The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

After dinner, a young eunuch came to send a message, saying that Grandma Sun from the Shenxing Department wanted to see her.

After entering the palace, Grandma Sun bowed respectfully: "I see you, Your Majesty, and you see the pure concubine."

Lu Zhaolin called out and asked her: "But the result of the trial was found at Guijiu?"

Grandma Sun said: "That's right. According to Guijiu, someone gave her a large sum of gold and silver and asked her to tamper with the Queen Mother's medicine. She had never seen that person's face, and the two of them had been separated from each other. We met at a door. The other party never revealed the purpose of this move. She thought that this was just to slow down the Queen Mother's recovery, so she agreed."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Zhaolin sneered and said, "What do you think, Ah Ying?"

Grandma Sun was secretly shocked. His Majesty allowed Concubine Chun to listen to such a matter, but why did he actually ask her what she thought?

Jiang Shiying frowned lightly and said: "To be able to be arranged by Miss Qingshan to cook the medicine, this cinnamon wine must be very trusted by the Queen Mother. She has been by the Queen Mother's side for so many years, and she can be easily... Are you bribed to do something that betrays the Lord?”

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, and then said: "Ah Ying is more inclined to think that from the beginning, she was the nail buried in the Queen Mother's side."

Lu Zhaolin laughed with unknown meaning and then said: "Continue the trial."

When Jiang Shiying woke up the next day, Lu Zhaolin had already gone to court.

She freshened up briefly and did not stay in the Mingguang Palace for long. She took the people back to Xiangying Residence.

After breakfast, she summoned Yu Chengyi.

"Slave, please see your empress." Yu Chengyi bowed and saluted.

"No need." Jiang Shiying said.

With a smile on his face, Yu Chengyi asked, "What orders do you have, Madam?"

Jiang Shiying asked: "Do you know anyone in the imperial dining room?"

Yu Chengyi thought for a moment and said: "There is a eunuch in charge of the imperial kitchen, who is a fellow servant with the servants. There are also two cooks who are familiar with each other, but they may not be trustworthy in important matters."

The corners of Jiang Shiying's lips raised slightly and she said, "That's it. In the imperial dining room, there is a little palace maid named Qiaorong. At such a young age, you can tell that she is quite good-looking."

Hearing what she said, Yu Chengyi frowned: "Do you want to deal with her in advance?"

Jiang Shiying chuckled: "Where can I find such a person?"

"The empress has always been kind." Yu Chengyi said, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Shiying said: "Think of a way to let the precious concubine meet that little palace maid."

As for what the precious concubine will do to the little palace maid, it has nothing to do with her.

Yu Chengyi first said "Promise" and then asked: "Don't we check first who arranged the little palace maid in the imperial dining room?"

Jiang Shiying said casually: "What does it have to do with us? Let me, my precious concubine, worry about this."

After another two days, the Queen Mother finally recovered.

Lu Zhaolin and Jiang Shiying went to Anhe Pavilion together.

As soon as he entered the back hall, he noticed that the atmosphere in the hall was very cold and solemn.

The Queen Mother sat at the top with a straight face.

Qingshan and others all knelt in the hall with their heads down.

"The son has met his mother."

"Ah Ying has met the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother glanced at the two of them angrily and said, "Get up."

Lu Zhaolin walked to sit next to her and asked, "What's going on, Queen Mother? Who made you angry?"

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and said, "You came just in time. The Ai family is just about to ask you if something happened to Kang He? The Ai family has not seen her for ten days."

Speaking of this, she looked at Qingshan and the others who were kneeling on the ground: "These slaves only know how to deal with the Ai family, saying that Kang He accidentally caught a cold and never recovered. The Ai family wanted to see Kang He, but they didn't. You make excuses like this to stop them. Do you really think that the Ai family are fools?"

After the words fell, Qingshan and others hurriedly said: "I don't dare."

Lu Zhaolin, on the other hand, paused.

The Queen Mother, who was staring at him, was sensitively aware of his pause. She immediately sat up straight and asked, "Is something really wrong with Kang He?"

Lu Zhaolin took a deep breath first, and then said: "Kang and she fell into the water and died."

"What?" The Queen Mother was shocked, and her face turned pale instantly. She grabbed Lu Zhaolin's hand and asked, "When did it happen? Why didn't anyone tell the Ai family?"

Lu Zhaolin held her arm and said, "Ten days ago, you were ill. In order not to affect your health, my son ordered that everyone below you should hide the truth from you."

The Queen Mother opened her mouth and choked on her words: "It's the Ai family's fault. Qin Xiurong entrusted Kang He to the Ai family, but the Ai family failed to take good care of her."

Lu Zhaolin said hurriedly: "How can you blame the Queen Mother for this? You are ill and your energy is low. If you want to blame it, it is also because the servants did not take good care of you."

Jiang Shiying and Lu Zhaolin comforted the Queen Mother for a while before her mood eased slightly.

In order to prevent her from being immersed in Kang He's death, Lu Zhaolin said: "Mother, do you know why you lingered on the bed for nearly ten days even though you were just infected with cold?"

The Queen Mother frowned and said: "The Ai family only think that they are old. Soldiers come like mountains and fall like mountains, and illnesses go away like threads. From what you said, could there be something inside?"

Lu Zhaolin did not answer, but asked her: "Mother, have you ever noticed that there is one less person around you?"

The Queen Mother's eyes wandered in the palace, and then she heard her say: "Where is Guijiu? It seems that the Ai family has not seen her for several days."

Lu Zhaolin said: "She is in the Sentence Department."

"What?" The Queen Mother asked in shock: "What did she do? Why did she join the Criminal Division?"

Lu Zhaolin said: "She tampered with your medicine."

Then, he informed one by one that Guijiu had been caught red-handed and the current interrogation progress of the Criminal Division.

Finally, he slowly spoke out his guesses and suspicions.

After he finished speaking, the bedroom of Anhe Pavilion fell into a long silence.

At the end of Shen Shi, Jiang Shiying and Lu Zhaolin left the Anhe Pavilion, holding hands and walking slowly towards the Mingguang Palace.

Yao Xingde and others followed far behind.

After walking a few steps, Jiang Shiying sighed and said, "The Queen Mother must be feeling uncomfortable."

Whether it was the matter of Princess Kanghe or the matter of Guijiu, it was a big blow to the Queen Mother.

"Yes." Lu Zhaolin also sighed: "In the days to come, I will spend more time with my mother. With you here, my mother will always be more happy."

Jiang Shiying gave him an angry look: "Do you need your Majesty to say this?"

While talking, the two passed through a moon gate.

Going further, there is a path that can only accommodate two or three people walking side by side.

The vegetation on both sides of the path is very lush. The sunlight is bright, but most of it is blocked by the lush leaves. Only the light spots broken into small pieces are scattered on people and on the ground.

Jiang Shiying deliberately walked on the light spot.

Lu Zhaolin didn't notice it at first, but after he discovered it, he couldn't help but laugh out loud: "We are all going to be mothers, and Ying is still like a child."

Jiang Shi's eyes flashed, and she glanced at him with anger and resentment. He didn't say anything, but the movements of his feet remained unchanged.

Lu Zhaolin held her hand carefully, fearing that she would accidentally fall.

Not long after returning to Mingguang Hall, someone from the palace came in to send a message, saying that it was Grandma Sun from the Shenxing Department who wanted to see her.

"This slave has met His Majesty and the Pure Concubine."

Grandma Sun saluted respectfully, but she was thinking in her heart that Concubine Chun was obviously pregnant, but these days, whenever she saw His Majesty, she was accompanied by Concubine Chun. I don’t know what kind of enchantment Concubine Chun cast on His Majesty?