"Dark needle?" Concubine Huangxian blurted out, seeing the other three looking at her puzzled eyes, she explained: "There is a kind of poisonous needle in the palace, because there is sweat medicine on it, as long as it is inserted into the person's body, the person will quickly lose consciousness." ”

"Is there anything like this in the palace?" Murong Xuanji asked in surprise.

Concubine Huangxian nodded, and said helplessly: "In this harem, not only the masters are intrigued, but also among the slaves, and some people invent this thing in order to hurt others without attracting the attention of others, and soak the slender needle in the sweat medicine. The year before last, there was a maid in the queen's palace who fell into the well and died, and said that she didn't see the road at night and accidentally fell down, but she knew that the maid intended to seduce the emperor, and the queen let the grandmother around her use a dark needle to knock her out and throw her into the well. ”

Listening to the Imperial Concubine talking about the deceit in the palace, I couldn't help but feel a little frightened, glad that I was fortunate not to live in this terrible harem. However, Concubine Huangxian's words also made Murong Xuanji even more worried about Baoqing, worried that those cold-blooded people would be unfavorable to Baoqing.

"If Concubine Huangxian said so, then Baoqing must have been captured by the people in this harem, so how many people in the harem know Baoqing?" As soon as Xuanyuan Hao's words fell, Xuanyuan Jue immediately ran over and brought a pen and paper.

"Queen, imperial concubine, mother concubine!" Xuanyuan Jue wrote down the suspicious three people on the paper, and when talking about the Imperial Concubine, Xuanyuan Jue also deliberately glanced at the Imperial Concubine, but saw that she was also looking at herself, and the two quickly looked away.

"Let's not mention how many people know Baoqing for the time being, let's take a look at the map first." The awkward glances between Xuanyuan Jue and Huangxian Concubine just now had fallen into the eyes of Xuanyuan Hao and Murong Xuanji, and the two of them glanced at each other, not wanting these two to have a gap because of today's incident, so Xuanyuan Hao quickly changed the topic.

"Is there any clue on the map?" Xuanyuan Jue was not very comfortable in his heart, so he deliberately asked, wanting to break the somewhat suffocating atmosphere.

"The Imperial Concubine's dormitory is here, if Baoqing wants to leave the palace, he will definitely pass through the Imperial Garden, as long as he knows that if you find someone to ask who is in the Imperial Garden when Baoqing leaves from the Imperial Concubine at noon today, you can have a direction." Xuanyuan Hao pointed to the map and analyzed.

"It's a waste of time to look it up like this." Murong Xuanji expressed her worries, "I'm worried that those who captured Baoqing won't treat her well, so the longer we delay, the more dangerous Baoqing will be." ”

"Then I'll go and ask my father for an order and ask him to agree to search the palace." Xuanyuan Jue was anxious and didn't know what to do, so he rushed towards the outside of the palace as he spoke, but fortunately was stopped by Xuanyuan Hao.

"Do you think my father will agree?" Xuanyuan Hao looked at him seriously and asked: "Baoqing is the maid in my house, even if you want to go, I will go, how can you explain your identity when you go?" How to explain to his father the purpose of the imperial concubine to summon Baoqing into the palace? Even if the father doesn't ask those questions, do you think the father will go through the entire harem for the sake of a maid? It's okay to say if you find Baoqing, but what if you can't find someone? ”

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, don't you save Baoqing?" Xuanyuan Jue looked at Xuanyuan Hao excitedly, "As the Nine Emperor Princesses said, the longer the time drags on, the more dangerous Baoqing becomes." ”

Xuanyuan Hao frowned, he couldn't think of any better way at this time, "I will let the secret whisper first investigate the side of each palace to see if it is the most suspicious in that palace, and then we will discuss it." ”

The atmosphere in the palace of the imperial concubine was solemn at this time, but the queen's palace seemed much quieter.

"Empress, now the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince are in the Imperial Concubine Palace, it seems that something big has happened." Mama hurried into the house and reported to the queen, who had not yet rested.

The queen replied suspiciously, and asked curiously, "Do you know what happened?" It makes sense that these eight princes went to the imperial concubine, and it is strange that the nine princes and the nine imperial concubines came to the palace of the imperial concubine so late. ”

"The old slave has already asked people to inquire about the news, but at noon, the imperial concubine called a maid beside the Nine Emperor Princesses into the palace, and the two locked up in the house and didn't know what they said." Although there was no one else in the room, Mama still whispered.

"This Imperial Concubine and the Nine Emperors' Mansion are really close." The queen sneered and said, "I don't understand what the imperial concubine means, what kind of medicine she sells in this gourd, anyone can see that the emperor has the heart to pass on the throne to the Nine Emperors, she doesn't fight for her Eighth Emperor, but cares about the Nine Emperors everywhere, does she plan to rely on the Nine Emperors in the future?" ”

"It's not impossible. The Nine Emperor Princes lost their mother concubine since he was a child, and he has always been very close to the Imperial Concubine, and the Imperial Concubine sees that the Eighth Emperor Prince's ascension to the throne is hopeless, and relying on the Nine Emperors is also a good choice. Mama said with added vinegar.

"You go and inquire about why they came to the Imperial Concubine so late?" The queen thought about it and asked Mama to go out to inquire about the news, and at this time she was still thinking about how to make her son the future prince.

Mama went out for a while and finally came back, and said excitedly: "Queen, the old slave has heard the news, it turned out that at noon the imperial concubine asked the maid next to the Nine Emperor Princesses to enter the palace, but the maid actually disappeared in the palace, and has not returned to the house yet, the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses came to the palace to ask people." ”

"How could the Imperial Concubine find the maid of the Nine Emperors' Mansion to enter the palace? Besides, how did a big living person disappear in the palace? The queen asked, puzzled.

This time the mother was even more excited, and said excitedly: "This is a big news, I heard that the eighth prince likes the maid next to the ninth princess, and the imperial concubine does not agree, so this morning the eighth prince has asked the emperor to go to the south, and the imperial concubine was furious when she found out, and immediately went to find the eighth prince, but it seemed that the eighth prince was angry and returned to the palace, and then called the maid into the palace, but now she is lost in the palace." ”

"It's all some kind of mess, the dignified eighth prince will like a maid, it's a loss of identity." The queen frowned and said unhappily, "But how did this person disappear in the palace?" Will it be hidden by the Imperial Concubine? ”

"I don't know, the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Emperor Concubine are still in the palace of the Imperial Concubine and have not left, and I don't know what happened." Mama said indifferently, and also opened her mouth to persuade the queen and said: "Queen, you still don't meddle in this matter, if it is really the imperial concubine who hides people, there is an unbreakable knot between the eight princes and the imperial concubine, isn't this exactly what you want?" ”

The queen thought for a moment, shook her hand and said, "No, it can't be that the imperial concubine hid people." Everyone knows that the Imperial Concubine called someone into the palace, if something happened to this person in the palace, wouldn't the Imperial Concubine be out of the relationship? Concubine Huangxian is not so stupid to do such an obvious thing. ”

"If it's not the Imperial Concubine, who will it be? In this palace, who would embarrass a little maid? Besides, he is a person from the Nine Emperors' Mansion, and this person should not offend the people in the palace. Mama asked incomprehensibly.

"The maid beside the Nine Emperor Princesses?" The queen stood up and slowly walked to the window and thought carefully, when suddenly a figure popped into her mind, sneered and said: "This palace thinks of someone, maybe she did it?" ”

"Does the queen have a suspicious person? Who is it? Mama asked curiously, seeing the evil smile on the queen's face, the curiosity in her heart was even worse.

"Do you remember when the imperial concubine made a big fuss in the Nine Emperors' Mansion that day, and then the Nine Emperor Princesses came out of the house, and there were two maids supporting her, if I remember correctly, the maid in purple clothes that day was called Baoqing, and she was quite peugeot, no wonder the Eighth Emperor was tempted." It was impossible to tell whether it was true or false in the queen's tone.

"Could it be that the person you suspect is the imperial concubine?" Mama is a smart person, and immediately guessed what the queen was thinking, "When the queen said this, it is really a little possible." The imperial concubine was bent on holding a grudge, and that day the maid was unwilling to let the imperial concubine enter the house, which was simply embarrassing the imperial concubine, how could the imperial concubine easily forgive her. ”

"You hurry up and ask someone to go to the imperial concubine's palace to see if there is any movement on her side, and then tell the news to the Nine Emperor Princes, remember to reveal it without a trace." After the queen finished explaining, she smiled coldly, looking forward to a good show to watch soon.

"The queen can rest assured, the old slave knows what to do." Mama also showed the same malicious smile as the queen, and immediately hurried out.

"No, I can't wait, I have to find Baoqing." After waiting for a long time, it was already getting deeper, Xuanyuan Jue had lost his patience, got up from the chair and wanted to go out to find Baoqing.

"It's so dark, the palace is so big, where are you going to find someone? Let's wait. Xuanyuan Hao opened his mouth to persuade, glanced at Murong Xuanji, and found that she was gradually losing patience, and she was a little anxious, worried that she and Xuanyuan Jue would do something drastic for Baoqing.

"Nine Emperor Brothers, get out of the way, don't force me to do it." Xuanyuan Jue struggled to push Xuanyuan Hao away, and was anxious to leave to find Baoqing.

Just as the two were pulling, a maid in the palace of the imperial concubine walked in timidly, and when she saw the people in the house, she knelt down in a panic and said goodbye.

"What are you doing in here, get out!" The imperial concubine opened her mouth to pick up people.

"Imperial Concubine, the slave has something to say." The maid stammered, "Just now a maid in the queen's palace, usually has a good relationship with the slave maid, she came to find the slave maid, told me that she went to the queen in the afternoon, and when she passed the imperial garden, she saw the Baoqing girl, but the imperial concubine was also in the imperial garden, but the Baoqing girl seemed to have suffered some blow and lost her soul and did not find the imperial concubine, nor did she find that the grandmother around the imperial concubine had been quietly following her." ”

"It's the Imperial Concubine!" Murong Xuanji and Xuanyuan Jue shouted in unison, the two glanced at each other, and everyone already had an answer in their hearts. Without saying anything, he immediately ran towards the palace of the imperial concubine.

At this time, in the Imperial Concubine Palace, the Imperial Concubine, who usually rests early, is now in a dark room, coldly looking at Baoqing who fell to the ground unconscious, "Wake her up." ”

As soon as Concubine Huangxian's words fell, the slave on the side immediately picked up a bucket of water and poured it on Baoqing's face, looking at Baoqing who had squirmed on the ground but had not woken up yet, the slave picked up another bucket of water and poured it on her face.

Baoqing slowly opened his eyes, his consciousness slowly recovered, remembering that he was sad after seeing the imperial concubine and was ready to leave the palace, but suddenly someone pierced his neck, and before he could react, he went to consciousness, thinking that he was caught, Baoqing instinctively wanted to get up, struggled and found that he was tied up by iron chains, glanced to the side, and found that it was not someone else standing beside him, but the imperial concubine.

"Awake?" The imperial concubine looked coldly at Baoqing, who was lying on the ground in embarrassment, circled around her, and said disdainfully: "I didn't expect you to have today, that day in the Nine Emperor Princes' Mansion, you embarrassed me so much, I won't let you go today." ”

The imperial concubine glanced at the people next to her, only to hear the sound of the iron chain pulling up, Baoqing, who was originally lying on the ground, was slowly hung up by the iron chain, and the whole person was pulled by the iron chain and hung in the air, and the wrists on both sides were already oozing blood.