Eight-year-old Princess: Phoenix Reborn

She was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly went over to have a look, but she didn't see anything wrong, she paused and said, "How could it be a fake? Did Concubine Shen Shu drop the package when she sent it over? The real seal was withheld privately." come down?"

Empress Hua put the queen's seal in the box in Qianzhu's hand lightly, and then said softly: "The queen's seal is like a jade seal. It has been carved since the founding of the Xia Kingdom and passed down from generation to generation. More than two hundred years, but looking at the engraving technique on this jade seal and the jade used, I am afraid that it is relatively young, at most no more than twenty years."

"But Concubine Shen Shu..." Empress Hua narrowed her eyes, "Today, in front of many concubines, His Majesty asked her to return the Empress Seal, I guess she would not tamper with this seal, it would be too much Take the risk, if I expose it on the spot, wouldn't she shoot herself in the foot with a rock?"

Qian Zhuo looked at the seal in the box with his mouth open, and said after a while: "Then this is..."

Empress Hua was also a little puzzled, she was silent for a while, and then said to Qianzhuo: "Put this seal away first, and when His Majesty comes over later, I will ask you more carefully."

Qian Zhuo heard the words and responded, and carefully hid the box in the makeup coffin.

After lunch, Empress Hua took a light drink to the imperial garden for a walk, and then went back to Weiyang Palace for a lunch break. For a whole day, he did not wait for a concubine who came to recommend himself.

Qianzhuo was a little anxious: "The empress has already promised to make them the fourth concubine, why no one came?"

Empress Hua was not in a hurry, she took a book and read it, "Don't worry, they are still waiting and watching today, and tomorrow, I think someone will come to the door, and it is very likely that it is Li Concubine."

Qian Zhuo didn't know why Empress Hua was so sure, but she was a little worried: "But Li concubine has entered the palace for a long time, but she is still only a small concubine. She may not be competent when it comes to concubine."

Empress Hua smiled: "What can't be done?"

Just as he was talking, he heard Xia Huanyu's voice coming in from outside the door: "What is competent or not?"

Qianzhuo hurriedly greeted Xia Huanyu who opened the bead curtain and stepped into the bedroom, and hurriedly poured tea for Xia Huanyu before retreating to the side. Xia Huanyu then sat down beside Empress Hua, smiled and said, "Listen to what you say you are competent for, what are you talking about?"

Empress Hua flipped through the book casually, without even raising her eyes: "When I got up early, I made a promise to those concubines, saying that I would let them recommend themselves, and I would select enough four concubines to help me with palace affairs."

Xia Huanyu froze for a moment, staring fixedly at Empress Hua, as if observing her expression. After a moment of silence, she nodded and replied, "It looks simple in this harem, but there are bits and pieces. It’s really a lot, and you really should find a few people to share it with you.”

Empress Hua gave a faint "hmm", then put the book down, and finally raised her head to look at Xia Huanyu, "The seal of the empress sent by Concubine Shen Shu in the morning is a fake."

After Empress Hua finished speaking, she looked at Qian Zhuo again: "Show Your Majesty the seal."

Qian Zhuo quickly responded, then walked to the makeup coffin, took out the red sandalwood box from the makeup coffin, opened it, and handed it to Xia Huanyu.

"This jade is made of white marble from Lantian Jade. The quality of the white marble is excellent. It is a product of Ningguo, but it has been excavated in less than fifty years. Moreover, the carving method uses double hooks to grind it. However, this kind of engraving technique appeared later than the discovery of white marble, only about thirty years. This seal, no matter what, cannot be the real seal of the queen.”

Empress Hua explained softly, Xia Huanyu stroked the seal lightly, and did not speak for a long time.

Xia Huanyu picked up the seal, walked to the desk, took a piece of white paper, dipped some ink pad, and pressed the seal on the white paper.

Xia Huanyu picked up the paper, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then said softly, "It's fake."

After a pause, he continued: "It's just that Concubine Shen Shu shouldn't have done this, she doesn't have the guts."

Empress Hua's eyes fell on the red seal, stared at it for a long time, and then said: "Although the queen's seal is not as good as the jade seal, it can affect the stability of the country, but it is also very important, and the fact that the queen's seal is missing must not be announced, otherwise It is bound to cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.”

Xia Huanyu nodded, put the fake seal aside, and said calmly: "I will send someone to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the real seal."

Seeing that Xia Huanyu's eyes had been fixed on the red mark, Empress Hua seemed to have some doubts. He nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Xia Huanyu smiled, pulled Empress Hua back to the soft couch, and said softly: "If you are bored staying in this palace, you can also go to the Prince's Mansion, and the Duke's Mansion is also possible. Let me see Seeing that you and the Crown Princess seem to be very familiar, I thought she could enter the palace to accompany you, but now she is in confinement, it is a bit inconvenient."

Empress Hua smiled and said: "I am fine, Your Majesty need not worry."

On the second day, as Empress Hua expected, the first person to come to the door was Concubine Li.

Empress Hua ordered someone to pour tea for Concubine Li before she walked out of the bedroom. Concubine Li saw that Empress Hua was still dressed in a simple and elegant dress, and looked at the moon-white clothes on her body, her expression was somewhat happy.

Empress Hua's smile was still warm, she sat down on the chair, and said with a smile: "I thought that no one would dare to come. Just now I was talking to Qianqian, but this palace is really respected by Concubine Shu. "

Concubine Li lowered her head and smiled slightly, listening to Empress Hua speak so casually, after thinking about it, she finally said without any shyness: "It's not that I respect Concubine Shu, it's just that the empress has just returned to the palace, and each palace has its own The palace officials don't know much about the empress, so they are a little hesitant. The concubine..."

Concubine Li paused for a moment, and her smile faded a bit: "The lowly concubine rarely shows up in the palace, and Concubine Shu doesn't like lowly concubines very much. As the saying goes, a good bird chooses a tree to live in. Although a lowly concubine is not a good bird, she also knows that the empress is the most honorable person in the harem, and a lowly concubine can't make any big mistakes if she follows her steps."

Empress Hua's smile became more subtle when she heard this, she smiled and grabbed Concubine Li's hand, only to find that Concubine Li was already wearing the jade bracelet she gave her yesterday, "I told you yesterday that I will be with you , I feel a little bit like seeing each other late, since you are the first to come, I understand your intentions, don't worry, in this harem, as long as you don't betray me, I will definitely not be thin waiting for you."

"Concubine Li and Empress Hua had a very happy conversation. They chatted for nearly two hours before Concubine Li left Weiyang Palace. When she left, she was smiling and seemed very happy."

In Shuya Palace, Lu Ya lowered her voice and reported in a low voice.

"Have a good conversation? Are you smiling?" Concubine Shen Shu sneered, "I want to take a good look at what benefits this concubine can get from the queen."

Concubine Shen Shu raised her hand that had just been painted with bright red Kodan, and Luya quickly lowered her head to hold Concubine Shen's hand, and gently dried the Kodan on her nails.

It's just that Concubine Shen Shu didn't expect that Concubine Li really got a lot of benefits from Empress Hua. In the early morning of the second day, the decree of canonization came down, and Concubine Li was named a virtuous concubine.

Concubine Xian is the last of the four concubines. But for the Li concubine who was originally just a small concubine, it was already a great benefit.

Concubine Shen Shu's complexion was a little pale, she sneered, and knocked the teacup in her hand on the table, and the teacup smashed to pieces.

Lu Ya was startled, and quickly said: "Madam, your hands are bleeding." As she said that, she hurriedly called the palace servants in, and asked them to go to the imperial hospital to teach the imperial physician.

Concubine Shen Shu frowned coldly, "What kind of imperial doctor is passed on? It's just such a small injury. If it is passed on to the imperial doctor, others don't know how to laugh at me. Go to the bookshelf and bring the golden medicine, and sprinkle some at will." That's it."

Lu Ya didn't dare to disobey, so she hurriedly searched for the golden medicine on the bookshelf, and ordered someone to fetch water, and carefully cleaned Concubine Shen Shu's wound, and then sprinkled the golden medicine.

Concubine Shen Shu snorted coldly, "Concubine Li has been made a virtuous concubine, I am afraid that other concubines in the palace will start to move around, you ordered people to keep an eye on Weiyang Palace, which concubines have come in and out, one by one Report to this palace."

Lu Ya quickly responded, and then said softly: "Why did your mother hurt her body for this kind of thing? In the humble opinion of this servant, it's not that there are few people in the harem who have been caught by us. Why don't we Let them also pretend to be good to Empress Hua, if they can gain Empress Hua's trust, it will be a good opportunity. As long as Empress Hua has our people around, it will be a breeze if they want to do something."

Concubine Shen Shu slowly closed her eyes, sighed and said, "You can arrange it."

Green Sprout responded again.

Concubine Shen Shu didn't speak for a long while, and after Lu Ya took the medicine, she heard Concubine Shen Shu sighed softly: "Since your Majesty returned to the palace, how long has it been since you came to our Shuya Palace? Which palaces have you been to these days?" ?”

Lu Ya paused for a moment, then lowered her head and replied softly: "I haven't been to Shuya Palace for ten days. After His Majesty returned to the palace, he stayed in Weiyang Palace every day."

"Heh..." Concubine Shen Shu sneered, remained silent for a while, and then said: "Empress Hua seems to have some tricks, why don't you give it a try, how much does she weigh..."

Luya was taken aback for a moment, then understood, and quickly responded.

In the early morning of the second day, the disease in Jincheng became much more serious. Rumors started to spread, all talking about Qin Tianjian's words, Empress Hua was a disaster...

In addition to the disaster, another rumor is that the queen's seal in the palace is fake, and the real queen's seal has long since disappeared. \u003c