The already silent atmosphere in Fengyi Palace suddenly became stagnant due to Shi Hua's words.
After a long while, Xue Xuan stood up with trembling lips: "Shi Hua, what are you... talking about?"
Shi Hua didn't look at her, but kowtowed three times: "Master and Yu Ronghua have a good relationship on weekdays, and they get closer. If master gets something good, he will share it with Yu Ronghua." She glared in Yu Ronghua's direction.
"But...Yu Ronghua privately looks down on his master and slave. I heard Yu Ronghua and the palace maid say the master's words in a very unpleasant way several times."
Everyone frowned after hearing this, and the queen's voice was stern: "You are so outrageous. You are so bold to murder the emperor's heir just because of a few words."
"Empress, I think this servant is nothing more than a slave. Where did he get such thoughtful thoughts?" Yuan Chongrong's right hand touched the gemstone ring on his left hand, but his eyes looked at Xue Xuan, who was standing unsteadily.
"No!" Shi Hua kowtowed heavily on the ground again, "Yu Ronghua, Yu Ronghua was mean and mean behind his back. When he caught the slaves eavesdropping on their conversation, he beat them until they were covered in bruises." Shi Hua wiped his eyes, "
The slave didn’t dare to tell the master, but she knew that Yu Ronghua was pregnant by coincidence, so the slave..."
"Pa," Xue Zhichun rushed forward and gave Shi Hua a slap before Shi Hua could finish his words. The slap was so hard that the corner of Shi Hua's mouth bled.
"Your Majesty, the Queen, if you don't discipline your concubines strictly, you will be punished by death." Xue Zhichun also knelt down, pretending to be frightened. But she could not blame the emperor for her faults, otherwise she would increase her own burden.
suspicion.
She turned around and cried to Yu Ronghua and said: "Sister, I really didn't know that this slave had such evil thoughts. I... I have a good relationship with my sister. If I knew that my sister was pregnant with an heir, it would be too late to be happy. How could I do that?"
..”
"Tch, that's not necessarily the case. How can there be any sisters in the palace? They pretend to be nice on the surface, but who knows what they are thinking in their hearts?"
"Yuan Chongrong." Although Yuan Chongrong's words were true, they were an indiscriminate attack. The emperor was still here, so the queen gave a faint warning.
"Sister, you know me, I really don't know how to do it." Xue Zhichun cried harder and harder, until she couldn't breathe and felt like she was about to faint.
However, Yu Ronghua's face was as white as paper, and her eyes changed from the initial surprise to hatred. She looked at the master and servant: "I, I have never beaten or scolded this slave. You are talking nonsense.
..How cruel?" As she said this, she walked down from her seat and knelt in front of the Emperor and the Queen, "I beg the Emperor, the Queen, to make the decision for me."
At this time, Shi Hua, who was kneeling behind Yu Ronghua, suddenly rose up and fiercely rushed towards Yu Ronghua from behind.
"Ah," Jinse hugged Yu Ronghua and stood in front of her, but Yu Ronghua was still thrown to the ground.
"Hold her down!" the queen stood up and shouted coldly.
"Yu Ronghua confuses right and wrong and refuses to admit it. The slave knows that his sin is unforgivable, and everyone is responsible for what he does. He only hurts his master, and he can only repay his kindness in the next life."
When everyone heard this, they realized something was wrong, and before they could stop it, black blood flowed from the corner of Shi Hua's mouth, and his head hung softly.
The cowardly Lady Yao was already sobbing loudly. Lady Yan held the back of her hand to signal her not to cry.
Xue Zhichun was the closest to her, and she felt an inexplicable chill on her back. This was what she had agreed with Shi Hua. Xue Zhichun used Shi Hua's mother and sister as threats, so that Shi Hua would stand up and take the blame at a critical moment. This
The plan was foolproof, so when she heard that the palace maid had a mole on her hand, her heart skipped a beat.
Xue Zhichun originally wanted to wait for the matter to calm down for a while before dealing with the little palace maid. But she was suddenly summoned to Fengyi Palace and it was too late to deal with it. She was betting that the emperor was using her grandfather and would not do anything to her.
"Okay." Xie Xiao stood up, "The matter has come to this. The Xue family has been lax in controlling her subordinates and allowed her maid to murder the emperor's heir, so she was demoted to the rank of eighth-grade imperial daughter."
Xue Zhichun suddenly raised her head, and what she met was the emperor's cold eyes. She trembled all over, as if she had been seen through from the inside out, her body went limp, and she collapsed on the ground.
"The Yu family had meritorious service in giving birth, but was framed, and was promoted to a sixth-grade husband." After Xie Xiao finished speaking, he looked at the queen again, "Queen, you have worked hard in taking care of the harem, take care of your health. I still have government affairs to be busy with, so the queen will finish.
Bar."
"Your Majesty."
After seeing off the emperor, the queen waved her hand, and the eunuch on the side immediately took away the body of Shi Hua and wiped the ground clean.
"I don't want this kind of thing to happen again. Your Majesty and I will not allow anyone to make trouble in the harem." The queen's gaze swept around and passed over each concubine with pressure.
"Yes, I sincerely follow the Queen's teachings." All the concubines are blessed.
"I'm tired, please step aside."
"Farewell to the Queen."
Everyone walked out of Fengyi Palace one after another, and the glare that fell on Xue Zhichun made her unable to suppress the anger in her heart. She wanted to stand up, but her calves couldn't use the strength. Shi Qin wanted to step forward to help her up, but was stopped by Yu Liangren's side.
Jinxiu pushed him away.
Yu Qianyue, who had just been promoted to the throne, deliberately walked behind, and then suddenly rushed to Xue Zhichun, "Xue Zhichun, I treat you very well. Even if I don't treat you wholeheartedly, I still treat you as a sister. If you hurt me like this, I will definitely
It will make your life worse than death."
Xue Zhichun's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Yu Qianyue sarcastically: "Do you treat me badly? Who do you think you are? A man who got a title through the emperor's pity is not worthy of my comparison." Xue Zhichun's eyes
She looked at Yu Qianyue with explicit and disdainful eyes, "Sister, I advise you, before my life is worse than death, I should mend my brain first, ha."
Yu Qianyue was filled with rage and was about to kick Xue Zhichun, but was held back by the palace maid behind her.
Gu Panfu waited for the farce to end before she slowly stood up. When she was about to walk out the door, she looked back as if she remembered something: "Xue Xuanshi, ah, no, I should call you Xue Yunv now." Gu Panfu
Fu smiled enchantingly and said in a slow voice, "I would like to advise Lady Xue, if you don't want others to know you, you have to do it yourself. I can wait for the day when Lady Xue gets up again."
Gu Panfu stood with the backlight, and the sunshine behind her. Xue Zhichun had just been helped up, and he could only stand with his knees bent after kneeling for too long. He squinted and couldn't see clearly Gu Panfu's face. He could only see a slim figure with the halo.
His figure suddenly shivered.
The day has entered April, and the Encore examination is about to begin. Students who can't make it can only give up with regret. However, next year will be a regular examination that takes place every three years, so there is no need to worry.
A few days before the imperial examination, Gu Panfu paid the price of back pain to obtain a set of tribute ink from the emperor.
"Master, are you sending it to the Hou Mansion now?" Hanlu followed Gu Panfu out of Taichen Palace, carefully holding the box containing ink all the way.
Gu Panfu opened the box and took another look, and said with some reluctance: "Let's leave it for now. I'll wait until my brother is named on the gold medal list in a few days before sending it as a congratulatory gift." Gu Huasi replied to her last letter, explaining what he had done.
She attended the meeting with Enke to reassure her and hope that she would be safe in the palace. Gu Panfu did not intend to give up the Hou Mansion completely. She had been optimistic about Gu Huasi from the beginning. As for the others, she thought the emperor did not want her concubines either.
Getting too close to the family.
What the emperor gave her was a five-color tribute ink from the Heavenly Book. Both ends of the ink were decorated with Ruyi cloud patterns and gold-painted paintings. It was considered a precious set among the tributes. Gu Panfu did not expect that the emperor would be so generous. She pretended to refuse it at the time.
After a moment, Xie Xiao pinched her cheek and said, "You little liar, what are you pretending to be in front of me?"
As the saying goes: When the spring breeze blows brightly, a horse's hoofs are broken, and you can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
Gu Huasi lived up to his expectations and got the first and third place in the imperial examination. He became the emperor's chosen prince. In fact, with Gu Huasi's talent, it is not an exaggeration to be the number one scholar, but the remaining two in the top three are really ordinary-looking.
Some. Xie Xiao couldn't bear to let Tanhua's name lose its charm, so she still chose Gu Huasi as Tanhua.
Things in this world are all ups and downs. The guests who came to the Anyang Marquis Mansion to congratulate them secretly sighed in their hearts. They thought that the Anyang Marquis Mansion was about to die, but unexpectedly they sent their granddaughter to the palace, and they hung up.
Tone. Now that the grandson has won the third prize again, and Gu Ronghua, who is quite favored by the palace, has a bright future. Those whose families have no descendants who can live up to their expectations, can't help but feel bitter in their mouths.
"Gu Ronghua congratulates the eldest young master on becoming a Jinshi. A set of heavenly books with colorful tribute ink, a pair of azure jade vases with wishful patterns, and a pair of sandalwood and white jade fortune and fortune bag ornaments." Lu Qi led two young eunuchs from
Walking in from the outside, his face was full of joy. "Ronghua was sure that the eldest son would be named in the gold medal list, so he asked the emperor for this set of tribute ink early."
"Sister Lao is thinking about me, and my father-in-law will also stay for a drink." Gu Huasi was wearing a dark red robe, with a gentle smile on his face, and held his hand towards Lu Qi.
When Lu Qi saw this, he hurriedly avoided it. He then said politely: "Tan Hua Lang is too polite. I am on a mission and have to return to the palace to resume my life. I can't drink, so I will ask for some fruit from the eldest son to feel happy."
Mrs. Li stood in the crowd of female relatives, listening to the congratulations coming from all directions, but her eyes slightly glanced in the direction of Gu Huasi. Ms. Li quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Ever since Gu Panfu entered the palace, she had been on tenterhooks, fearing that Gu Panfu would retaliate against her.
, and even Aunt Sun's treatment was much better. At the last Wanshou Festival palace banquet, she saw that although Gu Panfu was not warm to the Hou family, she had a good attitude towards her daughter. This time she was willing to send someone
Come to make a face for her son, Mrs. Li can be relieved.
In the backyard, the old lady would only appear when there was a formal banquet. After hearing the news from the front yard that Nanny Lin told her, she also nodded. She was not sure what Gu Panfu was thinking, the letter from the Hou Mansion, these three people.
The granddaughter also wrote back, and her words were full of hints and warnings. She and the old Marquis couldn't guess what the third granddaughter meant, so they could only redouble their restraints on the family.
"Before I heard about Enke, the third lady specially sent a letter from the palace. It was also sent by Eunuch Lu who came this time, and he personally handed it into the hands of the eldest young master." Aunt Lin whispered to the old man.
humane.
The old lady twirled the beads with her hand, raised her eyelids and glanced at Nanny Lin. After a long while, she said with a sigh: "I'm old, I'm old."
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