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

Lu Zhaolin shouted and asked her: "Guijiu told her something new?"

Grandma Sun nodded and said: "According to Guijiu's confession, she was the person arranged by the late Emperor Wu Guifei. This time, it was someone from King Xianduan who contacted her to take advantage of the Queen Mother's medicine."

The late Emperor Wu Guifei was the mother-in-law of King Xianduan.

After saying this, Grandma Sun continued: "Gui Jiu said that she had always thought that she was the only one left by the late Emperor Wu Guifei. And among the people of King Xian Duan, she knew more than ten people. She was purged years ago. It was not until she was contacted this time that she knew that there were still people from King Pieduan lurking. The other party held her handle, so she had no choice but to be obedient and tampered with the Queen Mother's medicine."

Lu Zhaolin's face was dark and unclear: "Who contacted her?"

Grandma Sun said: "It was a eunuch named Hong Cheng, who had been working in the garden these years. When the slaves went to look for him, he had already been hanged. The palace maids and eunuchs who usually interacted with him , nothing wrong was found.”

The clues to this matter were completely cut off with Hong Cheng's death.

After Grandma Sun exited, Lu Zhaolin rubbed his eyebrows and said, "I have been in the imperial court for nearly ten years. Unexpectedly, there are still remnants of King Xianduan in the palace."

And after so many years, these people have long been deeply hidden.

Like a snake lurking in the shadows, you never know when it will jump out and bite you.

After thinking for a moment, he ordered: "Yao Xingde, let the Shenxing Division and Wude Division work together to investigate the palace people, starting with those in the palace."

After Yao Xingde took the order and exited, he sighed: "I'm afraid it won't be possible to investigate thoroughly."

Jiang Shiying turned her head slightly, looked at him and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea that may be able to help Your Majesty."

Lu Zhaolin said: "Tell me about it."

Jiang Shiying said: "This idea sounds very simple. Since there are remnants of King Xianduan hidden among the palace people, no one knows where these remnants are hidden. So we might as well let a group of people in the palace go out."

Lu Zhaolin frowned: "If a group of people are suddenly released, I'm afraid there won't be enough people in the palace, and the operation of the palace will be a little sluggish for a while."

Jiang Shiying smiled: "There is no need to let everyone out. Your Majesty has been in power for nine years, and King Xianduan has been dead for more than ten years. Even if there are remnants of King Xianduan, it is estimated that it was ten years ago. Just bury them in. Just release these people out of the palace in batches. The rest, not necessarily innocent, at least have a hard time being related to King Xianduan. This can be done whether in the garden or in the palace. "

After a pause, she added: "As for the lack of manpower, there is no need to worry. There are small elections every year, but people are not let out every year. In this way, fewer people go out and more people come in. Year after year, the palace There are just a lot more people serving here.”

After Lu Zhaolin pondered for a moment, he said, "I still need to think about this matter carefully."

Jiang Shiying smiled and said, "This is natural."

She just had a rough idea. It was up to Lu Zhaolin to decide whether to do it or not.

Even if he decided to let her go, she was just a second-grade concubine. The queen and concubines were all here, so this matter could not fall into her hands.

A few days later, the queen was summoned to Mingguang Hall.

After coming out of Mingguang Hall and returning to her own Mingxiu Pavilion, Shu Wen greeted her attentively and handed her a cup of tea to soothe her throat.

The queen finished drinking half a cup of tea, put it on the table, and snorted coldly: "It's really strange, it was Concubine Chun who arranged errands for me."

Although Lu Zhaolin only briefly mentioned, "Concubine Chun came up with an idea, I think it's a good idea," but this sentence, more than the long list of words he said later, made the queen never forget it.

Huaping helped her walk into the inner room of the dormitory and said: "This matter is also a good opportunity. Who should be released and who should not be released, don't you have the final say?"

A smile appeared on the queen's lips and she said, "Let's tell the news."

Before dinner that day, the female officers in charge of the Sixth Bureau of Shang Palace and the eunuchs in charge of the Thirteenth Internal Supervision Department came to Mingxiu Pavilion to express their loyalty, for fear that they would be on the list of being abolished.

But to their surprise, the queen did not see any of them, and invited them all out without even offering a cup of tea.

There was so much commotion here that Jiang Shiying even heard about it.

A Yuan looked worried: "Will the Empress reveal the news in front of these people that it was you who proposed to His Majesty to abolish the palace servants who have been in the palace for more than ten years? Will these people hold a grudge against you?"

Hearing this, Jiang Shiying smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether you hold a grudge or not. Your Majesty favors me for one day, and they have to be respectful in front of me. It would be better if the queen revealed the news to them, they will only be more afraid. I don't dare to make any mistakes here."

A Yuan said: "Don't they all say that the way to employ people is to use kindness and power at the same time?"

Jiang Shiying sneered: "For these sperm in the harem, kindness is useless. Only power can keep it firmly engraved in their hearts."

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Since the Queen Mother recovered from her illness, Jiang Shiying would go to the Anhe Pavilion to accompany the Queen Mother every day after taking a break.

On this day, after coming out of Anhe Pavilion, not far away, I saw a master and a servant coming towards me. It was Shun Cai and her palace maid Sui'er.

When he was still half a foot away from Jiang Shiying, Shuncai bowed his knees and saluted: "Concubine, I have seen the pure concubine."

"Get up." As she spoke, Jiang Shiying frowned: "The clothes you are wearing are spring shirts, right? Don't you feel hot?"

Shun Cai Ren first responded in a low voice: "Yes."

Then, hesitantly said: "Concubine, concubine is not very hot."

This second sentence is obviously not sincere.

How could it not be hot? From this short distance, Jiang Shiying could already see the thin beads of sweat on her forehead.

What she couldn't see was that beneath the clothes, Shun Cai's underwear was wet with sweat and stuck to his body.

Jiang Shiying frowned and said, "If you don't want to say anything, then I will leave."

Seeing this, she raised her steps to leave.

"Your Majesty." Shuncai quickly raised his head and called her. Then, he saw her bending her knees and kneeling on the ground and saying, "I beg your Majesty to help me with some concubines."

Jiang Shiying said: "You get up first."

Sui'er helped Shun Cairen stand up.

Jiang Shiying then asked: "Tell me, why are you wearing this spring dress and acting out a 'chance encounter' drama for me here?"

Xinghuaxuan where Shuncai lived was far away from here. Wearing such thick clothes, she endured the heat and walked through most of the garden to reach the road that Jiang Shiying must pass every day.

If it was a coincidence, Jiang Shiying would never believe it.

"Concubines really have no choice." Shun Cai said with his head lowered: "As a rule, at the end of April, the concubines of each palace will send people to the Shangfu Bureau to pick up summer clothes.

The concubine sent Sui'er to pick it up, but the Shangfu Bureau said that they were very busy and could not take care of the concubine for the time being, and asked the concubine to wait for a few days before sending someone.

The concubine waited for a few days, but the Shangfu Bureau still used excuses to be busy and asked the concubine to wait a little longer. This wait has been until now. "

Jiang Shiying frowned and asked, "Didn't you wear summer clothes when I paid my respects a few times before?"

Shuncai said: "That was from last year. Now it has been in the water several times and the color has almost faded away."

Seeing Jiang Shiying's silence, she added: "It's fine if I stay shut up all the time on weekdays. But in two days, the Queen Mother is going to hold a begging banquet. If the concubine attends wearing a faded summer dress, it's just a matter of time." I’m afraid I’ll lose the face of the harem.”