Because Taifu acted first, even if Qin Lange's people were fast enough, it was still too late for Taifu Zhao's people to find the palace maid.

After all, what Taifu Zhao needs is not a living mouth, just human life.

When the people of Qin Lan Pavilion arrived, they happened to see the palace maid who was slowly falling, and the warm blood that kept gushing out of her neck was still a little slower.

"Chief, what now?"

The man squinted slightly, his ears moved, and he felt it quietly, and there was no breath of anyone else. It seems that they are a step too late, and everyone has already left.

"Let's go! Go back and get back to your master! "There are no more people, and the task is naturally a failure.

"Master! Qin Lange came to report that they were one step too late, and the people had already been wiped out! Dark One walked into the courtyard and leaned over and whispered in his master's ear.

When Xie Tianrui heard this, he immediately tightened the cup in his hand, then narrowed his eyes, looked at the distance with sharp eyes, and said, "This king knows, go down." ”

Tang Yining didn't want to ask, but seeing that Xie Tianrui's face had changed, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?" ”

Xie Tianrui briefly told Tang Yining about the results of the report, and then hammered the table in front of him very angrily and frustratedly. It's just one step away, if only it could be one step faster.

Tang Yining narrowed his eyes slightly, such a coincidence?

It seems that Zhao Yuning may know something. Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence? ”

"What do you mean? You mean Zhao Yuning should know something, but she lied to me? But it can't be! According to my understanding of Zhao Yuning, judging from Zhao Yuning's reaction that day, Zhao Yuning should really not know. ”

Xie Tianrui thought that if he didn't even have the ability to see people at this point, then he would have been played to death by the emperor a long time ago.

Tang Yining didn't believe that Xie Tianrui wouldn't even be able to tell if Zhao Yuning was lying, so what went wrong? If the Zhao family hadn't noticed it, it wouldn't have made the Zhao family so early, so coincidental.

"I'm not doubting your abilities, I just think it's a bit too much of a coincidence. If not, you send someone to investigate, where did Zhao Yuning go after leaving the restaurant? Who did you meet? What was done? Maybe you'll find something? ”

Xie Tianrui thought for a while: "Okay! Then he snapped his fingers and said, "Go!" According to the words of the princess of the county, after Zhao Yuning left the restaurant, where did she go, who she saw, and what did she say! ”

"Don't think too much about it, maybe it's just a coincidence! Probably because we didn't have the luck of the Zhao family......" Tang Yining comforted.

Xie Tianrui sighed: "It can only be like this, after checking for so long, the clue is broken again." ”

"It's okay, it's a long time coming. Besides, as long as you don't give up, this matter will be able to see the light of day sooner or later. ”

As the saying goes, paper can't hold fire! Sooner or later, the truth will come out, but patience is required.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and in the blink of an eye, it was almost the day of the Queen Mother's thousand autumns.

Bypassing the layers of purple-gold curtains in Cining Palace, in the bronze mirror carved by tall pear wood, the queen mother's ceremony

The state is honorable, but the silhouette does not look old under the embellishment of the powder, and it has a bit of warmth and affection at the moment.

Tomorrow is her birthday, and the palace has been organizing a birthday banquet for her a few days earlier, and every concubine is almost racking their brains, and they also want to find a gratifying treasure, and the Empress Dowager Bo smiled.

However, the Queen Mother doesn't care about these, you know, the Queen Mother has been in a high position for so long, what rare treasures have not been seen? At this age, I no longer care about these rare treasures in the four seas.

After all, life doesn't bring death and doesn't take it away, it's just something outside the body. The Queen Mother had already seen it, if it weren't for the emperor's insistence on holding a birthday banquet, the Queen Mother wouldn't have wanted to do it.

But seeing the emperor's sincerity and filial piety, the queen mother didn't say anything. It's just that the emperor's banquet for the queen mother this time was very grand, which made the queen mother, who has always been thrifty, feel that the emperor was a little extravagant and wasteful this time.

"Queen Mother, it's almost time to try on the dress for the birthday banquet. If it is not suitable, let the needlework person change it. The old lady personally held a red moire Su embroidered green dress, trying to persuade the queen mother to wear it.

"Expand and see." The Queen Mother said lightly.

The old lady commanded three or two palace maids to unfold the palace costume of the queen mother's birthday banquet, and the queen mother asked after glancing at it.

"Who prepared this garment?"

The old lady bowed slightly, but her face was embarrassed: "Yes......"

"This garment is out of the norm, you should know. According to the rules, non-harem people are not allowed to participate in harem affairs, just like harem women are not allowed to interfere in politics, which is a rule passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors. ”

The Queen Mother's tone is extremely hard, you must know that from her youth to the present, she has always followed the palace rules when she was a concubine, and she did not dare to trespass a bit, even when she was old. She didn't feel at all that because she was now the queen mother, she could not follow the palace rules.

Mama didn't dare to say it, but it was none other than Tang Yining, the ingenious princess of Xiaojun, who bought this birthday banquet dress for the Queen Mother. The old lady who has served by the Queen Mother's side for many years can see that the Queen Mother really regards Tang Yining, the princess of Xiaojun, as if she is her own granddaughter.

If it weren't for this, the old lady would not have accepted it some time ago, when Tang Yining, the princess of Xiaojun, sincerely presented the birthday banquet dress that had been prepared.

However, the old lady was also worried that the Queen Mother would not like it, so at the same time, she also asked the people of the Garment Bureau to make a set in accordance with the regulations and made two preparations. When I just saw that the queen mother's color was not good, she was ready to change this set of clothes, or prepare the palace clothes made by the clothing bureau for the queen mother.

"The slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave and maid let people take down this palace dress. The slave maid saw that the princess of Xiaojun was sincere and spent so much effort to make this palace dress for the queen mother, so she took it. The queen mother didn't like it, so the slave changed to the palace clothes made by the clothing bureau. ”

"You guys, don't hurry up and put away your clothes, so as not to stain the eyes of the Queen Mother! Go to ......"

Before the old grandmother's words were finished, the Queen Mother spoke: "Slow! ”

When the Queen Mother heard that Tang Yining made this palace costume, she couldn't help but feel extremely emotional. It seems that since she met this girl, this girl has been doing things to please herself, and she likes this girl from the bottom of her heart.

Probably all of them

Double standard, when the Queen Mother knew that this palace dress was made by Tang Yining, she was not so repulsive. On the contrary, I like it a little, and suddenly I feel that it is not bad to change it.

If it weren't for the fact that this girl was from Prince Gong's mansion, the Queen Mother really wanted her to be by her side, after all, it would be good to think about it like that.

The old lady looked at the Queen Mother very puzzled: "Niangniang? ”

"The mourning family likes it very much, so I will change it for the mourning family at noon tomorrow! For dinner and birthday banquets, the mourning family wore these clothes to the banquet. ”

Although the old lady didn't know why the queen mother suddenly changed her mind, but her own master had already decided like this, so she had nothing to say, just obey.

"Yes! Slave maid, let people take it down and clean it up. ”

According to the rules of the palace, the Queen Mother generally wears clothes for her birthday by the Garment Bureau in accordance with the system, but compared with the palace clothes that the system gave her, although the Queen Mother is majestic and jeweled, she is a little tired of wearing more.

If it weren't for the Queen Mother, she had been used to wearing it all these years, and she really didn't want to continue wearing it. Come to think of it, if it is a different one this year, the emperor will definitely understand her, and he will not say anything.

The next day, before the morning mist had lifted, the sun was shining and the magpies flew up to the palace wall.

After the Queen Mother got up, the palace maids began to rush in, unhurriedly, and in an orderly manner, under the command of Mama and others, they began to rush in, unhurried, and orderly to serve the Queen Mother to get up and dress.

"Xiaoxi, you go to the palace gate and wait. I only gave Yining and Xiaojunwang a post yesterday, and I don't know if the two of them will be stopped at the arch. You go pick up the two. ”

Looking at herself in the bronze mirror, the Queen Mother took a favorite golden hairpin from the palace maid on the side and put it on the bun for comparison, which didn't seem to match today's palace clothes, so she put it down, and then changed to another.

It stands to reason that Tang Yining and Xie Tianrui should be among the invitations to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, but I don't know why they were not invited to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet before, but were suddenly invited to the banquet by the Queen Mother yesterday.

If it weren't for the fact that they already knew when the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was, and the two of them had already prepared, this temporary emergency notice would not be good, and they wouldn't even have time to think about what gifts to give.

Because the procedure for entering the palace was still relatively cumbersome, Tang Yining and Xie Tianrui had already gotten up early in the morning to prepare. After all, it is the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and if you delay the hour, it will not be good to be late.

"The Queen Mother, Xiaoxi wishes you happiness such as the East China Sea, and longevity than Nanshan! The queen mother can rest assured, and the slave maid will go to the palace gate to wait. After the old lady finished speaking, she bowed to the queen mother.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she smiled happily: "Okay, good!" Go for it! ”

Speaking of which, although this banquet is called a family banquet, it is said that the queen mother is old, and everything was done from a simple order in the past, but not all the harem concubines were invited to the banquet, as well as the ministers of the clan, but not everyone in the court and the central government is qualified to come to the banquet.

But what is different this time is that although the emperor did not specially invite him, envoys from neighboring countries came to congratulate the queen mother on her birthday. As a result, there are too many things for the emperor to deal with for a while, if it weren't for the queen mother, the emperor would have almost forgotten to invite the little county prince and princess of Prince Gong's mansion this time.