I listened with bated breath, but I heard the last two words from the little eunuch's mouth.

"If you go back to the emperor, it is Concubine Kang. ”

“……”

My breath was suffocated, and the chopsticks in my hand fell to the edge of the bowl with a clatter, fortunately Pei Yuanhao didn't notice me, but when he heard the word "Kang Concubine", his face sank slightly.

"What about people?"

"It's been watched by Father-in-law Yu, and the things are still in the back of the house. ”

It's a combination of human stolen goods.

My hands became more and more weak, I could barely hold the bowl, and I couldn't hold the chopsticks, so I could only put the dishes and chopsticks back on the table while I was not completely out of strength, and on that side, Pei Yuanhao's dishes and chopsticks had also been put on the table.

I thought he was going to get up and leave immediately, but instead of leaving immediately, he held the warm jade in his backhand and rubbed it again before saying, "Let's go." ”

He was about to get up, and Miao Yan called out next to him: "Father, are you leaving?"

Pei Yuanhao looked back at her at this time, and then looked at me, as if he had come back to his senses, and hurriedly softened his tone: "Something happened outside, my father wants to go over and take a look." ”

"But you haven't eaten yet. ”

"It's not too late to eat when you're done. ”

"Then the food was cold. ”

She is so soft and sticky, no matter how big Pei Yuanhao's temper is, she can't seem to come out, so she only coaxes her softly. At this time, I finally came to my senses a little sober, helped him calm the wonderful words, and then said, "Your Majesty, I'll go with you." ”

“……”

This time, he was really surprised and looked at me.

He naturally knew that I had never been willing to have anything to do with these people in the harem, especially when I came back this time, I was even more alone, but tonight this matter obviously had nothing to do with me, but I took the initiative to follow, which couldn't help but surprise him.

He said, "You're going too?"

"It's getting late, there's still Princess Ling over there, don't scare the child. ”

“……”

He didn't say anything when I said this, but just looked at me again and said, "Let's go." ”

After saying that, he got up and walked out, and I hurriedly followed.

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This way is fast, and after a while, I will arrive at Yuhua Palace.

Here, it is usually quiet, but now that night falls, except for a few lanterns under the eaves that sway in the wind, the whole palace is so quiet that there is not even a sound. As soon as they saw us coming, the two little eunuchs who were guarding the door hurriedly came over to say goodbye.

walked straight in, and saw the outside of the West Side Palace, Gonggong Yu was standing at the foot of the steps with a few little eunuchs, several palace maids were escorted and kneeling there, and there were two strong palace maids standing at the door.

As soon as Pei Yuanhao walked over, Gonggong Yu came up to greet him: "Your Majesty." ”

Those palace maids were already so frightened that they didn't even have the strength to speak, Pei Yuanhao only glanced at them and asked, "Where are the things?"

"It's right in the back. ”

"Take me to see it. ”

"Yes. ”

We walked around the west side hall to the small courtyard at the back, and sure enough, we saw a small altar and a few incense candles in the corner of the wall, and there was a pile of paper ashes next to it, which was blown by the wind and floated away piecemeal.

Sure enough, it's a sacrifice!

Pei Yuanhao walked over, flicked the pile of paper ashes with his toes, and let out a sneer.

At this time, the cry of Princess Ling came from the other side.

In the night, the child's cry was particularly bleak and pitiful, as soon as I heard it, I couldn't help but panic, looked up at Pei Yuanhao, his brows also frowned, and asked, "Where is Princess Ling?"

Father-in-law Yu hurriedly said: "The slave maid was worried about scaring Her Royal Highness the princess, so she asked the nurse to carry her to the other side of the room first." ”

Pei Yuanhao nodded, the expression on his face was much darker than the sky, but he still didn't look angry, he just rubbed the piece of jade in his palm harder.

He said, "Take me to her." ”

Father-in-law Yu nodded, and hurriedly served him and walked back to the front door, the two palace maids pushed open the door, and when he was about to walk in, he looked back at me again, and saw that I was standing at the bottom of the steps, and did not immediately follow.

He said, "Are you going to see Princess Ling?"

I looked up at him, "Hmm. ”

"Yuquan, take her there. ”

"Yes. ”

With that, he turned around and walked in.

Father-in-law Yu came up to me and made a gesture, and I stood there again, looking at the closed door, and paused before following him.

If it was usual, Father-in-law Yu would definitely ask me why I came with me, but at this time, he didn't speak, just took me to Princess Ling's room without saying a word, and the crying through the door and window caused the child on the other side of Yunhua Palace to cry too, I heard Liu Li's voice of trying to persuade me, and then pushed the door and walked in.

In the house, the lights were bright, and the panicked nurse was sitting by the window with the princess in her arms, and when she saw someone walking in, she was so frightened that she hurriedly stood up, and when she saw me, she was a little at a loss: "Miss Yan?"

I walked over and saw that little Pei Ling was already crying and his face was flushed, and he couldn't breathe.

I looked distressed, hurriedly walked over, took her from the nurse's arms, and helped the nurse coax her, the child was probably just frightened by the people under the Yu father-in-law, crying and trembling, I comforted her for a long time, she was tired of crying, and finally sobbed and slowly closed her eyes.

Most of her body was still in the nurse's arms, but her head was pillowed on my chest, and my clothes were wet with tears. ”

"Not necessarily. I raised my hand and waved it to keep her from moving and woke Pei Ling up.

The nurse was obviously scared enough, and she didn't dare to take a breath, so I asked softly, "Just now, what the hell is going on?"

"The slave maid didn't know, today Concubine Kang Niangniang had eaten early, so she asked the slave maid to take Her Royal Highness the princess back to rest, they seemed to be going to do something, but after a while, Father-in-law Yu brought someone in, and when he searched the back, he realized that it seemed that Concubine Kang was sacrificing in private. ”

"Did she do that during the day?"

"No, I don't. ”

"What about the other day?"

"No, she stayed in the house and accompanied Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

“……”

It's just that she has been in a trance these days, and when she accompanies Her Royal Highness the Princess, she often wanders, and when she took Her Royal Highness the Princess to play outside that day, she didn't know what she was thinking. Fortunately, it was windy that day, and Her Royal Highness the princess wore a lot of clothes, so she didn't fall. ”

"Then did she do anything else today?"

"No," the nurse honestly thought about it again and said, "By the way, at noon, I heard people outside say that the emperor caught the people around Concubine Li by the lake today, and the mother seemed to be relieved." ”

As soon as I heard this, my heart sank.

It was not an accident to catch those people by the lake.

Thinking about it again, you can understand why today's incident was spread so loudly, and all the details were there, but how Pei Yuanhao dealt with those people was not spread, but was portrayed so viciously.

Because, this news was originally spread by him, and he wanted to make people feel that he had severely punished the eunuchs and palace maids around Fang Zhijun, so that the rest of the palace would naturally guess that he would focus his attention, at least on the eunuchs and palace maids who served Concubine Li.

In the final analysis, he wants to take advantage of the other party's vigilance to catch someone.

A person related to Fang Zhijun's death.

Today is the day when Fang Zhijun returns.

If Fang Zhijun is really not so fierce, if she still has a little mother's love, she will not take her child to death lightly, then her death will be very interesting. These women in the harem may be ruthless, but because they have lived in this harem with a heavy yin atmosphere for a long time, they often believe in ghosts and gods, they are not afraid of harming people, but they are afraid of the revenge of ghosts and gods, so after harming people, it is inevitable to sacrifice ghosts and gods.

The first seven is naturally the best time to sacrifice, but the palace is only afraid of stricter, and today is a day when people are often ignored, and the sacrifice is relatively safer.

Ye Yunshuang thought like this, so after knowing that Pei Yuanhao had severely punished those people, he came to worship Fang Zhijun tonight.

But when he never imagined it, Pei Yuanhao would arrest people today!

And just when I saw the simple altar in the backyard, the pile of paper ashes, I also understood a fact-

Fang Zhijun's death is really related to Ye Yunshuang!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a chill soaking my muscles and bones, and my whole body trembled.

The spirit princess who was sleeping in my arms also squirmed unsteadily, and when the nurse saw it, she hurriedly and carefully carried her back and held her in her arms. She looked at me worriedly and asked in a low voice, "Miss Yan, did Concubine Kang get into trouble this time?"

“……”

"Private sacrifices are not allowed in the palace, and I have never seen the emperor come to ask in person. ”

“……”

"Miss Yan, can you plead for Niangniang in front of the emperor?"

“……”

I sat still, listening to her words, but thinking about something else entirely.

The last thing I wanted to face, and the worst at the moment, finally happened.

If Ye Yunshuang really made a move against Fang Zhijun, the matter would definitely not be as simple as an ordinary competition for favor, after all, she had survived so many years, and she couldn't afford to deal with a concubine who was obviously impossible to turn over; if there was really something that forced her to make a move, and now that the emperor had intervened, then the possibility of concealing it was very small.

Her identity, the purpose of her entering the palace, can't be hidden at all.