Chapter 9: The Cold Palace

Qing Huan wanted to cry without tears, and just as Qing Huan was about to think about how to clean up here, Xin'er's crying voice came from the door: "Master! ”

Qing Huan was about to go out to take a look, but as soon as it was dark in front of her, she was hugged by Xin'er, and Xin'er said complaining words with a handful of snot and tears. Qing Huan smiled and patted her on the back, this little girl has been following her since she was a child, and now she is only a little girl of twelve or thirteen, she must be frightened when she encounters this situation.

"Qing'er, what about them?" It stands to reason that this kind of thing, Qing'er, who should have an idea to accompany her here, should have a calm and calm mind, how can it be a big grinning Xin'er? Then she figured it out, Xin'er was very arrogant, and she was at peace with what she encountered, Qing'er must have asked her to comfort herself.

"Qing'er asked the slave maid to accompany the master, Chunyin Qiulu still didn't come over in Qinghe Palace, they are all fine, the master doesn't have to worry." Xin'er wiped her tears, her master was really miserable. If it weren't for those dog slaves who were bullying and only allowing one palace maid to serve, Chunyin Qiulu and them would have come a long time ago.

Finally coaxed Xin'er, Qing Huan instructed her to clean up the only table in the room and a few crumbling chairs. Qing Huan said happily, "Let's lie here tonight, and then clean up the others tomorrow." ”

As soon as Qing Huan sat down, the small stool was overwhelmed and shattered, but fortunately, Xin'er quickly grabbed Qing Huan, otherwise Qing Huan's ass would have suffered. Qing Huan smiled awkwardly, Xin'er knew that Qing Huan didn't want her to worry, so she looked indifferent, but she didn't know that Qing Huan's appearance made her even more uncomfortable.

Qing Huan thought about it, she remembered that there seemed to be a pavilion when she came in, and that pavilion should be enough for them to stay for one night, so she took Xin'er to the pavilion. It's just that the Dragon Boat Festival is the height of summer, and insect bites are inevitable, which is much better than being bitten by spiders in the house, and there is wind outside, which brings a touch of coolness.

Qing Huan prepared knotting ropes for the little milk buns yesterday, and today she prepared pastries for Changge, and she tossed for so long at night, she was already tired, so she sat in the pavilion and curled up and fell asleep. Xin'er pretended to be asleep, and waited until Qinghuan fell asleep to get up to repel insects and mosquitoes for her, but she also worked hard all day, so she fell asleep for a while.

The Dragon Leap Palace was finally quiet, and all the ministers and envoys had left. At this time, Su Ying was sitting in the imperial study, holding the fold in his right hand, and his left finger kept tapping on the table. Tian An knew that the king was absent-minded. In the past few days, he also found out that the king is different from Chang Guiren, so when this kind of thing happens, the most entangled thing is the king.

In the past few days of getting along, Su Ying also saw that Qing Huan was not the kind of person who would please him for the sake of private meetings with others. So when he calmed down, he regretted it a little, the cold palace had not lived for decades, but it was difficult to convince the public if he didn't do that. "Tian An......" Su Ying spoke, because he hadn't drunk water for an hour, so his voice was a little hoarse.

"The minions are here!" Tian An stepped forward and poured him a glass of water, and then lay on the ground and waited for the king's orders.

"Get up and speak." Su Ying took a sip of water, put his hand on the dragon chair, and said without any fluctuation in his eyes, "You say, how should the Lone King deal with Chang Guiren?" ”

Tian An just stood up, and when he heard the king ask, he was reluctant to answer in his heart, he was really afraid of something. The king has been very good to this Chang nobleman these days, he has been following the king for many years, and naturally knows what Su Ying likes to hear, so he pondered for a few seconds and said: "Chang Guiren has a free and easy temperament, and the matter of the imperial garden is her negligence, and she should be punished, but the cold palace has not been cleaned for more than 30 years, and the noble golden branches and jade leaves are afraid that they can't stand it, and the rich side of Beiqing is the richest of the four countries in terms of wealth and food, and the king ascended the throne not long ago, it really takes three or five years to break down Beiqing, and now because of the nobleman's hurt peace, It's really not the best policy! ”

"Hmm." Su Ying knocked on the dragon chair, with a little appreciation in her eyes, Tian An was right, she had to be punished to gamble on everyone's secluded mouth, but this cold palace had not been used since the time of the emperor, and it must be repaired.

It was late at night, there was no other sound in the cold palace except for the sound of insects, Qinghuan was woken up by mosquitoes many times, and she repeatedly couldn't sleep and got up to look at Xin'er beside her, she was unlucky, she really didn't want Xin'er to accompany her to suffer.

Just when she wanted to repel the insects and mosquitoes to sleep again, the door outside the cold palace was pushed open, and two little guys sneakily ran in, led by a big bucket, because it was too far away, she couldn't hear any sound, but she saw the little maid walking towards the location of the side hall, and the small pavilion was in the position of the side hall. She immediately woke up Xin'er, and before Xin'er understood, she was covered by Qing Huan and squatted down, "Don't make a sound." ”

Although Xin'er didn't know what was going on, her master must have a reason for doing this, and sure enough, after a while, two people dressed as eunuchs ran to the side hall, opened the barrel, and poured the oil inside on the ground.

The eunuch carrying the bucket said softly, "Niangniang, after you finish this matter, give you a supervisor to do it, you can do it carefully." ”

"Okay," the little eunuch said with a smile, "Thank you Gonggong Liu for mentioning it." ”

Qing Huan and Xin'er squatted in the pavilion, but fortunately, the fence of the pavilion was very high, and the stone bench and stone table blocked it, so they were not discovered. The two eunuchs were far away after pouring the oil, and then threw the lantern on the oil, and a fire ignited in an instant. The flames were so bright that the two little eunuchs fled in a short time.

Xin'er pulled Qinghuan, and now needless to say, she also knows that someone wants to harm her master. I was angry for a while! The cold palace was in disrepair, and the wood burned when it caught fire, and the fire in the side hall burned to the main hall when it was not long. Qing Huan pulled Xin'er and ran to the main gate, looking at the fire in the cold palace from a distance. Flames flickered in his pupils.

"Master......" Xin'er wanted to speak and stopped.

"This cold palace is already poor, and I'm still thinking about how to get the king to renovate and renovate it for us! There's a reason for that! Qing Huan smiled and turned his head and walked outside the door, "Let's go, I'm afraid I'm going to live outside the cold palace gate for the rest of tonight." Qing Huan didn't show too much anger, but she would never spare the arsonist.

Qing Huan and Xin'er did it outside the palace for a while. After a while, a bustling group of people carried water, "The cold palace is gone, and the actions are all hurry up for the miscellaneous family!" It's too late to kill you! Go in first and rescue the nobles for me! If you live to see people, you have to see corpses when you die! A quarter of an hour ago, a little eunuch told him that the cold palace had gone out of the water, and when he saw that the king had not been asleep for long, he could not bear to disturb him, and he also knew that the king was interested in the nobles, so he brought a group of people to the cold palace to extinguish the fire.

Although Qing Huan didn't see it clearly, he knew that this was Tian An when he heard the voice. Tian An ran closer and saw Qing Huan clearly, so he bowed and saluted, "Niangniang is frightened!" Seeing Qing Huan, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he was a little suspicious that this fire was set off by Qing Huan.

If Qing Huan knew that he thought so, he would probably start beating people. Tian An and the others tossed and extinguished the fire, and the sky gradually brightened. At this time, Su Ying also received the news and hurried over, and the smell of burning was permeated in the cold palace. Su Ying chuckled in his heart, and just as he was about to rush in, he saw a touch of pink, it wasn't Chang Qinghuan! His heart was finally back in place.

Qing Huan didn't see Su Ying, she turned her back to him and whispered something to Xin'er. Everyone saw Su Ying saluting one after another. Qing Huan turned around and was about to salute, but saw Su Ying wave his hand, "Get up!" ”

Qing Huan didn't salute, and stood three feet away from Su Ying, neither in front nor back. I kept my head down, not knowing what I was thinking.