Chapter 4
When she returned to the palace with Shui Qiao, Su E was standing outside the Liuyue Pavilion, holding the arched moon-shaped door edge with one hand, and her face was full of tears.
When Qingluan saw her like this, she knew that she was also anxious. If something happens suddenly, it must be unreassuring. Qingluan stepped forward and shook her hand, just nodded vigorously, and saw Su E's frowning brows suddenly soothe. Qingluan let Shui Qiao go down to rest, and then entered the house with Su E. It's just that before she could sit firmly on the soft couch, the person in front of her knelt down heavily.
Qingluan was surprised, and reached out to help Su E, but she suddenly raised her head and burst into tears.
"It's good for the little lord to come back, it's good to come back."
"Auntie is tired," she helped Su E to sit on the pear blossom seat, her eyes a little more gentle, "I thought it was certain to die, and Shui Qiao was so frightened that he was speechless all the way." ”
"The slave only hated that she was not by the little master's side at that time." Su E said hatefully, "At that time, the slave maid was not at ease in the palace, and when he saw that he was about to block the palace gate for only a few moments or three, he wanted to go out and have a look." Unfortunately, I saw the queen Niang Niangfeng driving towards the palace gate, and immediately knew that something had happened. ”
Qingluan put down the teacup, and there was a layer of secret in her eyes, "She did go for me, do you know who saved the two of us." ”
Su E paused for a moment and said tentatively: "The slave maid went with Bai Yu to beg Emperor Jin overnight, but the other garden and the Heshao Palace, where Emperor Jin lived, both deduced that the imperial concubine had slept ...... Except for her, the slave couldn't guess. ”
"Oh? I can't complain, the person who came here today is Concubine Chen. ”
Su E suddenly straightened up from the wooden seat and exclaimed, "Why is she!" ”
"She did me a great favor, maybe she didn't want me to fall into the hands of the queen. Moreover, one more person joins forces with her and does no harm. ”
"That being said, the nobleman and the queen are really torn apart...... It's just that the queen will think that there is someone else who left the palace without permission, otherwise she worked hard to lift you up, wouldn't she lift a stone and hit her own feet? ”
"She must be rushing towards me, otherwise how could there be such a big pomp, there must be somewhere to leak the news and be informed." Qingluan's face was calm, and his expression, which was not angry or fearless, seemed to be talking about what happened to others, "The queen has always been suspicious of me, this time I just want to grab a handle in my hand in case I get out of control in the future, but where did I think that I would kill halfway to bite the gold." ”
"That being the case, the little lord who will be with Chaofeng Palace in the future will only be a matter of the past." Su E then agreed, but his complexion eased.
Qingluan nodded, looked up at her as if she remembered something, and said, "It's just that you said that you went to find Emperor Jin?" ”
"Yes, the slave was afraid that the imperial concubine would have no fixed place, so she sent Bai Yu to the Shao Palace, but the statements on both sides were the same."
"This is incomprehensible, there is no reason for the imperial concubine to turn you away."
Su E paused, leaned over and said, "Could it be that the imperial concubine will be the same as the little master, and she will ...... tonight?"
"Say no more." Qingluan got up and looked out the window, and said with a solemn expression, "It will cause unnecessary rumors." ”
Su E was also afraid when she heard this: "It's the slave and maid who are careless, when it is approaching, the imperial concubine must have really fallen asleep." ”
"When the time is approaching...... Qingluan lowered his eyes slightly, as if he remembered something, and pursed his lower lip.
When Su E saw her like this, she knew that there must be something strange about this matter, so she said with a straight face: "Have you ever thought about why the matter of leaving the palace without permission will be known by others in a dignified manner?" ”
"What do you mean......"
The candlelight in the house is bright, and the fragrance is thick. Qingluan saw that this indoor and outdoor was bright and dark, like a two-world realm, and he didn't know where he was, so he had a chill on his body for no reason, so he hugged Tang Pozi tightly. "No, Shui Qiao risked death to accompany me out of the palace, let alone you. Although Bai Yu and the others have only been here for a short time, they are just children, and the traitor will definitely not be from this Liuyue Pavilion, it must be that I have some flaws exposed. ”
"The slave doesn't want to be suspicious of the people around her, but the little master, if this matter is not thoroughly investigated, there will be endless troubles if there are really internal ghosts."
"It won't be them," Qingluan clasped Su E with one hand and shook his head repeatedly, "Don't be suspicious anymore, I don't want to see anyone leave me again." ”
She was so scared, but Su E was never able to give up. has lived in the palace for a long time, and has seen a lot of cruel things and cruel people, and she no longer has the original understanding of the betrayer. She remembered that that year, Emperor Concubine Jin retreated coldly, threatening to never see each other again. The middle palace is in the air, and Concubine Chen should have been the best choice. Because of this, something happened to her mother's family at that time, and Concubine Chen's father, Xing Qizhen, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, was secretly accused of plotting with Concubine Chen for selfish plots in the palace, and was imprisoned for a felony. Concubine Chen dragged her embarrassed body and knelt for three days and three nights, until the life conceived in her womb ended in a miscarriage. The emperor couldn't bear it, and barely saved her family's life in order to appease her. After a closer investigation, it was found that it was actually a bride-maid who sold the lord for glory and was bought by the Qin family with a lot of money.
She fell very hard in this fall, and since then everyone has become sophisticated. The people she served in close quarters often changed, and I am afraid that it was also because of the lessons of this incident. At that time, Su Eshang was just a rough palace maid, and she was ordered by Concubine Qin to talk to prison. When she arrived at the cell, Xing Zhenfang was taken away, leaving bright red blood on the ground. She couldn't stand such a scene, and immediately held on to the moss-covered stone bricks and retched. It was such a tragic scene that she was terrified many years later.
It's just a subordinate person's correction, and it can subvert the glory of a clan. How dare she now, how dare she let it go knowing that there is an inner ghost.
Su E picked up the warm broth on the stove and handed it to Qingluan: "Little master, you have something to drink to suppress the shock." ”
"No need," Qingluan slowed down and gently pushed her hand away, "Shui Qiao is still young, but she has endured it like this with me, you can take it and give it to her to drink." ”
"She has experienced more things, and it is good for her."
Qingluan stopped talking, but felt tired, so she wanted to lean on the soft couch and fall asleep unconsciously. In fact, many of the things that are happening today are beyond speculation. She didn't want to see things clearly, but the truth was often bloody, not to mention that there were things she cared about more than this.
"The slave went down first." Seeing that her eyes were closed, Su E got up and retreated.
At that time, the moon and stars were scarce, and the night was like water.