"Lu Mo, has the Queen Mother gotten up?" Although it was cold at this time, Liang Ming was sweating profusely and looked at Lu Mo and asked cautiously.

Seeing him like this, Lu Mo knew that something big had happened and immediately said: "The Queen Mother just got up, please allow me to report!"

After a while, Lu Mo walked out quickly: "Manager Liang, the Queen Mother please come in!"

"Thank you!" Liang Ming thanked him and quickly entered the palace.

"I would like to extend my sincere greetings to the Queen Mother!" Liang Ming said with a thousand words.

"Get up, Liang Ming, have you found out the result?" the Queen Mother asked.

Liang Ming immediately knelt down: "Empress Dowager, this slave deserves to die!"

"What happened?" The Queen Mother had an ominous premonition in her heart.

"The Queen Mother, the two eunuchs are dead!" Liang Ming said in a trembling voice.

"Dead?" The Queen Mother was surprised.

"Yes, last night I asked the people from the Criminal Investigation Department to interrogate them all night long. In the early hours of this morning, they had not yet confessed, so the people from the Criminal Investigation Department wanted to interrogate them after dawn, but they actually bit their tongues and committed suicide!" Liang Ming replied cautiously!

road.

"Useless thing!" The Queen Mother's face changed slightly and she shouted in a deep voice.

"You deserve to die!" Liang Ming was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

"What about Mo Ju, the palace maid in charge of the warehouse?" the Queen Mother asked again.

"To the Queen Mother, Mo Ju...she is also dead!" After Liang Ming said this, he felt uneasy in his heart. This time he did something bad and he would definitely be severely punished.

"How did she die?" the Queen Mother took a deep breath and asked.

"You'll die if you hit the wall!" Liang Ming trembled.

"You... what's the use of keeping you in the Ai family? Not only did the interrogation fail to produce results, but they also let them die!" The queen mother felt so anxious that she could hardly breathe, frightening Aunt Qiu and the leading eunuch beside her.

Ma Renyi was busy and pretended to be the imperial doctor.

Liang Ming was so frightened that he kowtowed in apology.

"It's okay for my family to be in trouble!" The Queen Mother slowly came to her senses.

"Liang Ming, you useless slave, if the Ai family knows that you were bribed to kill them intentionally, the Ai family will definitely kill your entire family!" The Queen Mother looked at Liang Ming, who was kneeling on the ground and shivering.

shouted.

"The Empress Dowager, this servant is wronged. I was originally your servant. It was the Empress who promoted me, and this slave is what I am today. I absolutely dare not do anything to betray you. Please be careful, the Empress Dowager!" After Liang Ming was frightened, he said

He kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"That's all, go to the Criminal Punishment Department and get twenty boards for the Ai family to find out whether the deaths of the three of them were intentional!" The Queen Mother only felt that this matter was becoming more and more elusive for her.

"Yes, I obey the order!" Liang Ming rolled out of the main hall.

At this time, Wu Shulai, who was ordered to search the palace, also came to Cining Palace, and Lu Mo took him to see the Queen Mother.

After Wu Shulai received the order yesterday, he searched the palace non-stop. He didn't even dare to rest at night. He led everyone to run around the palace with lanterns. Only then did he make a discovery. It was because the Queen Mother ordered the search to be carried out. He

He came to Cining Palace before reporting back to the emperor.

"Wu Shulai, have you been found?" The Queen Mother was feeling uncomfortable because of Liang Ming's anger. At this time, she couldn't cheer up after seeing Wu Shulai.

"I would like to report to you, your Majesty, I was ordered to search the palace and found three branches of nine-leaf grass in the small garden behind the Changchun Palace!" Wu Shulai bowed and reported.

Just because he led everyone to search and couldn't hide it, he sent his confidants to quietly inform the queen, so that she could be prepared and come to Cining Palace to follow up the order.

"Changchun Palace!" The Queen Mother hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Wu Shulai, are there any discoveries elsewhere?"

"Never!" Wu Shu replied.

"Wu Shulai, please go back to the emperor." The Queen Mother said somewhat helplessly.

"Yes!" Wu Shulai immediately retreated.

After Wu Shulai left, the Queen Mother said to Aunt Qiu and others beside her: "The Ai family seems to be in trouble this time. Can you see any clues?"

"Your Majesty, I have to say something bold, there are not many people in the palace who have the ability to manipulate everyone into applause!" Aunt Qiu said in a low voice.

"What you say makes sense, but who is it? The Ai family looks at them and they don't have the courage." Familiar faces flashed through the Queen Mother's mind.

"Empress, as Aunt Qiu said, there are very few people in the palace who have the ability and connections to do this. Only empresses with the rank of concubine or above can do it. Moreover, the foundations of Empress Jiafei and Empress Chunfei are still shallow.

, I’m afraid I don’t have that strength yet!” Ma Renyi said respectfully.

"Yes, empress!" Lu Mo also nodded slightly.

"Go and find out who the dead eunuchs and maids had the most contact with on weekdays, and find out who they belong to. The Ai family has not been involved in worldly affairs these years, but unexpectedly they are so bold that they even dare to install them in our Cining Palace.

Come, take this opportunity to send all the people in the palace to Xinzheku, and then ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send some slaves. They must be carefully selected, and no more people can sneak into Cining Palace!" the Queen Mother ordered in a deep voice.

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"Yes, empress!" the three of them responded immediately.

Who are the queen, the noble concubine and the concubine Xian? Or is there some hidden power in the palace that is not known to the Ai family? The Queen Mother thought in her heart, feeling very worried.

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After Wu Shulai returned to Yangxin Hall, he told the emperor about the discovery of three-branched nine-leaf grass in the Queen's Palace. After hearing this, the emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Go to Changchun Palace."

"yes!"

After the emperor went to Changchun Palace, he went to the bedroom to visit the injured queen. About a quarter of an hour later, the emperor walked out of the bedroom.

"Wu Shulai, send someone to pull out the three branches and nine leaves of grass in the back garden." The emperor ordered Wu Shulai.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although Wu Shulai didn't know what the Queen said to the Emperor, but seeing that the Emperor's face looked the same and he gave such instructions, he knew that the Queen would not be in any danger, and Wei Ning'er would naturally not be implicated, so he felt relieved.

After the emperor returned to the Yangxin Hall, he ordered that no one in the palace should mention the matter again, as if the matter was nothing and had never happened.

Everyone in the palace also smelled danger from this unusual calm.

In the past few days, Wei Ning'er has been staying in her room, unwilling to leave even a step. Although the servants in Changchun Palace are usually very strictly disciplined, gossips are gradually coming out. Even if Changchun Palace is like this, the palace is even more so.

There was a lot of discussion.

On this day, Wei Ning'er finally left the house and was about to go to the princess to pay her respects. When she arrived outside the princess's bedroom, she heard the laughter of the little palace ladies.

"Wei Ning'er is really unlucky. Our emperor is a benevolent person. Any favored palace maid will at least give birth to an official daughter. Fuliu, who is next to the imperial concubine, was originally named. But look, Wei Ning'er has arrived.

She is still a palace maid now, she really deserves it!" The little palace maid covered her mouth and snickered.

"That's not true. Who made her belong to our palace? The emperor's feelings for the empress are known to everyone in the palace. The emperor probably regrets it!" Another palace maid said with a smile.
Chapter completed!