The candlelight in the graceful room was bright, and the voyage soaked his feet in the bucket and leaned comfortably back in his chair.

"Xianggong, the emperor sent you to the outside of the Saiwai, is it dangerous?" Wanyue sat on the opposite side of the voyage, sewing cotton clothes for Xiao Zhiqiu under the candlelight.

Yuanhang opened his eyes slightly, and said softly: "It's okay, your family is blessed with a great fate, but I'm afraid it will take a long time to go." ”

Wanyue put down the needle and thread in her hand, and said with a loss: "This Zhiqiu is still young, Wen'er's sister has not been born yet, but Xianggong has been away from home for a long time, how can it not make people worry." ”

"It's hard to disobey the holy order." Yuanhang closed his eyes again and said slowly: "Fuzhong will ask you to worry more." ”

"Tuk, tuk." There was a knock at the door. Yuanhang sat up, his eyes shining, as if he knew someone was coming.

"It's so late, how can anyone still come." Gracefully muttered to herself, stood up, and went to open the door.

Wuying stood outside the door, bowed down, and said, "Grandma, can you be here?" ”

"Come in and talk." Yuanhang shouted in the house.

Wuying walked into the house, stood beside Yuanhang, and said, "My lord, as you expected, the woman and her son went out of the house after dark, and now an inn at the north gate has settled, with a bag on her body, and I am afraid that she will leave tomorrow morning as soon as the city gate opens." ”

"Can you keep someone to guard it?" Yuanhang nodded, and sure enough, there was another mystery.

"Stay, the four dark spirits are there."

"Well, I can't escape from her. If she goes out of the city early tomorrow morning, she will bring it. Yuanhang leaned back in his chair.

"Yes." After greeting Wu Ying and Wan Yu, he withdrew.

Wanyue closed the door, returned to Yuanhang's side, and asked, "What's wrong?" Why chase a woman. ”

Yuanhang tilted his head and looked at Wanyue, smiled evilly, and said: "That woman is quite beautiful, and I ...... to be a princess."

"A thief's heart doesn't die." Wanyue learned the trick of Liqiu, grabbed Yuanhang's ear and twisted it.

"Hey, let go, that woman is as old as my mother......"

In the early morning of the next day, before Yuanhang woke up, Wanyue shook him on the side and called, "Xianggong wake up." ”

Yuanhang opened his eyes in a daze, pulled Wanyue over and took her into his arms.

Wanyu struggled to push it away, straightened up her clothes, and said, "Wuying has been here for a long time, and you are still asleep." ”

Yuanhang closed his eyes and nodded, stretched his hands up, yawned and said, "Get up, go and judge the woman." ”

After washing, Yuanhang walked out of the room, walking back and forth in the courtyard without a shadow.

"My lord, the woman wanted to leave the city, so I brought her mother and son back." Seeing the voyage out without a shadow, he stepped forward and said.

Yuanhang stretched again in the courtyard and asked, "Where is it now?" ”

"The woman is in the front room, and his son is in the west hall."

"Okay, go to the antechamber." Yuanhang walked forward while expanding his chest.

In the antechamber, several dark spirits stood aside, and the woman stood in the middle of the hall leaning against a pillar with a package on her arm. Voyage and Shadowless walked in, and several dark spirits retreated.

"This aunt, meet again." With a smile on his face, Yuanhang stretched out his hand and asked the woman to sit down.

The woman's face was calm, and she asked, "Lord Garrison, the woman has already paid off the silver taels, and for some reason she brought me to this garrison mansion again." ”

"Naturally, it's not a matter of silver, you know why I brought you." Yuanhang sat down in his chair and looked at the woman.

The lady twisted her head and said, "The women don't know. ”

Yuanhang sneered and said coldly: "I really don't know? I'm afraid you know better than I do. Why go out of the city? ”

"Go to the province outside the city." The woman replied with a smile.

"Oh, where is the kiss?" Yuanhang asked with a smile.

The woman hesitated, but did not answer.

Yuanhang smiled lightly and continued to ask: "Let me ask you, where did the jade pendant you mortgaged in my hand yesterday come from?" ”

The woman replied lightly, "Yesterday, the lord has already asked the people's wife, is that what I dowried?" ”

Yuanhang saw her and asked, "What is your surname, where is your mother's home, and who else is in your family?" ”

"The woman's surname is Kang, her name is Yulian, her mother's family is in Yizhou Dong County, and there is no one else." The woman opened her mouth and replied, but it didn't seem to be false.

"It's far enough." Yuanhang snorted, let out a sigh, and said, "Do you think this official can't find out your background?" ”

"If you want to check, you can check."

Yuanhang shook his head and said, "I'm not stupid, since you say it, there must be this person here, but it's definitely not you." ”

The woman twisted to the side, facing the voyage on her side.

"No more going around in circles." Yuanhang stood up and walked to the woman's side and asked, "The jade pendant of the palace concubine, how is it on you, if you don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being tortured." ”

The woman turned around, unhurried, and said, "My lord is really joking, how can a woman have anything in the palace?" I'm afraid that the adults have lost their eyes, but if the adults like it, it is not impossible for the women to give it to the adults. ”

"Haha......" Yuanhang laughed a few times, walked around the woman, and said, "Yes, I do not know this jade pendant, but I do know people. ”

Stopped, Yuanhang put away his smile and said, "You seem to be a people's woman, but you are actually a person in the palace." When you stand, you staggered your hands with seven fingers, squatting for no more than three points when you give a salute, the angle of your sideways, and the accurate placement of your hands, even if you have your hair coiled now, you have the appearance of an eight-point maid's bun, do you still want to deceive me? ”

The woman's fingers moved lightly, her face was slightly strange, and she saw the voyage in her eyes one by one.

"I'm afraid that this jade pendant was stolen by you in the palace, right?" Yuanhang walked back to his chair and sat back.

The woman stood there, not uttering a word.

"Do you think that if I don't say it, I can't do anything? Even if I don't get the sentence, I just need to take this matter to the palace and I will know about it. At that point, I'm afraid your son will be implicated. Naturally, Yuanhang would not torture this woman, and he had a way to make her speak.

Sure enough, when the woman heard her son, her face changed, and she fell to her knees.

Yuanhang smiled lightly and said, "Say, as long as you tell the truth, I will keep your son safe." ”

The woman hesitated, nodded, and said, "Please forgive your sins, but the people are from the palace." ”

"Who are you? How did you get the jade pendant of the concubine? ”

"Lord Hui, thirty years ago, I was Concubine Shugui's personal maid, and my name was Qinglian." The woman glanced up at Yuanhang, and slowly remembered.

Thirty years ago, in the Fengluan Palace, Concubine Shu walked back and forth anxiously, looking out of the door from time to time.

A little eunuch trotted all the way into the house, tired and panting.

"Qinglian, keep this properly and leave the palace quickly tonight." When Concubine Shu saw the visitor, she lowered her head and took off a piece of jade pendant from her waist, grabbed the person's hand, and handed the jade pendant over.

"Niangniang, why did you let me out of the palace?" The little eunuch was played by Concubine Shu's personal maid Qinglian, but she knew that the concubine had turned her into a little eunuch, but she didn't know what it was.

"Qinglian, you remember, if you hear that I am no longer alive, you must have been killed by the virtuous concubine, so you will take this jade pendant and ask to see the emperor and avenge my grievances." Tears flowed from Concubine Shugui's eyes, and she held Qinglian's hands tightly.

"Niangniang......" Qinglian cried out in fright after hearing this, not knowing what to say.

Concubine Shu pulled Qinglian into her arms, choked and said: "You must live well, if I am okay in three years, you will return to the palace, and I should thank you again." ”

"Niangniang, if you have anything, why don't you go and see the emperor......"

"You don't care, the convoy transporting dishes outside the palace is about to leave the palace, I have made arrangements, don't come back when you leave the palace, the farther you go, the better." Concubine Shu raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and pushed Qinglian out ruthlessly.

Qinglian sobbed, knelt down and kowtowed to Concubine Shugui three times, got up to wipe away her tears, and ran out of the palace.

Seeing Qinglian leaving, Concubine Shugui's figure shook, stretched out her hand to hold the table, and slowly sat down. Suddenly found a bag of things on the table, and remembered that he was in a hurry just now, and he forgot to give her the silver taels he had prepared for Qinglian.

After hearing this, Yuanhang pondered, could it be that Concubine Shu realized that she was in danger, so she secretly kept a hand, it seems that this virtuous concubine is not ordinary.

"Then let me ask you, Concubine Shu is safe and sound from now on, why don't you go back to the palace?" Yuanhang still had questions, staring at Qinglian and asked.

Qinglian knelt on the ground, brushed the broken hair from her ears, and continued: "After I got out of the palace, I slipped into the alley while people were unprepared, and changed the prepared people's cloth clothes, I didn't know where I should go, and I was also afraid, so I left the back hall out of the west gate. After leaving the city, I rushed all morning's journey, and when I was hungry at noon, I found that I had no silver taels on my body, and I met a large family that was recruiting maids, so I went to sign up. ”

After kneeling for a long time, Qinglian felt pain in her knees and shook her body.

"Arise, arise and speak." Yuanhang gave her a slight help and let her sit on a chair beside her.

Qinglian thanked her, got up and sat down, and continued: "I have been a maid in that house for a few months, and the old man of the family saw that I was a little beautiful, so he wanted to accept me as a concubine, and I didn't obey, so he locked me in the firewood room. A nursing home in the house saw that I was pitiful, secretly released me in the middle of the night, and fled with me all the way to Jiangzhou. Later, when I saw that the man was honest and honest, I was moved and married him. ”

Yuanhang continued: "Then after a few years, you saw that Concubine Shu was fine, and you should have returned to the palace, but you had concerns outside, so you gave up this idea. ”

Qinglian nodded, her face turned slightly red, and said, "When I first heard that Concubine Shu was crazy, I was very anxious, so I wanted to go back to the palace to face the saint. It was because I was pregnant, so I lied that my father-in-law went back to the back hall to save relatives, and the father-in-law was worried that the road was far away and did not allow it. Later, Concubine Shugui's illness was cured, and I was very happy, but at this time I had given birth, and looking at the young son who was waiting to be fed, I shook the idea of returning to the palace. ”

"Then what if Concubine Shu is no longer alive?" Yuanhang asked.

Qinglian raised her head and said firmly: "If Concubine Shugui has an accident, I will also return to the back hall to face the saint." ”

Yuanhang nodded, this Qinglian is still very loyal to Concubine Shu, the reason why she did not return is because Concubine Shu has nothing to do, if she goes back, I am afraid that she will be separated from the child by a wall, and it will be difficult to meet.

"Let me ask you, you are by the side of Concubine Shugui, have you ever heard anything from her? Why did she know that if she was killed, it must have been done by the virtuous concubine? ”

Qinglian thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "The time is too long, and I can't remember it clearly. It's just that sometimes the concubine has woken up in a dream many times and called out to her brother and sister, ......"

"Brother, sister? Does Concubine Shu have a sister in the palace? Yuanhang furrowed his brows and asked puzzled.

Qinglian shook her head and replied: "The concubine does have a younger sister, married to Liang Shibo, and the current Liang Sidu, but she has never stayed in the palace. As for the elder brother, he had not heard of it. ”

"Oh." Yuanhang responded, thought for a moment and said: "You live in my house first, and don't worry, I won't tell anyone about you, that jade pendant, you must take care of it." ”

Qinglian got up and saluted, and said, "I, a woman, have long put life and death aside, and I just ask the adults not to be embarrassed for me." ”

"Well, don't worry, I'm in the house for him something, it's better than selling meat." Yuanhang asked Wuying to arrange a place for her mother and son, and sat back in the hall by herself, pondering.

Between these concubines, there must be something unknown to everyone, especially this virtuous concubine, who is even more extraordinary. The emperor asked me to secretly investigate this matter, I should have discovered something, but it was not good to bring it up myself. But now only Concubine Shu is still alive, does the emperor take care of Concubine Shu? Yes, Concubine Shu is the current queen mother, how dare the emperor ask. And she is the biological mother of the ninth princess, how can she find out?

Thinking of this, Yuanhang thought of the Nine Princesses. That girl is crazy on the outside, but she is very soft on the inside, and she is deeply in love with herself. I didn't say goodbye this time, I was afraid that it would make her sad again.

While thinking about it, Tang Ling broke in, stretched out his hand and pointed back, and said, "Young Master, Ninth Princess...... The Nine Princesses are here again. ”

"Ahh Yuanhang jumped up suddenly, his mouth wide open. How did I think of her, she arrived, this girl is idle, such a long distance, when the door is visited.

Before she could react, the Ninth Princess stepped into the hall and stood at the door watching the voyage.

"Chen Ye sails away to welcome the princess." Yuanhang blinked, and seeing that it was really the ninth princess, he hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed down to say goodbye.

Without saying a word, the ninth princess walked past Yuanhang and sat down on a chair. Yuanhang didn't dare to get up, and waved at Tang Ling behind his back, and Tang Ling ran out.

"You are so bold, you have deceived this princess several times, when I dare not punish you?" Seeing that there was no one else in the house, the ninth princess angrily pointed to Yuanhang and reprimanded.

"The princess is angry, the princess is angry." Yuanhang said with a smile: "If it wasn't for me to deceive the princess and say goodbye, it was really the emperor who ordered me to do something, so that I could not leave the princess immediately, so that I couldn't say goodbye to the princess, and I still regret it in my heart, but fortunately, the princess is here, and we can meet again." ”

"Hmph, rhetoric." The ninth princess curled her mouth and threw out a sentence.

Yuanhang was not annoyed, still smiling, walked to the chair next to the princess and sat down, and asked, "Is the princess here to soak in the spring water to remove scars this time?" ”

"It's not." The Ninth Princess replied coldly.

"Oh? Why did that come about? ”

"I'm pregnant, why don't I do it." The ninth princess glared at Yuanhang angrily, and after saying that, she felt shy and lowered her head.

"Ahh ......" Yuanhang was even more surprised this time, did not stand up, slid directly from the chair and sat down, and sat on the ground.