After Xiao also died, Wen Lian once went to Chongtian Palace and had a big quarrel with Xiao Zhu.

At that time, Wen Lian was angry, and when she got married, Xiao Chai gave her makeup, and prayed that she and Xiao would return to a sonorous pair of phoenix pendants that shattered in front of Xiao Chai and walked away. Pei Yao watched this scene coldly, and naturally saw that after Wen Lian left, Xiao Zhu was ashamed, and personally took care of the jade pendant that was broken into several petals, and opened a marble floor tile under the bookcase, like a burial, hiding it in it.

It was only at that time that she realized that there was still such a secret hidden in this Chongtian Palace.

She didn't know if this secret grid had always existed, or if it was secretly chiseled after Xiao Zhu ascended the throne. She just felt that this secret grid was like the bottom of Xiao Zhu's heart - all the things he didn't want to show to others, didn't want to see the light, and didn't want to face.

For example, the tragedy of Wen Lian and Xiao Huan, for example, her 'adultery' with Xiao Di.

Spinning Moon helped her lift the floor tiles with great effort, and in an instant, she really found the so-called 'physical evidence' in the dark grid.

"Yes!" Fang Yue took the purse in her hand and looked at it, and recognized it when she landed: "Isn't this what Empress Dowager Li personally embroidered for the King of Chu when she was in the Yuan Dynasty at the beginning of the year!" The slave remembers this pattern, you see, the embroidered gardenia is still tweed! ”

Gardenia has always been loved by Empress Dowager Li, and it is also common in the longevity palace. Pei Yao frowned, held the purse in his hand, and looked at it for a moment, his eyes darkening.

It seems that Spinning Moon's guess is correct.

She put things away as they were, closed the floor tiles, and returned to the palace with Fangyue without waiting for Xiao Zhu to come back.

"Master, the slave has thought about it carefully."

The sun went west, Pei Yao sat under the window and pondered, Fang Yue changed the tea, and said to her: "I have never seen many people who have seen the things sent out by Shou Palace. In our palace, except for the slave maid and the embroidered star, no one else can touch it, as for Sun Zhifang, it was also the slave maid who brought something to him for review, and after he checked it in front of the slave and maid, he immediately sent it to the north. ”

"Yes, there are only a handful of people who have the opportunity to see this purse."

Pei Yao listened and smiled faintly.

"You want to take a closer look?" She asked, and when she saw Fang Yue nodding, she shook her head again and smiled, "No need." ”

Fang Yue was slightly stunned.

"What do you mean ......"

She was only the master and had no intention, but she didn't expect that Pei Yao asked in the next sentence: "Do you still remember when the Shangyuan Festival gift from Heshou Palace to the King of Chu was sent to Changqiu Palace?" ”

Speaking of this, Spinning Moon is still impressed to this day, "Why don't you remember, isn't it the day of Chinese New Year's Eve!" ”

At that time, it was the day of the New Year's Festival, and the Changqiu Palace was full of people from the morning, and it was very lively. Fang Yue was so busy that she hit the back of her head, and when the things from the Shou Palace were delivered, she also complained to Pei Yao, saying that the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother would really make trouble for people, even if it was a day in advance, it had to be neither early nor late, and she would come to make trouble at this time.

Pei Yaowei also remembered this episode, and then asked: "Then do you remember that when the gift from the Shou Palace was delivered, who was in the Changqiu Palace and talking to me?" ”

"Slave maid ......" Fang Yue tried to think about it for a long time, but found nothing, "Slave maid can't remember." …… Concubine Niangniang? ”

Pei Yaowei shook her head.

She got up slowly, approached the white begonia in front of the shelf, gently held the flower bud, and said in a low voice: "It's the person who has suffered a lot of hardships from Liang Yanyu in the open and in the dark......"

Fangyue knew what she was hinting at, but she didn't know who she was referring to.

At this time, Xiuxing came in and said, "Master, the Lingyun Palace has just dispersed the discussion, and Your Majesty is going to Chongtian Palace!" ”

That means that it won't be long before he comes to Changqiu Palace.

Pei Yao pinched his fingers and thought for a moment, beckoned, called the Spinning Moon and Embroidered Star to the front, and commanded a few words.

Xiao went back to Chongtian Palace one by one, and heard from the palace people that the queen came during the day, stayed for a while, and went back again without waiting for His Majesty to come back.

He immediately felt nervous, and hurriedly went to the study to check it, although he saw that the things in the dark compartment were as good as before, and the purse was also safely there, and he couldn't see anything abnormal, but he didn't let go of his suspicions, and ordered to drive the Changqiu Palace.

In the warm pavilion, Pei Yaowei was fiddling with Fang Yue around the table, and when he saw him enter the door, he put down the things in his hand and got up to give a salute.

Xiao Chai called for a waiver, and when he looked closer, he saw several square brocade boxes on the table, high-quality calligraphy and painting toys, and so on. He didn't take it seriously when he thought which prince's mansion was dedicated to the Middle Palace, but just asked casually: "...... these?" ”

Pei Yao's tone was also normal, and she said lightly: "Before Xiao Di's birthday, he prepared some things for the Shou Palace, but it happened that as soon as they were sent to me, I closed the palace gate, and I never had time to send them out." I happened to be free today, so I asked the girls to take it out and check it, and if there was nothing wrong, I would send it to the north as soon as possible. ”

When she mentioned Xiao Di's name, Xiao Zhu frowned unconsciously, however, her last half of the meaningful words made him pale, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

In the midst of the turmoil, his eyes fell on a pale robe on the table.

The material of this robe was not very expensive, but the embroidery on the hem of the robe suddenly took away all his attention.

"The Queen Mother likes gardenias very much......" he said thoughtfully.

Pei Yao followed his gaze, followed by his chin.

"Isn't it......" She touched the needle and thread on the hem of her clothes, and sighed casually unintentionally: "I always like to embroider three, one is not too much, and one is not too much." ”

Xiao Zhu seemed to have caught something from her words, the tips of his ears moved, and he blurted out, "Sanduo?" ”

"Yes," Pei Yaowei was not interested, and as she spoke, she sealed the brocade box containing the robe and let Fang Yue receive it aside, "I heard that it is because of Xiao Di Xingsan, and it is because Empress Dowager Li has a special preference for this number." ”

Her voice landed, and Fang Yue carefully held her breath, carefully watching Xiao Zhu's reaction from the side.

But he ...... There seemed to be no reaction, and it was only after a long time that he said casually: "Yes." ”

Pei Yao lowered her eyes slightly, and didn't take the stubble again.

The two sat down, Xiao took a sip of tea, and suddenly heard her ask: "Is the battle situation on the front line stable?" ”

His eyebrows moved, and instead of answering, he asked, "Did you listen to anyone say anything?" ”

"I see that you are nervous," she said, "I am just asking this question because of your frequent visits in the past two days, and I guess that eighty percent of the government is idle." ”

After a pause, seeing that Xiao Zhu was slightly relaxed, she suddenly asked meaningfully, "What should I hear?" ”

Xiao Zhu turned his head to look at her for a moment, but it was difficult to tell whether she really knew something or was lying to herself.

He took another sip of tea, changed his words, and asked, "Have you been to Chongtian Palace today?" ”

Pei Yao smiled in her heart, but she didn't get to the bottom of it with him, she answered, and said, "The second day of November is the birthday of pity." ”

Xiao lost his mind slightly.

She continued: "I remembered it today, and I happened to wander around the Chongtian Palace again, so I wanted to ask you when she would return to Beijing. I didn't want to wait for a long time for you to be gone, I was sleepy, so I came back first. ”

Is that so......

Xiao Zhu nodded, thinking about Wen Lian's birthday, it was indeed close at hand, she asked herself, it was also natural, probably, she was really a soldier, right......

Since they mentioned this, the two chatted for a while about the matter of mercy, and after Xiao Zhu left, Fang Yue hurriedly stepped forward and asked worriedly: "Master, this is the ...... tonight Does it work? As she spoke, she unconsciously glanced at the table.

Pei Yao snorted, "If it doesn't work, then I'm really going to cry out!" She said: "Could it be that His Majesty the Emperor is suspicious, all for me?" ”

Fang Yue was stunned for a moment, came back to her senses, and couldn't tell what she felt in her heart, so she only nodded slowly.

- The emperor's suspicion, I hope it is really good to treat everyone equally! She thought to herself.

After a few days, Chongtian Palace.

It was quiet all around, and Aunt Xin Ci came to the study with silent steps. She glanced at the emperor behind the bookcase, bowed her head carefully, and bowed, "Your Majesty." ”

The soft voice brought back Xiao Chai's mind, and he took his eyes off the thing in front of him, with a hint of eagerness, and asked Aunt Xin Ci, "How is it?" ”

Aunt Xin Ci was blessed, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, according to Your Majesty's instructions, the slave maid secretly went to the Shou Palace to check, what the queen mother said is true, the queen mother and the queen mother do prefer the number three in the past day." In addition, the slave maid also saw a few kinds of needles of the queen mother, and all the gardenias on them, without exception, were all three in a cluster, no more, no less. ”

After speaking, Xiao Zhu was stunned and was silent for a long time.

"Three flowers......" He lost his mind slightly, and then bowed his head in fear, and muttered: "It's all three, it's three......"

Aunt Xin Ci was a little worried.

The emperor only said that he heard the queen mention that the Empress Dowager Li liked the number three, so he asked her to check whether this matter was true, and now she has found out about it, but she still doesn't know what is behind it.

"Your Majesty," after a while, Aunt Xin Ci said tentatively: "Rong slave maid asked, you asked the slave maid to investigate this matter, I don't know what you are suspecting?" ”

Xiao Chai glanced at her, paused, picked up the purse on the case, and handed it forward.

Aunt Xin Ci came closer, took it and took a look, and immediately chuckled in her heart: "This is ......"

"Physical evidence." He thought for a moment and corrected: "—The so-called 'physical evidence'. ”

Aunt Xin Ci looked at him stunned.

'So-called', does that mean that the emperor has now believed in the queen's innocence and found out that this thing is perjury?

She was thinking like this, so she heard Xiao Zhu sigh and muttered: "At that time, the Liang family framed Yao Wei for a private meeting with that person, and Sun Zhifang led people to find this in Zhaoye Temple and where Yao Wei lived. He recognized it at a glance, this was sent to Xiao Di by the Empress Dowager Li at the beginning of the year, and I thought it was ......"

Aunt Xin Ci continued his words clearly: "Your Majesty thought that this was inadvertently dropped by the King of Chu and the Queen Mother when they had a private meeting in the temple. ”

Xiao Zhu's eyebrows deepened again, and he didn't speak.

Aunt Xin Ci was puzzled: "But why are you ...... at this time?"

"Auntie," Xiao raised his chin, "take a closer look at that gardenia." ”

Gardenias?

Aunt Xin Ci went to see it as she said, and after pondering for a long time, she realized the trick.

"Five?!"

Yes, there are five gardenias in this purse.

Xiao closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief, "This is not something from Heshou Palace. ”

Most of the people who planted the false accusation have seen this thing, but they have only imitated a shape, but they have lost the details.

"It's not a shady thing." He said: "Yao Wei is innocent. ”