Chapter 23

Zhang Neng's words shocked Pan Chen, Li Quan would not disappear for no reason, he must be hiding where, life and death are uncertain.

Yueluo and Zhang Neng went to the Inner Court Division to inquire for so long and no clues came out, so Pan Chen believed that even if she summoned Chief Zhao, he would not tell the truth to himself, and would only delay time and reduce Li Quan's chances of survival.

After pacing twice in the hall, Pan Chen walked out of the hall and said to Yueluo: "Go to Changle Palace." ”

The Queen Mother said that the middle palace is empty, and the affairs of the harem are handled by Pan Xiao, at this moment, if Pan Xiao can help, I believe that Li Quan will have a greater chance of being found.

Changle Palace Pan Chen is still the first time to come, waiting outside the palace gate to pass through, after a while, only a grandmother came out to lead Pan Chen in, Pan Xiao is in the piano room, the grandmother took Pan Chen over, in addition to Pan Xiao, Yan Zhaoyi and Concubine Shu are also there, Pan Chen changed the shoes and socks in the piano room, before he can go on the pad, Pan Xiao is wiping the strings, his head did not raise his head to look at Pan Chen, Pan Chen saluted respectfully:

"Meet the fourth sister, meet the concubine." Then he nodded to Yan Zhaoyi, which was considered a courtesy.

Pan Xiao raised his hand to her, pinched his three-point voice and said, "In the palace, you have to call Concubine Xian." ”

Concubine Ning Shu and Yan Zhaoyi glanced at each other, Pan Chen was stunned for a moment, and decisively accepted this advice: "Yes, Concubine Xian." I shouldn't have come to disturb Niangniang's purity, but there was one less person in my palace yesterday, and I haven't found it yet. ”

Pan Chen said the problem in an orderly manner, waiting for Pan Xiao to speak, but Pan Xiao only cared about wiping the piano and was silent for a while, Pan Chen felt a little embarrassed when he stood there, and he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, Pan Xiao didn't seem to plan to help.

Pan Chen swept over Ning Shufei and Yan Zhaoyi, Yan Zhaoyi knelt beside Pan Xiao, it seemed that Pan Xiao was teaching her how to wipe the piano before, Concubine Shu sat on the left side of the piano platform, when Pan Chen entered the door, she leaned on the pillow leisurely, and after listening to Pan Chen's words at this moment, her body was obviously straighter, although she pretended to be calm on the surface, but her tense instep and the posture of the left side of her cheek were very strange, as if she was particularly concerned about what Pan Chen said.

Pan Chen recalled that when Concubine Ning Shufei was separated earlier, she talked to her uncharacteristically, and was very unfriendly, this kind of psychological state of taking the initiative to find fault with the child was either very resentful, or there was a ghost in her heart......

Yan Zhaoyi was quite friendly to Pan Chen, and asked softly, "Has Pan Zhaoyi asked the Inner Court Division?" ”

Before Pan Chen could answer, Concubine Ning Shu took Yan Zhaoyi's words: "Pan Zhaoyi's holy family is long, those minions in the palace who see the wind and turn the rudder are not in a hurry, not to mention that they are lost around them, or they have lost a dog, I am afraid that those minions will turn the harem upside down for Pan Zhaoyi." ”

Ning Shufei said this, Yan Zhaoyi was inconvenient to ask again, Pan Chen watched Concubine Shufei's action of covering her lips with a handkerchief while talking, expressing her extreme lack of confidence in her heart, but in front of Pan Chen, Ning Shufei had no reason to be unconfident, so Pan Chen was sure that Ning Shufei said these words to confuse the public.

No matter what others say, Pan Chen just stood and waited for Pan Xiao to speak, since she had already begged Pan Xiao's palace, then whether she succeeded or not, she always had to say a word from Pan Xiao.

After wiping the strings at hand, Yan Zhaoyi diligently handed her a warm handkerchief, Pan Xiao wiped her hands and stood up from behind the piano platform: "Searching the harem, this is a big matter, although I am ordered by the Queen Mother to assist in the harem, I do not have such a big right." But since the person is missing, it is natural to look for it, but only my order, it should not be enough, I will send someone to the Queen Mother to ask later, if the Queen Mother agrees, I will send someone to inform you. Until then, we can only wait. ”

Pan Xiao's words were not leaky, but they were cold in Pan Chen's ears, and she couldn't catch any mistakes or omissions, but time was indeed delayed. Pan Chen doesn't remember when he offended this sister-in-law, maybe in Pan Xiao's eyes, she Pan Chen is just a cannon fodder who suffers in her place, she is not even willing to perfunctory on the surface of the harmonious relationship, which shows how much contempt she despises Pan Chen in her heart.

"Yes, thank you so much." Raising his eyes and glancing at Concubine Shu, Pan Chen said again: "Before Niangniang gets the Empress Dowager's edict, I will continue to ask people to look around the Roufu Hall to find more." ”

Concubine Shu's index finger moved, her eyes flashed, and Pan Chen retreated.

Now that she got Pan Xiao's answer, then Pan Chen has no point in staying, she made up her mind to stand by, even if Pan Chen kneels on the ground and begs her now, she will only get the same result, with this kung fu, Pan Chen wants to make the last effort according to his own judgment, whether he can succeed or not, is to do his best to obey the destiny of heaven.

Pan Chen walked out of Changle Palace, Yueluo and Zhang Neng came forward, Pan Chen did not speak, his black eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of soot, bowed his head and said nothing, after returning to the Roufu Palace, he called Yueluo and Zhang Neng to him, and commanded in a low voice:

"Go to the outside of Yongning Palace and stare at it, you should all know the people who are waiting around Concubine Niangniang, the time is probably controlled between Shen Shi and Youshi, if someone goes out of the back door sneakily, you can follow quietly, be careful when you follow, you can't startle the snake, go."

Yueluo and Zhang Neng glanced at each other, not understanding why their mother ordered this, but Li Quan had been missing for a day and a night, and if he couldn't find it within two days, then it was likely that when he was found again, it would be a corpse.

After the two went out, Pan Chen didn't eat anything at night, and he had something in his heart, and it wasn't until three o'clock that Zhang Neng and Yueluo hurriedly came back with a person on their backs.

Li Quan was covered with wounds, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, his body was full of wounds, his clothes were stained with blood, and he was unconscious.

Zhang Neng sweated profusely and carried Li Quan back to the south residence, and Pan Chen also went with him, and after entering the room, Yueluo replied to Pan Chen:

"Niangniang God, let's follow the Yongning Palace of Mama Chen to find the Wind Lotus Palace, there is a dry well outside the Wind Lotus Palace, after Mama Chen arrived, she lit a fire to look into the well, and then left, we waited for Mama Chen to leave and walked away, before we went to see what was going on, Li Quan was thrown down like this, out of breath more than exhale, Zhang Neng took the rope on the well platform and climbed down to pull Li Quan up."

The moon still feels frightened, and she may not be able to forget it for the rest of her life, and she found Li Quanshi's fear.

Pan Chen was also frightened, covered in blood and thrown at the bottom of the well, and in a side hall like the Wind Lotus Palace, as long as there were no concubines living in the past for a day, Li Quan's body would not be found, and according to the number of people in the harem today, if you want to fill a side hall like the Wind Lotus Palace, it will take at least a few years, and after a few years, who will remember that there is a person named Li Quan? Finding it is just a way to clean up the mass graves, destroy the corpses, and destroy the traces, which is a poisonous method.

Zhang Neng was covered with dirt, and his face and hands were bruised on the wall of the well, and when he pulled Li Quan up, it must have been very laborious, which showed that he was a righteous person.

Ignoring his face, he walked over to Pan Chen and said, "Niangniang, Li's injuries all over his body are quite serious, if he is not treated, it is estimated that even if he is brought back, he will not live for a few days." ”

Pan Chen understood what Zhang Neng meant by this, Li Quan was a low-level little eunuch, he was injured on weekdays, and at most he went to the Tai Hospital to get a pair of medicine back, but Li Quan's current appearance is by no means a pair of medicine that can be saved, Pan Chen said to Yueluo without thinking about it:

"I went to ask the doctor to come over, and I said that I was a little unwell."

"Hey, slave maid go now." She was originally thin, and after spending a day and a night, she looked a lot haggard, but she didn't care that she was tired, so she pulled out her legs and rushed to the hospital.

Pan Chen felt a little relieved, no matter what Xingshuang left for, at least Yueluo and Zhang Neng, who were left behind, were trustworthy people.

Pan Chen is a five-grade Zhaoyi, with the qualification to take the initiative to summon the imperial doctor, Yueluo soon invited the imperial doctor to come over, Pan Chen personally asked the imperial doctor to treat Li Quan, the imperial doctor surnamed Wu, is an old man who is over half a hundred years old, and his heart is not bad, knowing that it is not Pan Chen who is injured, but to see a little eunuch, but he did not shirk, let the child unload the medicine box and go over for treatment.

Li was stabbed a total of six times all over his body, there were strangulation marks on his neck, his nose was blue and his face was swollen, his chest and abdomen were bruised, obviously he was hit by a heavy object, Pan Chen almost vomited after just looking at it, and the moon fell and couldn't bear it, so he helped Pan Chen and said:

"Niangniang, let's go out first."

Pan Chen walked to the porch, only to feel that his suffocated chest was a little better, what kind of deep hatred and hatred should he want to kill people so cruelly? Pan Chen remembered Concubine Shu's innocent face, no matter how she thought about it, Pan Chen was just holding the psychology of trying it out, and deliberately said in front of Concubine Shu that she would continue to send people to find her, Concubine Shu was worried that Li Quan would be found and cause trouble for herself, so she would definitely let people take a look at it before she could rest assured, she didn't dare to send someone at dawn, the time between Shen Shi and Youshi was the most suitable time period, and Pan Chen thought about it, in fact, as long as he thought about the right direction, it was not difficult to guess that Concubine Shu had only been on the throne for more than a year, and the road in the palace was not recognized. The other concubines will not be familiar with the terrain of the palace, and they dare not rashly kill them, only Concubine Ning Shu, she is the princess of the previous dynasty, she grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she knows the terrain of the palace best, to kill a person unknowingly, and to make the body not to be discovered within a few years, this kind of difficult thing, for her, may be as simple as commonplace.

What Pan Chen couldn't figure out was why Concubine Ning Shu killed Li Quan? Is it because of her? She has received the emperor's favor several times in a row, so Concubine Ning Shu can't sit still, she wants to give Pan Chen a blow and a lesson? Or is she doing things for others? All kinds of doubts swirled in Pan Chen's heart, and Imperial Doctor Wu sent Xiao Tong back and forth to the Tai Hospital twice, and finally prepared all the medicines that Li Quan wanted to use, and took the prescription to return to Pan Chen in person.

"Niangniang, this little eunuch's injury is very serious, if he is healed for an hour or two later, it is estimated that he will be weak to touch it."

Pan Chen blessed Imperial Physician Wu's body, so frightened that Imperial Physician Wu hurriedly retreated and bowed down, shouting that he didn't dare, after Pan Chen straightened up, he said to Imperial Physician Wu: "All the medicinal materials used today are recorded in the name of the Roufu Palace, if there is anything difficult, Imperial Physician Wu can come to me." ”

"Yes, I know. One thing to explain to Niangniang is that the minister is in the prescription, adding a taste of ginseng, which is used to sustain life, ginseng is precious, only the Inner Court Division has it, the previous minister sent the child to take it, the Inner Court Division will probably go up, if Gonggong Li asks, Niangniang should not feel surprised. ”

The father-in-law Li in the mouth of Imperial Physician Wu should be talking about Li Shun, Pan Chen nodded, indicating that he understood: "Okay, I know, there is Imperial Physician Wu." ”