The queen is the most disciplined person, even if her mother, Madame Qin, enters the palace, she will not say a "palace" or pop out of her mouth a "I". She manages her emotions very well, and she does everything perfectly in the face of what the emperor, palace concubines, queen mothers, courtiers, and slaves should look like, and she is a queen from a standard lady's background.

However, she lost her temper in front of Aunt Lin's subordinate today, and it was a serious gaffe.

The queen can't care so much now, her eyes are sad and resentful, if there is substance, she can simply rip off a piece of meat from Aunt Lin.

Aunt Lin's expression was very calm: "The slave maid is just for the sake of the mother." The mother does not know about this matter, if His Majesty or the Queen Mother wants to ask for the crime, the slave and maid should be punished. ”

The queen said hatefully: "So, you still think you are justified? The dignified queen of this palace actually wants to use such a fox's subordinate means...... Once this matter is reported, where will the palace still have the face to sit in this back position? ”

Her eyes unconsciously drifted to the incense burner on the side, and she immediately turned her gaze away.

"This palace can't sit still, this palace has to go and ask His Majesty for guilt! You damn ......"

Aunt Lin's face finally changed: "Niangniang is confused, only the slave and maid know about this matter, and the aftermath has been dealt with as early as midnight." Your Majesty has no solid evidence for this kind of thing, and he can't help his mother at all! Don't forget, Qin Guozhang has just finished a victory......"

The empress remembered the obvious doubts on the emperor's face when she got up today, and the unclear sentence "Does the empress have nothing to say to me", and her heart was full of sadness.

"My father has been fighting for many years, and his body has already had a dark injury, even if he can protect it for a while, how can he protect this palace for a lifetime? Moreover, Aunt Lin, you are conceited and smart, but you underestimate Your Majesty. Your Majesty is already suspicious of last night's events......"

According to the usual practice, an aunt like Aunt Lin does not have to do personal service, and she is not there in front of her in the morning, plus she is weak in her heart when she uses means against the emperor, she does not dare to stay inside, she only pinches the point and waits outside the palace gate to salute before His Majesty leaves, and peeks at the emperor's face.

At first, Aunt Lin was a little relieved, after all, the emperor's face was almost the same every time he left Kunxu Palace, he was not happy, nor unhappy, only expressionless and indifferent.

She had few opportunities to meet Huo Yanzhi, and she couldn't figure out the other party's temperament, so she could only feel that nothing major had happened according to normal reasoning. Hearing this from the queen's mouth, she knew that something was wrong.

But she's not ready to throw in the towel either!

"Niangniang, Mrs. Qin's medicine has been tried by a few women outside the palace, and the effect is excellent, only the east wind is owed. But Niangniang also knew that since January this year, His Majesty had stayed in Kunxu Palace and had not called for water once. The slave maid is also anxious for the mother, so she will make this decision. Concubine Shu's womb has been three months old, in case it is really a little prince...... We can't afford to delay any longer. If she can conceive smoothly this time, even if she is the eldest son of the premature emperor who is seven months old, it is better than the second son of the emperor who is pregnant in October! ”

The queen's eyes widened again, she didn't know that Aunt Lin still had such an idea.

She sneered and said, "Aunt Lin is very good at thinking about this palace. But if the palace wants to go to Bo for such an illusory possibility, the price is too great! Around this palace, there is no room for such a big-hearted minion. Aunt Lin is not too young, so it is better to go out of the palace to retire. It just so happens that there are still two ladies in the Qin Mansion who need to be taught, and the dignified General's Mansion should not be considered an insult to you, right? ”

Aunt Lin sat on her knees with a dead face, speechless.

The queen acted vigorously and resolutely, and within a few days, the palace people in Kunxu Palace knew about it-

Aunt Lin accidentally fell and injured her head, and the queen was kind and invited the imperial doctor to treat her. The doctor said that although it can be cured, the person will be considered half useless in the future, and there is no problem with daily life, but if she is asked to do these jobs to serve people, it is estimated that she will not live long. So, the queen couldn't bear to let Aunt Lin be tortured to death in the palace, so she sent her back to her mother's house to recuperate, saying that she would raise it and give the girls of the Qin family to be educated.

Except for Green Peach and Green Peony, who were a little suspicious, the rest of the people didn't think much about it, but were a little envious of Aunt Lin's decency.

Although they can leave the palace after ten years without being female officials, they are all civilian women, and the dowry at home is not rich, and they are even more estranged from their fathers and brothers after ten years away from home, not to mention the kind of unlucky people whose relatives have died in ten years. At the age of early twenties, with a meager dowry, he can only marry an ordinary person. Living in disgrace every day, it is better to be a decent person like General Qin's mansion to be a parent, at least the monthly rate will not be low, and it is respectable to go out.

If Zhiwei knew what these people thought, she could only smile and sigh that everyone has their own ambitions.

She also vaguely heard about Aunt Lin's departure from the palace, and her intuition was that there was probably some inside story in it, otherwise the queen would not suddenly cut off the right-hand man she had been relying on all her might.

"Unless someone forced her to cut it off, or maybe the arm was dead. If it is the former, it is estimated that only the Queen Mother or Her Majesty will be left; The latter's words, could it be that Aunt Lin took refuge with Concubine Shu or someone else, and was recognized by the queen? ”

Zhi Wei combined with the recent gossip in the palace, guessed in her heart, but didn't find any inspiration, and quickly let it go.

She is now bent on currying favor with the pot of golden pines next to the bookcase in the Emperor's Qinzheng Palace, and wants to explain it to help her "peek" at the results of the palace examination, but the other party is not interested in it, and she doesn't like to deal with her.

Zhi Wei was a little melancholy, it would be easy to change the positions of Wan Nianqing and Jin Song, after all, Wan Nianqing, who had just recovered from a serious illness a while ago, was a coaxing little guy, and she didn't need to rely on that life-saving grace, she could probably support it to help. It's a pity that she can do things according to the emperor's preferences, and she can't switch the positions of the two at will......

Generally speaking, the palace examination is released after three days. The fifteenth exam, set aside enough sixteen and seventeen days for the examiners to read the papers diligently, and many people jointly agreed to produce the ten papers with the highest level, and then the top ten articles were submitted to the emperor himself, and then the emperor appointed and approved a three-tripod armor, and the examiners checked and filled in the gaps to give the fourth to tenth place to be finished, and the eighteenth day can be issued to the public.

So, on the eighteenth day, Zhiwei got up very early, even though she knew that she might not be able to inquire about anything, she couldn't help but feel anxious.

She took advantage of the emperor's time to serve the golden pine once again, and her voice was so soft that it almost dripped, and her hand was almost like a feather brushing over her skin.

Golden Pine is old and lazy, so he doesn't want to get involved in human affairs, but if you think about it carefully, there are very few people who can understand their language. After all these years in the palace, it has only known two of its ups and downs.

In that case, let's help her once. Otherwise, if the little girl's temper recurs, and seeing that it spoils her business, she may torture herself in the future.

Huang Jinsong made up his mind, insisted on not taking a nap that day, and waited for Huo Yanzhi to come back to work.

Huo Yanzhi opened a fold, and he looked at it intently.

But I've read a lot of folds, and I see that it's sleepy, but I still haven't seen what the little girl explained.

Huang Jinsong was really sleepy, and couldn't help but take the initiative to ask Huo Yanzhi: "Emperor, aren't you on the list today?" That, who are the champions and Tanhua? ”

Huo Yanzhi raised his head in surprise, and looked at Huang Jinsong, who usually asked ten questions, very suspiciously.

"Why are you suddenly interested in this?"

Huang Jinsong opened his mouth and came: "Oh, I heard a palace person say today that Tanhualang is a very handsome man, and he will receive a lot of flowers when he travels through the streets." If she wasn't in the palace, she would have to go to the street and throw sachets at him......"

Huo Yanzhi didn't doubt it, and said casually: "The champion is Lu Zhongwei, the youngest son of the Lu family in Jiangzhou, who is very generous. Tanhualang Xiao Huang is indeed very handsome, but I selfishly feel that he was born a little like a woman, but I am afraid that it is not easy to kiss him......"

In fact, Huo Yanzhi was not such a talkative person, although he usually joked with Zhao Jiufu and Wang Dexi, but he would not "talk nonsense" like this.

Maybe it was the ability to get a blessing in disguise last time, he knew some secrets that were difficult to obtain through normal channels, and he was a little more wary of people's hearts, so he was even more defenseless against these flowers and plants that were like dead things in the eyes of ordinary people.

Huang Jinsong didn't hear the name that Zhi Wei said, so he couldn't help but be a little anxious, and was about to ask again, but its small but time-honored little brain suddenly realized something.

At this time, the emperor already knew the information of the champion and Tanhua well, indicating that he already knew the result, and it was likely that the emperor list outside the palace had been posted at this time, and the result might have been sent a long time ago. It's a pity that I had been napping last afternoon and night, and I didn't notice if there was such an excerpt handed over.

The old golden pine blushed, and began to pretend to be asleep without speaking, and it didn't take long to really fall asleep, but in the dream, there was a girl with a blurred face who was pulling its precious leaves and crying, crying so that it was full of tears, wet, slimy, and very uncomfortable.

When he woke up again, Huang Jinsong really felt that his body was wet, and when he looked at it, Zhiwei asked it with an expectant expression.

It snorted a few times, and finally could only tell the truth.

"Ahem, you can't blame me for that, who told you to expect a mistake? Maybe it wasn't handed over at all, and it was decided directly in the political hall or somewhere. Why don't you go and intercede with the bonsai over there? ”

Zhiwei was very disappointed, and was about to walk away after finishing her work in silence.

Huang Jinsong really felt embarrassed this time, and called her again: "That, at least I inquired, the person you asked is not the champion, nor is it Tanhua......"

Zhiwei turned around, glared at it faintly, and walked away with a heavy heart.

Huang Jinsong was hanging his head in despair, and suddenly a familiar tall figure turned around him.

"Hmm, I just heard you talking to whom? Not the champion, not the flower? Are you asking for news for the person just now? ”