Mu Xue thought for a long time, and then pointed to the direction of Wan Zhen'er's Xianfu Palace and said, "Could it be that Niangniang, you are talking about Wan Guifei?" ”

"Yes, of course it's Wan Guifei, Wan Guifei just hit Concubine Shun here this afternoon, and Concubine Shun also threw her with a brick, there is a very angry gap between the two of them, and this almond cake was sent by Wan Zhen'er, so you said that if Concubine Shun has something to do with three long and two short, will Empress Dowager Zhou blame me or Wan Zhen'er?"

Mu Xue's face suddenly turned pale, she looked at the queen in front of her in a daze, she didn't know when the queen would become like this.

Queen Wang seemed to be a stranger in front of her at this moment, she seemed to have never known Queen Wang, in her mind, Queen Wang has always been a lady who has no quarrel with the world, she has never participated in the war of this palace, but I don't know why, now she is not only involved in the battle in this harem, but has become so full of scheming, which makes Mu Xue feel really incomprehensible.

After a long, long time, she looked at Queen Wang and said to her: "Niangniang, why would you do everything possible to calculate Wan Guifei, if it weren't for Wan Guifei, Niangniang would still be immersed in the pain of losing the dragon son, it was Wan Guifei who helped you, if Niangniang treated her like this, wouldn't it seem too much-"

Speaking of this, she looked at Queen Wang, but Queen Wang shook her head and said, "Mu Xue, in fact, it's not what you think at all, do you think Wan Zhen'er really wants to help the palace?" Do you think Wan Zhen'er has no selfishness? Wan Zhen'er simply wanted to use the palace to deal with Tang Jingran, and after dealing with Tang Jingran, she could justifiably deal with this palace, she felt that this palace was not her opponent at all, and Tang Jingran was difficult to deal with with the emperor's protection, so she did everything possible to envelop this palace. ”

Although Mu Xue said that she was used to seeing battles in the court, but after hearing Queen Wang point out this, she still felt a little unbelievable and her eyes widened, and she said for a long time: "Niangniang, even if Wan Guifei really thinks so in her heart, why does Niangniang have to deal with Wan Guifei in a hurry now?" Aren't you going to form a line to deal with Tang Shufei first? If it weren't for Concubine Tang Shu, you wouldn't have lost your dragon son. ”

Queen Wang suddenly laughed, her laughter was like a fire in the spring, the flames were blazing, and she said: "Silly child, do you think that Wan Guifei thinks so, does this palace have to follow her ideas?" In fact, it's not as simple as you think, what is the idea in her heart, doesn't this palace understand? Wan Guifei She thought that she had dealt with Tang Shufei first, and then she would concentrate on dealing with this palace, she thought that this palace was not her opponent, yes, this palace is compared to her, it is indeed not as full of her scheming, do you think that when the time comes, she will deal with this palace, and this palace still has the power to parry? ”

Mu Xue heard Queen Wang say this, she didn't speak for a long time, she knew that what Queen Wang said still made some sense, and she had also seen Wan Zhen'er's full of scheming.

She thought for a long, long time before frowning, and said to Queen Wang: "Niangniang, what you said is also very reasonable, but if you deal with Concubine Wan now, aren't you afraid that there will be no way to deal with Concubine Tang Shu in the future?" If you don't join forces with Wan Guifei to deal with Tang Shufei, what will Tang Shufei do to deal with you in the future? ”

Queen Wang shook her head, her voice softened, she said: "Although this Tang Shufei is indeed the emperor's favorite person, but this palace is also very favored by the emperor now, and although all the evidence points directly to Tang Shufei, but in the eyes of this palace, Tang Shufei may not be the real murderer who killed the children in this palace, maybe this matter has an inseparable relationship with Wan Guifei, Wan Guifei is so far-sighted and so full of scheming, in the eyes of this palace, Tang Shufei is not as good as her, Either because Tang Shufei hid herself too deeply, or Tang Shufei was not that kind of person at all. ”

Mu Xue still shook her head, and said with a very simple look in her eyes: "Mu Xue doesn't understand." ”

Queen Wang gently patted her on the shoulder and said: "There are some things Mu Xue that you don't need to understand, you just need to know that in this harem, as long as this palace has a good life, then this palace will not let you Mu Xue have a good life, don't worry!" ”

Mu Xue raised her face and laughed, and said, "I know what the queen mother said, and I have never doubted this. ”

Queen Wang nodded and said: "In fact, that's exactly the case, do you think that now this palace is taking advantage of Wan Zhen'er's complete lack of suspicion of this palace and concentrating all its strength to deal with her, then you will definitely be able to hit her with one blow, if you wait until this palace and Wan Zhen'er join forces to deal with Tang Shufei, then Wan Zhen'er will be wary of this palace, and this palace will not be her opponent at all, and then you and I don't know what kind of tragic situation you and I will fall into, then Queen Wu is a living example!" ”

When Mu Xue heard her say this, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, and she nodded and said, "Niangniang, I understand what you are worried about, Mu Xue will do what you tell me now, and I'll go and bring the macaroons to Concubine Shun to eat, okay?" ”

Queen Wang nodded, looked up to the sky and sighed and said: "This palace has never harmed people, I didn't expect that I would be forced to kill Concubine Shun Niangniang now, anyway, Concubine Shun Niangniang has been crazy for so long, if she dies now, it will not be a relief for her." ”

After speaking, she waved her hand and said to Mu Xue: "Mu Xue, hurry up!" ”

So, Mu Xue took the almond cake to see Concubine Shun, in fact, Mu Xue has never harmed anyone, and now let her hurt people, she is also constantly beating the flat drum in her heart, but when she thinks of the situation that she and Queen Wang will fall into prison in the future, she feels a panic in her heart, she thinks of the original Queen Wu, the emperor was still very good to the original Queen Wu, but Queen Wu was also killed by Wan Zhen'er in the end, and the whole body was gone.

Thinking of this, she made up her mind, she brought the macaroons to Concubine Shun, although Concubine Shun was a little crazy, but after she got along with Queen Wang and Mu Xue for a long time, her wariness of them had disappeared, and she seemed to trust them more.

So when she saw Mu Xue walk in, she jumped up to take Mu Xue's hand and said, "Slave, slave!" ”

Mu Xue couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart, but she couldn't hold back the grief in her heart, put the almond cake in front of Concubine Shun, and said: "Concubine Shun, this almond cake was specially served to you by our queen mother, this is the most famous almond cake in Qianfuju, you hurry up and eat it!" ”

Concubine Shun originally liked to eat macaroons, and after she saw the macaroons, she grabbed the macaroons with one hand, pointed to the macaroons with the other and said: "The almonds of Qianfuju, given to me by the queen mother, given to this palace, this palace is Concubine Shun, you are all slaves, slaves." ”

That Mu Xue couldn't help but have tears in her eyes, she endured the pain in her heart, and said in a loud voice: "Yes, Niangniang, we are all slaves, we are not only slaves, we are also chess pieces, sometimes our fate is also involuntarily, please don't blame Mu Xue in the future." ”

After finishing speaking, she took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, and then she didn't dare to look at Concubine Shun again.

Concubine Shun didn't seem to think so much at all, she took out the macaroons and took a bite, she felt that the taste of the macaroons might be a little strange, because of the fact that the crane top red was added to it, she frowned slightly and said: "The taste is strange, very strange, not delicious." ”

Na Mu Xue hurriedly said to her: "Niangniang, this is Qianfuju's almond cake, how can it not be delicious?" This macaroon is the most delicious. ”

After speaking, Mu Xue casually picked up a bite that did not put Heding Red, and Concubine Shun saw that she had also eaten it, so she nodded and said, "Okay, it's Qianfuju's almond cakes that are delicious." ”

After saying that, she asked for a big mouthful, Mu Xue felt very uncomfortable in her heart, so she walked outside the door.

About half an hour later, Mu Xue poked her head in again, and as she expected, at this moment, Concubine Shun had already climbed down on the desk, and the whole person became motionless, obviously eating macaroons and fainting.

Mu Xue held back the pain in her heart, and shouted loudly outside, saying, "It's not good, it's not good, Concubine Shun has died, it's not good, it's not good." ”

The little eunuchs and palace maids outside heard Mu Xue shouting, and everyone ran in, they saw Mu Xue's face pale, and the whole person stood beside Concubine Shun, as if she was about to fall, preferably like a feather in the cold wind, and hurriedly held her up and asked her, "What's the matter with Sister Mu Xue?" ”

Mu Xue pointed at Concubine Shun and said, "Concubine Shun ate the macaroon, and then foamed at the mouth, let's see if she still has a snort?" ”

So, someone went to probe Concubine Shun's snort, and after probing for a while, he shook his head and said to Mu Xue: "Sister Mu Xue, Concubine Shun, she has passed away." ”

Mu Xue's whole person suddenly became very panicked, she bit her teeth, sat down on the ground after being full, and shouted loudly: "Oh no, no, Concubine Shun is dead, Concubine Shun doesn't know why she died after eating the almond cake, go and invite the queen mother over!" ”

After finishing speaking, she pretended to faint, in fact, Mu Xue herself was also dizzy now, she didn't know what she was thinking at all, because her whole person was now in a state of almost paralysis, because she didn't intend to harm Concubine Shun, but for the sake of her and her family's queen mother, she had no way to do it.

The queen had been walking around the main hall for a long time, and she was impatient, when she suddenly heard a eunuch break in and said to her: "Niangniang is not good, Concubine Shun Niangniang is gone." ”

The queen held back the ecstasy in her heart, but made a very surprised appearance, and asked the eunuch loudly, "What did you say? What happened to Concubine Shun, you said? How is it possible, are you lying to me? ”

The little eunuch hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Niangniang, the slave really didn't lie to you, Niangniang should go over and have a look first!" Concubine Shun, she is really dead. ”

The queen followed the little eunuch and strode into the side hall, and when they walked to the side hall, they saw that the little eunuchs and palace maids there were surrounded by a group, and Mu Xue was lying on the ground, without saying a word, and the one crawling on the table was the deceased Concubine Shun.

Queen Wang was also a little scared at that time, she deliberately glanced at Concubine Shun, and then cried and said: "Concubine Shun, Concubine Shun, why is this happening, why?" Someone is coming, hurry up and invite the Empress Dowager Zhou. ”

"Yes."

Someone responded loudly, and then went to invite the Empress Dowager Zhou.

And everyone helped Queen Wang and Mu Xue back to the main hall, and not long after, after the Empress Dowager Zhou heard the news, she really hurried over.

After the Empress Dowager Zhou arrived, she first went to the side hall to see the situation of Concubine Shun, she saw that Concubine Shun's whole body was stiff, and she had obviously been dead for a while.

Then, she came to the main hall again, she pointed to the queen and scolded angrily: "The queen and queen's palace let you look at Concubine Shun for a long time, but you killed her, what's going on?" ”

Queen Wang's tears suddenly flowed out like beads of broken threads, and she looked at the Empress Dowager Zhou for a long time before saying, "The Empress Dowager, the concubines don't know what's going on!" When the concubines and concubines thought of Concubine Shun, the concubines' hearts hurt like knives. ”

As she spoke, tears flowed down her face.

"How can this be, you tell the mourning family why this is happening, wasn't Concubine Shun okay a few days ago? Why did it pass away suddenly? ”

Queen Wang knelt down with a puff, and Mu Xue behind her also knelt down with her, so the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly knelt down, and knelt in a room.

Seeing this, Qingsha hurriedly said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Queen Mother, don't be angry first, this matter may not be related to Queen Wang, please sit down and listen to Queen Mother explain this matter clearly, that day Queen Mother didn't specially invite Concubine Shun to live in Kunning Palace, if something happens to Concubine Shun, Queen Wang will definitely not be able to get out of it, how can Queen Wang knowingly commit it?" ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard Qingsha say this, her heart suddenly quieted down a lot, she sat down and said to Queen Wang: "What happened, you and tell the mourning family slowly, as long as you can say it clearly, the mourning family will not blame you, but if you say it clearly, the mourning family will definitely not spare it, everyone knows that the mourning family is like a sister to this concubine, but you let her die in your Kunning Palace, hum!" ”

Queen Wang's tears were like rain, her voice was sobbing and choking, she said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Queen Mother, the concubine really doesn't know what happened, this Concubine Shun Niangniang likes to eat almond cakes the most, presumably the Queen Mother knows, right?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou nodded, her eyes looked into the distance, her mind seemed to have gone back many years ago, and after a long time, she slowly nodded and said: "Yes, Concubine Shun, her favorite food is almond cake and almond crisp." ”

"Yes, the concubine just now just ordered Mu Xue to send a box of macaroons to the mother to eat, but I don't know why the mother died of anger after eating it, and the concubine also sent a lot of almond cakes to Concubine Shun to eat before, but the mother was fine after eating, so the concubine didn't know what happened, if the queen mother had to blame, please blame the concubine, this matter has nothing to do with other people in my Kunning Palace."

Empress Dowager Zhou slapped the case heavily and said: "Hmph, don't be so anxious to take this matter up first, wait until the mourning family finds out this matter, you said that in the past, Concubine Shun ate a lot of almond cakes and was fine, but today she suddenly had an accident after eating it, and the mourning family asked you where the almond cake came from?" ”

Queen Wang seemed to be a little dazed and said: "This almond cake is the almond cake of Qianfuju, and Concubine Shun liked to eat almond cakes before, and the concubine also bought it for her from Qianfuju to eat." ”

Queen Wang continued to say slowly: "The concubine used to buy a lot of almond cakes for Concubine Shun, and she never had stubble, this time I don't know why, Concubine Shun vomited blood and died after eating, please punish the concubine, it is the concubine who did not take care of Concubine Shun, so that Concubine Shun died in Kunning Palace, if the Queen Mother does not punish the concubine, I am afraid there is no way to explain to all the people in the harem." ”

Mu Xue cried and pleaded in that room: "The Empress Dowager Qi, this matter has nothing to do with our queen mother, our queen mother takes care of Concubine Shun Niangniang meticulously, because our queen mother is filial piety to the Queen Mother, so she takes care of Concubine Shun as her own elders, and takes care of Concubine Shun very well, everyone in this palace can testify, if the Queen Mother punishes our queen mother for this, it will not make the people in this palace feel cold." ”

When the Empress Dowager Zhou heard this, she was furious and said: "Mu Xue, you are just a little slave, do you dare to come and blackmail the Empress Dowager now?" ”

"Mu Xue didn't mean this, and Mu Xue didn't dare to blackmail the Queen Mother, if the Queen Mother felt that what Mu Xue said was wrong, the Queen Mother could beat Mu Xue to death, but Mu Xue didn't want the Queen Mother to be wronged."

When the Empress Dowager Zhou heard her say this, it seemed that there was really something hidden in this matter, so she continued to ask Queen Wang and said: "Okay, what is going on with Queen Wang, the mourning family has always felt that you are a good child, not like you would do this kind of thing, what is going on, you make it clear to the mourning family, as long as you make it clear, the mourning family promises not to punish you." ”

Queen Wang waved her hand there again and again and said: "The Queen Mother still asks you to punish me, in short, this matter has nothing to do with others, in the final analysis, it is all my fault, I don't want to affect the people in the Kunning Palace, please also ask the Queen Mother to punish me!" ”

After finishing speaking, she kept kowtowing there, her head hit the ground, and she bounced loudly, which made Empress Dowager Zhou feel very unbearable for a while, and when Queen Wang said those words, it seemed that there was really something hidden in this matter.

She thought for a long time before she said to Queen Wang: "Okay, what happened, you don't want to tell the mourning family, and the mourning family can find out clearly, someone is coming, take the queen out first, let her rest for a while, Mu Xue, you stay." ”

"Yes."

Mu Xue agreed repeatedly.