At dusk, the dust began to rain.

At first, it was still a drizzling rain, but after the palace concubines and concubines sat down in the main hall of Chongtian Palace, they looked out the window and saw that it was already a splashing scene.

Xiao Zhu sat alone in a high position, his face was gloomy, and he was more afraid of people than the sky outside.

He swept through the hall one by one, and when he saw that the position of Concubine Shu's head was empty, he frowned unconsciously, and asked from the side, "Where is Concubine Xian?" ”

Sun Zhifang leaned over and replied in his ear: "Back to Your Majesty, the people of the Shicai Palace went to the Xiancui Palace to preach the message, the virtuous concubine Niangniang was not there, the palace maid said that it was Princess Yecheng who was feverish, and the mother was not at ease, so she went to the Yecheng Palace to accompany her. ”

Xiao Zhu nodded and didn't say anything more.

He deliberately glanced at Yu Wenrou, who was sitting under Pan Ruohui, and said for a while: "Concubine De is still in the middle of the month, so it stands to reason that she shouldn't go out to see the wind, so I want you to go on this trip...... In the heart of the concubine, you won't blame me, right? ”

Before he spoke, Yuwen Rou sat there tiredly, with displeasure written all over her face, and when his words landed, this unhappiness turned into a hard-working smile in an instant.

"Your Majesty is serious! The concubine knows that you feel sorry for the concubine, so naturally she doesn't dare to complain. ”

Xiao Zhuruo smiled nonchalantly, and turned to the full house of concubines: "At this hour, all the concubines are here, not for anything else, just for the sake of justice for the Holy Mother who has been wronged." ”

As soon as these words came out, the six palaces immediately discussed. The first few high-ranking concubines looked at each other, and the first to speak was Concubine De Niangniang, who was on the cusp of the storm and didn't know it.

She looked at Xiao Zhu with an innocent face and said, "Listen to Your Majesty's meaning, isn't the culprit who murdered Our Lady has been found?" ”

Xiao Chai bowed his head, "Well, what Concubine Ai said is good. Sun Zhifang is powerful, and Taiyi He is dedicated, who is the culprit who murdered Our Lady at the moment...... In my heart, I already have a number. ”

As he spoke, he inspected the crowd again, and continued: "I really didn't expect that my harem would hide such a filthy femme fatale who cares about loyalty and filial piety. ”

The sound of beauties gasping could be heard all around.

"Your Majesty......"

After a moment of silence, it was Pan Ruohui who spoke this time.

She looked at Xiao Chai with great affection, both distressed and seemingly incredulous at his words: "Your Majesty is saying that the culprit who murdered the Holy Mother is among the concubines and others?" ”

Xiao Chai looked at her and didn't speak.

Immediately, I saw Pan Ruohui shaking his head again and again: "How is this possible?!" Your Majesty, all the sisters have always served Your Majesty, and they have always been meek and courteous, and no one has ever dared to disrespect Our Lady! Grandpa Sun, ...... Is there any misunderstanding? ”

Sun Zhifang was named, and he was speechless for a while, not knowing how to reply to Pan Ruohui's words. Xiao Zhu said: "Sun Zhifang, since the concubine asked you, you can talk about it."

Let the six palaces also see, what does it mean to know people and faces, but not hearts. ”

Sun Zhifang lowered his head, answered with difficulty, and stood up hard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the old slave was ordered by the emperor to investigate in detail the poisoning of the Queen Mother, and when he found the imperial dining room, he found poison in the meal used by the Queen Mother the night before her death.

After careful interrogation and searching, the possibility of poisoning by the people in the imperial dining room can almost be ruled out. According to the kitchen servant of the imperial dining room, there were two maidens in the harem that night, each of whom sent someone to the imperial dining room and had the opportunity to come into contact with the meal of the Queen Mother. ”

Meng Jieyu's voice sounded behind her: "Which two mothers are they?" ”

Sun Zhifang tightened his eyebrows and looked at the side of the noble concubine and the concubine De.

Pan Ruohui's face changed slightly, but he was still calm in the end, but Yu Wenrou beside him was different.

"You old thing, look at what this palace is doing!" She has not recovered, and at first glance she still looks a little sick, but now she is in a hurry, but she is still as loud and mean as ever, and she will not give an inch.

The master got up excitedly, and Aunt Shi behind him hurriedly leaned over to help, only to see Yu Wenrou pointing at Sun Zhifang's nose and shouting: "Look at your appearance, could it be that you want to accuse the palace of murdering the Queen Mother!" ”

Sun Zhifang's body bowed lower and lower, and he didn't dare to say anything.

At this time, Pan Ruohui seemed to think for a long time, and plucked up the courage to take the initiative to say to Xiao Zhuyan: "Your Majesty, one of the people mentioned in Gonggong Sun's words should be the rouge in the palace of the concubines. It's just that Your Majesty is aware of it, and the concubines ......"

Xiao Zhu raised his hand to stop her and interrupted her: "There is no need to say it, the rouge is indeed one of them, but when she went, the Holy Mother's meal had already run out and she had withdrawn. I knew in my heart that this matter had nothing to do with the concubine. ”

As he spoke, his gaze passed over Pan Ruohui, and finally settled on Yu Wenrou.

Yu Wenrou was stunned by him.

"Concubine De, if I remember correctly, this Aunt Shi beside you should be your cronies who married from the Zhou Kingdom back then, right?" Xiao Zhu said, the corners of his lips drew an arc indifferently, and he asked again: "I'm curious, when you married from afar, in addition to such a powerful henchman, did you bring something else from your home country?" ”

"What's that?" Yu Wenrou's face was full of suspicion, "The concubine is stupid, I don't know what Your Majesty is referring to?" ”

Xiao Chai snorted and laughed, and instructed Sun Zhifang to announce that Imperial Doctor He would enter the hall.

Sun Zhifang took the order and left, Yu Wenrou probably reacted at this time, and asked in surprise: "Your Majesty...... When you ask like this, is it possible that you really suspect that the concubine has something to do with the death of the Queen Mother? ”

Xiao Chai didn't speak, just looked at her.

Yu Wenrou, what else don't you understand. She held her weak body and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian! The concubine has just given birth, and the emperor is congenitally weak, and the palace is still too busy in the past two days, and the concubine is too busy to take care of herself, how could she have this thought, and rush this trick to murder the Queen Mother! ”

Xiao Chai turned a deaf ear to her crying, and after a short time, Imperial Physician He entered the hall, and there were still four or five steps away from Concubine De's mother, so he stood firmly, not wanting to take one more step forward.

He has been in the palace for so many years, and it is not the first time he has seen such a scene in front of him. He still remembered the tea that flew towards his face when he broke through the wrongful murder of Empress Renyi by Concubine Liang. The concubine in front of me from the Yuwen clan ...... is famous, and he doesn't dare to provoke it.

"Weichen see Your Majesty!"

"Imperial Physician He," Xiao Zhu exhaled slowly, and said, "You should tell Concubine De that the Queen Mother died under what kind of poison." ”

Imperial Physician He bowed his head deeply, his voice was about to swallow into his throat, but he had no choice but to say, "Yes...... Yu, Concubine Yude, Our Lady Queen Mother...... It was the poison of the severed-tailed snake that entered the body and died violently! ”

Broken tailed snake.

Even Yu Wenrou, who has no research on medical Taoism, knows what this broken tail snake is.

"You talk nonsense!" She struggled forward, pushed Imperial Physician He hard, turned her head and looked at Xiao Zhu with frightened eyes and said, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you have to believe in your concubines! Although this broken tail snake is from the mother country of the concubine, but it must not be able to keep the beam, you can't conclude that it is the queen mother who was harmed by the concubine! ”

As she spoke, as if remembering something, she added, "That's right! On the eve of the death of the Queen Mother, the concubines never sent anyone to the imperial dining room! And how can you poison the meal of Our Lady? She glared at Sun Zhifang angrily, pointed at him and said, "Your Majesty, this old thing must have been instructed by others to slander the concubine, and the concubine was wronged!" ”

Sun Zhifang immediately shouted a word of injustice, and brought the person who had confessed to Aunt Shi from the imperial dining room to ask back, and pointed out it before giving up.

"Concubine De, who will the people around me be instructed by?" Xiao Zhu asked her lightly: "What do you mean, I asked Sun Zhifang to slander you?" ”

Yu Wenrou's heart trembled, even if she was unwilling, she didn't dare to hit Xiao Cha on top of her head.

"Your Majesty, Aunt Shi never went to the imperial dining room that night, the concubine was wronged, and the concubine was framed......" She cried and complained, saving up a little energy, a pair of phoenix eyes full of resentment, and pointed to the concubines present one by one: "Your Majesty, it must be them, it must be them who saw the concubine give birth to the emperor's eldest son, it was they who couldn't tolerate the concubine, so they did the bureau to murder the concubine, it must be them!" ”

Hearing this, some people behind him were not happy.

"Yo!" Meng Jieyu put down the half-drunk tea and said: "If Concubine De Niangniang said so, the concubine would first have to defend herself - not to mention that the concubine was from a humble background and couldn't touch the rarity of the broken tail snake, so let's say that this honor and favor position is that in the past, when Concubine De didn't have the eldest son of the emperor, she was also one of the four concubines, and it was all pressed on our head horizontally and vertically, it didn't make sense that the wind and waves were calm in the past, but at this time, someone couldn't sit still, right?" ”

Yuwen Rou originally intended to scold her a few words, but her words reminded her again.

"Right...... Right...... Your Majesty, it's her! It had to be her! ”

Everyone saw that the place where she was pointing was Pan Guifei.

"Your Majesty, it must be that she saw that her concubine gave birth to an heir for you, and she was worried that the concubine would hinder her way to the future, so she was ruthless and calculated that she would not hesitate to sacrifice the life of the Queen Mother to unjustly kill the concubine!"

Pan Ruohui was suddenly accused, stunned, and then a look of distress appeared on his face.

"Sister Concubine De, even if you have grievances, how can you ......" She sighed, got up and said to Xiao Zhu: "Your Majesty, the concubine has a clear conscience, if Concubine De is determined to testify, no matter how Your Majesty wants to verify the innocence of the concubine, the concubine is willing to fully cooperate and have no objection!" ”

Xiao waved his hand one by one, "Guifei sit down." ”

Pan Ruohui thanks.

Xiao Zhu looked at Yu Wenrou deeply for a long time, sighed in a deep voice, and the words of abolishing the title and assigning Chengyang Palace had already reached his lips.

"Herald—"

His words had just begun, and at this time, the sound of the opening and closing of the temple door came from outside, and everyone looked at it, but it was the late virtuous concubine.

"The concubines see Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be happy for a long time!" She approached and saluted, waited for Xiao Chai to get up, and said again: "The concubine comes to eat, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive her sins."

Yo, what's wrong with Concubine De? ”