The queen said to herself: "Zhiwei? Rosebush? It's all together! Where is she? ”

There was no need for her to ask, Aunt Lin had already sent the little palace maid to call someone when she heard Steward Li say Zhiwei's name.

When Zhiwei was brought in, she saw such an embarrassing and cold scene.

The queen sat at the top, and she was quite majestic. Concubine Shu, Concubine Xian and others sat down according to their positions, watching the play with different expressions. Steward Li knelt in the middle, trembling and sweating.

"Slaves and maids meet the queen, all the maids, and all the blessings and blessings."

Although she didn't know what happened before she came, when she saw this battle, she guessed that most of them were going to be unlucky again.

Before she knelt down, she learned from the waking bushes of "melon-eating" flowers and trees around her that it turned out that the rose branch she was responsible for had gone wrong and stabbed Wen Meiren.

The queen didn't talk nonsense, and directly pointed to the bloody flower branch and asked, "You cut this flower branch?" ”

Zhi Wei replied: "Queen Qiyu, the slave maid is indeed in charge of the pruning of the two flowers of roses and peonies this morning. Just in case, five branches of each flower slave were cut for later use. Reasoning, the flowers presented should have been selected by the aunts of the Shang Gong Bureau. Each flower is not the same, just looking at this appearance, the slave and maid really can't tell if this branch is from the slave and maid who cut it herself......"

Concubine Shu gave a look, and Zhou Jieyu, who was sitting opposite her, sneered: "What a clever!" There are so many palace people in the Siyuan Bureau, and you are the only one in charge of this rose. You didn't cut this branch, did it fall from the sky? ”

Concubine Shu put down the teacup slowly, pinched the handkerchief, wiped the non-existent water stains at the corner of her mouth, and echoed: "Although these flowers are not the same, you can't use such a clumsy excuse that you can't remember or recognize clearly~"

Wen Meiren looked at the queen, then at Concubine Shu and the others, shrunk her neck, and didn't dare to squeak.

The queen said with a cold face: "Palace people stop Wei, continue to reply!" ”

Zhi Wei hung her head and continued to narrate calmly, as if the interjections of Concubine Fang Cai and Zhou Jieyu had no effect on her at all.

"Back to the queen's mother, everyone in the palace of the Siyuan Bureau knows that today is the flower god sacrifice of all the mothers, and everyone is very careful. The slave maid has always been taught by Steward Li, and she does not dare to relax in this. There is a rule that small thorns on the branches and leaves must be removed in advance. The flower branches and slaves that were cut this morning were also dealt with accordingly, and they were checked by Aunt Qing one by one when they were handed in. ”

The queen's brows moved slightly, and she said without thinking: "Pass Su Qing over." Also, all the palace people who went to the Siyuan Bureau to pick up flowers today brought them to the palace! ”

The queen looked at her coldly, and as soon as her words came out, the tense shoulder line of the palace maid kneeling on the ground seemed to loosen a little.

She thought to herself, but she was a smart person.

Su Qing came soon.

This Aunt Qing is about fifty years old, and she was originally a palace maid by the side of Emperor Yuan and Empress Yuan. Later, Empress Yuan died of illness, and she has been guarding Kunxu Palace in peace, and the first emperor has never established a successor.

Three years ago, the first emperor was mourned, and now he ascends the throne, marrying his fiancée, that is, the eldest daughter of General Qin, and entering the Kunxu Palace.

Aunt Qing invited herself to leave and went to the Siyuan Bureau on an errand, saying that she was afraid that she would not serve the nobles well when she was old, so it was better to take care of the flowers and trees. This was also approved by the Queen.

Su Qing explained clearly in a few words, she was on the side when handing over the flower branches today, and none of the flowers were thorny. The flower branches sent over are fine, but I don't know how to take them and send them to the concubines!

The implication is that this thorny rose is not from the Si Yuan Bureau, and it has nothing to do with Zhiwei.

The queen went to question the palace people of the Shang Palace Bureau again, but they didn't know anything.

"Queen Qiyu, these flowers are all selected under the supervision of Aunt Suyu, a total of twenty-eight flowers. The Siyuan Bureau sent over the same five, and the slaves and maids each picked two of the best-looking ones for the ladies to choose. At that time, there should have been no thorns at that time, otherwise the slaves would have found out. But the slaves and maidservants really don't know where this rose came from......"

In other words, there was no mistake when they handed over, but someone had bad intentions and secretly replaced the originally selected flower branches with thorny branches!

The Su Yu in the mouth of the palace people is not a person in the queen's palace, but she is also a female official of the Shanggong Bureau promoted by the queen. She made a mistake in doing things, and she hit the queen in the face.

The queen's face became darker and darker, if she couldn't find out a result, then she would really be discredited!

But Concubine Shu still fanned the flames beside her, and chuckled: "Aunt Qing and the people in this palace are from the Siyuan Bureau, could it be that this palace maid is pitiful and deliberately covers up?" ”

Although the meaning of her words was full of doubt, her tone was relaxed, with a hint of playfulness and jokingness.

Aunt Qing narrowed her eyes and said unhurriedly: "Queen Mother Mingjian." The slave maid has no personal relationship with this little palace person, and she has little contact with other palace people. If you don't believe it, you can ask the people from the Siyuan Bureau to inquire one by one. The slave and maid have lived for this age, and they have seen a lot of wealth and floating clouds. Even if he is trapped here today, he will not complain, but only think that it is the kindness of the mothers and send the slaves and maids to follow the ancestors. ”

Including Concubine Shu, many well-informed concubines know who this Qing Aunt's ancestor is, and most of them are polite when they meet her in the imperial garden on weekdays.

Only Concubine Shu was a little disapproving, Queen Yijia had been dead for many years, and she was not His Majesty's biological mother, and His Majesty did not posthumously crown her as the Queen Mother after he ascended the throne.

Today's genuine queen mother was still living under the hands of Queen Yijia back then, how could she not hold a grudge, and it was impossible for her to come forward to support Aunt Qing, why did she rely on a dead person to show her majesty here?

But she didn't want to fall into her identity, so she flew over again, and Zhou Jieyu jumped out again.

"Auntie's words are really strange, Concubine Niangniang just said casually, but she attracted these resentments from you! I don't know if you were so disrespectful when Queen Yijia was there? ”

Aunt Qing's face changed slightly.

The queen was the first to shout: "Zhou Jieyu, you should stop in moderation!" Aunt Qing is an old person around Queen Yijia, you are so disrespectful, and you are casually accused, how can you make others respect you? ”

Concubine Shu's face also changed, and the queen scolded Zhou Jieyu on her face, who didn't know that the charge of random climbing was referring to her?

She was just about to reply, but Concubine Xian also smiled lightly and said: "What the queen said is that Zhou Jieyu's temperament is too impatient. As concubines, we don't have to learn from the queen mother, but we also have to be a good example for the children, right? I heard that Zhou Jieyu and Concubine Shufei have a very close relationship, and often go in and out of Shangyang Palace. If you have been open-mouthed, how can it be good to break the prenatal education of the little prince in the womb of Concubine Shu's sister? ”

This big hat was pressed down, and Zhou Jieyu was extremely aggrieved.

She doesn't want to be this budding bird, but her mother's family has to rely on the Xiao family, and she has to hold the concubine in the palace, where dare not listen to her?

Zhou Jieyu saw that Concubine Xian and He Zhaorong were all helping, and in desperation, she could only bow her head and admit her mistake.

The queen reprimanded two sentences with a straight face, and then set Zhou Jieyu's punishment, and copied thirty volumes of scriptures behind closed doors to calm down. That is, the ban in disguise, when is it allowed to go out after copying, and if you can't finish copying, you will stay in it honestly!

Most of the other women watched the fire from the other side, and only a few of them heard the word "little prince" and their expressions changed slightly.

Zhi Wei, who was kneeling at the foot of the stairs, listened to these women's lawsuits, only to feel cold sweat, and she was about to soak through the jacket on her body.

She secretly prayed in her heart to get out safely, even if she was punished with a moon salary, or even other lighter punishments, she admitted it, and only hoped that these noble ladies would not expand the scope of the struggle, and finally pull her into the water.

After all, she still has six nights left to finish the bell, in case she is beaten again, she can't crawl to Qiande Palace in a blur, right?

As a result, this thief didn't seem to hear her heart, and he wanted to oppose her!

A shrill voice sounded: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Zhi Wei almost fainted, this noble emperor His Majesty suddenly appeared, isn't it a sign that she will suffer again today?

In fact, Huo Yanzhi had been eavesdropping among the flowers for a while.

He has never liked to travel with a group of people, even if he was recuperating from his injuries this time, Zhao Jiufu thought about it for a long time, and only then did he bring Zhao Jiufu and the four little eunuchs over.

Huo Yanzhi knew that the queen would be here to hold the flower god sacrifice today, so he thought about coming over by the way to surprise everyone, so he didn't let Zhao Jiufu and the others report in advance.

As a result, the concubines were not surprised, and this unexpected scene really frightened him.

Huo Yanzhi started eavesdropping when Aunt Qing came over, and he was a little confused at first, asking Zhao Jiufu what was going on.

Zhao Jiufu was bitter in his heart, he also came with His Majesty, how would he know what new headless public case had been made here?

As soon as he finished asking, Huo Yanzhi was attracted by Concubine Shu's inflammatory question, and he didn't care whether Zhao Jiufu answered or not.

After hearing a few words, he frowned slightly.

Although Concubine Shu is a little arrogant, she will never be like this in front of him, and she is also respectful when she mentions the queen, and her behavior today seems to be a little rude?

Not to mention, Aunt Qing is an old person next to the former queen, and she has no grievances with Concubine Shu, she accuses Aunt Qing of harboring the palace people, what is the reason for this?

He was careless, and muttered.

The corners of Zhao Jiufu's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he guessed the answer in his heart but didn't dare to say it, so he could only pretend that he didn't hear His Majesty's "self-talk".

However, some "people" responded to Huo Yanzhi's words.

A coquettish female voice sneered: "This emperor is really a fool, doesn't he know that all the women in the harem are like this?" Regardless of his nature, he was always gentle and considerate and full of affection when facing him, and who would have imagined what kind of face was born behind those perfect masks? ”

Huo Yan's heart was shocked, and his eyes unconsciously drifted to the place where the sound came from, which was a cluster of spring flowers that covered his figure.

The corners of his eyes twitched slightly, resisting the urge to talk to the flowers, and seeing that the queen reprimanded Concubine Shu, who looked aggrieved, he couldn't help but walk out.

"The queen is exempt, all the concubines are flat!"

After the ceremony, Huo Yanzhi asked the queen as if nothing happened: "I heard that you are sacrificing to the god of flowers today, I will come over to take a look." What's going on? Why did you kneel so many people? ”

The queen was a little embarrassed, lowered her eyes and talked about today's events one by one, and finally said with some guilt: "It's all because the concubines are useless that they make such a mistake." Please also punish Your Majesty! ”

Under the hint of Aunt Lin beside her, she greeted Huo Yanzhi's condition a few more words.

Most of the other little concubines also heard the rumors, and their hearts were itchy, but they didn't dare to squeeze forward to care.

Huo Yanzhi said that he was fine, glanced at the concubines, and it was very rare that he did not stay on the concubine, let alone exchange glances, but swept over a little evasively.

The queen was serious. Since someone did something sneaky, secretly changed flowers and branches, and intended to murder the palace concubine, naturally he couldn't let it go easily. The matter will be handed over to the queen to investigate thoroughly, and find the ghost Xiaoxiao as soon as possible! ”

The queen hurriedly said yes, looked at Huo Yanzhi's face, and said, "In this case, Steward Li will take someone back first." Recently, there have been many accidents in the palace, all of which are involved in the Siyuan Bureau, and you should also reflect on it. ”

Steward Li was busy thanking the emperor for his grace and showing his loyalty, and then left with Aunt Qing, Zhi Wei and others.

Huo Yanzhi used the excuse of watching the excerpts and left, and did not stay to interfere with the queen, the master of the harem, to investigate the case.

The concubines couldn't help but be disappointed, especially the concubines.

She has always been favored, and on such occasions, His Majesty should not be so cold to her. Moreover, His Majesty came to Shangyang Palace a few days ago......

Therefore, it can only be an accident in the past few days!