After transforming into An Lingrong, he became the King of Juan and was crowned the Sixth Palace.

The queen gave an order, Fang Dong pursed her lips, and several young eunuchs took the iron thorns and held down Zhen Huan and Huan Bi one by one.

Zhen Huan's head was covered in cold sweat, like countless small bugs emerging from the gaps in her skin, crawling slowly, painful and itchy.

Those little eunuchs were so strong that they held her down until she couldn't move.

The queen sat on the red sandalwood chair brought by Fang Dong and said slowly: "I don't want to use torture. But now the emperor and the queen mother are not in the palace, and I am the only one left in charge of the huge harem.

"If you don't care about such a big thing happening under your nose, how many pairs of eyes of others will stare at me, thinking that I am useless. You will have to shoulder the responsibility for what you have done yourself."

Fang Dong raised her chin, and with a sharp soprano voice that was deliberately pinched together, she said slowly: "Things have their own priorities. Let's start with the nobles and beat them until all the flesh is gone."

There were dozens of inch-long iron thorns on the iron thorns, and the tips of the thorns shone with a rusty black luster, making people shudder.

The little eunuch was about to go down when the voices of Zhu Xi and Jin Xi came from outside, "The Queen Mother is here -"

The Queen's face darkened, she turned around and frowned as she watched the Queen Mother and An Lingrong walking in from the outside.

Logically speaking, the Queen Mother and the Emperor should be praying outside. Why did they come back at this time...

Could it be...

The queen looked at the burning ashes on the ground and raised the corners of her mouth.

Don't be afraid, anyway, Zhen Huan and Huan Bi burned paper money in full public view. Even if the Queen Mother and An Lingrong came, they could not save this master and servant.

Everyone saluted the Queen Mother and An Lingrong in turn.

During this period, the quick-talking Fangdong had already told the Queen Mother about the matter.

When the Queen Mother heard that Zhen Huan dared to burn paper money at this time, she was naturally dissatisfied and even her expression turned bad.

Seeing the arrival of the Queen Mother and An Lingrong, Huanbi, who had reserved a hand in advance, hurriedly knelt down on the ground and said: "Queen! Queen Mother, Queen Mother Mingjian! What this slave and the mistress are burning is not paper money, not paper money!"

The Queen Mother raised her face, and Zhuxi walked over, picked up a piece of paper that had not yet been burned, and unfolded it. On the round piece of paper, there was a pattern with no end of ten thousand words, but in the middle was a six-character mantra of Tibetan Buddhism.

Zhu Xi hurriedly held it with both hands and showed it to the Queen Mother. Sure enough, every piece of paper contained only six-character mantras.

Hearing this, the queen secretly thought that was bad and glared at Fang Dong angrily.

The Queen Mother frowned slightly, then smiled: "Why is this thing?"

Huanbi kowtowed hurriedly and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please listen to what I say. The round paper is perfect, and it is the same as the pattern with less than ten thousand characters. The six-character mantra was taught by the master lama."

"The master said that the six-character mantra is the most respected mantra in Tibetan Buddhism. When it was first taught, the slaves had to recite it repeatedly in order to achieve complete merits, eliminate karma, and achieve great liberation."

Fang Dong snorted softly and said: "But today is the Ghost Festival, and even the girl who served you said it was your filial piety, saying that it was burned to her mother's family."

Zhu Xi sang the opposite tune and said thoughtfully: "To return to the Queen Mother, I also think that if you burn paper money, it should look like paper money, otherwise it will be useless if you burn it to your relatives."

"As for the Ghost Festival on July 15th, burning this is appropriate for the occasion. It's just that I didn't follow the Queen Mother and the concubines and burn it on the Dharma boat."

As she said that, she gave Huanbi a tactful look: "It doesn't really violate the palace rules."

The Queen Mother nodded, temporarily sparing Huanbi and Zhen Huan.

Seeing the Queen Mother turn her gaze towards the Queen, the Queen's lips had to curl up with a cold smile as she looked at Fangdong.

"You came here to tell me that someone in the cold palace secretly burned paper money in violation of the palace rules. Now take a look, what is this?"

The queen's smile was like an ice flower on her face, containing murderous intent.

"If you still work hard for me and alert the Queen Mother to come to a place like this, you will become better and better at errands."

The queen's tone was not harsh, as if she were talking at home.

However, Fang Dong seemed to be unable to bear it, her knees weakened, and she immediately knelt down and said, "This slave is useless. I listen to others' words."

The Queen Mother smiled slightly at Zhu Xi and said indifferently: "You are listening to others, but whose words are you listening to? There are people around the Queen who do not regard the Queen as their master, but are bent on spying on other people's thoughts and trying to be two-faced. Please, the Ai family thinks she has the wrong intention."

Zhu Xi lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head, and said calmly: "There are only people in this harem who serve the Queen Mother, the Empress, and the Emperor wholeheartedly. No one dares to play tricks on the master. Fang Dong, you are so smart that you are mistaken for your cleverness."

The Queen Mother looked at the sky and stood up happily.

"The crows have returned to their nests, let's go back too, Fangdong, you don't have to leave."

Fang Dong was so frightened that he turned pale and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

Seeing that the Queen Mother was giving her face, the Queen finally smiled and said: "Today is the Ghost Festival. Since the Queen Mother has spoken, I will not take anyone's life."

"It's just that you like to make wedding clothes for others so much and work hard, so I will reward you with the punishment of Bubu Honglian. Even if you break your legs, you can't break your loyalty to others."

"Forget it, the Ai family can't watch this type of punishment, so let Zhu Xi watch on behalf of the Ai family."

Zhu Xi took the order, and An Lingrong took advantage of the situation to hold up the hand of the Queen Mother who had just sat down for a short time, and left leisurely.

Although she didn't see anything in this game for the time being, the subsequent public opinion and plans were still worthy of her continued attention.

Because An Lingrong, who had been silent since arriving at Suiyu Pavilion, knew that Zhen Huan's status in the Queen Mother's heart had plummeted, including the Queen who wanted to get rid of her concubines too much.

After the Queen Mother and An Lingrong left, Zhen Huan's body was held tightly by Huanbi, and she almost cried with joy.

Her hand held Huanbi's hand tightly in her sleeve, and their palms were covered in cold sweat. Even she couldn't tell whether it was the shock after the joy or the joy of surviving the disaster.

She only knew that only by holding Huanbi's hand, the hand of a living person, could she feel that she was alive.

It is not a piece of wall or a moss in a cold palace.

The Queen Mother and An Lingrong left Shiran, as if all the life-and-death dangers just now were just a blur of smoke in the midst of conversation and laughter.

Zhen Huan secretly felt a bit envious. When and when will the Queen Mother have such determination?

However, before she could think about it carefully, Zhu Xi had already raised his face, and several guards dragged Fang Dong into a side hall.

Zhu Xi took matters into his own hands, and the queen had no need to stay. She hurried away with a few unworthy eunuchs.

The voices of the little eunuchs inside as they punished Fangruo gradually became lower. At first, they were cries of pain and begging for mercy. In the end, there was only air coming out, not in, and there was no movement at all.

After a long time, the sound of a body being dragged out completely disappeared.

Huanbi's face was full of tears and she looked at Zhen Huan and said, "My lord, we're fine, we're fine!" She stood up and dug out a large packet of paper money and paper money from under the bed.

"Fortunately, little host spirit, I didn't use paper money and ghost paper for the time being, but used the blessing paper sent by Concubine An and Concubine Hui. Otherwise, the person who is half-dead and being tortured there today is not Fangdong, but us. ”

Zhen Huan turned her face away. Under the dim light of the lantern, the blood stains left by Fang Dong's feet looked more and more like red lotuses blooming on the muddy ground. Every step was bloody, and each step was shocking.

Zhen Huan struggled to hold on to the door frame. Since she was crippled and not wearing any armor, her long nails dug into the cracks of the wooden door, making a slight hissing sound.

She said softly: "Yes, we almost fell into someone else's trap. Then we are the ones with disabled feet."

Huanbi said quietly: "Young Master is still vigilant."

Zhen Huan knelt down, took the packet of paper money and burned them all. The fire burned her pale cheeks red.

"Someone set this up to cause big trouble."

Huanbi patted her chest gently, with a hint of unwillingness and a hint of fear on her face.

"It's so dangerous! This slave is still afraid that something will go wrong."

Zhen Huan lowered her face, watching the dimmed fire finally turn into dark ashes, thinly spread out, and said: "If you don't walk on the tip of the knife, how can you walk a bloody path."

She stood up and sprinkled the ashes of the burned paper money on the blood stains left by Fang Dong's feet.

She raised her head and saw that the dark clouds in the sky were still there, except for a few faint crows, patting their shoulders and fluttering their wings and flying away.

As for Broken Yuxuan, Zhen Huan only hoped that the Queen Mother's affairs could help a little bit, but there was no movement for a whole year. However, the food brought in had improved slightly. It was often meat and vegetables, and it was no longer cold and wet food. .

Zhen Huan gradually lost weight because she was obsessed with worries and didn't think about eating.

This kind of thinness is unconscious. It's just that the skin and flesh are getting thinner bit by bit. As it gets thinner, the flow of muscles and veins can be faintly seen.

The wrist is also much thinner than in the past. The jade beads wrapped with red gold lotus bracelet worn on the hand can already roll onto the arm.

After thinking about it, she took it off and put it on the dressing table, sighing: "The emperor rewarded it after all, so don't break it."

Huanbi looked slightly sad: "Back then, the emperor rewarded one person with a bunch, and the other person who wore it received all the favors outside. As for the little master, he was trapped and died here."

Just as he was talking, Dr. Wen came in, bowed and saluted, and said, "My dear master, I wish you all the best. I have been ordered to ask you for a safe pulse."

Zhen Huan smiled and stretched out her wrist: "I originally thought that imperial doctors are here to treat illnesses and save lives, but every time you come to ask for Ping An's pulse, if others know that I am safe, wouldn't it cause trouble for others?"

Imperial Physician Wen smiled indifferently, and placed two fingers on Zhen Huan's wrist through the gauze, feeling the beating of her pulse: "The responsibility of the minor minister is only to take care of the well-being of the little master, and the other minor ministers do not need to take care of it."

Dr. Wen always had a gentle look on his face: "The Queen Mother's instructions, knowing that Wei Chen is in charge of Leng Palace's errands, told Wei Chen not to make the young master suffer all kinds of disasters."

He smiled at Huanbi who was boiling water in the corridor: "Miss Huanbi, you can take some time off. Except for the old illness, everything is fine with the young master."

Huanbi's face turned red and she said calmly, "But I feel that my master has lost a lot of weight."

"Thinness is a blessing, but if it is too plump, it will lead to various diseases."

He smiled lightly and said, "The harem has recently had a happy event. I think the young master will be happy when he hears it."

Zhen Huan smiled and said, "What?"

"Concubine An is pregnant."

Zhen Huan was overjoyed, but was overwhelmed by more worries: "You want her to be careful about everything."

There was a determined smile on the corner of Imperial Physician Wen's lips: "The fetus of Concubine An was born in Weichen's body. It is now almost four months old and the fetus is already stable. It will be difficult for others to do anything."

Zhen Huan pressed her heart and showed a forced smile: "That's good."

She thought about it and took the jade beads and red gold lotus bracelet on the dressing table.

"There is nothing more valuable than this around me. This was a reward back then. Give it to her for me and keep it with you as a thought."

Huanbi advised: "My master will go out someday. It would be bad if the emperor knew that he had given this away."

Zhen Huan concentrated for a moment and said with a smile: "This string of things has been with me for the longest time, just don't let anyone see it."

Doctor Wen stretched out his hand to take it, but his hand was unsteady and the red gold lotus bracelet fell to the ground.

The bracelet was originally made of large jade beads. Since jade is fragile, both ends of each bead are protected with red gold pieces shaped into lotus shapes. The jade beads are wrapped with twisted gold wire in the shape of a vine.

Unexpectedly, two of them fell to pieces when they landed on the brick floor.

Huanbi felt very distressed, and hurriedly knelt down to pick it up and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, these two broken ones will feel tight on your wrist after you remove them."

Zhen Huan said: "That's okay, we can't get out for the time being anyway, and no one will blame us if we break it."

Just as he was talking, Huanbi let out a soft sigh and opened the broken part of the bead, and a black bead the size of a small fingernail fell out.

Huanbi looked at the light and wondered: "There is a very light fragrance, I just don't know what it is?"

Zhen Huan took it and took a look, but she didn't recognize it at all.

"It's hard to say what the reason for this kind of tribute from foreign countries is."

Seeing that both the master and the servant were silent in confusion, Doctor Wen said: "If you are relieved, my young master, please give me a look."

Zhen Huan handed it to him and said with a smile: "Does Doctor Wen know all the things in my daughter's house?"

Doctor Wen looked at it carefully, put it to his nose and sniffed it for a while, then took the broken jade beads in Huanbi's palm and looked at them, then he said seriously: "Not all ministers can recognize the things in my daughter's house, but this It’s something that is cultivated by doctors, but you can understand it at a glance.”

Zhen Huan heard what he said was not good, her heart suddenly sank, and she said: "Mr. Jiang is not an outsider. If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly."

Imperial Physician Wen's expression was a little ugly: "There is a kind of plant called Alpinia officinalis, which has a strong aroma. It can be calcined and ground into powder to remove the peculiar smell, and then made into a thick dark brown ointment. It can be squeezed into objects at will. When it dries and hardens, it becomes this seamless thing.”

"On the surface, this jade bead appears to increase its magnificence and beauty. In fact, it protects the jade bead from breaking and preventing the contents inside from being exposed."

Zhen Huan was stunned, and the color on her lips slowly faded: "An Lingxiang? So I haven't been able to get pregnant since that time, right?"

Dr. Wen's expression was heavy: "Qi and blood are stagnant, and the pulse on the wrist is the most fluctuating. If I hadn't seen this Anlingxiang Pill, I would have thought it was due to Xiaomao's postpartum and poor physical condition..."