Don’t Mess with the Tough Lady

Royal palace, imperial garden.

"Sister Guifei, you see how nice this spring is." Concubine Shu and Sun Ruyun twisted a bunch of flower branches with delicate hands. The yellow petals of the goose are just opening, the branches are luxuriant, and they are really beautiful.

Sun Ruyun is only sixteen years old this year. Back then, the draft girl in the palace was sealed as a concubine. In the past few years, she has been floating in the palace without any improvement.

Now it seems that this woman is born with a pair of dangling pill and phoenix eyes.

"My younger sister is really better than Huajiao." Du Qingheng smiled with an inexplicable lip curling. He couldn't hear anything in his tone, but Sun Ruyun hurriedly put down the flower branch in his hand, with a look on his face a little horrified, and said: "Sister It’s the country’s beauty."

It feels good to be complimented. Du Qingheng raised his hand to hold the kerchief and pressed the corner of his eyes. He smiled and said, "You and I are both sisters, so why not be so polite."

The concubine Zhao Feiyan on the side just curled her lips slightly without saying much.

"I really can't control the spring in the garden. The queen empress is forbidden, I am afraid I can't appreciate such a beautiful scenery." Du Qingheng seemed to sigh with emotion, and said: "Twilight, send someone to fold some flowers. Send it to the Queen's Niang Niang Palace."

The three of them wandered in the Imperial Garden for a while, but Du Qingheng said that he was a little tired, and led a group of eunuchs and court ladies back to Yanxi Palace.

"The empress seems to be upset." Mu Chen sent Du Xuechun winter jasmine flowers to Du Xuechun at the order of Du Qingheng. When she returned, she found her sitting silent by the window, walked over and asked softly.

Du Qingheng didn't answer for a long time, but sat quietly. Mu Chen still had a faint appearance and didn't seem to want to get a response. Until the twilight approached, the palace lady Qi Luo came in quietly and slowly to light the oil lamp, Du Qingheng He slowly got up with his desk and chair.

"Mu Chen, is the old man in this palace yellow?" Du Qingheng looked at Mu Chen, whose head was lowered, slowly raising his delicate face with green fingers, and asked softly.

"No, Niang Nianghe has not changed in the past." Mu Chen seemed to curl his lips, his eyes were stunned, Du Qingheng was stunned for a moment, she always felt that this gaze seemed to have been seen somewhere, but now she remembered that it was that person. .

"In the past?" Du Qingheng laughed, "You and one of my old friends have similar eyes."

The room fell into silence again. Not long after, Du Qingheng summoned Qiluo and ordered her to prepare dinner.

"The people in the House of Internal Affairs are used to walking in the wind. The queen has been banned for a few days, and the food here is much more refined." Du Qingheng said mockingly while looking at the luxuriant dishes on the table.

The emperor ordered Concubine De to investigate witches and gu, but there was no movement in the past few days. Du Qingheng took a few mouthfuls of vegetables at random and ate them without saltiness. Qi Luo stood quietly to the side to prepare dishes for Du Qingheng.

"What happened to Lingyu Palace these past two days?" The chopsticks in Du Qingheng's hand paused for a moment, and he spoke lightly, asking Mu Shen on the side.

"Never, I only heard that she asked for the income book of each palace in the palace for the past two months from the House of Internal Affairs." Mu Chen replied.

Although I don’t know how this little **** managed to intervene in the palaces, Du Qingheng always feels relieved when he does things. She nodded. Although she doesn’t know what medicine the concubine is selling in the gourd, she usually doesn’t say anything. Yes, it is estimated that no storm can be overcome.

Concubine De has never walked with the palaces, and has no allies in the palace. Now Du Xuechun is confined to Kunning Palace, and Concubine De is even more isolated and helpless. Since she is under her nose, if she does something, it would not be a hindrance. Difficult.

It's just that she wants this entry book, why?

"I will go to the House of Internal Affairs tomorrow and ask for the same entry book." Du Qingheng said to Mu Chen after having dinner, gargle, and wiped the corners of his mouth with a kerchief.

"Niang, you are still reading at so late, don't let your eyes go."

In Lingyu Palace, the concubine De Fei Ye Qingmei, who was worried by Du Qingheng, was looking at the account book she had requested from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Her next maid turned the oil lamp on and said softly to Ye Qingmei.

"Nothing." Ye Qingmei smiled and waved her hand to indicate that she didn't have to wait in front of her, and continued to look through the account book in her hand.

Naturally, she found this account book for no reason. The House of Internal Affairs is in charge of the various incomes of the harem, providing food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the rewards of the emperor and dowager are naturally registered.

The emperor sent her to conduct a thorough investigation of the Witch Gu. At first, she couldn't do anything about it. Later, she thought about it. If you start with the materials used by Du Qingheng's people from the villains found in Kunning Palace, you might gain something.

She checked that the cloth used by this villain was brocade, which is also common in palaces of brocade. After checking the account books for nearly two months, all palaces have made money, but the murderer seems to have overlooked something. The eight-character paper for the Queen Mother’s birthday is not available in every palace.

"Threaded rice paper." De Fei held the small piece of paper in her hand, but it was **** wide, not even an inch long, and the lines on it were clear, it was real threaded rice paper.

Only the concubines above the concubine have the right to use this kind of rice paper, and most of the other palaces use ordinary single silk road paper.

Except for the emperor and queen, the only people who have the right to use this paper are themselves, the queen mother, and Du Qingheng.

She carefully compared the input of rice paper from each palace, and after confirming that it was correct, she did not care about the late night, and took the note and the account book to find Feng Xuan Che.

At this time Feng Xuan Che had already known that Xue Ning's arrangements for the two female disciples in the palace were extraordinary. However, within two days, the candidate was determined on Du Qingheng.

He actually suspected Du Qingheng from the beginning, but there was no evidence at the time. If she directly identified it, it is estimated that she would not only deny it, but also lash out in front of the mother.

It’s just that the people in the harem still need to resolve this matter. After Xue Ning passed the news to him, he sent someone to find a way to unwittingly bring up the account books of the House of Internal Affairs in front of Concubine De, and gave Concubine some clues to help her investigate. Clear this matter.

Fortunately, De Fei was not stupid, she thought of calling the internal affairs office account book to calculate the time, and it was time to reply to herself.

"The emperor, see you." Guo Yuanqing hurriedly came in to announce, Feng Xuanche twitched the corner of his mouth, and people came.

"Biography." Feng Xuanche sat at the desk in a good mood, tapping randomly on the table with his fingers.

A few days ago, the old fox Du Heng had troubles in the DPRK all day, causing him to be in distress. Now he has reached a consensus with the family to solve the problem of food and grass on the front line, and has also found out the real mastermind of the witchcraft matter, so he feels much more refreshed.

Not long after, Ye Qingmei came in with money, holding the thick account books of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in his hand.

"The concubine please greet the emperor." Ye Qing said with a bow with an eyebrow.

"Free." Feng Xuan Che raised his hand and said, "Is there any progress on the Witch Gu matter?"

"The emperor, this is the account book of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The concubine found that the rice paper material used by the villain was threaded paper." Ye Qingmei handed both the paper and account book to Guo Yuanqing and presented it to the emperor, before saying: "Exclude one by one. The rest, only the queen mother and the noble concubine."

That's it, who framed Du Xuechun didn't say clearly.