"What?" Shen Meizhuang was stunned for a moment, then reacted, revealing a frightened expression, "You mean, these are the eyeliner pieces that were placed in the palace?" She looked at the booklet in her hand and suddenly felt that it had become extremely hot.

An Lingrong pondered for a long time, and said thoughtfully: "It's better to wait for the emperor to come back and let the emperor decide." After a pause, Fu said again, "For the sake of safety, my sister should take care of these people in private." ”

"Will it startle the snake?" Shen Meizhuang was a little hesitant.

An Lingrong was also worried, and thought for a while before he spoke: "Why don't you set up a bureau for my sister?" ”

On the other side, the Old Summer Palace also began to set up a bureau.

Zhen Huan still lives in Bitong Academy, and invited Concubine Qi, Fang Chunyi and Xin Chang to come over to talk at night, and her words were full of intimacy: "If you want me to say, what kind of identity is that Miao promise, it is not as good as the previous Yu promise, and the emperor is so favored." After arriving at the Old Summer Palace, she served eight or nine out of ten days, which was really unsightly. ”

"What's the use of our eyes if we can't see it, we can't stand the emperor's liking." Xin Chang was straightforward in her heart, and said with a smile, "I heard that this wonderful promise came from the people, and I learned a lot of skills to serve people, Your Majesty, ......" She leaned into Zhen Huan's ear and muttered a few words.

Zhen Huan blushed when she was said: "Sister Xin, where did you learn this nonsense, it's a joke when you say it." ”

Xin Chang laughed twice and patted her with a handkerchief: "What's the shame, we are all people who serve the emperor, we all know it, she dares to do that, what can't we say?" At the end, he glanced at Fang Chunyi again, "It's better to ask her for a lesson or two, maybe the emperor can spoil you more." ”

"Sister Xin, what is I doing for fun, I don't want to learn." Fang Chunyi's face was flushed.

Miao Kexin has been sleeping too much recently, and the things between the beds have been more or less reported, saying that she is enthusiastic and dissolute, and her voice is like a yellow warbler crying when she is favored, and the soft language is hooking, that is, the eunuchs feel enthusiastic when they hear it, not to mention the emperor, and say that she is skilled, and the emperor is obsessed with the emperor until the second half of the night to call for water, and the palace people go in, only smelling the salty smell of the room, Miao Kexin is soft and boneless to climb on the emperor's body, and the picture is particularly fragrant.

Fang Chunyi naturally heard about it, and even practiced secretly in private, but she couldn't find a way, and at this time, Xin Chang suddenly pulled the topic to her, and she felt weak for no reason.

Xin Chang was in the Seven Tricks of Exquisite Heart, watching Fang Chunyi react like this, his heart was like a mirror, but he didn't break it, and he talked about other things.

At this time, Xiao Yunzi came in to pass the word and said, "Back to Niangniang, the emperor turned over the brand of Miao Promise again tonight." ”

Zhen Huan raised her eyebrows, raised her hand to let Xiao Yunzi retreat, and then said, "Listen, the emperor summoned Miao to agree again." ”

"It's not like this these days, the emperor has a new favorite, and he's on the rise." Concubine Qi sneered and followed Zhen Huan's words. Since the punishment of kneeling on the long street, she has always been short of breath for Zhen Huan, and when she received the invitation today, she was still a little flattered, and she came after thinking about it for a long time.

"With what kind of new favorite she is, she was a lowly slave yesterday, and today she climbed onto the emperor's dragon bed." Zhen Huan sneered, "This palace still thinks that she has soiled the bed of the Kyushu Qingyan." ”

"Concubine Guan, don't lose your sense of proportion, it's not good if it is spread out for others to hear." Concubine Qi said coldly.

Zhen Huan raised her eyebrows indifferently: "Niangniang, this is the truth, since the concubine dares to say it, she is not afraid of someone spreading it." One day, she didn't know that this new favorite lost her grace. ”

It's not the first time Zhen Huan has slandered Miao Kexin like this, since she arrived at the Old Summer Palace, she hasn't seen the emperor a few times. During the day, the emperor mostly summoned Fang Chunyi to serve in the Qinzheng Palace, and at night, he summoned Xing Miao Kexin, and she couldn't stand Zhen Huan at all, so it was no wonder she was so angry.

Fang Chunyi sat aside, only feeling like sitting on pins and needles, and he didn't know what Zhen Huan's intention was when he said this.

Later, she told the queen about it.

The queen frowned and pondered for a long time before she said: "Concubine Wan has never been so jealous, what is the time of this time?" In the past few days, she has heard the remarks of Guan Concubine who is dissatisfied with Miao's promise to be favored, and after hearing too much, she feels strange, "It seems that she is deliberately targeting Miao's promise." ”

Fang Chunyi frowned and thought about it, and said: "Guan concubine has always been favored, but now she has been robbed of her favor by a promise that is not as good as her, and it is reasonable for her to have resentment in her heart, not to mention, the emperor has heard a lot of complaints from Guan concubines in the past few days, and has told a lot of concubines about Guan concubines, and I think it is because of this that the emperor has not seen her much recently." After a pause, she said again, "The emperor is on the rise, and these jealous sour words of Guan Concubine are too disappointing." ”

"Hongu always felt that something was wrong." The queen couldn't figure it out for a while, so she simply put it aside first, and then said, "The emperor will hold a banquet in Kyushu in a few days, you remember to go there earlier, and the palace has arranged your place next to the concubine." ”

"Niangniang, the concubine has already made up her mind to make a clear relationship with the concubine, no matter how the concubine does it, she ignores it, why bother to let the concubine have a hot face and a cold ass?" Fang Chunyi was a little unhappy, "What's more, Concubine Guan is not favored now, maybe in a few days, she will be disgusted by the emperor." "Just like she once fell out of favor, silent in the corners of the harem.

"Confused." The queen raised the tail of her eyes and glanced at her, "Before the concubine falls out of favor, with her face, the emperor will not really snub her." This palace lets you get close to her, you are obedient, don't make your own decisions, don't you still want to taste the taste of falling out of favor without favor? ”

Fang Chunyi was a little puzzled, but seeing that the queen didn't mean to explain to her, she could only respond in a sneering manner.

"Are you ready?" Shen Meizhuang asked Cai Yue and Cai Xing.

"Yes, according to the mother's instructions, all kinds of stolen goods have been put in their residence." Cai Yue nodded and replied, "The slave maid also put some in the yard according to what Concubine Rong said. ”

An Lingrong looked at Shen Meizhuang with a smile and said: "When the time comes, it will be difficult to distinguish between the true and the false, and it will definitely be able to stir up a mess of muddy waters, and at that time, my sister will be able to take advantage of this troubled water to fish out these people one by one." ”

"I have already told the Queen Mother about this, although the Queen Mother is still sick, but she also agrees, and said that there was such an unwritten rule in the palace before, the palace maids are all from the Eight Banners, and if they are not selected, they will climb a relationship, so that some silver can also come in, and the eunuchs needless to say, they were originally sold in, and when there is a shortage of manpower, the Internal Affairs Office will privately open the back door to pick people in, which can save a lot of energy. After a few days of accumulation, there are so many people, if you don't sort it out well, who knows who is mixed in it. Shen Meizhuang nodded and said, "Fortunately, Shoukang Palace is clean, and there are no idle people mixed in, in the end, it is still the Queen Mother who has a strong wrist and can control the next person, and the rest is that there are two in the Queen's Palace." ”

"It's going to dawn." An Lingrong looked up at the sky outside the window that began to glow with fish belly, and murmured softly.

There was silence in Chuxiu Palace, only the water clock in the courtyard was ticking, Qi Guiren was so hot that he couldn't sleep, he turned over and over on the bed, sat up irritably, just wanted to be angry, suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums beating outside, and was suddenly shocked: "What happened?" ”

Jingtai also hurriedly got up, ran out to inquire when he heard the words, and hurriedly ran back to reply: "Gonggong Jin came to Hui Concubine Niangniang, saying that the treasury key of the Internal Affairs Office was lost, and after Mr. Jiang found out, he hurriedly went in to count it, and found that a lot of things were lost. ”

"At the feet of the dignified Son of Heaven, who dares to be so rampant and steal into the treasury!" Qi Guiren's eyes widened in shock.

As he was talking, Shen Meizhuang led someone in, with a smile on his face, but there was a toughness that could not be refused: "Early in the morning, I disturbed Sister Qi, I lost a lot of important treasures in the library, and the palace suspected that the palace people who served were not clean hands and feet, and I specially searched the six palaces by the order of the Queen Mother." This palace has the right to associate the six palaces, and it should lead by example, so I started to check from Chuxiu Palace, and asked my sister not to mind. ”

Seeing that Shen Meizhuang and even the Queen Mother had moved out, Qi Guiren naturally didn't say anything, got up and smiled and said, "Sister Hui is herself." Since it is for the peace of the palace, the concubines have nothing to say. ”

"Then the palace thanked my sister first." Shen Meizhuang smiled and lowered his eyes, motioned for Caiyue to lead someone to search, and said, "The people around Qi Guiren don't need to be searched, they are all trustworthy, just search those who were originally in the palace." ”

Qi Guiren thought that Shen Meizhuang was selling her face, and she smiled and took it.

Qi nobles entered the palace late, only grabbed an old lady who was in charge of sprinkling and sweeping in the backyard, Shen Meizhuang took the person and left, without saying half a word.

Looking at the back of Shen Meizhuang leaving in a hurry, Qi Guiren felt a little strange, what kind of treasure had he lost, and he wanted to search the palace with such fanfare?

For three whole days, the palace maids and eunuchs of the six palaces were in dire straits, they seemed to smell something bad, and everyone began to endanger themselves, and some experienced people immediately reacted and ran to Shen Meizhuang to take the initiative to expose themselves, in order to protect themselves.

After Shen Meizhuang listened, he didn't say a word, and continued to search the palace inch by inch for the stolen goods.

"I don't know if I don't check this, but I'm really shocked when I check it." Shen Meizhuang spread out the things found in the past three days on the table for An Lingrong to see, "In addition to the three hundred and thirty-two palace people who have not been registered, a lot of private affairs have also been found, stealing property in the palace and sending it outside the palace to be sold, palace maids and eunuchs giving and receiving each other privately, burying corpses after beating people to cover up crimes, etc., it makes people feel shocked to hear." ”

"Pull out the radish and bring out the mud, there is never a clean place in this palace." An Lingrong glanced at the table covered with paper, and sighed lightly, "What does my sister mean?" ”

Shen Meizhuang shook his head lightly: "Let's take it step by step, if I cook it all in one go, I'm afraid I'm going to get angry." She smiled bitterly, "The year before last, I just moved a bowl of mung bean soup, and I was almost attacked by the palace crowd, so don't stretch your hand too long, these things, even if you want to investigate, the queen should take action, what is my action." She put everything she found aside, and picked up the roster, "I'd better take a closer look at the list." ”

An Lingrong smiled lightly, and then looked at the roster along Shen Meizhuang's line of sight, and the dense names were followed by the content that had been found so far, at first glance, she saw several people from Yangzhou, Suzhou, and somehow, a strange feeling suddenly surged in her heart.

Outside the palace, Meng Jingxian received the news, and her face changed in shock: "The inside line of the palace has lost contact overnight?" ”

"Yes, today was supposed to be the day when Mu Jin's news came out, and the slave waited behind the corner gate of the Shenwu Gate as usual, but no one came until noon, so I went around to the corner tower to find the jade duck, and I didn't see her." Jiang Cailan said with a solemn face, "The slave and maid tried all kinds of ways to find Zixiang and them, but there was no news. After inquiring around, I learned that it was a thief in the palace a few days ago, and Concubine Hui searched the six palaces and detained many people, and they were all imprisoned. ”

"Nonsense! What important thing is lost, and you want to copy and inspect the six palaces with such fanfare? Meng Jingxian's face turned slightly pale, "Don't let the prince's arrangement be noticed by someone...... she hesitated for a moment, and immediately ordered, "Send a message immediately and inform the prince of this matter!" ”

"Yes." Jiang Cailan took the order, and his figure disappeared in place in a flash.

Meng Jingxian clutched her chest, tried to calm herself, and began to think about whether she had done anything recently to show her feet, and after thinking about it for a while, she didn't come up with a reason, and finally forcibly explained herself: "Could it be that Concubine Hui took advantage of the queen's absence in the palace to deliberately make such a fuss in order to gain power for herself?" ”

No matter what the reason is, these internal lines that have been buried for so many years are estimated to be wasted. Meng Jingxian came back to her senses, angry and anxious, thinking that the mental and financial resources she had spent on these inside lines in the past few years had all been wasted overnight, and she couldn't help but slam the coffee table next to her.

But now is not the time to get angry, what is more important is to find a way to make them keep their mouths shut and not involve the prince.

Meng Jingxian took a deep breath and exhaled again, thinking quickly about what to do next.