After the beginning of spring, the sky fluttered and fell heavy snow, it rained for a whole day and a night, covered in silver, the sky and the earth were vast, dazzling white.

The queen mother exempted the people in the palace from the morning and dusk, saying that after the Midyear Festival, she would follow the old rules. In fact, after calculation, there are only four people left in the palace now, including Concubine Ling, Concubine Ya and Lan Cairen, and Yuehua.

Yuehua was lying on the warm kang, and her waist was pasted with the ointment sent by the imperial doctor, and the little eunuch burned the warm kang hot, and the whole room was filled with the cool smell of the plaster.

Yuehua's back disease has gradually improved, but she is still tired and doesn't want to go out, Mama Qin will report to her the rumors and rumors she hears every day, and Lan Cairen will often come over to chat with her and talk about the new things in the palace and the palace.

I heard that the people in Concubine He's family once entered the palace to beg the Queen Mother to take Concubine He out of the palace, nominally to find a nunnery, and let Concubine He lead the practice and pray for the Queen Mother. In fact, Concubine He's mother felt sorry for her daughter, worried that she was desolate in the palace, and wanted to take her out of the palace and stay by her side without being wronged.

The Queen Mother was also feeling a headache for Concubine He's endless tossing, and she wanted to be sent out of the palace, but Concubine Crane herself refused. She is nostalgic for Mo Guhan, nostalgic for the position of the concubine, and there is still a trace of luck in her heart.

And then there is that Qiao Zhu, after she became Lao Caitou's vegetable household, she became the laughing stock of the entire palace, suffering from cynicism during the day, and being tossed by the obscene Lao Caitou at night. However, he couldn't stay up for more than ten days, broke free from Lao Cai's head in the middle of the night, ran out naked, and drowned in a cold well.

Lan Cairen said that Qiao Zhu was tossed every day and cried wolf, and many people would run to the window of the two people's rooms at night to listen to the sound, and coaxed them with bad intentions. The more people around, the more excited Lao Cai Tou became.

She ran out that night, and probably didn't have such a desperate desire to die at first. She was stopped naked by a group of little eunuchs, and instead of being comforted, they all took advantage of the opportunity.

Maybe at that time, she really lost her heart like ashes, completely lost the idea of living, and broke free and plunged into the well next to the Huanyi Bureau.

When she was salvaged, her eyes widened, full of resentment and unwillingness. There was not a single part of her skin that was good, bruised and unsightly.

The eunuchs thought she had polluted the well, so they threw her body on the edge of the well and hung it in strips. Later, the people in the Huanyi Bureau took pity on her and looked for a rag to wrap it. At that time, she was frozen with the ground, and she was still shoveled away with a shovel.

When Lan Cairen said this, Yuehua felt a little guilty in her heart. Maybe when she noticed that Qiao Zhu had such a restless mind, she was ruthless and simply sent her out, and there might be no follow-up. Sometimes, being soft-hearted and doing things is not necessarily a good thing.

For a New Year's Festival, there are pimples, and my heart is not happy.

Yuehua was angry in her heart, deliberately avoiding Mo Guhan, and rarely approached him. Even if there was a banquet, she shirked her body and didn't go to participate, she nested in the Qingqiu Palace, and only Xiangshen and Lan Cairen chatted with her to relieve her boredom.

In fact, the total number of people in the palace is so small, and Mo Gu is not busy with government affairs during the New Year's Festival. Yuehua nests in the Qingqiu Palace without leaving home, as long as she goes out, she always happens to meet Mo Guhan by chance. She hid very quickly, and when she couldn't dodge, she was cold and detached, but also respectfully saluted.

The door of the temple was closed early at night, Mo Guhan had come once, and he had no choice but to return after eating the closed door.

After Lan Cairen heard this, he tried to persuade her, but Yuehua was unmoved, and she jumped to her feet in a hurry, and then sighed for a long time.

Ryan Palace.

Concubine Crane put a black gauze cloak on her head, covered her face tightly, and whimpered and cried.

"Alright, alright, don't cry, tears are full of tears in a while. Didn't the doctor say that it was better not to see the water for the wound on your face? The Queen Mother persuaded patiently.

Concubine He's crying voice gradually became smaller.

"The queen mother must be the master of the concubine's body, the concubine's life has been ruined like this. After the accident, the emperor went to the leisurely palace to ask a few words, and then he never saw anyone again. The emperor must have been disgusted with the concubine, and now, what is the difference between me and the cold palace? ”

The Queen Mother sighed helplessly: "Don't say that you are a cold palace there, now the emperor's soul has been hooked by the queen, and the entire harem is like a void." Ren Shiling'er also went there less, and she didn't turn over her sign after the year. ”

"Where does the concubine still have the heart to compete for favor now? It's just that I have died unjustly in my heart. Concubine Crane put a veil into her cloak and pressed the corners of her eyes so that her tears would not smear the medicine on her face.

"Unjustly killed? Then why did the eunuch do such a poisonous act to you, don't you really know the reason in your own heart? The Queen Mother glanced at her and said coldly.

Concubine He stood up and knelt down in front of the Queen Mother with a "poof": "Could it be that even the Queen Mother doesn't believe in the concubine's body, thinking that Jun Shuyuan's death has something to do with the child?" ”

"Doesn't it matter!" The Queen Mother's voice suddenly became stern, and she looked at Concubine He hatefully: "Last time Cui Zhaoyi died prematurely, you justified it in every possible way, the mourning family believed you, covered it all up, and pleaded for you in front of the emperor, and took great pains to protect you."

But how do you not repent! That's the emperor's flesh and blood, the emperor has been looking forward to it for a long time, and finally looked forward to this child. Why can't you tolerate it? ”

"No, no!" Concubine He shook her head in panic: "Queen Mother, Cui Zhaoyi's concubine is really wronged." No matter how stupid the concubine is, she will definitely not put the ox knee powder in the tonic she sent over and give it to others! Besides, hasn't the emperor already investigated clearly? The real reason for Cui Zhaoyi's premature birth is the black chicken soup she drinks on weekdays! All the black chickens were fed with chronic poison, and the child was actually stillborn. ”

The Queen Mother barely suppressed her anger and tapped her index finger on the table: "Even if you were framed in this matter, what about Jun Shuyuan?" The mourning family asked you, two days before Jun Shuyuan's accident in Meilin, you ordered the little eunuch Zhao Jiu'er beside you to go out of the palace to beg for live bees, what to do? ”

"Live bees?" Concubine Crane pondered for a moment in confusion and explained: "It snowed for the past two days, the weather was cold, and the concubine's knees were a little tingling. The doctor said that there was an invasion of wind and cold, so every time it was cold weather, it would recur.

He thought of a home remedy for his concubine, saying that he could use live bees to cure and eradicate the roots. The concubine was eager to seek medical treatment, so she did as she was told, and ordered Zhao Jiu'er to go outside the palace to find some bees and come back, but because the bee sting was too painful, the concubine ordered someone to take it and throw it away, I am afraid that she would have frozen to death a long time ago. Does this matter have anything to do with Jun Shuyuan? ”

The Queen Mother really didn't want to mention this matter, and when she thought of it, she was furious, and she hated herself for being gullible, and she really couldn't help but say that she poured safflower soup on Jun Shuyuan, causing the fetus to miscarry. Now the emperor complains about himself, angrily asks the teacher for guilt, and the two have an estrangement for no reason. Therefore, she hates the person who is making waves behind her back.

"If it doesn't matter, then how can Jun Chi use a box of wasps against you?"

Concubine He was shocked: "The concubine only thought that Jun Chi was angry that the concubine sent Jun Shuyuan into the palace and broke up the two before taking revenge, how do you know that there is such a reason?" I really don't understand the concubine's body, what is the connection? ”

The Queen Mother patiently told the story of Merlin that day, and said to Concubine He: "I'm afraid that Jun Chi didn't know where to hear the rumors, and misunderstood that you hurt Jun Shuyuan, so I had such thoughts." ”

Concubine Crane heard this. Immediately, he gritted his teeth with hatred: "No wonder that Jun Chi and I seem to have a bitter hatred, and they talk nonsense, saying that I killed Jun Shuyuan, and he wants to avenge her." The concubine didn't even know that she had been wronged by her. ”

The Queen Mother ordered the palace people behind her to step forward and help Concubine He up: "Who made you so reckless, before you were interrogated, you shot people to death with arrows, and you didn't even have a living mouth." ”

Concubine Crane was speechless, and argued curtly: "The concubine only felt shocked at the time, where would she think about it so much? In addition, he is crazy and nonsense, and if he lets it go, he may not know what to say. I hated it for a while, so I gave the order. ”

The Queen Mother smiled knowingly, knowing that she was in a hurry to kill people and kill her mouth, so as not to spread her crimes. didn't care, just said leisurely: "It's a pity that now, the person behind it got out safely, put it out of the way, sit back and relax, and pity you for others." ”

Concubine Crane was a little puzzled: "The person behind it? Could it be that someone else instructed him not to do it? ”

The Queen Mother looked at her and sighed leisurely: "Silly child, just say that you are a simple-minded person, and you must not have so many messy thoughts." You don't want to think about it, after that gentleman entered the palace, he was a rough eunuch, where to find so many wasps to come in, there must be someone behind him. ”

Concubine Crane pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said hatefully: "Who is so vicious, using this kind of scheme to sow discord and kill people with a knife?" Queen Mother, please make it clear! ”

The Queen Mother shook her head: "That's it, you just think I'm talking, I just have such a conjecture, after all, when Jun Shuyuan was alive, the two moved closely." You are no longer in power, but don't think about it and offend her. ”

The more the Queen Mother refused to say it explicitly, the more suspicious Concubine He became, and when she heard her words, she understood a little in her heart: "Thank you Queen Mother for mentioning it, the child knows." ”

The Queen Mother gently persuaded and said: "Now that you have fallen to this step of the field, remember not to act recklessly, and endure everything if you can." There is nothing else that the mourning family can do, and they can only protect you in this harem for a while, and they will definitely not treat you badly. ”

Concubine Crane was so hateful that she almost split her eyes, and there were veils on the left and right, and others couldn't see her expression, so she kowtowed heavily to the Queen Mother: "Concubine thank the Queen Mother for her grace." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand: "Go back and rest, so that you can recuperate from your injuries, if you need anything, just open your mouth." ”

Concubine Crane saluted again, and only then did she return to the Leisurely Hall with the support of the palace maid.