The night is hazy, the willows are clear, and after the three gongs and drums, the sound is lonely

Ouyang Hongyu sat in the sedan chair and rushed back to the 'Chongyang Palace', all the way in a hurry, a eunuch in a brown eunuch court dress in front of the sedan chair walked lightly, walking quickly to explore the way, and behind the sedan chair was followed by two women in blue palace maid costumes, each holding a long sword, looking around, and suddenly stopped when approaching the imperial garden

In the sedan chair, Ouyang Hongyu's eyebrows moved, and she clenched the silk handkerchief with her hand, only to see the eunuch headed by her turn around, bow her head and say, "Niangniang, there are people in the imperial garden." （ .）”

Someone? Ouyang Hongyu stretched out her jade hand, lifted the sedan curtain lightly, looked around with clear eyes, her eyebrows were lightly locked, and the moonlight poured down, making her face slightly pale. pursed her lips, hesitated for a while, and then said softly: "Xu is the palace maid and eunuch of which palace, let's go back to the palace first"|Lan

The eunuch at the head glanced up at Ouyang Hongyu, his elite eyes flickered for a moment, and then he bowed his head and said, "The slave obeys the order", then turned around and continued to walk forward.

The moonlight poured, the plum blossom forest in the imperial garden was depressed, silent, and when a burst of footsteps hurriedly left, a black robe figure suddenly appeared under the tree, vaguely, a masked woman slowly walked out from behind the tree, her clear eyes stared at the sedan chair of the red-topped second-grade palace concubine, grabbed the wound on her left arm with her bare hands, stepped back step by step, and then took off a piece of confetti in her sleeve and threw it next to the tree, and went straight to the direction of 'Si Du Palace', throwing down a few scraps of paper along the way, and then disappeared into the night

In front of the 'Chongyang Palace', the red-topped sedan chair slowly fell, and Qinglan, who had been guarding in front of the hall, hurriedly stepped down the stone steps, lifted her skirt and lifted the sedan curtain, and after calling 'Miss', she helped Ouyang Hongyu get off the sedan chair.

Ouyang Hongyu glanced at the hall with a tired face, and then slowly got up, Qinglan Yu held Qinglan's wrist with her hand, and walked towards the hall, but when she stepped on the stone steps, she suddenly froze, and then slowly turned around, glanced at the eunuch in a brown robe, fanned her long eyelashes, and then said softly: "Hu Hai, go and go back quickly"

When Hu Hai heard this, he immediately understood the meaning, hooked his body slightly, bowed his head and said, "The slave obeys the order...", then turned around and rushed towards the outside of the 'Chongyang Palace' until it disappeared into the night

In the bedroom, Ouyang Hongyu sat in front of the desk, gently squeezing the strings with her bare hands, affectionately with a little indifference and melancholy, Qinglan stepped forward with tea, and said in a somewhat reproachful tone: "It's almost the fourth watch, Miss should go to bed and rest for a while, the body is important, let's wait for tomorrow to ask about the investigation..."

Ouyang Hongyu looked at the piano in front of her, although she was very tired, but her heart was full of thoughts, and she didn't feel sleepy, she got up and paced in front of the window, stood with her hands in her hands, and said leisurely: "Fortunately, the emperor is resting in the 'Heart Palace' today, otherwise...", Ouyang Hongyu couldn't help but close her eyes and take a deep breath.

After hearing this, Qinglan lowered her head slightly, her eyes were slightly cold, and then walked behind Ouyang Hongyu, pursed her lips and said, "Miss is afraid that the queen will be in trouble this time?" ”

Ouyang Hongyu opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes sank, and then he clenched his hands, turned around and walked to the bed, and violently held the peony carving on the edge of the bed, his pale face showed anxiety, but he no longer spoke, 'In the catastrophe', closed his eyes, his mind was in chaos, and the golden hairpin with three thousand green silks flickered in the candlelight, but it was even darker

The gongs and drums of the fourth watch day sounded softly, coming from far away from the hall, disturbing people's dreams, in the bedroom, Qingyi changed into the black night clothes, and then the moonlight, staring at the wound on her arm, for a long time, she took a deep breath, in the dark night, the cold eyes flashed clear, covered the veil, the pink lips pursed lightly, and the plain hand touched the window edge, the cold flower carving, and then closed her eyes

"Miss..."Behind him, Xiao Tong appeared in a black night suit, ripped off the veil covering him with his bare hands, and said breathlessly: "Sure enough, as Miss expected, after Miss left, she let the father-in-law named Hu Hai return to the Imperial Garden to investigate..."

Qingyi slowly opened her eyes, looked at the solemn night outside the window, rubbed the flower sculpture on the window, her eyes were cold, and then closed the window, walked to the bed, half-snuggled on the bed, and whispered: "Tomorrow... Spread the rumors of Shanggong Zhong, remember, it is best to reach the ears of Prime Minister Ouyang and his father."

Xiao Tong looked at Qingyi's expressionless face, and then nodded, but Xiu Mei tightened his eyebrows, and said in a slightly nervous voice: "Miss, this matter... If it fails, the maid is afraid that the lady and the virtuous concubine will suspect the young lady" Qingyi narrowed her eyes slightly, looking extremely tired, rubbed her forehead lightly with her bare hands, sighed lightly, pursed her lips and said: "Xiao Tong thinks that even if the emperor thinks that the queen did it, can I shake the position of the queen?" After that, a sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, "As long as Prime Minister Ouyang's power in the court does not decrease for a day, even the emperor can't do anything about it, and I, this time, I just want to use the queen's hand to get rid of Shanggong Wan'er, as for the queen... I just want the world to know that the queen has no virtuous ability and is not worthy of the world."

Xiao Tong's apricot eyes widened, and he suddenly said: "What Miss means is to collect evidence in order to abolish the queen in the future, and once the power of the Ouyang clan is reduced, it will be" Thinking of this, Xiao Tong couldn't help but be a little excited, in this way, in the hearts of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, the image of the queen will inevitably plummet, and when the Ouyang clan is ruined, the matter of the abolition will naturally come to fruition.

Qingyi smiled lightly, glanced at Xiao Tong's pure and excited face with clear and cold eyes, and then waved her tired hand, signaling her to go down to rest, while he was lying on the couch staring at the bed not far away, after Xiao Tong left the bedroom, he took the book at random, turned two pages, and closed his eyes

In the early morning, the sky is gray, the wind is raging, and the mountain rain is coming.

Rumors were rife in the harem, boiling, just because the palace maids and eunuchs who got up in the morning to clean found a few blood stains and scattered confetti in the imperial garden, and those scraps of paper were pieced together after they were actually a few pages on the "Holy Ancestor's Family Teachings", although the paper was still stained with a little blood, but the handwriting was clearly visible.

As soon as this word came out, the palace people were all panicked, just because no one knew that the importance of this "Holy Ancestor's Family Motto" to the harem concubines, for a while, everyone speculated which master was so careless, and actually lost the book that was more than the innocence, and finally, the "Ningxue Palace" actually reported that the book of Concubine De was lost.

At noon, there was a lot of noise in the 'Kunning Palace', the Queen Mother's face was extremely ugly, and Qingyi, who was sitting on the side, was even more frightened and uneasy, she held the Queen Mother's hand tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "The Queen Mother, the concubine didn't mean to lose the book, the concubine."

The Queen Mother twisted her eyebrows and patted Qingyi's hand, but her eyes stared at the queen who was standing on the top of the main hall, although she was dressed in brocade clothes and had a golden hairpin and jade pendant in her hair, she patted the table with her hand wearing a jade ring, and said angrily: "Queen, what happened last night was your order?" ”｜

The queen's body trembled slightly, a pair of beautiful eyes were about to cry, her red lips pursed lightly, and just wanted to argue, she saw Ouyang Hongyu, who was dressed in a goose yellow robe, immediately stepped forward and said nervously: "The queen mother is angry, last night's incident, it happened suddenly, the queen, as the lord of the harem, was concerned about Concubine De for a while and committed a big taboo, it is understandable, please forgive the queen mother..."

Qingyi's long eyelashes drooped lightly, and she couldn't see any emotion, but the queen mother was even more angry, she got up and looked at Ouyang Hongyu, her eyes seemed to be a little unbearable to blame, but her heart ached: "Zichen, you have always been sensible, and you have protected the queen everywhere, but when the emperor asked you to assist the queen in handling the affairs of the harem, how did you assure the emperor?" After that, the Queen Mother took two steps forward, her tone was much calmer, and said: "Zichen, how much the emperor trusts you, even the mourning family can see it clearly."

Ouyang Hongyu's figure froze, a pair of eyes gradually became foggy, she bit her lower lip, lowered her head, grabbed the silk handkerchief tightly with both hands, and then knelt in front of the queen mother, and said in a trembling voice: "It is the concubine who did not admonish the queen, please punish the queen mother, but the queen's grounding has been in trouble, if this matter is implicated again, I'm afraid", Ouyang Hongyu's voice suddenly froze, she glanced at Qingyi, who was sitting on the chair indifferently, and lowered her head and said no more. ｜|

The Queen Mother's face also softened, but her eyebrows immediately tightened, as if she was pondering, as if she was in a dilemma.

Qingyi's eyes were bright, her heart seemed to be blocked, she slowly got up, walked behind the queen mother, pursed her lips and smiled, but her eyes were full of grievances, and she said softly: "The queen mother, the concubine just wants to get the book back, and there is nothing else to think about, if the emperor knows about it, the concubine... I'm afraid the concubine will not be able to escape the blame", speaking of this, Qingyi bit her lower lip, her face was terrified, and her jade fingers tightly clasped the silk handkerchief.

As soon as these words came out, the queen and Ouyang Hongyu were both stunned, and the queen mother smiled and held Qingyi's hand, patted it twice, and said softly: "Xue'er of the mourning family is really generous and decent, but the emperor will know about this matter sooner or later, and if the time comes, if it is investigated", the queen mother's voice paused, and then looked at the queen with a worried face, and said a little stiffly: "Queen, you go to the emperor today to ask for guilt, otherwise even the mourning family will not be able to protect you"

The queen's face suddenly turned even paler, her figure shook for a moment, but fortunately, Ouyang Hongyu got up and helped her, but she still collapsed to the ground, her eyes were full of tears, and she said: "Queen Mother, concubine... The Queen Mother, the concubines can't go."

Qingyi's eyes dimmed, and then she also said: "Queen Mother, let's stop this matter, the emperor is busy with government affairs."

Ouyang Hongyu nodded immediately, and just wanted to agree, but heard the queen mother say meaningfully: "Although the emperor is not the son of the mourning family, but the emperor's temperament is the most clear", and then glanced at the queen, and said coldly: "Zichen, you help the queen to the 'imperial study'." ”

In the morning, the sky was dark, there was a burst of lightning and thunder, and in an instant, the wind rose, and the begonia petals flew everywhere, stained with dust gray, and fell into the cold rain

Qingyi was dressed in a dark long skirt, standing in front of the Chaoen Palace, her eyes staring at the gray light outside the hall, her hands were holding the silk handkerchief, the broken hair on her sideburns was fluttering, the pearl jade pendant shook gently, and the long skirt fluttered wantonly

Xiao Tong held the tea bowl in his hand, stepped forward, stopped beside Qingyi, was slightly squinted by the wind outside the hall, looked at Qingyi in a daze with some discomfort, and said: "Miss, it is windy and rainy in front of the palace, let's go into the bedroom and drink a bowl of lotus seed soup to warm up."

Qingyi's eyelashes trembled slightly, but he just waved his hand to let Xiao Tong enter the hall, but he was still standing in front of the hall looking at the depression outside the hall, slowly closed his eyes, turned around and walked to the place where the piano was set up, and his jade fingers stroked the strings lightly, plucking slightly

Xiao Tong looked at Qingyi's indifference with some distraction, and then handed the tea bowl to Dongyue, and then walked to Qingyi, and said cautiously: "Miss has been sullen since she came back from 'Kunning Palace', is it the Queen Mother's side", thinking of the Queen Mother, Xiao Tong's heart is also a little more certain, the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother's niece, how can she see death and not save her?

Qingyi's hand plucking the strings suddenly stopped, her long eyelashes trembled lightly, and then she sighed, plucked the strings again, and said in a deep voice: "What kind of person does Xiao Tong think the emperor is?" ”

I didn't want Qingyi to ask this question, Xiao Tong was stunned for a moment, and then raised his eyebrows, and finally shook his head after pondering for a long time, the emperor was thoughtful, how could she guess, don't talk about her, even the young lady who is smart and calm, I am afraid that she can't know a thing or two of the emperor's thoughts.

Thinking of this, Xiao Tong lowered his head a little unnaturally, but after a while, as if he remembered something, his eyebrows and eyes were a little excited, and said: "Miss, the slave maid has heard Sister Ruyue say, but", Xiao Tong suddenly stopped, glanced at Qingyi with his eyes, and then lowered his head again.

Qingyi's plucked the piano for a moment, and then smiled lightly: "How?" ”

Xiao Tong looked up in a daze, but saw that Qingyi's expression was as usual, as if the grief that flashed when she mentioned the emperor on weekdays was a hallucination, she pursed her lips with some difficulty, and then said word by word: "En... Sister Ruyue once mentioned that the emperor had painted a portrait of a woman in the imperial study, and the woman was eight points similar to Sister Ruyue, but there was an extra cinnabar mole between her eyebrows."

Bang –

The strings broke, and with a thud they crossed Qingyi's fingertips, stained with a trace of red marks, and fell to the side in a dejected manner, swaying gently with the wind and rain outside the hall, flashing with a dazzling silver light

"Miss..."Xiao Tong exclaimed, she opened her eyes wide in panic, looked at the blood dripping from Qingyi's fingers, quickly wrapped it in a silk handkerchief, and said with a trembling voice: "Miss, did Xiao Tong say the wrong thing again?" She is useless, she should be damned, Xiao Tong's eyes immediately rose with mist, and tears were out of control.

Qingyi looked at her wrapped fingers, Xiao Tong's crying was in her ears, her eyes were cold and she clenched her hand, the tingling pain in her fingertips made her heart sink, and then she took a deep breath and slowly let go, but her eyebrows were slightly twisted, and she said coldly: "What else?" ”

Xiao Tong's low crying voice was a little shocked, and then she wiped her face indiscriminately, but her red eyes were full of self-blame, she lowered her head and bit her lip and said: "Sister Ruyue once asked the emperor who was in the painting, but the emperor said... said that it was an old man", therefore, Ruyue was also sad, she thought that the person on the painting was her.

"The deceased?" Qingyi's eyes dimmed, turned his head to look at Xiao Tong, and asked suspiciously: "An old man who looks very much like the moon? ”

Xiao Tong nodded stunnedly, pursed his lips and said, "That's what Sister Ruyue said, but that... There is only one word 'month' on the painting, the slave maid thought, that is Sister Ruyue, the emperor is silent, he must have little feeling about love, and he likes Sister Ruyue so much, so "It should be like this, otherwise similar people, how can they have similar names?"

"But any young man, I don't know what to do" Qingyi suddenly murmured, she got up slightly, and then walked to the bedroom with some distraction, but the eyebrows were still entangled, and then suddenly stopped, turned to look at Xiao Tong, his eyes were cold, and said, "The emperor's affairs when he was a teenager, Xiao Tong has heard of it?" ”

Young? Xiao Tong's eyes widened, and then she knew what Miss meant, she shook her head, and said seriously: "When the emperor and the queen got married, the emperor was still the crown prince, and there were no partial concubines except for the queen's position, and... And I heard that the emperor is cold by nature and doesn't like eroticism..."Speaking of this, Xiao Tong's face couldn't help but be a little red, and he was frustrated for a long time before he said again: "Moreover, Sister Ruyue also said so,"

"Not a fan of erotica?" Qingyi Dao did not have the slightest wave, but he was even more puzzled, although he also knew that Yu Haoxuan rarely recruited concubines, but

Xu heard the doubts in Qing Yi's words, and Xiao Tong said bluntly: "Could it be that Miss forgot the first time she went to bed?" There were a lot of palace maids talking outside the door that day, in fact, it was because they saw the young lady's... Belch... After that day, the slave maid had heard Dongyue say that none of the other concubines who had slept had this", when it came to the concealment, Xiao Tong couldn't help but blush again.

Qingyi was stunned, her eyes were a little unnatural, but she didn't think of Xiao Tong as shy, she looked at her injured finger for a while, and suddenly remembered what happened that day under the mediation of the Queen Mother, and her heart was unspeakably tightened, that night in the cave room, he may not be willing, so... That's it...

"I'm a little tired, you can go and rest first..."Qingyi sighed again, a little unnatural, and then the sperm stepped into the bedroom and closed the door

In the bedroom, Qingyi half snuggled on the couch, held a book in his bare hands, turned two pages, and then fixed the line of handwriting in the book's "In the thirteenth year of Taizu, Qingyi Guifei Yi died and was buried in the imperial mausoleum in the eastern suburbs", and then closed the book, and closed his eyes tiredly. But in my mind, I thought of all the things that were in the 'Kunning Palace' today.

The Queen Mother's words lingered in her heart like a spell, 'Although the mourning family is not the emperor's biological mother, but the mourning family understands the emperor's temperament', although this sentence refers to it, not only does it want to be forgiving and forgiving, don't make things difficult for the queen, but also warn the queen and Ouyang Hongyu, the emperor's eyes can't tolerate sand. But more than that, she had to tell everyone present that she wanted to protect the queen.

Although Qingyi had thought that the Queen Mother would inevitably do this when she went to the 'Kunning Palace' for help, she never thought that she would tell the Empress about this matter and ask for leniency.

The queen mother's plan can be described as killing two birds with one stone, the queen personally asked the emperor for guilt, even if the emperor was angry, Ouyang Hongyu must have considered some rhetoric for the queen's actions, and then, and then give the husband and wife kindness, Ouyang court's various deeds, I am afraid that it can only be a big thing and a small thing

Qingyi put down the book in her hand on the couch, walked to the window, looked at the begonia flowers that were destroyed by the wind and rain and only left dead branches, caressed the brown branch with her bare hands, and said lightly: "The wind and rain come at night, and the flowers are full of the West Building...", Qingyi looked at the branches in his hand, a little distracted

With a squeak, the bedroom door was pushed open, and Qingyi didn't have time to come back to her senses, when she heard a low but indifferent voice: "The wind and rain come at night, the flowers are full of flowers in the West Building, and the concubine means something..."

Qingyi was stunned, and then turned to look at Yu Haoxuan, but saw that he was already soaked, a pair of golden silk dragon boots were stained with a little muddy water, very embarrassed, those cold thin lips and deep eyes like night seemed to still carry the cold air outside the hall, in the candle flame, the handsome face carved like an axe was slightly angry.

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