Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 121 Xiao Shizi's beauty trick

Wu Zhen has long been used to being slightly stunned or disappointed when outsiders first met her, so she smiled lightly, "Nurse Qi, help me measure my body."

To make clothes, one needs to know the size, although with Lu Xinyan's eyesight, she can know it after just a few glances, but she still watched Nanny Qi's measurement honestly and recorded the data.

After measuring, Nanny Qi asked if there was anything unclear, Lu Xinyan and the others shook their heads, and Nanny Qi stepped back.

Wu Zhen sat down, "Let's be casual, don't be cautious, try this tea, this is the new Tieguanyin tea released in autumn, the distribution of each palace has not yet been divided, this is the third brother who bought it privately, and gave it to the palace to taste .”

The third brother Wu Zhen mentioned is the third prince Wu Sheng. The difference between the two is less than half a year. One lost his mother when he was young, and the other was in poor health and neglected to take care of them. Mother, but the relationship is like brother and sister.

When Lu Xinyan heard her specifically mentioning Wu Sheng, she understood that Wu Sheng must have greeted Wu Zhen in private. She thought that this little white-eyed wolf had accidentally hurt her a few times, so she finally realized her conscience.

However, Wu Sheng and Wu Zhen are young, and the queen mother angered Lu Xinyan because of King Rui's matter. The two of them probably didn't know about it, so this careful thinking may be in vain.

"Thank you princess."

Wu Zhen seemed to be not good at words, or she had no intention of greeting them, so after asking some simple questions, she said: "There are some choices for the route from Baihua Palace to Fengyang Palace, the three of you have worked hard these past few days, Ah Zhao, take them to resettle Take a look at the side hall."

"Yes, Your Royal Highness."

The side hall was cleaned by someone early in the morning, and it was spotlessly clean. Many rare decorations were also newly brought out.

Song Zhaodao: "These three places are the residences of the three of you for the past few days. If you need anything, please send someone to inform the servants. The servants will definitely do their best to meet your needs."

"Thank you, Sister Song Zhao."

"Do you need servants to send someone to help you pack the luggage of the three in Baihua Palace?" Song Zhao asked. A special eunuch is responsible for the luggage, but usually you do it yourself, so as not to be unclear about any accidents.

"Don't bother." Lu Xinyan smiled.

"The maidservant will leave first." Song Zhao said, "Please settle down as soon as possible, so that you can do your best to make beautiful clothes for the princess."

After Song Zhao left, Li Qinxuan asked: "Mrs. Gong Shao, do you want to go back to Baihua Palace? Together?"

Lu Xinyan hummed, noncommittal.

Yang Liu'er curled her lips, and walked in the direction of Baihua Palace first.

After about a third of the walk, Li Qinxuan suddenly let out an oops, and Yang Liuer asked, "Sister Li, what happened?"

Li Qinxuan said embarrassingly: "The jade pendant I carried with me since I was a child seems to have fallen into the side hall of Fengyang Palace just now. That piece of jade pei is very important to me. I will go to find Yu pei first, Mrs. Gong Shao, sister Liu You go first."

Yang Liu'er didn't want to go with Lu Xinyan, so she said, "Sister Li, I'll go find it with you."

"Thank you sister Yang for your kindness, but you have a lot of luggage, and there are only two maidservants. I'm afraid you won't be able to pack it in a while. If Princess Chang'an can't find us in the afternoon, I'm afraid the princess will not like it." Li Qinxuan declined softly.

This time the focus is on Princess Chang'an, you must not mess with her and miss the opportunity!Yang Liu'er thought for a while and said, "Sister Li, then I'll go back and help you urge your maids to move faster."

Li Qinxuan said gratefully, "Thank you, sister Yang."

After she finished speaking, Lu Xinyan nodded at her and continued to walk forward.

Yang Liu'er curled her lips, watching Lu Xinyan go a long way before following her.

At a certain corner, Lu Xinyan almost collided with someone.

"Oh, who is so short-sighted? Hey, Mrs. Gong Shao?"

Lu Xinyan stabilized her figure, "Xiao Xizi? Why are you here?"

Xiao Xizi put on a smiling face and raised her hands, "Su Zhaoyi is pregnant and can't smell moxa sticks, so Concubine Chen took Bai Zhi back to Changxiu Palace and found that a branch had been shaken in Zhaoyang Palace. When I stabbed Su Zhaoyi, I called my servant to fetch it! The servant was in a hurry to go back and return to my life, and accidentally bumped into you!"

"Since Father-in-law Xiaoxizi is in a hurry, you go first!" Lu Xinyan stepped aside.

"Mrs. Gong Shao, is she going back to Baihua Palace? The slave asked Miss Baizhi to give moxibustion to Concubine Chen. This time is almost over. Would you like to go back to Changxiu Palace with Miss Baizhi?" Xiao Xizi pointed Not far from Changxiu Palace.

Lu Xinyan saw that the journey was only two or three minutes away, and said, "Please lead the way, Mr. Xiao Xizi."

As soon as she followed Xiao Xizi, Yang Liuer who was behind happened to come here and saw her.

Yang Liu'er wanted to leave, but suddenly she had a thought and thought to herself: This Lu Xinyan must be trying to curry favor with others again!No, I have to go and see, I can't let her take all the good things by herself, what if I am lucky enough to be in the eyes of noble people?

When they arrived at Changxiu Palace, Xiao Xizi said: "Mrs. Gong Shao, please wait a moment, the servant will pass on the information first."

"Excuse me, Father-in-law Xiao Xizi." Lu Xinyan smiled.

She stood outside the hall, and a gust of wind blew by, bringing the familiar scent of orchid perfume.

It seems that Concubine Chen has sprayed the orchid perfume she gave her this morning everywhere in Changxiu Palace, Lu Xinyan thought to herself.

Xiao Xizi came out quickly, her face full of apology, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Gong, the concubine Chen was delayed for a while, and Miss Bai Zhi's side may be over in a quarter of an hour. You see, I'm going to the side hall to wait. Wait, or..."

It's all here, and I don't care about the quarter of an hour, Lu Xinyan said: "Go to the side hall and wait."

"Okay, Mrs. Gong, this way please."

The side hall of Changxiu Palace is also filled with the smell of orchid perfume. The layout inside is much more gorgeous and romantic than that of Fengyang Palace. There are many pink gauze curtains, several beautiful and exquisite double-sided embroidered screens, and an exaggerated Striking mahogany carved babu bed.

Looking at the bed, Lu Xinyan suddenly had a thought, could it be that when the emperor came to the Changxiu Palace, he would visit Concubine Chen here occasionally?

Thinking about it, he suddenly felt his hairs stand on end, and was about to ask Xiao Xizi to take her somewhere else, but Xiao Xizi had quietly left at some point.

Lu Xinyan's heart skipped a beat, and when she walked to the door and was about to open it, she found that the door was blocked from the outside with something.

At this moment, she vaguely knew that she had fallen into someone else's scheme.

Since the main door couldn't be opened, Lu Xinyan tried to find other exits. While searching, there was a sound at the door, and she quickly hid behind a screen.

"I clearly saw that little eunuch brought her here, why is the outside blocked?" After opening the door, Yang Liu'er stood at the door and talked to herself. After seeing the furnishings inside, her eyes lit up and she couldn't help leaving Come in.

Seeing that it was Yang Liu'er, Lu Xinyan breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to walk out, a tingling voice came from outside, "Why is there no one in Changxiu Palace?" Headache and sickness, let me come over and have a look, why is there no one?"

A eunuch said in a sharp voice: "Back to the emperor, you didn't let the slaves inform you before you came. You wanted to surprise the concubine Chen, but the concubine Chen didn't know about it, so she was a bit slow! Your majesty, why don't the slaves go and pass it on?"

"Forget it, I'll look for it myself! Hey, where did the orchid fragrance come from?" Emperor Longde took two deep breaths, "This fragrance is more fragrant than the orchid itself. It should be the concocted orchid fragrance, but the fragrance is pure , It's the best orchid fragrance I've ever smelled!"

"Your Majesty, it seems that Concubine Chen has always been thinking about you. Although you are not here, your favorite Lanxiang is always here!"

"Hahaha!" Emperor Longde laughed a few times, expressing that he was in a very happy mood, "Then I will go in and see what surprise Concubine Chen has prepared for me?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch pushed open the half-covered side hall door, and as soon as he raised his head, he immediately looked away.

"Ah!" A woman, not caring about her disheveled clothes, immediately knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the girl's clothes were accidentally torn and she was changing here. I didn't know you would come. I didn't intend to offend you. Please forgive me, Your Majesty." !"

The eunuch whispered very perceptively: "The slave will wait outside."

Emperor Longde said hoarsely: "Get up, who are you?"

Yang Liu'er got up tenderly, "Return to the emperor, my daughter is one of the winners of the Huayi Festival, her name is Yang Liu'er. During the performance last night, she put a flower inlaid with glass on her forehead, and it will glow when the light shines..."

Behind the screen, Lu Xinyan didn't dare to vent her anger. When she was thinking about how to get out, a hand suddenly reached out from behind to cover her mouth. When she was out of her wits, she bit down hard, and soon there was blood in her mouth. taste.

The man didn't even snort, and didn't let go, instead, he embraced her from behind with his other hand and pulled her into his arms.

The familiar clear breath quickly surrounded Lu Xinyan. Even without turning her head, she probably guessed who the person behind her was.

Although she didn't know why or when he appeared here, Lu Xinyan still calmed down and let him cover her lips without moving.

"So it's you!" The performance of the three winners of the Huayi Festival last night was still fresh in Emperor Longde's memory, and he stretched out his hand with great interest, and said softly, "Come here."

When Yang Liu'er heard the voice outside, she panicked and immediately thought of this idea. It was the idea of ​​reaching the sky in one step. Now Emperor Longde stretched out his hand to her. As long as she holds it, she will become the most noble woman in the world One, how could she give up?

Yang Liu'er shyly put her jade hand into Emperor Longde's, and Emperor Longde pulled the shy girl into his arms with a light pull.

He was born tall and tall, and he was in the prime of his life, with a lofty imperial aura mixed with the unique charm of a mature man, Yang Liuer was so happy that he was about to faint...

The man behind him let go of his hand, and Lu Xinyan let out a long breath, but didn't dare to say a word.

She quietly wanted to move forward, but she was already close to the screen. With this movement, her knees touched the screen, and the screen quickly fell forward. Fortunately, the man behind her was quick and when the screen was about to fall, He stretched out his hand to grab it, and avoided the embarrassment of the screen falling to the ground and interrupting the mandarin duck.

But this time, the two got closer, and she couldn't move away, so she bent the chest of the person behind her with her elbow, signaling him to stay away.

Unexpectedly, not only did the person behind him stay away, but he said in a voice so low that only she could hear: "Aren't you usually very bold? Huh? Looks like it's just a paper tiger~"

Just as Lu Xinyan was about to speak, the door was suddenly kicked open!

Emperor Longde reacted quickly and covered himself and the beauty with a quilt, exuding thunderous anger all over his body, "Who? Get over here!"

Wu Wan who kicked the door petrified on the spot, father... father emperor?Father is really here?Why is the father-in-law next to the emperor absent?
"Still rolling over?" The undisguised voice showed the anger before the storm was about to come.

"Father...Father!" Wu Wan hurriedly knelt on the ground, dying of shame and anger, "Didn't my son mean to disturb Father..."

Emperor Longde was smashed by his daughter, and he was even more angry and annoyed. He was full of anger and couldn't express it, and he was suppressed and panicked when he couldn't express it. Finally, he shouted: "Come on, Princess Changping broke in without the queen's order to restrain her feet." Changxiu Palace, escort back to Zhaoyang Palace immediately, with a staff of twenty, without my order, you are not allowed to leave Zhaoyang Palace for half a step in the future!"

"Father, don't, Father!" Wu Wan was frightened half to death, twenty big boards are small, how could that slave dare to beat him hard?
The important thing is that the emperor's confinement is not the same as that of the empress!Before the confinement, the queen was just taking care of the queen mother's face. After a few days after Su Zhaoyi's affairs, she acted like a baby and came out.

But when the emperor opened his mouth to confine her, it was really at least half a year. If someone played tricks on her, they might confine her for a few years, and then pick a son-in-law at random to marry her off!

"Princess, the emperor is in a fit of anger, so don't make any trouble." Eunuch De beside Emperor Longde advised him mournfully, he just left for a short while in a hurry, how could such a big event happen in such a short while!His head, I don't know if I can save it until tomorrow!
Wu Wan's disturbance not only alarmed Changxiu Palace, but also alarmed Concubine Chen.

After Emperor Longde left angrily, Concubine Chen came in to take a look, only to find that the woman on the bed was supposed to be Lu Xinyan, but for some reason, it was replaced by Yang Liuer.

She was shocked, but she couldn't help but smile, "Congratulations to my sister, I have received the grace, my sister will report to the Empress, and my sister will go back first to rest."

Concubine Chen left, and the maids carefully supported the limp Yang Liu'er to the Baihua Palace.

The side hall fell silent, and the palace ladies outside the palace were talking about it.

Xiao Yichen let go of Lu Xinyan's arm, and Lu Xinyan turned around to face him. The man who had said teasing words in her ear just now had a clear face and returned to his usual indifferent and distant appearance. Words never happened.

Lu Xinyan doesn't care about other things, leaving this place is the most important thing!
"What should we do now?" There was no way out inside, and there were maids outside, Lu Xinyan pinned her hopes on this man who sneaked in without knowing when or how!

Sure enough, he lived up to expectations, and there was a hint of hoarseness in his clear voice, "Come with me!"

It was this hoarseness that made Lu Xinyan understand that this guy was just pretending!
She curled her lips and followed behind Xiao Yichen.

There is a small window on the easternmost side of the side hall, just big enough for one person to pass through, probably because it is rarely used, and there is a slight creaking sound when it is opened.

Xiao Yichen jumped down first, and then stretched out his hand to Lu Xinyan. Lu Xinyan hesitated for two seconds, put his hand in his palm, and jumped off the window.

The moment she landed, she couldn't help falling in Xiao Yichen's direction because of her underdeveloped motor nerves.

Xiao Yichen supported her by the shoulder, and quickly withdrew his hand after seeing that she was stable.

The appearance of that gentleman made Lu Xinyan, who originally wanted to laugh at him with the previous incident, unable to speak for a while, so he asked another question: "Why are you in Changxiu Palace?"

Xiao Yichen said: "On patrol just now, some people said that there are suspicious people here!"

Such a coincidence?Lu Xinyan was a little disbelieving, and asked again: "Why did Princess Changping appear here?"

What happened just now made her want to understand the whole story!

It turns out that Wu Wan's real killing move is on the emperor today!
Yesterday, the Royal Garden ordered Ye Sang to frame Xiao He, just to let Concubine Chen show favor to her and gain her trust. No matter whether she pointed out the evidence of picking flowers or not, in the end, Xiao He will be safe and sound, Concubine Chen He will definitely take her to Changxiu Palace, say those words, and get closer to her.

Last night, they asked someone to pretend to be a ghost. Firstly, they took the opportunity to break the high heels and make them embarrassing during the performance. The most important thing was to create opportunities for Concubine Chen to get close to her.

Concubine Chen took the opportunity to take care of Su Zhaoyi. Su Zhaoyi almost had a miscarriage. It was rare that someone went to take care of her without avoiding suspicion. She was naturally moved. However, the prince in Su Zhaoyi's womb seemed to be gone, and the emperor would definitely go to visit and appease her.

Concubine Chen took care of Concubine Su Zhaoyi's headache, Su Zhaoyi reciprocated by mentioning Concubine Chen's matter before the emperor, and the emperor would definitely come to visit Concubine Chen.

Concubine Chen intentionally left Bu Yao in Hehuan Palace and sent Xiao Xizi to pick it up, in order to inquire about the emperor's itinerary, and let Xiao Xizi bump into her on purpose, and bring her here in the name of Bai Zhi.

The emperor is here, no matter whether the emperor favors her or not, I'm afraid she will be accused of seducing the emperor!
She is a married woman, for the sake of the royal family's face, the Queen Mother will never let her go!

But why did Concubine Chen cooperate with Wu Wan?
Concubine Chen is already 28, and she has nine princesses who are just ten years old. The emperor's love for her is fading, and the chance of giving birth to a prince is very slim. The next prince can't jump at all!

It stands to reason that Concubine Chen should honestly not participate in the harem strife, and live peacefully with the Ninth Princess in her arms, but she just joins forces with Wu Wan to deal with her!
What good does it do her?

There is also the matter of Su Zhaoyi being startled, the court lady Ding Xiang obviously did not run to the Hehuan Palace on purpose, because there is no need for Wu Wan to kill a harmless, unborn prince to make the emperor furious!
But if it wasn't intentional, how could Concubine Chen take advantage of taking care of Su Zhaoyi to lure the emperor to Changxiu Palace?

From the night before to now, the whole process was so natural that there was no leak, and it was completely beyond doubt.

Catching ghosts, Su Zhaoyi was frightened, Concubine Chen took the initiative to take care of her, she got windy and had a headache after watching the performance, asked Bai Zhi for moxibustion, Su Zhaoyi was pregnant and couldn't smell it, so she moved to Changxiu Palace, Xiao Xizi was looking for Buyao, met her on the road, and asked her if she would like Going back together with Baizhi, to Changxiu Palace, Concubine Chen's stomach upset delayed the acupuncture time, she waited in the side hall, and then the emperor came...

If there were no people pretending to be ghosts to scare Su Zhaoyi, how would these things proceed?

Lu Xin remembered that night when she was chasing the maids who were pretending to be ghosts, at a fork in the road, those maids obviously paused, looked to the left, and finally chose the right.

unless…

At that time, someone deliberately made the left side very bright, forcing the maids pretending to be ghosts to run to the dark right side, and that was the Hehuan Palace.

If the intentional person is Concubine Chen, all these behaviors can be explained!
And if Concubine Chen is caught by someone or tempted by some kind of benefit, and there are other people behind her who are helping Wu Wan deal with her on the surface, it can explain why Concubine Chen, who should have lived a peaceful life, framed her!
If the Empress Dowager knew that she had seduced the emperor, she would be secretly disposed of for the sake of royal face, then all the dowry left by her would fall into the Guangping Marquis Mansion, her natal family Ankangbo Mansion, because of her disgrace It is a great gift not to be held accountable to teach her daughter no way to die, so how dare she rob the Guangping Marquis for her dowry? …

Xiao Yichen quietly watched the changing expression on his face, sometimes frowning, sometimes relaxed, and finally couldn't help asking: "What are you thinking?"

"Xiao Shizi, can you send someone to watch Changxiu Palace?" Lu Xinyan answered irrelevantly.

"You suspect that there is someone else behind Concubine Chen?" Xiao Yichen said sharply.

He appeared here today for no reason. Lu Xinyan felt that he must know something, or guessed something to make it so coincidental. He didn't ask him why he thought so, and said directly: "Yes! Concubine Chen failed today. After the news is sent, I want to know who is trying to deal with me besides Wu Wan?"

And the person who instigated Concubine Chen is likely to be the person behind Jiang's and Gong Xuan's birth mother at the same time!
Xiao Yichen said: "The person who can blackmail or lure the emperor's concubines is not an ordinary person! If he can freely enter and leave the palace or is a person in the palace, there is no need to send news at all, and he can understand what happened in Changxiu Palace today. Clearly."

Lu Xinyan was stunned, knowing that what he said was right, she subconsciously asked, "Are we going to let them go like this?"

"Investigate the affairs of the people behind the scenes, don't act rashly, even if you find out, you now can't deal with it at all! It's even more likely that people haven't found out yet, but you will cause trouble by scaring the snake!" Xiao Yichen said: "However, Concubine Chen Can handle it!"

"Do you have a solution?"

Xiao Yichen asked back: "The person pretending to be a ghost accidentally broke into the Hehuan Palace the night before yesterday and scared Su Zhaoyi, what do you think of this?"

"I guess Concubine Chen used it to help Wu Wan and did it on purpose. If Su Zhaoyi's child is gone and the queen is hit, it has nothing to do with Concubine Chen, and Concubine Chen can also stay and take care of Su Zhaoyi."

Xiao Yichen took a deep look at her, a trace of satisfaction appeared on the corners of his lips, "Finally, I'm not so stupid!"

You are stupid, your whole family is stupid!Lu Xinyan gave him a white look, "You want to use this to find Concubine Chen?"

The smile on Xiao Yichen's lips deepened, "For the matter of pretending to be a ghost, two people were punished, one was Princess Changping, the other was Yang Cairen, the empress is the lord of the six palaces, Princess Changping made obvious mistakes, even if the empress suspected that someone was taking advantage of her It’s not easy to investigate clearly, otherwise there will be suspicion of shirking responsibility for Wu Wan! But Yang Cairen’s cousin, Concubine Yang, is different. Although they are cousins, they have a very good relationship. The most important thing is that Concubine Yang has a good face , Slapping Yang Cairen in the face is tantamount to disrespecting her..."

"You mean to use Concubine Yang to attack Concubine Chen?"

"That's right! As long as you tell Concubine Chen that Concubine Chen did it intentionally to scare Su Zhaoyi by pretending to be a ghost, Concubine Yang will definitely find a way to deal with Concubine Chen!"

"You're right! But it's a pity that I won't see what happens to Concubine Chen!" Lu Xinyan said regretfully. There are still five days left, and Princess Chang'an will leave the palace once her birthday is over. "Concubine Chen is meticulous and careful. It's almost impossible for Concubine Yang to catch Concubine Chen's handle within five days and give her a painful blow!"

Xiao Yichen pursed his lips lightly, "If you have no excuses, make excuses!"

Lu Xinyan's eyes widened, her eyes sparkling, "You have a solution?"

The appearance of obvious admiration clearly pleased someone, "Do you still remember Aunt He from Master Ge's residence?"

"Of course I remember."

Xiao Yichen said: "Aunt He's father, He Qingshan, a fellow acquaintance of Qingzhou, was privately exposed for using his power to embezzle and pervert the law. The silver involved in the case was about 10 taels of silver. The emperor was furious and ordered people to secretly collect evidence! Involved in…”

Lu Xinyan smiled brightly, and continued: "Whether it is really involved or fake involved, none of the officials is innocent. As long as you tell this news to Concubine Chen on Princess Chang'an's birthday, Concubine Chen will find a way to tell her The father and brother who came to the palace to attend the birthday banquet, let them be careful not to be caught, and if Concubine Yang catches all this on the spot, she will sue the emperor... The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and the emperor has not announced the matter. The concubine of the harem has already heard the rumors, Concubine Chen will definitely be unable to eat and walk around!"

"Smart!" Xiao Yichen looked at her with a smile, the light in his eyes actually contained inexplicable doting.

Lu Xinyan blinked, almost suspecting that she was wrong!

The man on the opposite side seemed to realize that he had lost his composure, and his long eyelashes drooped, covering his shining glazed eyes, and when he raised them again, the inside was already indifferent.

Lu Xinyan shrugged, thinking that she was dazzled just now, "By the way, Mr. Xiao, you haven't told me why Princess Changping suddenly came to Changxiu Palace?"

It stands to reason that Wu Wan designed all of this by herself, just because she wanted Lu Xinyan to be executed, so how could she be so stupid as to jump in and tell others that this was all designed by her?He also smashed the emperor's favored woman, which made the emperor furious!
Xiao Yichen's eyes flickered, "I'm on patrol, let's go first."

"Hey, why are you like this? You're making me want to eat!" Lu Xinyan complained in a low voice, and then suddenly shouted, "Could it be that you're playing tricks on the pretty men?"

As soon as the words fell, the man who was leaving in front of him suddenly slipped his feet, turned around with a dark face, and gave her a hard look, "What nonsense?"

Lu Xinyan couldn't help but burst out laughing, "I was just joking with you, why take it seriously?"

Xiao Yichen snorted, and left with a livid face.

Half an hour ago, Xiao Yichen, who was on patrol, 'accidentally' saw Xiao Xizi walking towards Changxiu Palace with Lu Xinyan.

Isn't Concubine Chen taking care of Su Zhaoyi in Hehuan Palace?Why did she ask someone to invite her to Changxiu Palace?
With a slight thought, he found a reason to stop a eunuch from Hehuan Palace, asked him a few words, and finally asked about Su Zhaoyi's body.

The eunuch said: "Back to Prince Xiao, Su Zhaoyi is in good health, but she can't smell badly. Earlier, Concubine Chen had a headache, so the lady Baizhi next to Mrs. Gong Shao used moxibustion with moxa sticks to relieve the headache. Su Zhaoyi smelled uncomfortable, and Concubine Chen then I took Miss Baizhi to Changxiu Palace."

Xiao Yichen said: "I heard that the emperor went to Hehuan Palace to visit Su Zhaoyi, so you can take care of me when you go back."

"The emperor left after a while. Su Zhaoyi said that Concubine Chen had a headache because of taking care of her, and asked the emperor to visit her when he had time."

Xiao Yichen's back shivered, ever since he became General Zuo Lang of the Yulin Army, he was used to all kinds of methods of framing and inviting pets in the palace, after a little thought, he understood the strangeness of it.

On the route where the maids of Zhaoyang Palace passed by, Xiao Yichen summoned an Imperial Forest Army, "I leave this to you. Earlier, I found out that some suspicious-looking people were heading towards Changxiu Palace. I'll go over there."

"Yes, Prince Xiao!"

Because Wu Wan loves Xiao Yichen, she often sends the eunuchs and maids in the palace to keep an eye on his movements in the dark. When Xiao Yichen is on duty, she makes chance encounters from time to time, so the news that Xiao Yichen is going to patrol near the Changxiu Palace immediately reaches Wu Wan's ears.

Wu Wan immediately jumped up when she heard about it. In order to create a false appearance that Lu Xinyan seduced her father, all the ladies and eunuchs in Changxiu Palace were dismissed. What if Xiao Yichen went first before her father arrived at Changxiu Palace?Isn't this creating an opportunity for Lu Xinyan to hook up with Xiao Yichen?
A woman's sixth sense made her rush straight to the Changxiu Palace without thinking about it, regardless of the fact that the maid reminded her that she was being grounded by the empress.

Wu Wan ran all the way to Changxiu Palace, only to see that the door of the side hall was closed, and Eunuch De, who was always with Emperor Longde, was nowhere to be seen. Wu Wan thought that Emperor Longde hadn't arrived at all, and heard a strange sound faintly coming from inside. The voice, thinking that his worries had become a reality, angrily kicked open the side hall door...

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Lu Xinyan didn't go back to Changxiu Palace, but directly went back to Baihua Palace.

Concubine Chen deliberately designed her, the lines must have been agreed with Xiao Xizi a long time ago, Bai Zhi probably didn't even know that she would come, and didn't know what happened, what's more, she had already left before she came.

When Lu Xinyan returned to Baihua Palace, there was a lot of discussion in the Baihua Palace. When Qingtong saw her, she said excitedly: "Miss, something big happened just now, Yang..."

"Is Bai Zhi here?" Lu Xinyan interrupted her.

Qingtong was slightly taken aback, "Here! Miss, is she looking for her? I'll call her out! Bai Zhi..."

Bai Zhi came out in response, probably because she heard the voice coming out in a hurry, holding an unfolded coat in her hand, she looked at the two people in the courtyard in surprise, "Miss, Sister Qingtong, what's the matter?"

Seeing the person with her own eyes, Lu Xinyan felt relieved and said, "It's good that you are here, when did you come back?"

Bai Zhi said: "It's been a while, maybe half an hour, why did the lady ask such a question?"

half an hour?Lu Xinyan sneered in her heart, which meant that Xiao Xizi took her to Changxiu Palace and told her that Bai Zhi had already left in half an hour.

Bai Zhi suddenly realized, "Miss is worried about the emperor and Miss Yang, am I implicated? Don't worry, I left early, Miss Yang hadn't gone yet."

"Miss Yang didn't go, I went." Lu Xinyan said lightly.

"What?" Qingtong Baizhi and the two were taken aback.

"Go in and talk." Lu Xinyan nodded slightly, and walked inside.

Inside, Xiao He and Shu Yun are helping Luyue to pack things, "Sister Luyue, don't worry, I will help you clean up."

"Thank you, Xiaohe." Lueyue was very embarrassed, "It's too much trouble for you."

"Usually Xiao He does the least work, let her do more this time." Shu Yun said.

Xiao He playfully made a face at Shu Yun, and when she saw Lu Xinyan and the others came in, she smiled happily, "Miss, you are back!"

Lu Xinyan smiled back, "I'm back. Let's put down what you are doing first, I have something to say."

She smiled and looked relaxed, but she revealed something unusual.

Xiao He and Shu Yun unconsciously put down their work and approached her.

Lu Xinyan told the story of what happened in the side hall of Changxiu Palace, including her own inferences and Xiao Yichen's suggestion to attack Concubine Chen.

Qingtong and the others gasped when they heard this, their eyes widened, "This... Princess Changping and Concubine Chen are such vicious tricks! They actually used such nasty means to attack Miss! If it wasn't for Prince Xiao..."

If it wasn't for Xiao Yichen, Lu Xinyan would probably be discovered by the court ladies and eunuchs who came in to clean up, and then she would be accused of co-designing Emperor Longde with Yang Liu'er!
Yang Liu'er is unmarried, and Emperor Longde has favored her, so she will definitely be brought into the harem, and the queen mother will not stop her, it's just a matter of adding more chopsticks.

But Lu Xinyan is different, if it is light, she will be sent out of the palace immediately, if it is serious, she will die.

Thinking about it this way, she seemed to owe him another favor!Lu Xinyan wrinkled her nose, what the hell, the debt is not too heavy.

"Miss, next..."

Lu Xinyan said: "I don't know Concubine Yang very well. Going to ask her to see her may not necessarily meet me, and even if she meets me, she may not believe what I say! I plan to go to Lenggong to visit Yang Cairen quietly later, and Yang Cairen will take Chen Concubine Tell Concubine Yang about it."

Xiao Yichen has already made arrangements, she will not be found when she goes to Lenggong to find Yang Cairen.

"Miss, I will accompany you." Qingtong said.

Lu Xinyan nodded, "You guys continue to clean up, Qingtong will be with me."

The two went quietly and returned quietly, for about half an hour, without making a sound.

Bai Zhi and the others had already packed everything. As soon as Lu Xinyan Qingtong came back, she called the eunuch who helped carry it, and went to Fengyang Palace with large and small bags.

In the afternoon, Concubine Yang received a message from the Leng Palace entrusted by Yang Cairen, and immediately went to the Leng Palace.

After staying inside for a while, when he came out, his complexion was ashen, and his face was very ugly. He didn't stop, and went directly to the Longevity Palace.

In the Longevity Palace, the Empress Dowager was reprimanding the Empress, "Empress, how do you usually discipline Changping? Changxiu Palace is the place where Concubine Chen belongs, so you have to call Concubine Mother in name. Let me know! She's fine, she just broke in without saying anything, and even kicked open the door of the side hall! This is not like the most honorable princess of our Tianwu, she is clearly a lawless monkey!"

The empress cried and said: "Empress Dowager, Chang Ping did not do this right, but who knew that Concubine Chen would find Yang Liu'er in broad daylight and use her to seduce the emperor's obsessive favor? If Concubine Chen hadn't made such a mess first Dirty situation, even if Chang Ping breaks into the Changxiu Palace, he will not offend the emperor! Empress Dowager, the emperor has been diligent in government affairs since he ascended the throne, never in broad daylight... the emperor wants to punish Taiping, and the concubines have nothing to say , the concubine only asks the queen mother to come forward to clear up the palace rules and punish those who have ulterior motives!"

"This matter is one thing at a time. You have to discipline Changping well in the future. If you don't discipline well, Aijia will ask the emperor to marry her for her, and she will be married!" The empress dowager's anger dissipated a little, "As for Chen Concubine, she said she had a headache and was resting, so she dismissed the maids and eunuchs for fear of people quarreling, what can you do? Besides, the emperor was going to Su Zhaoyi's place, who knew that the emperor would go to Changxiu Palace on a whim? That's okay, this won't happen It also happened, Yang Liu'er has been favored by Long, as a queen, you should fix her name as soon as possible."

"Yes, Queen Mother." The queen gritted her teeth and agreed.

"Empress Dowager, Concubine Yang please see me."

"Announce her to come in!" After the queen mother responded, she said to the queen again: "Wipe your tears clean, don't let Concubine Yang see the clues, and lose your identity as a queen."

"Yes, the concubine knows." The queen quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief to cover up the traces.

"My concubine sees the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager." Concubine Yang saluted.

"Why did Concubine Yang come to Ai's house at this hour, but what's the matter?" the queen mother asked.

Concubine Yang tactfully didn't look at the queen, "My cousin's negligence in managing the Baihua Palace, I feel ashamed in my body and mind, and I have been thinking about how to remedy it. After hearing about what happened to Concubine Chen's sister in the palace today, I have an idea. Report to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager."

"Let's listen to it." The queen mother has nothing to say.

"There have been frequent accidents in the palace these past few days. On the surface, it seems that Princess Changping was playful when she was young. During the frolicking, an accident happened accidentally, which frightened Su Zhaoyi and angered the emperor in Changxiu Palace. Someone deliberately fueled the flames and let Princess Changping take the blame?" Concubine Yang said: "It seems that Princess Chang'an's birthday is still a few days away, and all the royal family and dignitaries will enter the palace to congratulate, in case someone intentionally causes trouble..."

Concubine Yang deliberately paused, seeing that the empress dowager's face was really not good, she continued: "Only the people in the palace know about the things that happened before, and no one dares to spread them casually, but if something happens on Princess Chang'an's birthday, it will be announced at that time." The whole world knows it, and the royal family loses all face! So I thought, first, ask the Imperial Forest Army to strengthen patrols, and second, our harem also quietly form a patrol team, directly led by the Empress Dowager, to patrol places that are inconvenient for the Imperial Forest Army."

The Empress Dowager was still hesitating, and the Empress said: "Empress Dowager, this concubine thinks that Sister Concubine Yang's proposal is very good. The Imperial Forest Army is the emperor's people, so we should not control them too much, and they are always men, so there is always some inconvenience! But Once something happens in the harem, it is the responsibility of the Queen Mother and the concubines, if there are a group of people who can fully obey our orders, there will be no way to hide the many dirty things in the harem!"

In the past, Concubine Yang's proposal might not be agreed to by the queen. Although she is the queen in the harem, she is subject to the queen mother's control in everything she does. To form such a patrol team, on the surface, they obey her orders, but in fact they mostly obey the queen mother's orders. There is no privacy at all by placing spies by your side.

But now that Wu Wan had frequent accidents, the emperor was furious. The empress was sensitive to the fact that someone must be playing tricks in the dark and put the blame on Wu Wan. In fact, the people who really wanted to target were her and the second prince!So the queen agreed without hesitation.

Establishing a patrol team is tantamount to giving yourself an extra eyeliner to monitor the harem. Seeing the two strongly recommending it, the queen mother agreed, "Since the queen and concubine Yang fully support it, the Ai family agrees, so let's set up a patrol team." Things…"

Concubine Yang immediately knelt down to petition, "My concubine is willing to undertake the task of forming a patrol team, and report the progress to the empress dowager and empress every morning and evening, and ask the empress dowager and empress to give me a chance to redeem myself!"

"Then it will be hard for Concubine Yang."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager!" Concubine Yang was overjoyed, and quickly thanked her, but she snorted coldly in her heart: Concubine Chen, you framed my cousin and deliberately slapped me in the face, I will never finish with you, let's wait and see!
In the evening, the queen went to Zhaoyang Palace, "Tell me, who gave you the idea?" Her face was cold and stern, with cold eyes, she was not at all the gentle queen in front of everyone.

Wu Wan curled her lips, "Nobody gave Chang Ping any advice, Chang Ping just can't get used to that Lu Xinyan!" She wouldn't confess to anyone else!
The queen said angrily: "You can't understand her, there are many opportunities outside the palace, why do you have to do it in the palace, and finally hit your mother and me in the face?"

Seeing that the Queen was angry, Wu Wan said: "Chang Ping thought about it for a while, but Ru Xiang and Yu Yan both suffered from her outside the palace, Chang Ping thought that this palace is Chang Ping's place, so it's even more difficult to move." It's convenient, so..."

The queen said: "Changping, you are not young, why are you still so ignorant? This palace is the place where the emperor and the empress dowager belong. Other people, including the empress mother, if they commit a crime here, It's nothing! Unless your emperor brother can ascend to the throne in the future, we, mother and daughter, will be buried with others!"

"Changping remember it!" Wu Wan replied, but she thought in her heart, how could it be so exaggerated?
Seeing her expression, the queen knew that she didn't agree, so she became more and more angry, "After all, it's the queen mother who protects you too well, making you treat this palace as your own home, and think that you are losing your temper in your own home. , play a little temper, kill someone who doesn't like it, it doesn't hurt at all!"

"Queen, don't be angry, my son will listen to you in the future!" Seeing that the queen was very angry, Wu Wan hurriedly said.

"You don't know when you become the queen mother, you just talk about it?" The queen got up angrily, "From now on, you should reflect on yourself in this Zhaoyang Palace! If you don't really want to understand, the queen mother will not plead for you and let your father beg let you out!"

The queen left in a flick of her sleeves, Wu Wan didn't expect her to leave just like that, she hurriedly chased after her and shouted: "Queen mother, I know my mistake, I really know my mistake..."

But no matter how much she yelled, the queen refused to look back at her again.

Wu Wan was so angry that she kicked over the potted plants outside, but with excessive force, she hurt her own feet, hugged her legs and yelled.

In the side hall of Fengyang Palace at night, under the flickering candlelight, Lu Xinyan was concentrating on drawing the clothes she designed for Wu Zhen.

I drew one after another, and finally drew a satisfactory one.

Qing Tong said from the side: "Miss, do you want these? I think they are all pretty."

Lu Xinyan hummed, "No matter how beautiful the artwork is, you still need to find the right person! Princess Chang'an has a round figure and a dull complexion. These styles are not suitable for her."

"Only the clothes inside this one are suitable?" Qingtong pointed to the one that Lu Xinyan was holding.

"This one is the best!" Lu Xinyan put down the paper, "Qingtong, can you peel bamboo?"

Qingtong: "I know how to cut bamboo, what does Miss want bamboo for?"

"Can you cut it into long strips about one finger wide?"

"It should be fine." Qingtong asked again: "What will Miss use it for?"

"I'll find out in two days." Lu Xinyan stretched her waist, "By the way, what's going on with Concubine Yang?"

Qing Tong said: "Concubine Yang's speed is really fast, she has obtained the consent of the Empress Dowager, and tomorrow she will secretly select the maids and eunuchs."

"The next thing is to wait until the 28th." Lu Xinyan smiled, she couldn't deal with Wu Wan now, she had to deal with you as Concubine Chen to relieve her anger.

"Miss, what are you going to do about Yueyue's injury?" Qingtong said: "If it was really Miss Yang's fault, she has already withdrawn from the competition to make the clothes for Princess Chang'an, and she is the emperor's new favorite. Easy to do."

"It's hard to say whether this matter was done by Yang Liuer or Li Qinxuan. I don't want to frame anyone at will, but I won't let anyone go easily!" Lu Xinyan said: "After two days, if we act like this, if someone falls into the trap, it means That person is Li Qinxuan, who happens to be caught in the trap, if no one catches the trap, it proves that Yang Liuer did it before, and this revenge will be retaliated in the future!"

Lu Xinyan said her plan in a low voice, and Qingtong nodded repeatedly.

Early the next morning, Lu Xinyan begged to see Wu Zhen, "Your Highness, my wife would like to borrow two bamboos from Lan Lin."

Lanlin is a bamboo forest. Emperor Longde loves orchid, and Wu Zhen's biological mother loves bamboo. When he first entered the palace and was deeply favored, Emperor Longde bestowed the name of the bamboo forest: Lanlin to show his love for Wu Zhen's biological mother. As time goes by, no one in the palace pays attention to Lan Lin except Wu Zhen.

Wu Zhen wondered, "What does Mrs. Gong want to use bamboo for?"

"Make fancy clothes for the princess!"

"Using bamboo?" Wu Zhen opened her eyes wide and leaned forward slightly, her surprised look showed a bit of childishness.

Lu Xinyan pursed her lips and smiled, "That's right, if the princess wants to know, the minister's wife will show it to the princess first."

Wu Zhen realized that she was too urgent, and turned back, "Azhao, accompany Mrs. Gong Shao to Lanlin."

"Yes, princess."

Song Zhao brought Lu Xinyan Qingtong to Lanlin, "Mrs. Gong Shao, the princess attaches great importance to this bamboo forest, please choose the bamboo you like first, and let the slaves cut it down."

"Thank you, Sister Songzhao, for reminding me." Lu Xinyan smiled, and turned to tell Qingtong, "Qingtong, choose two thicker bamboos."

"Yes, miss." Qingtong walked in and saw two that were about three fingers thick, "Miss, are these two okay?"

Lu Xinyan nodded, "Yes."

Song Zhao was about to call for someone, but when he heard two clicks, Qingtong turned his palm into a knife and chopped off the bamboo with his bare hands, which really scared Song Zhao, "Mrs. Gong Shao, your maid is so handsome."

Lu Xinyan nodded in agreement, "Sister Song Zhao, thank you, let's go back first."

When the two returned to the side hall, Qingtong borrowed a knife from Song Zhao, and began to slice the bamboo into thin slices, and divided them into several strips of different lengths according to Lu Xinyan's request.

Lu Xinyan called to comb Yun Xuyue, and asked them to sew bamboo pieces inside with tulle, leaving a long strip of tulle at each end. After sewing, tie the two ribbons together, and the bamboo strips are very elastic. into large and small circles.

Lu Xinyan then tied these circles up with thin straps, and the distance between each circle was about the width of a palm, from small to large, and lifted it up to look like a cone.

"Miss, what is this used for?" Xiao He asked curiously.

Lu Xinyan smiled mysteriously, "Wait a while."

After she finished speaking, she walked into the hall, and walked out after a while, so surprised that Qingtong and the others could not close their mouths from ear to ear.

It turns out that the smooth long skirt that Lu Xinyan was wearing now looks like a half-opened oil umbrella, and her originally slender waist is now too thin to hold!
The open skirt is like a blooming flower, noble and beautiful, full of aura.

"Miss, you stuffed the bamboo ring into your skirt!" Xiao He screamed.

(End of this chapter)