The six people kneeling in the hall became more and more nervous, and in the end, Si Yue trembled with fear without even doing anything to himself.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Si Yue said lightly: "Start with the first one on the right, let's talk about what's going on." ”

The first one on the right was a little eunuch, and when he heard Si Yue ordering him, he was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, "Your Majesty, the slave is on duty tonight, but he is guarding the palace gate outside, and he doesn't know how the water is inside, and the slave really doesn't know at all." Just this afternoon, the girls in the palace made a lot of paper lanterns and hung them on some trees in the palace......"

When he said this, he stopped, looked around a little frightened, but didn't see any indication from Si Yue, so he had to bite the bullet and continue to say: "When the slave heard someone in the palace call for water, several trees in the courtyard near the house where the noble man lived were burned......

"Hmm." Si Yue nodded, and with a slight turn of his gaze, he turned to the other little eunuch beside him.

"The slave Xiaoxia is guarding the door outside the palace with him, and what he sees and knows is exactly the same as the summer solstice." The little eunuch hurriedly kowtowed, and said, "It's just that there is one more point, ...... this afternoon" He paused slightly, looked up at Si Yue and hurriedly kowtowed vigorously, and said in a low voice: "It's just that in the afternoon, the slave saw the Xia Lian girl next to the imperial concubine come over, saying that she came over on the order of the imperial concubine." It is said that the things used to make lanterns were all from the imperial concubine last time......"

Lin Su, who had been watching coldly, never thought that this fire would burn on his body, and he was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then slowly stood up and saluted.

"It's just a Lantern Festival, and the use in the harem is naturally distributed by the Internal Affairs Office one by one, and the concubines have already told the Internal Affairs Office, so how can they reward the nobles alone." Lin Su was not in a hurry, and his speech was clear. She looked up at Si Yue directly, and even had a smile on her face, "What's more, the concubine obviously knows that the noble people are serving at the Queen Mother on weekdays, even if they send someone to reward them, I'm afraid that they will send someone to the Queen Mother to inform them of one or two." ”

Only then did Zhou Shude stand up and kneel beside Lin Su, "The concubine really hasn't heard that the imperial concubine has rewarded the concubine with anything. She turned her head to look at Lin Su, and then looked at the palace maids who were kneeling, "And after the concubine returned to the palace, I didn't hear anyone say that the imperial concubine Niangniang rewarded the bamboo sticks, paper and other things for making lanterns." ”

Si Yue stretched out his hand and raised it slightly, "You two get up, sit down and listen carefully to what these minions will say." ”

Lin Su got up and helped Zhou Shude with his hand, only then did he realize that the other party's hands were trembling slightly, and he didn't know if he was afraid or for what.

The two of them sat down next to each other, Zhou Shude picked up the teacup in a little panic and held it in his hand, while Lin Su calmly looked at the other four palace maids present.

"These four palace maids are serving by the side of the noble people, and the noble people will tell me how they are on weekdays, right?"

"This is Qiqiao, Zhongyuan, Shangyuan, and the Dragon Boat Festival." Zhou Shude raised his head at this time, and there was still some uneasiness in his voice, "Something happened tonight, and it was the beggar who kept vigil who found out in time and woke up the concubine, so that the concubine was spared." ”

"Beggar?" Si Yue raised his eyebrows slightly, "Tell me what's going on?" ”

Only then did Qi Qiao raise his head and said in a low voice: "The slave and maid kept vigil, but in the afternoon, they accompanied the palace sisters to make palace lanterns, so they fell asleep in a daze in the second half of the night." She trembled slightly, "A fire suddenly broke out in the middle of the night, and the light of the fire reflected in the window, and the concubine woke up, and when she saw that the momentum outside was not right, she immediately rushed into the inner room to wake up the noble people......"

"Then the imperial concubine sent Xia Lian to your palace ...... reward?" Si Yue took a deep breath and looked at the four palace maids kneeling on the ground, "Since the eunuch guarding the door said that he saw Xia ......" He looked at Lin Su, Lin Su nodded: "Xia Lian, I have been learning to do things by Xia Yan's side all these years, and now I can be regarded as being able to take charge of myself, so the concubines often send her out to send some things to the sisters in the palace." ”

"Xia Lian, did she really send a reward in the past?"

Qi Qiao raised his head hesitantly, looked at Zhou Shude, and then said in a low voice: "Yes." ”

Zhou Shude's eyes widened suddenly, and she wanted to speak, but she suddenly spoke: "In addition to sending some things to make palace lanterns, Miss Xia Lian also sent a lot of candles. It is said that it is specially used in the Fuliu Palace, and there is no other palace, and it is only given to our nobles. Some of those candles haven't run out......"

"Always rich." Si Yue shouted in a deep voice, and Chang Fugui immediately stood up and bowed down and waited for the order, "You went and fetched those candles." He didn't even look at Lin Su. Lin Su slightly hooked the corners of his lips and glanced at Zhou Shude slightly. Zhou Shude seemed to have been looking at her, and immediately shook her head slightly when she saw this, "The concubine really doesn't know anything about this......"

Lin Su put his hand on her hand slightly, patted it gently, and signaled her not to be impatient.

Such a framing that can be easily debunked does not look like the delicate-minded Zhou Shude would do it. It's just that it is not easy to buy off the eunuchs and palace maids around her. And the people in the harem who can easily do this......

Lin Su only felt a slight chill in her heart, if it weren't for the fact that she had always been strict with her Fuliu Palace, she was only afraid of ...... will also be framed by such means.

It's just Zhou Shude...... Lin Su's eyes darkened slightly, and he knew in his heart that even if this matter could be found out clearly in the end, he was afraid that Si Yue would be completely tired of her.

The person who started it was really vicious...... If she burned Zhou Shude directly, I was afraid that she would also find out the truth, and she would not be able to hurt Lin Su in the slightest, but would make Si Yue feel even more distressed about Lin Su. And now, even if the truth is found out, I'm afraid that Si Yue will still have a suspicion or two in her heart, right?

Thinking of this, Lin Su looked up, just opposite Si Yue's eyes, and saw that Si Yue seemed to have a trace of concern in his eyes, and he didn't know why, he felt as if he had been burned in his heart. My nose was slightly sore, and I felt like I wanted to cry.

She hurriedly lowered her head and held back the feeling of wanting to cry, but when she looked up again, it was Chang Fugui who came in, and Si Yue had already looked away.

"There is a fire in the palace of the noble people, it is said that the candle given by the imperial concubine has been burned almost, and the slave has been looking for a long time, and then he has found most of the unused one. Your Majesty, please look at ......" Chang Fugui said and took a step forward with the tray, bowed down and sent it to Si Yue.

Si Yue looked down, and his face instantly became gloomy.