"Ah..." Everyone exclaimed in surprise, and all looked at Concubine An, did Concubine An really do this?

Even Ma Guan and Concubine Hui looked confused. Although they brought Du Juan here for interrogation, they didn't think it was Concubine An from the bottom of their hearts.

Concubine An has been thrown into limbo, and there are not many people around her who can command her, and she has never met Hesheli, so why would she do such a thing?

What good would it do her?Ma Guan couldn't think of any of them anyway.

Could it be that An Bin hated her to this extent?Or, is this person already crazy?

"You, what nonsense are you talking about? When did this palace order you to do such a thing?" An Pin was startled and cursed, obviously being taken aback, her cheeks flushed red with anger.

"Okay, that's great, what I said is right, you just want to deliberately frame me! I live in this cold palace, don't ask anything about the harem, and you still don't let me go! Concubine De, Did you plan to frame this palace on purpose?"

Concubine An was going crazy, she was framed for no reason, how could she bear this excitement?

He glared at Ma Guan viciously, wishing he could rush forward and do his best!

"Sister Anpin, please calm down. The grievance between you and me was wiped out last time. How could I use this to frame you?" Ma Yu choked speechlessly, but Anpin actually bit her, she was really crazy.

When she mentioned what happened last time, Yipin's face suddenly became a little strange, and Anpin also calmed down a little.

"I hope it's not you!" However, the tone was still strong: "I didn't do this, I can swear to the heavens: If I instigate Du Juan to harm the Hershey family, I would like to be struck by lightning and die a terrible death! "

"Sister Anpin, you can't make vows indiscriminately."

"Yeah, don't swear."

Concubine Duan, Concubine Xi and the others pinched their handkerchiefs, persuading them worriedly.

An Pin sneered and said: "I didn't do it, what are you afraid of? Du Juan, I treated you well before, why did you frame me like this?"

Du Juan also went crazy: "Miss An, you still don't admit what you did yourself? You send a maid to contact the servant, saying that as long as the servant can do this for you, you will find a way to get the servant out of Xinzheku .In order to win the trust of your servant, you even gave this dress, and you dare not admit it now?"

Everyone took another breath. It turned out that there was another reason behind it, that is, Du Juan would not harm Hesheli for no reason.

But Ma Juan felt that An Bin did not seem to be lying.

She is quite familiar with An Bin's temperament, she is a straightforward person, not so much flirtatious, otherwise she would not have done bad things and been caught by her repeatedly.

Furthermore, people in this era are very cautious about oaths, and An Pin dared to swear such an oath to the sky, which shows that she is indeed very calm.

"When did this palace send a maid to contact you? You are talking nonsense! I have stayed in this cold palace for several months, and there are only two maids around me, and there is no annual salary. How can I make clothes for you?" ? Heh, I haven't made new clothes for almost a year!"

Concubine An was anxious and angry. Someone must have deliberately framed her in this matter.

She glanced at the crowd coldly, and she was sure that the murderer behind the scenes was sitting among them.

At this time, Qiu Tong from Yanxi Palace finally came back and brought Concubine Hui's clothes, which were indeed very similar to Du Juan's.

With the evidence in front of him, the clothes were obviously not given by Concubine Hui.

"Concubine An, since she said that you sent a maid to contact her, you should call all the maids around you and let Du Juan identify them. If you can't identify them, you are naturally innocent." Concubine Hui cleared herself of the suspicion and finally let go Take a breath.

"Winter plum, cold dew." Immediately, Concubine An called the names of the two court ladies.

"My servant has seen all the ladies." La Mei and Han Lu walked into the hall, and they were kneeling beside Du Juan.

"Du Juan, take a closer look, but is it one of these two?" Concubine Hui asked Du Juan to identify him.

Du Juan just glanced at her and then retracted her gaze: "It's not them, the palace maid has a round face, she looks unfamiliar, she probably only entered the palace in the last two or three years."

"Hmph, you have a conscience! There are only these two maids by my side, but not the one you mentioned." An Pin was really worried about Du Juan biting people just now. Thinking of this, she sneered again: "Bengong is now It's hard to guarantee, how can I get you out of Xinzheku? You're probably being cheated!"

Du Juan's complexion changed, and he obviously thought of this possibility: "Hateful! The palace lady used your name as your majesty from the beginning, saying that you asked her to find a servant, and the servant believed it naively."

"How many times have you met?" Ma Guan asked suddenly.

"I've seen it four times. The first time we met was two months ago. At that time, the servant was still in the clothing bureau. She came to the clothing bureau to pick up clothes and told the servant about it. After a few days, the servant changed from The clothes were transferred to the Royal Garden, and only then did the servant believe her words. The second time we met was in the Royal Garden, and she gave this dress to the servant."

"The third time we met was a few days ago. She said that the time was ripe, so she first gave the servant a bottle of laxative. The fourth time was yesterday afternoon. She told the servant that the time was ripe, and she asked the servant to wipe the stone on the Fubiting at night. Oil."

When the matter progressed to this point, Du Juan no longer kept secrets, hated the person who designed her to death, and wished to find him as soon as possible.

"Does she have any features? Apart from a round face. For example, is there a mole on her face, and what about her facial features? If you can describe it more carefully, I might be able to draw it." Ma Guan reminded the key points in a persuasive manner.

"Sister Depin, can you draw people according to her description?" Niu Gulu asked unexpectedly, and the others were also surprised.

Ma Guan smiled and said, "Maybe the drawing is not accurate, but the general shape can be drawn."

Her painting skills are still good, otherwise she would not be able to show Yinzhen a picture book.

"Then I will trouble you." Niu Gulu smiled forcedly.

Ma Guan raised his eyebrows slightly, is this a guilty conscience?

That maid may not be the one who served Niu Gulushi, maybe she just bought it, so even if all the maids around Niu Gulushi are called, it may not be able to find out anything.

But she was already convinced that this matter was definitely related to Niu Gulu's family.

After thinking for a while, Du Juan replied: "My lady, please make sure to draw her! The maid is about the same height as the servant, but a little fatter than the servant, with a round face, round eyes, and slender eyebrows..."

She recounted all the details she remembered, but it was still too general for everyone.In the harem, there might be eighty if not a hundred court ladies with such a description.

A court lady brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and Ma Guan began to draw stroke by stroke in front of everyone.

She used the painting method of later generations, so it looked more three-dimensional, which made everyone amazed.

"This is a rough drawing, you can see what needs to be changed." Not long after, Ma Quan drew the first version and showed it to Du Juan.

Du Juan looked at it twice, frowned and said, "It doesn't look like it, the eyebrows are not curved or long enough, and the nose and mouth are not similar either."

Ma Guan continued to modify, paying attention to Niu Gulu's reaction while modifying, and found that the other party was indeed slightly nervous.

"How is this?"

"It's kind of like it, Empress Debi is really amazing." Du Juan couldn't help admiring her, and continued to point out the details. Ma Yuan took the trouble to revise it over and over again.

When it was revised to the tenth edition, Du Juan suddenly screamed: "That's it, that's her!"

All of a sudden, everyone was stunned. The hour had already passed, but at this moment, everyone was not sleepy, and they all looked at the portrait together.

"Everyone come and see, which palace maid is this, do you know her?" Concubine Hui was overjoyed, she couldn't believe that Concubine De had this skill.

In fact, Ma Guan was already so tired that she was almost paralyzed. If she hadn't been patient enough, she would have given up a long time ago.

"This court lady looks familiar...I remember it, I met her in Jingren Palace a few years ago, she should have served Empress Xiaozhaoren." It was Concubine Rong who provided the clue.

"Sister Rong Concubine said this, and I have a little impression. She did serve Empress Xiaozhaoren, but she should not be very close to her. After the empress passed away, she didn't know where she went." Hui Concubine also said. Come to think of it, after all, she often went to Jingren Palace back then.

"There should be a record at the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Ma Guan reminded.

Concubine Hui then sent someone to invite people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, now that the clues were clear, everyone held their breath, wanting to find out who this palace lady was and who was behind her orders.

Not long after, an eunuch came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the eunuch looked flustered and solemn.

Concubine Hui handed the portrait to him, and the eunuch recognized it at a glance: "Ladies and gentlemen, this maid is called Lidong. She used to serve the empress, and was later sent to the weaving bureau."

"It seems right. Someone, bring Lidong here." Concubine Hui said in high spirits.

But the eunuch said with a bitter face: "Ladies and gentlemen, this servant came here this time to report this incident. Just now, news came from the Weaving Bureau that Lidong suddenly died of poison."

"What?" Everyone was taken aback, Concubine Hui stood up straight away, her face turned blue and then pale, white and then dark.

Ma Guan was also stunned, everyone had been found out, and the truth was about to come to light, but suddenly died of poison?

She looked at Niu Gulushi immediately, just in time to see a smile on the other's face that she hadn't had time to put away.

She couldn't help clenching her fists, this woman is really too vicious, this is murder to silence her!

The clues were cut off, and Niu Gulu would never be found. No wonder she was so confident.

This Niu Gulu family's methods should not be underestimated, one link after another, I am afraid that when someone sent someone to inform her to come to Changchun Palace, she expected that the matter might be exposed, so she asked someone to end Lidong.

Concubine Hui sat down slumped, and her mood fell from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley in an instant. Such ups and downs made it difficult for her to accept it for a while.

It was Ma Guan who said, "First check the clothes bureau to find out who has been in contact with Lidong tonight. At the same time, search Lidong's room to see if there is anything important."

Although there is little hope, it is impossible to do nothing.

As for Du Juan, after everyone's discussion, it was decided to beat her [-] times. If she survived, she would be sent to Xin Zheku to be punished, which was a fulfillment of the promise.

Since there was no evidence to prove that it was An Pin who instigated it, there was no further punishment.

It was already the third watch, and all the concubines couldn't stand it any longer, so they all got up and went back to rest.

Ma Quan and Hui Concubine walked at the end, and when they had distanced themselves from the crowd, Ma Quan said softly: "Someone must have intentionally ordered this, and the scheme is superb."

"Sister Depin has someone to suspect?" Huipin was a little discouraged.

"Sister, think about it carefully, what is the purpose of this person?" Ma Guan didn't answer directly, but guided Hui Concubine to think for herself.

Concubine Hui thought for a while, and then said: "Framing Concubine An? No. Harming nobleman Hesheli? Not right... Sister, this person is here for you and me!"

Thinking about this point clearly, Concubine Hui couldn't help raising her voice, and she was very angry.

"My sister thinks so. There is no evidence to prove that An Bin did this. The nobleman Hesheli was only frightened. Her ultimate goal is us. She wants to use this incident to shake your prestige and mine. Shake your ability and my ability in the eyes of the emperor."

"The emperor is very angry today, what happened tonight will definitely make the emperor even more angry, Sister Hui, we have to be prepared to meet the emperor's anger."

From the very beginning, Ma Guan saw the opponent's purpose clearly.The other party made so many detours, but it was actually aimed at the two of them.

"It's really hateful! Who did my sister and I get in the way of? We were framed like this." Concubine Hui was about to die of anger.

"Sister, think about it carefully. If we are severely punished by the emperor and take back the right to control the harem, who will benefit the most?"

"The imperial concubine? The imperial concubine has already lifted the confinement. If it is really her, it makes sense." The first thing Concubine Hui thinks of is the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine has such power.

"Sister, think again?" Ma Guan felt that the imperial concubine was also suspected, but after seeing Niu Gulu's reaction tonight, he still felt that Niu Gulu was more suspicious.

Concubine Hui looked at her suspiciously: "Sister thinks it's not a noble concubine? Who else could it be... Wait, Niu Concubine is also possible, and the time is right. She was lifted from the confinement two months ago. If you start contacting Lidong and Dujuan, it is entirely possible!"

"That's right, and Lidong once served the Empress Empress, so it's a matter of course for Empress Niu to find her." Ma Guan stopped and lowered her voice again: "It's not clear who made the move, but we can design A trick to lure you into the urn."

"What is my sister going to do?" Concubine Hui's eyebrows twitched, she felt that Concubine De's mind was too active, and she would never fight against such a person in the future.

Ma Quan smiled and said, "Of course I took the initiative to return the rights to the imperial concubine."

So on the second day, rumors spread that the emperor was dissatisfied with Concubine Hui and Concubine De's ability to handle affairs, and planned to return the rights to the concubine, and the concubine would still be in charge of the harem.

As soon as the news came out, everyone didn't believe it at first, but later it was proved that Concubine De and Concubine Hui were severely reprimanded by the emperor, and they both hid in the room and cried bitterly, everyone gradually believed it.

As soon as the news got out, some people were happy and some were worried, Yipin and others were naturally gloating, they were dissatisfied with the emperor's decision at the beginning.Both Yipin and Rongpin think that they are more suitable to be in charge of the harem than Depin.

It's all right now, I can't manage it myself, and Concubine Hui and Concubine De are also deprived of their qualifications.It's better to return it to the imperial concubine, so that no one can be unconvinced.

The imperial concubine was also surprised when she heard the news, the emperor really doted on her, and just after the confinement ended, the emperor was going to return the rights to her.

For this reason, she decided to behave well, lest the emperor go back on his word.

Niu Gulushi was probably the one who hated the most. She thought that after Concubine Hui and Concubine De were punished, the power would fall into her own hands.

"Your Majesty, it's not that there is no chance for this matter. After all, this matter is really a rumor, and the emperor has not ordered it yet." The palace maid Shuiyu comforted her, but she knew how much the empress had paid for this right.

The planning started a few months ago, and on New Year's Eve, the emperor was finally moved and the confinement was lifted.Afterwards, he contacted Lidong and others to set up such a game, and it seemed to be successful, but it made the imperial concubine cheaper.

Not to mention my own mother, even she feels aggrieved.

"You're right, I haven't lost yet!" Niu Gulu's eyes showed a cold light: "Hmph, the imperial concubine has done a lot more evil things than this palace, so why is there such preferential treatment?"

"Your Majesty said so."

"Shuiyu, tell me, if the imperial concubine committed another crime just after her confinement, would the emperor forgive her?" Niu Gulu didn't know what to think of, and smiled a little strangely.

"That's definitely not possible." Shui Yu echoed: "But my lord, the imperial concubine is not that stupid to commit another crime so quickly."

Niu Gulu raised his eyebrows: "She didn't do anything wrong, I can help her."

The author has something to say: Niu Gulu is really much more cunning than before, and even more cruel and shameless!

What Ma Guan used this time can be said to be an aboveboard scheme, and Niu Gulu's family can't do without it.

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