On the afternoon of the tenth day of the second month of the eighth year of Yong'an, Le Jieyu, who lived in the Yizhu Hall of Qingle Palace, cried loudly, and pulled Qingmei, who lived in the Baihua Hall of Yongle Palace, to judge in front of Queen Zhu.

Le Jieyu knelt at the feet of Queen Zhu, threw a wishful bag in her hand to the ground, pointed at Qingmeiren and cried to Queen Zhu, "I also ask the queen to be the master of the concubine, the concubine has lived in the Yizhu Hall since the slippery fetus, and somehow it hindered the eyes of Qingmei." She actually ordered someone to put such a thing in the palace of the concubine, if it weren't for the old grandmother in the concubine's palace who recognized this as a piece of dead jade that had been witchcrafted, I was afraid that the concubine would have died by now. ”

Qingmei knelt beside Le Jieyu, and also cried to Queen Zhu, "Please also ask the queen to be the master of the concubine, and the concubine will sit well in her own palace, Le Jieyu suddenly brought someone in and slapped the concubine." Qingmeiren covered her red and swollen side face and cried, "The concubine doesn't know, how did the concubine provoke Le Jieyu, it's true that her status is higher than that of the concubine, but you can't make trouble unreasonably to such a situation." She beat and scolded, but in the end she planted the blame for the unwarranted thing on the concubine. The concubine is fighting to the death today, and she can't admit such humiliation. ”

Empress Zhu sat on the low kang in the inner hall, listening to Le Jieyu and Qingmeiren crying with a headache, frowning and shouting loudly, "Enough!" Running to the palace to cry in the blue sky and daytime, what a system! ”

Le Jieyu and Qingmeiren were so frightened by Empress Zhu's anger that they were both silent, leaving only occasional sobs.

Ziwan stood up and said to Le Jieyu and Qingmeiren who were kneeling on the ground, "Le Jieyu, Qingmeiren, the queen has had a head attack these days, please Le Jieyu, Qingmeiren has something to say slowly." ”

Le Jieyu shook the handkerchief in her hand, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked at Queen Zhu with slightly red eyes, "Queen Qiyu, this is the case." Yesterday, Lan Xiang, who was next to the concubine, received a wishful letter from the palace maid Yi'er next to Qingmeiren, saying that it was handed over to the concubine. The concubine looked at the wishful luozi, it was really a delicate one, and she liked it in her heart and left it. Who knew that the grandmother in the palace of the concubines today looked at the wishful luozi and said that the warm jade jade pendant on the concubine was a piece of dead jade that had been witchcrafted......"

Le Jieyu's tears flowed down again, and she cried, "Queen Mother, Mama said, this kind of dead jade wearing by your side is the most hurtful, at most three years, and at least half a concubine will die." The concubine couldn't figure out why Qingmei was so ruthless and wanted to put the concubine to death......"

Qingmei retorted loudly on the side, "Queen Mother, the concubine doesn't know what Ruyi Luozi is, and she doesn't know what little palace maids or dead jade are. The concubine had to sit in the palace and caused this disaster in vain, the concubine, the concubine was wronged~ woo woo......"

"Okay, don't cry, crying makes the palace have a headache......" Queen Zhu impatiently interrupted Qingmeiren's crying.

Zi picked up the Ruyi Luozi with a handkerchief pad and presented it in front of Queen Zhu. Empress Zhu raised her eyebrows and glanced at it, then raised her eyes to look at Le Jieyu, and asked in a calm tone, "How can you see this dead jade?" Do you believe that this is a dead jade just by the words of your grandmother in the palace? ”

"Concubine...... The concubine ......" Le Jieyu chuckled in her heart. After hearing that the grandmother said that it was a dead jade, she really didn't think much about it, and rushed directly to the palace of Qingmeiren to make a fuss, and then pulled Qingmeiren to Weiyang Palace to reason.

Seeing that Le Jieyu was speechless, Queen Zhu looked at Qingmeiren, who had been looking at her with her residual vision, and said, "You too, Le Jieyu is messing around, and you are also messing around!" If a slap doesn't make a sound, the palace won't believe that you will explain to Le Jieyu well, and Le Jieyu will step forward and slap you! ”

Qingmeiren also lowered her head, she is now in holy grace, how could any Jieyu who has fallen out of favor in her palace magnify her words.

"I can't be at peace all day, but I still have a little bit of the virtue that a concubine should have?" Empress Zhu reprimanded angrily, "If this is spread outside the palace, I won't laugh off the big teeth of the martial arts officials!" ”

Le Jieyu sobbed and complained, "Queen Mother, the concubine is really afraid." I also asked the queen to investigate this matter clearly and return the truth to the matter. If the jade on the wishful network is really a dead jade, then severely punish the person who does evil behind it. If the jade on the Ruyi Luozi is not a dead jade, the concubine is willing to be punished and apologize to Qingmeiren. ”

Qingmeiren glared at Le Jieyu fiercely, and also said to Queen Zhu, "You can also check the queen's mother, and return the concubine to an innocent person." ”

Queen Zhu listened to the words of Le Jieyu and Qingmeiren, and was so angry that her teeth itched, but she could only let the two of them step back first, promising to investigate strictly.

After Le Jieyu and Qingmeiren wept and retreated, Ziwan took the wishful roof and frowned, "Niangniang, you can tell at a glance whether this jade is good or bad, but how can you tell whether this jade is a good jade or a dead jade?" ”

"Discernment? This is obviously someone stirring up trouble in the middle, but these two people can't sink their minds. Empress Zhu gently rubbed her temples that were faintly painful, and said impatiently, "If you don't make a fuss, you may be able to find some clues in the dark and quietly." But they just want to make such a big fuss to the palace, how to check this now, who would be stupid enough to make a move at this time? ”

Ziwan handed over the wishful flow to the little palace maid on the side, and persuaded, "They want an explanation, and the mother will give an explanation." ”

It's a pity that this statement is not easy to give, when Le Jieyu and Qingmei went to Queen Zhu to make a fuss, the rough palace maid named Yi'er in the Qingmei Hall was found drowned in the open lotus pond. And the grandmother in Le Jieyu's hall who kept saying that the jade was a dead jade also disappeared.

Without the two important witnesses, Empress Zhu couldn't check it at all.

Le Jieyu and Qingmei are even more convinced that the other party is harming themselves, so they will use this poisonous hand to kill people.

On February 15, the eighth year of Yong'an, before the matter of the dead jade was clarified, Concubine Xin took the fourth princess to Weiyang Palace and cried.

The reason is that the nurse of the fourth princess found that someone had pollen the bamboo flower in the diet of the fourth princess, which caused the fourth princess to sleep for ten hours a day.

Since the five princes were found to have eaten by mistake in the Weiyang Palace, Empress Zhu ordered people to remove all the dream bamboos in the harem, even the two in Luomei Xuan were no exception.

Queen Zhu was so angry that she had a headache, and after saying to Concubine Xin that she would investigate strictly, she sent Concubine Xin away.

On February 18, the eighth year of Yong'an, Yan Meiren, who lived in the Yongle Palace Invitation Moon Palace, covered her face with a handkerchief, and sat in a soft sedan chair in the night to Weiyang Palace.

Before Empress Zhu asked Yan Meiren why she came late at night, Yan Meiren knelt down in front of Queen Zhu and shouted for help.

Empress Zhu didn't know why, and just wanted to reprimand Yan Meiren, she saw Yan Meiren take down the handkerchief that was covering her face.

I saw that Yan Meiren's original face was like a flower and jade, but at this time it was covered with small red bumps of different sizes, and she looked cold, which was terrifying.

Yan Meiren's tears swirled in the circles of her eyes, and before they fell, they were carefully wiped by Yan Meiren with a handkerchief. Yan Meiren didn't want to pretend to be strong, she really couldn't stand the pain of tears on her face. Yan Meiren choked up, and said to Queen Zhu as little as possible without touching her lips, "Concubine, concubine is now faceless, please ask the queen to be considerate of the concubine and let the concubine become a nun." ”

Empress Zhu was so shocked by Yan Meiren's face that she couldn't speak, and after swallowing a mouthful of spit in her throat, she asked, "Didn't you have a cold?" What the hell is going on here? ”

Yan Meiren put the plain white veil on her face again, and said to Queen Zhu, "The concubine also thinks that the concubine has had a cold these days, and the little beans on her face are just because the concubine's skin is sensitive, and it will be fine in a few days." But who knows," Yan Meiren choked up, "This little bean grows more and more, and it itches terribly." As soon as you scratch it with your hand, it breaks, and the water that flows out gets on the good skin, and the good skin grows small beans again...... I can't clean my face with warm water, and it hurts so much...... The queen's mother, the concubine, the concubine is better than the ...... death"

Yan Meiren covered her face with a handkerchief with the intention of scaring Queen Zhu, but she didn't want her to talk to Queen Zhu with a handkerchief on her back, which made Queen Zhu even more afraid.

Empress Zhu tried not to look directly at Yan Meiren who was kneeling on the ground, and asked, "What did the imperial doctor say?" ”

It's okay for Empress Zhu not to ask, but when she asked, Yan Meiren choked even more, "The imperial doctor said that the water that the concubine cleansed her face every day was mixed with oleander branch juice. Niangniang, the sap of oleander is highly poisonous......"

After hearing this, Empress Zhu stabilized her mind and said to Yan Mei, "Don't cry, this palace will strictly investigate this matter and give you justice." ”

Yan Meiren buckled her head to thank her, and the veil slid down her face, and her face was so shocked that Queen Zhu's heart skipped two beats.

On February 20 of the eighth year of Yong'an, Qiaozhu held a spring flower branch with buds in his hand, and ran around happily in the imperial garden with a grin. Seeing Concubine Ren from afar, Qiaozhu greeted him and said affectionately, "Concubine Renniang, does Qiaozhu have hibiscus cakes to eat today?" ”