Liu Yan got out of the car and went straight to Yilan Palace.

Even if Lin Shu said that it was no big deal, there must still be something.

Liu Yan was worried about whether there was something wrong with his father and mother, in case ......

As soon as she entered the door of the main hall of Yilan Palace, she saw Queen Cao sitting in the hall, dignified and dignified, as usual.

Liu Yanti's high heart was put back in her stomach, and as soon as she relaxed, her legs couldn't help but weaken, and her body was crooked, but fortunately, Guiyuan caught up and helped her.

Empress Cao beckoned to her: "Look at you, how old you are and so reckless, come and sit down." ”

Liu Yan went over and sat down next to Empress Cao.

"Your hands are so cold?" Empress Cao glanced at her: "I told you, it's getting colder and colder this day, you must be careful when you go in and out of your clothes." ”

Liu Yan didn't do anything, Gui Yuan quickly knelt down and admitted his mistake: "It's all a slave and maid who is careless, please forgive your sins." ”

"Let's go." Liu Yan exonerated her first: "She is very dedicated, but I don't want to wear too much, so heavy, I can't walk when I am dressed." ”

was interrupted by her like this, and Empress Cao would not hold Gui Yuan accountable.

"The body belongs to you, you don't cherish it, and no one else can suffer for you when you look back."

Liu Yan didn't care about saying this, and hurriedly asked: "Queen Mother, is there something going on in the palace?" Why did you alarm Lu Juma to send me back to the palace? ”

"It's not a big deal." Empress Cao instructed Yingluo: "Bring tea soup to the four princesses and drink it warmly." Then he told Liu Yan: "Rui Guogong is gone today." ”

"Huh?" Liu Yan felt that he might not have heard correctly.

"Rui Guogong is gone." Empress Cao repeated it again.

It happened that the palace people came in with a bowl of soup, and Queen Cao motioned to Liu Yan to use the soup first.

But Liu Yan was in the mood to eat at this time: "Didn't you say that the Duchess of Ruiguo has been seriously ill?" ”

A few days ago, Liu Yan heard Yingluo talk about this, because of this, Queen Cao was not in a good mood.

If you want to pass on the news of her death, it should also be her death, how did it become that Rui Guogong is gone?

"Why not?" Liu Yan asked.

It shouldn't be a normal reason, otherwise why did Lu Juma escort her back to the palace just now?

"Isn't it that he was assassinated?"

Empress Cao patted the back of her hand: "It's not an assassination, before you came back just now, Min Hong came to report that the cause of Rui Guogong's death had been investigated, it was poisoning." ”

"Poisoned? So who poisoned it? ”

Empress Cao shook her head, her expression was not very good-looking.

Yingluo whispered beside him: "It's the civil strife in the Ruiguo Mansion, I heard that this poison was originally given to the Duchess of Ruiguo, who knows that it was mistakenly taken by the Duke of Ruiguo." The news of Rui Guogong's death was reported just now, and Niangniang was also worried that this matter would be an assassin, so she asked her to escort the princess back to the palace, and now it has been investigated. ”

Liu Yan didn't know what to say for a while.

The Ruiguo Mansion is also quite famous in Beijing.

People always say that it is a blessing for children and grandchildren to flourish, and if this standard is followed, then Rui Guogong can be said to be too blessed.

He had more than twenty sons and a dozen daughters — a number still alive. If you count those who died before they were raised, and those who were not able to give birth, it was not even hundreds.

Of course, it is impossible for such a large number of children to be born by the Duchess of Ruiguo, and how many concubines the Duke of Ruiguo has, I am afraid that he himself can't say clearly. Some of them have been with him for a long time, and the short ones may only be with him for a few days.

With so many women and children, the Ruiguo Mansion is not lonely every day, and there is excitement every day. Liu Yan remembered that last year, Rui Guogong also gave birth to another son, and it happened that he also added a great-grandson this month.

said that other families had civil strife, Liu Yan was surprised, but the Ruiguo Mansion was going to have civil strife, why didn't Liu Yan think it was surprising at all?

Rui Guogong is a good hand at fighting, but his family affairs are very confused, too lustful, and the root cause has long been buried. When the Duke of Ruiguo was still healthy, he could still hold down a yard of cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, but as soon as she couldn't do it, the Duke of Ruiguo Mansion would have frequent civil strife.

It's just that people didn't expect that it would be Rui Guogong who died.

"Alas," Liu Yan sighed.

"What are you sighing for?"

Liu Yan tasted a mouthful of soup, the lotus seed soup was sweet and refreshing, and Liu Yan usually designated that he could use up this bowl, but today he drank two sips and put it down.

"Father is going to have a headache again, this matter is very embarrassing, and I have to think of a way to cover it up. And the Ruiguo Mansion, that's also a mess. ”

Who's to say it isn't.

When the mother and daughter were talking, a eunuch came to spread the word, saying that the Duchess of Ruiguo had also gone.

She was originally staying up, and the Ruiguo Mansion had already prepared all these for Ximu Shouyi.

Empress Cao listened to the reply of the next head, saying that the Duchess of Ruiguo couldn't hold it anymore, and when she heard the news that her husband was dead, she finally swallowed her last breath.

Empress Cao was silently distracted, and only after a while did she say, "Got it." ”

Liu Yan persuaded softly: "Don't be too sad, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Ruiguo has been sick for a long time and has suffered so many crimes, and now she can be regarded as a relief." ”

"yes, she's finally free." Empress Cao touched her daughter's face, the young girl's skin was so firm and smooth, revealing envy and emotion: "She is only three years older than me, but in the early years, life was not good, and when she didn't worry about food and clothing, she lived such a day every day, when I saw her last year, she looked like she was more than ten or twenty years older than me, her hair was white, and her face was full of wrinkles." What you're saying is that she has been suffering all the time while she is alive, and it is a relief to be gone. ”

Liu Yan is not very familiar with the Duchess of Ruiguo - she likes good-looking people, but the Duchess of Ruiguo is not good-looking at all. As Queen Cao said, she is not old and decrepit, but even if time goes back thirty years, she is not a beauty. In her memory, she always had a straight face, and she didn't look kind and rich at all when she wore the auspicious clothes of the Lady of Commandment, on the contrary, she even looked a little vicious.

Her tone of voice was not soft at all.

It is strange that at this time, she can clearly recall the face of the Duchess of Ruiguo.

Obviously, he was a man who hadn't even spoken a few words.

After taking off his shoes and socks at night, Gui Yuan found that Liu Yan had a wound on the sole of his foot.

"Princess, when did this hurt?"

Liu Yan lowered her head and looked, and she couldn't even remember it for a while.

Gui Yuan said with annoyance: "Maybe I bumped into it when I got out of the car, and the slave didn't pay attention at all." ”

"I don't know." Liu Yan really didn't pay attention.

I was anxious before, but I didn't care about it when I heard the news of the funeral. If it weren't for Gui Yuan saying that her foot was injured, she wouldn't have felt it.

Liu Yan moved his toes: "It's okay, it doesn't hurt much, and the skin doesn't break." ”

"How can such a piece of Qingji not hurt." Gui Yuan hurriedly called someone to get the medicine, and he also called the imperial doctor, but Liu Yan finally stopped him.

It's too trivial to call a doctor for such a small injury.