Xiao Ce was facing Qin Zhao's bright eyes, his heart was palpitating, and the moment he couldn't help but want to kiss her, a chamberlain hurriedly entered: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has passed away!" ”

Xiao Ce's mind was empty for a moment, he remembered the bowl of dove wine that he personally sent to the Empress Dowager Guo in his previous life, and remembered the picture of him being humiliated by the Empress Dowager again and again when he was a child.

On the night when the Queen Mother died in his previous life, he felt that his heart was even colder.

But in this life, he stood his wife......

Xiao Ce was facing Qin Zhao's eyes as clear as water, and his heart was warm, feeling that he had finally broken free from that deformed resentment.

Qin Zhao held Xiao Ce's hand tightly, his eyes were so warm: "The concubine accompanies the emperor to deal with the aftermath of the queen mother, right?" ”

After that, the solemn bell rang and struck twenty-seven times, and everyone in the harem knew that the Queen Mother had passed away.

Next is the state funeral.

Empress Dowager Guo's funeral was handled by Qin Zhao, the empress.

It is a national funeral, and it is embellished for five days. Then the marriage was stopped, the music was embellished, the soldiers and civilians took off the crowns, and the women were ordered to decorate, which lasted for 27 days.

Empress Dowager Guo was finally buried with the emperor in the imperial mausoleum and ascended to the Tai Temple.

By the time the service was removed, it was already May.

In view of the death of Empress Dowager Guo not long ago, this year's Dragon Boat Festival was not a big event.

Recently, Qin Zhao has been busy with the funeral of Empress Dowager Guo, and he is busy every day. Suddenly, when I was free, I felt a little empty.

From the first day she entered the palace, she was at odds with Empress Dowager Guo.

Suddenly, there is an enemy as evenly matched as Empress Dowager Guo, and I can't say what it feels like. Or because Empress Dowager Guo is Xiao Ce's biological mother, so she has never had such a strong love and hate for Empress Dowager Guo, at most she hates it.

I hated Empress Dowager Guo for treating Xiao Ce like that for the emperor, and I hated Empress Dowager Guo for making Xiao Ce lonely for so many years.

"Niangniang, Nianyun asks to see." Xiao Linzi entered the house.

Only then did Qin Zhao think of the character Nian Yun. Thinking about the beginning, she promised to let Nian Yun come to serve by her side. But a person like Nianyun is a time bomb by her side, and she is not at ease.

"Let her in." Qin Zhao opened his lips indifferently.

Nian Yun quickly came in and asked Qin Zhao for peace.

Although the national funeral has passed, Nianyun's clothes are still very plain, there are no other accessories on his body, he looks clean, refreshing, and beautiful.

Qin Zhao looked at Nianyun for a moment before letting everyone else retreat, and in the end, only one jewel was left by his side.

"Does the mother have something to say to the slave?" Nian Yun is the best at reading people's faces, and suddenly he sensed that something was wrong.

Qin Zhao bowed slightly: "This palace does have something to ask you, I hope you will answer truthfully." ”

"The slave knows everything." Nian Yun replied.

"The Queen Mother will be poisoned, you did it." Qin Zhao said word by word.

Nian Yun didn't expect Qin Zhao to say this matter, and Qin Zhao used an affirmative sentence.

No wonder Qin Zhao would abandon the others, and then look at the surprised look of the treasure bead, he could know that the treasure bead also knew about it.

After a moment of silence, Nian Yun asked rhetorically, "How could Niang Niang know about this?" ”

She thought that she was doing something unaware and unaware, and the Empress Dowager Guo had died, and this secret would become an eternal secret with the Empress Dowager Guo entering the ground.

But Qin Zhao knew about it.

It was impossible for Qin Zhao to answer Nian Yun's question, so she said lightly: "Didn't Concubine Rong tell you before she died, where is your sister?" ”

Nianyun's pupils constricted, and she suddenly understood that it was Qin Zhao's people who overheard what she had said to Empress Dowager Guo before she died.

But at that time, she was the only one who was with the Empress Dowager Guo, and she didn't talk to the Empress Dowager Guo loudly, so how did the other party hear it?

"Concubine Rong told the slave maid before she died, and someone told her about it in secret, but Concubine Rong only knew that the slave's sister had entered the palace, and it was unknown who it was." Nian Yun felt that there was nothing to hide, so he told the truth.

"That's interesting." Qin Zhao muttered to himself.

So, is there anyone else behind Concubine Rong? That person felt that Concubine Rong was a pawn that could be used, so he pulled Concubine Rong in.

If she hadn't asked about Nian Yun today, she wouldn't have known that Concubine Rong was also being targeted.

Nian Yun looked at Qin Zhao distractedly, secretly thinking that Qin Zhao couldn't trust her anymore, right? Especially if she poisoned the Empress Dowager Guo, if the emperor knew about it......

Qin Zhao was silent for a moment before he remembered that Nian Yun was still in front of him, so he said: "This palace promised you before, when the Queen Mother dies, you will be allowed to come to this palace to serve." But after this battle, Hongu can't take risks, you should understand Hongu's concerns, right? ”

Nian Yun bowed slightly, of course she understood.

"This palace will not tell the emperor about this, and will arrange your whereabouts. If you can, if there is news of your sister in the future, this palace will specially notify you, and you can rest assured. Qin Zhao said again.

She naturally didn't like Nianyun, but there was a deal between Nianyun and her, and she couldn't cross the river and tear down the bridge, that's all.

Nianyun breathed a sigh of relief, and she knelt on the ground: "Slave and maid, thank the queen for her grace!" ”

"Alright, stand down." Qin Zhao waved his hand.

Nian Yun retreated.

Baozhu relieved herself, and she asked in a low voice: "The reason why the Queen Mother was poisoned was because of the poisonous hands under Nianyun?" Isn't Nianyun loyal to the Empress Dowager? ”

"For a loyal servant to betray, it must be the Queen Mother's usual actions that make her feel cold." Qin Zhao thought of Empress Dowager Guo's character, and she felt that this was not much of an accident.

Nianyun just made a choice between his sister and Empress Dowager Guo, and Nianyun chose his relatives, not Empress Dowager Guo.

What she is more curious about now is who Nianyun's sister is, could it be that Nianyun's sister is also one of the people cultivated by the Hu family?

Otherwise, how could the person who contacted Concubine Rong know that Nianyun's sister was in the palace? And she was sure that the clouds and rain in the harem were related to King An's Mansion.

In this way, her speculation was founded.

It just so happened that she was investigating the details of the group of people sent to the palace by the Hu family, and she might really be able to find out if Nianyun's sister was among those people.

Nianyun has been in the palace for more than ten years, and she is only thirty years old this year, that is to say, Nianyun's sister cannot be a grandmother in the palace, but may be a palace person, or a concubine in the harem, and it is impossible to be more than thirty years old.

Yes, she forgot to ask Nianyun's sister how old she was.

"Nianyun shouldn't have gone far, Baozhu, you go and ask her sister how old she is this year." Qin Zhao instructed Baozhu Dao.

Baozhu left in response, and soon returned to Qin Zhao to report: "I have asked, Nianyun said that her sister is twenty-three years old this year. By the way, Nianyun said that she once gave her sister a wooden hairpin, which was also a token. For some reason, the slave always felt that the wooden hairpin seemed a little familiar......"