Chapter 351: It's Not Like Lying
Lan Baobao still believes in Ren Yingshuang very much, no matter how clumsy she is, it is impossible for her to pick up a stone and shoot herself in the foot.
Qingyu saw that the blue baby was very tired from standing, so she pulled the blue baby to sit down, gently patted the back of the blue baby's hand, and signaled her to just watch from the sidelines, don't intervene.
It seems that Qingman and Qingyu know themselves too well, in fact, Lan Baobao really wanted to help Ren Yingshuang say a few words, but Qingyu also looked at herself worriedly and Lan Baobao dispelled this idea.
I had to look at Ren Yingshuang sitting opposite worriedly, crying into tears.
"Back to the emperor, a few days ago, Lian'er, the palace maid in my palace, received a letter from home saying that her mother was seriously ill and said that she wanted to see her for the last time, but she had no time to take care of it some time ago, so she had to be entrusted until now, and the concubine let her leave the palace this morning."
Ren Yingshuang slowly told the truth of the matter, and looked at the emperor with a very firm gaze, without any drift, Jin Lingluo and Lan Baobao have been paying attention to Ren Yingshuang's expressions when she speaks, they are all very natural, not like lying.
And these words are also reasonable.
Things came to an impasse all of a sudden, and the Queen Mother also felt that what Ren Yingshuang said had some credibility, but let's not say that it was found in Ren Yingshuang's palace for the time being, but who got this painting scroll in Ren Yingshuang's palace.
No one can turn back the clock to last night to see what happened.
"Who can prove that what you say is true?"
Jin Lingluo had no choice but to ask Ren Yingshuang again, just relying on Ren Yingshuang's own words to exonerate himself, which was indeed a little inappropriate.
"Concubine Zhou can testify for me, she went to my palace to sit for a while last night, and after she left, I fell asleep, presumably when the candle was extinguished, she didn't go far, and the concubine remembered that it was the time of the day."
Of course, Ren Yingshuang remembered last night's events clearly, obviously after Zhou Guifei left, she immediately put out the candle and fell asleep, Ren Yingshuang thought that Zhou Guifei would testify, so the emperor would believe in himself.
When? The blue baby was very surprised, it was also the time to see the old lady at the rockery last night, could it be that the old lady did not return to the palace, did not place it in her own palace, and turned to harm Ren Yingshuang?
The more Blue Baby thought about it, the more wrong it became, obviously the old lady had already said that she would send it back last night, could it be that she was also deceiving Blue Baby.
Lan Baobao realized that he was still too kind-hearted, and he should have arrested the old lady directly to Shou'an Palace last night to confront the emperor, and today's incident would not have happened.
"Chen Cheng, go and call Zhou Guifei."
If you want to know whether what Ren Yingshuang said is true or false, you can only find Zhou Guifei to confront her.
"The concubines meet the emperor, the queen mother, and the princess."
Today, Zhou Guifei is dressed very gorgeously, and her mood seems to have changed a lot compared to yesterday's appearance after being cast by Huang Weasel, and people who don't know think that Zhou Guifei has got some kind of treasure.
"Concubine Ren, did you go to Concubine Ren's palace last night, when did you go? Whether the candle in her palace has been extinguished after leaving, you must answer truthfully, and you must not lie half-truthfully. ”
Jin Lingluo asked a few questions in one go, the open and secret battles between these concubines Jin Lingluo really didn't care to participate too much, and only hoped that it would be better to solve it quickly.
is still by the side of the blue baby, and he can be careful and elegant.
"How dare the concubine deceive the emperor, but the concubine went to Concubine Ren's palace last night, just sat idle for a while, but after leaving, the concubine noticed whether the candle in her house was lit, and several palace maids entered Concubine Ren's room, as if they had just arrived."
Zhou Guifei pretended to think, and only replied after a while.
The time is the same, and it is also gone, but the only difference between Zhou Guifei and Ren Guifei is that Ren Yingshuang's palace is lit with candles, which means that Ren Yingshuang did not sleep at that time, but did not know what to do, and called the palace maid into the house.
"Concubine Ren, do you have anything else to explain about this matter?"
There is no doubt that one of these two people must be lying, Jin Lingluo first asked Ren Yingshuang's words.
Ren Yingshuang looked at Zhou Guifei in surprise, she didn't ask the palace maid to go to her palace at all last night, Zhou Guifei actually slandered herself like this, Zhou Guifei, who was a witness, actually said this, so wouldn't it be even more difficult for her to explain.
"Your Majesty, what Concubine Zhou said is not true, please call the shots for your concubines."
Ren Yingshuang naturally won't admit what she hasn't done, how can there be anything to ask the palace maids to go to the house, after Zhou Guifei went out, the palace maids in the palace also went out, and Lian'er, who could leave the palace this morning, also returned to her room early to pack her bags early, how could it be like what Zhou Guifei said.
Lan Baobao thought about this Zhou Guifei, but something was not quite right, it was not that she saw Zhou Guifei last night after the old lady left the sight of the two, but what grievances did Zhou Guifei have with Ren Guifei, and what should she do?
Lan Baobao was very puzzled and glanced at Zhou Guifei, and felt Zhou Guifei's strange gaze, which was very vicious.
Suddenly made the blue baby shudder, the gaze was very familiar, and it was very similar to Yan Ruoxue's gaze.
Could it be because she went to the emperor's palace before, and the emperor didn't favor her and kept holding a grudge, this anger is not good on the emperor's body, it can only be on Ren Yingshuang and Blue Baby?
Thinking of this, Lan Baobao suddenly felt that sometimes it was difficult for Queen Yan Ruoxue to say that she was framed by someone, and Zhou Guifei could not participate, the more Lan Baobao thought about it, the more worried she became, she originally thought that these concubines were just ordinary mortals and couldn't do anything big, so she didn't care, but when I saw it today, it was not so simple.
Jin Lingluo is also very difficult to do, the two people have different words, and the emperor doesn't know how to decide.
"Your Majesty, last night the concubine saw that the old lady in the Queen Mother's palace didn't know what to do in the imperial garden, so she drove her out, and at that time she was holding the Queen Mother's Danqing in her hands."
Lan Baobao couldn't sit still, but still stood up and opened his mouth to excuse Ren Yingshuang.
When Jin Lingluo heard that Lan Baobao knew about this, why didn't he tell him, there was a trace of disappointment in his heart, did he not believe himself so much?
"Baby, why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"
Jin Lingluo's tone was obviously a little emotional, last night's incident should have been informed to the emperor last night, and now that something has happened, this is the only way to talk about it, Lan Baobao's mind Jin Lingluo is a little confused.
Seeing the emperor and the queen mother sitting in the front hall, Lan Baobao lowered her tone: "Your Majesty, the concubine thought that after persuading this old woman, she would obediently send the painting scroll back to its original position, but she never thought that such a thing would happen today." ”
"Baby, you told me about this kind of thing in the future, if you miss the time, this time fortunately you are found, if you can't find it, you will also be punished, is that grandma holding the painting scroll?"
"That mama."
Blue Baby raised his arm and pointed to the old grandmother beside the Queen Mother without hesitation, and told that since this old lady did this, then she must not be able to use it, and she originally wanted to keep her by the Queen Mother's side to do her own eyeliner, but now it seems that there is no need for that.
"How could you do that, and who ordered you?"
The queen mother looked at the grandmother beside her with a frightened face, leaned back a little, and opened her mouth to question the old grandmother, only to see the old grandmother hurriedly knelt on the ground, her eyes rolling back and forth, not knowing what she was thinking in her heart.
"Empress Dowager, this matter was instructed to me by Concubine Ling." The old lady thought for a moment and spoke.
Sure enough, as Qing Man thought last night, this old lady was the most likely to bite back the blue baby, but at that time Qing Man came up with a countermeasure, and in fact, the painting scroll found from Ren Yingshuang's palace now was not the queen mother's danqing, which was actually still in the queen mother's warehouse.
"Your Majesty, the concubine had already expected this old lady to say this, and the concubine asked the emperor and the queen mother to deign to go to the warehouse with the blue baby to see what was going on."
The blue baby will defend himself unhurriedly, and ask the emperor and the queen mother to go to the warehouse together.
"Oh? Why go to the warehouse? Could it be that this is a fake? ”
As soon as Jin Lingluo finished speaking, he felt that this question was not unreasonable, so he looked at the painting carefully, and found that the inscription at the place of the inscription was different from the font of the first emperor, and it was indeed not the one drawn by the first emperor.
"What, where did the real painting scroll of the main palace go?" The queen mother saw that the emperor unfolded the scroll and walked to the emperor's side to look at it carefully, and knew at a glance that this was not the danqing painted by the emperor, it was a fake.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, you come with me."
Blue Baby's tricky opening led the way in front, and asked Qingman to take the key from the old woman's hand.
When the group arrived at the door of the warehouse, they were all very nervous, and they were also suspicious of the words of the blue baby, if this painting scroll was not in this warehouse, then the blue baby would be punished, and Jin Lingluo also sweated for the blue baby.
Qingman stepped forward and gently opened the golden lock, and then Qingman didn't step forward, just stood outside the door and watched the queen mother and the emperor and her party enter, and the palace people were waiting outside.
This is the first time that the blue baby has come to the Queen Mother's Treasure Pavilion, although it is a warehouse, it is not too much to say that it is a small treasure pavilion, the treasures in it are all given to the Queen Mother by the Emperor in more than ten years and twenty years, and each one has someone to wipe it, and the Queen Mother knew that the position of the painting scroll was the first to come to the front of the shelf.
The top is indeed empty, there is no trace of the box, but to the bottom of a drawer, I don't know what is placed there, Qingman has already informed the blue baby of the location of the scroll, the blue baby squatted down with difficulty, Jin Lingluo saw this, and hurriedly asked Qingyu to help the blue baby.
"I'm fine, Queen Mother, the scroll is in this drawer." Blue Baby said, opened the drawer, and presented the same box as the sandalwood box in the emperor's hand.
"What's going on?" The queen mother took the scroll in the hand of the blue baby and hurriedly unfolded it, and the following inscription was also mentioned by the emperor, which was not wrong, this is the Danqing painted by the emperor for the queen mother.
But what about the pair in the emperor's hand?
"Back to the queen mother, back to the emperor, last night the concubine went to the imperial garden for a walk, and saw this old lady sneaky in the garden, so she stepped forward to negotiate with it, who knew that the old lady was holding the queen mother's Danqing in her hand, before the concubine inadvertently got a copy of the queen mother's Danqing, so the scroll in the hand of the grandmother was exchanged and sent back to this warehouse."
The blue baby had to inform the queen mother of the words discussed with Qingman last night, and the blue baby tried to make himself look natural, and it can't be said that the green snake was conjured out of thin air.
Because at that time in the rockery, the green snake was also by his side, seeing that the old lady was holding the queen mother's Danqing, when Qingman suspected that the old lady would bite herself, he let the green snake cast a spell to replace the painting scroll, and after the old woman left, the real painting scroll was sent back to the warehouse, if the imitation was also brought back to the warehouse, the green snake would know and then take it away.
In fact, Lan Baobao was just worried and took precautions, but he didn't expect that the scene of framing other concubines and pointing things at himself still happened.
"Concubine Ling, why do you have the Danqing copy of this palace? Could it be that this is already very popular among the people? ”
The queen mother was very surprised, this is her own danqing, why are there imitations among the people, the current literati and artists can really make anything, if it is not for the emperor's careful observation, ordinary people can't see it.
"The Queen Mother, I heard that this treasure in your palace was not displayed at the state banquet before, and at that time there were not many literati masters who were invited to the banquet, they were very fond of the Danqing painted by the emperor for you, so they imitated the painting, and the concubines knew that they also liked it very much, although they did not see the painting of the emperor, but they were just copying it here, and they also felt that the emperor had your intentions for the queen mother."
It was really hard for the blue baby to think about telling a lie, but after all, this danqing came back, and the queen mother didn't lose it, and she didn't care too much about what she said.
"Concubine Ling, if you like it, you can talk to the palace general, this imitation of Danqing is not reflected in anything, you look at the emperor's pen, as well as the words mentioned below, it is unique in the world, and today you come to this palace to show you the intention."
The Queen Mother listened to the words of the Blue Baby, and the Queen Mother was so happy that she knew that it was an imitation in order to like the painting of the former emperor and bought it in the palace, and if it weren't for the fact that the Blue Baby would have picked out today's events by stealing beams and changing pillars, the Queen Mother didn't know that there was such a slave by her side.
Seeing that this authentic relic had been found, it had always been in this warehouse, and it had not been lost, Jin Lingluo thought that the Empress Dowager was relieved and his mood was somewhat relieved.
The place where the treasures are placed here should not be stayed for a long time, if something precious is lost at this time, Jin Lingluo will be even more distressed, and then he reminded: "Since the queen mother has found Danqing, then let's go back to the house, this is not a place to talk about things." ”
"You see that the palace is happy, there are not so many concerns, let's go back to the palace together and discuss it again." The Empress Dowager rolled up the scroll, and then informed Qingyu and Lan Baobao and the others to return to the hall together.
The queen mother also knew what the emperor meant, Zhou Guifei and Ren Guifei actually said two things on one thing, although Ren Yingshuang's palace is only a fake Danqing, but if this Danqing is placed in Ren Guifei's palace by the old lady next to the queen mother, what does this have to do with Zhou Guifei.
At this time, Zhou Guifei was very timid and bowed her head timidly, and did not dare to bump into the emperor's gaze, Lan Baobao saw that this must be Zhou Guifei scared, and it was Zhou Guifei who ordered the old lady to place the fake painting scroll in Ren Yingshuang's palace last night.
"Now you two should be grateful to Concubine Ling, Concubine Ren is fortunate in your palace instead of a real scroll, then I will let you go today, and next time there is such a thing, whether it is true or not, something is in your palace, and I will be punished."
"Thank you, Lord Long."
Ren Yingshuang hurriedly knelt on the ground to apologize, although she was wronged, but now she has nothing to do, and the big stone hanging in her heart finally fell to the ground.
Zhou Guifei on the side didn't dare to speak, compared to Fang Cai's firm expression, anyone who looked at it could see that Zhou Guifei was weak-hearted, and she told a lie to the emperor herself, but the emperor didn't pursue Ren Yingshuang's matter, thinking about his own words, the emperor couldn't verify whether it was true or false, and he would not be punished.
"Concubine Zhou, you will not be allowed to go to Concubine Ren's palace in the future, I will not investigate today's matter, if I find out that you have hidden the truth from me, then I will not let you go as simply as today."
Now that Danqing has been recovered, Jin Lingluo doesn't want to judge who is right and who is wrong, as long as the two no longer negotiate in the future, they will not be witnesses.
Seeing that the emperor handled it properly, there was no wanton punishment, but it was not like before, and he felt that Jin Lingluo seemed to have really changed recently, and he was more dedicated to the affairs of the harem.
Jin Lingluo is also really helpless, the queen mother is old, and the queen is ruthless, although Lan Baobao is the concubine of Jin Lingluo who is satisfied with the harem, but now Lan Baobao's identity is a little embarrassing after all, and it is not suitable to deal with the affairs of the palace directly, Jin Lingluo can only devote some energy to manage the harem.
The people all said that they envied the emperor's life, with fine clothes and food, and the company of the beauties of the harem, and who could really understand the bitterness and tiredness in Jin Lingluo's heart.
I'm afraid that the only one who can understand Jin Lingluo is the blue baby.
It's really a false alarm today, but this fake painting scroll is really unknown to Lan Baobao in Ren Yingshuang's palace, but Ren Yingshuang saw that Lan Baobao didn't talk about changing the painting shaft at the beginning, so she felt that this bureau seemed to be Lan Baobao's participation, as well as Zhou Guifei's slander today.
At this time, Ren Yingshuang's heart was suspicious, thinking that Lan Bao Bao had something to do without forewarning her, if she was really entrusted to beat her today, wouldn't Lan Bao be watching a good show on the side at that time.
saved people, but there was no gratitude, but it attracted Ren Yingshuang's grudge, Lan Bao didn't know that Ren Yingshuang would think of herself like this, and when she looked at Ren Yingshuang, her eyes revealed guilt, it wasn't Lan Baobao's doing, if she had arrested the old lady last night, Ren Yingshuang would have been fine.
Although Lan Baobao is now much smarter than when he first entered the palace, he still hasn't made much progress in seeing people's hearts, and he is always easy to trust others.
In fact, when Jin Lingluo heard that Lan Baobao talked about Danqing imitations, he was a little suspicious, Lan Baobao wanted to disturb the order in this palace, this kind of bad idea was just a moment, what Lan Baobao said Jin Lingluo was also suspicious, the queen mother didn't care, but felt that what Lan Baobao said was true, and the emperor didn't think so.
But Jin Lingluo finally thought about it, since he hit the blue baby and entered the palace, he was framed and bullied, and it is understandable to do more actions, which did not damage the interests of the palace, and there were no casualties, compared to Huang Wanyan who was making trouble in the palace, it was a thousand times better, and it was normal to explore the truth like Lan Baobao.
However, compared to the current blue baby who is a little entangled in harem affairs, Jin Lingluo still prefers the appearance of the blue baby at the beginning, but who will be the little sheep who has been bullied after experiencing so many hardships, and now Jin Lingluo not only likes the blue baby, but also hopes that when something unusual happens in the palace, the blue baby can play her unique role.
Because the emperor is not a woman and can't think about the problem from the perspective of the blue baby, the blue baby is doing well enough now.
Now that the blue baby knows it, you have to be careful about everything in the future, Zhou Guifei, last time she was made like that by Huang Wanyan's spell, she was not inferior to the blue baby, and the blue baby didn't care, but today's incident made the blue baby completely know Zhou Guifei's nature.
But I never thought that we had to be on guard everywhere in this palace, a Zhou Guifei and the blue baby didn't know how to deal with it, and there was such a Chaoxia county lord, these poisonous butterflies around the emperor really couldn't be driven away.
"Concubine Ling, I'll go to your palace in a while, let's take a chariot back together."
Qingyu said in a brisk tone in front of the blue baby, and then looked back at Jin Lingluo, who was staring at him tightly, and his eyes smiled like a crescent moon.
"Your Majesty, let's go too." At this time, Chaoxia grabbed Jin Lingluo's arm, opened her mouth affectionately, and looked at Jin Lingluo smiling.
In fact, Qingyu didn't want to stay with Chaoxia, so she wanted to go to the palace of the blue baby, and Jin Lingluo was held by Chaoxia's arm and didn't know whether to pull it out or continue to stand here like this, the queen mother looked at Jin Lingluo from the side, and it was not easy to get rid of Chaoxia, just as motionless as a piece of wood, pretending to think.
Lan Baobao saw Chaoxia holding Jin Lingluo's arm, and Jin Lingluo looked at himself like a wooden man, as if he was asking for help from himself.
But if he interjected in front of the Queen Mother, the impression in the eyes of the Queen Mother would definitely be bad, and if he didn't care, Jin Lingluo would be very embarrassed.
At this time, Lan Baobao's dark eyes rolled, and then he looked at Jin Lingluo with a painful expression and called: "Your Majesty, I feel a little stomachache, is there something wrong?" ”
Jin Lingluo immediately understood what Lan Bao meant, so he stepped forward to help Lan Bao and asked with concern: "Baby, I will send you back to the palace." ”
The queen mother was very distressed when she saw that the blue baby was very uncomfortable, so she didn't stay here longer, and the emperor's face was very worried when she saw the blue baby, because the blue baby may be a little prince in her belly, and the queen mother was also very worried.
Then Jin Lingluo helped Lan Baobao to get into the chariot, and after the curtain was closed and he walked out for a while, Lan Baobao looked at Jin Lingluo and giggled.
"You, you're really skinny, you pretended to have a stomachache in front of the Queen Mother, what if the Queen Mother pulled you and didn't let you go to see you."
Jin Lingluo knew that Lan Baobao did this because Jin Lingluo threw a gaze at her for help just now, and deliberately made fun of Lan Baobao here.
"Your Majesty, you should thank the concubines, you are still making fun of the concubines here, and the concubines will not help you next time." The blue baby pretended to be angry and pouted and glanced to the side, not looking at Jin Lingluo.
"Okay, don't be angry, if there is a baby that I return next time, you will help me."
Jin Lingluo smiled and gently poured the blue baby into his arms, the blue baby in his arms was warm, and Jin Lingluo's heart was also warm.
Jin Lingluo wanted to leave the queen mother's palace as soon as possible this time, in fact, he didn't want to be with the county lord of Chaoxia, and he had time to hang out with Chaoxia, so it was better to have some fun with the blue baby.
The blue baby has been pregnant for a few months, although it is two or three palaces in the middle of the process, but once it is with the heart of death, the emperor has no time to take care of the mood of the blue baby during this time, so he thinks that it is now the middle of winter, and the people basically have winter stored food, and life is worry-free.
At these times, Jin Lingluo wanted to find some fun and make the blue baby happy.
When I arrived at Yulin Palace, it was already noon, if it was earlier, Lan Baobao would still take Jin Lingluo down to the kitchen together, but today's hour has passed, if the emperor does it, I'm afraid it will be time for dinner.
Jin Lingluo immediately instructed Chen Cheng to store the items offered in various places to see if there were any interesting objects, just bring them.