Concubine Yan's matter only caused a small wave, and soon no one cared, and the main hall resumed singing and dancing.

Xie Ruqing saw it in his eyes, sympathized and felt that everything was logical, the rules of survival are like this, if you can't calculate, don't get involved, and if you get involved, you will suffer all the consequences.

"Sister Ruqing, I heard that you have moved to the Hou Mansion?" Qi Wan's seat today is also relatively high, next to Xie Ruqing, her identity is beyond reach, it is the emperor's permission, and she gives special treatment to Lord Qi who sacrificed for the country.

"yes, I'm going to stay for a few days for the time being, and I'm still there." Xie Ruqing said with a smile.

"yes, it's been a long time since I've seen a cigarette." Qi Wanru was quite happy when she heard that Yu Yanzai was there, "Then how about I go tomorrow, what does my sister want, I want to prepare a big gift." ”

Xie Ruqing covered his mouth and laughed, "You give me whatever I want?" ”

Qi Wanru thought for a while, "Sister, don't embarrass me, always pick what I can." ”

"Then you embroider a few squares of handkerchiefs for me, my own craftsmanship is not good, such as the ring level is half a catty and eight taels, I lack a few good-looking handkerchiefs." Xie Ruqing said.

"What's so difficult about that, I'll embroider it for you when I go back today." Qi Wanru happily agreed.

The hall has been drunk for three rounds, and everyone is not so restrained, talking and laughing and joking, the emperor is also laughing, just looking at this scene, no one thinks that the front line is still fighting.

Xie Ruqing had a lot on her mind, and all she was thinking about was Qi Yanzhi, she wondered if she should see the emperor later and inquire about the front line.

At this moment, a palace maid quietly came to her and said, "Mrs. Qingyang Hou, Miss Ruhuan is a little uncomfortable, and she fainted while drinking tea. ”

Xie Ruqing was stunned in her heart, how could Ruhuan faint, she has always been in good shape.

It's possible to be uncomfortable, she came to menstrual today, and she was still yelling about stomach pain in the morning.

"Where is she?"

"I fainted right where we were resting for tea." The palace maid said.

Xie Ruqing naturally couldn't leave Ruhuan behind, she didn't want to stay here, so she simply went out to have a look, "Okay, you take me over." ”

"Hey, Mrs. Hou, come with me." The palace maid leads the way.

Xie Ruqing followed the palace maid out of the main hall, all the way to the northwest, there is a Qingrong Hall there, which is a place for the people of each family to drink tea and rest, and the master enters the palace to go to the banquet, and they are generally not qualified to follow up the palace to meet the nobles.

The direction is right, Xie Ruqing didn't think much about it, after all, in the palace, you have to have the courage to do whatever you want.

Seeing that she was about to enter the Qingrong Palace, Xie Ruqing's eyes suddenly darkened, and she immediately realized that something was wrong in her heart, but she didn't have time to react, let alone think of what was wrong.

She is usually very careful when she enters the palace, she follows others when she eats and drinks, she tries not to eat if she can, and she doesn't drink if she can, so what is the problem, she obviously eats the same thing as Qi Wan!

The smile on the face of the palace maid who led the way disappeared, and she helped Xie Ruqing, who had fainted, into a corner where no one was around, and then two other palace maids came to answer, and the three of them together took Xie Ruqing to a remote room.

At this time, Ruhuan was waiting outside the palace, because someone told her that Xie Ruqing was uncomfortable and wanted to go home first, so she waited with Qi Er and the two in the carriage outside the palace, but she waited left and right and no one came.

"Strange, why hasn't Miss come yet?" Ruhuan was in a hurry, as soon as she heard that Xie Ruqing was uncomfortable, she was very anxious, for fear that something would happen to her, "Why is she in the palace?" ”

There are many rules in the palace, they can't accompany them closely, and once something happens, there are many ways to report it layer by layer, which can make people die in a hurry.

"Who did you hear that Madame is uncomfortable?" Qi Er asked.

"It was said by an aunt next to the emperor," Ruhuan recalled, "I was drinking tea, and she suddenly came to tell me that the girl was not feeling well, and I asked for details, and she said it very clearly, anyway, I didn't think it was a lie at the time." ”

"Something's wrong." Qi Er suddenly said with a stern expression, "This is not normal, you wait for me, I'll go in and take a look." ”

"Hey, don't act rashly." Ruhuan was afraid, "This is the palace, not somewhere else, what if you call someone to arrest you?" ”

"What do you don't know about me?" Qi Er was worried about her.

Ruhuan shook her head, "I didn't see it. ”

Qi Er stumbled and almost knelt.

"Anyway, you are not allowed to go, in case we think too much, you rush in, it is to make trouble for the girl, my uncle is not at home now, we can't end it." Ruhuan said.

Qi Er didn't think about it so much, from the perspective of danger, the sooner he went in to find Xie Ruqing, the better.

Just as he was about to go in, a palace man came out and told them that Xie Ruqing had been left by the emperor to rest at Concubine Yao's place, and that he had invited the imperial doctor and asked them to go back first.

This palace person Ruhuan felt familiar, as if it was the emperor in front of her, and she said politely: "There is Lord Lao." ”

"You're welcome, Mrs. Hou is the most important now, the emperor will naturally not be lazy, there is the best imperial doctor in the palace, she must not be offended." After saying that, the palace people left.

"Look, I said I was thinking too much." Ruhuan breathed a sigh of relief, but she was still a little worried, after all, the girl was alone inside, and she didn't know what the situation was. ”

"That's not right." Qi Er still felt that there was a problem, "The emperor is particularly accommodating to my son-in-law, if he leaves his wife, he will definitely ask you to come in and wait, it is impossible not to let us see people, this is obviously abnormal." ”

Ruhuan felt that he was thinking too much. "Are you reliable or not, this person is the palace person next to the emperor, does he dare to fake the holy decree?"

"It's you who are naïve, the palace people around the emperor, except for Gonggong Li, can't believe anyone." Qi Er drove the carriage back and galloped all the way back to the Qingyang Marquis's Mansion, deliberately making the illusion that they believed.

Ruhuan was worried all the way, and seemed to think that what Qi Er said made sense, and after returning home, they summed up with Qi Da.

Qi Da said: "Something must have happened, the emperor will not do such a thing." ”

Qi Er didn't believe what he said, but she believed what Qi Da said, and when she heard him say this, her heart immediately cooled, and she regretted not asking Qi Er to go in and find it immediately, "Then what should I do, do we want to tell the prince, how about the prince can enter the palace freely, and ask him to take a look at the situation?" ”

Qi Da said: "It's necessary, I'll go to the palace in person and tell the prince later, Qi Er, you find a way to enter the palace quickly, you should be careful yourself." ”

Qi Er nodded, "Don't worry, leave it to me." ”

"What about me?" Such as ring intersection road.

"Don't move at home, wait for news." Qi Avenue.

Ruhuan nodded, it could only be like this.

Xie Ruqing woke up groggily, it was already night when he opened his eyes, he closed his eyes vigorously and opened them again, but he still didn't remember where he was.

It was an ordinary-decorated room, with only a simple table, chairs and benches, but it was still vaguely clear that it was not an ordinary place, because the door clearly showed traces of palace architecture.

Yes, she finally remembered that she had entered the palace today, and then she fainted without knowing it, she suddenly woke up and struggled out of bed, but she lay down again because her body was weak.

Who is so bold to do it in the palace? She frowned and thought back to today.

It is impossible for the emperor, and it seems impossible for the crown prince.

Yao Guifei's face with everything under control suddenly appeared in front of her, she looked at Concubine Yan like this, Xie Ruqing didn't think much about it at the time, but now that she thinks about it, her expression is not just rushing at Concubine Yan.

Concubine Yao, she made a rash move in the palace, what did she want to do?

"Someone!" Xie Ruqing stood up and screamed. She suspected that the effect of the medicine had not passed, or that she had simply been given the medicine to lose her strength, and she could not use any strength, as if someone had taken her bones away, and her legs could not exert her strength, and she had used all her strength to sit up like this.

It took a long time for two palace maids to come in, and one of them was the one who called her out today, "Mrs. Hou is awake, are you thirsty?" ”

The palace maid stepped forward and asked.

Xie Ruqing looked at the two of them and asked, "May I ask where this is?" ”

"This is the concubine's Qinghua Palace, the lady fainted, and the emperor asked Yao Guifei to take good care of the lady."

Qinghua Palace? Sure enough, it was at Yao Guifei's place, and when the accident occurred, Yao Guifei actually obtained the emperor's approval, so the emperor knew that she was at Yao Guifei's, and thought she was sick?

Xie Ruqing always felt that something was wrong, how could the emperor keep her in the palace, even if he kept her in the palace, he would not put her in such a place, and he would not let her be alone in the palace, at least let Ruhuan come over to take care of her.

"I feel so much better." Xie Ruqing gritted her teeth and sat up, pretending that she was in good spirits, "I'm really embarrassed to disturb Concubine Yao, can you inform my girl and ask her to take me home?" ”

"Madame, don't move." A girl came to the bed and helped Xie Ruqing to lie back.

She looked like this to help Xie Ruqing, but in fact, she pushed her quietly, Xie Ruqing had no strength, where could she stand her pushing like this, and she fell directly on the bed.

Xie Ruqing has never been so powerless...... No, it was after the previous life, she had never been so powerless again, she fell uncontrollably, she felt an unprecedented humiliation, she looked at the girl with a cold face, "What are you doing!" I want to see the emperor! ”

The girl smiled, "Madame, let's rest honestly, the emperor's birthday, where there is time to see you, you can stay at ease, your body is weak like this, what are you struggling with, it's rude to see the emperor." ”

Xie Ruqing glared at this girl, but she couldn't do anything. Then the two girls went out, and she closed her eyes and lay on the bed thinking about her current situation.

It is certain that Yao Guifei put her under house arrest, but what did she do with her house arrest?

Xie Ruqing doesn't think that he has much value, he can affect the current situation, and it is impossible to have any impact on the prince's great cause of seizing the throne.

What does Yao Guifei want to use her for? It will not blatantly threaten Qi Yanzhi's retreat, it will definitely not be like this, and Yao Guifei does not have the courage.

What is that for, is it for Yu Ning?

When Xie Ruqing was puzzled, Qi Er took advantage of the night to enter the palace.

The palace is not an ordinary place, and not everyone can come and go freely, but Qi Er is different, he has been here many times.

He has followed Qi Yanzhi for so many years. Obviously, Shang is just an ordinary subordinate, but in fact, it can be said that he is Qi Yanzhi's eyes and legs, as long as Qi Yanzhi wants him to go, there is nothing he can't go.

The entire capital is under Qi Er's control, and he often sneaks into various places like a bat at night, and he knows who the tiles are broken.

The palace is heavily guarded, and he remembers that he couldn't enter it at all when he first came, because the emperor's secret guards are too powerful, let alone him, even the guards in the palace who are usually responsible for patrolling don't necessarily know where they are, they are real invisible people, they can see you but you can't see them.

Qi Er fought wits and courage with these secret guards, and repeatedly came to the palace several times to step on a point before he successfully infiltrated, but it was not enough to sneak into the sea, but he also had to be familiar with their defense distribution and explore their reality and reality, otherwise there would be no return.

The dark guard is very flexible and will constantly change the means of defense, and Qi Er needs to come and go every three or five times to get a sense of the situation. And today's emperor's birthday, the defense is even tighter, whether it is an ordinary guard or a secret guard, it is several times more than usual, not to mention a big living person, flies flying in will be killed, for fear of disturbing the emperor's interest.

Qi Er quietly sneaked into the palace from the west side hall, this place is the cold palace in the palace, according to his experience, there are the least guards here, after all, they are all useless people, and there is no need to waste manpower to guard.

However, there are a lot more guards today than usual, and Qi Er wasted a lot of effort to avoid the secret guards and enter the palace, but he didn't know where the lady might be, so he could only hide in an inconspicuous place first, because in the palace, it was dangerous to take a step.

When he came in, he deliberately put on a eunuch suit, and when necessary, he could pretend to be a palace person in and out of the palace, but he had to at least analyze where his wife was before he dared to act rashly.

His first destination was the eunuch who had come to inform them to-day, and he had to find him and determine who he was, so that he could be sure where the lady was. The eunuchs have a special residence, which is in the duckweed palace, but on this day, he may not be able to find people.

Qi Er calculated the route, quickly blended into the night, and walked quickly towards the Duckweed Palace, on the way he encountered several waves of guards and secret guards, all of which avoided without danger.

There are indeed few people in the duckweed palace today, most of them have jobs, Qi Er had a whim, and he mixed into the duckweed palace with great generosity. There were only a few people coming and going, and Qi Er was tall, not much different from the image of a eunuch, so he could only bend his waist and bow his head, trying to make himself look less strong.

The place where the eunuchs lived, I didn't know if I didn't see it, I was really shocked when I saw it, I didn't expect it to be so chaotic, there were still palace maids in and out, and there were unbearable sounds in some rooms.

"Which palace are you from?" Suddenly, someone intercepted Qi Er.

Qi Er lowered his head and looked like he couldn't lift it, he cowered and said, "I, I'm from the palace, new, new." ”

"Respect the palace, it turns out to be from the cold palace." The eunuch snorted disdainfully, "But, I don't seem to have seen you before." ”

"I, I'm new here." Qi Er said.

"New here?" The eunuch obviously didn't believe it, and when he came up, he grabbed the crotch of Qi Er's pants.

Qi Er's vigilance was high, and he was about to kill him, when suddenly a eunuch passed by and said, "Isn't this the new Zhang Cheng, stupid, he looks like he has no ability, come and bring Lao Tzu foot washing water, I didn't rest this day, I'm tired to death." ”

The man who was about to grab the crotch of his pants stopped suddenly, he squinted and looked at Qi Er, and then let him go, "Don't look like you're out of luck in the future, look at it and make people angry, go down." ”

"Yes." Qi Er went down.

There was a well in the courtyard, Qi Er went over to fetch water with a wooden bucket, and it happened that two other eunuchs also came to fetch water, and they whispered something.

"I really can't get used to Liu Dayou's flattering face, when I see the masters of each palace, I lick it like a dog sees a bone, not to mention I can't look down on it. ”

"There's no way, the masters just eat his set, they can eat in front of the emperor, and they can eat in front of Yao Guifei, the masters in which palace love to ask him about things, I don't know how many benefits I get, I can't envy it, we don't have that ability."

"No, only envy, I heard that he has bought a house outside the palace."

Qi Er listened carefully, Liu Dayou in their mouths seemed to be the person in front of the emperor, and at the same time Yao Guifei's dogleg, he figured out the key at once, the person who pretended to pass the holy decree today is very likely to be this Liu Dayou!

Ruhuan said that she had seen this person beside the emperor, yes, it must be so.

So, Madame is very likely to be at Concubine Yao's? “

Qi Er didn't delay any longer, and after sending hot water to the eunuch, he managed to slip away.

Yao Guifei's palace is about the middle of the harem, not the main palace, but not far from the main palace, it is the most heavily defended place in the palace, and Qi Er wasted a lot of effort to sneak in.

He had been to this place a few times, and it was not unfamiliar, but he was not sure where Madame was. If the lady was under house arrest by Concubine Yao, it must be hidden in an unknown place, and if she was openly kept in the palace, it must be in a place where she could be seen.

Qi Er hid in the garden and waited for a while, but he didn't see any imperial doctors or girls frequenting any room, so he concluded that Madame must have been hidden.