Yi Xiangxiang didn't care about the life and death of Ping'er and Liu'er, in fact, when Lin Zhimeng found them to lie, these two palace maids were already outcasts.

Not to mention that Kang Ling's anger needs to be calmed down today, and even if Ping'er and Liu Er do not die under Kang Ling's demonstration of Lin Zhimeng, they will inevitably die in Lin Zhimeng's assassination one day in the near future.

Lin Zhimeng is a cautious person, she will not leave a tail.

Yi Xiangxiang knew the ending of these two, although she was also one of the indirect executioners, but she had no intention of helping.

She clearly knows that she is not a good person, there are more innocent people in this palace than Xiaowan, Ping'er and Liu'er, she is not a savior, she can't save so much.

Although she thought so, she still felt depressed in her heart.

In fact, she also understands that Lin Zhimeng can't be moved down overnight, and it would be fine if Dongyu could stand up and identify Lin Zhimeng, but Xiao Dongguo can't be involved, and the current situation has made her a lot more constrained.

Lin Zhimeng is not a person who makes mistakes easily, even if she makes mistakes, she will not be easily caught. But Yi Xiangxiang also disdains to play the means of framing and framing, and it is her goal to convince her opponent to lose.

Everything still has to be considered in the long run!

Yi Xiangxiang returned to Changchun Palace, she dismissed everyone, and lay down on the beauty couch by herself, temporarily leaving all the hustle and bustle outside. The earth dragon in the hall burned warmly and comfortably, and the surroundings were so quiet that the needles could be smelled, and Yi Xiangxiang enjoyed this rare comfort.

Gradually, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

By the time she woke up, the twilight had closed.

Yi Xiangxiang stretched her waist and sat up, and she didn't know when the goose down blanket that was covered on her body slipped down. The living room was lit with candles, and she felt like she had come back to life.

Sure enough, there are no emotional folds that can't be soothed by a good night's sleep.

"Xiao Dan, what time is it?" She shouted outside the screen.

Hou Xiaodan outside walked in quickly bypassing the screen with small steps and said, "Niangniang is awake?" In a little while, it will be time. ”

Yi Xiangxiang stood up and stretched again, and then said in surprise: "It's time?" It's so late, huh? ”

Xiao Dan walked over to straighten her hair bun, and said as she moved her hands: "Yes, Niangniang wants to pass the meal?" ”

"If you want it, hurry up and pass the meal! Otherwise, it will be difficult to digest if you eat late, but it will affect your bedtime at night. Yi Xiangxiang hurriedly urged, she was really hungry.

Jimei, who had just stepped in outside, laughed when she heard this, and she joked as she walked in: "Niangniang, you just got up, is it too early to think about going to sleep again?" is so greedy and sleepy, I don't know that I thought you were a pig in your last life, and you are reincarnated in this life! ”

Jimei walked in with hot water, she put the copper basin in her hand on the shelf, twisted the face towel and wiped Yi Xiangxiang's hands.

Yi Xiangxiang was already sitting in front of the dresser at this time, and when she heard this, she glared at Jimei viciously: "Okay, you little girl, you even arranged me?" Xiao Dan, let someone pull her down for me and beat her hard. ”

Xiao Dan also laughed, she brought clean clothes and shook them open, and said: "It's not a matter of beating up, it's just that the saint has been in the inner hall for a long time, if Niangniang doesn't go over again, the one who was beaten may be you!" ”

Yi Xiangxiang, the master, is approachable in Changchun Palace, and the people who serve her have already felt it, and even Xiao Dan, who has always been steady, will joke with her now.

"Why is he here?" Yi Xiangxiang got up and stretched out her hand so that Xiao Dan and Jimei could help her change her clothes.

Jimei replied before Xiao Dan could speak: "Not long after Niangniang fell asleep, Shengshang brought Gonggong Jiang over. Seeing that you were asleep, the Holy Lord did not disturb you, covered you with a blanket and went to read in the study of the side hall. During this period, I came in twice, and it was Shengshang and Sister Xiaodan who said that they didn't need to disturb you, so they didn't ask you to get up to eat. ”

Yi Xiangxiang was a little surprised when she heard this: "So to speak, the saint hasn't had dinner yet?" ”

Xiao Dan and Ji Mei nodded at the same time.

Yi Xiangxiang sighed: "Then hurry up and pass the meal, by the way, the side hall can deliver the meal?" ”

Liu Fangfei lives in the side hall, and Yi Xiangxiang had already guessed the answer before she asked this, because if Liu Fangfei hadn't eaten at this point, she would have already started to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

Sure enough, Jimei's reply confirmed her guess: "It's been delivered, and it's been rushed up before dinner time." Sister Xiaodan instructed the small kitchen to make a meal and send it over first, and the one that the imperial dining room sent to Concubine An at dinner was also sent over. ”

In other words, Liu Fangfei ate two meals!

"Hehe, she's called a pig!" After Yi Xiangxiang said this, she went out of the living room to the inner hall.

Zhao Ziqian was wearing a snow-white straight-placked robe, the drape of the clothes was very good, his waist was tied with a wide belt of moon white auspicious cloud patterns, and the whole person was plump and handsome, revealing innate nobility; However, Xu is because of this dress, and the sharpness around him has put away some of him, and he looks much more gentle.

When Yi Xiangxiang walked in, he saw Zhao Ziqian holding the raft and looking at it intently, his facial features were already prominent, and he had a charming temperament when he got serious.

She coughed secretly and said, "Actually, you don't have to wait for me. ”

When Zhao Ziqian saw Yi Xiangxiang walk in, he put down the raft in his hand and stood up. He walked up to Yi Xiangxiang and naturally checked whether her clothes were worn enough.

"It's okay, it's okay." He stretched out his hand to grab Yi Xiangxiang and then preached: "Wear too little, you should pay attention to your diet when you are recovering from a serious illness, and you should also pay attention to dressing and keeping warm......"

Yi Xiangxiang hurriedly interrupted him: "This is burning the earth dragon in the house, you can rest assured if you can't freeze!" Then she turned to Xiao Dan and said, "Hurry up, let the small kitchen hurry up and pass the food, so that you can stop the mouth of your saint." ”

The crowd laughed.

Not long after Yi Xiangxiang's words fell, the meals were served one by one.

She and Zhao Ziqian sat on both sides and began to eat.

"Is my brother going to Meizhou after the beginning of spring?" Yi Xiangxiang asked Zhao Ziqian while eating.

Zhao Ziqian shook his head: "I have to wait until after the Qingming Festival to go over, so that everyone can worship their ancestors first, so that they can ask for peace." ”

Jiang Hai saw that the emperor and the queen had completely forgotten the rule of eating and sleeping without saying a word, which was quite helpless. However, he was helpless, and he had long been accustomed to this situation.

Yi Xiangxiang felt funny when she heard Zhao Ziqian's words: "Why are you so superstitious and still ask for peace?" If future generations rely on their ancestors to keep them safe, then the ancestors will really be disturbed by the peace underground! ”

Jiang Hai and Xiao Dan glanced at each other, and they both sighed.

Zhao Ziqian didn't mind Yi Xiangxiang's taboos, but said: "Just ask for peace of mind, as you said in the past, people must always have their own beliefs, right?" It's good to look forward to it a little bit. ”

This Yi Xiangxiang didn't object, so she nodded in agreement.

After a long time, Zhao Ziqian asked again: "I know about the matter of Chongren Palace today, those two maids are just scapegoats, they have nothing to do with you, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

Yi Xiangxiang was a little sad when she heard this, for Ping'er and Liu'er, and for Xiaowan.

"Although the deaths of Ping'er and Liu'er were not directly caused by me, Xiaowan's madness has nothing to do with me."

"If there are ghosts in your heart, you will be afraid of ghosts, Xiaowan is not a good type, in short, there are few clean people in the palace. When I was a child, when I was playing by the lake, I often saw the palace maids fighting each other behind the rockery, and occasionally I leaned over to eavesdrop, and I also heard all kinds of tricks between the palace maids. There are often people missing in the imperial city, and some are either falling into the well or falling into the lake, these accounts cannot all be counted on the heads of the palace concubines, and many of them are small palace maids who fall into each other. ”

"Oh my mother, are you so bold?" Yi Xiangxiang was a little surprised.

Zhao Ziqian nodded: "There is actually no difference between the imperial city and the rivers and lakes, and what is particular about the weak is the strong. ”

When he said this, his eyes were dark, and he probably thought of something sad. Yi Xiangxiang sighed, she knew that the darkness that those who could walk on the throne would definitely be even more terrifying.

She held Zhao Ziqian's hand: "It's okay, it's all over." ”

Zhao Ziqian looked at the slender fingers covered by the back of his hand, and his heart was mixed.

At this time, there are also mixed feelings in my heart, as well as Lin Zhimeng of Chongren Palace. Ever since she knew that the saint had entered the Changchun Palace in the afternoon and had not yet come out, she had been sitting in a daze until now.

Qiao Sui walked in, and when she saw Lin Zhimeng's eyes converging on the candlestick, she didn't know what she was looking at, but her eyes were cold, and she was inexplicably a little stunned.

The gentle concubine of the Seventh Emperor was finally overwhelmed by this court! Qiaosui sighed.

She bowed and walked in, saluted Lin Zhimeng and said, "Niangniang, it's time now, you haven't eaten anything in a day, the slave and maid sent the people under the head to pass the meal, why don't you eat two bites?"

Qiao Sui's words brought Lin Zhimeng's eyes back, and she smiled at Qiao Sui through the candlelight: "Okay, you can let people pass the meal." ”

So Qiaosui excitedly turned back again and let people pass the meal.

When Qiaosui entered the inner hall of Chongren Palace again, he saw Xiangqiao, who had not seen anyone all afternoon, and was helping Lin Zhimeng wipe her face and wash at this time. She saluted the latter, nodded to each other with Xiangqiao, and stood aside.

Lin Zhimeng looked around, and saw that in addition to Xiangqiao and Qiaosui, Suihe was adding new charcoal to the charcoal pot, and Heqing was brewing tea for her. ”

Xiangqiao's movements in her hand did not stop, and she replied softly: "It's all done, Ping'er and Liu'er's families have sent people to appease, and the silver that should be given has also been rewarded." ”

"Did they ask about the cause of death?" Lin Zhimeng asked.

"I asked, the slave maid did not say that they were helping Niangniang do things according to Niangniang's instructions, only that they made a mistake and were killed by Concubine Kang, and Niangniang helped to intercede, but unfortunately they were not saved." While talking, Xiangqiao secretly looked at Qiaosui and the others in the hall.

Qiao Sui seemed to be waiting for the palace maids and eunuchs to come back, and she kept glancing out of the hall with her eyes, not paying attention to what they were talking about. Suihe's hand paused for a moment, and then continued to add charcoal without a trace, apparently hearing it but pretending not to care.

He Qing was seriously boiling tea and making tea, and his movements were smooth, as if he didn't pay attention to what they were talking to, just like Qiaosui.

After Xiangqiao finished watching, she retracted her gaze, threw the scrubbing towel back into the basin, walked behind Lin Zhimeng and began to rub her shoulders.

Lin Zhimeng nodded: "You did a good job, if you hadn't arranged all this single-handedly today, Kang Ling would definitely have stepped on it." ”

When she knew that Xiao Wan was crazy and was talking nonsense everywhere, Lin Zhimeng had already thought of a countermeasure. She asked Xiangqiao to arrange for Ping'er and Liu'er to take care of the matter, and took the blame for pretending to be a ghost.

"Concubine Kang is nosy, and Niangniang has never offended her, why is it the same as a cockfight when she sees Niangniang every day!" Xiangqiao remembered Kang Ling's domineering aggressiveness today, and she was more than a little angry in her heart.

"The women in this house, as long as they are alive, are in the way for others. Besides, the Kang family is powerful and powerful, and now Kang Rui is a celebrity in front of the saint, and the Empress Dowager Xiao'an is Kang Ling's aunt, and she has arrogant capital. Lin Zhimeng said.

The situation is stronger than people, and Lin Zhimeng is not really ignorant of the fireworks in the world, she is still clear about the political information and relationships around her.

Kang Ling's confidence is even stronger than her.

Xiangqiao sighed when she heard this, and then said: "Niangniang's meaning is also understood by the slave and maid, but Concubine Kang also doesn't know how to converge, and that concubine doesn't know what is good or bad." It's just a concubine, how dare she be so arrogant. ”

Pei Yuchen said in the palace that she was notoriously difficult to mess with, and those little concubines often walked around the road when they saw her, and Xiangqiao really couldn't understand why these people were afraid of a concubine.

In the Li Dynasty, most of the sons and brothers who are a little famous and ambitious would rather marry a woman with a lower status than marry a concubine.

Lin Zhimeng stroked the twisted rope white jade bracelet in her hand and said: "There is no problem with Kang Ling's side, she is not particularly difficult, like today's incident, she has no need to leave a ruthless reputation for herself, as long as it is secretly rumored that I have prepared a witness to make a false testimony, then Ping'er and Liu'er will become the key, and I can't take care of these two people in front of everyone." But she was so impulsive that she helped me kill my mouth directly, which saved me a lot of effort. ”

"As for the concubine, she doesn't have a backstage, her backstage is hard."

Xiangqiao was puzzled: "Why did Niangniang say this?" ”

Lin Zhimeng stretched out her hand and said, "Do you know who gave the bracelet?" ”

This is a bracelet jade liquid is a very good bracelet, the moistness is also very abundant, there are no impurities in the jade, the jade species and jade color are also superior, the point is that it is pure in texture, and the bracelet is extremely high.

"This is from the Queen's Palace before, right?" Xiangqiao looked at the bracelet and said.

Lin Zhimeng nodded: "Yes, that's right, this is the queen's reward." Queen Yi Xiangxiang is accustomed to collecting good things, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings. And her jewelry collection is most bracelets, and most of the gifts are bracelets. But the mercury white jade bracelet worn by the concubine today is much more precious than my twisted white jade bracelet. ”

In the past, Lin Zhimeng didn't quite understand why the daughter of a petty official had so many good things. Even if the Yi family has the joy building to support it, it should not have such a rich collection. But later it was revealed that Yi Xiangxiang and the lord of Huanxi Pavilion suddenly realized.

Fortunately, she struck first, otherwise in time, Yi Xiangxiang would really not be something she could deal with! Lin Zhimeng secretly rejoiced.

Xiangqiao didn't quite understand what her master meant, so she asked again: "What does Niangniang mean, the backstage of the concubine is the queen?" But the queen ...... now," she wanted to say and stopped.

Lin Zhimeng took the tea brewed by He Qing, she took a sip and put down the cup before saying, "Now the person who lives in Changchun Palace is not the queen. ”

The implication is obvious.

Xiangqiao was taken aback when she heard this: "Then this concubine's courage is big enough, not only does she wear the queen's pearl hairpin and use the queen's palace maid, but now she dares to reward people with the queen's things?" ”

"How dare she do this without acquiescence?" Lin Zhimeng sneered.

"But even if the Holy Lord acquiesces, the Yi family won't agree, right?" Xiangqiao still felt a little strange.

Lin Zhimeng didn't think so, she continued to touch the bracelet and said: "The Yi family has lost Yi Xiangxiang, and now Liu Fangfei is obviously friendly with the Yi family, so as long as she can occupy a place in the harem, the Yi family will not agree." ”

In her opinion, the actual interests are higher than the choice of family affection, and the Yi family will inevitably make the most beneficial choice for them.

Xiangqiao understood what she meant when she heard this, and just as she was about to taunt the Yi family, there was movement outside.

Qiaosui guessed that the meal was coming, so she opened her mouth and said to Lin Zhimeng: "Niangniang, let's eat first, right?" Look, the moonlight is dark. ”

Lin Zhimeng nodded when she heard this, and Qiaosui came out of the living room and asked the people outside to put down the meals one by one.

After some inquisitions, the meals were on the table.

Qiao Sui thought about it, and then asked the grandmother who was waiting for the meal to go down: "Grandma, go down first, and I will serve the mother for dinner today." ”

The old lady nodded and withdrew.

At this time, in addition to Qiaosui who arranged the meals outside, Suihe, who was originally making charcoal in the house, and Heqing, who was making tea, also went to help place the meals, so only Lin Zhimeng and Qiaosui were left in the house.

Lin Zhimeng and Xiangqiao smiled at each other, and the latter said: "In terms of intimacy, Qiaosui is still the most intimate." ”

"As you said before, after all, it's an old man who follows me in the Hidden Mansion, and my preferences are naturally understood. Although we also have our own people in the palace, there are really few people who can believe it, and Qiaosui should be loyal. Lin Zhimeng said.

The Qiandi she said was the former Seven Princes' Mansion, and Qiao Sui used to be a member of the Seven Princes' Mansion, and later she picked people into her courtyard to serve. Not to mention anything else, with Zhao Ziqian's degree of prudence, the people who served in the Seven Princes' Mansion back then should have no problems.

Xiangqiao still has doubts: "Niangniang is not worried that she is a saint? ”

"The saint doesn't like to use servants, I also asked Gonggong Jiang at the beginning, few maids in the house have the opportunity to meet the saint, not to mention Qiaosui, who has no ambition and is not outstanding."

"That lady thinks, Suihe and Heqing, who will be the spies buried here?" Xiangqiao continued to ask.

Lin Zhimeng shook her head: "I don't know about this, I'm just worried that there are spies around me who want to give it a try." Xiao Wan's incident reminded me that the people below still have to take good care of it, and if there is a hidden poisonous snake, it should be caught earlier, after all, we still have to move forward. Let's take a look at it first, anyway, the net has been cast, and it depends on whether the two of them will disappoint me in the end. ”

After she said this, she looked deeply at Suihe and Heqing not far away.