After a round of primary selection, the shortlist was basically drawn up, a total of 28 people were selected, three days later in the Qunfang Hall by the original Ming Ming King to select the queen candidate, as well as a concubine, the third lady of virtuous Shude, and the rest of the saints can be used as nine concubines, women.

The spring rain rested, Yutai was wet and cool, after the Empress Dowager Qin stayed at the banquet, Yuzijin was accompanied by Mrs. Liu to the Yunshan Pavilion where the foreign ministers and daughters were arranged to stay.

Fang passed the corridor on the northwest side of the imperial garden, and in the slightly cloudy night, two chamberlains were leading one person to the middle of the garden, bypassing the moon-shaped door and staying in the lake pavilion outside the wall of Yu Zijin and others.

Mrs. Liu stood with her and said, "The Qin family and the queen mother are trying their best to promote Miss Qin's entry into the palace to boost the prestige of the family. ”

Yu Zijin nodded and smiled, the thoughts of the Empress Dowager Qin were self-evident, that Qin Rongche had been sitting with Yuan Mingxuan with a faint expression, the two were obviously familiar with each other, it can be seen that it was not the first time they met, Yuan Mingzhen also called "sister" very familiarly, which caused Qin Rongche to laugh tactfully and said: "The emperor is wrong again, the courtier is four years younger than you, not a sister!" ”

Yuan Mingxuan squinted his eyes a little confused, and smirked: "I said that you are my sister, you are my sister, you bring me pastries to eat, you are my sister, I want to make my sister the queen." ”

Qin Rongche's smile began to fade a little, "Why did the emperor let Rongche be your queen?" ”

"Because the queen mother said that I want to make you queen, so you can continue to make pastries for me to eat."

Qin Rongche smiled bitterly, and she asked in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Does the emperor like Rongche?" ”

Yuan Mingxuan looked at the colorful butterfly in his arms and nodded vigorously, "I like it, the queen mother said that I must like you." Sister, do you have anyone you like? ”

"The person you like" Qin Rongche slowly looked up at the night without the stars and moon, "Yes"

There seemed to be tears in the girl's eyes, Yu Zijin didn't look at it again, and followed Mrs. Liu towards Yunshan Pavilion.

The night light is yellow, the plant is beautiful and fragrant, Yunshan Pavilion is a three-storey hexagonal building of a gray tile snow wall, a corner of Linqing Lake, there is a shallow lake breeze, and the night is particularly quiet.

Removing the heavy decorations, Yu Zijin was about to rest and go to bed while talking and laughing with Xian'er, and suddenly heard the noise outside the window, the noise of gongs and drums, Yingcheng Wangfu came with her personal guards in the palace to report that the palace inspection guards found assassins near the Qunfang Palace, and now the Empress Dowager Qin ordered the guards to surround the Qunfang Palace, and are investigating them one by one.

Yu Zijin stroked his hair and frowned, "Has the banquet of the previous dynasty ended?" Have the prince and the little marquis left the palace? ”

The guard said: "Back to the princess, the prince and the little marquis have turned back when they hear the news, and now they have rushed to the Qunfang Hall to search for the assassin together with King Chongning and others." ”

"I'll take a look."

The moon stars are scarce, what time are the crows, the people who have stood in front of the apse where the girls of the Qunfang Palace live, more than 20 show girls are standing in the center of the garden in shock, obviously frightened, Yu Zijin has just entered the back garden of the Qunfang Palace, and many of the original clan relatives who have not yet left the palace, such as King Ningping and King Pengcheng, and others can't help but widen their eyes, although they have long heard the portrait of Princess Yingcheng and Queen Xiaoyi, but they can't help but be taken aback when they see the real person.

Yu Zijin ignored those gazes, saluted the Empress Dowager Qin and Yuan Mingxuan, and walked directly to Yuwen Zheng and Yuwen Jingyu, Xu Heyun and Helian Meteor are leading people to inspect the Qunfang Hall one by one, and after a while, several halls will be searched, Xu Heyun said back and forth: "Back to the emperor, the queen mother, the prince, the main hall and the side hall have been searched, only the three apsees where the show girls live have not been searched, I don't know"

"Presumptuous!" Empress Dowager Qin's brows furrowed and she interrupted suddenly, "How can the dormitory of the royal lady allow men to enter and search at will, Su Junma has always been cautious in his words and deeds, how can he lose his sense of proportion today?" ”

Princess Chongning supported the tassel in her ear, and glanced at the Empress Dowager Qin, "Yes, don't say that it is the dormitory of the royal lady, that is, the daughter of an ordinary family, and the boudoir does not allow a large number of men to enter and exit at will to search. ”

When Empress Dowager Qin heard this, her eyes were angry, "Princess Chongning, what do you mean by this?" But are you saying that the mourning family is rotten and ignorant, and regards the net worth and life of all the beautiful girls as nothing? ”

"The concubine doesn't dare!" Princess Chongning bowed, and her eyes wandered over a group of show girls, "My emperor and queen mother, the concubines just suspect that some of the show girls are fornicating with foreign thieves!" ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Yuan Mingxuan and the Empress Dowager Qin were surprised, but all the show girls were even more panicked and bluntly said their innocence.

Princess Chongning sneered: "After the concubine sent the queen mother back to the palace, she returned to Yunshan Pavilion through the imperial garden, but unexpectedly saw a man in black and a woman in a show girl's palace skirt couldn't figure out, because the night was too dark, the concubine didn't see who the woman was, but there was no doubt that one of the show girls was there, the concubine wanted to send someone to arrest this pair of shameless men and women, but unexpectedly, the patrol guard first disturbed them, the man was so good at kung fu that he flew away with the show girl, and now all the show girls are there, Being able to rush back to Qunfang Hall in such a short period of time can only mean that the man sent him back, and Qunfang Hall was surrounded by guards one after another, presumably he had no chance to escape, and he must have hidden in the dormitory of that beautiful girl! ”

King Chongning beside him gave Princess Chongning a satisfied smile, and turned to the Empress Dowager Qin and Yuan Mingyu and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, my Yuan clan has been established for 400 years, and I have never heard of a new woman who has entered the palace so bold and shameless to fornicate with foreign thieves. ”

When the relatives of the Yuan clan heard this, they also made statements and asked for a search of the palace.

Yang Zhaoyue picked off her bright red nails, and said lazily: "What the prince said is true, it's just that the courtiers and their cousins admired the moon and wrote poems under the Li Pavilion in the back garden after nightfall, and they have never left, this is something that many sisters can testify, and the palace maids and eunuchs have also been waiting by their side, so they can all think that the two of us can testify, so we don't have to search the boudoir we are waiting for, right?" If you want me to say, since the princess saw that the shameless person was entangled with unknown men outside at night, the focus of the search should be on the people who were not in the dormitory at night, so why bother us white people? ”

There is a time for the show girls to enter the palace, and after the time, they will not get out of this group of Fang Palaces without the permission of Mama Xi, otherwise they will not be able to hide the eyes of Mama Xi and many palace people, Yang Zhaoyue's words obviously mean something, and some people have already stood up indignantly.

Ma Ningfen shook the hair on her chest, and said with a wide range of eyes: "Yang Zhaoyue, you don't spray people with blood, my aunt just cherishes me for not being used to eating in the palace, so she specially asked me to go to her to get some ordinary snacks. ”

"What are you anxious about?" Yang Zhaoyue sneered, and glanced at Qin Rongche, who had been silent, and said, "You are not the only one who is absent at night!" ”

Qin Rongche's eyebrows were faint, and he said to everyone: "Recently, the Queen Mother has a head disease, and she can't sleep at night, she has always loved to listen to the courtiers and daughters caress the qin, and she was called to serve in Yongle Palace at night." ”

Empress Dowager Qin's eyelids blinked, covered her lips and smiled, "Yes, yes, the mourning family is not very comfortable today, and I always want to listen to Che'er's piano music and fall asleep." ”

King Chongning crossed his arms and laughed, "It's good now, everyone has alibi evidence, could it be that the princess of this king is wrong?" ”

Empress Dowager Qin couldn't hold back her face, and said: "Since this is the case, then we will treat everyone equally, pass on the will of mourning the family, and search the palace!" ”

"Slow!" Yu Zijin interrupted, Empress Dowager Qin's displeased eyes turned one after another, she looked sideways and chuckled: "Miss Yang, Miss Gongxi, and Miss Qin and Miss Ma have many people on one side to testify, and on one side there are Queen Mother and Princess Chongning to testify, it can be seen that they are innocent, but in order to treat everyone equally, they must also search, in order to make a few young ladies feel uncomfortable, how about a few women's boudoirs be searched by the concubine herself?" ”

Princess Chongning smiled, and then said naturally: "Although the young ladies are innocent, they are not afraid of 10,000, they are afraid of what if, the princess is delicate, and she is not as rude as the guards, what if there is a mistake during the assassin's hiding?" ”

"It's okay," Yu Zijin took the sword handed over by Yu Wenzheng himself, and walked straight to Ma Ningfen's bedroom, "This concubine has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and the thieves can't help me!" ”

Noticing Yu Wenzheng's glance at her eyebrows, Princess Chongning was embarrassed for a while, and could only smile and say: "The princess is really a heroine among women." ”

One by one, the doors of the palace opened, and the Praetorian Guards began to search one by one, Yu Zijin searched Ma Ningfen's dormitory for a week, and then successively looked at the bedrooms of Yang Zhaoyue and Gongxi An Ying, and finally came to Qin Rongche's dormitory, she pushed open the two palace doors carved by sandalwood, and glanced sideways at the girl who had been quiet and silent, and was about to enter the door when she suddenly spoke: "Princess, slow!" ”

Qin Rongche stepped forward and bowed respectfully to her, her gaze was sincere, without any waves, "The courtiers ordered someone to get hot water for bathing, the ground was slippery, and the princess was asked to be careful not to slip her feet." ”

"Thank you, Miss Qin." Yu Zijin nodded and smiled at her, turned around and entered the temple gate.

The hall is elegantly furnished, light and pleasant, not as gorgeous as Yang Zhaoyue and Ma Ningfen's bedrooms are deliberately decorated, Yu Zijin has checked one corner after another in the hall under the gaze of everyone outside the hall, and finally she put her eyes on the corner of the screen on the side of the bed, she silently looked outside the hall, the eyes of King Chongning and Princess Chongning were staring at this corner, and Qin Rongche Although his expression remained unchanged, he was looking at her in a daze.

Yu Zijin lowered her head and smiled, bypassing the screen under the attention of everyone, the wooden barrel behind the screen was full of hot water mist, and the red and white petals on it floated, the dark fragrance was faint, and she was shocked by the black shadow floating in the crystal clear water waves, she pressed her heart, did not deliberately look up, and then turned her back to everyone and opened a wooden cabinet next to the barrel.

The cabinet was facing outward, through the transparent screen, outsiders could see it at a glance, Yu Zijin closed the cabinet and walked out of the hall, only to see Princess Chongning's eyes full of disappointment, and Qin Rongche's expression was still the same.

The commanders of the forbidden army in charge of the search also came to report that the search was fruitless.

A night of farce, the so-called assassin was not caught after all, Princess Chongning touched a nose in front of people, and almost put her nephew's reputation into it, Empress Dowager Qin was displeased, and directly ordered her to go home and think about it behind closed doors, and was no longer allowed to participate in the draft.

Yu Zijin pretended to be tired, and the palace was reluctant to rest, so he went back to Shangluo's mansion directly with Yuwen Zheng and his son.