The sudden voice jumped a few people, and Qing Ruxu looked back and saw that it was an old palace maid with a withered face, old and thin, she was wearing a standard palace costume, but the color was old and dull, and the wash was white, and she looked like she had worn it for many years and washed it repeatedly.

Song Ying and Qing Rulan were so frightened that their breathing tightened, and they retreated again and again, but behind them was the railing, and beyond the railing was the temple base as high as three zhang, and it was not a joke if they fell.

Qing Ruxu has been frightened a lot recently, and he has been immune a lot, not to mention that at this time, the sky is blue and white, and there are groups of palace people coming and going around, there is nothing to be afraid of. She dragged her two younger sisters and asked, "What did Mama just say?" ”

The old palace maid's eyes were cloudy and her movements were slow, and when she heard her question, she repeated after a moment: "That's a bird raised after the waste." ”

"Scrapped?" Qing Ruxu was a little surprised, of course she knew that there was another abolished queen in this palace, but she had been imprisoned in the cold palace for many years, and she had long been forgotten, but she didn't expect this to be the bird she raised.

"Oops, how did you get here!"

A rather shrill voice came from a distance, and Qing Ruxu turned his head to see that it was a small chamberlain.

He saw the old palace maid standing here and was a little anxious, "You can also come to this kind of place?" You're not afraid to lose your head, I'm terrible! The emperor and the queen are inside, go quickly! ”

The old palace maid looked dry, but her strength was not small, and she was quite stubborn: "The white bird flew here, I have to take it back." ”

Seeing her standing still, the little chamberlain was a little anxious, for fear of being seen and punished: "You leave first, I'll ask someone to help you find the white bird!" ”

The old palace maid shook her head stubbornly, and while slowly moving along the railing, she made a "chirp" sound, as if calling the bird.

Xiao Nei stomped his feet angrily, and was about to call someone to come over and forcibly take the old palace maid away, but he didn't expect the white shadow to flash in front of everyone's eyes, and it was the white bird who heard the call of "chirping" and flew over with its wings.

It rolled its eyes smartly, and flew directly towards her after seeing the old palace maid, landing on her shoulder.

The old palace maid stretched out her hand and stroked the feathers of the white bird, and slowly moved her steps away from the Yunji Palace, and kept muttering in her mouth, as if she was complaining about the white bird flying around.

The little chamberlain breathed a sigh of relief and came over to salute the three of them, "A few of you weren't scared." ”

Qing Rulan looked at the back of the old palace maid and stroked her arm and said, "Why is this old lady so infiltrating!" ”

"That's the old palace maid after the abolition of Bixiao Palace, crazy." The little chamberlain explained, and hurriedly told them to retire and get busy.

Bixiao Palace is a cold palace.

Song Ying asked in a low voice: "How many years have you lived in the cold palace after the abolition, and you are still alive ......?"

She didn't say anything, but how could Qing Ruxu not understand what she meant.

Generally, after the concubines are beaten into the cold palace, it is still good to be treated coldly, and some will even be bullied and tortured by the palace people, and finally they can't stand the loneliness and pain, and they either go crazy or commit suicide. But it's surprising that this queen is still alive in the world after staying in the cold palace for so many years.

This long-forgotten person, I don't know what kind of life she lived in the cold palace, what made her persist to this day?

………………

Since the Xuanping Marquis Mansion has also been a bad thief, many people in Beijing have taken precautions, and they have been busy with public security issues in the mansion recently, so there are many fewer gatherings of all kinds.

In addition to the necessary entertainment, such as the banquet on the birthday of the fourteenth princess, Qing Ruxu rarely went out in the past two months, first, there was a funeral in the house, and secondly, the Xiao Song family had been in charge of the feed for many years, and she didn't know how many people were left, she also had to help the third lady check one by one, so as not to leave trouble.

The fishing boat that had poisoned Xiao Song's family was sent to Zhuangzi to be taken care of, but her mother, Zhou Niangzi, was stimulated to hang herself when she heard the news of her husband and son's death. In fact, when Qing Ruxu found the father and son, they were already dead, so she had to use tricks to defraud Zhou Niangzi and Yuzhou what they knew.

And the egret who helped Xiao Song's escape was obviously not an accomplice of the same rank as Zhou Niangzi's mother and daughter, she never refused to confide any news, so Qing Ruxu had no choice but to hand her over to Jiang Rin and let him use the means of the Imperial City Division to pry open the egret's mouth.

Xiao Song's death really caused chaos in the house for a while, but under the unsparing combing of the third lady and Qingru, they quickly returned to normal, and even some people began to come to the door to be a matchmaker for Qinghong.

It's just that Qinghong's current mind is not on this at all, he only said that his wife was newly mourned, and he didn't think about it for the time being.

After dinner that day, Qingru Xu was squinting her eyes thinking about the mysterious cloaked man, Xiong Bao'er came in with a letter and said, "Girl, the Spring God Nunnery has written a letter back." ”

was sent to the Spring God Nunnery and forcibly lost her hair, Qing Ruchu finally realized that what she did made everyone in the Qing family feel cold and avoided her, and even her father was completely disappointed in her, put away all the mercy, and threw her to fend for herself in the Spring God Nunnery.

After being depressed for a while, Qing Ruchu couldn't stand the bitterness and loneliness in the nunnery, lowered her figure, softened her heart, and did everything possible to deliver letters to the house, wanting to leave the Spring God Nunnery, but these letters were all robbed by Xiong Bao'er.

Qing Ruxu opened it and looked at it a few times, but it was still those words that confessed their mistakes and begged for forgiveness.

Now, Qing Ruxu has long been freed from the false sisterhood, and she will never feel regret and pain again, she still remembers Jiang Rin's words of comfort.

Thinking of Jiang Rin, Qing Ruxu showed a wry smile.

Originally, she had solved the dilemma of thirteen lives, she would not become deaf like in her previous life, and she would not die of a serious illness in her early twenties, so she didn't have any taboos about Jiang Rin's marriage proposal now.

But as soon as she thought of that "deal", she panicked. Jiang Rin has always had a lot of secrets, although she was deaf in her previous life, she was a husband and wife who had been with him day and night after all. Coupled with what he has seen and heard in this life, even if Qing Ruxu can't see through the secrets on his body, he can feel a lot of suspiciousness.

What is Jiang Rin hiding?

Xiong Bao'er saw her in a daze and asked, "Girl, what's wrong?" Did the letter say something? ”

Qing Ruxu came back to his senses, lit the candle and burned the letter, and then said: "After so long, I don't know how the second sister is reflecting, let's go to the Spring God Nunnery tomorrow to see her." ”

She hadn't forgotten that Qing Ruchu had the prescription for thirteen lives in her hand.

In the study room in the front yard, Qing Hong was still immersed in processing official documents, and when he saw Qing Ruxu coming over, he couldn't help asking: "Xu Er came over so late, what's the matter?" ”

"Daddy, tomorrow I want to go to the Spring God Nunnery to see the second sister."

Qing Hong hesitated for a moment, "What's the matter?" ”

"I learned from Yuzhou's mouth that the second sister has a prescription for thirteen lives. Daddy also knows that the thirteen lives are very precious even in southern Xinjiang, and this prescription is not available to everyone. If you can get this prescription from the second sister, maybe there will be some clues about Aunt Guan's matter. ”

Qinghong nodded and said, "In this case, you should bring more people, and you must put your own safety first, and the rest is secondary." If...... If your second sister can't take it out, forget it. Daddy will think of another way. ”

Qing Ruxu sighed, thinking to herself, her father was the real frightened bird, the one who was hurt the most. The wife who has been with him for more than ten years, and the daughter who has been well-behaved and sensible since childhood, overnight, all cognitions have become unrecognizable. So much so that he has now lost his wife and a daughter who has been carefully nurtured. He seems to be rational in handling everything, but it is impossible not to be sad.

What he fears most now is that there will be something unexpected.

Qing Ruxu felt sorry for his father, so he opened his mouth to persuade: "Daddy, when I first knew what Xiao Song did to me, I also felt hurt like you and didn't want to accept it. But Jiang Rin said to me: You don't have to feel sad about this, because from the beginning to the end, you yourself mistook the bad guy for the good guy, and you should feel sorry for yourself, not regret the evil deeds of others. ”

Qing Hong was stunned for a while, and after a long time, he sighed with relief: "That's right...... Is this what Brother Rin told you? ”

"Hmm."

Seeing her daughter nodding, Qing Hong's eyebrows showed a thick complexity, and he pondered for a long time before he spoke: "Xu'er, in the past, you were ill and difficult to recover, and my father was always afraid that you would die at a young age like your mother, so I want you to get everything you deserve in your lifetime." Even if your husband has to endure the pain of losing his wife and your children in the future, Daddy is willing to be a selfish person for you. ”

Qing Ruxu's eyes turned red, "Daddy, how can your daughter not know about your hard work." It was because I met you that my mother left so peacefully when she died, without any regrets. ”

This is what Xiao Song told her after his death.

Qinghong turned his head and wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, and took a deep breath before saying: "Xu'er, you have grown up and know what you want, Daddy doesn't force it, but you have to think carefully about the relationship with Brother Rin." ”

Qing Ruxu was speechless in surprise, and her father actually confessed to her. Sure enough, she didn't feel wrong, her father didn't seem to want her to marry Jiang Rin. "What does Daddy mean?"

Qing Hong sighed and said, "Whether it is the imperial doctor in the palace or the famous doctor in the rivers and lakes, it has been said before that you have a maximum of seven or eight years to live, so my father thought that as long as Jiang Rin can accompany you for seven or eight years, it doesn't matter so much after that." But now that you're well, my father can't help but tell you that if you marry Jiang Rin, you may not be able to live a stable life. ”

Qingru Xu looked at his father in a daze, it turned out that the so-called "transaction" was that Daddy hoped that Jiang Rin would let Qing Ruxu pass away with peace of mind and leave no regrets.

So what can Jiang Rin get from his father? "Daddy, can you explain it to your daughter?"