The palace man shook his body, ran over to support Xu Wanyi in a trembling manner, and finally escorted the person to the dormitory with half a drag and half a drag.

At this time, the outer hall was finally cleaned.

The concubines' eyes fell on Wanfu, Ying Concubine held her stomach, pursed her lips, and opened her mouth first, "The concubine remembers that Concubine Ling has no friendship with Liang Wanyi, why is Concubine Ling with Liang Wanyi?" ”

Liang Wanyi snorted coldly, she couldn't get used to seeing this white lotus that had stumbled on herself, "I wrote a note asking her to come out and apply my new rouge, can't you?" ”

This excuse is lame on others, but Liang Wanyi is such a character.

In this case, the people did not know what to say.

The little eunuch came in from outside and said a few words to Chen Dehai's side. Chen Dehai was startled, and hurriedly knelt down in front of Li Xuanyin, "Your Majesty, the other nurse who is serving the little prince has thrown herself into the well!" ”

Li Xuanyin suddenly clenched his fingers, his face was terrifying, and his eyes swept over the concubines standing in the hall one by one, "All the palace people who are waiting in the Qiushui Pavilion will be escorted to the Punishment Division and interrogated strictly." Those involved in this matter will commit suicide. ”

Chapter 73

Sent to the Prudential Division, if you don't die, you have to shed your skin.

The palace people who were waiting in the Qiushui Pavilion were shocked when they heard the words, and they knelt on the ground, wailing again and again, "The slave is wronged! The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life! ”

The emperor was furious, how dare Chen Dehai rub it, and immediately beckoned the little eunuch into the palace and escorted the kneeling palace people down.

In the chaos, a palace maid who was escorted struggled desperately, and ran back with a rolling belt, her hair was scattered, and her body was constantly trembling with fear, "Your Majesty, the slave maid suddenly remembered that the master was going to eat steamed pigeon yesterday......"

She paused, and her whole body quickly shook into a sieve, and after a while, she continued: "Slave maid...... The slave maid saw the people of Zhaoyang Palace in the imperial dining room. The people of the palace said that the concubine wanted to eat almond cake and asked for a box full of food. The slave didn't care at the time, and it wasn't until she remembered it now that she realized something was wrong. ”

"You slave, you didn't say it when you knelt just now, why do you say it now?" Concubine Zhao stroked her sideburns, raised her eyelids and looked at Wanfu, seeing that the woman was not flustered, she quickly closed her eyes.

The palace maid said truthfully: "The slave and maid don't dare." ”

"The noble concubine is like the sky, and she is favored by the emperor, and she can't even compare with the master who gave birth to a dragon heir. The slave and maid were really afraid that they would say it, and the emperor trusted the noble concubine and punished the slave and maid for slander. Green Shadow's heart beat like a drum, and she continued tremblingly, "Slaves and maids don't enter the Prudential Punishment Division, slaves and maids will tell everything they know, and ask the emperor to spare the lives of slaves and maids!" ”

Li Xuanyin's thin lips pursed slightly, and he flicked his finger with a cold face, no one could guess what the emperor was thinking now.

The emperor does not ask questions, and can only be opened by the queen.

The queen looked at Wanfu, "Concubine Ling, did you go to the imperial dining room yesterday to get the almond cake?" ”

Wanfu faintly withdrew her gaze from the palace maid, "The concubine has not done it. ”

"The slave and maid vouched for their lives, and the palace maid said that she was a person from Zhaoyang Palace!" Seeing Wanfu's rebuttal, Green Shadow was afraid that the emperor would not believe him, his face turned pale, and he knocked twice on the ground, "The slave maid asked to see the palace people of Zhaoyang Palace, the slave maid has known people since childhood, and she will definitely be able to recognize her!" ”

"Your Majesty." The queen turned around, "It's better to follow what this palace maid said, and it is better to be innocent of the noble concubine." ”

Li Xuanyin didn't say a word, he lifted his eyes to look at the woman.

This time, everyone understood that if it was someone else, the emperor would not hesitate, and immediately ordered to investigate the concubine's bedroom. But right now, the emperor has not given orders for a long time, and he has not even questioned the concubines of Ling, this kind of trust, there are a few concubines in the harem who can get it.

Concubine Ying's expression was gloomy, and when her correspondence with her cousin was exposed, the emperor looked at her like this and told her, "I believe in you." ”

It is this trust that gives Ying Concubine the greatest confidence. Now that three years have passed, things are not people, and the emperor has not lost trust in the harem, but just depends on who that person is.

She lifted her lip line bitterly and slowly tightened her palms.

Wanfu pursed the corners of her lips, she was not stupid, she naturally saw what the emperor meant, lowered her eyes, and said humbly: "The concubine has never done it, and she is not afraid of the identification of this palace maid." ”

Li Xuanyin nodded at this time, and Chen Dehai was instructed to immediately go to the palace people of Zhaoyang Palace.

Within a moment, the twelve palace maids of Zhaoyang Palace and the eight chamberlains were passed to Qiushui Pavilion.

The queen stroked the ruby gold armor and said to the green shadow: "People are here, if you look at the wrong eye and slander the noble concubines, this palace, as the master of the six palaces, will first eliminate the minions of such things as the harem." ”

The green shadow shook her neck, and the concubines in the palace couldn't help but look at the queen, the queen was in charge of the six palaces, and her methods of handling things had always been gentle, but it was the first time that she used her power to suppress the palace people.

The twenty attendants of Zhaoyang Palace stood away one after another, but they didn't get the news, and they didn't know what was going on. The master is favored in the palace, and there are always red-eyed concubines who deliberately cause harm, and they have long been accustomed to serving the master for so long. The master is smart, and the emperor is favored, no matter what, he can keep them safe.

The green shadow began to identify from the first palace maid, and she carefully studied the eyebrows and eyes of several people, for fear of missing it. Until the eighth palace maid, Green Shadow stopped, looked at it carefully, and immediately grabbed the palace maid's wrist, and somewhere did she get the strength, and dragged it to Li Xuanyin, "Your Majesty, it's her, it's the almond cake she went to the imperial dining room yesterday!" ”

"Your Majesty...... The slave maid ...... "The little palace maid looked inexplicable, looked at the green shadow, and then looked at her emperor with a calm face, and then realized that she had caused a big disaster.

"This palace asks you, did you go to the imperial dining room yesterday and get almond cake?" The queen looked at her and asked.

This little palace maid's name is Lan Jia, she just entered the palace last year, and she is only thirteen years old this year. In the past, when she was doing chores in the Shangyi Bureau, the chief manager saw that she was clever and quick-witted, and in order to please the noble concubines, she was sent to serve in Zhaoyang Palace.

But no matter how clever she is, she is a thirteen-year-old girl, and when she saw this battle, she immediately panicked, and was so frightened that she almost cried, "Slave maid...... The slave did go to the imperial dining room yesterday to get the almond cake. ”

The concubines clenched their veils unconsciously relaxed, and looked at Wanfu like a play. Concubine Ling said that she had never been to the imperial dining room, but the little palace maid beside her said that she had been, and there was human and material evidence.

Li Xuanyin raised his hand to stop the queen's next question, and looked at Lan Jia with a calm face, "If I learn that you have spoken falsely and slandered the noble concubine, I will not spare it!" ”

"The emperor spares his life! Slaves and maids don't dare to lie and deceive the emperor, yesterday ......" Lan Jia glanced at Wanfu and cried, "The day before yesterday, the master did not hand in the copying rules, and the emperor punished half of the dinner in the entire Zhaoyang Palace. Yesterday was the case again, the slave was greedy and couldn't eat enough, so in the name of the master's gift of Wen Xiurong, she asked for more almond cake. ”

"The slave and the maid know that they are wrong, the slave and the maid should not deceive the master, beg the emperor to spare the slave and the maid, and beg the emperor to spare the slave and the maid!"

Hearing this explanation, not only the concubine who was standing, but even Wanfu was surprised. She didn't expect that the truth was like this, she didn't like to eat almond cakes, she thought that someone had bought off the minions in her palace and planted the blame, but now it looks like it's different from what she thought.

The concubine who was waiting to see the good show twitched the corners of her mouth when she heard the words, who would have thought that a slave maid would go to get almond cake privately in the name of her master, and she would not be able to eat enough in the palace!

"Is that really the case? Didn't Concubine Ling instruct you to go to the imperial dining room to get almond cakes, and you wanted to harm the little prince? Concubine Zhao stroked her lower abdomen and asked.

Although Lan Jia is greedy, she is also sensible, she is a slave of Zhaoyang Palace, and she is a person under Ling Gui Concubine, if Ling Gui Concubine falls, who will care about her life or death, that is really the end.

She didn't drill into Concubine Zhao's trap, she was trembling with fright, "Your Majesty, what the slave said is true, the emperor knows that the master of the noble concubine knows how to advance and retreat, and he has always been able to avoid the pregnant concubines in the harem, how can he harm the little prince." Someone must have seen the slave and maid taking the almond cake, so they took advantage of this to frame it! ”

Green Shadow also panicked when she heard this insinuation, "The slave didn't dare to frame the noble concubine, the slave and the maid never had any suspicion when she saw her taking the almond cake, let alone mentioned it to others, if it wasn't for the little prince's accident, the slave would have forgotten about it a long time ago." Please the emperor to see! ”

"If it weren't for you seeing me taking the almond cake, how could you give others a chance to take advantage of it!" When it comes to quarrels, Lan Jia has never lost, his mouth is so sharp that he bites back, and he is so angry that Green Shadow grits the root of his teeth, eager to block this woman's mouth. I thought that I didn't have to go to the Shen Criminal Division to endure hardships, but who knew that there was such a reason for Ling Gui Concubine to go to the palace to get almond cakes.

To deal with Wanfu, it is rare for Concubine Ying to stand on the same line as Concubine Zhao, she sneered coldly, "Right and wrong, it's up to you to say it alone." No matter how bold the slave is, how can he go to the imperial dining room to get food in the name of the master? Is this really the case, is the noble concubine too indulgent in the minions? ”

Ying Concubine said, and pushed the wind onto Wanfu again.

Wanfu didn't doubt Lan Jia's words, Qian Dai once mentioned it to her, because she was forgiving, the servants in the palace had gone to the sixth prison to ask for benefits in her name. At that time, she had no time to take care of it, but now it seems that when this matter is over, she will return to the palace to rectify it.

Lan Jia is clever, if she follows Concubine Zhao's words today and blames herself, then she doesn't have to stay in the palace anymore.

Qian Dai held the master, stood up and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the queen's mother, the master has a peaceful and forgiving temperament, and rarely punishes the palace people." It is precisely because of this that the people below will inevitably have some thoughts. But the master never dared to make a move on the little prince, please let the emperor know! ”

"One by one, they are all people in the palace of Ling Guifei, who knows if there is another face behind one face?" Chen Chang said slowly.

Concubine Zhuang looked at it for a long time, looked at Chen Changzai coldly, and couldn't help but say, "Don't you remember the emperor's words?" The position of Ling Gui Concubine is much higher than that of Chen Changzai, you slander and provoke like this, you are not afraid that the emperor will punish you for the following crimes? ”

Chen Changzai's face turned pale with anger, "Concubine Zhuang's words are funny, the concubine is just talking about things, and Concubine Ling is already suspicious, how can you slander!" ”

"Enough!" Li Xuanyin wrinkled his eyebrows impatiently, he glanced at Chen Changzai warningly, Chen Changzai's neck was cold, he was silent, but his palms were clenched, no matter when, the emperor was always partial to Jiang Wanfu!

The queen looked at everyone's expressions silently, frowned and asked, "Noble concubine, what else do you have to say?" ”

Wanfu first looked at Li Xuanyin, and saw that the man only swept over her lightly, and pursed the corners of her mouth. Li Xuanyin saw the grievances and resentments in her eyes, and was so angry that she had a headache, and she just wanted to bring this person over and beat her up. He wasn't partial enough to treat her ? I don't know what to do, he didn't find out the truth and let her go directly, wouldn't it make her even more jealous and become the target of the harem!

Wanfu didn't know that the emperor wanted to beat her heart, so she stepped forward and said: "Since the incident was caused by almond cake, instead of investigating the concubine and an innocent person, it is better to go to the imperial dining room to check the example book, who has ever been to get almond cake." ”

Chen Dehai rushed to the imperial dining room again.

Half an hour later, Chen Dehai returned to the Qiushui Pavilion, the cold sweat on his neck did not subside, and he lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, the only people who have gone to the imperial dining room to get almond soup have been in the Qianyun Hall and the Chaolu Hall recently. ”

The Qianyun Hall is Wanfu, and the rest of the Chaolu Hall is Ying Concubine. Ying Concubine didn't expect that this matter would have something to do with herself.

Liang Wanyi was very good at mending knives, and blinked innocently, "The emperor has punished the minions of the Qianyun Palace, but he has never treated the concubines harshly, and the minions of the Chaolu Hall will not be hungry!" ”

Concubine Ying's always cold face was slightly stunned for a moment, holding her high bulging belly, and pursing her lips silently, "Your Majesty, the concubine's appetite came up that day, and she did tell the palace people to take the almond cake." ”

Ying Concubine is so frank, as if she has never done it before, which makes people even more confused. There are only two people in the harem who have gone to the imperial dining room to get almond cakes, not Ling Gui Concubine, not Ying Concubine, who else can it be?

Just when he had no clue, he checked the body of the nursing mother, entered the palace, and the nursing mother who served the little prince did die of suicide.

"Could it be ......" The palace maid kneeling on the ground muttered quietly, thinking that no one would hear it, but Wen Xiurong was closest to her and heard the words clearly.

"Could it be that what is it?" Wen Xiurong asked, and everyone's eyes looked over.

The palace maid shook her body and finished speaking, "Not long ago, a waiter who went out to buy sent a letter to Mama Yang, Mama Yang's son in the family was infected with a cold and was critically ill, Mama Yang begged the master to allow her to leave the palace and take care of her son. However, the master rejected Mama Yang on the grounds that Mama Yang was able to do things well and took care of the little prince properly. It was three days ago that the slave saw Mama Yang burning paper behind the rockery, and learned that Mama Yang's son was infected and died. ”

After hearing this, everyone sighed for a while.

The palace maid who was waiting beside the concubine seemed to remember something, and knelt down, "The slave and maid remembered that the master had eaten the leftover almond cake a few days ago, and the slave and maid took it out of the hall and was about to deal with it, when she saw a grandmother on the palace road and talked with the slave and maid, and she said that she had never eaten the food of the nobles in the palace, and the slave and maid looked at her clothes and thought that she was a slave of Xinzhiku, and she relented for a while, so she ......

"The emperor spares his life! Master spare your life! ”

The palace maid's palms were cold, trembling incessantly, blindly kowtowing and begging for mercy, hating herself for being careless for a while, and actually believing that grandma!

If this is the case, it is Xu Wanyi's own doing.

……

It was getting late, and the concubines returned to the palaces. The palace people who were waiting in Qiushui Pavilion were still not exempt from punishment, but since they found the person who harmed the little prince, compared to being sent to the Prudential Punishment Division, the staff was punished for thirty, which made the servants breathe a sigh of relief.

As the night grew darker, a game of chess pieces was placed on the table, and Wanfu pinched the warm jade with her fingertips and played against herself.

Qiandai went inside and cut the candles, "It's late at night, the master is tired for a day, let's rest." ”

Wanfu shook her head, "What do you think of my chess game?" ”

Qian Dai looked over and saw that although the master played a good pipa, he really didn't know anything about chess books, and Qian Dai didn't know how to evaluate it, so she looked at it carefully and really saw something unusual.

She furrowed her eyebrows, "The master's sunspot seems to be too smooth." ”

"yes, it went so well." Wanfu took a sip of tea, and a black jade stone landed in the middle of the chessboard, surrounded by lone wolves, surrounded by white children. Sacrificing this small sunspot in exchange for a whole victory, how powerful the means of the people behind the layout are.

Qian Dai understood, "Who does the master think it is?" ”

Wanfu paused for a moment, "Without the little prince, the only prince in the harem is the eldest prince in the queen's palace." ”

However, with such obvious benefits, the queen would not risk asking for them.

This is the genius of that person, he involved all the favored concubines in the harem, but he was wise and safe and sound.

……

Qiankun Palace

Chen Dehai cautiously came in to serve tea, "Your Majesty, the servants have checked, and it is indeed as the palace maid said, and Mama Yang has indeed gone to the imperial dining room to inquire about which palace has taken almond cakes." ”

"Which concubine in the harem has Mama Yang been in contact with?" Li Xuanyin put down the pen, leaned back in the chair, and pressed his temples impatiently.

Chen Dehai lowered his head and said truthfully: "The slave has checked a few times, and Mama Yang has not intersected with any master. ”

From this point of view, it was indeed Xu Wanyi who caused herself to harm the little prince. However, Chen Dehai felt that it was a little strange, and it was so smooth that it seemed to have been arranged, and it didn't take much effort for him to find out what had happened.

"Huh!" Li Xuanyin sneered.