Heavenly Seven Dragons

After Lian Jing served the freshly brewed tea, the queen greeted Concubine Rong politely, and then turned her gaze to the maid who was kneeling in front of her.

I saw her kneeling on the ground with her head down, her whole body couldn't help shivering, it seemed that it was caused by fear in her heart, she must have done something that seriously violated the palace rules, and she knew that her life and death were unpredictable. reaction.

"Raise your head up. Since you are all in front of me, don't take any chances. Answer me honestly. Maybe you can get a lighter sentence."

Hearing the queen's words, although the kneeling maid trembled even more, she slowly raised her head.

Her face was pale, her eyes were full of fear and uneasiness, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat, giving the impression that she was about to faint from fright.

There was a hint of surprise in Lian Jing's eyes, she leaned over and whispered in the Queen's ear, "Empress, this is Caixia, the court lady serving by Huanzhugege."

The queen knew it in her heart, and she looked at Concubine Rong with a smile on her face: "Sister Concubine Rong, let me explain the cause and effect of this incident first."

Concubine Rong nodded, and motioned to Nanny Chang to explain the matter in detail.

It turned out that Nanny Chang accidentally discovered Caixia's private possession of valuable gold and silver jewelry. She thought that her hands and feet were not clean, so she took her and wanted to interrogate her first, and then directly handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for disposal.

Who would have thought not only to find out that Caixia was indeed stealing property, but also to learn the truth about Huanzhugege's life experience.

Knowing that this matter was very involved, Nanny Chang did not dare to send Caixia directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so after reporting to Concubine Rong, Concubine Rong directly brought Caixia to Kunning Palace.

The more the Queen heard, the more gloomy her face became. She didn't expect that even a little court lady knew about it. It seemed that those rumors before were not groundless, but she didn't know who spread them and what was their purpose.

After listening to Concubine Rong's words, the queen couldn't help but asked sharply: "Caixia, is what Nanny Chang said the truth?"

Caixia's heart skipped a beat, she was timid and cowardly, she was afraid of death, and now she was almost scared out of her wits, so she didn't dare to lie at all, and hurriedly replied tremblingly: "Back... back to the empress, Madam Chang What I said...is the truth..."

Immediately afterwards, she kowtowed and said, "Damn the slave! The slave will never dare again! Please, the empress, please spare the slave this time!"

The queen frowned slightly, and interrupted her begging for mercy: "Enough! I don't want to hear this! I ask you, who did you listen to about the matter of returning the princess?"

Caixia cautiously stopped her kowtow, and quickly replied: "Your maidservant... I heard this from Huanzhu Gege herself..."

When the queen heard it, she immediately felt that it was absurd. She slammed down the table and shouted angrily, "What are you talking about? How dare you lie to me when you are about to die!"

"Empress Empress Mingjian! Everything this servant said is true!" Caixia's body trembled heavily in fright, she hurriedly begged for mercy, and before the Empress asked, she hastily explained how she knew about the incident.

On that night more than a month ago, for some reason, Huanzhugege suddenly invited everyone to drink together, and Caixia was naturally among them. Although she felt that this matter was extremely inappropriate, Huanzhugege was the master, and she could not disobey his master mean.

Moreover, although Huanzhugege did a lot of ridiculous things in the past, the results were not very good, so everyone has become accustomed to it over time.

Huanzhugege has an average capacity for alcohol, and after drinking several jars, she will naturally become drunk. Once drunk, she starts talking nonsense, saying that Ziwei doesn't want her anymore, saying that the empress is vicious, saying that concubine Ling is a good person, etc., etc. The matter about her identity was also said by herself after she got drunk that time.

Besides Caixia, Mingyue, Xiao Dengzi, and Xiao Zhuozi were also present.

Although the anger in the Queen's heart subsided a little after listening to it, she was so upset that her brain hurt, and she rubbed her temples involuntarily.

So many people know about this matter, it is impossible to suppress it, so it must be dealt with, even if it is discussed with the emperor, it must be the same result.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager will return to the palace in a few days. If this matter is not handled properly, the Empress Dowager's perception of her will naturally be affected. She doesn't want years of hard work to come to naught.

In order to prevent things from changing, the empress had no choice but to say: "Sister Concubine Rong, this matter is of great importance. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will hold it down for the time being. When I interrogate everything clearly, I will handle it myself. Sister, you too You don't have to worry about it."

Concubine Rong had already guessed that the empress would say this, so her expression was calm, without any surprise at all: "That's fine, then it's up to the empress to take care of everything, and the concubine will leave first."

The empress nodded in satisfaction, and after Concubine Rong left, she ordered Lian Jing to wait for Caixia to interrogate her in detail, and she took Mother Rong to the emperor's place.

In any case, for such a big matter, even if she has the power of dictatorship, she should discuss it with the emperor, so that the emperor will not be dissatisfied when he finds out afterwards.

In the imperial study room, Long Yintian was dealing with today's memorial, and Yongxuan helped him share it in the past, so he didn't read much every day. Now that Yongxuan left Beijing for business, all these tasks naturally fell to On him, the emperor.

Ever since Yongxuan left, Long Yintian felt that the Imperial Study Room was much deserted.

He used to stay here until midnight just to deal with government affairs, but now it's only been more than an hour, and he feels restless and even a little bored.

Putting down the memorial in his hand, he couldn't help sighing slightly, feeling that he had become extravagant, demanding more and more from everything, he didn't think it was a good thing, but right now he didn't find any good way to change it. state of mind.

In fact, he didn't understand at all that his current feeling was just longing and longing for his lover.

At this time, Wu Shulai came to report that it was the empress who was asking to see her, and she was waiting in the side hall at the moment.

Long Yintian was a little puzzled, the empress seldom came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation at the unexpected time of An'an, unless it was something important.

If he couldn't figure it out, he simply didn't bother to worry about it, and everything would be revealed when he saw the queen.

When the emperor arrived at the side hall and had just taken his seat, the empress eagerly explained the purpose of her visit, and she spoke in great detail without hiding anything.

Regarding the affairs of the palace, she has never concealed the truth from the emperor, because she is very clear that if she wants to secure her seat as a queen, she must have the support of the emperor, otherwise, the status of queen will only be an empty shelf, and there will not be any concubine will convince her.

For so many years, she has always done a good job in this matter, and no one can find any faults.

Long Yintian was not surprised when he heard this, he just returned Zhugege's temperament, this matter will be exposed sooner or later, it is not easy to drag it until now.

He took a sip of tea unhurriedly, and asked calmly: "How does the queen plan to deal with this matter?"

The emperor's attitude made the queen slightly startled, but she understood after thinking about it.

The emperor knew about Little Swallow's life experience before, and deliberately concealed it, so even if it is revealed now, it is just a routine procedure.

What's more, little Yanzi is nothing more than a righteous girl named Gege, she doesn't even have the qualifications to enter Gege's office, at best, she will be punished for the crime of deceiving the emperor and her name will be cut off.

After understanding the emperor's thoughts, the queen naturally had a solid foundation in her heart, and she no longer had any worries about what was said inside and outside the words: "Your majesty, little swallow is a crime of deceiving the emperor, and it should be dealt with according to the law. As for the matter of private rumors , the concubine wants to take this opportunity to investigate thoroughly, and clean up the harem by the way, so that the Empress Dowager will not be disturbed by those trivial matters when she returns to Beijing."

Long Yintian thought for a while, but did not fully agree with the Queen's words: "This matter must be investigated, but it is not easy to make big moves on the surface. It is enough to kill chickens and monkeys. It is impossible to completely eliminate this kind of thing."

"Chen Qie understands that this matter will be handled properly. It's just... Chen Qie is worried that someone will come to you to beg for mercy..."

The queen didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was obvious, she just didn't want the emperor to interfere too much in this matter.

Long Yintian smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to hold the queen's hand, and said, "You are my queen, and I won't be so stupid as to spoil my concubine and kill my wife."

The queen's cheeks blushed slightly, and a deep joy and indescribable peace of mind flooded in her heart instantly.

She is not a fool, she knew that the emperor's heart is not with her at all, and the relationship between them is at the level of relatives at most, but... so what?

Fish and bear's paw can't have both, now that the emperor treats her with respect, she will naturally reciprocate, isn't that the same thing between the concubine and the emperor?

Those women who want to get love from the emperor are the real fools.