The silence in the hall was like a tomb, and the sound of the wind filled his ears, beating Moran's mind messily. She was frail and pale, standing like a fallen leaf, and staggering.

The palm print eunuch's voice was solemn, "Last night, you didn't return for a night, fornicating with the guards and pro-army Chu Zifu, confusing the palace, can you know his crime?" Mo Lan has been thinking about the matter of collecting corpses for the violent room, but he can still calm down, and when he suddenly heard Chu Zifu's name and surname, he was frightened inexplicably, and his hands and feet were a little weaker. The chest was suddenly fried like a fierce fire, and it burned heart-wrenching.

Even if she died, she would never drag him down!

There was a loud shout in his ear, "Don't use tricks, come quickly!" ”

Mo Lan made up her mind, her mind gradually calmed down, and when she knelt down, she was already calm, and she kowtowed: "The slave is wronged!" The slave and maid were infected with the wind and cold yesterday, and slept on the bed for a night, and never even ate dinner, let alone returned all night! Ask the chief superintendent to take a clear look. He also cried to Shen Sanru, the eldest lady of the Shanggong Palace, and said: "The slave maid has been on an errand under the Shen lady for a long time, and she has never caused trouble, let alone had the slightest involvement with the man, please ask the eldest lady Shen to testify for the slave and maid." ”

Shen Sanru and Mo Lan are both palace maids of the Shang Food Bureau, if someone really wants to murder Mo Lan, in the end it will also discredit the Shang Shi Bureau, Shen Sanru takes into account the overall situation, and said to the chief eunuch with a gloomy face: "This slave has been serving tea in front of the emperor for more than three years, and she has worked diligently, and she has never heard of any omissions. Disturbing the palace is a first-class crime, and the chief eunuch is asked to investigate everything. He raised his voice abruptly, and his momentum was magnificent: "If you can't come up with conclusive evidence, those who chew the root of their tongue and talk nonsense, the Shangshi Bureau will definitely investigate to the end, and they will be punished." After speaking, he revealed a slight awe-inspiring, "This is also the meaning of the Palm Seal Eunuch of the Shang Food Bureau." ”

The eunuch's face was expressionless, and he raised his hand, "Huiru." ”

A young palace maid walked out of the back door on the right, knelt beside Mo Lan, and said eloquently: "Returning to Lord Palm Print, the slave maid came out of the Cining Hall yesterday, and when she passed through the Wende Palace, she saw Mo Lan's lady hurrying past and walked to the side of the Yujin Gate. The slave maid was surprised, and was about to remind her that it was almost time to be locked, but she saw Chu Zifu, the pro-army guard of Yujin Gate, coming to meet her and talking to her very familiarly. Within a while, Chu Zifu took Mrs. Moran and walked away from the side door, and she didn't turn around until the lock was locked. ”

Mo Lan's heart is like a big drum and a small drum, last night she ran out of the violent room, no name and no point, because she is familiar with Chu Zifu can come and go freely. She has always been light and cautious, and when she walks, she wears a cloak all the way, and she is unexpectedly bumped into by people.

Si Zhengshanggong asked, "Can you hear what they said?" ”

Huiru replied: "They whispered, and the sound of wind and snow covered it, and the slaves and maids did not hear anything. ”

The eunuch nodded, his face was a little lively, "Last night, the wind and snow were thick, and there was no one within ten steps, why did you insist that it was the pro-army Chu Zifu?" Huiru said: "First, the slave maid has heard about Chu Zifu's friendship with Mo Lan's wife, and secondly, I have asked Li Meiren about the call for Zhuan. Yesterday, she accompanied Li Meiren to the Funing Hall to serve, and saw that it was Chu Zifu who was on duty at Yujin Gate. The slave maid went to the front of the palace to check the duty records, and found that Chu Zifu was not arranged to be on duty yesterday. The slave maid thought that all kinds of coincidences would inevitably not be suspected, and she was afraid that the two would cause greater trouble, so she didn't dare to hide it before she found out that the Shangzheng Bureau was in the Shanggong Palace. ”

Mo Lan's heart trembled, like a thousand pounds of copper and iron pressed on the top of her head, the more so, the more she did not dare to show her despair, so she raised her face and said, "This is a vain statement. If you want to have a private meeting with someone, how can you let you see it? ”

"It was already dark, and the snow was falling intensively, and you were in the bright light, and the slaves were in the dark of the road, but you did not find the slaves." Hui Ru Shi Shi replied, with words and words.

Mo Lan scolded, "Why did you pass by at the Yujin Gate?" Wouldn't it be too coincidental to do so. ”

I saw Huiru suddenly raise her head, her eyes showed a respectful and proud look, and bowed in the direction of the Cining Hall of the Queen Mother's dormitory, "Concubine Yang disposed of the tea-serving female official in front of the palace in the Cining Palace, and the slave maid was ordered to go to the violent room to supervise the work. He raised his face outward, and the palace maid understood, and walked to the door of the hall and clapped his hands, and someone outside heard the sound.

"The slave knocks on the eunuch."

Mo Lan was startled, his fingertips were numb and trembling, and he leaned back slightly, and he was really the little eunuch who collected his iron money. She was no longer able to hold on, her palms couldn't even cuff tightened, and she was spread out on her knees like a stick, and she was trembling.

The palm print eunuch is majestic, "Who is down there?" ”

The little eunuch kowtowed: "Back to the eunuch, the slave is called Wang Qingcong, and he is on duty in the Tyrannical Room Division of the Shangzheng Bureau." ”

Huiru continued: "Yesterday, when the slaves and maids were supervising the work in the violent room, it was the prince who was responsible for the aftermath of the criminal slaves. ”

Wang Qingcong raised his head and said to the eunuch: "That's right." After speaking, he took out a shining silver carved round arm from his sleeve pocket, and said: "At that time, Huiru Niangzi saw that Chunzhu was pitiful, so she handed over this arm to the slave, and let the slave bury this thing with Chunzhu." The slave saw that it was a pity to take this arm, so he took it back. ”

Huiru nodded between her foreheads, "It's the slave who is confused, look at the sin slave who has nothing to do, very miserable, afraid that the ghost will not disperse and disturb the purity of the harem, and wants to be buried with an arm to comfort the soul." I just figured it out today, the harem has its own imperial shade, how dare the ghosts and wild spirits make a mistake, and now I have already regretted it in my heart. ”

The chief eunuch bowed his head and said, "This matter will not be investigated." He pointed his fingertips at Moran and shouted in a low voice, "Do you have anything to say?" ”

Moran only felt that his whole body was hot, his lips were dry, and he barely raised his hands, but his palms were stiff and he couldn't open them. She propped up the ground with her wrists, and said angrily: "The matter has come to this point, and the slave maid has no choice but to invite the pro-army Lord Chu Zifu to come over to confront him, and he will know the whole thing when he asks." It's just that Lord Chu is quite favored in front of the emperor, and the slave maid is afraid of disturbing the emperor. As she spoke, she raised her head and said to the eunuch: "The slave and maid don't dare to talk nonsense, the slave and maid did separate the Yujin Gate at the end of the last night last night, but they did not have any personal relations with Lord Chu." Ask the chief superintendent to take a clear look. ”

The Palm Seal Eunuch was surprised to see Mo Lan's pale cheeks, but without the slightest fear. I heard her say gracefully: "Last night, Chunzhu... No, the Fengcha Division was short of people to fill for a while, so Gonggong Zhou sent the little eunuch to call the slave maid to go to the royal front on duty, and it was just the end of the hour when he passed the Yujin Gate, and it was not until the time when the slave and maid withdrew back to Cuiwei Pavilion. If you don't believe it, the eunuch can send someone to ask Wei Zheng, the right-hand man beside Gonggong Zhou, and you will find out as soon as you ask. ”

Huiru was careful, and said sharply: "Wei Zheng is just the little eunuch of Si Tianjian, and he has too much contact with you, so he can't be trusted. It's better to ask the little lady of Shangyi Division, who is on duty in Cining Palace, although she is of low rank, she is a person in front of the Queen Mother, and her speech is naturally convincing. ”

Within a while, without waiting for Moran to react, the film was led by the palace maid to the palace. She wore a long rose-colored dress under her silver-gray placket, which looked even more delicate in the gloomy and kind hall. She bowed down to the first seat. The chief eunuch gave him a seat, and the film sat down next to the stool. She raised her voice and said: "Yesterday, the concubine asked the slave maid to go to Cuiwei Pavilion to ask about the emperor's food, it was the time of the shift, and there was no one in the house. When the slave saw that the charcoal in the outhouse was about to go out, she looked for black charcoal to make up for it, but unexpectedly stained her face. The slave maid has always been familiar with Mo Lan and Xia Zhi, so she took it upon herself to go into the inner room to pick up. I happened to see a green cloth pressed under the makeup, and I thought it was a new upper, but when I pulled it out, I realized that it was a soft scarf worn by a man. The slave maid was terrified, and only then did she realize the concubine. ”

Moran listened to the film's narration, and his heart was terrified. She never expected that it would be the people around her who framed her! Yesterday, the film quietly entrusted herself to buy fried tongs, and in just one night, she was going to be killed!

There was a sound of falling snow in the dark night, covering the tip of Moran's heart one by one, freezing to the bone.

If it was at this time on weekdays, Moran should have shrunk down in the quilt, or turned a page or two of poems, or embroidered a few stitches of upper insoles, and at worst, he should have served the emperor's tea by roasting a fire in the imperial pantry. The emperor has always been generous and peaceful, rarely punishes the palace people, and if there is nothing important every day, he will rest early and remove most of the palace people. The palace people tacitly believe that they are the most noble and leisurely when they go to the palace to be on duty.

The plain white gauze lamp was painted with a picture of the green pine and the bright moon, and the mottled black shadows were reflected on Moran's cheeks, showing more and more desolation and sadness. Her eyes were wrapped in tears, sticking to the cold ground, and she said anxiously and angrily: "Since entering the palace, the slave has never seen a man privately, why do you have a soft scarf?" I'm afraid that the film lady is wrong. ”

The film snorted coldly, took something from the palace maid's hand, and threw it in front of Mo Lan's eyes, "Take a look for yourself!" ”

Shen Sanru saw that the film was arrogant, she was anxious, and she heard Mo Lan say firmly: "The slave has never seen this soft scarf!" After a moment of thought, he calmed down his thoughts, and said with peace of mind: "Cuiwei Pavilion belongs to the residence of the palace maid of the Tea Division of the Shangshi Bureau, there are many people, and there is no prevention on weekdays, if there are bad people who want to frame it, it is also very easy to obtain." Besides, isn't it easy to know where this soft towel comes from? The Shangfu Bureau is in charge of the dispatch of clothes and fabrics in the palace, please take a look at the clothes and Shanggong to know the ins and outs of this thing. ”

The shadow froze slightly, and glanced at Huiru, who had no master, but her face was very calm.

The chief eunuch of the palm print sent the little eunuch to invite the palace of the cloth.

Dianyi Shanggong took the soft scarf between his fingers and rubbed it, and then carefully looked at the stitches and threads, and said for a long time: "If I am not mistaken, this cloth should be the Shu brocade paid tribute by the Shu Land Yunsi Jinyuan when the current saint ascended the throne in the first year of Qianxing." Because the rain fell very little that year, the output of Shu brocade was not much, and the fine craftsmanship was made to pay tribute to the palace only twelve horses. The queen mother made the decision to reward six horses with elegant and pure tones to the concubine palace maid who went to the first emperor to guard the mausoleum, and then awarded four horses to several Jieyu and beauties, and the remaining two horses were given to Concubine Yang. If you just talk about this fabric, you can't see anything, but this stitch looks familiar. ”

Dian Zheng Shanggong said: "During the New Year's holidays, it is common for the superior to reward cloth to powerful minions, and there are private gifts among the minions, and it is not known if Moran has no intention of getting it." The fourth lady of the Shanggong said with a smile: "Cloth is easy to obtain, but the stitching technique is really not learned." As he spoke, he took out a handkerchief from his cuffs with two fingers, and said: "Wang Shanggong take a look at this handkerchief, this is a congratulatory gift from Mo Lan on my birthday last year, and a few chrysanthemums are embroidered on it, you can compare it." ”

Wang Shanggong took a handkerchief and looked under the lamp, only to see that the four-inch handkerchief was embroidered with five golden autumn chrysanthemums that bloomed to the fullest, flying with a bee and a butterfly, the color line was rich and elegant, and five or six kinds of needles such as Qi needle, winding needle, sleeve needle, cutting needle, rolling needle, etc., the needle method was extremely fine and lifelike. She couldn't help blurting out, "You are Zhang Molan of the Tea Division?" ”

Moran hurriedly replied, "It's the slave." ”

The palm seal eunuch was secretly surprised, and asked, "Wang Shanggong, Zhang Molan is someone you know?" ”

Wang Shanggong said: "I didn't know this person, but I heard the palace people next to me mention it, and I happened to see her embroidery once." If this person is in trouble, I really can't believe it. ”