Zhang Erzhen felt the same way, nodded and said: "Yesterday, the prince also said that the palace has not been peaceful recently, so it is best not to go anywhere." But Wu Niangniang rarely passed on a word, and she always felt that it would not be so simple. ”

After saying nothing for a while, Zhang Erzhen retracted back into her chair listlessly, staring at the purple jasmine in full bloom in the corner of the wall and fell into deep thought. Mama Hua asked tentatively: "Concubine Fang, don't go, I'll go to Jing'an Hall to talk about it, or go and inquire, and see what's going on over there." ”

Zhang Erzhen's slender fingers pointed at the table and pondered: "The periphery of the Fengzao Palace is strict, how can the news be so easy to hear. It is rumored in the palace that Concubine Wan is in good health, but there are a few people who really see her. The saint is obsessed with the Danfang again, and almost no one is seen except for Wan Guifei and Ruo Concubine. Mama, do you say that it is possible, that is, Wan Guifei is just a strong outsider, and her current body is just an illusion? Or is it ...... Wan Guifei's body is indeed well, but ......"

Mama Hua took over and said: "However, there is definitely something strange in the Fengzao Palace, maybe it has something to do with those Taoist priests who entered the palace, maybe the saint also knows about it......"

"So Wu Niangniang wants me to go to Fengzao Palace, is it to lure the snake out of the hole? Or do you want me to find out what news, or confirm what is the body of Concubine Wan? Maybe Wu Niangniang can't find out the news of Fengzao Palace, and you want me to go and see? Or do you want to find out what news, I must go? Whatever the reason, I can only go to see it. Zhang Erzhen squinted her eyes slightly, analyzed a little bit, and said: "The woman who knows how to poison from southern Yunnan that I found in the palace last time hasn't heard movement for a long time, I don't know if that person is still alive now." I'm going to go the day after tomorrow, and the nurse is going with me, maybe it's still an old acquaintance. ”

Mama Hua was a little uneasy, "Concubine Fang must go?" I still can't go, at the moment Ningyun Pavilion has nothing to rely on, if something happens to you, who will save you." ”

Zhang Erzhen shook her head and smiled: "I can't always count on the prince, the days to come will be long, Mama, I always feel that the matter is coming to an end." ”

Mama Hua didn't know why, and said: "Now that the situation is getting more and more serious, I don't worry about the prince, it's just you, the side concubine, you are good, we can be good." ”

"I'll be fine, with you, with the nurse, with the bright moon and the golden autumn and silver autumn, you all follow me into the palace, if something happens to me, who will be responsible for you. Zhang Erzhen suddenly became clear and said with a smile: "Don't think about this, go and relax." At this time, the nobles in the palace are not there, let's go to the imperial garden and look around, maybe what else can we find. ”

Mama Hua is old and does not hinder movement, the nurse is taking the bright moon to change the fragrance powder, and Zhang Erzhen will take the golden autumn and silver autumn to go for a walk. The palace is in a state of summer beauty, the sky is as blue as a wash, and the brilliant sunlight is shining through the gaps in the dense pine needles, forming thick and thin pillars of light, illuminating the shade of the trees with a light gauzy mist. The strange stone in the garden, the beautiful wood is verdant, its ancient cypress vine and rose, are hundreds of years old, the garden is decorated with interest, the ancient cypress and old acacia of Jiangxue Xuan, the strange stone jade seat, the bronze statue of gold scales, the potted flower makeup, add a touch of softness under the bath of the sun. The palace was originally vast and sparsely populated, and occasionally a few father-in-law palace maids who walked by in a hurry would bow their heads and give way, waiting for Zhang Erzhen to pass before leaving. Zhang Erzhen walked ahead naturally and contentedly, while sighing the solemnity of the Ming Dynasty palace.

"Jin Qiu Yinqiu, you have been with me for many years, right?" Jin Qiu Yinqiu is not the two timid little girls many years ago, Jin Qiu has a kind and round face, Yinqiu looks more beautiful, and her skin is fair.

"It's been about seven or eight years. Jin Qiu replied, with a simple look.

Yinqiu said: "I thought that we were serving an official girl, but in a blink of an eye, the girl turned out to be a side concubine, we are so blessed to be able to follow you." ”

Zhang Erzhen smiled: "Don't say that you are me, and I never thought that there would be such a day." ”

Zhang Erzhen turned into the Xue Xuan, there are five empowered begonias in front of the Xue Xuan, or pink or white begonia flowers fall on the ground and paved with jade paths, stepping on it only feels soft, like stepping on a wool blanket, very pleasant. Zhang Erzhen was not surprised that she would meet the lady in the palace here, and it was not surprising that this lady was Bai Ruo. Ruo Concubine Niangniang, who was wearing a pure white silk Luo shirt, sat in the glazed pavilion, and seemed to be a little surprised to see Concubine Zhen, she smiled at Zhang Erzhen in a friendly and cordial manner, Zhang Erzhen also walked over politely, and asked An Hou to sit opposite Bai Ruo, "If the concubine Niangniang looks so good, I haven't seen it for a long time, and I haven't said hello like my mother." ”

Bai Ruo smiled, his eyes seemed to be twinkling, and he was in a very good mood, "How happy is this palace?"

"Isn't this a great event?" Zhang Erzhen blinked mischievously, Bai Ruo laughed out loud, in this palace, not every woman can call herself 'this palace'. Being able to call oneself 'Hongu' means that the status has reached a certain level.

"Look at the mother's very good mood, but are there any other happy events?" This is the first time Zhang Erzhen has seen the down-to-earth Bai Ruo, with a kind smile that can infect people, and a pair of narrow phoenix eyes full of kindness.

Bai Ruo was also sharp and said: "Everyone in the palace has gone to the big sacrifice today, isn't it a happy event to be so pure?"

Zhang Erzhen said with a smile: "Naturally, it is a happy event, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see my mother today." ”

"You seem to have something to say? It's just you and me, just say it. Bai Ruo is worthy of being a goddess with both beauty and wisdom, Zhang Erzhen bowed to him, put on a playful expression, and said: "Niangniang should know about the prince's favor of the princess, I want to know, why did the prince do this?"

Bai Ruo's face remained unchanged, and the slender jade fingers stroked the fiery red Kodan and smiled: "I have always cared about the affairs of the East Palace. If you know who I am, you will know who I am, and how can I tell you such a secret thing. ”

Zhang Erzhen approached Bai Ruo with a solemn expression: "I always feel that the prince has something unspeakable, if you are for the good of the prince, tell me, even if there is only one sentence, we are all people in the same boat, aren't we." ”

"You should ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince these words, why bother to be sorry for me. Bai Ruo looked at Zhang Erzhen with extremely loving eyes, and said with a smile: "Do you think you have fallen out of favor, so you can't open your mouth?"

Zhang Erzhen shook his head, and what he remembered was when Zhu Youzhu said to him indifferently, "Sun Baijian is Tanhualang", "The prince won't tell me, and it's in vain to ask." ”

"Then you knew I was going to tell you?"

Zhang Erzhen shook her head again: "Today is just to try my luck, it seems that God is also protecting me, this is not going to meet Concubine Ruo." I'm going to Fengzao Palace to find Concubine Wan, do you have something to tell me?"

"When are you going to Fengzao Palace?" Bai Ruo was not surprised.

"The day after tomorrow. Zhang Erzhen replied, and then finally saw that Bai Ruo's face had changed, no longer smiling, and a pair of delicate phoenix eyes shot at Zhang Erzhen on his slightly cold face, "What are you going to do in Fengzao Palace, it's too late to get away, you still stick to it." ”

Zhang Erzhen spread her hands helplessly, "No way, I am entrusted by others." ”

Bai Ruo said: "Gu Xianqing has returned, and Bliss Longbin has returned to the sky." This is the descending of the Qin Heavenly Prison. The Danfang is now a forbidden room, and no one wants to approach it, why do you say?"

"Whoever went in about that did not come out. Zhang Erzhen knew that this was the emperor's use of blood to cast pills, especially the blood of palace maids, and it was a good medicine favored by Taoist priests.

"Ten days ago, three headless corpses were found in the Fengzao Palace, and I happened to look at it at that time, probably because the concubine deliberately showed it to me, and the three corpses were quickly carried away. Later, I sent people to look at the mass graves, but they didn't find the body. Bai Ruo thought of that scene, and he was still nauseous, although it was not a bloody scene, but the inexplicable fear and cold lingered. The whereabouts of the dead in the palace have never been humane, the master is merciful, and will notify the relatives outside the palace to claim the corpse and pull it back for burial, a master like Wan Guifei will naturally not be so considerate and kind, and will definitely throw them in the mass grave at will, but the mass grave did not find the three corpses, so where did the corpses go? Zhang Erzhen thought of a possibility, and said in disbelief: "Is she already so bold and lawless?"

"Now she has nothing she doesn't dare to do, and she can't do it. Bai Ruo's voice was cold, "That He Daogu beside her, a raccoon dog, careless of human life, gloomy and cunning, ruthless and cold-blooded, Fengzao Palace is a hell on earth, and so is Danfang! ”

"He Daogu is from southern Yunnan? Why did she hide in the palace for more than 20 years, but now she came out to help the abuse?"

"That Dao Gu is not a good type, according to my observation these days, she is not only cold-blooded and ruthless, but also inhumane, she doesn't care about other people's lives at all, even if she doesn't donate blood to her face, she doesn't blink her eyelids, it's really dangerous. This is also the reason why she didn't succeed, the prince asked her to find a chance to deal with He Daogu, but such an opportunity to wait for half a year, He Daogu was cautious, easily did not leave the room, and looked at her as if she was quenched with poison, she had no chance. Such a woman with a black gauze hat, a pair of shrewd and sharp eyes can penetrate through, which is really terrifying.

This is completely beyond the scope of Zhang Erzhen's cognition, is there already such chaos in the palace? An old emperor who kills people and alchemists, an old concubine who kills people and lives, and a group of executioners who are responsible for killing people, is this the Ming Dynasty with a brilliant future for the political Qing faction? If such days do not end, it will be a disaster in the palace and outside the palace! Zhang Erzhen's original hesitation suddenly has a direction, and this trip to Fengzao Palace must go!

"I know that if the concubine Niangniang must have something unspeakable, but I must go the day after tomorrow, and I should always know what the result is. Zhang Erzhen said with a smile, suddenly feeling like Jing Ke, knowing that the chances of assassinating the King of Qin were slim, or the wind was sluggish and the water was cold, and the strong man was gone...... Restitution.