I am the Queen

After dinner, Lingxin sat in front of the dressing table, letting Fengling take off the heavy ornaments on her head, "You send someone to find out how he is, Tala Shirui's character." Next year's draft will mainly be Marry Fujin for elder brother's clan and add people to the mansion, and I will marry a daughter-in-law just on my 23th, [-]rd, am I really old?Lingxin looked at herself in the mirror, and suddenly found that she couldn't stand the ravages of time, only sometimes she felt young when she looked at her own son and daughter.

"Your maidservant knows. Eunuch Gao sent someone to tell you that the emperor turned over the signboard of Concubine Shen tonight." Feng Ling combed Lingxin's hair carefully.

"Then let's go to bed earlier. I will marry Xuan in a few days, and I will be a mother-in-law. I will go to the storeroom tomorrow to choose some makeup for her." After Lingxin finished speaking, she went to bed.

"Master, all the empresses of the palaces have come." Caiyi blessed her body and replied to Lingxin who was dressing up.

"Understood, let them wait."

About the time of a cup of tea, there was a sound of "The empress is here." The concubines who had been waiting for a long time hurriedly adjusted their clothes and knelt down energetically.

"Greetings to the queen empress, all blessings, empress."

"Plain body." Lingxin was wearing a beige pipa lapel flag dress, which was simple yet noble.

"Thank you, empress." All the concubines stood up one by one according to their ranks.

Lingxin glanced around, and saw Concubine Jin sneering at herself, and concubine Shen with ironic eyes, Concubine Shen was standing in front of her, felt the gaze behind her, and timidly moved back a small step , but Concubine Jin covered her hand with a handkerchief, and pinched Concubine Shen's elbow lightly.

"Your Majesty." Concubine Shen stood in the center and knelt down.

"Concubine Shen, what's the matter with you?" Concubine Shen has always kept a low profile, she has been out of favor in the palace for many years, it was rare for Qianlong to think of her on a whim last night.

"Your Majesty, save this servant girl."

"Save you? You are the majestic lord of the palace, the emperor's concubine, who can harm you." Lingxin felt strange, Shen Concubine was cautious in the palace, how could anyone harm her.

"Your Majesty, it's Mrs. Chang, and Mrs. Chang actually poisoned the soup that the servants drank. Fortunately, sister Jin found out, otherwise how could the servants stand in front of the empress unscathed today." Concubine Shen wiped it with a brocade handkerchief. With tears on his cheeks, a typical image of a victim appeared in front of his eyes.

Jinpin looked like she was watching a good show, but she knew in her heart that today's play was directed by her, and she asked Mr. Chang not to turn around again.

Chang Guiren was so frightened by Concubine Shen's words that he shivered, and sat on the ground with weak legs. Although Chang Guiren often took advantage of the fact that he and the Queen Mother were of the same clan, came from a noble family, acted in a high-profile manner, and offended many people with his words, But since the incident of Concubine Jin, Chang Guiren became the laughing stock of the palace during that time, and kept a low profile.

"I don't have a servant, I have been wronged!" Chang Guiren climbed up to Concubine Shen, "Miss Shen, I don't have a deep hatred with you, why did you frame this servant?"

"This is exactly what I want to ask you, why you want to harm me." Although Concubine Shen was speaking to Mrs. Chang Gui, her eyes were on Concubine Jin, as if she was speaking to her.

"There are no servants!" At this time, Chang Guiren didn't know that he was speechless, and those who had intentions would harm those who had no intentions.

"Concubine Shen, there is no basis for empty words. You can't just rely on what you say is a noble person. After that, they will say whoever is an eyesore is poisoned. Everyone in the palace will be in danger." Lingxin felt that this was the case. This matter has nothing to do with Pin Jin.

"Your servant has it. It was taken from the maid Xianglian next to the servant girl. She also admitted that she took a hairpin inlaid with emerald sapphires from Mr. Chang. Mr. Chang also promised that after I got rid of me, the emperor would raise her to be a concubine. At that time, she will enter the Zhongcui Palace and become the head of the Zhongcui Palace. At that time, she will be transferred to her side. At that time, if there is a chance, she can be arranged to marry her out of the palace, and her natal family will find a good one for her. Men, there will be a generous dowry at that time. The most important thing is that Ama lost a lot of money in Xianglian's family a while ago, and Chang Gui asked her natal family to pay it back."

"Bring up that slave."

Xiang Lian is the eldest maid of Zhongcui Palace, and also Shen Concubine's personal maid. If someone bribed her, it would be easy to poison Shen Concubine, but when Shen Concubine was poisoned, the people around her were the most suspicious. at risk.

Xianglian's clothes were clean but a little messy, and a few strands of her hair were hanging down. There were no traces of beatings, "The servant knocked on the empress, ladies and gentlemen."

"You are Xianglian, Master Chang Gui poisoned you to pay back concubine Shen." Lingxin was suspicious of Xianglian's composure. This slave was not tortured to extract a confession, or concubine Shen said everything out of fear. After all, it wasn't As a confidant, there is no such thing as loyalty, or it is a conspiracy, the purpose is to make Chang Guiren not to turn over.

"Your Majesty, please be kind, this servant is only fascinated by ghosts for a while, and was instigated by Mr. Chang, and everything is done by Mr. Chang." Xianglian desperately kowtowed to Lingxin, and in a blink of an eye, there was a slight bloodshot on her forehead.

"You slave wronged me." Chang Gui went to beat Xianglian,

"My lord and master, you gave this to my servant. Concubine Shen is kind to this servant, and this servant really can't do anything to frame her." Xianglian took out a hairpin inlaid with emerald sapphires from her bosom, and the dazzling ruby ​​shone brightly.

"I recognize this hairpin as Chang Guiren's sister." Yong Chang said in the crowd.

"Yongchangzai, you said you recognize this hairpin as Chang Guiren's." Lingxin didn't have much impression of Yongchangzai, it was Mother Rong who reminded her in a low voice that she remembered that there was such a person.

"Returning to your empress, this hairpin was once when I went to talk to Chang Guiren's sister, I saw Chang Guiren's sister playing with it. The noble sister said that it was given to her by her mother when she entered the palace. It is said that it was given to her by the noble concubine Wen Xi. Her grandmother's, her grandmother gave her the forehead." Yongchang replied.

"Bring up the hairpin." Lingxin knew that Chang Guiren was the grandniece of Empress Xiaozhaoren, and Concubine Wen Xi was the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhaoren. It was not unusual for Chang Guiren to have a few gifts from them.

"Your Majesty, this is given to my servant by my servant. As Yongchang said, it is a gift from the noble concubine Wen Xi. The servant has always cherished it very much, and I don't often wear it on weekdays. It has been kept in a box. It was just the last Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. The servant took it out and wore it on a whim, maybe because he drank a few cups that day and forgot to put it away. Unexpectedly, when he wanted to put it away the next morning, he found that the hairpin was gone. It is clear that this lowly maid stole it from the maidservant and used it to frame the maidservant." Chang Guiren argued for himself.

"Master, this hairpin is very valuable. As for whether it was a gift from Concubine Wen Xi, I have to go to the House of Internal Affairs to check, but I can't find anything." Rong said that there was nothing to find out, meaning that if Concubine Wen Xi rewarded it in private Yes, the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not keep records.

"You guys are all right to say what you say. Come here, and put Chang Guiren in the cold palace. After the empress dowager finds out the truth, you are making a decision. As for the slave Xianglian, let the people in the Punishment Department ask carefully. If you are not sure, you can I know some new news." Lingxin glanced at the hairpin, and asked Nanny Rong to take it, and present it to the Queen Mother when she goes to pay her respects.

"Your Majesty, I've been wronged!" Chang Guiren was dragged down, still shouting that he was wronged.

As for Xianglian, she calmly followed the eunuch to the Department of Punishment.