"Xiuwan, is it still raining?" Su Ruhui was wearing a moon-white middle coat and asked through the tent. The door of the inner room was open, Xiuwan moved a small pestle and sat at the door struggling to do needlework, since the twilight spring, the imperial capital was at first drizzling with light rain, it rained for four days, the rain turned heavier, and now it is close to early summer, but the rain has no intention of stopping, in the deep palace, especially sullen.

On this day, Su Ruhui went to the Detai Hall with Zhou Yi'er early in the morning to ask for peace, took a nap after lunch, and woke up to find that the sky was dim, and he asked unconsciously.

Xiuwan pinned the needle to the cuff casually, got up and said, "It's already a lot smaller, is Miss hungry?" The slave is boiling lily and lotus seed soup, but do you want to serve a bowl? ”

"It's fine." Su Ruhui nodded, there was a sparse sound of dressing in the tent, and after a while, Su Ruhui had already tied the red Luo skirt, put on the moon-white half arm, walked out of the Luo tent with her hands on the back of her head and waist-length hair, and sat in front of the dressing table to comb her hair slowly.

Xiuwan came in with a bright jade celadon cup, took the wooden comb in Su Ruhui's hand, combed her long hair while Su Ruhui was drinking lily lotus seed soup, and said casually: "Miss, the slave heard something when she went to get lunch just now. ”

"What's the matter?" Su Ruhui also asked casually.

"Say it......" Xiuwan pondered for a moment before she said, "Say it, young lady, don't be afraid - say that Zhaohua Palace is haunted!" ”

"Zi Bu is silent, where did this rumor come from?" Xiuwan knew that Su Ruhui was bold, and sure enough, after hearing this, Su Ruhui's eyes did not lift, and said calmly.

Xiuwan smiled and said, "This doesn't look like it's a complete rumor!" ”

"Oh?"

"Miss, do you still remember what happened on the Laba Festival in the twenty-fifth year of Changtai?"

Su Ruhui thought about it carefully: "A little impression, what are you talking about?" ”

"There was a lady who was demoted to the rank of royal wife on the Laba Festival."

"I remember the surname Zhao." Su Ruhua has a good memory, and remembers the surname of the unlucky lady, who seems to be a beauty, but unfortunately because the queen mother gave a seat to Xin Cairen, who was pregnant at the time, she showed a look of resentment, so she was demoted by the queen in public, and was sent to live in Zhaohua Palace, where the Lin family, who was still Mrs. Baoluo at the time.

Later, I don't know why, in the Spring Festival of the same year, Zhaohua Palace accidentally walked out of the water, and then the fragrance and jade fell.

"Isn't it? It is said that since last month, something has been wrong in Zhaohua Palace, and yesterday someone heard the crying in Zhaohua Palace and cried all night! Concubine De Niangniang made people search the entire palace, but nothing was found, everyone said......" Xiuwan said smoothly, "They all said that Zhao Yu's wife was afraid that it was Concubine De's mother ......"

"Nonsense!" Su Ruhui sneered, "What idiot wants to be tongue-twisted to make up these words?" Concubine De Niangniang is also Mrs. Congyipin six years ago, even if the Zhao family is not depreciated, she is a lady from the fifth grade, and she is not even a serious master of the lord of the first palace! Concubine De needs to assassinate her?! ”

Xiuwan said: "The slave maid also thinks so, but it is now spread all over the palace, so let's tell the young lady, lest the young lady not know, and it will be troublesome for the lady to talk to the people who have a heart when she hears it." "There are no taboos in this palace, for example, during this time, there were rumors that Concubine De had murdered the palace concubine, so if it is related to Su Ruhui's identity, the most pleasing thing for the Queen Mother is not to mention it.

Su Ruhui took a sip of soup and said, "I know you mean well, but it's better not to spread this kind of thing." ”

Seeing that she was not angry, Xiuwan agreed with a smile, and suddenly remembered something again: "Today is the day to ask for peace, and Miss can see Concubine De?" ”

"Concubine Lin De is fine." Su Ruhui drank the last sip of lotus seed soup, took a handkerchief and wiped her mouth and said, "What's more, what is Concubine De's background and temperament?" Even if there is something unpleasant, will it be difficult to put it on the face? ”

"That's right." Xiuwan said, "But I don't know why that person spread such rumors?" Concubine De has no children and no daughters under her knees, although Her Majesty likes her, she is not her favorite. ”

Lin is beautiful but jealous, if she is not full of loyalty, the Queen Mother and Changtai do not want to chill the hearts of heroes, so they tolerate it in every way, but they are afraid that they would have been beaten into the Dehua Palace long ago. But she was the old man when Changtai ascended the throne, and after so many years, the young husband and wife always had a little affection. And there are more and more beautiful concubines in the palace, since Mrs. Yinghua was grounded, Huo Guifei favored the six palaces, which made the Lin family much more well-behaved, but in recent years, Changtai has also been a little sincere.

At the beginning, Zhou Qingran, the daughter of the hussar general, entered the palace, and the harem was because the queen mother personally raised Xiao Zhou in the Detai Hall for training, and it was rumored that the vacant position of Concubine De at that time would fall into the hands of Xiao Zhou, and even Xiao Zhou would become the future queen Yunyun. Who knew that Zhou Qingran was later registered as the eldest princess of Guangyi and married Qiu Di, but the Lin family was promoted to Concubine De in the draft the following year, and finally stepped into the rank of concubine of Zhengyipin.

After the Lin family became Concubine De, I don't know if it was because of her age, but she became more and more stable, and even the Queen Mother treated her a lot more affectionately. Although there are still some concubines in Zhaohua Palace who secretly cry to the queen that the Lin family is domineering, but there are a few low-ranking palace concubines who are not angry with the Lin family's control over the people in the palace.

The queen may not take these little things to heart, let alone the queen mother and Changtai, but the queen mother and the queen don't like which low-ranking concubine is not pleasing to the eye, so they just throw it into the Zhaohua Palace. For example, the Zhao family is an example.

In short, today's Lin family does not have the demeanor of the first jealous woman in the six palaces, but she is an inconspicuous concubine in the six palaces, and even in the four concubines of Zhengyipin, she has also become a foil - the concubine is favored, the concubine has a son, the virtuous concubine is very popular and has the mercy of the queen mother, although Concubine De has the position of a positive concubine, but it is even less noticeable than when she was a lady, but I don't know who wants to deal with her? Or who do you want to deal with through her?

Su Ruhui just thought about it for a while, and then said: "These things have nothing to do with us anyway, so if you don't want to, Xiuwan will pull a bun for me at will, and accompany me out for a walk in a while." ”

Xiuwan knew that Su Ruhui didn't like rainy days very much, and she was screaming that the rain was very stuffy these days, so she would go to the imperial garden from time to time to take a turn, and conveniently pulled a fallen horse bun for her, and two magnolia hairpins were inserted obliquely on it.

After Su Ruhui entered the screen again, she changed into clothes to go out, but it was a goose yellow skirt and light yellow half arms, with an emerald green shawl, a Yingluo ring around her neck, and a beautiful jade in the shape of Ruyi falling below.

Xiuwan is a palace maid, so naturally she doesn't pay so much attention to it, but she just straightens out the palace clothes on her body.

This season of the Imperial Garden is the time of magnificence, because of the rain, the two of them almost never met anyone else along the way, the two of them walked along the edge of the liquid pool, at this time the rain was light, Su Ruhui stretched out his hand outside the umbrella to feel it, and told Xiuwan to move the umbrella away, bathed in the drizzle like cow hair, and felt it wantonly.

Xiuwan persuaded a few words, but when she didn't listen, she had to take a few steps behind and follow her.

The two walked for a while according to the route they had walked a few days ago, and suddenly there was a whisper in front of them, Su Ruhua didn't want to listen to the corner, and was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly heard the three words "Zhaohua Palace", couldn't help but stop, and smiled at Xiuwan.

Xiuwan gave her an embarrassed look, and the two stopped and listened carefully.

But next to the rockery, a crisp woman's voice said, "Sister Xiaofen, what you said is true?" Is there really a ghost in Zhaohua Palace? ”

"That's what Mama Cai, who was on duty yesterday, saw with her own eyes!" Another woman, who seemed to be older, said with a hint of horror, "A dark shadow, just like that!" I can see it clearly, at least six or seven points similar to the royal wife who ran out of water six years ago! Good sister, that place sister can't stay any longer! You talk to my mother and transfer me away! ”

"Sister Xiaofen, don't worry, you can talk to me well, and I'll talk back to my mother - what's going on?"

"How do I know? Anyway, nothing is quite right in Zhaohua Palace during this time, and you don't know the temperament of Concubine De, she ...... Is she a ghost-fearing person? Besides, Concubine De is also a nobleman, and she has His Majesty's dragon qi to protect herself, so she only takes pity on us subordinates, and doesn't hide it from Pingnu You said, I haven't closed my eyes for three whole days, and I don't ...... that place anyway Not! ”

Su Ruhui and Xiuwan were listening energetically, when they suddenly heard the sound behind the rockery abruptly stopped!

The two were shocked, thinking that they had been discovered, but there were two frightened voices behind the rockery: "Slaves, slaves and maids, please say hello to the Fourth Highness!" Four highnesses, all blessings! ”

"Excuse me!" The slightly rough voice said slowly, it was luscious.

Su Ruhui pursed the corners of her lips secretly, very disappointed, this luscious, it appeared too timely, and she wanted to hear more about it - that Sister Xiaofen must be the palace maid of Zhaohua Palace, and she was also an undercover agent sent by others to Zhaohua Palace. I just don't know who Pingnu's mother is?

I only heard the words fall after the rockery, and after a while, the footsteps were far away, and Su Ruhui knew that the two palace maids must be holding their breath at this moment, and they were extremely nervous. Afraid that the action at this time would cause the two of them to notice the rockery, so they continued to stand in place, but they heard the two complain to each other: "Pingnu, why did you choose such a place!" I don't know what His Royal Highness heard, what can I do? ”

"Now that it's raining, who else but this Highness will have nothing to do here?" Compared to Xiao Fen's fright, the palace maid named Pingnu was obviously much calmer, and comforted, "His Royal Highness has always been silent, even if he hears it all, he won't say it." ”