"So you're ......" Ru Xu became emotional, suppressing the tremor in her voice.

"This is not the place to talk." Granny Yan looked around vigilantly.

Ruxu nodded and asked Yuyu to arrange a room for them. Ruxu took the peach blossoms into the house together, and Granny Yan sat on the chair with a very elegant posture.

"I don't think my mother-in-law is an ordinary palace maid......" Ruxu glanced at her, and realized that her words were a little abrupt.

"You're right...... I was originally the daughter of the last Nakasho, but because my father violated the emperor's taboo, I was deposed from Kyoto, and since then my family has been in the middle of the road. Later, my father died of depression, and thanks to the favor of Concubine Xiang, he adopted me into the palace and was able to save my body. Granny Yan looked at Ruxu and spoke very calmly.

"Don't hide it from my mother-in-law, if I try my best to find you this time, it's just to find out the truth of the year. Imperial Doctor Jiang has already told me the true cause of Niangniang's death, and it was he who told me to find you. Ruxu clenched his fists, "What happened in the cold palace back then?" Who killed Concubine Xiangniang? ”

"I pretended to be crazy and stupid, and I stayed in the cold palace for five years before I was able to deceive their eyes and escape. I've been hiding that incident for nearly twenty years, and I didn't reveal a minute or a half to him even if I knew that Qianwu had grown up, just for fear that Qianwu would be involved. Even if the slightest rumor of this matter is leaked, it will lead to death! ”

Granny Yan's implication is to persuade Ru Xu to think clearly, if he knows the truth of what happened back then, then the danger he bears is immeasurable.

"Ru Xu came to Kyoto for this purpose. I've already figured out that if I don't succeed, I'll become a beneficiary. Ruxu looked at her and said.

Granny Yan looked at her for a moment, and then looked away, "Okay, I'll tell you what happened back then." It's just that you have to promise me that until you are 100% sure, you will never tell Qianwu about this. ”

Ruxu nodded solemnly, and Granny Yan began to tell her about the events of the year.

"When the emperor brought Niangniang back to the palace from Yong'an Temple, he sent Niangniang into the cold palace. The mother is pregnant and tries her best to protect the child in her belly. However, we can all see that the emperor still has old feelings for Niangniang, although he is in the cold palace, but the food and clothing are still provided according to the concubine. But Niangniang was still very careful, and all the food in the mouth had to be probed with a silver needle. ”

"I remember when my mother gave birth on a snowy night. That night, I went to find the lost white jade earrings for my mother, and crawled under my mother's bed. Later, the mother began to complain of stomach pain, so everyone followed the arrangement of the mother, first closed the door and strictly guarded the news, and then found the elderly aunt in the palace to deliver the baby for her...... She was sweating profusely in pain, but she didn't scream. Granny Yan sighed.

"Later, when the two children were born, she immediately ordered someone to send them out of the palace, and she didn't have time to see them......"

"Wait a minute." Ruxu interrupted her, stunned and asked, "Two children?" Isn't it one? ”

Granny Yan shook her head, "It's a pair of dragon and phoenix twins." ”

Ruxu had mixed feelings in her heart, nodded and let Granny Yan continue.

"The child has just been taken away, and Concubine Xiang is at her weakest...... I was about to come out from under the bed when my mother reached out and pressed it back under the bed. At this time, Concubine An Niangniang led people into the cold palace. Granny Yan paused, and it seemed that the next scene made her very unbearable.

Concubine An asked about the whereabouts of the child, saying that she was giving poisonous wine to Concubine Xiang for the emperor, and Concubine Xiang had a verbal dispute with her. At that time, we all knew that Niangniang was just trying to stall for time and protect her two children. ”

Later, Concubine An was annoyed, so she ordered someone to tie up all the maids in the palace. She poured the poisonous wine on the mother's head, and then took the curtain next to her...... ...... the mother in front of us Strangled alive! Granny Yan said this, tears rained down, and while talking, she raised her sleeves to wipe her tears.

"The old ladies who were waiting for Niangniang in the palace collapsed on the spot, cursed Concubine An loudly, and they all died after she poured poisoned wine......" Granny Yan cried and shook her head, "At that time, I realized why Niangniang didn't let me go out from under the bed...... She wanted to save my life, and she wanted to keep the truth. ”

"Then I started pretending to be crazy and convulsed all day long in the cold palace. Imperial Physician Jiang was a good friend of my father's life, and he secretly came to the cold palace to see me. When I was treated, I begged him to help me get out of the palace. Later he agreed...... After I came out of the palace, I didn't want to drag him down anymore, so I ran out on my own to make a living. ”

After Granny Yan finished speaking, Peach Blossom handed over a handkerchief, "Mother-in-law, wipe it." ”

The mother-in-law touched Peach Blossom's head and took the handkerchief in her hand.

Ruxu was a little frightened after hearing this, she didn't expect that Concubine An, who was gentle and touching when she was playing mahjong with her that day, would be such a femme fatale. Her brow furrowed deeply, and her heart was heavy.

"I want to know the whereabouts of Niangniang's two children, I wonder if my mother-in-law may provide some information?" Ruxu asked.

Granny Yan wiped her tears and said, "I vaguely heard Niangniang asking someone to send the child to Yong'an Temple...... Later, I also went to inquire after I left the palace, but the host of Yong'an Temple had passed away, and the whereabouts of the child had become a mystery, and there was no way to know. ”

"Anyway, I'm going to ask." Get up immediately.

"Your Excellency!" Granny Yan pulled her sleeve, "Adults must be careful of the concubine Niangniang, she is not only ruthless, but also cultivates a lot of eyeliner." You have to be especially careful of her minions, in order to eliminate dissidents, the concubine secretly didn't know how many hurtful things the maids in the palace had done......"

Ruxu nodded and said to her mother-in-law, "Mother-in-law must be careful not to reveal her whereabouts." Baohua Place is safe, and I will send someone to protect you secretly. ”

Granny Yan nodded, and Ruxu left the bun shop with peach blossoms and returned to Xu's mansion first.

In this palace, Liuli told Concubine An Guifei the news, "Niangniang, we have used all the punishments we can use, but the man still doesn't say anything." It's not a way to go on like this, and it's not good if you delay the mother's affairs. ”

"Do you remember the eyeliner that was planted in Yong'an Temple before?" Concubine An leisurely fiddled with the red plum in the vase, "Now we will wait for that person to throw himself into the net, and then send someone to kill him." ”

There was a hint of unwillingness in her resentful eyes. After Concubine Xiang died, she found out where the baby was and sent someone to chase him to Yong'an Temple. I went in and searched around, but I didn't see the slightest shadow of the baby.

"Niangniang already expected that person would go to Yong'an Temple?" Ruri was injured and could not move in person. So he whispered a few words to the other maid beside him, and the maid nodded, saluted, and withdrew.

"If he can't find Yong'an Temple, then there's nothing to worry about......" An Guifei's lips hooked slightly, "If he finds Yong'an Temple, then he can only go to see Hades in advance." ”

All the insiders thought that she had killed Concubine Xiang without permission, and felt that they had caught her handle. In fact, this is not her sin, if it is really counted, the current emperor will also be counted. If it weren't for the poisonous wine he gave, if it weren't for his connivance, how could she have killed Concubine Xiang in the cold palace? How could he still get out of the way after committing such a big thing?

All those who were suspicious of Concubine Xiang's death chose to keep silent. This is not due to the oppression of the emperor, and why? The emperor turned a blind eye to Concubine Xiang's death, and such an attitude has already told everyone not to meddle in their affairs, otherwise they will offend the dragon scales and it will be difficult to protect their heads.

This is also the reason why the emperor's favor to her has not diminished for so many years. She and the emperor are people in the same boat, they are the same kind of people, they know each other's past best, and they can understand each other's thoughts best. This kind of dependence is better than emotion, and it is by no means comparable to others.

This head Ruxu led the peach blossom back to the house first, placed the peach blossom at home, and took two guards to Yong'an Temple.

When they arrived at Yong'an Temple, it was just after noon.

At that time, the presiding officer of Ei'an Temple was preaching the Dharma, and the main hall of the temple was full of people from Kyoto to the staircase, most of whom were believers from Kyoto, and the monks from the Rokujuan Temple also came. Ruxu saw her fifth senior sister in the crowd, her hair cut and her monk's hat, meditating with the group of bhikshunis closed her eyes.

"Fifth sister......" Ruxu called in a low voice. Sadness suddenly came to her heart, and she couldn't help but reddened her eyes again.

Lao Wu seemed to have sensed something, and glanced back at her from a distance, but he couldn't recognize her, and continued to turn around and meditate quietly.

Ruxu looked at the monks meditating next to the temple and suddenly realized a problem.

Xiangfei Niangniang asked people to send two children to Yong'an Temple, the children always have to drink milk when they are hungry, but the monks in Yong'an Temple are monks, since they are monks, how can they take care of the children? She felt very puzzled, looked at her fifth senior sister again, and suddenly had a bold guess.

Fortunately, the Dharma was nearing its end, and it was over after waiting for a while. After everyone said goodbye to the abbot of the temple, they left one after another, and Ruxu hurriedly followed the bhikshunis of the six-ju nunnery and stopped the elderly master at the foot of the steps.

"Is there something wrong with the benefactor?" Mrs. Shi was wearing a gray cloth and white shirt, holding the dust in the crook of her arm, and her face was very kind and kind.

"There's something I want to ask Shitai below. I don't know where the two children sent by the palace back then were sent by Mrs. Shi? "Respectfully.

The master's eyes immediately became serious, which also confirmed Ru Xu's guess, "Where did the donor hear about this?" ”

"If Xu knew that the monks didn't speak, the master would definitely not hide it. I'm afraid it's inconvenient to say it here, can you change places? Ruxu whispered to Mrs. Shi, her eyes glancing left and right a few times.

The master glanced at him, returned to Yong'an Temple, and with the consent of the presiding officer of the temple, he led Ruxu to a courtyard of Yong'an Temple.