Mei Guiren bowed his head and kowtowed repeatedly: "As soon as the concubine entered the harem, Concubine Hui tried her best to squeeze out, regarded the concubine as a party of concubines, and now she has martyred the concubine." The concubine was stupid, and asked the queen mother to have mercy and guidance. ”

The Queen Mother smiled faintly: "The only one who guides the maze is the gods and Buddhas, and the only one who can cross the maze is himself." The mourning family knows that you are heartbroken for the death of the child, but the child is dead, as long as you live, there will always be a chance. You can rest assured, the mourning family will tell Qin Tianjian that the passing year is not good, and there can be no more vain things when the palace is interrupted. But how to get out of Yuhua Pavilion and how to live up to the trust of the mourning family is up to you. ”

Mei Guiren bowed down, and there was a little more solemnity in his sad expression: "The concubine is respectfully taught by the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother took Aunt Fu's hand and walked out, her tone was slow and deep: "There is one thing, the mourning family has always been unable to understand, your fetus has always been said to be good, and the child is also strong." It's really pitiful how it was born like that. ”

Mei Guiren fell to the ground, and the smooth and mirror-like clear brick ground was cold and his forehead, and the coldness pressed straight into his brain. She raised her head, and only the aftertaste of sandalwood burned by the Queen Mother for many years was left in the hall, and the breath was gloomy, filling the room.

Ruyi was summoned to the Heart Cultivation Hall at lunchtime. She had just finished her lunch, and Ah Zhen was waiting for Huan's hands to be cleaned, and Li Yu, who was beside the emperor, hurriedly came: "Concubine Xian Niangniang, the emperor has a decree, please go to the warm pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Palace immediately, and don't bring idlers." ”

When Ruyi heard the last sentence, her heart sank slightly, and she was a little hesitant, but she still had a smile on her face: "The emperor has such a will, but what happened?" ”

Li Yu's expression was not as usual, and he only said: "The sedan chair has been prepared outside, please do it." ”

Ruyi was in a hurry to change her clothes, and she didn't even bring Ah Ji and Xinxin, so she took Li Yu's hand and went out. It wasn't until she was about to get on the sedan chair outside the Yimen that she heard Li Yu say in a very low voice: "Wang Qin told me in front of the emperor, and the slave didn't know what was going on, but the queen mother had also arrived." ”

Ruyi heard "Wang Qin" and "Queen", and her heart was even more gloomy, so she had to say: "Then go quickly, don't let the emperor wait." ”

As soon as Yifu entered the hall, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was not as good as before. The emperor's expression was gloomy, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes. The queen also sat on the red sandalwood chair in front of the couch, and did not dare to sit on the couch with the emperor. And Wang Qin knelt on the ground dejectedly, not daring to speak.

Ruyi was busy and blessed: "The emperor is blessed with Jin'an, and the queen's mother is Wan'an." ”

The Emperor hastily lifted his chin and motioned for her to get up. Ruyi hurriedly lowered his hands and stood aside, and the emperor did not call "sit down", but only said to Wang Qin: "You tell me what you just said, and then tell the queen and Concubine Xian." ”

Wang Qin hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The slave was ordered by the emperor to thoroughly investigate the rumors in the Six Palaces, and found that there were indeed rumors in the palace, talking about the babies born to the Mei nobles, who were twins, and they were demonic. All kinds of details about the baby, as if seen in person, coupled with the minions' cheap mouths, adding oil and vinegar, it becomes to say that the baby is like a monster. ”

The emperor said impatiently: "What are you talking about!" Just the ones you find! ”

Wang Qin was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The servants inquired and found that this kind of rumor spreads, and the East Sixth Palace is far greater than the West Sixth Palace. ”

The queen was obviously relieved, her expression was a lot soothed, and she pulled the silver tweezel on the enamel filigree stove and said: "Amitabha, the concubine lives in Changchun Palace, fortunately, there are not many rumors in the West Sixth Palace, and the concubine is also clear." ”

Wang Qin wiped his sweat with his sleeve and said, "Yes." As far as the minions know, the rumors are mainly gathered in the areas of Yonghe Palace, Yanxi Palace, Jingyang Palace and Zhongcui Palace. ”

The queen saw that Wang Qin was sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "Among the six palaces in the east, only these four palaces have concubines living in them, and Yonghe Palace is where the incident occurred, so it is inevitable that there will be rumors. And thou sayest, Where did these words come from? ”

Wang Qin's face turned pale, and the sweat dripped down, and he was smoked by Su Hexiang in the hall, and the smell was really unpleasant. Ruyi held her breath and only listened to him.

The queen said in a deep voice: "In front of the emperor, is there anything you dare not say?" ”

Wang Qin kowtowed, glanced at Ruyi with his eyes, and said, "The palace people say that the first rumor to spread is Yanxi Palace. ”

Ruyi seemed to be poured down by a bucket of ice water, so cold that Tianling Gai felt chilled, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "The emperor Mingjian, what I saw and heard in Yonghe Palace that night, the concubines never had a word or a half. No one in the Yanxi Palace knows how to spread rumors in the palace! ”

Wang Qin hurriedly said: "The servants don't dare to speak falsely, so they specially brought back some palace people who spread rumors, and asked the emperor to take a closer look." ”

The emperor said coldly: "Since it has been checked, let's pass it on." ”

Wang Qin clapped his hands twice, only to hear someone squirming outside, the brocade carpet on the ground was extremely thick, almost silent, only the friction of the robe and the carpet scraped the eardrums approaching for a while. About four or five palace people knelt down one foot away from the emperor, kowtowed and said hello, and were confused for a while.

Wang Qin regained his sustenance in front of the palace people, and said with a cold face: "If I ask you anything, you just answer according to the truth." In front of the emperor, they are all honest, and they are not allowed to talk nonsense. ”

Everyone timidly replied "yes", and Wang Qin said again: "You few, chewing the root of your tongue in the palace is the most powerful, and when you are free, you will talk nonsense there, and you will fly short and long." Now, I ask you, where did you hear those unclean words about the noble people in the first place? ”

The palace people looked at each other timidly, and when they saw that Ruyi was also on their side, they became more and more timid, and one of them said timidly: "As time goes by, the minions and minions have forgotten." ”

Ruyi saw a few palace people looking at her, so she didn't dare to say much, and her heart sank more and more. She knelt on the ground, and saw a scarlet brocade cloud carpet covered with a hundred flowers and spring pictures of a hundred flowers on the ground, densely embroidered with peony fragrance, rose dew, lotus Qingxin, autumn chrysanthemum frost, plum and snow, hundreds of magpies and thousands of butterflies frolicking in the meantime. Such a lively and vivid pattern was originally a whole spring day's joy, but at this time, it seems that it is so dense that people can't breathe.

"Forgot?" Wang Qin sneered, "I still remember it, but now I have forgotten it all." I knew that a slave who didn't have a long memory had no other way than to torture him. ”

The emperor's tone was also cold: "When you come to me, you still have to prevaricate? Wang Qin, torture! After breaking a few fingers, I knew I had to tell the truth. ”

As soon as the emperor's words fell, two of the timid ones kowtowed and said, "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life!" The minions have said it all, they have all said it, and the minions first heard about it when they passed through Yanxi Palace. ”

The queen asked, "The earliest?" When was the earliest? ”

The palace man's face turned pale: "It was the night when the Mei Guiren gave birth." ”

The queen's expression changed slightly, as if she was talking to herself: "In other words, as soon as the emperor finished explaining the concubines and concubines and left, rumors spread in the palace?" ”

Several other palace people also hurriedly followed: "Not bad, not bad." Your Majesty, the servants don't dare to talk nonsense anymore, it was the first to come out in the area of Yanxi Palace. ”

Su Hexiang's smell was originally Qingning and pleasant, but at the moment when it smelled in his nose, he only felt hot and spicy, and almost smoked tears. Ruyi kowtowed deeply and said awe-inspiringly: "The emperor is clear, the concubines have indeed never leaked a word. ”

The queen was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, with the character of Concubine Xian, I don't think I will talk nonsense to outsiders at will." It's just ......" She looked at Ruyi, and there was a little more speculation between her gentle eyebrows: "Concubine Xian, were you frightened and tired that night, and you told anyone for a while, and you don't remember it?" ”

In the gilded silver fortune and longevity boundless ding, if there is no Suhe cigarette thin cigarette, the wisps are intertwined and densely woven, spreading out boundlessly, as if weaving an invisible net, covering the sky and the earth, making people have nowhere to escape.

Ruyi only felt that her heart was dull and stagnant, and she looked up at the emperor and said: "If the emperor is willing to believe in the concubine, the concubine dares to guarantee her life, and she has never said a word to anyone." ”

Wang Qin sighed: "This is strange, everyone says that it is a rumor from the Yanxi Palace of Concubine Xian, but Concubine Xian Niangniang said that there is not a word missing, are these minions crazy, they can't even tell which palace and which garden, and they are talking nonsense?" Or as the queen said, Concubine Xian said it unconsciously herself, or dream words, or angry words, I don't know! ”

Ruyi was annoyed in her heart, stared at Wang Qin and said: "You keep biting the palace, what is the intention of the palace, you must harm the Mei nobles and damage her reputation?" Not hesitating to affect the reputation of the emperor and the royal family? ”

Wang Qin hurriedly shook his head and said, "Don't be angry, the slave is just talking." It's just that Concubine Xian Niangniang has never given birth, and out of jealousy, she was angry with Mei Guiren, and she said it quickly for a while, I'm afraid there are also people. ”

The emperor was silent, but slapped his palm on the red sandalwood case, and the queen was so anxious that she took the emperor's hand and carefully examined it: "The emperor is angry, and he must also pay attention to the dragon body, so as not to hurt his body." ”

The emperor said: "In front of me, I don't talk well, I just bite them one by one, what is it!" ”

The queen hurriedly got up and knelt down and said: "The emperor is angry, even if all kinds of evidence are conclusive, everyone testifies to Concubine Xian, and the concubines don't believe that Concubine Xian did it intentionally." ”

The emperor pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I also believe in Concubine Xian, but the rumors point out, I can't help but investigate thoroughly." ”

The queen hurriedly said: "The emperor said yes." It's just that Concubine Xian has served the emperor for many years, and she has no merit and hard work. But please don't punish the emperor first. The concubine thought that since this matter had to be thoroughly investigated, it was not appropriate for Concubine Xian to be involved, so it was better to ask the emperor to let Concubine Xian not enter and leave Yanxi Palace first, and wait until it was found out, and then give Concubine Xian an innocence. ”

The emperor groaned, and the cigarette smoke of Su Hexiang in the hall wafted away, and even the emperor's face was covered with a thin layer of mist. Ruyi knelt on the ground, the hall was clearly warm as spring, and the air seemed to be frozen by the propolis in the spring, stagnant, so stuffy that she couldn't breathe. After a long time, the emperor's voice pierced through a wisp of smoke as sharp as a golden cold stone, and the volley broke through the air: "Then, I am just as the queen said." ”

Ruyi's feet were weak, and she almost lost the strength to get up, only looking at the emperor with disappointment and sadness. The Emperor did not avoid her gaze, and said in a deep voice, "I will imprison you for a while to seek the truth. You can rest assured that you will live in Yanxi Palace first. He didn't allow Ruyi to say any more, and called Li Yu outside the hall: "Li Yu, help Concubine Xian out." ”

Ruyi only felt that her feet were weak and weak, her heart fell and fell, looking back, the emperor's eyes contained a little sharp firmness, she had to settle down and go out slowly. When there were few people, she held Li Yu's hand, as if she was silent, only looking ahead, and by chance, an eye wave crossed Li Yu's cheek, containing deep determination and coldness. Li Yu nodded knowingly, lowered his eyes again, and remained as docile and obedient as ever.