In Fengxiang Palace, all the concubines sat down in order, and came early to give the queen a safe place, and now the queen's cough is getting more and more serious, originally planned to recuperate in the spring and summer, how do you know that before half of the recuperation, the autumn came in a hurry, plus this year's winter is in a hurry, according to the colder than in previous years, so that the queen's cough is getting more and more serious, and the body is not as good as a day, and all the trivial matters in the palace are now taken care of by Yi Guifei and Qin Yuan.

At this time, the two concubines whispered to each other, "I don't know if the queen can get up and come here today." ”

"The queen has been sick for many years, but I'm afraid it won't get better."

"How can you say such disrespectful words, if you let others hear it, you can still do it."

"Heh, this concubine is just saying what is in everyone's hearts, now that the queen is not in good health, all the trivial matters of the harem are handed over to Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui, they have a deep friendship, and if it goes on like this, this harem will become their world."

"It's also strange to say, Concubine Wan has an arrogant personality, and she can't see others above her, but now there is no movement."

"You don't think about it carefully, what is the identity of Concubine Yi and Concubine Hui, one is the daughter of the prime minister of the dynasty, the other is the daughter of the general of the dynasty, how can this noble status be comparable to Concubine Wan, besides, the two are now respected as concubines, like sisters, I am afraid that Concubine Wan is also difficult to deal with now."

"Concubine Hui is really ///pet /// crown harem now, look at the days when Ning Gui's life is not as good as death, hey, it gives people goosebumps just thinking about it."

"Ning Guiren has been grounded in the Frost Moon Pavilion for a little half a month, right? This concubine heard from her subordinates that Ning Guiren was tortured by the palace every day, and now he has long since lost his appearance, and his family background has also suffered from the disaster of the nine clans, and all his belongings and properties are owned by the royal family, which is really pitiful. ”

"Pathetic? The poor person must have something to hate, who let her deliberately fake pregnancy to fight for /// favor /// murder Hui Guifei, how can she afford to provoke Hui Guifei? Wasn't the queen still destroyed by Concubine Hui effortlessly? ”

Between the words, I only heard the eunuch outside report loudly, "Yi Guifei Niangniang has arrived...... Concubine Hui drove to ......"

All the concubines in the hall were quiet, and hurriedly got up to salute and salute, Yi Guifei and Qin Yuan entered the hall one after the other, and the two of them slowly walked past the concubines in a luxurious manner, and then sat down slowly, only to hear Yi Guifei say slightly lazily, "Let's all sit down." ”

The concubines of the four people got up in thanks, and when everyone took their seats, they all sat down silently, and the originally slightly noisy hall has become very quiet now, and Concubine Yi then opened her mouth again, "It's too late this winter, it's a little colder than in previous years, is the charcoal in each palace enough?" ”

Everyone lowered their heads slowly, and answered neatly as if they had discussed it, and said in unison, "The concubine is worried, and the charcoal has been prepared." Qin Yuan's beautiful eyes swept over everyone roughly, and suddenly stopped at the lotus nobleman, the corners of her lips curved slightly, and said softly, "The lotus nobleman has been pregnant for more than three months now, everything is okay?" ”

Noble Lian smiled elegantly and bowed slightly, "Thanks to Concubine Hui's care, the imperial doctor comes to check the pulse of Concubine Ji every day, Concubine Ji's pulse is peaceful, and everything is fine." ”

Qin Yuan nodded reassuringly, "Then the palace will rest assured, Concubine Duan has to take good care of the lotus nobles, and the matter of the imperial heir must not be sloppy." Concubine Duan smiled and nodded, "Yes, the concubine has asked the Internal Affairs Office to prepare enough materials for the lotus nobles to spend the winter, and Concubine Hui can rest assured." ”

Qin Yuan smiled slowly, straightened her face slightly, the smile on her lips was soft and firm, and she said indifferently, "The heirs of the harem are thin, and they must take good care of it. ”

At present, everyone in the palace knows that the lotus nobleman is Qin Yuan's person, if anyone moves the lotus nobleman, it is equivalent to going against Qin Yuan, there is a precedent of Ning Guiren, and no one in the palace dares to be disrespectful to Qin Yuan, so Qin Yuan's words made everyone nervous, and they all bowed their heads and said, "Yes, Ji Concubine/Concubine/Concubine, I respect to follow the teachings of Hui Guifei Niangniang." ”

At this time, I only heard another report from the eunuch, "The queen mother drove to the ......"

I saw the queen slowly walking out of the back pavilion, everyone got up and saluted again, the queen slowly sat on the phoenix chair with the support of Qiu Ju, her haggard face was smeared with thick rouge, even so, it couldn't hide the weak look, and the queen then said slowly, "Let's be even." ”

Everyone thanked them and took their seats, the queen's eyes swept over everyone, and her thin lips opened, "This palace can't come to Cheng'an every day because of cough, but everyone can get up early every day with their own self-discipline, and this palace is very moved." Concubine Yi's face was rippling, and she said with a little worry, "The queen has been in better health recently?" ”

The queen had a little disappointment in her eyes, and slowly shook her head, "The body of this palace is not as good as day by day, but fortunately you and Concubine Hui are taking care of it in the palace, which makes this palace feel much more at ease." Qin Yuan's face was a little worried at this time, "The queen must pay attention to her body, the palace is looking forward to your speedy recovery." ”

The queen smiled softly in an instant, "Concubine Hui's thoughts are understood in this palace, Concubine Hui, you have only been in the palace for a short time, but now as a concubine, you can not be arrogant or impatient, this palace is very pleased." Qin Yuan smiled softly in an instant, and bowed her head slightly silently.

The queen then said slowly, "The palace came today, there is something to say, tomorrow is the day when the prince of Dongli leaves the court, tomorrow night the Chongde Hall will hold a feast to send off the prince of Dongli, tomorrow the banquet will still be attended by the concubines above the noble rank, and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will also come, so you must dress well." ”

The concubines then said slowly, "Yes." ”

As soon as the words fell, the queen felt a labor pain in her chest, covered her chest with her left hand, and covered her mouth with a silk handkerchief with her right hand and kept coughing, because the cough came very quickly, the queen's face was slightly red, and she frowned in pain, the palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to serve, Qiu Ju then said, "The queen is unwell, ladies and daughters should take care of themselves." Then hurriedly helped the queen to retreat to the back cabinet.

The concubines all looked indifferent, and Concubine Yi slowly got up and said to Qin Yuan, "Sister, let's go." ”

Qin Yuan nodded slowly, then got up and followed Yi Guifei out of Fengxiang Palace, and when she arrived at the palace gate, Yi Guifei asked, "Is my sister going back to the palace directly?" Qin Yuan's beautiful eyes swept secretly, and she seemed to smile and said, "I heard that Concubine Wan went to the Frost Moon Pavilion yesterday to explain what she said, how can this palace go and take a look." A trace of disdain swept through the bottom of Concubine Yi's heart, and she sneered, "Concubine Wan is going to urge her life, although Ning Guiren is downtrodden at the moment, she knows a lot of secrets of Concubine Wan, go and take a brief look and leave, it's good to keep Ning Guiren's cheap life to warn the palace people." ”

Qin Yuan smiled and bowed slightly, then got on her shoulders and slowly drove towards the Frost Moon Pavilion.

In the dormitory of the Frost Moon Pavilion, it is cold and gloomy, revealing a trace of coldness, without a trace of warmth, the originally bright and gorgeous dormitory, now it has become dim and cold, and there is no palace person in the room to serve, quietly as if it has been abandoned for a long time, /// next to the bed/// couch, the needle board stained with blood is placed alone, and the rows of silver needles are also placed aside, making people not think that this is the dormitory, and the room is filled with a faint smell of blood, which adds a bit of fear to the original cold.

Suddenly, "Ahem...... cough cough ......", /// bed /// came from the woman's weak cough at the couch, in a blink of an eye, the shocking picture made people unable to look directly, only to see Ning Guiren lying lonely on the couch, pale face distorted by pain, every day the Department of Punishment will send someone to execute Ning Guiren, and press Ning Guiren alive on the needle board, and then several palace people picked up the silver needle and pierced Ning Guiren's upper body alive, after the torture for an hour, the palace people threw Ning Guiren on the /// bed /// couch like rags, this half month, Ning Guiren is subjected to cruel punishment day after day, it is better to live like death than to live, it is really better to die, but Ning Guiren doesn't even have the strength to commit suicide now.

I saw that on Ning Guiren's calves, the brocade pants had already become tattered, and from that gap, you could see that Ning Guiren's legs had already been pierced by the needleboard and the flesh was blurred, and even the skin could not be seen at all, and the clothes on her upper body were torn to pieces, and her body was densely covered with invisible pinholes, her eyes were slightly closed, her face was pale without a trace of blood, sometimes her brows were slightly frowned, and sometimes she vomited heavily, and the torture of illness made her lose her vitality in the past.

"Bang ......"

The door of the dormitory was pushed open forcefully, and the cold wind invaded from the door, without a trace of pity, only to see Zhang Dehai walking in slowly with Qin Yuan, and came to Ning Guiren's /// bed ///, Qin Yuan smiled coldly for a while, and said sharply, "Ning Guiren has been doing well lately?" Ning Guiren slowly opened his eyes at this time, and when he saw Qin Yuan, the corners of his lips trembled weakly slightly, and his voice was hoarse, "Thanks to the blessing of the concubine, everything is fine with the concubine." ”

Zhang Dehai moved a chair, Qin Yuan then sat down slowly, indifferently looking at Ning Guiren's appearance at the moment where his life was in danger, his delicate and smooth face did not carry a trace of pity, the corners of his lips still maintained that sneer, and mocked, "This palace really admires Ning Guiren's tenacity, and it is such a time, it can still be so indifferent." ”

Ning Guiren flashed a sneer, and said viciously, "Concubine Hui, you will be punished." ”

Qin Yuan suddenly sneered, and couldn't help but look up and laugh shamefully, "Retribution? Hehe, Ning Guiren, you can't get pregnant in this life, and now this day when life is worse than death is retribution! ”

"No, Concubine Hui, you are wrong, since you killed Xiang Guifei, you have embarked on this road of no return, you keep saying that others murdered you first, but have you ever thought about the many concubines in the palace, why everyone only targets you, and you don't have the heart to provoke? Why blame others? ”

Qin Yuan's face was full of smiles, and gradually turned cold, "Ning Guiren, in fact, this palace appreciates your wisdom very much, your eyes are bright, your ears are smart, and your heart is wise, you have all of these, but you are used by Concubine Wan, Mu Qiang is broken, the more useful people are, the worse they will be used by others, Qiao Guiren is an example, and you have followed her into the footsteps, although you are smart, but you also have to see if Bengong Cong is not smart." ”

Ning Guiren suddenly smiled desolately, "No matter what, I have left an irreparable loss on you after all, and it can be regarded as revenge for Qiao Guiren, and Qiao Guiren should be blind if he has knowledge under the spring." ”

Qin Yuan sneered, "Ning Guiren, this palace asks you, have you lived for yourself?" ”

Ning Guiren raised his lips indifferently and said, "Concubine Hui is such a smart person, she would ask such a foolish question, you can ask the concubines of the palace, which one has lived for himself?" Which one willingly entered this deep palace? Which one is to serve the emperor sincerely? Hui Guifei, now that you have the emperor's sincerity, you won't understand how our people survive, Hui Guifei, the reason why you won me was because you were ruthless, and the reason why I lost was not necessarily upright, you and I were just Erer. ”

"Ning Guiren, there is no winning or losing between you and me, because my purpose for you is very clear, that is, to let you lose! Hongu has never meant to fight with you. ”

Ning Guiren suddenly sneered, "Concubine Hui, everyone in the palace is afraid of you right now, everyone says that if the queen returns to heaven, you will be the next phoenix person, but you have not experienced bath// fire rebirth, it is simply difficult to bear its position, in the reverse of the head, whether you are bath// fire rebirth or playing with fire / self-immolation, everything has not yet been decided, do you want to win?" Then you have to learn how to lose first. ”

Qin Yuan was silent for a while, looking at Ning Guiren who was miserable on the bed//// on the couch, and said so many heartfelt words, she was a little wooden for a while, the words of Concubine Yi a few days ago, plus Ning Guiren's current words, seemed to imply Qin Yuan, but what was it implying in the end?

Qin Yuan then frowned slightly, suddenly lost her patience, immediately straightened up, and said to Zhang Dehai behind her, "Let's slow down the punishment of Ning Guiren first, find a doctor to heal her injuries, serve her with good food and drink, and wait for her body to ease up before the punishment, keep her breathing, this palace will watch Ning Guiren until the day when she is tortured to the end of her life!" ”

Qin Yuan then glanced at Concubine Yi angrily, and then resolutely left the Frost Moon Pavilion.