Thirty-five years of the Apocalypse, the winter solstice.

This year's winter was menacing, and the sudden snowfall turned the treetops white overnight for days on end, which was really unsettling.

In the courtyard, the ink plum, which had been so well served in the past, began to fail, and the ink-colored petals that could not be refreshed were dyed with snow. It's just that the snow on the ground has already been cleaned up by the maidservants after a night, except for the little whiteness seen on the surrounding plants.

A few girls knelt by the door, so cold that not only their faces and fingertips were white, but they were also shivering with broken snow, and their thin clothes wet by the snow outlined a somewhat beautiful figure.

They had been on their knees for two days.

At this time, no one dared to speak out.

Yesterday, the four girls in the house fell into the water, and the second master invited all the imperial doctors in the palace to come over, but they only said badly.

The fire in the middle was burning, and the waiting maids all knelt on the ground.

Zhou held back her tears and took down the wipes of the people on the bed, and the original fortitude between her eyebrows had already been shattered into pieces.

The big girl took the cold towel in her hand, and hurriedly soaked it again, and when she touched the bed, her eyes widened suddenly.

"Madame, girl...... Girl! ”

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Emperor Zhaoren has reigned for more than 30 years, but the throne is still vacant, which has to mention the Empress Qiao. This queen is not simple, not only captured the heart of Emperor Zhaoren, gave birth to a concubine who made the crown prince in one fell swoop, but also made her the only one in the harem when she was alive. Empress Qiao's mother's Jingguo Mansion is even more prosperous, and the honor is infinite.

Lao Jingguo gave birth to three sons and one daughter, the eldest son Qiao Liangsong, the second son Qiao Liangbai, the third son Qiao Liangyi, and later Qiao Xinran. Qiao Liangsong inherited the Jingguo Mansion and gave birth to three sons, and the other two brothers did not give birth to a daughter.

Later, Qiao Mei was born.

Born is the daughter of the long house, the emperor's niece, and has three elder brothers to protect her, and her honor can be described as splashing. And the whole house is also looking at Qiao Mei as an eyeball, and he can't wait to hold it in the palm of his hand.

Now Jiaojiao in this mansion almost died.

There was a dead silence in the Jingyuan Hall.

Qiao Mei fell into the water, tossed for a day and a night before waking up, this matter is already known to everyone in the house.

Zhou knelt on the ground, only a silver hairpin was pinned to her bun, her eyes were already red and swollen from crying, but she still held back her tears and said: "Qingqing has never suffered like this since she was a child, her body is weak and weak, if she hadn't invited the imperial doctor to come over, how would she still have her life now!" Someone must have done it on purpose yesterday! Please also call the shots! ”

As the Duchess of Jingguo, Zhou has always been a person with tough methods, so such an embarrassed appearance is really rare.

Fortunately, there were only a few female dependents in the house, and the juniors were all taken down by the third lady Qu.

Sitting above was the old lady Qiao from the Jingguo Mansion, she saw that the Zhou family, who was unusually strong on weekdays, was crying like this, she couldn't help frowning, suppressed her voice a little, and called the maid beside the Zhou family: "Qingzhu, help Mrs. up." Thinking of her granddaughter who was still lying on the bed and looking pale, she surged with anger between her eyebrows and slapped the table.

The few maids kneeling below were originally punished by the Zhou family and knelt for two days, it was already at the end of the crossbow, and their lips were bloodless, they heard Zhou's words, and their hearts couldn't help but tremble, and they were busy kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"Old lady, the slave is wronged! The slave didn't harm Miss Four! ”

"Old lady Mingcha!"

The second lady Qi was happy to see this, and deliberately came out to play a round, she said: "Mother Mo Qi, Meimei has always liked to walk around, and it rained heavily yesterday, maybe I stepped on a stone by the lake......"

"Shut up!" Old Madam Qiao glanced at her lightly, only to feel that the second daughter-in-law was becoming more and more ignorant, and her heart was also cold.

Who up and down this house doesn't know that the four girls are afraid of water, and they don't dare to approach the edge of the pool.

Qi was yelled at mercilessly, and suddenly he couldn't save face, and stopped talking with a wry smile.

Zhou also glanced at her and wrote it down in his heart.

She will not let go of anyone who wants to hurt her Qingqing......

After several interrogations, several maids bit and didn't say anything, and kept saying that the fourth girl accidentally fell down by herself, and one by one she snorted her head and said that she was not effective in protecting the lord, and asked the old lady to punish her.

These three are Qiao Mei's personal maids, and they are all the sons of the house, and it stands to reason that it is impossible for them to betray their masters since they grew up in the Jingguo Mansion......

Old Madam Qiao rubbed her forehead, she had lived a long time, and naturally she could see that there was indeed something strange about Qiao's eyebrows. Old Madam Qiao glanced at Zhou, and saw that she was still staring at the maids, and she didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so she said, "I'll know when my eyebrows are better." ”

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Seihei-in.

Qiao Mei glared, looking at the eye-catching water-red embroidered tent, a sense of familiarity came, but she couldn't stop trembling.

Isn't she dead?

Could it be that he was rescued by Qi Medal again?

She tried to make a sound, but found that her throat hurt terribly and her head was dizzy. I wanted to sit up on my stomach, but I almost rolled myself out of bed, and Qiao Mei couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

This change frightened Mama Lin a lot, the teacup she was holding in her hand almost overturned, she called Qiao Mei in a hurry, with tears in her old eyes: "Girl, girl, what's uncomfortable on your body?" ”

Qiao's eyebrows trembled slightly, and she raised her head with difficulty, did she hear it wrong, why did she seem to hear Mama Lin's voice? Mama Lin...... Isn't it a long time ago?

After a period of dazzle, she saw the face of the person in front of her clearly, and her heart trembled fiercely.

Then she threw herself into Mama's arms, the tears in her eyes rolled down, her hand clenched Mama Lin tightly, and she choked intermittently: "Mama, Mama......"

She actually saw Mama Lin again, standing in front of her alive.

Mama Lin raised her hand to wipe her tears, and was suddenly a little dazed by this flutter, but she couldn't help but feel sad when she heard her crying. She grew up watching Qiao Mei since she was a child, and treated her as her own daughter, seeing her like this, she only thought that she was wronged, thinking of Qiao Mei's falling into the water today, Mama Lin couldn't help but show a look of disgust in her eyes, and hugged Qiao Mei and appeased her palm, "The old lady must not be able to spare those slaves!" ”