Su Lingyu quietly retreated to the same place and stood with his chest stroking. At this time, she didn't show her face right, and she was afraid that the footsteps would startle Xia Ruoqing when she left, so she could only stand on the spot, looking at Qingxuan silently, quite embarrassed.

There was still an intermittent sound of vomiting and the sound of the maid's persuasion and slapping from Xia Ruoqing's side, and Su Lingyu couldn't help but feel some admiration and sympathy for this Jing noble concubine. After a while, I finally heard Xia Ruoqing say: "Help me to rest, I feel very uncomfortable." ”

But hearing the sound of soft footsteps, Xia Ruoqing was helped by the maid to the vicinity of the tree trunk. Su Lingyu hurriedly pulled Qingxuan to hide it, and continued to peep through the gaps, only hoping that Xia Ruoqing would leave early. Xia Ruoqing seemed to be vomiting weakly, leaning softly on the maid, and the maid hurriedly wiped the saliva at the corner of her lips with a handkerchief.

"Isn't your silk still wrapped in hydrangea, why did you pull it out and use it again?"

"Niangniang, the slave maid only brings this silk handkerchief ...... at present"

Xia Ruoqing squinted at the maid, and finally didn't blame again, just said, "Take out the powder box and make up for me." ”

"Yes."

Treat the rouge well, Xia Ruoqing pushed away the maid and stood up, and it was the quiet concubine who was as tender as water. The two followed the southwest trail again and continued to look for hydrangeas.

Su Lingyu and the others walked away, only then did they take a low breath and hurriedly drive in the opposite direction.

Su Lingyu was afraid of meeting Xia Ruoqing again, so she deliberately went around in a circle. It's just that the garden is only so big after all, and he actually ran into Xia Ruoqing in front of the South Garden.

"Su Guiren also came to South Park to look for hydrangea?" Concubine Jing said softly to Su Lingyu, not showing the slightest discomfort from a moment ago.

"Concubine Jing is fine." Su Lingyu was blessed with a short body, and also pretended to have just come over, and said with a smile: "Yes, the concubine finished looking for the hydrangea in Lengxiang Garden, so she stopped by to help Fu Guiren take a look." ”

"It's okay, I also want to come over and help find it, so let's go together. I only found two in the West Garden, and this time I'm afraid I'm going to be punished for drinking. Xia Ruoqing said with a smile.

"Yes. The concubine went around the North Park several times and only found two, which is really hard to find. Su Lingyu responded and walked behind Xia Ruoqing, with a respectful posture on his face.

The two of them, along with the two maids, looked left and right, carefully searching the trees. After walking for more than ten years, Xia Ruoqing's figure suddenly crooked, Su Lingyu was standing beside her, and before she could think about it, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to support her: "Concubine Jing!" Are you feeling unwell? The concubine sent you back to ask the imperial doctor to take a look, right? ”

"It doesn't matter." Xia Ruoqing stood up a little straight, but her body still had a somewhat weak appearance: "I'm afraid that Fang Cai was in a hurry to drink, and I didn't feel it at the banquet, but when I walked in the garden, the wine came up, and it was no big deal." ”

This will make Su Lingyu and Xia Ruoqing closer, and found that it may be the later rouge that was made up, Xia Ruoqing's cheeks were pink, and her eyes were hazy, but she was really a little drunk.

Su Lingyu's mind changed slightly, and she immediately understood that this was Xia Ruoqing's reluctance to continue drinking, and it was inconvenient to speak directly to Xin Guifei, this was to borrow her mouth to withdraw from the banquet.

"Since this is the case, the concubine will help the mother to go back first. Spring is still cold, drunk and hot and then blowing the wind can easily catch the wind cold. ”

Xia Ruoqing had this intention, and Su Lingyu simply followed her tone and said. Sure enough, Xia Ruoqing smiled even more gently when she heard this, and said, "It's annoying my sister like this." ”

"The mother is polite, the concubine doesn't dare to be a concubine." Su Lingyu reached out and hugged Xia Ruoqing again, so as to make Concubine Jing's 'drunkenness' more real.

Xia Ruoqing didn't refuse, she was supported by Su Lingyu, and slowly walked back towards the place where the banquet was held. Su Lingyu's step shook gently every step she took, Xia Ruoqing's half-opened and half-closed peach blossom eyes couldn't help but glance over there, and said with a smile: "Sister's step shake is neither gold nor silver, it seems to be wooden?" This is rare. In particular, the hibiscus flower on the hairpin head is really lifelike. ”

Xia Ruoqing's affection was beyond words, even if Su Lingyu was unwilling in her heart, she couldn't show it on her face, so she had to pull the step shake off her hair and present it to Xia Ruoqing: "It's just a step shake carved from agarwood wood, if the mother likes it, the concubine should be willing to present it to the mother." ”

"Such a delicate thing, just let Su Guiren cut his love?" Having said that, Xia Ruoqing had already taken the step shake into his hand and played with it repeatedly.

Seeing this, Su Lingyu could only continue: "The concubine is only frightened and rude, and she can't get into the eyes of her mother. ”

"Since Su Guiren said so, then I will accept it. Thank you Su Guiren, I will ask the maid to prepare a necklace of Dongzhu and send it to Qingtao Garden, so as a thank you gift. ”

Pretending to excuse herself, Xia Ruoqing handed the step to the maid beside her to put it away. She has a soft spot for hibiscus flowers, and Emperor Nanzhao prefers peonies, so the palace ornaments are mainly peony and peony.

"Thank you, Concubine Jing." Su Lingyu thanked her verbally, and her heart was full of displeasure.

This gentle and docile woman is really a different person. For what you want, you don't care about what others think.

Su Lingyu's sympathy for Xia Ruoqing not long ago disappeared in an instant, the smile on his face did not change, but his eyes were turned to the left to admire the flowers and plants on the side of the road, and he just wanted to help the Jing noble concubine next to him back to the banquet as soon as possible to hand over the errand.

There was a touch of purple in the corner of her eyes, Su Lingyu looked at it fixedly, but saw Fu Liuying hidden behind a clump of magnolia in the distance, looking at her coldly, with a sarcastic smile on the corner of her lips.

As soon as Su Lingyu wanted to say hello, Fu Liuying turned around and turned around, and had already left the cluster of magnolia flowers, hidden in the depths of the flowers, and disappeared again.

Finally sent people back to the banquet, and said about Jing Guifei's drunkenness with a fake smile, and drank the penalty wine, Su Lingyu sighed and sat back in his seat, his originally happy mood turned gloomy, and he no longer had the intention of laughing with others. After looking for the hydrangea round by round, it was almost dusk, and most of the concubines were punished for drinking before they finished finding the hydrangea, and they all drank slightly, and they laughed and dispersed, ending the day's excitement.

The only difference is that Fu Liuying's attitude changed from cold to cold, Su Lingyu went to look for her several times to no avail, and later his temper came up, so he simply stopped looking for her.

It wasn't until ten days later that something happened in the palace, which immediately broke the peace and apparent peace in the palace.

Jing Gui Concubine Xia Ruoqing had a miscarriage.

As soon as this incident came out, the whole palace was boiling. I had never heard of Concubine Jing's pregnancy, but suddenly the news of a miscarriage came out, and the palace immediately speculated. This matter is not trivial, and the Inner Mansion Pavilion and the Tai Hospital did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported to the queen. The queen lingered on the sickbed and couldn't take charge, so she reported the matter to the queen mother.

The crown prince and the third prince died in two years, the second prince was born with a deficiency disease, the queen mother fasted and prayed only for the palace concubines to be able to conceive the heirs of Emperor Nanzhao, but what she waited for was the Fumei miscarriage in the front, and the concubine Jinggui lost her son in the back, and the two concubines had a miscarriage in less than a month within three months, and they were all in good health, so it was naturally Fengyan angry. All the wording was omitted from the Empress Dowager's decree from the Yellow Gate, and only two words remained: Thorough investigation!

From Jing Guifei's diet and daily life to daily utensils, all kinds of checks. Who visited Concubine Jing, what he said, what he sent, pushed forward day by day, and soon found out the spring banquet set up by Concubine Xin.

Concubine Xin cried so much in front of the Queen Mother that she was wronged, saying that she didn't know that Concubine Jing was pregnant. Moreover, the food at the banquet was all prepared by the imperial dining room, and there were records to check, and there was no food that would cause a slippery tire. As for the wine, many of the concubines present are obvious to all, and they also drank it by Jing Guifei herself, what does it have to do with them?

With a few words, Xin Guifei pushed the responsibility away from herself. The Queen Mother was so angry that her face turned pale, but Concubine Jing had just had a miscarriage, Zhenri washed her face with tears, and the Queen Mother was not good at asking her for guilt at this moment, and she couldn't swallow this breath, so she sprinkled her anger on Xin Guifei, and ordered her to think about it for half a month behind closed doors, and not to be allowed to go out of Qingle Palace for half a step.

The Queen Mother herself does not believe that a few glasses of wine at the Spring Banquet can lead to a miscarriage of Jing Guifei, including the food at the banquet, and there will be no problems, otherwise there will be signs on the same day or the next day, and it will not be delayed until ten days later, and most of the items or food used by Jing Gui Concubine will be tampered with. Therefore, after the Queen Mother punished Concubine Xin, she ordered the Inner Mansion Pavilion to review the records of the things and daily meals used by Concubine Jing. For a time, the Linghuan Palace, where Jing Guifei lived, was turned upside down, and the palace people were all sent to the Qingping Pavilion for interrogation, and the clothes, jewelry, cups, bowls and chopsticks were all moved back to the Tai Hospital for examination.

The emperor lived up to his wishes, and after this thorough investigation, he finally found something strange.

It was night, Su Lingyu looked out the window gloomily. Tonight, the sky is starless and moonless, the wind is strong, and the green bamboo outside the window is blown by the wind, and the branches are waving, like the hands and feet of the Yaksha ghosts.

"Noble, it's windy tonight, be careful of catching a cold if you blow the wind again." Qing Xuan leaned over and closed the window and said to Su Lingyu.

"Qingxuan, look at this day, it doesn't look like it's going to rain in spring." Su Lingyu's bun has been untied, her long hair is scattered, her face is a rare weakness in private, her two apricot eyes are wide open, Chu Chu looks at Qingxuan pitifully, and she keeps rolling a towel in her hand, and her hesitation is overflowing.

Qingxuan grew up with Su Lingyu, knowing her old problem, she was funny and loving: "Don't be afraid, noble, the slave and maid will accompany you." ”

"But ......"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the slave and maid won't sleep tonight, is it okay to accompany the nobles?" Qing Xuan brought the still steaming bowl to Su Lingyu: "The noble man drank the hot* and fell asleep, and when he fell asleep, he couldn't hear." ”

"Qingxuan, then don't take advantage of me to fall asleep."

"Qingxuan is not leaving, Qingxuan is guarding the nobles tonight." Qingxuan coaxed Su Lingyu to drink the heat like a child, and coaxed people to the bed, and just put down the curtain, there was a sudden loud noise in the courtyard, and it was suddenly white outside the window paper.

"Qingxuan, what's going on outside?" Su Lingyu, who had just fallen asleep, was frightened by the loud noise and sat up and asked.

"Slave maid go and see."

Qing Xuan opened the wooden door angrily, and was about to take a look, but he didn't expect that the entire courtyard outside the door was brightly lit by lanterns, and the black pressure was full of people, wearing the snow blue black cloud gown exclusive to the Inner Mansion Pavilion, and the waist was tied with a wide range of stones, and his face was expressionless to surround the Dongnuan Pavilion.

"You...... You are so bold that you dare to break into the concubine's residence at night! Qing Xuanhe had seen this kind of battle, her delicate face turned white with fright, and she asked a question, but even her voice was shaking.

"The slave wanders, and the queen mother asks the noble Su Lingyu to go to the Ning'an Hall immediately." The leader was a yellow door embroidered with flying cranes on his robe, and he took a step forward and said to Qing Xuan with a smile.

This person Qingxuan had seen him from afar, and he was the head of the Yellow Gate in the Queen Mother's Palace. Qing Xuan had already guessed that something was wrong, so she had to stiffen and laugh: "My lord, wait a minute, the Su Guiren has already rested, and the slave and maid will go to freshen up and change clothes for the nobleman." ”

"There's no need to change it, the Queen Mother is waiting in Ning'an Palace." You Xi shook the tail in his hand and said sharply: "Please come out quickly." ”

Su Lingyu heard it clearly in the inner room, and at this time, he put on an outer coat outside his body, walked to the door, and pretended to be calm: "Su Lingyu has come out, please visit the Yellow Gate to guide the way." ”

You Xi glanced at Su Lingyu with a little pity and mockery, and then turned around and walked out of the gate of Qingtao Garden.

When you came, there was no carriage and horse sedan car, and Su Lingyu had to walk. Although everyone next to her saluted her as usual, they intentionally or unintentionally sandwiched her in the middle of the crowd along the way. Su Lingyu Bingxue was smart, and immediately guessed that it was most likely that the affair of Xia Ruoqing's miscarriage was implicated in her, but she couldn't understand how she had nothing to do with Xia Ruoqing, how could she get into such trouble?

Halfway to the road, the rain that was holding back at dusk in the sky finally began to fall, Su Lingyu was only wearing a single dress for sleeping and an outer coat, and was poured by the rain and blown by the wind, shivering from the cold. Qing Xuan was distressed when she looked at it beside her, and she didn't care about her face and gave her coat to Su Lingyu to put on, but it didn't help anything. Su Lingyu's heart beat like a drum, and he stretched out a hand to hold Qingxuan's hand tightly, just like the day he entered the palace, full of hesitation and anxiety at the end of the road.

The light finally appeared in the distance, and as the bright spot became bigger and bigger, it was the brightly lit Ning'an Palace.

You Xi quickened his pace, and Su Lingyu had to keep up, only panting. It's just that You Xi didn't enter the main hall directly, but went around to the side hall to bring Su Lingyu into the warm pavilion. In the warm pavilion, the lights and candles were lit as if it were day, and the screen was removed to the side, revealing the bed in the inner room. On the bed is the quiet concubine Xia Ruoqing, and there are two chairs on the side of the couch, and the dignified lady who is more than half a hundred years old sitting on the top seat has a cold face, and it is the queen mother. Sitting on the seat a little lower was the emaciated queen who had been sick for a long time.

Su Lingyu hurriedly knelt down and bowed, and said, "Concubine Su Lingyu, knock on the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother's blessings will continue." Knock on the queen, the queen is blessed with gold. Meet Jing Gui Concubine, Jing Gui Concubine An. ”

"Su Lingyu? Keep your head up. ”

Su Lingyu raised her head as she said, the queen was expressionless, and sneered: "The mourning family remembers you, is it right that Su Hong's daughter?" It's really beautiful. ”

"Empress Dowager Xie." The Queen Mother's tone was not kind, and Su Lingyu was worried, and she didn't know how to respond, so she had to respond indiscriminately.

"The mourners called you today to let you see two things."

As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, two yellow doors immediately walked in front of Su Lingyu with the box in hand. But I heard the Queen Mother say again: "Let her see, can you recognize these things?" ”

Su Lingyu didn't know why, and stared at the box in Huangmen's hand in confusion. Both boxes open at the same time, revealing the contents inside. A box contains a flower branch. The branches are quadrangular in shape, densely covered with white star-like fine hairs, and there is a light blue flower at the top, the calyx is ovate bell-shaped, the flower column is slender, and there is a strong fragrance immediately when the box is opened. Su Lingyu had never seen this flower branch, but he felt that the fragrance was familiar, and he couldn't remember where he smelled it for a while.

The object in the other box, Su Lingyu, is very familiar, it is the agarwood hibiscus flower that she "gifted" to Jing Gui Concubine Xia Ruoqing.

"Su Guiren, have you seen these two things?" The queen coughed twice and asked Su Lingyu.

"Back to the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, the concubine only knows this step, and she has never seen the flower branch."

"I've never seen it before? Even if you haven't seen a flower branch, you should always be familiar with the fragrance. After the Queen Mother said this, her face showed a look of hatred.

Su Lingyu was surprised and aggrieved, but he didn't dare to disobey the Queen Mother's order, so he could only get close to the flower branches, close his eyes and sniff lightly.

The strong and rich fragrance pours into the nose, and the brain is suddenly clear and refreshing, and the aftertaste is sweet. Su Lingyu always felt that this smell was very familiar, and after sniffing it again, his mind suddenly brightened, and he suddenly remembered where he had smelled it.

On the hydrangea of Zhen Wanyi at the Spring Banquet, there is the fragrance of this flower branch!

It's just that the fragrance on the hydrangea is very faint, and it looks very elegant, which is different from today's strong fragrance, because Su Lingyu didn't connect the two for a while.

Su Lingyu looked at the flower branch, and then at the agarwood swaying, vaguely feeling that he seemed to have been introduced into a sleeve, but he still didn't understand what this sleeve looked like.

"Remembered, didn't you?" The Queen Mother sat on the top seat, coldly watching Su Lingyu's every move and the subtle expression on her face. The surprise that Su Lingyu showed when she had an epiphany did not escape her sharp eyes.

Without waiting for Su Lingyu to reply, the Queen Mother suddenly snorted coldly: "But a little nobleman has such courage to dare to move the concubine's fetus!" The mourning family sees that you are tired of living! ”

At the same time as the Queen Mother drank violently, thunder suddenly broke out in the sky outside, Su Lingyu was so shocked that her whole body trembled, and she couldn't help but crawl on the ground, and only after a while did she tremble: "Concubine doesn't understand...... Why did the Queen Mother say this......"

"If no one knows, he must not do it. If you don't want to recruit, the mourners will say it for you! You are jealous that Concubine Jing is pregnant, soak the step shake in rosemary, and then give it to Concubine Jing. The scent of rosemary can cause people to slip and not easy to show traces, if it weren't for the same things as the mourning family's inner mansion, it would almost let you escape! You have a beautiful face, but your heart is like a snake and scorpion inside. The viciousness is so ruthless, how can the emperor's side and the harem tolerate such a ruthless person as you! ”

Every word of the Queen Mother was like a hammer, hitting Su Lingyu's heart hard. Su Lingyu was dumbfounded, and forgot to defend for a while, until the Queen Mother's last sentence was tantamount to condemning her to death, Su Lingyu was stunned for a moment, and then she spoke: "Queen Mother...... Concubine...... It's wronged! Ask the Queen Mother, the Queen, and the Jing Gui Concubine to see it! ”

The author has something to say: thank you Zisha for the mine mua! Thank you for the message.

(l~1`x*>+``+