After leaving Yu An's place, Su Rong finally went to the Queen's Fengyi Palace.
In Fengyi Palace, the queen heard early in the morning that Su Rong had entered the palace to examine the case. She wanted to look for her, but after thinking about it again and again, she still didn't leave and just waited for her in the palace.
That day, the little palace maid used a golden needle to kill her. If it hadn't been for Su Rong, she and the eldest princess Sheng'an would have died. If something happened to them together, it would be a fatal blow to the prince.
Therefore, the queen thanked Su Rong from the bottom of her heart.
She waited for a day, and finally in the evening, when Su Rong came, she personally greeted her at the gate of Fengyi Palace. At a glance, she saw the little girl holding an umbrella and walking towards her, wearing a white fox fur cloak. , in the wind and snow, the white fox fur was pure white, without a trace of impurities, almost blending with the falling snow in the sky.
The queen was startled.
The nun who was waiting beside her said in a low voice: "Mother, the white fox fur cloak on Miss Su Qi is a gift from our Crown Prince, right?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once said that he would give it to the future Crown Princess.
The Queen nodded, "Really?"
White foxes are rare. The white fox skin Yan Huisheng had in his hand was a chance hunt when he was young. It was just one piece. Later, his subordinates heard that the prince liked white fox skins, so they searched everywhere and got a few more. Concubine Guizhen learned about it and asked for it. , he didn’t respond, and the words he said to the future princess were three years ago.
Now Su Rong is wearing a white fox fur cloak. Except for the one given by the prince, there is really no one in the world.
Su Rong quickly came to the front and greeted the queen with a smile, "Your Majesty."
The queen came to her senses and quickly held her hand, "Quickly excuse me."
Su Rong's hands were very warm today, but the Queen was wearing less clothes and was in a hurry to greet her, so her finger bones were a little cold. Su Rong held the queen's hand and helped her warm her hand while walking into the palace, "Your Majesty, you are too polite. We are our own people and I don't need you to welcome us."
The queen smiled and said: "Okay, next time you come again, I won't welcome you."
The two of them talked and entered the inner hall. The wind and snow were suddenly blocked out, and the hall felt warm and cozy.
Su Rong untied the white fox fur cloak, and immediately a nanny took it carefully and helped her fold it and put it aside. The waiting maid quickly made hot tea and handed it to Su Rong to warm her hands.
The queen asked Su Rong, "Is the investigation going smoothly?"
Su Rong nodded, "It went smoothly."
The queen said: "Let's stay in the palace today. Just stay here in this palace. Don't bother leaving the palace on this snowy day."
Su Rong smiled and declined, "It's just a matter of a few steps. Don't bother your Majesty. I'll talk to your Majesty for a while and then leave. There are things outside the palace."
The Queen didn't press for it after hearing this, "How about leaving the palace after dinner?"
Su Rong was able to agree to this, "Okay, I'll leave the dinner at your Majesty's place."
The queen said with a smile that she would not bother her, and immediately gave her orders. At the same time, she smiled at Su Rong and said, "Your brother Fengling has almost grown up in the imperial dining room since he came to the palace."
Su Rong snorted softly, "He came to the palace to protect the empress, why is he so out of tune? I will teach him a lesson later."
The queen smiled and shook her head, "He brought two people here. On the first day, he helped me check the people around me and eliminated two people with evil intentions. He went to the imperial dining room because he saw that there was no danger around me. That's what I said, you must not scold him. That child is very charming, and after he came, Fengyi Palace became lively. "
Su Rong nodded, "Since your Majesty said so, I won't reprimand him."
Fengling knew what was important. Although she was a foodie, she would never delay her business. Going to the imperial dining room was probably just a pretense.
The two chatted a few more words. The queen knew that Su Rong was not just here to see her, but for a case, so she sent everyone around her away and they talked in private.
Treating the queen is different from treating others. Prince Yan Huisheng's mother puts the prince first, so after Su Rong sent her away, she said bluntly: "As for the precious concubine, the empress is in charge of the Sixth Palace." , it should be clearer, you might as well tell me about the precious concubine."
The queen was stunned and asked keenly: "Is the precious concubine related to this case?"
"It's just speculation at the moment." Su Rong said conservatively.
However, the queen felt that if it was just a guess, Su Rong would not have mentioned the precious concubine to her in the first sentence, and it must have been involved. She thought for a while and said: "The precious concubine was drafted into the palace in Nanping. At that time, not only was there no one who could match her among the beautiful women, but there was no one like her in the harem. In terms of beauty, she was naturally very bright. But not Your Majesty. For those of you who have never seen a beauty, not to mention your majesty’s cousin, you are your mother, Princess Zhenmin, who was famous in the capital when she was young. Even your majesty’s sister, Princess Qingping, was also an extremely beautiful tree when she was young. She If she only has beauty, in this harem, it will be just a flash in the pan and a passing cloud. She is a beauty with more than just beauty, which is amazing."
Su Rong nodded.
The Queen added: "After she entered the palace, she was very good at being a person. She did not commit crimes because of her beauty, nor did she show off her power because she was favored by His Majesty. Although she was not too low-key, she was not really flamboyant. She once She surrendered to me privately, saying that her mother died in childbirth and that her father hated her. When she was a child, she had no mother to protect her and no father to love her. She grew up stumbling. Because she was bullied by her stepmother's sisters, she fell asleep in the winter. Entering the curling bowl hurt her body. Even if she enters the palace now, it is difficult for her to have an heir. She is not a threat to this palace. The reason why she entered the palace is that she is forced by the situation and she wants to live a better life for the rest of her life. My son, at the very least, she won’t be bullied. Please ask me to give her a place to stay.”
Su Rong nodded.
The queen added: "There are so many beauties in the harem. As a queen, and with a prince beside me, what I want is naturally not His Majesty's love. This is of no use to me. I only want the prince to be well, grow up safely, and have a smooth future." After ascending the throne, for a person who will not have any heirs, I can naturally treat her well and not take action against her. And the precious concubine is also sensible. She has not had any bad relations with me for so many years. Not only that, she has suffered from the relationship between the prince and me. During these years of being treated coldly, although she did not help, she did not step on her, nor did she help Concubine De, Concubine Xian, etc."
Su Rong answered: "When I was in Jiangning County, I heard that the precious concubine was making waves in the harem?"
"This is an exaggeration, but it's not true." The queen shook her head, "It's just that your majesty loves your concubine, so he naturally wants to give her good things. Over time, word spread from the palace to outside the palace, from the middle of the court to the outside of the capital. It has led to her current reputation." Speaking of this, the queen seemed to remember something and glanced at the cloak that Su Rong wore and was carefully placed aside by the nanny, "Three years ago, she asked the prince for a white fox fur, you Do you know?"
Su Rong nodded, "I heard that Empress Li and Eunuch Yu An mentioned this matter."
The queen asked tentatively: "Didn't the prince mention this cloak when he gave it to you?"
Su Rong shook his head, with a calm look on his face, "Because I don't like carrying Tang Pozi everywhere. His Highness saw me rubbing my hands yesterday, so someone gave me this cloak. He said it was light and warm, and nothing else was mentioned. "
The queen smiled kindly and said: "That's because he didn't want to mention it. Since you know it from other people's mouths, I don't need to say it anymore. Take this cloak for example. I don't know what she had in mind at the time. I used this to test me and the prince, because I just wanted this thing. In short, in the end, the prince didn't give it, which annoyed His Majesty. It was she who persuaded me. For so many years, she has only stretched out my hand in front of me, or in front of the prince. Such a claw.”
"As for the rest..." the queen said: "Because His Majesty collected firefox skins for her from elsewhere and made her happy. Since then, she has been much more high-profile. Please tell me specifically what she has done. It seems that No, she just often brought ginseng soup to the imperial study to see His Majesty. This was something she would not do before, at least, she would not dare to do it so much as to offend the harem people. But in the past two or three years, she did not worry about it anymore. "
Su Rong thought thoughtfully, "That day I came out of His Majesty's imperial study and saw the precious concubine from a distance. It turned out that she was delivering ginseng soup to His Majesty."
The queen nodded, "She didn't stay for a short time and left immediately after delivering the goods. Occasionally she met the courtiers, but she was also very sensible and waited patiently so as not to disturb His Majesty's court affairs. Therefore, the courtiers turned a blind eye and did not easily This matter offends her and impeaches her."
(End of chapter)
