Mei Guiren couldn't help it anymore, knelt on the ground and hugged the emperor's leg and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the concubine was pregnant for eight months, and she was suddenly born prematurely, but she gave birth to such a child, so that she was rejected by the emperor. The concubines have never dared to complain about the heavens and others, but they only thought that they were blessed with a bad fate. Now that I think about it carefully, it turns out that someone secretly arranged it like this, plotting to kill the concubines and the emperor's children. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, our children died so pitifully. He never even called 'Eniang' in his life, and he didn't even open his eyes to take a good look, so he was cut off for no reason. Your Majesty, even if the concubine recites the "Mantra of the Past Life" thousands of times in Yuhua Pavilion, the child will die so unjustly, and he will not go to Elysium! ”

Mei Guiren cried heartbrokenly, and everyone present was compassionate. Yi Guiren also turned his back, biting the silk and crying.

Imperial Doctor Zhao said: "Don't be sad. According to Weichen and Imperial Doctor Xu, this person who wanted to kill Niangniang was extremely cautious in using medicine at the beginning, and almost slowly entered the medicine, so Niangniang would delay giving birth to such a child in August. As for Yi Guiren, that person seems to be at ease and bold, and the medication is more violent, so it will cause Yi Guiren to be stillborn in April. ”

Yi Guiren finally couldn't help crying bitterly: "Since the queen mother has found so much, please tell the concubine, who is murdering the concubine's child?" ”

The queen looked at the emperor with a gloomy expression, and said calmly: "Not only you, but this palace also wants to know what you want to do if there are such vicious people in the harem, who are mad and murder the dragon fetus?" So when I invited all of you to be there, this palace had asked Su Xin to bring people to check all of your dormitories, and I think there will be news soon. ”

Before the queen's words fell, Su Xin had already brought someone in in a hurry, and said: "The slaves and maids explained by the queen mother have already been done, and sure enough, a bag of cinnabar was found under the dressing table drawer of one of the little masters, and the queen mother was invited to take a look." ”

The queen handed the bag of cinnabar to the emperor: "The emperor smells it, what smell does this bag of cinnabar smell on?" ”

The emperor took it and sniffed it lightly, and the pupils in his eyes suddenly contracted, and that kind of fierce color converged into a sharp long needle, which could almost cone people. He lost his voice and said, "It's the smell of agarwood incense!" Concubine Xian, you are the only one in the palace who uses agarwood incense! ”

Ruyi was shocked, seeing that the emperor was only forcing her to look at herself, she couldn't help but kneel down and said: "The emperor is Mingjian, the concubine really doesn't know, and I don't know when there will be this bag of cinnabar in the dressing table drawer!" ”

The queen closed her eyes and sighed: "Su Xin, tell the truth." ”

Su Xin said: "What the emperor said is good, the slave maid found this bag of cinnabar under the dressing table drawer of the concubine of Yanxi Palace. At that time, Concubine Xian's maidservant Ah Zhen was still obstructing left and right, and the slaves and maids were not allowed to check. In this way, Ah Ji also knew, so the slave maid also brought her. ”

The queen said coldly: "You don't need to pass on Ah Ji first. Concubine Xian, look at the person who is coming in now, but do you know him? ”

Ruyi looked back, but saw that Su Xin was followed by two little eunuchs. Obviously, they had just come out of the Punishment Division, and they still had some minor injuries on their faces, which did not look serious.

Ruyi shook her head and said, "The concubine doesn't know." ”

The queen's smile condensed at the corner of her mouth: "You don't know them, but they all know you." This little Luzi in the imperial dining room is the elder brother of Xiaofuzi in your palace, who is in charge of feeding fish and shrimp for pregnant concubines. ”

Ruyi said calmly: "The concubine knows that Xiaofuzi has an elder brother, but the concubine is also the first time to see him today, and she has never known him before. ”

The queen took the bag of fish food and threw it in front of Xiao Luzi and said, "Say, who instructed you to feed cinnabar to those fish and shrimp?" ”

Xiao Luzi stole a glance at Ruyi, but his mouth was hard: "The slave doesn't know, the slave really doesn't know!" ”

"I don't know?" Queen Sen said coldly, "As soon as you were tortured in the Shen Criminal Division, you were recruited, and you still want to retract your confession at this moment." This palace doesn't care about you, and it will be sent back to the Criminal Division immediately. ”

When Xiao Luzi heard the words "Shen Penal Division", he trembled with fright, and kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy: "The queen mother spares her life, and the queen mother spares her life." It was Concubine Xian Niangniang who told the slave to do this, and the slave really didn't dare not listen, she said to the slave that as long as the slave dared not to be obedient, she would find a younger brother who killed the slave from the beginning. The slave only has a younger brother of Xiaofuzi, who has depended on each other since childhood, and he really doesn't dare not listen to the words of Concubine Xian! ”

Ruyi looked at him and said, "Xiao Luzi, think about it carefully, this palace has never seen you, how can he threaten you with your brother's life?" ”

Xiao Luzi said with a bitter face: "Concubine Xian Niangniang, that day in the corridor outside the door of the imperial dining room, this was clearly said by yourself. You said that you are not pregnant yet, how come the lowly Mei Gui and Yi Gui have it, it makes the ancestors of the Wulanala clan laugh at you! You said that you must take this breath, and you also said that the slave doesn't do it, and you can find someone else to do it after you kill Xiaofuzi. The slave had no choice but to agree. ”

Another little eunuch, Xiao Anzi, also cried and said: "Concubine Xian Niangniang, you went to the Internal Affairs Office to find the slave that day, and asked the slave to make some candles mixed with cinnabar and send them to your palace." After the slave was delivered, you rewarded the slave with thirty taels of silver. Slave only when you are doing your own fun, I really don't know that you are going to harm others! ”

Ruyi was so angry that she was stunned, and her heart was chilled for a while, as if she had fallen into a bottomless black abyss, and she only felt that the surroundings were getting colder and colder, but she didn't know where she was going to fall.

Concubine Hui chuckled and said, "That's no wonder! What does this palace say, from the day Yi Guiren was stunned to meet the snake, I felt strange, how could it be that Yi Guiren met the snake and was saved by Concubine Xian. Yi Guiren is grateful, and went to live with you in Yanxi Palace. Isn't this just the right place to start, and everything is convenient? ”

Ruyi looked at her angrily and said, "Concubine Hui is cautious. If I say that everything is done by me, then it should be as far away from Yi Guiren as possible, so that it is not easy to be discovered, how can I be so stupid to take her to live with Yanxi Palace, so that people are suspicious? ”

"Suspicious?" Concubine Hui sneered, and a pair of bright bells and jade rings sounded in her ears, "If it looks like an accident like Mei Guiren, who would be suspicious?" It's just that Yi Guiren's own life is thin and he can't keep the child. The so-called wealth and danger are sought, if you don't take risks to keep the noble people by your side, how can it be so thoughtful with candles, charcoal fire and food. Mei Guiren is not that you are far away and inconvenient, so the poisoning is slow, and it is not until eight months that you have no children. Thinking about your own empty belly, watching other people's stomachs grow one after another, it is becoming more and more intolerable! ”

Ruyi was almost angry, tried her best to suppress the anger in her heart, and said coldly: "Concubine Hui also has an empty stomach, do you have to say your thoughts like this?" ”

Hui Guifei hated people the most in her life and said that she had nothing to do under her knees, but her face changed unconsciously, and she said hatefully: "You ......"

The gelatinous atmosphere was almost suffocating, the emperor squinted his eyes slightly, and a fine cold light pierced out of his eyes like a needlepoint, he forbed for a moment, eased his breath and said, "Okay, you all don't argue." Queen, there is only Xiao Luzi's testimony, I'm afraid I can't count it. ”

The queen bowed her head lightly and said respectfully: "What the emperor said is very true. The concubine also felt that one-sided words should not be believed, so she asked Su Xin to bring Ah Ji over. Does the emperor still remember, Su Xin said that Ah Zhen just stopped the search? Then this girl must know, according to the concubine, she still has to inquire carefully. She turned her head to look at Su Xin: "Did Ah Ji bring it?" ”

Su Xin said: "I'm already waiting outside the hall." ”

Ruyi watched Ah Zhen walk in with a humble expression, without any nervousness, and felt relieved in her heart. Ah Ji is a Ah Ji who has followed him for many years, and what he has not done is naturally not necessary to be flustered. What did she have to worry about? Maybe her obstruction is also because of a bit of pride in her nature, how can she allow others to easily insult herself? However, in the depths of her heart, Ruyi still had a deep uneasiness, who in the Yanxi Palace made a mistake and put this bag of cinnabar into her dressing drawer.

Others don't know, but she herself knows, the smell of agarwood incense is quite light, to make this bag of cinnabar smell, it must have been in her own hall for a long time. So who can do it without knowing it?

Her mind was a mess. Before he had time to refine and discern clearly, Ah Ji had already walked to the hall, knelt down calmly and said: "Ten thousand blessings to the emperor, ten thousand blessings to the queen, ten thousand blessings to the little masters." ”

The queen said: "I won't say these false gifts today. This palace only asks you, when Su Xin is going to search Yanxi Palace, why do you stop it, and you are not allowed to search the dormitory. ”

A hint of sadness flashed on Ah Zhen's face, and he just said: "The slave and maid serve the little master, so everything should be done for the little master." ”

"Hit something?"

The sadness on Ah Zhen's face became thicker, and he suddenly turned his head and kowtowed to Ruyi three times and said, "Little master, the slave and maid have been serving you for eight years, and they have not done their best in the past eight years. But after the little master entered the palace, his temperament became more and more obedient, and he often forced the slave to do something that the slave and maid themselves did not want to do. The slave knows that you are the master of the slave and the slave, and the slave can only do it for you. But the slave and maid did not feel good when they did these things, and now that the matter has shaken out, the slave and maid can only say whatever they know. ”

The more Ruyi listened, the more ominous she felt: "Ah Ji, what do you mean by that?" ”

Ah Zhen turned his head and didn't look at her again, but said to the emperor and the queen: "The slave knows what the emperor and the queen want to ask, and the slave and the maid say it together." Since Mei Guiren became pregnant, the little lord was often sad, and his mood was even more impermanent, and he often regretted that although he raised the eldest brother, he did not have his own children. Mei Guiren was favored after pregnancy, and the little lord hated it so much that his eyes bleed. One day, I finally called the slave maid to go to the Baohua Hall to collect some cinnabar and came back. ”

Hui Guifei said: "Concubine Xian suddenly asked you to ask for cinnabar, aren't you suspicious?" ”

Ah Zhen shook his head and said, "The slave He Cheng thought of this. At that time, the little lord only said that he could use cinnabar to copy scriptures and pray for blessings, so that he could have his own children earlier. Once, when the little master took the slave and maid to visit the Mei noble, he quietly sprinkled some cinnabar in the charcoal basin of the Mei noble, because the color of the cinnabar is similar to the red basket charcoal, and the particles are so small that almost no one notices. It's just that every time she goes, she will do it while others are unprepared. After a few times, the slave and maid felt strange, a few days later, the little master suddenly wanted to go to the imperial dining room, so he took the slave and maid to let off the wind in the corridor outside the imperial dining room, and the slave vaguely heard the little master instruct Xiao Luzi in the imperial dining room what to feed cinnabar, mixed with fish food, and mentioned Xiao Fuzi, Xiao Luzi immediately cried and agreed. The slave maid was startled and asked the little master what to do with cinnabar, but the little master did not allow the slave and maid to ask more, and asked the slave and maid to continue to go to the Baohua Hall to collect. ”