Feng Qiao walked for a long time, but she didn't see half of the servants waiting, and even the patrolling guards were nowhere to be seen, and she felt even more strange in her heart.

Even if Xiao Yuanzhu is not here in this palace now, it is impossible that there is not even a subordinate guard, right?

Before, it was the palace maid beside Concubine Yun who came to open the door, but now it was Concubine Yun who personally welcomed them in.

Feng Qiao suppressed the doubts in her heart, and followed Concubine Yun all the way into the inner hall, Concubine Yun asked her to go to check on the situation of the Nine Emperor Princes later, and Feng Qiao glanced at Lingyue, and Lingyue turned around and went out to find the maid named Juan'er before.

After waiting for a while, Concubine Yun hadn't come back yet, but Lingyue came back first with a complicated expression.

"What's going on?"

Feng Qiao lowered his voice and said, "Why don't you even have a subordinate in this palace?"

Lingyue lowered her head slightly and whispered, "It's not that there isn't, but they all hid out." The slave maid heard that Juan Er said that the original subordinates of this palace were all serving the Eighth Emperor, and later the Nine Emperors were sent over because of smallpox, and they were afraid that the illness of the Nine Emperors would infect them, so they all hid in the west courtyard, and now there are only a few palace people left here who Concubine Yun brought from the palace, and there is no one who even serves food on weekdays. ”

Feng Qiao looked up in shock: "How can this be?"

Even if Concubine Yun is no longer favored, she is also the emperor's concubine, the biological mother of the prince, the people in this palace have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, even if they are superior to others through Xiao Yuanzhu's reasons, they will definitely not be able to surpass the imperial concubine.

These people treat the Nine Emperor Princes and Concubine Yun like this, aren't they afraid of losing their heads?

Lingyue shook her head and was about to continue talking, but the curtain over there was lifted, and she quickly shut up and stood up.

Concubine Yun looked a little tired, and said to Feng Qiao: "Xiao Jiu still has a high fever, Miss Feng should go and see him." ”

Feng Qiao nodded, letting Lingyue stay outside, and he followed Concubine Yun towards the back, as soon as he entered the inside, a strong smell of wormwood poured into his nose, Feng Qiao looked at the pile of ashes left behind after burning by the door, and raised his feet into the inner hall.

Inside, a white gauze hung in front of the bed, and at this moment the curtain was lifted, revealing the person lying on the bed.

Feng Qiao stepped forward to look at Xiao Jinyu, and saw that the young man who used to be lively was now lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his originally fair skin was abnormally red because of fever, and his face and neck were full of herpes and red spots.

"The Nine Emperor Princes..."

Feng Qiao pursed his lips, stepped forward to look at Xiao Jinyu's frowning brows, reached out and probed his forehead and whispered, "How can the situation be so serious, hasn't the imperial doctor come to see it?"

Concubine Yun said in a low voice: "The imperial doctor has come, and he only said that he can't do anything, saying that Xiao Jiu's current situation can only be left to fate..."

Feng Qiao frowned when she heard Concubine Yun's words, and she looked up at Concubine Yun and said in a deep voice: "So Niang Niang really let the Nine Emperor Princes resign themselves to fate like this?"

Concubine Yun looked at Feng Qiao with a pale face.

Feng Qiao frowned when he saw her appearance and said, "Concubine Yun, can the courtiers ask you, where have all the people in this palace gone?"

"In the west courtyard..."

"Why? You and the Nine Emperor Princes are here, why would they go to the West Courtyard instead of staying here to serve you, aren't they afraid of your guilt?"

Concubine Yun listened to Feng Qiao's question and whispered: "They are all afraid of being infected by Xiao Jiu, so they all hid in the west side courtyard, Your Majesty doesn't value me and Xiao Jiu, these people used to be people who served the Eighth Prince, how can I condemn them..."

Feng Qiao listened to Concubine Yun's words, and looked at her again without words.

Since she came in before, she has always felt that something is wrong, but now she listens to Concubine Yun talk about the matter of the imperial doctor, and then remembers that when she was outside the door before, Concubine Yun heard that she came to visit the Nine Emperor Princes, and the first thing she did was to open her mouth to refuse, and she really didn't know what to say for a while.

In the past, when Feng Qiao and Xiao Jinyu met, Xiao Jinyu would often mention his mother, he said that Concubine Yun was very kind, and said that Concubine Yun did not allow him to associate with the heirs of the important ministers of the court, and he was not allowed to show his edge in the palace.

At that time, she only thought that Concubine Yun was a person who didn't like to fight, and just wanted her children to be thoughtful, so she didn't want Xiao Jinyu to get involved in those things, but now that she saw Concubine Yun herself, she knew that Concubine Yun was indeed indisputable, but it was not because she was indifferent to fame and fortune, but because she was too timid, and even too kind.

How did a person like her survive in the harem of deceit all these years?

Feng Qiao looked at Xiao Jinyu, who was uncomfortable on the bed, and couldn't help but speak: "Why would Niang Niang say that, even if those people have served the Eighth Prince, but so what, even if they are the personal people of the Eighth Prince, when they see you and the Ninth Prince, they have to kowtow to Niang Niang and His Royal Highness, not to mention these subordinates who are not even palace people at all?"

"You are the master, they are the slaves, they serve you and the Nine Emperor Princes is their duty, but now you are so tired that you take care of the Nine Emperor Princes personally, and those people are hiding in the west courtyard to idle, even if you condemn them and ask for their heads, they have no words to argue!"

"And the imperial doctor's side, the courtiers said a word of passing, although this smallpox is serious, but it is not without the possibility of healing, the courtiers were able to survive back then, why can't the Nine Emperors, but the courtiers listened to Niangniang's meaning, the imperial doctor said that there was nothing they could do, Niangniang really let them go, and threw the Nine Emperors here to fend for themselves?"

"Now that the Nine Emperor Princes don't even have a doctor by their side, does Niang Niang really plan to leave the Nine Emperors' lives to God to decide?!"

Concubine Yun was blocked by Feng Qiao's throat, and she couldn't say anything when she opened her mouth several times to speak, and only muttered after a while: "But Your Majesty, he doesn't value me and Xiao Jiu......"

"What if you don't value it, you are his concubine, and the Nine Emperors are his sons, this is an immutable fact, as the prince and grandson, the concubine in the palace, but he is so despised outside, Niangniang thinks that these people are beating whose face, and whose majesty are they hurting?"

"Even if His Majesty doesn't value you anymore, he will never let these people insult the royal family like this. ”

Feng Qiao stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Jinyu's frowning brows, and when he saw his uncomfortable whisper, he couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "The courtier knows that Niangniang is kind-hearted and doesn't want to compete with others, but sometimes excessive kindness will not be exchanged for the same kindness, and blindly retreating will make people gain an inch and press step by step." ”

"Niangniang, the palace has always been a quagmire, and it will be difficult to get out after stepping in, either life or death, are you really ready to watch the Nine Emperor Princes die here because of an illness?"