Sending Dong'er away, Fan Ji thought about it in his heart, since King Zhou lived in the middle hall, then Ji Jiang could only interrogate and dispose of the sheep in the front hall in public. She likes to shake her majesty, and on such occasions, she will definitely gather the concubines and beauties in the palace to establish her authority. Thinking of this, she raised her feet and walked towards the front hall.

Sure enough, there was a circle of attendants under the steps of the front hall, all whispering. When they saw Fanji, they all closed their mouths as if they were stuck in their throats. Fanji was about to walk up the steps when he was stopped by a chamberlain: "Queen Niangniang, the second concubine Niangniang is coming to the middle palace and is interrogating inside." You are a person who has been grounded by the king, how can you move around so freely? ”

"What a minion!" Fan Ji raised his hand and slapped him in the face: "Since you call this palace the queen's mother, you should know your identity." Who are you? How dare you stop me? The king ordered me to be grounded in the Middle Palace, this is the boundary of the Middle Palace, others can come, why can't this palace come? ”

The minion covered his face, and there was no anger in his eyes. In the middle of the stalemate, Ji Diao came out of it, and when he saw Fanji, he immediately smiled and gave a salute: "It turned out to be the queen's mother." This little slave didn't know the etiquette, and he actually stopped the mother. Please don't blame the mother, the second concubine is invited! ”

Fanji glared at him fiercely, walked up the steps with his head held high, and walked towards the hall.

The more Fan Ji walked up, the more clearly the quarrel came from the hall of the temple. The familiar voice of the nurse trembled slightly: "The silver charcoal of the beauties is short, why do you rely on the slave maid?" No matter how poor the slave maid is, she has been a middle palace order for many years, do you still covet that idea? ”

"Who are you not?" It was the voice of an unfamiliar young woman: "In the past month or so, several sisters in the inner sanctum have lost charcoal, although they are all short of one or two, but they add up to a lot. I found so much silver silk charcoal from your yard, and the second concubine didn't ration it, this charcoal was not stolen, could it not have fallen from the world? ”

"Needless to say, you dare to openly steal in the Middle Palace, and you won't be punished if you don't move." This was Yiji's voice, she seemed to lower her voice and said something, and then Ji Jiang ordered: "Come on, take the wooden cane, and keep beating until this old slave confesses." ”

"Wait!" Fanji hurriedly walked into the hall of the front hall and shouted loudly.

I saw that a lot of people gathered in the spacious hall, and there should be more than 20 beauties from the middle palace standing together on both sides, the top one sitting is the second concubine Ji Jiang, the second sitting is Yiji and E Yao, and the next Huang Huan and Meng Jiang are sitting on both sides. The concubines of the palace can be regarded as a group. In the middle of the hall, two chamberlains were pressing the badger sheep down and preparing to walk the stick.

Fanji shouted, and everyone's eyes were focused on her. She walked into the hall with her head held high, her concerned eyes swept over the badger sheep, and she was slightly relieved to see that she was only angry and did not suffer any losses.

Ji Jiang nodded perfunctorily and said hello, and he didn't greet the palace people, but only responded lightly: "It's just right that the queen mother is here, after all, Mama Xi is the person next to you, it's good to come and listen." Lest we be said to bully your lords and servants, hum! ”

"You are conclusive, saying that the silver silk charcoal thrown by the beauties was stolen by Mama, I don't know what evidence there is?" Fanji asked with a calm face.

"Evidence?" Ji Jiang sneered, pointed to a table in the middle of the stairs, and said, "The silver silk charcoal that was collected from the small courtyard where you live has never been rationed in this palace, so where did these come from?" ”

Fan Ji walked to the table, carefully examined these silver charcoals, and understood most of them in his heart. She smiled, picked up one of the pieces and said, "Although this pile is all silver charcoal, the material is different, at least two different grades. The piece in my hand is a top-grade silver silk charcoal, as light as a goose feather, and the color is black and silvery. And the other piece," she picked up the other piece, "is a defective product, although it is not easy to smoke when burning, but it is far inferior to the top silver charcoal in terms of weight and color, and there is no silver light." It's just somewhere between black charcoal and top-quality silver silk charcoal. ”

Yiji glanced at the fox Ji nervously, and the latter also looked uncertain, and interjected: "What does the queen mean by saying so much?" ”

"Humph! What do you mean? Fanji turned his face to stare at Ji Jiang, with sarcasm in his eyes: "Why does the second concubine never ask Mama Ji, who sent us this top-notch silver silk charcoal?" ”

"Niangniang," Zong Yang looked at Fan Ji with inquiring eyes, and only after receiving affirmation did he speak: "It was sent by Lord Jia, the chamberlain." ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone was shocked. Ji Jiang glared at Yi Ji, Yi Ji asked Fox Ji with his eyes, and Fox Ji was even more confused. None of this escaped Fanji's eyes, she wanted to see how these people would jump off the wall in a hurry when their skills were poor?

E Yao asked tentatively: "Queen Niangniang, did you say that the king sent someone to send it?" ”

"Nonsense!" Ji Jiang was furious: "She is just an abandoned woman in the Zhou family, the king has long been disgusted with her, and personally ordered that 'this woman must not leave the middle palace unless she dies', how can she pity her?" Brought her silver charcoal? It is clear that in order to escape the guilt, their master and servant are clever here to cover up the guilt! ”

"But ------," Huang Huan said cautiously: "The top-level silver silk charcoal is only available to the king, the queen and the second concubine, and it can't even be used in our palace." It can't be stolen by Mama, right? ”

"Hahaha------" Fan Ji laughed: "You want to frame up and mix the secondary silver silk charcoal into the charcoal basket in my courtyard, didn't you notice that these are two different grades of things, right?" It's a pity, I don't know who did this errand? Unexpectedly, he exposed his feet and smashed it! It's really time to eat! ”

Yiji glared angrily at Kitsune, who was too frightened to look up. Ji Jiang trembled with anger, as if he was asking himself, and as if he was asking Fanji: "Why should the king be sympathetic to you?" You have been thrown into the cold palace, and you are like a waste, why should you enjoy the silver charcoal? ”

Fan Ji suddenly smiled: "Why?" This palace also asks you, as the second concubine, in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, you really don't know what kind of treatment you should be according to my position as queen? The king just ordered me to be grounded in the middle palace, when did he say that he would deprive me of my queen treatment? The king is sympathetic to you, and he can't bear to bear the notoriety of being mean, so he makes up for this mistake for you. I don't want you to make a fuss about this, but it's really in vain for the king's hard work! ”

"Shut up!" Ji Jiang was already angry, she suddenly overturned the mahogany table in front of her, stood up and shouted: "Spare your clever tongue, after all, it is just a phoenix with falling hair, and now I am in charge of the affairs of the harem, and I exercise the power of the queen without the name of the queen." Does the execution of an old slave still depend on the face of an abandoned woman? Whoever comes, drag her away, and rebuke the deer and sheep with a rod, and beat her with thirty rods first. If you don't move, continue to fight, until you die! ”

Immediately, the two attendants knocked down the badger sheep, and the other two held long wooden sticks and hit them headless and brainlessly. Fanji wanted to rush over to protect him, but was dragged by the other two chamberlains. The mournful shouts of the goats echoed in the hall, and many beauties and concubines turned their faces and couldn't bear to look at them suddenly.

Fan Ji desperately broke free of the pull of the two attendants, pulled out the white hosta he was wearing from his head, pointed to his throat and shouted: "Stop! If you beat her again, this palace will stab herself in the throat and die! Remember, today's events are obvious to all, who forced the palace to death, the courtiers and historians have their own conclusions! ”

This sentence was like a boulder, and it shook everyone's hearts. After all, Fanji is still the queen, King Zhou Yi's mind is unpredictable, and the courtiers basically do not support the abolition of the queen, not to mention that the prince is still preparing for the East Palace, if the queen is really forced to die, I am afraid that the fate of everyone present will be unpredictable. There was a look of fear in everyone's eyes, and they all turned their begging gaze to Ji Jiang.

Ji Jiang bit his lip, it was really difficult to ride a tiger, and the two attendants didn't dare to fight anymore, so they both threw away their long sticks and knelt on the ground in silence. On the contrary, the badger sheep came to his senses, grabbed Fan Ji with his hands and feet, and still whispered something in his mouth. Because of the punishment, her voice was already intermittent, but because the temple was silent, everyone heard it clearly.

She was saying, "Queen------, slave and maid are not worth ------, you have a body, be careful!" ”

What? Are you pregnant? Everyone present was stunned and couldn't believe their ears.

Fanji is indeed pregnant, and as early as when she and the deer sheep were locked up in the middle palace, she had already noticed something wrong with herself. During that period, she had morning sickness, and finally made the badger sheep realize it, and she was overjoyed: "Niangniang, now that you are pregnant, the crime of those adulterers giving you peace will not be established, just report it to the king, and you will be out of trouble from now on." ”

But what she didn't expect was that Fanji refused to live or die, and strictly ordered her to keep her mouth shut, and categorically couldn't leak this matter. It made her depressed for a long time, and she couldn't figure it out.

The sheep belly slandered her for being too fond of temperament, but in fact, she had her own considerations. First, if she begged for mercy like this, she would be looked down upon by Ji Xie, and she didn't want to bow her head; The second is that if Ji Xielang's heart is like iron, she still holds a grudge, she is afraid that the fetus in her womb will become the target of Ji Jiang's attack, and without the authority of Feng Xi, she will be unable to guard against it.

Now that life and death are at the moment, the matter has been lifted in public, and Fan Ji is also helpless to sigh. Her eyes swept over the half-fainting nurse, and thought: That's it, let's see what the providence is!

Ji Jiang's mouth opened wide for a long time before he said a sentence: "You, ------ you really are?" She shook her head suddenly: "Nonsense! The king has never touched you since he came back from the Lishan Palace, where did he get pregnant? If it's not for this old slave talking nonsense, it's a wild seed outside, come on, drag this slut down, and play the board together! ”

As soon as the words fell, Huang Huan and Meng Jiang rushed forward, knelt on the ground and asked: "The second concubine is not a mother, it is a matter of the prince's heir, why do you have to wait for the king to decide!" ”