Hearing Yu Ruyan's words, Brother An's heart trembled, and he said in fear: "Princess, now that Concubine Lian has issued a strict order not to let you in, how can you ......?"

Yu Ruyan said in a cold tone: "This is the best, I always have a way to get in." Everything else has been arranged, so just wait for her to take the initiative to enter the urn, and then grab the evidence of her poisoning Wu Zhaoyi with her own hands! ”

Seeing Brother An's face full of unease, Yu Ruyan whispered in her ear, she immediately understood, with an excited look on her face, and said, "How did I forget it, this is a good idea, in this way, I am relieved." With that, he ran out of the palace.

After Brother An left, Yu Ruyan quickly returned to the Jinying Palace, changed into the palace maid's clothes, curled her head again, and put on a human skin mask again!

She quietly walked out of the side door of the Hibiscus Sakura Palace and went straight to the Chunwu Palace.

When he got there, he didn't stop for a moment, quietly blended into the palace crowd full of courtyards, and then approached the dormitory produced by Wu Zhaoyi little by little.

The emperor, the queen mother and other concubines all guarded the side hall of the palace, and the main hall of Wu Zhaoyi's bedroom was dominated by Concubine Lian.

only heard Wu Zhaoyi's painful voice one after another, and the people in the entire Chunwu Palace were nervous, and they didn't even dare to step on the footsteps.

The Queen Mother sat upright in the side hall, heard Wu Zhaoyi's painful voice, closed her eyelids, nervously pulled the Buddha beads in her hand, and softly recited 'Nan Wu Amitabha Buddha', praying for the safety of Wu Zhaoyi's mother and son!

As the sun fell, Wu Zhaoyi's cry became weaker and weaker, and palace maids began to walk out with basins of blood and water in the palace, and then basins of hot water sent in.

Yu Ruyan quietly approached the edge of the corridor, took advantage of the dimness of the sky, stretched out her foot and tripped over a palace maid who was carrying water, the palace maid fell to the ground with a scream, her knees were hurt, Yu Ruyan came out of the shadows, affectionately helped her to the side and sat down, took the copper basin in her hand and said: "Sister is resting here, sister is going to serve for my sister!" ”

These palace maids who were waiting in the palace had been busy all afternoon without even eating, and they were all tired enough, but now when they heard her take the initiative to ask for help, the palace maid did not doubt him, and hurriedly handed over the things in her hand to her, said thank you and went to rest.

Yu Ruyan lowered her eyebrows and smoothly entered Wu Zhaoyi's bedroom with hot water, and as soon as she entered, she only felt a suffocating smell of blood coming.

The light in the hall was dim, the air was not circulating, Yu Ruyan's eyes swept quickly in the room, and she saw Concubine Lian sitting leisurely drinking tea, and on the big bed not far away, Wu Zhaoyi was already soaked, and her body was stuck to her body as if she had been fished out of water, and the clothes on her body were all wet with sweat, and the bedding under her body was stained with blood.

Yu Ruyan saw that the three midwives she brought into the palace were also there, and Mama Fang beside the Queen Mother had been staying in the house-

It seems that the Queen Mother finally listened to the words of the concubine in the cold palace, and no longer trusted Concubine Lian in her heart, afraid that she would do something during Wu Zhaoyi's birth, so she sent Mama Fang to stay here in person.

Yu Ruyan sighed secretly in her heart, thinking that the Queen Mother had always been worried that Concubine Lotus would be bad during Wu Zhaoyi's production process, but she didn't know that Concubine Lotus would not do this this time, because this time her target was the prince in Wu Zhaoyi's belly, so the production process would not make a trick, but once the little prince was born safely, she would definitely not let Wu Zhaoyi go!

Thinking of this, Yu Ruyan pretended to step forward to wipe Wu Zhaoyi's sweat, and whispered in her ear: "Niangniang, I'm here, don't be afraid!" ”

Suddenly hearing Yu Ruyan's familiar voice, Wu Zhaoyi's flustered heart was suddenly stunned, and she stared at the mediocre-looking palace maid in front of her with unbelievable eyes, thinking that she was hallucinating and misheard.

Yu Ruyan looked at her unbelievable description, and whispered in her ear again: "Niangniang, just rest assured that you can give birth, I have me in other things, and I will not let Concubine Lian harm you and your children." ”

This time, Wu Zhaoyi heard it clearly, she looked at the palace maid in front of her with great surprise, and was about to ask, Yu Ruyan hurriedly glanced at the direction of Concubine Lian with her eyes, Wu Zhaoyi was a smart person, she immediately understood what she meant, pretended not to know her, but her heart was settled, gritted her teeth against the pain that was torn all over her body, and listened to the words of the midwife!

But no matter how hard Wu Zhaoyi tried, after all, because she was a twin, she would never see the child show her head for a while, and Wu Zhaoyi's strength seemed to have run out, her voice became weaker and weaker, her face was as white as gold paper, she gritted her teeth and pulled the corner of Yu Ruyan's clothes and was about to speak, Yu Ruyan had already preemptively whispered: "Niangniang, don't be discouraged, after working hard for so long, you must give birth to the little prince and the little princess." ”

Wu Zhaoyi's lips were pale, and she trembled: "I...... I don't have the strength anymore......"

Listening to her words, Yu Ruyan was very anxious, she suddenly remembered what she said when she listened to the midwives chatting when she had nothing to do before, and hurriedly walked in front of Mama Fang, and deliberately suppressed her voice and said: "Mama, Niang Niang just said that she can't exert her strength, do you want to make her something to eat?" ”

After all, Mama Fang is an old man who has served the Queen Mother, and when she heard this, she hurriedly went out to tell the Queen Mother, and when the Queen Mother heard it, she immediately asked her to bring the best ginseng in her palace, boil it into ginseng soup and feed it to Wu Zhaoyi to drink, and also cut another thin slice of ginseng for her to hold in her mouth to help her breath, so that she has the strength to give birth to the child.

With the help of ginseng soup, Wu Zhaoyi's spirit was a little better, and finally gave birth to a boy, a girl and a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses at dawn.

When Mama Fang led the palace people to happily carry the princess out to say hello to the emperor, Yu Ruyan glanced at Concubine Lian and went out, and there were only a few waiting palace maids left in the house.

Yu Ruyan hurriedly walked to Wu Zhaoyi, who was tired and dying, and said: "Niangniang, pay attention, next, Concubine Lian is only afraid that she will attack Niangniang!" ”

Wu Zhaoyi lay on the bed weakly and helplessly, and said anxiously: "What should I do?" Please be sure to help me! ”

"Niangniang, listen up, from now on, don't touch anything in your mouth, even if it's the tea I brought you, don't drink it, because I don't know what Concubine Lian put the poison of the dove feather in."

As soon as she heard the word dove feather, Wu Zhaoyi trembled with fear, she had just given birth to a child with great difficulty, it can be said that she had just stepped back from the ghost gate, and now, she was facing the framing of Concubine Lian, and she still wanted her life, so how could she not be afraid and not panic?

She lay weakly, her eyes looked at the dim hall, the people here, except for Yu Ruyan, she couldn't believe any of the others, but she was so helpless, she had to put all her hopes on Yu Ruyan.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Don't worry, I will remember your words." ”

Yu Ruyan said to Wu Zhaoyi again: "Now that the child has been seen by the emperor and the queen mother, it will not be a big problem, in order to avoid the suspicion of Concubine Lian, the mother will pretend to sleep from this moment on, and rest assured that I will leave other things to me." ”

Wu Zhaoyi listened to her words and hurriedly closed her eyes to recuperate.

Sure enough, after a while, Concubine Lian led the palace people in, personally brought the soup to the bedside, and said to Wu Zhaoyi with a smile: "My sister gave birth to the prince and princess this time, which is really a great achievement." The emperor said that when he went to court, he would tell the world that Sister Jin was the concubine, but I was afraid that the holy decree had been issued at this time. Come, this is the ginseng soup that the Queen Mother boiled for her sister before, my sister is tired from giving birth, drink a bowl and rest for a while, and prepare to receive the order to thank you! ”

The ginseng soup in Concubine Lian's hand was steaming hot, the soup was bright, and Yu Ruyan quietly took the ginseng soup from Concubine Lian's hand. He lowered his head and lowered his voice: "Niangniang, let the slave come!" ”

Concubine Lian had this intention, her eyes looked at Yu Ruyan coldly, and she thought, it's not bad that you want to be the scapegoat of this palace!

Yu Ruyan gently called Wu Zhaoyi a few times with the ginseng soup, but Wu Zhaoyi seemed to be too tired to fall asleep, and she didn't wake up after calling, Yu Ruyan said cautiously: "Niangniang, Zhaoyi estimated that she was too tired to fall asleep just now, otherwise, the slave maid will take this ginseng soup to the small kitchen to warm it, and wait for Zhaoyi Niangniang to wake up before drinking." ”

Concubine Lian wished that this small bowl of ginseng soup would be poured into Wu Zhaoyi immediately, but after thinking about it, the more people who handled this soup, the better, when Wu Zhaoyi died, even if the imperial doctor saw that she died of a huge poison, she would not think of her, but it was best to have this little girl in front of her to help her bear the sin and die.

Thinking of this, she said in a comfortable voice: "Well, since my sister is tired, let her rest for a while, don't forget, feed her after she sleeps, this is the queen mother's heart, not sloppy." ”

Yu Ruyan responded, carefully brought the bowl of ginseng soup out of the hall, and at the corner of the corridor, he successfully met Brother An who was guarding there.

Brother An had been waiting for her here for a long time, and when he saw her come out, he said happily: "The princess has succeeded?" ”

Yu Ruyan nodded, took off the silver hairpin on her head and put it into the ginseng soup, and in the next second, the plain white silver hairpin was already black!

Although he had guessed that the ginseng soup was poisoned, the fact that he saw it with his own eyes still made Yu Ruyan's heart shake violently-

Such a huge poisonous thing, Concubine Lian brought it to Wu Zhaoyi with a smile on her face and persuaded her to drink it.

If they hadn't found out earlier, I'm afraid that Wu Zhaoyi would have already returned to the West Heaven after drinking the ginseng soup.

Holding the silver hairpin in her hand, Yu Ruyan suppressed the chill rising from the soles of her feet and asked, "How is the previous dynasty?" Lord Shangshu, have they entered the palace? ”

Brother An restrained the joy in his heart and nodded, and said excitedly: "Everything is going well, princess, don't worry, I believe that it won't be long before someone will come to pass on Concubine Lian and Jade Mingzhu to ask questions in front of the saint." ”

Before the words fell, the big eunuch beside King Qi led a team of imperial forest troops to Chunwu Palace in a hurry, Yuruyan's heart was shocked, and asked Brother An to put away the ginseng soup, and he hurriedly followed the eunuch into the palace.

In the inner hall, watching the arrival of the eunuch who passed the decree, Concubine Lian thought that the holy decree of the reward had arrived, although she was extremely uncomfortable, but when she thought of it, Wu Zhaoyi was about to go to see the king of Hades, what did it matter if she was a concubine for a while, she was very generous not to worry about the dying person!

She stepped forward happily and said to the eunuch who was sweating: "My father-in-law has received the holy will to report the good news, but unfortunately Zhaoyi is too tired just now and is resting, and I also ask my father-in-law to go outside to rest for a while, drink a cup of hot tea, and wait for the palace to go in and wake up Zhaoyi before receiving the order." ”

The father-in-law's face was ugly, and he said with an embarrassed expression: "Qi Yu Niangniang, the old slave invited Niangniang to the imperial study to reply at the emperor's behest. That one...... The eldest princess was also invited. ”

Hearing this, Concubine Lian's brows furrowed slightly, and when she heard that Yu Mingzhu was also invited to the imperial study, she couldn't help but have a bad premonition in her heart, and couldn't help asking: "Does my father-in-law know what happened in the past when the emperor called the palace?" There is still something waiting for the palace to order......"

"Niangniang, the emperor said, no matter what Niangniang is doing, please put it down for the time being, Holy ...... The saint is waiting for Niangniang in the imperial study! ”

Thinking of the situation in the imperial study, the great eunuch's heart trembled, but he didn't dare to say a word, just urged Concubine Lian to go with him quickly.

Although Concubine Lian had some doubts in her heart, she didn't know what King Qi was going to do with her for a while, so she had to go out with the big eunuch, and when she walked into the courtyard and saw the Imperial Forest Army guarding outside, her heart sank with a 'pop'......

At this time, Yu Ruyan's heart was already half relaxed, and after Concubine Lian was taken away, Yu Ruyan hurriedly went to the inner hall, woke up Wu Zhaoyi, and told her about the poisoning in the ginseng soup.

Wu Zhaoyi hated itchy, and Yu Ruyan saw the opportunity and said: "Although I know that Niangniang is very tired after giving birth, but to completely overthrow Concubine Lian is today, so I also ask Niangniang to be patient, go to the imperial study to explain the matter of ginseng soup, and the idea of Concubine Lian beating the little prince to explain to my father in person." ”

Wu Zhaoyi thought of Concubine Lian's viciousness in her heart, and she was already eager to kill her, so she didn't have any worries in her heart, and without saying a word, she asked the palace people to immediately change into clean clothes for her, bring ginseng soup, and go to the imperial study in a soft sedan chair.

As soon as Wu Zhaoyi left, Brother An said, "Princess, what are we going to do next?" ”

Yu Ruyan sighed heavily and said: "Concubine Lian dares to poison the dove feather in the ginseng soup that the Queen Mother gave to Wu Zhaoyi, and it is also bold, so since the ginseng soup was given by the Queen Mother, this matter must also be known to the Queen Mother, you go to Huayang Palace to tell the fourth princess, just say that Wu Zhaoyi had an accident, and let her accompany the Queen Mother to the imperial study to administer justice to Zhaoyi." Zhaoyi Niangniang has just given birth to a little grandson for the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother will definitely help her out of this tone. ”

After ordering everything, Yu Ruyan quietly returned to the Jinying Palace, changed the clothes on her body, took off the human skin mask, put it on, and walked towards the imperial study.

As soon as he went out and met Mu Lingzhi, he was followed by Chen Yiqing and the old man who was born in the face, and it seemed that he should be a doctor brought in from outside the palace.

As soon as he saw Yu Ruyan, Mu Lingzhi's anxious expression eased down for half a minute, he heard that she was going to deal with Concubine Lian alone, Mu Lingzhi was very anxious, but now seeing that she was safe and sound, his heart relaxed, and asked, "You go to the imperial study?" ”

Yu Ruyan said: "Yes, after being busy for the past few days, things should have a conclusion, so I have to go to the front to take a look." If Your Highness is tired, go and rest......"

"I'll go with you!"

Mu Lingzhi didn't think about it, he turned around and walked forward with her, and said, "I heard that the Criminal Department has evidence to prove that the person who killed Shangguan Xianzhong?" Did you arrange it? ”

Now, Yu Ruyan was very good, took his arm and said: "If people don't know, unless they have done nothing, so everything that Concubine Lian and Jade Mingzhu have to face now is the cause and effect they have planted!" ”

"Are you sure you can defeat them in one fell swoop?" Mu Lingzhi looked at her and asked with concern.

Yu Ruyan pondered for a while and said, "I believe they won't be able to get out this time." ”

When they arrived at the imperial study, there was already a room full of people standing inside, King Qi was sitting on it, the Queen Mother had also arrived, and the people who knelt on the ground in the center of the hall, Shangguan and his wife, Concubine Lian, Jade Mingzhu and the poisoned girl were all kneeling on the ground, and Wu Zhaoyi was also sitting on the side, already crying pear blossoms and rain. And the bowl of ginseng soup has also been placed on the dragon case of King Qi.

King Qi's face was already pale, and he slammed his palm on the dragon case, and shouted angrily at Concubine Lian's mother and daughter on the ground: "Say, what Lord Shangshu and Wu Zhaoyi said is true?" ”

Concubine Lian's face was already dead, and Yu Mingzhu was also so frightened that she cried into tears and collapsed on the ground, with King Qi's loud shout, the mother and daughter both shivered together, and Jade Mingzhu's first reaction was to hide beside Concubine Lian, and Concubine Lian finally opened her mouth tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, all this is the slander of Shangshu and Zhaoyi, what kind of poison of dove feathers they are talking about, and the death of Shangguan Xianzhong has nothing to do with the concubine, let alone with Mingzhu, our mother and daughter live in this harem all the year round, and accompany Your Majesty every day, how can they do such a thing, the concubine is wronged!"

Shangguan Shangshu listened to her words, and hurriedly opened his mouth sadly, and presented the letterhead left by Shangguan Xianzhong to the King of Qi and the Queen Mother, and said sadly: "The emperor, the queen mother, the old minister's family has been passed down from generation to generation, just such a child, because of the matter with the fourth princess, my son has become a poor cripple, I thought that the eldest princess insisted on marrying into the Shangshu family, because she had true feelings for my son, but I didn't expect that when he became a cripple, the eldest princess was disgusted...... I was so disgusted that I wanted him to die! Emperor! Lao Chen has been loyal to the court all his life, but he didn't expect ...... I didn't expect that in the end, a white man would send a black man, and in the future, there will be no one to send him to the end, and the old minister is unwilling to die! ”

Lord Shangguan's words made everyone present feel sad in their hearts, looking at the white on the heads of Shangguan and his wife, thinking of Shangguan Xianzhong's tragic death, everyone's faces became heavy.

The Queen Mother sighed heavily, stood up and helped up the Shangguan couple with her own hands, and said with a heartache: "In the end, our royal family is sorry for your Shangguan family, rest assured, if the matter is true, the emperor and the mourning family will definitely give you an explanation for the Shangguan family." ”

After that, without waiting for the emperor to speak, the queen mother came to Yu Mingzhu majestically, pointed to the jade pearl who was shrunk aside and trembled: "What this cheap maid said is true?" Did you really let her get the poison of the dove feather? ”

Yu Mingzhu was already stupid after being called to the imperial study and seeing the maid ring brought in by Master Shangshu, but she was not stupid, she knew that if she admitted it, she would have to fill in her life, so even if she was so frightened that she trembled all over, she didn't dare to say a word, just shook her head desperately.

But the Queen Mother obviously believed the words of Lord Shangshu, gritted her teeth and hated: "You are so ruthless, he is the horse you snatched from your sister without choosing your hand, and in the end you don't want him anymore, and you still hate him, and you have murderous intentions, you can really do it!" ”

After listening to the Queen Mother's words, Concubine Lian was already so shocked that she couldn't do it, and before Yu Mingzhu could speak, she was desperate to say: "Queen Mother, how can you only listen to the words of a girl and an unfounded letterhead in this matter, these can't prove that the murderer is the pearl of my family, she is the eldest princess, how could she do such a thing?" Queen Mother, she is your granddaughter, you can't wronged her like this! ”

After that, Concubine Lian was so angry that she slapped the slave in the face and said hatefully: "A little cheap maid dares to slander the eldest princess, do you think your life is too long?" ”

The slave was fanned to the side, and the Queen Mother saw that Concubine Lian was still so arrogant at this time, and couldn't help but snort coldly: "Wronged?!" The mourning family didn't settle accounts with you, and you even blamed the mourning family?! ”

The Queen Mother made it clear today that she didn't want to let go of Concubine Lian easily, she pointed to the sluggish Jade Mingzhu and scolded: "Although she is the eldest princess of Daqi, she has a vicious woman like you as her mother. How did the poison of dove feathers appear in the ginseng soup I gave her, could it be that I poisoned her? You are - planted the black cauldron on the head of the mourning family, it's hateful! ”

In such a field now, Concubine Lian can't take care of anything, her eyes are fierce, and she said viciously: "The concubine kindly guarded Zhaoyi's bedside to accompany her to give birth, but in the end, her kindness was not rewarded, and she was beaten upside down, the dove feather in this ginseng soup is not under the concubine, and the concubine has never heard of this kind of thing!" ”

Seeing her so hard-mouthed, Wu Zhaoyi cried: "Holy Lord, Queen Mother, Shangguan Gongzi was poisoned by the dove feather, and the imperial doctor also tested it just now, the poison in this ginseng soup is the poison of the dove feather, and this girl also said it herself, it was the eldest princess who used her family as a threat to let her poison in the tea of Lord Shangguan." ”

"Things in the world are so coincidental. Ordinary people have never heard of the poison of this dove feather, when did they encounter it so coincidentally at the same time, and at that time, this bowl of ginseng soup was personally instructed by Concubine Lian to let the concubine drink it, or through the reputation of the queen mother, if not...... If it weren't for the fact that the concubine had been guarding against Concubine Lian in her heart, and secretly tried the silver needle afterwards, how would she know that such a huge poison had been inflicted in this bowl of ginseng soup?! If the concubine hadn't had a big life, she was extremely tired and fell asleep for a while, if she was forced to pour ginseng soup, I am afraid that she would have lost her life quietly like Shangguan Gongzi, and the child born to Her Majesty by the concubine risking her life was also taken away by her and became a stepping stone for her to ascend to the throne! ”

Wu Zhaoyi's words slammed the hearts of everyone present one by one, and Concubine Lian's whole body couldn't feel a trace of temperature, but she knew that if she wanted to save her life at this time, she would bite to death and not admit it, so she couldn't help but cry with King Qi: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect that my father had only lost power for a day, and Shangshu and Zhaoyi joined forces to defile me, this is to put the concubine and the eldest princess to death, Your Majesty, these are all their conspiracy, you must believe in the concubine!" ”

"Stain you!" The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "Until now, don't you still admit the wrong things you did?" The mourning family has sent someone to your Chunlan Palace to search just now, and you actually secretly prepared a baby room in the palace, you said, if you don't want to kill Zhaoyi and take her son, why do you quietly prepare the little prince's room? Do you really think everybody's eyes are blind? ”

Concubine Lian's whole body was shocked, and she looked at the Queen Mother in front of her in disbelief-

Since she took over the harem, the Queen Mother has never cared about the affairs of the harem, and over time, Concubine Lian has not taken the Queen Mother much in her eyes, but she didn't expect that the Queen Mother, who was reciting Amitabha Buddha at the time, actually saw all her every move in her eyes, and couldn't help but be furious all over her body.

Yu Ruyan quietly looked at Concubine Lian and Jade Mingzhu like beasts trapped in a desperate situation, although they had been forced into a desperate situation, they were still dying, picking up their fierce teeth and swearing to die, and suddenly, she saw a smug look flashing in Concubine Lian's eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Concubine Lian stood up coldly, puffed up her chest and said to the Queen Mother and everyone with a fierce attitude: "This palace is the concubine of His Majesty, who has been in charge of the harem for many years, and the daughter of this palace is the most noble eldest princess of Daqi, although my father suffered misfortune, but--my Huo family is not dead!" ”

"Just with a lowly little girl, just with a piece of paper without a trace of basis, just with the inexplicable extra poison in this ginseng soup to convict the palace and the eldest princess, is it too childish!"