The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

All the concubines stood up and saluted: "I respectfully welcome the Queen, may the Queen be blessed."

The queen walked to the throne and sat down slowly. Then, she glanced at everyone, and then said: "Sisters, please lie flat and sit down."

As soon as everyone sat down, they heard the imperial concubine say: "The Queen looks like she is really in good health."

The queen seemed unable to understand the deep meaning of her words, and smiled gently and said: "In the past two months, Concubine Lao and Concubine Jin have been involved in all matters in the palace."

Then, she tilted her head slightly and said: "Hua Fan, take out the things I prepared."

The painting fan made a clear "promise" sound, and she clapped her hands, and then two little maids walked into the hall and stood in front of the noble concubine and Jin Fei respectively.

Each of them held a tray in their hands, and the items placed on the tray were covered with red cloth.

The queen said: "The two sisters help manage the harem. They have no merit but hard work. This palace sees it and naturally wants to reward it generously. So I gave the concubine a peacock, sapphire and jasmine tiara, and concubine Jin a pair of glazed earrings inlaid with pearls. ."

The red cloth on the tray had been lifted. The imperial concubine took a look at the crown, played with it for a moment, and then put it back on the tray.

However, it was not placed firmly. The crown rolled twice on the tray and narrowly missed falling to the ground.

Seeing this, a smile finally appeared on the imperial concubine's lips, she stood up and thanked her, saying, "Thank you, Queen, for the reward. This is my concubine's duty."

Her eyes met the queen's in mid-air. The queen seemed unaware of the provocation in the concubine's words, and only said: "It's fine if the concubine likes it."

The noble concubine took action, and Concubine Jin also stood up to thank her and said, "I would like to thank the Queen for the reward."

Compared to the imperial concubine, Concubine Jin's attitude is much more humble and respectful.

The Queen nodded: "Concubine, please sit down, there is no need to be so formal."

Next, the queen's eyes turned to the pregnant Concubine Jiang and Zhen Meiren: "You two are the nobles in the palace now, so you should pay more attention to your health. If you feel unwell, just send someone to ask for leave. No need to Stick to the palace rules.”

Both of them responded: "Concubine, thank you for your concern."

The queen said: "I feel very relieved that Madam Zhenmei is under the care of Aunt Feng given by my mother. Concubine Jiang on the other hand -"

As she spoke, she looked at Concubine Jiang and said, "You are a twin, but you are too thin now. I feel frightened just looking at you."

Jiang Concubine gently put her hand on her belly and said softly: "Queen, please rest assured. Although I look thin, the imperial doctor said that this child is still strong. Even for the sake of the emperor's heir, I will work harder." For meals.”

The queen nodded: "That's good, you have always been a sensible person."

She said this sincerely, as if she thought so from the bottom of her heart.

As soon as the words changed, she heard her say again: "It's just that you have lost a child before. This time, you must be careful."

As soon as her seemingly caring words actually hurt people, no one knew what Concubine Jiang was thinking, but on the surface she was extremely moved: "I would like to thank you, the Queen, for your concern."

After caring about the two pregnant women, the queen turned her attention to Jiang Shiying and heard her say: "I have heard about the incident of Yongning's pure noble concubine falling into the water. This matter is Yongning's fault. I, the queen, have , apologize to Pure Noble Concubine on her behalf."

Hearing this, Jiang Shiying said: "Your Majesty, you are serious. You are the Queen, and I am just a noble concubine. How can I ask you to apologize to me?"

The other concubines thought that in front of the queen, the pure noble concubine seemed to know some humility.

Immediately afterwards, I heard her say: "However, when you said this, I thought of it. Your Majesty has ordered the princess to write a letter of apology in her own hand after picking up the Buddha beans, and on the day of greetings, in front of Read it on the faces of all the concubines.

The concubine heard that the princess had left Le'an Hall more than ten days ago. Why was the apology letter still missing? "

When she said this, she kept a smile on her lips, squinted her eyes slightly, and looked up.

The two people's eyes met, and the swords and swords between them seemed to condense into substance, making everyone else in the hall unable to help but slow down their breathing.

The queen looked at her expressionlessly for a moment, then suddenly raised her lips and said, "Go and invite the princess out."

The painting fan made a "promise" sound and retreated.

After a while, he led Princess Yongning back to the palace.

Today's Princess Yongning knows the rules very well. After paying homage to the queen, she gave gifts to all the ladies above the concubine rank.

Come to think of it, after the Queen got back the Phoenix Seal last night, she didn't bother to sleep much, but was busy teaching her daughter.

After that, it was the concubines and below who presented gifts to the princess.

Afterwards, without waiting for anyone to ask, Princess Yongning walked up to Jiang Shiying.

First, he read her "apology letter" with great emotion, and then he blessed Jiang Shiying and said, "Yongning has realized his mistake, and please forgive Yongning."

If her eyes weren't filled with resentment, almost overflowing, it would look like that.

Jiang Shiying didn't say anything about forgiveness or not, but just said: "The princess did something wrong, and your majesty has already punished her. I think after the princess tempered her temper, she already knew what she should do and what she shouldn't do. Same thing. It’s a mistake, I believe the princess will not make it again in the future.”

Princess Yongning's words seemed to be squeezed out of her throat: "Princess, noble concubine, don't worry, Yongning has learned her lesson."

Jiang Shiying seemed very pleased, smiled and said: "That's good, I believe His Majesty will also be happy about it."

After leaving the entrance of Fengyi Palace, she saw Jiang Concubine walking towards Jiang Shiying and calling her: "Sister."

Jiang Shiyingquan pretended that he didn't see or hear anything, so he got directly into the carriage and ordered, "Go back to Jingyang Palace."

Jiang Concubine was stunned on the spot. Concubine Li saw this scene and sneered: "Who does Jiang Concubine call sister? You should call her pure noble concubine empress."

After saying that, he left without looking back.

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That afternoon, in the front hall of Ganquan Palace, Yao Xingde reported the investigation results of the fire in Yonghe Palace.

"Your Majesty, the servants found a wooden barrel and the body of a young eunuch in the dry well of the cold palace. There were traces of lamp oil in the barrel."

Lu Zhaolin's expression turned serious: "Which palace is he serving?"

Yao Xingde said: "He is the little eunuch who runs errands in Shangshan Supervisor. The slaves also investigated in Shangshan Supervisor. Others said that he is very taciturn on weekdays and there is nothing special about him. He lives with five other little eunuchs. Nothing special was found in the residence.

There is only one fellow who has relatively frequent contacts and works as an errand in Fengyi Palace. But a few days ago, the Queen Empress stayed behind closed doors to recuperate, and his fellow countryman had not come out of Fengyi Palace for a long time. "

This means that the clue is broken when it reaches the little eunuch. The only person who might be involved with him is the Queen's Fengyi Palace.

Lu Zhaolin asked: "Does he have any contact with Yonghe Palace?"

Yao Xingde shook his head and said: "We have never been together."