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Chapter 471 Isn't this a double act?

Lin Xuezhu was suspicious of Luo Hong.

Regardless of whether she is someone sent by the Queen, she must be tested before she can be entrusted with important tasks.

Lin Xuezhu remained calm and changed into clothes and jewelry under Luo Hong's service.

Guessing that it was almost time, Luo Hong supported Lin Xuezhu and walked together to the Queen Mother's palace.

On the way, I met a richly dressed woman.

"It's Concubine Hui." Luo Hong whispered from behind Lin Xuezhu.

Lin Xuezhu had heard of Concubine Hui.

It is said that she is the queen mother's natal family and is not favored by the emperor.

However, thanks to the support of the Queen Mother, her life in the palace was pretty good.

In addition to the empress who had a higher status than her, and Concubine Zhuang who was more favored than her, Concubine Hui was also the third concubine in the harem.

"Princess Xiang, it's a pleasure to meet you." Concubine Hui saw Lin Xuezhu and greeted her warmly.

"I have met Concubine Hui." Lin Xuezhu bowed.

Concubine Hui quickly supported her and said: "When Princess Xiang entered the palace, I was ill and couldn't attend the reception banquet prepared by the queen for Princess Xiang. It's a pity. After meeting Princess Xiang today, I realized that it's really like everyone As she said, Princess Xiang is a beauty as beautiful as a fairy."

Lin Xuezhu didn't care much about such beautiful words, and the rainbow fart came as soon as she said it. "I also heard that Concubine Hui is graceful and luxurious, and has an extraordinary temperament. Now that I see it, it really is like that. "

What kind of temperament is it? Is it the same temperament as the eighth mother-in-law?"

Lin Xuezhu is quite accomplished at telling irony.

She doesn't have anything to say, so she wants to praise her.

Unfortunately, Concubine Hui couldn't hear it, but it was quite useful.

She looked at Lin Xuezhu's clothes and said, "Why is Princess Xiang dressed so plainly today? Our Queen Mother doesn't like this. It would be unlucky for the Queen Mother to find it a good day."

As she said that, she took off her hair from her head. An emerald hairpin was inserted into Lin Xuezhu's head.

He looked around and seemed very satisfied.

"That's it. Good things must be worn on a beautiful woman's head to be considered a waste." Concubine Hui said, taking Lin Xuezhu's hand, "Let's go, I will take you to see the Queen Mother."

Lin Xuezhu looked back . Luo Hong glanced at her and saw her frowning slightly, staring at the jade hairpin worn by Concubine Hui on her head, looking thoughtful, without saying anything, and followed Concubine Hui forward.

She had to take another look at these people in the palace.

Along the way, Concubine Hui was eloquent and told Lin Xuezhu many things in the palace.

Lin Xuezhu listened, but seemed not to listen at all, saying nothing the whole time.

Concubine Hui didn't care, even if others didn't listen, they wouldn't delay her.

When the two arrived at the Queen Mother's Fushou Palace, they saw that most of the concubines had already arrived.

Lin Xuezhu specially chose this moment to come.

It's not too early, so everyone's attention will be focused on her.

It will not be too late to show that he does not respect the Queen Mother.

After entering the palace, Concubine Hui pulled Lin Xuezhu to greet the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother's reaction was indifferent, and she didn't even say a few words to the two of them, so she just asked them to sit by themselves.

Concubine Hui said: "Don't be surprised, Princess Xiang. The Queen Mother's temperament is like this. She doesn't like to talk to others."

She was the only one who was bold enough to comment on the Queen Mother in public.

Lin Xuezhu, however, would not forget to be cautious in her words and deeds, so she said: "The Queen Mother is the elder in this palace. She is more serious in order to teach us juniors the rules."

Concubine Hui glanced at her, looking a little disappointed.

While the two were talking, several more waves of people came one after another.

Including the queen, they were already seated according to their seating arrangements.

At this moment, Concubine Zhuang, the last one to appear, arrived.

She was wearing a bright red dress with gold trim, her expression was arrogant, her posture was graceful, and she looked more grand than the queen.

"I send my regards to the Queen Mother. I wish the Queen Mother a long life and all the best." Concubine Zhuang saluted.

The Queen Mother only glanced at her lightly and didn't even reply. She waved her hand and motioned for her to take a seat.

Before the banquet started, various concubines chatted.

Someone said: "I heard that on the New Year's Day, the Queen gave Princess Xiang a lot of gifts. Why did Princess Xiang come to the Queen Mother's Palace today with a simple look? Is she reluctant to use the things the Queen gave her?"

Lin Xuezhu followed. The voice looked over and saw a palace lady in pink clothes.

"This is Concubine Yun." Luo Hong reminded in a low voice behind Lin Xuezhu.

Lin Xuezhu said: "Concubine Yun is joking. My husband is leading the soldiers of the Pingnan Army to fight on the front line. Although I can't accompany my husband, I still care about him, so I dress more simply as a token of my gratitude."

"Hey . "Hey, I'm afraid we don't know that Princess Xiang has a husband who can fight." Concubine Yun said with ill intentions: "According to what Princess Xiang said, Prince Xiang is fighting for the country. Don't we, the female relatives, all have to be disciplined?" Clothes, to express your feelings? In this case, we are not fond of being lively."

After saying that, he glanced at the Queen Mother with ulterior motives.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother's face didn't look good.

After a long while, she said: "Princess Xiang, the Ai family knows that Prince Xiang is on the front line, and you are worried about it. But today is a banquet held in the Ai family palace, and you really don't have to be inseparable from the war on the front line. It seems that you are worried about the country and the people. , we are all a bunch of ignorant women and children."

After hearing this, Lin Xuezhu stood up hurriedly knowing that the Queen Mother was deliberately seeking trouble.

Said: "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, it is not that I want to advance the war, it is just that Yun Concubine asked, and I will give her an explanation. I did this not to displease everyone, but I just don't want the Queen Mother to misunderstand me."

" By saying this, Princess Xiang is saying that I am stirring up trouble?" Yun Bin asked in a sharp tone.

Lin Xuezhu smiled lightly and said: "Of course not, how could Yun Bin provoke it? It's just that she is more curious. People who are curious have their innocence intact. They must have grown up under the care of their families. As a concubine, I Yun Bin is happy. "

This is a disguised way of saying that Yun Bin is childish, talkative, and spoiled by her family.

Those who could understand were covering their mouths and laughing secretly.

Yun Bin naturally understood. She blushed with anger, but couldn't say anything.

After a long while, he could only say angrily: "If you make me happy, who do you think you are?"

He said the words so straightforwardly, without beating around the bush, which is rare in the palace.

For a moment, everyone here was interested in watching a good show.

I just want to know how the smooth Princess Xiang will respond to such a straightforward insult?

The smile on Lin Xuezhu's face did not change, and she said: "I am not worthy of being happy for Yun Bin. Therefore, I was flattered by Yun Bin's concern for me just now."

Phew!

Someone finally couldn't help laughing.

Princess Xiang is so talkative, and when Concubine Yun confronts her, every word she says is like shooting herself in the foot.

I just said that she was unworthy, but it was clear that it was her, Concubine Yun, who started the trouble!

Isn't this just being a bitch and erecting a memorial arch again?

Chapter 472: Bitch, you are dead

. Yun Bin was so angry that she was about to explode.

But just when she was about to retort, she heard the Queen Mother say: "Okay, don't let these trivial things ruin your happy days."

Stupid concubine Yun, if she continues, she will be the one who suffers!

Although the Queen Mother usually looked down on her son's harem, when the person opposite was Lin Xuezhu, she couldn't help but protect those women who were not up to par.

Yun Bin had to shut up.

Lin Xuezhu looked around and saw that there was no sign of the fourth princess, so she knew that she had been banned by the emperor.

At the last reception banquet hosted by the Queen, all the noble ladies saw her going crazy.

That incident brought the royal family to a loss of face.

Lin Xuezhu felt a little regretful.

If the fourth princess were there, this little troll would definitely make the scene more lively.

At this time, the Queen Mother spoke again.

She looked at Lin Xuezhu coldly and said, "Princess Xiang, you are a talented person. Before you entered the palace, the palace had never been so lively."

What she meant was that Lin Xuezhu was stirring up trouble in the palace and changing the atmosphere. All messed up.

Lin Xuezhu sneered in his heart.

Looking at the dog emperor's ability to govern the country, you know that the harem is not much better.

This old woman is really hopeless. If you catch her being such a bully, it will be a ploy, right?

Lin Xuezhu said: "Perhaps it's because I am a new face, and all the ladies are a little curious about me."

Hey, the old woman was slandering her, so she just pretended that she didn't understand and didn't accept her move.

She has a nice smile, a gentle demeanor, and a silly look.

But everyone in the palace now knew that Princess Xiang was not someone to be trifled with.

The Queen Mother occupies a high position, so naturally she cannot be as familiar with her.

When you hear something you don't like, just roll your eyes and let it go.

"Let's have a banquet," the Queen Mother ordered.

The maids filed in, filling every table with wine and food.

"Princess Xiang, it's a bit cold. I'll go back and get you an extra stove." Luo Hong leaned into Lin Xuezhu's ear and whispered.

Lin Xuezhu's eyes darkened, and she nodded quickly: "You go ahead."

She knew that Luo Hong's departure in the middle was definitely not just to get the stove, but she still let him go.

She wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in Luohong Gourd.

When the food was served, the queen drank tea instead of wine and raised a toast to celebrate.

Everyone in the palace also drank a drink.

Today's dishes are very exquisite. It can be seen that the Queen Mother has put a lot of effort into this banquet.

Normally, the concubines would have looked down upon this.

It just so happened that they had lived a hard life for too long, so they found it very delicious to eat so many delicacies.

Gradually, the atmosphere became much more harmonious.

Everyone exchanged glasses and toasted to the Queen Mother and the Empress.

The Queen Mother was an alcoholic, and when she was young, she liked to have a few drinks occasionally.

After the death of the late emperor, her son ascended the throne, and the power of the central palace was handed over to the new queen, the old woman was left empty for several years.

When she had nothing to do, she often invited the few remaining concubines to have drinks with her.

After a few glasses of wine, the Queen Mother's complexion improved a lot and she started to smile.

Her complexion improved, and the atmosphere in the room became even better.

Everyone chatted and toasted to each other. Since it was a family reunion banquet, the rules were waived as much as possible, just to have fun.

At this moment, the sound of shattering porcelain falling to the ground suddenly came from the crowd, followed by a woman's scream.

When all the stunned people had reacted, they saw Yun Bin lying on the ground, squeezing her neck with her hands, and vomiting black blood from her mouth.

The concubines around Yun Concubine suddenly let out varying screams and stepped back quickly.

Yun Bin was in extreme pain, so she stretched out a hand and struggled forward to grab it.

One concubine was blocked by someone and couldn't run away in time, so she grabbed her ankle.

After the concubine let out a heart-rending scream, she used her other foot to step hard on Yun Concubine's wrist.

Concubine Yun let go of her hand, and the concubine screamed and rushed straight towards the queen.

"Protect the Queen!" the Queen Mother ordered.

In an instant, several eunuchs ran over, protected the queen, and pushed away the concubine who rushed towards her.

Just when the scene was in chaos, Yun Bin turned her hands into claws and grabbed her throat.

She had long nails on her hands, and with this scratch, there were several bloody scratches on her throat.

However, the blood flowing from her neck was also black.

Yun Bin struggled, vomited more black blood, and finally rolled her eyes in a frantic shudder and became motionless.

"Is the person dead?" A concubine hid behind a pillar and asked fearfully.

Next, the entire palace fell into dead silence.

Lin Xuezhu turned her head and glanced at the Queen Mother who was sitting firmly in the main position without changing her expression, and smiled secretly in her heart.

The old woman's psychological quality is quite good.

Looking at the queen again, she was already covering her heart, leaning over and vomiting.

It's really an inappropriate scene for pregnant women.

Lin Xuezhu withdrew his gaze and focused on Yun Bin again.

Yun Bin's blood was black, which showed that she died of poisoning.

Before death, he not only struggled violently, but also acted aggressively towards himself, which shows that the poisoned person was in great pain.

The person who poisoned her had really evil intentions!

At this time, I heard the Queen Mother saying: "Come here, go and invite the emperor."

At this time, the emperor was entertaining the ministers in the side hall of Qinzheng Hall.

While he was still drinking, he listened to Eunuch Pang telling him what happened in Fushou Palace, and his face suddenly turned cold.

The ecstatic feeling that he had just been given a rainbow fart by the ministers was gone.

He stood up, glanced at the third prince and said, "Third prince, please entertain the ministers for me. I have something to do and need to go to Fushou Palace."

"Father, what happened to the Queen Mother?" The third prince stood up. ask.

The emperor waved his hand to him, indicating that he should stop talking, and left with Eunuch Pang.

The ministers looked astonished.

Unless something serious happened, the emperor would not be able to leave at this time.

So, what happened?

Everyone was in a mood of curiosity and apprehension, and the atmosphere at the banquet suddenly became cold.

The emperor didn't care about this. He got on the soft sedan chair and asked the eunuch carrying the sedan chair to walk faster. Then he asked Eunuch Pang the reason for the incident.

Eunuch Pang told the emperor everything he knew.

The emperor clenched his fist tightly.

No matter who it is, they should be damned if they cause trouble for him on such a beautiful day as New Year's Eve!

As his thoughts raced, he thought of Lin Xuezhu.

Ever since this woman entered the palace, there has been no calm in the palace.

This woman is indeed a troublemaker.

The emperor's face was grave, and there was murderous intent in his eyes.

When he arrived at Fushou Palace, after a brief announcement, the emperor entered the main hall aggressively.

Everyone except the Queen Mother stood up and saluted the emperor.

The emperor was not in a hurry to let them get up. His eyes searched among the crowd and finally landed on a woman wearing aqua blue dress.

Is this Princess Xiang?

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly and his expression was unkind.

The Queen Mother, the only one who saw the expression on the emperor's face, curled her lips.

Bitch, you are dead!

Chapter 473: Nothing

"Get flat." The emperor ordered, while his eyes were still fixed on Lin Xuezhu's lowered head.

Lin Xuezhu could feel a killing intent above his head, but he did not panic at all and stood up steadily.

As she stood up, her face was completely exposed to the emperor's eyes.

The emperor's eyes flashed, looking at the beautiful face with perseverance, unfazed by favors and humiliations, calm and calm, and for a moment he forgot what he was here for.

In these years, has Princess Xiang become so beautiful?

He remembered that when this woman married Yuan Xiu, she was still an egg with little growth.

And because she was pampered by her parents and grew up, she was indecisive, frivolous, and neglectful of etiquette, which was very unpleasant.

The man he saw in front of him was completely different.

The emperor only felt that his eyes were dazzled by an invisible light, and he was suddenly confused.

He thought of Yuan Xiu who was far away in the Southern Territory, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of hatred in his heart.

Why?

Why is it that his mother-in-law is favored by his father, and he is also his father's favorite youngest son, while he is just the eldest son who is not favored?

Why is it that he is handsome and well-groomed, while he is weak and lingering on the bed?

Why is he so loved by the people of the country, but he is secretly called a foolish king?

Now, does even his woman have to surpass the women in his own house?

The emperor's eyes involuntarily swept from the queen to the concubines.

I just feel that so many people can't match Lin Xuezhu's appearance and temperament.

He suddenly felt very angry.

When the concubines of the palace saw the emperor coming, they stood there blankly and did not speak for a long time, which was strange.

Isn't he here to preside over the overall situation, but to watch the fun?

Only the queen, after seeing the emperor's expression on Lin Xuezhu's face, felt clearly that she was both resentful and disgusted.

He secretly said: Dog man!

Seeing that the emperor had not spoken for a long time, the Queen Mother said: "Emperor, Concubine Yun has been poisoned and died. We, the ladies in the palace, should ask the emperor to take charge of the overall situation!" When

the emperor heard this, he recovered from his chaotic thoughts.

He glanced at Yun Bin, who was lying alone on the ground behind the crowd.

Seeing how terrible her death was, I couldn't help but frown and didn't look at her a second time.

"Tell me what's going on." He walked around where Yun Bin was and walked to the upper seat as he asked.

Concubine Hui stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen is pregnant. She should not care about these dirty things. Otherwise, for fear of conflict, it is better for me to explain it to the Emperor."

At this moment, everyone was trying to avoid this matter. No one wants to get involved.

Now that Concubine Hui took the initiative to take on this responsibility, the others also breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Xuezhu secretly looked at Concubine Hui, raised the corners of her lips, and sneered.

"Okay, tell me." The emperor sat firmly and glanced at Concubine Hui, his eyes not staying on her for too long.

Concubine Hui said: "Before today's banquet started, Yun Bin uttered evil words and had a quarrel with Princess Xiang because of the Queen's reward recently. Later, while eating, Yun Bin suddenly fell to the ground and vomited blood. While struggling, she quickly became silent."

After saying that, she glanced at Lin Xuezhu with a very meaningful look.

"Concubine Hui, your description is unfair. According to you, could it be that Princess Xiang killed Concubine Yun?" the queen said.

When she said these words, she was openly trying to defend Lin Xuezhu, but secretly she was revealing the unfinished meaning of Concubine Hui's words.

Concubine Hui said disapprovingly: "I didn't mean that, I was just stating the facts. Everyone knows that Concubine Yun is not a troublemaker, and she has no grudges with other concubines. If she has offended anyone, I am afraid it is only Princess Xiang is alone."

The emperor's eyes immediately fell on Lin Xuezhu and asked: "Princess Xiang, what do you say about this?"

Lin Xuezhu stood up from the crowd, smiled slightly, and said, "I am not from this palace. I only met the concubines a few times and had no in-depth interactions. Therefore, I cannot comment on Concubine Yun's death. I just have a question that I hope Concubine Hui will answer. "Go ahead. "

Concubine Hui glanced sideways at her.

Lin Xuezhu looked at the woman who was extremely enthusiastic about him before the banquet started, but now she bit her back, and she became even more convinced that today's drama was the work of the Queen Mother.

She said: "Concubine Hui just said that Concubine Yun is not usually a troublemaker. But before the banquet, everyone present heard the nasty words she said to me. I first arrived in the palace and have been living there ever since. Unless the empress invites me, I have never left Fengyi Palace. It is impossible for me to have enmity with Yun Concubine in advance, right? In this case, Yun Concubine just said something bad to me because of the queen's reward. Xiangxiang, does she have a temper that doesn't cause trouble, or does she like to cause trouble?"

After she finished speaking, the emperor raised his eyebrows and asked, "What did Concubine Yun say about Princess Xiang?"

"I remember this." At this time, Concubine Zhuang stood up.

She gave Concubine Hui a hard look, and before she spoke, she described what Concubine Yun said to Lin Xuezhu like a bamboo tube pouring beans.

At the end, she said: "I don't understand everything Yun Concubine said, and Princess Xiang responded politely one by one. I think that in the face of Yun Concubine's unreasonable troubles, Princess Xiang dealt with it appropriately and was slightly better. It's really not the case." It is necessary to attack Concubine Yun again. What's more, Princess Xiang didn't know that Concubine Yun would be rude to her, so she couldn't have planned to kill her in advance, right?"

After she finished speaking, the emperor nodded in agreement.

Concubine Hui quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, because of the Queen's reward to Princess Xiang, there were quite a few complaints in the palace. Princess Xiang should also know about this, right? How could she know that she didn't make preparations in advance?"

"That's ridiculous!" Concubine Zhuang sneered coldly: "The queen was concerned that Princess Xiang was alone in the palace, and also thought that she came back from the north with nothing, no husband to look after her, and no relatives to help her, so she specially rewarded her with more things. You guys Why are you jealous? You also said that the people in the palace are complaining. Do you think the queen has done something wrong? You dare not question the queen in person, so you bully Princess Xiang and say bad things to her. Are you still justified

after saying this ? , the emperor immediately gave the queen a complaining look.

This stupid woman, just let her do superficial things and let people see their royal attitude. How can she really be rewarded with gold and platinum?

Since the reward has been given, it is time to convince everyone. Why didn't you even explain it clearly, and instead aroused complaints from the people in the palace?

What else can she do with such ability?

If it weren't for the fact that she occupies the position of the mother of a country and saves her a little face, I would really want to give her two big slaps!

Nothing!

Chapter 474: Why did he suddenly start talking nonsense?

At this moment, the Queen felt a faint pain in her stomach when she saw the resentful look cast by the Emperor.

But now she was also involved, and had to sit here and watch the situation develop.

Her chest rose and fell violently several times, and she barely suppressed her dissatisfaction and showed a virtuous smile to the emperor.

The emperor glanced at her briefly, then turned his head away and ignored her.

The queen gritted her molar teeth and reluctantly endured the bad breath.

Someone must bear the responsibilities for everything she suffered today!

The queen moved her resentful gaze to Lin Xuezhu's face.

At this time, Lin Xuezhu seemed to feel something and turned to look at the queen.

The moment her eyes met Lin Xuezhu's, the queen didn't have time to contain her vicious expression and smiled in a twisted manner.

Lin Xuezhu also smiled at her, but there was a hint of ridicule in that smile.

Immediately, the two of them looked away.

At this time, Concubine Hui said: "Your Majesty, I am not trying to rape Princess Xiang. It's just that I heard some rumors about Princess Xiang from her mother's family, and I feel that Princess Xiang is really scary." "

What rumors?" The Queen frowned and said dissatisfied: "Concubine Hui, please don't talk nonsense. You must know that lying in front of the emperor is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

"I dare not!" Concubine Hui said: "Whether the rumors are true or not depends on the Queen Mother The emperor and the queen judged that the concubine would only report truthfully and would not dare to falsify anything. "

" Just tell me," the queen mother said.

Concubine Hui seemed to have gained support and said: "Back then, the Lin family was burdened by King Xiang and the whole family was exiled. And this Lin family is divided into two branches: the direct descendants and the concubine descendants. Princess Xiang is the daughter of the concubine descendants. After hearing this, the concubine heard that the direct descendants The lineage was very harsh on the concubine lineage, and even on the road to exile, they could not live peacefully. Later, the people of the concubine lineage almost died one after another, but there were rumors that many people of the concubine lineage survived. He said that the people from the same lineage were secretly dealt with by Princess Xiang.

After saying that, she glanced at the emperor, knelt down and said, "Don't you think this situation is similar to today's banquet?" As Princess Xiang, she would never show her revenge in front of others.

"Tsk!" Concubine Zhuang looked at Concubine Hui with disdain and said, "You are just trying to incriminate me, so there is no need to blame Yun Bin." There is no conclusion as to who caused the death. Even if it is a direct descendant of the Lin family, it is just your conjecture and cannot be proved."

Previously, Concubine Hui also said that she only talked about the rumors she had heard. As for whether the rumors were true or false. , leave it to the emperor to judge.

But now, Concubine Zhuang directly said that the rumors were conjectures made by Concubine Hui, and even if she wanted to remove herself, she couldn't.

Concubine Hui was so angry that she glanced at the Queen Mother unconsciously.

The Queen Mother looked solemn and stared at her with a neutral expression.

Concubine Hui knew that the Queen Mother would not help her at this time.

Let her come forward just to see what she can do.

If she is of no use, the Queen Mother will give up on her from now on.

Okay, since you can't win the emperor's favor, you must do something for the queen mother.

Concubine Hui turned to Concubine Zhuang with sharp eyes and said: "Concubine Zhuang, what happened in the Fushou Palace today must be caused by someone. The emperor and I analyzed these things to find out the real culprit. But I don't understand, Concubine Zhuang is responsible for What does it mean that Princess Xiang always protects her? I heard that on the day Princess Xiang entered the palace, Concubine Zhuang summoned Concubine Xiang. If I remember correctly, the two of you had never met each other before. Concubine Zhuang must have thought that she had three friends. Prince, do you still want to get the support of General Zhenguo?"

This is tantamount to saying that Concubine Zhuang deliberately approached Lin Xuezhu in order to establish a relationship with Yuan Xiu, who holds military power.

The favored concubine, the favored prince, and the prince with military power, everyone understood what these three together meant.

Anyone in the position of Concubine Zhuang would be in complete chaos if they were framed like this.

However, when Lin Xuezhu looked at Concubine Zhuang, he saw that she was calm and composed, not at all panicked by Concubine Hui's words.

He didn't even look at the emperor, and he had no intention of explaining.

Lin Xuezhu only found it strange that even if Concubine Zhuang was favored, if her son had disobedient intentions, he would have violated the king's taboo.

This Concubine Zhuang is really so confident. Wouldn't the Dog Emperor be suspicious of Concubine Hui because of her words?

Lin Xuezhu was puzzled, but did not show any expression. He just watched all this indifferently and calmly.

At this time, Concubine Hui cast her gaze on Lin Xuezhu's head.

She opened her mouth wide and pointed at the emerald hairpin in Lin Xuezhu's hair and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhuang also said that she had no collusion with Princess Xiang. The emerald hairpin worn by Princess Xiang is clearly the one you gave to the Emperor before. It belongs to Concubine Zhuang!"

As she finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on Lin Xuezhu.

Even the Dog Emperor couldn't help but stare at Lin Xuezhu's hairpin.

Lin Xuezhu sneered in her heart, but her face was full of surprise, and said: "Hui Guifei, I really don't understand this matter. Wasn't this jade hairpin given to me by Concubine Hui?"

Hui Guifei said: "Princess Xiang Don't talk nonsense. This hairpin was specially gifted by the emperor after Concubine Zhuang gave birth to the third prince. At that time, the emperor also ordered someone to make a mechanism in the hairpin. The hairpin was empty-hearted, and the emperor wrote a love poem. Put it inside and give it to Concubine Zhuang."

Concubine Hui said, her expression gradually becoming crazy.

She pointed at Lin Xuezhu and said, "Yes, you are the one who poisoned Concubine Yun, Princess Xiang."

Lin Xuezhu almost laughed, "If Concubine Hui is not feeling well, should you call the imperial doctor to take a look? You are such a good person, why did you suddenly Are you talking nonsense?"

Concubine Hui said, "This hairpin is hollow and you can put things in it. Princess Xiang must have hidden poison in the hairpin for self-defense. Just now, Princess Xiang had a grudge. So he poisoned Yun Bin. Your Majesty, this thing makes sense, it must be like this."

Lin Xuezhu looked at her not sober and said with a smile, "Concubine Hui, from the beginning of the banquet to the time when Yun Bin was poisoned, I'm sorry . She has always been in her place and has never left. During this period, if someone comes to offer a toast, I just stand up to greet him. I have never been to Yun Bin's seat, so how can I poison her?"

Concubine Hui snorted, "You can't. Go, your people are capable. Otherwise, can you explain to the emperor, where is the nanny who came with you? "

Luo Hong?"

Lin Xuezhu looked around and still didn't see Luo Hong.

Didn't she say she was going to get a hand stove? Why did she go there for so long?

Just when she hesitated, Imperial Concubine Leng Buding Hui rushed over from the side, pulled out the jade hairpin on her head, and held it in her hand hard.

With a click, the hairpin was severed from the middle.

Everyone present exclaimed in surprise.

Chapter 475 What do you have to say?

Concubine Zhuang was the first to rush forward. She grabbed Concubine Hui's arm and raised her hand.

"Your Majesty, this hairpin is solid, not the one you gave to me," said Concubine Zhuang.

Following her words, everyone turned their attention to the hairpin.

The emperor winked at Eunuch Pang, and Eunuch Pang walked down, took the hairpin and presented it to the emperor.

The emperor took one look at Eunuch Pang's hand and said, "It's not true."

After saying that, he cast his sharp eyes on Concubine Hui and said, "Explain it."

These four simple words, Everyone can understand the meaning behind it.

Concubine Hui was completely stunned.

How could it be?

She clearly put the hairpin on Lin Xuezhu's head herself. To be sure, she stared at the hairpin and Lin Xuezhu during the entire banquet.

She was sure that Lin Xuezhu never left his seat or took off the hairpin on his head.

How could it not be?

Concubine Hui couldn't believe it. She took two steps forward, grabbed the hairpin from Eunuch Pang's hand, and checked it all over.

The hairpin is solid.

Concubine Hui was completely confused and looked at the Queen Mother unconsciously.

The Queen Mother looked at her coldly and said nothing.

This idiot can't even complete such a small task for her.

Had it not been for the fact that she was a legitimate daughter and her parents were very demanding, I would never have let her enter the palace.

The concubine girls in the family are better than this idiot!

When Concubine Hui saw that the Queen Mother was ignoring her, she knew she had no one to rely on.

She didn't dare to hurt the Queen Mother, so she knelt down to the emperor with a plop, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged..."

She trailed off, and something fell out of her clothes with a snap.

Eunuch Pang had quick eyes and quick hands. He stepped forward, picked up the thing, looked at it, and said, "Your Majesty, it's the hairpin you gave to Concubine Zhuang!"

The emperor glanced sideways, but didn't see the reason.

He couldn't remember what the hairpin he gave to Concubine Zhuang looked like.

It's just that Eunuch Pang is a subtle person, so he just said so.

"Your Majesty, let me take a look." Concubine Zhuang said, approaching.

Just one glance and I recognized it.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed the hairpin you gave to my concubine." Concubine Zhuang concluded the coffin.

After hearing this, Eunuch Pang turned the switch and opened the hairpin.

There was indeed a piece of white medicinal powder in the hollow core.

"Come here, find a chicken and test the medicine." Eunuch Pang made arrangements without waiting for the emperor to say anything.

After a while, a young eunuch found a live chicken from the kitchen, tied its feet with a rope, grabbed its neck and shook the white powder in the hairpin into the chicken's mouth.

Within a moment, the chicken was jumping up and down, struggling, and even broke its two wings.

The cruel scene shocked everyone.

Soon, the chicken died, with black blood pouring from its mouth.

Eunuch Pang groaned and almost sat on the ground.

He trembled and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please let me wash your hands and then serve the emperor."

"Go." The emperor felt his head hurt and said feebly: "Wash well, and everyone who has touched the powder will be killed." Go down."

He didn't dare to let these people serve him. What if they got some powder on his body and sprinkled it on his food, killing him?

"Your Majesty, this is how Concubine Yun died just now." Zhuang Guifei said.

Concubine Hui was frightened to death. She looked at the hairpin in disbelief and murmured: "Impossible, I clearly..."

"Emperor, in this case, let Concubine Hui be sent back to the palace to wait for her death. " "Okay." The Queen Mother finally spoke.

Only then did Concubine Hui realize that she had almost spilled the beans.

If the Queen Mother hadn't interrupted her, her words would have been a confession.

Concubine Hui was still frightened, but she regained consciousness a little.

She couldn't admit it, even if she died, even if all the evidence pointed to her, as long as she didn't admit it, there would be nothing others could do against her.

And the Queen Mother, even if she doesn't pity her, she will always take the family's reputation into consideration and will not let the crime fall on her.

Concubine Hui felt confident, so she waited for someone to take her away.

At this time, Concubine Zhuang stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Hui poisoned Concubine Yun and used my concubine's hairpin as a murder weapon. She not only wanted to frame my concubine, but also wanted to drag Princess Xiang into the water. She was careful. You are so vicious, Your Majesty, you must make the decision for me!"

Everyone knows that the Queen Mother sent Concubine Hui back to the palace just to avoid the limelight.

I'll find a scapegoat to clear Concubine Hui's name, and the matter will be over.

Who do you think is a fool?

"Concubine Zhuang, everyone is here today, you have to take care of the overall situation." The queen said, with a reprimand in her tone.

Concubine Zhuang was not afraid at all and retorted: "When Concubine Hui framed Princess Xiang and my concubine just now, why didn't the queen let her take care of the overall situation? Now that the evidence is conclusive and can convict Concubine Hui, the queen wants me to take care of the overall situation." Is the queen on the side of justice, or is she helping Concubine Hui, or is she also involved in today's poisoning

? , How dare you insult the Queen! The Ai family sees that you are so arrogant and lawless!"

The Queen Mother spoke, and Concubine Zhuang fell silent.

She took a step back and lowered her head, but her expression was still clearly unhappy.

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes at her, turned to the Emperor and said, "Emperor, this matter today is really suspicious. If it was Concubine Hui who poisoned people, and she had the intention of framing it for Concubine Xiang and Concubine Zhuang, why did she hide the poison on herself? Are you going to identify the poison in the hairpin on Princess Xiang's head? There may be some conspiracy involved, and the emperor must investigate it carefully."

What she said made sense, and the emperor couldn't help but nodded.

This matter is indeed very strange.

The same goes for Concubine Hui's actions.

At this time, Lin Xuezhu stood up, leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, I have suffered such an unreasonable disaster, is it okay to come out and say a few words?"

"Since this matter has nothing to do with you, what do you have to say?"

"Okay. "

The Queen Mother and the Emperor spoke at the same time.

Mother and son's completely different views made everyone present embarrassed.

The Queen Mother snorted coldly and gave way: "Since the emperor asked you to say it, then you can say it."

Lin Xuezhu said: "What happened today is really strange, but I think there are several points in it that can be used as evidence. First of all, The hairpin on my head is indeed a gift from Concubine Hui. When I entered the palace, all my belongings were registered in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I will know if there is such a hairpin. "

After a pause, she added: "Secondly, when Concubine Hui pointed out that I had poisoned my body, she made it clear that the hairpin on my head could hide the poison. And when I found the real hairpin later, I did find that there was something hidden inside. Poison. Concubine Hui revealed the method of committing the crime before there was any evidence. It can be seen that she was aware of the poisoning. "

Chapter 476: In today's round, she completely lost

Lin Xuezhu's words and successfully reminded everyone.

After they thought about the whole thing, they knew that the suspicion on Concubine Hui could not be removed.

She acted as if she knew about the whole incident in advance.

The frame-up of Princess Xiang and Concubine Zhuang was really too accurate.

The Queen Mother was so angry that her teeth itched.

Originally, the situation she arranged was not like this.

She originally thought that no matter how calm Lin Xuezhu was, she would panic when she saw Yun Bin in such a dead state.

Then, Concubine Hui pretended to inadvertently knock the hairpin off her head as she had agreed in advance.

The hairpin was broken and poison was found inside, and the charge of murdering the concubine was confirmed.

And this matter can be big or small.

To put it mildly, she will retaliate for her anger. If others just say a few words to her, she will poison others to death. She is very vicious.

To put it more seriously, if she was hiding poison on her body, how could she know that she wasn't trying to kill the emperor?

As long as the emperor thinks so, even if Rao can't touch her now, sooner or later he will find an excuse to get rid of her.

When someone dies in the palace, they will indeed tell the truth, but is it not easy to find a scapegoat to push the blame away?

No matter what the cause of her death was, it was not up to them.

But unexpectedly, that bitch Lin Xuezhu didn't panic at all when she saw Yun Bin's tragic death.

Even Concubine Zhuang jumped in to speak for her, which forced Concubine Hui to lose her sense of control and say things she shouldn't have said.

The Queen Mother was afraid that everyone would react and catch Concubine Hui's mistakes, so she wanted to send her back to the palace quickly.

Unexpectedly, that bitch Lin Xuezhu reacted so quickly and caught the flaw in one go.

Now that things have come to a point, it is difficult for the Queen Mother to return to Concubine Hui. The only way out for her is to cut off her wrist to protect herself.

The Queen Mother was cruel and said: "Princess Xiang, do you mean that Concubine Hui is the murderer of Yun Bin?"

Lin Xuezhu leaned forward and said: "I only said that Concubine Hui knew about the poisoning, but did not say that she was the murderer. . I will not say anything without evidence. "

Whoever makes a mistake will know it himself."

"Then tell me, why did Concubine Hui do such a thing, and why did she make it so full of loopholes?" the Queen Mother asked in a bad tone.

Lin Xuezhu's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and said: "Then the Queen Mother will ask Concubine Hui. I don't know about this matter."

Hum, no matter how the old woman digs holes, she just won't pick up the fight.

How to smooth things over is what the old woman and Concubine Hui have to worry about.

She doesn't have that much time to solve other people's problems.

Just then, Eunuch Pang came back.

He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the people in the Empress Dowager's palace have just arrested the attendant of Princess Xiang, the lady in charge, Luo Hong. They are just outside the palace, waiting for the Emperor's resignation."

Lin Xuezhu raised her eyes and looked at Pang Pang . A look from the father-in-law.

Eunuch Pang looked as usual, looking ahead.

The Queen Mother, on the other hand, stared at Eunuch Pang resentfully.

"Bring the people here." The emperor said.

As soon as he finished speaking, two nuns escorted Luo Hong and walked in from outside the hall.

Luo Hong's expression was calm, and she only glanced at Lin Xuezhu lightly before being pushed down to her knees.

"What's going on?" the emperor asked.

One of the two nuns said: "Your Majesty, on the order of the Empress Dowager, the servants went to the side hall of Fengyi Palace to search for evidence that caused the poisoning of Concubine Yun. When they saw that the servant was sneaky, they took her back.

" After the man finished speaking, he felt that he had completed his task well, and secretly glanced at the Queen Mother.

As a result, the Queen Mother was seen as sinking as water, with sharp eyes.

She felt bad, but she didn't know what she had done wrong.

According to the plan, when the two of them heard Concubine Hui mentioning the hairpin, they set off to the side hall of Fengyi Palace.

Before the banquet started, the Queen Mother took advantage of Princess Xiang's departure to hide the poison in her residence.

All they had to do was go over there, find the things, and prove Princess Xiang's crime.

But they didn't know that after they left, things would go differently from what they planned.

At this time, the emperor's eyes showed a playful look.

Even though he is not very smart, he now wants to understand the ins and outs of the whole thing.

He turned his eyes to the Queen Mother, intending to see how this old woman would end up.

At this time, Lin Xuezhu said weakly, "Empress Dowager, Concubine Yun was poisoned. Why did you search my bedroom?"

The Empress Dowager was speechless.

Lin Xuezhu continued: "If the Queen Mother wants to find out the truth, she should send people to search everywhere in the harem. Why only search my body?"

At this moment, everyone in the palace had figured out the matter.

Concubine Hui, who framed Princess Xiang and Concubine Zhuang, was a member of the Queen Mother. As soon as the incident happened, the Queen Mother searched Princess Xiang's bedroom...

We are not fools.

When the two nuns saw that the Queen Mother was being questioned by Princess Xiang, they were eager to help their master.

So one of them said: "Princess Xiang, if you have a clear conscience, why did you send Luo Hong back to destroy the evidence?"

Lin Xuezhu didn't say anything, just looked at the nanny with a sneer.

At the same time, her consciousness searched Luo Hong to see what she could find.

As a result, there was nothing.

She was a little confused about what happened between Luo Hong and the two nuns.

At this time, the emperor asked: "You said that Princess Xiang destroyed evidence, what evidence do you have?"

The nanny quickly said: "The medicine that poisoned Yun Bin to death was on Luo Hong."

"Oh? Really? The emperor narrowed his eyes and said, "Then search her."

After receiving the order, the nanny went to search Luo Hong.

However, she touched from top to bottom, even looking at the soles of the shoes, but found nothing.

"It's impossible. The poison must be on her body. I saw it with my own eyes." The nanny said.

"You are so brave!" The emperor slapped the table and said angrily: "Who gave you the courage to rape Princess Xiang?"

"I don't think so. When I went to the side hall of Fengyi Palace, I clearly saw this Luo Hong. The paper bag was put into her arms." The grandmother defended herself.

"Shut up!" the emperor ordered, "Come here, pull these two nuns down and kill them with sticks."

"Your Majesty, this slave is unjust. This slave did not rape Princess Xiang. It was indeed the concubine Yun who was poisoned by Princess Xiang!" The two nuns were still shouting injustice.

The emperor waved his hand, and Eunuch Pang had the two nuns blocked and dragged away.

Then, the emperor turned his head and looked at the Queen Mother and said, "Queen Mother, these two nuns are yours, what do you say about this?"

What else could the Queen Mother say? Could she admit that she had gotten away with it?

Seeing that the Queen Mother was silent, the Emperor sighed and said: "Mother, now that my son has become the emperor, the queen will take care of the harem. There is no big deal. The mother can live her life in Fushou Palace."

The implication is, Let this old lady stop acting like a monster.

Moreover, he was not only referring to matters in the harem, but also to the previous dynasty.

The Queen Mother had nothing to say.

In today's round, she completely lost.

Chapter 477 I didn't reveal my identity to you from the beginning

. Yun Bin is dead.

The Queen Mother originally wanted to use this matter to get rid of Lin Xuezhu and implicate Concubine Zhuang.

The result was not as expected.

Instead, the emperor became the biggest winner.

Without doing anything, he took back the Queen Mother's authority in the harem.

He also knocked down the power of the Queen Mother.

The emperor who found the leak was satisfied and immediately said to the concubines in the palace: "Hui Guifei participated in the murder of Yun Concubine, and was fined for one year. She was demoted to Hui Concubine and banned for three months. The queen was responsible for not investigating, and was fined for half a year. Others, Let's all disperse."

"Wait a minute."

Just as the concubines were about to return to the palace, Lin Xuezhu spoke.

"Princess Xiang, what else do you want?" the emperor asked.

Lin Xuezhu sneered in her heart: It is only natural that those who harm others should be punished, so why not mention the innocent people who were wrongly accused?

She said: "Your Majesty, there is something unknown about me."

"What's the matter?" the emperor asked.

Lin Xuezhu said: "I don't understand why I have attracted the attention of so many people since I entered the palace. Not only did I become a slave, but even the masters couldn't get along with me."

The emperor's face suddenly turned cold and he said: "Princess Xiang, I have dealt with the person who framed you, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"I just want to ask for an explanation," Lin Xuezhu said.

She ignored the emperor's ugly expression, looked at the Queen Mother, and asked: "Queen Mother, since I entered the palace, have you made any mistakes that angered the Queen Mother? Otherwise, why did the Queen Mother play such a big game of chess today? Are you going to put me to death?"

As soon as she said this, everyone in the palace did not dare to say a word.

This Princess Xiang, she is so brave!

It was clear that the matter concerned the Queen Mother, and the Emperor wanted to just let it go, but she insisted on not letting go.

"Bold, is it possible that you still want to sacrifice your family and pay for it with your life?" The Queen Mother slammed the table angrily.

She was holding back a lot of anger today and couldn't find any place to vent her anger.

Since this Lin Xuezhu came to her door by herself, don't blame her for not saving her face.

I heard Lin Xuezhu say, neither humble nor arrogant: "I was brought into the palace to take care of you by the emperor's decree. I didn't want to take advantage of my husband's power to be arrogant, but I didn't expect to be greeted with such malicious intent. Concubine She understands that there is a saying that if the king wants his minister to die, he must die, but I just want to die and understand."

"I don't know what to say!" The Queen Mother turned to look at the emperor, "Emperor, this Princess Xiang is rude and disrespectful to her elders. , What is the crime for contempt of imperial power? "

The emperor was in trouble.

If Princess Xiang were an ordinary princess, what she said would be enough to make her lose her head and body.

But she happened to be the princess of King Xiang, and King Xiang was fighting in the southern region.

If he touched Princess Xiang today, wouldn't it be completely meaningless to hold her hostage?

Thinking of this, the emperor looked at Lin Xuezhu, "Princess Xiang, tell me, what are your plans for today?"

Lin Xuezhu said: "When Hui concubine framed me just now, she once said that I am a person who has a bad relationship with others. , I was a vicious woman who secretly retaliated afterward. I had to explain what happened today to avoid future troubles."

When the emperor heard this, he finally understood that Princess Xiang just wanted an explanation.

Then he said: "Since Hui Concubine just framed you, then all the accusations she made against you are naturally groundless. I won't believe it, and neither will the concubines. Don't worry."

"That's it, concubine . I thanked the emperor." Lin Xuezhu bowed, stood up and said, "I have a special status and it is very inconvenient for me to walk in this palace. Please allow me to not attend if there is nothing important."

"Yes . You." The emperor just wanted to get things over with today quickly. He heard that Lin Xuezhu's request was not excessive, so he agreed.

Without saying a word, Lin Xuezhu took Luo Hong back to the side hall of Fengyi Palace.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, Mrs. Lu came up to him and asked, "Xuezhu, what happened again? I saw two nuns came and took Luo Hong away. Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Lin Xuezhu comforted her. She patted Mrs. Lu's hand sexually and said, "Auntie, go back to your room to rest first. I still have some things to deal with."

Seeing that Lin Xuezhu was fine, Mrs. Lu was relieved.

She was not interested in the messy things in the palace, so she didn't ask any more questions after hearing this.

Lin Xuezhu took Luo Hong into her room. As soon as she sat down, she looked at Luo Hong with cold eyes and said, "Explain me, what happened today?"

Luo Hong knelt down with a plop, Said: "Princess Xiang, please calm down. This servant belongs to Eunuch Pang. He was sent to Princess Xiang firstly to protect you, and secondly to make it easier for you to act in the palace."

Eunuch Pang's people?

Lin Xuezhu said calmly: "I don't care who you are. If you don't explain what happened today clearly, I will send you to the Criminal Punishment Department."

Luo Hong kowtowed and said, "Princess Xiang is aware of this. Today, this servant is wise. The hairpin given to you by the noble concubine is very similar to the one the emperor gave to the concubine Zhuang, so I went to Yongning Palace to inquire about it on the pretext of getting a hand stove. I asked her to check with an old acquaintance in the Yongning Palace and found the hairpin. It was stolen. The servant noticed something was wrong, so he hurried back. After asking, he found out that someone from Concubine Hui's palace had come to deliver something today. The servant was afraid that they had mixed something unclean into it, so he hurried to look for it, and sure enough he found it. A packet of medicinal powder."

Lin Xuezhu roughly understood after hearing this.

The Queen Mother's people acted quickly, stealing hairpins and delivering medicinal powder, all within a day or two.

No one has time to notice it.

Luo Hong continued: "The slave took the powder and planned to throw it far away. Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the palace gate, he was held down by two of the Queen Mother's nuns. Those two nuns should have come to search for something. When they saw that the thing was The slave was hiding, so he was taken directly to the Palace of Fortune and Longevity. "

What a wonderful card!"

Lin Xuezhu couldn't help but want to laugh.

The Queen Mother's people were so lucky that they sent the Queen Mother away in one fell swoop.

However, there was one thing that Lin Xuezhu didn't quite understand. She asked: "Since the powder was on you, why didn't they find anything when they searched you?"

Luo Hong replied: "The slave did have the powder on him, and they caught him Yes. But when I arrived at Fushou Palace, I met Eunuch Pang outside the palace. Princess Pang took the initiative to help the slave, and the slave took the opportunity to pass the medicine powder to Eunuch Pang. "

That's it!"

Lin Xuezhu thought that the whole thing was quite interesting.

Of course, even without the cooperation of Luo Hong and Eunuch Pang, she could have quietly taken the powder away.

The ending won't change anything.

But through this incident, she learned that Luo Hong was Eunuch Pang's person.

Eliminate any doubts and it will be easier to use in the future.

That's not a bad thing.

Lin Xuezhu said: "Get up. I have wronged you today. But since you are the person sent by the Queen, I naturally have to be wary of you."

"I understand." Luo Hong stood up and said, "Pang My father-in-law told me to be careful, so I didn't reveal my identity to you from the beginning."

Chapter 478

Lin Xuezhu cannot understand that there are so many good things in the north.

As soon as he entered the palace, he was targeted by the Queen and the Queen Mother.

In addition, the dog emperor has always been up to no good, so Eunuch Pang must be extremely careful when serving in front of the emperor.

It was not easy for Eunuch Pang to quietly arrange for Luo Hong to come over.

Luo Hong didn't explain her camp at the beginning just to be cautious.

Lin Xuezhu was about to say something when her father-in-law came from outside to report, "Princess Xiang, Concubine Zhuang is here."

Lin Xuezhu and Luo Hong looked at each other and said, "Please come in quickly."

After saying that, he stood up and went out. .

Concubine Zhuang is really not afraid of others gossiping at this time.

But that's fine, what she wants is an aboveboard attitude.

The more she doesn't avoid it, the more she seems to have nothing to avoid.

It seems that Concubine Zhuang likes to do the opposite.

Lin Xuezhu and Luo Hong welcomed the people in and asked them to sit down at the main seat.

Concubine Zhuang said: "Princess Xiang, please sit down too." As she said this, she pointed to the seat next to her.

Lin Xuezhu sat down as instructed and listened to Concubine Zhuang say: "After I returned to the palace, I heard from people in the palace that Luo Hong went to inquire about the hairpin and planned to come over and talk to you about it."

Lin Xuezhu said: "The emperor will reward you. This hairpin must be a good story. When Luo Hong saw the hairpin, he thought it looked familiar, so he told me, and I asked her to go and inquire about it. "

Since Luo Hong is one of my own, she must protect her."

Take the responsibility on yourself and remove Luohong to prevent Luohong from being targeted.

Concubine Zhuang nodded, "You are a vigilant person. It's also your fault that the people in my palace didn't find anything when you lost something. I came here today just to clarify it with you so that you don't misunderstand me." Concubine Zhuang

didn't say this when she said this . , Lin Xuezhu really didn't think about this.

However, she did not doubt Concubine Zhuang, because the Queen Mother's look of wanting to kill Concubine Zhuang was not fake.

This drama was not a conspiracy between the Queen Mother and Concubine Zhuang.

Lin Xuezhu shook his head and said, "I didn't think so."

"That's good." Zhuang Guifei said, "You are a sensible person."

Lin Xuezhu smiled and said nothing.

Concubine Zhuang said, "I was just about to discuss it with you about what you told me before."

"What's the matter?" Lin Xuezhu didn't react for a moment.

Concubine Zhuang said: "It's about flower and fruit tea! Didn't you say that if there are any fresh tea leaves, fresh fruits, flowers, etc., let me collect some for you. Isn't it just after the New Year that spring is not far away? When the tea leaves arrive, there will also be some seasonal flowers and fruits. My brother is in business, and I have told him to pay attention to it."

"Is your brother in business?" Lin Xuezhu's eyes lit up. .

"That's not true." Zhuang Guifei said: "Although my brother's business is not as big as the Zhou family that collapsed before, it is still one of the best in Beijing."

"Then the empress is interested in cooperating with me on flower and fruit tea. Business?" Lin Xuezhu asked.

"Business? Didn't you say you would make some and give them to me?" Concubine Zhuang's eyes suddenly became a little disappointed.

Lin Xuezhu couldn't hold it back, laughed out loud, and said: "At that time, I didn't know that my wife had connections in my family! If I had known about it, I would have told my wife about it a long time ago. Besides, if my family had such a business, my mother would still be worried. Don't you have any flower and fruit tea? Of course the best ones belong to the queen!"

"That's right." Concubine Zhuang suddenly became happy again.

Lin Xuezhu smiled when he saw her childish look.

This Concubine Zhuang is really a wonderful person.

People don't even want to ask how she turned from passive to active and poured dirty water back on the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui.

I made this trip specially not only to let her not misunderstand, but also because I was thinking about the flower and fruit tea.

In this way, she had nothing to doubt.

Lin Xuezhu asked: "Is it possible that the empress's brother has entered the palace?"

Concubine Zhuang twirled the jade bracelet on her wrist and said: "If I want to, I can just tell the emperor and find an excuse. If you can do this, If you tell me earlier, you can take advantage of the opportunity to give him a new year's gift and let him come to the palace."

"There's no rush, as long as the matter is arranged before the spring tea comes," Lin Xuezhu said.

Concubine Zhuang nodded casually.

To be honest, she had no interest in her family's business, she just liked the money her brother sent to the palace.

That money not only allowed her to have a better life than others, but also allowed her to advance further in status.

It can be said that her position as a noble concubine was built up by her brother with money.

There had been a burglary in the house of a powerful person in Beijing, and her family had been very nervous for fear of being targeted.

As a result, nothing happened.

In other words, after that time, her status became higher and higher.

Concubine Zhuang thought of this and suddenly looked up at Lin Xuezhu, "You want to make money? What do you need money for?"

Lin Xuezhu did not expect that she would ask this question and said with a smile: "I have nothing, shouldn't I get some money? Are you pregnant?"

"That's true, but making money is a man's job!" Zhuang Guifei said naturally.

Lin Xuezhu didn't agree with her words, but she didn't refute. She just said, "My dear, look at my husband. He is fighting outside every day. He has no time to make money." "

Hahahaha, that's not true." Concubine Zhuang also laughed.

Thinking of the emperor's hostility towards Prince Xiang, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

The life of Prince Xiang and Princess Xiang is not easy!

It's no wonder that Princess Xiang wants to find a way to make money on her own.

I'm afraid I'll have enough hard life after being exiled for a while.

Thinking of this, Concubine Zhuang became a little concerned about doing business.

Money is a good thing. Instead of letting others earn it, it is better to let your brother and Princess Xiang earn it.

"Sure, I will send a message to my brother and ask him to find a chance to come to the palace. If you have anything to discuss with him then, I will find a way for you to meet." Zhuang Guifei said.

"In this case, I would like to thank you first," Lin Xuezhu said.

This conversation made her see that this Concubine Zhuang was really not a meddlesome person.

It's good. Some people live their whole lives just to enjoy it.

As for Concubine Zhuang, she had a good life and just had the capital.

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Concubine Zhuang ask: "By the way, besides flower and fruit tea, do you have anything good?"

Lin Xuezhu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She thought for a while and said to Luo Hong, "Go and get the food I brought from outside the palace."

There wasn't much left, but she took it out from the space on the way.

Luo Hong responded and came back soon holding an eight-treasure box.

When she opened it, Concubine Zhuang's eyes lit up.

The things inside were things she had never seen before.

"What are these?" she asked.

Lin Xuezhu said: "Beef jerky, pork jerky, wild fruit preserves, crispy dates... I gave this box to the empress."

"There are so many good things in the north?" Concubine Zhuang couldn't believe it.

Lin Xuezhu smiled, "I figured this out all by myself. In order to save it conveniently on the road, I had to process the collected things so that they can be stored for a long time."

Chapter 479 A huge surprise for the Dog Emperor and the Queen Mother.

Concubine Zhuang chatted with Lin Xuezhu for a while before saying goodbye and leaving.

Lin Xuezhu asked Luo Hong, "Concubine Zhuang said that one of the two nuns who died today had a younger sister serving the Queen Mother. Is it true?"

"Yes, Concubine Zhuang is right." Luo Guizhu said. Red Road.

Lin Xuezhu curled her lips slightly, "Luo Hong, why do you think Concubine Zhuang told me this?"

"I don't know," Luo Hong replied.

But her expression clearly understood Concubine Zhuang's intention.

Lin Xuezhu smiled and said nothing.

This Concubine Zhuang is indeed not as scheming as she seems on the surface.

Lin Xuezhu said: "Luo Hong, if you have the opportunity, go and tell Eunuch Pang that today's incident will be spread out."

"Understood." Luo Hong nodded.

When Concubine Yun dies, the palace must explain it to her mother's family.

Although Yun Bin's family background is not prominent, her father is still a fourth-rank official.

It is not difficult to get the news out.

Of course, the official statement given by the palace was that Yun Bin died suddenly.

The word "violent death" has always been used to report some inexplicable ways of death.

Naturally, Yun Bin's family wanted to know the real cause of their daughter's death, so they gave Eunuch Pang a lot of money.

Eunuch Pang then followed suit and told the whole story.

Yun Bin's father was angry when he heard that his daughter was killed by the Queen Mother.

It's just helpless that there is no force in the family that can compete with the Queen Mother's line.

Eunuch Pang advised from the side: "Master Wei, listen to this slave's advice and let the incident with Yun Concubine go as it is. This is not only for Master Wei's official position, but also for the lives of the entire Wei family!"

Master Wei said to Eunuch Pang. Thank you very much, but my heart is still full of hatred.

His daughter has never been a troublemaker. To provoke Princess Xiang at the palace banquet must have been under the instruction of someone.

Then he wanted to ask, since the Queen Mother had to choose someone to do this, why did she choose his daughter?

Do you think he is just a small fourth-rank official who is weak and can be bullied?

Haha, the father's official position is low, so the daughter has to be taken advantage of in the palace and die?

Moreover, even though the truth had been revealed, the emperor did not give the Wei family an explanation, or even give the evildoers the due punishment.

Is this how an emperor treats his loyal ministers?

For a moment, Mr. Wei thought of King Xiang.

It would have been nice if the person who ascended the throne had been King Xiang.

So, will the current court be much clearer?

After seeing off Eunuch Pang, Mr. Wei was silent for a long time, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

After a while, Mrs. Wei came in wiping tears.

She said: "Master, have you asked, how did our daughter die?"

Mr. Wei calmed down and replied calmly: "Sudden heart attack."

"How could it be?" Mrs. Wei covered her chest and murmured He said: "How can our daughter have a heart disease when she is still young? Is there really nothing fishy in this?"

Mr. Wei was heartbroken, but as the head of the family, he knew that the cause of his daughter's death was a closely guarded secret in the palace.

Once word spreads, not only will the Wei family be in danger, but Eunuch Pang will also be implicated.

So, he endured his heartache and said, "It's just a sudden heart attack. Maybe my daughter has been unhappy in the palace these years."

"Daughter!" Mrs. Wei collapsed on the ground and cried: "I didn't do it back then. She shouldn't have been allowed to enter the palace, who knew that going there would cost her life!"

Mr. Wei's face was cold, but his fists were clenched tightly.

The Queen Mother deceives people too much!

Although he, Wei Ming, was only a fourth-rank concubine, he had always been kind and sincere to others over the years, and had made many like-minded friends in the court.

As the saying goes, a thousand-mile embankment breaks down in an ant nest.

He wanted to see if the Queen Mother's mother's family was solid and without any loopholes!

At this time, after listening to Lin Xuezhu's explanation of what happened at the palace banquet, Mrs. Lu also had a cold look on her face.

The Queen Mother is shameless and the Emperor is fatuous. This mother and son are truly lawless.

However, she was most worried about Lin Xuezhu.

After being silent for a long time, Mrs. Lu said: "Xue Zhu, fortunately this time, the Queen Mother took such a big detour to harm you. If she had the slightest deviation in her idea and directly put the poison in your food... I don't dare to think about it. ...How should I explain to Xiu'er?"

"Don't worry, aunt. Although their methods are ruthless, they are not smart enough. We just need to pay more attention to them. Let's go out of the palace and live in the palace then. I'm not afraid of their dirty tricks anymore," Lin Xuezhu said.

However, before she leaves the palace, she must stir up the water in the palace.

Otherwise, it would be too cheap for the dog emperor and the dog queen.

"Xue Zhu, do you have any ideas?" asked Mr. Lu.

Lin Xuezhu nodded, "I discussed it with my husband before he left for the war. These days, my aunt will stay peacefully in her room and don't go out if there is nothing else."

When Mrs. Lu heard what she said, she didn't ask any more questions.

It's no good asking too many questions, and it's a bad thing if someone who cares hears you.

On New Year's Eve, the palace handed out new year's gifts to the nobles and courtiers.

Compared with their tribute, the palace's return gifts were just meaningless.

Everyone knows that the royal family is not rich.

The theft of the treasury made the emperor, who was not generous enough, even more demanding.

During the holidays, it was the time when the emperor went on a plundering spree.

If they are given less, they will have to wear small shoes in the court later.

Those ministers whose homes were stolen feel particularly sad at this time.

The treasury was stolen, and their house was also stolen!

They were also asked to bleed a lot to give gifts to the emperor. If the emperor got gold and silver, why didn't he give them some?

The hands of these powerful people are no longer loose, so they will naturally be more unscrupulous in plundering the people's wealth.

Those who have a fief, plunder the fief.

Those who did not have a fiefdom but had power relied on accepting bribes.

Those who have nothing are either single or single, waiting to be put into small shoes.

Or ask the owner to borrow it from the west, and try to get some together.

Therefore, every new year, the lives of ordinary people become even more difficult.

Just as the nobles and courtiers were tightening their belts to celebrate the New Year, King Yan entered the palace with great fanfare.

For a prince who owns his own fiefdom, the treatment of being able to enter the palace during the holidays is naturally given by his brother and mother.

And King Yan also knew how to reciprocate favors. Every time he entered the palace, he would bring many rare things that he had collected.

Therefore, the New Year's Eve dinner and the opening of the "blind box" sent by King Yan became an important part of the palace's celebration of New Year's Eve.

The Queen Mother, in particular, loved her little son very much and gave him all the honors and favors she could give him.

This year, Lin Xuezhu also prepared a big gift for the Dog Emperor and the Queen Mother.

Take advantage of the festive occasion of New Year's Eve to give the Dog Emperor and the Queen Mother a huge surprise.

Chapter 480 King Yan's gift is unique or not . It's

New Year's Eve.

Since it was the night of reunion, the men and women in the palace did not sit separately.

Everyone has a small table, and they sit on the left and right according to their status.

King Yan led his people into the palace with great momentum.

Entering the main hall, he saluted the emperor and the queen mother, and then took his seat.

"Brother Wang, how are you doing recently?" the emperor asked first.

"It's not bad." King Yan said, glancing at Lin Xuezhu, who was sitting opposite her, with unclear meaning in his eyes.

The gangsters he sent to deal with Lin Xuezhu have not been found yet, and the spy he placed in the inn has also disappeared without a trace.

He was quite anxious before, fearing that this matter would be leaked.

But after such a long time, there was no news at all.

His thoughts gradually relaxed.

Those people must have found a place to hide, and even with all their courage, they didn't dare to show their faces.

If that's the case, let's just pretend it doesn't happen.

But that girl Lin Xuezhu is quite an eyesore.

Lin Xuezhu just pretended not to see King Yan's gaze, she curled her lips and smiled, looking harmless to humans and animals.

King Yan couldn't bear to see her like this.

No matter how you pretend, no matter how much you pretend, you are not a virtuous and virtuous person!

Seeing that King Yan's eyes were always on Lin Xuezhu, the emperor knew what was going on and didn't say anything, but the Queen Mother was not happy.

Her son is lustful and can't walk when he sees pretty people.

But there are so many women in the world, and he can play with anyone he wants, but not this Princess Xiang!

This woman is so unlucky!

The Queen Mother tried to wink at King Yan, but King Yan ignored her at all.

In the end, she could only say displeasedly: "My son, you have been looking at Princess Xiang. Do you have anything to say to her?"

Upon hearing this question, the emperor coughed twice and shook his head at the Queen Mother.

He deliberately didn't want the Queen Mother to get involved in too many things. He couldn't be wary of the Queen Mother's ears and eyes. It was impossible for him to let the Queen Mother know about secret messages like this coming from outside.

The Queen Mother saw the emperor's eyes and sneered in her heart.

It seemed that something happened again that she didn't know clearly.

Just when the mother and son had a tacit understanding and planned to pretend that nothing happened, Lin Xuezhu spoke.

She said respectfully and politely: "Back to the Queen Mother, I feel that King Yan should be telling me that I was in danger in his fiefdom."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she thought to herself: Sure enough, the eldest son deliberately hid it from her again!

He was unhappy in his heart, and the look in Lin Xuezhu's eyes was even worse.

"Today is a happy day, so don't say those unlucky things." She stopped him.

Lin Xuezhu smiled, "That's right."

Then, he turned to King Yan and said: "King Yan will have someone come and inform me of the results of the investigation. I believe that King Yan will definitely uphold justice for me. "

When she said this, everyone in the palace became even more curious.

What exactly happened to Princess Xiang in King Yan's realm, and did King Yan need to bring justice to her personally?

Halfway through the words, everyone was confused after hearing it, and their hearts were very irritated.

However, the Queen Mother did not allow her to continue speaking, obviously to cover up something.

Could it be that...

everyone has speculation in their minds? This is exactly what Lin Xuezhu wants to see.

Her husband was fighting outside, and these people took her to the palace as a hostage. They also wanted to gain a reputation as a person who took care of the family of the general who ruled the country?

dream!

She can't help with the war.

It's okay to stir up public opinion for your husband.

Ancient people paid attention to status when doing things.

In the original book, after Yuan Xiu turned black, he directly won the throne by bloodbathing the court.

Although after he ascended the throne, he worked diligently, loved the people, and was very popular among the people.

However, his methods for ascending to power have always been criticized, and his reputation as a faint king has been with him throughout his life.

But this time, because of her arrival, Yuan Xiu failed to successfully turn black and was rescued by her.

Then, she also wants to save his reputation.

She had two purposes for her trip to Beijing.

First, make a bad dog emperor.

Second, promote her husband.

This matter is not difficult to say, after all, the dog emperor's sexy tricks are there, she doesn't need to spread rumors, telling the truth has already achieved full effect.

And his husband's achievements are also there. If he tells the truth, he can crush the dog emperor several streets.

Alas, a contest with such a huge disparity in strength is a bit boring.

Dog Emperor, you should work harder!

Lin Xuezhu was thinking happily that day. In order to divert everyone's attention, the Queen Mother changed her smile and said to Prince Yan: "My son, what good things did you bring to the Yi family and your brother and sister-in-law this year?"

Every year, the gifts brought back by King Yan can push the atmosphere of the banquet to a climax.

In the past two years, the value of the gifts has slightly declined due to the theft of Prince Yan's Mansion, which has caused considerable losses.

But it doesn't matter, the treasury was also stolen, and the palace was just as poor.

Therefore, King Yan's stuff is still the best.

The Queen Mother thought so, and she was extremely looking forward to it.

Lin Xuezhu was also looking forward to it. When she saw King Yan asking his men to present three gold-plated gift boxes, she couldn't help but smile.

Emma, ​​she was looking forward to it so much.

Her eyes were fixed on the three people at the top who represented the highest power in the world.

I can't help but want to see their surprise when they open the gifts.

The maids presented the gifts to the emperor, empress and queen mother at the same time.

The three of them opened the gift boxes almost at the same time.

The Queen Mother's eyes were a bit dazzled. When she saw an emerald Ruyi lying in the box, she picked it up and looked at it carefully from a distance.

There was a hint of doubt in her eyes.

Why is this Ruyi different from the usual shape?

King Yan also saw the "Ruyi" in the Queen Mother's hand, and there was a bang in his head, which almost exploded.

"Mother!" He strode forward, trying to snatch the "Ruyi" from the Queen Mother's hand.

As a result, I didn't pay attention to my steps, tripped over the steps, and fell down.

At the same time, the emperor and empress, who saw the gifts in their boxes, also reacted.

The two of them closed the lid with a snap, almost simultaneously.

Then they looked at each other and understood.

The Queen Mother realized later and knew why the "Ruyi" in her hand looked different from other Ruyi.

Because that's not a Ruyi stick at all, it's a Jade Shi stick.

The Queen Mother's heart skipped a beat, she couldn't hold her hand firmly, and the jade stone fell to the ground, grunting, and rolled away in front of everyone.

After seeing what it was, the women screamed one after another.

Then there was a series of face-palming, turning around, and leaving the table.

Hahahahaha...

Lin Xuezhu was almost laughing to death.

Thinking about those indescribable things she found in Prince Yan's Mansion, wouldn't this come in handy?

During the Chinese New Year, I gave sex toys to my mother and brother-in-law, and the sister-in-law was still pregnant.

Let's just say, is this gift from King Yan unique?