Mo Lan changed into clean palace clothes, carefully curled his hair in a bun, and locked the door and went out. Outside the courtyard, the two black-clothed eunuchs stood under the tree and waited, and when they saw her come out, they raised their voices and asked, "You are Zhang Molan?" ”

Moran gave a salute and said, "Exactly." ”

The black-clothed eunuch was surprised to see that she was calm and graceful. The big eunuch who was standing in front of him had a colorless face, and his momentum was quite arrogant, "Shang Zhengju has an invitation, let's follow." After finishing speaking, he walked straight to Gong Street.

Shang Zhengju is in the west of Yujin Gate, and there are often rumors in the palace that as long as you enter there, no matter whether you make a mistake or not, you have to play a few big boards to get out. Mo Lan thought that although he returned late yesterday, he did not violate the palace rules, so he was also frank.

To Yujin Gate Palace Street, there are attendants who high-fived and rushed to Daqing Palace.

The three of them knew that the royal car was about to pass, so they hurriedly held their breath and stood in the corner. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the eastern dawn was full of orange and crimson light, covering the sky, and a few bright stars could be vaguely seen falling in the clouds, looming.

Zhao Zhen wears a crown of heaven, with twenty-four curly beams on the crown, guided by a jade rhino hairpin, and wears a silk robe woven with red gold yarn from Yunlong, wearing a white Luo square heart curved collar around his neck, and covering his knees with silk yarn. He sat upright on the sedan chair, looking ahead, close to the sky, not angry but mighty.

He saw Mo Lan from a distance, and saw her standing quietly by the wall, wearing a pink floral gown with a white background, and a plain scattered flower palace skirt, dignified and demure, soft and graceful. When she was fifty or sixty steps away, the morning sun happened to break through the clouds, and the glow was shining, and she happened to be standing in the backlight, and a golden circle of light was fainted around her, which was amazingly beautiful.

The sedan chair gradually moved forward, and his eyes could not leave her until he left the Yujin Gate, turned a corner, and was out of sight, he turned his head, raised his hand, signaled the person carrying the sedan chair to stop, and turned sideways again.

Zhou Huaizheng hurriedly took a step forward, raised his head and asked respectfully: "Does the official family have any orders?" ”

Zhao Zhen leaned over slightly and whispered a few words in his ear.

Zhou Huaizheng nodded resignedly: "Yes." ”

Mo Lan saw Zhao Zhen's sedan chair out of Yujin Gate, so he looked up in the direction he was going. The sunlight shines on the towering Yujin Gate, reflecting the glazed roof tiles, and the light is everywhere.

The black-clothed eunuch gradually walked forward, she didn't dare to stop for a long time, and hurriedly followed. After walking through a few long corridors, I saw the oncoming palace, with a plaque hanging on it, and the gold lacquer big characters "Shangzheng Palace" were written.

Just a few words have the power to make people tremble.

A palace maid greeted her and led her into the main hall. The eunuch wearing a purple brocade robe was sitting in the hall, and only the Shangyi Bureau's palm seal Shang Palace and the Renming Palace's Si Ji Shang Palace sat next to him.

Moran gave the people a blessing and stood silently in the temple.

The purple-clothed eunuch said majestically: "Do you know what is looking for you today?" Moran lowered his eyebrows, endured his thoughts, and tried his best to calm down: "The slave doesn't know, please give instructions to the big supervisor." She secretly flattered that although she went to Hualuo Hall yesterday, she did not miss the time of the lock, and it was not a violation of the palace rules.

The eunuch said again: "Yesterday, a palace maid saw you and Su He of the front division of the palace having a private meeting with the lord on the palace street, but is there such a thing?" Mo Lan's heart chuckled, but he was relieved, and raised his head and said: "Yesterday, the slave maid did see Master Su on the palace street, but it was not a private meeting, it was the slave maid who dropped something in the palace the day before yesterday, and happened to be picked up by Lord Su......"

The eunuch said in a deep voice: "No quibbles! ”

Mo Lan's heart was frank, and he said calmly: "What the slave and maid said is the truth, you can send someone to send Master Su over to confront you." ”

At this time, a palace maid came in from outside the hall, and Mo Lan recognized her as Huiru, the palace maid in charge of the Shang Zheng Bureau who framed herself for fornicating with Chu Zifu that day. I saw that she was blessed and blessed, and said: "The palace maid Qi'er in charge of the Renming Palace asks to see her." ”

The chief eunuch said: "Pass." ”

Qi'er walked into the hall quickly, glanced at Mo Lan, the corners of his mouth were faintly cold, and said: "Yesterday afternoon, I took leave to go to Cining Hall to celebrate the birthday of the film lady, and I didn't return to my residence until the end of the day. ”

Shang Gong, the classic of Renming Palace, nodded to the eunuch and said softly: "That's right. ”

Qi'er continued: "When passing by Xibiangong Street, I suddenly saw a man and a woman turning out of the side door leading to Hualuotang, and I didn't pay attention to it, but the two of them deliberately stayed four or five steps away, and stopped when they reached one place, and walked to a dark place, where they ...... ...... there."

The eunuch shouted, "What are you doing there?" Come on. ”

Qi'er knelt on the ground, kowtowed with a red face and said: "They kissed their mouths there, and the slaves and maids saw it clearly, and they would never dare to lie!" ”

The chief eunuch was furious when he heard this, and he was so angry that he couldn't speak, "Last time you had an affair with Chu Zifu in front of the palace, due to insufficient evidence, there were also the eldest lady of the Sishan Shanggong Shen Sanru and the eldest lady of the Dianyi Shanggong Palace to prove your innocence for you, so I will spare you to go to the division to be on duty." But thou hast behaved profligately, and thou hast not changed thy teachings! ”

When Mo Lan heard what Qi'er said, there was a rumbling sound in his head, and he knelt on the ground busily, calmed his mood, and said, "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse!" Please ask the eunuch to be clear, no matter how confused Mo Lan is, he will never dare to do such a reluctant thing. Please come and confront your lords. ”

Where was the eunuch willing to listen to her again, and said coldly: "I will inform the front of the palace to punish Su Hehe and strictly deal with it in accordance with the law." Come on, take her to the forbidden room and lock her up, and wait for me to show the queen, and then deal with it. ”

Hearing this, a little eunuch under the corridor pulled out his legs and walked out, until he reached the door of Funing Palace, he panted and found Zhou Huaizheng, and carefully explained what he had seen and heard in Shangzheng Bureau.

When Zhou Huaizheng heard this, his heart was like frying, but at this time, the officials and the ministers of the court and the central government were discussing in the vertical arch hall, although they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, they did not dare to trespass in.

At noon, everyone had not dispersed, so Zhou Huaizheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and look for the official's kung fu to drink water, and said it in detail to his ear. Zhao Zhen only felt ridiculous, shocked and angry, retreated from everyone, and smashed the celadon plum blossom pattern cover bowl in his hand to the ground, which frightened Zhou Huaizheng to kneel on the ground, and his soul was broken.

Zhao Zhen said fiercely: "If she's fine, it's fine, if half a cold hair is missing, see how I cut your skin, don't get out quickly." ”

Zhao Zhen didn't even care about lunch, and hurriedly set up the Ciyuan Palace.

Jingshu had a whim today, and the people of the palace tied kites and flew them in the courtyard, and they moved the pear blossom phoenix chair to sit in the shade and watch, and felt very happy.

Ruoli said: "Niangniang want to try?" ”

Jingshu smiled: "On weekdays, you don't allow me to do this, and you don't allow me to do that." Why did you persuade me to play around today? ”

If you choose a kite with a mandarin duck playing in the water and hand it over to Jingshu, "flying a kite has the effect of dispelling illness and strengthening the body, and the mother does not like to move around, and lives indoors for a long time, and occasionally flies a kite, which is really beneficial and harmless." Moreover, the slaves and maidservants sent men to wait at the gate of the temple, and if anyone came, they were stopped outside the temple and were not allowed to come in until they had been announced. ”

The spring sun is warm, Jingshu only wears a light sunset purple cardigan, her hair is flattened and bunned, and she has a red gold silk moire hairpin on her sideburns. She held the thread in her hand, pulling the thread and retreating, the palace people are playful, seeing that the queen has put down the shelf, how can there be no more nonsense, and on the side is stroking and playing, and it is very lively.

In just a moment, the palace people were silent in unison. Jing Shu didn't notice it, and saw that the kite was flying high, but showed a sad color, the silver teeth bit lightly, broke the cotton thread in her hand, and let the kite fly higher and higher until it disappeared. She wanted to take a step forward, but after looking up for a long time, there was a flower in front of her, and her feet were unstable and she was about to fall.

In a moment, he was held by a big hand in time and lay on his side in his arm.

Zhao Zhen originally just stood quietly at the gate of the courtyard, seeing that she was quite interested, she couldn't bear to disturb, and raised her hand again to prevent the palace people from asking An to speak. It wasn't until she staggered, as if she was dizzy, that he reached out and grabbed her.

He said gently, "Are you alright?" ”

Jing Shu still thought it was an illusion, why did he come? The sun shone down from his jade crown, looking like a celestial person, until she stood up and squinted for a long time, she came back to her senses and was busy asking for peace. Zhao Zhen saw that she was as light as a girl in Bianjing, her heart softened a little, and then she took her hand and said gently: "Can you have lunch?" ”

This was the first time he held her hand, Jing Shu only felt shy, but she liked it, she blushed slightly, and said softly: "I don't have a good appetite these days, and I only eat breakfast and dinner." ”

Zhao Zhen led her into the hall, "I feel hungry, but what snacks do I have to fill my stomach." ”

When he heard this, he saw that the official's family was going to eat here, and he said happily: "The slave and maid will order the kitchen to prepare food." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Just fry four or five home-cooked side dishes." ”

If you leave the blessed body, go to the outside of the temple and make arrangements.

After eating, it is already the middle of the hour, and if there is something in the inner palace, they will all come to the Ciyuan Hall at this time to report. There is a Shang Palace report: "Concubine Li of Hualuotang was born last night, please show the queen." ”

Jingshu hadn't dealt with the concubine's joy and funeral, and she didn't know what the rules were, so she said: "Go back to the Queen Mother first and ask the Queen Mother what her idea is." ”

When the palace people went, they saw the chief eunuch of the Shangzheng Bureau kneeling in the hall and said: "Zhang Molan, the secretary of the Renming Palace, the seventh rank of the palace, and the palace Si Su and the confusing palace eunuchs, had a private meeting in the long street of the palace, and they are now confined in the black room, please show the queen." ”

Zhao Zhen was sitting in the inner hall and pretending to sleep, and when he heard this, he walked out of it and shouted: "It's just nonsense!" ”

Seeing that the official family was angry, everyone knelt down in unison, silent. Zhao Zhen said again: "The affairs of the inner palace should have been handed over to the queen, but I heard you mention Su and He, which is related to the imperial front, and I can't stand idly by." ”

The palm print eunuch hurriedly kowtowed and said respectfully, "Yes." ”

Seeing the official family coming out of the inner hall, Jingshu got up and asked him to sit on the main seat, and some palace people moved another chair, so Jingshu sat down on the right side and bowed down. Zhao Zhen leaned on the hand of the stool, his face still had the tiredness of Xiang Wu, and said lazily: "You will talk about this matter in detail, if someone dares to slander the people in front of the palace, I will definitely investigate it thoroughly, and the inner palace must not encourage such unhealthy tendencies." ”

How dare the eunuch disobey, so he told the ins and outs one by one, and then cleared himself up and said: "This matter was seen by the palace maid in charge of the Division, Zhao Qi'er, and Zhang Molan personally admitted that he had a private meeting with Su and the Lord on the long street, so the evidence is conclusive, so I can't believe it." ”

Zhao Zhen tasted the tea, pinched the small porcelain cup with white glazed lotus petals, and said to the door: "Spread Su and enter the hall!" ”

After waiting for a long time, the eunuch ran to the bottom of the corridor out of breath, knelt down and said: "Earlier, the front secretary of the palace suddenly came, saying that Master Su had an affair with the people in the palace and wanted to take him back for interrogation. Master Su was unwilling, so he fought with the guards, and for some reason, he broke into the Scarlet Hall and refused to come out. Princess Minhua did not allow the guards to enter the palace, and the commander of the palace is still kneeling in front of the palace door and begging the princess. ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, and he said in his heart: "It's hard for him to come up with such an idea." ”

At this time, the Scarlet Smoke Hall was simply a chicken flying and a dog jumping, Su and he were lying on the tree in the courtyard with his eyes closed to recuperate, and the people in the hall were crowded under the tree to watch the excitement. A palace person advised Princess Minhua, "Princess, it's better to ask the guards of the front division of the palace to take him away, the sun is the most poisonous at noon, don't stand outside for a long time." ”

Min Hua glanced at the rude men kneeling in front of the temple gate, and frowned, "I don't want those pickled men to come in and defile my courtyard." ”

Princess Minhua raised her head, her eyes couldn't be opened by the sun, and she ordered Su Hehe, "Don't you know who I am?" Dare to break into my palace, and wait for me to tell the sixth brother that I have ripped off your skin. Hey, are you listening, I'm Princess Minhua, do you hear me? Hurry up and get me down. ”

But Su and where did he ignore her, he didn't move, just pretended to be asleep.

Princess Minhua had never been so ignored, and she was so ashamed that she ordered someone to bring a long ladder, and let someone carefully support her below, and carry her skirt and climb up the tree. Unexpectedly, the ladder was too short, and even if you climbed to the top, you would still be four or five steps away from the place where you were lying down. The palace people were frightened below, but no one dared to stop them, for fear of provoking the first noble princess of the Great Song Dynasty, and there would be no good fruit to eat from now on.

The shade of the trees shrouded in the shadows, and the sunlight passed through the cracks, mottled and imprinted on the faces of the two men.

Today, Minhua slept until the end of the hour before getting up, and even saved breakfast and used lunch directly. She was angry with the Queen Mother, and she didn't go to Cining Hall to ask for peace, and thought that she wouldn't go out anyway, so she casually wore a light green butterfly top, tied with a goose yellow pleated skirt, and didn't even wear a robe.

Her face was full of anger, and she pouted unconvinced: "Don't you know who I am? I am the first noble princess of the Great Song Dynasty, you dare to disrespect me, be careful......" She wanted to say, "Be careful that I kill you." After looking at his figure again, and seeing that he was about eight or nine feet long, with broad shoulders and strong body, she changed her heart and said, "Be careful that I castrate you." ”

He turned over, looked at her with a lowered face, and finally spoke: "Do you think it's possible?" After saying that, he still leaned against the trunk of the tree and slew.

It took Minhua a long time to understand what she meant, and the anger was about to come out of her head, and she almost screamed: "You think it's impossible, you dare to look down on me, I will tell the sixth brother to teach you a good lesson." ”

Minhua was furious, and said to the lower palace: "Go to the Funing Hall and invite the official family, I will ......" Before the words were finished, a loud male voice came from outside the hall: "I am here." ”

The palace guards were busy kneeling down to ask for peace, Zhao Zhen saw such a scene in the courtyard, and hurriedly took the guards back a hundred steps before saying to Minhua: "You don't come down quickly, I'm still waiting for me to invite you." ”

In fact, Minhua had already wanted to come down, but when he looked down, his legs were soft first, how dare he go down, and he didn't know how he climbed up. I didn't want to lose face in front of everyone, although I was so scared that my eyes were full of tears, I refused to show weakness, and slowly walked down with my legs shaking.

And when he saw the difference in the tree, he stepped on the trunk of the tree, scooped her into his arms with one hand, and fell into the courtyard in a whirlwind. And He let go of his hand, bowed down first, and said: "Minister, Su and He, please say hello to the official family and the queen." ”

Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Min Hua crossed his waist and said, "You are just a little guard, how dare you not salute when you see this princess?" ”

He glanced at her, and said respectfully: "Say hello to the princess." ”

Minhua only felt that he was familiar, and it took a long time to remember, wasn't the person in front of him the guard who recklessly carried him to the roof after the Keju banquet that day? Before he could think about it, he spoke first: "You were the rude guard that night!" ”

Jing Shu also led Shang Zhengju's palm print and others to follow Zhao Zhen to the Scarlet Smoke Palace, and when she saw Minhua say this, she doted: "How is he rude?" Say it. If you dare to offend the princess, I will not spare him, depending on who he is. No matter how bold Minhua was on weekdays, he didn't dare to say what happened that day, so he had to say: "Actually, it's nothing ......" Before the words fell, Su He said first: "That day, the princess asked the minister to carry her to the roof......"

Minhua was afraid that he would say it again, so he hurriedly squeezed his eyebrows and said, "I didn't say anything if I said that I was going to castrate you." ”

He stopped talking, and continued: "The princess ordered the minister to carry her to the roof to see the stars, but the minister did not agree. ”

Min Hua hurriedly agreed: "That's it, that's it." "The little face is full of flattery.

Jing Shu smiled gently: "In this way, I want to reward him." The dignified princess of the Song Dynasty climbed on the roof, what kind of system did she become. Something like climbing a ladder today, I don't allow it to happen a second time, otherwise I will definitely go to the Queen Mother and punish you well. Speaking of the Queen Mother, Min Hua showed a look of embarrassment on her face, and only said: "I'm thirsty, do you want the sixth brother to enter the palace to drink tea soup?" ”

Zhao Zhen didn't want to sit for a long time, "Jingshu, you accompany Minhua into the hall, it's too hot here, you have to set up a tent." ”

Jingshu listened, and hurriedly pulled Minhua into the hall. Minhua walked a few steps, then turned back to Su and said viciously: "Don't let me bump into you again next time, otherwise you will look good." ”

Zhao Zhen raised his hand, and the commander of the front division of the palace ran over quickly, knelt in front of Zhao Zhen, bowed down to explain the matter, and said: "According to Shang Zhengju, Su and He had an affair with people in the palace, and the ministers did not dare to slack off, they just wanted to bring Su and He back to the front of the palace to investigate the matter clearly, but they didn't want to make such a fuss, and asked the official family to forgive him." ”

Zhao Zhen didn't blame him, and said peacefully: "Tell me what's going on?" ”

And he naturally knew how to answer, "The minister patrolled to the palace street yesterday, and happened to pick up the palace maid's talisman, and the minister recognized her, so he personally handed it over to her." That's all. After a pause, he said: "Come to think of it, I only said a dozen sentences to the woman, how can I say that I have fornication, the minister is so slandered, and I ask the official to investigate thoroughly." ”

Zhao Zhen pointed to Shang Zhengju's palm print Shang Gong and said: "What is the crime of bullying the king, you know best, if you want to come to Su Jihe, you will never dare to tell such a lie in front of me." Do you hear me? ”

Palm Print Shang Gong hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, yes." ”

Zhao Zhen strode out of the Scarlet Smoke Palace, and everyone bowed to the side, obeying the holy order. Zhao Zhen only said what he really wanted to say at this time: "When you go back, you will first release the framed palace maid, and then thoroughly investigate the ins and outs of this matter. ”

After everyone was gone, Zhao Zhen patted him and said on the shoulder: "I owe you a favor this time." ”

And he still looked indifferent, and said, "The minister doesn't dare." ”

In the Huifu Garden, the eaves of the windows under the corridor are hung with fine Hunan bamboo curtains, and the slightest sunlight cannot shine into the house. Shang Lindong ate mung bean soup to quench thirst and clear heat, lying on the pear wood engraved rocking chair, playing with the jade bracelet on his wrist, his face was happy, and he seemed to say to himself: "I don't know what that Mo Lan looks like now?" When I was in the same position in the Tea Division, I was also close, did I start a little ruthlessly? ”

Qianhua, a palace man close to him, knelt on the pu mat and hammered Shang Meiren's calf, "Who told her to dare to seduce the official family out of the palace in the palace, even if we don't punish her, the queen mother knows about it, and she will never let her go." ”

Shang Lindong smiled like a dark plum blossom, and said coquettishly: "That's it, even if she is killed now, it is only her own life." If the Queen Mother knew that she dared to seduce the official family out of the palace, I am afraid that the whole family would suffer. ”

Qianhua also smiled, "Niangniang is good-hearted and considerate of others, Zhang Molan herself didn't think of this layer." ”

As he was talking, a palace maid whispered under the porch: "Niangniang, someone is still here." ”

In a moment, a little eunuch sneakily entered through the side door, slipped into the hall, and said first: "The official family issued an order, not only to release Zhang Molan, but also to investigate the matter thoroughly." Before leaving, he said: "If it's someone else, it's just Su and He, but the queen is in front of Su and He, and now in this situation, Niangniang has to prepare well." ”

When Shang Meiren heard this, she was shocked in her heart, and said sharply: "It's really a joke, what am I afraid of, and it's not that I slandered and framed her." ”

Seeing that the beauty was angry, Qianhua hurriedly scolded the eunuch: "Don't get out of here yet!" Do you want to wait for the mother to hit you in the mouth? The eunuch also had a bad mouth for a while, which made the beauty angry, how dare he say anything, and hurriedly bowed and retreated.

When Mo Lan walked out of the forbidden room, there were palace people tying Qi'er in, and the moment she crossed her arms, Qi'er's resentful eyes made Mo Lan tremble, she was about to say something, but was rudely pushed out of the door by the palace people, and mocked in her mouth: "Why, I don't want to leave yet, I haven't closed it enough!" When he got out of the storm room, he saw the sky as blue as the sea and the birds soaring into the sky, so he breathed a long sigh of relief and went back to the Renming Palace.

Although the violent room is not far from the Renming Hall, if you want to take a shortcut, you have to cut through the woods. There are towering trees, covering the sky and the sun, and the ground is full of broken leaves, and it is as if no one is there. Mo Lan walked on it slowly, the leaves around him fell, the woody fragrance was fragrant, and his feet were trembling, and he felt that even his heart was quiet and soothed.

She suddenly stopped her steps and stood quietly in the woods, only to feel the sound of the wind surging like waves and the rustling of leaves. She listened carefully to the extremely faint sound behind her that was getting closer and closer to her, and finally sighed softly, it turned out that she liked a person, and even the footsteps could be heard.