The woman kneeling in the hall raised her head tremblingly.
Under the long hair that was badly burned, there was a blue and purple face, with a bit of panic.
The queen raised her eyes slightly, and after circling those familiar faces for a moment, she lowered her eyes again, as if she didn't care.
"This slave... This slave is, this slave is from the queen's palace. Your Majesty clearly knows that this slave did not set the fire on fire. This slave was unjustly accused, please see clearly!"
The palace maid, who was in a panic just now, gradually calmed down.
He kowtows violently on the ground, even if his forehead bleeds.
In the quiet hall, there were some strange changes amidst her continuous kowtows.
Lin Mengya sat quietly aside. As expected of someone beside the Queen, she recovered so quickly without losing her sense of proportion at all.
However, the winner has not been decided yet, so she just wants to watch the show with peace of mind.
"I'm asking you why you want to go to Jinxiu Palace."
Unexpectedly, His Majesty remained unmoved, his eyes gradually shone, and he spoke calmly. Suddenly, the calmness on the face of the palace maid was slightly disturbed.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, slave... slave, it's because..."
No matter what she said, she appeared in Jinxiu Palace for no reason. If she didn't find a suitable reason, she would definitely not be able to get away.
Who would have thought that the palace maid just raised her head and glanced at the queen, gritted her teeth, knocked on the ground, and said loudly.
"This slave deserves to die! This slave wanted to steal something from the Splendid Palace. Unexpectedly, he accidentally knocked over the oil lamp in the side hall, causing a fire. Your Majesty, please punish me."
Even Lin Mengya did not expect such a clean admission.
He subconsciously glanced at the Queen, who was also quietly watching the show, but didn't see anything unusual in her expression.
Her original intention was to let the trouble go away, save Emperor Dehui's concubine, and create some minor trouble for the empress.
But he didn't expect that at the beginning, the queen's confidant would end up being torn apart.
Although she was a little reluctant, in the end, the protagonist today was not her.
"Your Majesty, please listen to me."
Imperial Concubine Dehui neither denounced the man harshly, nor asked her Majesty to make the decision with bitterness and hatred.
Instead, he had a gentle and lovely smile on his face, and a little bit of compassion in his beautiful eyes.
"you say."
The emperor was undecided, and in the palace, only Concubine Dehui dared to speak.
After giving a soft salute, Concubine Dehui raised her head again, with a soft smile on her lips.
"Actually, Your Majesty does not need to be angry about this. I believe that this palace maid made an unintentional mistake. Since she is a member of the Queen's palace, she must have gone through thousands of selections, and her character, talent and appearance are indeed of the highest quality. However, , no one is perfect, let alone people like them who can't help themselves. They have no worries about food and clothing in the palace, but their family members outside the palace may have encountered some difficulties. Moreover, she did not go to other empresses' palaces. I only went to my concubine’s old palace. Presumably, I just wanted to exchange some worthless items for money to save a temporary emergency. Although this situation is pitiable, a mistake must have been made. If your Majesty wants to punish her, it is reasonable and reasonable. . However, I have something to ask for, and I would like to ask for His Majesty’s grace.”
The gentle and melodious voice of Imperial Concubine Dehui spoke eloquently, which made everyone have varying degrees of favorable impressions of this concubine.
Her palace was burned down, but she never thought that she would ask His Majesty to build her a more gorgeous palace. Secondly, she did not ask the Emperor to severely punish those who set the fire.
Such a gentle and kind woman is worthy of the noble position of imperial concubine.
"speak."
The emperor still cherished his words like gold, but his tone was much gentler after all.
It seems that this matter was handled by the imperial concubine, and indeed, she won the Holy Heart.
"I would like to ask for grace for the chambermaids and maids who serve in the palace. They also have families outside. In the palace, they can neither entertain themselves nor carry on the family line. For them, it is a bit too cruel. . Therefore, I want to turn the damaged area of Jinxiu Palace into fields. The annual harvest will be used by these palace people to subsidize their families. Whenever their family members are in trouble, they will inform them in advance and have someone verify it. If it's true, lend them some silver. Wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone?"
Princess Dehui just finished speaking, and everyone below was in an uproar.
Unexpectedly, she could be so kind. Not only must he turn his palace into fields, but he must also use the income from the fields for such good deeds.
Some of the smarter royal nobles even wanted to curry favor with this kind-hearted and beautiful imperial concubine.
Your Majesty, he seemed a little surprised. After taking a deep look at his imperial concubine, the severity on her face was replaced by tenderness.
"It's rare for you to have such kindness. Well, I've approved it. However, the fields converted into Jinxiu Palace can only produce a few loads. Changing them to silver taels may not be able to solve the urgent need. Since the imperial concubine mentioned it, then everyone will Let’s express our opinions and let the matter be settled satisfactorily for the imperial concubine.”
His Majesty's final word also eased the affair of the Splendid Palace.
I don’t know who mentioned it, saying that maybe this fire was a test given by God to Princess Dehui.
Presumably, Princess Dehui's performance at this time was also very satisfactory.
Everyone's enthusiasm was so high that no one except the queen and Lin Mengya noticed when the queen's servants were suppressed by the guards.
Although the queen is still very elegant, noble and generous. But the person being hotly debated now turned out to be her old enemy. In the end, it still made her eyes become colder.
Lin Mengya opened her red lips lightly and ordered the sweet fruit wine in the cup. Even with the queen's intelligence, she probably could not have guessed why today's canonization ceremony would be so unexpected.
The discussion became more intense because of His Majesty's tacit approval.
But what everyone said and talked about in the past was just some donations of money and materials.
In this way, you can neither express your feelings nor make others feel like you are comparing yourself to others. In the end, it ended up being an unhappy ending.
Seeing that no one had any good ideas, Imperial Concubine Dehui couldn't help but turn her attention to her daughter-in-law, who was astute and talented.
Immediately, there was a concubine who was friends with Imperial Concubine Dehui, and he immediately followed her wishes and pushed Lin Mengya out.
"Princess Yu, you have always had the most clever ideas. Now, you can't stay out of things like this."
In such an atmosphere, Lin Mengya could no longer sit back and watch.
Lin Mengya slowly stood up, lowered her eyes, and said softly.
"I would like to express my gratitude to my father, the imperial concubine, for her kindness. However, I feel that all the royal family members present also have the same intention to accomplish this matter. Why not put the crops in the fields where the Jinxiu Palace has been converted into an auction? , so that everyone can participate here. Moreover, no matter whether the price is high or low, everyone is doing good things and should feel the gratitude of everyone. However, my wife feels that such a good thing that benefits the country and the people, if you choose It would be a pity to live a normal day.”
Lin Mengya had thought of this idea since Princess Dehui made this suggestion.
In fact, it is not new. After all, in modern society, the names of various charity auctions have long been regarded as nothing special.
A group of wealthy people gather together once a year to compete for beauty in the name of charity. No matter what they got or how much money they spent, as long as this reputation spreads, to them, it is a glory that money cannot buy.
What's more, this is a matter of showing one's face in front of the emperor, who would refuse
Sure enough, Lin Mengya's proposal was unanimously approved by everyone present.
His Majesty said after thinking for a moment.
"What Mengya said makes sense. We can't take this matter lightly. Why not let the stargazer choose a good time."
Such a cherished and serious attitude also let the royal family members present know that the emperor had already approved this matter. Naturally, one by one, they took it as a matter of business.
The criticisms about Imperial Concubine Dehui were eliminated in this way.
Even the Queen has not figured out what the intention of this chaos is.
However, when she saw the sincere attitude of the royal family members present towards Concubine Dehui, the queen couldn't help but feel a faint sense of crisis in her heart.
Could it be that their purpose is—
The queen's sharp and beautiful eyes had a moderate confrontation with Lin Mengya.
Where the two met, Lin Mengya had a faint sneer, and the queen finally understood what she meant.
They really covet the throne of their own queen!
At this moment, she completely understood the purpose of these people.
The scoundrel indeed discovered where the bitch was, but they did not rescue the bitch immediately.
Instead, he was thinking of ways to get His Majesty to grant that bitch the position of imperial concubine!
No, maybe, His Majesty also knows their plan. Otherwise, how could they let that bitch reveal such a big flaw to make them suspicious.
The subsequent burning of the palace was just to prepare the final stage for the auction proposed by Lin Mengya.
In this scene, she and her maids were both teased. Because they are fully aware that in order to avoid suspicion, they cannot do anything during the canonization ceremony.
That's why they are so bold.
And all this is for the bitch to gain the favor of the royal family, and then to accumulate means to seize his own post!
In just a flash of lightning, the queen figured out the whole story.
What a dangerous move, and now, the bitch is the hot one. Even if he wanted to get rid of her, he would be in trouble in many ways.
However, they underestimate themselves too much, right
The hypocrisy on the queen's face faded, and a trace of cruel coldness crept onto her majestic face.