The queen saw that Jiang mama was pulled down, and she didn't intend to care about Jiang mama, so she said coldly: "It's really necessary to take a bath in the middle of the night, but I don't know if there is a thief hiding in the bathroom."
Ji Yueqin frowned, her eyes were full of tears but she still kept smiling, "Is aunt insisting on tranquility and hiding the thief? Or is it that aunt can't tolerate tranquility at all? Come down, just expel An Ning from the palace."
My mother told me that no matter when and where, I have to keep a smiling face, no matter how wronged or sad I am, I have to keep smiling.
As the saying goes, don't hit the smiling face, in this deep palace, the smiling face is also a weapon that can protect yourself, so no matter what, you must always keep smiling.
After listening to Ji Yueqin's words, the queen mother sighed faintly and said: "Yueqin is really a hard-working child. Empress, you also know what you are thinking about Aijia. If it is not related to Yueqin's affairs, the Aijia will definitely know. cure your sins."
The queen's expression changed, but because of her status as the queen mother, she didn't dare to say anything more, she just said coldly: "If I really misunderstood Yueqin, the concubine should be punished."
Then she continued: "Yueqin, it's not your aunt who told you. Are you threatened by a thief and dare not tell him? Or maybe he poisoned you, you don't dare to say it, don't worry, aunt is here. , I'll give you the call."
Ji Yueqin sneered in her heart, it's hard not to start to soften? Her good aunt is really a good abacus, and she is not a little girl without personnel, how can she not know the queen's intentions.
"What did my aunt say? An Ning has never seen any thieves, let alone being threatened by thieves. What my aunt said, An Ning really doesn't understand a word." Ji Yueqin pretended not to know, just like watching See how good the Queen's patience is.
The queen didn't surprise her when she saw that Ji Yueqin was soft and hard to eat. Since that was the case, she would just showdown with Ji Yueqin and see how she made the matter clear.
"Since Yueqin said that the thief was not threatening you, then it means that the thief is an accomplice!" The Queen sneered.
Ji Yueqin had long expected that the Empress would say this, and said without panic: "Yueqin doesn't know what assassins are not assassins, let alone what accomplices they are."
"It seems that you won't shed tears without seeing the coffin? Come on, bring the maid in the main hall of Anning County!" The queen shouted and instructed the maid under her hand.
I saw a slender palace maid brought into the hall by two eunuchs, kneeling on the ground with her head bowed.
Ji Yueqin looked at the little palace maid and felt a little familiar, but she didn't remember who it was, but she seemed to be the palace maid of the West Hall.
"Just tell me what you saw, don't worry, there is this palace, don't be afraid of anyone." The queen said to the palace maid.
The palace maid glanced at the Queen Mother and Ji Yueqin shyly, swallowed her saliva, and whispered with some fear: "Last night, the servant saw a thief turned into the Qianxi Palace. The servant was afraid for a while, so she hid. Don't dare to come out of the house."
When she mentioned the assassin, she looked very frightened, and continued: "Later, I saw the Empress, you sent someone over, and when she saw Madam Jiang entered the master's bathing room, she was kicked out. There is no way to enter the hall, so it is not clear what happened to the servants."
The empress dowager obviously didn't know who this slaughtered palace maid was, and had no impression of it, but after listening to her words, she didn't feel anything. So the queen mother frowned and said, "Even if the assassin entered the Qianxi Palace, it can't be said that the assassin has something to do with Yueqin, right? The Ai family also lives in the Ganxi Palace. The assassin's accomplice?"
The palace maid shuddered obviously, and she was obviously very scared. The queen had to say to her in a warm voice, "Don't be afraid, as long as you tell the truth, this palace will definitely protect you."
The empress dowager glared at the queen, she said that she was the kind of unreasonable person? Or maybe the queen doesn't take herself seriously at all
"Empress, don't you take Aijia in your eyes? Or do you think you can cover the sky with one hand?" The queen mother slapped the table hard and scolded.
Although the queen really thought so, she still had to do the show, she just heard her say: "How dare the concubine, you are the most expensive woman in the harem, and the concubine should learn more like you. It's just that you can't cover up the criminals either—"
The queen's voice dragged on for a long time, with a hint of mockery in her tone.
The queen mother was even more annoyed when she heard this, but she couldn't help Ji Yueqin to speak anymore, so she could only sigh and look at Ji Yueqin sympathetically.
"What my aunt said is that she insisted that Yueqin is an accomplice of the thief? You are so unfair, but it will make people think that the queen is such a person." Ji Yueqin is not afraid that the queen will find out what kind of palace maid can Come and pour dirty water on yourself, after all, the real "assassin" has just left the Qianxi Palace.
Seeing that Ji Yueqin was like a wild cat with fried fur, the queen was not angry, but said coldly, "Yueqin, don't worry, just listen first."
Anyway, Ji Yueqin was not worried, so she also showed a noncommittal expression, and smiled lightly: "Then just follow what my aunt said. In this way, An Ning can be cleared of innocence."
"Continue talking." The queen ignored Ji Yueqin and said to the maid.
The palace maid glanced at Ji Yueqin and said tremblingly: "The slave does not dare to think about it, maybe that assassin just passed by the Qianxi Palace occasionally. The slave is very soft-spoken, but she will not talk too much. Who knows, Today, I saw the assassin knocking out that Miss Chu family, and slipped into the master's house."
She paused and continued: "The slave took advantage of the fact that Huaizhu and Aunt Xiuzhu left the house, and sneaked in to take a look. Who would have thought that the master's quilt was stained with blood. So the slave took courage and ran away. Tell the Empress."
When Ji Yueqin heard this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Aunt Huaizhu and Aunt Xiuzhu were both her confidants, so it was impossible not to clean up the house. I thought they would come up with some way to say, but they wanted to use some bloodstains to blame themselves, which was a bit untenable.
"Now a maid who was washed, dares to run into the master's palace? Come on, drag her down with a cane and punish her for twenty, otherwise some people don't know what the rules are in the palace." The cold air is even more severe. This method of framing and framing the blame can be seen by a discerning person.
"The Queen Mother, don't worry. Before this matter is decided, it's better to keep her. Otherwise, I don't know if she will not be able to withstand these twenty boards. If she loses her life, she will die without proof." The Queen knew that the Queen Mother He will come out and punish the palace maid that he arranged, but how could he be stupid enough to let them succeed.