Chapter 207: Murderous Hearts Rise (II)

When the women had arrived, they came in and said, "The feast is ready." (Reading.com)"

The waiter and the female official led the foreign women to the side hall of Cining Palace, and the foreign women stood according to their grades, and after a while, the queen mother was helped by the female official to walk into the side hall, and all the foreign women hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Get up, I want you to come and talk to me, and you don't have to be formal." ”

Prince An and Princess Zhuang got up first to help the Queen Mother, and the foreign women all stood up.

The Empress Dowager looked down and saw that each lady was slightly bowed, and found Rong Hua, the Empress Dowager laughed, "Mrs. Wu Muhou, come here." ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly looked over, Rong Hua stepped forward respectfully, and the queen mother smiled: "Is the eldest princess good?" ”

Rong Hua said: "The Empress Dowager Lao is worried about the eldest princess, and let me kowtow to the Empress Dowager to say goodbye." He knelt down again.

The Queen Mother hurriedly said, "You kid, get up quickly." ”

Rong Hua stood up and respectfully presented the gift.

The ladies looked over, and the frozen Buddha hand ornaments, although they were expensive, were also common in the palace, and they were not very exquisite.

The Empress Dowager laughed, "The eldest princess always thinks about me, but whenever there is such a thing, she wants to give it to me." ”

She chose the frozen Buddha's hand, because she heard the old lady say that the queen mother likes Shoushan stone and raw stone the most, and the gifts given by the old lady over the years are all such objects, and the queen mother inevitably thinks of the old lady when she sees it, and thinks of the Xue family behind Rong Hua, and has less other suspicions.

The most important thing in the palace is duty and rules.

The gifts sent by the foreign women will not be presented, the most exquisite is the two princesses and Mrs. Cai brought things, Prince An brought a pot of bonsai made of precious stones, red gold, coral, and Dongzhu, Fushou orange.

This pot of delicate Fushou oranges, the ladies in the room couldn't help but be surprised when they saw it.

The Empress Dowager smiled slightly, complaining to Prince An, "Why did you take such a valuable gift." ”

Prince An's originally nervous face suddenly turned into a smile, "It's rare for us to be filial, just like the Queen Mother." ”

The Empress Dowager smiled: "You guys." ”

Rong Hua looked over carefully, and Prince An's gaze turned tightly on the face of the Queen Mother.

Prince Zhuang took the cushions of mutton fat jade and tourmaline beads to honor the queen mother.

The Queen Mother nodded and smiled, and Princess Zhuang brought the mat to the Queen Mother to try.

Rong Hua looked at the comfortable look on the Queen Mother's face, and knew that the Queen Mother must have used this kind of thing often.

Mrs. Cai gave a turquoise green glaze printing box with the word for longevity.

Both the mat and the printing box must be familiar with the daily habits of the Queen Mother in order to be satisfied.

The palace people passed the dishes, the foreign women all sat down, the queen mother gave wine, everyone stood up to thank the grace, and then the banquet was according to the custom, everyone waited until the queen mother raised the chopsticks, and then moved the chopsticks.

This kind of feast is to eat some symbolically, the queen mother waved her hand to the palace people to count the end of the meal, and all the ladies also put down the dishes and chopsticks, and thanked them together.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "You eat more." ”

No matter how dare everyone move the chopsticks again, they all showed a generous and decent smile.

After the current saint ascended the throne, it was forbidden for the ministers to raise dancing girls in their homes, and even the palace sang and danced, even if the queen mother held a banquet, it was only some ceremonial music, and the ladies were also depressed when they sat down, and as soon as the queen mother left her seat, where could everyone sit still, they all got up one after another.

The Empress Dowager smiled: "It's okay, there is a small garden next to it, and the ladies will go and sit there with me." ”

Entering the garden next to Cining Palace, although the ladies were all following the queen mother, most of them could only bow their heads to accompany them, and could not come forward to speak. The queen mother walked to the pavilion in the garden and sat down, there were only a few positions around her, in addition to the two princesses, there were also some idle clans who also stepped forward, Mrs. Cai is the sister of the imperial concubine, and she has entered the palace many times on weekdays, so she was naturally called by the queen mother by her side, and other foreign women such as Rong Hua and Dingnan Boshi Zheng and others did not dare to rush to the front without summons, and only sat on the seats that had already been set up outside the pavilion.

As soon as Rong Hua and Zheng sat down, the palace maid brought up the eight-treasure food plate that had been put together, and then stood aside and waited. Rong Hua and Zheng looked at the flowers and plants in the garden and said a few words from time to time, most of the time they were paying attention to the movement of the queen mother, and after a while, a palace maid came up to change the tea, and the tea was put in front of Rong Hua's eyes, Rong Hua didn't seem to pay attention, and his hand stretched forward and was accidentally burned by the tea bowl.

Zheng's sharp eyes immediately stepped forward with concern, "How is Madame?" ”

Rong Hua curled up his fingers, and the palace maid next to him changed her face and was about to speak, Rong Hua shook her head and said gently: "Don't make a noise, you go down"

The female officer saw the situation here and hurriedly came over to take care of it, Rong Hua smiled and shook her head, "Nothing." ”

The female official glanced at the palace maid sharply, and the palace maid hurriedly retreated.

……

Concubine Jing leaned on the pillow and rested for a while, just let someone bring water up, and before she had time to drink, the palace maid came back from outside and whispered a few words in Concubine Jing's ear.

Concubine Jing's face changed, "How can there be such a coincidence?" ”

The palace maid lowered her head, "The slave asked and asked, it is true." Mrs. Wu Muhou looked over, she was about to speak, who knew that Mrs. Wu Muhou accidentally touched the tea bowl, so she ......"

Concubine Jing smiled slightly, it was really good-looking, she did it like this, so that people couldn't see it at all, and thought it was really a coincidence, these slaves and maids in the deep palace were easily deceived.

"Go again." Concubine Jing commanded simply.

……

The Queen Mother suddenly remembered something, "The lotus flowers in the pond are blooming, let's go over and take a look together." ”

The queen mother likes lotus flowers the most, and the lotus flowers in the palace are also the most beautiful, and the queen mother can get grace to see the lotus, and the ladies hurriedly thanked her.

The weather has been hot in recent days, but today a cool breeze has hit and made people feel cool.

On the white jade arch bridge, Prince Zhuang saw the Zheng family and the Zheng family talking a few words as they walked.

It was not the first time that Zheng and Princess Zhuang had met, and Princess Zhuang suddenly gossiped with her, and she couldn't avoid it, Zheng turned his head to look at Rong Hua in embarrassment, and Rong Hua bowed slightly.

Zheng walked in front, Rong Hua was watching the lotus leaves move with the wind along the arched bridge, and there was a palace maid beside him who said softly: "Mrs. Wu Muhou, Concubine Jing asked the slave maid to come and say that she knew with her wife, Concubine Jing had something to say to her wife," she said in a lower voice, "It's Miss Tao Wu's business, and I also ask Mrs. to be free for a while and go to Concubine Jing's palace to ......."

Rong Hua's heart trembled, he didn't expect Concubine Jing to mention Miss Tao Wu......

The fingers couldn't help but close slightly.

How could Concubine Jing suddenly mention this? Concubine Jing is mentioning Miss Tao Wu now because Concubine Jing already knows that Shuntian Mansion has investigated the case before?

It's not all.

There is no need to file a closed case at this time.

There is only one possibility, Concubine Jing knows the true cause of Miss Tao Wu's death.

In addition to Tao Zheng'an, the eldest lady and Yaohua, other people knew it clearly.

Rong Hua's eyes flashed.

It would be ridiculous to threaten Miss Five's death.

Although she is the daughter of the Tao family, she does not have the slightest intention of looking forward to the glory and wealth of the Tao family. Shuntianfu investigated the case before, and the reason why she temporarily suppressed it was because there was no real evidence, even if it could be confirmed that it was Miss Tao Wu who died of poisoning, there was no way to let the real murderer Tao Zhengan and the eldest lady be punished.

Now that Concubine Jing mentioned this matter, if she really had the ability to make this matter see the light of day, although it would damage her reputation somewhat, she still had to thank Concubine Jing for what she had done.

I'm afraid that Concubine Jing is reluctant to start. Why did Concubine Jing put the Tao family who wanted to rely on her to death, it would not be of any benefit to Concubine Jing.

It's nothing more than a handle.

Although she wanted to know the real cause of her death back then, she couldn't pay such a price for it.

It's really not worth it.

Rong Hua smiled slightly in his heart, but there was a surprised expression on his face, and he was stunned for a long time and hurriedly said: "Go back and tell Concubine Jing Niangniang that the concubine is the wife of a foreign minister and may be inconvenient to go to Niangniang's palace at will," said and looked around, looking like he didn't dare to go, and then raised his head to explain, "I also heard about my fifth sister, Concubine Jing?" After investigation, it was falsely accused, please rest assured. As he spoke, he closed his eyes slightly, turned his head and walked towards the crowd.

Prince and Princess Zhuang happened to turn around, and saw Mrs. Wu Muhou stretching her face and walking over with an indifferent expression, and a palace maid in the distance lowered her head and retreated quickly.

Prince Zhuang's face changed suddenly, Mrs. Wu Muhou was just a delicate and weak little girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, and she spoke respectfully and politely, she thought it would be easy to ...... Who knows......

Prince Zhuang and Princess Zhuang glanced at Wu Muhou's wife Tao carefully, Tao had a calm expression on his face, his eyes seemed to be clear and transparent, and his eyes flashed but he was bottomless.

Xue Mingrui married such a woman, and Princess Zhuang felt a chill in her heart. Dow gradually walked up the bridge, and the figure grew larger and larger in her sight.

Prince Zhuang and Princess Zhuang remembered that Prince Zhuang Zhou Yanning knelt in the palace for a night to ask for guilt for the matter of the Ministry of Works' greed for ink, although the emperor did not blame, the atmosphere at home in those days was depressing.

The prince worked hard to get to where he is today, and he almost fell short.

Wu Muhou Xue Mingrui......

The prince also wants to take him for his own use, that is, the prince has such a broad mind.

She tried her best to discuss countermeasures with Concubine Jing, not only dealing with the imperial concubine, but also making Mrs. Wu Muhou have to stand with them.

Everything was arranged, but I didn't expect that Mrs. Wu Muhou, Tao, a soft and weak little girl, would refuse to follow her wishes from the time she entered the palace to the present.

Prince Zhuang suddenly had a terrible idea.

This is the kind of person who seems harmless but makes people unable to do it.

Wu Muhou Xue Mingrui, there are people like Tao in the inner house, if they don't get rid of it early, they may have endless disasters in the future.

Prince Zhuang thought about it and walked over to Tao step by step.