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"The Thirteen Princes' side is very quiet and there is no movement, and the Thirteen Princes have stayed in the mansion and have never entered or exited."

"This thing is a bit weird, Concubine Lian's son is too young to compete for the position of prince, and he doesn't have too much background behind him. She is now being sent to the Yugong Palace for the elderly, killing Concubine Yan, what benefits can she get? ”

Several people in the room shook their heads, and no one could make any sense.

"This matter must not be so simple, there should still be a black hand in this palace. By day, Ebony, don't you know anything about it? ”

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the minions are very clear about the matter of this harem. has been cleaned up by the mother these days, and everything that should be left is gone. The servants who came to this palace all acted according to the face of the emperor and the face of the master. Now who doesn't know that only Niangniang is the master of the harem, what other people think again, they just can't get along with themselves. ”

"I always feel that things are not so simple, the death of Concubine Yan is by no means accidental or uncaused, and I have only seen the treachery of the palace."

A strange feeling surged in Ye Ruoxi's heart, as if she was aware of something.

In the fog ahead, there was something, but she couldn't see clearly.

"Ebony, let's talk about it, Concubine Yan is dead, who can get the biggest benefit?"

Ye Ruoxi decided to start from the matter itself, don't think it's too complicated, maybe this matter has nothing to do with the struggle for power, it's just a personal grudge.

"The slaves can't see who can get the benefits, it doesn't matter whether Concubine Yan lives or dies, the four princes are waiting for sin, since several princes were sent to Zongzheng Temple for seclusion, the mothers of several princes, and the concubines were also put into the cold palace or confined and confined to the palace, and they were not allowed to enter or exit. Their lives and deaths don't matter to anyone. ”

"Doesn't it matter to anyone? Not necessarily! ”

Ye Ruoxi said heavily, whether it is important or not is not something that can be seen on the surface, obviously the vision of black and white impermanence is still a little short-sighted, which makes her a little disappointed.

At least what is hidden behind the deaths of these seemingly useless people is not something that everyone can see. It's like the old monster No. 5, and he can't even think about it.

These people may be familiar with the palace, but they can't see through what is hidden behind things.

"Niangniang, the slave is stupid, please teach Niangniang."

"Niangniang, the slave Zhao Qian begged to see Niangniang."

Zhao Qian's voice came from outside the door, Ye Ruoxi's heart moved, Zhao Qian, as the chief manager, shouldn't be such a wasteless and resourceless person.

remembered that this big butler was hidden in the palace, and once blinded her, and it was a long time before she learned that Zhao Qian was not only the big butler on the surface of the palace, but also the real big butler, Xuanyuan Yan's henchman.

"Come in."

Jinxiu whispered.

Zhao Qian stepped in from the outside, took a few steps forward, and knelt down in his clothes.

"Get up."

"Niangniang, the slave came to see what Niangniang wants to instruct the slave."

"Do you know about the death of Concubine Yan?"

"Yes."

"What do you think you should think about this?"

Zhao Qian raised his eyes to peek at Ye Ruoxi's face, this lady is now testing him, the fifth old monster just now Cheng reported to him all the situation from last night to now, including the investigation of Jinxiu and Xiaoyun, interrogated those people, what were the results, what Ye Ruoxi said, etc.

"The fifth child has explained, right?"

Zhao Qian groaned and didn't answer immediately, this fifth child is now the person next to Niangniang, and told him all these things, I don't know if this Niangniang will think that it was the eyeliner and spy he sent to Niangniang's side, so he became suspicious of him.

"It's good to have something to say, although the place and location have changed, people don't change, and the heart is always the same."

"Slave Xie Niangniang's lesson."

Zhao Qian was shocked in his heart, the thoughts in his heart seemed to have been seen through by this mother, and the deep meaning contained in the mother's tone made him have to think deeply and think deeply.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, the slave thinks that this matter is quite complicated, but I am afraid that this matter is not as simple as it seems, and someone is making waves behind the scenes. If this is the case, there will be a resurgence of incidents in the future, and it will be difficult for the harem to have a peaceful day. ”

"Is that how you see it?"

"Yes, Concubine Yan's death is nothing, she is a concubine who has been grounded and thought about it and was almost beaten into the cold palace. Now that the first emperor has left, he sent the concubine to retire in the Yu Palace, and she has no worries about people. It's just that Concubine Yan is the mother of the four princes, which will give some people who are interested in talking about sowing discord. When the fourth prince and several other princes learned of this, they would definitely be afraid of suspicion. ”

Ye Ruoxi nodded, the reason why this big butler was able to become a big butler among several old monsters was that it didn't seem to be given for nothing, and he could analyze some things.

"Although those princes swore an oath before the coffin of the first emperor, now that the emperor has forgiven the death penalty, and you have waited until the tomb of the first emperor to think about filial piety, their hearts may not be dead."

Zhao Qian said this and did not continue.

"Do you understand?"

Ye Ruoxi glanced left and right a few times, the people in the room were all her henchmen, and several people hurriedly bowed down and answered.

"Whirring ......"

The shrill wind skimmed the ground, rolling up a miserable white, sandwiching ice slag and snow flakes, and whirlpooling into the distance.

The sound of the wind in the ears is miserable and lonely, as if telling everything that has happened here, sometimes soft, like crying, sometimes sharp, and roaring.

Everyone in the room retreated to deal with things, and the death of Concubine Yan made everyone even more busy, and the remaining forces left in the palace by the original Enchanting Palace were also mobilized because of the new monarch's accession to the throne, and Ye Ruoxi's arrival was mobilized, and they performed their duties and tried to give the emperor and Niangniang a good impression, and continue to reuse them.

daytime

And Ebony didn't dare to slack off, if they didn't do what Niangniang ordered this time, their lives might not be guaranteed.

"What else does the mother command?"

Only Zhao Qian was left in the room.

"These things are coming one after another, Zhao Qian, I always feel that there is something behind this scene. Looking at it, I have a hunch that this is not going to end like this. I knew there had to be something in there, maybe a great conspiracy, but I couldn't stop it and just watched. ”

"Niangniang doesn't need to worry too much, there are still a lot of people available in the palace, and the people of the Black and White Impermanence and the Enchanting Hall can also be used temporarily. has already gone with the first emperor, and these people dare not do not dare to do things for Niangniang wholeheartedly. Only by doing their best to do things for Niangniang can they offset some of their sins, and now who the master of this harem is, they know very well in their hearts. ”

Ye Ruoxi sighed lightly: "I should understand what I'm worried about, those princes who have been banished to the imperial tomb may not be willing to give up, their ambitions will make them unwilling to let go of any opportunity." The emperor has just ascended the throne, and the government and the opposition are unstable, and the ministers of the court and the central government are watching and speculating. If someone with a heart takes advantage of this matter and sow discord from it, there will definitely be another incident. ”

"Niang Niang is wise, these things are also unavoidable, if those highnesses do things again, it will be a self-defeating road."

"Zhao Qian, you have to keep an eye on the palace a little more, you have been waiting in the palace for a long time before, and you should have some connections. Since it is the person left by the first emperor to the emperor, the first emperor will not leave no one behind, and the affairs of the harem must be more dedicated. ”

"Yes, please rest assured, the slave will do his best."

Zhao Qian was also worried, he didn't send people to keep an eye on the Yu Palace before, especially the mothers and concubines in the Yu Palace who conspired against the prince, and they didn't want such a thing to happen.

After Xuanyuan Yan ascended the throne, he pardoned those concubines and let them go to the Yugong Palace with other concubines to retire, which was the emperor's grace, so as to show the emperor's benevolence to the world and courtiers.

Concubine Yan's death is widely implicated, including the maternal family behind Concubine Yan, and the Yan family, who is an official in the court, will definitely not be without reaction.

In the name of the recurrence of the old disease, it is not possible to hide it from everyone, not to mention that even if the old disease recurs, it is inevitable that someone will use this matter to do something.

Both of them were worried, because they both felt that there seemed to be a hidden force in the palace, which could not be seen or touched, but could be faintly felt. The cleaning of the harem did not let the hidden force, the black hands behind the scenes, be cleaned out, but began to act.

"Zhao Qian, look at it, someone will die!"

A cold light flashed in Ye Ruoxi's eyes: "Tonight, send a capable person to let the old."

Second, a few of them worked hard, staring at Concubine Lian and Concubine Zhen. In the past few days, let them not have to do anything, just keep an eye on Concubine Lian and Concubine Zhen. ”

"Yes, the minion obeys."

Concubine Yan's death soon spread throughout the government and the opposition, and the Yan family also got it

Arrived at the message.

The coffin of Concubine Yan who was sent out of the palace was temporarily parked in the temple of the royal special offering for relatives to worship, and the monks in the temple were the soul of Concubine Yan who had passed the dead, and it was necessary to stop for seven days before it could be sent back to the royal mausoleum for burial.

The imperial tomb is a day's journey away from Jian'an City, Ye Ruoxi calculated, the four princes can also receive this news tonight, and they will enter Jian'an City tomorrow to worship.

"Jinxiu, is there any news from my father?"

"Qi Yu Niangniang, there is no news yet."

Ye Ruoxi got up and entered the dormitory, and saw Xuanyuan Yan sitting in front of the table, commenting and pondering.

She walked over and placed the rest of the folds in various places on the table with her own hands, and glanced at them a few times. She is not interested in government affairs, and she also understands that her strength is not to deal with government affairs, and she has no political acumen.

Xuanyuan Yan reached out and held Ye Ruoxi's hand: "Don't worry, what should come will always come, maybe it's not a bad thing." ”

Ye Ruoxi tasted Xuanyuan Yan's words for a long time before saying: "Does it mean that this matter will make many people jump out, so that they can see their positions and faces clearly?" ”

"Hidden dangers are always the most worrying, not afraid of nothing, just afraid of nothing all the time. If something happens, it's good, the attitude of the Yan family, the attitudes and actions of several royal brothers, and some people in the harem will eventually be exposed. ”

"I'm worried, I just took the throne not long ago, I'm afraid there will be another mess."

"Ruoxi, don't worry too much, there are some things that can't be stopped, instead of leaving hidden dangers, it's better to startle the snakes, and let those people hidden in the shadows, let them expose those things, and solve them."

A cold current surged in Xuanyuan Yan's deep ink, revealing a slight murderous intent on his body.

"I always feel that things will continue to happen, and even if there are many precautions, I am afraid it will be difficult to prevent and stop. There seems to be something in this palace that I don't know, I know there is, but I don't know where those people are, who they are, what they want to do. ”

"It's always going to come out, just wait, so you don't get too bored."

Xuanyuan Yan smiled lightly, if the harem is not quiet, this demonic queen should not have the heart to go out and be a thief, right? What he is most worried about is not who died in the harem and what happened, but that Ye Ruoxi would be bored and wanted to leave the palace to do some big work.

After all, now Ye Ruoxi's identity is different, but he is the future queen, if he goes to walk the rivers and lakes to be a thief, where will he put his face as the emperor?

"The matter of stealing the door also needs to be dealt with, it really doesn't even make people sleep in peace."

"There are ten brothers in the matter of stealing the door, and there are also goldfingers for them, so you don't need to worry too much. Whatever they are told to do, they understand who is their master. ”

"Not me, anyway."

Ye Ruoxi pursed her red lips, in the eyes of those who stole the door, the real master was still Xuanyuan Yan. Although the thieves do not know who their doorkeepers are

It is the current emperor, but the few people led by the thief all understand.

"What's the difference? Ruoxi is my wife, and husband and wife are one flesh, and what is mine is mine, and so is mine. ”

"What's mine, what's mine is mine."

Ye Ruoxi said with a smile and stared at Xuanyuan Yan: "These things, shouldn't they be done?" In order to prevent me from running out to cause trouble, you made these things to torment me, so that I couldn't even eat properly? ”

Xuanyuan Yan glanced sideways at Ye Ruoxi: "Say yes, say that my suspicion is serious, I think the person with the most suspicious heart is that." ”

"People are just joking, really, there is no humor at all."

"Go and rest."

Xuanyuan Yan dotingly kissed Ye Ruoxi's sideburns, reached out and hugged Ye Ruoxi in his arms, and put it down before walking to the dragon couch.

"People haven't bathed yet, Your Majesty, do you want to take a mandarin duck bath together?"

Ye Ruoxi stretched out his hand to hook Xuanyuan Yan's neck, and his warm breath blew ambiguously into Xuanyuan Yan's ears, and the tip of his tongue stretched out, gently passing over Xuanyuan Yan's neck and ears.

"Goblin, let's go to sleep."

Xuanyuan Yan avoided Ye Ruoxi's seduction, not because he didn't want to, he wanted to keep filial piety for Gong Qingtian for a hundred days, this was a little bit of his heart for his father.

"Hehe, it's funny."

Ye Ruoxi stopped, Xuanyuan Yan glared at Ye Ruoxi, there was really no way to take this woman, she was teased by her just now, and her heart was itching, this woman was definitely deliberate.

Thinking of the hundred days, Xuanyuan Yan couldn't help but sigh, facing this demonic queen day and night, he really didn't know how to spend the rest of his life.

"Send all the folds to the imperial study."

Xuanyuan Yan turned around and walked out of the dormitory, his figure was hidden in the dark cold wind, facing the biting chill of the north wind, so that the heat flow that was teased by Ye Ruoxi just now calmed down in his lower abdomen. It's better for him to go to the imperial study, he can be out of sight and out of mind, stay away from his evil wife, and calm down.

Ye Ruoxi shook her head innocently, she didn't do anything, right?

The night was bleak, and the palace was dead silent, except for the dim lanterns swaying in the wind, and the mottled shadows swimming with the lights, like the hands of ghosts, choosing their next target.

The death of Concubine Yan made the harem even more bleak, as if there was an invisible hand that grabbed their throats and made all the concubines and slaves tremble.

The iron armor of the Praetorian Guards pierced the tranquility of the night, and at this sensitive time, the commander of the Praetorian Guard did not dare to slack off, and personally led his own soldiers to inspect the palace, so that the nerves of those Praetorian Guards were also nervous, and they carefully observed and guarded.

A few old monsters stared boredly at Concubine Lian and Concubine Zhen, as long as these two people didn't have an accident, they were quite expecting that someone would come over and do something to give them boring and lonely

A long night to add a little brightness.

It's a pity that some people may know that a few of their old monsters are there, and it has been past midnight, and not a single ghost has appeared.

In a palace near the Feather Palace, a white silk fell from the beams of the house, winding like a poisonous snake, staring mercilessly at a woman who was kneeling on the ground and trembling.

The woman couldn't say anything with her mouth wide open, and she was wearing plain palace clothes, exquisite pattern workmanship, high-quality fabrics, and the jewelry on her head, although simple, was not ordinary. Her face was as white as paper from horror and despair, and the bed was made so neatly that it was as if she had never slept on it.

In sight, there were two people beside her, dressed in eunuch clothes.

The woman tried to look up to see the faces of the two men, but one of them grabbed her by the hair with his hand and pressed her head down.

The dim moonlight came in through the window lattice, and the figures of the two eunuchs stood silently in the darkness like ghosts.

One of the eunuchs lit a small lamp and swept his gaze around with impunity.

"That's it."

Another eunuch spoke in a low voice, looking at the white ribbon that hung from the beams.

"There's still a little thing missing, concubine, please come and write a suicide note. How to write, we don't need to say more, right? ”

The eunuch who lit the lamp looked arrogantly at the woman who was kneeling on the ground with her head pressed.

The woman's mouth opened wide, her eyes bulging slightly unwillingly, and she wanted to look up at the two.

"Don't think about anything else, no one will come here to save her, and the concubine's personal servants are also sleeping peacefully. Before you hit the road, no one will come to do anything for you, and the two minions are the ones who will accompany you on the road with their own hands. ”

The eunuch who held down the concubine picked up the concubine's hair, and the hosta inserted on the concubine's head was knocked off and fell to the ground and shattered into several sections.

The eunuch showed no pity or respect, so he took the concubine's hair and dragged the concubine to the table and lifted it up.

Tears slipped from the eyes of the concubine, she was the imperial concubine, when had she been abused so by the minions. The master, who usually does not touch the spring water with his fingers, was respectfully watched and waited by the slaves, and when did he suffer such an insult. The pain of dragging the hair passed from the scalp into the body, and a trail of dragging appeared on the ground.

(End of chapter)

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