The charming empress is too good at fishing, and the ruthless emperor has fallen

Bichi died, and Jingshu's bad mood did not get much better after learning the true cause of Zheng Liangdi's death.

The next day, she took leave of absence because she felt unwell and did not go to Kunning Palace to pay her respects.

For the next five or six days, Lu Zan did not take a step into the harem, nor did he call Jingshu to serve on the imperial palace. It was not until the first day of the Lunar New Year that he went to the queen.

However, Jing Shu was never summoned after that.

Someone in the palace was murmuring again, saying that Jing Shu seemed to have lost face in front of a group of ministers because of the last incident with Bichi, and was afraid that he would fall out of favor.

She didn't bother to pay attention to these remarks.

On the day she asked for leave and did not go to Kunning Palace, she found out that her small days had come, which made her feel quite disappointed.

I didn’t get pregnant again this month.

Even though she had done so much and never given her the soup to avoid pregnancy, why couldn't she get pregnant?

Just when she was feeling depressed about this, Xiu Qing, who hadn't been seen for several days, suddenly appeared.

Jing Shu suddenly looked at her and was a little startled.

In just a few days, Xiu Qing lost a lot of weight, and his face looked obviously haggard.

"Your Majesty, I have done what you asked me to do last time!"

The fatigue of her body could not be concealed, but her eyes were filled with happiness. She was still the same as before, and she said as if pouring beans, "The Cui Eunuch you are talking about, my servant found out that he is actually the Cui family who was rumored to be raped a few days ago." The eldest grandson of the Cui clan leader who was removed from the family tree! His name is Cui Huazhang!

“The Cui family claimed that Cui Huazhang made a big mistake and no longer deserves to be a descendant of the Cui family.

"His grandfather is Cui Lin, the head of the Cui family, and his father is Cui Cheng, the uncle of Concubine Xie. He is the legitimate son of Cui Cheng's original wife. The Cui family has the same opinion, saying that Cui Huazhang's personal ethics are corrupt, and Cui Cheng's concubine He made a big mistake by staying in discord and expelled him from the Cui family!"

When Jing Shu heard this, her attention immediately shifted from Xiu Qing's haggard appearance to the news she brought back.

"Cui Huazhang? What kind of person was he in the past?" Jing Shu asked.

"Returning to the empress, Cui Huazhang was known as the best gentleman in the capital in the past! I don't know how many women in the capital loved him secretly and openly. According to the rumors about Cui Huazhang that I have heard before, he is absolutely You can't commit the kind of scandal involving having sex with a concubine, and this statement is simply untenable and is false at first sight!" Xiu Qing said matter-of-factly.

"Oh? What do you mean? Why are you so sure?" Jing Shu raised her eyebrows.

"Impressed, think about it, Cui Huazhang's Cui is the Cui of the Cui family of Qinghe! A big family that has lasted for hundreds of years! It would take a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to cultivate such a handsome gentleman like Cui Huazhang! Isn’t it possible that a concubine can shake such a person?”

Xiu Qing analyzed, "If he really had an affair with his father's concubine, the Cui family's correct approach should be to suppress the matter, keep it a secret, and kill the concubine to save Cui Huazhang.

"But what about the Cui family? They want to publicize the affair between Cui Huazhang and his concubine. No matter how you look at it, it seems that they are deliberately trying to ruin Cui Huazhang's reputation!

"So I think this must be fake!"

Jing Shu nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

"Yes, it is true..."

If you put it this way, it seems that Cui Huazhang really knew the Cui family's fatal secret, so he was collectively smeared by the Cui family. Even his grandfather and father did not hesitate to remove him from the family tree. , and even sent to the palace to be eunuchs.

Such ruthlessness is definitely not an ordinary trivial matter.

"You just said that Cui Huazhang is the son of Cui Cheng's original wife. So, Concubine Xie's aunt is her stepmother? When did the first wife die? How did she die? Do you know?" Jing Shu suddenly asked again.

"Returning to the empress, Cui Cheng's first wife died very early. I heard that she died not long after giving birth to Cui Huazhang. It is said that she hanged herself before she was even out of confinement." Xiu Qing said. .

Jingshu frowned.

It sounds like postpartum depression.

This is more evidence that there is something wrong with the Cui family. Otherwise, how could she be depressed when she is so good?

"You did a great job on this matter." Jing Shu looked at the green and haggard little face, feeling a little soft-hearted, and now she had figured it out.

Lu Zan was right, there was no need for her to be so dismissive of things that hadn't happened yet.

"As long as the empress doesn't drive the slaves away anymore..."

Hearing her tone soften, Xiu Qing's eyes lit up. He thought of something and quickly added, "Your Majesty, Cui Huazhang, now it's time to call him Eunuch Cui. It's going to be the beginning of winter soon, and all the palaces are preparing to burn fire." To use charcoal for heating, Eunuch Cui is now in the Ministry of Internal Affairs leading the messengers delivering charcoal to various palaces.

"In less than two days, he will come to our Yicui Palace to deliver charcoal."

Jingshu listened and nodded.

She looked at Xiu Qing and finally said: "You have worked hard these days. You have a good two days' rest, so you can return to my side and serve me."

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will serve you even more in the future!" Xiu Qing almost cried with joy. As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed to Jingshu several times.

Jingshu couldn't understand.

She was obviously staying as a slave, so why was she still so happy? But she didn't say anything. He just smiled and asked her to get up and let her go down first.

Then, she asked Chi Shuang to call Chen Xiao in.

"What orders do you have, Madam?" Chen Xiao asked with a salute as soon as he came in.

"Go to the House of Internal Affairs and tell them that a set of cups was dropped in Yicui Palace last time. Ask them to replace a set and send it over. Tell Eunuch Chen to come over and tell Eunuch Chen to come over." Jing Shu ordered.

"The slave obeys the order!"

Chen Xiao works quickly.

Not long after, Eunuch Chen arrived at Yicui Palace with a brand new set of cloisonné enamel tea sets.

Jing Shu smiled immediately when she saw him.

"When I ordered Chen Xiao to go to the House of Internal Affairs, I was still thinking about it. Now there are rumors in the palace that I have angered the Holy Emperor and have fallen out of favor. I don't know if Eunuch Chen will come to Yicui Palace. "She joked deliberately.

"Oh, your Majesty is really joking. How has your Majesty ever fallen out of favor? Your Majesty is just busy with government affairs these days, so you have never stepped into the harem. But even so, Your Majesty is always paying attention to your Majesty. My servant Qian'er even listened to the imperial kitchen. , the princes in front of the emperor have just beaten them, and they are not allowed to neglect the empress. Whatever the empress wants to eat, they will give it to the empress! Besides, how can the slave be the kind of person who is always in a hurry? The slave is proud to be the first to obey the empress' order. It can be done!”

Chen Xiao quickly tried to please him.

Jing Shu was a little surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that Wang Zhong had even beaten people in the imperial kitchen in private.

She didn't take it to heart.

"I just don't know if your Majesty has any other instructions for this servant." On the side, Eunuch Chen suddenly asked again.

"It's nothing special. I just heard that Eunuch Chen seems to be having a difficult time in the Ministry of Internal Affairs recently. I wonder if you are interested in joining me? I am lacking someone as capable as Eunuch Chen. .”

Jing Shu spoke so straightforwardly that she almost had the word "win over" written on her face.