There was a charcoal fire burning in the hall, which should have been very warm, but Lin Zhimeng felt a little cold inexplicably, like a cold wind blowing on her face in winter, and the chill instantly soaked into her bones.

She didn't know what went wrong, because she really rarely made mistakes. As the concubine of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she understood at a very young age that she had to control everything in her hands, and she never allowed accidents to happen.

But I don't know when it started, and the accidents fell like snowflakes in winter.

Lin Zhimeng looked at the oncoming Yi Xiangxiang, her phoenix robe and body had an indescribable majesty, obviously a very ordinary face, but the complexion was as white as snow, and in her brown eyes that were as clear as glass, there was insight and ridicule in the world.

Lin Zhimeng knew that in this game, she was probably going to lose.

There is no need to doubt it, she always thought that Zhao Ziqian was so aggressive, it must be that Yi Xiangxiang had already died. She has always believed in Dongyu's ability, thinking that with him, there will be no possibility of missing.

That's why she dared to fight with Kang Ling, because she wasn't afraid that Su Jingxiang's praying mantis would catch cicadas and yellow finches, and Su Jingxiang didn't have that courage.

But now it seems that he has become the praying mantis.

Yi Xiangxiang did not die, she appeared in front of her intact, which made Lin Zhimeng know that no matter how things went, everything she did would be in vain.

Even if Yi Xiangxiang may not know that she is the mastermind behind the scenes, even if her current design can pull Kang Ling into the abyss, the current victory is still Yi Xiangxiang's.

Because Yi Xiangxiang is still alive.

As long as she lives, the queen's throne is hers.

Lin Zhimeng smiled bitterly, she felt a little tired.

Yi Xiangxiang walked into the main hall and took her personal palace maids to salute the two queen mothers at the top of the same house. Only then did everyone find out that Xiao Dan and others, who were originally sent to serve An Concubine, were now following the queen.

Obviously, no matter when the queen came back, she came back to Changchun Palace first.

The two queen mothers sitting above were no less surprised by Yi Xiangxiang's appearance than others. Especially the Empress Dowager Xiao'an, because her son's attitude has always been unclear, and Zheng Li'er has just been so sure that the queen is dead, it is because she also thinks that the news of the queen's recuperation in the other garden is really her son's excuse.

And now that Yi Xiangxiang appeared so babblingly, she was really startled.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan was also unexpected, but relatively speaking, she was more pleased. Yi Xiangxiang was frank and sincere, and she was also sincerely good to her, and she didn't ignore her because she was not the biological mother of the saint, which made her very relieved and moved.

You must know that this harem was originally a place where the winner is the king and the loser Kou, and between her and Xiao'an, the victory is naturally Xiao'an. It is already a common practice for people in the palace to step on low and praise high, according to this rule, Cining Palace is not taken seriously, and even before Yi Xiangxiang entered the palace, there were palace maids who were not long-eyed to serve Cining Palace.

But after Yi Xiangxiang entered the palace and became the queen, good things were sent to Cining Palace one by one, and she attached equal importance to Cining Palace and Ci'an Palace, which made the people below dare not be presumptuous in Cining Palace.

Therefore, Xiaoduan is a little grateful to Yi Xiangxiang.

"It's good to come back, let's get even." The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan opened her mouth first.

Yi Xiangxiang got up as she said, and then walked up the stairs with Xiao Dan's support, and then sat down in the treasure chair beside Zhao Ziqian.

The concubines below paid homage to Yi Xiangxiang in unison, shouting: "The queen mother is a thousand years old!" ”

As soon as Yi Xiangxiang shouted flat, Xiaoduan's greeting came over: "Although the other garden is also surrounded by servants, it is not as fine as the palace, since you are recuperating from your injuries, you should go back to the palace, so you can take care of the mourning family." You're good, why did you stay in that villa for so long? It was also a little desolate. ”

Filial piety is complaining, but it is a real concern.

Yi Xiangxiang has a lot of respect for the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, the harem has been up and down for decades, and once she lost her son, she really didn't live a good life. She was a little sympathetic to the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan earlier, but later saw that the other party really cared about her, so she was also sincerely filial and respectful.

"Let the queen mother worry, it's really a lot of chores in the palace, but the son wants to be lazy, so he hides in the other garden." Yi Xiangxiang said with a grin.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoduan didn't have time to speak again, and the Empress Dowager Xiao'an on the other side saw that the two of them were like this, and she was a little dissatisfied with being ignored, so she snorted angrily: "Let them take care of the chores, and the head of the palace is not all idlers, can you really be tired?" Besides, there is a doctor in the palace, in case there is any accident with the wound, it is good to take care of it in time, and the grandmother palace maids over there in the other garden have not been called for a long time, so how can there be people in the palace to do things. ”

Although her tone was not good, the meaning of her words was real concern, which made Yi Xiangxiang have a moment of surprise.

The Empress Dowager Xiao'an doesn't have a good face every time she sees her, why does she care about her at this time? She thought that when she came back as the queen, she would be scolded bloody, but she didn't expect to get a lot of care?

Although she had heard Xiao'an say that she was a good queen these days when she was pretending to be an concubine, she still thought that it was these messy things in the palace that annoyed her, so she desperately wanted to come back by herself!

But no matter what, reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, Yi Xiangxiang also respectfully took out some juniors and replied: "The lesson of the mother concubine is that the son will definitely stay in the palace next time to recuperate, and the mother concubine should not blame the son minister." ”

Three points of coquettishness and seven points of contrivedness, Yi Xiangxiang's actions at the moment made Liu Fangfei almost vomit.

However, the Empress Dowager Xiao'an was obviously very useful, she smiled and nodded, and later found that something was wrong, so she hurriedly said: "Bah, what next time, there will be no next time!" ”

Well, Yi Xiangxiang was speechless.

Yi Xiangxiang was speechless, the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan had something to say, so she said to the Empress Dowager Xiao'an: "Sister, don't talk about the queen, you're right, there are really no idlers in this palace, but there are few who can do things!" Take a look, the queen has only been out for a while, and it has only been a month since the palace affairs were handed over, so there are so many things happening in this palace! Fortunately, the queen was injured in the other garden, otherwise she would have seen a ghost in the east for a while, and someone died in the west for a while, how could the queen recuperate! ”

I saw a ghost in the east, but it was said that the Chongren Palace was haunted before; There was a death in the west, and it was about Lin Jieyu's death in the cold palace.

When the people below heard the words of the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, they all rolled their eyes in their hearts! Feelings are not enough to match the queen's recuperation? The haunting is barely a trivial matter, but Lin Jieyu's death is also said to be a kind of disturbance, isn't it too partial?

Eh, the queen's jars of wine are really worth it! The concubines thought to themselves.

However, secretly complaining and complaining secretly, everyone still knelt down in fear when they heard this: "The Queen Mother forgives her sins!" ”

Xiao Duan snorted coldly and didn't speak, Xiao An also felt that those concubines were really making trouble these days, so he didn't call out; It's that Yi Xiangxiang is a little weak-hearted, after all, the haunting is her handiwork.

"Alright, get up! In the future, I will abide by my duties, and I don't have to let the queen mother and the concubine still worry about these things for me. Yi Xiangxiang said after coughing secretly.

The crowd applauded, then stood up and returned to their respective seats.

Everyone in the hall was thinking about the return of the queen in their hearts, and the happiest one was Kang Ling.

Kang Ling originally thought that today was a catastrophe, but when Yi Xiangxiang appeared, she understood that her cicada could survive because she saw that the praying mantis had changed color.

She was thinking about how to take this opportunity to turn defeat into victory, and when Lin Zhimeng was knocked into the dust, Yi Xiangxiang above spoke.

"A few days ago, Tongzhou and his party encountered an assassination in the main palace, and you must be aware of it. Later, because the injury was too serious, he went to the other garden to recuperate. I didn't expect that it was only a few days away from the palace, and so many things happened in the palace. Yi Xiangxiang sighed.

After sighing, she added to Lin Zhimeng: "Concubine Lin, mourning changes." ”

Lin Zhimeng twitched the corners of her mouth slightly: "Thank you for the queen's care." ”

Yi Xiangxiang nodded and took the tea handed over by Xiao Dan.

Zheng Lier's "fragrant and jade death" just now is still lingering in her mind, but now the main person is sitting on the top and drinking tea, so the scene has a moment of seriousness and intriguing. Everyone understands the reason why the gun shot the first bird, and everyone is now afraid to come out.

Yi Xiangxiang thought it was funny, and the people in the harem were very good at protecting themselves.

"Why did the sisters restrain themselves when the palace came? Just said that Hongu was killed? I don't know when this palace became the master of the red face? It's a pity that this palace is not a good face, and it is difficult to say that there is a thin life. ”

Her words seemed to be casual ridicule, but in fact, everything was on point, so everyone's eyes looking at Zheng Lier became intriguing, and even mixed with some schadenfreude.

Liu Fangfei covered her mouth and smiled, and then said to Yi Xiangxiang in a delicate and bright manner: "The queen doesn't know, just now Lin Guifei took someone to copy Kang Guifei's Jinghua Palace, and also copied out the murder weapon that killed Lin Jieyu!" And Concubine Li, who has always been good friends with Kang Guifei Niangniang, also said that she saw Kang Guifei Niangniang kill Lin Jieyu with her own eyes; I don't know how to say that your assassination was also done by Concubine Kang! Don't say it, Concubine Li lives in the deep palace, but she is very insightful of external affairs. ”

The tone of her speech was as simple as discussing what to eat tomorrow, and even the sentence of smashing Lin Jieyu to death was not a big deal as if she had smashed a cat.

But the last sentence has some meaning, a concubine who lives in the deep palace seems to be very familiar with external things, which is indeed intriguing.

Although Yi Xiangxiang's appearance let Lin Zhimeng know that the direction of things deviated from the trajectory she originally wanted, she was not a person who sat still, and immediately sorted out her emotions, and she refuted Liu Fangfei's words.

"Concubine An's words are wrong, it is obvious that Lord Song interrogated Luo Shi, so he made the trip to Jinghua Palace. How did it get to your mouth, and it became that the palace took people to search the palace? Everyone present knew that Hongu was the last one to arrive. Lin Zhimeng said frankly.

At that time, it was Yi Xiangxiang who went to Jinghua Palace to dress up as Liu Fangfei, and when she returned to Changchun Palace to change her clothes, she just explained what Liu Fangfei was going to do, and did not tell her everything about Jinghua Palace.

Originally, under normal circumstances, the one who gave people the trick would not be the most anxious to accept the results, and it was Liu Fangfei who had a preconceived wrong concept.

But fortunately, she is also a trickster, and it is very natural to mess around, just listen to her say: "Eh, it doesn't matter, it's all a palace search anyway!" That's what it is, isn't it? ”

Everyone is speechless, what does it mean to be indifferent? This order is still very good!

However, "generosity" such as Lin Zhimeng is naturally not good at theorizing with Liu Fangfei in front of everyone.

Yi Xiangxiang also pursed her lips secretly, but soon she changed her expression and frowned and said, "In this way, Concubine Kang is the murderer of Lin Jieyu?" ”

She asked Song Yuan.

Everyone knows that the queen sent a decree from Beiyuan, asking Song Yuan to find out the murder of Lin Jieyu within three days.

However, before Song Yuan could speak, Liu Fangfei interrupted her: "It's useless for you to ask her, Queen Mother, I guess that under the pressure of you to find out the cause and effect in those three days, this guy is going to directly buckle the hat on Concubine Kang's head!" ”

Not to mention that Song Yuan had seen Liu Fangfei in Changchun Palace before, but she didn't know the connection, and at this moment, she could see that the latter and the queen Yi Xiangxiang were singing and harmonizing.

She didn't quite understand, she didn't understand why the queen seemed to help Concubine Kang get out of this matter, although she was indeed a little eager to end the case, but it was also based on evidence!

Did you miss something?

Song Yuan looked at Yi Xiangxiang, then at Liu Fangfei, and did not speak.

Zheng Lier was frightened when Yi Xiangxiang entered the hall, she was surprised why Yi Xiangxiang did not die due to assassination as Lin Zhimeng said, but she also knew that now that she had accused Kang Ling, if she let Kang Ling jump out today, then it would be herself who entered the fire pit.

She took Liu Fangfei's words: "Concubine An's words are so unreasonable, Lord Song has already mastered human and physical evidence, and it is obviously an impartial trial, why did it become a hard buckle when he came to you?" Could it be that the attraction of that picture of Wanjiang is so great? Can you turn right and wrong so far? ”

Yi Xiangxiang was interested: "Huh? Wanjiang map? ”

Liu Fangfei secretly glanced at her, and then said with a grin: "Eh, it's just a picture of Wanjiang, where can I reverse black and white!" But then again, if you have a short hand, you always have to help someone. ”

She said indifferently.

Zheng Lier was very angry: "Queen Mother, Concubine An obviously accepted the benefits of Concubine Kang to help her get rid of her good words, although you and Concubine An used to be close friends in the boudoir, but people's temperament will change, don't be deceived by her." ”

Zheng Lier really can't get used to Liu Fangfei's arrogance, not just because the other party is really arrogant and rude, but because of the other party's identity.

Yi Xiangxiang was originally the daughter of Zhizhou like her, but as a result, Yi Xihu became the secretary of the ministry, and even with Yi Xiangxiang, she became the queen, which is also a helpless thing. But Liu Fangfei is just the daughter of a businessman, and she is also from an official family, but now she is on an equal footing with the daughter of a non-member family, which is really aggrieved.

"Eh, look at what you said, Concubine Li, I don't know and think that you think more about the queen! You can pull it down, if you say that you will defect, Concubine Kang was almost killed by you, even if the queen mother wants to be careful, she is also careful of people like you. Liu Fangfei said disdainfully.

This An Concubine and Li Concubine...... It's a blatant fight? Everyone looked at each other.

Now that Concubine An is the queen's person, Zheng Lier identified Kang Ling as a person who openly "betrayed" Jinghua Palace and became Lin Guifei, isn't the current situation that the queen and Lin Guifei are on the same page?

But that's not right, didn't Concubine Li just say that it was Concubine Kang who assassinated the queen?

Don't......

Smart people already have their own thoughts.

"What is the inconsistency? Kang Guifei killed Lin Jieyu, what is wrong with me as a witness to testify against her? Zheng Li'er said this very righteously and awe-inspiringly.

Anyway, now that the human and material evidence is there, Kang Ling can't even find a reason for the quibble, as long as Kang Ling's guilt is confirmed, she is the selfless person! Zheng Lier thought so.

But obviously, Lin Zhimeng is not as innocent as her, and the ominous premonition has risen in her heart when Yi Xiangxiang appeared, and now she can only wait for things to develop.

Yi Xiangxiang smiled evilly when she heard this: "Concubine Li really thinks that the palace is not there, so she doesn't know what is going on in this harem?" ”

Her words sent chills down Zheng Lier's spine.

Seeing this, Kang Ling hurriedly knelt down: "Queen Mother, the concubine is wronged!" Not to mention whether Concubine Li's accusation that the concubine killed Lin Jieyu was made out of nothing, just say that she later accused the concubine of assassinating you, causing you to lose your face and die, which is obviously a lie! ”

Yi Xiangxiang was speechless, Xiang Xiaoyu must have lied, otherwise I am a ghost now!

"Concubine Kang, don't worry, you didn't do it, and the black can't be said to be white." Yi Xiangxiang said soothingly.

"Ask the queen to avenge the concubine!" Kang Ling was distracted after hearing Yi Xiangxiang's words, and she hurriedly kowtowed to Yi Xiangxiang.

Her movements surprised everyone.

Everyone in Kyoto knows how proud Kangling is. Because of her identity, there are only a handful of people in the entire Li Dynasty who can get her kowtow. And now, unless it is a specific time, even the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and the Holy Lord only need to perform blessings. But now she actually knelt down and kowtowed to Yi Xiangxiang, which really surprised everyone.

The Empress Dowager Xiao'an also sighed when she saw this, her niece had grown up after all.