A scorching sun covered the harem, the palace people anxiously shuttled through the imperial garden, the scorching summer sun shone on the body, like a layer of quilt, making people so hot that they couldn't breathe, and they were so stuffy that they were upset, and the sweaty palace people couldn't care about the scorching heat of the scorching sun, and looked panicked looking for something. Suddenly, a scream came from the lake, and the palace people ran to the lake, and in an instant, there was no more noise in the imperial garden.

In the Yaoguang Pavilion, Ling Xi picked up the jasmine green tea on a few cases, she looked at the pale green tea soup, the tip of her nose poured over the faint fragrance of tea, she took a sip leisurely, and said: "Xue Meiren, your tea soup is really a good product to relieve the heat in summer." ”

Xue Duyan smiled slightly, she came to Ling Xi's side, respectfully offered another pot of tea, and said, "If the queen mother likes it, the concubine will go to Qingfeng Garden every day to cook it for you." ”

Ling Xi looked at Xue Duyan, who was a little thin in front of her, and her slender hands seemed to have only skeletons left.

"Xue Meiren, are you feeling better?" Ling Xi asked with concern.

Xue Duyan looked sideways, looked at the dazzling sun outside the window, and said lightly: "Queen Mother, the concubine is fine, but she is a little snooze, I don't know when it started, the concubine likes to stay in this house, and she sleeps for half a day." It seems that the concubines have slept through a winter and spring, and the concubines are lazy. ”

Ling Xi heard the imperial doctor say that Xue Duyan was overly sad, a little trance-like, and needed to recuperate, but Ling Xi didn't expect that Xue Duyan's recuperation would take more than half a year. Originally, she thought that Xue Duyan was almost better, but now it seems that Xue Duyan kept her mouth shut about Xiang Zimo, and she was afraid that the pain in her heart would not be better for the rest of her life.

"Okay, let's go out for a walk more, so that we can be in good spirits."

"It's time to go outside, or it'll be winter again soon, and it'll be unusually cold." Xue Duyan unconsciously walked to the window and muttered to himself.

Ling Xi was stunned, looking at Xue Duyan's quiet and indisputable appearance, maybe she thought too much, she picked up the tea bowl and took another sip, the refreshing coolness swam in the blood, making Ling Xi's brain extremely calm.

Even if the Xue family has cooperated with Xiao Xiangxiang, Xue Duyan and Xiao Xiangxiang have moved around a lot, but Xue Duyan's loss of a son, and her indisputable fact, Ling Xi thought that Xue Duyan would not be Xiao Xiangxiang's helper, maybe she shouldn't come this time.

Suddenly, Aunt Yan hurriedly walked into the house, she muttered a few words in Ling Xi's ear, Ling Xi turned her head to look at Xue Duyan who was in a trance by the window, she turned around and left Yaoguang Pavilion silently.

The imperial garden was crowded, and the palace people and the attendants gathered around the lake, whispering. Ling Xi slowly came to the lake, and the palace people and the attendants immediately made way and bowed their heads respectfully and retreated to the sides.

Ling Xi watched from a distance as a person lying on the edge of the lake, she slowly approached, frowned, and asked loudly, "How could Wei Meiren drown in the lake?" ”

Wei Meiren's palace maid replied timidly: "Queen Mother, this morning Wei Meiren said that it was very stuffy, so she said that she wanted to go to the imperial garden for a walk, and after coming to the pavilion in the imperial garden, Wei Meiren was really comfortable, and then Wei Meiren said that it was a mouthful,

I sent the slave and maid back to get some tea, but when the slave and maid returned to the pavilion, Wei Meiren didn't know where to go, and the slave thought that Wei Meiren had returned to the palace, but the slave and maid didn't see Wei Meiren after returning to the palace, so they panicked. ”

Ling Xi glanced at Wei Meiren's somewhat swollen face, Wei Meiren's skin was also wrinkled, and she couldn't help but feel a trace of sourness,

She turned her head and couldn't help but cover her heart with her hand, and after a long time, she seemed to be much better, and asked, "Wei Meiren was lost early in the morning, why did she report it at noon?" ”

Ling Xi's heart couldn't help but wonder, looking at Wei Meiren's swollen corpse, no matter how careless the palace people were, it wouldn't be that Wei Meiren disappeared for most of the day, so he panicked to find someone.

The palace people were so frightened that they trembled, and said hesitantly: "Queen Mother, recently the beauty always says that it is stuffy, and often goes outside alone, and sometimes it takes half a day to return to the palace, and the slaves and maids don't know where the beauty is cool, so they will wait until noon, and they don't see the beauty come back, so they feel that something is wrong, and quickly look for it." ”

Ling Xi raised her eyebrows, she glanced at Aunt Yan, Aunt Yan immediately came to Ling Xi's side, after Ling Xi carefully explained some things to her, Aunt Yan immediately dispersed the palace people and left the imperial garden with Wei Meiren's body.

Unconsciously, Ling Xi walked outside the Jiaofang Palace, she looked up at the majestic palace where she once lived, and suddenly she had mixed feelings in her heart, especially the vermilion palace wall of the Jiaofang Hall in front of her, under the reflection of the hot sun, like a beauty's lips, lit with the most expensive lipstick, gorgeous to luxurious.

Ling Xi's eyes appeared in front of Ling Xi's eyes of the dilapidated Jiaofang Hall after the palace change that year, which seemed to have nothing to do with the magnificent palace in front of him. She asked softly, "When will the Jiaofang Hall be repaired?" ”

Xin'er beside her looked up at the majestic Jiaofang Palace, and whispered: "Queen Mother, in the second year after the palace change, the Jiaofang Palace was repaired, but the Niangniang lived in Qingfeng Garden comfortably, and the Jiaofang Palace was so far away from the Feiyu Palace, so the Niangniang couldn't remember to go back to the Jiaofang Palace." ”

"Comfortable," Ling Xi couldn't help but mutter.

Unconsciously, she gently pushed open the door of the Jiaofang Palace, and in an instant, the golden Jiaofang Palace, like a sleeping beauty, met Ling Xi's eyes. She strode in the outer palace of the Jiaofang Palace, and the dazzling light rays refracted from the glazed tiles on both sides were reflected on the dark red palace wall in the shade, which was particularly dazzling and beautiful.

Ling Xi stood outside the high Jiaofang Hall and looked into the distance, the corners of the buildings in Dongyu's harem flew into her eyes, and a cool breeze blew, which seemed to blow away the summer heat on Ling Xi's body, she couldn't help but sigh, how did she not know before, it turned out that standing outside the Jiaofang Palace, she could look down on the pavilions so proudly. She looked down and smiled, she thought this was the majesty of the queen.

Ling Xi walked into the hall, the corners and corners of the hall were filled with those valuable decorations one by one, there was no blank space in her eyes, compared to the shabby Jiaofang Hall after the palace changed that year, this may be what the Jiaofang Palace should look like.

A fragrance wafted into his nose, Ling Xi couldn't help but approach the corner, the pale pink palace wall exuded a faint fragrance, Ling Xi stretched out

The hand touched the wooden wall, which is the aroma of the pepper tree flowers, and it is also the unique taste of the pepper house. She thought that in this thick layer of powder paint, I am afraid that a sufficient amount of powder from the pepper tree flowers was added, and such a pepper hall should be extremely warm in winter.

Aunt Yan walked into the hall, she sent the other palace people to retreat, came to Ling Xi's side, and whispered: "Queen Mother, according to your instructions, I have already let the imperial doctor see Wei Meiren's body." ”

"How?"

"Wei Meiren did drown this morning, it seems that the palace people are not lying, but the imperial doctor said that Wei Meiren is pregnant."

Ling Xi was stunned, her hand slowly slipped off the palace wall, so coincidentally, Wei Meiren just got pregnant, and she died of falling into the water? Ling Xi smiled bitterly and asked, "Have you informed Your Majesty about Wei Meiren?" ”

Aunt Yan lowered her head and whispered: "The chamberlain has already gone to the Flying Feather Hall to inform His Majesty, but the chamberlain said that His Majesty is not in the Flying Feather Palace, but has gone to the Guan Ju Palace." ”

"Then let the chamberlain go to Guan Ju Palace and tell Your Majesty that Wei Meiren, who was just pregnant, didn't know what the reason was, so she accidentally fell into the water and died, and let the imperial doctor follow her, in case Concubine De faints or something, so as not to panic."

Aunt Yan didn't leave immediately, she still lowered her head, Ling Xi frowned, and asked unhappily, "What's wrong?" ”

"Queen Mother, I heard that the report from Guan Ju Palace just now, Concubine De is happy again." Aunt Yan whispered.

Ling Xi lowered his head and sneered, it was really a coincidence that there was no book, Xiao Xiangxiang was pregnant, Wei Meiren drowned in the lake, and the news of death and the happy event were on the same day, even if Xiang Hongxuan knew, I am afraid that he would be more happy than sad.

"Queen Mother, let's forget about Wei Meiren's business."

Ling Xi smiled, she was not annoyed by Aunt Yan's words, she asked, "Aunt Yan, do you also think that this palace has lost?" ”

"Queen Mother, Your Majesty will pay special attention to Concubine De's birth, and Niangniang should not set her head on fire and avoid its edge." Aunt Yan persuaded bitterly. Aunt Yan had to admit that Xiao Xiangxiang's means and grace had already surpassed Ling Xi, not to mention that Xiao Xiangxiang was pregnant, and there were too many opportunities to play on the topic, it was not that Ling Xi lost, but it was not suitable to compete now.

"Aunt Yan, has Aunt An's affairs been handled?" Suddenly, Ling Xi changed his words and asked.

"For the palace people of Dongtailing, Aunt An drank the wine given by her mother without crying or making trouble, and went on the road with peace of mind." Aunt Yan whispered, and suddenly her eyebrows frowned slightly, and she said: "But I heard the palace people that day say that Aunt An said something strange before she died. ”

"What did she say?" Ling Xi asked curiously.

"She said that Niangniang kept her promise, and she told the truth, and no one suffered."

Ling Xi's face froze, her brows furrowed, and she fell into deep thought. Soon her face was immediately full of smiles, and inadvertently her nose, eyes, and mouth burst into laughter, and in the huge Jiaofang Palace, Ling Xi's trembling laughter was lingering for a long time.

"Aunt Yan, the son of this palace can't die in vain, can he? Your Majesty doesn't care, the palace can't ignore it, otherwise the three princes will blame the palace. ”

Aunt Yan was stunned and asked, "Niangniang, what do you want?" ”

"A long time ago, this palace knew that retreating could not stop the dispute, but unfortunately this palace forgot, maybe Aunt Yan, you are right, this palace is wrong."

Ling Xi looked around the Jiaofang Palace, and said with satisfaction: "This palace is going to move back to the Jiaofang Palace, this is where the queen should stay." Aunt Yan, you have to screen the palace people in Qingfeng Garden carefully, and don't go to the Jiaofang Hall if you shouldn't come. ”

Aunt Yan nodded knowingly, she just wanted to leave the Jiaofang Palace, suddenly Ling Xi pulled her, Ling Xi smiled slightly, and said: "By the way, count all the palace people in the harem, and those who should leave the palace will send out of the palace, and the competition between the palace and Concubine De will officially begin." ”

"Don't worry, the queen knows what to do."

(End of chapter)