At this time, the palace was in chaos.

Today, Princess Lingxi's haircut ceremony was held at Zhengyang Gong. This is also the place where the Chinese Valentine's Day banquet and the New Year's Eve dinner are held. This is where the queen wanted to show her intentions.

She just didn't expect that such a big mess would happen. When Lin Jiaoyue's accident happened, she was sitting in the front seat. The smell of burning skin and flesh came, and the cold feeling went straight to the bottom of her heart.

"Come on! Pass the imperial physician!"

"Yulin Guards, capture Cheng Jintong!"

After giving orders twice, the extremely flustered Zhengyang Palace instantly calmed down.

The female relatives who came to watch the ceremony stepped back, letting out the wailing Lin Jiaoyue and the shivering Cheng Jintong.

"Your Majesty... I didn't mean it..." When Yu Linwei rushed forward to take the person, Cheng Jintong collapsed on the ground crying: she just wanted Lin Jiaoyue to fall and make a fool of herself, how could she end up like this.

idiot!The queen cursed angrily, then waved her hand: "Take her to the back hall and keep a good eye on her."

She was flawlessly concerned about this idiot at the moment. People from the Imperial Hospital had already arrived. The head of the hospital, Imperial Physician Ling, personally led the team, and the head physician Liao came with him.

After seeing Lin Jiaoyue's injuries, both of them took a deep breath. After looking at each other, the imperial physician ordered back: "Queen Qi, Miss Lin's face is severely burned, and the wound is deep enough to show the bones. We want to take her back to the imperial palace." Hospital treatment.”

"Everything is decided by the imperial physician's order alone." The queen looked anxious, "I order the imperial hospital to treat Miss Lin at all costs! We must save her life!"

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, the imperial doctor Ling and Chang Shi felt relieved.

Fortunately, the queen only asked them to save their lives and mentioned the requirements such as leaving no scars. This can be regarded as leaving a way for Taiyuan Hospital to survive.

While they were grateful for the queen's generosity, they directed people to carry Lin Jiaoyue back to the Tai Hospital.

After the injured was removed, the smell of blood suddenly disappeared, and everyone felt relieved.

Everything happened so suddenly that no one had time to think about it. Now someone came to their senses first. Mrs. Dongpinghou, the guest who presided over the wedding ceremony, picked up the charcoal stove that had cooled down on the ground and said curiously: "This kind of charcoal stove was used ten years ago." It has been abandoned, why is it served today?"

The queen's face changed greatly when she heard this. She walked over quickly and carefully looked at the charcoal stove in Mrs. Dongpinghou's hand. After a moment, she sneered and said: "Send the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come!"

Aunt He Wan went to deliver the message in person, and soon He Ming, the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was brought over. Just now he heard that something happened in Zhengyang Palace. As soon as he inquired about the reason, he saw the queen's minister in charge coming in person. , I was so frightened that my legs went weak.

As soon as they entered the Zhengyang Palace, they knelt down and said, "The Queen Mingjian, when this carbon furnace was out of service ten years ago, my subordinates locked them into the old warehouse. Just when I ordered people to go there, I found that the lock of the warehouse was unknown." Whoever pried it open, there are many other items inside, but this carbon stove is missing. Someone is trying to frame me."

When the queen heard this, she glanced at Aunt He Wan, who nodded: "I have seen it, and the door lock of the old warehouse has indeed been pried open. There is a set of small footprints inside, which should be the thief who stole the charcoal stove." left behind."

"Skinny footprints?" The queen frowned. She sneered in her heart, but there was a trace of doubt on her face. "Could it be a woman who stole the thing?"

Mrs. Dongpinghou on the side immediately understood: "Yes, this person only stole a charcoal stove. If he wanted to accurately hit the female family members who came to watch the ceremony, he would have to act according to the situation in the Zhengyang Palace! Today is Ling's day. Princess Xi's hairpin ceremony prohibits all men from entering, even eunuchs, so someone must have been waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of the conflict between the two eldest ladies Cheng and Lin."

After all, everyone saw that Cheng Jintong wanted to drive Lin Jiaoyue away before the ceremony.

Then Mrs. Dongping Hou looked around: "Who is the maid who was accompanying Miss Lin just now?"

No one moved, and the accompanying maids also looked at each other in confusion.

One of them timidly said: "Slave... I remember it was Xiaoyan..."

Another palace maid said: "It's Xiaoyan."

When she first heard the name, Grandma He Wan's face turned a little pale, but before she could ask clearly, she heard the Queen on the side telling Yu Linwei: "Go and find Xiaoyan!"

"Yes!" More than ten members of the Yulin Guards were immediately touched.

In just one cup of tea, two of them were seen carrying a body back to Zhengyang Palace: "To report to the Queen, the body of the palace maid was found in a well outside Zhengyang Palace. I ordered someone to After checking, it’s Xiaoyan!”

died!Everyone was shocked, and Grandma He Wan turned pale.

While the queen was wondering, she heard Concubine Shu, who had been waiting beside her silently, sneer.

This disdainful voice made the depressed queen even more upset. She frowned slightly: "What do you think, Concubine Shu?"

Concubine Shu smiled and said: "This palace maid Xiaoyan seems to have some connection with the queen, right?"

"Presumptuous!" the queen scolded, "What do you mean by Concubine Shu's words?"

"What do you mean, concubine? Queen Mother, please ask Aunt He Wan next to you. Will everything be clear?"

He Wan's face turned pale when he heard this.

Seeing what she didn't understand, the queen felt bad, but her eyes were full of probing eyes. There was no time for her to ask in detail, so she had to look at He Wan: "Tell me."

Grandma He Wan immediately knelt down and said: "I...I'd like to inform you, the palace maid Xiaoyan was originally a palace maid of internal affairs. A few days ago, the palace was not in good health and there were not enough manpower in the palace, so I... transferred her to the queen's palace on my own initiative. , because it was a trivial matter... I didn’t report it to you.”

Concubine Shu sneered at the side: "Hey, what does Aunt He Wan mean? This little palace maid who deliberately planned to murder Miss Lin during the wedding ceremony and committed suicide out of fear came from the Queen's palace, but the Queen didn't know about it at all? Let's talk about this... …I wonder if it means that Grandma He Wan is deceiving her superiors and concealing it from her subordinates? Or that the Queen is incapable of controlling her subordinates…"

The queen's nails dug into her palms. How could she not see that this was a serious plot?

He Wan had always done things properly, so she felt free to leave all the affairs in the palace to He Wan. She would not believe it if such a palace maid with ulterior motives could sneak into her palace without being arranged by an expert behind the scenes.

She looked at Concubine Shu coldly: "Concubine Shu really pays attention to every move in this palace."

Concubine Shu smiled: "Your Majesty is the head of the Sixth Palace and a role model for women in the world. Naturally, I have to devote myself to learning the rules of the Queen's Palace, but I didn't expect... to be implicated in such a murder case in public. It's really shocking. On the other hand, my concubine is scared."

The queen stood up suddenly and glared at Concubine Shu: Bitch, how dare you plot against me!

Concubine Shu naturally understood the Queen's thoughts, and she raised her head without fear: Do you have any evidence?

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