Chapter 22: The Witch Turmoil
In the blink of an eye, the three-day period between me and my mother arrived, but in order to find out the truth about Bai Xue's entry into the palace, I decided to stay in the palace for a while longer.
"Liuli, you send someone to send my letter back to the Zhou Mansion, I will talk to my mother about my sister's body, otherwise she will probably worry about my sister's body when she sees me staying for so many days." I handed the letter I had written in the morning to Ruri and said.
"Okay, slave and maid will go." Ruri took the letter from my hand and turned to leave.
I looked at the figure of Liuli walking towards the main hall, and I naturally understood in my heart, I knew that this letter would pass through the hands of my sister and the queen mother before leaving the palace, and I could only briefly mention the reason for temporarily living in the palace in the letter, saying that it was because I hadn't seen my sister for a long time, so I wanted to stay in the palace and my sister for a while.
My sister knows that I don't like to be close to her, and she will definitely not believe my words, but what does it matter? I just have a reason to stay.
In my previous life, I first entered the palace in the park in 964, and now it is a full year earlier, which means that I don't know what will happen in the palace in the next year. But as far as it seems now, I am afraid that I have already been placed on this chess game, and since this is the case, then I will stay and play such a big game of chess.
Since the last time the Queen Mother punished Concubine Shuniang and Princess Wenlin for me, my days in this harem have settled down, my sister's body is not a big problem except for the abnormal lack of volume and sleep, during this period, my mother also asked someone to ask a few times, but I am not in a hurry to go back. Every day, in addition to playing chess with my sister, I take Zhong to read and write, and occasionally I will go to the Queen Mother's Anshou Palace, accompany the Queen Mother to copy Buddhist scriptures, and live for a month.
Although the emperor and his sister are in love, but the emperor comes late on weekdays, and I deliberately avoid it, so I didn't meet, until today, Liuli suddenly knocked on my door, saying that the queen mother announced that I would go quickly.
"But what is it?" I looked at Sandalwood puzzled and said, because I just came back from the Queen Mother yesterday, why is she so anxious to summon me today?
"I didn't say it, the second lady will clean up and go out, Aunt Liu Ruo is already waiting outside the hall." Aunt Liu Ruo again, can't the Queen Mother pick me up with someone else? I looked at Ruri's unnatural expression and knew that she was hiding something from me.
"Well, I'll go over now, you remember to tell my sister about my trip to the Queen Mother." I turned back to Ruri as I went out.
"Okay, also, Second Miss remember to deal with it carefully." Ruri suddenly stepped forward and whispered something in my ear, and then walked away quickly.
It doesn't seem like it's going to be a trivial matter......
I followed Aunt Liu Ruo towards Anshou Palace quickly, I kept staring at Aunt Liu Ruo's expression, trying to see something on her face, but after all, Aunt Liu Ruo has lived in this harem for most of her life, and I can't see the clues from her expression.
When she arrived at the door of the Buddhist hall of the Queen Mother's bedroom, Aunt Liu Ruo suddenly stopped.
"Second Miss, the Queen Mother said that you are only allowed to go in alone." After Aunt Liu Ruo finished speaking, she turned around and left.
I looked at the closed door in front of me, and suddenly I showed a hint of timidity, but I couldn't retreat.
I leaned on the door and listened to the movement inside for a while, quietly, is it so serious? I exclaimed inwardly.
Forget it, I took more than ten seconds to adjust my breathing, and then knocked on the door to inform the Queen Mother that I had arrived.
"Come in." The Queen Mother quickly replied to me.
I pushed the door in, and couldn't adapt to the darkness in the room for a while, I squinted my eyes and looked closely, and then found that the queen mother was not the only one in the room, except for a woman sitting under the case, Li Yu was also there, at this time he was sitting next to the queen mother and looking at me, the moment the four eyes met, I obviously saw something strange in his eyes, it was the kind of undisguised shock and surprise.
Just like the first time I saw it in my previous life, after the clouds parted, and the water flowed for ten years, my heart was sour, and I quickly knelt down to say goodbye after knowing that I had lost my attitude, and I held back the tears in my eyes in the depths of my head.
"Get up, sit down." Li Yu's voice came
I got up and sat down next to me, and then took a closer look at the woman sitting next to me. Combing the concubine's headdress, the facial features are upright and generous, but it is a little darker, and the figure is stronger than that of ordinary women, even if there are gorgeous clothes to match, it is difficult to hide the atmosphere of the military camp, and when I look at me, I still reveal a little uncut between my eyebrows and eyes, I think it is the domineering concubine, it seems that what I said today must be related to her.
"I'm looking for the second miss to come over today, mainly because of this, I don't know if the second miss still recognizes it?" The Queen Mother pointed to the table next to me, and my eyes followed it, and there was a puppet on the table. No, to be precise, this is a villain who uses witchcraft to practice witchcraft.
Still? Frame? These two words popped out of my mind at once, hehe, I smiled contemptuously in my heart, I Zhou Min had never seen any winds and waves in his previous life, how could he be afraid of this kind of trick.
"Huh? The courtiers have never seen it, is the Queen Mother calling me over today because of this doll? "I tried to keep myself in the best possible state, picked up the puppet on the table and looked at it closely, pretending to be the first time I saw it. If someone else were to change people, the Queen Mother might not believe it, but I am only 14 years old, and my current age is the best weapon for me to protect myself.
"Second Miss, don't pretend to be stupid, I saw with my own eyes that you buried this thing in the four corners of the Queen Mother's bedroom, and you dare to say that you have no intention of rebellion?" After seeing my innocent face, Concubine Xian couldn't help it anymore, why did I have no grievances with her? Could it be because of my sister?
"I'm afraid that Concubine Xian has recognized the wrong person, if I like this doll, I can take it back to my sister's palace, why should I bury it in the queen house?" I continued to pretend to be stupid and said, whether Concubine Xian believes it or not, at this time, as long as the Queen Mother believes me.
"You really don't know what it is?" The Queen Mother asked, staring into my eyes.
"Back to the Queen Mother, the courtiers only know that this is a doll, and the rest don't know, and even more so burying this doll in the courtyard." I stared into the eyes of the Queen Mother and said, although the Queen Mother has lived in the deep palace for a long time, I believe that I will be able to deceive her in my eyes, after all, this thing is really not done by me, I have a clear conscience.
"Then do you know about witch Gu?"
"The courtiers are stupid, I grew up in the house since I was a child, and my father only let me learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the rest was not involved."
"Your Majesty, although this matter is about witchcraft, and there are also concubines as witnesses, but I know the Zhou Mansion, and the art of witchcraft is indeed not something that the second lady can touch." The Queen Mother turned her head and said to the emperor.
"Concubine Xian, are you looking at the wrong person?" Li Yu did not reply to the Queen Mother, but just asked Concubine Xian.
"Impossible, Your Majesty, all this was seen by the concubine herself, I'm sure this witch villain must have been released by the second lady." It seems that Concubine Xian didn't seem to give up and continued to throw the pot at me. I touched my head helplessly, compared with the previous Wang Meiren, Li Cairen or something, this concubine is really brainless, is this harem so unevidence-free?
"Since Concubine Xian said so, can you allow the courtiers to ask, when did Concubine Xian see the courtiers come to this courtyard to bury the villain?" In order to end this farce as soon as possible, I decided to take the initiative.
"Yesterday afternoon, when you came out of the Buddha hall, you walked straight to the backyard, and I thought you were behind you, and then I saw you sneaking into the corner to bury this thing."
"Yesterday afternoon, Aunt Liu Ruo personally sent me out of the door, if you don't believe it, you can send Aunt Liu Ruo over."
"That's what I misunderstood, you came out and went back."
"After I came out, I went straight to the school to pick up Zhong Xuan, Zhong Xuan's teacher He Taifu can testify, if Concubine Xian Niangniang doesn't believe it, she can find someone to find the right time." Although I decided to fight back, I still tried my best to make my counterattack look immature and not lacking in edge, in order to preserve my image of the queen mother's heart.
"It's impossible, I saw it. If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, the palace maids around me have seen it, and I can call them over......" Concubine Xian said to the Queen Mother without giving up.
"However, the palace maids in Niangniang's palace must all listen to Niangniang!"
I wiped my forehead, I really don't know how this concubine got to her current status in this palace, I think the emperor and her mother should not worry less about her......
However, after this incident, I can be sure that this person must be hiding behind Concubine Xian, today's incident, Concubine Xian is probably provoked by her and is in a hurry to show off.
"Forget it, there are some eyes that look away for a while, and I don't think it was like the second lady did it. Mother, what do you think? "It seems that this Li Yu is not stupid, after all, this matter is a frame-up that anyone with a discerning eye knows is trapped.
"I think so too, but this matter can't be left like that, after all, witchcraft is not a trivial matter." The Queen Mother replied.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this matter can't just be settled." Concubine Xian on the side hurriedly agreed.
I secretly hurt Concubine Xian, isn't this a stone to shoot myself in the foot? Now that all the evidence points to her being framed, she still wants to continue to investigate.
"It's better to do this, leave this matter to Liu Xin beside me, after all, witch Gu is not a trivial matter, you don't have to make a noise to the outside world, and I will make up my mind when the results come out."
"Yes." I replied to Concubine Xian.
Sure enough, it was Li Yu, except for poems and songs, there was really nothing worth his study.
"If nothing else, the courtiers will retire first." I looked at the silent crowd, and since there was nothing to do with me, I had better hurry away.
"Wait, I have something to say to you." Just as I was about to kneel, Li Yu suddenly spoke.
"The queen mother and concubine Xian will go back first, I want to ask the second lady a few things about the queen."
With a hundred reluctant expressions, I watched the figure of the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian leaving, but I still didn't dodge it after all......