In the dormitory, Pan Ruohui leaned on the head of the bed, her face was haggard, and there was faint incense and sweat on her snow-like skin.

Seeing Xiao Chai and the others coming in, she hurriedly wanted to get out of bed to give a salute, but was stopped by Xiao Chai who stepped forward quickly.

"Concubine Ai doesn't have to be polite," he tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and gently instructed: "You are weak, so you can rest." ”

"Yes, thank you for your kindness." As she spoke, she bowed to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces.

Everyone sat down for a while, Xiao Chai asked her body with concern, but saw Pan Ruohui's face faintly anxious, so she asked, "Concubine Ai wants to see me, but do you have something to say?" ”

Pan Ruohui lowered his head, deliberately glanced at the princess of Chu in the crowd, and said: "Your Majesty, as soon as the concubine woke up, she heard that there was a fuss about the concubine in front of her, and even the princess of Chu was summoned into the palace, and she was really uneasy. ”

Xiao said: "You don't need to worry about this matter, Concubine Ai is here, and I will definitely give you justice." ”

Pan Ruohui first thanked him, and then said: "Your Majesty, the concubine guesses that this matter involves the princess of Chu, and nine times out of ten, it is related to the embroidered screen that the princess presented to the Virgin Mary and the Virgin Mary and transferred to the concubine, but?" ”

Xiao Zhu frowned, the matter has come to this point, according to what Imperial Doctor Shi said, the suspicion of embroidered screen can already be cleared, but the previous turmoil is really around this embroidered screen, and for a while, it is not easy to explain to her.

At this time, Yu Wenrou laughed and said, "The concubine is really worried!" It was related, but the princess of Chu was a celestial person, and some people protected her, who could accuse her! ”

When the words landed, Xiao had to say one by one: "Shut up!" ”

Yu Wenrou was stunned, glared at the Xiang sisters hatefully, and stopped talking.

Pan Ruohui looked relieved and said, "Princess Chu is fine!" ”

Immediately, she told Xiao Zhu that when Princess Chu entered the palace after marriage and came to Chenghui Palace to talk to her, she had mentioned that the embroidered screen dedicated to the Queen Mother was made of lacquered wood, which prolonged the life of ordinary people, but it was not suitable for pregnant women.

"Princess Chu was thoughtful, and specially instructed her concubines that if there was an embroidered screen in the temple of Our Lady, she would ask her concubines to stay less, so as not to hurt the dragon fetus. The concubine remembered this because after the Virgin Mary transferred the embroidered screen to the concubine, the concubine did not get close, but only ordered the palace people to carefully collect it into the treasury......"

When she said this, the Empress Dowager Liang on the side couldn't sit still: "Receive the treasury?" Scold! Concubine Pan, the mourning family heard that you had an accident today, and when they rushed to Chenghui Palace, the embroidered screen was in your palace! How do you explain this? Could it be that the mourning family is blind? ”

Concubine Pan Guifei seemed to be stunned, and hurriedly said: "The Queen Mother is angry!" The concubine did order someone to put the embroidered screen into the warehouse, but last night the warehouse was flooded, early this morning, the concubine heard about it, for fear of disaster and the things given by the queen mother, so she was anxious to ask someone to carry the embroidered screen out to inspect, who expected, the embroidered screen just took out, before the time to inspect, the concubine ......"

As she spoke, she grabbed Xiao Zhu's arm weakly with a pair of jade hands, "Your Majesty Mingjian, the concubine's misfortune is due to the concubine's own weakness and happiness, and it has nothing to do with the embroidered screen!" It has nothing to do with Our Lady and Princess Chu! ”

Pei Yaowei watched this scene from a distance, her heart was full of sneers, but she still looked grateful to Pan Ruohui on her face.

Very good, she said secretly, things have come to this point, and they are still expected by themselves.

At that end, Xiao Chai shook Pan Ruohui's hand comfortingly, "I know that this matter naturally has nothing to do with the queen mother, and Princess Chu is also innocently affected. But it's not the fault of Aifei. ”

He turned his head, swept the people present one by one with a cold gaze, and said softly: "Until now, it is always related to someone. ”

Pan Ruohui seemed to be stunned, "Your Majesty's meaning ......"

Xiao Chai summoned Concubine Pan's close maid Cui Xuan and Imperial Physician Shi to come forward together.

"Cui Xuan, you are the concubine's close maid, you know best what the concubine eats this morning. Present it to me all at once! ”

Cui Xuan received the order, and after a while, she brought a plate of pastries and a bowl of unfinished soy milk.

"Back to Your Majesty, Niangniang has a bad appetite in the morning, breakfast is useless, only drank a small half bowl of soy milk, and then there is a pastry sent by Concubine De Niangniang last night, Niangniang remembered, tasted half a piece, and there was nothing left......"

Before her words landed, Yu Wenrou had already raised her eyebrows and rushed over violently.

"You! How dare you slander this palace! As she spoke, she raised her slap and swung it at Cui Xuan.

"Concubine De, you ——!" Concubine Pan Guifei was stunned, her dowry maid was so embarrassed, she immediately trembled.

"Presumptuous!" Xiao Zhuhuo Ran got up, stepped forward and grabbed Yu Wenrou's wrist that was about to be waved again, and shook the person fiercely, "I and the Queen Mother are here, where is your turn to show your teeth and claws here!" ”

Yu Wenrou was unsteady on her feet, took two steps back, turned around and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the cheap maid slanders the concubine!" Please make your majesty the master of the concubines! ”

"Slander?" At this time, Min Dai, who had not spoken, said lightly: "Concubine De, this girl is just reporting according to the emperor's question, only saying that this pastry was brought by you, and there is nothing else, are you so anxious?" ”

"You ——!" Yu Wenrou was speechless, and sneered for a while: "The concubine has not done anything wrong, so she can't be afraid!" ”

Xiao Chai looked down at her and flicked his sleeves, "Hmph, it's better to be as you say!" ”

Imperial Physician Shi was called over to inspect the two foods, and after a while, he saw him frowning, and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother!" There's nothing wrong with soy milk, but it's ...... in this pastry There are indeed traces of safflower! ”

Yu Wenrou's eyes glared in disbelief: "You are talking nonsense!" ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to say anything! If Concubine De doesn't believe it, she can send the whole class of doctors to come and check! ”

Xiao Zhu's eyes deepened, and he stared at Yu Wenrou deadly: "What else do you have to say?" ”

"Your Majesty! You believe in concubines! How can it be a concubine! Why did the concubine want to harm her child-" Yu Wenrou suddenly remembered something in a hurry, "That's right! ”

She walked forward on her knees, pulled the corner of Xiao Zhu's clothes and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's concubine remembered!" This pastry, this pastry was given by the Queen Mother! The concubine thought that the concubine had been fond of eating sour recently, so she sent someone to send a share, thinking that she would share the same taste with the concubine! Your Majesty, you are discerning! ”

Going around and around, and then around the Empress Dowager Liang, Pei Yaowei looked at this scene, taking care of herself leisurely, and her heart was getting more and more fun.

When the pastry was served, Empress Dowager Liang took a look at it and knew that it was given by herself, and there was a faint sense of foreboding in her heart. Seeing that Yu Wenrou was so outspoken at this time, she was also angry: "It's ridiculous! You slut, you have climbed to the mourning family! ”

Aunt Zong tugged at the sleeve of her master's coat behind her head and signaled her to calm down.

Only then did the Empress Dowager Liang come back to her senses, tried to suppress her temper, and said patiently to Xiao Zhu: "Yesterday, the mourning family gave Concubine De a good pastry, but how could the mourning family not know the prophet, how could they know that Concubine De would share the same taste with the concubine, and waited for the concubine to enter the entrance after the red flower was laid in advance!" ”

Xiao Zhu's face became more and more ugly, and when things came to this point, he faintly felt that whether he was or his mother, he was being carried away by an inexplicable force, and he had no initiative at all.

At this time, Empress Dowager Li, who had been watching for a long time, said lightly: "Okay," she looked at Xiao Zhu, "Search the palace." ”

Xiao Zhu frowned, "Search the palace? ”

"Naturally, you have to search the palace, the queen died early, the mourning family is the master of the harem, and now the concubine is in trouble, and the matter involves the dragon descendant, it must be investigated." Empress Dowager Li's expression was cold and solemn, full of majesty, and she glanced at Concubine De and Empress Dowager Liang, "No matter who it is, if you do something that hurts heaven and reason, you can't be afraid of retribution!" ”

"You-" Empress Dowager Liang opened her mouth angrily, and was about to argue with her, but just after saying a word, she was interrupted by Empress Dowager Li.

"Sister," Empress Dowager Li got up and took her hand, "The mourning family knows that my sister is wronged, and I don't believe that my sister will lose her conscience so much and harm her own emperor and grandson. ”

As she spoke, she asked Xiao Zhu sideways: "The emperor has no opinion, right?" ”

Her words have already reached this point, and Xiao Chai can only say: "But it's up to the queen mother to decide." ”

Empress Dowager Li nodded, "Yifeng,"

When Aunt Song heard this, she stepped forward and listened to Empress Dowager Li's instructions: "Together with Sun Zhifang, you will lead people to search Jingci Palace and Qiongxuan Palace." ”

The two of them took the order and left, and it was not until almost two hours later that they returned to return to their lives.

A bag of red flowers was presented to Xiao Zhu by Sun Zhifang tremblingly, and Empress Dowager Li asked, "Where did you find it?" ”

Sun Zhifang looked at the Empress Dowager Liang with difficulty, and when he met the latter's bronze bell-like eyes, he felt his throat tighten more and more.

Aunt Song said calmly: "Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, this thing was dug up from under the wall of the side hall of Jingci Palace, and the people of Gonggong Sun and Jingci Palace were present, and there were no grievances, and they could not deny it." ”

When Yu Wenrou heard this, she immediately became energetic: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, look! It's the Virgin, it's the Virgin! ”

"You slut!" Empress Dowager Liang rushed over and gave Yu Wenrou a slap, turned around and scattered the red flower like a madman, "Ridiculous!" Darn! How dare a slut slander the mourning family! ”

"Queen Mother," Xiao Zhu's eyes showed pain, slowly got up, and looked at his mother steadily: "Who can slander you?" ”

Empress Dowager Liang was stunned.

A farce, and finally ended with the queen mother's decree that the Holy Mother Liang was forbidden to go out in Jingci Palace, and the concubine was not allowed to go out until she gave birth.

Before leaving Chenghui Palace, Empress Dowager Li stopped her daughter-in-law.

"Hu'er."

This title came out of her mouth, Pei Yao couldn't help but be stunned, turned around and answered, and listened to Empress Dowager Li's instructions: "After sending your sister back, come and Shou Palace." ”

Pei Yao obediently received the order.

She accompanied Min Dai back to the Xiancui Palace, and along the way, Min Dai didn't say a word, until the palace door was closed, she completely cooled down and asked her: "How is it?"

"Do you still like this today?"

Pei Yaowei stood there with her head bowed, not in a hurry to speak.

Min Dai asked again: "Are you satisfied with this result?" ”

She raised her head and said with a faint smile: "Eldest sister, do you think this result is very serious?" ”

Min Dai's brows deepened and she didn't say anything.

Is it serious? Not seriously, of course.

Pan Guifei didn't have a big incident, the identity of the Queen Mother was there, and the small punishment and the big admonition were nothing at all.

Pei Yaowei continued: "The little sister is not talented, but you can also make a prediction, I think it won't be long before the emperor will find a random palace person from Jingci Palace to come out and take the sin of hiding saffron, and leave the Queen Mother of God clean." When the time comes, Our Lady will still be Our Lady, and this time it will be as if it had never happened. ”

Min Dai knocked on the table, "Since you know, then bother to lay out this game?" What are you drawing? ”

Figure what?

Naturally, it is a long-term plan.

"But today, it still happened." Pei Yao said: "Some people, the tree has big roots and deep roots, and they can't shake her with a momentary force, so they can only put a long line to catch big fish." ”

She smiled slightly, "Today's matter, I would like to thank Concubine Pan Guifei for letting this line go down for my little sister." ”