nodded and replied with a smile, "Isn't the Queen Mother suspicious?" ”

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and said with some embarrassment: "The mourning family naturally has some doubts, but this person is dead, how to prove the truth of what they said." ”

"In fact, charcoal is not the key thing that causes fires after all, the important thing is tung oil, why not investigate thoroughly, where does this tung oil come from?" I paused and continued to analyze: "This tung oil was originally used for painting, because it is flammable, and it is rarely purchased and stored in the palace, unless there is a renovated house or wood in the palace, it will be purchased, so the source of this tung oil is not difficult to check." ”

"What the queen said, but it reminded the mourning family, is the Emperor Shufang Palace renovating the columns recently?"

The Queen Mother turned her head and confirmed to Emperor Qi Yan, although it looked like it was a discussion, there was a somewhat questioning tone in her tone.

Qi Yan nodded, as if he had finally guessed what kind of medicine was sold in the queen mother's gourd.

"After returning to my mother, Shufang Palace is indeed renovating the columns, but it has only replaced some broken pillars, which have not yet been painted, so it should have nothing to do with purple jade."

After Qi Yan finished speaking, he glanced at me fiercely again. I pretended not to see it and waited for the Queen Mother's next move.

"The mourning family didn't say that they suspected Ziyu, they just thought that they would call her over to discuss and discuss, maybe they would find some clues."

At this moment, a little maid who knelt down with Pei Lin suddenly kowtowed and said, "Queen Mother, the slave has something to say!" ”

The Queen Mother pretended to be surprised, but the joy at the corners of her mouth was still not hidden.

"Oh, I can't remember anything, come on."

"Yes, the slave remembered that when she checked and distributed charcoal with her master that day, she had seen Fuzi and Xueqing laughing together, but she didn't care about it at the time, but now that I think about it, could it be that Xueqing......"

"Bold, you haven't seen it with your own eyes, how can you speculate here?" Qi Yan obviously didn't want her to talk nonsense anymore, so he immediately called the guards, "Drag this slave who chews the root of his tongue down and make a twenty board!" ”

Hearing that Emperor Qi Yan wanted to punish herself, the little palace maid immediately kowtowed again and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty spares your life, the slave just said what she saw, and she didn't mean to slander Madame Zi. Queen Mother, help! ”

"Emperor Slow!" The Queen Mother really made a timely move, and I felt deeply sorry for the Queen Mother's move, she made a mistake in this move, even if she pleaded, it should be Pei Lin, not herself.

In this way, Emperor Qi Yan was even more convinced that this was the conspiracy of the Queen Mother.

"The emperor is slow, this girl didn't say anything, but she just saw Xue Qing passing by, as long as she called Xue Qing and confronted her, it would be clear."

"Queen Mother, just based on the words of this slave, how can Ziyu be suspicious?"

"Could it be that Your Majesty believes in Madam Zi so much, and doesn't want to believe in the concubine?" With tears in her eyes, Madame Pei looked up at Emperor Qi Yan. "In Your Majesty's heart, is the concubine a sinister and cunning woman?"

"Pei Lin, whether you have done it or not, you know best." Emperor Qi Yan still responded coldly, in my eyes, there was indeed a moment of sympathy for Pei Lin who was kneeling on the ground, but it was only for a moment.

When the stalemate was at a stalemate, the voice of the eunuch Su Nan came from outside the hall: "Madame Zi has arrived." ”

Ziyu took the maids Xue Qing and Su Xin to the top of the main hall, completely ignoring Pei Lin and Qi Yue, who were kneeling on the ground, and came directly to the emperor and the queen mother to salute.

"The concubines meet the Empress Dowager and His Majesty the Emperor."

Qi Yan was somewhat surprised when he saw Ziyu suddenly arrive, and subconsciously asked, "Ziyu, why are you here?" ”

If it is too thick, he smiled slightly, and after exempting Ziyu's courtesy, he asked directly: "Ziyu, do you have anything to say?" ”

Ziyu bowed slightly, and responded lightly: "Queen Mother, the concubine heard that there was a fire in the Queen Mother's palace, so she came to take a look, I don't know if it hurt Niangniang?" ”

As he was talking, another word spread outside, saying that Shu Meiren, Song Meiren and others also came to the palace to ask for a meeting.

"It seems that the concubines in the harem are very concerned about the safety of the Queen Mother." I sat on the side and said with a smile to the Queen Mother.

Taihou was stunned for a moment, and said with some displeasure: "Their hearts are mourned, and the weather is freezing, so go back and rest." ”

Emperor Qi Yan also waved his hand, signaling the eunuch Su Nan to pass the word and drive away the other concubines. Seeing this situation, I hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty, they came to see the Queen Mother, and they are also filial piety, and besides, they are in the harem all day, maybe there will be any new clues, maybe there will be any new clues." ”

Emperor Qi Yan naturally heard what I said, so he hurriedly changed his words: "It's rare that they have filial piety, let them in!" ”

The Queen Mother turned her head to look at the emperor and then at me, her face was full of doubts, but in the next move, she still walked down.

"Xueqing, Mrs. Pei's maid said that she had seen you talking to Fuzi when distributing charcoal, what do you explain?"

Xue Qing knelt down and saluted, and responded very calmly: "Back to the Queen Mother's words, the slave maid has been serving the mother in Shufang Palace, and she has never seen the palace maid Fuzi. ”