The queen is sober in the world, and she is winning every step of the palace fight.

A bamboo bracelet.

It is a very simple ring, without any extra decoration, and the light blue color is very elegant.

It was not put in a box, but just wrapped in a square handkerchief.

The handkerchief was not made of good material, just ordinary cotton cloth, and it looked old, a little faded and white from washing. Apart from being clean, it had no other advantages.

"Who gave it to me?"

Fei Wan picked up the bamboo bracelet and looked at it carefully.

It was flat, but only about the width of a child's finger. The bracelet had a smooth surface, but the inner side, where it rested against the arm, was densely engraved with many characters.

Looking carefully, it is the complete Heart Sutra.

—When Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva practiced the profound Prajnaparamita, he saw that the five aggregates are empty…

It is not easy to carve tiny characters in such a small space. But what is commendable is that each character is of the same size, neatly crafted, and evenly spaced, without any mistakes or omissions.

The entire scripture consists of 260 characters, which just fill the entire bracelet surface. The beginning and the end are connected to form a closed loop, which symbolizes perfection and auspiciousness.

It's obvious that the person who carved the bracelet was very careful.

Xiaohui took the gift registration booklet and quickly found the answer.

"Your Majesty, this bracelet came from a palace maid in Xinzheku, her name was Pan'er."

When she said this name, she felt as if she had heard it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where it was.

She used to work at Xinzheku, but she didn't remember him being there. It was just that Xinzheku was crowded, and people were coming and going so often that she couldn't remember.

It was Fei Wan herself who remembered: "She was a palace maid from Chunxi Palace."

Xiaohui was stunned.

It took him a moment to realize that Fei Wan was talking about the former Chunxi Palace - when Concubine Chun Yu Tingjin lived there.

She immediately remembered.

"Yes, there used to be a senior palace maid named Pan'er, but she was under the command of Yun Cui and Yun Liu. I remember her. She often helped everyone, and she also helped me."

Fei Wan put the bracelet down: "You helped me before."

At the beginning of his rebirth, he was seriously injured by Yu Tingjin, and it was Pan'er who secretly sent him medicine for bruises.

Let her recuperate, bring her food, do things for her, speak politely, and act thoughtfully.

However, be careful.

The powder she was given to bring to Yu Tingjin's confidante, Yun Cui, contained a slow-acting poison called "Withania somnifera root." In order to gain a firm foothold in Yu Tingjin's favor, Pan'er wanted to use her to send Yun Cui to her doom.

If it succeeds, everyone is happy, and no one knows about it. If it is exposed, she will take the blame, and Pan'er can hide behind it without any harm.

So when Yu Tingjin fell, the people in Chunxi Palace were implicated, and Pan'er was punished to go to Xinzheku, Fei Wan did not accept her plea.

After so long, Fei Wan has moved on, having long since put the past grudges behind her. Even Yu Tingjin's life or death is no longer important.

Unexpectedly, when the imperial concubine was canonized, this plate was sent as a gift.

Given Pan'er's current status, it would probably not be easy to give her a bamboo bracelet.

It would be even more difficult to engrave scriptures on it.

What's more, in order to leave the Xinzheku and go to the Chunxi Palace to deliver the gifts, so many connections would have to be made.

Fortunately, the Chunxi Palace has a clean and upright atmosphere, and the palace maids do not have the habit of flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak. They treat everyone equally when registering gifts. Otherwise, her simple gift might not be delivered to Fei Wan.

Xiao Hui asked, "Madam, do you want to reward her with some silver?"

Xiaohui didn't know that Pan'er was planning to use Feiwan to kill Yuncui, so she asked as usual.

Because when palace maids from all over the place came to curry favor with her, Fei Wan usually gave them some rewards to win their hearts.

"Give me a reward." Fei Wan said.

Xiaohui took out a small silver ingot and asked someone to send it to Pan'er.

As a result, the palace maid who registered to receive the gifts heard about this and said something extra, telling Xiaohui that when the gift was delivered, she had specifically said that if the Empress had a reward, she would not accept it and she wanted to kowtow to the Empress in person.

Xiaohui went back to the room and told Feiwan about it.

"Could it be that she can no longer endure in the Xinzheku and wants the Empress to rescue her?"

Many palace maids came to Chunxi Palace for various reasons, and Xiangyi and Xiaohui usually made the decisions. However, Xiaohui didn't dare to take charge of this matter because she was an old acquaintance of Feiwan.

Fei Wan looked at the bracelet, and for some reason, an indescribable feeling flashed through her mind.

Then he ordered: "Let her come to see me."

……

That night, Queen Yan held a small banquet in Fengming Palace and invited some concubines to congratulate Feiwan on her promotion.

The emperor was lying in Chenqian Palace as his injuries had not yet healed, and the suspension of court was extended from three days to seven. Of course, there could not be a large-scale celebration at this time, so only one table of wine was set up, and the concubines who came were those who usually moved around frequently.

Queen Yan sat in the main seat, Fei Wan sat next to her, everyone talked and laughed, and toasted frequently.

Everyone is congratulating Fei Wan.

The main reason for the promotion was his contribution in saving the emperor, so the topic naturally turned to the assassin that night.

Concubine De asked curiously, "I heard that the assassin was very powerful. A dozen imperial guards and dozens of palace guards surrounded him, but it took them over an hour to catch him. He killed nearly ten people and injured more than twenty, but he was never caught. In the end, the archers came and shot him to death with arrows. When they were pulling the body out, someone in my palace saw it. They said he was shot like a hedgehog and couldn't even recognize his face. In the end, the entire palace was investigating missing persons and they found out that he was a menial servant planting trees in the imperial garden. Tsk tsk! It's really scary. We passed by the garden all day and might have seen him. He even greeted us!"

Shun Fei tugged at her sleeve and said, "Stop talking, it's scary."

Concubine De said, "How can it not be scary? Last time we cleared out a group of spies, and this time, we cleared out more than ten more, and they were all involved in giving His Majesty the medicine. When I think of so many bad people in our palace, I can't sleep well. What do you think these Qu Kingdom spies want to do? Are they trying to declare war on our Daliang?"

Empress Yan said, "You're from a noble family, but you've been listening to so much opera that your mind is muddled. Friendly nations sending spies to each other is something everyone knows about, so it's not a big deal. Even if spies start a rebellion and kill the king or the emperor, it depends on whether the two countries really need to fight."

At present, the emperor was seriously injured in an assassination attempt and has stopped attending court for seven days, but he did not announce to the outside world that it was done by spies from the Qu State.

Except for a few important ministers, many people in the court did not know that the emperor's assassination was related to the Qu State!

Defei also came from a noble family, but her family lived far away and her title was not as high as that of the Duke of Zhenguo, so she had the straightforward temper of some military generals.

Hearing this, they couldn't help but discuss: "They have injured His Majesty so badly. If we still endure it, wouldn't we be too spineless? We will be bullied even more in the future. The Tartars entered the capital last time, and this time they are trying to assassinate His Majesty. It's not like we don't have soldiers or money. Are we still afraid of these stinky Tartars?"

Empress Yan waved her hand. "Today we are here to congratulate Sister Zhao. Let's not dwell on these matters. As concubines, we must serve His Majesty well and uphold the virtues of women. To continue would be to discuss state affairs without authorization."

There are maids in front of each of them, and there are many people and many mouths. If something that shouldn't be spread gets out, it will be bad for everyone.

Queen Yan stopped Concubine De's talk in time, but she was also filled with hatred in her heart.

Secretly grinding his teeth at the emperor.

Fei Wan noticed her hand clenched in her sleeve and gently patted the back of her hand under the table.