The day after the royal driver returned to the palace, the queen mother caught a cold at night, contracted a cold, and lingered on the sickbed for several months. It's the middle of winter again, and Yingyun and the harem concubines take turns to serve the sick, and everyone is exhausted.

Because the Queen Mother was still ill, the southern tour originally scheduled for the 26th year of Qianlong was also postponed for one year.

Even the lively Qianqing palace banquet in previous years was deserted, and after eating a meal in the palace, they dispersed.

The emperor was worried about the cold of the queen mother, and after visiting Cining Palace, he instructed the palace people to take care of him before returning to the Palace of Nourishing Heart to rest.

Li Yu served the emperor to bed, extinguished the candles in the hall, and tiptoed out of the door.

The wind and snow were raging outside, and I was blinded when I didn't pay attention, but in a trance, I saw two dark figures whispering under the porch.

"Who?" Li Yu snorted and walked towards them.

"Say hello to the Steward." Hu Zhong stepped forward and beat a thousand children, and another figure had disappeared in the wind and snow.

Li Yu only glanced at a back, glanced at Hu Zhong, and asked, "Which palace is the person who talked to you just now?" ”

Hu Zhong lied and said: "It's just a little father-in-law passing by......"

Li Yu snorted sideways and said, "How many catties and taels do you have in your stomach, I don't know yet?" You still want to hide it from me? ”

"Manager Li......" Hu Zhong was a little timid.

Li Yu smiled and sighed: "What? Emperor Chunhui's concubine, which high branch have you climbed? ”

Hu Zhong was surprised: "You...... Got it all? ”

Li Yu looked at him and said, "When the emperor is on an errand, his eyes should be brightened a little." The emperor hates the person who conveys the holy will in private, if the emperor knows about it, your little life will not be guaranteed. ”

Hu Zhong was so frightened that his legs weakened, and said: "Lord Steward, don't, the slave just made a little benefit, and didn't tell others about the Heart Cultivation Palace." "Qiyin

Li Yu sneered: "Then you don't say who it was just now?" ”

Hu Zhong said honestly: "It's Xiao Lingzi of Yanxi Palace." ”

"Concubine Ling?" Li Yu's eyes narrowed, turned to look at him with a smile, and said, "Your door is quite wide, so you got on the road of Yanxi Palace so quickly?" ”

Hu Zhong bowed his head and said ashamedly: "The slave knows that he is wrong, and he begs the chief manager to spare the slave this time." ”

Li Yu thought about it, only the sound of the whirring wind in his ears, and after a while, he said: "I see that you are a clever person on weekdays, why can't your brain turn now?" If I want to denounce you, I said it as early as when you were secretly communicating with Xianfu Palace, so do you have to wait until today? ”

Hu Zhong was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "Mr. Xie." ”

"But ......" Li Yu paused, and then said: "If you want to climb the Yanxi Palace, I'm afraid it's a dead-end road, you have to think it out for yourself." ”

Hu Zhong didn't quite understand what he meant, and said, "The servant implores the chief manager to mention something." ”

Li Yu smiled and said, "I'm old, there will always be a capable person in the Heart Cultivation Hall in the future, do you want to follow me?" ”

Hu Zhong's eyes flickered, Li Yu was the emperor's henchman, and being able to follow him was naturally a hundred times stronger than looking at Yanxi Palace's face.

Thinking like this, Hu Zhong hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave meets the master." ”

"Get up," Li Yu smiled with satisfaction and said, "Hu Zhong...... Disloyalty, you didn't have the slightest loyalty to the emperor before, and you delayed your name in vain. After following me, this name will have to be changed......"

Hu Zhong was stunned again and said, "But it's up to the master to decide." ”

Li Yu thought for a while and said, "It's called ...... Hu Shijie. ”

Hu Zhong immediately knelt down and said, "Hu Shijie to meet the master." ”