Miao Wu said in a low voice: "I always feel that it is the queen mother." ”

I thought about it for a moment and said to Miao Wu, "You are bringing the attitude of hating the queen mother," I patted Miao Wu lightly on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't make it up, go and get down to business." ”

Miao Wu nodded, and asked me again, "Girl, what are you going to do in the afternoon?" ”

I thought about it and said, "I got up early to see the Queen Mother, and I went to see the Queen Mother in the afternoon." I took a sip of tea and said, "I haven't been to see the concubine for a long time, I don't know if she's doing lately." ”

Miao Wu smiled and said, "Then I'll accompany the girl." ”

I smiled faintly and said, "Okay, if you're okay, come with me." I said to Miao Wu again, "You go and prepare something, let's go over and bring it to the concubine." ”

Miao Wu nodded and said, "Well, there are still plum blossom cakes newly made yesterday, I'll go and wrap some for the concubine," Miao Wu said with a smile, "There are also pastries rewarded by the emperor before, girl, your taste has changed recently, you don't eat it, and we can't eat it." The taste is good, I'll wrap a little bit of it. ”

I laughed and said, "You go pack up your go, don't bother here." ”

Miao Wu smiled and agreed to go out, and Lin'er happened to come in, saw me sitting there, and asked me, "Girl, aren't you going out?" ”

I smiled and asked her, "Have you eaten?" ”

Lin'er smiled: "Well, it's good to eat." ”

I took a sip of tea and asked, "I'm going to go to the concubine Niangniang of the cold palace in a while, Miao Wu will go to pack up the things for the concubine, do you want to go shopping together?" ”

Lin'er said happily: "Of course I go, it's boring in the palace, and it's okay to go out for a walk." ”

I nodded, and Lin'er sat down on a small stool on the side and waited for Miao Wu to come in. After a while, Miao Wu cleaned up, Lin'er also took some things from Miao Wu's hand, and the three of us walked towards the cold palace.

The afternoon is quiet, especially in winter. In front of Chenji Palace, there are still palace people coming and going, holding New Year's supplies, red lanterns, and small palace lamps with delicate yarn, and of course, some delicate little playthings.

When Lin'er saw it, she smiled and said, "It's going to be the New Year, I like the New Year the most!" ”

Miao Wu sneered: "Little child! I like to celebrate the New Year! ”

Lin'er grimaced, and I smiled, watching the two of them fight and go all the way to the cold palace.

It's just that the closer you get to the cold palace, the fewer people there are.

It's obviously just afternoon, and the cool near the cold palace is getting more and more like evening. In the cold and scorching winter, it is still warm everywhere else, but the cold palace is really winter here.

As I approached the palace, the more cold I felt. Miao Wu went over and knocked on the door early, but after knocking for three rounds, she didn't see the concubine come to open the door.

Miao Wu was just puzzled, and knocked again, and I stopped: "Wait, the concubine is probably asleep in winter, and then wait and knock again." ”

Miao Wu nodded and lowered her hand. Lin'er couldn't stay idle, and walked up and down the wall, but after a while she stopped at the big drawer and squatted down.

I was waiting anxiously, but Lin'er called me: "Girl, come and see!" ”

When I heard this, I hurriedly ran over, and Miao Wu followed me. I came to Lin'er and squatted down.

The big drawer was stuffed with things, all of which were used in the cold palace during the day, but when I looked closely, I didn't take the amount for a few days.

I thought about it for a while, and hurriedly said: "You two quickly find a way to open the door, but I'm afraid that the concubine is sick, and the supplies here haven't been taken for a few days." ”

Miao Wu got busy, ran to the door, knocked a few times, and saw that there was no movement, so she kicked her foot a few times. Lin'er frowned and said, "Sister, where are you kicking it!" It's also a girl's house, where is there so much power? ”

Lin'er looked at the wall, then kicked the drawer and climbed against the brick crack. Miao Wu also saw it, and hurriedly came over to carry Lin'er up, I could only be in a hurry.

It's not easy to go up, I took advantage of this momentum, and I looked at the crack in the door, and the courtyard was bleak, and I couldn't see the scene that had been cleaned up in recent days. I'm afraid that the concubine is really sick.

Lin'er had already jumped in and immediately opened the door. Miaowu and I got in.

I was still thinking about the layout of the house in the cold palace, and I was thinking about where the concubine's bedroom was. But I didn't think about it, as soon as I entered the door, I saw the concubine hanging on the beam in the deserted lobby, and my feet were weak and I fell to the ground. Miao Wu's eyes quickly cushioned under me, and she hurriedly turned around and instructed Lin'er: "Go and ask the imperial doctor, and the palace people in charge of the cases here!" ”

Lin'er was also frightened and stumbled out.

There was a trace of cold wind passing through the hall in the lobby, scattered tables and chairs, and the concubine's homely clothes, fluttering there. Miao Wu set up a chair in a panic and hugged the concubine down.

I just sat stupidly on the ground, although it was cold, but the temperature still made my chaotic mind a little calm. Miao Wu laboriously carried the concubine into the inner room and helped the concubine dress neatly.

I was still sitting in the lobby, the door wide open, and the cold winter wind poured in. Sure enough, it was the cold wind of winter, raging the curtains floating in the house, gently raising the floating dust that had been precipitated for a few days. The dead branches and leaves swept in by the cold wind, and a few dried flowers, were blown by the wind on the ground and covered with dust.

Next year, the flowers are still beautiful, but the flower planters have already changed a little. The concubine has lived so bleakly all her life, aiqing, family affection, all of which have gained nothing. I wonder if I will cry in the middle of the night, I wonder if I will hate the injustice of the world and the tricks of fate?

Miao Wu came out, pulled me up, and asked, "Girl, go see the concubine, right?" ”

I smiled faintly, shook my head, and said, "I don't want to go." "Once again, I missed the zuihou goodbye to a person, life is always like this, just miss it is missed.

Miao Wu said with tears in her eyes: "Girl, go and take a look, don't zuihou regret it!" ”

I was poked in the heart, nodded lightly, and walked in with heavy steps, step by step, knowing that this distance was as far away as a lifetime, I would never have set foot here many years ago, let alone have such a deep friendship with the concubine.

The concubine lay quietly on the bed, and I knelt on the pedals, tears flowed out of my eyes. Holding on to the side of the bed, I cried: "The concubine can be regarded as a relief, and in the next life, she would rather be poor than enter here for half a step." ”

Miao Wu also stood next to her and cried lowly, and I said softly: "In the coming year, a hundred flowers will bloom, and I will sacrifice to the concubine to make up for the failure to say goodbye to ......Zuihou."

I don't know how long it was, the imperial doctor hurriedly came, looked at it, knelt down and said, "Back to the imperial concubine Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang has passed away for a long time." ”

I nodded with tears in my eyes, and the little eunuch in charge of the division came in, and when he saw all this, he was busy kneeling and trembling.

I asked in a trembling voice, "You have already found out that the concubine has not taken clothes and food, why didn't you check it early?" ”

A few little eunuchs just kowtowed: "Niangniang spare her life!" Mother's forgiveness! ”

I shouted: "A few people look at this as a cold palace, so they come to do things without even bringing their eyes?" With tears on my face, I shouted, "Pull this kid outside and beat forty boards and throw it outside the palace!" ”

A few little eunuchs were already frightened, and when Lin'er saw this, she knelt down next to me and cried: "The girl is angry...... Girl...... It's all raised by my father and mother......"

When I heard it, I also cried, sat down on the ground in a dejected manner, and said softly for a while: "That's it, that's it, you go back......" Several little eunuchs looked at me in a daze, in the big winter, the forehead was full of fine beads of sweat, and the forehead of kowtow was blue. I couldn't bear to say, "Be careful when you run errands in the future, let's all go down." ”

I said to Lin'er: "Lin'er, you go back to Chenji Palace to get some ointment to reduce swelling and stasis, and wipe the green patches on their foreheads." ”

Lin'er agreed and went down with a few little eunuchs. A few little eunuchs kowtowed and said, "The slave has thanked the imperial concubine for her grace." ”

I nodded and let a few people go. On the other side, the imperial doctor waited for a long time, and when he saw that I didn't speak, he came over and said timidly: "If you go back to your mother, the concubine has passed away, can Weichen go back to the hospital?" ”

I looked at the Imperial Physician and nodded. As soon as the Imperial Physician turned around, I asked, "In the opinion of the Imperial Physician, it must be the Imperial Concubine who ended her life herself?" ”

The imperial doctor only promised: "Yes, Weichen, Weichen must ......"

I nodded, and the Imperial Physician hurriedly withdrew. I sighed, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked Miaowu, "You went back to the chief manager of the palace and asked them to prepare for the concubine's funeral." ”

Miao Wu nodded, then stood up and went out, I called, "Miao Wu," she turned to look at me, and I said, "tell them not to be too careless, I'm afraid that few people in this palace still know that there is a concubine in the cold palace." Tell them to bother more. ”

Miao Wu nodded and agreed. I leaned my head on the edge of the bed, not daring to look directly at the concubine. If it's just quiet, I always feel like the concubine is asleep in bed, and I'm just guarding her side. I've been here for a long time, although I haven't seen too much ruthlessness in the world, but the people who have accompanied me from the beginning like that have only left the concubine, Ah Qing, Ah Yue, and many other people, have left.

I looked at the tiny light on the window lattice and muttered to myself, "You're all gone, I don't know when it's my turn?" "The doctor has hinted to me countless times, and my own feelings, I know that my own body needs to be well maintained. It's just that here, how long you can live is torture.

The wind was getting colder and colder at the door, and I didn't want to leave here to close the door. It's just that he silently straightened up and covered the concubine with a quilt, always feeling that the concubine would still be cold.

The quilt was up to my neck, but my hands were shaking. There were no blood-colored strangulation marks on the concubine's neck, just faint marks, which were still slowly fading. The blood in my whole body seemed to have stagnated for a moment, which shows that the concubine did not hang herself!

Miao Wu had already returned, and with some people, when they saw that I was still in front of the bed, they dragged me to the side. I clung to Miao Wu, Miao Wu was in pain, but she never said a word. I watched a group of people tidy up the clothes for the concubine, and said softly to Miao Wu: "Miao Wu, this is murder!" ”