In the late autumn and early winter nights, in addition to the cold is the silent black, even the lively harem seems to be unable to withstand the sudden cold, the door locks of each courtyard have already fallen, and the night has come. A little drizzle drifted in the sky, and Ling Xi was wrapped in a heavy inky cloak, quickly flashing into the boundless black.

Walking through the long harem road, Ling Xi stopped in front of a pavilion, her flickering almond eyes, a thin layer of frost covering her thick eyelashes, heavy and extremely cold. Ling Xi glanced at Aunt Yan on the side, Aunt Yan carefully took out a key from her arms, she opened the back door of the pavilion lightly, Ling Xi walked in quickly, Aunt Yan lightly lifted the palace lamp in her hand, under the light, after looking around, she also quietly entered the pavilion and closed the back door of the pavilion again.

Ling Xi, who had just stepped into the courtyard, was greeted by a cold wind, Ling Xi couldn't help but wrap the cloak on his body, the red leaves on the ground were rustling by this cold wind, Ling Xi looked down at the red leaves falling all over the yard, once this autumn leaf red should also be a scene, pleasing others and pleasing oneself.

"Queen Mother, go in quickly, it's cold at night, and it's not good to stay here for long." Aunt Yan whispered worriedly.

After Ling Xi glanced at the red leaves on the ground again, she looked up at the house, a faint light flashed in the room, it seemed that in this silent and cold autumn night, she was the only one who couldn't sleep, she walked into the house quickly.

In the huge inner room, it seemed that only one or two palace lamps were lit, and under the faint light, Ling Xi couldn't see whether there was anyone standing in front of the bed in the depths of the house. Ling Xi slowly walked towards the inner room.

"Who is it?" A faint voice sounded, and it was particularly eye-catching in this empty room.

Ling Xi slowly approached the depths of the light, a familiar figure came into her eyes, Zhao Xinyue stood in front of the bed, Ling Xi gently untied the ink-colored cloak on her body, the small phoenix crown on her head refracted a dazzling light under the light in front of the bed, Zhao Xinyue was startled, she looked at Ling Xi's gradually clear face blankly, plopped, Zhao Xinyue knelt on the ground, tears fell down her emaciated face.

Ling Xi handed the ink-colored cloak in her hand to Aunt Yan, she didn't help Zhao Xinyue who was kneeling on the cold ground, she sighed faintly and asked, "Say, what's going on?" ”

Zhao Xinyue was extremely aggrieved and raised her teary eyes, which had already been numb from crying, looked at Ling Xi, and said weakly: "The concubine is really wronged, and the death of the fifth prince has nothing to do with the concubine. ”

Ling Xi turned around, staggered Zhao Xinyue's teary eyes, and said softly: "The death of the fifth prince has nothing to do with you, what about the second prince?" ”

Zhao Xinyue lowered her head, the crying just now also stopped, how much did Ling Xi know? If she told Ling Xi the truth, she would still die, and she would die even more, Zhao Xinyue was silent.

"So far, you still don't tell the truth, this palace is really curious, are you willing to be someone else's substitute ghost?"

Ling Xi's words were like a seed of anger, which burst out of Zhao Xinyue's heart in an instant, and the sturdy stem was firmly entangled in Zhao Xinyue's heart

Head, heartburn and pain. Zhao Xinyue's eyes showed unwillingness, she gritted her teeth and said: "Queen Mother, the concubine did not plot to kill the five princes, but the concubine used the poison found by His Majesty to assassinate the second prince, but the concubine did this only to protect herself, the concubine didn't want to, but you know, the concubine's eldest prince died aggrieved, and there are new and old hatreds between the concubine and the concubine over the years, and the concubine can't help but do it." ”

Told the secrets and grievances in her heart clearly, Zhao Xinyue seemed to be a little relieved at this moment, her resentment and hatred were over, and the only thing left was unwillingness.

Sure enough, it was her, this was the same as Ling Xi thought, Ling Xi turned around and asked, "Tell me, how did you poison the second prince." ”

It seemed that Zhao Xinyue, who was kneeling on the ground, was a little tired, she leaned back slightly, sat down on the ground, leaned on the edge of the bed, and said softly: "The concubine thinks that the concubine has fallen out of favor, if the second prince is gone, there is no hope for the concubine, and it will be impossible to liquidate the concubine in the future, so the concubine found a poison, it is said that this poison will not kill people immediately, as long as the dose of poison is accurate, it can make people very weak, and finally die of other diseases, even if the doctor tests the poison, it can't be found." Originally, the concubine wanted to give it directly to the second prince, but Niangniang and His Majesty were too careful, and the food and supplies of the second prince were carefully checked by several imperial doctors, and the concubine had nothing to do. One day the concubine happened to hear that Concubine Shu had been feeding the second prince herself, and the concubine wanted to be poisoned by Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu's milk would be the best poison, and Concubine Shu and the second prince were poisoned, and they would all die of disease silently, so the concubine would be safer, wouldn't it? ”

A calm smile appeared on Zhao Xinyue's pale face, as if life and death were no longer important at this moment. Zhao Xinyue was relieved, but Ling Xi's heart was extremely heavy, she lowered her voice and asked word by word, "Where did you put the poison?" ”

Zhao Xinyue raised her finger and put it on the side of her mouth, she bit it without hesitation, and instantly the blood infected her white lips, she pursed her lips, and suddenly her lips were extremely red, and said: "For a long time, the concubine didn't know where to put the poison, one day when the concubine was waiting for the queen in Qingfeng Garden, she saw the lipstick that the lady specially purchased from Xihua, and the concubine thought that this must be prepared for the concubine, so the concubine took advantage of the lack of attention, and put the poison on the lipstick." Saying that, Zhao Xinyue pointed to her red lips with trembling fingers and smiled slightly.

Ling Xi was stunned, who would have thought that this rouge could be poisonous? Who can have doubts about Xihuaguo's lipstick, and she specially transported it from Xihuaguo, she won't, and Feng Yingying won't.

"Say, who is colluding with you in Qingfeng Garden?" Ling Xi used up the last of his patience and asked sharply.

Zhao Xinyue sneered and said: "Queen Mother, how dare the concubine let others know about this kind of killing the head and exterminating the clan, from beginning to end, the concubine did it alone, but the concubine couldn't figure it out, why did the five princes get the same poison?" ”

Ling Xi couldn't seem to find a trace of lie panic from Zhao Xinyue's puzzled eyes,

But if Zhao Xinyue didn't lie, then this matter would be even more wrong, she had explained that everything sent from Qingfeng Yuan to Xiyan Palace needed to be checked, so why was the poisonous lipstick still sent to Xiyan Palace?

Regardless of whether there is an internal response in Qingfeng Yuan, the lipstick that poisoned Feng Yingying and Xiang Minghao came from Qingfeng Yuan, that is to say, Xiang Minghao's death, she can't tell. Thinking of this, a sense of anger arose in Ling Xi's heart, she stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Aunt Yan stepped forward to support her, Ling Xi cast a sharp look at Zhao Xinyue, and said firmly: "Impossible, if there is no internal response from you in Qingfeng Garden, even if you can avoid the palace people secretly poisoning, this poisonous lipstick will not be able to escape the inspection of the palace people." ”

Zhao Xinyue shook her head hard, she really didn't lie, she was also worried that the poisonous lipstick would be checked out, and she also thought about finding another way to poison Feng Yingying's body, but things went so smoothly, the poisonous lipstick escaped Qingfeng Yuan's inspection, and even Chen Xuan didn't diagnose Feng Yingying's poisoning, she always thought that God was helping her, she thought that this was also Feng Yingying's retribution.

"Mrs. Zhao, the slave has the courage to ask you, do others know about the fact that you want to poison the second prince?" Aunt Yan on the side asked Zhao Xinyue coldly, Zhao Xinyue also looked at Aunt Yan with some doubts, Aunt Yan immediately threw a look of inquiry to Ling Xi, Ling Xi nodded slightly, and Aunt Yan said: "Mrs. Zhao, you remember that there is a palace person named Tao'er next to her, she left the palace the day before yesterday, and died in the inn in Yicheng, it is said that the inn caught fire and was burned alive." ”

Some pictures flashed in Zhao Xinyue's mind, and she said with some uncertainty: "It's Tao'er, only she can enter the concubine's house, and every time the concubine makes cheese for the five princes, she is serving on the side, but why?" Why did she harm her concubine? Besides, she shouldn't know about the concubine poisoning the second prince. ”

"What about the others? Is there anyone in this harem who doesn't know about this? Ling Xi asked eagerly.

"Nobody knows." Zhao Xinyue muttered to herself, and suddenly she seemed to think of something, and said: "Actually, the concubine has looked for Concubine De, and I wanted to look at her favor and discuss with her to deal with Concubine Shu, but Concubine De was afraid of the second prince, she only cared about self-pity and self-pity, and she didn't have the heart to deal with Concubine Shu at all." The concubine had no choice before she thought of poisoning, and it stands to reason that no one would know that the concubine was going to poison the second prince. didn't go to please Xue Meiren, but it was Concubine De who took her concubine to go, but Xue Meiren didn't seem to like the pastries and soufflés sent by Concubine De, so Concubine De didn't go to Yaoguang Pavilion much, and in the end, only the concubine was left to go to Yaoguang Pavilion. ”

Suddenly, Ling Xi only felt that Zhao Xinyue in front of him was stupid and ignorant, it was obvious that the palace person beside Zhao Xinyue was bought by Xiao Xiangxiang, otherwise how could the emperor be swaying, and the quota for leaving the palace would be transferred to that palace person. And Xiao Xiangxiang knew Zhao Xinyue's jealous and panicked heart, saying that Xiao Xiangxiang didn't do anything, and Zhao Xinyue could complete the poisoning so smoothly? I didn't believe her to death. and that peach died tragically in Yicheng, Ling Xi can guess the ** points, I'm afraid it will be from beginning to end,

Zhao Xinyue is Xiao Xiangxiang's calculated scapegoat.

But the funniest thing is that Zhao Xinyue still thinks that Xiao Xiangxiang is innocent, how could she think that Zhao Xinyue was clever back then, and sent Zhao Xinyue to Xiang Hongxuan's side, Ling Xi smiled bitterly, it was not that Zhao Xinyue was stupid, it was that she was stupid and dull like a pig.

Ling Xi glanced at Zhao Xinyue, who was shrinking in front of the bed, afraid that Zhao Xinyue was still struggling with who was harming her? Ling Xi turned around abruptly and left the Reflecting Moon Pavilion without any hesitation.

I don't know when it started, it was a thick fog in the night, Ling Xi walked in the misty night, there was a crisp sound under her feet, she looked down, the ground was covered with layers of thick frost, Ling Xi looked up and looked around, except for the fog in her eyes, she couldn't see anything clearly.

She turned around in a panic and pulled Aunt Yan behind her, the mist in her eyes moistened her eyes, maybe it was because the fog was too big and cold tonight, maybe it was the constant association in her mind, Ling Xi's hand couldn't help but tremble. She looked around, but she couldn't see anything but the thick fog that she couldn't reach.

Suddenly, Ling Xi lowered her head and blew out the palace lamp in Aunt Yan's hand, and she said with some concern: "Aunt Yan, this palace lamp can't illuminate the palace road under your feet, and the palace can't see the way anymore." ”

Aunt Yan helped Ling Xi up with one hand, and said: "The slave maid has been in the harem for more than 30 years, and every stone brick slave and maid in the harem knows that with the slave and maid here, she must be able to take the maid to where she should go." ”

(End of chapter)