Su Mei and Xiangmei heard this and their hearts suddenly settled down.

Su Mei blurted out: "Thank you Aunt Zero, since this is the case, I will go back with Xiangmei first." ”

Ling Luo nodded and said, "You guys go back first, everything will wait for the eldest princess to decide tomorrow." ”

After saying that, Scatter left them to sit and eat a cup of tea, and let them go back.

After Su Mei walked out of Wan'an Palace with Xiangmei, she was overjoyed.

His eyes rolled, and he said with a crisp smile: "Xiangmei, I said before that I would take you to the eldest princess or the Empress Dowager Qian, and let them help you get angry, I didn't say it wrong, right?" ”

Xiangmei said with a smile: "Thank you, sister." If I stay by Wan Guiren's side, maybe I will soon even take this life. It's just that I testified against Empress Wu to overthrow Wan Guiren that day, will Empress Wu allow me to be by her side? ”

Su Mei pointed to her forehead and said, "Silly girl, you are also telling the truth, it must be a plan made by Wan Guiren to make you mistaken." Empress Wu is a person who understands righteousness, how can she care about these things with you, don't worry. ”

took Xiangmei's hand and walked towards Kunning Palace.

Xiangmei and Su Mei first went to Yongshou Palace to ask to see Empress Dowager Qian, but to no avail, and then came to Wan'an Palace to ask to see Jian Huaizhen, and sure enough, the news quickly reached Wan Zhen'er's ears.

When Wan Zhen'er heard this, she secretly felt bad in her heart.

"If Jian Huaizhen or Empress Dowager Qian knew about this matter, neither of them would spare her so easily. Although abusing the palace maids is not a big crime, they all thought of themselves as gentle people before. In this way, they knew that they were so ruthless. ”

Wan Zhen'er squinted at Mama Chen and said, "Mama Chen, you came up with a good idea, how can it be good now?" ”

Mama Chen was slightly cramped, she didn't expect things to turn out like this.

She thought for a while and said, "Noble lady, since this is the case, it is better for us to stop doing it and kill Xiangmei." ”

"Kill her, how? She has now run away to Wan'an Palace, if the Emperor is in charge of this matter, what can we do to her? ”

"This lady is relieved."

Mama Chen saluted and said: "Niangniang doesn't know, the eldest princess is not in Wan'an Palace today, she went out of the palace to Huaiming Garden, I heard that she will not be able to come back until tomorrow at the earliest." As long as we kill this Xiangmei tonight, the whole thing will not be implicated in Niangniang. ”

When Wan Zhen'er heard Mama Chen say this, a trace of unconcealable joy suddenly slipped through her eyes, but in an instant, she was drowned in her radiant look.

She shook her head and said, "Your plan won't work at all. Now Su Mei will let Xiangmei come back, presumably hide her in Wan'an Palace, and how can our people enter Wan'an Palace. ”

Mama Chen thought for a while, and she said: "In this way, let the slaves and maids go to investigate again, if they are really hidden in the Wan'an Palace, it will not be too late for us to find a way." ”

Wan Zhen'er hesitated again and again and said: "So far, it can only be like this, Mama Chen, you must do it seamlessly this time." ”

"Please rest assured, the slave knows it," Mama Chen replied as she retreated.

After she went out, she immediately went to the harem to investigate the matter of Xiangmei and Sumei going to Wan'an Palace.

Money can make ghosts grind, and she soon found out that after Su Mei and Xiangmei saw Scatter, they were arranged by Scatter to Queen Wu in Kunning Palace.

After getting the news, Mama Chen hurriedly returned to Wan Zhen'er's palace to discuss with Wan Zhen'er.

When Wan Zhen'er heard the news, she frowned and said, "How is this good?" Now that the queen is locked up in Kunning Palace, she can't go anywhere, but no one outside can enter at will. If you want to execute Xiangmei, how can it be so easy? ”

Mama Chen thought about it, with a gloomy look in her eyes, and she said, "Hmph, as long as there is silver in this harem, there is nothing that can't be done." Rest assured, this matter is wrapped up in the slave. The slave will definitely help the mother get through this hurdle safely. ”

Wan Zhen'er looked at Mama Chen with some surprise, and she asked, "What does Mama Chen want to do?" ”

Mama Chen gritted her teeth and said: "I also ask the mother to give the slave and maid a sum of silver, and the slave and maid will take the silver to the Kunning Palace to buy the great eunuch Gu Lengyi, and then there will be a good show." ”

Wan Zhen'er always felt that this was not appropriate, and she asked again and again: "This Gu Lengyi is a person from the Empress Kunning Palace, can he do things for us?" ”

"Niangniang doesn't know," Mama Chen said with a smile: "There is no other problem with this ancient coldness, but he is very greedy for money, after he saw the silver, he didn't say that it was someone else, even his father and mother He dared to sell it." ”

Wan Zhen'er heard Mama Chen say this, and then she was relieved, she knew that Mama Chen had been in the palace for a long time, and she knew more about the things in the palace than her.

She thought about it for a while, and then said, "Then Mama Chen will go and pay five hundred taels of silver." ”

Mama Chen shook her head and said, "Not enough." ”

Wan Zhen'er was taken aback when she heard this, and said, "Five hundred taels of silver is not enough?" How many taels of silver does it cost? ”

"Niangniang, you also know that Gu Lengyi is a person in the queen's palace, and he is the great eunuch in the queen's palace. Usually it is too late for him to have a few people in the palace, how can he see it in his eyes for only five hundred taels of silver, let alone use this silver to buy a life. ”

Wan Zhen'er didn't know if what Mama Chen said was true or not, she had a layer of frost on her face, and she was shocked in her heart.

She felt that although Mama Chen had a lot of ideas and could help her, if one day she could get ahead in the harem, the first person she would kill would be Mama Chen.

This Mama Chen is so smart, if she can be used by her, it would be excellent, if one day she is used by others against herself, wouldn't she have one more fierce rival in the palace.

Thinking of this, she smiled and said, "Since that's the case, then Mama Chen will do it herself." Mama Chen thinks that as many taels of silver as she can, she can pay as much as she wants, and if it is not enough, there are still some hairpin ring jewelry in the palace that can also be entrusted to Mama Chen. In short, this time there is more please. ”

Mama Chen smiled, and said in a very clear voice: "Since this is the case, the slave will go to do things for the mother." ”

With that, he turned and walked away.

In fact, five hundred taels of silver is indeed not a small amount, although Gu Lengyi is the chief eunuch in Kunning Palace, but the usual monthly money is only a few taels of silver. It is definitely not difficult to buy him off with five hundred taels of silver.

The reason why Mama Chen said in front of Wan Zhen'er that five hundred taels of silver was not enough was because she herself wanted to covet two taels of silver.

Mama Chen went to get 1,000 taels of silver, kept 500 taels for herself, and secretly put the remaining 500 taels away, and went to Kunning Palace to see Gu Lengyi.

At this time, the weather was very cold, the west wind was blowing, and many palace maids and eunuchs hid in the palace and refused to come out, so Mama Chen met very few people along the way.

For the sake of safety, she still picked a small path and walked all the way to the back door of Kunning Palace.

After arriving at the back door of Kunning Palace, she saw a little eunuch guarding there.

Her little eunuch was also known to her, named Xiao Xizi.

She took out ten taels of silver and sent it to Xiao Xizi, and said to Xiao Xizi: "Xiao Xizi, please go and invite Gu Gonggong out, just say that I have something important to find him." ”

Xiao Xizi saw Bai Huahua's ten taels of silver, and he was immediately so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

He glanced at Mama Chen a little strangely, and said, "Mama Chen, what is the matter with your father-in-law Gu?" Grandpa Gu may be serving in front of the queen mother now, I can only go in and help you take a look, and I can't guarantee that I will be able to help you find him. ”

When Mama Chen heard the scolding in her heart, she took out another ten taels of silver and said, "Twenty taels of silver is enough, is it?" ”

Xiao Xizi said happily: "Enough, enough, please wait a while, I'll go and ask Mama Chen to ask for Grandpa Gu." ”

"Okay, thank you. I asked Gu Gonggong to help me sell some jewelry and exchange it for some silver. ”

Xiao Xizi nodded again and again, and he didn't care, just then he just casually asked why Mama Chen was looking for Gu Lengyi.

Because Gu Lengyi does have a way to exchange the jewelry in the palace for silver, and he can also take the silver taels of the palace maids out of the palace, buy things outside the palace, and then bring them back to the palace, which is already a semi-open secret in the palace.

Not long after Xiao Xizi entered, he saw him walk out with Gu Leng Yi.

Gu Lengyi usually doesn't have a deep relationship with Mama Chen, but since Mama Chen followed Wan Zhen'er, her identity is different, and he also treats Mama Chen with his own eyes.

Gu Lengyi came to the back door of Kunning Palace and saw Mama Chen.

Mama Chen beckoned him to come over, and whispered to him: "Grandpa Gu, I have a big deal with you, can you help me do it?" ”

Gu Leng glanced at Mama Chen a few times and said, "Come and hear it and see if I can help you." ”

Mama Chen said to Xiao Xizi: "Xiao Xizi, Grandpa Gu asked you to go back and rest first." Now that the wind is strong and the weather is cold, Gu Gonggong will help you keep watch for a while. ”

Xiao Xizi was overjoyed when he heard this, so he bowed to Gu Lengyi, turned around and walked in.

Gu Lengyi felt very strange, I don't know why the two of them just met, and Xiao Xizi is not an outsider, why should he be transferred.

Before he started to ask, Mama Chen had already said, "Father-in-law Gu, the remuneration for entrusting you with this service is three hundred taels, what do you think?" ”

Gu Leng Yi was shocked when he heard this.

He was frightened by the number put forward by Mama Chen, usually the palace concubines' monthly salary is only a few dozen taels, and he doesn't have much silver in his hand.

Now that he heard that Mama Chen opened her mouth for three hundred taels, he naturally couldn't help but be surprised, but he also knew that since Mama Chen was willing to pay a lot of money, it must be unusual to find him.

He asked, "Mama Chen, what are you looking for me?" Let's talk about it first, and then talk about the price. ”

He said word by word extremely hard, and listening to it in Mama Chen's ears made Mama Chen feel a little weird.

Despite this, Mama Chen still said: "Actually, what I did with you is not very difficult, I heard that Xiangmei was taken to the queen's palace, how about Grandpa Gu help me solve it?" ”

Her voice sounded very calm, but Gu Lengyi was taken aback by her calmness, and he said, "What did you say? Three hundred taels of silver let me solve the Xiangmei, why? ”

Mama Chen smiled, her confident sneer, which made Gu Lengyi feel a little surprised.

Mama Chen smiled: "Actually, it's not a big deal, this Xiangmei offended our noble lady, and this girl went to Wan'an Palace to sue our noble lady under the instigation of Sumei's girl." The father-in-law also knows that although the scattered is nothing, but behind her is the eldest princess, the eldest princess likes to meddle in things the most, and Xiangmei must be willing to take care of this matter. When the time comes, if it is investigated and pursued to our noble people, it will always be bad, so I specially came to Tuogu Gonggong. ”

Gu Leng thought for a moment and said, "Why did you come to our house?" Isn't Xiangmei a person in your palace, and if you kill her, wouldn't it be much easier than me? ”

Mama Chen sighed and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Gu, if I can kill her, where can I use it to work for your father-in-law Gu!" Everyone knew that she was not a vegetarian, and she was afraid that Wan Guiren would take revenge on Xiangmei, so she ordered Su Mei to take that Xiangmei to Kunning Palace with her, so that Xiangmei would hide in the queen's mother, and our nobles would not dare to touch her. In this way, when the eldest princess comes back tomorrow, we will be punished. ”

"Oh? So is killing Xiangmei what you mean or what do you mean? Gu Lengyi's eyes were dripping and he looked at Mama Chen.

"Of course I mean, how can this have anything to do with Wan Guiren, Wan Guiren doesn't know about this matter at all." Mama Chen said immediately.

She knew that the reason why Gu Lengyi asked this was not that she really cared about who wanted to kill Xiangmei.

In fact, he has been in the palace for so long, he is a treacherous and slippery, how can he not know that the killing of Xiangmei must have been planned by Wan Zhen'er behind the scenes, otherwise Mama Chen would not have such courage.

The reason why he asked this was nothing more than to raise the price.

"Really? It turns out that this matter was planned by Mama Chen, although our family has always had a good relationship with Mama Chen, but everyone knows that killing people in the harem is a big crime. If the boss blames it, three hundred taels of silver can't be exchanged for life? Gu Leng said seriously.

Mama Chen smiled and said, "Originally, I brought five hundred taels of silver, but I sent Xiao Xizi to invite you just now, but twenty taels have been taken away by that kid, and there are still four hundred and eighty taels left here, what does Father-in-law Gu think?" If Father-in-law Gu thinks that four hundred and eighty taels of silver is not enough, then I have nothing to say. Anyway, even if the eldest princess pursues it, our noble lady will be guilty of harshly criticizing the palace maid at most, and it will not be a big crime in the future. ”

Gu Lengyi thought about it in his heart, he felt that this deal was still worth it, and he could get four hundred and eighty taels of silver by killing one fragrant plum, which was enough for his monthly money for several years.

What's more, Xiangmei is an insignificant character, if she doesn't take this job, maybe someone else will take it.

Thinking of this, he pretended to be a little embarrassed and nodded: "Forget it, I didn't want to do this thing originally, but Mama Chen, you opened your mouth, and this matter is to help Wan Guiren do things, so our family will make it difficult for him once." ”

Mama Chen is as cunning as a fox, of course she knows what Gu Lengyi is thinking, the two of them are just intriguing with each other.

She didn't show it at all, and said with a smile: "Since this is the case, it will be entrusted to Father-in-law Gu, and the three hundred taels of silver can be regarded as a deposit for Father-in-law Gu." After the matter is completed, Gu Gonggong will come and ask me how about the remaining 180 taels? ”

Gu Leng nodded, took the silver and said, "In that case, okay." ”

After Mama Chen bought Gu Lengyi, she went back to Wan Zhen'er's palace to report to her.

After Gu Lengyi received the silver, he was very happy in his heart, and he felt that this was a chance for God to give him a chance to make a fortune.

After he went back, he immediately inquired with the palace maids and eunuchs, and sure enough, Su Mei brought Xiangmei to Kunning Palace, and now Su Mei is taking Xiangmei to see Queen Wu again.

Gu Lengyi decided to wait for Su Mei and Xiangmei to meet Empress Wu.

Let's say that Su Mei took Xiangmei to see Queen Wu, the queen was concentrating on copying Buddhist scriptures, Su Mei took Xiangmei to her and knelt down with a "plop".

Su Mei lowered her eyebrows and said, "The slave knocks to see the queen." ”

Empress Wu was taken aback by her actions, so she raised her head and said, "You got up and spoke first, why did you kneel?" ”

She glanced at Xiangmei as she spoke, and was a little surprised to see that Xiangmei had vague tears on her face, as if she had just been in pain, but she still said, "You guys got up first, what happened?" ”

Su Mei took Xiangmei's hand and stood up, and she told how Xiangmei was abused in Wanzhen'er Palace, and how the two of them went to Wan'an Palace to complain.

In the end, she said: "Aunt Zero is afraid that Wan Guiren will be unfavorable to Xiangmei, so she ordered the slave maid to bring Xiangmei to Kunning Palace for the time being, and ask for the protection of the queen's mother. ”

Empress Wu smiled a little self-deprecatingly and said, "Ask for the protection of this palace?" At this time, the palace is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and it is difficult to protect himself, who can he bless? ”

Empress Wu's words were just self-deprecation, but when she heard Xiangmei's ears, she felt that Empress Wu's words meant to expel guests, so she immediately burst into tears and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, the last thing was that the slave and maid were sorry for you, and if you want to drive the slave away, the slave and maid have nothing to complain about." ”

Empress Wu was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the last time Wan Zhen'er framed her and caused her to lose her child.

She smiled and said, "This palace doesn't blame you, in fact, what happened last time has nothing to do with you." Last time, you brought white fungus lotus seed soup, and from your point of view, it was indeed the palace that overthrew the nobles. In fact, the situation at that time was not like that, it was Hongu and Wan Guiren who were enjoying the plums, she suddenly took Hongu's hand and put it on her stomach, and then she fell down by herself. Bengong was also very curious at the time, why she did this suddenly, but now that she thinks about it, she just saw you come with white fungus lotus seed soup and wanted you to help her be a witness. ”

"Yes, it's Xiangmei who is not good, she has been used by thousands of nobles, and she asks the queen to punish her."

Xiangmei knelt down on her knees with a "plop" as she spoke, her face full of remorse.

"Alright, alright, don't say that anymore, what's the point. You are just ordinary palace maids, and you are only used in the palace, so you can't blame you for this. Since Zero Luo ordered you to take refuge in Kunning Palace for the time being, then you can hide here, everything will wait for the eldest princess to come tomorrow, and the eldest princess will definitely give you justice. ”

When Su Mei heard Empress Wu say this, she was immediately overjoyed and said, "Thank you Empress Wu for saving her life." ”

Empress Wu smiled: "Okay, okay." Su Mei has been with the palace for so long, and she is loyal to the palace, and most of this incident is because of the palace. If Su Mei hadn't gone to the door that day to help the palace send away the ten thousand nobles, it wouldn't have affected Xiangmei, so the palace was still a little sorry for Xiangmei. ”