Hearing that the queen was coming, Ding Xiaolian hurriedly led everyone to welcome her outside the palace.
"I send my regards to you." Ding Xiaolian was pregnant, and Hongluan was holding the sleeping little princess in his arms, so they just bowed. "No need to be polite, come and sit down."
"Thank you, empress."
With her big belly, Ding Xiaolian sat down opposite Queen Zhou with the help of Grandma Lei, and Hong Luan also sat beside her cautiously and expectantly.
And Mrs. Wang and Yufen were kneeling on the ground respectfully with the other slaves. Mrs. Wang still wanted to take a peek. At her age, she would only be able to enter the palace once in her life. She really wanted to see it.
Let’s see what the Queen’s Empress looks like.
How proud would it be to mention that to others in the future? She has been to the palace and met the Queen!
When she raised her head, she met the queen's noble and cold eyes. She was so frightened that she almost lost her courage and quickly buried her head deeply.
"These two nuns are new to the palace? I look at them." Queen Zhou said. She had high hopes for the child in Ding Xiaolian's belly. She is the mother-in-law, maid, and even the gardener in Yuling Palace.
Of course, she could tell at a glance that there were two new faces among those who had been rewarded.
When Ding Xiaolian saw the queen taking the initiative to ask, he quickly stood up, walked to the queen and knelt down in front of the queen.
"The Queen, please forgive me, they are not nuns, they are two old friends who I know personally."
Queen Zhou's face suddenly turned gloomy: "What do you mean, Concubine Ding? She actually brings people into the palace at will? Does this mean she treats the East Palace as her own home?"
Ding Xiaolian hurriedly lowered her body and said, "It's my fault, please punish me."
"Humph, it's outrageous to be coquettish because of pampering." Queen Zhou was very angry, but for the sake of Ding Xiaolian's child, she was more tolerant and said sincerely, "You don't seem to be so imprudent in doing things.
People, please tell me who these two people are? Why did you bring them into the palace?"
Ding Xiaolian hesitated and hesitated, looking like he didn't have much to say.
"Sister Ding, just tell the truth. This matter has nothing to do with you." Hong Luan was extremely anxious. After handing the child into the hands of Aunt Lei, she also knelt down to the queen, "Sister Ding, don't tell me about my concubine."
Personally speaking, these two were brought into the palace by Concubine Xia of Guhua Palace."
"They were Concubine Xia's concubine and mother-in-law when they were among the people. Concubine Xia said she was afraid of offending people, so she asked them to come to Yuling Palace for a day. I never thought that you, the Queen, would be here just after they arrived.
The two masters and servants sang and harmonized, which was also carefully arranged by Ding Xiaolian.
Ding Xiaolian has been in the palace for so long, so he naturally knows how to achieve his goal without leaving any trace. If the queen asks Mrs. Wang and Yufen to directly expose Shen Weiwei's identity as soon as she comes, it will inevitably make people think that she is scheming.
, the purpose is not pure.
In this way, even if Shen Weiwei is defeated, it will leave a bad impression on the Queen, and the gain outweighs the loss.
And if she acted in such a scene, her suspicion would be cleared.
Let the Queen become suspicious and force herself to find out the truth. After all, Shen Weiwei, the second princess of Daqi, is also deeply wary of the Queen.
Maybe he has wanted to grab her pigtails for a long time. After all, once Xia Luoluo dies, the position of crown princess will still fall on the second princess of Da Qi, which is something Empress Zhou is not happy to see.
Ding Xiaolian really guessed Queen Zhou's thoughts, but she didn't understand what Hong Luan said for a moment.
She looked at Ding Xiaolian in confusion: "Didn't Concubine Ding say that they are your old friends? How could you recognize them?"
Hong Luan hurriedly explained, "Concubine Ding once recuperated in Shenjia Village, and Concubine Xia grew up in Shenjia Village."
The queen nodded after hearing this. They all lived in the same place, so it was normal for them to know each other.
"Concubine Ding and Concubine Hong, get up and speak." Empress Zhou took a sip of tea slowly.
"Thank you, empress." Hong Luan helped Ding Xiaolian get up, stood aside, and the two secretly looked at each other. The next good show will be performed by the queen.
Queen Zhou was suspicious by nature, so it was impossible for her not to ask about this matter.
Sure enough, Queen Zhou cast her cold gaze on Mrs. Wang and Yufen.
The palace was only so big, and recently she had heard a lot of rumors about Concubine Xia, a fake princess who was plotting to murder the imperial sister~~ After hearing this, it wasn't that she didn't believe it at all, but that she didn't want to get involved if there was no evidence.
However, given the opportunity to investigate the true identity of the second princess of Da Qi today, she would not let it go.
If something could be found out, the second princess could be eradicated, and an obedient and sensible one could be chosen to take the position of crown princess, and the legitimate grandson she gave birth to would become the future prince, wouldn't her troubles be perfectly solved?
Thinking of this, Queen Zhou looked at Mrs. Wang and Yufen with even sharper eyes.
"What is Concubine Xia's intention in bringing you into the palace? Hurry and tell the truth."
Mrs. Wang, who had never seen much of the world, was almost frightened to pee when Queen Zhou drank like this. She was shaking all over and couldn't say a word.
Yufen also trembled, and the big black mole above the corner of her mouth twitched, wondering how Ding Xiaolian and Hongluan could tell lies so truthfully, and act so seamlessly.
He obviously spent so much money to get them into the palace just to expose Shen Weiwei's identity, but he still pretended to know nothing about it. It was really insidious and terrifying!
But after taking other people's money, she could only cooperate with them in acting.
After thinking for a while, she said tremblingly, "She said she missed us and asked me to come in and see her."
The Queen yelled angrily, "Miss you? Could it be that she is your biological child? Otherwise, what would she want from you? Why would she take such a big risk to bring you into the palace?"
"This~~" Yufen hesitated for a moment and kowtowed hurriedly, "This is nothing. Concubine Xia was just raised by a commoner's wife, she is not her biological child."
Seeing Yufen's panic, Queen Zhou became even more suspicious.
"Are you Concubine Xia's mother?"
"Yes." Yufen nodded.
Empress Zhou sneered, "Then if Concubine Xia is your biological child, you and she will have a blood test to determine whether it is true or false. However, I will give you a chance. If you recruit me from the real truth, I will spare your life."
If I let you take a blood test and find out, my whole family will be beheaded.
When Mrs. Wang heard the word beheading, she was so frightened that she trembled and peed.
She didn't want to die. She had made an appointment with Ding Lao Zhao, the servant of the Ding Mansion, so that after she left the palace, the two of them would use the money to enjoy themselves.
He hurriedly kowtowed to the Queen, "Queen, I say, I say, I am Weiwei's breast. It was in the middle of the night when Yufen gave birth to her, and I was the one who delivered her. She, she is indeed not a Daqi princess."
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Yufen also hurriedly knelt down: "Queen, please forgive me, Concubine Xia~~ No, her surname is Shen, not Xia. I know best that she was born by me. However, I can't blame her for her identity being mistaken. I can only blame Big Brother."
The people sent by the Qi royal family were confused and asked the Queen to spare her life.'
"Huh~~" A satisfied smile appeared on Queen Zhou's lips, "Go to Guhua Palace to invite Concubine Xia, and let's see what she says."