"Harue doesn't understand." The little girl, who had never experienced anything important, was puzzled when she heard her aunt's admonition: "In life, if you can't love happily, won't you come to the world in vain?" ”

"The mourning family also thought so when they were young." Concubine Qin leaned on the couch, rubbed her forehead and said: "At that time, the mourning family was just like you, a little girl who only knew the piano, chess, and drums, and the young man didn't know the taste of sorrow, and was chosen by the emperor because of his outstanding appearance, so he stayed in the palace. ”

"The first emperor is so fond of my aunt, I think that those days must be of great significance to you."

"Quite the opposite." Concubine Qin smiled deeply, her eyes dimmed: "For me during that time, it was really not very happy. ”

Her voice was a little soft, and there was a vague sadness in her tone.

The first emperor loved sex in his early years, the concubines in the palace did not know how many, he only doted on her for more than a month and then had a new love, she had a deep affection for the first emperor, and did not want him to look at others all the time, so he tried his best to attract his attention, he loved the piano, she practiced the piano day and night to compose music, he was so windy, she held the poetry and literature every day and read hard, just to say a few more words with him.

Everyone said that she was a diligent concubine and was favored by the first emperor, but they didn't know how much effort she put into this favor.

However, just when she thought she had captured his whole heart, he left like this.

He didn't leave her a word before leaving, and spent the whole night explaining to the ministers the placement of the court behind him, and she waited for him to summon her, but he only patted her hand, and closed his eyes after saying "Qingqing is lovely".

Because of the words of the first emperor, the queen mother hated her so much that she gritted her teeth, and she asked herself countless times in her heart if she had considered her before the first emperor left.

The new emperor ascended the throne, what would happen to her, the concubine who caused the new emperor to be neglected and neglected by the first emperor, did the first emperor really not guess at all?

"That's it." The past is unbearable, Concubine Qin didn't want to torture herself, so she only instructed the palace people around her: "Your Majesty is still here, the Queen Mother will always be the Queen Mother, let's live in peace for the time being." ”

……

In the night, Yun Qing sat under the lamp holding a book and reading carefully, and Qingyun outside the window reported in a low voice: "Your Highness, the chief entourage of Imperial Doctor Fu has been in close contact with a criminal recently, and after his subordinates investigated, they found out that this person is a close confidant of Imperial Doctor Fu who was placed in prison. ”

Yun Qing's eyes did not move: "Put people in the prison, in order to see those prisoners?" ”

"Yes." Yun Dao: "Based on the descriptions of those people, they drew a portrait of the person who had instructed them. His cuffs moved slightly, and a piece of paper unconsciously floated into the table next to Yunqing's bed: "This portrait, my subordinates also got a copy, Your Highness can take a look." ”

Yun Qing put down the book, picked up the piece of paper and glanced at it, and her good-looking thin eyebrows raised slightly: "Is it her?" ”

"Your Highness recognizes this person?" Qingyun said: "Imperial Doctor Fu is asking people to check the identity of this person everywhere, and his movements are extremely careful, if it weren't for your subordinates getting your orders to pay attention in advance, it should be difficult to detect." ”

"A palace maid next to the Queen Mother, I saw it on the roster of palace people in the Inner Court Division." Yun Qing closed the paper and put it on the candle flame to burn on a thin piece of paper: "There are many people in the palace around the Queen Mother, I have met the Queen Mother several times before and after, and I have never seen this person in front of the Queen Mother. ”

"It is also reasonable, the Queen Mother sent someone to do this kind of thing, and she couldn't let Mama Chu, who served in the past, come forward."

The corners of Yun Qing's mouth smeared with a vague arc: "Then do you think it will be foolproof to let a little palace maid who is not easy to come forward?" ”

The people outside the window were speechless for a moment.

"It doesn't make sense." Yun Qing said categorically: "As you said, before doing this kind of thing, arranging proper manpower is the key to success or failure, the Queen Mother really wants to avoid suspicion, you can find an outsider who can't be beaten by eight poles to meet those people, and it is not wise to use the manpower around you." ”

Qingyun nodded, realizing that Yun Qing couldn't see it, and hurriedly echoed: "Your Highness's words are extremely true. From this point of view, the mastermind who insulted Fu An's mother may not be the Empress Dowager of Pingguo. ”

"My time in the Ping Palace has not been long or short, and after learning about Fu An's mother, I didn't suspect the Queen Mother, every time I crossed my mind, I quickly threw it out of my mind, thinking that this possibility was very small."

Qingyun: "My subordinates are stupid and can't figure out the tricks. ”

"You're not stupid, you don't understand women." Yun Qing cleaned up the ashes of the burning paper, raised his head to the dancing candle flame: "The Queen Mother is not allowed to be the first emperor of the Ping Kingdom, her concubine is quite favored, she has no skills to deal with the concubine, why bother targeting a civilian woman who doesn't even have a name?" She chuckled: "If I were her, I would take Fu An's mother and son to the palace, give them the title of mother and son, and let these two concubines who were loved by the first emperor compete for the benefit of the fisherman." ”

Qingyun bowed: "That's true. ”

"It's that Concubine Qin...... I didn't think it was a little weird before, but when this incident came out today, I thought it was a little weird. ”

Thinking like this, she groaned: "In this way, you first reveal the identity of the palace maid to Fu An and let him check it himself." ”

"Yes." Qingyun said: "Those criminals have handed over this portrait to Jing Zhaoyin, and I think that Jing Zhaoyin will also investigate this matter, Your Highness doesn't need to worry too much about Fu An." ”

"Being an official in Kyoto, especially at the feet of the Son of Heaven, who dares to investigate the case and find it in the palace." Yun Qing looked very open: "Most of the time it will not be over." ”

"Does Your Highness mean that Fu An wants to find out about this matter, and he can only rely on him alone?"

"Not really." Yun Qing asked with a smile, "Have you gone to see Qi Zhao?" ”

"Yes." Qingyun said: "Before, in the lobby of the Criminal Department, Dali Siqing said two words for His Royal Highness, thanks to Qi Zhao speaking in front of Shangfeng. ”

"I didn't mean to let him get involved." Yun Qing lowered his eyes: "It is not easy for him to gain a firm foothold in Pingguo, I explained my identity to him, hoping that he can exert some strength in Fu An's case." ”

"It is not a bad thing for His Highness that he can remember the old kindness."

"This peaceful country looks calm, I can't see any turmoil, and those messy things in the secret are annoying after watching it for a long time." Yun Qing closed his eyes, thought about it and asked, "Over there in King Ning's Mansion..."

"After that Huiran girl recovered, her spirit gradually improved, not as if she had lost her soul as she did at the beginning." Qingyun proposed: "She is His Highness's former maid, His Highness pities her and pities her, so you can bring her back to Dayu, and it is not too much to be kind afterwards." ”。

"Her heart isn't with me, and she won't be happy with me." Yun Qing said lightly: "What I can do for her is to dispose of Ling Yao before leaving Beijing, so that I can live up to her and the red sleeves who took care of her in the past." ”