The so-called saffron, into the medicine is actually just the crimson stamen of saffron, after being made into medicine, like a small worm, this time Concubine De gave Jue Chan a big bag, she secretly divided it into several parts, and now opened two packs and sprinkled on Concubine Wen Guifei's bedding, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the hall, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and quietly ran to the house of the tenth elder brother.

Concubine Wen really took someone to catch the wild cat, but she made such a big noise, the wild cat was scared away a long time ago, and she didn't catch anything, but soon she couldn't hear the hideous "cry" again.

In the tenth elder brother's house, Jue Chan coaxed him to sleep, only to hear another commotion outside, it should be Concubine Wen who brought someone back, but she seemed to be scolding: "What are you going to do when you come back, go and guard me and catch me, it must be a wild cat, where is there a wild cat here?" ”

Jue Chan hugged the tenth elder brother, quietly waiting for the next movement, the outside seemed to be scattered, the child in his arms slightly squirmed his lips as if in a dream, suddenly a scream came from the main hall, the tenth elder brother's face twitched, and after being awakened for a moment, he opened his throat and cried desperately.

"Ten Elder Brother is good, Ten Elder Brother doesn't cry......" Juechan held the child and swayed back and forth all over the room, but his mind was all on the side of the main hall, but there was no other movement there for some reason, if it weren't for the ten elder brother being scared and crying, Juechan almost wondered if he had imagined the scream.

In the concubine's bedroom, Dong Yun stood in front of the bed at a loss, her master was shrinking back in a daze, and the people who ran in just now were sent away by Dong Yun, her hands trembled uncontrollably, and she turned around and asked the concubine: "Niangniang...... What to do? Could it be, could it be that the child in Fujin's womb came to ask for his life? ”

"Shut up!" The concubine scolded her sharply, but suddenly covered her mouth again, she couldn't scold people or let outsiders hear, and immediately pointed to Dongyun and said, "Clean it up, put it in the charcoal stove and burn it, nothing happened, we didn't see anything." ”

Dongyun suddenly squatted on the ground and hugged his head and cried: "The slave is afraid, Niangniang, the slave and the maid can't sleep for several days, it was the saffron that the slave put in her own hands, and it was the slave who killed Fujin's child." ”

Concubine Wen's paranoid face was full of disberence, she ran over and hugged her, as if crying and laughing, she broke Dongyun's hand and held her face and said: "No one will know, if it can be found out, it will be found out a long time ago, I am left in the palace at home, and we still have ten elder brothers, they will not pursue me for a child who has not seen the light of day." Besides, you can't find anything, can you? Fakhasu will keep his mouth shut for me, otherwise they won't be able to get out of it, Dongyun, if there is a sin, it is also mine, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

"Why, mother?" Dongyun shook his head vigorously, trying to forget all this but lingering, "We weren't good before, why can't we live the old days." ”

Concubine Wen looked at her in a daze, as if she was stopped by this sentence, her eyes were dull and her eyes were sloppy, and she said for a long time: "Why? Why should I live in humiliation, why can't everything come according to my heart? What the hell does Wu Yashi want to do with me, even my sister-in-law must be her sister, what are they, why did they give birth to our Niu Hulu family's children? Why? Why ......?"

Dong Yun's heart was shocked, the person in front of her was almost the same as hysteria, she lifted the concubine's shoulders and shook them vigorously, rubbing her face and calling her: "Niangniang wake up, wake up." ”

Concubine Wen really seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and after a heavy breath, she pointed to the things on the bed and said, "Clean them up, it's okay Dongyun, with me, no one can do anything to you." ”

At this moment, there was another cry, but it was no longer a hideous baby crying, Wen Guifei could hear that this was her son crying, staggered up, and came to the house of the tenth elder brother, but seeing that Juechan was holding the tenth elder brother and coaxing, she hugged her son from Juechan's arms like crazy, but the tenth elder brother was afraid of his mother, so he struggled harder in the arms of the concubine, and asked her with both hands towards the Juechan family, the concubine was extremely angry, and scolded the Juechan family: "Get out, what qualifications do you have to rob my son?" ”

For the rudeness of the concubine, Jue Chan has long been accustomed to it, in her eyes the concubine is a patient, if she thinks like that, she can not care about anything, at this moment since the concubine told her to leave, she left obediently.

When walking through the main hall, I saw a palace maid moving a charcoal stove inside, but it was soon sent out again, Dong Yun closed the door of the palace in a panic and didn't know what she was busy with, Concubine De asked her to carefully observe the reaction of the concubine, obviously all this is not normal, except for a few close ones in Dong Yun, I am afraid that there is no second person in the palace who knows the concubine better than her, there is no doubt that these saffron stimulated her, but she did not see it with her own eyes and heard the concubine "admit", she can't be easily arbitrary.

The next day, the farce of catching wild cats in Xianfu Palace spread in the palace, when Lan Qi got up in the morning to make up, Huanchun told her all this, she listened calmly, talking about whether the Zen nobles used saffron unconsciously, Huanchun said that today the nobles are going to Chengqian Palace to send the auspicious clothes of the fourth elder brother: "The slave maid has already agreed with Qinglian, if the nobleman leaves anything, she will tell the slave maid." ”

Lan Qi nodded silently, quietly picked up the eyebrow pencil and swept the eyebrows, but her hand still stopped in mid-air, frowned and said: "I have come to this step with enthusiasm, I have never been steady, it should be the first time I have played tricks in this palace, but this time Sister Rong and the imperial concubine are involved, and the noble people of Juechan are even more innocent, you said that if there is anything, I am afraid that the queen mother and the emperor will be disappointed in me, how can I talk about protecting the nobles of Juechan." ”

Huanchun said: "The matter has come to this, why don't you do things beautifully wholeheartedly, instead of worrying about the emperor and the empress dowager blaming you, it is better to dig out the evil deeds of the concubine, the empress dowager is always biased towards you, and the emperor can't be unreasonable in front of the facts." We are not harmful, we just want to seek justice for the second lady, this time it is not clear, there will be a next time, it is the faces of those people in Niu Hulu's family, and it should be seen clearly. ”

Lan Qi sighed deeply, settled down and said: "Yes, since I have made up my own mind, what is the hypocrisy at this moment, let's go step by step, although it is not the right path, but as long as I dig out the truth, in the face of the Empress Dowager and the emperor, I at least have something to say, I don't ask for anything else, only the people of the Niu Hulu family, don't stretch out your claws to Lan Ying." ”

In this way, after Lan Qi was dressed neatly, he went to Cining Palace as usual, but Huanchun did not follow today, and waited in Yonghe Palace for the Juezen nobles to go to the Chengqian Palace to send the clothes of the fourth elder brother, and after being ready, he quietly went to Qinglian and asked the Juezen nobles if they had left anything behind.

And in the afternoon of this day, it was the imperial concubine who sent someone to ask the people of Yonghe Palace to get something, saying that she had got some playthings to give to the thirteenth elder brother and the little princess, Huanchun naturally took the order over, she just wanted to ask Qinglian, but it was the imperial concubine who said to her personally: "Those saffron, the noble people of Juezen have let the concubine see it, it is said that she is scared, it seems that she has a ghost in her heart, go back and tell your mother, she can calculate, in what name to dispose of the concubine." ”

Huanchun cautiously agreed, but heard the imperial concubine ask her: "I heard that the wild cats that have been caught there for several days in Xianfu Palace have disappeared, how did you do it?" But it scared our concubine Tong a lot, let's end this matter earlier, my sister will be scared to death by you. ”

"In fact, the wild cats are not in the Xianfu Palace, Niangniang just sent people to sprinkle food in the nearby palace, and even under the walls of the Chu Xiu Palace of Concubine Tong Niangniang, those wild cats are caught and put there to forage for food every day, so close at night, the wild cats bark so loudly, if the concubine Niangniang has a ghost in her heart, of course she will be afraid." Huan Chun said with a smile, "Niangniang is not worried about being found to be a wild cat, as long as it can scare the concubine Niangniang, it is enough." scares Concubine Tong Niangniang, the slave and maid will return to the master to know that it is necessary to appease Concubine Tong Niangniang in the future. ”

The imperial concubine frowned and said: "Your mother looked at the gentle master who was reluctant to step on even ants, but I didn't expect to have these thoughts, the Forbidden City is really a good place, anyone who comes in can learn a skill." ”

These joking words, afterwards Huan Chun also conveyed them to Lan Qi, Lan Qi just laughed, but told Huan Chun to remember, in the future she will go to appease Concubine Tong, Huan Chun smiled: "The people who live in that place are not only Concubine Tong Niangniang, Concubine Tong Niangniang is weak and afraid, but Concubine Yi Niangniang, Concubine Niangniang, they didn't see any movement, there were wild cats and wild dogs barking, it was normal, just complain, Guifei Niangniang made such a big movement, obviously there was a ghost in her heart." ”

Lan Qi was very calm, "The concubine is already chattering, she may not really have a ghost in her heart, she can make trouble if she has nothing to do, who knows whether it is true or false, we must wait for the noble person of Juezen to affirm it, let's not be arbitrary, let alone get carried away." ”

Huanchun agreed, and then conveyed the words of the imperial concubine and asked: "What reason is the master ready to let the imperial concubine suppress the concubine?" ”

Lan Qi already had an idea: "The eldest brother's wedding date is approaching, just say that she is crazy and crazy in words and deeds, first ban the door of Xianfu Palace, and then no one is allowed to come and go, let alone pass anything, she must cut off her way to reach home, not even Ah Ling'a, and other things will be said later, the emperor refuses to pursue them, so we can't seek justice for Lan Ying on the right path." ”

According to Lan Qi's plan, as long as the Juezen nobles are sure that Wen Guifei has a ghost in her heart, she will force the concubine to "have a hysterical attack", and the imperial concubine will issue an order to cut off all contacts between Wen Guifei and the family, to put it bluntly, it is to turn Xianfu Palace into a cold palace, she knows that this step is too ruthless, but in fact, at this moment Lan Qi still has hope, she hopes that Wen Guifei is innocent, but everything has long been farther and farther away from her expectations.

On the fourteenth day of the first month of the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi, the night before the Lantern Festival, the palace put up lanterns to prepare for the festival, and the Xianfu Palace was no exception.

It's only dinner time, and it hasn't come before midnight, Wen Guifei was frightened and pale, and immediately put down her chopsticks and rushed out like crazy, shouting: "Go!" Go catch wild cats for me, and beat them to death with sticks for me......."

The people in the palace followed the concubine in a panic, Juechan was left down by a person, she was shocked to follow out, and sure enough, she saw Wen Guifei running out like crazy, she immediately turned around and returned to her residence, turned out the hidden saffron from her private place, took a small bag and turned back to the dining room, uncovered a cup of unused ginseng black chicken soup in front of Wen Guifei, opened the paper package and carefully poured the fine red saffron into it.

"What are you doing?"

The saffron had not yet been soaked in the chicken soup, and Wen Guifei's voice suddenly came coldly, and Jue Chan's whole body tightened, and the lid of the soup cup in his hand slipped off, shattering in the crisp sound.

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