A thunderstorm brought the Forbidden City into the sweltering summer, An Lingrong held his chin and looked at the heavy rain outside the window, and threw away the "Peony Pavilion" in his hand with some annoyance.

"Okay, what's going on?" The emperor raised his head from the pile of bookcases and looked at An Lingrong, "Does Rong'er feel bored?" It's a pity that I can't take you to the Old Summer Palace this year. ”

"The emperor is busy with government affairs, and the concubines understand." An Lingrong couldn't say what he was upset about, obviously everything had been going well recently, "Besides, Sister Mei has just been diagnosed with pregnancy, Sister Zhen is about to be eight months old, and the queen is sick again, so it is not suitable to travel and travel, and the concubine just feels bored." ”

The emperor stretched his eyebrows and stopped the Zhu Pi in his hand: "Yes, Mei'er has not been favored for a long time, and I never thought that I would summon her a few times, and she and Huan Huan are blessed." Rong'er, when will you give birth to another princess for me......" He pursed the corners of his mouth and didn't say any more.

An Lingrong blinked his eyes lightly until what he wanted to say, and smiled to reveal the topic: "The two sisters are now pregnant, and the hospital is too busy to be busy, so the concubines should not join in this fun." She got up and handed the lotus seed soup that had been put aside to cool in the morning and handed it to the emperor, "The emperor approved the excerpts of the morning, drank a bowl of lotus seed soup to rest, lotus seeds are the best way to clear the heart and defeat the fire, these days Sister Zhen is a little angry, she can't sleep at night, and the concubine also boiled the lotus seed soup and sent it to her, but it is more useful than the tonic prescribed by the hospital." ”

"Concubine Xi is pregnant and working hard, but she doesn't want the hearts of the people in the palace to be so bad." The emperor drank two sips, and the lotus seeds were removed from the lotus heart, leaving only a mouth full of sweetness and softness, "Concubine Xi's belly just looks a little bigger, and there are people who maliciously speculate that the father of the child in her womb is someone else, and her words are really unbearable. The emperor's brows furrowed tightly, and he sighed heavily, "I really wronged her." ”

"When the noble woman was pregnant in the summer, her belly was also bigger, what is so strange about this?" An Lingrong slowly added a fire, "Women are pregnant, they are already pregnant, what is there to discuss, the people in the palace are really idle and have nothing to do, and their mouths are full of teeth." She pretended to sigh, "Concubine Duan's mother is sick and weak, and Sister Concubine Jing is soft-hearted, no wonder she can't suppress this rumor, if the queen mother hadn't been sick, under her iron-fisted governance, this poor mouth and poor tongue would have been dealt with a long time ago." ”

Speaking of the queen, the emperor snorted angrily, and put the bowl in his hand on the table angrily: "The queen doesn't know what's wrong recently, Xu is old, and her ears are soft, and she actually follows me in my ear, asking me to be cautious about the emperor's heir, how can the rumors in the palace be credulous?" Don't worry about what you should worry about, worry about what you shouldn't worry about, I'm afraid the queen is not sick and confused. ”

"The queen mother has been ill for several months, and it has only gotten better in the past few days, and the emperor is too heartbreaking to say this." An Lingrong lowered his eyes and smiled, stretched out his hand and gently rubbed the emperor's temples, feeling his nerves relax a little, and was about to persuade him to rest for a while, but Lu Shouchang walked in with great strides.

He glanced up at An Lingrong, and there was a sharp warning in his eyes, which made An Lingrong react instantly, something big had happened.

"Weichen see the emperor." Lu Shouchang knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and Lang Lang said, "The queen Yizhi, the eunuch chief Su Peisheng and the palace maid Cui Jinxi, the head of the Yongshou Palace, have a good relationship with each other, fornicate in the harem, and immediately detain them into the Shen Xing Division, and Weichen has come to ask the emperor for his will." ”

The emperor suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were full of cold killing intent, and the four words of the queen's decree circulated a few times between his lips and teeth before he said coldly: "Since it is the queen's decree, then you will obey the queen's order." ”

The queen slammed a hammer into the harem, shattering the peace that had lasted for two months.

"In the palace of the Ming Dynasty, there are often palace maids and eunuchs who have a good relationship with each other, called the opposite food, and gradually become embarrassed, form a party and mess with the government, and most of the Ming Dynasty is ruined here, so the palace of this dynasty is rigorous, and there is little to say about food. But today, I found this right under my nose. The queen sat in the main hall of Yongshou Palace, with a stern tone, she motioned to Jian Qiu to take out a willow leaf purse and give it to Zhen Huan, "Concubine Xi, do you know?" ”

As soon as the thing arrived, Zhen Huan recognized it, this was a few days ago when she, Shen Meizhuang, and Concubine Jing went to visit Concubine Duan, and when she met Su Peisheng at the door, she fell out of the cuffs of his shirt. However, all the people present are their own people, so it shouldn't reach the queen's ears.

Zhen Huan stabilized her mind, and pretended to be relaxed on her face: "This thing is very familiar, it seems that I have seen it somewhere, and this Yingluo's craftsmanship looks like the technique of Jinxi in the palace of the concubine." ”

The queen showed an inappropriate sneer on her face: "You really have eyesight, it's Cui Jinxi's thing." ”

"Jinxi is really, at such an age, he can't manage his own things well. Thank you, Queen. Zhen Huan accepted the purse with a smile, as if she didn't know what was going on, "When Jinxi comes back, the concubine will definitely teach her a good lesson." ”

"It's not a big deal to lose things, the most important thing is that Su Peisheng has been keeping it close to him." The queen opened her fangs, "Cui Jinxi has already taken care of it, and there is no need for you to discipline Concubine Xi." She called Concubine Jing to tell her the ins and outs of the matter.

"Yes, that's right." Concubine Jing was already weak-hearted, and after being named by the queen, she broke out in a cold sweat, and she didn't dare to raise her head to look at Zhen Huan, so she stumbled and said, "A few days ago, the concubine, Concubine Xi, and Concubine Hui went to visit Concubine Duan, and they happened to meet Su Peisheng to greet us, but this thing fell out of the cuffs of Gonggong Su, and the palace maid's things cannot be collected by the eunuch. She hurriedly finished speaking before she dared to breathe and gasp.

Zhen Huan couldn't believe that it would be Concubine Jing who betrayed her, and stared at her until the last word landed, and then she spoke: "A single Yingluo can't explain anything, Xu is Jinxi lost it just so that Su Peisheng picked it up, and plans to return it to her in the future." ”

However, the queen has been secretly arranging for this bureau for more than a month, and she has already prepared it, and she said quietly: "I can't say anything with just one Yingluo, but what does the willow leaf heart-to-heart mean?" Concubine Xi, you should know. Now that this matter has been revealed, the palace can't sit idly by, and since it's here today, it will inevitably be true, and in order to investigate thoroughly, it is necessary to check Cui Jinxi's room. ”

Zhen Huan's face changed slightly, she realized something, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "Jinxi is the person next to the concubine, so I won't work for the queen to do this, the concubine will do it." ”

"You are pregnant, how can you do such a thing, and besides, Concubine Xi, you have to avoid suspicion." The queen blocked back without refusing, and instructed Huichun Jianqiu to search Cui Jinxi's room, and then warned Zhen Huan, "Concubine Xi, you are a person with a body, you should still sit, and watch what they can find." ”

Looking at the queen's appearance of winning the ticket, Zhen Huan knew that she couldn't hide today, she looked at Concubine Jing who was sitting opposite her, and quickly guessed why she would help the queen, and she was angry and helpless for a while.

Soon, Jian Qiu walked back with a red wooden box, and the queen opened it and looked at it, and was furious: "It's really a filthy harem!" She asked Jian Qiu to hand it to the others, and she was particularly indignant, "Both of them are old men in the palace, how can they still do these things, in order to prevent the upward and downward effects, this palace can't help but dispose of them." ”

"The concubine took the liberty to plead with the queen, Jinxi is the person next to the concubine, so it is better to leave it to the concubine to deal with, right?" Zhen Huan still wants to fight for it again, but the queen has been holding her breath for so long, where is she willing to let go of the slightest.

She sneered and said with a smile: "The people around Concubine Xi are the people of the harem, and the people of the harem, the palace can't sit idly by." Those who serve in the palace must check themselves, keep heavenly principles, and destroy people's desires, so as to serve the master with peace of mind, otherwise I don't know how much chaos will be born. Concubine Xi, you still focus on the overall situation. ”

"Niangniang is a virtuous queen in the eyes of the queen mother, and she is admired by everyone in the harem, presumably Niangniang will definitely deal with it impartially, not only to save the royal face, but also to clear the harem." Zhen Huan vaguely reminded the queen that Su Peisheng was a person in front of the emperor.

"That's nature." The queen raised a triumphant smile, "This palace is the lord of the six palaces, how can you not handle it impartially to reassure people's hearts?" She took Jian Qiu's hand and got up, and walked out slowly, "Concubine Xi, you better have a good baby." ”

Zhen Huan's face suddenly turned cold: "The concubine sends the queen mother." She turned her back to the queen, she didn't see the queen's back leaving with her toes high, and she didn't see the guilty eyes cast by Concubine Jing before leaving, she only knew that if she couldn't keep Cui Jinxi, the queen would be the next to do it.

Therefore, after the queen left, the first thing Zhen Huan did was to go to the Heart Cultivation Hall to explore the emperor's tone, but she met An Lingrong at the door.

"My sister is here." An Lingrong was talking to Xiao Xiazi, "I was thinking about going to Yongshou Palace to see my sister, but I didn't expect my sister to come first." She approached Zhen Huan and said in a low voice, "The queen is resolute and resolute, meddling in the affairs of the emperor, the emperor is very unhappy, but I look at it, angry is angry, the emperor does not plan to protect Father-in-law Su, sister, wait a minute, pay attention to the proportions of your speech." ”

Zhen Huan suddenly had a number in her heart, nodded and walked in the direction of the side hall.

Behind him, An Lingrong faintly called Xiao Xiazi: "Wait for the tea to cool down before sending it in...... The palace knows that the tea that the emperor drinks is eight points hot, except today, and you will send it in when it is dried until seven points......"

Zhen Huan listened to it, and suddenly had an idea.

After An Lingrong finished explaining, he lowered his hand and slowly put on his armor, and his voice was inaudible: "Cuiyin has already left the palace, although it can't involve you at the moment, but you have to know that if you can't keep Su Peisheng, this storm will be involved in you sooner or later." ”

"Minions understand." Xiao Xiazi lowered her head and said in a firm voice, "Even if the mother doesn't say it, the slave will remember the master's good." ”

Outside, the rain had stopped, and the air smelled of earth, as if the dirt that had been rotting underground for a long time suddenly saw the light of day, and the smell was disgusting.

An Lingrong waited for a while before Zhen Huan came out of it, and looking at her face, she knew that there was no result in this conversation.

"The queen is in good health, she can't wait to do it." Zhen Huan made up her mind to go to the Shen Xingsi to see Cui Jinxi, and the sedan chair went all the way to the alley, "Although the emperor is angry that the queen took it upon herself to detain Su Peisheng, but the matter is in the harem, and the emperor has nothing to say, I am obedient to the meaning of the words, and it seems that I quite agree with the queen's disposal of Jinxi." ”

"In all dynasties, the palace maids and eunuchs are not glamorous things about food, not to mention what is Su Peisheng's identity, he has served the emperor since he was a child, compared to the harem concubines, he is the one who has accompanied the emperor for the longest time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a high power." An Lingrong said, "But he is entangled with Jinxi, and Jinxi is my sister's henchman, what will the emperor think?" Speaking of this, An Lingrong remembered something again, "The emperor knew about the fact that my sister walked through Su Peisheng's door before returning to the palace, and I thought it was just a temporary bribe, but now I found that it was a long-term envelope, how could the emperor not be jealous?" ”

"I also thought of this, because I didn't dare to plead too much in front of the emperor, but I was afraid that Jinxi hadn't been rescued yet, so I put myself in first." Zhen Huan smiled bitterly and sighed lightly, "If the queen uses this to cure me for the crime of shelter and connivance, it will really outweigh the losses." ”

After a short time, Shen Xingji arrived.