"The steward of Shangxiangfang in the palace is a person who is very good at identifying fragrances. Why don't the emperor go find it and have a look. I don't know what the harm is in this fragrant powder." After hearing this, Concubine Jin looked a little nervous and said quickly.
Concubine Ming snorted and said, "Fragrant powder, fragrant powder, fragrant powder again. It was because of the fragrant powder before. The Ai family wants to see what is fishy in this fragrant powder."
When Emperor Ning heard this, he summoned Eunuch Zheng and asked him to call the steward of Shangxiangfang. The palace attendants in Changchun Palace had already gathered outside the palace, kneeling on the snow.
Concubine Ming snorted and said, "You guys are the ones staying up tonight? You should tell me carefully, did anything strange happen tonight? Did you hear any sounds?"
The palace maids and attendants who were kneeling on the snow kowtowed several times. After a long while, one of the chamberlains timidly said, "I only heard a few meows, but they didn't seem to be in our palace. The masters in the palace these days
We all like to keep cats, so I didn’t pay too much attention to it, and nothing else happened.”
"The servants didn't see anything else." All the servants said quickly.
Concubine Ming smiled coldly, "Both of them didn't see anything. Could it be that there is a ghost in Changchun Palace? Come here, pull the Ai family down. Twenty big boards per person."
All of a sudden, a wailing sound sounded outside the palace, and a coldness flashed in Yun Shang's eyes. It was indeed the Li family's usual tactic, taking it out on the palace people at every turn. Human life was really very important in their eyes.
Not worth the money.
As soon as he pulled the group of palace people down, Eunuch Zheng walked in with the steward of Shangxiangfang. The steward of Shangxiangfang was a nun in her thirties. After entering, she hurriedly saluted, "
This servant has met the emperor, the concubine, and all the masters..."
Concubine Ming was panicking, so she waved her hand randomly and said, "Princess Yun Shang said that the quilt was stained with fragrant powder. Go and take a look. Is it true as Princess Yun Shang said?"
The nanny quickly responded, walked forward, held the quilt in both hands, sniffed it gently, her expression condensed a bit, as if she was a little unsure, she sniffed again, then walked to the hall and knelt down and said,
"Your Majesty, Concubine, the fragrant powder on this quilt is harmful to people, so we must not leave it behind."
"Something that is harmful to people?" Emperor Ning's expression condensed when he heard this, "Tell me, what is that thing for?"
The nanny quickly said, "If this slave smells it correctly, the fragrant powder on the quilt should be called summoning incense. Its fragrance is very unique and can attract all kinds of things, such as ants, snakes, centipedes and other things."
For some animals, fortunately it is winter now, and there are fewer little things that can come out. If it comes to summer, the consequences will be disastrous."
The faces of everyone in the hall suddenly turned pale. Concubine Ming clenched the handle of the pearwood chair in her hand and gritted her teeth, "Aunt Yu, when did you put on this quilt?"
When Aunt Yu heard this, she quickly said, "I just put it on today. The previous quilt was stained yesterday when Yuanbao jumped on it. I thought that Fu Meiren gave me a quilt cover embroidered by myself a few days ago. Today
I just made a special trip to dig it out and put it on."
"Fu Meiren?" Concubine Ming turned her head and looked at Li Fuyi, her eyes full of doubts, "Is this from Fu Meiren?"
Li Fuyi bit his lip and quickly knelt down in the tunnel and said, "It's true that I sent it to you, but I really didn't do anything in it. The same happened to the previous cat, and now this quilt cover. Aunt, this is the same."
It is clearly a conspiracy specifically targeting me..."
Yun Shang glanced at the cat on the ground, then at the quilt cover, bit her lip and said, "Mom, if this quilt is placed in the bedroom, will the fragrance float outside the bedroom?"
Then he pointed at the miserably dead cat on the ground, frowned and said, "This cat died inexplicably in the palace of the Dowager Empress, but a group of eunuchs and maidens didn't see anything unusual. What Chang'er meant was that,
Could it be that the scent attracted the cat, but because the window was closed, it banged against the window and died?"
When Aunt Yu heard this, she said, "Princess, are you kidding me? How could this fragrance spread outside? Moreover, if a cat bumped into the window, how could it not be heard?"
Yun Chang nodded, "That's right, but Chang'er really couldn't think of other possibilities. No one in the palace heard any strange noises, but the newly put on quilt happened to have that summoning incense on it."
As soon as Yun Shang finished speaking, she heard another voice, "I'm looking at it, it seems possible." But it was Lan Guibi...
Hearing this, Yun Shang couldn't help but smile at the corner of her mouth. Hey, this person who spoke carelessly was talking when he heard the sound of footsteps. A chamberlain came in and said, "Ms. Princess, there is a
The old grandma was beaten so hard that she couldn't stand it anymore, so she said she was willing to recruit him."
When Princess Ming heard this, her body trembled, and she quickly raised her voice and said, "Bring it in to the Ai family."
Outside, a servant dragged in a dying old nanny. As soon as the old nanny saw Concubine Ming, she quickly fell to the ground and cried heartbrokenly, "Old slave, I'm recruiting, I'm recruiting, please stop beating me."
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Concubine Ming smiled coldly, "Is this Aunt Cui who is responsible for training and cleaning the palace maids?"
The old woman kowtowed quickly and said, "It's the old slave."
"Then tell me, what is going on?" Ming Tai Fei picked up the teacup, even though she was furious, she still looked calm and calm.
Aunt Cui said quickly, "I blame the old slave for being obsessed with the little money. The dead cat was released by the old slave, and the powder in the quilt was also released by the old slave. The old slave did this just because,
That man wants to blame the beauty."
"That person?" Concubine Ming frowned slightly and snorted, "Then tell me, who is that person?"
Then Grandma Cui kowtowed and said, "Old slave will say that I just asked the concubine to spare my life. I don't want to die yet..."
Concubine Ming snorted, "She is so afraid of death that she still doesn't forget to beg for her own life. The Ai family just agrees. With so many people sitting here, let them be witnesses."
Aunt Cui quickly said, "Old slave, I would like to thank the Dowager Empress for not killing her. That person is..."
Aunt Cui turned around, looked around the crowd, and then raised her finger to point at someone, "It's Concubine Lan..."
Everyone was shocked, but Concubine Lan was so shocked that she could not recover for a long time. Concubine Ming even frowned and smiled coldly, "Since you dare to blame others at this time, it seems that it is
The beating hasn’t been severe yet. Someone, pull me down and continue beating..."
Aunt Cui quickly kowtowed several times and said, "Everything the old slave said is true. Is it possible that the concubine wants to break her promise?"
"Well, you said it was Concubine Lan who instigated you, so what evidence do you have?" Concubine Ming's eyes shot towards Aunt Cui like sharp knives. Yun Shang lowered her head slightly, thinking secretly in her heart.
Concubine Ming didn’t believe Aunt Cui’s statement that everything was instigated by Lan Guifei. It should be because Lan Guifei was originally a person close to the queen. Lan Guifei Yun Shang also investigated and found out that her father was just a seventh-rank sesame official.
, Lan Guifei's ability to rise from a little palace maid to the position of noble concubine must be due to the queen. It can be said that Lan Guifei was trained by the queen with great effort. I am afraid she also helped the queen before.
He did a lot of harmful things.
Yun Shang's peripheral vision looked at the concubine sitting next to her, who seemed a little careless, but she was secretly frightened. The fragrant powder just now was given to her quietly by her concubine. She always thought that the concubine was living in the cold palace.
After more than ten years, even if she had her own power, she would probably be pitifully small. But I didn't expect that this move, although Concubine Ming still didn't believe it, would definitely make it impossible for Concubine Lan to make a comeback in the end.
His mother-in-law is really a secretive person. What happened at the palace banquet today must have been brought by Ming Taifei to test him, but his mother-in-law was able to take this opportunity to attack her and kill the queen.
one of the hands...
Aunt Cui said quickly, "Old slave, I have evidence. If there is evidence, the evidence is sewn inside the quilt on Lao slave's bed."
After hearing this, Emperor Ning turned around and ordered the attendants around him to take people to check. After a while, the attendants brought back something. The thing was put in a blue sachet. Yun Shang didn't know what it was.
Things, I just saw that after Concubine Ming got the things, the expression on her face suddenly became very wonderful.
Seeing this, Emperor Ning walked up to take a look, turned around, and his eyes fell on Lan Guibi, "Oh, I remember, Lan Guibi, when your father came to the imperial city to report his work at the beginning of the year, he once visited Guihua
I bought a few yards in Xiangxiang. You also talked to me at that time, saying that your father was getting old and would be unable to serve Ningguo in two years, so you took them over and lived in the imperial city.
Take care of me. But I don’t know how the house deed in your father’s name is in the hands of Aunt Cui? Is there your handwriting on it?”
When Lan Guifei heard this, her face suddenly turned pale, and she quickly stood up and said, "How could it be? My father said that after going back and forth, he was afraid of something unexpected happening on the road, so he lost the house deed, so he left it here with me.
I have been keeping it well, how could it be in the hands of Aunt Cui, since I am not familiar with Aunt Cui."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Cui quickly raised her voice and said, "My dear concubine, this is obviously what you gave to this old slave. The old slave is old and has nothing to gain. Logically speaking, he should live in peace and stability.
After spending the remaining two years, he was sent out of the palace in two years. The old slave risked the crime of beheading to work for the noble concubine because the noble concubine said she had a yard in Osmanthus Alley.
, I was willing to give it to the old slave to support him in his old age, so that he could have a place to stay after leaving the palace. The old slave couldn't hold back for a while, so he took it in..."
"Nonsense!" Lan Guifei said quickly, "Your Majesty, I swear that I have never done such a thing. The house deed must be fake. The house deeds are all in my palace. They are placed in the palace.
It’s in the secret compartment of the piano on the table.”
Emperor Ning smiled and threw the house deed in the sachet on the ground, "Look, this is your handwriting? Is this your house deed?"
But Lan Guifei didn't even look at her. Her expression was a bit stubborn. Although her face was pale, her back was straight, "You don't need to look at me, it definitely doesn't belong to me."
Emperor Ning stared at Lan Guifei for a long time and then said, "Come here, go to Lan Guifei's palace to find the piano she mentioned and bring it over."
There was a low reply from outside, but no one spoke in the palace. Lan Guibi only felt that it seemed like a long time had passed before she heard the sound of footsteps. Lan Guibi was shocked, turned around, and saw the attendant holding her in his hand.
The piano that he usually played came over.
Emperor Ning said, "Since you have set up hidden compartments in the piano, why don't you find the house deed in the piano yourself and show it to us?"
Lan Guibi couldn't care about anything else anymore. She quickly stood up, took the piano, and twisted the tail. She saw a hidden compartment behind the piano body, but there was no house deed that Lan Guibi mentioned. There was only one
Paper package.
Only then did Lan Guibi look a little panicked, "How could it be? Where's my house deed?" As she spoke, she touched the secret compartment again, but accidentally dropped the paper package in the secret compartment on the ground.
, the paper bag fell and scattered, and a faint fragrance filled the hall. Shang Xiangge's housekeeper looked straight and said quickly, "This is also a summoning incense..."
When Emperor Ning heard this, veins popped up on his forehead. He walked from Concubine Ming's seat to the palace and kicked Lan Guifei, "Didn't you say that the house deed is in the piano? Why is there no house deed, but there is no house deed?"
Is there this harmful summoning incense?"
Lan Guifei's face turned a little blue, and she quickly said, "I don't know, I don't know why this summoning incense appears here, and my house deed is also missing..."
Emperor Ning snorted coldly, "I don't know? Who knows about the hidden patterns in this piano?"
Lan Guibi shook her head, "No one knows, but these things are really not done by my concubine."
Concubine Ming always felt something very strange in her heart. Her eyes were sharp, but Lan Guifei's reaction just now didn't seem to be fake. People often reveal their true nature most easily when they are most critical.
Concubine Ming thought about it and raised her voice, "Emperor, don't worry, don't accuse anyone unjustly. Concubine Lan is usually an honest person, but today she suddenly did such a rebellious thing. This matter is...
There is something strange. Since Concubine Lan said that this fragrant powder is not hers, this matter is easy to handle. Everyone in the palace has a specific way to receive things. The steward of Shangxiangfang can tell me what materials are needed for this fragrant powder.
Made? Who has received these materials?"
The steward of Shangxiangfang responded, "This fragrant powder is made by drying and grinding the stuff secreted by the flower of a pitcher plant called pitcher plant, and adding some medicinal materials, because a small amount can attract insects.
It has the effect of ants, so the palace often mixes some insecticides to kill rats and cockroaches. Because in winter, there are very few rats and bugs, but few palaces come to receive this medicine, but Jinglan Palace
A few days ago, I sent a palace maid to pick up some. She said that for some reason, there was a lot less food in the kitchen. Maybe it was because of rats. She also picked up the amount for five or six times at once, saying that she was preparing for next year.
I don’t want to keep running around to get it. However, it’s useless just to get the pitcher plant powder from the slave. To make the fragrant powder, you need some medicinal materials. The Dowager Empress can also ask the queen.
Hospital……"
Hearing this, Concubine Lan smiled miserably, with a bit of desolation in her expression, "Yes, a few days ago, a palace maid reported to me that there was a rat in the kitchen, and she wanted to get some medicinal powder.
I never bothered about trivial matters, so I agreed, but I didn’t expect that it would become the last straw for me.”
Emperor Ning said coldly, "It's already come to this, why are you still acting like this pitifully? Now that all the witnesses are in place, what else do you have to say?"
Lan Guifei smiled and knelt down on the ground, "If you want to accuse me, why bother? I have nothing to say."
Emperor Ning raised his hand and said, "Come here, Concubine Lan is so vicious that she has been thrown into the cold palace..."
Concubine Ming frowned and opened her mouth to say something, but she just opened her mouth and did not say anything. What did she say, that she felt something was fishy? But there were all witnesses and no evidence to refute it. Or should I say Lan Guibi?
A person who is a queen will definitely not do such a thing. However, forming cliques, even in the harem, is something that the emperor is afraid of.
Concubine Ming glanced back and forth at everyone for a long time, but found nothing. Although Concubine Jin was a character before, she just stayed in the cold palace for more than ten years and had nothing. Now it is too late to save the child in her belly, so what?
Are you planning this? Yun Shang... has been staying in Ningguo Temple since he was a child. No matter how smart his mind is, there is no way he can do such things in the palace without anyone noticing.
Concubine Ming frowned. There might be no peace in the harem. Thinking about it, she became even more flustered and said in a loud voice, "Send Aunt Cui, this unscrupulous slave who sells out to the owner, to Yexiangfang."
Yexiangfang, although it sounds like a good name, is the place where the filth from all the palaces is collected. Although Ming Taifei previously promised Aunt Cui to spare her name, there are still many ways to make her life worse than death.
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Grandma Cui didn't seem to care at all, muttering to herself, "It's good to be alive, it's good to be alive." Then she was pulled down.
It seemed that the truth of this farce was revealed. Concubine Ming waved her hand and said she was a little tired. Everyone was tired after having been making trouble for so long, so they all returned to her palace.
"It's so satisfying. Concubine Lan has harmed many people as queen, and now she's getting retribution..." Qianyin said with a smile.
Yun Shang was silent all the way, as if she was thinking about something, and she was also a little absent-minded while sitting on the soft couch. Qin Yi came to ask her to soak her feet and waited for a long time before she answered. But just after soaking her feet, she suddenly stood up.
,"I see."
Qinyi and Qianyin looked at each other, "Princess, what do you know?"
Yun Shang smiled slightly and said, "I understand. Previously, Lan Guifei was anxious and put the deed of the house in the secret compartment of her qin. At that time, someone went to Lan Guifei's palace first and took the deed of the house from the qin.
After leaving, he also put the fragrant powder in, this trick is absolutely amazing..."
Qin Yi smiled and asked, "Is it possible that the princess has been thinking about this?"
Yun Shang smiled slightly and did not answer, but the smiling expression revealed a lot. Qin Yi and Qian Yin looked at each other, sighed, said nothing more, and waited for Yun Shang to settle down. (To be continued)
