Shen Ciwei said that this causal relationship was a bit far-fetched, but when she said this, Concubine Xi could only listen.

She said: "The weather has been cold recently, and it is normal to have a headache and brain fever." The queen mother didn't say that they came to the palace to listen to the palace to talk about things, but the palace also went to the imperial garden every day to enjoy the plums, and it was also an hour or two to go, so I didn't see the palace getting sick? ”

Shen Ciwu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, ignoring her.

But Pei'er suddenly scolded: "Presumptuous! In front of the queen's mother, the concubine also dares to call herself the palace? Is this a deliberate attempt to provoke the queen? ”

Concubine Xi was stunned for a moment, and reluctantly got up and gave a salute, "The concubine lost her words, and I hope that the queen will forgive her sins." ”

"It doesn't matter if you lose your words, as long as you remember who you are."

Shen Ciwu put down the teacup and said leisurely: "That's it, since you like to let the concubines go to your palace to listen to things, this palace is not good to blindly stop you." ”

"You pay five hundred taels of silver to the palace, which will be regarded as their medical expenses this time. This shortfall, the palace itself added to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the accounts of the hospital could not be reported to the queen mother, so no one asked the palace, and the palace was also relaxed, why not? ”

There was no way, Concubine Xi had no choice but to ask Qiu Xi to give the silver to Shen Ciwu.

After accepting the silver, Shen Ci smiled worriedly: "Okay, you can go." In the future, if you want to summon the concubines of the East Sixth Palace to your palace to talk about things, the silver will be prepared for the palace first, understand? ”

Concubine Xi left in a daze, Pei'er saw her running away, and she only felt happy in her heart, "Niangniang should treat her like this, she doesn't know who gave her that arrogance?" ”

"She's just a concubine, and she's not favored, and she dares to be presumptuous in front of her mother? If you want the slave to say that the mother only fines her with silver, it is light, and she should be grounded to kill her majesty. ”

"What is she doing with grounding? She can do whatever she wants in the harem, and the palace is too lazy to take care of her. As long as she has enough silver, she can lift the roof of Fengluan Palace in the main palace if she likes. ”

Shen Ciwu looked at the business name on the silver ticket and instructed Pei'er: "This silver is not from the palace, it should be given to her by her mother's family." You let people go out of the palace to check for the palace to see how much silver her mother's family has saved in this business. ”

As an official, how can anyone not be greedy?

As long as Shen Ci found out that Concubine Xi's mother's family had more money than they could do, she would naturally be able to implement the name of her mother's family's corruption.

The people sent by Pell investigated quickly, and the results were obtained in almost a day and a half.

"Mother, I found out. In Wanli Commercial Bank, Concubine Xi's mother's family had a total of 30,000 taels of silver in it. ”

"Thirty thousand taels of silver?" Shen Ciwu pinched his fingers and calculated slightly, "Then the sum of her family's fortunes over the years is almost this number." But doesn't she eat and drink as a family? And her family is all officials in the court, and there is no business abroad, how to explain this extra money? ”

Pei'er asked, "Do you want to tell the emperor about this?" ”

Shen Ci worried: "What to tell the emperor to do?" Do you think the emperor doesn't know about these things? The former dynasty is different from the harem, if the former dynasty wants to check and balance, it must let useful people taste the sweetness, and they will do their best. As long as he is not too greedy, the emperor will not pay attention to him. ”

"But the harem is different, the turmoil in this teacup, any vibration, can make the overflowing tea burst out. If the tea is too hot, it will accidentally burn the tea drinker. You go, call Concubine Xi to the palace. ”

After Concubine Xi came, Shen Ciwu handed her the accounts she had investigated, "You can take a look at it yourself, and then give the palace a reasonable explanation." ”

Concubine Xi is well versed in Li Mobai's way of governing the country, everyone is greedy, and her mother's family is not greedy, and Shen Ciwu wants to threaten herself with this matter, which is obviously untenable.

After a cursory look through the accounts, she asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

"There's no problem, this palace just wants to tell you, what is the situation of your mother's accounts, you know it in your heart, the emperor knows it in your heart, and this palace knows it even better. But there are always people who are not clear, for example, the Queen Mother. ”

She paused, saw that the corners of Concubine Xi's lips twitched slightly, and said with a smile: "You said, if the Queen Mother knows that you are so extravagant in the harem, the money used is greedy." What will she do? Even if you don't make trouble for your mother's family in the previous dynasty, how much better can your life in the harem be? ”

Concubine Xi's eyes sank, "Does the queen mother have to go against the concubine?" ”

Shen Ciwu raised his eyebrows and shook his head, "It's not that this palace wants to oppose you, but that you can't see the situation clearly and want to compete with this palace." ”

She got up from her seat, and Shi Shiran walked towards Concubine Xi, "What did you do that day, this palace is clear in my heart." But this palace chose to let you go, do you know why? Not because Hongu is kind-hearted, but because you are not worthy of Hongu's hands to clean you up at all. ”

"Now you often ask the concubines of the East Sixth Palace to go to your palace to listen to you, also in order to stand up in front of the concubines, so as to win back some face for yourself, so that you don't seem so down-and-out in the palace."

"These are your careful thoughts, and this palace doesn't care about you. But you have to remember that the concubine is the concubine, the queen is the queen, the words of the palace are the decree, and the words of the palace can make you die. ”

Shen Ci said worriedly and took Concubine Xi's hand and gently placed it on his lower abdomen.

Concubine Xi wanted to break free, but Shen Ciwu clenched tighter, "Bengong knows, you must have wanted to hurt Bengong's baby." And this palace is doing these things today to tell you a truth. ”

"There is a limit to Hongu's patience. You'd better hear Bengong's words clearly before you make a foolish thing, and you will be a man with your tail between your legs in the future. Otherwise, this palace is afraid that you will not be able to steal chickens and rice. Do you understand? ”

Concubine Xi argued: "Why did the queen mother say this? How could the concubine move the heart of the imperial heir in your womb? ”

"You don't move this thought, you know it in your own heart. If you can deceive yourself, you can't deceive the sky, you can deceive the sky, and you can't deceive this palace. That's all this is for Hongu to say. Shen Ciwu suddenly shook off Concubine Xi's hand, not angry and arrogant, "You kneel down." ”

After sending away Concubine Xi, Pei'er frowned and asked, "Since Niangniang knows that Concubine Xi is unconscious, why don't you just eradicate this trouble?" ”

Shen Ci worried: "Her mother's family has a face in the front court, and the emperor wants her mother's family to be useful." At this time, if the palace moves her, it will be of no benefit to Yu Sheji. And Bengong is not a vicious person, if she can understand the meaning of Bengong's words and know how to converge, Bengong doesn't want to have her dirty blood on her hands. ”

Pei'er said: "The queen is benevolent, I just hope that Concubine Xi can open her mind, but don't do foolish things again." ”