Chapter 33: Death in Vain

The two talented people who originally lived here also moved out, except for some eunuchs and palace maids who stayed here, it was like an abandoned cold palace.

Xiao Nai followed behind Tuoba Yue, a little afraid in his heart, and when he turned around, he saw that Yue Qi, who was not inseparable from Tuoba Yue on weekdays, was not following the two of them for the first time at this time.

Xiao Nai was curious: "What about the seventh month of the month?" ”

Tuoba Yue said lightly as if unintentionally: "I have something to hand over to him, and he has returned to southern Xinjiang." Xiao Nai said with a smile: "Brother Yue, my father is in southern Xinjiang, if there is anything to send a message to my father, why let Yue Qi go back?" ”

Tuoba Yue did not continue to speak, Xiao Nai saw this, frowned with a touch of grievance between his eyebrows, and sniffed, but he did not have a seizure, but he felt that since he returned to the capital, Tuoba Yue seemed to be different.

At this time, Fuqing beside Tuoba Chen came, and when he saw Tuoba Yue, he first gave a blessing, and then said: "Your Royal Highness Xianwang, not long after returning to Beijing, the old slave was ordered by His Majesty to take His Royal Highness Xianwang to familiarize himself with Chuxiu Palace, as well as the surrounding palaces, so that His Highness went to the wrong place." ”

Fuqing is an old man in the palace, and he speaks without leakage, Tuoba Yue naturally knows what the emperor means, although it means that he is familiar with Fuqing, but in fact he is surveilling, but he knows each other well in his heart, and he does not say it.

A few people one after the other, Fuqing walked in front, the navy blue boots made a rustling sound on the bluestone slab, the palace people of Chuxiu Palace saw a few people, they all bowed down and saluted, Tuoba Yue looked at the look on everyone's face, all revealed the dead silence.

Xiao Nai muttered in a low voice: "Didn't they all say that this Chuxiu Palace is haunted, why are these people still willing to stay here?" ”

This question was asked innocently, but Fuqing knew that Xiao Nai's identity was not simple, and King Xian seemed to be very fond of this woman, so he replied respectfully: "Miss doesn't know, these people were originally not from Chuxiu Palace, most of them were transferred from the Sin Slave Mansion, and when the matter is over, those people will naturally be reassigned back." ”

No wonder everyone's face is unwavering, as if they have lost their vitality.

Tuoba Yue looked around for a week and asked, "Those palace people before are also human witnesses, maybe they know more about the situation in Chuxiu Palace, do you know where they are transferred?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the personnel of each palace and each hall will be dispatched by the queen mother, and the implementation of the internal affairs office will be recorded."

"Brother Yue, is he suspicious of the original palace people?" Xiao Nai asked timidly, this palace is really gloomy and terrifying, and these palace people are like walking corpses, which makes people's backs chill.

Tightly pulling Tuoba Yue's dark red long-sleeved brocade robe, suddenly, a piercing scream came from the direction of the apse, and several people glanced at each other, and hurried over to check. Bypassing the flower corridor to the apse, I saw a woman in palace clothes sitting on the ground, covering her eyes and screaming loudly.

Fuqing hurriedly asked the eunuch next to him to step forward to help the woman, but he didn't want his hand to touch the maid's clothes, and the maid kept waving her hands as if she was crazy, and shouted loudly: "Go away!" Don't look for me, go away, it's not me, please, spare me. ”

The voice was terrible, and the plain dress was also covered with mud stains, very embarrassed, but she didn't care at all, and her face was full of tears.

Tuoba Yue frowned tightly, Xiao Nai curiously glanced into the apse, only to see a person hanging on it, his face was blue, his pupils were wide open, because he was hanged, his tongue was sticking out, it was very terrifying, Xiao Nai screamed and hid behind Tuoba Yue.

Even if it was an old man in the palace like Fuqing, he couldn't help but feel cold all over his body when he saw it, he eased his mind and asked, "His Royal Highness King Xian, now this matter ......?"

"Find someone to guard here, no one is allowed to enter, I'll go and tell the imperial brother, you go to the Internal Affairs Office to transfer the roster and find out the identity of this palace maid, and this palace maid is temporarily guarded." Tuoba Yue gave several orders in a row, Fuqing hurriedly went, Xiao Nai's face was pale and weak, and he didn't know how to react for a while.

Tuoba Yue looked at Xiao Nai, took her hand and said, "Na'er, I'll ask the guards to send you back to the house." ”

Xiao Nai hugged Tuoba Yue's arm violently and said in fear: "Brother Yue, Nell is afraid, Nell should not be separated from Brother Yue." ”

The voice trembled, already with a crying tone, and the flower-like delicate face was full of tears, snuggled tightly in Tuoba Yue's arms like a frightened bird.

Tuoba Yue had no choice but to take Xiao Nai to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the palace people had already told him in advance, so at this time, Tuoba Chen was sitting on the Minghuang Chijin Dragon chair waiting for Tuoba Yue.

There was a palace beauty on the side, with towering temples, dressed in a peach-colored palace costume of a hundred birds and a phoenix, it was Lan Ruo, Tuoba Yue told the matter of Chuxiu Palace in 1510, Tuoba Chen's face was also very gloomy, and said: "If someone is so bold and dares to commit murder in the palace, he must be severely punished and disciplined." ”

Xiao Nai's little face was already like the thin snow of early winter at this time, pale and lifeless, Lan Ruo looked at Xiao Nai and said: "His Royal Highness King Xian is really careless, how can such a thing take Miss Xiao, Your Majesty, it just so happens that the concubine is going back to the palace, presumably you and His Royal Highness King Xian still have something to discuss, I see Miss Xiao is very pleasing, why don't you let her go to Weiyang Palace with me to sit, later, how about His Royal Highness Xianwang come to pick her up again?" ”

Tuoba Chen and Lan Ruo glanced at each other, and Tuoba Chen also said: "I think it's very good, if only it was in the past, there was a murder in Chuxiu Palace today, don't scare Miss Xiao, let's go to the queen's palace to relax your mind." ”

Tuoba Yue's eyes became cold, and the corners of her mouth pulled up a wicked smile and said: "Nell is timid, and she is not familiar with the rules of the palace, if she offends Niangniang, I am afraid that it will be inappropriate, and I will send her back to the house later." ”

This is already a clear refusal, Xiao Nai looked at Tuoba Yue inexplicably, standing behind Tuoba Yue, pulling his sleeves tightly, Lan Ruo covered his lips and smiled: "What King Xian said seems to be that this palace wants to make things difficult for Miss Xiao, and now who doesn't know that Miss Xiao is the treasure in the palm of King Xian, and if he lends this palace a few dares, this palace doesn't dare to say anything." ”

With a faint smile in his tone, Xiao Nai didn't want to be sent back to the house, and felt that Chuxiu Palace was very scary, so he said softly: "Brother Yue, Nell will wait for Brother Yue in Weiyang Palace, and when Brother Yue has dealt with the affairs of Chuxiu Palace, he will come to pick up Nell." ”

Tuoba Yue glanced at Xiao Nai coldly, then his gaze softened, and he said softly: "Since you want to go, go ahead, just remember, be careful not to violate the rules of the palace, no one will be able to protect you at that time!" ”

The last sentence, with a hint of pampering in it, Xiao Nai raised a smile, and Lan Ruo said: "Your Royal Highness King Xian can rest assured, with the protection of this palace, no one can say that Miss Xiao is not." ”

The queen walked down from the upper seat, Shi Shiran grabbed Xiao Nai's arm, smiled warmly and kindly, like a spring breeze, which made people feel good, Xiao Nai gave Tuoba Yue a reassuring look, so that the queen could go together.

Tuoba Yue came out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the guard behind him whispered, "Miss, she ......."

Tuoba Yue's evil and good-looking sword eyebrows frowned tightly, and when he saw that there was no one around, he also ordered: "Send a message to the Hehuan Palace, just say that Nell went to Weiyang Palace, and she naturally knows what to do with the rest." ”

His eyes condensed, and he turned to look at the majestic and magnificent Heart Cultivation Palace, this fourth emperor brother really looked like their father, suspicious and cunning.

The guard was ordered to retreat, and it happened that Fuqing came back with a booklet from the Internal Affairs Office, and the two of them walked towards Chuxiu Palace one after the other, and they had already figured out the identity of this palace maid on the way, and it was very coincidental that this palace maid was originally serving the first queen in Weiyang Palace, and later because the first queen was convicted, all the palace people in the palace were sent to the sin slave mansion.

As he was talking, the two arrived at Chuxiu Palace, and ordered someone to carry the hanged palace maid down and send it to the palace maid for autopsy, the Praetorian Guards hugged the palace maid down with all hands and feet, Tuoba Yue raised his eyes, and he said suspiciously: "Father-in-law Fu, do you know this mark?" ”

Fuqing looked in the direction of Tuoba Yue's finger, and after just one glance, he took a few steps back in shock, and the roster of the blue indigo in his hand also fell to the ground.

On the high lintel, I don't know who painted a swaying luanwei flower with blood, the blood dried up, showing a gray dark red, beautiful and strange but bewitching.

On the other side, Ruyi got the news, and hurriedly walked towards the palace, lifted the curtain of the water blue lake crepe, and retreated from the palace talents on the left and right and said softly: "Little master, the prince has sent news that Miss Xiao was invited to Weiyang Palace by the queen, and the prince wants to invite the little lord to go." ”

Hearing Ruyi's mention of Tuoba Yue, she held the hand of the gold leaf wolf and paused unconsciously, and the crisp aroma of wine and the warm touch of the day appeared in her mind.

The white fingers shook slightly, and a drop of ink dripped on the rice paper in front of him, and he was faint.

I saw the handsome fly-headed small block on the rice paper, dignified and neatly written "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra":

What a self-nature, self-purity;

How self-natured, it does not give birth to and perish;

What a self-nature, this is self-sufficient;

How self-natured, unshakable;

What its own nature can give birth to ten thousand laws;

However, the last word has not been put down, it was dyed with a swarthy ink dot, very eye-catching, He Xi put the pen in his hand on the ivory pencil stand on the side, sighed softly, as if he was afraid of disturbing the scenery outside the window, the weather looped, and it was hot in a blink of an eye.

He Xi asked Ruyi to help him change into a pale pink cherry blossom flying brocade dress, with a white gauze on his face, and the two went in the direction of Weiyang Palace