Unlike Empress Xiao, Concubine Jing was never stingy with the people around her, nor did she maliciously calculate them. Even if Fang Cairen is not smart enough to be of great use, she has also given Fang Cairen a lot of benefits.

At this point, she has the same idea as Lin Yuan, she is never soft on the enemy, and she must show sincerity to her collaborators.

When Fang Cai thanked her with great interest, her face gradually cooled. She walked slowly to the window railing and sat down quietly, without saying a word.

The next day, the concubines came to Huayang Palace to greet Concubine Jing according to their customary practice. Lin Yuan came diligently with her stomach up, but she arrived the latest.

Concubine Jing's face was a little haggard, and her spirit was not as good as usual. She beckoned to Lin Yuan and said, "I'm not in the main palace, it's not a rule to come to me to ask for peace, Concubine Hui has a body, so you don't have to come over." Said and sighed slightly: "It seems that Concubine Hui slept well last night and looked very good." ”

Lin Yuan sat in his seat and said with a smile: "The concubine is lazy, and she sleeps so much that even the hour has passed." Seeing that there was a plate of chestnuts on the small table in front of him, he hurriedly took it over and ate it: "Well, the sugar-fried chestnuts in this Hehuan Hall taste the most authentic." ”

"If you like it, I'll send you some later." Concubine Jing seems to be perfunctory, and it seems to be boring gossip.

Lin Yuan just laughed and gossiped with the concubines around her.

No one mentioned a word about the palace in the morning. The rumors in the palace have always been fast, but when it comes to Queen Xiao, no matter the master and the subordinates, they dare not say more. And what everyone thinks in their hearts is that the emperor's actions are likely to be abolished, once the queen is shaken, the forces that followed the queen in the past will definitely be purged, and it is not known what kind of bloody wind and rain there will be at that time, but many concubines are panicked all day long.

The people next to him didn't dare to care about Queen Xiao, for fear of being regarded as the queen's henchman.

And Changxin Palace, since the emperor went to it once yesterday, there was no new news in the early morning today.

Concubine Jing ordered the concubines to disperse early, and everyone returned to the palace in groups of three or five, and no one had the heart to go to the forest garden to play or get together to listen to the play.

At dusk on this day, the gates of the Changxin Palace, which had been closed for two months, were opened.

For Empress Xiao, the emperor's claim to the outside world is that the empress is seriously ill and needs to recuperate, which is undoubtedly a grounding in disguise. Although it is the queen's honor, Xiao Yueyi is also embarrassed and depressed after being grounded, and a heavy copper lock outside the gate of Changxin Palace tightly seals it, except for the daily delivery of meals from the corner door, no one is allowed to enter or leave, and no one is allowed to visit. Empress Xiao is like a prisoner in prison.

On this day, however, the bronze lock on the door of the palace was opened.

Yesterday the emperor went on a trip and left quickly. Today, however, there is such a change.

The eyes of the people in the palace were fixed on Changxin Palace, but no one dared to participate in it and inquire about any news.

After the ban was lifted in Changxin Palace, the emperor made another trip that night. Later, at night, the Changxin Palace passed the imperial doctor, but the emperor did not come out again.

Although Empress Xiao was "seriously ill" before, the emperor refused to ask her for a royal doctor at all, and everyone in the harem understood what was going on. Now it is the medical officer who has passed the judgment of Liang Yuan and more than half of the hospital to go to Changxin Palace to consult the queen.

A lot of people stay up all night. Changxin Palace was silent all night.

At dawn, Prime Minister Zuo was edicted to enter the palace again, and it was the grace of the Holy Mountain that allowed him to visit the queen.

When Prime Minister Zuo entered the palace, Concubine Jing in Huayang Palace accidentally broke a teacup. There was no outsider in the room except for her confidant palace maid, she gasped and collapsed on the soft couch, muttering: "The queen ......"

"!" The palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said to the outside world: "Quickly pass on the imperial doctor's ......"

Concubine Jing immediately grabbed her wrist: "Don't!" As he spoke, he stroked his chest: "The imperial doctors are all in Changxin Palace, if I go to disturb me at this time, the emperor will definitely not like it." ”

There was nothing wrong with her, but she was frightened for a while, and her chest was tight. She gasped for a moment, finally recovered, pulled her henchman and said, "Ah Liang, the emperor, has he been in the Changxin Palace?" ”

The palace maid who was called Ah Liang nodded stunned: "Yes, I didn't come out all night, and Prime Minister Zuo was also there." Then he thought of something, and his face turned snow-white: "Niangniang, you mean...... Your Majesty, is he going to forgive the queen? ”

The day before yesterday, the emperor stepped into Changxin Palace for the first time, but he may have gone to pass the decree and abolished it, and the people of Fang Cai were still happy for a long time. But then he released the confinement of Changxin Palace and returned to the queen to pass on the imperial doctor. I'm afraid things are changing.

But now, Prime Minister Zuo has entered the palace to meet the queen.

Ah Liang keenly felt that the queen was about to turn over.

"Not forgiveness." Concubine Jing shook her head: "This look, it must be the emperor who has found out the matter." He found out that the queen was innocent. ”

"Is the matter of Changle Palace really irrelevant to the queen!" Ah Liang's voice was almost inaudible, but it was full of horror: "At the beginning, we installed Xiao Dengzi and let him frame the queen and Xu Ronghua to be implicated...... But although it is a frame-up, it is also a fact, Xu Ronghua is the queen's dark line, and he has been helping the queen do things......"

"The collusion between the queen and the Xu family is true, but the murder of the queen mother, even I don't think it was the queen's doing." Ah Liang is Concubine Jing's confidant, Su Ri is very capable, and Concubine Jing also trusts her: "You remember that when we secretly investigated the Xu family, we found that she was a very complicated person, and there was not only the queen behind her. Xu is insidious and unscrupulous in order to achieve her goals, if there is another force that wants her to cooperate in killing the Queen Mother, as long as the benefits are enough, Xu is willing to take risks. ”

"Although the queen mother does not treat the queen well, it is very far-fetched to say that the queen wants to kill the queen mother to eradicate the obstacles."

"I went to the palace ten years ago and got along with the Xiao family for a long time. As far as I know, Shaw is calculating, can see through the big picture, and will not do stupid things that are too risky and not too rewarding. ”

In Concubine Jing's opinion, the queen is making a fool by choosing to get rid of the queen mother. Even if the Queen Mother gets in her way, she is an old man who is old and weak, and the best way to deal with her is to survive her.

With that energy, the queen might as well find a way to kill King Zhao's group of princes, or kill her, Concubine Jing.

If he is really innocent, the emperor will find out...... It is inevitable that Empress Xiao's restoration will rise.

Concubine Jing is just unwilling, she has been planning for so long, she has already obtained the palace power, and she is only one step away from that position, but overnight, all her previous achievements have been wasted.

Is this fate? Since recovering from her illness, she has been planning for the camp step by step, and has even taken many risks...... I thought that this return was a phoenix nirvana, reborn from the ashes. I never thought that everything would go wrong.

worked hard to support the Lin family to block the Chu family, and secretly manipulated the situation in the harem, but the six new concubines who were hired coldly disrupted her layout. I wanted to use the poisoning of Changle Palace to get rid of a few new concubines, but I never thought that things would change halfway. In the end, he took the risk of pouring dirty water on the queen, and finally succeeded, but in just a few months, he was turned over by the queen again......

Concubine Jing guessed around the house, uneasy, and the scarlet building over there was not calm.

The two who are anxious to catch fire are the first snow and the first peach. They trembled and kept asking Lin Yuan if it was two months ago that Imperial Doctor Wu's hands and feet in the purple bamboo forest were discovered, causing the emperor to find out that the murder of the Queen Mother was completely false.

Lin Yuan sat silently. Xiao Chengzi, who had just been sent out by her, had already heard the sound of broken porcelain in the Hehuan Hall, she chuckled lightly, and said lightly: "Concubine Jing is a little impetuous." ”

"How can Niangniang have the heart to take care of Concubine Jing now!" First snow rush.

"Compared with the emperor and Empress Xiao, what I am most afraid of is my lordship, Concubine Jing." Lin Yuan exhaled softly: "Imperial Doctor Wu's technique is secretive, no one will know about that time, but I am only afraid of Concubine Jing." I could feel that she had already intervened in the Changle Palace. I'm afraid she'll suspect me. ”

Thinking about it, he smiled again, and said: "I have always been confident in doing things, and she won't know." ”

Lin Yuan's expectations were good, Concubine Jing did not know her actions in the purple bamboo forest, Concubine Jing treated this matter as a murder in Changle Palace, and finally brought down the queen.

Empress Xiao was grounded that day, which can be said to be a joint effort between Lin Yuan and Concubine Jing.

"But Niangniang, now that the queen is about to turn over, isn't it that the emperor found out something!" Although Hatsu Tao is young, his brain has always been clear.

"What can the emperor find out? Finding out that the murder in Changle Palace was made up out of nothing? Lin Yuan sneered: "Okay, this matter is over, and none of you are allowed to talk about it in the future." ”

"Niangniang......" Chu Xue couldn't help but want to persuade again.

"First snow!" Lin Yuan shouted in a low voice: "Shut up!" Really, don't say any more. Do you really think that I made up the matter of Changle Palace? In the end, the emperor still wants to deal with the queen because of this matter? This matter is more serious than you think, if the private discussion spreads and is implicated, I don't know how he died. ”

The little girl Chu Tao was frightened, staring at Lin Yuan with a pair of fawn-like eyes.

"The emperor found out that the involvement between the Xu family and the queen was true, but he did not immediately ground the queen." Lin Yuan's voice was very low: "Later, the emperor handed over the matter to the Criminal Department, and a few days later, the emperor personally went to Changxin Palace to search. Eventually, the queen was grounded. ”

Chu Xue was a little confused when she heard it, but she understood a little.

The two palace maids didn't dare to say a word anymore, and bowed their heads and retreated.

Lin Yuan breathed a long sigh of relief, she could feel that the real wind and rain in this palace had just come.

The emperor severely punished Empress Xiao and continued to collect evidence of the crime after she was grounded, it must not be just because of her involvement with the Xu family - her personal relationship with the Xu family is true, but this does not mean that she instructed the Xu family to murder the queen mother, such a big matter, without a little evidence, can the queen be convicted with just a "personal relationship"?

And the emperor set out to investigate the matter thoroughly, and ordered the head of the punishment department, he must have found something else.