At the Queen Mother's signal, Lu Mo ordered the maid next to her to bring up the tray and lifted the red cloth. [ ]

"This purple jade bracelet is not from the palace, where did it come from?" Whether it was a reward from the master or a gift to each other from the concubines, there are records for checking the objects in the palace. Wei Ning'er happened to be the two

Everything is extremely valuable and nowhere to be found, which makes people suspicious.

"To the Queen Mother, this purple jade bracelet was a gift from Mr. Lu!" Wei Ning'er said respectfully.

"Nobleman Lu?" The Queen Mother frowned slightly: "Nobleman Lu doesn't seem to have such a thing!"

Lu Yunxi immediately stood up, knelt down beside Wei Ning'er, and said respectfully: "Queen Mother, this is all the concubine's fault. According to the rules of the palace, concubines are not allowed to bring anything into the palace, but this purple jade bracelet is the concubine's fault."

Given by E Niang,

The concubine just brought her into the palace secretly, and the bracelets are a pair. She still has one on her hand, and the other one was given to her because she was on good terms with her!" After Lu Yunxi said this, he rolled up his sleeves and said,

The purple jade bracelet on her wrist was revealed.

The Queen Mother nodded slightly and winked at Aunt Qiu beside her. Aunt Qiu immediately looked at the two jade bracelets carefully, and then said after a while: "For the Empress Dowager, these two purple jade carvings are from a piece of fine purple jade."

The jade is polished and should be polished and carved by the same person."

"The Queen Mother, I know I am guilty, please punish the Queen Mother!" Lu Yun said respectfully.

The Queen Mother nodded slightly: "Since you have worn it by your side for many years, just keep it and don't do it again in the future!"

"Yes, concubine, thank the Queen Mother!" Lu Yunxi did not expect that the Queen Mother would spare her, and immediately said respectfully.

At this time, Lu Mo opened up the cloth on another tray, revealing a full-body emerald jade pendant. The delicate green color was extremely rare, and it was rare to see such transparent jade among the tributes in the palace.

, what is even more rare is that the shape of the jade pendant is actually a lifelike phoenix spreading its wings and about to fly.

"What a rare emerald phoenix pendant!" Concubine Xian, who had been silent all this time, said in amazement.

"Yes, this is the first time I've seen it. I never thought that I have such an extraordinary thing." Yi concubine pretended to be envious.

However, Concubine Jia and others looked at Wei Ning'er with some worry and did not dare to say anything.

"Your Majesty, where did this jade pendant come from?" the Queen Mother asked with a smile.

Not to mention others, even she felt that this jade pendant was very good when she looked at it, so she had to ask clearly.

At this time, the queen's face had turned a little pale, and her whole body was trembling uncontrollably. The emperor's face was even more solemn. He looked at the queen and Wei Ning'er, and seemed to have a glimmer of understanding.

"How is that possible?" Fu Heng muttered to himself as he looked at the jade pendant from a distance, as if he had seen something terrible, his eyes full of disbelief.

"To the Queen Mother, it was given to me by my concubine's mother-in-law!" How dare Wei Ning'er say that this jade pendant was left by her own mother, after all... her life experience is a secret, and people must not know that she is not Wei Qingtai.

His daughter, and... the Wei family would never be able to come up with such a jade pendant.

"Your mother-in-law?" The Queen Mother frowned slightly.

"Queen..." At this moment, the emperor noticed that the queen beside him was getting paler and she was sweating on her forehead.

"Your Majesty..." Ruoyan was also surprised.

"Pass the imperial doctor!" the Queen Mother said urgently.

"Queen!" The emperor saw that the queen had fainted, his face changed drastically, and he picked her up and walked out.

The hall suddenly became a little chaotic, and the concubines also had different expressions.

Wei Ning'er also looked a little ugly, but at this time she didn't dare to get up and follow her, for fear that the Queen Mother would cause trouble for her.

"All of you, please step aside!" The Queen Mother seemed a little tired and waved her hand.

"The Queen Mother, concubines..." Wei Ning'er looked at the Queen Mother hesitantly.

"You should also go back. Don't take what happened today to your heart. Although the Ai family is worried about you being favored by the emperor and has thought about getting rid of you, it was just out of anger, but there is no need to play tricks with you to harm you!

"The Queen Mother said solemnly.

"Yes!" Wei Ning'er nodded slightly: "I have resigned!"

"Empress Dowager, you just let your concubine go like this?" Lu Mo couldn't believe it.

"If I keep asking more, I can't find out the reason. It seems like Aijia is forcing a concubine to confess. Aijia is tired, so help Aijia back to the bedroom and sit down for a while!" The Queen Mother showed a look of exhaustion on her face.

"Yes, the Queen Mother!" Lu Mo responded, and then he and Aunt Qiu helped the Queen Mother to the bedroom.

"Empress, I don't know how Lu Mo did it. She brought Qi from Fucha Mansion to the palace. Didn't she tell the empress that Qi said that her concubine did have an affair with Fu Heng? Why did Qi do it again?

You said that!" After returning to Yimengxuan, Mu Yun said with some displeasure.

"I once heard that the second lady of the Fucha Mansion is an extremely stupid person, but when I look at her today... I have underestimated her." Concubine Xian sneered.

"But Lumo..."

Concubine Xian shook her head gently, interrupted Mu Yun, and said with a smile: "You must remember that Lu Mo has always been the Queen Mother's person, and the deceased Imperial Concubine Huixian's. Now we are just taking what we have with her.

It’s just a need, don’t make her anxious!”

"Yes, I know this, but... Master, you have spent a lot of time, but now you have gained nothing." Mu Yun was a little unwilling.

"Are you getting nothing? Not necessarily. Some things take a long time to be seen, but... you must be more careful in the future. If the Queen Mother knows that I am behind it, I will be completely ruined.

!" Concubine Xian's eyes were full of solemnity.

"Don't worry, Master, no one can get hold of this matter!" Mu Yun said with a confident smile.

At this time, in the clear water and sky, the queen had woken up, but she was in a daze. Even when the emperor spoke to her, she did not answer.

"Your Majesty, please go back first. I want to be alone!" After a while, a forced smile appeared on the queen's face.

The emperor pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly and left.

The queen sat quietly on the bed, and after a long time she took off a jade pendant from her neck. It was a green phoenix jade pendant, which was almost exactly the same as the one Wei Ning'er just had.

"Chu Xia, go and call your concubine!" The queen took a deep breath, then called Chu Xia into the bedroom and ordered.

"Yes, empress!" Chu Xia responded and left.

Wei Ning'er was already worried about the queen and was waiting outside the palace at the moment.

"Wish you happiness, my dearest queen!" Wei Ning'er said on her knees.

"Bring your phoenix jade pendant, I want to take a look!" The queen held her jade pendant tightly in her hand, with a weak smile on her face.

"Yes, empress!" Wei Ning'er immediately handed over the jade pendant in her purse.

"You are tired too, go and have a rest. If something happens, I will send someone to invite you. I will ask Chu Xia to send this jade pendant to you later!" the queen said in a low voice.

Although Wei Ning'er noticed that something seemed amiss with the Queen, she did not dare to ask any more questions and withdrew.

After Wei Ning'er left, the queen took the two jade pendants in her hands. If she read correctly, the two jade pendants should be carved from the same piece of jade. The only difference was the words on the back of the jade pendants, hers.

The word "Yue Xi" was engraved on it, but Wei Ning'er's was engraved with the word "Ning". Gradually, tears burst out of the queen's eyes.

That year... was the fifth year of Yongzheng's reign. To this day, the queen still remembers that on the first day of the new year, Amma gave her this phoenix jade pendant, just because in a few months she would enter the palace for the draft, Amma said

, she is his most precious daughter, only this jade pendant can be worthy of her, but she saw another jade pendant from Amma, which was exactly the same as the one given to her, so she asked one more question, is this for her?

Does your sister have a full moon?

Amma told her that Yue Ying was just a concubine. How could he be like her? She didn't ask any more questions.

But that spring day, Ama died, and her sky seemed to collapse all of a sudden. In two months, she would be ordered to enter the palace for the draft. Without Ama's protection, she knew her own destiny, even though she came from a famous family.

, in the end they will only be given marriages to ordinary clan members, or become concubines.

Just when she was desperate, it was her uncle Ma Qi who protected her and gave her the opportunity to select the prince Fujin among the ladies, and finally married the fourth elder brother.

That year was the most difficult and luckiest year in her life. Amma died. Despite the disappointment, she got married to the emperor, who was still a prince, and thus her mother honored the world.

But she could never forget that the jade pendant was the last thing Ama gave her, and it was also the most precious thing. She always wore it close to her body and never took it off. Even the emperor knew this.

But now... another jade pendant appeared on Wei Ning'er, with her name engraved on it. An answer was about to come out, but she couldn't believe it.

"Mother Cui, go to the Wei Mansion in person and tell Xueying to come to the palace!" After thinking for a long time, the queen made up her mind to find out the matter.

Huang Xueying saw that Aunt Cui personally announced her entry into the palace, and after hearing Aunt Cui talk about the situation in the palace, she already knew what the queen meant by calling her into the palace, but she did not have the slightest worry or fear, but felt it in her heart

Overjoyed.

"May the Queen be blessed!" Huang said respectfully as she walked to the Queen with lowered eyebrows and lowered her head.

The queen looked at Mrs. Huang intently, and then said for a while: "Sister Xueying... Back then, E Niang ignored my pleading and just kicked you out of the Fucha Mansion. I was used to having you by my side since I was a child, but suddenly you are gone.

, I don’t even eat or drink, I want to

My mother found you back, but she told me that you seduced Ama, but I didn’t believe it... Later, my mother also blamed herself for misunderstanding you, but... why is that jade pendant at Ning'er's place?

Tell me, whose daughter is Ning'er?"

Mrs. Huang looked at the queen, closed her eyes for a moment, and shouted in her heart: Your Majesty, please forgive me for lying to you and to everyone. But only in this way can Ning'er live a better life in this harem.

With your sincere protection, she will be able to live a stable life. This is the only compensation I, a mother-in-law, can give her.

"Empress, Ning'er is indeed not the daughter of Wei Qingtai, but the daughter of your Ama Li Rongbao, but... I never seduced you when I was in Fucha Mansion. Ning'er's birth was just an accident. Concubine
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