Then, her eyes narrowed, and she said coldly: "But for the sake of Gonggong Li's old feelings" Xiao Tong suddenly waved the branch in his hand towards Zhao Chuan, and in an instant, only a few muffled snorts were heard, and the meridians of Zhao Gonggong's hands and feet had been broken, and the whole person was paralyzed on the ground.

"Aunt Xiao Tong" Li Rong turned pale with fright, but Xiao Tong threw down the branch and said: "I will spare him a life, you will transport him out of the palace, so that he can live like this for the rest of his life", and then walked quickly to the depths of the garden and disappeared into the darkness

Washed by a drizzle overnight, in the early morning, the red sun is rising, the flowers are vibrant, and the palace is full of fragrance

When Qingyi woke up, his side was already empty, and his hands touched the soft silk, but he didn't leave the slightest temperature, only smelling the faint fragrance of ambergris on the pillow.

My heart was a little empty, I supported the bed with my bare hands, I struggled to get up, I suddenly felt pantothenic acid all over my body, the quilt slipped off my chest, and my fair skin was bruised, although it was not as terrifying as it used to be, but when Qingyi saw it, her heart still jumped, and she groped for the messy robe on the bed a little unnaturally

Xiao Tong entered the hall with hot water, his low face was a little pale, and when he saw that Qingyi had woken up, he smiled reluctantly and said softly: "Miss?" The emperor specially ordered the maid in the early court, saying that the mother would be late today."

The plain hand that was tidying up the clothes stiffened, Qingyi pursed her lips and said nothing, but when she looked up at Xiao Tong's slightly swollen long sleeves, her eyes were cold, and she said, "Are you injured?" ”

Xiao Tong's hand twisting the towel shook, and he twisted his eyebrows in some pain, then smiled, handed the towel to Qingyi, and said casually: "It's not a big injury, it's just that I was a little negligent in the plum blossom forest last night, and I actually let Zhao Chuan, who came out of nowhere, cut it."

"Zhao Chuan?" Qingyi was a little surprised, stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Tong's injured arm, and planned to check the wound, but Xiao Tong smiled: "It's really okay, besides, the slave maid also broke all the meridians of his hands and feet, making him a waste."

Qingyi lifted Xiao Tong's long sleeves, looked at the very clumsy gauze, sighed lightly, and said lightly: "It must be Li Rongqiu's love." ”

Xiao Tong nodded, but said with an indifferent smile: "If Li Rong is not happy, it is very likely that the two will gradually become irreversible, and if I don't treat Zhao Chuan like this, he will die at the hands of Shangguan Wan'er sooner or later, leaving a favor to Li Rong and saving Zhao Chuan's life, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" As he spoke, he took out a book from his arms with some difficulty and said, "Miss, the slave has got what you want."

A gust of night rain, a little fragrant breath, the willow trees in the royal garden hang down, a hundred flowers are delicate, the sun penetrates the leaves, sprinkled a few dots on the damp ground, early summer has arrived

Xiao Tong wore a turquoise long skirt, slightly powdered with grease, and her hair was combed in a particularly chic bun, which made her look a lot more energetic, and also covered up the paleness and fatigue of last night's sleeplessness. She helped Qingyi to take a walk in the back garden of the 'Heart Palace', talking and laughing all the way until she came to the vicinity of the unmanned 'Moon Viewing Platform'

Xiao Tong looked at the buildings around him, his eyes stayed on him separated from him by only a small road in the back garden, and then whispered in Qingyi's ear, "Miss, this road is connected to the harem, directly connected to the emperor's 'imperial study', yesterday at dusk, the slave maid followed Sister Ruyue all the way here, and then saw her looking around, hurriedly entered the 'imperial study'" "

Qingyi was stunned for a moment, then twisted her eyebrows and looked at the cobblestone-paved path, lowered her long eyelashes, pursed her lips and said: "She is not afraid of alarming the Imperial Forest Army and other concubines, if a noble concubine who has been beaten into the cold palace suddenly appears in the emperor's 'imperial study'... I don't know what Ouyang Hongyu and Shangguan Wan'er will do when they find out!"

Xiao Tong chuckled, but he still couldn't hide his weakness in his expression, and said softly: "The emperor has been busy dealing with the things that happened in the harem and hundreds of officials in the past few days, and now the righteous wedding is imminent, Ziyu Kingdom came to congratulate, several things came together, the emperor couldn't pull away at all, it was better for the slave to help the young lady to go to the 'imperial study' to have a look, even if the emperor suddenly arrived, he couldn't blame the young lady for anything." ”

Qingyi nodded, but held Xiao Tong's hand, turned his head to look at her tired look, and chuckled: "I'll go by myself, you go and rest first", Xiao Tong's eyes widened, then he shook his head and opened his mouth

I wanted to say something, but I was interrupted by Qingyi: "Zhao Chuan suddenly disappeared, the Queen Mother and Concubine Xian must be alert, I'm afraid that there will be some trouble today, and when the time comes, I still need you to teach Hua Meiren to do sand things."

Xiao Tong lowered his eyelids, and after thinking for a while, he nodded reluctantly, but he still said uneasily: "Miss, you are pregnant, if you meet a few unreasonable concubines, the slave is afraid."

, and then thought about it, but he was silent again, glanced at Qingyi's indifferent look, and could only bow his head and say: "The slave and maid have gone back to rest, and the young lady can tell the maid to inform the slave when she has something." ”

Qingyi nodded her head, but didn't say much, raised her head slightly and glanced at the deep path ahead, stroked her lower abdomen with her bare hands, and then stepped forward, without hesitation walked in the direction leading to the 'Imperial Study'.

Zhao Chuan disappeared, 'Kunning Palace' and 'Sidui Palace' both set off a lot of waves, the Queen Mother was anxious and sent people around to look for it, but the entire palace was turned over and invited, but still no trace of Zhao Gonggong could be found. ｜

Although Zhao Chuan is just a eunuch, he has followed the Queen Mother for more than three years, and he has always been silent and loyal, and he is even more obedient to the instructions of the Queen Mother.

The queen mother dispatched all the royal forest troops in the harem, the so-called life to see people and death to see corpses, so she ordered, except for the 'Fengqi Palace' that is still in the grounded period of the queen and the 'Kunning Palace' that has already been searched, all other palaces must be searched, especially in the wells that drowned those reckless men in the first few days, for a while, people inside and outside the harem were panicked, but after being busy for a long time, they still failed to find any clues. On the contrary, it was a serious illness of the flower beauty, and she asked to see the queen mother crying and complaining that she was beaten and threatened by the virtuous concubine, and for a while, it made the almost stormy harem stained with a layer of haze, and made the queen mother angry in the 'Kunning Palace'

In the 'Kunning Palace', Concubine Shu and Zhaoyi have all been seated, but Concubine Xian has not yet arrived, and, together with the flower beauty who is like suing the emperor, she was also given by the Queen Mother to sit next to Zhaoyi, a little, only to see the maid Qingrong of the 'Si Twilight Palace' hurriedly running over, kneeling on the top of the main hall, although her face was calm, but she still bowed with a little trepidation: "The slave maid see the Queen Mother Niang Chitose, the Lady Concubine Niangniang, Zhaoyi Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an"|*South

The queen was pale, and her hand with gold armor slapped on the imperial case, and the big jade gem on her middle finger flashed brightly, but it was even more gloomy, and she said angrily: "Why hasn't Concubine Xian come now?" Then he squinted his phoenix eyes slightly, and without waiting for Qingrong to explain, he said: "Since Concubine Xian does not want to come to see the mourning family, then the mourning family will let Concubine Xian be punished by the law of the harem."

Qingrong was startled, raised his eyes and glanced at the flower beauty sitting next to Ouyang Hongyu, her eyes were fierce, but she begged the queen mother for mercy pitifully, and said: "The queen mother spares her life, the virtuous concubine is not in good health, and she smells the flower beauty falsely."

trapped, so he couldn't afford to be sick, so he couldn't come to see the driver, and asked the queen mother for forgiveness

Hua Meiren's face turned pale suddenly, and when she saw Qingrong's gloomy eyes, her legs were weak with fright, and she suddenly remembered the cruel words sent by Shangguan Wan'er that day, and cried: "Queen Mother, the concubine did not frame Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian scraped the concubine yesterday, and wanted to transfer the concubine's sister out of the 'Heart Palace', drive her out of the palace, force her to marry a woman named Hanako, and also said that the two sisters will not die well"|

Qingrong gasped, but said calmly: "Is there any evidence for Hua Meiren to say this?" As a harem concubine, it can be known that framing the concubine is a cane punishment, but you have to be dragged to the 'cane punishment bureau' to beat the board"

"Shut up..."Concubine Shu, who had been silent, suddenly shouted, and then wrinkled her eyebrows and said: "You are just a little girl who married into the palace with Concubine Xian, and now you dare to threaten the emperor's four-grade beauty in front of the Queen Mother, not to mention that this beauty is hand-picked by the Queen Mother, and there is still a master and slave in your eyes?" Come on, pull this girl down and punish a hundred boards with a rod to show me the law of the harem."

As soon as Concubine Shu's voice fell, the two guards guarding in front of the 'Kunning Palace' hall walked into the main hall, grabbed the terrified Qingrong, and just wanted to drag it out, but heard Ouyang Hongyu whisper: "Slow",|*

Then he turned his head to look at the Queen Mother, bowed his head and said: "Queen Mother, the concubine found some evidence about the dead bodies outside the palace a few days ago, and it happens to be related to the virtuous concubine Niangniang, it is better to detain this slave first, and wait for the matter in the hands of the concubine to fall together."

The Queen Mother's eyebrows moved, and the golden hairpin and jade pendant on her hair made a loud noise, and she said suspiciously: "Zichen is saying that Concubine Xian is also related to the 'well corpse case' some time ago?" ”

Ouyang Hongyu pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "Exactly, so the concubine implores the queen mother not to startle the snake, if it is just to beat this slave and maid, put it back in the 'Twilight Palace', I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy", and then turned his head to look at Qinglan on the side, and said coldly:

"Qinglan, go and get the brocade box of the main palace"

Qinglan Fu said: "The slave and maid obey the order...", and then hurriedly ran to the outside of the hall with broken steps, running in the direction of 'Chongyang Palace'

In the palace, Concubine Shu glanced at Ouyang Hongyu a few times with some hidden anger, she never thought that Ouyang Hongyu had already found the evidence, but she had never been in front of her, and now the evidence was taken out only after that, so she said with a slightly pale face: "Sister Zhaoyi is not a figure on the top of the emperor's heart, I didn't expect to find the evidence so quickly, and she can hide it for so many days, if it weren't for today's flower beauty to come to shout injustice, I don't know how many days my sister will hide it?" As he spoke, he twisted his head to the side and gritted his teeth with some jealousy.

Ouyang Hongyu raised her eyebrows and smiled, but said gently: "Where did Sister Shufei say, the reason why the concubine has been holding back and not saying it, but she has not found any definite evidence, if you take the liberty to tell the mother, I am afraid that this matter has already made a fuss."

"You" Concubine Shu stood up violently, her chest rose and fell, and she just wanted to say something, but she heard the Queen Mother scolding angrily: "Okay, what are you talking about, now the harem is chaotic enough, what are you still fighting for?"

Concubine Shu immediately stopped speaking, and Ouyang Hongyu's face was also a little red, and just when the atmosphere was stiff and embarrassed, she suddenly heard a sharp singing voice outside the hall: "The emperor has arrived——"

Everyone was shocked, Concubine Shu, Ouyang Zhaoyi and Hua Meiren hurriedly stood up, hurriedly walked down the stone steps, knelt on the ground, and when they stepped into the hall in the bright yellow, they bowed their heads and said: "Concubines, concubines, see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live."

Yu Haoxuan stood in the center of the main hall, glanced at the three women kneeling on the ground, walked towards Ouyang Hongyu and helped her up, and said in a low voice: "I heard that Zichen has found the clue of the 'well corpse case', but is there such a thing?" ”

Ouyang Hongyu got up, but her heart was cold, she looked down at the emperor's dragon boots, and then pursed her lips and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the concubine did find some clues, but it is about the virtuous concubine, so... I will ask the emperor to take a look."

Yu Haoxuan nodded, and then said flat, then walked to the queen mother, bowed his head and said: "The son of the queen mother to say goodbye"

The Queen Mother's eyes eased, she got up and walked to the stone steps, held the emperor's hand, and said happily: "The emperor is polite, in recent days, Xue'er's body is okay?" The emperor should pay more attention to Xue'er's diet, the mourning family listened to the maid say that Xue'er didn't eat much, and Xiao Tong's tonic had to be forced by Xiao Tong's girl to drink it, you look at this temper, it's like a child", said, the queen mother's face showed a look of pampering.

Yu Haoxuan smiled in a low voice, and comforted the Queen Mother: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, although Concubine De is sometimes naughty, she is also very well-behaved, and the imperial doctor prescribes those medicines that are extremely bitter, and it is natural for her to resist, but for the sake of the emperor, she also drank it."

When the Queen Mother heard the emperor's words, her heart was even more pleased, and her loving face was revealed, and she said, "Very good... Very good"

The contrasting emotions of the Queen Mother and the emperor's doting words made several women standing in the center of the hall feel sour, all bowed their heads, and their hands were tightened, and their delicate faces were discolored, especially Ouyang Hongyu, she listened to the dialogue between the emperor and the queen mother, only to feel a pang of bitterness in her stomach, but she could only swallow it casually, thinking about the emperor's arrival in the 'Chongyang Palace' that day, and her heart was even more entangled.

On that day, the emperor hurriedly arrived, and she happily greeted him in front of the palace, but she didn't want the emperor to be absent-minded, her sword eyebrows were tightened, and she played three games of chess, losing all the games, and then said that she had rested earlier and hurried away, without even a word of comfort

The heart was even more bitter, Ouyang Hongyu bit her lower lip lightly, but when she heard that the Queen Mother had recovered her previous seriousness, she said: Your Majesty, this virtuous concubine is becoming more and more unruly, yesterday she actually palmed the flower beauty in the 'Qiongxiang Palace', and threatened the flower beauty to blast her sister out of the palace and marry the beggar in the market.

Yu Haoxuan helped the Queen Mother to sit in the concubine chair, his sword eyebrows moved, and he seemed to be a little incredulous: "Is what the Queen Mother said true?" As he spoke, his cold and deep eyes glanced at the face of the flower beauty looking down at the ground, and half-leaned on the chair, looking a little lazy. ｜|

Hua Meiren's head was lowered, and she didn't even dare to move, and Ouyang Hongyu and Duci didn't intend to speak for her, and the atmosphere in the hall was a little depressing, until Qinglan panted and ran in from outside the hall.

Qinglan held the brocade box in her hand, walked into the hall with her skirt in her hand, and was stunned when she saw the bright yellow on the steps, and then hurriedly knelt down, her heart was agitated, and her voice trembled: "The slave and maid see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live, long live", and then raised his head and glanced at Zhaoyi standing beside him in a little panic, handed over the brocade box, and said in a low voice: "What the mother wanted, the slave and maid brought it"

Ouyang Hongyu stretched out his hand to take it, and the jade hand opened the copper lock on the box, opened it a little unnaturally, and then stepped forward, handed it to the emperor and the queen mother, pursed her lips, and said lightly: "The queen mother, the emperor, this is the concubine found something near the 'Sidui Palace', according to the concubine's patchwork, this is the broken confetti in the 'Holy Ancestor's Family Motto' held by the concubine."

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