At the night banquet in the palace, Tan Jin did not participate in the banquet under the pretext that he didn't want to disturb them, and Mu Lan didn't want to get involved in the rights and wrongs of the imperial brother's harem, so he didn't participate, and accompanied Tan Jin to have dinner in the Queen Mother's Palace.

"Queen Mother, what do you think of the queen Lianyi?" asked Mu Lan, who served her a bowl of soup.

Tan Jin drank it in small sips, and put down the bowl when the bowl of soup was at the bottom, "It's not big or small, that's your imperial sister-in-law." What do you think since you came to ask me?"

Mu Lan smiled and rolled into Tan Jin's arms, "The imperial sister-in-law grew up with me and my brother since she was a child, and that friendship is incomparable to others, but I always feel that she is not suitable to stay in this palace, the burden is too heavy and trivial, and she is a lot haggard." ”

"Being in the royal family, many things are involuntary and helpless. The child in Lianyi has a deep affection for Yunting and is smart, and she can handle the affairs in the palace. ”

Mu Lanji thought about it, and decided to tell Tan Jin what had happened in the past few days.

Tan Jin was stunned for a moment after hearing this: "There have always been only a lot of women in this palace, as the queen and the mother of a country, how can you even bear these things?"

Then he sighed again: "After all, the royal family is sorry for her." Although there are not many people in this palace, none of them are good stubble, and she is inevitably a little weaker alone. ”

Mu Lanji thought for a while and said: "Then the queen mother will help the imperial sister-in-law!"

"Naughty!" Tan Jin scratched her daughter's nose: "As far as you know that you feel sorry for her, Baba came over and asked me to help her." ”

Mu Lan coquettishly said: "It's the best for the queen mother, that's your daughter-in-law, if you don't help her, who will help her!"

"Since that's the case," Tan Jin calmed down and took Mu Lan's hand: "You go and ask Ruan Xiaohong to come over and say that I have something to ask her." ”

Mulan was puzzled, but she still went obediently.

"The concubine sees the Queen Mother, Her Royal Highness the Princess. Ruan Xiaohong lowered his eyebrows and stood aside.

"Do you know what I'm looking for you for?"

"Concubine, concubine ......" Ruan Xiaohong took a deep breath: "I know." ”

"Don't you justify anything?" Tan Jin skimmed the tea foam and didn't look at her.

Ruan Xiaohong didn't know what the person above meant, so he raised his head and looked at Tan Jin fixedly: "The queen has come to the conclusion that this matter is like this." ”

Tan Jin put down the tea cup in his hand: "Very good, you are very sensible." I'll just make it clear to you. The queen's position in the emperor's heart is the top priority, no one can shake it, and there is only one way for a woman who cannot get grace: to die in obscurity in the deep palace. Would you like to?"

Ruan Xiaohong realized that the Queen Mother came to her today not to punish her for yesterday's incident, but to make a deal with her, yes, it was a deal, and knelt down in front of Tan Jin, her eyes burning: "The concubine doesn't want to waste this life, and asks the Queen Mother to save the concubine!"

"You are very smart," Tan Jin smiled: "I want you to assist the queen and take care of the harem." I promise you to live comfortably in this house. I heard that your embroidery is a must, if you want, go back to the palace now and send a pair of embroidered shoes. ”

Ruan Xiaohong's body stiffened: "Thank you for the grace of the Empress Dowager." "Turn and leave.

"Jin Zhu, pass on the decree: the noble Ruan clan has a wonderful filial piety, and he will be exempted from grounding from today. ”

Liuqin looked at Tan Jin at the side door for a long time, and only appeared after Ruan Xiaohong left. Mu Lan's eyes are sharp: "Participate in my father's emperor." Shaking Tan Jin, who was still pondering: "Queen Mother, my father is here." ”

Mo Jinxi looked at Liuqin and smiled slyly, pretending to be angry: "How long have you been here? ”

Liuqin made a gesture: "How dare you, the Queen Mother is training people, how dare you disturb this time." The mother and daughter who watched couldn't help laughing out loud.

Seeing this scene, Mu Lanji was about to retire, but was stopped by Liuqin and said to her: "I want to take your queen mother to the grassland for a walk, are you willing to compensate us?"

"Prairie?" Mu Lanji was pleasantly surprised: "What my father said is true?

"So go and get ready, and you'll be set off soon." ”

"Yes, the minister will retire and prepare first. ”

Tan Jin hurriedly asked, "When was the decision to go to the grassland, why don't I know?"

"It's decided now, do you know now?" Liuqin took her hand and stared at her: "There are too many things in the palace, just leave it to their juniors to solve it themselves, we can't control them for a lifetime, don't you say?" Before Tan Jin spoke, he said: "We haven't been out for a long time, and our daughter has agreed, you can't let her down!"

Tan Jin sighed helplessly: "I really can't do anything about you." I can't refuse even if I want to! ”

The moonlight outside the door hit the faces of the two people, reflecting the moonlight, as if they were white, and the two stared at each other for a long time, and the years were quiet.

Hearing the news that the three of them were going to travel, Mu Yunting and Xu Lianyi were shocked and hurried over when they heard the wind.

"Father, queen mother, why did you leave the palace so suddenly?

Liuqin patted his son on the shoulder: "You are very good, you are also sitting very steadily, which is why your mother and I are going to go outside for a walk." You have grown up and can be on your own, this country is your country, you have to hold it up with your own hands. Father believes in you!"

Mu Yunting hurriedly retained: "Can you slow down any longer......?"

"The big husband has something to do and something not to do, don't worry about us," pointing to Xu Lianyi: "It's important to cherish the people in front of you, don't regret it!"

Tan Jin pulled Xu Lianyi: "In the future, I will not be here, you have to decide everything by yourself, stop being anxious and impatient, take good care of the emperor, and take good care of yourself." ”

Xu Lianyi had tears in her eyes and clenched Tan Jin's hand: "I understand, I understand, but I ......" Xu Lianyi calmed down, let go of Tan Jin's hand, and made a big salute: "Concubine, remember!"

Mo Jinxi nodded, feeling deeply gratified: "This kid has grown up." ”

Everything was in order, and everyone watched the three of them go to the palace gate, until noon there was no trace outside the gate.

Mu Yunting and Xu Lianyi stood in the dusk holding hands, no one dared to disturb them, and they went back to the palace silently.

Qiao Jingyuan felt a little itchy on her cheeks on the way back, but the more she scratched it, the more itchy it became, and the palace maid beside her exclaimed: "Niangniang, your face!"

"My face?" Qiao Jingyuan ran to the lake to take a look, his face was red and swollen, and there was a tendency to get worse, and he suddenly panicked, and he had to do it by the lake: "Call the Imperial Doctor, call the Imperial Doctor!"

The judge of the Tai Hospital hurriedly came, and carefully diagnosed: "Niangniang, this is caused by allergies, and the redness and swelling will disappear after the minister prescribes a few pairs of medicines." ”

"Allergies?" Qiao Jingyuan calmed down, and a smile overflowed on his lips: "What kind of allergy is this, it is obvious that someone is deliberately murdering! ”

There are so many disputes in the harem, and it is not strange that some concubines have murdered each other before, so Qiao Jingyuan listened to the advice of Imperial Doctor Sun and went to Xu Lianyi to cry.

"Queen Mother, someone wants to harm the concubine. Qiao Jingyuan cried after giving Xu Lianyi a salute.

Xu Lianyi didn't know what Qiao Jingyuan was doing, and asked with some confusion: "You said that someone wanted to harm you, what happened?"

"Back to the queen's mother, today's concubine feels uncomfortable on her face, who would have thought that she had a lot of red spots, and after going to see the imperial doctor, she knew that the concubine was like this because she used spider water, but how could the concubine use spider water for herself. Qiao Jingyuan cried miserably, covering her face with a handkerchief and not daring to raise her head.

Xu Lianyi was puzzled, but seeing Qiao Jingyuan crying so miserably, she thought of the friendship of the same clan in her heart, and said in a softened tone: "You take down the handkerchief, and the palace will see what is going on." ”

Qiao Jingyuan hesitated a little embarrassed, and then took off the handkerchief, and there was a patch of red on his cheeks, which looked like red spots one by one. Is it really a spider water?

Just looking like this, Xu Lianyi couldn't see what was going on, so she summoned the imperial doctor to go over to Qiao Jingyuan's bedroom to check if there was really something wrong in Qiao Jingyuan's palace.

"You've had this situation before, or what's unusual in the past two days?" asked Xu Lianyi when she went to Qiao Jingyuan's bedroom.

Qiao Jingyuan kept her head down, and when she heard Xu Lianyi ask, she pretended to think: "This has never happened to a concubine before, appearance has always been extremely important to a woman, how can a concubine take this as a child's play." ”

In fact, if there is a problem with appearance, it will not be easy to stay in this harem, Xu Lianyi believed Qiao Jingyuan's words a little, thinking that someone was plotting to kill Qiao Jingyuan.

Imperial Physician Sun had conspired with Qiao Jingyuan earlier, so when Xu Lianyi sent someone over to call the Imperial Physician, Imperial Physician Sun immediately rushed over: "The minister is the queen mother." ”

"You treated Qiao Jingyuan before?" Xu Lianyi asked, the warning in her tone was obvious, although Xu Lianyi could choose to believe Qiao Jingyuan, but the truth could not be based on one person's words.

Imperial Physician Sun immediately bowed his head and said, "Yes, according to the minister's opinion, Qiao Jieyu is like this because of the use of rouge gouache doped with spider water." ”

"Oh?" Xu Lianyi glanced at Qiao Jingyuan and said, "You go and bring the rouge gouache and let Imperial Doctor Sun see if this is the case." ”

Qiao Jingyuan had done his job earlier, and was waiting for Xu Lianyi to speak, when he heard this, he immediately brought over the rouge gouache he usually used. Doctor Sun carefully examined it, and it really contained spider water.

"Back to the queen mother, there is indeed spider water in this rouge, if it weren't for that, Qiao Jieyu wouldn't have red spots on her face. Imperial Physician Sun said decisively, and secretly glanced at Qiao Jingyuan.

Xu Lianyi was furious and immediately ordered someone to investigate this matter.

Qiao Jingyuan had earlier bribed Xiao Xiao, the palace maid beside Ruan Xiaohong, and wanted Xiao Xiao to blame Ruan Xiaohong for himself, this imperial doctor investigated the medicine collection records, coupled with Xu Lianyi's investigation, all kinds of evidence pointed out that this matter was related to Xiao Xiao, the palace maid next to Ruan Xiaohong.