"What the hell is going on?" Won-hee put down a book and stood up.

Mother Zhong hurriedly took the Hunan embroidered gown from the shelf, put it on for Yuanxi, and said: "The slave doesn't know, the princess has been crying since she came, and she scolds while crying, and she doesn't know who she is scolding." ”

"Are you making people coax?" Yuan Xi neatly tied his clothes and belt, and vaguely felt a sore back, so he supported his waist and pinched it twice.

"Ling'er and Xiangyun are persuading, but no one can persuade them, so go and take a look. ”

Mother Zhong said, helping Yuan Xi to walk towards the flower hall. Before entering the hall, Won-hee had already heard the sound of sobbing inside. Ling'er and Xiangyun tightened their brains, and they used all methods, but they didn't work, and Chenxiang just cried, as if she wanted to shed all the tears in this life before it was over.

As soon as Won-hee entered the door, Chenxiang pounced on him, fell on Won-hee's shoulder, and tears soaked Won-hee's clothes in an instant.

"Imperial sister-in-law, why do you say?!"

Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment, made a look, and asked Mother Zhong and a few slaves to withdraw first. There were only two people left in this flower hall, she gently comforted Chen Xiang on her back, and said, "What why? Good princess, let's sit down first." ”

Miyaka sobbed, her eyes swollen like two peaches with dewdrops.

"Today is the day of our reunion! I don't know why, the queen mother actually took Zhao Kezhen with her. That Zhao Kezhen spoke aggressively, and she still ......" Chen Xiang lowered her voice a little shyly, and said, "She still humiliated me, saying that I did that kind of thing with Cheng Yong." You said she was so rude, why did the queen mother still look at her? She beat Bao Xi I brought from the Wei Mansion in front of the queen mother, so inexplicable, the queen mother still wanted me to apologize to her. I can't figure it out!"

Chenxiang couldn't figure it out, but Wonxi understood a little. Where is Zhao Kezhen not going to be happy with the princess today? Her words are clearly aimed at the Wei family. Cheng Yong, and the girl named Baoxi, without exception, are all members of the Wei family. Zhao Kezhen's words were extraordinary, on the surface, she was humiliating the princess, but in fact, she still bit the Wei family to death and refused to speak.

"The Queen Mother...... This has been the case lately. Won-hee stroked his lower abdomen.

Chen Xiang looked at her in a daze: "Imperial sister-in-law, what the hell is going on!? The queen mother used to look down on this Zhao Kezhen the most, why did she go to the same road with her today?"

Yuan Xi stroked his stomach and asked instead of answering: "This is exactly what I want to ask you, the palace maid in the Queen Mother's Palace, you must have seen it, those are not the old men from before." Where have the former palace ladies gone?"

"They're all dead. Chen Xiang replied bluntly.

"All dead?!" Won-hee was a little surprised: "Who killed them?"

"Xiao Rongshen, who else can there be?" Chen Xiang spread out his two hands: "After he broke the palace, he saw that the queen mother was not pleasing to the eye, and imprisoned the queen mother in the middle palace." also said that the maids in the mother's harem all had ghosts in their hearts, and they found a reason to kill them all. The corpse was pulled out of the capital overnight, saying that it was buried casually. It's been a long time coming, what's wrong?"

"So, the slaves and maids who are serving in the Empress Dowager's palace are all people who Xiao Rongshen made up for the Empress Dowager?" asked Yuan Xi in a little surprise.

"This ......" Chen Xiang was also a little confused by the second monk, and asked instead of answering: "Is there anything strange?"

How can this not be strange? If these palace maids were all supplied by Xiao Rongshen to the Queen Mother, then why were these palace maids secretly at the mercy of Zhao Kezhen? Before, she thought that these people were arranged by Zhao Kezhen, but now it seems that things may be even more troublesome. If the person was arranged by Xiao Rongshen, but he obeyed Zhao Kezhen's words. Then there is only one possibility - Xiao Rongshen and Zhao Kezhen are together.

"At that time, Xiao Rongshen also spread rumors that your second brother instructed Xu Wenliang to poison the emperor, isn't it?"

Chen Xiang nodded: "I heard the palace people talk about it, Xiao Rongshen also made a decree at that time to denounce the prince for rebellion or something." ”

Yuan Xi slowly poured two cups of tea, one was brought to Chenxiang, and one was brought to his lips to sip slowly.

The main reason why Xiao Rongshen only denounced Rong Zhan was that he had no soldiers, so he didn't dare to openly send troops to arrest the prince. But outside the capital, he didn't dare, and in this capital, why didn't he dare to move?

He could have raided the Prince's Mansion directly, but he didn't.

"Sister-in-law, what are you asking about?" Chen Xiang finished drinking a cup of tea, picked up the teapot and poured it slowly.

"How much do you know about Xu Wenliang?"

A cup of tea paused on her lips, and Chen Xiang was stunned for a moment: "Imperial sister-in-law, why are you asking all the questions of the South China Sea and the North of the past few days today?"

Aren't these things close at hand? Yuan Xi lowered his eyes slightly, staring at his lower abdomen, and when he got up in the morning, he vaguely felt that the child in his womb could already move. She was a little surprised, but at the same time worried. She will give birth in five months, and she must be too busy to take care of herself at that time, if Zhao Kezhen takes the opportunity to challenge her, she may not be able to withstand it.

The top priority is to quickly solve Zhao Kezhen's * annoyance before he goes into labor.

"You answer my questions first, and then I'll tell you what's going on. Won-hee asked as he slowly drank his tea.

Xu Wenliang ...... Eunuch Xu, in fact, I can't say very clearly, there are many rumors about him, some people say that he was secretly executed by Xiao Rongshen, some people say that he was martyred for his father voluntarily, and some people say that he actually did not die, but escaped from the capital, and has been wandering the world ever since. Chen Xiang looked at Yuan Xi solemnly and whispered: "Imperial sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

"Xu Wenliang died, and the internal guards found his body in the Huxin Pavilion. He died with a personal palace maid, and the personal palace maids of each palace were there, but the palace maid of the Queen Mother was replaced, and it was guessed that the palace maid was the former personal palace maid of the Queen Mother. ”

Chen Xiang condensed Yuan Xi for a while, and said tentatively: "The imperial sister-in-law should not suspect that the queen mother's close palace maid was killed by Concubine Zhao, right? This is impossible, if Eunuch Xu and the palace maid die together, it should be killed by the same person, you can Xu Eunuch's martial arts, what ability does Zhao Kezhen have to kill him?"

This is the key, the queen mother's palace maid has changed, but the biggest beneficiary is Concubine Zhao. If it is really like the legend, the palace maid, Xu Wenliang, was secretly executed by Xiao Rongshen. Is there a possibility that Xiao Rongshen and Concubine Zhao reached some kind of agreement?

Yuan Xi shuddered suddenly, the more he thought about this kind of speculation, the more likely it became.

Xiao Rongshen usually hates Rong Zhan the most, and the first thing he should do after he usurps the throne should be to deal with Rong Zhan. Even if Rong Zhan was thousands of miles away, he couldn't catch it for a while, but he could still take Rong Zhan's Prince's Mansion out of anger. However, the Prince's Mansion was preserved unharmed. It's just that the servants and maids in the house have all changed their faces. Those who refused to stand in line in the past, those who obeyed orders and Yuan Xi, without exception, Quan Dou disappeared from the house inexplicably, can this be separated from Zhao Kezhen?

If you take refuge in Xiao Rongshen, you can protect yourself first, and you can cultivate your own power. This account, a fool can also see it, with Yan'er by her side to guide her, Zhao Kezhen will naturally not miss the opportunity.

"Zhao Kezhen can't kill Xu Wenliang, but Xiao Rongshen has this ability. As long as the price is right, it is not difficult to borrow a knife to kill someone. Perhaps, Concubine Zhao had already taken refuge in Xiao Rongshen at the beginning. ”

As soon as Yuan Xi spoke, Chen Xiang almost choked to death by a mouthful of water, she coughed for a while, barely stopped, and asked, "Imperial sister-in-law, aren't you scaring me?" But after a while, Chen Xiang also began to agree with Yuan Xi's statement, she nodded: "It's the same, if Zhao Kezhen and Xiao Rongshen are not embarrassed, why didn't Xiao Rongshen raid the Prince's Mansion?"

Yuan Xi nodded, and continued to follow his own train of thought: "Rong Zhan doesn't have a good impression of Zhao Kezhen, and I wanted to divorce her before, but I was afraid that Zhao Kezhen would slander Rong Zhan's reputation, so I dissuaded her." Perhaps Zhao Kezhen knew that Rong Zhan was unwilling to keep her by her side as a concubine, so she sent someone to rescue the Queen Mother from Xiao Rongcheng's hands, just to sell the Queen Mother a great favor. In this way, it is not good for Rong Zhan to take her off again. Xiao Rongshen is dead, and the biggest beneficiary of this game of chess is Zhao Kezhen. Therefore, those palace maids in the North Palace all listened to Zhao Kezhen's words openly and secretly. ”

Chenxiang held a cup of tea, kept holding it to her lips, looked at Yuan Xi in a daze, and even forgot to drink tea.

Yuan Xi smiled and took the cup from her lips, and said, "Are you stupid?"

Chen Xiang came back to her senses, pursed her lips and said, "Imperial sister-in-law, I originally wanted you to comfort me a few words, but who knew that I had been interrogated by you for so long, and what you said confused me." Zhao Kezhen bullied me, can you help me get angry?"

"Help, of course. Yuan Xi smiled: "But what I told you just now has an inextricable relationship with Concubine Zhao." You said that the queen mother favored Zhao Kezhen, let me ask you, why did the queen mother favor Zhao Kezhen, is it for no reason?"

Chen Xiang shook her head: "I don't know. ”

"I've heard that when the handle is pinched in someone's hand, it's only when it's controlled. Xiao Rongshen imprisoned the Queen Mother, and Zhao Kezhen had a deal with Xiao Rongshen, could it be that Xiao Rongshen knew what the Queen Mother had and told Zhao Kezhen about this handle?"

Chen Xiang nodded slowly, and shook her head in an instant: "This is impossible, what handle will the queen mother have? When the father made the queen mother the queen, he took a fancy to the integrity and benevolence of the queen mother. The queen mother will not do anything wrong with her conscience, and naturally, she will not put the handle in the hands of others. ”

That's not necessarily, Yuan Xi silently condensed the incense for a while, slowly picked up the cup, and took a sip of tea. What happened between the Queen Mother and Zhao Kezhen, presumably only those dead palace maids know.

"Chenxiang, can you do something for me?"

Chen Xiang nodded without thinking: "Of course." ”

"After a while, you will go to make amends to Zhao Kezhen and ask for the Queen Mother's forgiveness. And then...... You will stay in the palace of the Queen Mother and refuse to leave, and live with the Queen Mother for a while. Keep an eye on the Queen Mother's diet and daily life every day, and try not to let the Queen Mother leave your sight. ”

Chen Xiang's eyes widened, and she said, "You want me to spy on the queen mother?"

Yuan Xi shook his head: "How can this be called surveillance? This is to protect the safety of the Queen Mother." Yuan Xi shook Chen Xiang's hand: "Remember, no matter what happens, don't leave the Queen Mother for half a step, and act at the opportunity." If anything is out of the ordinary, let me know immediately. ”