Yi Xiangxiang's eyes flashed slightly, Song Yuan's question was actually not very polite, her return to the palace was a secret, and it was already a kind of trust to let Song Yuan know, but now the other party wanted to explore this matter to the end, which made her a little surprised.

Yi Xiangxiang also understands that Song Yuan doesn't really want to know, she just deliberately uses this question to block her.

But after all, it was he who asked him, and Yi Xiangxiang naturally didn't want to say anything.

She smiled slightly: "I don't want others to know that I have returned to the palace." ”

This is a useless answer, no different from no answer. She hid her identity and came back, because she didn't want others to know about her return to the palace. And the reason why she replied to Song Yuan like this was just to give a step and let her stop here.

But Song Yuan didn't come down the steps.

Everyone saw that Song Yuan also smiled: "Why doesn't Niangniang want others to know that you have returned to the palace?" What did you do when you came back to the palace? She spoke in a strong tone, throwing out the questions with an attitude that could not be refused.

Rao is as dull as Liu Fangfei, and he also heard something wrong, let alone Wan Ling and others.

However, Zhao Ziqian didn't understand.

It's not that Zhao Ziqian is stupid and stupid and doesn't know the language between women, it's just that he has a preconceived idea that Song Yuan is his own person, and Yi Xiangxiang is his queen, and the two are the same party.

He didn't speak, and there was no expression on his face, as if he couldn't hear him at all.

"Lord Song, is this questioning the palace?" Yi Xiangxiang was still smiling like that, but if she listened carefully, she would also find that there was coldness in her tone.

Yi Xiangxiang has almost been smooth sailing since she was a child, not that everyone is obedient to her, but no one will ask every aggressive word with a harmless face like Song Yuan today. Seriously, at that moment just now, Yi Xiangxiang saw Lin Zhimeng's shadow in Song Yuan, but it was more sharp and absolute than Lin Zhimeng.

It made her very uncomfortable.

Yi Xiangxiang's words made Zhao Ziqian raise his head and frown, although he didn't notice anything wrong with Song Yuan's words, but he still clearly felt the coldness in Yi Xiangxiang's words.

Song Yuan smiled: "Niangniang misunderstood, you asked the lower officials to ask, didn't you?" ”

Yes, sure enough, he moved a stone and shot himself in the foot.

"Then according to Lord Song's meaning, if this palace doesn't let you ask, you won't ask?" Yi Xiangxiang smiled.

Yi Xiangxiang's smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, but with a sense of indifference, those who are familiar with her know that this means that she is not in a good mood at the moment.

She is usually very talkative, but today she was provoked by Song Yuan's few words, which is indeed a bit difficult to see.

Song Yuan lowered her head and fiddled with the jade bracelet in her hand, she was now wearing men's clothes, but the jade bracelet was extremely abrupt. However, the bracelet is particularly dazzling, the color is transparent and almost transparent, and the color of the whole piece of jade is also excellent.

Her appearance is extremely outstanding, although it is not as beautiful as Lin Zhimeng's alluring beauty, but her red lips and teeth are very beautiful; Although a white robe is men's clothing, it sets off her heroic beauty; There is a slight amount of fat powder on her face, but even if she is a light makeup, she shows that she is more beautiful, extraordinary, and out of the world, just like a white lotus that cannot be blasphemed, beautiful and enchanting, and at the same time, a cold arrogance emanates from her.

If there is a position for Song Yuan in the three thousand harems, it must be time to give birth to the name of the four concubines! Yi Xiangxiang thought so.

"If Niangniang doesn't let me ask, the lower officials won't ask." Song Yuan replied.

It's also very difficult for her to describe her current mood, she just wants to block Yi Xiangxiang for some reason. She has been sitting in the position of the head of the Shanggong Bureau for so long, and she should not be less sophisticated and sleek, but suddenly she doesn't want to make peace.

It's not that she can't see that Yi Xiangxiang is already angry, but she breathes a sigh in her heart inexplicably, and she doesn't want to bow her head inexplicably.

Song Yuan remembered her experience over the years, and stumbled on a road that was extremely difficult for women. In fact, the Song family chose Zhao Ziqian from the beginning, and Song Yuan was also secretly cultivated with the secret guards since he was a child, so he would automatically ask for help when Zhao Ziqian needed to place people in the imperial city.

The glory of the family supports her to move forward, but more often than not, it is for her own beliefs.

Zhao Ziqian is her faith.

Song Yuan remembered that she was still a child at that time, and she looked at the peerless young man standing on the high platform, and the person in charge of cultivating them told them loudly that the young man was their master, and he was the person they needed to serve with their lives.

At that moment, she swore to give her life to him.

So she worked hard in training to become the best in the shadows, and she was qualified to help him.

She adored him, took him as a faith, and fulfilled all the orders he gave her. She never questioned him, even though he married a woman with no talent and no virtue to be the queen, she felt that he had his own reasons.

Even if he exterminated the Nine Clans for this woman, she still thought it was a means to an end.

Until she entered the Changchun Palace, she was still comforting Wan Ling and saying that the queen must be alive, because she knew him well enough, and he really didn't bother to lie.

But when she saw Queen Yi Xiangxiang in the inner hall, she suddenly became inexplicably irritable.

Song Yuan didn't hear the people in the dark department say that the master's attitude towards the queen was different, and the master cared very much about the queen's words. However, Song Yuan knew that the master was a person who cared about the world, Yi Xiangxiang was talented and capable, and established some forces such as Huanxi Pavilion and Wuda Firm, she always felt that the master cherished Yi Xiangxiang.

But why did Yi Xiangxiang lurk in the palace as an concubine? The master's indulgence of Yi Xiangxiang was really shocking, which made her suddenly feel a little empty.

Song Yuan was immersed in her emotions and disturbed one after another.

"It turns out that Lord Song handled the case like this!" Yi Xiangxiang sneered, her good impression of Song Yuan disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by an inexplicable boredom, only to see her impatiently say to Song Yuan: "Since this is the case, this palace will not say anything!" However, Lin Jieyu's case is related to the safety of everyone in the imperial city, and the palace limits Lord Song to find out the murderer within three days and send it to the three divisions for trial, otherwise you, the head of the Shanggong Bureau, don't have to be in charge! ”

Everyone was stunned.

Now there is no clue about Lin Jieyu's death, but Yi Xiangxiang ordered Song Yuan to solve the case within three days, which is clearly difficult for a strong man. After Yi Xiangxiang finished speaking, she didn't wait for Song Yuan and Wan Ling to react, she turned around and left the inner hall and entered the living room.

Liu Fangfei heard Song Yuan's aggressiveness, although she didn't understand why Yi Xiangxiang, who had always been calm, was so uncomposed, she was flirted with a few words and threw her sleeves away, but she naturally stood on her friend's side.

"Lord Song's interest in the private affairs of the queen mother is stronger than the investigation of the case." Liu Fangfei sneered.

Although her brain is not enough, she is not really stupid as a pig, Song Yuan just stepped on the point where Yi Xiangxiang asked her to ask, and kept provoking Yi Xiangxiang, she also saw it in her eyes.

The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. Liu Fangfei also saw that this Song Yuan was not a simple character, her friend did not suppress her temperament, and this time she obviously suffered a loss.

Song Yuan heard the words and looked at Liu Fangfei: "Concubine An's words are wrong, the lower officials are just doing their duty!" Although the queen is the lord of the six palaces, it is not upright enough to act like this. ”

Wan Ling's brow tightened when he heard this.

Liu Fangfei snorted and laughed: "Lord Song, don't take an inch, if it weren't for the meaning of the saint today, you would not be qualified to know that the queen had returned to the palace!" Acting in this way? Not good enough? What is this trying to imply, Lord Song? ”

Yi Xiangxiang returned to the palace to pit Lin Zhimeng, and it was really not enough to come back secretly. However, the meaning of Song Yuan's words is to equate Yi Xiangxiang with Lin Zhixin's death, after all, there are no clues now, and the most suspicious thing is Yi Xiangxiang who is hiding and pinching.

It's no wonder that Yi Xiangxiang is angry and treats herself honestly, but others use it as a raft.

When Song Yuan heard that it was the meaning of the saint, she felt a little happy in her heart: "Weichen thanks the saint for his trust." ”

didn't even mention the queen.

Then she said to Liu Fangfei: "Concubine An Niangniang, don't misunderstand, the lower official didn't hint at anything, it's just that Lin Jieyu's case is very tricky this time, and the lower official needs more evidence." ”

In a word, it is concise and to the point.

Liu Fangfei frowned, not talking, and the scene was a little embarrassing for a while.

Although Wan Ling didn't know why things had become like this, she felt a little uncomfortable after sitting for a while, so she pulled Song Yuan to bow to Zhao Ziqian and Liu Fangfei and retreat.

Xiao Dan smiled and sent the two out of the inner hall, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

She heard that in the evening, the saint said something credible to Song Yuan to his queen master, but now Song Yuan's attitude made her equally angry. She can't say that the saint believes in the wrong person, but at this time, she understands in her heart that the saint does not mean that they can be used by her own queen master.

Just like this Song Yuan, she is obviously dissatisfied with Yi Xiangxiang.

Xiao Dan squinted at the backs of Song Yuan and Wan Ling, and only turned around and returned to the inner hall until the two disappeared around the corner.

Wan Ling, who came out of the inner hall, was still puzzled, and didn't understand why she was ordered to solve the case in three days without saying a word, but she felt Song Yuan's disrespect for the queen just now.

"Song Yuan, what's wrong with you?" Wan Ling wondered.

She and Song Yuan have also known each other for a long time, although Song Yuan is her boss, but the two have always intersected as friends, and she never calls Song Yuan an adult. She knows Song Yuan very well, and she sees how much Song Yuan has suffered on the road to becoming the head of the Shanggong Bureau.

Song Yuan is forbearing, can be humble to everyone, and can even accept all the difficulties of those difficult palace concubines, so today is a gaffe that surprised Wan Ling very much.

And just before entering the inner hall, didn't she comfort herself that the queen must be alive? How did he meet the queen, but the attitude was so puzzling.

Of course, Wan Ling didn't know that Song Yuan was a person in Zhao Ziqian's secret department.

As for Song Yuan, she was not annoyed by her impulse, on the contrary, she suddenly found that something broke out of the cocoon.

Liu Fangfei's sentence of "the meaning of the saint" just now ignited the fire in her heart, yes, there are three thousand beauties around him, but only he is the most special one, who can get all his trust.

"Let's go, solve the case in three days, we still have a lot of things to do." She said calmly, and then strode away from Changchun Palace.

In the living room, Yi Xiangxiang sat at the table and looked at the account books of the Wuda firm. Since Zhao Ziqian knew all her hole cards, she had no scruples, and the bookcase of Changchun Palace was full of account books of Wuda Firm.

Jiang Hai once opened those account books very curiously, and the profits above frightened his eyes wide, since then it is more difficult to please Yi Xiangxiang than to please Zhao Ziqian!

Yi Xiangxiang slumped in the circle chair holding the account book, but there was an inexplicable irritability in her heart: "Xiaodan, I sent someone to change the incense outside." ”

The scent of the inner sanctum wafted into the living room, a haunting smell. Yi Xiangxiang learned from Zhao Ziqian that Song Yuan liked to be haunted by dreams, so she deliberately sent someone to light this incense, but today's Song Yuan made her feel that she had wasted a piece of her kindness.

It's not that she didn't see that Song Yuan's eyes were glowing when she looked at Zhao Ziqian, but she was embarrassed by herself while glowing, which made Yi Xiangxiang very angry.

Yi Xiangxiang couldn't say why she was angry, in the past, Lin Zhimeng or Kang Ling showed favor to Zhao Ziqian, but she never felt anything.

Maybe it's because Song Yuan is Zhao Ziqian's subordinate, and in a sense, Song Yuan is Zhao Ziqian's own person.

If she, Zhao Ziqian and Lin Zhimeng walked together, there is no doubt that she and Zhao Ziqian, who have a common secret, are all the way. But if Lin Zhimeng and Song Yuan were replaced, Yi Xiangxiang would become an outsider herself, because Song Yuan was the one who fought side by side with Zhao Ziqian.

Thinking of this, Yi Xiangxiang herself tasted a little taste, and she admitted that she was jealous.

She is not jealous of Kang Ling, because Zhao Ziqian just treats her as a sister; She was not jealous of Lin Zhimeng, because the latter was now Zhao Ziqian's enemy; She is not jealous of all the concubines in the harem, because they are all tools to balance the previous dynasty......

But she suddenly found that she was a little jealous of Song Yuan, jealous that she helped and even accompanied Zhao Ziqian to take down the dragon chair.

Liu Fangfei walked in from the inner hall, and felt a little strange when she heard Yi Xiangxiang tell Xiao Dan to replace the incense: "You are a little abnormal today!" ”

Yi Xiangxiang put down the account book in her hand: "What's abnormal?" ”

"You weren't the kind of person who bullied people in the past." Liu Fangfei teased.

Yi Xiangxiang shrugged: "Really? Am I so stupid? But power is really easy to use, since you can get what you want the fastest way by overwhelming people with power, then why not? ”

She has never felt that she is a good person, Song Yuan's love for Zhao Ziqian is Song Yuan's own business, and her open and secret love has nothing to do with her. But if Song Yuan wants to provoke her, then she can't be blamed for "crushing people to death at the level of the official"!

Liu Fangfei is undeniable, just as people who have survived hardships are afraid of hardships, she has been suppressed by Mrs. Liu in the back house since she was a child, and now she has become a princess of Xiaodongguo, so she naturally will no longer tolerate her attitude towards anyone, so she agrees with Yi Xiangxiang's approach.

Besides, she also felt that Song Yuan was indeed too arrogant, if Song Yuan was one of the palace concubines, it would be good to say that jealousy was the norm for harem women. But she's just the head of the Shanggong Bureau, and if it's good, it's a subordinate, and if it's not good, she's just a minion! A slave dares to argue with the queen, it seems that the so-called Zhao Ziqian is extremely strict, and that's it!

"You don't need to be as knowledgeable as her, it's just a little bit of face in front of Zhao Ziqian, a fool who doesn't know how many pounds his bones weigh." Liu Fangfei's words are really ugly, and she also calls Zhao Ziqian, who makes her friend angry, by her name.

Of course, Yi Xiangxiang agreed with Liu Fangfei's words, she really didn't need to look at Song Yuan in her eyes, she was out of control today.

"I'm fine, I just gave face to Song Yuan to Zhao Ziqian, so since she is not rare, I don't have a hobby of hot face and cold ass. Today is really a bit of a surprise, and I was a little stunned for a while. ”

She really didn't expect Song Yuan to have such an attitude.

But now that she thinks about it, she doesn't need to be angry.

Zhao Ziqian destroyed Tu Miaomen and the Red-clothed Sect for her, no matter how much truth she felt, she would read it if she should read it. Although she has now become a veritable queen and Zhao Ziqian is also husband and wife, in her opinion, they are still two individuals.

Zhao Ziqian's subordinates have no reason to obey her, just as the people in Huanxi Pavilion all serve her as the master, this is a truth.

Today was her miscalculation, because Zhao Ziqian said that Song Yuan was credible, so he took her as his own person very autonomously.

Liu Fangfei knew that Yi Xiangxiang was not a person who would drill the horns of the bull by herself, so she chatted with Yi Xiangxiang for a few more words and went back to the side hall.

After Liu Fangfei left, Yi Xiangxiang went to wash, and when she returned to the living room again, Zhao Ziqian was already lying down in the phoenix. She paused, lifted the covers and slipped into the covers.

Zhao Ziqian leaned over and hugged Yi Xiangxiang into his arms.

"What's wrong with you today?" Zhao Ziqian asked Yi Xiangxiang, although he didn't find the dark tide in those words, but in the end, Yi Xiangxiang asked Song Yuan to solve the case within three days, and he could hear it clearly.

Yi Xiangxiang did not answer.

"Song Yuan is a capable person, although she is a little out of line today, but you said that you were going to take off her official position without consulting me, which is a bit inappropriate." Zhao Ziqian continued to speak.

Yi Xiangxiang frowned when she heard this, but still didn't speak.

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and if today's events are spread, it will not be good for you." Zhao Ziqian thought for a while and said this.

He didn't agree with this statement, but Yi Xiangxiang said without hesitation that he had taken Song Yuan's official position, and if such an impulsive appearance was amplified by someone with a heart, it would be difficult not to be involved. But fortunately, the people in Changchun Palace today are all their own people, so they don't have to worry about the problem of rumors.

Yi Xiangxiang thought that Zhao Ziqian was fighting for Song Yuan, she sneered and turned sideways, faced Zhao Ziqian and asked, "Is the saint worried that it will be unfavorable to the concubine, or is he worried that Lord Song will not be able to solve the case within three days, and wants the concubine to take back her life?" ”

"Lin Jieyu is a harem concubine, she died for no reason, and her body was still found in the dry well of the cold palace, if the murderer is a perverted murderer, what should I do if it endangers your life one day? The Shanggong Bureau is responsible for investigating the case, Song Yuan is the director of the Shanggong Bureau, why can't the concubine ask her to solve the case within a time limit? The saint said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the concubines are doing the responsibility of the queen, where can they interfere in politics? ”

Hmph, besides, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and you can ask me to do the construction of the Meizhou River*? Yi Xiangxiang was very annoyed at this time.

"You and I have guards around us, and ordinary people can't get close."

Yi Xiangxiang sneered again: "There are accidents in everything, don't forget that the life of the concubine was originally picked up!" ”

Before Zhao Ziqian could say anything, Yi Xiangxiang interrupted him: "The saint doesn't need to say much, if you think that the concubine can't be the queen well, when the matter is over, you will abolish the concubine!" However, the concubines are strict first, Lin Zhimeng's concubines must be taken away, and it is useless for anyone to protect them! ”

Zhao Ziqian felt that Yi Xiangxiang was a little unreasonable: "How could I have protected her?" ”

"It's okay if you don't, as long as the Holy One doesn't protect Lin Zhimeng, the rest of who you love and care for has nothing to do with me! As for Song Yuan's matter, it is the concubine who has exceeded the rules, and now the concubine is not in the palace on the surface, so it is not counted if she says it, and the saint loves to solve the case in a few days! ”

After Yi Xiangxiang finished speaking, she turned around and leaned back to Zhao Ziqian: "It's getting late, let's rest early!" ”

Zhao Ziqian felt a little inexplicable, he knew that Yi Xiangxiang was angry, otherwise she would not call herself a concubine with her mouth shut up, but she didn't know what she was angry about.

"Are you really going to be useless when I don't want to abolish you?" He said coldly.

After Yi Xiangxiang's sentence, Zhao Ziqian became angry.

Yi Xiangxiang paused for a moment: "The concubine doesn't dare, but I also ask the saint to give the concubine some time." ”

Zhao Ziqian wanted to say something more, but Yi Xiangxiang directly lifted the quilt and covered her head.