Inside Chenyang Palace.

Concubine Song lived in the newly built palace.

Her expression was anxious, and her eyes were surrounded by a thick dark gray, revealing a little bruising.

At this moment, the man was in the center of the temple, pacing back and forth.

"Alas!"

"Why hasn't this come back!"

……

Worry, anxiety, eagerness, sighing...... All kinds of emotions wrapped her tightly and strangled people out of breath.

It was about noon that the pipa hurried into the temple.

Her steps were very hurried, and the hanging multicolored bead curtain was crisp.

The dim gaze flashed, and he hurried to meet it.

"How's it going, did you intercept it?"

Pipa panted and pouted, only to feel that his mouth was extremely dry, and he swallowed half a cup of herbal tea in one gulp.

"Rest assured, Your Royal Highness has received the news, and will rush back immediately."

"God forbid!"

"Hoo ......"

The hanging breath was slowly put down, and Concubine Song held her chest and sat down on the Taishi chair calmly.

The clenched palm had already broken out in a cold sweat, and the long fingers covered the face, and the head hung down, and the wet liquid slipped down from the fingertips.

"The dream of this palace has been preserved!"

Pipa wiped the fine sweat from his forehead and said with relief:

"Now that His Royal Highness is safe, Niangniang can also rest assured."

After a long time, a sound of pathos and remorse came from between his fingers.

"The mourning family made a mistake for a while, but I didn't expect it...... But it almost hurt him! ”

She lowered her hand, revealing a fierce look.

"Hidden Queen! She wants to take this opportunity to get rid of Shu'er! ”

"Mother's ......"

"Don't worry, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, we still have a chance."

Unexpectedly, Concubine Song shook her head, the tears in the corners of her eyes were especially there, and she was stunned for a long time, and her face was as gray as death.

"Should have known ...... a long time ago"

She shook her head repeatedly.

"If you listen to your advice at the beginning, don't act rashly...... If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, after all, I'm too anxious! ”

Thinking of this choice, Concubine Song regretted it.

She had already calculated and designed a trap to stabilize the army, but she deliberately released the news, saying that the army mutinied and was just waiting for the palace...... This time, I lost my wife and broke my soldiers, and I almost ...... I almost killed my child! ”

Even now, she still felt cold sweat on her back.

"If he really arrives at Biansai and starts up with Song Yi, then he will really be charged with rebellion."

"Good strategy! Good strategy! ”

Concubine Song slapped her palm, and her fingertips hurt.

She didn't care about it.

The frightened and indignant minds are full of hidden figures.

"...... now"

Pipa frowned, his tone was a little hesitant, and his lips were pursed for a long time.

"What should Childe do?"

"No problem."

Concubine Song breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had woken up from a dream.

"As long as Shu'er doesn't arrive, he will never dare to act rashly, as long as it lasts a few days, our messenger will also arrive."

"If it ......"

Her voice trembled suddenly, and her grief was revealed.

"If God really wants to kill me, it is also the fate of this palace...... Su'er is the prince, as long as he does not personally participate in the rebellion, even if he destroys the nine clans, for the sake of brotherhood, the emperor will be extrajudicial and gracious. ”

"Mother's ......"

Seeing that the master seemed to be exhausted, Pipa was especially unwilling.

"Even if this defeat is not completely without opportunities, after the northern border is withdrawn, the people in the army are panicked and demoralized, and besides, they are ...... Besides, looking at the attitude of the surname Han, it is not very resolute, let's ......"

"You don't know ......"

Concubine Song interrupted her.

"Han Ke is interested in the Seven Princes, and everyone knows it. But now that the new emperor is firmly seated, Empress Yin holds his only daughter with one hand, and pinched the queen and Mrs. Zheng, and transfers Zheng's children out of Yincheng and sends them to his side. ”

The more she thought about it, the more stupid she felt.

After fighting for half a life, I mistakenly believed a rumor.

"One wrong step, all the games are lost, there is no turning back when you open the bow, you must not be careless and lose Jingzhou!"

Pipa was angry, and his face was cold and resolute.

"Then the slave went and killed her!"

"We don't have a chance!"

She took her master's hand and looked very resolute.

"! Abandon the slave and maid alone, achieve the long-cherished wish of the mother, and wait for the death of the queen and the new emperor, you come forward to preside over the harem, the palm of the royal forest army, the people in the court are panicked, so they recommend the three princes as respect, conform to the mandate of heaven, no one dares to say a word! ”

Seeing her master's hesitant expression, she continued:

"For the Zheng family and the Han family, it's just a new master, if they raise an army, it will be a rebellion, and their wives and relatives are in Yincheng, so they don't have the guts! When the three princes are honored at the ceremony, you are the queen mother! ”

Song's heart moved.

His eyes seemed to be poured into Mars, shining, and he looked at the servant girl in front of him in a daze.

Frightened with longing, out of the grid hidden depression.

Her hands trembled and her teeth rattled.

"Confused!"

Half a day later, she broke out.

This sentence seemed to be squeezed out of the chest, with a popping sound.

Pipa still tugged at her sleeve and begged bitterly.

"...... If you continue to wait like this, the chances are slim, and you will not be able to tolerate it after hiding, and you will be slaughtered sooner or later! ”

"No, no, no......"

Song looked at the maidservant, and his heart jumped suddenly.

Not long ago, a thought made her almost lose her child.

"Pipa, you get up first!"

"The stakes are so high that we can't take any more risks......"

The maid still wanted to persuade again, but she reluctantly closed her mouth at the master's sharp and decisive eyes.

"Smack!"

The ice tray fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

She held the cold hard ice cube in her hand and turned it into ice water, dripping down.

The hall fell silent.

"Chun Niang has already aroused suspicion, Su'er has been moving too much recently, and he needs to do something to re-consolidate the new emperor's trust in him, this chess piece, the mourning family is bound to give up. You tell the young slaves ......"

She looked at the lute and whispered.

Pipa frowned and kept dissuading.

"Mother, don't you be more suspicious of you?"

Unexpectedly, Song smiled miserably.

"I have a deep grudge with them, these years, the surface of the days is not shocking, but in fact the dark tide is turbulent, you just look at the Huayang Palace...... But the ...... The new emperor has always trusted him......"

Speaking of this, tears welled up in her eyes.

"Since a big mistake has been made, it is best to be able to have the best of both worlds, if not, the mourning family must protect him no matter what!"

The pipa was silent, and a wisp of unwillingness crossed his face.

"Mother's heart...... I hope the three princes can understand. ”

Her tone was hesitant, with a hint of loss.

"Niangniang, the slave said something that shouldn't be said, you plan for the prince in everything, but your hard work, Your Royal Highness has never appreciated it, even this time I went to contact the prince outside the border, if you didn't lie to him......"

The brilliance in his eyes gradually dimmed, and Fang Cai's spirit disappeared, as if he was trying his best to have a ridiculous spring dream.

"Hongu knows ......"

Concubine Song lowered her head, pinched the innocent tea cup tightly, and never said a word.

"This palace doesn't care, this palace is to be the queen mother!"

After a low shout exploded, the hall was quiet.

"But...... We must win steadily. ”

"Without further ado, this matter should be done quickly, and in a few days, Su'er will be back."

"Yes, don't worry."

A few days later, there was a heavy rain in Yincheng, and the steaming air suddenly became very hot.

Chun Niang's physique is thin, and she has fallen ill since she was a child, and she is most afraid of this day.

"Ahem...... Green slave ......"

"Master, how do you feel?"

The green slave is still dressed in green, and the color is dull.

At the scribbled cuffs, if you open it and look closely, you can still see a little dark red blood.

"Quick...... Ask the Imperial Doctor ......"

Chunniang was so sick that she was dying.

She felt unbearably hot all over her body, and her internal organs were stirring and rolling.

"Master, have you forgotten that Imperial Doctor Zhou just left?"

The green slave brought a few thick quilts and wrapped the patients on the couch tightly and impermeable.

"Hongu ...... It's so hot......"

"Niangniang, this is under the instructions of the imperial doctor, you bear with it."

Several other palace people who were waiting, because the master fell out of favor, were also cowardly all day long, serving soup and feeding medicine, all of which were done by Qingnu.

"Have you ever invited the emperor?"

Enduring the pain in her abdomen, Chun Niang's voice sounded very weak.

He ...... Know that Hongu is sick? ”

The palace maid was cunning and hid it.

She put down the white porcelain bowl in her hand, and the brown and black smell of the potion filled the air with a strange bitterness.

"Slaves and maids have been there, and they have gone every day."

"That ......"

Tears flowed slowly down the corners of his pale eyes, and the people on the couch only felt that their internal organs were cold.

"Has the emperor ever been here?"

Turning his head, there was a faint pain in his abdomen, and his vision gradually blurred.

Qingnu's eyes moved.

She quietly retreated, changed into the same clothes, and took advantage of the unpreparedness, she quietly hid the bloody clothes.

Three days later.

"Ah......h

"Mother...... Mother......

On the Canghai Pavilion, a terrifying scream was heard.

The white porcelain medicine bowl shattered on the ground.

The young slave seemed to be frightened, his eyes were round, as if he had seen some ghost, his face was full of horror, his steps staggered, and he retreated backwards again and again.

"What's wrong?"

A faint voice came from the couch.

She only felt that her lips were very chapped, and every time she moved, her heart ached.

"Water...... Water ......"

"Green Slave ......"

The hall was crowded.

Chun Niang only felt weak and weak, and sat up with her elbows on her elbows before poking her head out.

"Ah...... Hell ......"

The minions below screamed one after another.

There was a palace maid covering her mouth, her eyes were very frightened.

"...... Your face ......"

The heart of the person on the couch sank, and for a moment, it seemed to stop breathing.

She reached out with a trembling hand and stroked it towards her face.

But I touched a layer of half-peeling skin!

"How could it be...... How could it be ......"

Like a madman, Chun Niang staggered and frantically climbed onto the silver frame, and the face in the mirror slowly emerged.

It was a pale, somewhat festering and swollen face!

Like a floating corpse in a secluded well.

A terrible scream came from inside the Canghai Pavilion.

That voice, incomparably terrifying, terrifying, made those who heard it chill!

The next moment, the screaming woman, like a waddling butterfly, took a hurried and light step, ran to the edge of the window lattice, and jumped down.

The crowd didn't have time to exclaim.

The woman in the plain white robe disappeared from sight in an instant.

By the time Emperor Yin arrived, the corpse had stiffened and cooled.

He was a little nauseous.

"Spread the decree and order King Shao'an to investigate this matter thoroughly, if it can't be found, I will investigate his guilt!"

After Yin Shu received the will, he didn't dare to slack off for a moment.

Ten days later, inside the Zhangtai Palace.

Since the Huayang Hall incident, this has become the place where Emperor Yin deliberates.

It is surrounded by thick shade and high gates, which is extremely cool and secluded.

On the eaves of the corridor under the wall, every three meters, there is a eunuch standing, all like iron pillars, not moving at all, except for the eunuch who is close to the emperor, the rest of the palace slaves who serve are dumb people who do not know how to write and ink.

Emperor Yin is reviewing the folds.

Xiao Natsuko bent her waist and walked in quietly.

"Your Majesty, King Shao'an asks to see you."

He looked up from the recital.

"Let him in!"

After a while, a thin and sturdy man entered the hall with a sword.

The person who came was brown-clothed and black-haired, with a pair of blue satin mille-feuille boots under his feet, a jade belt tied on his forehead, and a clear face, which looked a little arrogant.

"Third brother!"

"You can't bear a sword before a gentleman, don't you know?"

Emperor Yin's eyes swept coldly over him, and finally landed on the Blue Frost Sword.

He obviously didn't expect that from childhood to adulthood, this was his habit.

The second brother has never found fault.

Suddenly, Yin Shu was a little caught off guard and was thinking about how to justify.

"Forget it, you can talk back."

Emperor Yin's eyes were cold.

He raised his head, and when he met those eyes, his eyes were full of doubt.

"Yes!"

Bent down slightly, holding the sword, his words were cold and sonorous.

"This woman's name is Chunniang, her ancestral home is Ba County, her parents died when she was a child, and she was sold into the Qinglou by her uncle."

"A year ago, she settled in Yincheng, relying on her beauty and hiding in the land of fireworks, and later was valued by the officials of the DPRK and China, and she was favored by the court, so she used silver money to buy the official office to choose the door, and she was able to enter the palace."

Emperor Yin's eyes were like a flash of fire.

It seems that the next moment, everything will be burned!

The voice, almost squeezed out between his teeth, darkened into anger, anger into hoarseness.

"And what about her face?"

Yin Shu bowed slightly.

"It was a highly skilled disguise technique on the rivers and lakes, after entering the palace, she changed her appearance, and she became the appearance of Chu Jiu, and she won the emperor's fortunate reward."

By the time he finished speaking, Emperor Yin's face was already purple and swollen.

His eyes were split, and he laughed angrily:

"A year ago...... Ba County ...... The woman I have been pampered by my side for a whole year turned out to be a land of fireworks and an impostor who can be bullied by thousands of people! ”

"The emperor is angry."

A furious majesty came from above.

"All the palace people in Canghai Pavilion are all tortured, be sure to spit out the truth!"

"If this woman were alone, she wouldn't have thought so well of it. His ancestral home is Ba County, and his background is miserable, where do you have all these money and ideas? Transfiguration......"

The gloomy gaze was clearly extinguished.

"This is a forbidden method in the palace, it has been lost for many years, it can be fake and true, if it is a person in the rivers and lakes, it is the ambition of a wolf! Keep looking! ”

Yin Shu's heart turned, and his tone hesitated.

"This Ba County is under the jurisdiction of the king of Nan'an, if it is involved too much, the ministers are worried about ......."

"It's okay, you quietly, don't alarm the king of Nan'an, if there is something explicitly involved, come to ask for a decree."

"Brother...... Ashamed! ”

"Huh?"

"The younger brother has tortured the minions of Canghai Pavilion, two of them are dead soldiers, when the younger brother took people, he had already committed suicide by taking poison, but there was a palace maid called Qingnu, who served the former ...... Canghai Pavilion"

Thinking of "Concubine Song", his tone was stunned.

"The palace man who was on an errand in Si'an Pavilion couldn't help but torture him and said it...... Concubine Song explained to her that she would go to Canghai Pavilion to be a spy......"

His voice was like a pearl, falling in the main hall, stirring up the sound to echo.

Suddenly, the palace was silent.

Emperor Yin looked at him straight, as if he wanted to cut through his heart, and his eyes showed surprise and disbelief!

A pair of eyes stared directly at the Qingshuang Sword in his hand.

The slightly bent waist is neither humble nor arrogant.

"Xiao Natsuko, go! It is rumored that the Song concubine went to the palace! ”

As soon as the words fell, a deep voice sounded.

"Your Majesty, don't bother, the palace is already here!"

She was supported by the pipa, her body was solemn and straight, she slowly walked to the center of the hall, lifted the corners of her skirt and was about to kneel, but a voice sounded in the hall.

"The concubine is exempt from the courtesy, and the seat is given."

Xiao Natsuko moved the chair to the hall.

The vermilion lacquered Taishi chair was very conspicuous in the center of the main hall, but she didn't see it, facing Emperor Yin, knelt down straight, and bowed three times and bowed nine times.

Emperor Yin looked at her coldly, and his hand was half pulled into a flower.

"Your Majesty, please forgive the palace for the crime of disrespect. The palace has long heard that the Chaocai girl charmed the saint, and had the intention of murdering the emperor's heir, but there was no evidence, so he used this bitter trick to buy off the green slaves and monitor the Canghai Pavilion. ”

"It is a crime for this palace to speculate about the harem concubines; Failing to play the emperor, privately planting spies is a second crime; Now that the incident has happened, the young slave was tortured to spit out the truth, which is the three crimes. This palace knows its sins, and specially came to accept the sin! ”

She spoke sonorously and forcefully, with an unspeakable momentum.

On the surface, every word is pleaded guilty, but in fact, it is justified.

Yin Jian sneered in his heart.

Good for you, Concubine Song!

His eyes glanced at King Shao'an, who was standing, and saw that he had retreated to the side of the hall, his face was cold and resolute, still the same as before, and he couldn't see any waves.

Seeing that Emperor Yin was silent, Concubine Song bowed down again.

"Please ask the emperor to condemn!"

The corners of the superior's mouth pulled out a smile.

"The queen is about to give birth, and the affairs of the harem are complicated, and it is difficult to cook them thoroughly. The concubine is an elder, and she should have been under Chenghuan's knees for a long time, but she is still worried about the palace, which shows that my filial piety is not in place. ”

The smile slowly bloomed.

"Reward...... A piece of gold and jade Ruyi to comfort the concubine...... The heart of hard work. ”

The hall was silent.

No one moved for half a minute.

Concubine Song was still prostrate on the ground, and kowtowed again.

"Back to the emperor, there are still sins to confess in this palace."

A hint of impatience flashed in his faint expression, but he was still strong and patient.

"Concubine, please speak."

"A few days ago, the emperor was just sick, and he heard that the frontier was turbulent, and the sinner woman pretended to pass on the queen mother's decree and ordered King Shao'an to go to appease ......."

Yin Shu was on the side, always expressionless.

Hearing this statement, his brows moved slightly, and his eyes flashed "sparsely", looking at the people on the ground.

"Mother! What nonsense are you talking about! ”

"Lord, it's me who has selfishness, and I've affected the prince, so it's no wonder that the prince is unlucky!"

She immediately looked directly at Emperor Yin, without the slightest fear.

"Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother Huiming already has a perfect plan, and after I knew it, I sent the prince back, and the prince didn't know about it, and I begged the emperor not to blame."

After speaking, he bowed solemnly again.

This scene really forced Emperor Yin into a dilemma!

At this point, I can't let her go.

Besides, he didn't want to let it go......

It's just that the punishment is too light or too heavy, which will inevitably cause criticism, but this hot potato was pushed over by her!

He stroked his forehead with one hand and thought for a long time.

"Order, the concubine, as a person in the harem, interfered in the government in vain, and from now on, she will live in the Chenyang Palace, and she will not be issued without an edict! Half a year later, we will see the effect. ”

Concubine Song lowered her eyelids, her face was not shocked, and she bowed and thanked her:

"The sinner woman bows to the emperor for his grace!"

From beginning to end, King Shao'an was silent.

"If you continue to investigate this case, you must get to the bottom of it and give me an answer."

"Yes, my brother will take the order."

When everyone retreated, the temple returned to its original quietness.

"Natsuko-chan!"

Emperor Yin's expression was still gloomy, he raised his head and glanced out the window, and said lightly:

"Replace the internal supervisor here."

The vast night began to gradually close, and outside the Zhangtai Palace, the tall green shade disappeared into the twilight curtain, condensing into a pitch-black mass.

The candlelight was faint, and the lamp on the coffee table was already cold.