Not only Princess Xing, but also Princess Yi, who was in the main hall of Prince Yi's mansion at the moment, was also shocked.

"What the hell does the queen want to do?!"

Princess Yi said angrily to the visitor.

If Duanmu Fei was here now, Prince Yi would have already rushed up to reason with her.

The atmosphere in the hall was slightly condensed, the air was heavy, even the scorching sun outside the window was blocked by clouds, and the sky was gloomy.

The grandmothers and maids next to them looked at each other, and they were silent one by one, and no one dared to speak.

Princess Yi only felt that her breath was blocked in her chest, and she slapped the desk at hand heavily, her eyes were almost spewing fire, and then she reprimanded: "You are so bold, do you know what kind of place this is!" ”

This is Prince Yi's Mansion, but it's not a place where they can go wild at will!

Princess Yi's voice became higher and higher-pitched, her anger surged, and she said in her heart: The queen's courage is inevitably too great. Cen Yin is not in Beijing now, she is so messy, isn't she afraid that no one will support her and lose her own back position?!

Facing the angry Princess Yi, the chief eunuch and the deputy commander of Jin Wuwei were still calm and relaxed.

The chief eunuch said with a smile: "I hope that the princess will not be stubborn and obsessed, as long as the princess returns the comb, the queen mother has always been generous, and she will not blame the princess." ”

The chief eunuch spoke with a high-sounding appearance.

Who stole the queen's comb! Princess Yi almost vomited a mouthful of blood.

At this moment, a little maid's saluting voice came from outside the house: "Lord Wang." ”

When Princess Yi heard this, her spirits perked up, and she looked out of the hall excitedly.

In the courtyard outside the hall, a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old man in a royal blue straight shirt strode towards this side, his face was majestic, and his whole body released an aura of not being angry and self-threatening.

"You are so bold to rush into the king's mansion!" Prince Yi scolded while sitting down on the Taishi chair at the top, his eyebrows locked, "Who is stirring up trouble in front of the queen?" ”

Prince Yi can be regarded as leaving a point when he speaks, and he did not directly put the responsibility on the queen.

With Prince Yi here, Princess Yi's confidence was enough, and the anger that had been barely suppressed burst out, and she commanded Mama Li: "Mama Li, get that comb!" ”

The little maid had already taken the wooden box containing the comb, and Mama Li took the box and opened the lid, revealing a peach wood comb carved with three cats in the box.

Princess Yi pointed to the peach wood comb in the box, didn't look at it, and said coldly: "This is the queen's reward in the morning!" ”

After a pause, she added mockingly: "If the queen regrets it, take it back!" ”

Princess Yi was disdainful in her heart, feeling that Duanmu Fei was still a dignified queen, she had never seen the world, so she regarded a broken comb as a treasure, and obviously rewarded it in public, but she didn't admit it again, and she had to send someone to ask for it!

Don't you think that you will be reluctant to repay this comb?! Ridiculous, really ridiculous!

Prince Yi's eyes looked at the wooden box, and he chuckled in his heart, and there was a vague feeling that something was not good. The queen asked Jin Wuwei to dispatch, and even did not hesitate to surround the palace, making such a big fuss, just for a comb?

At this time, Mama Li presented the wooden box containing the comb to the chief eunuch and the deputy commander of Jin Wuwei.

The chief eunuch glanced at the wooden box lightly, and sighed faintly: "Princess, don't be joking! The queen mother lost a comb made by Wang Qingren herself, how could this broken comb be made by Wang Qingren!! ”

Prince Yi's eyes widened, and she felt that the other party was simply shameless.

She pointed to the box angrily and said: "This comb was given by the queen's mother, Princess Qing and Princess Xing were all there at that time, and they can all testify for this princess!" ”

Princess Yi has never encountered such a ridiculous thing in her life to this age. At this moment, she really felt that she was more wronged than Dou E!

The chief eunuch still smiled, and said, "Princess, our family is not empty talk. There is an account book as evidence, at that time the queen gave Wang Qingren a peach wood comb, although this comb is peach, but the carving is mediocre, I am afraid that it can be bought everywhere in the market, but it is not made by Wang Qingren. ”

"You're talking nonsense!" Princess Yi was going crazy, and her well-maintained face turned red.

Prince Yi is far more sensitive than Princess Yi, his eyebrows are slightly frowned, and his thoughts are spinning quickly: Something is wrong, the queen will definitely not make such a fuss for no reason......

Prince Yi's face became more solemn, and he listened to the chief eunuch say slowly: "Since the princess doesn't recognize it, let's check it carefully and see if the comb made by Wang Qingren is not in the house." ”

Deputy Commander Jin Wuwei raised his right arm with a sneer on the corner of his mouth......

Like a thunderbolt suddenly flashing, Prince Yi's heart lit up and he understood instantly.

I see!

It must have been the queen who saw that those tribute combs were wrong, so she deliberately rewarded them to her wife, and then used this excuse to make trouble, so that she could search the palace!

Their queen will come to something!

Prince Yi narrowed his sharp eyes, barely squeezed out a smile, and hurriedly arched his hand to the chief eunuch and said, "Father-in-law Cheng, she is ignorant and cheap, father-in-law should not worry about her!" ”

Cheng's father-in-law leisurely shook off the dust in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's still the prince's reason!" He also deliberately glanced at Prince and Princess Yi.

Damn eunuchs! Princess Yi's lips pursed into a straight line, and her face sank like water.

Over the years, Princess Yi has been living smoothly, and Prince Yi also respects her, where has she been wronged like this, but she still endured it after all, and did not dare to refute Prince Yi's face in front of outsiders.

Prince Yi politely invited the two to sit down: "Father-in-law Cheng, Deputy Commander Zhang, please sit down and speak." ”

After Cheng's father-in-law and the two sat down, another maid served tea to everyone in the main hall.

The atmosphere seems to have eased a little, but in fact, there is still a turbulent undertide.

Prince Yi pretended to take a sip of tea, and then asked, "Dare to ask my father-in-law, what does the comb that the queen mother threw look like?" ”

The smile on Cheng's father-in-law's face deepened, and he took the booklet handed by a small chamberlain next to him, turned to one of the pages, and said: "Lord Wang, please see, the objects in the palace are clearly recorded in this account book, when to enter and when to go out, remember clearly." ”

"These combs were donated by the court secretary last month, and there are detailed records on them."

So, the little chamberlain handed the account book to Prince Yi again.

Prince Yi glanced at the account book casually, his eyes fell on the word "Jiangzhou", his eyes opened slightly, and he remembered it suddenly.

At the end of last month, when Jiangzhou last city paid tribute to this set of combs, because his wife took a fancy to it and said that he wanted to use it as a reward, he asked people to go to the market and buy a few combs with fine workmanship instead of sending them to the palace.

Prince Yi has been in charge of the Inner Court Division for more than ten years, and he has not done such similar things on weekdays, not to mention that the tribute that day was just a box of combs, and he didn't care at all.

Anyway, nine times out of ten, these things that are paid tribute will be put in the treasury to be dusted, even if they are taken by the emperor to reward people one day, some people see that something is wrong, can they still tell people that the emperor rewarded them with a fake?!

Therefore, Prince Yi has never worried about this matter over the years.

As a result, as he thought, year after year, he sat peacefully in the position of Minister in charge of the Inner Court for fourteen years!

Until today......

Prince Yi's eyes flashed slightly, and his fists were clenched.

He went to the battlefield at a young age, from the reign of his father to the throne of his nephew Mu Yan to the throne, it can be said that he has experienced four dynasties, and he has not seen any storms and waves for decades, so naturally he will not panic for such a thing.

The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth.

Prince Yi rubbed the jade wrench on his thumb twice, glanced at the chief steward on the side, and said with a smile: "Grandpa Cheng, this comb must have been secretly changed by some bold and reckless subordinate!" The king asked the princess to look for it again. ”

Princess Yi was very aggrieved in her heart, and her lips were tightly pursed into a straight line.

The chief steward immediately understood what Prince Yi meant, and hurriedly withdrew from the main hall.

Father-in-law Cheng naturally saw it, but he ignored it and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, please take care of yourself." ”

The chief steward hurried to Yimen as fast as he could, and he got into a carriage and left Prince Yi's mansion, commanding the carriage to go all the way west to Cen Mansion, which was also the residence of Cen Zhenxing, the eunuch of the former celebrant and eunuch.

In the past ten years, Prince Yi has been able to hold the Inner Court Division steadily, and it is not because of the military exploits that he used to defend Liaodong, he still has some ways in the court.

For example, Prince Yi and Cen Zhenxing have had a friendship for many years.

Cen Zhenxing once served as the eunuch of the celebrant and the supervisor of the East and West Factory, and he was in power for a while, and then retired peacefully, which is very rare.

Cen Zhenxing is Cen Yin's father-in-law, everyone knows that Cen Yin respects him very much, and every New Year's holiday over the years, he will personally visit him, and all the prefectures in Beijing are also in his eyes.

Therefore, although Cen Zhenxing has retired, his status in the court is still somewhat transcendent over the years.

As soon as the chief steward saw Cen Zhenxing, he chattered endlessly:

"Gong Cen, the queen is really too deceitful!"

"Obviously, she rewarded the princess with a comb, but now she is framing the princess in turn, not saying that the princess stole the tribute comb from Fengluan Palace!"

"Just now, she also sent Cheng Gonggong and Jin Wuwei to surround the palace!"

The chief steward held his chin high, and the more he spoke, the more indignant he became, and his mouth was foaming at the mouth.

This chief steward is Prince Yi's confidant, and he has been following Prince Yi for almost 20 years, and he is very clear about the affairs of the palace, including the friendship between Prince Yi and Cen Zhenxing.

Cen Zhenxing was ordered to go to Liaodong to supervise the army eighteen years ago, and at that time, Prince Yi had saved Cen Zhenxing's life, otherwise Cen Zhenxing would have died in Liaodong long ago. This is a fateful friendship, so after Prince Yi returned to Beijing from Liaodong and sat in the position of the head of the Inner Court Division, Cen Zhenxing provided him with a lot of help.

Even if Cen Zhenxing retired later, the two still had close contacts with each other, and they didn't get estranged because of this.

On weekdays, the chief steward often visits Cen Zhenxing for Prince Yi, or greets him, or sends a message for Prince Yi, or sends a Boxing gift.

At this moment, Cen Zhenxing, who was dressed in a gray straight shirt, was sitting by the window, with a white face and beard, full of silver hair, over sixty years old but not showing a trace of old age, and a pair of sharp eyes were still bright.

Cen Zhenxing drank tea slowly, his eyes were deep, and he didn't speak.

The chief steward was still indignantly saying: "Gong Cen, don't you see it, those Jin Wuwei are rampage one by one, like entering a no-man's land!" ”

"You want to administer justice for our prince and princess!"

Cen Zhenxing put down the teacup in his hand and suddenly interrupted the chief steward: "You let your prince also be more restrained, the new emperor is not the king of Er." ”

The last half of Cen Zhenxing's sentence deliberately slowed down, with a little warning and a little admonition.

If other people dared to talk about Prince Yi in this tone, the chief steward would have thrown his sleeves and left, but the person in front of him was Cen Zhenxing, a figure who once called for wind and rain in the court, and he still has a certain influence in the court.

The chief steward took two deep breaths, calmed down, and said politely: "Gong Cen, the prince has always been very sensible. ”

His words were euphemistic, which meant that the queen was looking for something to do.

Cen Zhenxing glanced at the chief steward lightly, the sharp eyes seemed to be able to shoot directly into the heart of the person, and the chief steward was a little weak, and a little cold sweat oozed from the back of his neck.

Cen Zhenxing turned his head and instructed a small chamberlain next to him: "You go to the celebrant and call Gonggong Shi." ”

The chief steward looked grim.

Of course, he knew who Shi Gonggong was, but he was the current eunuch Bingbi, the second person in the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, and the steward of Cen Yin's stay in Beijing.

The chief steward secretly breathed a sigh of relief again. Since Cen Zhenxing asked Shi Gonggong to come over, then this matter should be nine out of ten.

In front of Cen Zhenxing, there was no place for the chief steward to sit, he stood aside with his hands down, his eyes and nose were concerned.

Cen Zhenxing ignored him, picked up a chess book in his hand, and continued to play chess against the chess game.

In the room, all that was left was the sound of the chess pieces colliding with each other and the crisp sound of falling pieces from time to time.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a faint sound of light footsteps outside, and the chief steward immediately opened his eyes slightly, and looked eagerly in the direction of the door curtain.

The curtain of the door was raised from the outside, and a plain-looking eunuch in Tsing Yi in his thirties walked in with vigorous steps, a smile on the corner of his lips.

It is the celebrant and the eunuch Shi Huaineng.

"Cen Gong." Shi Huaineng respectfully saluted Cen Zhenxing, and didn't look at the chief steward.

Cen Zhenxing dropped the sunspot on the tip of his right finger, looked up at Shi Huaneng, and said lightly: "Huaneng, you let Cheng's father-in-law go back, go back and talk to the queen, I'm afraid this matter is a misunderstanding." "Cen Zhenxing is obviously intending to be with mud.

Cen Zhenxing opened his mouth, and the chief steward was relieved, the corners of his lips raised slightly, and he pressed it quietly, a touch of brilliance flashed under his eyes, and he said secretly: This is done!

Hmph, what about the Queen?!

Their prince is not something that the queen can move casually.

This time, the queen did not hesitate to use Jin Wuwei to surround the palace, and she must have been looked at by all the palaces in the capital.

If the queen does this, it will be Liwei; But if Jin Wuwei returns today, it will be the queen's majesty that he will kill, and others will only think that the queen is messing around, and framing their princess will inevitably damage the queen's Fengyi!

Hey, this is also the queen's own suffering, and she should be allowed to suffer a little, so as not to be able to go to heaven because she is the queen!

Even if it is the Son of Heaven, he has to be restricted by rules and regulations, and it is impossible to do what he wants, let alone the queen.

The dignified queen actually opened her eyes and said nonsense, it was no different from a hooligan scoundrel!

The chief steward thought of the filthy appearance of the palace at the moment, so he couldn't help but be angry, and complained again: "Gong Cen, it's a shame that you are aware of everything and call the shots for our princess, our princess is really innocent......"

Before the chief steward finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shi Huaneng: "Gong Cen, the queen said that she wanted to investigate, so naturally she had to investigate." ”

Shi Huineng's words were said to Cen Zhenxing, and his expression was still respectful, but his tone was very firm.

The chief steward's mouth was slightly open, startled, and he couldn't believe his ears.

How so?!

Cen Zhenxing came forward, Shi Huaineng actually didn't give a little face at all!

"......" Cen Zhenxing moved his eyebrows, and he was also a little surprised.

Although he retired, he was not deposed, but he was honorably retired, so that he did not even have this face.

Moreover, after all, he is Cen Yin's father-in-law, and he has never been estranged from Cen Yin over the years, and because of this, the twelve eunuchs of the inner court still respect him a little, and they have never refuted his face like this before.

Cen Zhenxing put down the chess game in his left hand and squinted at Shi Huaineng, who was a few steps away.

After all, he has been in a high position for a long time, he has called for wind and rain, and he has only been a Taoguang cultivator over the years, and when he straightens his face, his whole body releases a majesty of a superior person.

The breeze blew from the window, stirring the branches outside the window, and the shadows of the trees swayed with it, accompanied by the rustling sound.

Time seems to stand still.

Shi Huaineng is not an ordinary person, he can be valued by Cen Yin, and he has his own merits when he was promoted to his current position.

"Gong Cen, the queen mother will not be wrong." Shi Huaineng looked at Cen Zhenxing for a moment, his expression calm and firm.

Shi Huaineng is now the head of the twelve eunuchs of the inner court, and he can't hide anything from the inner court, especially about the queen, and those eunuchs have already reported all the moths that the inner court department has sorted out.

Shi Huaineng was thinking about how to teach the Inner Court Division a lesson, who would have thought that he would hear about Prince Yi's mansion today, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The queen shot much faster and more ruthlessly than him!

In Shi Wineng's view, Prince Yi and his wife are at their own discretion!

The queen has just married into the palace, and the inner court division has this kind of unfortunate son, which is obviously deliberately bullying the queen for her young age and tender face.

Hmph, Neku is now the queen's necuette, and there are a bunch of fakes in Neku, doesn't that mean that the queen has a bad eye?!

This Prince Yi must not let go, and neither can the Inner Court Division!

lest others think that there is no one in the twelve prisons of their inner court, and any cat or dog dares to bully the queen when he sees that the overseer is not in Beijing.

"Since Niangniang wants to investigate, it must be Prince Yi who 'took' Niangniang's comb, and she can't be tolerated." Shi Huaineng took it for granted, and almost said: What the queen said is right, and what is wrong is also right.

As he spoke, he nonchalantly brushed off the non-existent dust from his robe.

Since Prince Yi had to hit the muzzle of the gun when he was looking for death, Shi Huaineng felt that it was just right, and he could take this opportunity to kill a hundred people.

"Killing" the prestige of a Prince Yi can make the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty see the attitude of the twelve eunuchs in their inner court, and see who dares to commit it again in the future!!

Shi Huaineng's face was always smiling, but his eyes were as sharp as a sword, silently announcing his attitude.

He has some respect for Cen Zhenxing, and if it weren't for the queen, he would be happy to give Cen Zhenxing some face.

However, there is a saying that there is a difference in priorities, and people are close to each other.

The queen is important, and Cen Zhenxing has to stand aside!

The chief steward looked at Shi Huaineng for a while, and looked at Cen Zhenxing for a while, his eyes widened, as if he had been broken with a bucket of cold water, and his limbs were cold.

Cen Zhenxing stared at Shi Huaneng for a moment, and then said: "Huaneng, Prince Yi is the emperor's aunt, if there is any misunderstanding, just make it clear in private." ”

That's right! The chief steward nodded frequently, still holding a glimmer of hope in his heart.

It's a pity -

"Gong Cen, our family really can't be the master of this matter." Shi Huaineng shirked with a smile.

Cen Zhenxing was silent again, and casually picked up a white child from the darkness, his eyes flashing slightly.

He knew that Shi Huineng's attitude represented Cen Yin's attitude.

This time, it was useless to say it yourself.

Cen Zhenxing also knew about Cen Yin's recognition of the current queen as his righteous sister a few years ago, but he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, the eunuchs in the palace often recognized their father, mother-in-law, son-in-law, sister-in-law and the like, which is very common.

What Cen Zhenxing didn't expect was that this righteous sister had such a heavy weight.

Since he withdrew from the court a few years ago, he has rarely paid attention to the affairs of the court, but in the past, whenever he spoke, there was never such a thing as now, which made people push it softly or hard, although it was not a big deal......

Cen Zhenxing let go of his hand, and the white piece between his fingers fell into the chess box again, but he accidentally fell into the chess box of the black son.

The chess pieces collided with the chess pieces and made a crisp sound, and there was an extra white piece in a box of black pieces, which was extremely abrupt.

Shi Huaineng didn't want to stay longer, and said with a smile: "Gong Cen, if there is nothing else, our family will leave first." ”

After a pause, he said meaningfully: "Our family still has to find someone to watch, if you can't find the comb that the queen wants, you have to let Dongchang go." ”

East Factory?! The blood on the chief steward's face faded rapidly, if Dongchang was allowed to go to the palace, it would be a raid!

Shi Huaineng shook his head and sighed, and muttered softly: "Jin Wuwei and those people don't know if they are reliable, don't miss the mother's business." ”

The mouth of the "......" chief steward opened and closed, and he could not make any sound at all.

He wanted to keep Shi Huaneng, but he didn't dare, where was there a place for him to talk to Cen Zhenxing and Shi Huaneng!

Or, even Cen Zhenxing couldn't persuade Shi Huaneng, what was the use of saying more?

Shi Huaineng didn't even glance at the chief steward from beginning to end, made a long bow at Cen Zhenxing, and turned to leave.

"......" Cen Zhenxing looked at Shi Huineng's back, his eyes changed brightly and secretly, and he didn't keep him after all.