Ling Xi gently pushed open the window, she looked at the courtyard, suddenly a cold wind blew into the house, met with the warm charcoal fire in the house, and quickly turned into a trace of moisture, gradually in the house, dispersed in front of Ling Xi's eyes, Ling Xi smiled bitterly, the cold winter is coming.

Aunt Yan slowly came to Ling Xi's side with a bowl of ginseng soup, she put the ginseng soup on the side of a few cases, immediately turned around and closed the window, and said, "Queen Mother, it's freezing outside, and it's easy to freeze with the window open." ”

Ling Xi picked up the ginseng soup, blew a breath of hot air lightly, and drank a few sips, and instantly a warm current swam through her whole body, extremely warm.

"Aunt Yan, isn't there any movement from Aunt An?"

"Aunt An is very quiet, Concubine De has not sent anyone to contact her." Aunt Yan whispered.

Ling Xi continued to stir the spoon in his hand, and with a puzzled expression on his face, he said, "Aunt Yan, you say, will Concubine De know about Aunt An?" ”

Aunt Yan smiled slightly, and said confidently: "After that night, Aunt An, as usual, the people in Qingfeng Garden don't know what happened, and no one in Guan Ju Palace will know." ”

"What if there is more than one inner ghost in Qingfeng Garden?"

Aunt Yan was stunned for a moment, there is indeed this possibility, now that Xiao Xiangxiang is used to the harem, she can buy off the palace people around Zhao Xinyue, and it is not difficult to buy off a few of the descendants of Qingfeng Yuan, she thought for a while and said: "Queen Mother, Aunt An said that she is the only one, but you can rest assured." The slave will find an opportunity to screen all the palace people in Qingfeng Garden. ”

"No, if the other palace people don't care, they won't be able to get close to the palace anyway, and there won't be any danger now, but if you screen carefully, it will be too much movement, so that Concubine De will be alert, and then it will be impossible to prevent it." Ling Xi said helplessly.

"Mother, what do you want?" Aunt An asked worriedly.

Since that night, Ling Xi has been preoccupied, Aunt Yan knows that Ling Xi has resentment in her heart, and she thinks that Ling Xi is waiting for an opportunity.

"Queen Mother, the death of several princes has been calculated accurately, and the old matter cannot be brought up again, otherwise it will be a huge harem turmoil, just the decoction that Your Majesty personally gave to the second prince is enough to make Your Majesty unbearable, and the Son of Heaven is angry, that is, the blood is flowing like a river, and the mother thinks twice." Aunt Yan continued to persuade Ling Xi.

Ling Xi lowered her head and said nothing, she took a few more sips of the ginseng soup in her hand, calmly as if nothing had happened.

Suddenly, Qin'er broke into the house in a panic, and said in a hurry: "Queen Mother, something happened to Zhu Meiren." ”

"What's going on?" Aunt Yan asked eagerly.

"The Four Princes are gone." Jean replied.

Ling Xi was startled, and the spoon in his hand fell into the porcelain bowl, and the crisp sound of porcelain colliding swayed back and forth in the room. Ling Xi thought that Xiang Ziqiu was gone, Xiang Hongxuan lost his son one after another, how sad Xiang Hongxuan should be, and in addition to sadness, there is endless sorrow. At this moment, Xiang Hongxuan is not only angry, but only has a fragile heart.

It seemed that she thought of something, and asked again: "I didn't hear that the fourth prince was in poor health before, why is the fourth prince gone." ”

"I heard from the palace people in the Zuiyun Pavilion that after the winter, the four princes were a little cold and out of breath, and Imperial Doctor Chen had been prescribing medicine to the four princes to recuperate. Last night, it was cold, and the four princes cried non-stop, so Zhu Meiren lay on her side in front of the bed of the four princes to take care of the prince. The four princes took the medicine and slept soundly, and Zhu Meiren also fell asleep in the middle of the night, but she didn't know how, so she accidentally pressed the four princes in her arms under herself. Qin'er whispered.

Ling Xi sneered, such a coincidence, Xiang Hongxuan's last prince also died, and there was Chen Xuan, who killed Ling Xi, she didn't believe it, Xiang Ziqiu's death would be an accident?

"Qin'er, go and call Aunt An." Ling Xi said coldly.

Qin'er walked out of the house quickly, Ling Xi smiled at Aunt Yan and said, "Here's the opportunity." ”

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As soon as he entered the Drunken Cloud Pavilion, Ling Xi saw Zhu Ruoyu kneeling on the cold ground with a dull gaze, and seemed to be muttering something to himself. She looked around, the palace people of the Drunken Cloud Pavilion were gone, Ling Xi glanced at the charcoal stove on the ground that had long been extinguished, it was cold and snowy outside, and in the entire Drunken Cloud Pavilion, there was no heat at all, it was as cold as an ice cave, Ling Xi thought that this was probably the result of Xiang Hongxuan's great anger.

Ling Xi glanced at An Sumei beside him, An Sumei willingly helped Zhu Ruoyu up from the ground, Ling Xi asked softly, "Zhu Meiren, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhu Ruoyu didn't seem to hear Ling Xi's words, she still had tears in her eyes, bowing her head and muttering to herself, as if she was the only one left in her world. Ling Xi frowned, she looked at Zhu Ruoyu's somewhat abnormal sanity, thought for a while, and asked softly, "Zhu Meiren, is the fourth prince's breath better?" ”

Zhu Ruoyu heard Ling Xi talk about Xiang Ziqiu, she immediately raised her head, a tear quietly crossed her face, she said in a daze: "The fourth prince has been panting for some time, the fourth prince cried non-stop last night, the concubine was a little worried, and quickly invited Imperial Doctor Chen to show the prince, Imperial Doctor Chen is really powerful, he prescribed a new prescription, let the concubine fry the prince to drink, after the prince drank it, sure enough, he didn't make trouble, he slept quietly, and when the prince woke up, he would be sick." ”

Saying that, Zhu Ruoyu also raised a hand tremblingly, pointing to the inner room, she looked at Ling Xi, smiled quietly, Ling Xi was stunned, she followed Zhu Ruoyu's fingers and couldn't help but look into the inner room, she thought that Xiang Ziqiu should have died on the bed in the inner room.

"Yes, when the fourth prince wakes up, he will be healed." Ling Xi followed Zhu Ruoyu's words, she gently held Zhu Ruoyu's trembling hand, in Ling Xi's palm, Zhu Ruoyu's hand was like an ice pick, cold and painful.

"Zhu Meiren, the fourth prince is asleep, why are you asleep?"

Ling Xi asked Zhu Ruoyu coldly, Zhu Ruoyu's body trembled, she shook her head lightly, as if she was thinking about something, and after a long time, she said faintly: "Why did the concubine fall asleep?" ”

Suddenly, Zhu Ruoyu broke free of Ling Xi's warm palm, she immediately got up from the ground, and staggered a little towards the inner room, Ling Xi followed her to the bed in the inner room.

I saw Zhu Ruoyu lying on her side on the side of the bed, she carefully picked up the pillow on the bed, put it in her arms lightly, and gently patted the pillow.

Ling Xi stood silently aside, she looked at Zhu Ruoyu's skillful way of teasing the child, once she had also coaxed her son to sleep like this, she didn't believe that a mother would fall asleep in front of a sick child, and also crush her own child.

After a long time, Zhu Ruoyu raised her head slightly and whispered to Ling Xi: "Ping'er, you take the nurse down, the fourth prince is not feeling well tonight, I don't worry, I want to stay by the prince's side." ”

Ling Xi looked around in some surprise, except for Aunt An and her, there was no one else in the room, who was Zhu Ruoyu talking to?

"Ping'er, I'm talking to you, what are you looking at?" Zhu Ruoyu glared at Ling Xi with some displeasure and said.

Aunt An stepped forward, just wanted to stop Zhu Ruoyu's rude behavior towards Ling Xi, Ling Xi raised her hand, and knew her to retreat, and then Ling Xi took a few steps closer to Zhu Ruoyu and said softly: "Niangniang, the slave knows." ”

Saying that, Ling Xi waved her hand, Aunt An left the inner room with interest, and Ling Xi said again: "Niangniang, the nurse is gone, do you have any other instructions?" ”

Zhu Ruoyu continued to look at the pillow in her arms gently, and whispered: "By the way, Ping'er, go to the small kitchen to take a look, is Imperial Doctor Chen still decocting medicine there?" If the medicine is decocted, don't let Imperial Physician Chen leave the Drunken Cloud Pavilion, the prince is panting badly tonight, Imperial Physician Chen is gone, I don't worry. ”

"The slave knows." Ling Xi replied again. She didn't leave the house, and Zhu Ruoyu didn't seem to see her anymore, Zhu Ruoyu concentrated on coaxing the pillow in her arms, and kept muttering in her mouth, don't cry, the child will be fine after drinking the medicine.

After a while, Zhu Ruoyu picked up the soup bowl on the table next to the bed, there was no soup medicine in it, Zhu Ruoyu put the spoon to his mouth and blew hot air after breath, and finally carefully handed it to the pillow, as if he was feeding medicine in one mouthful. Ling Xi looked at Zhu Ruoyu's somewhat strange behavior, she thought that Zhu Ruoyu was too sad and forgot the fact that her son died in the morning.

Suddenly, Zhu Ruoyu looked at Ling Xi and said, "Ping'er, you go to the small kitchen and bring my refreshing tea, I can't fall asleep, you can go to the outhouse to guard." ”

Ling Xi raised her eyes and looked at the tea bowls on the several cases, she walked to the side of the cases, picked up the tea bowls and saw that there was still half a bowl of tea in them, she thought that this should be the refreshing tea that Zhu Ruoyu didn't finish drinking last night. Obviously, Zhu Ruoyu drank refreshing tea last night, so why did Zhu Ruoyu still fall asleep?

"Mother, let the slave stay with you, in case you fall asleep, there will be a slave and a maid." Ling Xi asked tentatively.

Zhu Ruoyu frowned, looked slightly dissatisfied, and whispered: "Your hands and feet are too heavy, the prince finally fell asleep, what should you do if you wake up again?" And you are the most greedy and sleepy on weekdays, you will definitely take a nap in the middle of the night, you don't have to stay, there is Imperial Doctor Chen in the outhouse, you go to the outhouse, if Imperial Doctor Chen has any needs, you can be prepared. ”

After speaking, Zhu Ruoyu sang a children's rhyme in her mouth and stopped talking.

Ling Xi put the brocade quilt in the corner of the bed on Zhu Ruoyu's body, she glanced at the stunned Zhu Ruoyu, and left the inner room.

Ling Xi strode towards the outside of the Drunken Cloud Pavilion, Aunt An immediately stepped forward and put her coat on Ling Xi's body, Ling Xi stopped, she glanced at An Sumei, and then leaned close to An Sumei's ear and said something.

An Sumei's face stiffened, her body leaned back a little unnaturally, her face was full of horror, as if Ling Xi had just said something terrible in her ear.

Ling Xi lowered his head and smiled, and said indifferently: "This palace is a good word, as long as you do what this palace says, this palace will definitely keep its promise, let you go out of the palace to the imperial tomb, and guard the tomb for the three princes, and the disputes in this harem will not be related to you in the future." ”

An Sumei lowered her head, could she not do it? finally survived, and it was extremely difficult to get to where she is now, but now there is only death left in front of her, she doesn't understand, the harem life of more than 20 years, is it a stolen stability, or a dream.

"Mother, the slave will do what you say." An Sumei replied helplessly.