The face with upright facial features is shrouded in fierce color, giving people a vicious feeling, such a face can only be seen by the most trusted palace people, Lingshan couldn't help but shudder, her uneasy heart settled down, and she was convinced of her master's scheming.

Here, the situation continued to develop in an unfavorable direction, and the emperor sent people to search the Huaqing Palace but did not find the cat in Wu'er's mouth, and gathered the young eunuchs of the palace together for Wu'er to identify, but did not find the person she said.

And the harem has a lot of discussions, and the palaces have different thoughts, but the views on the emperor's favoritism and unclear rewards and punishments are the same, plus Concubine Wan cries all day long, forcing the emperor to avenge the dead child, and Xuan Lonely is also under pressure.

On this night, Qing'er suddenly came to Tingfengju and said that there was something important to tell Fu Concubine Niangniang, and the little eunuch came out after reporting and announced her in.

"What's the matter?"

In the brightly lit side hall, Yang Ningzhi was lying on the chaise longue, one on each side of the two little girls, holding the jade wheel and gently beating her legs.

Qing'er looked left and right, Yang Ningzhi understood, and waved her hand to signal the two little girls to retreat, there were only two people left in the room, and Qing'er said: "The slave maid heard that the concubine Niangniang is secretly investigating the palace guards. ”

"She suspects that the little eunuch in Wu'er's mouth is dressed up by a guard?" Yang Ningzhi sat up in an uproar, probably thinking that her appearance was too exaggerated, so she straightened her slightly fluffy bun, changed her casual tone and said, "It's not impossible, but Qing'er, you shouldn't want to see her make a comeback." ”

Qing'er said without hesitation: "That's natural, Qing'er won't mention the matter of being driven out by her, only adding musk to the pill If she finds out, Qing'er will have no good fruit to eat." ”

"You're smart." Yang Ningzhi forced her into the water at the beginning, but she couldn't turn back, so she had to tie herself up, and immediately ordered Xiangtao to take three hundred taels of silver tickets and hand them to her: "You take these, and then try to steal a few pieces of jewelry from the old master, and hand them over to a man dressed as a guard in the woods behind the Jiyue Pavilion, hand over the jewelry and silver tickets to him and leave." ”

"Now?" Qing'er didn't understand it.

Yang Ningzhi nodded vigorously: "Yes, do it immediately, remember, this matter can be said to be related to your and my lives, and there must be no mistakes." ”

"Yes, the slave must do it well." Qing'er replied like an oath.

Seeing the figure in a palace maid's dress disappearing outside the door, she raised her voice and shouted: "Fragrant peach." As soon as the shout came out, Peach agreed to come in.

"You haven't been to see Guard Li for a few days, make a bowl of soup and send it to him." Yang Ningzhi took a sip of jasmine tea, and the fragrance was very comfortable.

Xiang Tao's face was slightly red, although she was a little twisted, her crisp voice still revealed a trace of joy: "Thank you, master." Li Da is her hometown, going back and forth, and having a good impression of each other, and in this long career as a slave, it can be regarded as a rare consolation.

After a while, Xiang Tao came in with a small clay pot, and saw Yang Ningzhi lying on the chaise longue, with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep, and didn't want to disturb the master, so she quietly turned around.

"Come back."

There was a sound behind him, and his footsteps turned, and Xiang Tao walked back and explained, "The slave thought you were asleep, and she was afraid of disturbing you." ”

"I'll see, what to do." Yang Ningzhi motioned for her to squat down, and she leaned over to uncover the dark tile, and a wisp of rich fragrance of duck soup came to her nose, "Well, it's so fragrant." ”

Peach immediately said, "Why don't you drink it." ”

"No need." Yang Ningzhi sighed indifferently, took out a small paper bag from her cuff, opened it, poured the powder inside, and picked up the small spoon and evened it out.

Xiang Tao's crimson face suddenly turned pale, "Niangniang, what are you...... Do you want him to die? ”

"Xiangtao, I know you like him, but think about it, if he is caught by the emperor and confesses to us, you and I will lose our lives, what's the use of this feeling?"

Yang Ningzhi lay down, the candle flame flickered, casting a faint and bright light and shadow on her gentle face, but her expression was always peaceful and harmless, and she continued to explain in a eloquent tone.

"I've calculated, you now ask him to meet in the grove behind the Jiyue Pavilion, give him the soup to drink, and then tell him that he has been exposed, and ask him to leave the palace quickly to avoid the limelight, and you leave immediately when it's almost time, and tell him to wait until you are far away before leaving, and the rest will be handed over to Qing'er."

Peach is at war in her heart, and she finally finds a little comfort, and she is indeed a little reluctant to lose it like this, but the master is right, if your life is gone, won't everything be empty?

Li Da, people are not destroyed by heaven and earth, don't blame me for being ruthless, the jade teeth bitten, she got up from the ground with determination, "Master, the slave is gone." After saying hello, he resolutely turned away.

At this moment, outside the Flying Frost Palace, Xuan Lonely stood in the center of the courtyard with his hands in his hands, Wu'er had no progress in the incident of killing the prince, but her suspicion was increasing day by day, and the Queen Mother was extremely dissatisfied with his obvious protection, which really made him sad.

"Li Liancheng, do you say that the little eunuch in Wu'er's mouth is not a eunuch at all?" He asked with a deep groan.

The emperor is in a bad mood, and the people below are naturally panicked, and Li Liancheng, who is the chief eunuch, is no exception. ”

"If it's not a eunuch, then there's only one possibility, Ouchi Guard." Xuan Lili continued to analyze.

Li Liancheng glanced at him cautiously, and said, "Then Ming'er will let the Wu'er girl recognize someone?" A little eunuch walked over lightly at this time, "Back to the emperor, the concubine asks to see you." ”

"It's so late, what is she going to do, Xuan!"

Xuan Xiao raised his eyebrows, at this time, he was really in no mood to laugh.

At the gate of the courtyard, the woman wore a green emerald smoke shirt, a floral skirt with scattered flowers, water mist and green grass, and put on the snow feather shoulders.

"This outfit is well matched, but it's too thin." When the woman walked gracefully to her, and was about to bow down, she was helped up by him, her eyes were very rare with a hint of appreciation, and she asked, "It's so late, why did you come here?" ”

Yang Ningzhi leaned on him, squinted at him and smiled: "Listening to the emperor's tone, it doesn't seem to be welcome?" ”

"At this time, only Zhi'er is as gentle as spring water, relieving my worries." Half joking, half serious, he pulled her towards the Flying Frost Palace.

The woman tilted her head and shouted happily: "Don't say it, the emperor doesn't want to say it, Zhi'er really wants to share the emperor's worries here." ”

"Oh, let's hear it." His eyebrows were lightly raised, and he was not interested.

Yang Ningzhi immediately said: "The concubine knows that the emperor is worried about her sister's affairs, and the concubine has not been able to let go, and she can't eat well or sleep well these days. ”

Suddenly finding that the man was staring at her good eyes, she shrank back as if she was afraid, and said timidly: "Your Majesty, did the concubine say something wrong, or should the woman's family not care about these things." ”

"No, no." Her timid appearance made him feel distressed, and he hurriedly comforted: "Zhi'er, if everyone in the harem is as understanding as you are, and you don't care about past suspicions, I won't be so bothered." ”

The smile bloomed like a flower, and Yang Ningzhi's undisguised joy made him sigh, even if the grace he gave was just a trivial compliment, she would be overjoyed and flattered.

"Zhi'er, you really don't blame you at all for scolding you like that?" The scene of Dou Lianyi pointing at her and scolding that day is still vivid.

Yang Ningzhi smiled and shook her head: "It's no wonder, my sister is also angry that the concubine took away the emperor's love, which is understandable, and my sister usually takes care of the concubine, and the concubine is too late to be grateful, how can it be blamed." ”

"It's best if you think like this, her temper is like that, she dares to choke when she is in a hurry." Thinking of someone's angry and resentful look, Xuan Lianli couldn't help but smile.

At the mention of that woman, the man's face suddenly glowed, which made Yang Ningzhi jealous, why could she easily get the love and favor that others couldn't get with all their efforts, this thought came out again, like a poisonous snake lingering in her heart.

"The concubine understands that she won't worry about her sister." But he smiled sweetly on his face, and he felt terrible.

At noon the next day, the patrolling guards found the body, which alarmed the entire palace at once, except for the concubines who were grounded, the queen mother, the emperor and the ladies of the palace gathered in the Flying Frost Palace.

After a while, Li Liancheng, who was sent out by the emperor on an errand, hurriedly came, saw the courtesy, and replied in the queen mother's questioning: "I have already taken Wu'er to identify, it is indeed the little eunuch she saw that day, but the true identity of the deceased is indeed as analyzed by the emperor, it is actually a guard." ”

"Guards? So what did he do pretending to be a eunuch? ”

"Do you still need to ask, deliberately induce Wu'er."

"In this way, it is really not an accident that Concubine Wan had an accident."

Xuan Xiaoli coughed, and the concubines who were discussing it stopped talking, and a cold voice came into their ears: "The time, place, and cause of death can be ascertained?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the deceased was found in the woods behind the Jiyue Pavilion, the approximate time of death is the time of the child, the autopsy is underway, the cause of death is to be investigated, in addition, some things were found from the body of the deceased." Li Liancheng turned around and signaled, and a little eunuch came up with a black lacquer tray and presented the contents to the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

A silk rose gold hairpin, a pair of pearl earrings, a pair of colorful jeweled necklaces, and a pair of jade bracelets, plus a number of silver tickets.

"It looks familiar." Someone in the middle of the seat first whispered to himself, and suddenly lost his voice and shouted: "That's not ......"

Yang Ningzhi swallowed the next words in disbelief, and Xiao Liyun then exclaimed: "It seems to be the concubine's jewelry, yes, it's hers." ”