A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Everyone could hear that Emperor Xuande was unhappy. Some people were gloating, while others were worried about Shen Zhixiu.

Su Qingyu wanted to explain vaguely, but before she could open her mouth, she saw Su Yuanzhou stand up and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Shen has some urgent official business to attend to. He will be here later. I would like to ask you to apologize to Your Majesty and Empress Chen first."

If someone else had explained it, Emperor Xuande might have reprimanded him, but since the person who spoke was Su Yuanzhou, Emperor Xuande did not embarrass him.

He just said, "Since he has something important to do, let him do it."

Princess Yongjia and Li Chaoyun looked at each other, and for some reason, they both felt a little uneasy.

Shen Zhixiu's absence from the hall gave them the illusion that they were out of control.

Princess Yongjia calmed herself down and said that everything was ready. Even if Shen Zhixiu found out now, he would be powerless to save the situation.

After Su Qingyu presented the birthday gift, she returned to her seat.

Another quarter of an hour later, everyone finally presented their gifts.

Afterwards, the singing and dancing girls from the palace music troupe came up and performed festive programs.

After the singing and dancing, Sun Mao, the director of the Imperial Observatory, walked to the center of the hall. The longevity lamp, which was as tall as a person, was also carried to the center of the hall.

This is a ceremony that only takes place on the birthdays of the emperor and empress. Lighting the longevity lanterns symbolizes longevity and longevity.

Everyone present was shocked. They knew that the Emperor doted on this Concubine Chen, but they didn't expect that he doted on her to this extent.

Sun Mao was also a man who knew how to handle things. He invited Emperor Xuande to come forward and light the lamp for Empress Chenfei personally.

Emperor Xuande naturally agreed, walked forward, took the long candle, and lit the lantern.

When the lanterns are lit, the ceremony is considered complete. In fact, it is nothing more than seeking good luck.

Emperor Xuande returned to the palace again, looked at Consort Chen and said, "My beloved concubine will surely live a long life and enjoy a long life of blessings."

As soon as he finished speaking, the longevity lamp in the middle of the hall suddenly dimmed. The wick inside was extinguished.

At the same time, Concubine Chen suddenly covered her abdomen and said, "Your Majesty, I suddenly feel uncomfortable."

The sudden change caught Emperor Xuande off guard.

This longevity lamp uses special oil, how could it possibly go out? And the concubine had a stomachache, could she have been poisoned?

Emperor Xuande didn't care how the longevity lamp went out and hurriedly ordered the imperial physician to come forward.

Fortunately, Director Liu of the Imperial Hospital was there today. He trotted to the main hall and knelt on the ground to take the pulse of Concubine Chen.

After a long while, Liu Yuanzheng finally spoke: "Your Majesty, I have checked your pulse and there is nothing abnormal."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I am incompetent."

This is how you serve the nobles in the palace. If the nobles fall ill, you have to apologize. If you can't diagnose the illness, you have to apologize even more.

At this time, Concubine Chen was holding her lower abdomen and biting her lower lip tightly, looking as if she was in unbearable pain.

When Emperor Xuande heard that Liu Yuanzheng could not diagnose anything abnormal, he immediately became furious. "She is in so much pain, and you told me she is not sick? What are you doing? Where are the other people in the Imperial Hospital? Come and take a look."

Liu Yuanzheng had no choice but to kneel on the ground and apologize.

Sun Mao, the director of the Imperial Observatory, looked at the eternal lamp for a long time, then took out five copper coins from his pocket, lay on the ground and threw the coins, muttering to himself.

Seeing him like this, Emperor Xuande asked, "Did Lord Sun notice anything unusual?"

Everyone present also looked at Sun Mao, wondering what he was doing.

Even when the emperor asked him questions, Sun Mao did not stop what he was doing and stared at the copper coins on the ground.

A smile appeared in Su Qingyu's eyes, and she thought that the play being performed by the Imperial Observatory was even better than that performed by the music troupe.

Princess Yongjia really played a big game this time. She used all the people she could to get rid of the Shen family.

After a while, Sun Mao stood up and said to Emperor Xuande: "Your Majesty, I observed the stars last night and saw that the Xuanyuan Seventeen Stars next to the Purple Star Emperor had an unusual phenomenon. The Xuanyuan Seventeen Stars are responsible for the safety of the nobles in the harem. The sudden appearance of unusual phenomena must mean something is going to happen."

"Just now, the longevity lamp suddenly went out again, so I did a divination. I saw that the lucky girl in the hall was murdered by evil magic, and the murderer is in the hall."

Emperor Xuande was confused. "The girl of destiny?"

In ancient books, there is a saying that the queen of a country is a woman of destiny.

The position of queen in the harem has been vacant for a long time. With so many concubines, who is the one with luck?

Sun Mao continued to explain, "Today is the birthday of Concubine Chen, so today in the hall, Concubine Chen is the well-deserved daughter of luck."

Emperor Xuande saw that Concubine Chen was still not feeling well, so he paused for a moment and asked, "You mean that Concubine Chen suddenly became ill because she was harmed by some evil spell?"

Sun Mao nodded and said, "Your Majesty is right. Now we just need to find the evil creature and kill the person who cast the spell, and the Concubine Chen will be fine."

Emperor Xuande suspected that this was another way for the concubines to win favor, and he was immediately furious. It would be fine if it was just a minor fight on weekdays, but today he was actually using evil magic to harm people.

"Go ahead and investigate. Whoever we find out today will be killed without mercy."

While speaking, Emperor Xuande glanced coldly at Concubine Xian, Concubine Rong and others behind him.

Several people wanted to explain, but the emperor didn't say anything, so they didn't dare to speak rashly.

Concubine Rong was indignant. Why did Jiang Ziyan suffer and she became a suspect?

Before Jiang Ziyan entered the palace, she and Concubine Xian could still compete with each other and she had some power in the palace.

But ever since Jiang Ziyan entered the palace, she has been almost the only favorite of the emperor, and the emperor's mind has been focused on Guanju Palace.

The virtuous concubine who was on good terms with Jiang Ziyan could often visit Guanju Palace, but she was treated coldly. If she hadn't had a prince, she didn't know what would have happened.

After receiving the emperor's order, Sun Mao began to walk around the hall and finally focused his attention on the gift next to Concubine Chen.

"Your Majesty, I request your permission to inspect these gifts. Since the Empress Chen is so obviously uncomfortable, the evil creature must be not far from her."

"I am worried that someone might use the excuse of sending gifts to harm the queen."

Emperor Xuande naturally agreed and told Sun Mao to investigate. He also ordered Hu Lu, who was beside him, to bring the young eunuch to help.

Three or four people began to check the pile of birthday gifts.

Su Qingyu saw Sun Mao reach over the gift box on the table and take the gift box she had given him from the middle.

While Hu Lu and others were still checking other things, Sun Mao had already opened Su Qingyu's gift and took out the round fan to look at it.

Sun Mao looked solemn, and he looked over and over for a long time. Then he suddenly pulled off the pendant on the fan handle and took out the rolled silk paper from the fan handle.

He carefully opened it and took a look at the contents. The upper part of the silk paper was a hand-painted lotus image, and the lower part was runes that he could not understand.

Sun Mao was a little suspicious. Wasn't it said to be Miao witchcraft? Why did it look like a scripture?

But he could not think too much at this moment. He knelt down with the silk paper in his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have found the evil object. On this silk paper is a witchcraft spell from southern Xinjiang. I have done some research on it. The content on it is a curse on Empress Chen and the Great Zhou."

Emperor Xuande's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he asked in a cold voice, "Who presented this?"