The two sisters, Green Bead and Green Ring, really don't see the wrong person when they dye green, they are careful and smart, and they are often transparent at all. Especially Lu Zhu, although she is a younger sister, she is more intelligent than her sister, no wonder Hanyu also admired her before and accepted her as a tea maid.

Looking through the palace affairs records, as soon as July passes, mid-August is the birthday of the Queen Mother, which is a major event in the palace. Dyeing Qing as the head of the harem, this matter naturally fell on her head, she saw from the previous records, every year before the queen mother's birthday, Ningde Palace will be repaired, the palace wall is renovated, and new clothes are recut.

The note-keeping room symbolically brought the list of required supplies to her for review, Dye Qing only glanced at it, and asked the father-in-law of the note-keeping room to put down the list, and ordered a neat list of details to show her, the first time for the Queen Mother's birthday, you must do your best, and you can also take this opportunity to approach the Queen Mother.

Recently, I often heard some gossip, saying that Miss Yurou was deeply loved by the Queen Mother, and she might be crowned a concubine after the emperor returned to the palace. These rumors came from nowhere, but Dye Qing knew that they had deliberately reached her ears.

Yurou is not a piece of her heart, but the queen mother is a difficulty that she must overcome on the road to the harem.

It's just that when the notebook room brought all the detailed lists to her, she couldn't help frowning. The list given before was too general to see the details clearly, but now this list is listed in an orderly manner, and there are always hundreds of zeros, she can't help but think that it will cost a lot of silver to do it once?

Qin Tiance has always pursued diligence and thrift, and vegetarianism is prevalent in the palace, but if the Queen Mother wants so many names for a birthday, how can she be thrifty? Isn't this contrary to the emperor's political ways?

Dye Qing glanced at the father-in-law's expression in the memory room, his face was full of flattering smiles, and his thin eyes were squinted, but he was shrewd. The people in this palace are accustomed to the wind, and know what to say to whom. She smiled, spoke politely to her father-in-law, praised them for their good work in the memory room, and went to buy according to the order.

The father-in-law's surname was Liu, and he was the head of the memory room, and when he heard what Niangniang said, he immediately smiled and bent his eyes. After Gonggong Liu retreated, Hanyu walked up to Dye Qing and asked, "Niangniang, but what's wrong?" She has been serving her mother for a long time, and she has a general understanding of her mother's habits.

"Hanyu, think of a way to find out what weaknesses this Gonggong Liu has, and this palace will be useful to him."

"Yes, the slave knows."

Within a day, Hanyu found out, it turned out that this father-in-law Liu had a lover hidden outside the palace, and he would go to a private meeting every now and then, no one knew about this matter in the palace, although this was not a big crime, but Father-in-law Liu secretly hid a lot of silver taels from his lover, which was suspicious.

One night, Dye Qing summoned Gonggong Liu to the Fengran Palace again, eliminating all the people, leaving only Hanyu by his side. Gonggong Liu was a little frightened, and he didn't know what was going on with Niangniang coming over to him so late.

But when Ran Qing casually tasted the tea and said two words softly, cold sweat suddenly broke out on his forehead. The two words that Niangniang said were the names of his lover, and he tried his best to be calm, but when Niangniang pretended to inadvertently report a few numbers, he had already knelt on the ground in horror.

Those numbers are the amount of silver taels he secretly stuffs to his lover every time he leaves the palace, and this matter reaches the ears of the mother, it is a crime of killing the head, and he can no longer calm down.

Seeing that the intimidation effect was almost over, Dye Qing slowly said the purpose of this trip.

When Gonggong Liu heard this, he was so frightened that everyone spread on the ground, and begged for mercy again and again: "Niangniang, you spare the slave, how dare the account slave in Ningde Palace take it out at will, if the queen mother knows, the slave's head will not be protected." ”

Ran Qing sneered: "Gonggong Liu, if you don't say it, this palace won't say it, who knows?" Aren't you afraid that the name of corruption and bribery will reach the ears of the emperor, I'm afraid it's not just a crime of killing your head......"

This time, Gonggong Liu was really paralyzed on the ground, if his matter was known by the emperor and he didn't dare to think about the consequences, it would be the crime of exterminating the nine clans. He secretly hid silver taels, originally thinking that he would retire after a few years and enjoy Qingfu.

That night, there was no moon or stars, and it was very dark. Gonggong Liu went and returned, this time he handed an account to the hand of the concubine Niangniang, before leaving, he trembled his feet and said in a trembling voice: "Niangniang, the slave has done this for you, and the slave's business ......"

Ran Qing smiled lightly and asked, "What is the matter with Gonggong Liu, this palace doesn't know anything." ”

Gonggong Liu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and then he fell into the night and disappeared without a trace. But not long after he left, another figure disappeared into the darkness, and no one noticed.

This night, Dye Qing stayed awake all night, devoting herself to the account, this was the first time she had done things so seriously. It's not her delusion, but there is really something wrong with this account in Ningde Palace, this ancient account book is very ugly, and there are a lot of complicated matters, without any classification.

But Ningde Palace's account, as long as she looked closely, she could see the problem. Not only are the accounts uneven, but there is also a great way out, and many expenses are only casually recorded in the accounts, but the reason for the expenditure is not stated. And there are many names in the account, and the use of the Empress Dowager Guang alone in Ningde Palace is terrifying. And this method of accounting has lasted for nearly two years, that is to say, from the time of Jiadi's accession to the throne.

Dye Qing thought, will Qin Tiance know about this matter? Then he figured out that he must know about this matter, but the government is not stable, and he is not allowed to take care of the affairs of the harem at all, so he can only let it go for the time being. No wonder he asked her to make good use of the golden seal to take charge of the harem, did he have this idea and let her help him?

It's just that I'm afraid it's very tricky!

This night, Dye Qing was only sleepy at dawn and closed her eyes for a while, because this account book had to be returned to the notebook immediately, so she hurried to copy another book by hand overnight, so that Hanyu could return it as soon as possible.

But when Hanyu returned, he brought bad news.

That Father-in-law Liu is dead!

It was found in the morning, and the body was found in the long river of the Imperial Garden, and some people say that he fell into the water and drowned.

Dye Qing was shocked in her heart, and intuitively felt that Liu's father-in-law's death was related to the account book, who found out that he had stolen the account book without permission, and who killed him? There was a total of one person in the palace who was in charge of her, so she had to think that this might be the queen mother's intention. was a little ashamed of that father-in-law Liu, although he was greedy for money and lustful, but she led him to a dead end.

If the Queen Mother had learned about this account book, then she might have to lose her breath and prepare to deal with her. Now that she can't rely on the emperor's protection, or use Wanyue to dodge, if the queen mother is in trouble, how will she deal with it?

Qin Tiance had only been away for a few days, and Dye Qing had already faintly felt that a tornado was about to blow in the palace.

Only one day later, someone from Ningde Palace came to spread the message of the Queen Mother: From tomorrow, the concubine Niangniang needs to report to the Queen Mother every day. This is a palace rule and cannot be abolished.

That is to say, every day you have to wait in front of Ningde Palace before the Queen Mother gets up, and ask her to listen to the training after the Queen Mother gets up. In the past, because the emperor invited him to sleep, the procedure of the concubine was temporarily exempted, but now that the emperor has left the palace, there is no excuse for the bed, so naturally it can no longer be exempted. Dye Qing knew that her hard days were coming.

The Queen Mother got up when she was young, and she felt that she was seriously sleep-deprived after two days of tossing. Even Hanyu, who accompanied her, couldn't hold it anymore, and came back after morning training and yawned again and again.

However, the rumor is not false, every day I can see Yurou serving beside the Queen Mother, no matter how big or small, she is more careful and thoughtful than the long palace maid next to the Queen Mother, and seeing that the Queen Mother is kind to her, she is indeed very satisfied.

As for the queen mother's treatment of dyeing green, she has always been cold-faced, and she has to listen to her reprimand every day, accusing her of holding a gold seal, but governing the harem inappropriately. Or even took the female rings, female training and other scriptures for her to copy, and she was not allowed to return to the Fengran Palace until she finished copying them. Unintentional or intentional trouble, Dye Qing laughs at it, if you can't stand it, then why do you insist on going.

After the scripture was copied on this day, the Queen Mother glanced at it casually and said lightly: "If there is sincerity, tomorrow the young concubine will come alone, there is no need for slaves and maids to serve, when you come to the mourning family, you will have your own palace maids to serve tea." ”

Ran Qing and Han Yu were both shocked in their hearts, but the Queen Mother opened her mouth and had to answer sincerely.

After going back, Han Yu felt worried in her heart, Niangniang went to Ningde Palace alone tomorrow, will something go wrong? Seeing her solemn expression, Dye Qing couldn't help but smile and comfort: "Don't worry, Hanyu, this palace will be careful, and even if the queen mother really wants to find the fault of this palace, you can't help, but stay in the palace without being implicated, and you may be able to think of a way to save this palace." ”

This is also true, even if Hanyu has martial arts, she can't compete with the many internal guards in the palace, and if the Queen Mother intends to find a trip, as a slave, can she still do something to the Queen Mother? Staying in the Fengran Palace is to be able to see the opportunity to act.

The next day, when it was still dark, someone came to Ningde Palace, claiming that the Queen Mother had specially ordered her to come and serve the concubine Niangniang before she went to bed last night, so that the palace attendants would come to serve the concubine Niangniang and hold the lamp for the Niangniang. Tonight is another moonless night, the sky is still very dark, some strange why some of the palace lights along the road have been extinguished, the lighting is very unclear.

The palace maid seemed to know her thoughts, and explained with a smile: "It may be that the palace maid who holds the lamp is not worried and forgot to add lamp oil to the lamp." ”

Dye Qing nodded, didn't think much about it, and just walked slowly behind her. Just walking, I felt that something was wrong, the journey from Fengran Palace to Ningde Palace was not long, it only took a cup of tea to make time, but they had walked for almost two teas, why hadn't they arrived yet?

"That bamboo ...... Is it a fork in the road? Why haven't you arrived at Ningde Palace yet? "This palace maid said her name when she came to summon her before, but Dye Qing didn't pay attention to it, and she couldn't remember it when she called it.

"Back to Niangniang, the slave maid is called Zhuyue, and she didn't take a fork in the road, isn't there an arch in front of you? Turn around and you're there. ”

Raised his eyes and looked over there, there was indeed an arch in the haze that was more than ten meters away, and he had the impression that going to Ningde Palace did seem to be passing through an arch, so he sank his mind and followed Zhuyue to that side.

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