The more Concubine Xiao thought about it, the more she felt that Concubine Hua was becoming more and more of a threat to her, and after lingering for a long time, she suddenly stopped in the main hall. His expression was nervous, and he said to himself with uneasy heart: "No, I have to enter the palace as soon as possible to meet the queen, and hand over Zhu Shenchu to the queen, so as not to have many dreams in the future." ”

At this time, above the main hall of Jianing Palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaojia was sitting on the side, sharply reprimanding her personal maid Jin Feng and the two slaves who specially guarded Yu Linglong.

The Empress Dowager Xiaojia, who has always been known for her kindness, looked angry at the moment, and the three of them were really frightened and did not dare to gasp, kneeling on Her Royal Highness with a look of fear and trembling, they had never seen the Empress Dowager Xiaojia so angry, and this was the first time.

Seeing that the three of them didn't speak, the Empress Dowager Xiaojia was even more angry, and suddenly slapped a few cases and said: "Are you all dumb? Where is Yu Linglong? What should you be guilty of such dereliction of duty?"

This heavy slapping sound shrank the frightened bodies of the three of them, and Jin Feng hurriedly trembled and said: "Too, the queen mother, the slave maid deserves death for dereliction of duty, the slave and maid really don't know why Yu Linglong disappeared, before the queen came here, Yu Linglong was obviously still in the side room, and after the queen came, Yu Linglong was gone, and the slave and maid really don't know! ”

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Xiaojia's face changed suddenly, and her face turned blue and glared at Jin Feng angrily and said: "Bold, do you suspect that the queen stole Yu Linglong? If the queen wants to take Yu Linglong, do you still use it to steal? Absurdity is really absurd, you dare to quibble if you don't do things well." ”

"If the old man doesn't punish you severely, wouldn't it be a violation of the rules in this palace, and someone will drag you out and punish you with a cane for twenty as punishment. ”

As soon as they heard this, the two slaves and Jin Feng panicked, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "The Queen Mother is gracious, the Queen Mother is gracious! ”

The queen mother was a little unbearable for the three people's begging for mercy, but she waved her hand and motioned to the guards to take the three of them down, and after the three were dragged out of the palace, their painful wails were heard soon.

The three of them were punished by the queen mother's staff for twenty because of the loss of Yu Linglong, and the queen mother sent out to find the guards of Yu Linglong, at this time the palace concubines' bedrooms have been searched, but Concubine Hua's Kangning Palace, Concubine Xiao's Ningxia Palace, Guo Qiuyue's Yong'an Palace, and the queen's Qingning Palace have not been searched.

Several of their concubines have a high status in the palace, although Concubine Hua and Concubine Xiao have fallen out of favor, but the guards do not dare to break in rashly, after searching other bedrooms. The president led Yi Qianxiang back to Jianing Palace to return to the Queen Mother.

When I happened to pass by the outside of the palace, I saw the three people who were being blamed, shook my head helplessly, walked quickly into the main hall of Jianing Palace, and stepped forward to play: "The Empress Dowager, my subordinates led everyone to search the palace inside and outside, but they did not find Yu Linglong, and the subordinates were incompetent, please punish the Queen Mother." ”

At this time, the queen mother's anger had not subsided, and she heard that Yu Linglong had no whereabouts, so she was naturally unceremonious between her words, she stood up from her seat with a pout, and pointed at the president Yi Qianxiang with great anger: "You, you group of waste, the three of them have been punished for dereliction of duty, is it possible that Commander Yi also wants to taste the punishment of this cane?"

Yi Qianxiang hurriedly knelt down and said: "The subordinates are not doing things well, and the crime deserves death, I beg the Queen Mother to give my subordinates another chance, if there is still no whereabouts of Yu Linglong, the subordinates are willing to be punished." ”

The Queen Mother waved her cuffs and sat down again. Commander Yi has followed the Queen Mother for many years, and the Queen Mother naturally couldn't bear to punish him at this time, so she waved her hand and said: "Okay, the old body will give you another chance to make up for it, if you can't find Yu Linglong's whereabouts again, don't blame the old body for being polite!"

Commander Yi hurriedly thanked him and said: "Thank you Empress Dowager for your kindness! My subordinates will do their best to retrieve Yu Linglong, please rest assured." ”

The Queen Mother waved her hand and said, "Get up!"

Commander Yi thanked him and said, "Empress Dowager Xie." ”

After Commander Yi got up, he said with an embarrassed face: "Queen Mother, my subordinates still have one more thing to ask for, and I hope that the Queen Mother will be fulfilled." ”

The Empress Dowager glanced at him and said, "Say it! Commander Yi has something to say, it's okay. ”

Commander Yi said: "Empress Dowager Qi, her subordinates have searched all the bedrooms of the concubines in the palace, and there are still queens, Concubine Hua, Concubine Xiao, and Concubine Guo's bedrooms have not been searched, and the subordinates ask the queen mother to use the token, I don't know if the queen mother can allow it." ”

The Empress Dowager Chen pondered for a moment, she naturally knew what Commander Yi meant by this, except for the queen, the other concubines had a very high status in the palace, and he was the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, if there was no token of the Empress Dowager. It was naturally inconvenient to act, so he nodded and said: "The old body agrees to this matter, and after getting the old body token, it is not wrong to go and retrieve the jade Linglong quickly." ”

Commander Yi hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "Yes!"

After the Queen Mother handed over her token to Commander Yi, she waved her hand and said, "Go down!"

Commander Yi clasped his hands into fists and said, "The subordinates retreat." ”

At this time, Concubine Xiao had already escorted Zhu Shenchu to Qingning Palace, Concubine Xiao's sudden arrival, the queen was extremely surprised, she sent out so many people and did not find Zhu Shenchu's whereabouts, but she didn't expect Concubine Xiao to find it, and also brought him to her own bedroom.

After seeing the queen, Concubine Xiao kicked Zhu Shenchu, who was tied all over, and said angrily: "Don't kneel down yet!"

At this time, Zhu Shenchu's eyes were dull, and his appearance had completely changed. Seeing him like this, the queen was a little curious, sat on the top of the main hall and said, "Where did Concubine Xiao find Zhu Shenchu? Why did he become like this?"

Concubine Xiao looked unaware, and hurriedly said: "The concubine doesn't know why Zhu Shenchu became like this, he was already like this when the concubine found him, and the concubine thought that Zhu Shenchu could become like this, it must be Guo Qiuyue's doing." ”

The queen got up from the top of the hall and walked down. Looking at Zhu Shenchu, who was covered in scars, he asked tentatively: "Zhu Shenchu, why did you become like this? Who is the victim? ”

But Zhu Shenchu only had a frightened expression, and he was completely dumb, screaming in his mouth, but he couldn't spit out words. The queen tentatively leaned down again and comforted: "Zhu Shenchu, don't be afraid. Hongu won't hurt you, tell Hongu who made you like this?"

Zhu Shenchu still didn't change, his eyes were blank, and his body trembled. screamed, completely became a waste. No matter how the queen appeased him, she still didn't ask for a result.

The queen had to stand up and look at Concubine Xiao and said, "Where did Concubine Xiao find Zhu Shenchu?"

Concubine Xiao hurriedly saluted and said: "Empress Qiyu, the concubine accidentally found Zhu Shenchu in the market today, and immediately brought him back, and came to let the queen fall." ”

Originally, the queen still had illusions, hoping to find out some evidence from Zhu Shenchu about Guo Qiuyue's poisoning of her dragon son, so as to bring Guo Qiuyue down. I didn't think she would put a lot of effort into it, but in the end, it was like this.

Obviously a little disappointed, he said: "Since Zhu Shenchu is in a trance now, it cannot be concluded whether he and Guo Qiuyue have conspired or not." He will be put in prison first, and after the palace will find a royal doctor to diagnose and treat him, he will make a decision. ”

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao nodded and said: "Since this is the case, the concubine will stay soon, Queen Wanwang will pay more attention to her body, and the concubine will retire." ”

Regarding Concubine Xiao's sudden visit and the sudden finding of Zhu Shenchu, the queen felt that this matter was too coincidental, and the whole thing was as if it had been arranged, although she was a little confused, but the queen did not show it, and nodded with a slight smile.

Seeing this, Concubine Xiao left Qingning Palace, waiting for Concubine Xiao to leave. The queen looked at Zhu Shenchu who was frightened, and then looked at Yulan on the side and said, "Yulan, do you feel that this matter is a little strange?"

Yulan nodded: "The slave maid feels weird, the queen sent people to search for Zhu Shenchu everywhere, but there is no whereabouts of him, how can Concubine Xiao find it? Anyway, I don't believe that she stumbled upon Zhu Shenchu from the bazaar." ”

The queen nodded in agreement: "This palace also feels strange, Zhu Shenchu was recommended by her, saying that Zhu Shenchu and Guo Qiuyue conspired to poison the dragon in the belly of this palace, and now she is the one who finds Zhu Shenchu, and there is nothing that is not related to her." ”

"This palace has always had a doubt, since she and Concubine Hua had a bitter plan, Concubine Xiao has felt strange in this palace, and after experiencing so many things, this palace is even more confused. ”

Guo Qiuyue is even more puzzled by this palace, these days, she seems to have disappeared from the sight of the palace, in addition to accompanying His Majesty every day, she has not found any abnormality in her, and this palace is becoming more and more mysterious. ”

Although Yulan didn't have so many doubts, what she was most worried about now was Yu Linglong, they stole Yu Linglong, originally to use the Queen Mother's move to find a cat to search for Zhu Shenchu in Yong'an Palace.

Now that Zhu Shenchu has been found, the Queen Mother has sent people to search for Yu Linglong everywhere at this time, if the Queen Mother searches for Qingning Palace, what should I do. How can this be explained?

So she said worriedly: "Queen Mother, at this time, the slave maid thinks that it is not when she has doubts about Concubine Xiao, the top priority is how to return Yu Linglong to Jianing Palace, if the Queen Mother searches here." What are we supposed to do?"

The queen nodded and said: "Yulan is right, this matter is indeed a headache for this palace, this palace is not worried that the queen mother will punish me, but how this palace should explain this matter, but it really makes this palace not know what to do!"

Yulan hurriedly said: "The slave maid thinks that she can seek help from Concubine Hua in this matter, after all, Concubine Hua is talented and intelligent, and she will definitely have a way to resolve the loss of Yu Linglong." ”

After hearing this, the queen felt that what Yulan said was not unreasonable, Concubine Hua was indeed different from ordinary people, she was making suggestions these days, and she could only ask Concubine Hua to come up with ideas again on this matter, so the queen nodded and said: "Well, what Yulan said is reasonable, in this case, you should go to Kangning Palace and let Concubine Hua come to discuss countermeasures." ”

Yulan hurriedly saluted and said, "Yes, the slave maid will go to Kangning Palace to invite Concubine Hua to come to Qingning Palace to discuss this matter."

The queen waved her hand and said, "Go!"

After Concubine Xiao left Qingning Palace, the first thing she did was to send someone to Yong'an Palace to inform the fake Guo Qiuyue that the Queen Mother might soon send someone to Yong'an Palace to search for Yu Linglong, and let her insist that Yu Linglong was stolen by the queen.

Concubine Xiao thought that the time when the Queen Mother lost Yu Linglong was too strange, and not long after Zhu Shenchu disappeared, the Queen Mother lost Yu Linglong. She also knew that the queen did not dare to search Yong'an Palace easily, which was likely to be Concubine Hua's advice. Taking advantage of this matter, in the name of the Queen Mother, she went to Yong'an Palace to search for the whereabouts of Zhu Shenchu.

The theft of Yu Linglong must have been done by the queen, and Concubine Xiao had already had the idea of getting rid of Concubine Hua as soon as possible, so as to cut off her threat. She also knew that if the Queen Mother searched for Yu Linglong in Qingning Palace, the Queen Mother would naturally not be able to explain to the Queen Mother, so she had to ask Concubine Hua for help.

At that time, in order to protect the queen, Concubine Hua had to put all the theft of Yu Linglong on herself, so that Concubine Xiao could use this to get rid of Concubine Hua, and it would be easy.

Originally, Concubine Hua offered a plan to find Zhu Shenchu, so as to get evidence that Guo Qiuyue conspired with him to poison Longzi, and then use the Queen Mother to eradicate Guo Qiuyue after mastering the evidence, but she never thought that Guo Qiuyue was better.

As Concubine Xiao, she not only took the lead in others, but also poisoned Zhu Shenchu into a wasted person, and absolved herself of all responsibility. is about to make Concubine Hua's plan self-defeating, and she dug her grave with her own hands.

Concubine Xiao was standing in the main hall of Ningxia Palace at this time, with a smug expression. It was as if she was the master of this battle, and no one could help her, as if everything was in her hands. Ever since she had the skin of Concubine Xiao, everyone seemed to have been toyed with by her.

After the fake Guo Qiuyue received the letter sent by the fake concubine, although she was unwilling in her heart, she couldn't do anything but do what she told her, and now she is pregnant with a dragon son. The only worry is that the fake concubine will poison the dragon in her belly.

In order to keep the dragon in her womb, the fake Guo Qiuyue had to be at the mercy of the fake concubine, and she knew that doing so would definitely harm her sister Hua Fei, who was a brother and sister. But she had to do it again, and after reading the letter, Guo Qiuyue put the letter in the stove, and then got up and looked out the window, her eyes full of grief and helplessness......