Huo Chen became Zhao Xiyue's personal eunuch, and he should follow him in his daily life.

Zhao Xiyue is a princess, so naturally she wants to go to the study with the princes.

That was the first time Huo Chen went to the study as an entourage.

At this time, the gentleman had not yet come, and there was some commotion in the house.

Zhao Xiyue spread out the book, looked down absentmindedly, endured it, but still couldn't hold back. She tentatively turned her head sideways, and it happened that Huo Chen looked up at this time, her eyes were facing each other, Huo Chen's dark eyes glanced at him quietly, and lowered her eyelashes.

"Are you hungry?" Zhao Xiyue blinked, took out a small bag of pastries from her bag and handed it to Huo Chen, which she specially brought to Huo Chen in the morning.

"The minions don't dare. Huo Chen's tone was indifferent, and he replied with a straight look.

Zhao Xiyue looked at Huo Chen hanging his head, he was really thin, and his heart hurt as if he was pinching.

How much this child has suffered.

"Here you go, I don't like to eat anyway. Zhao Xiyue stuffed the pastry into Huo Chen's hand, turned her head and sat back.

Huo Chen didn't say anything and put the pastry aside.

Mr. came soon, this gentleman is new, Zhao Xiyue was sick a few days ago, naturally I haven't seen this old gentleman, but looking at his appearance, it seems to be very strict.

"Please bring out yesterday's homework. ”

Zhao Xiyue picked up the roll paper on the table and was suddenly stunned. When did all these things she wrote yesterday get ink on them?

The gentleman had already come over by this time.

He had a cold face and looked at Zhao Xiyue with an unkind expression, "Your Highness can't even save your own homework?"

Zhao Xiyue choked.

"Reach out. ”

Mr. said this with a cold face, of course, not to Zhao Xiyue, but to Huo Chen on the side. If the princess makes a mistake, she will naturally be punished by the eunuch on the side.

Seeing that Mr. raised the ring ruler high and was about to fall, Zhao Xiyue couldn't stop it, almost subconsciously, and reached over to block Huo Chen's hand.

"Smack. ”

Zhao Xiyue almost thought for a moment that her hand was going to be broken.

She grew up in fine clothes and food, she was very squeamish, her palms were white and tender, and she suddenly dropped a ring ruler, which was swollen almost instantly.

There was a red mark on the palm of his hand, and the edges were faintly purple, Zhao Xiyue's face was pale, and cold sweat flowed down his cheeks.

The gentleman hit the wrong person, and he was a little uneasy. glared at Huo Chen on the side, turned around and left.

Zhao Xiyue's hand hurt so much that she couldn't even put it together, and was about to withdraw her hand, but her wrist was grabbed violently.

It's Huo Chen.

He pursed his lips, his dark eyes looked at Zhao Xiyue quietly, and there seemed to be some countless emotions churning in his eyes.

The wrist was held by his hand, and Zhao Xiyue only felt like it was being burned and hot.

The gentleman on the stage had already begun to speak, Zhao Xiyue lowered her eyes, broke free from Huo Chen, and took her hand back.

A heart beats violently in the chest.

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Zhao Xiyue's biological mother died early, and she was the most unfavored in the palace, not to mention, there was also a Zhao Xining who murdered her everywhere.

Zhao Xining was raised under the queen's knees, maybe because she was of the same age, she looked at Zhao Xiyue everywhere unpleasantly, and always thought of ways to harm Zhao Xiyue. The queen has a gap with Zhao Xiyue's biological mother, so naturally she can't get used to Zhao Xiyue.

In the past two days, for some reason, the queen was sick, and Zhao Xiyue went to serve the sick.

Zhao Xiyue stayed up there for a few days, standing from day to night, and when she returned to the house, her legs were stiff and she couldn't move.

The maidservant Aya was distressed, knelt on the edge of the couch and gently pinched Zhao Xiyue's calf, "The queen is used to being a slut, and when Her Royal Highness goes down, she just delivers medicine, and she refuses to relax for a day." If it weren't for Lord Huo not being in the palace for the past two days, they wouldn't have dared to do this. ”

"I looked at it coldly, the queen was afraid that she was really sick this time. Zhao Xiyue was kneaded for a while, and she was a little relieved, and her sleepiness gradually hit, and she was lazy even with her voice. "Didn't you get sick two days ago?

Aya nodded, and said with some hesitation, "Princess, the slave maid feels that the treasure orange in our house doesn't seem to be quite right. ”

"What's wrong?" Zhao Xiyue's heart jumped, and she suddenly came to her senses.

"The slave maid was sick for the first two days, and she has been making the princess's bed. This morning, the slave and maid couldn't find the silk handkerchief at the bedside. I went to ask her, but when I went to her room, I happened to see her holding a gold chun. As soon as she saw the slave and maid, she hurriedly put it away. But the slave still saw it really, and the voice was crisp, and it must be pure gold. It stands to reason that she is a second-class maid......"

"It stands to reason that she is a second-class maid, where does she get the spare money to buy these things. She is the person in my room, I have never rewarded her, that is what others have given!" Zhao Xiyue took the words, with a little coldness in her eyes.

"You immediately check the inner room, and don't let go of a corner!"

Looking at the back of Aya leading the order out, Zhao Xiyue felt a chill in her heart. She should have known that the queen would not be sick for no reason. It turned out that she was waiting for her here.

After a while, Aya came in with a tray. On the top is a puppet made of white cloth, pierced with needles, and tied with a strip of cloth, with the eight characters of birth written on it.

Aya's hands were trembling, and she asked tremblingly, "Princess, whose birth date is this?"

Zhao Xiyue's face was a little ugly. She looked down at the strip of cloth, and the notes were familiar, and they looked exactly like hers. After a while, she suddenly sneered, "This must be the queen's." ”

She thought about it, directly reached out and ripped off the strip of cloth, and told Aya to bring her a new one.

"Princess, won't we burn this and it will be over?" Aya asked hesitantly.

"Burn this today, Ming'er may have a lot of tricks waiting for me. Zhao Xiyue said lightly, "You can just take it." ”

When Aya brought the strip of cloth, Zhao Xiyue was dizzy and wrote her own birthday on it. It's not just his own, but also the queen's with it.

After she finished writing, she handed the puppet to Aya and whispered, "You quietly bury this in the garden of the courtyard, so that others will not see it." ”

The queen's illness can be regarded as menacing, and it has been half a month since she counted it with her fingers. Zhao Xiyue went to serve the sick on weekdays, and she waited carefully.

Today, the doctor prescribed a new medicine, Zhao Xiyue served the queen and just used it, the queen covered her mouth and turned pale, and the maid on the side saw that she hurriedly took the copper basin and connected it. The queen's fingertips turned white, and she spit out all the medicine.

"Niangniang can't even use medicine now, how can this be good. Zhao Xining cried.

Zhao Xiyue wiped the queen's mouth with a handkerchief, and her eyes darkened when she heard Zhao Xining's words on the side, but she didn't say anything.

The queen seemed to have just breathed a sigh of relief, she had really tossed a lot in the past two days, and everyone had lost a lot of weight, and her face was a little pale. She glanced at Zhao Xiyue and paused, "Since the doctor can't see it well, I have to use other methods." ”

Zhao Xiyue's heart was shocked when she heard this, and she subconsciously looked up at the queen, and it happened that the queen was also looking at her, looking at each other, and the emotions of unknown meaning were flowing.

Zhao Xiyue raised her hand to tuck the quilt for the queen, with a quiet and well-behaved face, "Everything is important to the mother." ”

But the next day, the queen arranged for a wizard to practice in the garden of the antechamber.

The princess was almost all here, and even His Majesty stood in front of the court with the queen in his arms. Zhao Xiyue stood in the crowd and watched coldly as the wizard chanted aloud with a black flag sail.

It's past the height of summer, and the weather is a little cool. The wind blew through, rolled up the remnants of the flowers, and swirled and fell. At this moment, the night was a little deep, and only two or three stars were still hanging low, but they were still dim. Occasionally, the wind blows, and the candles in the lanterns hanging under the eaves are flickering, which is quite a bit of an eerie atmosphere.

The wizard didn't know what he was reciting, and suddenly pointed at Zhao Xiyue with the black flag. The crowd all got out of the way, and the people in the courtyard all looked sideways at Zhao Xiyue with different expressions.

Zhao Xiyue was the only one, not panicked, not angry, just looked at the wizard lightly, and even bent the corners of her mouth. Her voice was soft, as if it would be blown away by the wind in an instant, "What does the wizard think?"

The wizard's eyes flashed with surprise as he looked at Zhao Xiyue, but it quickly disappeared. She lowered her head and muttered two more words, then shook her head, "Niangniang's illness has nothing to do with this princess. ”

The courtyard was very quiet for a while, the queen looked back at Zhao Xiyue, her eyes were shining, she whispered a word of Buddha, and went over to take Zhao Xiyue's hand, "Fortunately, it's not you, otherwise my conscience will be uneasy." ”

Zhao Xiyue lowered her eyes and looked at the queen's hand, which was painted with dark red flower juice, and the color was full, as if it had just been painted. She smiled suddenly, "In this way, my daughter is also relieved." ”

"Does the wizard know what is the cause of the queen's illness?" Zhao Xiyue turned to the wizard and asked.

The wizard furrowed his brows and hesitated to speak, "It seems that there are people in the palace who practice the art of disgust and victory. ”

The sound of gasps echoed in the courtyard. The art of witchcraft, whether it is the court or the house, is a vicious and strictly forbidden thing. Once it is found out, it will never be good.

"Ah Si, take a few people and search room by room. The emperor closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, there was a bit of coldness in his eyes. "I want to see who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and did such a selfish thing. ”

For a while, everyone's minds were secretly moving, but no one dared to say a word. Zhao Xiyue lowered her head and stroked the dark pattern on her cuffs, as if she was thinking about something, and she seemed to be just in a daze.

After a while, Ah Si came back empty-handed, he shook his head, "Your Majesty, nothing was found." ”

The queen was stunned for a moment, raised her eyes and quickly glanced at Zhao Xiyue, her face was a little ugly. She held the servant girl beside her, and her fingers dug into the flesh of her wrist, and the servant girl was in pain, but she did not dare to say a word.

"Have you searched carefully?"

Ah Si is the person next to His Majesty, and he has always acted closely, but he is not a little afraid of the queen. He arched his hand and said lightly, "Don't worry, Niangniang, everything has been searched." ”

The queen was a little embarrassed, she glanced at Her Majesty, "The concubine is also afraid that there will be something that will not be investigated, after all, wizards will not speak in vain." ”

Zhao Xiyue suddenly stepped forward at this time, raised her eyebrows, and asked, "Dare to ask the wizard, is this witchcraft going to be hidden in the house?"

The wizard was stunned for a moment, "This... Not necessarily. ”

Zhao Xiyue nodded, "Thank you." ”

The emperor turned his head sideways, glanced at Zhao Xiyue deeply, and after a while, pointed to the garden not far away, and said concisely.

"Search!"

The heads in the garden were pouted one by one, and soon, Ah Si came over with a white puppet.

"My lord, I found it. ”

His Majesty's face was a little ugly, he picked up the puppet, took a careful look at the birthday eight characters on it, the bottom of his eyes was cold and about to freeze, he raised his hand violently and knocked the puppet to the ground.

"Ah Si, check it for me!"

"Yes, sir. Ah Si said respectfully.

After Shen Liu said that, he threw up his sleeves and left. Ah Si walked over and picked up the puppet and followed.

The wizard opened his mouth, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to her, he carefully raised his eyes and glanced at the queen, but she saw that the queen's face was extremely ugly. She was startled and hurriedly packed up her things and slipped away.

When the people in the courtyard saw this, they were all scattered. In the end, only Zhao Xiyue and the iron-faced queen remained.

"The mother's face is a little bad. Zhao Xiyue stepped forward and said softly, "More deeply, please take care of yourself." ”

The queen stared at her for a long time, and suddenly sneered, "I underestimated you." ”

Zhao Xiyue raised her hand and touched the hairpin between her sideburns, the sleeves slipped off, revealing the Jin Chu'er between her wrists, she smiled lowly, "Mother is serious." ”

The queen's eyes were glued to the Jin Chu'er, her face turned pale, and she was in a panic when she breathed a breath in her heart. At this moment, it is indeed a little uncomfortable. She gasped heavily, "What a Ninth Princess!"

Ah Si tossed and turned in the front yard and backyard to check a lot, which really made the queen a little afraid.

A few days later, a maid who was helping in the kitchen came out to confess. only said that she was punished by the person in charge before, and she was resentful, so she did such a thing. As soon as the front foot confessed his guilt, one of them did not pay attention, and the person fell to death on the pillar in front of the court.

When she was dragged away, Zhao Xiyue happened to pass by, and the dark red blood stains wandered all the way. She just looked at it, her eyes dark, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Princess. Aya on the side couldn't help but speak, "Obviously she didn't do it......"

She is willing to admit it, and naturally she has gained great benefits. Zhao Xiyue said lightly, her expression was indifferent, without a trace of sympathy.

Aya opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something. But looking at Zhao Xiyue's face, she finally shut up obediently.

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Shen Chuchu didn't go down the mountain with Fu Heng. It's okay, she plans to stay in the temple for two more days.

There is a low wall at the back of the temple, and there are murals on it, and it is estimated that few people have come in the past, and those crazy weeds are almost higher than the low wall. Shen Chuchu leaned over, pulling the weeds, and was carefully looking at the murals on the low wall, when he suddenly heard a muffled snort on the other side.

Shen Chuchu was shocked, she squatted down, thought about it, and pushed the loose bricks of the low wall, two bricks fell, and she was looking down through the gap.

After only a slight glance, she turned pale suddenly. A man was strangling a woman with a string, and the woman was looking at her, her eyes bulging, her hands and feet clutching, and her throat making a smack.

Shen Chuchu's heart was beating violently in her chest, her fingertips trembled a little, and she regretted it in her heart. I knew that I wouldn't have messed around, but I bumped into such a thing.

She was bending down to leave when she saw a cold sword lying across her neck, and a slightly cold voice sounded.

"I want to leave when I see it, it's not good. ”

Shen Chuchu was startled, and took two steps back before daring to raise his eyes slightly. Seeing the person on the other side clearly, he was slightly stunned, His Royal Highness King Jing, why is he here?

King Jing couldn't help frowning when he saw that girl was stunned, "Which girl are you?"

Shen Chuchu came back to her senses, her face was a little ugly, and it took a long time to barely pull out a smile, "His Royal Highness King Jing, what a coincidence." ”

King Jing raised his eyebrows, "You know me?"

"I met once at a banquet not long ago. Shen Chuchu also regained her composure at this moment, she didn't look like King Jing was like this, she didn't seem to really want to kill her, she calmed down slightly, and her face returned to indifference.

After she said this, King Jing remembered in a trance.

"It's the county lord of Rongyu. ”

Shen Chuchu lowered his head embarrassedly and rubbed his toes, "I went to the wrong place today, Your Highness forgive me." ”

King Jing licked the corners of his mouth, "Tell me, what about today's affairs?"

Shen Chuchu's face had long since lost her fear, and she smiled slightly, "If I say it, naturally I will be released." ”

King Jing sneered, "Let you go, why should you denounce His Highness?"

Shen Chuchu spread his hands, "Your Highness said with a smile, I am a deep boudoir woman, and I don't even know where the door of the yamen will open, how can I denounce you? Besides, I am better to have more than one thing, so why bother to go against you? That is, I denounced it, and with your identity, I am afraid that no adult will dare to judge you." ”

"What a deft mouth. King Jing sneered, brought his sword a little closer, lowered his voice, and his eyes suddenly became fierce, "But if I kill you here, I'm afraid it will save a lot of trouble." ”

Shen Chuchu looked down at the sword that was close to Chi Qi, his face was still indifferent, "How can I say it, I am also the county lord of His Majesty's own title, do you really dare to kill me?"

King Jing's dark eyes stared at her for a long time, and Shen Chuchu was not afraid, and looked straight back. The two were silent for a while, and King Jing suddenly withdrew his sword, turned his head and walked away.

"Remember your words, if you can't control your mouth that day, Your Highness won't be able to control the sword in your hand. ”

"His Royal Highness King Jing can rest assured. ”