Gu Chuyu was not there, Jiang Rong felt that today was a good day, and planned to talk to Mei Xiaoren after the banquet, but before the banquet was over, a little eunuch walked up to Mei Xiaoren and whispered a few words to her, and then she quietly left the table and followed the eunuch out of the hall.

Jiang Ei's mood suddenly sank a little, but he could vaguely recognize that the eunuch was the person next to the concubine.

Mei Xiaoren followed the eunuch out of the main hall and looked up at the sky, tonight's night sky was extremely dark, there was no bright moon, and there were only a few stars.

The wind outside the temple was blowing fiercely, as if another thunderstorm was coming.

The eunuch led her down the steps, detoured from the bottom of the main hall, and entered the palace gate on the right.

After passing through the palace gate, the path under their feet became very narrow, with high walls on either side.

Mei Xiaoren looked around and vaguely felt that this was like the palace road that others had mentioned to her, that is, the road to the harem.

As a foreign minister, she is not allowed to enter the palace without a summons, let alone a harem.

Mei Xiaoren realized that something was wrong, and his heart suddenly became alert, stopped moving, and asked the person who led the way: "Father-in-law, is it really the Metropolitan Governor who wants to see me?" ”

During the banquet just now, the eunuch walked straight to her and showed her a waist card, saying that the owner of the waist card had something to find her and asked him to pass on a message.

She recognized Liuyue's waist card and guessed that Liuyue should have something to do with her, but it was inconvenient for him to enter and leave the palace, so he asked the inner supervisor to bring a message. But if this is the case, then which palace gate should the eunuch take her to, and how could she come to the harem?

The eunuch also stopped, but did not look back, let alone answer her words.

Mei Xiaoren said politely: "If not, then I will go back first, the palace is forbidden, and it is not appropriate for me and other foreign ministers to enter and exit." ”

With that, she turned around and prepared to go back the way she came.

"Lady Mei stays."

The eunuch stopped her.

Mei Xiaoren stopped, and saw the eunuch hurriedly walking back to her, he hesitated for a moment and then took out another thing for her to look at, "Don't hide it from your lordship, it's true that tonight it's not the Metropolitan Governor who wants to see your lord, but this person." ”

The eunuch held a silver hairpin in his hand, and the hairpin was engraved with Manzhu Sawa on the head. In the past, she didn't know this flower, but she thought it was beautiful, so she fell in love with this hairpin at a glance and gave it to someone.

Qingqing's hairpin......

Mei Xiaoren frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Why does my father-in-law have this thing?" ”

"My lord, Li Guiren was drenched in the rain last night, he was very sick, and he kept talking about his lord, and my master felt sorry for Li Guiren, so he asked the slave to invite Master Mei to meet Li Guiren."

"Li Guiren, what Li Guiren?"

"It is the owner of this hairpin, the daughter of the Li Governor's Mansion in Xuanzhou, whose name is Qingqing."

"Qingqing...... Li Guiren? ”

Mei Xiaoren only felt as if a thunderbolt fell on a sunny day, she couldn't avoid it, and her brain was blown into chaos.

"My lord, go and take a look, the noble man has suffered a lot since he entered the palace, if it wasn't for the fact that Xiang Ye has been secretly taking care of him, the noble man is afraid that he would have been unable to bear it a long time ago." The eunuch sighed, and said, "By the way, a few days ago, the prime minister asked the Metropolitan Governor to come to see Li Guiren, and the token was dropped by the Metropolitan Governor, and I hope that the Metropolitan Governor can return it on his behalf." ”

Mei Xiaoren frowned, Qingqing did not return to Xuanzhou, but entered the palace and became His Majesty's nobleman?

If what the eunuch said was true, then Chu Yu knew about it, and Liuyue also knew about it, but she didn't know it at all!

"Qingqing ......" She was stunned, snatched the silver hairpin from the eunuch's hand, and looked at it carefully through the light boy in the lampstand, it was Qingqing.

"Lord Fu Yin, the masters of the palace are all feasting in the imperial garden at this time, there is no one in the six palaces, and the opportunity cannot be lost."

Mei Xiaoren held the hairpin and no longer hesitated, she desperately wanted a truth, a truth about where Qingqing was and whether she was okay!

She followed the eunuch to a palace, and when she entered the door, she paid attention to the plaque and knew that this place was called Jingyi Palace.

The main hall is magnificent, the side hall is magnificent, and what the eunuch took her to was the most remote and simple backyard in the palace.

There was an inconspicuous house in an enclosed courtyard, the door was open, and before Mei Xiaoren could get closer, he heard a coughing sound from inside the house.

There was a humane in the house: "Nobleman, why don't you know how to take care of yourself, Su Guifei punished you in the rain, you really listened to her words, but it was your own body that was ruined." ”

The eunuch led her to the door and asked her to wait outside the door for a while, and he went in first and brought out a maid of the palace.

The palace maid saw Mei Xiaoren outside the door, and tried to ask: "You are Mei Fu Yin?" ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded.

The palace maid was full of sadness, "Lord Fu Yin is here, the master has been looking forward to seeing you, but she can't see you, she is sad and sad about it, and she washes ......her face with tears all day long."

The eunuch looked around cautiously and whispered: "My lord, go in and take a look at Li Guiren, you have to hurry, the servants have to send the master out of the palace before the masters come back." ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded, moved into the house, and the strong smell of medicine came to his face.

She saw a man lying on the bed, his cheeks thin and bloodless, and his lips a little dry and white.

Mei Xiaoren could recognize who it was, relying on the eyes that stared at her.

"Brother Mei......" Li Qingqing stretched out her hand.

Mei Xiaoren walked to the side of the bed, squatted down, held the hand that still had a faint bruise on the skin, put it in front of her forehead, and choked up: "Qingqing, I'm sorry......" She shook her head with great regret, "I don't know...... I didn't know you were here, I'm sorry ......."

"Brother Mei, I don't blame you." Li Qingqing propped up the bed and sat up, "I can still see you, I'm already very content." ”

After Li Qingqing finished speaking, there was another cough, and every sound was like a knife piercing Mei Xiaoren's heart.

She swore in front of Lao Li that she would take care of Qingqing for the rest of her life, and that's how she fulfilled her oath?

She guards the tranquility of Gyeonggi and the people of the capital, and Qingqing is right under her nose, but she fails to protect her, which is really a sharp irony for her!

Li Qingqing also had tears in his eyes, "Brother Mei, don't blame yourself, my mother said that His Majesty's order is a holy decree, and my father can't disobey it, and you can't disobey it." ”

Mei Xiaoren held Qingqing's hand and noticed that Qingqing's hand was very hot, and Qingqing was feverish.

The eunuch said that Qingqing was drenched in the rain, and the palace maid said that Qingqing was instigated by some noble concubine to get drenched in the rain, not that he was bullied!

She let go of Qingqing, pulled the quilt to cover Qingqing, even if her eyes were already moist, she held back her tears and the discomfort in her heart, picked up the medicine on the side of the bed and stirred it, scooped a spoonful and fed it to Qingqing's mouth.

"Qingqing, drink the medicine first to recover from your illness, I promise you, I will find a way to take you out, I promise!" She was serious.

Li Qingqing burst into tears, but the pale little face made people feel even more distressed when they laughed.