Concubine Ren stood in front of the Spring Festival Flower Garden, and when she heard Qiaozhu calling her, she smiled at Caiyi beside her, "Go back to the palace and get some hibiscus cakes." ”

Caiyi was unhappy in her heart, and said to Concubine Ren with an expressionless face, "Niangniang, she is just a fool, why are you courteous to her like this?" ”

Concubine Ren was not annoyed, and said to Caiyi, "Where is the reason for people to do things?" When she used to wait in front of the Ye family, the palace also looked at her with all kinds of unpleasant eyes. Now that she's stupid, Hongu thinks she's simple and cute. ”

What else did Caiyi say, Concubine Ren raised her eyebrows and said, "Are you a slave or am I a slave?" If you want to go, you will go, how can there be so much gossip? ”

Caiyi was reluctant in her heart, but she still walked away behind Fu.

After Caiyi's figure disappeared, Concubine Ren said to Qiaozhu who jumped in front of her, "Qiaozhu, I have already ordered someone to get it, and I will be back in a while." ”

Qiaozhu nodded obediently, grinned at Concubine Ren, and said, "Concubine Ren's mother is the best for Qiaozhu." ”

After speaking, he squatted on the ground and used his small hands to pick the tender buds on the spring flowers.

Looking at Qiaozhu playing with buds on the ground, and thinking about the recent harem, Concubine Ren was a little unsure if Qiaozhu had really done what she had explained.

"Niangniang, what are you looking at? Did Qiaozhu's face grow flowers? Qiaozhu looked up and saw Concubine Ren looking at her in a daze, so she asked back innocently.

Concubine Ren looked around, and when she saw that there was no one around, she smiled at Qiaozhu in a low voice, "Qiaozhu, I'm thinking about the purse you hid last time." I haven't found it yet, so you haven't hidden it, have you? ”

Qiaozhu raised his head, his small and delicate face faced Concubine Ren, and said, "Niangniang, of course I really went to hide." I hid that purse in the basin in the courtyard of Fang Meiren......" Qiaozhu suddenly covered his mouth with his right hand, and said to Concubine Ren angrily, "Niangniang, you are bad, you came to deceive Qiaozhu again, last time, this time it is also ......"

Concubine Ren listened to Qiaozhu's perseverance, and hurriedly smiled, "Qiaozhu is obedient, you won the hidden purse, I will give you a lot of hibiscus cakes to eat." By the way, the last time you went to Yi Jieyu to send off the son, did you invite you to get a reward? ”

The grin on Qiaozhu's face was gone, replaced by a hint of timidity. After she looked at Concubine Ren carefully, she said, "I went to Yi Jieyu, but that palace maid is so arrogant, she keeps pushing me out...... Later, I hung the wishful silk on the tree in the Qichun Palace......"

Qiaozhu's voice became smaller and smaller, and he carefully answered at the end. "Concubine Ren won't ignore Qiaozhu, right......"

Concubine Ren completely put her heart down when she heard this, if Qiaozhu didn't do anything wrong, it would be abnormal.

Qiaozhu suddenly put his eyes behind Concubine Ren, stood up and clapped his hands and jumped, "That sister is here with hibiscus cake~"

That night, Concubine Ren came to the Qiaxin Hall where Concubine Ying lived alone.

After serving Concubine Ren a cup of hot tea, Su'er withdrew and guarded outside, not letting any palace people approach.

Concubine Ren did not salute Concubine Ying, but sat directly on the low kang, took a bite of the slightly hot tea cup, and waited until her body was warm, and then looked up at Concubine Ying who was staring at her.

Concubine Ying had already taken off her makeup, and the ink-like green silk was scattered on her shoulders, taking advantage of her skin as white as snow.

Concubine Ren took out a handkerchief and wiped her mouth, and said to Concubine Ying quickly, "Now that this situation is getting more and more out of control, why do I feel panicked in my heart?" ”

Concubine Ying's white hands clasped together and rubbed each other, and she also frowned and said, "It's not that it's out of control, it's completely uncontrollable right now." ”

"What then?" Concubine Ren asked.

Concubine Ying glanced at Concubine Ren and chuckled, "Don't worry, the more chaotic the situation, the busier the queen is, and the more powerful it will be for us." Hmph, look at those palace concubines, they are glamorous and beautiful on weekdays, as if they are so gentle and virtuous. We just threw out a few leads, and they were suspicious of each other underneath, and then they started a tooth for a tooth, and a mouth for a mouth. ”

Concubine Ren laughed when she heard this, her face completely lost the nervousness she was when she came, and said, "I always thought that Concubine Xin was a person who was hidden, but I didn't expect that after the fourth princess slept for two days, her unwieldy kitten also turned into a tiger, and she actually calculated Concubine Ling, who had always looked at her unpleasantly...... Concubine Xin didn't know that that thing was originally from Die Beauty, but when she got to the fourth princess, she could only say that it was a trap made by Die Beauty, who befriended her every day. ”

After the incident of the fourth princess, Concubine Xin has been calculating in her heart who gave the dream bamboo pollen to the fourth princess. Thinking about it, Xin Concubine felt that the most suspicious person was Concubine Ling. First, not long ago, when the two went to greet Queen Zhu, they had a few quarrels, and at that time, Concubine Ling once said behind her back that Concubine Xin couldn't find a tone to cry. The second is that Concubine Ling has always laughed at Concubine Xin's low family background, although she has a daughter under her knees, she is still not favored by Emperor Yong'an.

After thinking about the cause and effect, the resentful Concubine Xin provoked the relationship between Concubine Ling and Concubine Qincai, causing Concubine Ling to slap Concubine Qin Cairen in front of Concubine Ying in anger.

The consequence was that he was caught by Empress Zhu.

Empress Zhu was already in a hurry at this time, and making the concubine so open was like challenging her majesty as the queen in public. In order to save the majesty of the queen, Queen Zhu passed down a word of mouth and ordered the concubines to be punished for February.

During this period, in addition to Ling Concubine Qincai being encircled in this right and wrong, Butterfly Beauty, Fang Beauty, Xue Jieyu, Ning Cairen, and even Concubine Rou, who had just been grounded, were also involved.

At this time, the harem was not contaminated by right and wrong, except for Queen Zhu's Weiyang Palace, which was Concubine Ying, Xian Gui Concubine and Yu Concubine.

Concubine Ying smiled at the corner of her mouth and said, "There is such a mess in this harem right now, and my palace can't be clean, otherwise it will make people suspicious." ”

Concubine Ren nodded and smiled brightly, "Sister Ying has a number in her heart. ”

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There was chaos in the harem, and the most anxious thing was not the murdered concubines, but the lord of the middle palace, Queen Zhu.

No matter how capable Empress Zhu is, she can't handle several things at the same time.

Since the Ruyi Luozi incident happened, Queen Zhu has continued to send out her henchmen, either secretly or rationally to investigate all kinds of them. The information collected by the minions that can be sent out is often useless, either with insufficient evidence or without proof. In this way, not only did they not clarify the matter, but anyway, it caused a panic among the concubines, and everyone was in danger.

It's just that the harem is chaotic like this, and Emperor Yongan didn't say a word.

Empress Zhu was angry and glad about this. The angry thing is that if Yongan Emperor is willing to come forward and say something, the mood of the concubines in the harem will be much more stable. Fortunately, Emperor Yong'an didn't ask, otherwise even if her phoenix seat was not lost, she would definitely be scolded for not being able to manage the harem.

Empress Zhu's head disease has flared up again, this time it's not pretended, it's real. She gritted her teeth and wanted to find out the person who caused trouble in the harem, but there were a lot of clues in the open and secret, and the palace maids and eunuchs caught a large group, but in the end, there were few who could really play a role.

On February 25 of the eighth year of Yong'an, Yi Jieyu gave birth to the seventh prince of Emperor Yong'an.

Emperor Yong'an was overjoyed, and gave the name Li Lingzhe to enter the royal jade plate, and entered the fourth grade of Yi Jieyu as the concubine from the third grade, and gave the main hall of Liuhua Palace to the Jinghong Palace.

Yi Concubine is happy to have a noble son and a concubine, which can be described as a happy event in the harem, which slightly dilutes the tense atmosphere that has shrouded the harem in recent days.

With this festive energy, the concubines, who have been constantly suspicious in private these days, came together and sat together, with a smile on their faces and a needle hidden in their hearts, all thinking about seeing which one could stand in the same camp as themselves, and which one was against them, either you die or I die.

On February 27, the eighth year of Yong'an, Concubine Yu added a new Cai'er to this already chaotic harem.

Early in the morning, when the concubines had just gotten up, they ran to Queen Zhu's Weiyang Palace crying.

After throwing down a beautifully embroidered baby belly pocket, Concubine Yu covered her chest and cried heartbreakingly, "Queen Mother, you have to be the master of the concubines and the five princes." Although the concubine is not the biological mother of the five princes, she really raises the five princes as her own sons. I don't know which one is vicious, and he actually does things on the underwear of the five princes. If it weren't for the five princes' maidservant palaces, the concubines, the concubines wouldn't live......"

At this time, Empress Zhu had just gotten up, and she had just finished cleaning her face and her hair was not tied up. After listening to Concubine Yu's crying, she only felt a throbbing pain in her head, she squinted her eyes slightly, frowned and said to the concubine, "Concubine Yu, don't cry first, explain things clearly first." ”

Concubine Yu wiped her tears with a handkerchief, picked up the belly pocket on the ground and said, "Queen Mother, in recent days, the fifth prince has had a rash and cried day and night. On that tender white body, there is a lot of small beanie. The concubine invited the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat him, and the imperial doctor said that the seasons are changing, and the child will inevitably have some rashes, so it is good to pounce on them with some dry powder. The concubine thought that it was the same thing, so she ordered the nurse of the five princes to take the puff every day. But who knew that the rash of the fifth prince did not get better for a few days, but became more and more serious. Whenever I saw the five princes stretching out their little hands to grab them, the concubines' hearts were like being cut by a knife. Later, the concubine felt that something was wrong, so she ordered the palace people to check all the belongings of the five princes," Concubine Yu choked, covered her face and wept, "I don't know if I don't check, but I found out that someone actually touched the yam juice on the underwear of the five princes." The fifth prince was playful and active, and when he sweated on his body, he soaked the clothes that touched the yam juice...... The queen mother, the fifth prince is young, how can she stand that kind of itching...... What innocent is the child? Who is going to do it to a young child, if you don't look down on the concubine, then it's better to do it to the concubine......"

Ziwan saw that Queen Zhu was holding her forehead and frowning, so she said to Concubine Yu, who was crying, "Concubine Yu, you must not lose your honor in front of the queen." ”

As soon as Concubine Yu heard Ziwan's words, she immediately stopped crying, kowtowed to Queen Zhu, and said, "Queen Mother, the concubine has already found the cheap maid who did the tricks on the clothes of the five princes, and now she is outside the Weiyang Palace." also begged the mother to investigate carefully, and also gave the concubine and the five princes justice. ”