"Normally, the Ai family always thinks that you are cautious in doing things, but why are you so careless today? You just got the spice on that girl, why did you let yourself and the Ai family get infected? If
If you had not reacted quickly enough to throw away the needle in time, you would have been found out, and then you would have lost a handful of rice." Concubine Ming frowned, with a hint of displeasure in her eyes.
Aunt Yu quickly kowtowed and said, "Master said that I was too careless. I just didn't expect that Princess Yunshang would use the excuse of worrying about the master's health to have someone come to check on the master."
"Oh, that girl is quite interesting. She pretends to be cowardly, but sometimes she seems to be very clever. However, her cleverness is too deliberate, which makes people think that her cleverness is just an act." Ming Tai
The concubine waved her hand and said, "That's all, it's already like this. The Ai family has been the most idle these years. I'm afraid if you haven't done such a thing for many years, your hands will be raw. Please be more careful next time. In this palace
There are no simple women, one or two, so don’t underestimate your enemy any more.”
Aunt Jade quickly responded, "I remember this, master. It's late at night, so why not settle it earlier?"
Concubine Ming nodded, "It's getting colder and colder. The charcoal fire in the house will burn brighter later."
"Hey." Aunt Yu responded, stood up, waited on Concubine Ming to remove her clothes, took out the several Tang Pozi that were placed in the bed to warm the quilts, and asked Concubine Ming to lie down on them before covering them with quilts.
Then he turned around and put all the clothes away, then walked to the brazier, turned the fire up a little, turned off the light, and went to the small cubicle outside to lie down.
While sleeping in a daze, Concubine Ming dreamed of a cat meowing very loudly and rushing toward her. Concubine Ming suddenly opened her eyes, woke up, and realized that it was just a dream, and wiped her forehead.
I was sweating coldly, and just as I was about to close my eyes, I heard several faint cat meows coming from outside the window, each one louder than the last.
Where did the cat come from? Concubine Ming frowned. Perhaps because of the dream just now, she felt scared in her heart, so she shouted, "Aunt Jade..."
There was a slight sound from the compartment, and then Aunt Jade's voice rang out, "My slave is here."
After a while, the lights came on, and it was Aunt Yu who walked in holding a glass lamp, "Master, what's the matter? But you're thirsty?"
Concubine Ming shook her head and listened for a moment, but heard nothing. Then she asked, "Aunt Yu, did you hear any sound just now? For example, a cat meowing?"
Aunt Yu heard this and shook her head, "No, Master, what did you hear?"
Concubine Ming frowned, "The Ai family just heard the cat meow."
"Cat meows?" Aunt Jade was a little puzzled, "No, how can there be cats meowing at this time? It's night in the palace, and all pets can't be let out of their own palaces?"
Concubine Ming also felt a little puzzled. She thought she had heard wrongly, so she waved her hands and said, "Forget it, maybe I heard wrongly."
Aunt Yu nodded and was about to retreat when she saw that the window on the side seemed to be opened. Aunt Yu frowned and said, "Hey, why is this window open? I remember that it was closed just now.
Even the fire in the brazier is a little low."
Concubine Ming felt a little cold when she heard what Aunt Yu said, "It's snowing today. Maybe it wasn't closed tightly and the wind blew it open."
Aunt Yu said "hmm", then put the colored glass lamp on the table aside and walked towards the window, but she felt that her foot suddenly stepped on something, soft, but seemed to have something hard at the same time.
, with some stinging feet, he lowered his head and took a look, and saw a ball of fluffy stuff being stepped on under his feet. When he looked carefully, he couldn't help but screamed, "Ah..."
Concubine Ming was startled. She stood up and looked at Aunt Yu, "What's wrong?"
Aunt Yu closed her eyes, pointed at her feet and said, "Master, it's a cat, it's a dead cat..."
Concubine Ming felt that the hairs all over her body were standing on end, and she shouted with a trembling voice, "Someone is coming! Someone is coming! Someone is coming quickly!"
In the quiet winter night, knocks on the door rang throughout the palace, "The Dowager Empress summoned you urgently, please ask all the palace masters to change clothes immediately and go to Changchun Palace..."
"Princess, princess, get up. The concubine has sent someone to invite you. I don't know what happened. It seems that the masters of each palace have been alarmed." Qinyi stood up quickly and called Yun Shang up.
, after putting on clothes, he hurriedly brought a Tang Pozi and handed it to Yun Shang and said, "Princess, it's very cold at night, can I give you another piece of clothing?"
Yun Shang shook her head and said, "No, I'm fine, but you guys, please put on more clothes before leaving. There's no rush."
Qinyi nodded. This time, she took a piece of clothing from the compartment where she stayed last night, then hurriedly went out to see if it was snowing. Then she returned to the inner hall and said, "Princess, let's go, the snow has stopped."
Already."
Yun Shang nodded and walked to Changchun Palace with Qin Yi and Qian Yin. When they reached the general area, they saw Qin Meng and Ying Jieyu walking over together. The two of them quickly greeted Yun Shang and Yun Shang nodded.
, said nothing and walked in front of the two of them.
When I arrived at Changchun Palace, I saw that many concubines were already sitting in the palace, but all of them were undressed, a little listless, and yawned from time to time. Sitting on the main seat was Concubine Ming, with an undisguised expression on her face.
of anger.
Yun Shang bowed, then sat aside and sat down. After a while, a palace maid served tea. Yun Shang picked up the tea and took a sip. She heard the concubine next to her guessing that Concubine Ming was so late.
I anxiously summoned everyone to come over to see what was going on.
The palace was busy, and the voice of the servant came from outside to announce, "The Emperor has arrived, and the Concubine Jin has arrived."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Ming frowned, turned around and said to Aunt Jade, "Didn't I tell you not to alarm the Emperor?"
Before Mother Jade could answer, she heard Emperor Ning's voice coming, "I happened to be resting at Concubine Jin's place. In the middle of the night, I heard the servants from the concubine's palace knocking on the door. I was very anxious. I didn't know whether my concubine was there.
Why do we have to wake everyone up in the middle of the night?"
All the concubines probably never thought that the emperor would come back. They all thought that they had not even put on makeup in a hurry, and they felt a little upset in their hearts. They all felt a little bit resentful towards Concubine Ming.
Concubine Ming was even more unhappy when the emperor said this. She twitched the corner of her mouth slightly and snorted, "Of course there is something wrong. There was such a drama about a cat attacking a person at the palace banquet. Today
A few nights later, an uninvited guest came to visit, please come and get it out."
Two chamberlains hurriedly walked out of the inner hall, holding a shovel in their hands. What was in the shovel was a cat covered in blood.
All the concubines in the palace were women. Suddenly, screams of surprise broke out in the palace. Emperor Ning's face turned pale. He quickly took Concubine Jin in his arms and pressed her head to his chest, preventing her from looking back.
"Aunt Yu, come and tell everyone what's going on..." Seeing everyone's reaction, Concubine Ming said with a cold smile.
Aunt Jade hurriedly walked out and saluted everyone, "Today, the concubine was a little tired, so she settled in early. The slave was waiting in the cubicle. In the middle of the night, the slave suddenly heard the concubine.
There was a voice calling the slave, and the slave hurried in. The queen said that she seemed to hear the cry of a cat, and asked the slave if she heard it. The slave was sleeping deeply and did not hear it, so the queen thought it was her mistake.
After hearing this, the slave was about to go back to the cubicle, but suddenly found that the window in the palace of the Dowager Empress was opened. The slave thought that it had been blown open by the wind, so she walked over and closed the window. Unexpectedly, she stepped on this thing.
The slaves and the concubine were frightened."
Concubine Ming snorted, "Things like that happened during the palace banquet, and this thing appeared at night. The Ai family looked at it, and the harem became more and more smoky. If you don't do a good investigation today,
, I don’t know what kind of things will happen in the future. Emperor, tonight I thought that you were tired from dealing with government affairs during the day, so I didn’t want to wake you up. This matter in the harem is only for women.
However, since you are here, you should be a good witness today."
Emperor Ning nodded and said, "This harem should be properly reorganized. Don't worry, mother and concubine, I will always be on the right side."
When Princess Ming heard this, she didn't say much and said directly, "Come here, do a good search for the Ai family. Whose cat is this? And the eunuch and maid who stayed overnight, let the Ai family find them all."
"
The chambermaids and maids on the side responded quickly and retreated in a hurry.
"Fortunately, the person who did this today didn't want the Ai family's fate, otherwise, I'm afraid the Ai family wouldn't be able to sit here and talk." Ming Taifei was obviously very angry, and her brows were furrowed.
Tight.
"There are so many palace maids and eunuchs, but no one has seen them? It really shouldn't happen..." Lan Guifei, who was standing beside her, yawned and said calmly.
Concubine Ming glanced at Lan Guifei, and a flash of disgust flashed in her heart. The Queen actually said that such a person could be trusted, but he failed in success and failed in many cases.
"That's not what Sister Lan said. Are you accusing the concubine of being incompetent?" Ying Jieyu raised her eyes, a hint of sarcasm flashed across her lips, "I feel that it must be the thief concubine.
It’s so powerful that it can escape so many eyes.”
"Why are you making such a fuss?" Emperor Ning frowned, lowered his head and said softly to the woman in his arms, "Are you sleepy? If you are, let the concubine find you a soft couch to rest on.
.”
Concubine Jin shook her head, smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter." Then she turned around and looked at Yun Chang and said, "How is Chang'er? You seem to be exhausted?"
This was the first time that Concubine Jin spoke to Yun Shang like this in public. Yun Shang was stunned, but she knew that Concubine Jin had a deep meaning in doing this. She raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Jin, and said with a smile, "Nothing."
thing."
Qinyi said quickly, "Princess is a little afraid of the cold. When she was at Ningguo Temple, she could only stay in bed when the weather got cold. She would easily fall ill if the cold wind blew."
Yun Shang knew that Qin Yi had been with Jin Fei as her master and servant for such a long time, so he must have known Jin Fei's intention, so he let her finish her words, then turned to look at Qin Yi with a slight reproach and said, "How could Qin Yi say such a thing?"
Seriously, my health has improved a lot under the care of Abbot Wu Na over the years. It's okay. Mother and concubine, don't worry."
Concubine Jin didn't believe it, so she reached out and grabbed Yun Shang's hand and shook it, then frowned, "Why are your hands so cold?"
After Concubine Jin finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at Emperor Ning and said, "Your Majesty, please let someone get a quilt for Shang'er."
Emperor Ning nodded and said to Concubine Ming, "Concubine, Chang'er has been weak since she was a child. I'm afraid that she will get sick, so I'll ask Aunt Yu to bring Chang'er a quilt."
Concubine Ming glanced at Yun Shang, with a bit of coldness in her eyes, "Aunt Yu, go get a bed for the princess."
Aunt Yu walked into the inner hall and soon came out with a quilt. Qinyi quickly took it and unfolded it to help Yun Shang cover it. Yun Shang put her hand back into the quilt, quietly reached into her sleeves, and touched
When they came to something, it seemed to be wrapped in paper, with fine powder inside. Yun Shang turned around and saw Concubine Jin's eyes falling on the quilt on her body. Yun Shang was stunned, stretched out her hand, and took the
The paper bag fell onto the quilt.
Concubine Ming's eyes wandered around the crowd for a week, and finally landed on Li Fuyi's face, "The wound that Fu Mei was scratched by the cat earlier, is it better after applying medicine?"
Li Fuyi seemed to be in a daze from the moment he walked in. He suddenly heard Concubine Ming calling him, and his body shook violently before he came back to his senses, "Come back to Concubine Ming, I'm feeling better. I just took medicine."
I felt a little itchy after that, but it’s nothing serious.” After saying that, he lowered his head, revealing the scar on his neck, which really made me feel pity for him.
Yun Shang smiled coldly.
"Eh..." Ying Jieyu on the side suddenly made a sound that seemed to be a bit doubtful. Everyone looked at Ying Jieyu, but they saw that Ying Jieyu's eyes fell on the cat on the ground.
"Just now I was startled by the bloody cat, but I didn't pay attention to it. Just now I glanced at it. Although the cat was stained, I could vaguely see that the color of the fur was yellow.
If I remember correctly, a few days ago, shortly after the emperor sent the ingot to the concubine, he also gave a yellow cat to Fu Meiren? There are not many cats and dogs in the palace.
There are even fewer yellow-haired cats. Take a look, Mrs. Fu, but are they from your palace?"
Li Fuyi was shocked and lowered his head, "The bloody cat is really scary. I don't dare to look at it..."
Ying Jieyu smiled slightly and said to the maid behind Li Fuyi, "Since Fu Mei doesn't dare to look at it, let the maid behind you see it. The maid behind you must also know about the things in your palace."
Concubine Ming's eyes fell lightly on Ying Jieyu. After a moment, she turned to look at the palace maid behind Li Fuyi and said, "Just take a look."
The palace maid raised her head timidly, glanced quickly at the dead cat in the shovel, and quickly looked away, "It seems, it seems... it's the master's cat..."
Li Fuyi frowned, stood up and said, "Since Zi Rui said it belongs to me, it shouldn't be wrong. It's just that Concubine Mingjian, I had teased it before going to bed, so just now
I never thought it would be from my palace, and I don’t know why it came here. However, it is definitely impossible for me to harm the concubine. If I really had that intention, how could I use my own
Where’s the cat…”
Concubine Ming naturally knew in her heart that even though her niece had all kinds of thoughts, it was absolutely impossible for her to do anything to her at this time, so she waved her hand and said, "The Ai family knows it's not you, but the people in your palace also have to
Check carefully, you are already asleep, the door must be locked, the door is obviously locked, how come this cat appears here for no reason? "
"Ah sneeze..." Yun Shang sneezed suddenly, and after she finished sneezing, she said quickly, "Ms. Princess, Chang'er didn't interrupt you on purpose, but I don't know what's going on. Chang'er always smells
There was a strong fragrance, so I couldn't help it... Shang'er was allergic to perfume... I don't know what happened, I didn't have this fragrance just now, why did it suddenly appear..."
The women in the harem were all human beings. When they heard Yun Shang's words, they became a little confused. Concubine Ming frowned and murmured, "Powder?"
Yun Shang nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he sneezed again, "A sneeze..."
"It smells a bit fragrant. It seems to have appeared just now. It was clearly not there before." Yun Shang took a breath and frowned.
It was not there before, but suddenly it appeared. Concubine Ming pondered for a moment, and her eyes fell on Yun Shang. Everyone was there all the time just now, but the only thing that suddenly appeared was... this quilt on Yun Shang's body.
Yun Shang seemed to suddenly remember this, so she lowered her head and took a deep breath into the quilt, "Ah sneeze..." "A sneeze..."
Yun Shang sneezed several times in succession. Concubine Jin stood up quickly, took away the quilt from Yun Shang, and pulled Yun Shang to stand beside her.
"Is it better?" Concubine Jin looked at Yun Shang, worry in her eyes.
Yun Shang nodded, "It's better."
Concubine Ming looked at Concubine Jin and Yun Shang for a long time, then turned to Aunt Yu and said, "Is this quilt stained with fragrant powder?"
Aunt Jade also looked confused, "No, this is the quilt that you have always covered yourself with, the concubine. Just now, the emperor was in a hurry. Many of the quilts in the box had not been dried, so I took the quilt from your soft couch.
Brought it."
As Aunt Yu spoke, she walked to the chair where Yun Shang was sitting, picked up the quilt, and smelled it, "No, I didn't smell any special fragrance."
Yun Shang stretched out her head and smelled it, then sneezed again, nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, mama, smell it again."
Aunt Jade smelled it again, but her eyes were still confused, "The smell on this quilt is the same as the incense on the toffee's clothes. It must be the fragrance that the palace maid picked up when she fumigated her clothes."
"Incense?" Yun Shang murmured to himself, then raised his head and looked at Taifei Ming and said, "Ms. Taifei, can Shang'er ask about the incense on your body?"
Although Princess Ming felt that Yun Shang was a little rude, she agreed.
Yun Shang walked up to Concubine Ming and sniffed it, "No, the scent on this quilt is very similar to the incense on Concubine Ming, but it shouldn't be the case. This quilt is clearly made of fragrant powder.
