In the dead of night, the lights in the Daming Palace were turned off, but the Qingfeng Hall in the Purple Orchid Palace was still bright.
Concubine Shu sat upright in front of the bronze mirror, and the serving maid took off the peacock emerald gold bun on her head and broke up the half-updo hairpin.
"Mother, it's getting late!"
The palace maid advised her to rest early, but suddenly a gust of autumn wind blew into the bedroom through the half-closed window.
The cool autumn wind made Concubine Shu shiver involuntarily. She tightened her outer clothes and said with a pun: "The wind is blowing!"
The palace maid hurriedly ran to close the window and dimmed the lights in the bedroom. Just as she was about to serve Concubine Shu, a gentle knock on the door came from outside the bedroom.
"Have you ever rested?"
Eunuch Bao's voice was very low: "I have something important to report!"
"come in!"
When Eunuch Bao entered the room, Concubine Shu was sitting and looking at the beauty in the bronze mirror. When she heard very light footsteps coming from behind, she lightly opened her lips.
"Two dots of silkworm eyebrows, red lips blooming with cherry blossoms, a charming and charming expression, looking back with hope and radiance."
Her slender jade fingers painted with Dankou closed her black hair like a waterfall: "These words were said by His Majesty, Zhaohua Shi, on my lips all day long. He praised me for my slim figure, graceful and graceful figure, and when I danced, Just like the arrival of the Goddess Luo, the world is filled with flowers, and only the beautiful peonies of heaven and earth can match this palace."
"The lust fades but the love grows!"
"Ever since that idiot from Linglongju regained his favor, Your Majesty has not been to the Qingfeng Palace of my palace for a long time!"
She laughed sarcastically and said: "This peony in my palace is already a faded flower, how can it be as eye-catching as those in bud and in full bloom in the harem garden?"
"The emperor's favor cannot be retained. In this world, only the power in your hands can make people feel at ease."
Under the half-dark light, the beauty in the bronze mirror showed a stern look on her face: "It's just that the little thing in Linglongju is so smart that he blocked my way. What do you think?"
Unable to get a response from the person behind her, Concubine Shu finally felt something was wrong!
She slowly turned around from the bronze mirror and saw Eunuch Bao kneeling on the ground holding a glass bottle.
Recognizing that the glass bottle held by Eunuch Bao was the one that had flowed out of the Qingfeng Palace warehouse, Concubine Shu had a smile on her face.
"Tell me that the person who gave the parrot to the little thing in Linglongju was Prince Xuan. The maid who was talking about the little thing raising a parrot beside the garden of Jiuxuan Palace is also someone close to the Xianfei of Linhua Palace. This matter can be done Extremely obscure and foolproof.”
Concubine Shu said angrily: "Is this the good show you want me to watch?"
"The slave is guilty!"
Eunuch Bao put the glass vase aside, touched his head to the ground and said, "My servants have learned very clearly that Eunuch Gao has a habit of collecting glass. The peony-wrapped glass vase collected by the empress was a tribute from a foreign country. At the time, even the queen Even the empress can’t ask for it.”
"The carvings on this vase are as green as jade. Your Majesty knew that the empress loved peonies, so he gave this unique glass vase to the empress..."
Concubine Shu interrupted him impatiently: "Then why did Gao Lishi return this glass vase and rush to draw a clear line with me?"
"The incident happened suddenly, and I can't get any news from Anzi buried in Jiuxuan Palace for the time being."
Eunuch Bao responded truthfully: "The people sent by Eunuch Gao sent a message, saying that in view of the past friendship, they reminded the queen not to provoke the little princess again."
"He is just a lackey around His Majesty. How dare you talk to me like this?"
With a banging sound, Li Sixu held her breath and hid on the roof of Qingfeng Palace. Through the uncovered tiles, she could see Concubine Shu kicking the glass bottle on the ground in a rage.
The glass shattered and splashed, hitting Eunuch Bao who was kneeling on the ground.
Eunuch Bao covered his face and groaned in pain and lost his voice!
Concubine Shu said with a gloomy face: "I punish you, do you know your guilt?"
"My slave didn't do his job well and messed up again!"
Eunuch Bao ignored the blood seeping out from his fingers and prostrated in the tunnel: "I am willing to be punished. My Majesty, please don't get so angry."
"I have said before that the little thing in Linglongju is the biggest variable in this harem. This time you and I acted in a secretive and well-planned way, but you still failed."
Concubine Shu warned him: "That's all, don't provoke that little thing again, and don't touch the secrets of Jiuxuan Palace for the time being."
"Yes, empress..."
Looking at the dog-eating master and servant in the dormitory, Li Sixu, who was hiding on the roof, curled up into a sarcastic sneer.
The person who gave her the parrot was Brother Xuanhuang, and the maid who was talking about her parrot beside the garden of Jiuxuan Palace was also someone close to the Concubine Xian of Linhua Palace.
If things come to pass, it will kill two birds with one stone, and both Linglongju and Linhua Palace will suffer disaster.
very good!
Stop provoking her?
It's too late!
In the palace below the tile cave, the palace maid finished cleaning up the glass fragments on the floor. Concubine Shu, whose plan failed, waved her hand with a tired look on her face, signaling Eunuch Bao to leave.
Eunuch Bao covered his face and just retreated to the door when he heard Concubine Shu's scream from behind the screen.
"Empress!"
Eunuch Bao had no choice but to go and come back.
Concubine Shu was trembling and pointed at something on the brocade quilt: "This, this..."
Eunuch Bao looked in the direction pointed by Concubine Shu, and through the half-opened crocodile silk tent, he could clearly see a plucked bird corpse lying on the brocade quilt.
A sharp bamboo stick was inserted into the bird corpse, and the blood from the wound splashed red on the brocade quilt.
Someone was always guarding outside the dormitory. How did the bird corpse appear on the couch?
Concubine Shu trembled: "I said that the little thing in Linglongju is evil. How did she do it? This is declaring war on me..."
The scream just now was too loud.
If the guards patrolling outside the Purple Orchid Palace were attracted and traced along the broken glazed peony vase, then Linglongju's conspiracy against the tenth princess would be exposed.
Besides, the guilt of breaking something given by the emperor can be big or small. Even if His Majesty doesn't hold her accountable, it's hard not to be used as a weapon against her mother-in-law.
"My dear, don't panic, don't make any noise!"
Hearing the sound of footsteps coming towards the palace, Eunuch Bao said anxiously: "Slave, please clean up the things."
Concubine Shu, who slowly calmed down under Eunuch Bao's comfort, dismissed the eunuchs and maids who were keeping watch. Li Sixu also gently covered the uncovered tiles back at the signal of Master Zuo Wei.
Li Linhuai hugged her and jumped out of the Purple Orchid Palace, avoiding the palace guards, and landed on the roof of Feixian Pavilion in Taiye Lake.
"The plan of the minister and the princess has failed!"
Li Linhuai looked at Li Si Xu inquiringly: "If the eunuchs around Concubine Shu hadn't been alert, would the princess want me to attract the patrolling guards from the Purple Orchid Palace?"
"Sisi did have this plan, but she didn't think that she could kill the prince's biological mother with a little bird corpse."
Li Sixu analyzed: "Behind Concubine Shu is the prince. She has been immersed in the harem for many years, and her power can compete with the empress. Even if the bird corpse alarms the imperial guards, it cannot hurt her fundamentals."
