The smell of medicine in Penglai Hall has not been interrupted since last month.

After being poisoned by the proton Yeluhe in northern Xinjiang, he has been left in the palace to recuperate, and the accompanying envoys cannot all stay in the palace, and the palace has specially sent seven or eight palace maids and eunuchs to take care of them.

Although the poison that day didn't kill Yeluhe, it caused him to lose his qi and blood, and he was not in good health, so it was not easy to stay in a breath.

The stove in the small kitchen was slowly boiling with bitter medicinal juice, and the huge courtyard was surprisingly quiet, only the crackling sound of the firewood burning in the stove could be heard, and the coughing sound came from time to time in the main hall in the distance.

Before the pot of potion had been boiled, a group of soldiers dressed in armor pushed the door and broke in.

The palace people in the courtyard were startled, but they all quickly calmed down.

This is the Imperial Palace, and those who can wear swords here are the Imperial City Forbidden Army, and such a big battle must not be aimed at a few ordinary palace maids and eunuchs.

They were all temporarily transferred to Penglai Hall to serve the Northern Xinjiang Proton, and they were not very familiar with each other, so they could only obey the rules and regulations.

There is only one person who stands out among the palace people in this courtyard-

It was a little eunuch in gray who was adding firewood by the stove, and among the palace people, his eyes were the most flustered, and he quietly moved to the corner door when the guards entered the door, and he wanted to sneak out while he was in chaos, and was held down by the sharp-eyed guards.

Then he retrieved a packet of powdered items from him.

The leading guard looked around and raised his voice: "From this moment on, no one in the Penglai Hall is allowed to enter and leave at will, and violators will be killed." ”

Then he unloaded the gray-clothed eunuch and took it away, leaving a group of palace people who were at a loss for what to do.

Soon, the guards on both sides brought the two to Xiao Yunjiao.

"I've seen Your Majesty, I've seen the princess, I've seen the Hou Ye." The leader of the guards who captured people clasped his fists and said, "These two are the ones who passed the poison in the Imperial Garden and poisoned the proton medicine in the northern frontier. ”

The two people on the ground trembled, and they still couldn't understand why there was suddenly an extra group of forbidden soldiers in the patrol time and route that shouldn't have appeared.

Shen Yuzhou saw that the important joints of the two people on the ground were removed, and the shape was a little terrifying, so he said to Xiao Yunjiao: "Leave the interrogation to me, don't look at it." ”

Xiao Yunjiao glanced at him, knowing that these two people must not survive, and understood his kindness, so he went out with Primrose.

"Princess, where are we going?" Primrose looked at Xiao Yunjiao and didn't sit down, nor did she go back to the dormitory, and couldn't help asking.

Xiao Yunjiao's footsteps didn't stop, "I've been in the palace for so many days, I should also go and see the elders." ”

Primrose knew that she was going to Shou'an Palace.

In this way, the master and servant walked to the gate of Shou'an Palace, and the eunuchs guarding the door were a little suspicious of their eyes - they didn't believe that they could see the eldest princess coming to visit Concubine Cui.

"I've seen the eldest princess." The little eunuch hurriedly knelt down to greet him, "The concubine is taking a nap, princess, look ......?"

Xiao Yunjiao raised his feet and went inside, "It's okay, this palace is waiting for Niangniang to wake up." ”

She really sat in the hall of Shou'an Palace and drank tea.

The little palace maid couldn't figure out the eldest princess's intentions, so she hurriedly told Concubine Cui's personal grandmother.

This grandmother is the one that Concubine Cui brought from her mother's house.

She looked at the concubine who hadn't woken up from a nap, thought about Xiao Yunjiao's intention again, gritted her teeth and woke up the person on the bed.

"What did you say?" Concubine Cui was sleeping soundly, and was suddenly woken up to hear that the eldest princess was already sitting and drinking tea in her palace, and her face was surprised like never before.

"Niangniang, this eldest princess suddenly came to our palace...... It's really weird. Mama whispered.

Concubine Cui is also the second monk who is confused, but she can only get up and wash up and go out to meet first.

By the time she arrived in the hall, the tea in Xiao Yunjiao's cup had already been filled twice.

"Why did the eldest princess suddenly come to the palace today?" Concubine Cui smiled and spoke.

Xiao Yunjiao said lazily: "Thinking that I have been in the palace for many days, I didn't even visit the concubine, and I really didn't want to go, so I came today." ”

She didn't even look at Concubine Cui, but her words were one by one, and Concubine Cui didn't believe a word.

Xiao Yunjiao didn't expect her to believe it, as long as she was here, no one would dare to send a message to Shou'an Palace.

That's it.

Xiao Yunjiao sat from afternoon to evening, almost as comfortable as moving a bed to lie down, sitting so that Concubine Cui was suffocating from head to toe, but she couldn't invite this uninvited guest back.

Xiao Yunjiao was arrogant when she was a princess, and now she is even more unreasonable as an eldest princess, let alone sitting in this Shou'an Palace, one day she is unhappy and wants to live here, and no one can stop her.

Who let her have the edict in her hands!

The more Concubine Cui thought about it, the more angry she became, the first emperor and the first queen were poisoned and did not forget to give them a pair of children's talismans, and the edict was written one after another, almost eliminating the obstacles in Xiao Yunjiao and Xiao Xunguang's lives. If it weren't for the ancestral system and the dynasty system there, these families still have some foundations, and they would have been squeezed to the edge of the sky by these people of the Xiao family!

Xiao Yunjiao also exchanged a few words with Concubine Cui at first, but then she didn't even say anything, leaned on the back of the chair and pretended to sleep!

Concubine Cui screamed twice, but sure enough, she couldn't wake her up - who could wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep? There was no way, she could only hold her stomach and accompany Xiao Yunjiao in the hall.

Until night fell, a long but powerful message was heard outside—"Your Majesty has arrived." ”

Xiao Yunjiao opened his eyes slowly.

"I actually fell asleep at the concubine's."

With a few words, Xiao Yunjiao stood up and stretched his somewhat sore neck.

In just a while, Xiao Xunguang had already taken a bunch of people to Shou'an Palace.

Concubine Cui frowned, looking at the sudden extra bunch of humanity in her palace

"Your Majesty, what's the matter? Suddenly bringing so many people to the main palace, it doesn't make sense, right? ”

"I don't know if I can hear the word Fa from Concubine Cui's mouth." Xiao Xunguang was menacing, lifted the corner of his clothes and sat straight on the main seat.

Xiao Yunjiao sat down beside him silently.

The sudden embarrassment of these two really made Concubine Cui's heart beat a drum, and when she saw the two people who were thrown in, she was even more panicked.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? What do you want to do when you suddenly throw two bloody palace people in? Concubine Cui forced herself to pretend to be confused.

Xiao Xunguang said coldly, "It seems that the concubine doesn't understand very much, you two, who made the concubine understand?" ”

The two people on the ground have suffered a lot of punishments this afternoon, and they have almost explained what they should do, and they are not afraid of offending their masters again, so they rush to speak with the mentality of saving a life in case.

"It was Mama Cui beside Concubine Cui who asked the little one to poison the medicine of the prince of Northern Xinjiang!"

The palace people in Penglai Hall spoke first.

"Nonsense!" Concubine Cui raised her eyebrows and said: "This person is climbing and biting indiscriminately, he is crazy, someone is coming, drag him down and beat him to death!" ”

Xiao Yunjiao chuckled, "If this person is talking nonsense, why should the concubine be so angry?" Isn't everything going to be done according to the etiquette, that's what you just said. ”

Concubine Cui panicked: "Then you can't let these subordinates slander the palace." ”

"You can only know if you listen to slander." Xiao Xunguang looked at the two people on the ground, "You go on." ”

"Your Majesty is clear, the slave has evidence!" The man kowtowed a few times out of nowhere, "The slave was originally a subordinate who served in the Tai Hospital, and he had been fighting in the Tai Hospital for so long, and he had learned a lot of pharmacology by watching the audits. Cui Mama asked the slave to do it for her, but the slave did not dare to disobey the concubine, so she kept an eye on it, every half a month, when Cui Mama gave the slave medicine, the slave would secretly sprinkle a little male yellow powder on the road she must walk. She just came to find the minion today, and the powder on the soles of her shoes must still be obvious! ”

Xiao Xunguang waved his hand, and immediately two guards stood up to Cui Mama, and one of them checked it and said, "Tell Your Majesty that there is indeed realgar powder on the soles of the shoes." ”

Concubine Cui was short of breath, her brows were furrowed, but she didn't know how to defend herself for a while, so she could only watch Mama Cui being held down tightly by the guards, and her chin was directly removed.

Another palace man who was arrested saw that the momentum was not right, and he also panicked and said everything he knew.

"It was Master Cui Jin who gave the slave a hundred taels of silver tickets, and asked the slave to pass things to people at the hole in the wall in the corner of the imperial garden every half month! The minions never knew it was poison! Your Majesty spares your life, spares your life! ”

"You may prove yourself?" Xiao Xunguang asked.

The little eunuch thought for a moment, "The silver ticket that Master Cui gave to the slave is still sewn in the slave's pillow. ”

With a silver ticket, you can find the bank, and each silver ticket has the mark of the bank, and it is not impossible to find out who accessed it.

Concubine Cui knew that the Xiao family sisters and brothers were prepared today, and it was useless to say anything, so she gritted her teeth and rushed to the two guards who captured Mama Cui.

Raised his arms and fell heavily—

"Smack."

A crisp and loud slap resounded in the hall of Shou'an Palace.

"Mama Cui, you look good."

"This palace treats you well, and even gives you the surname of the lord! Why are you framing Hongu so much? ”

Cui Mama naturally couldn't speak, she knew in her heart that the master was going to abandon the car to protect the handsome, and tears flowed from her eyes.

Concubine Cui didn't look at her anymore, and said to Xiao Xunguang: "Your Majesty, Mama Cui did such a thing, and this palace only knew about it." Regardless of the palace rules and national laws, she will not escape death, this palace is in her service for many years, begging His Majesty to give her a good time! ”

Xiao Yunjiao laughed, "The concubine really understands righteousness." ”

"But there is still something I don't understand in this palace, Mama Cui, why do you want to conspire with Lord Cui to poison a prince of Northern Xinjiang who has nothing to do with them?"

As soon as Concubine Cui wanted to speak, Xiao Yunjiao interrupted her, "Oh, the palace forgot, the concubine also knew about it, and she must be very confused." Since Cui Shilang is implicated in this matter, it is still necessary to ask Dali Temple to review it. However, during this period, I still have to be tired of the concubine Niangniang, and I will raise it in the palace for a few days. ”

"You!" Concubine Cui knew that this was a disguised confinement of her here, but the matter was revealed, and she was investigated so thoroughly, and now she can only protect herself first, so she stubbornly accepted her anger and said: "If this matter is really done by the elder brother of the palace, the palace should naturally avoid suspicion." ”

Xiao Yunjiao glanced at Xiao Xunguang, the two smiled with satisfaction, and led people out of Shou'an Palace.

Concubine Cui, who stayed in the palace, was covered in a cold sweat, stood for a long time before remembering something, ran back to her dormitory and turned out a sandalwood brocade box full of letters, and burned the letters in a copper basin one by one.