Jian Yue knew that Su Malagu had always acted in a way that focused on calming things down, and knowing that in this way, she could take care of her face, and she was grateful in her heart, and she arranged the rest of the trivial matters by herself.

Su Mala walked out of Zhihuazhai and slowly thought about what happened this day is nothing special, and these days she looked coldly at the child in her arms, although he was young, he was not reckless and anxious, how could he suddenly ......

Thinking of this, Su Malagu unconsciously stepped into the back garden, she remembered the words that Huai Sleeve had said when she was in the Scripture Pavilion a few days ago, Su Malagu suddenly had an intuition: This woman must have something on her mind, or her distress. Could it be ...... Su Malagu thought in her heart, and unconsciously walked to a remote place in the back garden, which was the tea trees that Huai Sleeve mentioned to her in the early morning.

Su Malagu saw that there was a drying shelf next to it, and a few round bamboo mats were placed on it, because the sky was like ink, and it was impossible to see what was displayed on it, Su Malagu walked a few steps closer, stretched out her hand and twisted some and put it in the palm of her hand to take a closer look, it turned out to be a freshly picked tea leaf, which had been fried and dried here.

"What a girl with a heart." Su Malagu couldn't help but praise in her mouth.

Su Malagu stepped forward, stretched out her hand to touch the tea leaves, which were already half-dry, and when she thought about it, she couldn't help but have doubts in her heart.

Su Malagu turned to wonder again: Since the tea leaves were dried, why didn't they take them back at night? Wouldn't it be in vain to put the night dew outside like this for one night, and dry it in the sun during the day?

Huai Sleeve's personality is delicate and sensitive, not like he cares about the head and tail.

Could it be that she is no longer in the palace at this time! Thinking of this, Su Malagu was suddenly shocked, and looked around, there was no one else around, so she quietly rolled up the bamboo sweep and collected the tea.

As soon as she turned around and was about to go back to her painting hall, she suddenly heard a rustling sound on the wall, and then heard a thud, and something fell into the shadow of the corner of the back garden and disappeared.

Su Malagu's heart jumped wildly, her hand clenched the bamboo mat tightly, and she steadied her heart and asked in a deep voice, "Who is and where?" Before I could hear the movement, I only heard a chaotic stampede outside the courtyard gate, and gradually detected the light of the fire candle outside the wall, red from far and near.

"It was here just now, I saw it clearly!" Outside the courtyard wall, the sound of footsteps stopped, and the voices of several rugged men came in.

After a while, I heard a more Sven voice coming, only to hear the voice say: "Everyone be calm, this is the back garden of Cining Palace, beware of the Empress Dowager's drive, let's look outside the garden first." "

When Su Malagu heard this, she felt familiar but couldn't remember who it was for a while, so she only quietly hid the bamboo mat in her hand in the tea bush, and quietly listened to the corner of the wall, but there was no movement at all.

At this time, I heard someone outside shouting again: "My lord, footprints have been found here." "

The torches outside the wall were concentrated in this place again: "The footprints of the adults are gone here, and they must have entered the courtyard!" A man's rough voice was assured.

There was a moment of silence outside, probably because the man with a gentle tone was thinking about the investigation, Su Malagu stabilized his mind, and suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Who is outside the wall?" How dare you make a noise here in the middle of the night! "

Outside the wall, you can reply: "I wait for the guards of the Imperial Forest Army in front of the palace, I am the guard Nalan Rongruo with a knife in front of the palace, I just saw a black shadow rushing into this place, I am afraid that the thieves invaded the palace at night, so I led people to chase here, but I don't want to alarm Aunt Su Ma, and I hope that my aunt will forgive me." "

When Aunt Su Mala heard that it was Nalan Rongruo, she calmed down a little and said, "Since you are Lord Rong, come into the garden to talk." "

As soon as Su Malagu's voice fell, listening to the footsteps outside the wall turned from a miscellaneous crowd to a squirrel, the torch turned along the wall and entered from the moon gate, and there were guards holding torches to light the way, and the leader who came in was Nalan Rongruo, the son of Mingzhu.

As soon as Rong Ruo entered the garden, he raised his eyes and saw that it was Aunt Su Mala who hurriedly approached and saluted: "Rong Ruo didn't know that Aunt was here, so I disturbed my aunt." "

Aunt Su Mala smiled lightly: "My lord is still working hard for the safety of the city late at night, but I don't know who you are looking for?" "

"I saw a black shadow just now, the footsteps were very fast, rushing to this side, I waited for the chase here, the black shadow suddenly disappeared, so I am afraid that I have entered this garden, but after all, this is the backyard of the queen mother's palace, but we dare not make a rash intrusion." Rong Ruo replied truthfully.

"Oh? If there is a shadow, what face do you see? Su Malagu continued to ask.

Rong Ruo shook his head and said: "The black shadow only showed one side, because he was dressed in black, and he couldn't see his face clearly in the thick of the night, but the kung fu on that person's leg was very good, I just threw a golden needle dart, I don't know if I was hit, but I didn't see any blood." "

Rong Ruo's tone brought a slight tone of regret.

"In that case, Lord Rong will lead people to look around, but I have been here just now, but I haven't seen any people in black." Aunt Su Mala smiled slightly and said in a soft tone.

"The night is getting deeper, why hasn't my aunt gone back to her room to rest?" Rong Ruo didn't doubt Aunt Su Mala's words at all, and only asked with concern.

"It's just a walk out of dinner as usual, because recently someone has set up a sun-drying shelf here, and I will come over to see if it is suitable when I am idle." As he spoke, he looked back at the wooden frame next to the tea trees.

Rong Ruoshun looked over, and sure enough, he saw a newly built wooden frame standing there, and said with a smile:

"Auntie is so interested, since my aunt hasn't seen anyone here all along, so naturally we don't need to search here." After speaking, he turned around and said to the group of Imperial Forest soldiers behind him: "Quietly withdraw from the garden, and then look elsewhere." "

Rong Ruo turned around and said to Aunt Su Mala: "The night dew is getting heavier, aunt should come back earlier, take care of yourself, we have disturbed these times, and I hope my aunt will forgive me." "

Su Malagu has always admired Nalan Rongruo's comprehension, so she disagreed and smiled lightly: "Lord Rong is worried, please do it." "

Rong Ruo turned around and said goodbye, led a group of people to exit the garden gate, and when the footsteps faded away, the torches that had been sultry just now were gradually swallowed up by the thick night.

The surroundings returned to the original lonely twilight, and occasionally one or two insect chirpings came clearly into the ears, and the stars hung far away on the branches.

Su Malagu looked up at the lonely night sky, stood in place and was silent for a moment, and said softly: "They are gone, you can come out." "

Su Malagu's voice fell, and she only heard a few rustling sounds from the bushes in the corner of the garden, and then there was no movement.

Su Malagu hesitated for a moment, slowly walked to the wall, and just approached the bushes, when she suddenly heard a muffled ** from inside.

Su Malagu had the courage to reach out and gently push away the low bushes, and the corner of the wall was covered so black that she couldn't see the human figure clearly, and only vaguely saw a black shadow swaying a few times.