Xiaoli was frightened by Li Chunyu's hideous expression, and said inwardly: "Niangniang's order is just to ask him to ask a few words, who dares to say anything?"

Li Chunyu took a heavy step forward and said, "What do you think the Sixth Branch Speech Officer do? What do you think the Imperial City Division Secret Guard do? What do you think those concubines who covet the position of the queen do?"

As long as you bring him into Huayang Palace, I'm afraid that before his ass is hot, someone will already come to the door and block the door to catch the traitor.

Niangniang won't know the powerful relationship, you tell me the truth, is it the order that Niangniang gave you personally, or did someone else relay it?"

Xiaoli's face also turned pale at this time: "It was Mama Chen who asked me to come, but before Niangniang said that she wanted to see Tianhuo, I thought it was Niangniang's order." ”

Li Chunyu's face turned blue, and he stepped forward and pushed Xiaoli's hand away and grabbed Tianhuo and said: "I shouldn't have seen or heard this matter today! If you believe me, go back now and report this matter to Niangniang, maybe Niangniang can spare you once, otherwise someone will collect your body for you tomorrow." ”

After speaking, Li Chunyu pulled Tianhuo and quickly returned to the original road, for fear that if he stayed here for a long time, there would be some moths.

Xiaoli's tremors were trembling now, and she realized that she might have been cheated by someone, and it was the kind of sinkhole that would kill her.

Xiaoli stood for a long time before she remembered that she had to hurry back to Huayang Palace to report this matter to Niangniang, that damn Mama Chen didn't know why she wanted to frame herself, don't let her deceive Niangniang again.

Xiao Li first held on to the wall and tried to move her limp legs, and it took a few steps to get better, under the double pressure of hatred and panic, Xiao Li quickly regained her mobility, she began to run, and rushed towards Huayang Palace with all her might.

Li Chunyu was sweating profusely and ran with Tianhuo on his head, and kept muttering: "It's so dangerous, our brothers are almost buried here today." ”

Tianhuo followed Li Chunyu in stride, and whispered in his mouth: "Brother, it turns out that the palace is really surging and dangerous, just now we were in the alley, there were at least four groups of people watching us, but none of them stepped forward to stop us, we are a little careless, we will really die without a place to be buried." ”

"Brother, it's my brother who is careless, I didn't expect Xiaoli, this girl, to be so bold and put you in danger, I'm really ashamed, now I won't explain much, I'll send you out of the imperial city first, and you will be much safer when you get to the palace." ”

The two trotted all the way to the gate of the imperial city, and after verifying the certificate to leave the city, Tianhuo went out of the imperial city smoothly, Li Chunyu could not go out of the city without the certificate, so he could only wave goodbye to Tianhuo in the doorway.

......

The atmosphere in Huayang Palace is very solemn, and the queen mother, who has always been kind and generous, is like frost at this time.

The queen has always been frugal, and there are only eight maids and eunuchs around her, four maids, two eunuchs, and two grandmothers, all of whom are now concentrated in the apse bedroom.

It's just that seven people are kneeling, one is lying, and the person lying on the ground is Mama Chen, one of the teaching grandmothers of Huayang Palace.

Mama Chen's face was blue, and the black blood in her mouth and nose had congealed, and she had clearly been dead for a while.

"Shiliang, when and why did Mama Chen die?" the queen looked at an elderly eunuch kneeling in front of everyone.

This old eunuch named Shiliang is the eunuch in charge of Huayang Palace, and he is responsible for the chores of Huayang Palace on weekdays, and now that something has happened in Huayang Palace, the queen must of course be held accountable for him.

Shi Liang's forehead was full of beads of sweat, and he shook when he heard the words: "Back to Niangniang, Mama Chen committed suicide by taking poison, and it has been an hour since then." ”

"Oh, is it suicide or homicide?"

Shi Liang said in a trembling voice: "This ...... , the old slave hasn't found out yet. ”

The queen said in a deep voice: "The people of Huayang Palace died so inexplicably, how can this palace, as the head of the six palaces, explain to everyone?

Shi Liang lowered his head and said, "Why don't you ask the secret guard to help you investigate?"

The queen closed her eyes, and after a long time, she opened them and said: "Isn't it enough to be ashamed? Being bullied to the door but helpless, should we let this palace go to the emperor to cry?

The palace is too kind to people, and always thinks that the harem is the emperor's place of recuperation, and it should not be too serious, or it is better to value harmony and be happy, but some people don't think so, and they have to be swords.

I can disgrace the queen's frame, but others can't help but treat me as a queen. Shiliang, I will sort out those harem secrets in three days, and I will go to the palaces to visit these good sisters before New Year's Day. ”

"Yes, mother, the old slave will sort it out immediately. Shiliang was ready to get up and get busy.

"Don't worry, let's talk about it when we're done. ”

At this time, Xiaoli, who was kneeling in the second row, trembled like chaff, and she knew that her punishment was coming.

"Xiaoli. ”

"Yes!" Xiaoli replied with a trembling voice.

"How does Hongu treat you on weekdays?"

Xiaoli fell to the ground and said sadly: "Niangniang treats slaves and maids with kindness and kindness, and she is the best master in the world." ”

"Well, why would you do such a thing if you know that?"

Xiaoli raised her crying face and said: "Niangniang, the slave maid knows that she is wrong, the slave maid was used by Mama Chen in a daze for a while, and the slave maid definitely has no intention of assassinating Niangniang." ”

"How many years have you been with me?"

"Back to Niangniang, three years. ”

"It's been so long, don't you know the rules of the palace, don't you know the difficult situation of the palace?

Xiaoli's face faded with blood, the queen's words were too heavy, she couldn't explain it, she really didn't know why she was so obsessed with believing Mama Chen's words.

"Xiaoli, my Huayang Palace is too small to accommodate your self-motivated.

I asked Shiliang to arrange for you to go to the Shangshi Bureau, where it is clean and safe, you can't touch nobles, as long as you do your own thing, no one will come to punish you.

Xiaoli, I will give you a word in the palace, there are many crises in the harem, it is better to be still, keep safe, and when you reach the age, you will naturally be released from the palace to marry, if not, your character and life are worried. ”

After speaking, the queen ignored Xiaoli anymore, and the two maids stepped forward to help Xiaoli, who was already paralyzed on the ground, and sent her out of Huayang Palace.

The queen seemed a little tired: "You still do your duty, don't panic, today's events don't have much impact, Shiliang stays, and the others are scattered." ”

After everyone had exited the apse, the queen asked in a low voice, "Who could have done this?"

Shi Liang stepped forward and said in a low voice: "It is possible to abolish the Zhou Hou and the concubines of the Six Palaces." ”

The queen pressed her temple and said, "It's so troublesome, this palace is already forbearant enough, what do they want to do?"

Shi Liang's face showed a look of grief and indignation: "Niangniang, as the saying goes, 'people are good at being bullied', you are too easy-going and good-tempered, so these people are becoming more and more unscrupulous, according to the idea of a minion, you should occasionally exercise the authority of the master of the harem." ”

The queen shook her head and said: "Forget it, you also know that I don't love this position, if it wasn't for helping the emperor fight against the ministers, I wouldn't be this queen, and now I always think about abdicating, let them make trouble, maybe I can fulfill my wish." ”

Shiliang knew that Niangniang was in this temper, so he couldn't help but persuade: "Niangniang, we don't want to dominate the harem, but we can't always let others bully us, right? Among all the nobles above the harem concubines, our Huayang Palace has the least manpower, and no one has done many things, and now there are two more people, this time we must add more manpower." ”

The queen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you this time." But don't blindly ask for more, you still need some loyal and good character, remember that Huayang Palace does not raise evil slaves. ”

Shi Liang breathed a sigh of relief, the general concubines are equipped with more than eight maids and servants, twelve concubines, sixteen concubines, and the queen is twenty-four, but Queen Tu has always insisted on using only eight people.

As a result, Huayang Palace has been understaffed, not to mention going out to inquire about news and do things, even the normal sprinkling and finishing work on weekdays cannot be done, so everyone has been very tired.

Shi Liang, as the six-rank eunuch in the queen's palace, was in charge of only one small eunuch, and he was always teased by his colleagues on weekdays, which was very embarrassing.

Although Shiliang got the queen's approval, he didn't dare to directly expand the number of servants in Huayang Palace to twenty-four, so he decided to double the number, and sixteen people would prevail.

The queen was tired and went back to the bedroom to rest, and everyone in Huayang Palace went to their own places, and peace quickly returned here.

......

In an abandoned garden in the imperial city, the courtyard is overgrown with weeds, almost blocking the path, and the palace is also in disrepair, and the bricks and tiles have lost their original color, looking dilapidated and mottled.

The bedroom windows of the apse are sealed with wooden bars, and the doors are rarely opened, and the room is cold and dead all year round, and if it is not for the occasional visit, it is like a haunted house.

Most of the time there was a long-haired woman sitting on the bed in the house, because it was too dim to see her face clearly, and today there was another person in the room, kneeling in front of the bed.

"Xiaodong, have you found out clearly?"

"Back to the master, I have found out, Xiaoli in the Queen's Palace......"

"Shut up! what kind of queen is she, she's a slut, palm mouth!" The woman on the bed suddenly had her hair open, and a great momentum made the bones of the person kneeling under the bed crackle.

The person under the bed hurriedly slapped his mouth and said: "The slave is silent, and I hope that the master will be angry!"

It took a long time for the woman on the bed to calm down: "You go on." ”

The person under the bed hurriedly and concisely reported Xiaoli's interception of Tianhuo and the death of the servants in the slut (queen) palace to the master one by one.

The woman on the bed smiled and said, "It seems that there are a lot of people who hate that slut, do you know who did it?"

"Back to the master, since the emperor changed all the servants here, we don't have enough manpower, and we haven't found out who did it. ”

"Find out who did it, and you can help them at a critical moment. ”

"Yes!"

"What is the third child doing? His own mother is not dead, doesn't he want to send someone to contact me?"

"Back to the master, the third prince has been very suppressed by the emperor recently, and he doesn't dare to act rashly. ”

"Rubbish!"

......

Funing Palace, Emperor Song has just descended to the court, Wang Jien welcomed the emperor all the way into the palace, and whispered something in his ear, Emperor Song's face sank like water.

"Can you find out who did it?"

"No, the secret guard is still investigating, it is possible to abolish the Zhou Hou and the concubines of the Six Palaces, and even the princes, the scope is too wide to investigate. ”

Emperor Song suddenly stopped, glared at Wang Jien fiercely, and said, "Little dolphin, do you mean that my queen has become a public enemy of the royal family?"

"The slave doesn't dare!" Wang Jien immediately knelt on the ground.

"Get up, I want results in three days!"