I saw a group of palace ladies clustered around a beautiful woman in a light blue luxurious palace dress. The woman has willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a curly figure, combing a high mustache and a fairy bun, exquisite facial features, a face like a peach blossom, round and jade, but there is a trace of anger between her eyebrows and eyes. When he arrived at the center of the hall, he bowed to the Queen Mother Yingying, and his lips opened slightly, "The concubine visits the Queen Mother!" ”

This woman is Concubine Shu.

The Queen Mother smiled: "No need to be polite, hurry up." ”

Concubine Shu raised her head, and the Queen Mother saw that her face was not good, and said strangely, "Concubine Shu, what's wrong?" But what grievances have you suffered? Tell the mourners! ”

When Concubine Shu heard this, her eyes immediately turned red, she cried so much that she was choked with pear blossoms, and her throat choked, "The queen mother has to make decisions for the concubine!" ”

The Queen Mother was confused, and she didn't know why Concubine Shu was so angry and sad.

I saw Concubine Shu wipe her tears with a silk handkerchief, and said with a sob: "The queen mother must also know that concubines love peony flowers." The emperor deliberately set up a flower garden in the imperial garden and rewarded it to his concubines. The concubine asked the gardener to plant peonies there and cultivate them carefully, which took a lot of effort. I don't know that today it has been completely destroyed. The concubine was angry, so she came to the harem, hoping that the queen mother could seek justice for the concubine! ”

Xu Zhilan realized that he was following someone else's way.

It's just that I don't know who instructed the palace maid in Tsing Yi to harm her like this.

"Which one destroyed the flower bed?" The Queen Mother said strangely.

Concubine Shu pointed at Xu Zhilan and frowned, "It was Xu Zhilan, the daughter of the Xu family, who destroyed the concubine's flower garden!" ”

Xu Zhilan looked directly at Concubine Shu, his eyes were calm, he clenched the peony flower in his hand, and replied with a normal face, "Concubine Shu, the courtiers are unintentional. ”

Concubine Shu snorted coldly, "You don't have to quibble!" ”

"There must be some misunderstanding in this." The Queen Mother looked at Xu Zhilan, turned her head to Concubine Shu and said, "It's better to let Miss Xu explain the reason in detail, why do you have to speak so harshly?" ”

"The concubine is also in a hurry! A maid witnessed the destruction of the peony flower garden in the imperial garden. The concubine hurried to visit, only to see that the piece of peony was crooked and upside down, and most of it had been destroyed. The concubine's heart hurt beyond measure. The human and material evidence are all there, and the concubine dared to ask about the crime, and she definitely didn't dare to wronged someone! Didn't the peony flower in Miss Xu's hand be cut from the flower garden in the Imperial Garden? ”

The queen was embarrassed, although she believed in Xu Zhilan in her heart and thought that Xu Zhilan would not do such a thing, but she couldn't be too obvious on her face.

Xu Zhilan raised the peony flower in his hand and said, "The courtier just cut three or four peony branches and returned to the queen mother." and did not destroy the flower beds. Concubine Shu, don't wronged anyone! ”

"Miss Xu, does this mean that the concubine is lying?" Concubine Shu had a cold face and looked at Xu Zhilan resentfully, "I have no grievances with you, why do I want to harm you?" Now that the evidence is conclusive, Miss Xu still wants to deny it? ”

"Concubine Shu, the courtiers came out of the queen mother's palace, met a palace maid on the way, she told the courtiers that the queen mother loves flowers, and asked the courtiers to go to the imperial garden to cut flower branches to the queen mother, and then took the courtiers to the peony flower garden, and told the people that the queen mother loves peony flowers the most, so the courtiers only cut a few.

The courtiers were also deceived, and they did not intend to cut and fold the peony flower. I don't know that this peony flower garden is my mother's beloved thing. Now Niangniang said that most of the flower garden was destroyed, and someone must have destroyed the peony flower after the courtiers left, and blamed the courtiers. ”

"Miss Xu can make up stories, who would go to such great lengths to deceive and blame you?" Concubine Shu disagreed.

"Everything the courtiers said is true, and there is no lie! The palace maid's name was Ling'er, and when the courtiers met her, she was coming out of the Baoyue Palace. Niangniang can send someone to bring Ling'er and confront her face to face! Although Xu Zhilan knew in his heart, Ling'er must have a commander behind the scenes. If Ling'er was found, she must have refused to admit it, but there were no other clues at the moment, so she had to start with Ling'er's side first.

"That being the case, come here, bring Ling'er from the Baoyue Palace."

The Queen Mother spoke, and Concubine Shu couldn't say anything more. There was silence in the hall for a while. After touching half a pillar of incense, the palace maid Ling'er was brought.

Ling'er knelt on the ground, glanced at Xu Zhilan, and then fell to the ground.

"Miss Xu said, did you tell her that the Queen Mother loved the peony flowers in the flower garden of the Imperial Garden, and asked her to cut a few flowers and present them to the Queen Mother, is it true?" Concubine Shu looked at Ling'er fixedly.

Ling'er raised her head, her voice cautious, "The maid has never seen Miss Xu, I don't know why Miss Xu exonerated the charge to the maid!" Having said that, as soon as her eyes touched the blue of Xu, she quickly lowered her head and lowered her eyes, and the bottom of her eyes was empty.

Xu Zhilan had already expected this result, his eyes raised slightly, and his voice was cold: "I am the daughter of a foreign minister, and I only have a few opportunities to enter the palace. Every time, I came to the Queen Mother's palace to sit for a while, and then left in a hurry. There are many palaces in the palace, and there are thousands of palace maids, if I hadn't really seen you, how could I know that your name is Ling'er, and you are from the Baoyue Palace? What's more, I'm not familiar with this palace, and if it weren't for you to lead the way, I wouldn't have been able to find the peony flower garden in the Imperial Garden. ”

The palace maid lying on the ground trembled slightly, "Servant...... Servant ...... I don't know why Miss Xu recognized the maid...... The maid is just a lowly person, I really don't know why Miss Xu is so cruel to the maid! Please also raise your noble hand! ”

Xu Zhilan was still unhurried, "You said you haven't seen you!" But as soon as you entered the temple, you looked at me before you could speak, and your eyes were evasive, obviously lying! ”

"Xu Zhilan, you don't have to deliberately shirk the charge with rhetoric again!" A red figure flashed into the hall, it was Song Zilin.

Song Zilin looked at Xu Zhilan's eyes burning, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her mouth, "I really can't imagine that Miss Xu looks decent, and she does all the things she does to steal chickens and dogs." ”

Xu Zhilan's blood is surging, it seems that these few have colluded well, and today he is prepared, pressing the fire in his chest, and saying word by word, "Lord Yijun is also born in a famous and noble house, don't you understand the truth of 'good words are warm in three winters, and bad words hurt people in June'?" I asked myself to sit up straight, not to be like some small and make some tricks to trap others. ”

Seeing that the two of them were tense, the Queen Mother whispered at Song Zilin, "Why did Zilin speak badly to Miss Xu as soon as she came in, and now she is also a big girl, and she can't act and speak as much as a child anymore." ”

Song Zilin pursed her lips, resentful, she didn't expect the Queen Mother to be eccentric to such an extent now, and her unwillingness and jealousy suddenly swept into her heart, and she said hatefully: "Queen Mother!" Zilin naturally has a reason for saying this. Fang Cai Zilin listened to the incense pavilion in the imperial garden and watched the scenery, and saw Xu Zhilan sneaking in front of the peony flower garden from a distance, and she didn't know what to do. Thinking that the peony flower garden was loved by Concubine Shu, I asked my maid to inform Concubine Shu.