Yinzhen raised his head again and accidentally met Qi Yuebin's eyes, and his heart trembled.
It was a look that was inevitable, but why were you looking at him?
After the dance, Qi Yuebin got off the drum.
"My daughter, with this dance, I wish the Great Qing Sea and Yan River to be clear, and the world to be peaceful!"
Qi Yuebin knelt down and bowed to the emperor and queen again.
"Okay! Well said!"
The emperor clapped his hands and laughed, looking very satisfied with Qi Yuebin's talent.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
Everyone stood up and left their seats, shouting long live the mountain.
"My lords, I have never thought that my daughter of the Qing Dynasty would have such ambitions! Although today is a festival for my daughter's family, I have also seen what it means to be a woman without giving way to men! Our Qing Dynasty will surely prosper!"
Qi Yuebin also stood up with everyone. She ignored the jealous or disdainful looks of the ladies at the table, and glanced at Yinzhen intentionally or unintentionally.
Nian Shilan squinted for a while while Wen Xianqing watched the kitchen frying the medicine to dispel the heat.
Songzhi waited on Nian Shilan to drink the medicine and whispered to Nian Shilan.
"Master, I took a sneak peek just now. The brick wall on the side of Yonghe Palace has indeed been tampered with. Some bricks can twitch."
Nian Shilan smiled, it seemed that those bricks had been there early in the morning.
In her previous life, she was called the Queen Mother, that is, when the palace servant serving around the current concubine De was delivering the news, the palace servant passed the news through those bricks.
"Please quietly inquire again whether there is a little palace maid named Zhile next to Empress De, who should be about the same age as you now. If so, you can find a way to give her some money. Her sick father's life should be saved. ”
Songzhi wondered how her master knew that there was such a little maid in Empress Dowager De's palace. She didn't need to ask. When she went to the kitchen to watch Dr. Wen decoct the medicine, it was this Zhile who was waiting on the fire.
"Master, how do you know? Na Zhile does look to be about the same age as this servant. She is just a miscellaneous maid. Why did you give her money?"
Nian Shilan waved his hand.
"If you are asked to do it, you can go. We don't need her for the time being. I will find her when I do."
Songzhi took the bowl from which Nian Shilan had finished drinking the medicine and went to the kitchen.
Su Peisheng was taking a nap in the corridor when he suddenly heard someone calling him.
When he woke up, he saw an unfamiliar little eunuch looking at him with a fawning expression.
"Eunuch Su, this servant is Xiao Changzi, who is on duty at Linxi Pavilion. Just now, Prince Yong asked this servant to deliver a message, asking you to help Xiu Fujin get up. The prince will come to take Xiu Fujin back to his home later."
Su Peisheng looked at this unfamiliar little eunuch, and suddenly remembered that when his master was dealing with disasters in Henan, there was also an unfamiliar little eunuch who passed on the emperor's instructions to summon his master to return to the capital, but he did not expect that his master and his party were attacked outside the capital. He almost lost his life.
But this was in the palace, and the rumors only asked him to wait for Xi Fujin to get up, which should not be the same thing.
Su Peisheng nodded and said.
"Please, father-in-law, please report back to the master. I will be waiting for you now."
The little eunuch got what he said and ran away.
Su Peisheng looked at the sky and asked the palace attendants at Yonghe Palace. It was almost midnight.
I guess it's time for the banquet to end.
Su Peisheng stood outside the side hall door and said loudly.
"For your information, Fujin, my master just sent someone to have my servants wait for you to get up and wait. My master will come to take you back to your home soon."
Nian Shilan's voice came from inside the palace.
"I know, I'll get up right now."
After a while, the little Changzi who ran away came to Yonghe Palace again.
He looked a little anxious to run, his face flushed, and he said anxiously.
"Eunuch Su, I just went back to report to the prince. I didn't expect the prince to be drunk. The prince said that it was quite a journey from Linxi Pavilion, and I was afraid that he would be too drunk to handle it. The prince said that you would wait for Xiang Fujin to go to the west gate. , the palace's carriage is waiting there, he and Fujin go ahead and wait in the carriage."
Su Peisheng responded in his mouth, "Okay, I understand. I'm sorry to bother my father-in-law to make this trip. Please wait a moment."
But the moment Xiao Changzi turned around, he knocked him out with a knife, then took out a sweat towel from his arms and tied Xiao Changzi's hands tightly.
Songzhi helped Nian Shilan come out of the hall and was stunned when she saw this scene.
The palace attendants of Yonghe Palace had already dragged the little Changzi into the courtyard and let him lie on the bluestone courtyard stone that had been exposed to the sun for a day.
"Eunuch Su, what's going on? Who is this eunuch?"
Songzhi took a look at Nian Shilan's face and asked.
Su Peisheng bowed to Nian Shilan and replied.
"I report to Fujin that this boy must have pretended to be a palace official from Linxi Pavilion and came here to spread the message. The servant originally believed him, but he was too impatient. When he came to deliver the message for the second time, the servant saw through it. In order to avoid this, he was too impatient. Someone is plotting against Fujin, so I can only knock him out first. I'll wait for the master to come and then punish him."
Nian Shilan was surprised. Su Peisheng was indeed the man who later became the eunuch manager, and his reactions were really quick.
At 1 o'clock in the morning, Yinzhen strode over. As soon as he walked into the door of Yonghe Palace, he saw an eunuch lying on the ground.
Looking at the corridor again, Nian Shilan was standing there, with Su Peisheng and Songzhi standing behind her.
Uranala who followed Yinzhen in was also stunned. Nian seemed to be fine, so what was going on on the ground?
When Nian Shilan saw Yinzhen coming in, he came down from the steps, stood in front of Yinzhen and bowed Yingying.
"I have met the master. Is the master here to take me back to my home?"
Yinzhen frowned and looked at Nian Shilan for a long time.
"I just finished the banquet and rushed over with Fujin. What is going on on the ground?"
Nian Shilan looked down and saw that Xiao Changzi had woken up from the heat of the floor tiles that had been exposed to the sun all day, but his mouth was stuffed with cloth by the palace attendants of Yonghe Palace, so he could only squeak and couldn't speak.
"I don't know what's going on. Master, why don't you ask Eunuch Su."
Su Peisheng hurriedly stepped forward and whispered.
"Reporting to the master, this servant came to Yonghe Palace around midnight and sent a message to the servant, saying that you asked the servant to help Xi Fujin get up and wait for you to take Xi Fujin back to the house. After saying that, he left in a hurry. But less than a quarter of an hour later, he came again. When I came back, I said that you were too drunk to come to Yonghe Palace again, so I went to the west gate with Fujin to wait, and asked the servant to wait for Fujin to go to the west gate. The servant estimated the time from here to Linxi Pavilion, and felt that it was not right. On top of that, plus... I know the master’s drinking capacity, and he can’t get drunk easily. So for the sake of caution, I can only knock him out first and then make any plans."
What Su Peisheng didn't say in front of everyone was that his master was a loyal supporter of the prince, but he might have made many enemies secretly.
Yinzhen instantly understood what Su Peisheng was thinking.
"Take off this slave's cloth and ask me carefully who sent him."
