The sick king dotes on the princess and the mad concubine

Chapter 66
Guanyinyuan is the courtyard of Empress Dowager Lin in Daxiangguo Temple. It used to be quiet and majestic in the morning and evening, but at this time there is a coldness everywhere.

The Empress Dowager sat in the middle of the hall in a commoner dress, holding the handrail with her well-maintained hands. Although her face was expressionless, her eyes were very cold. Wu Qianyun knelt in the middle of the hall with all kinds of thoughts. I have secretly understood that this matter is definitely not a trivial matter.

"Queen, what did Qianyun do to make her so angry?" Wu Qianyun forced herself to be calm, her soft voice remained the same as before.

"What's the matter?" The queen mother snorted coldly, then waved her hand and knocked the scripture on the side to the ground, "This is the scripture you prepared for the Land and Water Conference?"

Wu Qianyun frowned slightly, and hurriedly walked over on her knees, picked up the scripture book and looked at it, her expression changed drastically.

"This... this... this is not my daughter's. My daughter clearly copied the Huayan Sutra, Chapter 42 and the Diamond Sutra, these—" Her face became paler, and she flipped through the three volumes of scriptures in her hand. After reading it again, he cried out, "This must be someone trying to frame the courtier, the courtier is wronged!"

"Then tell Aijia, who framed you?"

"My daughter..." Wu Qianyun looked at Lin Qiuyi and then at Yin Jieyou, her eyes were sad and her expression was painful, "I don't know..."

"Then these handwritings are yours?"

"My daughter..."

Wu Qianyun was speechless.

The queen mother said coldly: "Since it is your handwriting, what is there to justify?! The heavenly priests prayed for rain to relieve the drought, and held water and land conferences to save the dead. What a big event, how dare you treat such obscene words and pornographic songs as an excuse?" The sacrificial scriptures appeared, and the water and land meeting that caused it died halfway, ruining the hard work of the emperor and the princes and ministers for so many days. If the people in the Jianghuai area are suffering from drought and starving to death, how can it be you, the sister of a little hussars general? I can bear it!" Taking a deep breath, the queen mother said again: "I saw that you and the third princess have a close relationship, and I only thought you were a gentle and generous child with a kind heart. I never thought that you are so virtuous, and the third princess also I must have been with you for the past few years, and I was taken away, and I did one wrong thing after another, you...you are simply unforgivable!"

Wu Qianyun turned pale with fright, and trembled all over, "The queen mother... the queen mother... Although it is the handwriting of the court lady, it is really not written by the court lady. All the maids around you can prove it, Empress Dowager, you trust your servants..." She suddenly turned to Lin Qiuyi, "Third Miss Lin also knows about these things, Third Miss, tell the Queen Mother quickly, it is not my thing..."

Lin Qiuyi never came back to her senses, and only now did she realize that the scripture book had arrived at Wu Qianyun's place. Although she didn't understand what happened, she knew it must be Yin Jieyou's fault, so she hurriedly said to the queen mother, "Aunt, Qianyun She has always been outstanding in virtue and is well-known in Beijing, she would never do such a thing."

But at this moment, a soft hum was heard, but it was Yun Jieyi.

"Miss Lin San, you didn't see what the scripture Wu Qianyun presented, how do you know it wasn't made by her? Do you know what it is?"

"I..." Lin Qiuyi's face was pale, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead, "It's hers, how would I know, I just thought that she is delicate and soft on weekdays, and she doesn't look like she will do anything bad, that's why I took it for her. She's just explaining, don't talk to me casually."

"Oh, that's how it is." Yun Jie said meaningfully, "However, for such an important matter, the third lady should not speak up easily, the facts are all there, and with the empress mother and sister-in-law presiding over it, she will certainly not wrong anyone. "

Lin Qiuyi forced herself to smile, but now she couldn't even say a word.

The queen mother glanced at Yun Jieyi lightly, some kind of thought seemed to flash in her eyes, so fast that people couldn't notice, she looked at the queen, and asked lightly: "Queen, you are in charge of the harem, let's talk about what happened today How to deal with it!"

"This..." The queen pondered, "Supposedly many people have witnessed it, and the facts are all there, but this incident seems a little strange."

Wu Qianyun quickly defended: "Someone must have designed to frame my daughter. Those poems were really not written by my daughter. Every sentence I said is true. If there is a single word of lies, I would like to be struck by lightning, and it will not be good. die!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned for a moment, and they believed Wu Qianyun's words to a certain extent.

In fact, the so-called obscene words and erotic songs in the Empress Dowager's mouth are just some obscure love poems and playbooks. Wu Qianyun has always been elegant, friendly, and well-connected among noble women. Most people still don't believe that she will do such things. The queen mother didn't believe it deep down, but she didn't like Wu Qianyun in her heart, and she secretly accused her of leading the three princesses, so she didn't have any thought of defending it, but Caiyun Jieyi's tit-for-tat words just now made her change her mind, and so did Wu Qianyun. Seeing people in detail, seeing the empress dowager's expressive eyes towards Yun, she dared to make such a poisonous oath to gamble, and sure enough, she was right.

The queen mother looked calm, but she couldn't see her inner thoughts any more.

"You keep saying that this is not what you wrote, but you can't provide half a piece of evidence. In such a situation, how can you make Aijia believe you?"

Wu Qianyun hurriedly said: "When my servant was copying the Buddhist scriptures, my servant's maid, Xiaohua Xiaohua, was by my side to serve, and they also watched with their own eyes that my servant made the Buddhist scriptures and handed them over to the ceremonial officer. Just pass them to ask , everything becomes clear.”

Yun Jieyi smiled and said: "Miss Wu, those maidservants are all yours, wouldn't they all help you speak, so your identity card is not very useful."

……

Yin Jieyou watched them come and go, knowing that Yun Jieyi was classifying Wu Qianyun and the three princesses together, and he was bound to step her down today, but Yun Jieyi was a little impatient about this matter, just now Yun Jieyi As soon as Xie Yi opened her mouth, the queen mother's attitude changed. It seems that Wu Qianyun will escape today, but even if she can escape, she will not make Wu Qianyun feel better!

Lin Qiuyi tentatively said: "Auntie, if someone can exchange Ms. Wu's scriptures, it is expected that they might bribe the ritual officer who collects the scriptures...The words of these people are untrustworthy, so why don't you pass it on to Qianyun?" Come on, my servant girl, although they are the servants of Ms. Wu, they are still people with great responsibilities, even if they have the courage, they will not be able to tell a single lie in front of the queen mother and aunt."

The queen watched from the sidelines, watching coldly.

The Empress Dowager glanced around the hall, and paused for a few seconds when her eyes passed over Yin Jieyou. Finally, her eyes fell on Wu Qianyun, "The Ai family will give you another chance."

(End of this chapter)