It's still early today, right?

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At this time, it was spring flowers, but in addition to the palace, it was midsummer, and it was afraid that it was also full of three points of yin, and now it was night, and it was even more ghostly.

The little Li Zi didn't know if he had been here for a long time, but he didn't think so, he paid attention to the master and servant two steps behind him as he walked, Xiuwan pulled Su Ruhui's sleeve, and her face under the bleak light could not hide a touch of nervousness and whiteness, but what surprised Xiao Lizi was that Su Ruhui's expression was calm, and she was much bolder than Xiuwan.

Under the leadership of Xiao Lizi, the three of them searched back and forth along the broken palace road on the road from the palace gate to the wing, but they did not find the shadow of Hongluan, and they did not even find a hairpin ring or handkerchief. Xiao Lizi thought that he had fulfilled his promise, but seeing that Su Ruhui and Xiuwan were gloomy, he couldn't help but turn a corner when the words came to his mouth: "If Miss is not afraid, why don't you go to that one's place to have a look?" In fact, the slave doesn't look like the cowardly girl Hongluan, so she shouldn't be treated like that. ”

"The one you're talking about is the one who ran out of the former Treasure Pavilion?" Su Ruhui tightened the shawl on her arm and asked intently.

"Yes, the waste concubine Gao did kill a few timid palace people in the past, but in the past few years, her body has become more and more unsuccessful, if it weren't for a few grandmothers who remembered a little benefit when she didn't go crazy in the past, and sent some food from time to time to coax her to eat, I'm afraid she would have died a long time ago." Listening to Xiao Lizi's words, the waste concubine was still alive, Su Ruhui was shocked for no reason when she heard it, and said, "Where does she live?" Take us to see it! ”

Xiao Lizi waved the lantern: "Come." ”

The grass and trees in this Jiehua Palace are lush, the palace is barren, and only people like Xiao Lizi who have been guarding the door here for a long time can walk fast in this dark night by relying on a lantern, Su Ruhui and Xiuwan are not familiar with the Zhuhua Palace, so they walked and walked, and after more than an hour, Xiao Lizi stopped in front of a building that looked crumbling: "Arrived, this is it, Miss, you are careful of your step, there are often some wild cats jumping around here, don't be frightened." ”

Saying that, he didn't knock on the door, and pushed it directly, and the palace lamp shone out a handful of dust and dust flying around.

Xiuwan hurriedly stepped forward and blocked in front of Su Ruhui, raising her sleeves to sweep away the dust.

Su Ruhui shook her head and said, "It's okay." ”

When they entered it, they felt a sour smell coming to their nostrils, Su Ruhui and Xiuwan were too busy to take out the sachet in their arms and sniff it a few times, and then they looked at the place where Xiao Lizi shone the lamp-

In this room, there was some messy grass, and in the corner there was a figure with unkempt gray hair, whose clothes had long been unrecognizable, and hung on her body in a mess, and the sour smell in the room seemed to come from her.

The light shone on her at this moment, and the man trembled, but he did not say a word, but covered his face with his tattered sleeves. Xiao Lizi shook the lamp and said to Su Ruhua: "This is the waste concubine Gao, except for the Hua Palace, there are about a dozen waste concubines who are still alive in the palace, and they all know their identity and situation when they come in. ”

The room is not big, and the three of them have already seen it all around when they came in, not to mention Hongluan, and there are no other people's footprints on the dust.

Su Ruhui was even more surprised when she saw this, and said to Xiao Lizi: "Hongluan will definitely not go away so quietly, Gonggong Li has been in the Huagong Palace for many years, I don't know if I can give me some advice?" ”

Xiao Lizi didn't stretch out his hand again this time, but frowned: "Miss is embarrassed by the slave, the slave is also strange in his heart, to say something unpleasant, the slave looks at Miss Although she lives here, she still takes the former maid, and she can also take out the silver to make some slaves, obviously not really in a desperate situation, I think that the Hongluan girl doesn't look stupid, and she won't do anything to betray the master, but this may ......."

"That's it!" Su Ruhui originally expected him to say if there were any other people or things wrong in the Hua Palace, but he didn't expect this little yellow door to guess Hongluan's loyalty, and immediately interrupted him, "Hongluan may have lost his way, and the road forked just now, since there is nothing here from the waste concubine Gao, let's go back to the wing room and take a look!" ”

When Xiao Lizi heard this, he smiled: "Then the slave sent the young lady and the girl back!" ”

However, when she returned to the wing room, it was still dark, Xiuwan lit the lamp and took a closer look at the three wings, including the wing room that had not yet been cleaned, and there was no shadow of Hongluan at all, at this time Su Ruhui was also a little out of breath, holding Xiao Lizi who wanted to leave, and carefully interrogated whether there were deep pits, uncovered wells, etc., Xiao Lizi said with a bitter face: "There may be other places, but in this Except for the Hua Palace, the nobles who are used to brocade clothes and jade food have suddenly fallen here, how many can stand it?" Not to mention the ready-made well, even if the hairpin ring on the body has been searched, there is still the idea of hanging the beam, and the palace is exquisite, and the concubines are ominous...... Don't look at the ruins here, but the wells are all filled. ”

"In that case, where did Hongluan go?" Su Ruhui and Xiuwan looked at each other, and Xiao Lizi said: "Miss, it's useless for you to be anxious now, except that the Hua Palace is not where you used to live, such a big night, with Miss's current situation, it seems that she can't disturb the nobles for a palace maid, not to mention that Miss Hongluan may be lost in the path and don't know which corner to go, why don't you wait until dawn, if Miss Hongluan hasn't come back, then the slave will report it for you?" ”

Su Ruhui squinted her eyes and thought about it, but she was helpless, and drew a silver ticket to him, and advised: "When you go back to the palace gate, take a look around, and if you see Hongluan, please send her back." ”

"Miss, rest assured, if the slave finds Miss Hongluan, she will be sent back to Miss safely." Xiao Lizi took the silver ticket and left with a guaranteed ticket, leaving the master and servant in a daze.

"Xiuwan, think about it carefully, is there anything else going on in the Hua Palace?" Su Ruhui got up and walked around the room, and asked a little anxiously.

Xiuwan smiled bitterly: "Even the scary things behind the Gao family have been said, and we haven't found anyone in this search, where do the slaves dare to hide it?" Besides, the slave maid was in Renshou Palace after all, and the queen mother ruled the palace...... That's all the slave can hear! ”

"Don't sleep tonight, light the lamp, and see if Hongluan will come back." Su Ruhui said with the last glimmer of hope.

Xiuwan nodded hurriedly, although she was older than Su Ruhui, but her courage was not as good as Su Ruhui, after saying Gao's matter, and seeing it with her own eyes, she always felt that there was a gloomy atmosphere around her, and she was thinking that Hongluan would not dare to sleep alone if she didn't come back tonight, so she naturally wouldn't object to this suggestion.

The night seemed to pass extraordinarily long, and at dawn the last trace of the oil lamp burned out, and the room suddenly fell into darkness.

Su Ruhui gradually fell asleep on the table halfway, Xiuwan got up to cheer, and covered her with a coat by the way, but instead woke her up: "Hongluan hasn't come back yet?" ”

"No, Miss is not going to lie on the bed, and the slave is going to urge Xiao Lizi to report?"

"Wait until it's dark." Su Ruhui was a little confused, but she still held on to her advice, and Xiuwan helped her to the bed and fell asleep.