Chapter 15: Murder and Imprisonment
The Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet was held in two places, namely the imperial garden banquet dominated by the emperor, and the Anshou Palace banquet dominated by the Empress Dowager Zhong, the former was dedicated to receiving officials of the previous dynasty, and the latter received the female relatives in the palace. Therefore, as soon as I entered the palace gate, I handed over the gift to my father, and then separated, and the carriage carried me and my mother all the way to Anshou Palace.
My mother took my hand, while opening the curtain from time to time to look at the palace wall outside the window, while guessing where I went, her face was full of excitement, yes, she and her sister said goodbye last time, or when Zhongxuan was born, at this time she naturally missed her sister. Half an hour later, the carriage stopped.
"Madame, after this passage the carriage will no longer be entered," said the coachman.
"Okay." The mother opened the curtain with that.
After getting out of the carriage, I saw that Liuli beside my sister was already waiting here, thinking that my sister had already arranged it.
"Madame, second lady is good." Seeing us, Liuli quickly stepped forward.
"It's just that I haven't seen it for a long time, and the second lady has ...... appearance" Liuli looked at my face and wondered.
"The eighteenth year of the female college has changed, and Min'er is now the age of growing her body, so it is not surprising that the changes are bigger." My mother hurried to relieve me.
"Yes, yes, Madame said that's true." Liuli responded, and then explained to her mother the reason why the eldest sister couldn't come out to pick it up.
"The queen is the queen of the country, and at this time she is presiding over a party with the queen mother in the garden of Anshou Palace, and specially ordered Liuli to come to greet Mrs. and the second lady, and said that she could not come in person, and hoped that Mrs. would not blame."
"What the queen said, I naturally understand as a mother." The mother replied.
After walking for a while, Liuli stopped in front of a palace gate.
"Here it is."
I looked at the palace gate of Anshou Palace, and my eyes instantly turned red.
I still remember the first time I came here in my previous life, when I was 15 years old, the Empress Dowager Zhong took my hand and said to me: "This is Min'er's home from now on, and the Queen Mother will take care of you." ”
During my time in Anshou Palace, Empress Dowager Zhong always taught me the way to survive and manage in this deep palace, if there was no her, how could I stand firm on my own in the days to come. I pretended to inadvertently turn around and wipe the tears from the corners of my eyes, and it is always easy to feel different emotions and sadness when I revisit the old place.
"Min'er, what's wrong with you!" Xu was aware of the change in my mood, and my mother held my palm worriedly and asked.
"No, it's the first time I've entered the palace, and I'm a little excited." I sniffed and pulled my mother to walk briskly inside. "Let's hurry up, my daughter misses her sister"
After entering the courtyard, I found that there were many seats in the courtyard, but there were not many guests.
"The courtiers see the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother Wan'an." My mother led me to greet the Queen Mother first.
"Mrs. Zhou, please, since it's a family banquet, there's no need to be polite, let's take a seat first." After a few words of greeting, my mother and I were given a seat next to my sister, and my mother sat down and chatted with my sister.
"Miss Tuesday, the Queen Mother wants to invite you over for a chat." When I was having a good meal, Aunt Liu Ruo, who was next to the Queen Mother, suddenly came to me and said such a sentence.
"The Queen Mother wants to see me?" I hurriedly put down the things in my hand and confirmed with Aunt Liu Ruo that since I was reborn, I have never been in the palace, let alone the Queen Mother, what is the so-called thing about her looking for me this time?
"Yes, Second Miss, come with me." Liu Ruo blessed her body a little and made a gesture of please to me.
I could only get up and follow Aunt Liu Ruo to the Queen Mother.
"Queen Mother, Miss Tuesday is here." Aunt Liu Ruo retreated after speaking.
"The courtiers participate in the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother Wan'an."
"Get up, this is a family banquet, the second lady doesn't have to be polite."
"Yes, Empress Dowager Xie." I looked up at the Queen Mother, and in a trance it seemed that I had returned to my previous life when I was 15 years old, and the relative who said he would protect me was standing alive in front of me at this time.
"Why are you crying, is the mourning family scared you?" Seeing the tears in the corners of my eyes, the Queen Mother instantly became nervous.
"No, no, no, it's the first time the courtiers have seen the Queen Mother, and I'm so excited," I quickly wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes, and looked up and smiled at the Queen Mother.
"Come, come and sit here at the mourning family, and the mourning family will see you child rejoice." The Queen Mother beckoned me to come over as she spoke.
"Yes." I came to the Queen Mother and sat down, listening to many interesting things in the palace she told me, and in a trance, it seemed to go back to the days when I lived in Anshou Palace with the Queen Mother in my previous life, when she also held my hand like this and told me many interesting things in the palace.
"Queen Mother, it's not good, the emperor is here." Aunt Liu Ruo suddenly walked over and said in the ear of the Queen Mother.
"The emperor's people, do you say why did you come here?" As soon as she heard the emperor, the Queen Mother immediately stood up.
"It's the warehouse, just now when the warehouse was counting the gifts, there was a sudden fire, the loss was not small, it is said that there is a problem with the second lady's gift, the emperor decreed, the second lady will be temporarily detained, and then investigate the matter after the family banquet." After Aunt Liu Ruo finished speaking, she glanced at me.
My gift? I obviously checked it again and again before handing it over to my father, and there is absolutely no problem, could it be that someone did it before entering the warehouse?
"Since that's the case, then I can only wronged the second miss." The Queen Mother took my hand and said, "If someone deliberately frames me, the mourning family will be your master." ”
"Yes, the courtiers thanked the Queen Mother."
After kneeling, I went to the Criminal Division to await trial, accompanied by Aunt Liu Ruo. Aunt Liu Ruo got the order of the Queen Mother to take care of everything for me in prison. For a while, I didn't feel any discomfort in this prison.
After saying goodbye to Aunt Liu Ruo, I leaned against the wall in prison and pondered, in this deep palace, I only have some relationship with my eldest sister, so who is going to frame me in my gift?
It seems that the water in the palace has long been muddy......