"Put the medicine jar back to its original place and don't make people suspicious. Then ask about Huasui's origins, which palace he served as a servant, and which master he served." Xiao Yunzi hurriedly agreed and ran away.

Two hours later, Xiao Yunzi came back and reported that Hua Sui was originally the palace maid next to the deposed Yu Changyi. Because Yu Yu was demoted to Chang Yi, many of the palace maids around her were also sent away. Hua Sui was sent out at that time.

Later it was pointed out to me again.

Liu Zhu said: "Miss, it looks like that hoof wants to avenge her former master!"

"What a loyal and nostalgic servant!" I told Huanbi: "Go to the kitchen and pick up some hot coals, the kind that burn bright red, and put them in the house."

Without looking back, I said to Xiao Lianzi: "Go and ask Huasui to come and tell her that I have something to ask her. If she hesitates at all, she will immediately turn around." I said coldly: "Let me come and judge it myself.

Such a loyal and good slave!"

After a while, Huasui slowly walked in behind Xiao Lianzi, and Liu Zhu shouted: "Why are you still lingering when I ask you a question, as if someone wants to eat you!"

Seeing this, Huasui had to walk a few steps quickly and kneel in front of me, timidly not daring to raise her head. I suppressed my anger and said with a smile, "Don't be afraid, I just have a few words to ask you."

Huasui lowered her head and said, "Young master, just ask, I will definitely answer if you know what I am doing."

I said to Yan Yuese, "It's not that important. Aunt Jinxi said that you did a good job and took care of things in an orderly manner. I'm very happy, and I'm thinking about what I should reward you, so that others can know about my rewards and punishments."

Clearly, work more diligently."

Huasui raised her head with joy and said, "Thank you, young master, for the reward. This is what a slave should do."

"You are indeed doing a good job as an errand, and you are considered top-notch among the new palace maids." Seeing the uncontrollable joy on her face, I deliberately paused and said, "In which palace did you work as an errand before, your master is also the best?"

Are you willing to let you out?"

After hearing what I said, her face changed slightly, and she bowed her head and said, "I am a clumsy slave. I could never follow a good master in the past. Being able to work as an errand in the Wanyi Palace now is a blessing that I have earned over many lifetimes."

I walked closer to her side, stretched out my little finger wearing a three-inch long gold shell inlaid with enamel armor, and gently scratched her face. The cold and sharp armor tip scratched her face, and the stinging pain made her ache.

Her body trembled involuntarily. I didn't use any force and only left a crimson scratch on her cheek. I chuckled and said, "Ms. Yu was demoted to changing clothes. She is really not a good master, but she gives you

The favor is not small, right? Otherwise, how dare you commit such a capital crime of beheading in my palace!"

Huasui lay on the ground, her voice trembling, "I used to help Yu change clothes, but I really don't understand what the young master is talking about."

My voice suddenly turned cold, and I said sternly: "Do you really not understand what I'm talking about? Then what happened to the lid of the medicine jar I used to boil medicine?"

When Huasui saw me asking about the lid, her face turned pale with fright, and she didn't dare to move. After a while, she cried and said, "I really don't know. I am loyal to you, my master! I hope your master will notice!"

I glanced at her and said coldly: "Okay, I have wronged you. Since you said you are loyal to me, I will give you a chance to show your loyalty."

I called Liu Zhu: "Bring up the charcoal." Liu Zhu picked up a few pieces of hot charcoal with a pair of clips and put them in a basin and placed them on the ground. I said softly: "You are the person who worked for Yu Gengyi. I have to

Be careful. Since you are loyal to me, well, as long as you hold the coal in your hand, I will believe in your innocence and loyalty, and I will treat you well in the future."

Huasui's face turned pale and she froze there, like a wooden sculpture. Liu Zhu looked at her with disgust: "Go quickly!"

The whole room was filled with silence. The charcoal in the basin was burning red and steaming. Suddenly there was a "crack" sound and a few sparks splashed out, making the flower spikes tremble violently. The warm sunshine in the late spring afternoon

The light shone on her through the window paper, making her as lifeless as a corpse.

I looked at her with a silent smile. Huasui was trembling on the ground and moved towards the charcoal pot bit by bit. No one spoke, and everyone's eyes were fixed on her.

I knew it was Huasui who did it, but she was just a person who obeyed orders. I wanted her to tell the person behind the scenes. I smiled slowly and said, "Don't you dare? It seems like your loyalty to me is really false.

Woolen cloth."

Huasui looked at me timidly, and then looked around at everyone standing. No one would save her. She sobbed softly, slowly straightened and curled her white index finger and thumb, and hesitantly reached for it.

That piece of charcoal looked smaller. One of her tears fell on the hot charcoal, and there was a "pop" sound, stirring up a burst of thick white smoke. She immediately retracted her fingers and shed more tears.

Finally, Huasui stretched out her two fingers again and pinched a piece of charcoal with her eyes closed tightly. When her fingers touched the hot charcoal, she screamed and threw the charcoal far away.

The coals rolled far away, scattering ash and sparks all over the place.

Huasui's fingers were bloody and bloody, exuding a faint smell of burnt flesh. She cried loudly and came up to hug my legs, crying, "My Lord, please forgive me!" Neither Liu Zhu nor Huanbi could pull her away.

I frowned and said, "I thought you were so brave. You even dared to put medicine in my soup. Why don't you have the guts to hold that piece of charcoal!"

Huasui cried and cried: "My master, please spare my life, I don't dare to do it anymore!"

I said in a deep voice: "Then tell it carefully. If there is even half of a sentence that is not true, I will immediately drag you out and beat you to death. Even if you are beaten to death, no one will dare to question you!"

"Before I came to Tangli Palace, I served Yu Gengyi. Because Yu Gengyi was convicted and didn't need so many people to serve me, I sent this slave out. The day before I came to Tangli Palace, Yu Gengyi called my slave to reward him.

He bought a lot of gold and silver from the slave and forced the slave to agree to work for her. The slave... was also confused for a moment. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!" As she spoke, she cried and kowtowed.

My tone was cold: "Just tell me what you want. This is your chance to atone for your sins. If you still lie to me even a little bit, I will never forgive you!"

"Yu Gengyi said that the slave doesn't need to worry about anything else. He only needs to add medicine to the soup and food that the young master takes. The night the slave entered Tangli Palace, he followed Yu Gengyi's instructions and found a small hole under the corner of the wall.

If Yu Gengyi has any instructions or if he wants to hand something in, someone will put a note in the hole in the corner, and the slave can just follow it."

Jin Xi asked with a dull face: "Is that how the medicine was delivered? Was it Yu Gengyi who taught you the treacherous method of putting the lid into the potion and boiling it?"

Hua Sui cried and nodded in admission.

I raised my head and sneered: "Listen, one after another, they are waiting to kill me! If it hadn't been discovered early, I might not even know how I died! This shows how confused we are!

"

Everyone knelt down in unison, lowered their heads and were so frightened that they did not dare to say a word. I said: "Get up. You will learn a lesson from the experience. How many of you are old people in the palace, but you are being treated like this?"

Acting wildly without knowing it is not because we are too honest!"

I turned around and asked Huasui: "Are there any other comrades in this palace?"

Huasui kowtowed with a frightened "bang bang": "No more, no more!"

"When will Yu Changyi come in with a note and medicine for you?"

Huasui hesitated for a moment, then Liu Zhu beside her immediately shouted: "Xiao Lianzi, open her mouth and pour all the charcoal in!"

Xiao Lianzi responded, trying to break off Huasui's mouth and pour charcoal into it. Huasui was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he didn't dare to cry, so he had to roll on the ground to avoid it, shouting "I say, I say" again and again.

I then told Xiao Lianzi to let her go and said calmly: "Then just say it word for word."

"Yu Gengyi will ask someone to put the medicine in the small hole every three days. You can just go get it yourself."

"Every three days, isn't that tonight? When is the time to get the medicine? Is there any secret code?"

"At the first watch, you can hear two cuckoo calls outside the palace wall. The slave will imitate two more cuckoo calls to answer him..."

"Have you seen the person who delivered the medicine?"

"Because I have never seen it through the wall, I only know that it is a man's hand. There is a scar on the palm of the right hand."

I nuzzled at Huasui and said to Xiao Lianzi: "Tie her into the warehouse and stuff her mouth with a cloth. I just said she was caught on the spot for stealing my jade bracelet. Find two more powerful undercover guards to watch her."

Keep her close and don't allow her to commit suicide. If she runs away or dies, ask those who are watching her to raise their heads to see me!"

Huasui looked at me in horror. I glanced at her and said, "Don't worry, I don't want your life." Xiao Lianzi neatly packed her up and stuffed her into the warehouse. I asked Huanbi to close the door and looked at

Jin Xi said: "Tonight you pretend to be Huasui and go get the medicine." Then she said solemnly to Xiao Yunzi: "Call Xiao Lianzi and a few capable internal guards, and tonight we will sit back and wait."

With such arrangements in place, seeing everyone retreating, Liu Zhu whispered beside me: "We know it was Yu Gengyi's hand. Miss, have you thought about how to deal with it?"

I looked out the window at the setting sun that was gradually setting towards the west. There were hibiscus flowers that had just bloomed in the courtyard. The flowers were already as red as fire, but under the weeping sunset, they were even more bright red and so rich that they were about to drip, almost stinging.

It hurts my eyes. The wind blew through the branches and leaves all over the courtyard and made a sound. It carried the light fragrance of flowers, and there was a faint pressing heat of summer. But my body was soaked in coldness and filled with a thin layer of chill. I couldn't help but hold on.

Window Ling let out a long sigh and said, "Even if I let others go, they still won't let me go!"

The fine white teeth bit her bright red lips, and her almond-shaped eyes widened, "Miss, do you still want to tolerate it?"

I used my armor to poke at the intricate patterns of petals and leaves of the peonies on the pear wood window lattice, and made a gentle "bata bata" sound, but remained silent. The evening breeze blew through the leaves, and then my face tensed up.

The sky was darkening gradually, and dim and bright stars appeared. I took a breath quietly, clasped my fingers and said: "Someone has put a knife on my neck, or I will wait to die."

, or fight back. Can I still endure it?"

Liu Zhu held my hand and said, "As long as Miss has made up her mind, Huanbi and I will protect Miss to the death."

I slowly exhaled and said, "If you don't want people to be cutters, I will have to fight for fish and meat."

I understand in my heart that in the harem, if you are not favored, you have to tolerate it, and if you are favored, you have to fight. Tolerance and fighting are the main points of life for women in the harem. Looking at the current situation, it is difficult for me not to fight.

I stretched out my hand to straighten the crumbling gold hairpin on my head, and asked, "Has your Majesty turned over the sign today? Who is going to bed?"

Liu Zhu said: "It's Concubine Hua."
Chapter completed!