The queen's willow eyebrows furrowed: "The smell of blood? Your Majesty, what's wrong? The concubine didn't smell it. ”

Concubine Shu was stunned, looked left and right, inhaled her small nose, and said with a blank face that she didn't smell it.

Huo Yanzhi's secret way is not good, why was he so careless that he actually said what was in his heart?

He is still not very happy to be known by others because of his ability to hear flowers and plants, otherwise, if he is considered insane or demonic, even if he is the king of a country, it will be very troublesome!

He could only continue the topic strongly: "Ahem, it may be because of the wound on my head, and my nose doesn't seem to be very sensitive......"

The queen immediately went to call the imperial doctor to come again, and Concubine Shu quickly became tearful.

Huo Yanzhi only felt that one head and two were big, and he was originally quite energetic, but now he was stared at by two pairs of eyes, and he began to get dizzy again.

He simply lay down on the bed, closed his eyes and pretended not to see.

After Doctor Wan came to see it, he was suspicious, but his expression was a little solemn, and he only told him to rest more and not work hard, and pretended to open a new peace prescription.

Thinking that His Majesty wanted to rest, the queen said very considerately that she was going back, but Concubine Shu said that she wanted to stay and serve the sick.

If it was usual, Huo Yanzhi would definitely agree.

But his pot of evergreen has been humming and chirping, and he wanted to ask about the smell of blood, so he could only reluctantly refuse the request of the concubine.

"Ahem, Concubine Ai is pregnant now, so it's not appropriate to work, so let's go back to the palace to rest first. I'm fine, just rest for two days. When I get better, I'll go to Shangyang Palace to see you. ”

Although Concubine Shu is usually a little petty, but because the queen and the imperial doctor are there, she can only go back aggrieved.

The queen looked at the reluctance of the two, and her heart was dripping blood.

When the two of them left, Huo Yanzhi's eyes rolled and he began to call people.

"Come on, bring that pot of evergreen to me, and put it next to my bed."

Zhao Jiufu is not here, it seems that he has gone to the Shen Criminal Division, and Huo Yanzhi doesn't need to find an excuse to "watch it sleep more soundly", he just straightens his face, and the little eunuchs do it obediently.

Huo Yanzhi asked them all to go down again, and then, lowering his voice, he began to whisper to Wan Nianqing.

"Xiaoqing, what's the smell of blood you just said?"

Wan Nianqing's voice sounded delicate, but it looked like a seven or eight-year-old girl, Huo Yanzhi also treated it as a child, and gave it such a random name. But Wan Nianqing didn't have any opinions, they didn't care about the name in the first place.

It muffled, "It's the smell of blood." But now it's gone, the smell was so strong just now that I almost threw up. ”

Huo Yanzhi imagined the appearance of bonsai vomiting.

And then I found that I couldn't imagine it.

Huo Yanzhi's ascension to the throne didn't take much trouble, all thanks to his biological mother from a famous family, in a high position as a virtuous concubine, and his fiancée's maiden family was a well-known protector general in the court, both of which escorted him, and he was lucky enough to be born very much like Emperor Gaozu, that is, the father of the first emperor, and was finally made the crown prince by Shunshun.

However, he is not a straw bale emperor, and he has done a decent job in the past three years, and he has been praised for having the "style of the ancestors", which made him proud for a long time.

Although he is not extremely smart and has a pearl of wisdom, he is also a person with a normal mind and a certain logical reasoning ability.

Wan Nianqing suddenly said that he smelled blood, and it was after the concubine came in and before the imperial doctor came. At this point everyone is gone, and it says the smell is gone.

In other words, if this small bonsai didn't deceive him, the smell of blood would probably come from one of the queens and concubines.

Huo Yanzhi unconsciously thought: "Could it be that the queen is here?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately shook his head and denied his conjecture.

Today happens to be the first day of the new year, and he has been in Kunxu Palace on the fifteenth day of every month for the past few years, if the queen's menstrual affairs are in these days, it is impossible for him not to know.

But Concubine Shu is even more impossible, she still has his third child in her belly, maybe she is still the eldest son of the emperor he misses, how can she have a menstrual affair?

It can't be that the imperial heir is a little inappropriate, right?

However, since Concubine Shu had a miscarriage the year before last, she has always been frail, and if she is red, her spirit will not be so good, and it is impossible to hide it from the Imperial Medical Bureau and herself.

Huo Yanzhi couldn't figure it out, so he could only leave it behind, and chatted with Wan Nianqing without a match.

Not long after, Zhao Jiufu came back.

Seeing Huo Yanzhi's forehead bruised and swollen, his eyes were blank, and he was leaning on the head of the bed in a daze at the bonsai, Zhao Jiufu was suddenly a little worried.

Could it be that these two blows really smashed His Majesty's brain today?

But Huo Yanzhi's next sentence quickly put him at ease.

"How's the investigation going on with the Criminal Division? Was it an accident, or was it man-made? ”

Huo Yanzhi's voice was very calm, but it implied a little unhappiness.

If it's an accident, he can comfort himself that the bad years are not good.

But if it is artificial, that palace man is only afraid that he is the mastermind, and he is deliberately trying to use such an opportunity to approach himself and flatter him, and his heart can be punished......

Zhao Jiufu bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, I've finished asking over there, and the people are still closed." The slave maid brought Ma Gongming over and waited in the side hall, if Your Majesty is in good spirits, why don't you listen to him in person? ”

Huo Yanzhi was idle and bored, so he had nothing to do.

Ma Gonggong entered the hall, did not squint, and reported one by one.

Huo Yanzhi didn't comment after listening to it, but only asked: "So, today's incident is just an accident, but that palace person was negligent?" ”

Ma Gonggong's heart sank, it seems that His Majesty is not very satisfied with this result.

He immediately poked out the past between Zhiwei and Shufei: "Although the people in that palace kept saying that they had no resentment, according to her companion Hua Ying, once I saw her talking to herself to a plum tree, and she also mentioned the word Shufei Niangniang, and her expression was very strange......

Ma Gonggong hesitated, and saw that Huo Yanzhi didn't react, so he said hard.

"It seems to have the meaning of cursing the lady lady......"

Before he could finish this sentence, the tea cup in Huo Yanzhi's hand fell to the ground.

"What? She's such a big bold! How dare you curse the palace concubine? ”

Zhao Jiufu originally felt that Zhiwei was a little familiar, and at this moment, he finally remembered where he had seen this Zhiwei girl.

Recalling the bloody scene in Shangyang Palace at that time, he sighed slightly in his heart.

This Zhiwei is also a bad fate, the last time she was involved in the miscarriage of Concubine Shu, she was lucky to save her life, and this time she encountered such an unlucky thing.

Concubine Shu has been in the palace for more than two years, and has always been favored by His Majesty. The last time there was joy, His Majesty promoted her to Jieyu. After the miscarriage, His Majesty took pity on him very much, and took the opportunity of the New Year's Festival to mention Zhaorong among the nine concubines. Last month, the good news came again, and His Majesty waved his pen and issued a holy decree to make her a concubine.

Although His Majesty did not directly crown her as a concubine, according to the ranking, the concubine still ranks behind the virtuous concubine, but everyone in the palace knows that most of the concubines above the second grade are sealed by His Majesty in the face of their mother's father and brother, only this concubine is a real grace, different from others.

His Majesty has been on the throne for three years, and there are only concubines and Li Jieyu who have heirs, both of whom are princesses.

If Concubine Shu can really give birth to the emperor's eldest son this time, maybe there will be a chance to move the concubine or even the imperial concubine!

The lady concubine Niangniang, who was placed on the tip of her heart by His Majesty, faced a tiny palace person in the imperial garden, even if the latter was slightly beautiful, the result was self-evident.

You see, Ma Gongming's casual words made His Majesty furious. It seems that this Zhiwei must have no way to live.

Seeing this, Gonggong Ma hurriedly hit the snake with the stick and began to ask for instructions: "Your Majesty, this palace person has evil intentions, plotted to kill Your Majesty, and cursed the palace concubine, it is really a crime that deserves death!" Your Majesty, is it better to be Ling Chi, or is it better to be killed with a rod? ”

Unexpectedly, in the next second, Huo Yanzhi suddenly turned his head quickly and glanced to the side, his ears moved, and his face was a little puzzled.

Zhao Jiufu was even more puzzled than him, there was only a pot of evergreen in that direction, what was Your Majesty looking at?

Huo Yanzhi looked at his suspicious eyes, and could only barely hold on.

Just now, Wan Nianqing actually snorted and scolded him as "the dog emperor who cares about people's lives"!

Huo Yanzhi's face was a little dark, and he glared at Wan Nianqing, and the angry anger that had just burst down a lot was suppressed.

Thinking about it carefully, it was a whim for him to go to the pavilion to hang out today, if the palace people can really calculate to this point, what else do they do to sprinkle and sweep rough work, and directly calculate his daily activity trajectory to "encounter" it, isn't the safety factor higher?

Thinking about the words of the two clusters of wisteria that he heard before he fainted, Wei Wei in the words seemed to be the palace man named Zhi Wei, and the words seemed to be very affectionate.

He couldn't help but come out of his mind, he could win the favor of those "monsters", he probably wouldn't be a bad woman who was too scheming, right?

Huo Yanzhi didn't squeak, and Ma Gongming didn't dare to speak, so he honestly hung his head and waited for a decision.

Somehow, Zhao Jiufu's heart suddenly moved, and he had the courage to tell the details that Ma Gongming did not mention in that old incident.

Huo Yanzhi finally remembered that when Concubine Shu had a miscarriage the year before last, it seemed that there was really an unlucky palace maid who was almost killed by the flower pot he kicked over, and his face was a little sneering.

"It turned out to be her, I thought it was ......"

Zhao Jiufu hurriedly put gold on his face: "Your Majesty may have forgotten, I found out the truth of the matter at that time, and knew that it had nothing to do with the people in the small palace, Your Majesty was merciful and compassionate, and asked the slaves and maids to take care of the Prudent Criminal Division and not to take it too seriously." ”

Huo Yanzhi thought about it, he didn't think of this stubble, but he also nodded calmly and agreed, just thinking that he was a good emperor who cared for his subordinates, and he really commanded such a sentence......

"Ahem, bring someone over, and I'll interrogate you myself."

When Ma Gonggong went to pick up people, Zhao Jiufu quietly wiped his sweat.

Before Huo Yanzhi's new tea was finished, Ma Gonggong brought people over.

Before the injury on Zhiwei's forehead could be treated, she was escorted to the Punishment Division, and at this time, she naturally came to face the saint with a red forehead.

Huo Yanzhi, whose vision was blurred, only glanced at her, and also felt a little spicy, so he asked with a straight face: "I heard that you have a grudge against Concubine Shu, and it seems that you have a curse?" ”

Zhi Wei was taken aback, first glanced at Ma Gonggong, and quickly knelt lower.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no such thing! The lady concubine is a high fairy, and the slave is just a tiny dust on the ground, how dare she do such a rebellious thought? The slave swears by the lives of herself and her family, and the slave and maid have never done anything harmful to the lady and the concubine, and it is even more harmless to people's hearts. Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear! ”

Huo Yanzhi's face was cloudy: "Oh? In the first month, you chanted to the plum blossoms, how do you explain it? You are a little palace maid, and you mention Concubine Shu in a place where no one is around, is it possible that you are so kind that you are praying for God to bless Concubine Shu and the imperial heir? ”

Zhi Wei stiffened, the excuse she thought of was actually said by His Majesty first!

In that case, she would never have used such a statement again. Although she did not resent or curse Concubine Shu, her behavior at that time was absolutely inhumane.

What kind of banner should I use to fool the past?

Zhi Wei thought about it, so she could only speak hard.

"Your Majesty, because of the good news of the concubine in the first month, everyone in the palace is overjoyed. Slave and maid, slave and maid have done all these years of heavy work, and in those days there were frostbite in their hands and feet, and their mood fluctuated for a while...... I was envious of my mother, and I said a few words to myself in a no-man's land, feeling nostalgic for my life experience. The slave has no resentment......"

Envy? Feeling nostalgic?

Huo Yanzhi's eyes became complicated when he looked at her.

Could it be that this palace maid is clearly hinting at her ambition to fly on the branches and become a phoenix?