Han Qiu came over with a torch, even though the palace lights were bright, but in some places, this torch was better, "I checked over there in the cold palace, but there is no one." ”

"That's weird."

After a pause in his heart, Nalan Cheng forcibly suppressed the irritability in his heart, and suddenly said, "What about when you came all the way?" Did you meet anyone? ”

It is said that behind the palace wall, the only way leads directly to the cold palace.

Outside this wall, there is Nalan City with people blocking it, and inside it is the cold autumn past, since there is no one in the cold palace, so maybe, can you bump into it on the road?

"Lord Han, listening to what Lord Nalan said, it seems that I have really met someone."

The guard behind him stepped forward and whispered, Nalan Cheng heard it in his ears, and his eyes lit up: "Who did you meet?" ”

"Concubine De."

Without waiting for the guard to speak, Han Qiu was suddenly stunned, slapped his hand on the door of his head and said immediately, but in a blink of an eye, he felt impossible, "Concubine De is so late, what is she going to do in the cold palace?" ”

No, do you want to enjoy the plum blossoms?

What's more, there is no plum color in the cold palace.

"This matter is not to be made public for the time being. In the cold autumn, you and I will go to the cold palace again and tell me where I met Concubine De. In addition......"

At this point, Nalan Cheng paused and said in a deep voice, "Concubine De Niangniang has always worshiped the Buddha devoutly, and there is no final conclusion on this matter, so don't alarm the emperor!" ”

"However, Concubine De is the only variable we encounter."

When Han Qiu talked about this, he also had a little headache -- Concubine De? How can it be?

And in Nalan City's heart, he has his own conclusion.

After a while, the two arrived at the cold palace again, everyone held torches, and after a closer inspection, they didn't find any clues, but they were still uneasy.

"A few of you, stay here tonight, you are not allowed to go anywhere, you must continue to investigate, understand?"

Pointing out a few people to stay, Nalan Cheng went back all the way along the palace road, stopped at the place where Han Qiu said that he met Concubine De, and personally held the torch in his hand, almost inch by inch, and searched along the road.

Han Qiu frowned, and wanted to say that it was impossible for Concubine De Niangniang, but thinking of the time limit given by the emperor, she suddenly became cold.

Hurriedly took the torch in the hands of his subordinates, and followed suit.

Time flies quickly, an hour, in normal times, may not feel like much, but in this state of racing against time, it is here in the blink of an eye.

When the last grain of sand in the hourglass finally fell, Manager Liang's heart suddenly lifted, and the emperor seemed to have been staring, slowly moving his frozen stiff body, and then looking at the empty brightness in front of him -- the place where the palace lamp shined, it was as bright as day, but the place where the palace lamp could not shine, it was dark.

"Kill!"

This word spit out between his cold lips, and immediately a secret guard took the order and rushed behind the palace wall, Manager Liang looked at it in horror, and suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!" ”

He can't let Nalan die like this!

The emperor was not moved at all, and the secret guard, who paused for a moment, immediately flew out again, and at this moment, the corner of Manager Liang's eyes flashed, "Your Majesty, Lord Nalan has come out!" ”

"Wait a minute!"

The emperor drank the order, and the secret guard stayed in the tun.

Nalan Cheng and Han Qiu hurriedly came, and the sound of the wind brought out in the snowy night was extremely cold on people's faces.

The two of them each came to the emperor with a cold sweat and bowed on one knee, "Your Majesty, Weichen has found the whereabouts of Niangniang, and I ask the emperor to allow Weichen to enter the harem at night to search!" ”

The emperor's harem, concubines, and ordinary guards are not allowed to enter the harem at will, not to mention that he wants to search for people in the middle of the night, and he must get the emperor's permission.

"Accurate!"

Emperor Jing Yuan, who had been waiting for all patience, immediately agreed, paused, and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Nalan Cheng was silent for a moment, "It's Concubine De Niangniang." ”

Both hands were raised, and in the palm of the palm was a bright black and round Buddha bead...... And in this entire harem, there is only Concubine De, who is the one who eats fasting and recites Buddha.

Emperor Jing Yuan saw the thing in his hand clearly, suddenly thought of something, and suddenly raised his hand, "Then this one ......"

This is what he had just picked up from the snow where Jin Concubine had disappeared.

Nalan Cheng respectfully invited, took it and looked at it, and said categorically, "These two Buddha beads, whether it is texture or technique, are from the hands of one person. I dare to guarantee that this is the same string of Buddha beads all! ”

So, is it Concubine De?

The emperor stumbled suddenly under his feet and took a step back, and Chief Liang exclaimed, "Your Majesty." ”

The old arms and legs were a little stiff, and before he had time to step forward to hold on, Nalan Cheng subconsciously raised his hand to brush it, but the emperor flicked his sleeves and brushed him away, and his cold eyes were filled with a cold color, "Take care!" ”

Under the order, the entire harem was boiling.

Concubine De's Yi'an Hall had already extinguished the candlelight at this moment and rested early.

On snowy nights, the blood is always not good, and Concubine De's daily routine has always been very regular, so when Emperor Jingyuan personally led people to break in, Concubine De had already taken a nap in a daze.

Seeing this, he looked at the emperor with a surprised face, and asked softly, "I don't know if the emperor came late at night, but there is something important?" ”

She was still asleep, and she was awakened by the sudden intrusion of someone, and then, the emperor was dressed in an iron-colored cold coat, step by step, slowly approaching, standing condescendingly in front of her bed, looking at her eyes.

After so many years, he thought she was the most innocent of his entire harem concubines. But now it seems, is it really so pure-hearted?

Is everything her disguise?

It's so true, then he has shared a bed with her for so many years, and the shiver behind it makes him can't help but feel cold in his heart!

"Concubine De, you told me where you had just been before?"

Bending slightly, he could see the look in her eyes more clearly, but he was disappointed.

Concubine De's eyes were peaceful and quiet, and there was no trace of waves, and she still asked puzzledly, "Your Majesty, the concubine has been in the palace all the time and has not gone out." ”

The emperor looked at her fixedly, and suddenly smiled, "Concubine De, what about the Buddha beads you have been holding in your hand before?" Can you show me? ”

"Heh, what does the emperor want to see this?"

Concubine De smiled lightly, relieved in her heart, there was a rare trace of redness on the Buddha's bright face, and she said with disgust like a little daughter, "But the emperor came late at night, just to watch the string of Buddha beads make such a big noise, and the concubine still thinks something happened......

Turning back, she picked up the Buddha beads that had been resting on the side of the pillow, and put her hands into the hands of the emperor, who looked at her and still didn't find any duankan.

"I remember that you have eighteen Buddha beads, how many are there now?"

didn't stretch out his hand to pick it up, the emperor asked directly, Concubine De smiled, "Naturally, it's still eighteen, how could the emperor ask like this?" ”

Raising his hand, he shook the Buddha beads in front of his eyes, and slowly counted them one by one -- eighteen beads.

For a while, Emperor Jing Yuan didn't know how to talk to her, sighed in his heart, and said, "It's okay." You go on to rest, I still have something to do, so let's leave! ”

With a twist of his sleeves, he turned away.

Slowly, Concubine De put down the Buddhist beads in her hand, the smile in her eyes faded, and her face was gloomy and full of resentful hatred.

"Your Majesty, you ...... Do you really care about her that much? ”

The Buddha beads were put in her hand and thrown on the side of the pillow, Concubine De turned around and lay down, closed her eyes again to rest, but no matter what, she couldn't sleep.

"Sanqing."

Listening to the footsteps outside the hall, Concubine De raised her voice and called out Sanqing, who had already been frightened by the emperor's sudden arrival, Concubine De said, "Where did you take the beads before the palace?" ”

Sanqing trembled and said, "Return, go back to Niangniang's words...... No, isn't it already back to the mother? ”

Originally, it was going to be taken out and thrown away, but Sanqing was not reluctant, and after a few days, Concubine De remembered this and asked to go back again, this matter, Niangniang should not forget.

"Nonsense! You obviously took the beads of the main palace and threw them out, and you don't know who picked them up, did you hear that? ”

Concubine De sat up, her kind eyes were shining, and Sanqing was so frightened that her legs were weak and she knelt on the ground.

Even if she was stupid, she understood what Niangniang meant, her body knelt on the ground, and her head was pounding, "Niangniang spare her life, spare her life......"

Concubine De snorted coldly, "Shut up!" Otherwise, there is no one around this palace now, do you think you can really live until now? Get out! Remember what Motonomiya said, and if someone asks, do as Motonomiya says, if not...... You should know what will happen to you. And what you care about, this palace also made him can't survive, can't die! ”

Sanqing is an orphan, she has no parents, no brothers and sisters, but she has ...... in her heart Have someone you like.

She once begged her mother, and when the time to enter the palace was up, she would send it out to match someone, but now, she ...... Can such a good wish still be realized?

"Niangniang, the slaves and maids have written it down, and the slaves and maids dare not disobey the mother."

The body trembled, Sanqing whimpered, and Concubine De snorted again, "Come here, this palace will teach you some more ......"

Sanqing passed, Concubine De attached her ear, muttered a few words, Sanqing was even more frightened, trembling like chaff. Concubine De scolded, "Get out!" Useless things, have you written down all the words? Remember, you can't go wrong! ”

waved his hand impatiently and sent Sanqing out, and Concubine De couldn't sleep all night.

When the emperor left the Yi'an Palace, the irritability in his heart became more and more serious, "Nalan City, you told me that the person was taken away by Concubine De, but I went, Concubine De's Buddha beads are fine, how do you explain it?" ”

The Buddha beads in his hand were smashed out suddenly, and one of them smashed into Nalan Cheng's forehead, Nalan Cheng suffered this blow hard, and instantly had a lump on his forehead, kneeling and lowering his eyes, "Weichen doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, the person must have been taken away by Concubine De, and the Buddha beads can be forged." ”

In the current situation, he has no other way.

Whether it is Concubine De or not, Concubine De is the only suspect he has found for a whole hour. He can't let go, he can't let go.

Once he is not even confident in himself, then Jin Concubine will definitely be even more dangerous!