Chapter 1655

In this way, the queen must bow to the emperor.

However, that would chill the Queen's heart.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival the next day, Ruoyin called the eldest brother, the second elder brother, and the fifth elder brother over to Yongshou Palace at noon.

She took Aier and her three elder brothers to have a Mid-Autumn Festival reunion dinner.

Originally, she wanted to have dinner together at night, so that she could enjoy the moon.

But there is a palace banquet at night, and the princes and nobles will go there.

The elder brother and the second elder brother have titles, so naturally they want to go.

Brother Wu and Ai'er are still young, so it doesn't matter whether they come out or not.

Ruoyin said early in the morning that she would not attend this Laoshizi banquet.

Anyway, didn't the emperor say that she could attend the banquet in the palace if she wanted to, and she didn't have to if she didn't want to.

Therefore, that night, Ruoyin took fifth elder brother, Ai'er, and a whole yard of servants to set up a table of moon cakes and snacks in the gazebo in the backyard, enjoying the moon and drinking tea here.

Ruoyin was hugging Ai'er and drinking tea when Li Fukang suddenly came in from the outside and said something beside Banmei's ear.

Banmei lightly touched Ruoyin's arm as a signal.

Ruoyin knew that something big was about to happen!

Because of ordinary small things, they will report directly, otherwise they will say it in front of elder brother and Aier.

Never been so mysterious to avoid suspicion.

So, Ruoyin handed Ai'er to Rushuang who was on the side, and then said to fifth elder brother, "fifth elder brother, it's a bit windy at night, you and Ai'er can go back to the side hall and sit for a while."

"Yes." The fifth elder brother saw Ruoyin's serious look, and went to the side hall with Ai'er.

After fifth elder brother and Ai'er left, Ruoyin screened out some irrelevant servants, leaving only a few trusted servants.

"Tell me, what's the matter." Ruoyin took a sip of tea lightly.

Banmei whispered: "Your Majesty, there has been some movement from Concubine Ying's side."

"Concubine Ying?" Ruoyin's eyes rolled slightly.

Only then did she remember that many years ago, ever since Concubine Ying entered the palace after being selected as a show girl, she had her eyeliner on Concubine Ying's every move.

And, let Banmei and the others pay more attention to the servants in the yard, so that they don't get bribed.

However, this concubine Ying seemed to be able to hold her breath.

In the blink of an eye, it has been about five years since Concubine Li Ying entered the palace, and she hasn't made a move yet.

She almost thought that concubine Ying really just wanted to raise the third elder brother well, and had no other intentions.

Ruoyin held her lips and asked, "What's wrong with her?"

"She wants to buy the servants in our courtyard, and she wants them to bring you the tableware used by the dead patients." Speaking of this, Banmei was terrified.

Hearing this, Ruoyin's eyes suddenly tightened.

The dead body here is the so-called tuberculosis.

In the Qing Dynasty, where medical treatment is backward, once a person suffers from postmortem, he will undoubtedly die.

The way of infection of this disease is the droplets produced when the patient coughs, spits, and talks.

Then, the patient's droplets come into contact with the air.

In this way, if you are in the same space as the patient.

Bacteria in the air will float to a wider range.

Concubine Ying actually ordered someone to bring the tableware used by the patient for her to use.

This Concubine Ying obviously wants her life!

"How did you find out?" Ruoyin asked.

"Returning to the empress, you told our eyeliners to pay more attention to Concubine Ying a long time ago. Since you returned to the palace this time, our people have discovered that Concubine Ying is ready to move, and ordered the servants around me to establish good relations with the servants of our palace many times. .”

"As early as when she was doing these things, our people were watching her. Until she bought a first-class maid in our palace, before the slaves captured the maid, the maid took the initiative to find Li Fukang and put Ying Concubine's conspiracy to death. , and told Li Fukang everything."

Ruoyin put the cup on the table, "Bring that maid."

"yes!"

After a while, Li Fukang brought up the second-class maid.

People like Banmei are the celebrities around Ruoyin, and they belong to the first-rank personal court ladies.

People like Ruxia are first-rank female bodyguards.

The first-class maids are slaves from the seventh rank, who usually do some light work such as serving tea and pouring water.

Ruoyin glanced at the maid, and said calmly, "Tell me the details of what happened."

The maid was originally on Ruoyin's side, so she took the initiative to confess about Concubine Ying.

Now when Ruoyin asked, she naturally said in a straightforward way: "A month ago, when you first returned to the palace, the maid who was next to the concubine Ying often dealt with me. After getting acquainted, she poked secretly It shows that Xi Changzai's death was unusual."

"It is said that Empress Ying concubine suspects that you killed Xi Changzai. Ying concubine wants your life, and she also said that as long as I will help her and give you supplies for patients with necropsy diseases, you will surely die. After the completion, she will give me one thousand taels of silver and transfer me outside the palace to enjoy the blessings."

"After hearing this, the servant definitely didn't want to help her. However, the servant already knew their secret. If he refused on the spot, he was afraid of being killed by them, so he had no choice but to agree to them first and accept the tableware that could infect the dead. , and also received their advance payment.”

"That's right, the servant told Eunuch Li about this as soon as he came back, and I hope you can take precautions against Concubine Ying as soon as possible."

Hearing these words, Ruoyin looked at the court lady and asked sharply, "Why did you choose to tell me the first time instead of betraying me?"

The palace lady first said obediently, "Because you have treated us slaves very well all these years. If a slave betrays you for money, wouldn't he become a white-eyed wolf with his elbows turned outward."

Then, she gave a more realistic reason, "Mother, to tell you the truth, the servant knows, whether I help Concubine Ying or not, if I find out about her, she will kill me. If I don't Help her, maybe she will send someone to kill me right away."

"Even if I help her, she will have to kill people to silence her after the incident is over. Then, even if I take the money, it will be useless. Therefore, I begged the empress to be the master for me. I still want to serve you. I don't want to die. "

The palace lady told all the most realistic reasons, and Ruoyin thought it was reasonable, and this palace lady knew which was more important.

Ruoyin: "No matter what your starting point is, as long as you are loyal enough, do good things for me, and do good things for me, I will naturally protect your life and will not treat you badly."

"It's just that everything pays attention to evidence. My eyeliner knows that Concubine Ying bought you, and you are also sincere. You have confessed to Concubine Ying on your own initiative, but outsiders don't know this. Now there are witnesses, but physical evidence is lacking."

Maid: "The physical evidence is the tableware. The slave has already handed it over to Eunuch Li."

"Your Majesty, everything is here." Li Fukang carried a bundle and opened it, and there were some porcelain tableware inside.

Ruoyin approached and took a look at the porcelain, then said to the maid, "Well, there are all the witnesses and material evidence, now you follow me to the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and announce Concubine Ying's true face to the public."