The most beautiful lady in the harem

The next day, Qin Liuse went to Yongshou Palace to serve the Empress Dowager Cixi as usual, bringing her tea, water and medicine, as if nothing had happened.

Because she had been serving here for many days and Qin Liuse did everything herself, the other maids in the Empress Dowager's palace were not unfamiliar with her.

When she got up in the morning, Bizhu ordered someone to go to the Shanggong Bureau and ask for a few new wooden boxes for the Empress Dowager to store the silver needles.

When Qin Liuse stepped into Yongshou Palace, she saw three maids in light green palace costumes, holding lacquer trays, standing at the door.

There were several exquisitely carved wooden boxes arranged on the lacquer tray. If you didn't know, you would think that Emperor Yongjia had sent something to the Empress Dowager again.

"What are those?" The palace maids who were doing the cleaning were whispering to each other.

"It's a wooden box for silver needles."

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At the same time, rumors had already spread in Yongshou Palace.

It is said that the Empress Dowager discovered that the medicine used and the wooden box containing the silver needles were incompatible, so now when taking medicine, the silver needles in the wooden box are not used.

Qin Liuse pretended to be unaware. After arriving at Yongshou Palace, she paid her respects to the Empress Dowager in accordance with the procedures. Then she went to the small kitchen as usual to take care of the soup for the Empress Dowager.

She took a rag and covered the lid of the ceramic jar, then opened the lid. Hot steam came out, and she took a wooden spoon and stirred out the residue inside.

Sure enough, those supporters were gone.

After reporting the truth to the Empress Dowager Cixi yesterday, Qin Liuse asked for the prescription written by the imperial physician, but the medicine Fu? was not included in it.

It can be seen that someone took advantage of the situation and secretly added medicinal ingredients.

Knowing that this medicine is non-toxic and tasteless, at first glance I thought it was a tonic, so it was easy to get away with it.

Qin Liuse put the lid back on, pretending that he knew nothing and not alerting the enemy at all.

After the medicine was ready, the clay pot and porcelain bowl were placed on a lacquer tray and brought to the main hall for the Empress Dowager to take.

All the maids in Yongshou Palace were called out by Aunt Fanghua and were standing in the yard at this moment.

Aunt Fanghua swept her eyes over the people below, like a raging fire, and said to Zhucui and Bizhu, "Everyone, start searching."

Qin Liuse was calm. Until the search results came out, it was none of her business.

He withdrew his gaze, took the medicine, and went inside to serve the Empress Dowager.

The palace maids below looked at each other, with their heads down, each of them thinking about something.

"Empress Dowager, you can take the medicine now." Qin Liuse said sweetly, lifted the bead curtain, walked around the screen, and placed the medicine on the high table beside the bed.

After feeding the medicine, there was a sudden noise outside. The Empress Dowager slowly opened her eyes and said, "You can go out and take a look. I don't need anyone to serve me here."

Qin Liuse bowed and then walked into the yard.

Zhucui and Bizhu took two trusted men to search the area and found a package in the backyard room, which contained shredded chrysanthemums.

Aunt Fanghua was holding the bag and scolding the palace maid, "If you know what's best for you, come out and bear the consequences yourself. The Queen Mother will show some mercy. Otherwise, wait until you are caught, and you will suffer the consequences."

But the man was cunning, and although the bag was found, it was not found in someone's exclusive area.

After hearing the wind in the morning and seeing that the Queen Mother had locked the palace gate and he could not get out, the man threw the bag into the dead wood outside the window.

At the moment, we only know which courtyard the person is from, but there is no way to confirm who did it. Aunt Fanghua raised her hand to wipe the beads of sweat from her forehead.

According to her idea, she wanted to drag all the people in the room out and hand them over to the Ministry of Punishment.

But he also took into consideration that the Empress Dowager was a kind-hearted person. If he took the lives of all the people in the house at once, during the New Year holidays, it would add to the guilt of the Empress Dowager.

The weather was not good in the morning. There was no sunshine, it was gloomy and it looked like it was going to snow.

Qin Liuse said a few words in Aunt Fanghua's ear, and Aunt Fanghua looked at her with gratitude.

Then he immediately said with a cold look, "It doesn't matter if you don't say it. When the evidence is solid, we'll see if you can still see the sun tomorrow."

Aunt Fanghua called Bizhu and Zhucui and told them to do things according to Qin Liuse's instructions.

After an incense stick of time, Bizhu came over with two servants, looking furious and murderous, and accurately suppressed Qiuju, the palace maid in the yard.

"See if you still don't come, bitch!"

"It's unfair!" Qiuju looked around and swung her arms, but how could a young girl's strength compare to that of a strong old woman.

"Aunt Fanghua, Miss Bizhu, it's unfair. Did you find the wrong person? It's not me! It's really not me!" Qiuju kept refusing to admit it.

"And you still say it's not you!" Aunt Fanghua's eyes were as cold as ice, something Qin Liuse had never seen before.

I think Aunt Fanghua is in a high position now and has restrained her former sharpness. When she was young, she must have experienced a lot to develop the temperament that allows her to grasp the overall situation and be able to control others.

"It's colorless and tasteless, but it tastes sweet. If I hadn't asked Bizhu to find some ants to taste the food on your bed, and found a pile of fine powder under your bed that hadn't been collected in time, you would have really gotten into trouble with the Queen Mother!"

Aunt Fanghua's eyes were like knives. "Who sent you to harm the Queen Mother?"

Qiu Ju saw that the truth had been revealed and there was no turning back, so she started to bite people like a mad dog, "It was Miss Zhucui, it was Miss Zhucui who ordered me to do this!"

"You lowly creature, when did I ever let you harm the Empress Dowager!" Zhu Cui exploded upon hearing this, and pointed at her with a red face.

Seeing Zhucui getting anxious, Qiuju smiled with affirmation, "It was Miss Zhucui. Miss Zhucui hated the Empress Dowager for not giving her to the Emperor. She loves the Emperor and she hated the Empress Dowager! Yes, that's it!"

Qiu Ju spoke incoherently, as if she was crazy, "Zhu Cui asked me to poison the Empress Dowager. She is an orphan, without a father or a mother. Then she can ask the Emperor to take her in!"

"I'm going to beat you to death!" Zhu Cui couldn't stand after hearing her words.

She originally thought that her love for Emperor Yongjia was something only she and the Empress Dowager knew, but she didn't expect that Qiu Ju, a small maid working in the small kitchen, also knew about it.

Girls are very shy after all. For a moment, Zhucui felt ashamed, angry and anxious, and she wished she could tear her lips apart.

"Zhu Cui, don't be impulsive." Bizhu went over to stop Zhu Cui and comforted her not to get angry and be affected by other people's magic.

Aunt Fanghua's eyes were as cold as ice. The Yongshou Palace had been turned into a mess by someone, just like some street quarrel.

"What do you mean by harming others? What do you mean by harming others? I didn't harm anyone. It was others who forced me to do it. It was you who forced me to do it. It was Miss Qiu Ju who framed me. She is despicable. Every grievance has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor!" At the end, Qiu Ju really acted like a madman.

These words were unpleasant and noisy. Qin Liuse frowned and was about to ask Aunt Fanghua to lock her up first. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Qiuju's mouth actually had a streak of blood and her eyes widened.

The next moment, he fell to the ground with a thud.

The people who were standing beside her all stepped back at once, "Someone's dead, someone's dead."

A group of palace maids were shouting.

"What are you yelling about?" Aunt Fanghua didn't expect this either, but she walked over calmly, pinched Qiuju's mouth and took a look.

Then he wiped his hands, stood up and said, "He took poison himself, out of fear of punishment. Quickly ask someone to carry him out and clean up the place. It's really unlucky on New Year's Day."

Because Qiu Ju committed suicide, there was no evidence to prove the truth.