So, someone came forward to take Queen Wang out, and when Queen Wang walked out, she deliberately glanced at Mu Xue heavily, and Mu Xue also glanced at Queen Wang, so the moment the two looked at each other, everything was silent.

After Queen Wang went out, Mu Xue knelt there, kept kowtowing, and she said to the Queen Mother Zhou: "Queen Mother, if you have any questions, you can just ask Mu Xue, because Queen Wang didn't allow Mu Xue to say it just now, so Mu Xue didn't dare to say it to the Queen Mother." ”

"Yo, that's good, the mourning family came to ask you, you said that Queen Wang had bought a lot of Qianfuju's almond cakes for Concubine Shun to eat, but Concubine Shun ate it every time she was fine, why did she have an accident this time? Is there something strange about the macaroons this time? ”

Mu Xue nodded and said: "There are some things that Mu Xue doesn't know whether to say or not, if she says it, it will seem that Mu Xue is a slave and maid here to stir up trouble, but if you don't say it, it will cause our queen mother to be wronged, so Mu Xue weighed it again and again and decided to make this matter clear to the queen mother." ”

Qingsha said a little anxiously on the side: "Mu Xue, you are really stupid, do you dare to hide something from the Queen Mother now, what is there to quickly tell the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will call the shots." ”

So, Mu Xue told the matter there, she said: "I'm afraid this matter has nothing to do with our queen mother, but has something to do with Concubine Wan." ”

"What, you said that it has something to do with Wan Zhen'er, how can this matter be related to Wan Zhen'er?"

Empress Dowager Zhou said majestically there.

Mu Xue wiped a handful of tears and said: "Speaking of the origin of Concubine Wan and Concubine Shun, in fact, all the people in our Kunning Palace know that that day Concubine Wan Guifei came to Kunning Palace to find the queen, and Concubine Shun was making a lot of noise outside, Concubine Wan couldn't see it, so she went out and slapped Concubine Shun, if it wasn't for our queen mother to stop it, then Concubine Wan Guifei might have punished Concubine Shun Niangniang?" ”

"Ahh There is such a thing, Wan Zhen'er is really bold, hasn't the mourning family already said it, Concubine Shun is the sister of the mourning family, no one can touch her, what kind of thing is Wan Zhen'er, she dares to fight Concubine Shun, what you said is true? ”

Mu Xue said repeatedly: "What I said is the truth, if the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, although you can invite all the eunuchs and palace maids in this Kunning Palace to ask, this matter is unknown to no one in the palace."

Seeing this, Qingsha hurriedly went out obediently and summoned some eunuchs and palace maids to come over, those eunuchs and palace maids had all seen Wan Zhen'er scolding Concubine Shun there before, so they all told the Empress Dowager Zhou truthfully.

Empress Dowager Zhou let Qingsha pass on four or five people in a row, everyone said exactly the same, and Empress Dowager Zhou also deliberately asked some details, and their answers to the details were exactly the same, so it can be seen that what they said was right, if someone colluded to confess, it was impossible to be so consistent.

After hearing this, the Empress Dowager Zhou strengthened the anger in the master's heart, and continued to ask Mu Xue: "You said that this matter has something to do with Wan Zhen'er, but the mourning family doesn't think it, although Wan Zhen'er did have some festivals with Concubine Shun, but it can't be inferred that she killed Concubine Shu?" ”

"Niangniang, do you know, if this matter has nothing to do with Wan Guifei, the slave maid can't believe it anyway, today Wan Guifei sent someone to send five or six pastries, including Qianfuju's almond cake, everyone knows that Shun Concubine Niangniang likes to eat this Qianfuju's almond cake, so the queen didn't think about it and let the slave send the almond cake of Qianfuju to Shun Fei Niangniang, who knew that Shun Fei Niangniang died of anger after eating less than half an hour, if you want to say that this matter has nothing to do with Wan Guifei, It is also unbelievable to kill Mu Xue, Mu Xue assured that Mu Xue was not poisoned on the way to the send, and Mu Xue and Concubine Shun did not have any holidays, although Concubine Shun Niangniang was a little crazy, but it was usually very good to Mu Xue and our queen, if the Queen Mother didn't believe it, just ask others. ”

Mu Xue cursed and swore there, and the Empress Dowager Zhou saw that what she said didn't look like a lie, so she glanced at Qingsha.

Qingsha has long been unhappy with this Wan Zhen'er, not to mention that Wan Zhen'er scolded Qingsha before, but said that when Wan Zhen'er served by the side of the Empress Dowager Zhou in the past, Qingsha could only be a little palace maid below, and she was very uncomfortable with Wan Zhen'er in her heart, but now that she has seized this opportunity, how can she not punish Wan Zhen'er?

Therefore, she said to the Empress Dowager Zhou from the side: "Empress Dowager, please let the slave maid say a word!" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou has always trusted Qingsha very much, she glanced at Qingsha and said to her, "What do you have to say about this little hoof?" You say yes, but don't be partial! ”

Qingsha hurriedly knelt down and said very vigilantly: "Qiqi Empress Dowager, Qingsha has been following the Empress Dowager for so long, Qingsha knows what to say, what not to say, what to say, and what not to say, Qingsha dare not talk nonsense, because Qingsha understands that if Qingsha dares to say a word casually, it may harm other people's lives." ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou saw Qingsha say this, she let her get up and said, "The mourning family is just reminding you, why are you in a hurry here again, if you have anything to say, just say it?" ”

Qingsha said respectfully: "The slave maid just thinks that the queen mother is usually the most virtuous and virtuous, never quarrels with the world, and refuses to quarrel with others, just now, the queen mother asked the queen mother what happened, the queen mother would rather memorize this matter for Wan Guifei, and refused to say that the almond cake was given by Wan Guifei, it can be seen that the queen is a good person, and what kind of person Wan Guifei is, the queen mother must be clear in her heart." ”

Qingsha's words were pointed directly at Wan Guifei, and the Empress Dowager Zhou was silent there.

Mu Xue hurriedly knelt and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Zhou, and said, "Empress Dowager Qi, there is a reason why our mother did not confess Concubine Wan. ”

"Yo, what's the reason?"

What the Empress Dowager Zhou was worried about just now was that the people in the harem were deceiving me, but the queen was willing to suffer this dumb loss for Wan Zhen'er, isn't it incredible!

I saw Mu Xue said unhurriedly: "Because before, our mother because of the loss of the dragon son, crying every day and refusing to see people, the spirit was greatly hit, and then Wan Zhen'er Wan Guifei came to visit our mother in our Kunning Palace, and told our mother a lot of truths, so that our mother was saved from grief, since then, our queen mother is very grateful to Wan Guifei, she regards Wan Guifei as her own biological sister, and now the queen is willing to give Wan Guifei the guilt, That wasn't out of the question. ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, it turned out that there was such a reason, and she understood why Queen Wang refused to confess Wan Zhen'er just now no matter what.

After listening to this, she couldn't help but sigh and said, "Alas! Queen Wang, this child is really a good child, but this Wan Zhen'er, the mourning family has long seen that her heart is not right, Qingsha, you quickly go and bring someone to bring Wan Zhen'er over, and invite the queen mother to come in. ”

"Yes." Qingsha and a little palace maid agreed, and the two of them went their separate ways.

Not long after, Queen Wang was invited in, and Mu Xue, who was kneeling on the ground, gave her a look, which told her that everything was going well.

Queen Wang swept Mu Xue's eyes, and she understood a lot in her heart, and after she walked in, she first asked the Empress Dowager Zhou to say goodbye, and the Empress Dowager Zhou sat next to her.

As if she couldn't help it, Queen Wang opened her mouth and asked the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Empress Dowager, everything is related to the concubine, it is the concubine who did not take care of Concubine Shun, if the Empress Dowager wants to be punished, please punish me, and please ask the Empress Dowager not to involve any innocent people!" ”

"Bastard!"

Empress Dowager Zhou said angrily: "How do you want to do things for the mourning family, do you still want to teach you?" Besides, do you think it's great to blindly take reproach on others? Do you think the mourning family will not find out about this matter? Are you a mourner? ”

Seeing this, Queen Wang hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager Zhou and said: "The Empress Dowager Qi, the concubines don't dare, the concubines just don't want the Empress Dowager to be sad about this matter." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou's tone softened a little, she raised her hand and said, "You get up and sit down first, this matter is handled by the mourning family." ”

Not long after, Wan Zhen'er was rumored to Kunning Palace.

When Wan Zhen'er was rumored to Kunning Palace, she was completely in a state of confusion, she didn't know what was going on, let alone that Concubine Shun had been poisoned.

After she walked in, she suddenly saw that the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Empress were sitting on the side, and Mu Xue was kneeling on the ground, and there were faint tears on the faces of the Empress Wang and Mu Xue, as if something important had happened.

She chuckled in her heart, but she tried her best to put on a smile and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "See the Empress Dowager, I don't know what happened to the Empress Dowager Passing on Zhen'er?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Wan Zhen'er's eyes like countless sharp blades, and after a while, she said to Wan Zhen'er: "Wan Zhen'er, you have done a good thing!" ”

Wan Zhen'er was immediately frightened when she heard this, she didn't know what was going on, but she still knelt down with a puff and said to the Queen Mother: "The Empress Dowager Zhen'er doesn't know what she has done, let the Empress Dowager blame her, the Empress Dowager please tell Zhen'er, Zhen'er must change." ”

"Hmph, change, do you still have a change? The mourning family sees that you are not saved, you are simply ruthless, and you have done any kind of bad things, and the mourning family doesn't know why there is such a bad obstacle as you in this harem. Empress Dowager Zhou said angrily.

Wan Zhen'er knew that things were definitely not as simple as she imagined, although Empress Dowager Zhou was often angry in the past, and her temper was also very short-tempered, but she would never say such ugly words, unless something big really happened.

She went to see the queen and wanted to get some information from the queen, but who knew that the queen didn't see her, and she didn't even raise her eyes.

Wan Zhen'er was very anxious, but she was helpless, so she had to kowtow to the Empress Dowager Zhou and said: "What happened to the Empress Dowager, please tell Zhen'er, if you recruit Zhen'er, you will scold Zhen'er so thoughtlessly, Zhen'er herself doesn't know what's going on!" You tell Zhen'er that Zhen'er has done something wrong, and Zhen'er will correct it. ”

"Change, is this kind of thing changed? A person is ruthless and scheming, he is born, how can he change it? It's a shame that you used to follow the mourning family for so long, and the mourning family didn't teach you well, and the mourning family felt sad when they thought about it. Empress Dowager Zhou said indignantly.

Wan Zhen'er said in her heart: Hmph, if I can learn well from you, then what's the wonder? Who doesn't know that the most ruthless and spicy in this harem is the Queen Mother!

That's what she thought in her heart, but she didn't say it.

She saw that if she said one more sentence, she would make one more mistake, so she simply stopped talking about it, and just looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou to see what the Empress Dowager Zhou could say.

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "Wan Zhen'er Shun Concubine died was not done by you, if you tell the truth to the mourning family, the mourning family can still spare your life, if you tell lies to the mourning family, then the mourning family will not easily spare you." ”

When she said this, her eyes were very gloomy, and Wan Zhen'er's heart was furious.

Wan Zhen'er was stunned for a long time, and finally shook her head and said: "The Empress Dowager Qiqi has been wronged, Zhen'er has never done such a thing, does Zhen'er have any deep hatred with Concubine Shun, and how can she kill Concubine Shun?" ”

"Hmph, if you say that now, do you think you can deceive this palace? As far as the mourning family knows, Concubine Shun died of poison after eating the macaroons you sent, don't you admit that you poisoned the macaroons? ”

Wan Zhen'er only understood what was going on at this moment, she knew that it was Concubine Shun who ate the macaroons she gave and died of poison, so the Queen Mother deeply blamed her, she felt that the reason why the Queen Mother did this was just a gesture, after all, the Queen Mother had been Concubine Shun's maid before, and Concubine Shun had repeatedly harmed the Queen Mother, how could the Queen Mother Zhou tolerate a woman who had repeatedly harmed herself to live in this world?

What's more, Empress Dowager Zhou has been Concubine Shun's maid, she clearly doesn't want people to know about it, if she lets people know about it, wouldn't it make her face dull and let her remember the years of being a maid forever?

Thinking of this, her expression softened a little, and said to the Queen Mother with a smile: "The Queen Mother really didn't do this thing Zhen'er, if the Queen Mother had to think that this matter was done by Zhen'er, then Zhen'er had to admit it, the reason why Zhen'er did this was nothing more than that the Queen Mother had a deep affection for Concubine Shun's sister, and Concubine Shun is now crazy and crazy, and living in this world is also a pain, so Zhen'er took matters into her own hands and helped Concubine Shun relieve the pain and let her be a good person again." ”

"Bastard, can the mourning family let you be a person again!"

Empress Dowager Zhou was furious, and couldn't help but throw a cup at Wan Zhen'er, and the blue and white porcelain cup hit Wan Zhen'er's forehead, and was immediately beaten with a blood mark.

Wan Zhen'er looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou a little blankly, Rao is Wan Zhen'er is very smart, but now she still hasn't figured out the situation, the Empress Dowager Zhou does treat Concubine Shun as a sister, although the Empress Dowager Zhou is gloomy and vicious, temperamental and irritable, but if she still cares about one person in this world, that person is Zhu Jianshen, if she still cares about two people in this world, then the second person is Concubine Shun.

Although Concubine Shun did remind her of the days when she was a palace maid, a maid, and a slave, Concubine Shun was really not thin on her before, and the sisterhood between the two for decades was not fake, and the reason why Wan Zhen'er made such a mistake in front of the Queen Mother was because she figured out the wrong meaning of the Queen Mother, so she became what she is now.

Wan Zhen'er looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou in disbelief, she didn't know if the Empress Dowager Zhou was really just making a gesture, or if she cared about Concubine Shun very much, if she was just making a gesture, then this performance was a bit too much.

So she tried to calm herself down, and covered her forehead with her hand and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "The death of the Empress Dowager Shun Concubine really has nothing to do with me. ”

"You are embarrassed to say that Concubine Shun's death has nothing to do with you, if Concubine Shun's death has nothing to do with you, why did you say that Concubine Shun's death was a relief just now."

Empress Dowager Zhou doesn't believe her at all now.

Wan Zhen'er thought there for a long time, she wanted to see clearly from the face of the Empress Dowager Zhou what kind of attitude the Empress Dowager Zhou had towards Concubine Shun's death, whether the Empress Dowager Zhou cared about Concubine Shun or not, but all her feelings told her that she was really wrong this time, and it was very wrong.

This week, the Queen Mother made it clear that she cared about Concubine Shun very much, and she didn't care about Concubine Shun at all as she thought.

Therefore, she hurriedly changed what she said before and said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "It is not good for the Empress Dowager to be a concubine, but the concubine just said the wrong thing, but the concubine's heart does not have the idea of harming Concubine Shun, Concubine Shun is the elder of the concubine, and it is too late for the concubine to respect her!" ”

"Hmph, you respect Concubine Shun, why did you slap Concubine Shun before, is this what you do by respecting your elders? Are you going to slap the mourners too? ”

Wan Zhen'er glanced at the surrounding palace maids with some annoyance, and then at the queen Wang, she didn't know whether this matter was poked out by the queen or the palace maids around her, if it was stabbed out by the queen Wang, then the queen would be punished, if it was stabbed out by someone else, then maybe the queen could help herself now.

Therefore, she pleaded with the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Empress Dowager Qi, it was indeed the slave and maid that day, and the slave and maid should not be angry with Concubine Shun, but the queen mother could also see the situation at that time, and the slave and maid were because the concubine Shun Niangniang posed a threat to the slave maid, so she had no choice but to fight back." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou said angrily: "Then, if the mourning family poses a threat to you, do you also have to fight back against the mourning family?" What do you say, Queen? ”

Queen Wang looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou, and then looked at Wan Zhen'er, at this moment a sense of superiority arises spontaneously, she has a feeling of being superior, that feeling as if she is the queen, Wan Zhen'er tried to control her fate before, but she didn't expect that Wan Zhen'er's fate is now in charge of her.

She said unhurriedly: "Yes, the Queen Mother, the events of that day really have nothing to do with Sister Zhen'er, after all, Concubine Shun Niangniang was already upside down at that time, Concubine Shun Niangniang first hit Sister Zhen'er with a brick, although the brick did not hit Sister Zhen'er too much, but Sister Zhen'er is the imperial concubine, and it is understandable that she can't swallow this breath." ”

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