This year, Hexi Palace is having a rough time.
When the flower snake opened its mouth to bite the magpie, Xiao Xuanzi bravely rushed over and hit the flower snake's fangs with a stick.
Before Jiang Chuan came in, he was going to the small kitchen with a new kitchen knife sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. When he heard the sound of the screen falling to the floor, he rushed in without even having time to put down the kitchen knife.
At this moment, he and Xiao Xuanzi cooperated tacitly, raised the knife and cut off the head of the flower snake while it was knocked unconscious.
Just as Magpie breathed a sigh of relief, she felt another cold touch in her hand. Without thinking, she quickly got up from the ground, pulled Jiang Xinyue and Shuangjiang and ran outside.
While running, he shouted: "There are snakes, there are snakes! There are snakes under the queen's bed!"
Aunt Li and Aunt Xiang were relatively calm and said soothingly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I can't bite you, please don't run around, in this empty yard, you guys come over and protect your Majesty."
After all, the guards were foreign men and could not get close to Jiang Xinyue easily. Grandma Li simply pointed at a few eunuchs who had some skills and surrounded her: "Look out for any snakes on the ground?"
Hexi Palace was equipped with six guards, all of whom Emperor Xuanwu sent from the imperial palace to protect Jiang Xinyue, which came in handy.
Aunt Xiang trotted all the way, rushed into the warehouse, dug out a box of realgar powder, and sprinkled it in a circle around Jiang Xinyue to prevent snakes, insects, rats, and ants from getting close to her.
The six guards quickly killed the snake that crawled out from under the bed. Because they were worried, they even held a lantern to shine under the bed for a long time.
After confirming that it really wasn't there, the guards came out to resume their duties.
In fact, Jiang Xinyue didn't even see the snake clearly before Shuangsheng dragged her out.
None of the people in the palace are hard-working, and they are all very capable, which greatly improves her safety when encountering danger.
"What should I do? I definitely can't sleep in there."
Magpie patted her chest in shock: "Mother, otherwise... I will go find the emperor."
"can not go."
Jiang Xinyue shook her head: "We just showed our kindness to the Queen, and you turned around and called the Emperor from Yikun Palace to Hexi Palace. Isn't this a slap in the Queen's face? Can she let me go?"
"But……"
The magpie sighed: "Then where are you going to sleep, my dear?"
"Take care of the side hall. You and I will rest together in the side hall tonight."
Hexi Palace was given to Jiang Xinyue by the emperor to live alone. He had no intention of letting anyone else live in it before, but later he fell in love with her, and it was even less possible for other concubines to live there, so the side palace has always been empty.
Normally, only the palace maids would occasionally clean it, so it would definitely not be feasible for Concubine Zhen to live in it like this.
The bedding and bed curtains all need to be replaced with new ones.
"Click!"
As soon as Shuangjiang picked up the quilt in the side hall, a small box fell out on the ground.
"What's this?"
The magpie picked it up curiously and opened the lid of the small wooden box. Inside were two little cloth figures, one male and one female. Judging from the clothes, they should be the emperor and the queen.
The key is that there are several thick and long steel needles stuck in the two little cloth men.
Her eyes widened and she couldn't make a sound, which made Shuangsheng realize that something was wrong.
Jiang Xinyue also came in at this moment: "Is it done? I..."
Shuang Jiang threw down the quilt in his hand, and while Grandma Li and Grandma Xiang were still outside the door, he snatched the box and stuffed it into Jiang Xinyue's hand: "Mother, witchcraft..."
Jiang Xinyue glanced down, immediately tightened her fingers, and hid the box in her wide sleeves when Nanny Li came in.
She yawned, and Shuang Jiang quickly made the bed with Magpie: "My queen must be very sleepy, I don't care about anything tonight, my queen, please rest quickly!"
Aunt Li took Aunt Xiang and checked again to make sure there was nothing wrong before she bowed to Jiang Xinyue and left.
As soon as they left, Jiang Xinyue put on her coat and sat on the bed, holding her belly: "Go to the dressing room and invite Fang Dianyi."
"Yes, concubine!"
This person used witchcraft to frame her. If the person behind the scenes reports him, even if she complains about injustice, her life will be over.
During the reign of the late emperor, there was a concubine who, because she was jealous of the relationship between the empress dowager and the late emperor, wrote the empress dowager's birth date on a small figure and pricked it with needles. This incident was discovered by the palace maid. She was afraid that the incident would implicate herself, so she went to report to the late emperor.
The late emperor directly executed the concubine without any investigation. The concubine's family was also implicated and has not recovered to this day.
Later, the late emperor also issued a decree stating that he hated the art of witchcraft and poison. From now on, if anyone is found doing such evil deeds in the palace, he will be executed directly regardless of the reason.
Even if the emperor doesn't want to kill her, the courtiers and people will force her to die.
Jiang Xinyue held the wooden box tightly. She valued her life very much. The person behind the scenes really touched her bottom line this time.
There are many people who want her life, but she is still alive and well, not just by luck.
But this time I was really lucky.
Someone wanted to use a venomous snake to kill her, but she accidentally broke through the conspiracy of another person who wanted her life.
There was a twinkle in her eyes. Since she survived the disaster, the person who harmed her would be in bad luck.
There are so many people in this palace who want her dead. This must be the price of bearing the favor!
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty..."
"Who is making a noise outside?"
In Yikun Palace, the emperor and the queen were watching the New Year together. The fifth prince, who was almost one year old, was hiding in the arms of Queen Zhu and playing hide and seek with the emperor.
My eyes are so sleepy that I can't open them anymore, and I still don't want to go to sleep. I insist on staying up late with my father and mother.
The screams frightened him all over. Queen Zhu patted his back and frowned displeased: "You know the emperor is here, but you still yell like this. Where have you learned the rules?"
A young eunuch hurriedly came in from outside and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the Queen is a palace attendant in the Liangfei Palace. It is said that... it is said that an unknown female corpse appeared in Shun'an Palace. The eldest princess was frightened and cried and vomited. Not only that, it’s useless even if the imperial doctor goes there, so I can only invite the emperor and the empress to come and have a look.”
"Unknown female corpse?"
Emperor Xuanwu felt that something like this happened during the Chinese New Year, which was very unlucky, and said very unhappy: "Are the Xuanjing Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs a bunch of trash?"
Didn't any of the patrolling guards find anything unusual?
Where are the people in Shun'an Palace?
Are they all dead?
Empress Zhu handed the fifth prince to the nanny to take him down, and asked in a low voice: "Where is Fenxian?"
"Fenxun seems to have eaten the wrong thing at night and has constant abdominal pain. The prince brought the imperial doctor here earlier. He should have taken medicine and fallen asleep now."
No wonder.
If Fenren were guarding the door tonight, the palace attendants from Shun'an Palace would not be allowed to come in without shouting.
Wasn't it just that a palace maid died?
The lives of palace maids are worthless. There are thousands of palace maids in this palace, and it is not uncommon for a few to die in a day.
Can't you wait until the eighth day of the lunar month to report?
You must touch the emperor's brow at this time.
