[Red House] Harem Road in Spring

Yingchun's eyes are not bad, she also found out when wearing the father-in-law to measure the size just now, the height of the outside of the box does not match the space inside, there may be another space in the box.

After meditating for a moment, Eunuch Dai turned the box over, picked the left side of the box with his hands, and slowly exerted force. Sure enough, a thin layer of board was lifted off, revealing a space about one centimeter high. At this moment, There is something in this space, a blue brocade embroidered handkerchief, and there are traces of burning on the corner of this embroidered handkerchief, it is obvious that the embroidered handkerchief was rescued when it was about to be burned.

An embroidered handkerchief, another embroidered handkerchief, and the color and material of this embroidered handkerchief, Yingchun thinks she should have seen it before.

The appearance of the inner space of this box has also made new progress in the case of picking up Guo Meiren's murder and abortion. At the beginning, Zhou Cairen should have used this extremely ordinary rosewood wooden box to bring the harmful things to From the palace.

Eunuch Dai opened the Jinpa and presented it to the imperial concubine and Yingchun.

A sky blue embroidered handkerchief, wrapped with blue silk threads, with a few branches of peach blossom protruding from one corner of the embroidered handkerchief, underneath the peach blossoms, dotted with fluttering fluff, but the most eye-catching thing is that the embroidered handkerchief reads: A little poem.

Last year in this door today, the face of peach blossoms in red.

The human face does not know where to go, Peach Blossom still laughs spring breeze.

This is a poem, but it is a love poem, and it is also a poem of longing after parting with the lover.

Such a poem appears in the palace, and it is obviously impossible to write it to the emperor, so who could it be written to?It's too obvious, it's obviously written for another man!

The fabric of this embroidered handkerchief was very precious, Yingchun didn't remember that Zhou Cairen could get such a grade of fabric after entering the palace.

So, is this someone else's?

Could it be that this is the important secret that Mrs. Deng said Zhou Cairen accidentally learned?

This is indeed a great secret!

Suddenly, Yingchun had a flash of inspiration, and she remembered that she had seen this brocade embroidered handkerchief there.

It's Concubine Xian!

She remembered that when they first entered the palace, Concubine Xian wore a blue brocade palace dress, which was obviously the same piece of cloth as this embroidered handkerchief.

Like Yingchun, the imperial concubine's face changed when she saw the poem on the embroidered handkerchief.A woman in the palace has a crush on another man, this is too serious!

"The fabrics in the palace are all recorded, but should I order someone to go to the internal office to check?" Eunuch Dai asked.

"Of course I want it." The noble concubine replied.

With Eunuch Dai here, you have to check if you don't want to!

After a while, people from the Internal Affairs Office rushed over with the brochure, along with a sample.

First present the sample for everyone to check to see if it is the same piece of embroidered handkerchief that was found.

"It is undoubtedly the same piece of fabric." Everyone came to this result.

Then, the source of the internal office opened the booklet and read aloud. "On a certain day in a certain year, a certain month, the Emperor Yuezhi, bestowed a piece of high-grade blue brocade to the virtuous concubine.

When the word "virtuous concubine" was pronounced, Yingchun had a feeling that it was so.

I still remember that year, when the first emperor issued a decree for a general election, she entered the palace to be elected, and it was at that time that she met Concubine Xian.At that time, there was one incident that Yingchun remembered deeply. During the final review, Concubine Xian was suddenly allergic to pollen and developed many rashes on her body. Because of this, Concubine Xian did not participate in the final review and went home directly.

When Concubine Xian had an accident, she behaved abnormally, she deliberately pushed Yingchun and Concubine Gui away, as if she was afraid of hurting them.

After the incident, she was grateful for Concubine Xian's kindness, and also realized that Concubine Xian might not have been willing to enter the palace at that time. As for why she was unwilling to enter the palace, was she unwilling to be locked in the deep palace, or did she have something to do with her? I don't know!

Now, it was turned over.

The imperial concubine didn't seem to realize it, but after hearing the eunuch's name, she said in disbelief, "Impossible!"

Seeing that everyone was looking at the past, the noble concubine forced herself to smile and said to Yingchun, "Although it is recorded that this brocade was given to the concubine Xian, the concubine Xian has always been kind, and she often exchanges gifts with other concubines and court ladies. Maybe the concubine Xian Give this fart brocade to someone else."

But Yingchun didn't think so, she had seen Concubine Xian wearing this brocade dress, since Concubine Xian used it, how could she give the rest to others.

"You can go to Changning Palace to check the account books." Eunuch Dai said.

"Quick, hurry up, find out where this piece of brocade has gone, if it is given away by the concubine Xian, who is it given to?" said the noble concubine.

The palace servants waiting at the side agreed, bowed their heads and went to Changning Palace.

After a while, he came back and replied, saying that the piece of blue brocade given to Concubine Xian in a certain year and month was made into clothes by Concubine Xian, and the leftovers were rewarded by Concubine Xian to the girls around her.

The noble concubine breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It seems that the maid next to the concubine Xian has lost her mind."

Yingchun nodded, I hope so!If it was a court lady next to Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian was just a crime of incompetent management. Compared with Concubine Xian herself, it was much, much better!

"May I ask who the Concubine Xian gave the remaining cloth to?" the concubine asked again.

"The maid Lan Zhi next to the noble concubine." The eunuch replied.

"Go to Changning Palace, report to Concubine Xian, and then arrest the maid Lan Zhi who is next to Concubine Xian." The concubine said, "After the report is finished, if the emperor has no time to deal with it, the three of us in this palace will discuss how to deal with Lan Zhi." .”

"Yes."

"Sister Concubine Shu, it seems that Concubine Xian's mismanagement caused the maids around her to feel yearning. Zhou Cairen happened to pick up the handkerchief of maid Lan Zhi, and thought it belonged to Concubine Xian's sister, so there was a misunderstanding." said the concubine. .

"Probably so!" Yingchun did not refute.

Maybe it is!Or maybe, Lan Zhi is a loyal servant, why would she bother to do bad things to good things?

"Sister Concubine Shu, can I go to the Qianqing Palace to return to my life?" the imperial concubine asked.

"It should be so!" Yingchun nodded.

The two men arrived at the Qianqing Palace, and before they could ask to see the emperor, they saw the concubine Xian who was waiting outside the palace, and Concubine Xian followed behind Lan Zhi.

At this moment, Lan Zhi changed into simple clothes, without any silk flower jewelry on her head, with her head hanging down, surrounded by two nuns.

This Lan Zhi was a maidservant that Concubine Xian brought into the palace from her home. During the process of Concubine Xian pulling the Empress off her horse, she did not know how many contributions she made.

However, this Lan Zhi happened to be in charge of the needlework of Concubine Xian.

At this time, the eunuch sent by the imperial concubine to Changning Palace to arrest Lan Zhi returned without success. Seeing this, the imperial concubine waved her away.

The noble concubine looked at the concubine Xian and blamed, "It seems that the younger sister of the concubine Xian will strictly discipline the maids around her, so that they don't do things that hurt the master like today."

The imperial concubine looked like she was being held accountable, but it was an indirect communication.

"Sister Guifei said that my sister will never dare to be so negligent in the future and let the palace people around me make such a big mistake." Xianfei replied.

"The emperor's concubine Xuangui and concubine Shu came in to talk." A eunuch came out and called.

After Yingchun and Concubine Gui greeted Concubine Xian, they entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After the salute, the emperor's face was a little dark, maybe it was because there was a maid in the palace who had an affair!

The imperial concubine went forward to report all the gains of this trip. The emperor looked at the handkerchief on the table and read, "Last year and today, in this door, the peach blossoms on the faces of the people complement each other. I don't know where the faces are going, but the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze. What a "human face I don't know where to go, peach blossoms still laugh at the spring breeze"".

Yingchun and the imperial concubine stood below and dared not speak to each other. After all, strictly speaking, all the women in the palace, whether they were concubines or maidservants, belonged to the emperor.

After pondering for a while, the emperor said, "Concubine Xuanxian."

The eunuch bowed his head and retreated, and soon Concubine Xian walked in with the palace servants around him.

"The concubine neglected to discipline the palace people around her, so she came here to plead guilty to the emperor!" Concubine Xian knelt down to plead guilty without saying a word.

"Let's hear it!" The emperor said calmly, but he was no longer easy-going in the past.

"Before my concubine entered the palace, it happened to be a grand imperial examination, my father and elder brother took my concubine to a teahouse next to the street to enjoy the grand event of my dynasty's literary style. At that time, the court lady brought by my concubine was Lan Zhi.

Lan Zhi was curious about the scenery outside the street, looked down from the window, and fell in love with a commoner student on the street at a glance. Later, Lan Zhi felt that her status was humble and she didn't dare to match her, so she silently kept the matter in her heart. He was careless and didn't realize it. Until today, Lan Zhi felt that she had caused a disaster, so she confessed the past to her concubine. "

"Concubine Xian." The emperor called out.

"The concubine is here." Concubine Xian replied.

"Why do I feel that the characters on this embroidered handkerchief are so familiar." The emperor nodded and said.

"When the emperor came to Yongning Palace, he saw his concubines practicing calligraphy several times, and he was used to his concubines' handwriting, so he couldn't help feeling that the characters on this embroidered handkerchief were similar to those of his concubines.

Lan Zhi, the court lady next to the concubine, learned to read and write with the concubine when she was young. Therefore, the characters written by Lan Zhi are very similar to those of the concubine. If you don't pay attention, you can recognize Lan Zhi's characters as Concubine's. " Concubine Xian said.

"Pen and ink!" said the emperor.

A eunuch walked up to Lan Zhi holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"Come and write a poem, 'Last year and today, in this door, the face of the peach blossoms is red. I don't know where the face is going, but the peach blossoms are still smiling in the spring breeze.'" the emperor said.

Lan Zhidi bowed her head forward, picked up the pen, and carefully wrote down these 28 characters on the paper.

The eunuch presented the paper on which the poem was written to the emperor, and after the emperor read it, the eunuch presented the paper and the previous embroidered handkerchief to Yingchun and the noble concubine.

The same poem is presented on different materials, but the fonts are almost exactly the same. The word "almost" is used because one is embroidered and the other is handwritten, and there are still some differences.

"Slaves deserve to die for their crimes, please punish the emperor!" Lan Zhi's face was full of remorse.

"Your Majesty, Lan Zhi is guilty. I beg the Emperor to see that Lan Zhi has been convicted and has a heart of repentance. I beg the Emperor to give her a lighter punishment!" Concubine Xian pleaded hastily.

"Your Majesty, I know I'm guilty, and I know I'm guilty. When the handkerchief was just embroidered, I felt remorseful, so I brought a charcoal basin and wanted to burn it. Seeing the embroidered handkerchief burning, the empress suddenly called out the handkerchief, The servant went out for a while, and when the servant came back, he saw the ashes in the charcoal basin, thinking that the handkerchiefs that should not exist had been burned. This happened three years ago, and the servant did not know why three years ago. Why do handkerchiefs that were burned years ago still appear?"

Lan Zhi closed her eyes, full of regret in her heart, why she was so careless, knowing that this thing has a great relationship, even when burning it, she should be careful, seeing it turn into ashes with her own eyes can be at ease.

However, when the empress called her, she thought that there was no one in the room, and the handkerchief had already been lit, so she left at ease, thinking that it was only for a moment, and there was no one in the room, so she didn't wait until the embroidered handkerchief was completely burned. out.

When she came back after a while, she saw the ashes that should have been burned in the charcoal basin and the corners that had not been burned, so she felt relieved that the evidence of the crime had been completely burned.

She is so naive!It's too careless!

If there is ashes in the charcoal basin, does it mean that the embroidered handkerchief has been burned clean?

Thinking about it now, someone took the handkerchief, and in order to avoid her suspicion, she burned some other fabrics to dispel his suspicion. The corner that was not burned, she thought it was the corner of the embroidered handkerchief, but , has been scorched and deformed by the fire, and the original face can no longer be seen. Who can be sure that the corner on the other side is the embroidered handkerchief that should be burned!

At that time, she was the one who got it right!

The mistakes I made should be borne by myself, even if I lost my life, I would not hesitate to do so, I just hope that the empress is safe.

But, who is it that has been plotting for three years just to put the empress to death?

It doesn't matter if she dies, if she can't find out this person who is planning to murder the empress, she can't feel at ease when she dies!

"Your Majesty, it is the servant who is responsible for the crime, but why did someone steal the handkerchief of the servant and did not report the servant, and waited three years before blaming the matter on the empress. This is to put the empress to death!" Lan Zhi begged hard.

"Lan Zhi!" Concubine Xian stopped her.

"It's the master and servant who love each other!" The emperor said in a normal tone.

Concubine Xian hurriedly knelt beside Lan Zhi, "Lan Zhi grew up with my concubines, and my concubines' love for Lan Zhi has deepened."

"Twenty sticks, expulsion from the palace." The emperor said.

Both Concubine Xian and Lan Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, no matter what, it was a blessing that Lan Zhi was able to save her life.

He seemed to believe what Lan Zhi and Concubine Xian said, but Yingchun knew that the emperor didn't believe what Concubine Xian's master and servant said.This is also where Yingchun is puzzled. The emperor is not an incompetent person, but why does he seem to turn his back on everything in the harem, and he seems to let it go.

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