Entering the twelfth lunar month, the palace gradually has a New Year flavor.
Every new year, all the objects in the palace are replaced with new ones. Mingluan Palace prepared early, and only waited for the first day of the new year to replace all the brand-new Lingluo silks.
In addition to changing items, the palaces also need to count the warehouses, list the items in the warehouses into a book a few years ago, and arrange them properly, only then can the previous year be properly closed.
Therefore, the palaces began to get busy. After a busy time, it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Today is Laba Festival, the emperor does not have to go to the big court meeting, the ladies in the palace are all waiting to see if the emperor will call. But it didn't take long for rumors in the palace to say that the emperor did not call anyone, and went to Qin Tianjian early in the morning.
Whenever the emperor went to Qintian Prison, he would not be able to get out without a half-day view. Therefore, Concubine Shu also instructed the small kitchen to cook porridge early, and called them all to the main hall to eat Laba porridge.
But he never thought that when it was noon, Lingfu hurriedly came to deliver an decree, saying that the emperor would go to Mingluan Palace for lunch at noon.
Concubine Shu had to put the reunion dinner on hold and hastily let the small kitchen prepare the meal again. Jun Huailang also stayed in the side hall and ate with his sister.
After finishing the meal, Jun Linghuan just fell asleep when the eunuch came to pass, saying that the emperor sent Jun Huailang to the main hall to talk.
This was unusual for Jun Huailang.
He packed up and went to the main hall. As soon as he walked to the door of the main hall, he heard laughter inside. Concubine Shu was sitting in front of the small stove, clumsily cooking tea. Emperor Qing Ping sat on the head, holding a cup in his hand, and was smiling happily at this time.
"I see your Majesty." As soon as Jun Huailang stepped forward and saluted, Emperor Qing Ping waved his hand away.
He pointed to the seat beside him and asked Jun Huailang to sit down, then asked with a smile, "I heard from your aunt, you taught her the skill of making tea?"
Jun Huailang understood.
It must be that Concubine Shu made tea for the emperor today, to please him, so that the Qing Ping Emperor, who was delighted by Long Yan, summoned him and praised him for his good work.
Jun Huailang naturally did not dare to take credit, and said with a smile: "It's just that I have nothing to do, but I didn't expect my aunt to be so caring."
These words really taught Qingping Emperor Longyan Dayue, he laughed and said: "I have never seen her able to do such a boring and laborious thing, just think that you teach it well!"
When Concubine Shu heard the words, the tea was no longer brewed, she threw the fan in her hand at Emperor Qing Ping, and said angrily, "Your Majesty is really partial! The concubine worked so hard to cook tea for His Majesty, but I didn't see a word of praise from His Majesty!"
Emperor Qingping laughed again, and everyone around him laughed along, and the entire Mingluan Palace was filled with a lively atmosphere for a while.
Jun Huailang smiled and sat beside him.
In his previous life, he had been an official for a few years, so he knew a thing or two about the temperament of Emperor Qing Ping. He was superstitious and suspicious. Concubine Shu was able to be by his side for so many years, thanks to her simple and charming temperament.
Whether it was his father or his aunt, everyone in the Jun family reassured Emperor Qing Ping. Unexpectedly, because of this reassurance, he taught him that after a few years, Jun's family will wither and the family will be destroyed.
Jun Huailang, who has passed through the last life, knows what it means to accompany the king like a tiger. Therefore, looking at the joy in front of him, his heart is still calm and solemn, and he stays out of it.
So much so that he could keenly notice that there was a commotion outside the half-open window.
The center of the commotion was Diancui. She seems to have encountered some trouble and is looking for the palace maid and eunuch in the courtyard to be held accountable.
But she was not attentive. While busy with the things in front of her, she seemed to be inadvertently observing the movements in the main hall.
Her behavior was very unusual, but it coincided with Jun Huailang's speculation a few days ago. Jun Huailang's heart froze, and his eyes followed her calmly.
I saw that she gradually became anxious and angry, and went to look for Jinbao at the entrance of the west hall to ask questions. But seeing Jin Bao hesitating, as if a little anxious. Seeing his appearance, Dian Cui seemed to have caught something, and said something angrily at him.
Jun Huailang was relieved a lot.
Sure enough, he was right. Jinbao next to Xue Yan, although he looks timid and cowardly, is actually very clever, and he remembers everything he said to him before.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the movement outside the window to attract the attention of Emperor Qingping.
"What's the matter with the noise outside?" he asked with a frown.
Concubine Shu also looked out, and heard Dian Cuiba's high voice, and said aggressively to Jin Bao: "If you didn't do the trick, why didn't you hand over the keys!"
I saw Jinbao faltering, as if explaining something.
The dispute between the two disturbed the Qing Ping Emperor. He frowned and told Lingfu, "Go, call the two of them in and ask what's wrong."
Lingfu quickly took the order and trotted all the way to the courtyard.
Jun Huailang saw that the originally happy face of Emperor Qingping showed an expression of impatience.
Presumably, the man behind Dian Cui knew Emperor Qing Ping quite well and knew how to provoke him. She arranged for Dian Cui to do this, that is, to make Emperor Qing Ping annoyed with Concubine Shu.
Of course, it's not just this level.
Jun Huailang sat beside him and waited quietly when he saw Lingfu bring Jinbao and Diancui in.
When Jinbao entered the door, he glanced at Jun Huailang with some trepidation. Jun Huailang winked at him reassuringly before turning his eyes away.
Then, Emperor Qingping asked what happened to them.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not right for slaves to disturb the holy car, but in the Empress's Palace, apart from stealing chickens and dogs, slaves can't sit back and watch!" Dian Cui kowtowed to Emperor Qingping and said.
Emperor Qingping took a sip of tea: "Come on, what's the matter of stealing chickens and dogs?"
Dian Cui continued: "Go back to Your Majesty, the slave-maid has been checking the maiden's warehouse these days, and found that a box of silver notes brought by the maiden from her family's house was missing. The slave-maid searched the whole warehouse and found nothing, so she thought that it might be in the wrong place, so she I want to go to the storerooms of the east and west halls to search. But the storerooms of the east halls have been turned over, and the storerooms of the west halls, Jinbao will not let the slaves enter!"
Emperor Qingping frowned.
How could such trivial household chores be brought up in front of him? When he came to Concubine Shu, he was looking for a place to be at ease, but Concubine Shu really didn't have the ability to be a housekeeper, and even the slightest thing would make him fussy.
He glanced at Jinbao patiently and asked, "Why is this?"
Jinbao hurriedly kowtowed, tremblingly: "Reporting to the emperor, it's true that the servant has no key here!"
"No key?" Emperor Qingping wondered. "Where is the key to your master's warehouse?"
Jinbao kowtowed again: "Go back to Your Majesty, there is only one key in the storeroom of the west hall. Seven or eight days ago, Aunt Cui said that she would count it for His Highness, and she has already taken it!"
Beside him, Dian Cui suddenly showed an expression of disbelief.
Only one... ! This slave has never told himself that these days!
Even just now, he didn't say that he didn't have the key in hand, he just blindly refused to open the door. How could he have changed his mind now!
Have you been tricked by this slave? But what he did... No one noticed, how could this servant come prepared!
Beside her, Concubine Shu was so upset by the noise that she simply called Zheng Guangde and asked, "You gave Jinbao the keys to the west hall. How many keys do you have in the warehouse?"
Zheng Guangde didn't dare to deceive, and said quickly: "Hui Niangniang, there is only one."
Concubine Shu frowned and looked at Dian Cui, but she still didn't think badly about her: "Is it a mistake?"
Dian Cui was in a mess at this time, so she had to climb down the pole and said, "It's all a mess of slaves, and I forgot there is a key in my hand... slaves, go check it out!"
She thought, it doesn't matter, the key thing is just a small matter. She had no intention of arguing about how many keys Jinbao had in her hand. As long as she opened the warehouse and let the emperor see the object she put in, then what she had to do would be done.
Emperor Qing Ping waved his hand impatiently and let them all go down: "It's just a little bit of money, is it worth making a fuss like this?"
But then, his eyes froze.
He remembered the hexagrams approved by Qin Tianjian this morning.
Guawen told him that Mingluan Palace might not be able to hold back this evil spirit, and there would be some little troubles in the near future. I didn't expect it to be so accurate, the hexagram just approved is about to be fulfilled...
Thinking of this, Emperor Qingping's expression became even more ugly.
He thought of the prophecies after the horoscope. The prophecy said that the evil star will move, and the chaos will continue after that. And the root cause of this chaos is the unstable foundation of the land of Suppression.
As for the reason for the unstable foundation, the people here are born with different hearts.
The people here, aren't they Jun's family? Thinking of this, the tea in the hands of Emperor Qing Ping could not be drunk anymore.
Beside her, Concubine Shu didn't take this small change to heart, and went to fry her tea again.
But Emperor Qingping was obviously less talkative. Concubine Shu only thought that Emperor Qing Ping was upset by that small incident, so she also stopped, waiting for Diancui's search to be clear, and came back to return.
Concubine Shu stared at the small mud stove, a little unhappy.
In order to break some money, she broke a good pot of tea. This is the first pot of tea she has fried by herself. How much can it cost
At this moment, there was a riot in the West Side Hall.
Dian Cui was originally guarding the door when she saw the palace maid stumbled out to report. Then, Diancui's expression also changed, and she ran all the way to the main hall to return to her life.
"Something has happened, Your Majesty, Niangniang! You... I would like to invite the two of you to take a look!"
Diancui knelt on the ground tremblingly, looking like she was terrified. Jun Huailang saw that she had never raised her head, as if to hide her panicked eyes.
"What's the matter, how can it be so urgent?" Concubine Shu frowned and stood up.
Emperor Qingping was a little displeased, and said angrily: "Hesitantly, why don't you make it clear sooner?"
Diancui was shivering, and she just touched the ground with her head.
"Report to your majesty, to your majesty! In the west hall... not only the silver notes were found, there was also a box hidden under the silver note box..."
"In that box, there is a witch doll hidden in it. It is the handwriting of the Fifth Highness, and the writing on it... is the birth date of the Empress!"