The early winter of the thirteenth year of Qianlong.

The north wind is howling, and the cold snow is drifting.

The emperor stood in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, looking at the burned and collapsed apse, looking at the black and smoky ruins, and looking at the ...... The blackened, deformed corpse that came out of it, what kept flashing in his mind was a pitiful haggard face and sad eyes that no longer cared for everything, and suddenly, the emperor only felt like a heavy blow to his chest!!

A mouthful of fishy sweetness came up, and a large mouthful of blood spurted to the ground.

"Your Majesty!!" Wu Shulai and the others were so frightened that they hurriedly went up to support the emperor, "The emperor mourns......! It's gone!"

"Nonsense!!" The emperor roared hysterically, as if he had gone crazy for a moment, and smashed Wu Shulai to the ground, his teeth clenched, and roared in an almost trembling voice: "I don't believe it!!! I don't believe that Ming'er will die!!"

The emperor's eyes were bloodshot, he stared at the charred corpse on the ground, looking at the figure inch by inch, and finally, the emperor's gaze was fixed on the feet of the female corpse, which was also burned black, burned to the point that the bones were already visible!

Suddenly, a smile rose at the corners of the Emperor's bloody mouth, and he pointed to the blackened feet and shouted, "It's not Ming'er! This is not Ming'er!!" I remember that her feet were only seven inches, but the feet in front of her were seven and a half inches!!haha!!" The Emperor laughed excitedly, laughing like a child, and like a fool.

Wu Shulai was a little dumbfounded, and after he was stunned for a while, he immediately nodded in agreement, "Yes, yes, the emperor is wise! Gestured to Wang Qin and the others with their eyes. The emperor can't be stimulated anymore, he just spit out a mouthful of blood!

Wang Qin also nodded hurriedly, "The minion doesn't look like it!"

Wu Shulai glared at Wang Qin fiercely. "What 'not quite like' is clearly not!!"

The emperor laughed, and then he was stunned, "In that case, where has Concubine Shu gone? Quick, find it for me!

"Huh!" Wang Qin hurriedly responded to a thousand responses, and quickly led the imperial guards to search the Old Summer Palace.

But it is destined to be fruitless.

All day down. searched the Old Summer Palace, but not even a single hair of the concubine was found.

The emperor was unhappy, and reprimanded: "...... A bunch of useless stuff!!ahem...... "The roar is too loud. It caused the emperor to cough again and again.

Wu Shulai hurriedly brought the tea and said, "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor said that you are very sad and happy today." He spat out another mouthful of blood. If you hurt the roots, you have to take care of yourself for a while. ”

The emperor frowned, he took a few deep breaths, and said half-to himself: "It seems that Concubine Shu is only afraid that she is not in the Old Summer Palace, so she ...... Where will it go?"

Wu Shulai followed the emperor's words and said: "Xu took advantage of the fire and the chaos in the Old Summer Palace to escape?"

The Emperor nodded. "It seems that this is the only possibility. I...... You have to find a safe person to find the concubine is ......" said the emperor's heart. Immediately ordered: "Immediately summon Mingde to the palace for me!" - Mingde, which is the expression of Xiuqi. Is there anyone more reassuring than Ming'er's own brother?

Wu Shu came to look at the dark night outside the Qingyan Hall in Kyushu, "Your Majesty, it's all this hour, why don't you wait for tomorrow?"

The emperor's face turned cold, obviously about to thunder and rage.

Wu Shulai hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed, and said: "The meaning of the slave is that this time, Lord Nalan is only afraid that he will rest, and the emperor is in a hurry, and he is not in a hurry." ”

The emperor thought that the Old Summer Palace was also quite far away from Nalan Mansion, and it was indeed inconvenient at this time.

"That's it, when I return to the palace tomorrow, I will summon it immediately!"

"Huh!"

In the early morning of the next day, the emperor dismissed the early dynasty, but he alone asked Wu Shulai to go to Nalan Mansion to summon Xiu Qi into the palace, along the way Wu Shulai repeatedly instructed, like a chatter, "Lord Nalan, the old slave knows that you are also in pain this time, but you must not say that the concubine is gone, just follow the words of the Lord Long Live, you can remember, it is not the concubine who was burned to death in the Changchun Immortal Pavilion, the concubine is just missing." ”

At this time, Xiu Qi naturally heard about the fire in the Old Summer Palace, he didn't see the scene at that time, and he couldn't believe that his second sister was dead, so he couldn't help asking: "That charred body, is it really a concubine?"

Wu Shulai said in a low voice: "The body is charred, but the body shape is right, the burned clothes can already be identified as the concubine's auspicious clothes, and the flower pot shoes on the feet are also the concubine's favorite pair of white porcelain gold cloud shoes." ”

When Xiu Qi heard these words, he felt that his sister was not dead, so he said, "Father-in-law, can you take me to see the body first?"

Wu Shulai was stunned, and then said: "You can tell the Lord Long Live this, the Lord Long Live is waiting to see the Lord now." It's just that there is only one thing, if you recognize the body, if you really recognize it as a concubine, you must hold back, don't cry, let alone say it. ”

Xiu Qi straightened his expression and nodded.

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Entering the hall, Xiu Qi knelt down to say hello without saying a word, but before his knee touched the bottom, he was helped up by the emperor, and the emperor obviously looked anxious, "At this time, there is no need to be polite!"

Xiu Qi hurriedly bowed and said, "Emperor Xie." ”

Emperor Zhengse said: "Mingde, I urgently summoned you to the palace for nothing else, just to ask you to find the traces of the concubine." ”

Xiu Qi asked: "What does the emperor mean is that he believes that the charred female corpse last night is not the concubine?"

The emperor said without hesitation: "Of course not, I have been married to the concubine for ten years, and I will not recognize the wrong person next to me." "——Other women may admit that she is wrong, but if it is Ming'er, who has been close to skin for many years, how can he admit it wrong? Even if it turns to ashes, he can recognize it!!

Xiu Qi secretly looked at the emperor's expression, but he was very calm, and it didn't look like Wu Shu was so sad that he was insane. It's even more relieved to be so repaired, but it's just ...... Wait, ten years of husband and wife???Her second sister is just a concubine, and the queen is the emperor's wife!!

"I pondered, the concubine's favorite thing is the scenery of Hangzhou, why don't you look for it where you go. The Emperor said.

Xiu Qi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Did the emperor let the minions go out?"

The emperor nodded, "Just the governor of Zhejiang! ”

Xiu Qi hurriedly bowed down and said: "The emperor thinks twice, the governor is a feudal official of the second grade, and the slave is now only a fifth-grade outsider, so it is really unruly to rise several levels so suddenly." ”

The emperor's face sank, obviously a little displeased.

Xiu Qi said busily: "Since the emperor thinks that the concubine may go to Hangzhou, then the slave can go to Hangzhou to take up a post, and there is no need to be a feudal official at all." ”

The emperor hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "In that case, you should temporarily serve as the prefect of Hangzhou." ”

Xiu Qi thought, the prefect of Hangzhou is a big fat shortage, he was originally from the fifth rank of the foreign lang, and suddenly jumped from the fourth prefect, it was originally a promotion, not to mention the ointment of Hangzhou, I don't know how many people want to go. (To be continued.) )