In an instant, everyone praised Wan Xiuer. Zhang Yue was left aside, no one paid attention, Zhang Yue thought to himself, you can praise it! It's good to forget me, hurry up and finish the praise, and directly crown her as the crown princess. She is tired of standing here.

Zhu Youzhu kept his expression deferential beside him, and without saying a word, Zhu Jianshen turned his head, glanced at Zhu Youzhu and said, "Prince, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Youzhu bowed his head and said, "It's all up to the father, the queen mother, and the concubine." ”

Zhu Jianshen nodded with satisfaction, and Wan Guifei next to him also looked proud. Zhu Jianshen said, "Then it's decided....."

Just then, a eunuch hurried in from outside, "See Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Jianshen asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, Gonggong Qin is outside the palace, saying that there is something important to play."

Zhu Jianshen said, "Oh, let him in." ”

After Qin Ji entered the palace to salute the emperor and the others, Zhu Jianshen asked, "Qin Ji, why are you in such a hurry to tell me?" ”

Qin Ji said with a serious face, "Your Majesty, this morning, Liu Yuying, one of the candidates for the crown princess, was suddenly burned on her face, and the servant is the master of ceremonies and the eunuch, and is in charge of the punishment and etiquette in the palace. He was also ordered to assist the Ministry of Rites in the important task of selecting the concubine. When this happens, the minions naturally have an unshirkable responsibility. When the slave felt the scene, he found that the burns on Liu Yuying's face were unusual, and investigated it carefully. Unexpectedly, she found that the silk scarf she cleaned her face was secretly drugged, this medicine is also known as ghost erosion, which is not poisonous in itself, but when it encounters rouge, it will turn into a poison that corrodes flesh and blood. Liu Xiunu was also disfigured like this. ”

Zhu Jianshen was shocked, "Who is so vicious and doing such a thing?" ”

Qin Ji said, "The slave immediately interrogated the palace maid beside Liu Xiunu, and this palace maid has already confessed, saying that she was instructed to put medicine on the silk scarf that Liu Xiunu used to clean her face in the morning. ”

Zhang Yue obviously felt that Wan Xiu'er's body beside her began to tremble.

Zhu Jianshen asked, "Where is this palace maid now?" ”

Qin Ji replied, "It's outside the hall." ”

Zhu Jianshen said sharply, "Pass her in." I'm going to interrogate her myself. ”

After a while, Liu Yuying's personal palace maid was passed in, her clothes were disheveled, her face was pale, she knelt under His Royal Highness when she came in, kowtowed vigorously, and shouted in her mouth, "Your Majesty spares your life, the slave maid is forced by someone!" ”

Zhu Jianshen said, "Cheap! Tell me, by whom are you forced? ”

The palace maid turned around, pointed at Wan Xiu'er and said, "It was Wan Xiunu who instructed the slave maid to do this, and she asked me to drug Liu Xiunu, and the slave didn't know what this medicine was?" Wan Xiunu threatened the lives of the slave's parents, and the slave didn't dare to disobey. ”

Wan Xiu'er's face changed drastically, and she shouted, "You are talking nonsense, I didn't." ”

Wan Guifei said beside her, "Qin Ji, just based on the words of this palace maid, how can it be said that it is the medicine under Wan Xiu'er's instructions?" ”

Qin Ji replied, "Hui Niangniang, just based on the words of this palace maid, I really can't conclude that just now, the slave actually found the ghost eroded medicine bottle in Wan Xiunu's room, and there were still some poisons left in the bottle. The show girls and eunuchs present were able to testify. ”

As he spoke, he took out a white porcelain vase from his bosom.

Wan Xiu'er looked incredulous and blurted out, "Impossible, I obviously threw away the bottle....."

As soon as Wan Xiu'er finished speaking, she immediately realized that she had lost her words, her face turned gray, and she quickly knelt down and shouted,

"Your Majesty, the little girl has been wronged, aunt, aunt, you have to call the shots for Xiu'er."

Zhu Jianshen's face was pale, and he didn't say a word.

Zhang Yue thought to herself, this Wan Xiu'er is too stupid, isn't it a self-confession.

Concubine Wan was also in a mess at this time, and hurriedly pleaded with the emperor in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Xiu'er is young and ignorant, so she did such a ridiculous thing, please beg Your Majesty to see that there is only this one baby daughter in the family, spare her once." ”

Zhu Jianshen glanced at his beloved concubine, forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, was silent for a long time, and said sharply, "The palace maid next to Liu Yuying assassinated the master, the crime is unforgivable, and she was dragged out and beaten to death with a cane." Wan Xiu'er, as a girl to be drafted, had bad intentions and acted recklessly, canceled her draft qualifications, immediately kicked out of the palace, and was not allowed to re-enter the palace for life. Liu Yuying was innocently murdered and was treated by Tai Hospital, and was given an additional reward of 1,000 taels of silver for comfort. ”

The woman in the small palace was already paralyzed by fright, Wan Xiu'er was still kowtowing and begging for mercy, Wan Guifei knew that the victim was the daughter of an important minister of the court, which was already the emperor's face on his own, and he was lenient, so he hurriedly mentioned his niece thanks.

Qin Ji asked the eunuch to pull Wan Xiu'er and the palace maid out.

In an instant, the hall that was noisy just now was now only Zhang Yue standing alone.

Zhu saw Shen Tie's face was blue, and he glanced at the prince Zhu Youjiao, who had been silent, and said with some embarrassment,

"Prince, today's events... This, in my opinion, it is better to choose another virtuous woman and ...... another day"

"Your Majesty!" Li Dongyang opened his mouth at this time.

Zhu Jianshen turned his head and glanced at Li Dongyang in surprise, "Li Qing, what's the matter?" ”

Li Dongyang said, "Now there is still a show girl in the palace, this show girl can be selected for the third show girl, there must be something outstanding, you might as well ask, if it is not a good match, it is not too late to select another one." ”

Zhu Jianshen then remembered Zhang Yue, who was still standing with His Royal Highness, and looked at Zhang Yue carefully, and found that the show girl in front of him was dressed elegantly, her eyes were smart, and there was a hint of playfulness and cuteness in her politeness, so she nodded,

"What's your name? Where? All the eyes of everyone in the hall immediately focused on Zhang Yue,

Zhang Yue originally thought that after the farce of the Wanshou Palace came to an end today, the draft was bound to be re-elected, and he was looking forward to ending it earlier. Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly asked him.

She replied cautiously,

"Back to the emperor, the little girl's name is Zhang Yue, a native of Xingji, Hebei, and her father is Zhang Luan, a prisoner of the country."

The Emperor frowned slightly and said, "The daughter of the prisoner." Li Qing, how is her female morality? ”

Li Dongyang replied respectfully, "Back to Your Majesty, Zhang Xiunu's female virtue score ranks second, and many literary treatises in the test paper have a deep understanding and perception of many benevolent edicts in Empress Renxiaowen's "Internal Training", but Wan Xiunu, who is the first in calligraphy and gorgeous phrasing, is inferior, so she ranks second. ”

Empress Ren Xiaowen is the queen of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, and she is the person most admired in the heart of Queen Wang.

"Empress Renxiaowen is virtuous and virtuous, erudite and well-written, and is a saint and model for every woman to learn. A woman's lack of talent is virtue, calligraphy skills are good, and literary brilliance is scorching, but it is not so important, Wan Xiunu has both ability and political integrity, isn't she also smart but was mistaken by cleverness? ”

When Wan Guifei heard this, her face turned pale for a while, and Queen Wang seemed to have not noticed Wan Guifei's expression, and then said,

"Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that this Zhang Xiunu is very good, and it is very suitable for Youzhu to be the crown princess!"

Zhu Jian groaned deeply for a moment,

"There is some truth in what the queen said, but she is the daughter of a mere supervisor, and it is reluctant to be a side concubine for the prince? Is being the crown princess too much to exalt her? ”

Concubine Wan secretly thought to herself, her niece made such a big mistake today, not to mention the crown princess, she couldn't even enter the palace anymore. If the position of the crown princess is obtained by people from other forces, it will not only fuel the power of the crown prince, but also be detrimental to himself.

This Zhang Yue's family background is ordinary, he has no power and no power, but he is easy to control, and he can't help the prince.

She made up her mind and said, "Your Majesty, the selection of concubines in this dynasty has always been based on virtue first, Zhang Xiunu has outstanding virtues, and she is very compatible with the prince, and the concubines also think that she is also very suitable for being the crown princess!" ”

Zhu Jianshen nodded, glanced at Zhu Youzhu and said,

"Prince, you have heard the words of your queen mother and concubine Wan, everyone is choosing a concubine for you, you also express your opinion, don't always be silent and silent."

Zhu Youzhu said respectfully, "Back to my father, Erchen feels that the words of the Queen Mother and Concubine Wan are very reasonable, and Erchen also thinks that Zhang Xiunu is very suitable to be the crown princess. ”

Zhang Yue glanced at Zhu Youzhu quickly with an extremely incredible look below, but Zhu Youzhu didn't look at her.

Zhu Jianshen glanced at Zhang Yue again and said,

"Well, then it's decided, Li Dongyang, pass the decree, canonize the Zhang family as the crown princess, and marry the prince on a certain date, and the prince's wedding is still presided over by the Ministry of Rites in coordination with the celebrant supervisor."

Li Dongyang and Qin Ji knelt on the ground at the same time, and said, "The ministers obey the order." ”

Zhang Yue was stunned like a wooden man, how did she become the crown princess. After that, I don't even remember how to thank the emperor and how to get out of the Wanshou Palace.