As soon as Qian Xiutao said this, Xu Zhilan instantly understood that this was probably not an emergency, it was probably designed by Zhang Jieyu and them.

She is the leader of the forbidden army, and if something happens in the inner palace, it must be her responsibility, and this one thing is enough for her.

The scene was in a small garden very close to Zhaoyang Palace, and a palace maid was strangled to death, lying there, her eyes protruding, quite scary.

"General Qi, what's going on?" Xu Zhilan asked Qi Moxuan, who was standing on the side.

"I don't know yet." Qi Moxuan said with a frown.

At this moment, the internal officials Li Cui and Zhang Jieyu hurried over.

"Xiaohuan, why did you die for no reason." The aunt in charge, named Tourmaline, threw herself up and wept bitterly.

Zhang Jieyu turned around and asked Xu Zhilan: "How did you, the leader of the forbidden army, be, there will be a palace maid who will be killed!" ”

Qi Moxuan didn't wait for Xu Zhilan to answer, and stood in front of Xu Zhilan, "Niangniang is angry, it's the minister's poor management." ”

Zhang Jieyu didn't expect Qi Moxuan to come out to take care of Xu Zhilan, Qi Moxuan is the only son of the Qi family in the Shangzhu country, so she won't offend.

"At this time, it has nothing to do with General Qi, the safety of the inner palace is Xu Zhilan's responsibility." Zhang Jieyu bypassed Qi Moxuan and pointed at Xu Zhilan.

Xu Zhilan was not panicked, and respectfully hugged his fists and said: "What Niangniang taught me is that Weichen is responsible, because Weichen never knew that there were masters in the palace who could strangle people." ”

Zhang Jieyu paused for a moment, her face showing anger, "Xiaohuan is my personal palace maid, I must seek justice for her today." ”

"Yes, this Xiaohuan really died unjustly, and Weichen also wants to seek justice for her." Xu Zhilan looked very pity.

Zhang Jieyu was a little speechless to deal with this almost scoundrel answer, and then Li Cui stepped forward and said: "Xu Zhilan, someone died in the inner palace, you can't escape the blame!" ”

"Master Li, you are a dignified five-rank internal official, don't you know that there is a rule that grades are not called by name? Besides, even if there is a mistake in the humble position, it is the business of the officials to punish it, and it has nothing to do with the inner palace. Xu Zhilan slammed back mercilessly.

"The Queen Mother has arrived." A eunuch shouted.

The beautiful and bewitching Empress Xiao walked in front of everyone, and everyone saluted.

"What's going on?" The queen asked Qi Moxuan directly on the side.

"Back to Niangniang, there is a palace maid in Qingning Palace who was strangled to death." Qi Moxuan directly pointed out the words to the queen.

"Niangniang, in the dignified royal inner courtyard, there is a palace maid killed, what a joke." Zhang Jieyu hurriedly came out to speak.

"When did Zhang Jieyu care so much about the life and death of a palace maid?" The queen deserves to be the queen, and one sentence directly pokes Zhang Jieyu to the point.

Zhang Jieyu hurriedly defended: "Niangniang, Xiaohuan is the personal palace maid of the concubine. ”

"Zhang Jieyu, you go back to the palace first, and this matter will be handed over to the palace." The queen's tone is unquestionable.

"Niangniang, Xiaohuan was killed, all because the leader of the forbidden army was derelict in his duties, please Niangniang to administer justice to Xiaohuan." Zhang Jieyu also let go and directly pointed the contradiction to Xu Zhilan.

The queen turned to look at Xu Zhilan and lost her eyes.

Xu Zhilan comprehended, and hurriedly knelt down, "It's Weichen's negligence, please punish the mother." ”

"Temporarily remove you from the position of leader of the forbidden army, and then make a decision after finding out at this time."

Zhang Jieyu took people back to the palace with her beauty, Xu Zhilan wondered, Zhang Jieyu spent so much effort to remove her from her post so simply? It's not like Zhang Jieyu's usual style.

"How can the queen not let Miss call the shots." In Xu Zhilan's room, the young lady muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Miss, this is the palace, be careful when you speak." Qian Xiutao hurriedly reminded.

"Sister, will Zhang Jieyu be able to deal with you after you have no position, after all, you are the leader of the forbidden army, and her hands are not that long." Qian Xiutao analyzed.

"Well, what you said makes sense, just to let me lose my position, I took my life for no reason, I don't feel good in my heart." After all, Xu Zhilan was born in an era when everyone is equal, and this kind of practice of treating human life as a mustard is difficult to accept.

"So what do we do next?" Xiao Tian asked dejectedly.

"Find out the truth about Xiaohuan's murder, and give Zhang Jieyu a blow." Xu Zhilan said firmly.

Early the next morning, the queen mother let Xu Zhilan go out of the palace to relax, and said a lot of comforting words, I don't know why, she always felt that the queen cared about her a little too much, too much.

When you leave the palace, you must see Yu Huoyi, this kind of brain-consuming thing, let Yu Huoyi analyze.

"Zhang Jieyu is notoriously ruthless, and it is common to kill a palace maid." Yu Huiyi leaned against the carved bed and said leisurely.

"But how unjustly the palace maid died." Xu Zhilan's face was full of injustice.

"You have no official position, you are an ordinary palace maid, Zhang Jieyu will double down on you, maybe let Xu Yunru and Li Fang deal with you outside the palace, you still feel sorry for that palace maid." Yu Huoyi looked at Xu Zhilan and said.

"Dealing with me outside the palace is wishful thinking, with the support of the old lady, in the palace, I am not an official, but the county lord." Xu Zhilan said leisurely.

"It's not a long-term strategy for soldiers to block, it's better to take this opportunity to give Zhang Jieyu a counterattack and ask her to bully my little lady!" Yu Huiyi said it very domineeringly.

Xu Zhilan chuckled: "Then you have to take action." ”

"What do you call me? Call it again. Yu Hui hugged Xu Zhilan in his arms one by one.

"Wait, let's get down to business first, I'm intriguing in the palace, what are you doing outside?" Xu Zhilan pouted and asked Yu Huiyi.

"Your cousin Nangong Xuan hates me to death, and sent his henchmen to search everywhere for evidence that I befriended Second Brother Shan, and wanted to sue me in front of the emperor." Yu Huiyi was not nervous at all, it was like telling a joke.

"And how do you deal with it?" Xu Zhilan was a little anxious.

"All the people and horses of Lingyun Peak have been transferred to your farm and shop in Nanke County, and there is our uncle and old prince as a backer in Yinyang Village." Yu Huiyi said with a smile.

"Why don't you get all the people in my name?" Xu Zhilan is happy in his heart, this is trust.

"Who called you a hostess?" Yu Hui doted on Xu Zhilan.

"What are you going to do next?" Xu Zhilan got to the bottom of it.

"The new emperor wants to build a palace in Belvedere, and he will order Yu Culture to supervise the work, and soon he will escort 500,000 taels of silver to Belvedere ......"

"The construction of the palace in Belvedere was secretly manipulated by you." Xu Zhilan interrupted Yu Huiyi's words, and there were some things that were tacitly understood.

Yu Huiyi didn't do anything on the surface, but everything was under his control, Xu Zhilan had to admire himself, how did he get such a black-bellied boyfriend.

As soon as Xu Zhilan entered the door of Shangshu Mansion, he saw Xu Ji and Li Fang with black faces, and it seemed that it was really as Yu Huiyi said, someone was going to do something outside the palace.