went to the queen mother's palace with Mama Lin.

The Queen Mother is lying on the wooden bed at the moment, her expression is not as radiant as before, like the image of a lonely old man. Perhaps this woman who is over half a hundred years old can only show this fatigue in front of someone she trusts completely.

"Meet my aunt leisurely." After speaking, he saluted respectfully.

"Come on, come and sit." The Queen Mother's voice didn't seem to be loud either.

Tao Youran took the initiative to help the Queen Mother sit up, the Queen Mother patted her hand with relief, and said in a hoarse voice, "Leisurely, the mourning family is your own family, there are some things that the mourning family can only say to you, and some things can only be done by you, do you understand?" ”

"You understand my aunt's intentions."

"The mourning family knows that you don't like this palace, this palace is full of countless dark hands, and if you don't pay attention, you will be pulled into the abyss, and you will never be able to get out. But my aunt can only hold on, because behind it is the whole family. ”

Tao Youran suddenly had an intuition that she felt that her aunt would sacrifice her, and she couldn't help but want to cry, as if her fate was really controlled by someone else.

At the same time, Tang Yu hid on the roof and took in everything.

When he first started to check Tao Youran, he found that this girl's life was very simple, and her favorite thing was to sit alone and be in a daze, and sometimes he could see the tears flowing from her eyes.

Tang Yu suddenly felt a little distressed, he thought that he might not be able to complete the task this time, and then he saw her being brought in by Mama Lin this afternoon.

Tang Yu rushed to report the matter to Jiugu.

"What? You say they are aunts and nieces? Are you sure you read that right? ”

Jiu Gu seemed to be in disbelief, and there was even a little more sadness and indignation in his eyes.

Tang Yu replied respectfully, "Back to Your Majesty, it's true. ”

I saw that Jiu Gu calmly asked Tang Yu to retreat, but the trembling hands on Jiu Gu's hands betrayed him. The eyes became sharp and mean, just for a moment. It was as if he was thinking about something.

In the palace of the Queen Mother.

"Leisurely, you went to be the woman of Jiugu." The Queen Mother seemed to have used great strength to say this.

Sure enough, does she have to be treated like this? She didn't want to.

She hurriedly knelt down, "Auntie, leisurely unwilling, he already has many concubines and concubines, I don't want to." The voice was full of sadness and helplessness.

The Queen Mother ignored Tao Youran, who was kneeling, but continued, "What's so bad about being the imperial concubine? Do you have to be so stubborn? ”

"You don't want to, you still want to stand on your aunt's side forever, begging your aunt not to ......" Before the words were finished, she was already crying tears.

The Queen Mother's heart throbbed, and when she heard the girl in front of her say that she wanted to stand on her side, she instantly softened.

Raise your hand to help up the lovely person who was still kneeling, "Aunt promised you, get up quickly." ”

"Thank you, aunt, thank you, thank you, ......" looked at the Queen Mother gratefully, but the desolation in her eyes couldn't be hidden.

The next day, Jiugu came to the queen mother's bedroom.

Jiu Gu laughed bitterly at himself, speaking of which, he hadn't been here for a long time, he didn't even remember the shape of the road here, and the Queen Mother was coughing when he entered.

The voice could already see the woman's old state, but after seeing him, she quickly returned to her usual high-minded appearance.

"What are you going to do?"

Jiu Gu didn't do what he should do, and said in an indifferent voice, "Tao Youran is your niece, right?" ”

The Queen Mother frowned with doubts, although she didn't deliberately avoid meeting Youran, but ordinary people would not pay attention to this matter, so the Queen Mother deduced that Jiu Gu must have heard something from someone.

"Does it matter if Tao Youran is the niece of the mourning family?" The Queen Mother asked rhetorically.

"yes, how does it matter? Of course it doesn't matter. I know what the Queen Mother wants to do, but I suddenly feel so tired! Aren't you tired! ”

The Queen Mother was silent, and her gaze at Jiu Gu became deep.

Jiu Gu continued to speak, and his angry voice made the palace people on the side afraid to move.

"What's next for the Queen Mother? Do you want Tao Youran to be my concubine? What a calculation! How many of those women are genuine to me? Yes! ”

The Queen Mother really wanted Tao Youran to be the concubine of Jiu Gu before, so naturally she didn't say much at this time.

Jiugu immediately turned around and left, leaving only the Queen Mother with a resolute back.

The Queen Mother immediately sent someone to call Tao Youran, since Jiu Gu had already found out, there was naturally no need for her to hide.

Leisurely came quickly.

"Leisurely, you don't have to be a luthier anymore."

Tao Youran thought that the Queen Mother still wanted her to be a concubine, and she was immediately frightened.

"Auntie, you promised me, I won't ......"

"It's just that I don't want to be a violinist, and I didn't let you be Jiugu's concubine. Don't cry, leisurely. The Queen Mother interrupted Tao Youran's words.

Tao Youran was happy in her heart, she didn't want to play the piano originally, so she immediately agreed to salute the Queen Mother.

The Holy Woman's Mansion outside the palace.

Someone sneakily watched in the corner, and when he saw Lin Kite coming back, he immediately ran forward and knelt in front of Lin Kite.

"Queen Mother, it's not good, it's not good."

Lin Yuan saw a subordinate suddenly running and said loudly, and hurriedly asked, "What happened, so panicked?" ”

The man stammered, "Someone came to tell me that the Holy Maiden and the poison doctor accidentally slipped and fell down when they went up the cliff to collect medicine, and many villagers in the vicinity went to look for it, but they could not find the Holy Maiden and the poison doctor." I'm afraid the situation is critical! ”

"What do you say? How is it possible, it hasn't rained in the past few days, and their martial arts are not bad, how can it be? Lin Kite was anxious.

The man was also very anxious, "The villagers have all said, I'm afraid the saint is in danger." ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly took someone out to find it, and subconsciously asked the person, "What's your name?" ”

The subordinate replied calmly, "My name is Xiao Ding." ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly brought the guards in the house, "We don't have enough manpower, I have to go and inform Jiu Gu to send someone to help, you soldiers are divided into two ways, go to the cliff to find the two of them, live to see people, dead to see corpses!" ”

Those guards hurriedly set off to find someone, the status of the saint in southern Xinjiang is not power, but the control of people's hearts.

Lin Yuan hurriedly set off to the palace, but it happened to be in time for Jiu Gu's absence.

Or the old eunuch who stopped Lin Kite before, "Where did the fox go?" Say it! ”

The old eunuch replied respectfully, "Your Majesty didn't flop today, and the old slave doesn't know either." ”

"Hurry up and find it, he has to pull me up even in the woman's arms, hurry up!" Lin Yuan's nervous voice was trembling, no, she couldn't lose the saint and the poison doctor, they had also experienced life and death together, they wouldn't leave like this.

Lin Yuan was anxious all night, and looked for Jiu Gu everywhere in the palace, and his physical strength was too great, and he finally fainted in front of a palace. The originally clear sky suddenly became cloudy, and it soon began to rain for a while.

Tao Youran heard the sound of the rain but began to be excited, hurriedly took out the oil-paper umbrella and was about to go out, she liked the ticking sound of the raindrops falling on the back of the umbrella, but as soon as she came out, she found a person fainting in front of her palace.

Hurriedly asked the maid to go over and see who it was.

The maid was shocked, "It seems to be the queen mother who helped the young lady that day, the mother doesn't know how long she has fainted, and her body is soaked." ”

Tao Youran hurriedly stepped forward, "Quick." Come with me to help Niangniang go back to her room first. ”

The two helped Lin Kite back to the room.

"Go down, change your clothes and bring them in for me." Then go cook a bowl of ginger tea and send it in. ”

Tao Youranzai carefully changed Lin Kite's clothes, fed ginger tea to Lin Kite, and woke up Lin Kite in a daze.

"Huh? A beautiful woman in white? Quick, save people, beauty, the holy cow has fallen into the river, woo ......"

Tao Youran couldn't understand the nonsense in Lin Kite's mouth, and when he touched Lin Kite's forehead, he couldn't help frowning, "Sure enough, I have a fever, and I can't ask for a doctor, what can I do?" ”

Because of Tao Youran's special identity, ordinary doctors will not come to diagnose and treat casually, Tao Youran had to put ice on Lin Yuan's forehead without interruption, and he didn't sleep all night, and he didn't know what time it was the next morning and fell asleep next to Lin Yuan's bed.

Lin Yuan woke up in the morning and was sore, his limbs didn't seem to be his own, and when he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by an unfamiliar environment, and there was a person sleeping on his stomach next to the bed.

Tao Youran was woken up by Lin Yuan and rubbed his eyes, "Niangniang, you can be regarded as feverish, you are too good at tossing." ”

Then he told me all about what happened after I met Lin Kite last night and brought her back.

Lin Yuan was grateful, "Thank you, the beauty in white, but I still have important things to do now, I will thank you in person another day, I'll leave first." ”

After speaking, he immediately looked for Jiu Gu, but Jiu Gu was in the court and said that he would come to her later.

"What else are you looking for, tell Jiu Gu to go to Mulin Village to find someone, and you will say that the poison doctor and his woman have fallen into the cliff!"

Lin Yuan instructed the old eunuch and hurriedly ran back to the Holy Maiden's Mansion, she wanted to see if there were any available people in the mansion.

But as soon as you enter the door, you see the poison doctor and the saint there, what is the matter with showing affection? Lin Kite blew up on the spot, "Wow! You're both alive! Woo woo, I'm going to be scared to death, you ......"

The saint looked puzzled, "What are you talking about, Lin Kite?" Why is your face so bad? What happened? ”

Lin Kite yelled, "Someone told me that you two fell off the cliff and died, scared me to death, I went to the palace yesterday to find the fox to help find it, and accidentally fainted, it's until now, you don't know that you scared me to death!" ”

After saying that, he immediately sent someone into the palace to tell Jiu Guren that he was okay and that he didn't need to look for it.

The poison doctor prescribed Lin Yuan medicine for wind and cold, and then asked about it.

"You mean, a guy came back that night and told you we had fallen off a cliff?"

Lin Yuan nodded.

The poison doctor frowned, "What's the name of that person?" ”

"Hmm...... Come to think of it, it's called Xiaoding. ”

The holy woman called her subordinates, "Come out of one of you, I have something to ask you." ”

The old butler thought for a moment, "There is only one of us surnamed Ding, but he has redeemed the deed of sale and left half a month ago." ”

Lin Yuan lowered her face, "Don't look for it, that person shouldn't be the original Xiaoding." I think he should have had another purpose. ”

The saint asked, "But no one pursued us along the way?" ”