Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Hearing the Queen's arrival, Ding Xiaolian hastily led the crowd outside the hall.

"My concubine pays her respects." Ding Xiaolian was pregnant, and Hongluan held the sleeping princess in her arms, so she only owed her body. "Don't be too polite, come and sit down."

"Thank you madam."

With a big belly, Ding Xiaolian sat opposite to Queen Zhou with the support of Madam Lei, and Hongluan also carefully sat beside her.

And Mrs. Wang and Yufen both knelt on the ground respectfully with the other servants. Mrs. Wang still wanted to take a sneak peek. At her age, this is probably the only time she can enter the palace in her life. She really wants to see See what the empress looks like.

What a proud thing to tell others about it in the future? She has been in the palace and met the empress!
When she raised her head, she unexpectedly met the queen's noble and cold eyes. She was so frightened that she almost lost her courage, and hurriedly buried her head deeply.

"These two nuns are new to the palace? I'm just waiting to see you." Empress Zhou said, she had high hopes for the child in Ding Xiaolian's belly. She was the mother, maid, maid, and even the gardener in Yuling Palace. Of course, there were two new faces, and she knew it at a glance.

When Ding Xiaolian saw that the queen asked about it, she hurriedly got up and walked to the queen and knelt down.

"Empress, please forgive me, they are not mothers, but ~~ two old friends who I met personally."

Empress Zhou's face suddenly darkened: "What does side concubine Ding mean? She actually went to the palace to lead people at will? Does this mean that she regards the East Palace as her own home?"

Ding Xiaolian hurriedly lowered her body, "It's my fault, I beg the empress to punish me."

"Hmph, it's outrageous to be pampered and coquettish." Queen Zhou was very angry, but for the sake of the child in Ding Xiaolian's stomach, she also tolerated a lot, and said earnestly, "You don't seem to be so careless in doing things. But who are these two people? Why did you bring them into the palace?"

Ding Xiaolian faltered and hesitated, as if he was not easy to say.

"Sister Ding, just tell the truth, this matter has nothing to do with you." Hongluan looked anxious, and after handing the child to Lei Momo, she also knelt down to the queen, "Sister Ding, don't you say concubine?" Personally speaking, these two were brought into the palace by the side concubine Xia of Guhua Palace."

"They were Concubine Xia's grandmother and mother when she was among the people. Concubine Xia asked them to come to Yuling Palace for a day because she said she was afraid of making people laugh.
The master and servant sang together, which was carefully arranged by Ding Xiaolian.

Ding Xiaolian has been in the palace for so long, so she naturally knows how to do something to achieve her goal without any trace. If the Queen comes and asks Mrs. Wang and Yufen to directly expose Shen Weiwei's identity, it will inevitably make people feel that she is scheming , the purpose is not pure.

In this way, even if Shen Weiwei is brought down, it will leave a bad impression on the queen, and the gain outweighs the loss.

And if she acted in such a scene, her suspicion would be cleared away.

Let the queen be suspicious and ask the truth by herself. After all, Shen Weiwei, the second princess of Daqi, is also deeply afraid of the empress.

Maybe she wanted to grab her braids a long time ago, after all, once Xia Luoluo died, the crown princess would still fall on the head of the second princess of Daqi, which Queen Zhou didn't like to see.

Ding Xiaolian really guessed what Queen Zhou was thinking, but she didn't understand what Hongluan said for a moment.

Looking at Ding Xiaolian wonderingly: "Didn't Concubine Ding say that they are your old friends? How do you know them?"

Hongluan hurriedly explained, "Concubine Ding once recuperated in Shenjia Village, while Concubine Xia grew up in Shenjia Village."

The queen nodded after listening. They all lived in the same place, so it is normal for them to know each other.

"Concubine Ding and Concubine Hong, get up and talk." Empress Zhou took a sip of tea slowly.

"Thank you, ma'am." Hong Luan helped Ding Xiaolian to get up, stood aside, and the two secretly glanced at each other. The next good show will be performed by the queen.

Empress Zhou is suspicious by nature, it is impossible for her not to ask about this matter.

Sure enough, Empress Zhou cast her cold eyes on Mrs. Wang and Yufen.

The imperial palace is only that big, and she has heard a lot of rumors about Concubine Xia recently, about a fake princess who murdered the imperial sister~~ She didn't mean that she didn't believe it at all, but that she didn't want to intervene without evidence.

But today, she has such an opportunity to investigate the true identity of the second princess of the Great Qi Dynasty, and she will naturally not let it go.

If something can be found out to eradicate the second princess together, and another obedient and sensible one can be selected to sit on the crown princess, and the grandson who will be born will become the future prince, then her troubles will be perfectly solved?
Thinking of this, Empress Zhou looked at Mrs. Wang and Yufen even more fiercely.

"What is Xia's intention in bringing you into the palace? Hurry up and tell the truth."

Mrs. Wang had never seen anything in the world, and she was almost scared to pee by Queen Zhou's drink. She was shaking all over and couldn't say a word.

Yufen was also trembling, and the big black mole above the corner of her mouth twitched, she knew that Ding Xiaolian and Hongluan could still lie so truthfully, and the play could still act so impeccably.

Obviously spending so much money to find them to enter the palace is to expose Shen Weiwei's identity, but still insist on pretending to be ignorant, it is really insidious and terrifying!
But she took other people's money, so she could only cooperate with him in acting.

After thinking about it, he said tremblingly, "She said she missed us, and asked me to come in and have a look at her."

The queen shouted angrily, "Miss you? Could it be that she is your own? Otherwise, why would she miss you? Why did she take such a big risk to bring you into the palace?"
"This~~" Yufen hesitated for a moment, and hurriedly kowtowed, "It's nothing to do. Concubine Xia was only raised by a commoner's wife, she was not born by a commoner's wife."

Seeing Yufen's flustered appearance, Queen Zhou became more suspicious.

"Are you the concubine Xia's mother?"

"Yes." Yufen nodded.

Empress Zhou sneered, "Then is the side concubine Xia your own? You and her will have a blood test, and you will know if it is true or not. However, I will give you a chance. If you recruit from the truth, I will save your life. If Ben Gong's blood test reveals it, the whole family will be beheaded.

When Mrs. Wang heard the word beheading, she trembled in fright and urinated.

She didn't want to die, she had made an appointment with Ding Laozhao, the servant of Ding's house, and after she left the palace, the two of them would take the money to enjoy themselves.

Busily kowtowed to the queen, "Empress, let me tell you, I said, I am Weiwei's grandma, Yufen gave birth to her in the middle of the night, and I picked her up, she, she is indeed not a princess of Daqi. '

Yufen also quickly crawled down: "Empress, please forgive me, Concubine Xia~~ No, her surname is Shen, not Xia. I know she was born to me best, but it's not her fault that her identity was mistaken, only the big brother is to blame." The people sent by the Qi royal family were confused, and asked the empress to spare her life.'

"Hmph~~" The corner of Empress Zhou's mouth curled into a satisfied smile, "Go to Guhua Palace and invite Concubine Xia, let's see what she has to say."