The place where the cold palace was located was more remote than the courtyard where Lin Yingxue lived before, and the two did not take a sedan chair, so they walked for more than an hour to arrive.

With a 'squeak', the palace man pushed open the heavy and dilapidated door, and a dark smell mixed with dampness came to his face, and then he raised his eyes and swept it, and there were weeds all one person high.

In addition, the courtyard is full of dead branches and leaves, and from time to time there are ants, insects and mice and other animals crawling rampant in the courtyard...... It's hard to imagine such a place being dedicated to people.

"Let's go." Fang Mengru obviously didn't come for the first time, she didn't even frown before pulling Lin Yingxue and walking inside.

Lin Yingxue is not a person who has not suffered hardships, so she didn't react much to the situation in front of her, but the palace maids who followed the two of them were all frightened, if it weren't for their duties, I am afraid they would have run away at this moment.

"Cough, cough, cough......" The palace people in the cold palace didn't know where to hide, and no one even came out to greet Fang Mengru, so the two of them took the initiative to walk into the house.

"The Queen Mother is here!" Honglian, who was taking care of the Wang family by the bedside, saw Fang Mengru, hurriedly put down the work in her hand and turned around to salute.

"No need to be polite." Fang Mengru took two steps forward to help the person up, and asked with some concern, "How is the situation of my aunt?" ”

"It's getting worse and worse......" Honglian shook her head, and had something to say, and when she looked up and saw Lin Yingxue, she suddenly said in surprise: "Fifth Miss, you ......"

"It's a long story, I'm trapped in the Imperial City now." Lin Yingxue smiled reluctantly, and looked at the red lotus a few more times.

I saw that the twenty-eight girl who was free and easy in her original memory is now much older, and it is really not easy to come to this cold palace.

“…… Alas......" Honglian's lips trembled a few times one by one, but in the end she only let out a helpless sigh.

Lin Yingxue stepped forward and shook the red lotus's hand, then walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.

In the past, the Wang family was so graceful and noble, amiable, but now the middle-aged woman lying on the bed is gray-haired and sallow...... Lin Yingxue really didn't want to associate the gentle smile in her memory with the sick woman on the bed.

"How long has my aunt been asleep?" Fang Mengru asked softly, as if she was afraid that if she was too loud, she would disturb the woman on the bed.

"Back to the queen's mother, I have been asleep since I took the medicine in the morning......" Honglian said this, paused and added: "Recently, the master has been waking up less and less, and the slave is really afraid that the master will sleep like this one day......"

Honglian's voice began to choke, as if she didn't want to lose her temper in front of Lin Yingxue and the others, she quickly lowered her head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, and forcibly suppressed the sad emotion.

After Lin Yingxue and Fang Mengru listened to Honglian's words, they only felt as if something was blocked in their hearts, and they were uncomfortable.

The room began to be quiet for a while, Lin Yingxue thought about it, helped the Wang family take the pulse, and then took her hand back with a gloomy expression.

"How?" Fang Mengru looked at Lin Yingxue's expression, she actually had a guess in her heart, but she inevitably had to ask more.

Lin Yingxue shook her head and stood up, "I'm afraid it won't last long, we have to find Brother Feng quickly and see if we can let Brother Feng see Aunt for the last time." ”

Since Lin Yingxue has said so, it seems that the Wang family is really hopeless.

"Woo woo...... "Red Lotus finally couldn't help but sobbed lowly.

Fang Mengru patted Honglian's back and comforted softly: "But no one can escape a fateful word...... In the next few days, I will go to the emperor and try to make my aunt's last days better. ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother......" Honglian was already crying.

After coming out of the cold palace, Lin Yingxue and Fang Mengru's mood was still extremely heavy.

In the afternoon, Fang Mengru didn't even eat dinner, she only locked herself in the room all the time, Lin Yingxue didn't have much appetite, and she hastily ate two bites and let people withdraw the meal.

The courtyard was very quiet, and the people standing in the courtyard were like walking corpses, and even walking was light, and rarely made any loud noises.

Lin Yingxue sat by the window with her cheeks on her back, but her mind was slowly combing through what had happened these days-

As soon as Song Ziqian saw her, she couldn't wait to reveal her identity, in fact, this was already a failure, although there would be a lot of trouble in the future, but it was better than not knowing anything about her.

Then now she only needs to find out Murong Feng's whereabouts as soon as possible, and it is best to rescue Murong Feng again, so that her situation will not be as passive as now.

But this is easier said than done.

How could she find Murong Feng...... While thinking about it, Lin Yingxue unconsciously reached out and touched the jade pendant she kept close to her - this has become a habit when she thinks.

By the way, Jade Pendant?!

The warmth of the tentacles made Lin Yingxue's mind flash, and she took out the jade pendant from her waist.

This jade pendant was originally a token of Murong Jun, and she put it back on her body after she took it back from Li Ye last time.

And she knew that there were forces left by Murong Jun in this palace and even in this imperial city, but she didn't know how to contact these people.

I don't know if she hangs this jade pendant on her body and swings it around every corner of this palace a few times a day, will Murong Jun's people take the initiative to come to her?

While this may sound like a fool's errand, there's really nothing better to do right now.

Lin Yingxue has always done what she says, and after making up her mind, she began to wear a jade pendant and wander around the palace all day long after making up her mind.

At the beginning, Fang Mengru was still with her, but later she really couldn't figure out Lin Yingxue's intentions, so she only tossed Lin Yingxue alone.

After a few days like this, there was still no movement at all, and Lin Yingxue couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

It was late at night, and everything was silent in the palace, and Lin Yingxue was tossing and turning because she had something in her heart, and she couldn't sleep.

'Squeak' had just closed his eyes, but suddenly there was a slight sound in the room, Lin Yingxue opened her eyes suddenly, and a pair of black eyes emitted a sharp glimmer in the darkness.

She reached under the pillow and held the hairpin she had placed under the pillow beforehand, listening attentively to the movement in the room.

The man's footsteps were very light, even in such a quiet night, Lin Yingxue could hardly hear any sound, she could only feel that the man was slowly approaching her bedside.

Here it comes!

At the moment when the man walked to the bedside, Lin Yingxue found the right time to grab the hairpin and stab it towards the black shadow quickly.

"Master, it's me!" The wrist was grappled, and a familiar voice rang in the ear.

Lin Yingxue's entire body relaxed, with a look of joy on her face, "Leng Yue? ”

Being able to hear Leng Yue's voice at this time, Lin Yingxue was so excited that she almost wanted to cry.

"Come up." In order not to disturb the people outside, Lin Yingxue did not light the lamp, but just smeared Leng Yue and pulled Leng Yue to bed.

Leng Yue originally didn't want to, but she couldn't resist Lin Yingxue, so she took off her shoes and went to bed and sat down next to Lin Yingxue.

"How did you know I was here?" When she left the imperial city, Murong Jun only said that Leng Yue had other things to do, and did not go with them.

Then she lost Leng Yue's news, and now it seems that Leng Yue should have stayed in the imperial city to do things for Murong Jun.

"Someone in the palace spread the news, saying that there was a woman wearing the Lord's token, and the subordinates guessed whether it was the master, so they went into the palace to inquire, and now it seems that the subordinates guessed correctly."

Although Leng Yue's voice was very low, Lin Yingxue could still hear a hint of joy from Leng Yue's tone.

"I'm relieved to see you here." Lin Yingxue was also very happy in her heart.

But seeing that the dawn was approaching, Lin Yingxue didn't care about greeting Leng Yue too much, so she said directly and concisely: "Brother Feng was arrested by Meng Yi, and Mengru's people searched all over the palace and didn't find any trace of Brother Feng. ”

"You help me find Brother Feng's whereabouts as soon as possible, otherwise I'm afraid that Meng Yi will use me and Brother Feng to threaten Ah Jun at that time."

Her current situation is not too bad, she is only afraid that Murong Feng will not be able to hold on.

"Yes!" Leng Yue didn't say a word, and immediately responded.

"But there are too many masters in this palace, and the risk of subordinates entering the palace is too great." After a pause, Leng Yue continued: "If the master has something to pass on to his subordinates, he can pass the word to Xiao Lizi in the imperial dining room, and then they will find a way to bring the news out to his subordinates." ”

"Little plum?" Lin Yingxue silently recited the name, frowned, and said, "How can I contact him?" ”

After all, if there is more than one person named Xiao Lizi in the imperial dining room, what if she confesses to the wrong person?

"This is simple, the master only needs to send a message to the people in the imperial dining room tomorrow, saying that you want to eat the flower cake inherited by the folk Li Ji, and then Xiao Li Zi will personally send the pastry over."

The flower cake inherited by Lee Kee?

Lin Yingxue looked at the hot pastries on the table, picked up a small piece and put it in her mouth.

The faint fragrance spreads between the lips and teeth, and when I first tasted it, there was a faint smell of osmanthus, and I chewed it twice, as if it was the fragrance of roses...... The flavors of these various petals are mixed together, and instead of conflicting, they have a different taste.

"Yes, this folk inheritance is really different." Lin Yingxue put down the unfinished half of the pastry in her hand, but her eyes fell on the white and pure eunuch below.

"The girl praised it falsely, as long as the flower cake and the queen's mother have an appetite, the little one will be satisfied." Xiao Lizi looked at Lin Yingxue with a humble smile on her face.

Lin Yingxue carefully looked at the little eunuch's face, and after remembering this person's appearance, she waved her hand pretending not to care, and said, "It's hard work, you go down first." ”