[Qing Chuan] Gongdou system of black lotus

"Your Excellency." Hua Zhi was stunned by the beating, half of her face was swollen, and she looked very pitiful, "You asked your servant to do this."

"How dare you say 1" Bai Guiren's eyes darkened when he heard this, and he was almost suffocated with anger.

She raised her hand and wanted to hit someone, but Qianlong shouted: "Enough!"

Bai Guiren's hand stopped in the air, with a look of fear and embarrassment on her face, she stammered: "Wan, Long live..."

Qianlong ignored her, but looked at Huazhi, "You said Bai Guiren ordered you to do this, do you have evidence?"

Hua Zhi was stunned for a moment, she was just trying to protect herself, but Bai Guiren's ruthlessness eliminated the last trace of hesitation in her heart, Hua Zhi nodded quickly: "I have evidence, my servant and others talked about this in the corridor that day Rumor has it that nobleman Bai ordered his servants and others to go in, and finally left his servants alone to order them to pass on these words, and the nobleman even rewarded his servants with a bunch of silver earrings a few days ago."

As Huazhi said, she took off a pair of silver earrings from her ears.

Li Yu came over, held it up, and brought it to Qianlong.

After Qianlong looked at it, his eyes darkened. This pair of earrings are made of silver, not worth much, but the workmanship is indeed the handicraft of the manufacturing office. He looked at Bai Guiren, "Bai Guiren, what else do you have to say!"

"Long, long live, I know I was wrong." Seeing that the matter was revealed, Bai Guiren could no longer argue, and Bai Guiren immediately knelt down on the ground, tears falling like beads, "But I really didn't mean it, I just thought those rumors were false. ,yes……"

"What is it!" The queen was about to laugh angrily, she gritted her molars, her cheeks even twitched a little, "You want to say that Bengong released those rumors, don't you? When has Bengong ever done such a thing! "

Bai Guiren was stunned. She looked at the queen and blurted out: "Empress, who is it if it's not you?"

The queen's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, her breathing became short of breath, and her heart throbbed.

"Okay, stop arguing. At this time, Bai Guiren is wrong. He made his own opinions and spread rebellious words. From today onwards, he will accept it, so he can reflect on it. All the maids and eunuchs who serve are thirty sticks, and they are sent to Xin Zheku. There are rumors in the palace, Li Yu." Qianlong stroked the wrench in his hand, clenched his fist behind his back, and there was a bit of coldness in his sharp eyes.

"The slave is here." Li Yu quickly agreed.

"Go talk to Concubine Xian and let her thoroughly investigate the rumors in the palace. If she finds out who spread the rumors first, I will not forgive you lightly. In addition, no one is allowed to bring up this matter again."

"Cha." Li Yu responded.

The queen's pupils tightened slightly, she bit her lower lip with her white teeth, her heart was full of resentment, if she asked Concubine Xian to investigate, wouldn't this matter be fruitless, besides, this matter was not done by Concubine Xian, who could it be? .

The queen was full of anger, she thought she could take Concubine Xian by car, but in the end she was thankless, even Long Live Lord suspected that it was rumored that she let it go, that she deliberately made such a scene.

Thinking of this, the queen's eyes rolled, and her eyes pierced towards Bai as if she were a knife.

"I understand, I will trouble my father-in-law to go." Gu Qianqian said with a smile, "I just got some new Liu'an melon slices in the tea room, and I am not used to drinking them. Why don't you take some with you, so that you don't have to leave things on the shelf?" Spoiled."

"How embarrassing." Li Yu said politely.

"Just some tea, what's there." Gu Qianqian said briskly, she looked at Xiao Zhuzi, and said, "Hurry up and get the tea."

Xiao Zhuzi said yes, and went to get a bag of tea with a smile on his face and handed it to Li Yu.

Li Yu thanked him before leaving.

This Lu'an Guapian is a rare good tea, one tael and one gold, only Gu Qianqian has it here, and it is difficult to get it elsewhere.

"Your Majesty, what shall we do next?" Du Juan asked.

"Let's investigate according to the wishes of Long Live Lord. In addition, arrest a few people and kill them to scare the monkeys, so that people don't spread the word." Gu Qianqian said calmly, she has wiped all the hands and tails of this matter. I checked it myself, but I couldn't find anything.

"Yes, ma'am." Du Juan nodded.

After a few days, Gu Qianqian really caught a few eunuchs who had spread the message, and ordered them to take off their pants and beat them in front of everyone. After that, no one dared to mention this matter again.

As for the rumors, she could only tell Qianlong "helplessly" in the end, "Long Live Lord, the concubine has been checked, but it seems that there is no one else except the person who promised in vain, and the concubine does not know this is the case. what happened."

"Then there's no need to investigate." Qianlong waved his hands and said, he pinched the center of his brows, feeling a little tired.

If it was before, Qianlong might have asked Gu Qianqian to continue the investigation until he found out who did it, but now, he dare not go down to investigate, he is afraid that it is really the queen who did it. The precarious relationship between the emperor and empress will become more tense.

After all, this is not the first time that the Empress called for a thief. Her miscarriage earlier also caused them to suspect Concubine Xian, but in the end, the problem was her.

With such a criminal record, Qianlong really couldn't trust the queen.

"Where is the Empress?" Gu Qianqian showed hesitation.

"I will make it clear to her." Qianlong said.

Gu Qianqian nodded clearly, changed the topic, and talked about other things.

"It's just what Bai promised?!" The queen looked at Qianlong with wide eyes in disbelief, Qianlong put down the teacup, and said, "The noble concubine Xian has already thoroughly investigated this matter, and indeed no one else can be found except Bai promised. Look, maybe at the beginning it was just some palace officials talking nonsense, but it turned out to be a big mess."

How could this be nonsense!

The queen clenched her palms tightly, the veins on the back of her hands emerged, and the whites of her eyes appeared red bloodshot. There are strict rules in this palace, and no one in the palace dares to talk nonsense about the royal family. If someone is not deliberately guiding behind the scenes, how could such rumors spread? open.

At this time, the queen wished to directly say that Concubine Xian did this, but she couldn't, there was no proof, no proof, and empty words. She would only make Long Live Lord more suspicious that she was behind the scenes.

"So that's the case, what Long Live Lord said is also reasonable." The queen suppressed the anger in her heart, and forced a smile, "This time it's thanks to the concubine sister."

Qianlong gave her a meaningful look and said, "This is also her responsibility."

The queen smiled and said yes, but after Qianlong left, her face turned gloomy, and the hand holding the teacup trembled due to the force, and with a bang, the teacup fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

Nanny Liu looked at the queen worriedly, not knowing how to persuade the queen.

After a long while, the queen let out a sigh of relief. She took a handkerchief and gently wiped away the water and red blood stains on her palms, "There is still a long way to go, let's wait and see."

"Mother Liu." The queen called softly.

"Your maidservant is here." Nanny Liu hurriedly agreed.

"Let the nanny bring the eighth elder brother here." The queen said, and Liu mama said yes, and immediately asked the nanny to bring the eighth elder brother over.

Brother Ba is a month old, and has changed a bit. His face was originally thin, but now he has grown some flesh, which makes people feel relieved.

"How is the eighth elder brother?" The queen looked at the eighth elder brother who was sleeping soundly in the nurse's arms with his eyes closed, and asked in a low voice. Since the eighth elder brother was born, because he was less than a month old, the queen was worried. After five o'clock, the nurse came to ask about the situation, for fear that he would die young.For this reason, Qianlong has not named him for more than a month now, fearing that the child will not be able to hold on.

But maybe God blesses me, although this eighth elder brother is thin and weak, he has not suffered from any illness in the past month, that is, he tends to cry a lot at night.

"Brother Ba is very obedient, drinks a lot of milk, and sleeps more soundly than before. It seems that the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva invited by my mother is alive and blessed Brother Ba."

The gloomy look between the Queen's eyebrows gradually eased, she nodded, took off the nail covers on her fingers, and gently touched the child's little face, the little brother's cheeks were blushing, his eyes were closed, With thick eyelashes, he looked very much like the second elder brother back then. The empress felt more pity and made up her mind to destroy Concubine Xian and her child.

The crown prince must belong to her child.

"Take elder brother back and take good care of you. I won't treat you badly." The queen withdrew her eyes, put on her nails calmly, and said to the nurses.

The nannies hurriedly said yes, and carefully carried the eighth elder brother back.

From that day on, the empress greeted the empress dowager as before, and no one took the initiative to talk about why the long live Lord didn't return the palace power to the empress since the empress could go out to pay her respects.

On the contrary, the Empress Dowager was not happy about it for a while, and slapped Qianlong's ear sideways, saying: "Look, Ai family, the empress has recovered, and it is unreasonable for the concubine Xian to take care of this harem. Continue to manage the harem as before?"

The lesser of two evils.Although the queen is not one of the queen mother's people, she can be an ally of the queen mother, and, compared to the noble concubine Xian whom she hates, a cheap queen is always better than a cheap concubine Xian.

Qianlong just laughed and laughed at this, and changed the subject, leaving the queen mother nowhere to start, and could only hold back her stomach and sulk.

On the fifth day of June, it is an auspicious day and auspicious.

Gu Qianqian specially chose such a day, not for anything else but to open the box.

She got several treasure chests by relying on the system a few days ago, but Gu Qianqian didn't dare to open them, because most of the treasure chests she opened in the past few years were worthless things, such as cosmetics, skin care products, hamburgers, cola, There are some chicken wings, and there are not many really useful skills.Gu Qianqian just hoped that she could get some really useful skills this time, and she wasn't greedy, as long as she stopped eating.

Probably picked the right day, Gu Qianqian really developed a skill - mother-child connection.

This skill is easy to understand. Mother-child connection, as the name suggests, is a magical connection between mother and child. Once something happens to the child, the mother can be reminded in advance, and the reminder is time-sensitive, which can be a quarter of an hour earlier.

Although the time is short, it is better than nothing.

However, the mother-child connection skill can only be used once, and the time limit is one year. If it is activated within one year, it will automatically become invalid.

Gu Qianqian thought about it, and then she just opened it. This year is very important to her. The queen is now with her, and Yongrui is more valued by Qianlong. Their mother and son do not know how much hatred they have. Well done, be prepared.

As for the future, let's talk about it later.

After opening the skill, Gu Qianqian forgot about it. Yongrui and she are busy people, and the mother and son are really busy now.

In the golden autumn of September, it is the season to beat osmanthus to make osmanthus cake.

Early this morning, Gu Qianqian learned the previous lesson and asked Xiao Zhuzi and others to get up early in the morning to beat the osmanthus. The yellow petals rustled down, as if there was a rain of osmanthus. It was so fragrant that one couldn't help but smile.

The osmanthus fragrans had to be sieved to remove dust, and the branches had to be picked out, because Gu Qianqian was afraid that there would be dust on them, so she asked someone to wash them with well water and dry them in the sun.

In the afternoon, it was rare to have time, so I made sweet-scented osmanthus and peanut candy with Ning Guiren.

This snack is not difficult to make, as long as you have hands.

As soon as the prepared sweet-scented osmanthus and peanut candies were put on the plate, Gu Qianqian frowned suddenly. She felt her heart was pinched by something just now, and then a picture appeared in front of her eyes——the setting sun is like blood, all Everyone was watching the horses by the stables, but a little eunuch looked through the window and entered the upper study room with mischievous eyes. The little eunuch looked around, walked quickly to Yongrui's desk, and took out his The bow was quietly replaced by an identical bow.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?" Ning Guiren looked at Gu Qianqian in amazement, she was so popular with her just now, why did she suddenly lose her mind.

Gu Qianqian suddenly came back to her senses, her face was a little ugly, and Ning Gui asked worriedly: "Ma'am, are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Gu Qianqian shook her head, she put down the jade chopsticks in her hand, covered her chest and said, "It's just that I suddenly felt a sense of fear for some reason, as if something was about to happen. My heart is beating wildly."

"This is an ominous omen," Cai Momo's eyelids twitched, and a terrible conjecture emerged in her mind, "You suddenly have this feeling, could something be wrong with Brother Seven?"

The room fell silent for an instant.

No one dared to speak, so only Nanny Cai dared to say such words, and if others said it, they would just curse the master.

"I'm going to take a look." Gu Qianqian got up without saying a word, as if she was frightened by Nanny Cai's words, but no one doubted the reason for her doing so. This mother was worried about her child, so she hurried over, Although it seems ridiculous to outsiders, it is also reasonable.

In Jingren Palace.

Concubine Chun twisted her fingers, although she was looking at the book, but the book in her hand hadn't been turned over for a long time.

She was waiting, waiting for good news from the Martial Arts Field.

A few days ago, she learned that the seventh elder brother was praised by the Long Live Lord again, and she felt a little uneasy for a while, so she said a few sour words, just in time for Sun Nanny to hear, and Sun Nanny offered to say that there was a way to help her get rid of it. Losing the seventh elder brother is a serious problem.

Of course, Concubine Chun would not dare to do something fatal, but Concubine Chun would be very happy if she could ruin Brother Seven's past without risking her life, even if it required taking some risks.

Concubine Chun thought to herself, she already had a son who was suppressed so much that he couldn't hold his head up and became a useless person, she couldn't let her other son fall to the same end.For her son, she is willing to do anything.

As long as you change a bow and disfigure Seventh Brother, you can easily ruin Seventh Brother's life.An elder brother with a flawed face is absolutely not qualified to be the heir apparent.And her son is also in his early years.

Yong Rong is so smart, she will definitely be able to win the favor of Long Live Lord very quickly.

"What time is it?" Concubine Chun asked Sun Nanny, her voice was a little erratic, her eyes were looking in the direction of the martial arts field outside the window.

The enamel chime clock in the house just rang a dull sound, and after ringing several times, Nanny Sun said respectfully: "It's already time."

It's almost time to apply.

There was a look of anticipation in Concubine Chun's eyes.

In the martial arts arena, the elder brothers brought their bows and arrows to the target together with the haha ​​beads.

Wenda had taught them how to shoot arrows a long time ago, so the elder brothers didn't need anyone to guide them, and they all found their own targets on their own.These elder brothers are of different ages, with different arm strengths, and naturally the distance of the targets is different.

Like Yongrong and Yongrui, two older brothers who are only four years old, the target is five meters away from them. The masters don't expect these two elder brothers to hit the target with arrows, but hope to train them arm strength.

The Manchus conquered the world on horseback with their bows and arrows, and this cavalry shooter could never fail.

A young eunuch quietly walked back to the shade of the tree. No one noticed his arrival, just as no one noticed his departure.

There are too many people serving these brothers, even the brothers themselves may not be able to recognize who the eunuchs and maids who serve them are and what they look like.

Gu Qianqian and her group hurried towards the martial arts arena.

Just as Yongrui picked up the bow, put on the arrow, and was about to draw the bow, Gu Qianqian ignored the etiquette and shouted loudly: "Yongrui!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Yongrui stopped his movements. He turned his head and looked at Gu Qianqian who was dripping with sweat on his cheeks in surprise. He had never seen his mother panic like this before, "My mother?"

"Imperial concubine..." Yong Huang and the others were all attracted by the movement, and looked at Gu Qianqian one after another.

The rush all the way did not affect Gu Qianqian's demeanor, she was still so beautiful, she couldn't help blushing and nervous when she saw the young haha ​​beads, Gu Qianqian was relieved to see Yongrui holding the bow, she He let out a sigh of relief and walked over.

The eunuch under the shade of the tree was almost in his throat, why did Concubine Xian come here all of a sudden!

"Emiang, why are you here suddenly?" Yongrui saluted Gu Qianqian first, and then asked inexplicably.

Unless there are special circumstances, Gu Qianqian doesn't often go to the study and martial arts arena.

"Er Niang was a little uneasy just now, she came here in a hurry because she was afraid that something might happen to you." Gu Qianqian bent down, took out a handkerchief to wipe Yongrui's sweat, and said softly.

Yongrui blushed, both happy and embarrassed.

But Yongxie couldn't help but sneer and sarcastically said: "What is the imperial concubine afraid of, can we still harm the seventh brother?"

"Yong Xun!" Yong Huang's expression changed, he shouted at Yong Xun, Yong Xun pursed his lips, and turned his face away.

Gu Qianqian was calm, "I see, maybe it's true. Yongrui, show Erniang your bow and arrow."

"Okay." Yongrui took off the quiver and bow without any hesitation, and handed them to Gu Qianqian.

Yong Xun pouted beside her, with a look of disdain, as if to say that Gu Qianqian made a fuss.

Gu Qianqian ignored him. She checked the quiver first. There was nothing serious about the quiver. Gu Qianqian just wanted to pretend that she accidentally found something wrong with the bow. What? Why is there a crack here?"

"Crack?" Yong Huang was stunned. He walked over, took it from Gu Qianqian's hand, and saw that there was really a crack. A chill suddenly rushed from the soles of his feet to the back of his head. He said angrily, "Yong Rui, you know Does your bow have this crack?"

Yongrui shook his head, "I don't know, it was fine when I practiced archery last night, there was no crack at all."

He leaned over, and after looking carefully, the expression on his face suddenly changed, "Brother, this is not my bow. My bow has a red mark on the bottom, which I accidentally stained earlier, but this bow is not. .”

"So, someone changed Yongrui's bow." Gu Qianqian said with a sullen face.

The martial arts arena instantly became quiet, so quiet that only the sound of the wind blowing could be heard.

Everyone was terrified in their hearts, and their expressions were not very good-looking.

Gu Qianqian said to Xiao Zhuzi: "Go and invite Lord Long Live, we can't just let this matter go today. If I come late, who will bear the consequences."

This bow has cracks, it's nothing to put it on, if you pull it away, it might collapse, and when the bowstring hits your face, it will leave a scar no matter what.

This is to ruin Yongrui's future on purpose.

The faces of Ning Guiren, Nanny Cai and others behind them all showed expressions of shock and anger.

After a while, Qianlong came. Not only did he come by himself, but he also brought Gu Qianqian's fifth elder brother, Ronglu.

"What's going on? How did I hear that Yongrui's bow was tampered with?" Qianlong asked out of anger as soon as he arrived.

Gu Qianqian and others saluted first, and Gu Qianqian handed the bow to Qianlong, "Long Live Lord, look at this crack, and the concubines are shocked. I don't know who came up with such vicious thoughts and came up with such a plan. "

Qianlong looked at Gong, his expression changed again and again, and he shouted: "Batu."

"The slave is here." Batu immediately stood up.

"What's going on here? Give me an explanation." Qianlong pointed at the bow and asked in a deep voice.

Batu, a tall and powerful man, dared not even straighten his waist under Qianlong's questioning, "Long live, slave, slave..."

Gu Qianqian saw that he was pitifully clumsy, so she smoothed things over for him, saying: "Long Live Lord, this concubine has nothing to do with Batu Wenda. This bow was exchanged by someone, and it doesn't necessarily mean that it is in the martial arts arena."