Don’t Show the Son

The words of the imperial concubine and empress temporarily restored the silence in the hall.

Could it be that the gift given to the Empress Dowager by the little girl of the Xue family was really borrowed by the imperial concubine in advance?

The ladies and ladies in the main hall are far away and cannot clearly see the Buddhist beads in the hands of the imperial concubine, but the concubines in front of them can clearly see that Zen Master Huikong is a person from a hundred years ago, and his belongings must also be a hundred years ago How could it be as bright and beautiful as this Buddhist bead in the hands of the imperial concubine?

How can this be a thing from a hundred years ago, I'm afraid it was about the same a hundred days ago.

Obviously, the imperial concubine is deliberately protecting the little girl of the Xue family, not to mention, today's incident involves the empress dowager, even the empress cannot intercede for Xue Ning'er, but the imperial concubine can.

Because the mother of the imperial concubine is the late former eldest princess, and the former eldest princess is the biological daughter of the empress dowager.

There is no concubine in the harem comparable to the relationship between the imperial concubine and the empress dowager.

In the harem, including the queen empress, they can only call her the empress dowager, only the imperial concubine can call the emperor's grandmother, the closeness and distance can be seen from just one title.

What puzzled them was that the Xue family was not related to the imperial concubine, so why did she protect this little girl?

Concubine Shu looked at the imperial concubine, or to be precise, looked into her eyes, and soon she looked away, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

I see.

Speaking of which, the little guy named Lin Xiu who made ice for Qianqiu Palace for a month seemed to be Zhang'er's only friend. These days, she often heard Lin Xiu's name from Zhang'er. Come out, her lonely son really regards Lin Xiu as a friend.

The Empress Dowager took the string of sandalwood beads from the concubine with a smile, looked at her with strange eyes, then smiled and said: Since it was a misunderstanding, the little girl should go back first, Nanny Gui , look at the reward...

Xue Ning'er sat back in her seat in a daze, and was rewarded by the Empress Dowager, her head was in a mess.

Song Yuzhi gritted his teeth tightly, he didn't expect that something that was a surefire thing would be resolved so easily, feeling depressed and angry.

After the imperial concubine came out to rescue Xue Ning'er, the incident was already over, but at this moment, one of the concubines came out and said: This string of Buddhist beads is obviously a new item, and it does not belong to Zen Master Huikong at all. Relics, I don’t know why the imperial concubine deceived the Empress Dowager and deliberately protected her, why?”

As soon as these words were said, the hall was completely silent, and a needle could be heard falling.

The one who was speaking was Concubine Song Xian, who was also one of the four concubines. The concubine Xian was in the harem. Although she was not favored by a noble concubine, she had her own children, and she was also the king of Qi who was in the limelight. She herself was a daughter of the Song family. , With all of this, he can also fight against the empress and concubine in the harem.

When everyone was pretending to be stupid and silent, she stood up and ruthlessly exposed the imperial concubine, which obviously involved the struggle between the concubines.

Seeing this, Song Yuzhi smiled again.

Being exposed by Concubine Song Xian, the imperial concubine's expression did not change at all. She glanced at Concubine Song Xian indifferently, and said: Today is the grandma's birthday, I didn't want to affect the interest of the grandma because of these things, since Concubine Xian insisted on asking the truth, This palace does not object to...

She looked at Xue Ning'er and said, That beautiful little girl from the Xue family, come out.

Xue Ning'er immediately got up and walked out. Although she was not familiar with the imperial concubine, the empress obviously protected her, so she naturally had to cooperate with the imperial concubine.

The imperial concubine looked at Xue Ning'er and asked, Are you sure you put the string of Buddhist beads in the box?

Xue Ning'er nodded seriously, and said: Sure, I opened it to check after entering the hall, and then for some reason, the box was empty.

The imperial concubine smiled slightly at her and said, Don't be afraid, I will make the decision for you.

Seeing the concubine's smile, Xue Ning'er's heart quickly settled down.

Afterwards, the imperial concubine walked up to the Empress Dowager again and said, Grandmother, my concubine thinks that the Xue family will not amuse you with an empty box on your birthday. There must be some unscrupulous people secretly planning to frame you. , This is not paying attention to the royal family, not paying attention to the emperor's grandmother, this person should still be in this hall, why don't you close the door of the hall and search, I believe that she will be found out.

At this time, it was Concubine Song Xian's turn to hesitate, she thought for a while, and said: Empress Dowager, this is not very good, all those present today are nobles from various prefectures...

The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said, Your concubine is right. This person dared to frame the Duke's mansion and destroy the birthday banquet of Ai's family. He is really daring. He must be severely punished. He will imitate others. Come on. People, close the door of the palace, we must find out that person today.

Immediately, two nuns walked to the door and closed the hall door.

Seeing this, a court lady in the corner turned pale.

The concubines in the harem looked at Concubine Song Xian, and each sighed in their hearts. Concubine Song Xian didn't know what to think, but she actually wanted to trouble the concubine in front of the Empress Dowager, wasn't she full?

Since the death of the first emperor and the former eldest princess, the imperial concubine and Your Majesty have been her closest relatives. How could she not be facing the imperial concubine and an outsider?

This sudden change also caused a commotion in the hall.

Many of the present were rich and noble girls, who were suspected of being thieves and allowed to be searched by others. This was quite a humiliation for them, even if it was the Empress Dowager who gave the order, they would not accept it.

At this moment, Concubine Shu came out and said: The empress dowager, the famous ladies present here would not do such a thing, but some maids in the harem are not strict in discipline and often steal property from various palaces. Most importantly, it is better to search from the maids first, if there is no harvest, it is not too late to investigate separately.

The Empress Dowager nodded, and said, Concubine Shu is right, Nanny Gui, you should go and handle this matter.

There were about a dozen maids serving in this hall tonight. Soon, all the maids were gathered together, and Nanny Gui searched them one by one. The maid of honor, her face was extremely pale, and her body trembled uncontrollably...

After a while, all the maids except her had been checked.

When Nanny Gui walked in front of her, the court lady knew she couldn't hide it anymore, her face was pale and bloodless, she knelt down on the ground with a plop, put a string of Buddhist beads in her palm, and said in a crying voice: The servant was infatuated and stole it. Baby, the slave deserves death, the empress dowager spares my life, the empress dowager spares my life!

Nanny Gui picked up the string of Buddhist beads, saw that the paint on the beads was mottled, and the beads were also very old. At first glance, she looked at the palace maid kneeling on the ground with hatred, and said angrily: Bold servant girl, you are so big! courage!

The stolen goods were obtained at the same time, the maid had no room for sophistry, she confessed immediately.

It turned out that she had awakened a strange magic ability in her early years. As long as her hands touched the outer walls of boxes, boxes, etc., she could take out the contents from the air. Just now when she was pouring fruit drinks for Xue Ning'er, she quietly I got this Buddhist beads, so when Xue Ning'er presented the brocade box, it was obviously tied with a ribbon, but the brocade box that had not been opened was empty.

Although the Buddhist beads were found, the matter was far from over.

The court lady was brought to the front, and Nanny Gui looked at her and asked, Who ordered you to steal the Buddhist beads?

Kneeling on the ground, the trembling palace maid tremblingly said: No, no one ordered the servant, it was the servant who saw the money and became greedy...

A little court lady, even though she was so courageous, did not dare to touch the birthday gift of the Empress Dowager, Gui Nanny glanced at her, and said lightly: It seems that you don't want to talk about it, check it out, who is she? The maid of the palace?

After her words fell, Concubine Xian stepped forward with a sullen face, and said: There is no need to investigate, she is from Ningxia Palace.

Originally, she just wanted to embarrass the noble concubine, but she never expected that after investigating this case, she was actually found.

This maid is from her Ningxia Palace, isn't she the biggest object of suspicion?

Concubine Song Xian looked at her coldly, and asked, Tell me, who told you to do this!

Concubine Xian has already been involved, and this court lady knew that she could no longer hide it, so she pointed at Song Yuzhi who was sitting there with a pale face, and said, It's Miss Yuzhi, it's the lady who said she had a grudge against Miss Xue's family, Miss Yuzhi asked me to steal her birthday present so that she would make a fool of herself in front of the Empress Dowager...

In the hall, many people showed strange expressions.

Concubine Xian, why bother? If she hadn't said anything just now, the concubine would not have continued the investigation. This is a good thing. After investigations and investigations, the Song family was found. Isn't this self-inflicted humiliation?

After such a thing happened, the Empress finally stopped being silent. She stood up slowly, looked at Concubine Song Xian, and said: The daughter of the Song family has not been educated well. It is better for Concubine Xian to take her back and discipline her properly.

After all, she is the daughter of a second-class public family, and even the royal family is not easy to punish. If Song Yuzhi is punished in front of everyone and embarrasses the Song family, it will not be a good thing for the royal family.

Halfway through the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, the Empress Xian took Song Yuzhi away. This big episode happened, and the banquet was still going on in order, but there was always a doubt in the hearts of the ladies present. Never unlocked.

As we all know, the imperial concubine is from a certain clan in the south of the Yangtze River, and has little contact with the dignitaries in the capital. Why does she defend the little girl of the Xue family so much?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the imperial concubine has protected the little girl to the extreme, and she even did not hesitate to deceive the empress dowager. Although she gave the reason, it is not credible at all.

Even Xue Ning'er herself didn't think about this problem after she sat back in her seat.

The seat next to Song Yuzhi was already empty, Xue Ning'er felt a little regretful, if she hadn't been distracted by missing Lin Xiu just now, she wouldn't have given the maid a chance.

Thinking of Lin Xiu, he should be in the palace now. I don't know if the banquet in the middle palace is over. Is it possible for her to meet him when she goes back?

At this time, in Ningxia Palace.

Snapped!

As soon as she entered the courtyard of Ningxia Palace, the angry concubine Xian couldn't help but slap Song Yuzhi's fat face, gritted her teeth and said, The Song family's face was really thrown away by you, go back to the palace and give this palace a three-month reflection. months, less than three months, you are not allowed to step out of the house!