Qian Zui was stunned for a moment, and quickly went over to take a look, but didn't see anything wrong. He paused and said, "How could it be fake? Did Concubine Shen Shu drop the package when she sent it over? She kept the real seal secretly.
Come down?"
Empress Hua put the queen's seal into the box in Qian Zui's hand with a calm look, and then said softly: "The queen's seal is like a jade seal. It has been carved since the founding of the Xia Kingdom and passed down from generation to generation. The founding of the Xia Kingdom has been
It's over two hundred years old, but looking at the carving techniques on this jade seal and the jade used, I'm afraid it's relatively young, no more than twenty years old."
"But Concubine Shen Shu..." Empress Hua narrowed her eyes, "Today, in front of many concubines, Your Majesty asked her to return the Queen's Seal. I expected that she would not tamper with the seal. This is too much.
Risky, if I exposed it on the spot, wouldn't she have shot herself in the foot?"
Qian Zui looked at the seal in the box with his mouth open, and after a while he said: "Then this is..."
Empress Hua was also a little puzzled. She was silent for a while and then said to Qian Zui: "You put this seal away first. When His Majesty comes over later, I will ask more questions."
When Qianzui heard the words, he responded and carefully hid the box in the coffin.
After lunch, Empress Hua took a small drink to the Imperial Garden for a walk, and then returned to Weiyang Palace for a lunch break. Throughout the whole day, she did not see a concubine who came to recommend herself.
Qian Zui was a little anxious: "My queen has promised to make them the fourth concubine, why doesn't anyone come?"
Empress Hua was not impatient, she took a book and read, "Don't be impatient, they are still waiting and watching today, tomorrow, I think someone will come to the door, and it is very likely that it will be the Oriole Concubine."
Qian Zui didn't know why Empress Hua was so sure, but she was a little worried: "But Concubine Oriole has been in the palace for a long time, but she is still only a small concubine. She may not be qualified for the position of concubine."
Empress Hua smiled and said, "What's wrong with this?"
Just as he was talking, he heard Xia Huanyu's voice coming in from outside the door: "What is competent and not competent?"
Qianzuo quickly greeted Xia Huanyu who opened the bead curtain and stepped into the bedroom, and hurriedly poured tea for Xia Huanyu before stepping aside. Xia Huanyu sat down next to Queen Hua, smiled and said: "
When you say you are competent, what are you talking about?"
Empress Hua flipped through the book casually without raising her eyes: "When I got up early in the morning, I made a promise to the concubines and asked them to nominate themselves. I would select enough four concubines to help me handle affairs in the palace."
Xia Huanyu was stunned for a moment, looking at Empress Hua intently, as if observing her expression. After a moment of silence, he nodded and said: "It seems simple in this harem, but there are so many things in the harem."
It’s really a lot, and you really should find a few people to share it with you.”
Empress Hua gave a faint "Hmm" and put down the book. Finally she raised her head and looked at Xia Huanyu, "The Queen's Seal sent by Concubine Shen Shu this morning is fake."
After Empress Hua finished speaking, she looked at Qian Zui again: "Bring the seal back and show it to Your Majesty."
Qianzuo responded quickly, walked to the coffin, took out the rosewood box from the coffin, opened it, and handed it to Xia Huanyu.
"This jade is made of white jade from Lantian jade. The white jade is of excellent quality and is a product of Ning State. However, it was only discovered in the past fifty years. And the carving method uses double hooks to grind it.
However, this carving technique appeared later than the discovery of white marble, only about thirty years ago. This seal, no matter what, cannot be the real seal of the queen."
Empress Hua explained softly, while Xia Huanyu gently touched the seal and did not speak for a long time.
Xia Huanyu picked up the seal, walked to the desk, took a piece of white paper, dipped some ink pad, and pressed the seal on the white paper.
Xia Huanyu picked up the paper, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then said softly: "It's fake."
After a pause, he continued: "It's just that Concubine Shen Shu didn't do this. She doesn't have the courage."
Empress Hua's eyes fell on the red mark, and after staring at it for a long time, she said: "Although the Queen's seal is not as good as the jade seal in affecting the stability of the country, it is still a very important thing, and the disappearance of the Queen's seal must not be made public, otherwise
It will definitely cause a lot of unnecessary trouble."
Xia Huanyu nodded, put the fake seal aside, and said calmly: "I will send someone to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the real seal."
Seeing that Xia Huanyu's eyes were fixed on the red mark, Queen Hua seemed to have some doubts. She nodded lightly and said: "Okay."
Xia Huanyu smiled, pulled Queen Hua back to the soft couch, and said softly: "If you are bored staying in this palace, you can go to the Prince's Mansion and walk around. The Duke's Mansion is also okay. Let me see.
Seeing that you and the Crown Princess seem very familiar, I originally thought that she could come to the palace to accompany you, but now that she is in confinement, it is a bit inconvenient."
Empress Hua smiled and said, "Everything is fine with me, Your Majesty, don't worry."
On the second day, just as Queen Hua expected, the first person to come to the door was the Oriole Concubine.
Queen Hua ordered someone to pour tea for Li Concubine, and then walked out of the bedroom. Seeing that Empress Hua was still dressed in a simple and elegant dress, Li Concubine looked a little happy when she looked at the moon-white clothes on her body.
Empress Hua's smile was still warm. She sat down on the chair and said with a smile: "I thought no one would dare to come. Just now I was telling Qianzui that Concubine Shu is indeed respected in this palace.
"
Libi lowered her head and smiled lightly. After hearing Empress Hua speak so casually, she thought about it and finally said without any hesitation: "It's not that she respects Concubine Shu. It's just that Concubine Shu has just returned to the palace, and each palace has its own affairs."
The palace lady doesn’t know the empress very well, so she is just hesitant in her heart. I’m a bitch..."
Concubine Li paused, and her smile faded a little: "I rarely show up in the palace, and Concubine Shu doesn't like me very much. As the saying goes, good birds choose trees to roost in.
Although I am not a good concubine, I do know that the Queen is the most noble person in the harem, and if I follow her footsteps, I will not make any serious mistakes."
Empress Hua's smile became more subtle when she heard this, and she grabbed Libi's hand with a smile, only to find that Libi's hand had already put on the jade bracelet she had given her yesterday, "I told you yesterday that I will be with you."
, I feel a little bit reluctant to meet you too late. Since you are the first one here, I understand your intentions. Don’t worry. In this harem, as long as you don’t betray me, I will definitely not be too weak.
Waiting for you."
"Liu Concubine and Empress Hua had a very happy chat. They chatted for nearly two hours before Lili Concubine left Weiyang Palace. When she left, she was smiling and seemed very happy."
In Shuya Palace, Luya lowered her voice and reported in a low voice.
"Have you had a great conversation? With a smile on your face?" Concubine Shen Shu sneered, "I would like to take a closer look and see what kind of benefits this concubine can get from the queen."
Concubine Shen Shu raised her hand that had just been painted with bright red cinnabar. Luya quickly lowered her head and took Concubine Shen's hand, and gently helped her dry the cinnamon on her nails.
However, Concubine Shen Shu never expected that Concubine Li would actually reap great benefits from Empress Hua. Early the next morning, the decree of canonization came down, and Concubine Li was named a virtuous concubine.
Although Concubine Xian is the last of the four concubines, it is already a huge benefit to Concubine Li who was originally just a small concubine.
Concubine Shen Shu looked a little pale, sneered, and knocked the teacup in her hand on the table, causing the teacup to shatter into pieces.
Lu Ya was startled and said quickly: "Mother, your hand is bleeding." After saying that, she hurriedly called in the palace people and asked them to go to the imperial hospital to teach the imperial doctor.
Concubine Shen Shu frowned coldly and said, "What are you telling the imperial doctor about? It's just such a minor injury. If I were to tell the imperial doctor, others wouldn't know how to laugh at me. Go get the golden medicine from the bookshelf and sprinkle some randomly.
That’s it.”
Luya didn't dare to disobey, so she quickly went to the bookshelf to find the golden wound medicine, and ordered someone to fetch water. She carefully cleaned Shen Shufei's wound before sprinkling the gold wound medicine.
Concubine Shen Shu snorted coldly, "Concubine Oriole has been named a virtuous concubine. I'm afraid that the other concubines in the palace will start to get excited. You ordered people to keep an eye on Weiyang Palace to see which concubines have come in and out one by one.
Report it to me."
Luya responded quickly, and then said softly: "Why would you hurt your body for such a thing? In my humble opinion, there are not many people in this harem who have been caught by us. How about we
, let them also pretend to show goodwill to Empress Hua. If they can gain Empress Hua's trust, it will be a good opportunity. As long as Empress Hua has our people by her side, it will be easy to do anything. "
Concubine Shen Shu slowly closed her eyes, sighed and said, "Just go and make arrangements."
The green bud responded again.
Concubine Shen Shu didn't speak for a long time. After Lu Ya took the medicine, she heard Concubine Shen Shu sigh softly and said: "Since your Majesty returned to the palace, how long has it been since your Majesty came to our Shuya Palace? Which palaces have you been to these days?
?”
Lu Ya paused for a moment, then lowered her head and responded softly: "I haven't been to Shuya Palace for ten days. After His Majesty returned to the palace, he stayed in Weiyang Palace every day."
"Haha..." Concubine Shen Shu sneered and was silent for a while before saying: "Queen Hua seems to have some tricks up her sleeve. Why don't we give it a try to find out how much she weighs..."
Lu Ya was stunned for a moment, then understood and quickly responded.
Early on the next morning, the epidemic in Jincheng became much more serious. Rumors began to spread, and they were all talking about the words of Qin Tianjian, saying that Queen Hua was a disaster star...
In addition to the disaster star theory, another rumor is that the queen's seal in the palace is fake, and the real queen's seal has long been missing. (To be continued)
