MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 23 (1)

What, still squinting? ? ?

Yu Wenlan's eyebrows twitched, couldn't she see it? ? ?

Trying to think about Cheng Engong's appearance...

Yu Wenlan was shocked, and said to Liandong, "You guys go down first."

Lian Dong Lian Xin and the others were trembling, and when they heard the words, they felt as if they had received an amnesty, so they should have immediately left the hall.

The hall was finally quiet, and Yu Wenlan was about to speak when Yan Shu exclaimed, "It's going to be muddled!"

After speaking, he ran towards the charcoal cage in three steps and two steps.

The charcoal cage was on fire, Yan Shu quickly flipped things over, and when she saw something baked, she put it in her mouth. While eating, she sighed, "You have to eat tofu while it's hot! Hoo hoo!"

The potato chips had also been roasted until they were crispy. She tasted a piece, and it tasted like potato chips.

The best thing is the steamed bun slices, which are fragrant, crunchy and delicious.

After eating like this for a while, she suddenly thought of someone, looked up and saw the emperor looking at her quietly.

Yan Shu, "..."

What does this look mean?

Hungry?

So she coughed, "Your Majesty, don't you really want to try it? It's delicious."

Tsk, to eat or not is to say something! If she doesn't eat any more, she will be finished.

Unexpectedly, I just finished complaining, but saw him suddenly say, "Okay."

As he spoke, he picked up the chopsticks and ate the tofu directly.

Well, it's hot!

This is Yu Wenlan's first feeling.

However, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the salty and spicy flavor of the seasoning is mixed with the bean flavor of the tofu itself, which is really good.

After eating the tofu, I saw Yan Shu was chewing potato chips, making a crisp sound between her lips and teeth.

He also tried it, um, unexpectedly, the potatoes made in this way tasted full of burnt aroma, and it was really interesting.

After eating the potatoes, he said again, "What else?" His tone was expectant.

Yan Shu handed him a steamed bun, "Your Majesty, try this."

Yu Wenlan took it, still a little skeptical, is this delicious?

But seeing how delicious she was, he reluctantly gave it a try, but his eyes lit up.

The seasoning and oil on the surface of the steamed buns after frying form a crispy shell, while the inside is still soft, crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, full of wheat aroma and rich in taste.

After eating the steamed buns, Yan Shu broke another piece of sweet potato for him, it was sweet and dense, and it was as sweet as honey when he took a bite.

The two of them ate together like this, and within two quarters of an hour, all the ingredients were successfully eliminated.

Yu Wenlan was still a little unsure, and asked, "It's gone?"

Yan Shu nodded, "It's all finished."

For supper, don't be too full, just satisfy your gluttony.

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something important, and asked him, "Isn't Your Majesty unable to come to the harem for the past three days? Why did you come here tonight?"

Yu Wenlan, "..."

After being distracted by those food, he just remembered the business, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "I just remembered, this net is not mine."

As he spoke, he took out the purple net that she had given during the day.

Yan Shu could only laugh, "Is that so? Maybe the concubine misremembered..."

As he spoke, he took the purple webbing over.

Tsk tut in my heart, 【Now I realize it's not yours. Could it be that you came here on purpose for supper? 】

Yu Wenlan, "..."

Think he only knows how to eat like her?

He said meaningfully, "Did you really remember it wrong? Or do you need to find me?"

Yan Shu blinked at the feast and said innocently, "How dare the concubine lie to you? Of course I misremembered, besides, the concubine has nothing to ask for you."

Tsk tut in my heart, 【That's right, if I hadn't reported the letter to you, you wouldn't know what to do now, don't know how to thank you, and still doubt me, cut, you have no conscience! 】

Yu Wenlan, "???"

How dare you say he has no conscience?

But thinking about it carefully, no matter how she knew about it, it was for his sake that she rushed to the imperial study today.

And from the current point of view, although she knew that she had a hidden disease, she never told others about it, and never used it to do anything. On the contrary, she reminded him twice to be careful of others.

So, at least she's not dangerous.

Thinking of this, Yu Wenlan said calmly, "I'm just a little strange, after all, you have never looked for me."

Then he asked her casually, "What did you do after you came back today?"

Yan Shu said, "The concubine is still the same, writing scripts in the palace."

Yu Wenlan raised her eyebrows and said, "What new works?"

Yan Shu proudly said, "Of course I have, I have written five or six more these days."

But he saw that he was very interested, "Can you ask me to have a look?"

Yanshu, "..."

She wanted to say no.

He likes to find faults, not to mention, and he is stimulated when he sees the colorful ones.

Someone who was listening silently coughed, "I can also accept the kind of "The Little Widow of the Hot-Blooded General" now..."

Yanshu, "..."

In fact, I still don’t really want to show it to him, but because he is the emperor, I can only reluctantly say, “Well, please do what you say, and if you don’t like what you see, don’t blame the concubine.”

Yu Wenlan nodded in response.

She took out a few stacks of paper manuscripts.

Yu Wenlan picked up the thickest stack among them, tried to read it, and saw that the name was "Beautiful Wife with Many Loves".

"..."

Sure enough, it's still this style.

If you don't have nothing to do, it's good to have a look, he starts from the beginning.

However, it didn't take long to discover that this seemed to be the story of Linwuhou's Mansion.

That's right, he just wanted to know who the eldest son of Marquis Linwu really belonged to, so he read it with great interest.

——Xia Chunlan, a beauty from the south of the Yangtze River, was born in a ruined mansion. She is young and beautiful, shy and shy. By chance, she met a nobleman.

—Yu Wenlan guessed that this person refers to Xia Yihou.

Young Master Hou Men fell in love with Xia Shi at first sight, and Xia Shi was also a young girl in spring, but Young Master Hou Men's parents disliked the woman's parentage very much, so they strongly opposed it.

The young master of the Hou family had no choice but to marry someone else. In a rage, the Xia family also switched to the embrace of another young master of the Hou family, and successfully became the wife of the first wife.

— Needless to say, this young master of the Hou family is naturally the Marquis of Linwu.

This marriage made Xia family angry, and also improved the declining natal family. However, her husband is cold by nature and stays on duty all year round, but Xia family is at the age of affection. By chance, she met another actor and once again. fall in love.

Seeing this, Yu Wenlan couldn't help guessing, could it be that the son belongs to this actor?

Unexpectedly, when she continued to read, she saw that she wrote that the actor was very popular, and there were many other admirers. Soon, Xia found out that this person was also dating a princess and a noble lady while she was having a tryst with herself. , she immediately cut off her love and kicked the actor out of the only tent.

Yu Wenlan, "???"

Isn't it an actor?

He hurriedly continued to look, and saw that not long after, Xia Shi met a rich businessman again. The rich businessman admired her beauty and gave her many treasures. for a while.

But after her husband returned to Beijing, the two had no choice but to break up.

Yu Wenlan wondered again, could this be the real father of the son?

After doing the math, Sun Zhanpeng, the descendant of Marquis Linwu, was about the same age as him. Marquis Linwu also returned to Beijing more than 20 years ago after finishing the southeast frontier defense, and his son was born after that.

In this way, it is very possible!

But before he could finish reading, Yan Shu yawned beside him and said with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, I'm sleepy, why don't you watch it tomorrow."

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered that he was still fasting tomorrow, so he said, "It's fine the day after tomorrow, anyway, the concubine has already finished writing."

Yu Wenlan looked at her with raised eyebrows, "Sleep when you are full, is it a pig?"

Yan Shu murmured dissatisfied, "Just now you ate."

If you have the ability, go back and don't sleep!

Lao Gao pouted with a small cherry mouth.

Yu Wenlan stretched out her hand laughingly, poked her on the cheek, and said, "Then you go to sleep, I'll just take it back and have a look."

"what?"

Yan Shu was stunned, "Take it back to see?"

Yu Wenlan hummed, and put the manuscript into his sleeve.

——I have seen the key points, if I don't know who the prince belongs to, I'm afraid he won't be able to sleep tonight.

But she heard her exclaim in her heart, 【So I wrote so wonderfully? He's going to take it to see it? There is a show! It seems that it will explode in the future! ! Tsk, maybe we can add a gimmick at that time, and call it "a novel that makes the emperor want to stop!" It will definitely sell well! ! 】

Yu Wenlan, "..."

What's all this mess?

~~

In the dead of night, Yu Wenlan returned to the bedroom and continued to take out the script to read.

Sure enough, as he expected, since Mr. Xia's husband returned to the capital, she has never been in contact with outside men, but her son was born soon, so the son is indeed the businessman's.

Putting the story aside, Yu Wenlan's mood is a bit complicated. Fortunately, Marquis Linwu and Li left. How many green hats have they worn over the years!

However, the doubts in his heart were resolved, and he finally closed his eyes and fell asleep in peace.

Unexpectedly, this night, he lost his dream again.

Drowsy until the early hours of the morning, he woke up and found another thing——

The changes that had occurred in the body for two consecutive days came to an abrupt end.

Yu Wenlan's heart sank, but she became more and more convinced that the change was related to Yan Shu.

Only when he is close to her and by her side can he have dreams and changes, and without her by his side, he will be as numb as before.

Suddenly he couldn't hold back, he realized for the first time that the three days of fasting were actually so long.

However, no matter what, he couldn't wait for a while, he reluctantly ate his breakfast, but saw the Jin Yiwei who was sent out to investigate the House of Minister of the Household Department came to answer his orders.

Yu Wenlan first collected her thoughts and asked, "How?"

Jin Yiwei said, "Weichen and others have verified that the Hubu Shangshu Mansion spent 8,000 taels of silver just for the food and drinks on the birthday. In addition, there are also decorations for the mansion, purchase of flowers and trees, gifts, etc., a total of 13,000 taels of silver. .”

Yu Wenlan frowned.

Very good, it cost 13,000 taels of silver just for a birthday, it really is more extravagant than the imperial palace.

"Where did he get his money?"

Jin Yiwei said, "I have found several ledgers from his home, please look over them, Your Majesty."

Yu Wenlan took it, opened it, looked at it, and listened to Jin Yiwei, "In addition to the income he has embezzled since he became an official, there are also gifts from his subordinates over the years, but this time, Cheng Engong presented him with 10,000 taels of silver It's the big head."

"Mr. Cheng En?"

Yu Wenlan paused.

Because of the empress dowager's relationship, Duke Cheng's Mansion is the largest family in the capital at the moment, so over the years, although Duke Cheng'en has been ignorant, he has been fawned upon by countless people.

According to common sense, only others can bribe him, so why is he sending money to the Minister of the Household Department at this time?

He asked again, "Apart from Qi Weizhai, what else did Cheng Engong send to other people?"

Jin Yiwei said, "In addition to donating silver taels to the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Cheng Engong also presented four concubines to the Minister of Rites, and presented treasures to the scholar of Wenhua Pavilion and Taifu Sun."

Yu Wenlan understood.

These are all important ministers. It seems that this uncle is planning to do something big.

Very good, let's forget about the account of the chestnut cake.

~~

Manna Hall.

Early in the morning, Yan Shu washed and changed her clothes and came to the dining table, and saw that breakfast had been set.

Of course, it is still completely vegetarian, not even an egg.

She felt as if she had become a rabbit, or a sheep, and had completely forgotten what meat tasted like.

Seeing her frowning look, Liandong quickly comforted her, "Master, bear with it, and you will be able to eat meat tomorrow."

Yan Shu, "...Come on, I will worship the ancestors tomorrow morning, and I have to be vegetarian in the morning and noon, and I can only see meat in the evening."

Unexpectedly, the voice just fell, but I heard the system alarm, [There is a situation, there will be a sacrificial ceremony in the Xiandian tomorrow, and someone will harm you. 】

Yan Shu was taken aback, [? ? ? Who else wants to be a demon? 】

System, [Guess? 】

Yan Shu, 【...It's all about guesswork? 】

System, [use your brain, who hates you the most now? 】

Yanshu, "..."

This question is asked, she is a target, who in the whole harem doesn't hate her?

But try to think about it, now Concubine Ning is grounded, Concubine Li is in the cold palace, and that Wang Zhaoyi is still working hard every day.

These three are obviously unlikely.

Besides, tomorrow's ceremony will be a big event. The emperor's concubines, royal family members, and ministers of civil and military affairs will all participate. Who will have the ability to make trouble at this time?

I'm afraid only... Concubine Zhou can do it.

The system, [Bingo! The answer is correct, Concubine Zhou ordered Concubine An to get rid of you tomorrow. 】

Yanshu, [Concubine An? As far as I know, this is a very scheming person, isn't she afraid of ending up in the same end as Concubine Li? 】

System, [That's right, so she didn't do it herself, she found your old acquaintance, get ready. 】

Yan Shu, [Old acquaintance? 】

She thought about it, her old acquaintance in the palace...

Tsk, isn't that the only one?

Well, the grievances she suffered last time haven't counted, so it's just time to talk about it.

~~

The twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day for worshiping ancestors in the palace.

At the right time, before dawn, everyone got up, washed up, had a simple breakfast, put on their auspicious clothes, and went to Fengxian Hall.

Speaking of which, this was the first time Yan Shu participated in such a big festival, and even Lonicera was a little nervous.

— You must know that the ministers of civil and military affairs, the emperor's relatives and relatives are all here today. If there is a slight mistake and lose your majesty's person, I don't know what crimes will be charged.

The two masters and servants came all the way to the Fengxian Hall, and saw many memorial tablets in the hall, all of which were the ancestors of the royal family. In the hall, huge candles were burning brightly, and various pastries and dishes were placed on the altar table.

All the royal families, civil and military ministers in the court stood quietly, and some even stood outside the palace.

Yan Shu looked around calmly, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows—isn't Cheng Engong the one standing in front?

Tsk, the person who couldn't get out of bed three days ago actually came today?

This is really... amazing!

But looking at his pale face and his eyes turning black, he thought he was holding on.

Yes, this is one of the most important days throughout the year, and important officials in the court and central government cannot be absent without reason.

If he didn't come, he had to give a reason, but if he said he was uncomfortable, wouldn't he risk exposing the chestnut cake?

Thinking of this, Yan Shu couldn't help laughing.

But today is a very serious occasion, and you must not laugh.

She was trying to hold back, but felt that Liandong gently tugged at her sleeve.

Yan Shu followed Liandong's eyes, but saw that Zhang Cairen had also come today.

—Since she broke her voice, this woman has not appeared in front of everyone again, and with her status, she should not be able to enter the Fengxian Hall.

Yan Shu closed her eyelids to express her calmness.

Ever since Concubine Ning was grounded, and the harem was covered by Concubine Zhou, with so many people today, doesn't it mean that she can call whoever she wants?

Besides, the system has already given her a warning, so today is just adapting to the situation.

Everyone had already arrived, and not long after, the emperor finally appeared.

Yu Wenlan was wearing a uniform of Twelve Dragons, majestic and majestic, Yan Shu glanced at it quietly, and couldn't help but think to herself, how handsome!

Who can compare to this cold jade-like face and this powerful aura?

Yu Wenlan twitched the corner of her mouth silently, saying that he is handsome, and the two words in front are unnecessary.

"See Your Majesty."

There was a thunderous sound in the hall, and everyone knelt down to salute. He calmly ordered everyone to flatten their bodies, and then signaled the ritual officer to start the ceremony.

The musicians rang the bell, the sacrificial music sounded in the hall, and the ritual officer began to read the sacrificial text.

After reading the sacrificial text, Yu Wenlan stepped forward to offer incense, and everyone in the hall knelt down with him, bowing three times and bowing nine times to the ancestors of the Yuwen family.

After the ritual is over, the sacrificial ceremony is considered complete, and there is still a sacrificial banquet at noon waiting for everyone.

Just when everyone was about to step out of the palace, they suddenly heard someone say, "The concubine has a grievance, please Your Majesty to uphold justice."

The voice was rough and hoarse, like a man's.

But everyone saw that a woman dressed as a concubine suddenly knelt on the ground.

It was none other than Zhang Cairen.

Yan Shu was sure, well, she has been waiting for two days and two nights, and finally she came.

Calling for injustice on such an occasion, and she is still a concubine, everyone was surprised and murmured in their hearts at the same time.

The king couldn't ignore it, so he stopped and asked, "Why is there any injustice?"

Then I heard Zhang Cairen said, "The voice of the concubine was originally good. On the night of the eighth day of the new year, I sang for the majesty and the queen mother, but after that night, the concubine was murdered by others, and the voice became like this. I hope His Majesty will severely punish the murderer..."

Then he started to cry.

Not to mention, her voice is so piercing, coupled with such rhetoric, it is easy to move people at first glance.

But I heard a minister say, "How could such a thing happen in the palace?"

Yu Wenlan's expression was calm, and he just said, "Then who attacked you? Is there any evidence?"

"some!"

Zhang Cairen immediately said, "The concubine didn't know at first that she had done something wrong. It wasn't until a few days ago that I learned from an old friend of my father who was in the imperial hospital. It turned out that the concubine had a cold at the time, and someone bribed the palace doctor." Girl, poison the concubine's medicine, causing the concubine's voice to become like this. That person is Li Guiyi."

As she said that, she stretched out her hand and pointed straight at Yan Shu's direction.

Everyone looked at Yan Shu together.

Oh, it's finally time for me to play.

Yan Shu immediately asked in surprise, "Could it be that Zhang Cairen has admitted the wrong person? I have no grievances with you, why should I poison you?"

Zhang Cairen said convincingly, "Because you are jealous that I dress more expensively than you, and you are jealous that I sang for Your Majesty the Queen Mother that night, so you purposely ruined my voice!"

After the words fell, Yu Wenlan said before Yan Shu could say anything, "I asked you if you have evidence."

Zhang Cairen immediately said, "The concubine has a medical woman from the imperial hospital to testify."

Yu Wenlan said, "Bring it up."

Zhang Cairen should be right, and immediately called his maid Chun'e, and saw that she brought in a medical lady from outside the palace, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Guiyi sent someone to find the servant girl and gave it to the servant girl." Fifty taels of silver, I asked the servant to add some powder to Zhang Cairen's medicine, and the servant was temporarily obsessed with money and couldn't resist the temptation..."

Then he took out a bundle from his bosom, and said, "This is the fifty taels of silver. I regretted it so much that I didn't dare to spend it. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Fu Hai stepped forward to take the bundle, opened it and saw that there were indeed white silver ingots inside.

As a result, everyone turned their attention to Yan Shu again.

But seeing that she was not in a hurry, she even laughed, and said to the doctor girl, "You really think highly of me, to tell you the truth, on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, I didn't even have fifty taels of silver on hand. "

What?

Everyone looked suspicious when they heard the words.

Yan Shu sighed, "From the time I entered the palace until a few days ago, I have always been a beauty, and my annual salary is only fifty taels. Besides sending it to my natal family in Ande County every year, I also often donate to those in my own palace. Man, last month Xiaodongzi’s mother was sick, and I gave him twenty taels; in summer, when Lian Xin’s elder brother got married, I gave her twelve taels; I can’t even take out the money, and I gave her the silver. Let alone fifty taels, all I have are broken silver, and I don’t even have such a big silver ingot.”

As she said that, she looked at Zhang Cairen again, "My natal family is not as good as any of you ladies. I have neither power nor money in the palace. Even Xiao Chunzi was bribed by others to wrong me. How can I use others to harm me?" you?"

After the words fell, Liandong also hurriedly knelt down and said to Yu Wenlan, "Your Majesty, the servants can swear to the sky that what the master said is true. If anyone in the palace has any difficulties to ask the master, the master has always been generous and never ignored it. "

Of course, the salaries of concubines are stipulated in the imperial court etiquette and law. Of course, those with high status are high, but those with low status are like beauties.

Everyone also knew that her natal family's official position was not high, and it was still in the poor and remote village of Ande County. According to what she said, she really didn't have much in her hands.

Yu Wenlan ordered Fu Hai, "Ask someone to look up these silver ingots to see where they come from."

—The silver taels used in the palace are also different from those of the folks. They all have the serial number of the official silver on them, which is not difficult to find.

Fu Hai hurriedly responded, and told people to put away the bag of silver ingots.

Seeing this, Zhang Cairen paused, and then said to Yan Shu, "But here is the witness, someone from the imperial medicine office also saw that you sent Lonicera to find her that day!"

Liandong hurriedly said, "Don't you know, our master was not feeling well in the past two days, and the slaves went to the imperial pharmacy to get medicine for the master, but they have never seen this female doctor. If you don't believe me, you can go to the Tai Hospital The doctor will check."

Yu Wenlan then ordered Juan, the chief supervisor of ceremonies, "Go to the imperial medicine department to see who is on duty that day."

Juan should be, and hurried to the imperial medicine office.

Not long after, two imperial doctors arrived in the hall.

One of them was an acquaintance of Yan Shu, the doctor who showed her boils that day.

Fu Hai pointed to Lonicera and asked the two, "You two, have you ever seen Ganlu Hall on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, oh no, it was the girl from Yongning Hall at that time?"

One of them bowed his head and said, "I did meet this **** the tenth day of the junior high school. At first she was taking medicine for Li Guiyi, and then she went to talk to the medical girl Chun Jin."

As soon as these words came out, Liandong was so anxious that she wanted to argue, but Yan Shu stopped her with her eyes.

But Fu Hai looked at the doctor who cured her boil again, "What about you?"

The doctor said, "Weichen was asking for a doctor at that time, and didn't pay attention to whether the girl went or not, but the medical girl Chun Jin was not on duty on the tenth day of the lunar new year, and she was not at the imperial medicine department."

Fu Hai hurriedly asked, "But really?"

The doctor's voice was affirmative, "The minister guarantees with the head of the item that Chun Jin is on duty every two and four sevens every month, and he is not in the palace at all on the tenth day of the lunar month."

After the words fell, everyone looked at the king in unison.

These two people have diametrically opposite opinions, how should the king decide?

Just listen to Yu Wenlan said, "Go to the imperial medicine department to check the value case."

Regarding right and wrong, he has already discerned clearly in the voices of everyone, but what is needed now is to let these people present know the truth and falsehood.

After a while, a guard took over the case from the Imperial Medicine Office.

At first glance, Chun Jin did have a record of being on duty on the tenth day of the lunar new year.

But Fu Hai took a closer look and smelled it, and immediately said, "Your Majesty, the ink here seems to be freshly painted."

The smell isn't over yet.

There was Dali Temple Minister at the scene, Yu Wenlan said, "Come and see."

Dali Temple Minister Yingshi immediately stepped forward, smelled it and smeared it with water. After some appraisal, he reported to the king, "Your Majesty, the ink stain here was newly painted in the past few days."

As soon as these words came out, everyone had already made a judgment.

Yu Wenlan looked at the first imperial doctor who spoke, and said, "Doctors should cure diseases and save lives. If innocent people are killed for a little self-interest, where is the conscience?"

The other party's face turned pale, hesitating for a while, and suddenly knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed desperately, "I beg your Majesty to forgive me, it's because someone threatened the life of my whole family, and I just told a lie..."

Yu Wenlan said in a deep voice, "What is the truth? I will spare your life."

The imperial doctor wept bitterly, "On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Weichen only prescribed the medicine that the honeysuckle girl would not take. Chun Jin was really not on duty."

Everyone looked at the medical girl Chun Jin, and saw that her face had turned pale and her whole body was trembling.

Yu Wenlan said coldly, "Drag it down and torture me to see who ordered her to slander Li Guiyi."

Everyone should be, and someone dragged him out immediately.

The rest of Zhang Cairen was very nervous, and could only say, "I don't know who ordered Chun Jin, but my voice is really ruined, and my wife was indeed murdered by others. Since then, I have only made good friends with Li Guiyi, except her, no one will harm my concubine."

This reason is too far-fetched, and everyone obviously doesn't believe it.

But Yan Shu said, "It's strange to say that I was also dissatisfied at that time, and I had a rash all over my body, and I even had some difficulty breathing. You said that this is the day of the twelfth lunar month, and I don't know why I was dissatisfied? I remembered it a few days ago. I still feel strange about this matter, so I mentioned it to Manager Fu, I wonder how your investigation went?"

Hearing this, Fu Hai hurriedly said, "This matter is indeed strange. On this lunar day, where else are there peach blossoms besides the greenhouse at Siyuan? The servant sent someone to Siyuan to inquire about something. Come on, it turns out that on the night of the eighth day, someone went to Si Yuan to find some peach pollen."

Peach pollen?

Everyone cheered up, could this be the source of Li Guiyi's dissatisfaction with peach blossoms? If you dare to love her, she is the worst person!

Yu Wenlan only found out about this, and asked, "Who asked for the peach pollen?"

Fu Hai hurriedly replied, "The slave wanted to wait until the ceremony was over before reporting to His Majesty, but it was the peach blossom powder that Chun'e, a maid of the Linhua Palace, wanted."

As soon as these words came out, Chun'e next to Zhang Cairen immediately plopped and knelt down, "Your Majesty, I know that this servant is just asking for some peach blossom powder for Cairen to make fragrance powder, and has never been to Yongning Palace."

Fu Hai smiled coolly, "It's true that you didn't go to Yongning Hall, you went to the Clothes Bureau."

I saw Chun'e trembling.

Fu Hai reported to Yu Wenlan, "The servant thought about it, how could this peach pollen get on Li Guiyi's body, making Li Guiyi dissatisfied? I thought it would be the best way to sprinkle it on the clothes, so the servant sent someone to the Clothes Bureau again, Only then did I find out that it was on the night of the eighth day that Chun'e took the peach pollen from Si Yuan and went straight to the Clothes Bureau to bribe a clothes woman to sprinkle peach pollen on Li Guiyi's clothes."

After saying this, Zhang Cairen was completely pale.

But the emperor said coldly, "Bring it up."

Fu Hai should be so, so he ordered people to go out to take them away. After a while, he saw a dying palace maid dragged into the palace, and said weakly, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was Zhang Cairen who called Chun'e and gave the servant fifty Two silver coins..."

Everyone knew in their hearts that the original fifty taels of silver was used here.

But hearing a burst of crying in the palace, Yan Shu looked at Zhang Cairen with tears in her eyes, "Just now you also said that since entering the palace, the two of us have been on good terms. At that time, no one knew me except you. I regard you as my best sister, but you actually hurt me so much..."

come! Let's cry together! Let's see who shed more tears!

It's like who doesn't know how, it's reasonable to harm others first!

Yu Wenlan, "..."

He just knew it.

On the side, Zhang Cairen was still struggling to shake his head, "No, it's not me, it's not me..."

Yu Wenlan was impatient, glanced at Chun'e, and said directly, "Take this girl down and torture her."

Torture?

Chun'e glanced at the woman in clothes who was lying on the ground without a human figure at this time. Her soul had already flown out of the sky, so she could only tremble and say, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was Cairen who ordered the servant to do this, and the servant was also forced..."

Yu Wenlan didn't bother to talk to her, Fu Hai hurriedly said, "Why did that talented person want to kill Li Guiyi?"

Chun'e cried, "Because of the New Year's Eve banquet that night, Li Guiyi deliberately dressed lightly to attract His Majesty's attention, but Cai Ren misunderstood that His Majesty was looking at her, so she took the initiative to perform, but unexpectedly, she was ridiculed by Concubine Li and made a fool of herself. If you can't get angry, let your servants disfigure Li Meiren..."

It's over, it's over.

Zhang Cairen was completely paralyzed on the ground.

But the king said in a cold voice, "You did evil first, you didn't know how to reflect, and you will do it a second time. Who gave you the courage?"

Zhang Cairen could only quietly look at Concubine An, and said in his heart, 【Help me! Didn't you say that Concubine Zhou Gui will keep me safe? 】

An Bin just looked at her indifferently, the warning in her eyes was self-evident.

If she dared to say a single word, she would guarantee that the entire Zhang family would be ruined.

Zhang Cairen paused, and finally could only say with difficulty, "It's my concubine's idea."

—Concubine An came to her that day and asked her, seeing Li Yanshu being so favored, could she be calm?

Yes, for more than half a month, she spent every day in jealousy and hatred.

Why can't she speak anymore, but Li Yanshu can accompany the king's pillow every day?

So she simply came out to fight.

She thought that with the presence of Concubine Zhou, Li Yanshu could be dragged down no matter what.

But how could this be so?

His Majesty believed her so much! In front of so many people, she was so partial to her!

Zhang Cairen gritted his teeth and said, "The concubine is not reconciled! Why is she the only one full of concubines who can be favored by His Majesty?"

The hall was silent, and everyone watched with cold eyes.

Only Yu Wenlan answered her coldly, "Because of her pure mind, she never thought of harming others."

After the voice fell, many people in the hall were beating their hearts.

But I heard the king say again, "The character is bad, and he deliberately disrupted the sacrificial ceremony. The crime is unforgivable. If you give white silk, everyone in his mother's family will be exiled and will never be an official."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Cairen was dragged away, and everyone was terrified.

Only Concubine Zhou said, "The villain has been rewarded, I hope His Majesty will calm down and don't hurt yourself."

After the words fell, Yu Wenlan suddenly looked at her, and said meaningfully, "Why is there such a villain in the palace?"

Concubine Zhou panicked, but insisted, "I don't know either."

What does this mean, do you doubt her?

Yu Wenlan sneered, "In the past, the Empress Dowager handed over the power of assistant to the sixth palace to you, but this palace is so smoky. Even a washerwoman from the laundry bureau can be bribed to harm the master."

Concubine Zhou bit her lip, and could only say, "It's the concubine's incompetence that disappointed His Majesty."

Yu Wenlan said, "Since you know you are incompetent, let Xian be."

Concubine Zhou gave a meal, what is the meaning of this? To confiscate her rights?

She hurriedly looked among the ministers.

"Your Majesty, please allow me to say something."

Everyone looked around, and saw that the one who spoke was the Minister of the Household Department, who had just held a birthday banquet a few days ago, Qi Weizhai.

Yu Wenlan stamped his feet, and said, "What is Qi Shangshu going to say?"

Then I heard the other party say, "In the opinion of the old minister, the evil people are greedy and do evil. You can't blame the imperial concubine. Since you ascended the throne, there has been no owner in the middle palace, which has led to chaos in the harem. It is better to ask your majesty to set up a queen as soon as possible to reassure the people." .”

After the words were finished, another white-haired old man followed, "Master Qi is right, please also set up the middle palace early, so that the harem can be stable."

It is the Minister of Rites.

And after he finished speaking, there were three or four people who followed suit, "Your Majesty, please set up the Central Palace as soon as possible to reassure the people."

Yu Wenlan didn't show any joy or anger on his face, his eyes swept over everyone lightly, and said, "Who do you think I should stand for?"

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Zhou became excited instantly. After waiting for so many days and nights, she finally came!

With so many ministers recommending him today, and in front of his ancestors, he can no longer shirk it!

Minister of the Household Department, Qi Wei Zhaidao, "According to the old minister's opinion, Concubine Zhou comes from a famous family, and has been taught by the Empress Dowager in the past three years.

Yu Wenlan snorted, "Do you really think so, or is it because Cheng Engong gave you 10,000 taels of silver the day before yesterday?"

Hearing this, everyone had a meal, Cheng Engong sent ten thousand taels to the Minister of the Household Department?

Qi Weizhai was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, that's not the case. Cheng Engong has never given the veteran silver taels, and these are all the old minister's heartfelt words, nothing else."

"yes?"

Yu Wenlan threw an account book in front of him, and said, "The first item on this page records your account entries over the years, and the largest item recently is the ten thousand taels of silver that Cheng Engong gave you."

As he said that, he suddenly looked at Cheng Engong, "I don't know why Cheng Engong gave so much money to the Minister of the Household Department? Do you have anything to ask him for?"

His eyes were sharp, Cheng Engong was startled, and he was about to come out and kneel down, but his body was weak, and he couldn't control it, and he fell directly on the ground.

Everyone, "???"

How guilty is it to make such a gift?

Yan Shu, who was eating melons at the side, tried her best not to laugh out loud.

Seeing Cheng Engong finally knelt down with the support of the people around him, he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the old minister and the Minister of the Household Department were classmates many years ago, and they have a deep friendship. The gift of silver taels is just to celebrate his birthday, and there is no other intention."

Unexpectedly, the king asked again, "Then why did the uncle send several concubines to Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites? You and him are also classmates, do you have a deep friendship?"

What, concubine?

Everyone stared wide-eyed at the already white-haired Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

Is this old man in his seventies?

At such an old age... still, can you still chew?

Minister of the Ministry of Rites paused, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Cheng Engong did send a few maids to the old minister's house a while ago, but the old minister has already assigned them to the courtyard of his children and grandchildren. The old minister is already at this age.