Mu Beiyi's dragon chariot slowly walked forward in the bottomless palace road, and the dim sky was shrouded like a pitch-black flannel, about to uncover the prelude to the truth.

The attendant holding the lamp in front of the guard of honor walked for a while, and saw a few people standing in front of the imperial study. When the light was close and illuminated, I saw that it was Concubine Zhenxian Xiao Xue leading the two palace ladies to drive.

Feng Tang stepped forward and said to Mu Beiyi: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhenxian is asking to see her in front of the imperial study. ”

Mu Beiyi was exhausted, thinking about the affairs of Ji'anfang and Liuzhuguo, and said perfunctorily: "Let her wait, I have important political affairs." ”

Concubine Zhenxian came to see her before dawn, presumably because of an urgent matter. But no matter how important the matter in the inner palace was, it couldn't compare to tens of thousands of dying subjects, so Feng Tang naturally didn't dare to say any more, and retreated silently.

Xue Chuling looked at Luan Jia and never pressed down, and went all the way into the imperial study. She was not in a hurry or angry, and took Gong E, who was buried in her head behind her, and waited in silence.

Besides, this headrest Chun sent Mu Beiyi away, retracted into the quilt with cold hands and feet, and fell asleep again. I can't sleep restlessly in my dreams, I always have nightmares disturbed, and I am extremely light and tired. After sleeping for a while, he heard a noise outside, and woke up as well.

At first glance, the sky is faintly bright.

Su Bai lifted the curtain and came in, helped the pillow spring up, and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, get up and take a look, Father-in-law Feng Tang is here." ”

Feng Tang should not leave the side of the Son of Heaven for no reason, and suddenly come over, there must be something important. Pillow Chun never despised Feng Tang, so he hurriedly got up and went to the warm pavilion: "Your Majesty has announced that Liu Zhuguo has gone, why did Father-in-law Feng Tang come back again?" But why did Your Majesty have an important object left here? ”

Feng Tang saw Pillow Chun come out, and hurriedly approached and said: "Niangniang, go to the imperial study to take a look, Your Majesty is furious at this time, and everyone else is speechless!" ”

"What's wrong?" Pillow Spring asked.

"His Majesty rebuked Liu Zhu Guo in the imperial study because of the epidemic, and ordered Liu Zhu Guo to reorganize all things in southern Xinjiang. Liu Zhuguo was dismissed by His Majesty three or four times, and there was a bit of a collision between the words of the monarch and the minister. Feng Tang was in a hurry to see it, gasped slightly, and said, "It's okay to do this." But as soon as Liu Zhuguo's front foot left, Concubine Zhenxian took Hongyi, the personal palace maid of the Da Xue family, to sue the queen for allegedly poisoning the three princes and the Da Xue family! Your Majesty is angry, I'm afraid it's going to have an attack. ”

"Oh......" Pillow Haru listened carefully, "Oh? ”

"Such an important matter, Emperor Ming's concubine Niangniang is now in charge of the women's pavilion, but she should think about it."

"Hmm...... "Pillow straightened the bun on his head, "I have to see it." She thought about it, and felt that it had come suddenly. Looking up at the bright skylight, my heart suddenly felt a little heavy.

It's coming.

From the Jianghe Hall to the imperial study, it is not too far.

But this journey has been too long.

Pillow Spring passed through the familiar piece of bamboo, picked up the beaded curtain of glass, and then waited for Gong'e to open the blue curtain. Mu Beiyi sat on the top of the imperial study, Xue Chuling stood on one side and wept, and the plain-clothed palace maid kneeling in the hall swore an oath with her hands and fingers.

"Miss Hongyi." Pillow Chun called out a sentence.

Hongyi looked at it sideways and said, "Emperor Ming's concubine." She immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty." Although my master was deposed, he has now died unjustly in the cold palace. But the queen mother first mistakenly found out that the imperial concubine poisoned the three princes first, and then she was found out and blamed on the nurse of my master, and she also killed people to close the case. This is irrefutable evidence! ”

Xue Chuling was gloomy when she heard this, touched the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said: "The queen mother first convicted the Ming Emperor and the concubine, and after Li Guiyi cleared the Ming Emperor's concubine, the queen mother identified the nurse sent by her sister. The nurse was verified by the concubine that she was selected by the ancestor mother of the Xue family to enter the palace. When Sister Yan was alive, although the concubine had a discord with her, the old grandmother was the head of the Xue family and had always been generous and fair. Her old man is already in her old age, and every descendant of the Xue family is happy to take care of her, not to mention her grandchildren, how could she choose a nurse to murder her grandson? ! ”

Pillow Chun carefully covered his heart, pressed the beating, and stepped forward to Mu Bei Yifu: "Your Majesty? ”

Mu Beiyi's gloom was exposed on his face at this moment, and when he saw Pillow Chun coming in, his brows did not stretch. He remembered the funeral where Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi died, and it was Xue Chuling and An Zhenchun, the two women he loved, who spoke left and right and convicted the Great Xue family.

The death of Empress Dowager Zhuang Yi needs someone to atone for the crime, and Da Xue's crime is just right, so he allows it.

The Liu family has been unfavorable one after another, and the three princes are also the blood scabs in his heart. Queen Liu is also in his thoughts.

But thinking so, I saw a purple light cloud outside the imperial study hall, and Pillow Spring looked back and fixed its eyes. Liu Anran held the boiling wine with his left hand, and the flower with his right hand, and walked in in with crooked steps. Her hair was slightly disheveled, and the phoenix crown on her head pressed heavily against the side of the bun, which was overwhelmingly heavy.

"The queen's body hasn't healed, why did she rush over." The corners of Pillow Chun's mouth hooked slightly, and his eyes fell on Liu Anran's pale and blue face.

Liu Anran's body leaned lightly, pulled out his hand from Fenhua's hand, pulled forward and pushed the pillow away from the spring, and scolded: "You actually made such slanderous remarks to Your Majesty!" This palace will do its best to His Majesty, and there will be no two hearts! ”

Pillow Chun's heart moved slightly, his knees softened, and he fell at Mu Beiyi's feet: "The concubine hasn't spoken yet, how can she slander?" As he spoke, his fingertips pointed in Feng Tang's direction, "It's just that Feng Tang's father-in-law came to tell him that His Majesty was angry." The epidemic was raging, and the concubines were worried about His Majesty's body, so they came to comfort him. ”

Xue Chuling saw this scene, and then looked at Liu Anran's purple-clothed phoenix crown, thinking that the childish who had died unjustly was like fire in his heart. She took a step forward and began to play aloud: "Your Majesty Mingjian." Hong Yi is the personal palace maid next to her sister, the old master is dead, there is no need for her to risk killing her head to identify the queen's crime. In order to cover up the crime, the queen casually pointed to a nurse to take the blame, which is a fact! Today, in front of everyone's eyes, indiscriminately slandering the Ming Emperor's concubine, what a sinister intention. Saying that, his heart ached like a knife, "The third prince is the flesh and blood of the concubines and His Majesty, how can the concubines ...... How can you endure the impunity of sinners! How could the queen be so ruthless and poison the three princes of the concubines! ”

Liu Anran was flustered when he heard this, and denied it again and again: "Your son was obviously killed by the quenched blood sealing his throat, and the poison was quenched on the ear hook of the Ming Emperor's concubine, and the palace misjudged it is understandable." ”

"If it is quenched on the ear hook of the concubine, how can it fall into the hands of the nurse?" Pillow Chun stepped forward and grabbed one of Mu Beiyi's little fingers, and begged softly: "At the Zhou Ceremony that day, only Yue Wanyi touched the concubine, and now she wants to come ......."

"The Ming Emperor's concubine is not a treasure, where is it that no one can touch!" Liu Anran scolded angrily.

Mu Beiyi took a slow breath, and looked at Liu Anran's eyes for two more points of exploration. He was silent for a while, and his voice was faintly angry: "Concubine Zhenxian, what you said is very important, except for Hongyi, but there is evidence?" ”

Xue Chuling's eyes were condensed: "Come on, bring the people from the procurement department up!" ”

Outside, Feng Tang avoided slightly, and saw two palace ladies with a female official entering the house. The female officer was in her forties, and her eyebrows were quiet and elegant. She knelt down in front of Mu Beiyi and said, "The Qin family, the head of the procurement department, ask Your Majesty for peace." Greetings to all the ladies and little masters. ”

Liu Anran heard the word "Procurement Division" clearly, and only felt that the cold hairs on the back of his neck were all reversed. It was the crescent moon that poisoned the three princes at the beginning, but it was she Liu Anran who stamped the crescent moon guts from the procurement department of the court! She looked at Xue Chuling, her fingertips trembling: "Slander...... Slander! This is a deliberate slander! ”

Xue Chuling flicked his sleeves, stood in front of the Qin family, and raised his chin slightly: "Master Qin, your family is an old minister of the former Li Dynasty, and when Emperor Taizu entered the customs, he forgave and even sealed your grandfather." The Qin family was blessed by the Son of Heaven, and the Li Dynasty has never declined since then, and the Mu family is kind to you. Now that she is a female official, serving the Son of Heaven, seeing the bloodline of the Son of Heaven being slaughtered, she dares to confess the facts in court! ”

Pillow Chun had to admire Xue Chuling's hateful heart for her son Xue Chou, even a witness from such a deep part of the Procurement Division, she could also find it. Liu Anran this time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cover the sky.

The Qin family was not afraid or impatient, and leaned over and kowtowed: "At this age, a slave and maid can't ask for glory and wealth, but she has a clear conscience." She said to the Son of Heaven, "The slave maid Qin, my grandfather was an internal official who served the former Li Dynasty. After Emperor Taizu entered the customs, not only did he not blame, but also praised his grandfather's loyalty. My Qin clan has served so far, and with innocence and integrity, I don't ask for anything else. Concubine Zhenxian came to the procurement department the day before yesterday to inquire about the entry and exit of the court division in February of the ninth year of Qiwu, and the slaves and maids did not hide it in the slightest. ”

"Something's been found." Mu Beiyi's gloomy voice made Liu Anran like falling into an ice cave.

Xue Chuling's words were sonorous: "According to the records of the Qin master's book, in February of the ninth year of Qiwu, three days before the third prince captured Zhou, Yue Wanyi was still a nobleman at that time. Yue Wanyi said that everything in spring is vivid, because the earlobes are red when wearing earhooks, and she wants to soak the arrow poison wood fruit in water to wipe it. ”

"Dart poison wood fruit?" Mu Beiyi frowned.

Pillow Chun said softly: "The arrow poison wood is a tree in the south, and the fruit can be boiled in water and applied to the red and itchy wounds, which can relieve fever and itching. It's just that this arrow poison ......" she looked at Mu Beiyi's eyes and said softly, "The reason why the arrow poison wood is called arrow poison is because the branches contain sap, and the juice is highly poisonous, and it can be painted as arrow poison. And this kind of curare, because of its severe toxicity, is called blood throat sealing. ”

Qin Shi said sincerely: "It is also common to use the fruit to soak in water to wipe the earlobe. It's just that the name handed over by Yue Wanyi is very strange, she doesn't just want a poison arrow wood fruit, but a branch of poison arrow wood. ”

Pillow Chun made a sudden appearance, looked at Mu Beiyi, and said: "In Lejing, the nobles have worn golden hairpin ornaments and Yingluo ear bells since childhood, so they have pierced their ears since childhood. Yue Wanyi was born in cloth, if the concubine is not mistaken, Yue Wanyi loves to wear glass hairpins and ring clips. The ring clamp did not close, because Yue Wanyi came from a humble background and had no jewelry to match since she was a child, so she never pierced her ears. As he spoke, he pulled his skirt and got up, "In this way, she has never pierced her ears, so why is the red condition of wearing earlobes and earhooks?" ”

Qin Shi responded: "The arrow poison wood is highly poisonous, and it cannot be purchased and appropriated easily, so the slave and maid politely refused the palace sent by Yue Wanyi." As he spoke, he also kowtowed to Liu Anran: "Half a day later, Yue Wanyi took the page of the queen's personal approval and stamp, and came to collect it again. Seeing that Fengyin was like seeing the queen's mother's decree, the slave maid acted according to the order, and this was the only way to send the procurement department to use arrow poison wood. ”

Liu Anran's heart was sluggish, it was difficult to breathe, and he knelt down with a pop, and tears slowly flowed on the placket on his chest: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the matter of February of the ninth year is too far away, and the Qin family is unknowable if he remembers wrongly......

"Queen Mother, the Qin family has served the Son of Heaven for generations, and they can't bear the notoriety of this truth." Qin said, twisted out an envelope from his cuffs and presented it to Mu Beiyi, "The slave felt that this matter was important, so she privately left evidence of this queen's seal." Later, Li Guiyi overturned the case, and Wei Nengwei, the head of Wei Nengwei, who was next to the queen's mother, killed Gong E, who was handled by the Procurement Division, and the slave maid was silent so far in order to survive. Today, if you don't Zhenxian Concubine Niangniang Xiao is righteous, the slave and maid will be ashamed of the name of loyalty to the Qin family for generations with remorse! ”

Qin said sincerely, and kowtowed three times.

Mu Beiyi took the letter and glanced at it slightly, his eyes were full of gloomy anger. He raised his hand and slapped the letter paper on Liu Anran's pale face: "Empress, it's good!" ”

This is the first time that Liu Anran has been slapped in the face by Mu Beiyi, his plain white face has been scratched by paper marks, and his cheeks are covered with heartache and fear. She was stunned for a moment, stepped forward and grabbed Mu Beiyi's upper, and cried: "The concubine doesn't know...... I don't know if I want to kill the three princes! If you give it to your concubines, if you ......"

"If she knew, the queen would have made this choice." Pillow Chun suddenly said, "It was the queen mother who said it herself, because you want to be the queen, you have no choice." You said that the Liu family is now the head of the authority of the court, and mortals should not block the passage of the Liu family......"

Queen Liu's heart froze, and she looked at Zhuchun alone, flustered like a horse: "You framed me, you framed me." ”

"If the queen doesn't do it, without your phoenix seal on the paper, who can frame you?!" Xue Chuling saw that Liu Anran was indisputable, and suddenly knew that what Qingming said was the secret truth. The pain of her loss of a son hit her heart, and she angrily reprimanded, "The Liu family is the head of the court's authority, and they also want to kill the bloodline of the Mu family!" ”

The pillow spring spirit flickered, looking at Mu Beiyi's gloomy face, and he was also afraid. She bit the tip of her tongue, took a handkerchief and wept gently, her head was instigated, and she said sadly: "The An family is trusted by His Majesty, and now they can serve the king, but I don't know that such a thing is also hindering the power of the Liu family." Can...... But the third prince is innocent. The child was young and lovely, smiling joyfully and naïve, and always giggling whenever His Majesty held him in his arms. Although the queen mother has never come out of the palace since she entered the palace, she has also raised Yue Wanyi's child, how can she still be so ruthless. ”

"The third prince of the concubine is dead, and he was poisoned by the queen mother and Yue Wanyi!" Xue Chuling was also sad and uncomfortable when she heard it, and tears fell on the upper of her shoes, her voice was choked, and her feelings were sincere, "The fourth prince of such a moon Wanyi is a noble concubine!" ”

Mu Beiyi raised his eyebrows, or was very annoyed: "The heir born to her humble body has filthy blood, and she wants to be honorable." ”

Liu Anran heard the "filthy blood", and felt that the thunderbolt exploded in his ears. The fourth prince is what she sleeps day and night with the crib rocking, thinking about it all the time. She has no children, she only thinks that the fourth prince is her own flesh and blood, these years of nurturing, but in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, she is a child with filthy blood!

"Your Majesty......" Liu Anran felt that the strength on his body was ruthlessly drained, and he fell to the ground weakly, looking at the embroidery of Longteng Miyu on the upper of Mu Beiyi's shoes, and begged emotionally, "The concubine loves you wholeheartedly......