Jin Xiuyu handed the painting to Caiyu, who took the painting and sent it to Concubine Jing. Concubine Jing slowly opened the painting and slowly began to appreciate it. It turned out that it was a picture of a beauty, and she
He noticed that the beauty in the painting was wearing the same clothes as the one she wore to the palace banquet that day. It turned out that the beauty in the painting was herself. It seemed that Jin Xiuyu had put a lot of thought into it.
Concubine Jing said to Jin Xiuyu: "I like this painting very much, and the girl has taken the trouble. But you don't have to be so polite, because I like Miss Xiuyu's temperament, so naturally I should say a few words for you. Don't be discouraged, girl.
No one can predict what will happen in the future." Concubine Jing said.
"Thank you for your love, your concubine. I will definitely remember what your concubine said." Jin Xiuyu said.
When the legitimate daughter of the Liu family saw this, she immediately said: "Sister Jin is so clever and clever, the imperial concubine must be very happy."
"Sister Liu's performance that day was not bad, otherwise she would not have received His Majesty's commendation." Jin Xiuyu said.
"My sister has been studying the piano for several years, but her skills have not improved at all. If it weren't for the guqin that day, my sister would not have gotten away with it," said the legitimate daughter of the Liu family.
"My sister's piano is indeed a good one," Jin Xiuyu said.
Several people were talking, and the female relatives came to Concubine Jing one after another to pay their respects to Concubine Jing.
In previous years, during palace banquets, these female relatives would go to Liuli Palace to pay their respects to Concubine Yun Gui, but no one came to her Jingyi Palace at all.
At the last palace banquet, because Concubine Yun was banned by His Majesty, even if Concubine Yun was ill and the female relatives were worried that they would be implicated, no one dared to visit Concubine Yun.
The palace is so lively today, but Concubine Yun Gui can only be alone in Liuli Palace. It is really desolate.
Because there were too many people paying their respects to Concubine Jing today, Concubine Jing did not pay attention. Madam Anlinghou and Princess Chengjun did not visit her, and even the Prime Minister's wife did not go there.
When Mrs. Anlinghou heard that Murong Xi was recuperating in the palace, she took Yunhe to Huayang Palace. Princess Chengjun knew that her sister was sick, so she took Ning'er to Liuli while attending the Lantern Festival.
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Liuli Palace
"Your Majesty, the Princess of Cheng County has come with the Princess. Do you want to meet her?" the palace maid said.
"Invite them to come in and help me lie down." Concubine Yun said.
Concubine Yun leaned on the couch and asked the palace maid to invite Princess Chengjun in. Today is the Lantern Festival, and Concubine Jing has just been named a concubine. At this time, the female relatives of the minister's family will definitely come to Jingyi Palace to pay her respects. Unexpectedly,
At this time, Princess Chengjun came to her.
After Princess Cheng came in, she found that Concubine Yun's face was ugly. She hurriedly walked over and said, "Sister, why are you so ill? I heard that Your Majesty personally told the imperial physician that he would not allow the imperial physician to treat you. Is this true?
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"My illness cannot be cured by the imperial doctor, and His Majesty has not been here for a long time. You have also seen that during the Lantern Festival today, when has my Liuli Palace ever been so deserted?" said Concubine Yun.
"Sister, there is no way to go on like this. Why don't you think of a way for me?" Princess Chengjun asked.
"I didn't expect you to care about me so much." Concubine Yun said.
"Otherwise, do you think that my sister is going back to pay respects to Concubine Jing? Or are you coming here at this time to see your joke?" Princess Chengjun asked.
"I know you didn't come here to see my jokes, I just didn't expect you to care about me so much." Concubine Yun said.
"Sister, what happened in the past is in the past, and we have settled our differences long ago. Ning'er has learned a lot since the last incident. My sister has liked to give in to me since she was a child, because I was too willful."
Princess Chengjun said.
"The palace banquet is about to begin. Why don't you hurry up?" Concubine Yun said.
"I brought Ning'er into the palace today not to participate in the Lantern Festival, but to take this opportunity to come and visit you. I used to send signs to the palace almost every day, wanting to come in and visit you. More than ten days have passed.
There is no news at all. I have no choice but to come and visit you today." Princess Chengjun said.
"It must be Concubine Jing's fault." Concubine Yun said.
"What happened that day
It's really strange. Concubine Jing was named a noble concubine just after something happened to my sister. I went to Pluto's Mansion a few days ago, but I found that Pluto and the princess were both in the palace." Princess Chengjun said.
"Don't worry about this matter and take good care of Ning'er." Concubine Yun said.
"Your Majesty, the royal dining room has sent us dinner," the palace maid said.
"Min'er, why don't you make something in the small kitchen? It's best not to eat the food in the imperial dining room." Princess Chengjun said.
Min'er looked at Concubine Yun, saw Concubine Yun nodding, and said, "In order to prevent Concubine Jing from becoming suspicious, Liuli Palace will keep all the meals sent from the imperial dining room. And on weekdays, the empress also eats in the small kitchen.
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"So that's it. Wait, sister, your sudden illness is also related to her?" Princess Chengjun said.
Concubine Yun Guifei nodded and said, "Exactly."
"It's really hard to figure out why Concubine Jing is acting like this suddenly." Princess Chengjun said in confusion.
"I know that she is here for the fourth prince." Concubine Yun said.
After the father-in-law in the imperial kitchen left, Concubine Yun asked Min'er to test the poison with a silver needle. Soon, she found that one of the dishes was poisoned.
Princess Chengjun said in horror: "Sister, she is too brave, she is so blatant."
"In order not to arouse Concubine Jing's suspicion, I have no choice but to pretend to be sick every day and get through." Concubine Yun said.
"Your Majesty just ordered a grounding before. I didn't expect that she would be so bold. No, you must let Your Majesty know about this matter and let Your Majesty make the decision for you." Princess Chengjun said.
"Sister, Your Majesty has known for a long time." Concubine Yun said.
Princess Chengjun looked puzzled and said, "Since Your Majesty knows, why do you still ignore my sister?"
"Because we need to find evidence against Concubine Jing, I can only continue to pretend to be ill. On the Lantern Festival, we will catch her, and we will deal with her immediately if we find the evidence. Since you already know, don't take Ning'er out with you.
Come on, how about you stay and have dinner with me?" Concubine Yun said.
"It's okay, I have always been impulsive, and I might talk nonsense at the lantern festival." Princess Chengjun said.
"Min'er, please arrange for someone to tell the prince that the princess plans to stay here and talk to me more." Concubine Yun Gui ordered.
"Yes, empress." Min'er said.
At this time, the food in the small kitchen had been prepared and brought over, and Princess Chengjun ate with Concubine Yun Gui.
At the same time, the palace banquet had also begun. When Emperor Nanzhao saw Concubine Jing dressed so plainly, he said, "Jing'er is already a concubine, why are you still dressed so plainly?"
"I made this dress before the Lantern Festival last year, and I only wore it once. It would be a pity to leave it there. Besides, I like the blue color of the lake very much, so I specially found it today." Concubine Jing said.
"You look good in lake blue. If you like to wait until after the Lantern Festival, you can do a few more outfits. Now that you have been named a noble concubine, don't wrong yourself." Emperor Nanzhao said.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Jing said.
The Lantern Festival started soon. In previous years, lanterns were hung up in the Imperial Garden and the Lotus Pond to guess lantern riddles. This year, in addition to these places, lanterns were also hung up in the Plum Garden. Because lantern riddles are the first place in the Plum Garden.
Once, the most people went to Meiyuan to guess lantern riddles.
Knowing that there were too many people in the Plum Garden, Feng Mingye took Murong Xi to wander in the Imperial Garden. Knowing that there were too many people in the Plum Garden, some people stayed in the Imperial Garden to guess lantern riddles.
"I didn't expect that the palace would also hold a lantern festival. I thought I could go for a walk in the downtown area." Murong Xi said.
"The East Street is very lively at this time. If something hadn't happened suddenly in the palace, we wouldn't have been trapped in the palace." Feng Mingye said.
"We might as well go to the Plum Garden. The Plum Garden will be so beautiful with all the lanterns hanging there." Murong Xi said.
"Let's go, you've been going there every day these past few days, but you've been busy all day today and haven't had time to go there yet," Feng Mingye said.
So, the two people also came to Mei
The plum garden was indeed very beautiful with lanterns hanging all over it. Murong Xi stood outside admiring the red plums for a while, then complained that he was a little tired.
"Why don't we take you back to Huayang Palace?" Feng Mingye said.
"No need to bother, just send me to the side hall of Meiyuan to rest." Murong Xi said.
"Okay, I'll rest with you for a while, and then we'll go back to Huayang Palace." Feng Mingye said.
Feng Mingye had just sent Murong Xi to the side hall. As soon as he came to the garden, an unfamiliar little eunuch bumped into Feng Mingye. All the tea in the little eunuch's hand spilled on Feng Mingye.
"Your Highness Pluto, this slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die." The little eunuch knelt down and said.
"Okay, get up." Feng Mingye said.
"Shall I take you to the side hall to change clothes first?" the young eunuch said.
"Let's go." Feng Mingye said.
The little eunuch took Feng Mingye to the other side of the side hall and neatly placed his clothes on the couch. After Feng Mingye entered, the little eunuch left and specially closed the door.
Feng Mingye sat on the couch without moving, and saw Jin Xiuyu walking out of the inner hall.
"I have met His Highness Pluto." Jin Xiuyu said.
"Are you ready?" Feng Mingye asked.
Jin Xiuyu said: "I followed Concubine Jing's instructions and put the pills in the tea cup."
Jin Xiuyu noticed that Feng Mingye's clothes were wet and hurriedly said: "My lord, please change your clothes quickly, the medicine is about to take effect."
"Don't worry, nothing will happen to me." Feng Mingye said.
"Your Majesty, they will break in in about a quarter of an hour," Jin Xiuyu said.
"I would like to know, since Concubine Jing has already prepared the pills for you, why did you ask Madam to prepare a special batch?" Feng Mingye said.
"I really can't hide anything from His Highness Pluto, because Concubine Jing is unreliable and my daughter doesn't believe her. Perhaps the prince has already investigated, and Concubine Jing and her father have known each other for decades. To be honest, my daughter has nothing against His Highness Pluto."
I don’t think so, but my little girl knows that if I can’t successfully enter Hades’ Palace, my father and mother will definitely not let me go easily.” Jin Xiuyu said.
"You are quite smart." Feng Mingye said.
"Can my little girl really seek justice for her biological mother?" Jin Xiuyu asked.
"The king and the princess will naturally make the decision for you, but I hope you know that the Jin family's collusion with the harem is not a light crime." Feng Mingye said.
"My daughter understands, but she doesn't regret it. It's just that the prince, the daughter doesn't want to speak for her father. The father cares about his relationship with Concubine Jing, so he does such a stupid thing. The daughter hopes that the prince can finally give her father