Xiangmei has followed Wan Zhen'er for so long, Wan Zhen'er has never spoken to Yan Yuese a few times, and now seeing that Queen Wu is very virtuous and virtuous, she speaks softly and understandingly, she can't help but be amazed, and said sincerely: "Queen Wu is the best person in the world." ”

Empress Wu smiled, continued to copy her Buddhist scriptures, and ordered Su Mei to take Xiangmei down to arrange a room to rest.

After Su Mei took Xiangmei down, she found a room next to her, let her stay temporarily, and went to the kitchen to get food for her.

Xiangmei burst into tears and said, "Sister, I didn't expect things to turn out like this, thank you very much." ”

"My sisters are polite, don't worry, when the eldest princess comes tomorrow, I will beg the eldest princess and ask the eldest princess to let you serve the queen with me. At that time, you won't have to endure hardships anymore, and you can see how good the queen mother is to people. ”

"Well, it's just that you said that the eldest princess is willing to listen to us?" Xiangmei looked at Su Mei a little innocently.

Su Mei nodded very firmly, and said solemnly: "The eldest princess is not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong, she will definitely listen to us, and will also help us punish Wan Guiren, I believe that Wan Guiren will not dare to frame the queen mother in the future." ”

Su Mei raised her fist as she spoke, and said angrily.

The two sisters talked and laughed and talked for a long time.

Queen Wu came here to live temporarily because of Xiangmei, so she didn't want Mei to accompany her to copy the scriptures, so she could accompany Xiangmei more.

The two chatted until nightfall, and the wind outside was a little stronger, so Su Mei saw this and said to Xiangmei: "Sister rest, I'll go to the main hall to see the queen first." The sky suddenly changed, the wind was a little strong, and the queen mother must have been a little cold alone in the main hall, so I went to send her a silver charcoal stove, and by the way added some clothes for her. ”

Xiangmei took Su Mei's hand and said with some reluctance: "Sister, you can sleep with me tonight, I am not used to sleeping in this strange place alone." ”

Su Mei laughed and said, "You are not a child anymore, why do you want me to sleep with you, are you still afraid of the dark?" ”

"I, I'm just afraid of the dark, I want my sister to sleep with me." Xiangmei said with a smile.

Su Mei looked at the scars on her hands with some pity and said, "Okay, okay. I'll go to the main hall first to help the queen add some clothes, send a silver charcoal stove, and I'll come back to sleep with you in a while. Although there are palace maids and eunuchs in the main hall, no one is as careful as my Sumei. ”

After speaking, she said goodbye to Xiangmei and went to the main hall to send clothes and charcoal to Queen Wu, but she didn't expect that this farewell would become a permanent secret.

After Gu Leng saw that Xiangmei and Su Mei came out of the queen's place, they had been observing their every move in the dark.

He saw that Su Mei arranged Xiangmei in the room next to him, and he was always looking for an opportunity to start, but this Su Mei had been tired of being with Xiangmei, making it difficult for him to have a chance to start, and he couldn't help but be very anxious.

Mama Chen spent 480 taels of silver to kill someone, and he felt that it was worth it so he moved Xiangmei, but he knew that Su Mei could not be killed.

Su Mei is the most popular palace maid next to the queen, and she is very trusted by the queen.

If there are three long and two short, the queen blames him, and he can't afford it.

What's more, although the queen is out of power now, everyone knows that the queen's naming is a big crime, but the emperor only punished her slightly, which shows that the emperor is still very affectionate to the queen.

Gu Lengyi had been watching outside, and finally waited until Su Mei came out of Xiangmei's room, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.

He saw that Su Mei went to get the silver charcoal stove and the queen's clothes and walked away, and knew that the opportunity to kill Xiangmei had come.

Thinking of this, he took a dagger and went to the house where Xiangmei lived and knocked on the door.

He knocked for a while, and Xiangmei heard it inside, thinking that Su Mei was back, and said with a smile as he went to open the door: "Sister, aren't you going to send a charcoal stove and clothes to the queen's mother?" Why did you come back so quickly, did you forget to bring something? ”

She smiled as she opened the door.

What appeared in front of her was the eunuch Gu Lengyi, she was stunned, raised her eyes and asked, "Who is my father-in-law?" ”

Gu Lengyi glanced at him and said with a smile: "I'm not an outsider, I'm Gu Lengyi, the big eunuch in this Kunning Palace, and I'm in charge of everything in Kunning Palace." I heard that Somei brought you here, so I came to ask if you needed anything. ”

Seeing this, Xiangmei felt very warm in her heart, and hurriedly said: "I don't need anything, this palace is very good, whether it is the queen's mother, all the fathers-in-law and sisters." ”

Gu Leng Yi sneered and said, "Since that's the case, it's fine." Where's So-mei? ”

Xiangmei said: "Go and send charcoal to the queen." ”

"Oh."

Gu Lengyi continued to sneer: "Then I'll talk to Miss Xiangmei, how about waiting for Su Mei to come back?" ”

Although Xiangmei felt that it was a little bad to talk with the big eunuch in the same house, how could this big eunuch also be the head of the inner room of Kunning Palace, if she rejected him, it seemed a little unreasonable.

Therefore, she nodded and said, "Then father-in-law, please come in." ”

Gu Leng closed the door as he spoke, he sat down at the table with Xiangmei, and he asked Xiangmei, "I don't know why the girl suddenly came to Kunning Palace, but is there something wrong?" ”

Xiangmei didn't want to reveal her affairs to more people, so she said, "It's nothing, I'm just coming here for one night." Because my sister misses me, the queen mother specially allowed it. ”

"Oh, I see."

Gu Lengyi was talking to Xiangmei without a match, and he knew that he had to kill Xiangmei quickly. Otherwise, if Sumei comes back after a while, there will be no chance.

He said to Xiangmei: "Our family feels a little thirsty, I don't know if the girl has tea here?" ”

Xiangmei said, "Yes, I'll pour it for my father-in-law." ”

After saying that, he stood up and poured him tea.

Gu Lengyi took advantage of Xiangmei's tea to pour tea, took out a golden dagger from his sleeve, and he plunged the dagger straight into Xiangmei's back, and the dagger was stabbed straight into Xiangmei's vest.

Before Xiangmei could make a sound, the whole person lay on the ground, and the teacup was knocked to the ground, making a crisp "crackling" sound.

Gu Lengyi stretched out his hand and probed Xiangmei's snort, and found that she had died of anger.

Gu Lengyi gasped, he wanted to run away, but after thinking about it, he felt that if he escaped like this, this matter would soon be known to others. It's better to clean up the scene temporarily, preferably to create the illusion of Xiangmei's suicide.

Thinking of this, he picked up the broken teacup, found a rag to wipe off the water and blood stains on the ground, and then carried Xiangmei to the bed.

He took the dagger out of her waistcoat, held it in her hand, and stabbed her in the chest to give the illusion that she had committed suicide.

Gu Leng thought about it, and then pulled up a quilt and put it on Xiangmei's body.

After doing all this, he quietly walked out of Xiangmei's room.

After walking out of the room, he looked around and saw that there was no one, so he breathed a sigh of relief and hid back in the shadows, paying attention to every move.

After Su Mei went to the main hall to send a charcoal stove and clothes to Queen Wu, she rushed back to sleep with Xiangmei.

She walked outside Xiangmei's house and found that the lights were turned off in the house, and she felt a little strange, so she pushed open the door and walked in.

As he walked, he shouted, "Xiangmei, Xiangmei." ”

She shouted a few times, but no one in the house answered, and she felt a little strange in her heart, so she stepped forward and touched it with her hand, and it touched the quilt.

She found a person under the quilt, and her heart was settled.

She thought that Xiangmei, the girl, must be tired after tossing all day, so she didn't wait for herself and slept alone first. Let's let her fall asleep first.

After thinking about it, Su Mei walked out gently, and after tiptoeing outside, she closed the door again and returned to her room.

Gu Lengyi observed in the dark and was very proud to find that after Su Mei came back, there was no such thing that Xiangmei was dead.

He immediately left Kunning Palace and went to Wanzhen'er Palace to find Mama Chen and ask for the remaining one hundred and eighty taels of silver.

Gu Lengyi also knew that this matter was not easy to publicize, so he went through the back door.

walked to the back door, and the guard in the back door was a confidant eunuch of Mama Chen, named Xiao Dongzi.

Gu Lengyi said to Xiao Dongzi: "Go and invite your Mama Chen out, just say that Gu Lengyi, the head of the inner room of Kunning Palace, came to discuss something with her." ”

Xiao Dongzi had already been instructed by Mama Chen, and knew that Gu Lengyi was the one who did things for her, so she was not slow at the moment, and immediately rushed to Wanzhen'er Palace to invite Mama Chen out.

Seeing Gu Lengyi, Mama Chen stepped forward and asked, "How are things going?" ”

Gu Leng Yi nodded and said, "Xiangmei has been killed by me. ”

When he said this, he had a very cold look on his face.

Mama Chen was overjoyed and said, "Thank you to your father-in-law in this way." ”

After saying that, he turned around and planned to walk in.

"Are you going to leave now?" Gu Leng glanced at Mama Chen and said.

Mama Chen let out a soft "um" and said, "If I don't leave now, and someone finds out that we are together, won't there be a lot of trouble." ”

When Gu Leng heard this, his tone suddenly became extremely indifferent, he glared at Mama Chen, and said, "Mama Chen, don't forget the remaining one hundred and eighty taels of silver." ”

"One hundred and eighty taels of silver? Is there such a thing? Didn't I give you five hundred taels before, why do you still come to me and ask for silver? ”

Gu Leng was stunned for a moment, knowing that he had been put on a position by Mama Chen.

Suddenly, his expression became ugly, and he sneered: "Mama Chen, you'd better not play these tricks with me." If you don't hand over the money, we'll split up, and I'll go tell the queen mother about you asking me to kill Xiangmei." ”

"Oh?" Mama Chen's originally calm face showed a more calm smile, she approached Gu Leng to look at his indifferent face, and said, "Okay." If you're not afraid of death, just go and tell the queen. When the time comes, see if it is you or me who will be punished, I am not afraid. ”

After saying that, he planned to go inside.

Gu Lengyi stared at Mama Chen's back fiercely from behind, and he said word by word: "Okay, since Mama Chen is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust." The queen mother has always been kind, and if she had known that I had been forced to kill Xiangmei, I would not have been held seriously responsible. But you, Mama Chen, are different, do you think Wan Guiren will let you go? In that case, we'll see.

After saying that, turn around and leave.

Gu Lengyi's words fell on Mama Chen's heart, and her heart suddenly became cold.

She knew that Gu Lengyi was telling the truth, so she turned around, hurriedly walked in front of Gu Lengyi, grabbed him with one hand and said, "Okay, okay." I made a joke with Gu Gong just now, one hundred and eighty taels of silver, right, Gu Gong waited, I will take it out for you immediately. ”

Gu Lengyi's face turned very dark, like a terrible death, as if he wanted to devour Mama Chen.

He sneered and said, "Now one hundred and eighty taels of silver is no longer enough, unless you give me another five hundred taels of silver, Mama Chen, we will break up." ”

After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.

Mama Chen originally wanted to be greedy for Gu Lengyi's one hundred and eighty taels of silver, but she didn't expect to be calculated by him instead, a wave of anger surged into her heart, and she roared angrily: "Gu Lengyi, you are almost done, since you want to shake things out, just shake it, and then it's a big deal to break up." ”

Gu Lengyi stared at Mama Chen coldly and said, "Three hundred taels, you can't do anything less." ”

Mama Chen sighed, and helplessly walked back to get three hundred taels of silver and sent them to Gu Lengyi.

Gu Lengyi accepted the money, and then left happily.

Although Mama Chen was a little depressed in her heart, she thought that the silver she had paid from Wan Guiren was one thousand taels, and now she had spent more than six hundred taels, and there were nearly four hundred taels of silver left, and she could be regarded as earning, so she relieved her complexion again.

Let's say that Su Mei didn't know about Xiangmei's killing, so she went to sleep.

Empress Wu copied Buddhist scriptures in the main hall, and she didn't know much about what was happening here.

At about noon the next day, Jian Huaizhen came back from Huaiming Garden.

She went to Huaiming Yuan more and more often, because in this harem, it was difficult for her to find friends who really belonged to her, except for Scatter, she didn't know who she could talk to.

But Tong Jiang Shaoheng, Fang Xiao, Ji Qihan and others are different, these people are like her brothers and sisters.

As soon as Jian Huaizhen returned to Wan'an Palace, he stepped forward and asked with a smile, "How is the eldest princess doing outside?" ”

Jian Huaizhen said with a smile: "But it's really good, Huaiming Garden is really a good place, so I don't want to come back every time I go out of the palace." On the contrary, this palace is deserted, but I don't know what is interesting. ”

Seeing that Jian Huaizhen was still intoxicated by the beautiful scenery outside, and her attitude was like that of a child, she couldn't help but laugh "hee-hee", and she went to make tea and brought it to Jian Huaizhen while laughing.

Jian Huaizhen took a sip of tea, turned around and asked Lingluo: "Zero, this palace is not in this palace, is there something going on in the palace?" But are there people who are making waves? ”

Scattered on the side said slowly: "The eldest princess is right, there will never be an incident in these six palaces. In your absence, a lot of things did happen in this house. ”

"Oh? What the hell is going on? Tell me about it. Jian Huaizhen asked.

Scattered then slowly said the matter.

She told Wan Guiren how to go to Kunning Palace to ask to see Empress Wu, but Empress Wu avoided it and ordered Su Mei to send Wan Guiren back. After going back, how Wan Guiren abused Xiangmei was discovered by Su Mei.

How did Xiangmei and Sumei go to see Empress Dowager Qian, but they were blocked outside the palace, and they came to Wan'an Palace to ask to see Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen said to her about her absence.

After hearing this, Jian Huaizhen frowned and pondered, and then asked Zero: "Where are Su Mei and Xiangmei now?" You're not going to let Xiangmei go back to the palace of the nobles, are you? If Wan Guiren is really a woman with a heart like a femme fatale, how can she let Xiangmei go? ”

"Don't worry, princess. I've been with you for so many days, and I still know your style. ”

Scattered smiled and said: "Until now, I have always felt that Empress Wu is a kind person, so I ordered Su Mei to take Xiangmei to Empress Wu's Kunning Palace to hide first, and wait for the eldest princess to come back and deal with everything." ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded slightly and praised, "Your idea is good." If Wan Guiren was really a person with a heart like a snake and scorpion, she wouldn't dare to go and make trouble if she hid Xiangmei in Kunning Palace. And if the queen is a kind person, she will naturally take Xiangmei in, if she is also a scheming person, she will not move Xiangmei at all, so as not to provoke herself. ”

Hearing Jian Huaizhen praise himself, his face turned slightly red, and he saluted: "Thank you for the praise of the eldest princess, what should we do next?" ”

Jian Huaizhen thought for a while and said: "Zero, you go to Kunning Palace in person, and bring Xiangmei and Sumei to the palace, and say that the palace wants to find them and has something to ask them." ”

Scattered immediately said: "Obey the decree of the eldest princess." ”

After speaking, she left Wan'an Palace and went straight to Kunning Palace, which was already noon.

Su Mei got up early in the morning, she saw that Xiangmei didn't eat last night, and was about to let her sister come to eat together, but knocked on the door a few times, and saw that Xiangmei didn't respond.

Where did she think that there were still people plotting against Xiangmei in Kunning Palace, she only thought that Xiangmei was too tired yesterday and slept too deeply.

After thinking about it, he decided not to disturb his sister's rest.

In the morning, she was busy accompanying Empress Wu again, and she actually left Xiangmei's matter behind.

Until noon, after Queen Wu had lunch, she asked Su Mei: "Su Mei, why haven't you seen Xiangmei all day?" ”

Su Mei then remembered Xiangmei, and she said to Queen Wu: "Queen Qiyu, my sister must have been too tired last day and went to bed very early at night. When I went to wake her up this morning, she didn't answer, presumably asleep deeply. I had been busy serving the Queen all morning, and I didn't go to see her, and she must have woken up by now. ”

Empress Wu nodded and said, "Xiangmei is not familiar with our Kunning Palace, you don't have to worry about this palace for now, you can go and see her." She had also gone without food for several meals, presumably hungry. ”

Seeing that Empress Wu was so considerate, Su Mei hurriedly made a big gift and thanked: "Thank you for the grace of the queen." ”

After saying that, she turned around to look for Su Mei, when a little eunuch came in and reported, "Scattered is here." ”

Empress Wu thought about it and wanted to know that it was Jian Huaizhen who came back and wanted to try the case of Su Mei and Xiang Mei.