Zhuang Luoyan was sleeping on the imperial concubine's couch in his palace, when he heard Yun Xi's panicked voice, he opened his eyes, "What happened?"
"Niangniang, the eunuch in charge of the queen's concubine is here, saying that Ye Guiren is gone, and I want to call you to ask something." Yun Xi stepped forward to put on the embroidered shoes for Zhuang Luoyan, "Listen to the eunuch in charge, the emperor is also at this moment. in the Queen's Palace."
Ye Guiren is gone, so she was announced to ask questions? Zhuang Luoyan frowned, but didn't stop, stopping Yun Xi's move to touch up her makeup, "Let's go like this."
Yun Xi glanced at the pleated skirt inlaid with pearls that her master had worn several times. Although she was wearing a cross lily bun on her head, there was only a gilded butterfly hairpin and a golden butterfly-winged jade step on it. It might seem a little cleaner.
Walking to the outer hall, Zhuang Luoyan saw that the eunuch in charge of the Queen's Palace was still standing, knowing that this matter would involve him again.
"The servant greets Empress Zhaoxian Rong." Seeing her simple appearance, the eunuch in charge knew that she came out in a hurry, "The Empress invited Empress Zhaoxian Rong Niang to discuss some trivial matters at Jingyang Palace, please hurry up."
Although the eunuch in charge said it politely, there was a hint of urging in his words. Zhuang Luoyan didn't bother to ask him what happened, so he sat on the chariot and rushed to Jingyang Palace.
In Jingyang Palace, the emperor and the queen were sitting side by side. The queen had been observing the emperor's expression intentionally or unintentionally, only to find that the expression on the emperor's face was as calm as ever, and she didn't even mean to ask for Zhao Xianrong.
Somehow, the Empress sympathized with Zhao Xianrong inexplicably. There were many women favored by the Emperor, and Zhuang Luoyan was not the first, nor would she be the last. So at this time, the emperor will not worry about her, let alone worry about her.
"Zhao Xianrong is here."
The queen looked up and saw Zhuang Luo's rouge makeup hurriedly entered the house, her footsteps panicked and she didn't seem to think that something would happen.
"The concubine has seen the emperor, the empress." Zhuang Luoyan stepped forward to greet the two of them, although he didn't know what was going on, but from the serious expression of the eunuch in charge along the way, we could see that today's affairs were not simple. .
"Empress, ask me, I'll just listen to you," Feng Jin closed his eyes and rested after saying this.
After the queen glanced at Feng Jin, she turned to Zhuang Luoyan, pointed to the tray in the hand of the eunuch next to her and said, "Zhao Xianrong, look at this thing, do you recognize it?"
Zhuang Luoyan looked at the tray and saw a crumpled piece of cloth with a peacock tail painted on it. It looked like the tail on her peacock paper kite that eloped with Tianma, but she looked at it more. , I feel that some places are slightly different.
No one could recognize what she drew, so she knew at a glance that it was imitated by her paper kite, "Back to the Empress, this seems to be the tail of a peacock drawing."
"It's just the tail of the peacock picture. Ben Gong sees that this painting is quite similar to your painting style. When Ye Guiren was discovered, this piece of cloth was hidden in the front of his clothes. What do you think is the reason for this?" The queen drank. A sip of tea, waiting for Zhuang Luoyan to explain.
"Hui Niangniang, although this picture is similar to the paper kite that the concubine put up a few days ago, but after the paper kite was released by the concubine, the concubine didn't know where the paper kite fell, and the painting on this piece of cloth is not at all. It wasn't drawn by a concubine." Zhuang Luoyan was a little bit baffled, with just a piece of cloth being able to fasten the dung pot on her head, the empress was too unreasonable.
The queen glanced at Zhuang Luoyan, without defending, she waved her hand, and saw a palace maid being led in, Zhuang Luoyan turned her head to look, and seemed to be one of the palace maids that Ye Guiren often brought by her side.
"The slave maid, Bitan, pays respects to the emperor, the empress, and Zhaoxian Rong."
"You don't have to be rigid at this time. You have been waiting by Ye Guiren's side and talking about what happened in Ye Guiren's life." The queen took a sip of tea, as if she was not talking about the death of a person, but a meal. .
"Back to the Empress, my servant picked up a paper kite in the yard a few days ago, and I couldn't figure out who it was. Later, the master said that the one who could put the paper kite in the palace must be a master, so he asked the servant to keep it. Yesterday, the eunuch in Zhaoxian Rong Niangniang’s palace came to ask if he saw a peacock paper kite, and the master asked the servant to fetch it. Who would have thought that the paper kite was bitten by the mice in the palace, and even its tail fell off. The servant in Empress Xianrong's palace was not looking very well, and after saying a few strange words, she left without asking for the paper kite." Bitan's eyes turned red and she kowtowed to the queen, "The servant didn't think that the master would leave last night. No, I beg your mother to investigate the murderer thoroughly and give her justice."
After listening to this, Zhuang Luoyan immediately said: "The empress has a clear understanding, the concubine did not instruct anyone to find any paper kite yesterday, let alone... not to mention that the paper kite flew away, why should the concubine go to find it again. Even if the concubine wants to Going to find it, why didn't you ask which palace, but went to Jingqiu Pavilion?"
"Ms. Xianrong doesn't hate my master for causing you to have no children? Otherwise, why would our Jingqiu Pavilion even be detained by the Food Bureau? Of course, you didn't come to find Zhiyuan, but you just wanted to make the master look bad." Bi Tan looked at Zhuang Luoyan angrily, "If it wasn't for the master who wanted to mend the paper kite overnight, how could he have been killed inexplicably? If this matter has nothing to do with you, Niangniang, why did the master hide this piece of cloth?!"
Zhuang Luoyan has done public relations, and naturally he has some insight into the faces of people. The hatred of this palace maid named Bitan is not fake, so who was the servant who went to Jingqiu Pavilion yesterday
Zhuang Luoyan showed a pale face at the right time, "Although I hate Ye Guiren for causing my miscarriage, I can't do such a daring thing. I ask the emperor and the empress to see it clearly."
"You all insist on your own opinions on this matter, and it is not easy for this palace to make a decision." The queen looked at Zhuang Luoyan. "You are suspicious of this matter. If it has nothing to do with you, you must also give a convincing reason."
Zhuang Luoyan glanced at the sleeping emperor, looking hesitant, and finally shook his head, "That painting was not made by the concubine, and the concubine didn't send anyone to look for Zhiyuan yesterday, someone is trying to frame the concubine!"
The queen was about to say that even if she was framed, she would have to find evidence, when the emperor, who had been dozing all the time, spoke up.
"Since Zhao Xianrong said that he was framed, this palace maid also said that the eunuch in Zhao Xianrong's palace went to inquire," Feng Jin tapped his index finger on the table, "pull all the eunuchs of Xihe Palace to the outside yard, and let this man Once the maid recognizes it, it will be clear."
Since the emperor said this, no one dared to hesitate at the moment, and soon all the eunuchs of Xihe Palace were pulled into the garden of Jingyang Palace and asked Bitan to identify them.
Bitan looked at it several times, but couldn't find the two eunuchs at that time, and finally had no choice but to say that the two eunuchs were not among these people.
"Is it true that someone framed Zhao Xianrong?" The Queen looked surprised.
"Niangniang, even if there is none here, but Zhaoxianrong can guarantee that no other eunuch will do it?" Bitan kowtowed several times to the emperor and the queen, and even broke his forehead, "Zhaoxianrong Niangniang has always been favored by the emperor. I don’t know how many servants in the harem want to please Zhao Xianrong, but the servants can’t think of anyone else who would beg for a paper kite, if it wasn’t for Zhao Xianrong who killed my master, why would my master hide a piece of paper kite tail before dying?”
"Concubine Shu is here, Concubine Xian is here, and Concubine Ning is here."
Hearing the eunuch's report, Feng Jin opened his eyes and looked at the queen, "Why are they here?"
"Back to the emperor, the concubine thought that the three of them are also assisting in the affairs of the palace. This matter is very important, and many people have many ideas." The queen smiled.
Feng Jin stopped talking, saw the three women coming in, but lightly excused them, and continued to watch what happened in front of him in silence.
"Niangniang, this matter is very important, and I can't figure it out for a while, why don't you investigate it slowly?" Concubine Xian Gui said, "We can't let Zhao Xianrong take the blame for being the murderer, and we can't let Ye Guiren disappear in vain. "
"Emperor, what Concubine Xian Gui said makes sense, you see..." The queen looked at the emperor, waiting for him to express his position.
"I have already said that it's up to you, the Queen, at this time," Feng Jin glanced at the Queen, and then at Zhuang Luoyan, who was standing in the center of the room with a pale complexion, "but we must investigate this matter thoroughly."
The queen blessed the emperor, "Zhao Xianrong can't completely prove that he has nothing to do with this matter, and this matter has not been specified to be related to Zhao Xianrong, then until the matter is clarified, Zhao Xianrong will not have to serve the emperor for the time being. , after the matter is clarified, you can serve the emperor with all your heart, after all, you can't serve the emperor well if you have something to do with your heart." After the queen finished speaking, she looked at the other Shu, Xian, and Ning, "What do you think?"
"Since the Empress said so, concubines and concubines naturally have no opinion," Concubine Shu Gui looked at Zhuang Luoyan, "After Zhao Xianrong was miscarried by Ye Guiren, her complexion has not been very good, so it would be better to rest more."
Why stress that Ye Guiren caused her miscarriage? Zhuang Luoyan lowered her head, it was not obvious that she hated Ye Guiren, so she murdered her secretly
Feng Jin looked at the queen and the other three concubines silently, then shifted his gaze to Zhuang Luoyan, and finally landed on the slightly red and swollen hands.
"It's better if Zhao Xianrong takes more rest, I feel distressed when I look at your body," Feng Jin stood up, "I'm back in the palace, you must be clear about this matter, Queen, and look into it carefully."
The queen snorted, Fushen looked at the emperor's back, what did the emperor mean
After leaving the Jingyang Palace, Zhuang Luoyan sat on the chariot and looked up at the blue sky. Who wanted to frame her? Does this person think she is rarity with the kite that she flew with the emperor, so she was deliberately like yesterday. out
It's a pity that this person must not know what the emperor said when the paper kite line was cut. As she secretly likes the emperor, she naturally wants Tianma and Peacock to be free together, so why would she pick it up on purpose
In the presence of the emperor, she couldn't say what the emperor said that day, so she never mentioned it. But what does the emperor's silence mean? She didn't believe that the emperor couldn't remember the situation that day, so what did the emperor's silence mean
"Niang Niang, you don't have to worry, the emperor comforted you when he left, he must believe you." Yun Xi saw Zhuang Luoyan bowing his head and said nothing, so he could only say something to comfort him.
"I know," Zhuang Luoyan sighed, "it's just that Ye Guiren was framed on my head by someone with a heart, what would the Queen Mother think?"
Unconsciously looking at the green tile and red wall beside the road, who is trying to frame her
From the Taolin incident in Taoyu Pavilion, the Lotus Pond incident, to the current Ye Guiren incident, one after another, someone framed her. Who in the harem hated her so much