When Li Yun heard the last sentence, his mind buzzed for a while. He began to feel a heart-piercing pain in his knee, but he still straightened his waist and asked, "What did the mother just say?" ”

He couldn't believe it, and he didn't want to believe it, when a voice in his heart told him: he had heard it wrong.

When he saw the regret on Su Youyi's face, he instantly remembered what she had just said, but he was always adamant that he had misheard it, not true, so he looked at the concubine again.

Perhaps, true.

The noble concubine on the seat, who had always been smug and outspoken, also looked at him cautiously, and Li Yun knew that he had heard it correctly.

Concubine Li hanged herself.

His face unexpectedly did not change in the slightest, and he was much calmer than Fang Cai's nervousness and pleading. He just softened on the ground and was silent for a while before asking Su Youyi: "Queen Mother, can I take away the body of the sinner girl." ”

"That's right." Su Youyi knew that people could always take it away at this time.

Li Yun got up calmly and arched his hand leisurely, but when he left the courtyard, his body shook and almost fell to the ground, and he supported it like this until the door of his study was closed.

Although the noble concubine didn't like Concubine Li, she didn't fall into the trap, and she was still a little melancholy after learning about it. was going to talk to Su Youyi for a while, but she was not in the mood because of this episode, so she just wanted to go back earlier.

Su Youyi is also average, if Li Yun didn't come to visit today, Li Concubine hanged herself and she was not so melancholy, but this was in front of Li Yun, she inevitably understood the desolation in Li Yun's heart, and Li Yun's calmness was also fake.

She asked Ji Yushen: "Have you known me all these years, have I become more and more cold?" ”

"Yes, but yes."

Su Youyi just looked at the direction Li Yun left and was noncommittal.

All of a sudden, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty heard that Concubine Li hanged herself with only a white gauze curtain in the cold palace, and couldn't help sighing, and when they looked at Li Yun, they were no longer the mockery they used to be, but also added some sympathy.

The story of Concubine Li's self-hanging also spread throughout the harem.

"The emperor has arrived." The eunuch outside the gate of Kunning Palace shouted.

In the palace, Empress Zhou hugged the eldest prince and knelt down with a group of palace people, and then Yuan Zhi walked in and helped Queen Zhou: "No need to be polite." What is Chen'er busy with today? ”

Queen Zhou looked at the eldest prince with a smile, but in fact, since the little doll saw Yuan Zhi come in, she started smiling, and she kept laughing, and pretended to make all kinds of funny little expressions to make Yuan Zhi happy.

"The emperor is tired today, if you really miss Chen'er and tell the nurse to carry it, you don't have to run in person." Queen Zhou hugged Chen'er to the nurse and loosened his shoulders.

Hearing this, Yuan Zhi turned his back to the palace and pinched her face: "What? I can't miss you yet? ”

Empress Zhou blushed: "The emperor is more and more able to joke about his concubines." ”

She saw Yuanzhi but smiled silently, and was brushing her broken hair for herself and asked, "Master Li, but you are here on duty?" ”

Motoji sighed lightly: "Not yet." ”

"After all, it is an old minister in the court, the emperor should take the time to order someone to go over and take a look, and comfort him more."

"I've already sent someone to go, but Li Yun is all right, but he is more silent than before, and he is also indifferent to me." Motoji was a little worried.

Queen Zhou sighed: "The pain of losing a daughter, grief is natural, it should be numb. ”

"I understand him, but I'm worried that he has a dislike with me because of Concubine Li's affairs, and it's not good to have a grudge against his mother and Concubine Min."

Yuan Zhi thought of Li Yun's intercession for three days when he came to the Qianqing Palace, and he couldn't help but feel pity when Concubine Min and his mother also hit a wall, he knew that his decision was correct, and if there was a mistake, he would be punished and not released.

But he never imagined that Concubine Li would find a short-term view.

"Are Min concubines all right?" Motoji asked.

"It's good, Concubine He has been holding the little princess to accompany Concubine Min recently, and I'm afraid that she will think more about it."

Empress Zhou said, "The lunch has been set, does the emperor use it now?" ”

Motoji reached out and held the eldest prince in his arms, revealing his fatherly kindness, always feeling that the little doll in his arms was not enough to hurt. The soft flesh of the doll leaned on Yuanzhi, which made his mood seem to be much better: "Let's go, I will take Chen'er with me." ”

……

Early in the morning, the glimmer of the sun was not very real, and it was so thin that it sprinkled on the layers of mist surrounding the Qianqing Palace, refracting a little bit of light and falling on the golden palace, making it more prosperous.

Seeing that the emperor had not yet come out, the ministers were piled up in groups of twos and threes, sometimes discussing the government and politics, and sometimes chatting about new things in the capital.

There is also such a group of people who are gathered together to discuss the one who hanged himself in the cold palace a few days ago.

"Eh, what about Lord Li still on leave? A few days ago, I passed by the Li Mansion, which was really wanton, with white silk and lanterns hanging outside the door, and paper money flying all over the sky, which scared many people to dare not go forward to make up. In front of the court, a bunch of ministers gathered around and chatted.

"That's not it, the emperor doesn't know if it's guilt and doesn't care."

"That's the emperor's generosity, right? What can be guilty, it is said that Concubine Li is the county lord who framed Jungar. Now that I can't think of hanging myself in the cold palace, it is also unprecedented for the emperor to understand Lord Li's old age and allow him to make a big funeral. ”

"Then you don't know." The one who spoke before went on, with a smug look that I knew you didn't know, "There is news in the cold palace, Concubine Li went to see her a few days ago, how do you know that it was not Concubine Min who instructed the people in the cold palace......"

Before he could finish speaking, another person interrupted: "Don't talk nonsense! Concubine Min is pregnant with a dragon seed in her belly, so she is careful not to put the door on her mouth to set her body on fire. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several people fell silent at the same time, and the one who interrupted was surprised why he didn't speak for a while, and looked sideways to see that Li Yun was standing beside them.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and I don't know who took the lead, and several ministers bowed their hands one after another, "Lord Li." ”

Li Yun's face didn't seem to be so stiff, and he arched his hand with them, and he didn't know if he heard what they said.

It was night, and the moonlight was slightly cool.

The lights of every household in the capital have gradually gone out, and the cold light is sprinkled in the courtyards of each house, and also sprinkled in the Forbidden City in the distance, and the mottled shadows of trees are printed on the palace gate and the red wall.

The shadows of the trees swayed, and the guards guarding the door immediately became more vigilant.

A white-haired old man was standing on a tall building in the distance, with a panoramic view of the capital, but he was only staring at the Forbidden City, his white hair emitting silver light in the moonlight, and there were some vicissitudes.

A dark shadow standing behind him said, "Master, everything is ordered. ”

"Don't rush, slow down." The old man stroked the beard on his chin.

The butler was a little puzzled, and the old man seemed to have become different from usual.