Huang Rui'e smiled and gathered her sideburns, glanced at the emperor's veins, and said, "The concubine's mother's house originally had a few silk villages. Later, my father became an official in the court and gave up his ancestral business, but now there is nothing left. ”

"It's a pity." Hongli said lightly: "Since it is the ancestral business, how can you give it up." As if gossiping, Hongli's gentle tone sounded very comfortable. Between the words, there has been a warm light flowing in his eyes, shining like jade.

"It's not a pity." Huang Rui'e smiled, and the corners of her lips curled slightly: "All of them were handed over to the relatives of the side branches, but the concubine's mother's house is no longer in business." Does the emperor still remember, when Fang entered the palace, the concubine made a few pieces of normal clothes for you, all of which were woven by Zhuang Shang himself. ”

Nodding, Hongli raised his eyebrows: "I remember, although the clothes are worn as usual, the material is excellent." ”

Hearing this, Huang Rui'e was overjoyed, and her cheeks were filled with sweet powder: "The emperor still remembers that the concubines are so pleased." ”

Lan Xin looked at the gentle and gentle concubine, and always felt that it was too beautiful. In front of the emperor, she is so delicate and lovely, there is really no difference from when she first entered the palace. That innocence does not seem to have faded from her eyes at all, and has been erased by the years from the bottom of her heart. It's hard to imagine her as a poisonous woman who does all kinds of evil.

"The palace also remembers that when the concubine first entered the palace, she liked light lotus lotus and lilac brocade the most, but now she wears it less. I thought you would like those light colors, but I didn't think that you would actually prefer the purple and bright yellow sauces. Zhu lips touched each other slightly, and the coldness on Lan Xin's face was obvious.

Huang Rui'e frowned slightly, puzzled: "Sauce purple? Bright yellow? How could the queen mother think that the concubines liked this kind of color? It's just that the sauce is purple, bright yellow, how can it be worn by concubines. ”

"So you know." Lan Xin seemed to be joking, but his tone was extremely heavy. "Since you understand that the color of bright yellow is not a color that ordinary people can enjoy, why do you secretly order someone to send it to Prince Bao's mansion? Don't you know what kind of guilt that is? ”

"What are you talking about, Queen? The concubine couldn't understand it. Huang Rui'e lost her face and stood up slowly in shock, because the emperor was there, she did not refute immediately, but was light and blessed, and said: "Why would the concubine order someone to send something bright and yellow, did the queen misunderstand something?" The matter is serious, and the concubine asks the queen to take a clear look. “

Lan Xin's face was slightly condensed, and he nodded solemnly: "The matter is big, so naturally you have to be aware of it." At this point, you don't need to ask for this palace. "Tilting his head to Hongli's eyes, Lan Xin's confident gaze shows that he is full of confidence." The emperor and the concubines have used many relatives for several days before they found out some eyebrows. ”

"What did the queen find?" Hongli was not surprised, but his interest was extremely strong, and he motioned for Jinlan to serve another hot tea. It seems that he is ready to spare his time and listen to it.

"Xue Guining." As soon as Lan Xin called, he saw Xue Guining walking in with two thick account books. "Your Majesty, this account book is the account file of the silk village of the concubine's mother's family in previous years and a few months ago. The concubine ordered someone to take it in person and send it to the palace urgently, and there would be no mistake, please ask the emperor to take a look. ”

Xue Guining handed over the account book to Li Yu, and Li Yu presented it to the emperor.

Hongli gently opened the first volume and saw that in addition to ink, there was dust on the paper. After dipping the twisted paper and dusting it off on my fingertips, I found that the paper had some yellowish color, which must have been put aside for some years. The queen was not wrong. Look at the content again, the file is clear, which silk village, which month and day, how much material is in or out, and the price at that time, it is clear at a glance and the details are appropriate.

"Although there are many business exchanges, the advantage is that the accounts are clear, and there is nothing wrong with it." Hongli put down the first book and picked up the other one that Li Yu was holding. This account book is obviously newer, and the handwriting is still the same as before, and it seems that nothing has changed.

Huang Rui'e was a little scared in her heart, but she was stunned and puzzled on her face: "What do you mean by the queen?" From the mother's house thousands of miles away from the concubine, get a few account books into the palace, what is the matter? ”

Lan Xin turned into a solemn smile, and said with the ambiguity in her words: "The account book was indeed sent to the palace from thousands of miles away. But Concubine Yi, didn't you just say that your mother's family has no ancestral business anymore? How could these books have come from your mother's house to the palace? Since it is not your mother's house, why should you be anxious? ”

"Where is the concubine panicking?" Huang Rui'e stared at the account book in the emperor's hand suspiciously, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead and heart. It's not that she can't think of what the reason is, she bought a lot of excellent products as a doorman, and it cost a lot of money, and she didn't have so many silver taels around her, all of which were discussed with her mother's family, and were secretly purchased by the silk village.

In order to avoid discerning people from finding out the truth, the account books have already made losses. What's more, in order to be able to blame others smoothly, she wasted her heart and exchanged ordinary silver for official silver. Who made Chen Qingqing's father also a minister who was an official in the court. If you want to take it, you must calculate everything.

Thinking about it this way, Huang Rui'e felt a little confident in her heart, such a laborious thing was not prepared in the place where Xiu Guiren was pregnant, but it was done after more than a month of preparation. Even if the queen has her hands and eyes to the sky, it is impossible to calculate all the heroes. What's more, the physical evidence is dead, and there is nothing left of the human evidence, and there is no evidence of death, so I think the queen is just bluffing.

"It's best if you don't." Lan Xin helped the brocade on her knee, it was the colorful embroidery of the phoenix tail, the texture was smooth, the color was bright, reflecting her hibiscus-like face, the red brilliance, very joyful.

After a short period of hard work, Hongli has already seen the clues. "The business of the silk village is usually very good, but the sudden closure of two rooms before April made me incomprehensible." Locking his eyes on the flickering and changing face of the concubine, Hongli said solemnly: "Didn't you just say that all the ancestral business of your family was handed over to the relatives of the side branch to take care of?" Why is there your father's seal on this book? ”

"Although the concubines don't understand the business business, the profits and losses are actually unreasonable." Huang Rui'e lowered her eyebrows and tried her best to make herself look not flustered, but smiled more gently: "After all, my father has managed the silk village for the clan for some years, and he doesn't care about it, but his experience is still there, and he often looks at the account books, which is a habit and a foil." ”

Lan Xin didn't have such a good interest as the emperor, she had the kung fu to play dumb riddles with the concubine, she picked up the honey and took a small sip lightly. He said without hurry: "If the kung fu of the concubine is the second, the harem will not be able to find the first." ”

Without waiting for the concubine to reply, Lan Xin suddenly asked: "After the silk village ended its business, someone immediately took a large amount of official silver and went to Beijing to buy it as a doorman, and then asked someone to process it into gilt beads and send it to the palace to make up the number. mutilated the dragon fetus in the womb of the noble lady and made the little princess die early, how do you want to explain it to deceive the emperor and the palace? ”

"The queen's mother, the concubine is wronged." Huang Rui'e knelt on her knees very reluctantly, and her face changed greatly: "The matter of being a disciple, the sinner Chen has already admitted it, and the emperor has also ordered her to be sent to the cold palace." Why did the queen mother come to ask the concubine now, from beginning to end, what does this have to do with the concubine? Could it be that the business of the silk village can't be maintained, and the concubines have to ask the queen for instructions early in the morning for such trivial things as closing the house? Natural and man-made disasters, where can we expect them? ”

"There is no need to tell this palace for such a trivial matter." Lan Xin rolled his eyes and said with a gentle smile: "What worries the palace is that you are meticulous in your calculations, and even the silk and satin village are clever and reasonable. People are full of suspicion, but there is no real evidence at all. For this reason, you don't have to be afraid of the suspicion of this palace, and even think that this palace will not be able to hold your crime. It's a pity, but you have an extremely important thing that you can't calculate. That's the most changeable human heart. ”

"The human heart dictates that no truth can be hidden." Speaking of this, Lan Xin asked Hongli for instructions: "Can the concubines bring relevant people to the palace, and the emperor will interrogate them one by one in front of the concubines." "After all, the matter of the heir is about the face of the royal family. Lan Xin didn't want the emperor to be too embarrassed.

"Naturally." Hongli eyebrows twisted slightly: "The queen has always been proper, I can trust you." ”

is a short sentence, but it warms people's hearts more than the honey juice just now. Lan Xin went from sweet in his mouth to his heart, but his expression did not change at all, and he only did what he should do: "Xue Guining, bring people up." ”

At the same time, Lan Xin glanced at Concubine Yi coldly, and said to Hongli in detail: "Your Majesty, if you have looked through the accounts, you must know that these two account books are from one person. That man is the old shopkeeper of the silk village, and he keeps money. ”

"In this case, Qian Shoucai must know the authenticity of it, as well as the reason for the sudden closure of the silk village." Hongli followed Lan Xin's words and continued: "Bring people up, and you will know as soon as you ask." ”

"The concubine thinks the same, but unfortunately, that Qian Shoucai died violently not long ago." While Lan Xin said this, his eyes were fierce and sharp at the dodging eyes of Shangyi Concubine: "But the emperor can also rest assured, Qian Shoucai is dead, and his nephew is still alive." He also paid close attention to the accounting. ”

Huang Rui'e didn't want to believe that what the queen said was true. But it seemed that she couldn't believe it, it was at this time that Xue Guining had already led two people up. One of them should be Qian Shoucai's own nephew, and the other looked at him, but Huang Rui'e couldn't guess his identity.

"Grass people Qian Jun to the emperor and the queen's mother." Qian Jun is Qian Shoucai's nephew, he knelt down seriously and carefully, and as soon as his knees touched the ground, he couldn't hold back the words on his lips: "The grass people remember clearly, those two silk villages were not closed due to poor management, but were sold cheaply to the relatives of Lord Huang's side branch. The uncle told the grass people that the adults were waiting for the money to be given to the concubine Niangniang in the capital. “