The concubine hurriedly stepped forward to ask, only to see that Du Qinyue was actually teary-eyed, gently wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said, This tea seems to taste different from usual. Concubine Jiang was taken aback, and tasted Du Qinyue's tea, and sure enough, there was a strange smell. At this time, Du Qinyue suddenly began to retching again, and Concubine Jiang hurriedly called the palace maid to find the imperial doctor.

Lin Guiren didn't understand, he obviously saw Xiu'er put something in the cup, but now it caused Du Qinyue to feel uncomfortable, right? Did Xiu'er confuse the cup? Lin Guiren was still guessing in his heart that the imperial doctor had already dared to come, and after judgment, there was no problem in the other teas, except for Du Qinyue's teacup, which had golden cicada flower powder.

The imperial doctor said that improper consumption of golden cicada flowers will cause nausea, vomiting, dizziness and other symptoms, and Du Qinyue used the water in which the golden cicada flowers were put to retch. Du Qinyue immediately pointed at Concubine Jiang and said viciously: "This palace knows that you have always hated this palace and hated this palace, but this palace didn't expect you to come up with such a vicious method. ”

Concubine Jiang hurriedly explained that she didn't do it, but Du Qinyue didn't listen at all, but just said: "The palace said that Xiu'er was going to make tea, and your palace maid was still hiding and didn't want to give Xiu'er, it turned out that she was going to do this, it must be you who instructed your palace maid to poison the palace, Concubine Jiang, you are so ruthless, the palace is going to find the emperor to administer justice to the palace, Xiu'er, go and find the emperor, the palace wants the emperor to administer justice, and the emperor wants to see your ugly face." Xiu'er then ran out.

At this time, Lin Guiren suddenly spoke: "Concubine Shuniang, you said that it was Concubine Jiang's palace maid who poisoned you, but that palace maid just picked up the teacup, and in the end, it was Xiu'er's tea, maybe, you still want to poison Concubine Jiang, it was Xiu'er who was careless and confused the teacup, so you drank the poisonous cup." ”

"Bold, Lin Guiren, you dare to say this about this palace, this palace is also a concubine, temporarily in charge of the harem, how can you do such a thing." Lin Guiren smiled coldly, "Whether you did it or not, the emperor has his own decision." Du Qinyue was very annoyed, and was about to raise her hand to hit Lin Guiren, but Shen Huo dared to come.

Shen Huo was very angry when he heard the cause and effect of the incident, Du Qinyue cried and said: "Your Majesty, you want to be the master of the concubine, Concubine Jiang must have a grudge against the concubine, so she poisoned the concubine and wanted to take revenge." After speaking, he glared at Concubine Jiang viciously. Concubine Jiang looked at Shen Huo indifferently, Shen Huo was very strange, so she asked, "Concubine Jiang, why don't you defend yourself?" ”

"The concubine is sitting upright, and the concubine who is not the concubine is naturally not afraid, why do you have to explain?"

Du Qinyue tugged on Shen Huo's sleeve, crying pear blossoms with rain, "Your Majesty, don't listen to her, it's her who poisoned her concubine." ”

At this time, the room was noisy, Shen Huo had a headache when he heard it, and a leisurely voice sounded: "Your Majesty, the concubines know the truth of all this." Shen Huo looked back, it turned out to be Lin Guiren, Lin Guiren stared at Du Qinyue, and said leisurely: "The concubine was about to come to visit Concubine Jiang, but she saw Concubine Shuniang, the palace maid Xiu'er was sneaky and didn't know what she was doing, the concubine quietly went over to take a look, Xiu'er was sprinkling a powder into one of the cups, and the concubine was afraid that she would surprise Xiu'er by making a rash noise, so she remained silent until now." ”

Shen Huo listened to Lin Guiren's words, frowned, and asked Du Qinyue if this was the case, Du Qinyue hurriedly shook her head, saying that Lin Guiren and Jiang Concubine should be good, and the two must have colluded, so Shen Huo must not believe Lin Guiren's words. Shen Huo had a headache, the two of them had their own words, and he didn't know who to believe.

"It's really what Lin Guiren said." A voice sounded outside the door, accompanied by the sound of steady footsteps, and Ning Rongzhi's figure appeared in front of everyone. Everyone in the room, except for Lin Guiren, was surprised.

It was Du Qinyue who spoke first: "Ning Guiren, you have no evidence to say that Lin Guiren is right, you are framed." Shen Huo also asked calmly: "Why are you here, Ning Guiren, why do you say that Lin Guiren is right." ”

Ning Rongzhi said: "Because of Fang Cai, the concubines and Lin Guiren were outside the hall, watching Xiu'er do all this. After speaking, he glanced at Xiu'er. Du Qinyue glared at Xiu'er, and Xiu'er lowered her head in a weak heart.

Du Qinyue pointed at Ning Rongzhi, "Ning Guiren, this palace knows that you hate the palace, and feels that this palace targets you everywhere and excludes you everywhere, but even so, you can't frame this palace, you know that this is a big crime." ”

Ning Rongzhi held his head high and stared at Du Qinyue without fear, Du Qinyue had always thought that Ning Rongzhi was just a soft bag that could swallow her anger, but she didn't expect her to do what she did today. Ning Rongzhi turned his head to look at the Imperial Physician and asked the Imperial Physician what was in the Imperial Doctor's tea, and the Imperial Physician replied that it was a golden cicada flower. Ning Rongzhi said: "Before putting calendula into tea, it must be crushed into powder in order to hide people's eyes and ears, and if you put the powder into the tea, your hands will definitely be contaminated. ”

When Xiu'er heard this, her face instantly turned pale, and she shook hands nervously. After the imperial doctor finished the examination, he immediately told Shen Huo that there was golden cicada flower powder on Xiu'er's hand, and Xiu'er listened to it and immediately sat down on the ground. Shen Huo asked Du Qinyue with a dark face: "Concubine Shu, you come to explain to me, what is going on?" Du Qinyue knelt on the ground, and even said that he didn't know, Shen Huo said: "You tried in vain to poison Concubine Jiang, but if you didn't succeed, you were framed, do you know what crime you should be guilty of?" Du Qinyue cried and said that she really didn't know what was going on, and secretly glared at Xiu'er. Xiu'er immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Ask the emperor to atone for your sins, all this was done by the slave and maid, and the mother didn't know about it." ”

Shen Huo turned around and looked at Xiu'er, who knelt on the ground, so frightened that her body was about to shake into chaff. Then he said intermittently: "Niangniang has always been tired recently, dreaming a lot at night, the slave knows that the golden cicada flower has the effect of anti-fatigue and improving sleep, and wants to give it to the mother, but the mother always thinks that the golden cicada flower has a taste and refuses to take it. ”

The emperor turned his head to look at the imperial doctor, who straightened his body and said: "What Xiu'er said is true, the golden cicada flower as a medicine does have the effect of anti-fatigue and improving sleep, but if it is not used properly, there will be nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, and in severe cases, shock and death." ”

Shen Huo was extremely angry at the moment, a little palace maid was so bold that she dared to take medicine in Niangniang's tea, it was really bold.

Du Qinyue also cried into tears at this moment. cried and asked Xiu'er to beg for mercy quickly, and said to Shen Huo that Xiu'er had followed him for many years, had always been loyal, and had never done anything to Yu Ju.

Shen Huo was hesitating, but Concubine Jiang spoke at this time: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu feels that her palace maid is not wrong, but she is confused for a while, but what should the concubine do?" Just because this palace maid made Concubine Shuniang misunderstand herself and let herself be wronged, if there was no Lin Guiren and Ning Guiren to help today, I am afraid that I will not be able to wash myself even if I jump into the Yellow River. ”

Xiu'er climbed to the feet of Concubine Jiang, dragged Concubine Jiang's skirt, and begged Concubine Jiang to let her go in large quantities, but she was just worried about Niangniang, so she misunderstood Niangniang and begged Concubine Jiang to let her go. Concubine Jiang looked at Xiu'er and felt that she was also pitiful, so she followed such a master, so she said to Shen Huo: "Your Majesty, I think Miss Xiu'er is also unintentional, and Concubine Shu'er is not intentional, but there was a misunderstanding in the middle, I don't care about this matter anymore, how to deal with it next, please ask the emperor to decide." ”

Shen Huo walked to the door of the dormitory and spoke: "Palace maid Xiu'er, the following offense, intentional deception, cane punishment 60, concubine Shu is not well guarded, grounded for seven days, after thinking about it, you must not take half a step out of the Moon Palace." Then he brushed his sleeves and left.

Xiu'er was dragged away by the eunuch, and Du Qinyue glared at Ning Rongzhi and Lin Guiren fiercely when she left, of course, Concubine Jiang she hadn't forgotten.

After returning to Lanyue Palace, Du Qinyue was very angry, she wanted to cut Concubine Jiang with a thousand knives, but the truth was always not as she wished, and the emperor came to see a joke. Du Qinyue sat on the pear wood carved chair, at this time Xiu'er was pulled away and scolded sixty years and did not come back, Du Qinyue was very upset, and it happened that at this time, Wei Chang came.

Wei Changzai already knew about today's events, lest he say a wrong word and be punished by Du Qinyue. Wei Chang thought for a while, and then said: "Niangniang, today's matter depends on the concubine, it is all to blame Ning Rongzhi, if she hadn't been in the way, your plan would have been successful." ”

When Du Qinyue heard this, she muttered to herself, thinking that Ning Rongzhi was Ning Rongzhi again, if it wasn't for Concubine Jiang who spoke up for her before, the emperor might not know who she was now. If it weren't for her today, I wouldn't have been punished for three days. Today, she dared to openly oppose herself at Concubine Jiang's place, accusing herself in front of so many people. Let her lose face, she dares to do this today, and she doesn't know what to do in the future.

Du Qinyue trembled angrily, but now she was thinking about it, even if she wanted to do something, she didn't have a chance, she looked at Wei Changzai, and had a plan in mind. Du Qinyue beckoned Wei Changzai to come over, and said a few words in Wei Changzai's ear, Wei Changzai looked at Du Qinyue, nodded, and said, "Niangniang, the concubine will definitely do her best and will not let you down." Du Qinyue nodded, waved his hand, and let Wei Chang go down.

Wei Changzai immediately bought a small eunuch in Ning Rongzhi's palace

On the same day, in the evening, I saw a small eunuch in Ning Rongzhi's palace sneaking to Ning Rongzhi's window, because it was late at that time, there were no other idle people in the palace, only a few listless on duty, leaning on the pillar to nap. The little eunuch looked around carefully, and when he was sure that there was no one around, he sprinkled some powder through the window, and then disappeared into the night, as if all this had never happened. Ning Rongzhi didn't sleep well this night, and he always felt that something was biting him in his dreams, and the next morning, Ning Rongzhi looked at his body and couldn't believe it.