Jin thought for a while and said: "You are right, but I am always afraid that the emperor will be suspicious and refuse to believe Yongzhang's words. After all, the emperor has always been very suspicious."
Concubine Yu smiled and said: "Yes, the emperor is very suspicious, otherwise he would not keep an eye on me. But Third Brother is different. He is a child. The emperor will definitely believe that this is my choice."
The reason why Third Brother acted as this witness."
Ever since she discovered that Hongli was suspicious of her, she had not dared to take any action. Not long after, Xiao Quanzi discovered that as soon as he left the Yanxi Palace, someone would be watching from behind, and the same was true for Dongmei and the others.
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Concubine Yu knew that the person who was staring at them must be sent by Hongli. As long as the person who fabricated the disaster star was not found, the surveillance would not stop. The longer this matter was delayed, the worse it would be for her.
Find a scapegoat as soon as possible.
Mr. Lu... was her scapegoat after discussing with Mrs. Jin.
She bribed a servant who worked in the imperial kitchen to make two questionable wishful scrolls and made secret notes on them. The reason why she asked Xiao Quanzi to go to Yongqi's table that day was to find those two
The questionable wishful rolls were eaten by Yongqi and Yongzhang respectively.
Although something happened to Yongqi, as a mother-in-law, she was very distressed, but there was nothing she could do about it. If she couldn't bear to do such a small thing, it would become a big deal.
When they were suffering from the effects of the medicine and unbearable abdominal pain, Jin took the opportunity to speak up and went to Lu's Jingren Palace in order to implement their plan.
Xiao Quanzi asked Dongmei to wait on Yongqi in the clean room, while he took off his coat, revealing the white clothes he had worn underneath. Then he put on a wig and bit his scarlet artificial tongue, deliberately letting Yongzhang see it. Finished
After all this, go back to the clean room and put on the white clothes and wig.
He removed his tongue and found a hidden place to hide it. Although Yongqi saw all this, he was too young to express clearly a slightly complicated thing, let alone something like this;
In addition, there are people around me all the time, so it is even more difficult to tell.
As for Yongzhang, after returning home and feeling more comfortable, she told the matter to the Jin family. Jin family acted as they had discussed before, pretending to be scared and not allowing Yongzhang to mention it again. However, the palace people around her always understood that
He secretly signaled Yongzhang to tell Hongli about this matter. Yongzhang fell into the trap and told the palace people that he would tell Hongli about this matter when he went to Yangxin Hall today.
As soon as Jin learned about it, he ordered people to invite Concubine Yu over. In addition to waiting for the news, they also discussed together what might happen next.
Jin waited for a while and said, "Liu Mei, go to Yangxin Hall to inquire and see if there is any news."
Before Liu Mei agreed, Concubine Yu said: "No, the emperor will send people to keep an eye on me, and he may send people to keep an eye on you. Liu Mei's departure may ruin all our plans."
"Then just wait like this?" Faced with Jin's inquiry, she glanced at the chiming bell from the Western tribute and said: "If you wait another half an hour, if there is no news, we will use it as the excuse that the third elder brother has been gone for a long time and has not returned.
, ask someone to go to Yangxin Hall to inquire."
"Okay." Jin waited helplessly. After half an hour of living like a year, he immediately ordered Liu Mei to go out to inquire. The news she got cheered her up. Hongli ordered Sixi to search Jingren Palace, and he himself
He also took Yongzhang with him.
Jin said happily: "It seems that our plan has come true, and the emperor has no doubts!"
Concubine Yu stood up and said: "I have already said that the emperor will not be suspicious of Third Brother, but you just like to worry blindly. Okay, now you can go to Jingren Palace."
Now it was Jin's turn to hesitate, "Should we just go through with it? Won't it ruin our plan?"
Concubine Yu said with a smile: "The emperor suddenly took the third elder brother to Jingren Palace. You, the mother-in-law, went over to see what the problem is? As for me, I happened to meet you and went with you. This is also
It makes sense."
Jin thought about it and walked towards Jingren Palace with Concubine Yu. As soon as they stepped into the palace gate, they heard Lu's voice crying and complaining. The two looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.
Quickening his pace, he came to the main hall. After bowing to the gloomy Hongli, Jin pretended to be confused and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that you brought Yongzhang to Qingbin, so I came to take a look. This...
…What happened?”
Hongli ignored her, and Yongzhang rushed to Jin's side and whispered: "Mother, haven't you been scared to sleep by ghosts before? Huang Ama seems to have... found the ghost."
Jin said in a panic: "You kid, what nonsense are you talking about? Where can there be ghosts in the blue sky and white sun? Also, have you forgotten that my mother told you not to mention this?"
Yong Zhang said eagerly: "No, Huang Ama really caught it, but that ghost is not a real ghost."
Jin frowned and said: "What are you kid talking about? Why do I get more and more confused the more I listen to you?"
Concubine Yu immediately said: "Yes, Third Brother, please make it clearer, what does it mean to not be a real ghost?"
When Yongzhang was thinking about how to explain, Mrs. Lu was already crying: "Your Majesty, these things do not belong to me. I have never made up any rumors, let alone harmed the imperial concubine. Everything has nothing to do with me."
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Hong Li said coldly: "Since it has nothing to do with you, why are these things in your palace?"
Mrs. Lu stared at the thing in front of her, cried and shook her head: "I don't know, I think... someone wants to frame me, I beg the emperor to investigate!"
"Place the blame?" Hongli sneered and said, "Yongzhang saw someone dressed as a ghost in your palace that day, and these things were also found in your palace. Could it be that they were fake?"
When Concubine Yu saw what was in front of Lu, she exclaimed and blurted out: "Dressed as a ghost? Could it be that the ghosts that the concubines saw before were someone pretending to be?"
Hongli said coldly: "Yes, I found these wigs, false tongues and white clothes in the Qing concubine palace. I think the ghosts seen in the palace were disguised with these things."
Jin pointed to the scarlet tongue and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, the ghost I saw was dragging such a long tongue. It looked so scary."
Mrs. Lu kept crying: "I have been wronged. I have never done anything. Your Majesty, I am really wronged. You believe me."
Concubine Yu said thoughtfully: "So, there are no ghosts and evil spirits in the palace, everything is man-made?"
"Yes, everything was done by the Lu family." Faced with Hongli's answer, Concubine Yu said doubtfully: "But...why would Concubine Qing do such a thing? What good will it do to her?"
Jin thought for a moment, showed a look of surprise, pointed to Lu and said: "I know, you want to harm the imperial concubine, the disaster star is a lie you made up, isn't it?"