How can the leaders be so idle? Even if they want to make trouble, they will have to wait until the Festival of Lights at the earliest. ”

Su Qingyuan didn't feel relieved.

But seeing Lu Li's tired face, even if she was not at ease, she could only suppress her worries in the bottom of her heart.

She's not sleepy, and instead of thinking about it here, she should go read a book again.

As soon as the book was opened, her heart was even more chaotic, and she was almost uneasy.

Lu Li was already asleep, and there was no one to consult with her.

It was Su Qingyuan who held her stomach and circled around the room a few times, and finally opened the door and walked to the porch, and gathered all the palace maids and eunuchs in Fanghua Palace.

"Mother, what's wrong?" Luoxia asked worriedly.

Su Qingyuan held on to the pillar and was stunned for a long time: "Somehow, I always feel that something is wrong in my heart......"

She had never been so scared, but she didn't even know what she was afraid of.

"Mother, maybe you're just tired." Luo Xia carefully comforted.

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, and slowly shook his head: "Whether I am too careful or not, you immediately go and fold some fresh peach branches and take them to the stove to boil water." When the water has changed color, take a clean wooden barrel and carry it to the palaces, and pour peach branches on the ground, on the beams, and on all the bodies, preferably so that no corners are missed. ”

Luo Xia and the others saw her solemn expression, and gradually became serious: "Slaves and maids will do it." Does the mother still have anything to instruct? ”

Su Qingyuan thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't go to Yuxiu Palace first, just pour a bucket of water at the palace gate." If you are accidentally seen by the people of Yuxiu Palace, you will say that the New Year's routine is to remove the defilement, and there is no need to make a fuss. The same can be said when asked. ”

The crowd agreed, and went as fast as they could.

Luo Xia helped Su Qingyuan back to the hall and sat down, and asked in a low voice, "Did Niang Niang notice something?" ”

Su Qingyuan smiled bitterly and shook her head: "It's because I didn't notice anything that I was even more worried." ”

"Palace...... There shouldn't be anything unclean, right? Luo Xia looked embarrassed.

Su Qingyuan held her hand and sighed, "It's not the 'thing' you think it is. In this world, the most terrifying thing is never ghosts, but people's hearts. Isn't it more terrible than what you call 'unclean things', all of you who have been robbed of a part of your mind by witchcraft, who speak, do things, and even think? ”

Luo Xia realized: "It turns out that what Niangniang wants to deal with is witchcraft in the palace. ”

Su Qingyuan sighed: "I should have helped you clean off the traces of those secret techniques one by one, but I was afraid of startling the grass and snakes before, but now it's too late to do it." I hope this peach branch method can be useful. ”

"Niangniang is suspicious, the person behind the scene will make a move tonight? Do you want to tell the emperor? Luoxia asked in a low voice.

Su Qingyuan glanced at the tent and sighed: "It's useless for him to know, let's talk about it when he wakes up." ”

Inside the Yanxi Palace.

Su Qingluan stood in front of the dressing table, raised her hands high, turned around very cooperatively, and asked Xiuniang to tie the cloth bag around her waist.

When the clothes were lowered, she looked down, and the tips of her shoes were no longer visible.

Xiuniang helped her tidy up her clothes, helped her sit in front of the dressing table, carefully helped her grate her hair, and put on a noble peony bun.

After inserting two hairpins, Xiuniang lowered her head and smiled: "Today's dinner, all the ladies must be dressed up in fancy ways. It may be better to apply powder thinly, and it may be better to have water out of hibiscus. ”

Su Qingluan nodded and smiled: "Xiuniang's vision has always been good. ”

Xiuniang lowered her head and smiled.

Su Qingluan made a mistake last time and was grounded, so he didn't have the opportunity to attend the dinner.

However, no one remembered this at this time.

Su Qingluan didn't think about it, Xiuniang didn't think about it, and neither did the guards and eunuchs guarding the door.

Even, even the fact that the "concubine" has been demoted by Lu Li to become a "concubine", everyone has forgotten at the same time.

In today's Yanxi Palace, the master and servant are all happy, and there is no longer the slightest strange atmosphere of surveillance and being watched, disgusted and disgusted.

Su Qingluan looked at the mirror, drew his eyebrows carefully, and smiled.

In Fanghua Palace, Su Qingyuan stood up with a "hoo".

"Mother, what's wrong?" Luoxia was shocked.

Su Qingyuan grabbed her shoulder and asked urgently: "Do you remember, the last time the guards caught that maidservant, what was her identity?" ”

"The personal palace maid of the lady of Yanxi Palace!" Luoxia replied immediately.

"Lady?" Su Qingyuan frowned.

Luo Xia looked at her suspiciously.

Su Qingyuan sat down slowly: "I lost everything myself, and I forgot that Concubine Shu has been demoted to a concubine, have you all forgotten?" Why didn't anyone remind me at that time? ”

Luo Xia tilted her head and thought for a long time, frowning: "The slave doesn't remember when Concubine Niangniang was demoted to the concubine position - is Niangniang mistaken?" ”

Su Qingyuan didn't speak, turned around and took a thin pen, dipped the rouge in the box and drew a few strokes on Luoxia's wrist, and asked, "Let me ask you, do you remember that Concubine Shu was demoted to a concubine?" ”

Luo Xia was stunned for a long time, and her eyes suddenly lit up: "Of course the slave remembers, what is the mother asking for?" ”

Su Qingyuan dropped the pen and let out a long sigh.

Luoxia didn't understand what was going on at all.

Su Qingyuan grabbed her wrist and said in a deep voice: "Tonight, there will be another team of guards outside the Yanxi Palace, remember to ask them to wash their faces with the peach tree sap we boiled." ”

Luoxia agreed, but she was a little disapproving: "If the peach branch is useful......

Su Qingyuan raised her hand and patted her forehead: "I see that you haven't woken up yet!" Is it useful to have peach branches? It's me! ”

Luoxia stood at the door, thought carefully, and smiled.

Chapter 118: What's Going on with Your Belly?

Naturally, the dinner was lively.

The newly built water pavilion in the Qingyin Pond Pavilion, the troupe and dancing girls personally selected by Lu Li are not ordinary.

On this kind of occasion, as usual, there will be a few old ministers who feel that "it is too much", but in such a good atmosphere as the New Year, no one is willing to say anything that is disappointing.

What's even better is that the pedantic and old-fashioned Dingguo Gong and the Chongzheng envoy who loves to find people to raise the bar are still in prison, and without the leader, no one will say those things that are not listened to.

So in the water pavilion, a few villains who beat horses and whiskers flattered, and several talented poets sang praises, and this singing, dancing, feasting, and prosperous scene became more real and three-dimensional.

Lu Li was very happy, and rewarded a few people who were more novel and interesting, and who wrote poems more smoothly, so the voice of the saint became much higher-pitched.

That's how the faint king was raised.

Su Qingyuan leaned on the soft couch, with a soft pillow behind her waist and a thick blanket on her legs.

The singing and dancing are indeed very beautiful, but she has never been able to keep her spirits up.

Maybe it took too much effort in the afternoon.

The peach branch boils water, and the focus is not on the peach branch, nor on the water.

It was she who had added something to the water with half-baked sorcery to suppress Aunt Nian's methods.

As for whether she can hold it down, she doesn't know the bottom of her own heart.

That's all she can do.

Fortunately, judging from the performance of the minions of Fanghua Palace, the effect should be there. At this time, Su Qingyuan was most relieved that Yanxi Palace and Yuxiu Palace were two places - if there would be chaos at the dinner party, it would have to be related to these two palaces.

Lord Jingmin has arrived, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with being as lively and free as ever.

Su Qingluan hasn't come yet.

Of course, she shouldn't have come.

Su Qingyuan looked at the dancing postures of those dancing girls on the pond, but what she thought about was all mundane things, and she couldn't help but be disappointed.

Thankfully, few people noticed her.

By the time the wine was half-drunk, the night was already dark.

Su Yi quietly got up and left the table, and a little eunuch immediately followed behind him.

Su Qingyuan caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye, her heart jumped, and she hurriedly said to Lu Li: "My father is out, will there be anything?" ”

Lu Li didn't even reply: "He can't make any big trouble." ”

Su Qingyuan did not let go of his heart because of this.

After a dance, there was a small commotion at the door.

Su Qingyuan thought that Su Yi was back, and looked up inadvertently, but was scared into a cold sweat.

Su Qingluan.

Su Qingluan is not terrible, but she is in the water pavilion at this moment, which is very scary.

The team of guards sent to Yanxi Palace, she had seen it in person, and there was no problem, how could it be......

Su Qingluan walked over slowly, and when she arrived in front of Su Qingyu, she didn't salute, but smiled slightly: "Sister, I didn't expect me to come, right?" ”

"How are they?" Su Qingyuan asked sharply.

Su Qingluan smiled lightly: "It's dead." ”

Su Qingyuan's heart was cold.

Lu Li noticed something strange and immediately stood up: "I remember that you should still be grounded, who allowed you to come?" Xiao Luzi, take someone to escort her back! ”

Su Qingluan held his head high, without the humble and cowardly appearance of his usual days: "The Spring Festival, the whole world celebrates, the emperor doesn't even allow his concubines to participate in a dinner party?" Are you taboo to see your concubines, or are you afraid of something else? ”

"Hold on!" Lu Li waved his hand heavily.

"Who dare!" Su Qingluan stood firm proudly, and he was quite imposing.

Five or six little eunuchs surrounded them, but none of them dared to step forward.

Su Qingyuan hurriedly stopped the path and stretched out his hand to Su Qingyuan: "The emperor is just worried that your body can't bear it, but he doesn't mean that you are not allowed to come." Now that you're here, let's sit down. ”

Su Qingluan walked over slowly.

Su Qingyuan pretended to grabs her wrist inadvertently: "Come, sit here with me." ”

Su Qingluan hesitated for a moment, and really sat down.

Su Qingyuan lowered her voice and said in her ear: "I know that you have come here for something, and I also know that I can't stop you today, but, Qingluan, for the sake of our brotherhood, I ask you to listen to me say a few words." ”

"Of course, for the sake of brotherhood, how dare you not listen to my sister's 'last words'?" Su Qingluan smiled faintly, but the words he said were terrifying.

Su Qingyuan didn't even have time to be afraid.

She pretended to inadvertently draw some circles on the back of Su Qingluan's hand, and sighed: "Qingluan, I really didn't expect us to come this far." I didn't have a mother since I was a child, it was Aunt Ruan who took care of me meticulously to grow up, I feel sorry for you, isn't it to repay Aunt Ruan's kindness...... I always thought that we sisters could help each other until we were old, who knows...... Alas, how did the flesh and blood of the dearest relatives become like this? ”

Su Qingluan was completely unmoved, and the smile on the corner of her lips was very cold: "Sister, it's useless for you to talk about this nonsense, time is limited, I advise you to choose the important ones to say!" ”

Su Qingyuan gritted her teeth: "Okay, I said it was important." Qingluan, if I want to kill you, I can do it every day before today, but I have never had this thought. Even in the dungeon, my life and that of my child were almost handed over to you, and I have never killed you. It's not that I don't know that you've had an easy time - when the child is born, you and I won't have to act anymore, Lu Li and I will forgive you for all your mistakes, and you are still a noble lady......"

The more she spoke, the lower her voice became, and the sweat on her forehead ran down one by one.

Tired, painful, exhausted.

What Aunt Nian used on Su Qingluan was not an ordinary soul control technique, but the most troublesome soul control method among the secret techniques.

No wonder Su Qingluan, who has always been cowardly, seems to have changed today, and even the aura of the whole person is different!

It can be said that Su Qingluan just now is almost like Aunt Nian coming in person - most of her words and deeds are Aunt Nian's will!

Thankfully, it's no longer the case.

Seeing that Su Qingluan's gaze gradually became confused from sharpness, Su Qinglu breathed a sigh of relief and slowly let go of his hand.

Although she already knows the secret art well, after all, the cultivation time is still short, and her heart is more than enough.

It almost failed. Fortunately, she finally won "a little bit".

Su Qingyuan collapsed on the soft couch and didn't want to say a word again.

Su Qingluan looked at her in confusion: "Sister? What's wrong with you, sister? ”

Lu Li walked over quickly, but he didn't dare to get too close in front of everyone, so he had to hold Su Qingyuan's hand and ask in a deep voice: "Is the queen mother tired?" Would you like to ask the girls to send you back? ”

Su Qingyuan shook her head slowly: "It's a little tired, it'll be fine for a while, don't worry about me." ”

Lu Li looked at her pale face, and knew in his heart that things were by no means as simple as "tired".

But Su Qingkite's state at the moment is obviously not something that one or two girls can easily help out. If you move rashly, I'm afraid that it will be exposed.

So Lu Li could only suppress the worries in his heart and sit down again.

At this time, a little palace maid serving tea suddenly raised her head and let out a piercing laugh: "Your Majesty, who can you hide from yourself like this?" Why is the Queen Mother so prone to burnout, don't you really know? ”

"Where did the come from to be presumptuous here? Drag out the palm! Cheng Ruoshui stood up and shouted.

Seeing that the situation was not good, they had already rushed forward.

Who knew that the palace maid's strength was so great that she broke free from the hands of the little eunuch, jumped neatly, and jumped onto the stage.

"Is it a rebellion? Tie me up! Lu Xuan's head jumped, so he had to sharply order the guards and eunuchs to go up and arrest people.

At this time, the stage was brightly lit, but no one was singing, only a few musicians sat in one corner and played with the strings.

The palace maid rushed straight to the center of the stage and shouted, "If you kill me today, will you be able to cover up your disobedience to human morality?" In the Yande Hall of the Emperor's Mausoleum that day, General Su had already exposed your incestuous fornication, and you cleverly covered up the past; Today, the sky net is restored, but you can't cover it anymore......"

Su Qingyuan sat up straight, seeing that the palace maid was in turmoil, but she was powerless to do anything more.

The guards rushed to the stage and twisted the palace maid's arm with all hands and feet, but because she was struggling so hard, there was no way to cover her mouth for a while.

None of the generals present were Lu Li's cronies, and none of them even went up to help.

The guards were in a panic, and they couldn't think of beating the palace maid directly for a while.

Of course, they may not dare.

That palace maid has already said so many things, if she is knocked unconscious at this time, it is almost equivalent to admitting that there is a ghost in her heart!

"Yan'er, don't say it!" Su Qingluan slowly stood up, looking a little anxious.

The palace maid had already been trampled on the ground, but she still tried to tilt her head and said sharply: "Concubine Niangniang, you have been hiding it for them for several months, and you have been pretending to be a pregnant woman for a few months, aren't you tired?" You are truly willing to do for others