"What a vicious heart, the Ai family has been in the harem for decades, and has never seen such a bold person!" The Queen Mother was furious, and stood up abruptly. 【 】

"Emperor Niang, calm down, don't get angry!" The anger in the emperor's heart was also rising steadily, but at this moment he was extremely calm.

In this harem, there are only a few people who can do it. Who is it?

At this moment, Liang Ming, the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came to answer.

"Liang Ming, did you ask?" The queen mother thought, the most important thing about this matter is to find out who put the three nine-leaf clover into the wine, so she made up her mind to let Liang Ming take away the slaves in the palace. Go to the Department of Punishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to torture and extract a confession.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, the servants have not found anything wrong, and none of the maids and eunuchs has pleaded guilty!" Liang Ming reported with some fear.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration flashed in the queen's mind, and she said, "May I ask the empress, is the three nine-leaf clover found in the wine soaked in dried herbs, or was it mixed with fresh juice?"

The queen mother was not very clear, so she looked at Lu Mo beside her.

"Report to Empress, the imperial doctor said that it was mixed with juice!" Lu Mo said respectfully.

The empress nodded slightly, a look of solemnity flashed in her eyes, and then said: "Emperor Niang, when the wine was first opened by Lu Mo, she tried it, but there was no difference." The empress looked at Lu Mo and said: "If that The wine has been mixed with concoction before, maybe you can taste it?"

Lu Mo respectfully said: "I would like to report to the Empress, if the wine was mixed with medicinal juice when it was first opened, although the servant girl can't taste the medicinal juice, she can feel the difference, but the slave servant was ordered to taste it yesterday. I didn't find anything wrong with Baihua Wine!"

"In this way, someone later poured concoctions into the wine given to the emperor by the Ai family and into the jar containing the rest of the Baihua wine!" The queen mother said in a deep voice.

The emperor nodded slightly, and there was a trace of solemnity in his eyes: "Emperor Niang, it seems that the slaves in the Palace of Compassion and Ning are indeed suspicious!"

The Empress Dowager was somewhat annoyed to Liang Ming, the eunuch in charge of the House of Internal Affairs who was waiting at the side: "The two eunuchs who delivered the wine last night were tortured to extract a confession, and the maid in charge of the storeroom must be questioned carefully by the Ai family!"

"Yes, empress dowager!" Liang Ming immediately took the order and retreated.

"Emperor Niang, since there is fresh juice in the wine, then... there will definitely be lies." The queen said.

"Come here, pass on the orders of Ai's family, and search the palace!" The Queen Mother's face changed slightly when she heard the words, and she immediately issued the order.

"Emperor Niang, it doesn't matter if you search the palace or interrogate the eunuchs and maids. It will take some time. My servant is tired from seeing you. You should go back to the palace and rest first!" Seeing that the queen mother was tired, the emperor said Said with concern.

"Well, no matter, when the results of the interrogation come out, you can come to the Compassion Palace of Aijia!" The queen mother was indeed a little tired, she was invited by the imperial concubine early in the morning, and she wanted to rest at this time.

"Respectfully send off the Empress Dowager!" Seeing the Empress Dowager standing up, everyone bowed their knees immediately.

After sending off the empress dowager, the emperor said to everyone: "You guys also step back!"

"Yes!" the crowd responded.

Wei Ning'er and Ruoyan followed behind the empress, before they left Yanxi Hall, the emperor stopped them.

"How is the queen's injury?" the emperor asked with concern, holding the queen's hand.

"My majesty, there is no serious problem with my concubines. The imperial doctor said that I didn't hurt my muscles and bones, and I will recover in a few days!" The queen laughed.

She is much better today than last night.

"That's good, you have to be more careful in the future!" The emperor exhorted softly.

"Yes, the concubine has written it down!" The queen replied with a smile.

But the princess at the side said: "Huang Ama, there is someone in the palace who is so bold that he dares to plot against Huang Ama and Huang Erniang, he really deserves to die, please don't spare that bad guy!"

"Don't worry, Lili, Huang Ama will definitely find that person!" The emperor laughed.

"The concubine will leave!" the queen said softly.

"Queen, Ning'er, she..." The emperor looked at Wei Ning'er, whose head was hanging down, feeling a little worried.

"Don't worry, your majesty, since she is the emperor's man, the concubine will naturally treat her well, but...the concubine dare to ask the emperor, how to arrange Ning'er?" Besides, unexpectedly the emperor mentioned it at this time, and she had to ask for an order.

"Wait until the truth of this matter comes to light before making any plans, she will stay by your side, I don't worry!" The emperor originally wanted to give Wei Ning'er a status, but this was not the time.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the concubines will definitely take good care of her!" After saying that, the queen led everyone away.

Back in Changchun Palace, Ning'er followed the queen into the main hall, the queen would definitely ask what happened when something like this happened.

After entering the hall, after the queen took her seat, she said to Wei Ning'er who was behind her, "Sit down now, I have something to ask you!"

Wei Ning'er didn't dare to sit down and knelt down.

"Chu Xia, what are you doing in a daze, help her up!" The queen sighed slightly, and ordered Chu Xia.

"Yes!" Chu Xia replied and wanted to help Wei Ning'er up.

"Your Majesty, this servant dare not get up!" Wei Ning'er lowered her head, unwilling to get up.

"You are still so stubborn, no matter, let you go!" The queen was a little helpless, and even a little sad.

"Ning'er, I heard from the princess early this morning that you didn't return all night last night. If I searched for you for a long time, I was worried that something might happen to you, so I wanted to order the people in the palace to look for you. Unexpectedly, the imperial concubine sent someone to report that you stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation last night. Although I was very angry in my heart, when I heard that the Queen Mother wanted to bestow death on you, I rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and asked the princess to invite you Your Majesty, this is how you are saved. You have been by my side for three years, and I am very clear about your character. I don't believe that you are the one who climbs the dragon and attaches itself to the phoenix, but what happened in front of me really chills my heart. So I need to know, is it right or wrong to save you?" Although the queen doesn't believe that Wei Ning'er is the one who used all means to get close to the emperor, she still doesn't understand why Wei Ning'er, who was in the Changchun Palace yesterday, appeared in Yangxin temple.

Wei Ning'er heard the words, bit her red lips lightly, and said after a while: "My Majesty, last night, the servant girl had just returned to her residence, and before she had time to go in, Xiao Anzi came to look for the servant girl, saying that Hu Shijie, the eunuch next to the emperor, had something important to do. Looking for a slave, Hu Shijie had rescued a slave once in the Rehe palace. The slave heard that he was looking for a slave, so she went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but was knocked out outside the side door. When she woke up early in the morning, she realized...found...." Wei Ning'er couldn't help feeling sad when she said this, tears welled up in her eyes, but she managed to hold it back.

When the queen heard the words, the brocade handkerchief in her hand fell to the ground in shock. She naturally believed in Wei Ning'er's words, and said after a while: "Everything is fate. I originally thought that you would definitely marry Fu Heng. But I never thought that you would be able to escape from Eldest Brother, but you would become the emperor's man after being tricked! Now that things have happened, you have no choice but to be appointed!"

Wei Ning'er took a deep breath and said, "Empress Empress, I don't want to accept my fate!"

"You girl, is it possible that you still expect to marry Fu Heng?" The queen smiled wryly.

Wei Ning'er was shocked when she heard the words, and said immediately: "I don't dare to have such extravagant hopes, I just hope that I can go out of the palace and be by my mother's side!"

The queen shook her head: "According to the rules of your ancestors, you have served the emperor, you are the emperor's person, and you can't leave this palace in this lifetime. I see that the emperor is interested in you, otherwise, when you left the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor would And I won’t tell this palace to take good care of you! If you want to leave the palace, it’s like a fool’s dream!"

Hearing what the queen said, Wei Ning'er felt all hope was lost and she collapsed on the ground.

"Girl, it's not that I won't help you, but the rules set by my ancestors. No one can change it except the emperor. If you really want to leave the palace, you can ask the emperor. It's just... I have to remind you, There has never been a precedent in this dynasty!" The empress only felt that good luck made people play tricks, and now she can't accept it, but what can she do?

The only thing she can do is to try her best to protect Wei Ning'er so that she will not be murdered in this harem.

"Only the emperor can make the decision..." Wei Ning'er murmured to herself, she had already made up her mind, she couldn't stay in this palace, not even thinking about it for a moment.

"After tossing and tossing for a long time, you are also tired. Now it is different from the past. My palace has people clean up the side hall in the backyard. You can live there for now!" the queen said softly.

"No, empress, the slaves won't go, the slaves don't want to go!" Wei Ning'er couldn't accept the fact that she was the emperor's woman at this time, she just hoped that everything would go on as usual, at least the pain in her heart would be lessened.

"Hey...why are you doing this? Whatever, let you go!" Seeing Wei Ning'er's painful look, the queen felt a little distressed, and she didn't want to force her. Give her some time, maybe she will figure it out. .

Wei Ning'er thanked the queen, and then returned to her and Ruoyan's residence in a daze.

"Ning'er!" Seeing Wei Ning'er sitting on the chair alone, Ruoyan went over and hugged her gently.

"Ruoyan... I'm not reconciled, I'm really not reconciled!" Wei Ning'er leaned on Ruoyan and said in a low voice.

The tears in Ruoyan's eyes couldn't help but fell: "I know, I know, Ning'er, you have to hold on!"

"I can't hold it anymore, Ruoyan, why is it like this? So far, it seems like a dream, and when I wake up, things are different!" Wei Ning'er's words are full of desolation.

"Ning'er, don't be like this, cry if you want to, I'm afraid of you!" Seeing that Wei Ning'er seemed to be dumbfounded, Ruoyan couldn't help feeling sad.

"Crying... I want to cry, but what's the use of crying? What should I do now?" Wei Ning'er sat up abruptly, looked at Ruoyan and asked.

Ruoyan was stunned by fright today, what's her idea, so she could only comfort her: "Let's take a step first and see!"

Wei Ning'er looked at her, and said after a while, "Ruoyan, you like Fu Heng, right?"

"No!" Ruoyan immediately shook his head as if someone had stepped on him in pain.

"Ruoyan, you can't fool me, I already knew you liked Fu Heng!" Wei Ning'er grabbed her hand suddenly.

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