Xiang Wax couldn't help but regret what she had done, and at the same time, she also knew that with Zhou Guiren's viciousness, she would never let herself go. Therefore, Xiang Wax took advantage of the time when Zhou Guiren was in trouble with the queen, and ran out in a panic. Zhou Guiren's thoughts were all on Queen Qian, but he didn't find it.

After the incense wax ran out, he ran back to Queen Qian's bedroom, hid under Queen Qian's bed, and hid. She knew that Zhou Guiren would definitely send someone to track down her whereabouts, and so far, Queen Qian's bedroom was the safest place.

Soon, Wan Zhen'er took a few eunuchs and palace maids and escorted Queen Qian back to the palace. The eunuch obeyed Zhou Guiren's instructions, took a piece of white silk and a bottle of wine, and put it in front of Queen Qian.

At this moment, Wan Zhen'er was extremely panicked in her heart, she was a smart person, how could she not know what Zhou Guiren was planning in her heart. On the surface, although Zhou Guiren believes her, in fact, it is not. Or maybe Zhou Guiren really believes in her, but when it comes to an important moment, he will still push her out to die.

The guilt of killing the queen is not light. Even if the queen makes a mistake, it can only be punished by the emperor or the empress. Now that the emperor is poisoned, life and death are unknown, the queen mother is early, Jian Huaizhen is outside the palace again, and has not yet returned, Zhou Guiren is just a small nobleman, but he boldly executed the queen. She refused to do it herself, because she was afraid of taking on any responsibility in the future. Wan Zhen'er did it, and all the faults and culpabilities could be shifted to her in the future.

Wan Zhen'er was anxious, but she didn't dare to show it at all. Since Zhou Guiren sent those eunuchs and palace maids, there must be people she trusts very much, if Wan Zhen'er dares to show the slightest intention of not wanting to kill Queen Qian, I am afraid that she will be the one who will die and have no place to be buried.

She has always felt that the palace is sinister, and after coming to the harem, she felt more and more so. But only today did she really feel the sinister nature of the harem, which was really not comparable to that in the Thousand Red Courtyard.

"Queen Qian, do you choose three feet of white silk or a glass of wine?" Wan Zhen'er endured the fear in her heart, and reluctantly cheered up to ask Queen Qian's meaning. Her heart was spinning a thousand times, and her mind was spinning even faster, expecting to come up with some ideas.

Empress Qian sneered: "It's hard for Zhou Guiren to deliberately put me to death, what does this palace choose, and what is the difference?" She knew in her heart that the general trend had gone, and Zhou Guiren had completely controlled the harem, but she still maintained the honor of the mother of a country.

"Queen Mother, I advise you to choose quickly, so as not to suffer more." Wan Zhen'er's voice trembled a little.

Queen Qian turned around and said nothing, but she refused to choose.

Wan Zhen'er didn't know what to do, but she heard a eunuch next to her snort and said, "Miss Zhen'er, the noble lady has given us an order to give Queen Qian death within half an hour." If she refuses to choose, it is better for our family to give her a ride. ”

Queen Qian's angry muscles burst out, and she pointed at the eunuch and said, "Wan Rong, is it hard to believe that this palace is not thin to you on weekdays, but you betray this palace?" As the mother of a country, no one can give me death except the emperor! Zhou Guiren designed to frame this palace, don't think that this palace can't figure it out, your tricks will be revealed sooner or later, and you will be the one who will die and have no place to be buried! ”

"The queen mother, our family thinks you are too worried, the emperor is funeral, the queen mother is given to die again, when the time comes, the world is not the prince's? Zhou Guiren is the biological mother of the crown prince, and sooner or later he will be the queen mother, do you say that Wanrong and I will enjoy endless glory and wealth at that time, or will I die without a place to be buried? The eunuch was very calm and said with a smirk.

Empress Qian disagreed: "Do you think the eldest princess is confused?" ”

When Wan Zhen'er heard the words "Imperial Princess", she trembled with fright. She once looked for the prince with Jian Huaizhen, so she knew Jian Huaizhen's ability very well. I have also seen Jian Huaizhen's forces. She knew that if Queen Qian was really given death by Zhou Guiren, Jian Huaizhen would definitely not give up, and then Zhou Guiren would be able to push herself out to die on her behalf, and she was terrified.

She settled her mind, groaned slightly, turned her heart sideways, and said to the eunuch: "Father-in-law, I bother you to take your father-in-law and sisters to rest outside first." I already have a way to persuade the queen in my heart, and if the queen doesn't agree, I also have a way to give her a ride. In order not to disturb my father-in-law and sisters, please rest. As for me, I'm the person next to the noble lady, and I won't be okay if I think about it. ”

The eunuch was frightened by Queen Qian, and happened to be a little hesitant, but when he saw Wan Zhen'er taking the initiative to ask for help, he naturally couldn't ask for it, and hurriedly said: "Since this is the case, I will bother the girl." Let's go out first, don't disturb the girl's errands. After speaking, he went out with a few eunuchs and palace maids.

Wan Zhen'er saw them leaving, so she walked to the door, closed the door again, walked back, came to Queen Qian, and called: "Queen Mother------"

Empress Qian sneered: "Don't think that if you send them away, you can dispose of this palace." ”

Wan Zhen'er pounced, knelt in front of Queen Qian, and said with tears in her eyes: "Queen Mother, please Mingjian, if Wan Zhen'er has such a mind, the sky will thunder and thunder, and she will not die well." ”

Wan Zhen'er's actions surprised Queen Qian, she was stunned and asked, "...... you What's wrong with you? ”

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the slave maid doesn't want to be unfavorable to Niangniang in her heart, so send them out first, and it can be delayed for a while, I hope that the eldest princess can come back soon, maybe things will turn around when the time comes." Wan Zhen'er raised her face and said sincerely.

Queen Qian was puzzled, glanced at Wan Zhen'er, and said, "Aren't you the henchman of Zhou Guiren's cheap maid?" Why are you pretending to be a good person in front of this palace at this time? But what are the conspiracy and tricks of Zhou Guiren? ”

Wan Zhen'er shook her head and said, "Niangniang, Zhen'er is indeed following the noble lady, but she is not the person of the noble lady." When Zhen'er was outside the palace, she was locked up with the crown prince, and later was rescued by the eldest princess, and Zhen'er was very grateful to the crown prince and the eldest princess. Later, after Zhen'er entered the palace, she followed Zhou Guiren. Although Zhen'er fulfilled her duty and served Zhou Guiren meticulously, this was just the duty of her subordinates, not that the slave and maid agreed with Zhou Guiren's style of acting. ”

"Oh?" Queen Qian heard a little about Wan Zhen'er, and saw her sincerity, so she believed her for a while.

Wan Zhen'er continued to say slowly: "This time, the nobleman is plotting to frame the queen's mother, and his heart can be punished, and the slave maid never thought that Zhou Guiren would be so bold. Just now in the emperor's bedroom, Zhou Guiren ordered the slave maid to take the maid back to the palace to die, the slave maid was unwilling to do it, but thinking of this matter, even if the slave and maid refused, Zhou Guiren would definitely send someone else to do it. When the time comes, the mother's life will ...... If the slave and maid come to do it, they can separate other people and delay time, hoping to save the mother's life. ”

"Are you really trying to save me?" Wan Zhen'er's confession was expected by the queen of money.

Wan Zhen'er nodded heavily and said, "Yes." Zhen'er will not give up to save her mother. Niangniang is the mother of a country, how can she die so easily in the hands of villains? What's more, Zhen'er has heard of Niangniang's deeds when she was among the people, and Niangniang can be called a model of the country. In Zhen'er's heart, she is very respectful to her mother. ”

Wan Zhen'er's confession finally made Queen Qian believe her. Queen Qian sighed and said: "On weekdays, Zhou Guiren has a son, who has been rampant and domineering in the harem, and if the palace can tolerate her, he will not care about her, who knows that she is vicious, and she is actually planning to put the palace to death, which is really hateful!" ”

Wan Zhen'er also echoed on the side, she had already made up her mind in her heart, delaying the time first, resigned herself to fate, hoping that Jian Huaizhen could return to the palace in time, if Jian Huaizhen really couldn't return to the palace in time, and Zhou Guiren couldn't wait to kill Queen Qian, then there was no way, she could only complain about her bad fate. Since he entered the palace, he is equivalent to putting his life on the cusp. Wan Zhen'er still understands this.

Here, Wan Zhen'er accompanied Queen Qian, and when she was at a stake, Jian Huaizhen had already received the news that Wang Daoling had asked for it to be done in advance.

Queen Qian remembered Jian Huaizhen's advice that she must be watched from the side when doing it, so when Wang Daoling said that she had to change the time of the practice, Queen Qian had to agree to Wang Daoling's request for the sake of the emperor's health. On the other hand, he immediately sent someone to ask Jian Huaizhen to come back.

When Jian Huaizhen leaves the palace on weekdays, he goes to two places, Shangshu Mansion and Huaiming Garden. The eunuch who was sent out first went to Shangshu Mansion to look for Jian Huaizhen, and then went to Huaiming Yuan to look for it. Huaiming Yuan is located outside the capital, some distance from the Forbidden City, so the eunuch walked for a long time.

Jian Huaizhen was slightly drunk, but she heard a eunuch come to report back, saying that Queen Qian invited her to go back to watch Wang Daoling's practices. Jian Huaizhen's heart sank, he had already expected that Wang Daoling would change the time, and he would do it while he was not in the palace, things must not be so simple, so he said goodbye to everyone and took the crown prince Zhu Jianshen and Ling Luo back to the palace.

Jiang Shaoheng saw that Jian Huaizhen was nervous, so he ordered his subordinates to take out three horses and give them to her and Zhu Jianshen. At the moment, Jian Huaizhen and Zhu saw deep and scattered, and rode back. Along the way, the three of them chose some remote streets with few people to walk.

Zhu Jianshen didn't know what was going on, but when he saw Jian Huaizhen in such a hurry, he expected that it must be a big deal. Jian Huaizhen didn't say anything, he didn't dare to ask, and along the way, the three of them didn't say a word, they all looked solemn and galloped wildly.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Jian Huaizhen saw that everyone in the harem looked panicked, and he had already expected that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stopped a palace person and asked what happened. The people in the palace were spitting and refusing to say anything for a long time. Jian Huaizhen was furious and said, "Since you don't want to say it, you will slap your mouth." Hold on until she's willing to speak. ”

Scattered Luo stepped forward to slap the mouth of the palace person, and the palace person was afraid, knelt on the ground, and trembled: "The slave doesn't know what happened, but I heard that the queen mother colluded with the Taoist priest to poison the emperor." Zhou Guiren made a decree and ordered the death of the queen's mother. ”

Jian Huaizhen was speechless in shock, but he didn't think that he had been out of the palace for a long time, and such an earth-shaking event had happened in the palace!

Her sideburns flew obliquely, and she sneered: "Zhou Guiren is so magnificent, when can he actually give the queen death?" Where is the queen now, speed up and take the palace to go. ”

"The eldest princess, the queen mother is now being taken to the dormitory. Please don't let the slave and maid lead the way, if it is known by Zhou Guiren, the slave and the slave's family may not even have their lives. The palace maid trembled in fright.

Only then did Jian Huaizhen know that the nobles of Zhou on weekdays were like this in the eyes of the palace maids.

Zhu Jianshen stomped his feet anxiously on the side and said, "Mother is not sensible, how can it be unfavorable to the queen?" ”

Jian Huaizhen pondered for a moment, and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Shen'er, you rush to your father's palace immediately, no matter what, let Taibao save your father's life and wait for the palace to go." I'm going to visit the Queen Mother right now. Zhu Jianshen went in response, and Jian Huaizhen went straight to the queen's bedroom with his bare falls.

But it was said that Wan Zhen'er broke up all the people and guarded Queen Qian to delay time in the palace. After a long time, there was no movement, and the eunuchs and palace maids outside couldn't help but get anxious, and a little eunuch asked urgently, "How is it?" Will the queen suffer death? ”

Wan Zhen'er was helpless, so she had to respond: "It's fast, it's fast, I'll persuade you, it's better for you to wait." The crime of killing the queen is not light. ”

The eunuchs and palace maids were frightened by her, and they didn't dare to act rashly for a while. Queen Qian's heart calmed down. She held the rosary in her hand and recited words to pray for the emperor.

After a while, Zhou Guiren sent someone to urge and ask how the queen's funeral was handled. The eunuch urged again: "Miss Zhen'er, if you can't persuade you, we will go in and help you." If Zhou Guiren blames him, I'm afraid he won't be able to afford it. ”

Wan Zhen'er was about to speak, but she heard a scolding from outside: "You dog minions, you are really bold!" Immediately afterwards, a loud slap was heard, apparently because the eunuchs had been beaten.

The person who spoke was Jian Huaizhen.

At this moment, Mo said that Wan Zhen'er's heart to talk about uneasiness suddenly settled down, and it was Queen Qian, who also opened her eyes and muttered, "The eldest princess is back?" The emperor and his concubines, should they really be killed? ”

As soon as she finished speaking, Jian Huaizhen pushed the door and walked in. Wan Zhen'er looked up, only to see the slaves and eunuchs at the door kneeling on the ground, and no one dared to speak.

Jian Huaizhen was relieved to see that Queen Qian was unharmed at a glance, and turned to Lingluo: "Lingluo, you take them all to the Zongren Mansion to punish the crime, and punish them for intending to murder the queen." ”

Knowing that the situation was serious, he didn't even dare to breathe, but said, "Obey." ”

Jian Huaizhen pondered for a moment, and then said: "You go and bring Wang Daoling to the emperor's dormitory, and this palace will investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

"Yes." At that moment, Zero Luo no longer hesitated, and took all the eunuchs and palace maids to the Zongren Mansion.

"The eldest princess, please save the emperor, please save the emperor......" When Queen Qian saw Jian Huaizhen, she could not suppress the sadness in her heart, and she missed the emperor very much, so she said sadly.

Jian Huaizhen felt a burst of sadness in his heart and asked, "Empress, are you okay?" ”

"I'm okay, thanks to Zhen'er, it was she who deliberately delayed time and saved me." Queen Qian said.

Jian Huaizhen glanced at Wan Zhen'er, saw that she lowered her eyebrows, and she didn't dare to come out, so she didn't take her too seriously, but said, "Thank you for being the acting queen of this palace." Wan Zhen'er knelt down and said, "Ask the eldest princess and the queen mother to help." ”

Jian Huaizhen groaned slightly, and already understood that Wan Zhen'er was afraid of Zhou Guiren's revenge, so he said, "It's okay, you will be by the queen's side in the future." ”

Wan Zhen'er's eyes were full of tears, and she looked at Jian Huaizhen and said: "The eldest princess ordered the slave and maid to serve the Zhou nobles, and the slaves and maids dared to betray the nobles today and save the queen mother, just out of a righteous heart." Now, even though the noble lady made a big mistake and let the slave betray the noble lady to serve the queen, the slave and maid can't do it. ”

"Why is that?" Jian Huaizhen was slightly stunned and asked.

Wan Zhen'er said eloquently: "The noble lady treats the slave and maid well, although she has made a mistake now, she is still the master of the slave and maid." is that the mother is beaten into the cold palace, or what, the slave must sacrifice her life to accompany and serve the mother, this is what people often say that one day is the master, and the whole life is the master, and the slave and the maid still understand this. ”

Jian Huaizhen was betrayed by his henchmen and maids around him, and it was rare to see Wan Zhen'er so loyal, but she understood things, so she said: "Since this is the case, you should still serve Zhou Guiren." Today, when you saved the queen's mother, the palace and the queen's mother have written it down, and they will not tell Zhou Guiren, you can rest assured. ”

Wan Zhen'er was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Kneel down and thank the eldest princess and the queen mother for their great kindness." ”

In fact, Wan Zhen'er was not so loyal to Zhou Guiren, and she naturally already had her plans in her heart. The reason why she deliberately said that one day is the Lord, and the whole life is the Lord, and promised to serve the Zhou nobles for the rest of her life, whether rich or poor, is nothing more than because she is far-sighted.

Zhou Guiren is extremely stingy, if she knows who has betrayed her, and the person who betrayed her will definitely not die well. Even Queen Qian, because she offended her and was hated by her, she dared to design to kill the queen, let alone others.

Wan Zhen'er is just a little palace maid, she is not like the queen, she has Jian Huaizhen to protect her, and she can escape under the clutches of Zhou Guiren.

Now, although Zhou Guiren said that he had made a big mistake. Wan Zhen'er expected that Zhou Guiren would be fine. Because she has always been the biological mother of the crown prince Zhu Jianshen. Looking at the situation now, the emperor is already very bad, and it is only a matter of time before Zhu Jianshen ascends the throne as the crown prince. No matter how filial he is, he will not watch his biological mother being disposed of. At that time, no matter what mistakes Zhou Guiren makes, she will also be the queen mother. It is always better to follow her than to follow Queen Qian.

Now that the emperor is still alive, Queen Qian has no time to take care of herself. When the emperor dies in the future, Queen Qian's life may not be good.

How did Jian Huaizhen know that Wan Zhen'er had so many thoughts in her heart, she was quite anxious, and said to Queen Qian: "Empress, let's go see the emperor now." ”

"Yes." Queen Qian agreed, and the two were just about to go outside. But I heard a thud under the bed, and then a man rolled out from under the bed. The man was none other than the incense wax that had been hiding under the bed.