Fengyi Palace.

"Qu Yiran, this uncompetitive thing, has wasted the painstaking cultivation of her in this palace." The queen sighed and sat back on the phoenix seat, and said with a little unwillingness: "It fell like this." ”

"Yes, Concubine Yun is so unwise, daring to murder the imperial heir by such means, it is really a dangerous move." Yurui chimed in.

"Do you really think it's Concubine Yun who did it?" The queen gave her a blank look, "Even if she has such scheming and courage, she doesn't have such power." She is a poor girl, how can she instruct Zheng Guifei, who was born as a noble daughter of the Jiangmen? ”

"Huh? That's ......," Yurui hesitated.

"Who did this, and where do you need to go through what to search the palace and interrogate the inner eunuchs," the queen held up a cup of tea and said leisurely: "Just think about who in this palace can instruct Zheng Guifei to move, isn't it clear?" ”

"Then, isn't it only ......" Yurui covered her mouth, Ni Guifei!

"Yes, besides her, who else instructed Zheng Guifei? Zheng Peiyu's father served under Ni Yuan, it must be Ni Yelin, a slut, who did a good job, and Concubine Yun was just a scapegoat. The queen sighed and said: "Look at it, there is only Xianglin with one mouth at the moment, and the evidence is insufficient, but tomorrow, I am afraid that the 'witnesses' will run out one after another." ”

The queen threw down the teacup in her hand with some distraught, and sighed: "Concubine Yun is only afraid that she will be in a catastrophe this time." ”

"But Niangniang lacks Concubine Yun's help, how to deal with Ni Guifei, I'm afraid of ......"

"If the old one doesn't go, how can the new one come?" The queen smiled sarcastically: "Isn't there a new one around this palace immediately?" ”

"Niangniang mean Concubine Su? But Concubine Su's miscarriage this time is really strange, and Imperial Physician He died unjustly......"

"He died 'unjustly', but it may not be 'innocent'." The queen laughed: "As long as you connect Ni Yelin's actions today, it is not difficult to figure out how He Ling died." ”

"You mean that Imperial Doctor He was killed by Ni Guifei?" Yurui said hesitantly.

"That's right," the queen nodded: "She put musk in Su Mi's girl's fetal pills, He Ling, as a doctor, his medical skills are not too bad, even if he doesn't know for a while, he will definitely find out something after a long time, if Su Mi dies like this, it will be a hundred...... It's a pity......"

Yurui suddenly understood. If Su Mi died, the pack of fetal pills would not have had time to play an effective role at all, and the fetus would be gone, and the matter would naturally be revealed. I believe that He Ling may not have time to find out, even if he finds anything, he doesn't have the courage to say anything, he will definitely not be stupid enough to offend Ni Guifei for a dead person. But Su Mi woke up, and she had a miscarriage, even if He Ling didn't find anything before, I'm afraid she will find it now, once the emperor asks about it, under the dragon's face, He Ling may have to reveal something that shouldn't be revealed, so naturally he simply doesn't do anything, and kills people.

"And according to the autopsy, He Ling's wound was clean and neat, and it was by no means all the level of an ordinary robber, and the person who shot it must be a rare master," the queen said: "Su Mi, she is a rootless little palace maid, what power is there, of course, only the Ni family will have such a quick reaction and excellent masters to kill people." ”

What a pity for that kid! Now she really needs a child so much, why is her belly so unhappy, Ni Yelin has been pregnant once, why hasn't she ever had one? The queen thought with some regret.

"Then what is Concubine Yunniang going to do?" Yurui consulted the queen's instructions, and now Concubine Yun is still locked up in the backyard of their Fengyi Palace.

"What else can I do? Let's prepare an excerpt for Hongu. The queen said as if laughing at herself and sighing: "The palace naturally has to write a book, asking for the purging of the palace and strict criminal laws." ”

"This time Xifu Palace has worked hard, Concubine Yun will definitely not be able to escape this catastrophe, alas, this palace will not be able to save her this time...... There is only one way to protect yourself. ”

Yurui went to get the fold as she said.

The queen seemed to sit peacefully on the phoenix seat, but there was no leisure in her heart, she began to carefully recall today's events, could there be any mistakes? Can Concubine Su be supported like Concubine Yun? And how to write the next excerpt? ……

At this time, there was a leak outside, and it was already three watches.

She suddenly realized that another lonely night had passed.

The queen put on her robe and stood up, the Fengyi Hall at night was extremely empty and lonely, and she walked past the empty seats everywhere, and she stopped at the second seat on the left, which was the seat where Concubine Yun often sits.

The seating arrangement in the Fengyi Hall was originally not subdivided, but while reflecting the royal majesty and luxury, it imitated the furnishings of ordinary people, with two neat rows of ebony chairs and silver-inlaid small tables on both sides. Perhaps in order to reflect the harmony and deep sisterhood of the wives and concubines of the six palaces, in addition to the fact that the queen's seat is fixed, there is no stipulation which concubine must sit in which seat.

However, the concubines, who had become accustomed to the strict hierarchy of the harem, naturally formed a fixed seat, which was naturally arranged according to the level of their position and the presence or absence of favor. Sometimes, as long as you think about the changes in these positions, you can tell in detail about the changes in this harem.

The queen looked up into the distance, at the back seats. Concubine Yun was an inconspicuous member of the crowd sitting there at the beginning, and in just one year, her position gradually moved closer to her. The queen's gaze slowly moved forward, she had been sitting in the seat in front of her for almost a year, right? It doesn't seem like a long time.

Concubine Yun may have thought that she was going to sit down forever, and the long-term success made her think that she would only move forward and not fall backward...... Her eyes unconsciously looked at the place in the center of the hall, where Concubine Yun was still kneeling and begging this morning.

When people climb up, if it is too smooth and too easy, they will always think that it will be so smooth and easy in the future. They thought they wouldn't fall, but they didn't know that the closer they got to the front seat, the more unstable they usually became.

Therefore, no matter who sits, the seat will not last long, only the top seat, the queen's attention to her phoenix seat, only that seat, will never change.

Turning back to her seat, she straightened up and sat down. Actually, this seat looks gorgeous and shiny, but it is not comfortable to do at all. But there are so many women, for this position, thinking about it and trying their best. She laughed,

At this time, a chill invaded, she tightened her robe, this time the matter should be over like this, but there was a kind of uneasiness in her heart, and she couldn't tell what it was.

Maybe she is too tired, by the way, there is no outsider in the palace now, why does she still have to pose in such a dignified and solemn posture with neat etiquette?

For so long, perhaps she had become accustomed to such a posture, and even if there was no one, once she sat in this seat, she would naturally assume such a dignified and serious posture, as if she was born to match this seat.

She smiled bitterly, this posture was actually surprisingly tiring, and it made people's backaches soon after sitting on it, how she wished she could be like Ni Guifei, lazily reclining on the cushion.

She tried to lean back in her chair and relax.

This time it's Concubine Yun, I don't know who it will be next time?

There is no seat at this time, and I don't know if the concubine will sit here again tomorrow?

It's a new year soon, it's a new draft soon, I don't know what kind of people will come in and what kind of things will be recruited?

"Those assassins, why don't you kill them all?" She couldn't help but murmur softly like this, and shook her head upset, this cold day is really difficult!

There was a knock at the door.

"Who will the emperor call to sleep tonight?" She asked suddenly.

"It's Su Concubine". Yurui, who had just walked in with a fold, was stunned for a moment and replied.

"Hmm." The queen replied with a faint expression, and her voice drifted through the empty hall, surprisingly quiet and cold.

At the end of the third year of Emperor Longhui of Qi Cheng, the first major case of the harem soon came to an end.

The day after the matter was revealed, a eunuch in Concubine Yun's palace insisted that Concubine Yun secretly took a large package of musk when he ordered him to receive things from the Internal Affairs Office, but he didn't know what it was going to be used for, but he still did as he was told. The timing is just right, too.

There was also a palace maid who also testified that Concubine Yun had ordered someone to find all kinds of medicinal materials in the fetal medicine.

……

So this matter is completely confirmed.

Concubine Yun was detained in the queen's Fengyi Palace, and it is said that she cried and begged all day long, scolded Ni Guifei for secretly harming her, and said that she wanted to see the emperor and judge her grievances.

At this time, no one was in the mood to pay attention to her. Just waiting for His Majesty the Supreme to deal with her for the last time, almost everyone can foresee what kind of results will be obtained from poisoning the emperor's heir.

The bright yellow curtain of bright red tassels hung down, enveloping a beautiful scenery, and the smell of incense floated in the air. There are two purple gold incense burners in the corner of the bed, which are curling with a soft scent.

Outside the tent mixed with agarwood crumbs of the thick arm of the dragon and phoenix red candle burned until dawn, through the translucent silk gold tent to look out, everything is reflected in the shadow of the ground, the curtain on the exquisite embroidered dragon and phoenix pattern with the sound of the bed trembled slightly, the teeth and claws, wings soaring a dragon and a phoenix as if alive, vivid.

More leaky voices came in from time to time, and the inside and outside of the tent seemed to be two worlds.

Late at night, after the clouds and rain, Su Mi snuggled in Qi Long's arms infinitely.

"Concubine Yun's matter is really a disappointment for me." After being silent for a while, Qi Long hugged Su Mi and said with a long sigh.

Su Mi said: "The concubine can actually understand her feelings, she has just suffered the pain of losing her child, and it is inevitable that she will be overly sad and do some unreasonable things." Please also ask the emperor to remember that she is infatuated, and the punishment should not be too severe. ”

"She hurt Mi'er's child, but you pleaded for her," Qi Luqi said, "Don't you hate her?" ”

"It's not that the concubine doesn't blame her, but Concubine Yun entered the palace earlier than the concubine, and the concubine has always respected and envied her, and she has never been unfulfilled in serving the emperor, she has always been respectful, considerate and thoughtful, and there is no merit and hard work." Su Mi said softly.

"Hmm......" Qi Long was silent.

Su Mi lowered her eyes, and sure enough, Qi Long still had a little bit of old love for Concubine Yun, so it was enough, what she wanted was her favor, not her life.

However, Concubine Yun's life may not be better than death, according to Ni Guifei's grudgeful nature, I am afraid she will suffer in the future. Su Mi sighed secretly.

"Your Majesty, the women of the commoner's house are still worried about losing the favor of their husbands, not to mention the harem of His Majesty the Supreme of Ten Thousand Times, the emperor's love is heavy, it is more precious than anything else, without His Majesty's favor, it is already the biggest punishment for her, this time, according to the opinion of the concubines, it is better to be lightly haired and demoted to be sealed."

Qi Long looked a little hesitant, "According to the previous rules of this dynasty, it should be ......" He remembered that Concubine Yun was gentle and considerate and graceful in the past, and couldn't help but hesitate, he really couldn't bear to let a woman who was once so close to him suffer that kind of punishment.

"Concubine Yun is also infatuated with the emperor, although she did make a big mistake and cannot be forgiven, but she first lost her child, and now she has gone to His Majesty's favor, such a heavy punishment is enough." Su Mi looked up at Qi Long and said word by word.

"It's still reasonable and magnanimous." Qi Long pondered for a moment, nodded, and sighed. All he has received in the past few days is a request to severely punish Concubine Yun in order to suppress the palace. Including the noble concubines led by Ni Guifei, as well as the queen's.

"The emperor has an overreputation, and the concubines actually have a grudge against her, just because of that group of thugs, the children of the concubines can't be saved in the first place, but I'm afraid that they are destined to be destined and have no reason to be in this world." Su Mi said with a little sadness: "Although Concubine Yun is wrong, her sin is unforgivable and excusable." ”

"That kid is indeed my loss, it was all to save my life, I lost him, even you almost ......" Qi Long couldn't help but tighten Su Mi's hand, and said with palpitations: "The scene of that day, when I think about it to this day, I can't help but be shocked!" ”

"Your Majesty," Su Mi gently stretched out his hand to cover Qi Long's mouth, "The difference between the emperor's words should be that the emperor saved Su Mi's life." ”

"Huh?" Qi Long took advantage of the situation to hold Su Mi's slender hand and asked, "I saved Mi'er's life?" Why did Mi'er say this? ”

"Your Majesty, don't forget, how did Mi'er survive, didn't she escape the catastrophe and save her life by blocking the assassin's fatal sword with that piece of jasper pendant?" Su Mi looked at Qi Long and said solemnly: "What is on the concubine that is not given by the emperor, including that jade pendant." Naturally, it was the emperor who saved the lives of his concubines. ”

Qi Long was moved for a while, and sighed: "How fortunate I am to be accompanied by Mi'er." ”

"There are countless beauties in the harem, and there are countless beauties who are better than Mi'er, which one doesn't want to be by Your Majesty's side forever? Is Mi'er alone? Su Mi hesitated for a moment and said.

"But there is no one who is willing to work hard for me," Qi Long said with a smile: "What I value most is your sincere heart for me." ”

But the sisters are usually respectful to the emperor, and they share their worries and solve problems for the emperor in everything. worked hard just to make the emperor happy. Which one doesn't have no regrets about the emperor. Su Mi asked a little unrelentingly.

"How could I not know their 'affection'?" Qi Long snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "It's not all for their families, begging me to reward this and promote that all day long!" Only Mi'er never thought about herself, it was all for me. There's something I don't know about the affection in this harem......"

"The concubine is not as selfless as the emperor said," Su Mi smiled: "It's not that the concubine doesn't want to seek an official position for her family, since the emperor said so, how about the concubine asking for an official position for the concubine's family today?" She smiled coquettishly.

"Oh, who?" Hearing Su Mi's words, Qi Long became interested.

"Of course it's the concubine's husband," Su Mi looked up and smiled mischievously.

"You little cramped thing," Qi Long paused for a moment before he reacted, and laughed, he hugged Su Mi and twisted her Su Mi's delicate little nose, and kissed her on the cheek.

"Don't laugh at the emperor, the concubine is not nonsense, the concubine's family is the emperor alone," Su Mi pushed him away slightly, with a little sweetness, and said solemnly: "The life and value of the concubine are all given by Your Majesty alone, and no one in the world can match Your Majesty's kindness to Su Mi, of course Su Mi's life is Your Majesty's." ”

Qi Long sighed with emotion: "If those in the harem who only know how to ask for an official to me can reach Mi'er Yicheng, I will be satisfied." ”

"The emperor ......" Su Mi spoke softly, and her shyness was infinite.

Qi Long couldn't help but move, and hugged Su Mi's waist.

"Your Majesty...... Tomorrow is going to be early, how can you ......" Su Mi hurriedly stretched out his hands against Qi Lu's chest and said in disgust.

"It's okay, didn't I say that I would definitely compensate Mi'er for a few good children. Why don't you start ...... now?"

For a time, the scenery was beautiful, and the spring tent was warm......

Xifu Palace.

"Fortunately, this time you are quick with your hands and feet, and the things are put in time, and finally this fox spirit is planted." Ni Yelin said with a smile, and stretched her waist with satisfaction: "On that day, when she was pregnant in this palace and couldn't accept favor, she Qu Yiran probably didn't expect that there would be today." ”

"The mother has won the prize, this is what a slave should do." Xia Zhendao.

"It's just that what happened last time was so dangerous that such an important conversation would be overheard by a little girl. Fortunately, I improvised and took the opportunity to plant Qu Yiran. ”

"The mother is witty, and the slave admires it." Xia Zhen said respectfully. Her praise was sincere, and this time Ni Guifei's move to get out of the shell of the golden cicada was indeed just right.

"By the way, has that girl solved it?" Ni Yelin put down the Jinpa in her hand and asked.

"It's been solved, and there is absolutely no flaw." Xia Zhenhui reported.

"That's good," Ni Yelin nodded, and asked again, "Did you ask anything?" I asked you to inquire about it, but what are the clues? "This time it's too weird, who changed the medicine he sent to musk? Ni Yelin has always been unable to let go, and specially asked Xia Zhen to secretly inquire about Xianglin and the palace people of Caiwei Palace.

"There is not the slightest clue," Xia Zhen shook his head and said, "That Xianglin doesn't know anything." Zheng Guifei didn't seem to tell anyone, she would know about it, and she only happened to overhear it. ”

"There is not the slightest clue...... Could it be that it was Concubine Zheng, and this medicine could only pass through her hands. Ni Guifei was puzzled: "It seems that no one else has ever touched this medicine." ”

The queen's words, she was ordered to take care of Su Mi's fetus, so naturally she would not set herself on fire like this.

"The slave maid also thinks so, I have interrogated the people of Caiwei Palace, and Zheng Guifei seems to have a lot of complaints about Su Concubine. She is very jealous of being favored by a little palace maid but being able to be above her and pregnant with a dragon fetus. Xia Zhen hesitated.

"In this way, it should be Zheng Guifei, the drug of carrot vine is rare, but I am afraid that she is worried that the effect of the medicine is not enough, so she moved again." Ni Yelin said in disbelief, but she still felt that there seemed to be something unspeakably strange about this matter.

"Forget it, let's put this matter aside for a while." Anyway, just by speculating here, I can't think of any clues, Ni Yelin decisively stacked it aside: "Today's facts are a lesson, and this kind of mistake must not be made again in the future." She pondered for a moment and asked, "Where are all those people in Concubine Zheng's palace now?" ”

"The queen called to check for a while, but she didn't ask anything, so she put them back."

"These people can't stay, so I asked Gao Shengnuo to send them to the Forced Labor Division, and after a while, they were all solved secretly," Ni Guifei's eyes flashed with a grim look, and she said coldly: "Lest I don't know which day, there will be any troublesome palace maids and eunuchs who suddenly remember something and come to the palace to find trouble." ”

"Yes." Xia Zhen bowed his head and replied, this sentence ended the lives of more than a dozen people in Caiwei Palace.

Soon after Concubine Yun's charge of poisoning the emperor's heir was completely decided, Qi Long made a decree to deprive Concubine Yun of her title, demote her to a noble position, and go to the Jin Palace, so that she would think about it in front of the wall, introspect on Qing Xiu, and no longer be called to serve. For the crime of poisoning the emperor's heir, such a punishment is considered very light.

After that, there is the punishment of the people involved in this matter, first of all, Zheng Guifei, who is an accomplice, because the person is dead, there is definitely no way to accept the guilt, so the punishment for her is to remove her name from the gold register and deprive her title. Even the funeral was hurriedly buried in the mass grave with the ritual of an ordinary palace maid, Qi Long originally wanted to investigate the responsibility of his family's goddaughter's laxity, but Ni Guifei urged him to stop: "Ordinary folk etiquette still pays attention to marrying and obeying the husband, and it has nothing to do with his mother's family, let alone in the palace." Since the concubines have entered the palace, it is natural that the concubines and queens of the assistant harem should teach etiquette and etiquette, and if the emperor investigates the crime of lax teachings, he should first punish the concubines and others, how can he impose the crime of palace eunuchs on the generals of the court...... "Plus the queen and Su Mi interceded for it, so they were exempted from accountability.

In the Juhe Palace, the palace people who found out that they were related to this matter were punished and degraded. As for the rest of the Caiwei Palace, on the night of the incident, the palace maid Xianglin, who testified, was afraid of the crime and sentenced herself, and the rest of the people found out that they had nothing to do with the matter, but they were not implicated. This matter is completely over.

After the incident passed, during a casual conversation, Mi Qing asked Su Mi: "Although Niangniang's scheming is good, it is just that this incident did not hurt Concubine Ni, but harmed Concubine Yun." “

"Isn't that enough? Without Concubine Yun, who else in this palace can compare with me in the future? Su Mi broke off a branch of golden white plum, gently stroked the half-bloomed flowers on the branch, and said leisurely.

Mi Qing suddenly realized that Concubine Yun had fallen out of favor, Qiyan was pregnant, and who else could compare with Su Mi in the favor in front of Qi Long in the future.

"Could it be that Niangniang planned to ...... from the beginning"

"I'm not a god, where can everything be as I expected. This design is mainly to relieve the queen's suspicions, after all, if I turn against her again, I am afraid that it will be difficult to move even a step in this palace. Su Mi smiled bitterly. The last miscalculation of the sword really taught her a lesson, and made her completely understand the truth of "planning things are in people, and things are done in heaven". No matter how carefully calculated and meticulously planned, there is the inevitable existence of unexpected variables.

"As for the rest, it's just an additional effect, it's just improvisation, even if Xianglin's girl is a little more angry and dares to say the name of Xifu Palace, according to Ni Guifei's power, this matter can't shake her at all, after all, there is no evidence, and Zheng Guifei is dead, and nothing can be explained by the testimony of a girl."

"I don't have a deep foundation in the palace at the moment, and without the queen's support, I can't be a head-on enemy with her at all." Su Mi let out a long sigh.

Mi Qing patted her chest and said with palpitations, "In this way, fortunately, that Xianglin is not worth relying on, and he doesn't dare to tell the truth, so it's better to bring down Concubine Yun." ”

"But what if Xianglin is a little more bold and speaks up to Ni Guifei?" Mi Qing couldn't help but ask again.

"That's not bad, although Ni Guifei is deep-rooted, it is difficult to shake her status based on this matter alone, but murdering the emperor's heir is a big crime after all, coupled with the unclear death of Imperial Doctor He, the queen will inevitably think that it is Ni Guifei's conspiracy. As long as I provoke a little, the emperor will naturally have a grudge against her. It's kind of hurting her. Su Mi gently stroked the white plum in his hand, and the plum blossom branch fell into the snow and sank into half of it.

"Anyway, no matter whether it succeeds or not, which one of them is harmed, I can only win the emperor's sympathy and mercy." Su Mi smiled and looked charming.

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After a long time after the incident, Su Mi suddenly asked one day where the palace maids and inner eunuchs who originally served in the Caiwei Palace were assigned.

Xiao Luzi inquired and replied: "They have all been assigned to the Forced Labor Division, and most of them are dead now." ”

At that time, Su Mi was silent for a while, and then asked, "Who is in charge of sending these people away?" ”

"I heard that it was the meaning of the head of Gao Shengnuo, saying that these are all sinners, and they can't be kept to serve the nobles, so as not to bring bad to the atmosphere in the palace." Xiao Luzi said.

The sinner naturally refers to the natural concubine Zheng. However, the decree of the emperor and the queen at that time clearly stated that none of the palace people in Caiwei Hall knew about it, so except for Xianglin, no one added guilt.

Gao Shengnuo is the person who does so much? Su Mi couldn't help but hesitate, Gao Shengnuo could achieve the position of the head of the Qianqing Palace, he was sleek and thoughtful, and airtight. He has lived in the court for a long time, and he will never add guilt to others for no reason for such a dispensable trivial matter, and do such things that harm others and are not beneficial to himself.

Why did you kill those people in the Rose Palace? Good for whom?

It's Ni Guifei, only she is afraid that someone will leak the secret, so she simply kills them all!

She couldn't help but stand up, Gao Shengnuo turned out to be a member of the Ni family?!

Su Mi thought in a daze, this was the first time she realized that the power of the Ni family might not be as simple as she imagined......