The surroundings were empty, and the wind penetrated through the cracks, and the whimpering wind sounded like crying.

Ji Qiang relied on the faint and inaudible light, and instinctively groped in the darkness. Here, she could barely see her fingers when she raised her hand in front of her, and there was the sound of wind in her ears, which was in an almost completely sealed stone passage.

She was unconscious for most of the day, lying on the hard stones, her bones and flesh aching. Even the air in this stone passage was very thin, Ji Qiang followed the wind to find the narrow gap, and after a few attempts, he used up what little strength he had left.

The passage was very narrow, a long barrel-shaped tunnel, and she could only lie on the ground with her body bent, nesting in the shape of an arcing moon.

Ji Qiang didn't have to think about it carefully, she only had the name Liu Rou in her heart. This kind of bureau, this kind of design, where else else has made it. If you get a few colors, you can kick your nose and face to open a dye workshop. Ji Qiang put on a posture that could make her more comfortable, she was trapped by Liu Rou, and she couldn't go out and could only wait for someone to come.

The spies of the Western Regions are all over the capital, and if they don't pay attention to them, it is impossible for the royal court of the Western Regions to probe the important affairs of the country. Countries are adjacent to each other, and since there are diplomatic relations, both sides will naturally send spies to their own countries, but what they can hear is only some innocuous little things.

It's just that now Liu Rou's collusion has a precedent. The royal court of the Western Regions will not give up again, and the wolves on the grassland that smell blood will gnaw another bite of meat if they live or die.

"Report! The inspectors have found that the 12th person has a Gesang pattern on his arm in the palace, and how to deal with it. ”

There were all kinds of military deployment maps on the table, Xia Jingnian was fascinated by the eyes, did not raise his eyes, and said: "Kill." He gave the order to the kneeling subordinate of the Inspector at the head of the table.

As soon as the subordinate retreated, the old lady who served in front of the emperor hurriedly came in and knelt on the ground suddenly.

"Your Majesty, the queen mother is missing, and it has been almost a whole day since morning!" As soon as the old grandmother's words came out, Xia Jingnian had already raised her head from the bookcase and drove towards the Beauty Pavilion.

Liu Rou had been waiting for Xia Jing to come for a long time, and she had already "dressed" up, wearing a large embroidered phoenix wearing a peony shark bead yarn red Xia Luo palace dress, and the feet of the robe decorated with fine golden southern pearls were mopping the floor. The outside is draped in a layer of golden tulle, the wide hem of the robe is rusted with a golden cloud pattern, the wide sleeves are each hung with a long soft lear, and the gold thread made of pure gold outlines the delicate outline, soft and soft to the ground.

As soon as Xia Jingnianfu entered the door, he saw Liu Roujiao kneeling weakly in front of the hall in such a costume. He was anxious in his heart, but there was no trace on his face. He walked straight to the main seat at the table in the center of the main hall and sat down, without calling Liu Rou to his feet.

There is a palace maid who comes forward with tea, and the honey-pickled peach blossoms pickled in the early spring are put in Biluo Spring, and the tea tastes sweet. Xia Jingnian lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea, the clear tea soup in the cup had new tea leaves floating up and down in the water, but a pair of eyes glanced at Liu Rou.

This tea is warm, there is no heat of water coming out, only the smell of the new Biluo spring fragrance, filling the nasal cavity. It's new, I'm afraid it's even worse to make it early to dry, and now that I'm here, it's just the right temperature.

Xia Jingnian couldn't help but sneer, seeing that every move was really calculated by this woman in the harem, and even the hour was calculated, but every second was right. Weichang

Liu Rou's knees were already sore when she knelt, she had dressed up to see Xia Jingnian, even if it was cold in the spring, she took off her thick clothes early, and now she was only wearing a thin pair of obscene pants under her skirt. Kneeling on the ground as cold as ice in the night, his cold teeth were shivering.

"Is it cold?" Xia Jingnian finally spoke the first word of the night.

He looked at Liu Rou, the other party's body that was originally kneeling and trembling had changed its appearance, straightened his back, and lowered his head.

Liu Rou had a choked voice, as if she was muttering: "The concubine is not cold, but I don't know why the emperor wants to do this to the concubine?" ”

"Why did I do this to you? And what did you do to the queen again?! Xia Jingnian's voice was already angry.

Liu Rou took two or three steps on her knees and threw herself at Xia Jingnian's feet. She grabbed Xia Jingnian's legs, and her fingertips like a pair of well-trimmed jade onions grabbed the corners of her robe. When he looked up again, there were already tears in his eyes, and he leaned on Xia Jingnian's knees and cried sadly: "The concubine doesn't know, where does the concubine dare to be disrespectful to the queen." ”

"You don't know, if you don't know, then I'm afraid no one in the world will know!" Xia Jingnian pushed the woman hanging on her body away, "Come in." The door was slammed open, and a team of eunuchs followed the former father-in-law into the beauty pavilion, and after performing a palace salute to Liu Rou, they began to search the beauty pavilion like a storm.

When Liu Rou saw this situation, she cried even more with a pair of red eyes, crying pear blossoms with rain, and I felt pity. frowned, looked at Xia Jingnian with tears in his eyes, if others saw it, they would be pitiful.

It's just that no matter how she pretends to be, Xia Jingnian can't believe it. This woman was sent in by the king of Nanyang, how could she not even act.

The old eunuch at the head waited beside him and shook his head at Xia Jingnian. The group of little eunuchs had searched for half a pillar of incense for a long time, turning this small beauty pavilion upside down, and even searched the evidence of the adultery between the palace maid and the guards around Liu Rou, and they didn't see half a shadow of Ji Qiang.

There is no evidence, Xia Jingnian is also a little hesitant, and he can't tarnish people's innocence out of thin air. He was hesitating, Liu Rou saw the opportunity and threw herself into his arms, and then cried out in the sky: "I'm so stupid, I'm really ......"

In the secret passage, Ji Qiang was half-asleep and half-awake in the darkness and ambiguity, and in a dazed mood she heard the earth-shattering cry of Liu Rou outside, she was woken up, and faintly heard Xia Jingnian's voice outside.

Ji Qiang propped up her frozen body nestled in the tunnel, and she was under the floor of the Beauty Pavilion. Through the floor tiles, Ji Qiang knocked the floor above her head, she clenched her fists with both hands, and her bones knocked on the hard stone slab, "Knock, knock, knock......"

It's just that the sound is very loud in the narrow secret passage, and it reaches the hall of Nuoda, and the people come and go like a mosquito moaning. Ji Qiang knocked on the stone slab for a long time, and a layer of skin had been worn out at the bone joints, and blood was grinding out red.

Ji Qiang used the last remaining strength to try to push the floor on her head again - "Dang! The slate only made a soft sound, and her power was no more than a mayfly shaking a tree.

"Did you hear me?" Xia Jingnian looked back at the floor tile, which was tightly fitted, no different from the others around him. He shook his head, only when the palace people were heavier, they finally came out of the Beauty Pavilion.