Seeing He Xi's determined look, Tuoba Chen sighed and said: "That's it, change it to thirty whips, as for the title, change it to a permanent presence, a fine of one year, and be banned from Chuxiu Palace, and you are not allowed to enter or leave without an edict——"

This is already the greatest leniency, no matter what, finally saved a life, He Xi didn't speak again, Fuqing took people down, and soon there were bursts of grief from outside the hall, and the dull sound of whipping on the body, gradually, the woman's crying voice was lowered, and turned silent.

He Xi counted silently in his heart, and it wasn't until the thirtieth whip stopped that Fuqing came in and replied: "Your Majesty, Bai promised to have fainted, you see-"

Tuoba Chen waved his hand and said, "Send people back—"

Lan Xin seemed to be a little uneasy and asked, "If these thirty whips go down, do people still have a life?" ”

Fuqing nodded and said, "Although the breath is still weak, this life can still be saved-" Lan Xin wanted to kill him directly, but now that the emperor was on his side, it was inconvenient to say more, so he stopped talking.

When Zipei was brought, she saw that the palace people were carrying Bai Zhi out, and her heart tightened, she didn't know what was going on in Hexi Palace, she suddenly stopped and said to the little eunuch: "I remember, it seems that I dropped a bracelet on the way here, which was rewarded by His Majesty, I want to go back and find it-"

After saying that, he turned around, how could the little eunuch let her go, as soon as he stretched out his hand, he blocked her way, seemingly respectful, but his tone was tough: "Hey-little master, now it is Your Majesty and the queen mother who have summoned you, you still care about the bracelet or not, I think you should follow the minion, lest Your Majesty blame it for a while, and the slave will also suffer." ”

Zi Pei saw that he had no way to get out, so he had to obediently follow the little eunuch into the inner hall.

The Heart Cultivation Hall is burning with ambergris, which makes people feel refreshed, she used to like to smell this smell the most, but now this fragrance seems to be condensed into a steel knife, hanging above her head, I don't know when, it will fall down.

She took a deep breath and stepped inside.

Seeing the emperor and the empress, Rourou bowed down and said, "The concubine sees Your Majesty - the queen's mother." ”

Lan Xin saw that Tuoba Chen didn't speak, so she took the lead in speaking: "Concubine Yi, do you know what is the matter with calling you today?" ”

Zipei's nervous eyes rolled wildly, he lowered his head slightly and looked around, and only after a while did he tremble and said: "Back to the queen's words, the concubine-the concubine doesn't know-"

Tuoba Chen snorted coldly, and he said in a deep voice: "Since I don't know, then I will remind you well, you have a sister named Zijin?" ”

Zipei's heart became more and more flustered, and she hurriedly leaned over and knelt down, pleading: "Yes, Zijin is the twin sister of the concubine, and in the past, the concubine and she were both served in Concubine Xi's palace, but what happened to my sister?" ”

He Xi turned around and said to Zipei: "Zijin lied that Lin'er was sick that night, and he took Ruyi, so that the assassin could enter Lingxiu Palace smoothly, is this considered a crime?" ”

He Xi didn't say a word, Zipei's heart tightened, and finally her whole body trembled, and she muttered: "This, this concubine doesn't know, my sister has never told me, since I was promoted to a concubine, my sister is reluctant to associate with the concubine, concubine, concubine really doesn't know——"

She slammed her head on the ground, the jade tassels on the sideburns were messy, a few strands hung on the beads of the sideburns, and a few strands were scattered behind the ears, looking very embarrassed and undignified.

Where is there still a little bit of a favorite concubine, just a concubine wearing a gorgeous dress, and she can't get into the hall of elegance.

Tuoba Chen threw a tea cup in front of her fiercely, and said angrily, "You don't know? Don't you know who else in this world will know? Zipei, it's so spoiled by you, but you are not biased all the time, it's really heartbreaking-"

Zipei cried even more fiercely, she crawled forward and grabbed the corner of the emperor's clothes, raised her face, and cried: "Your Majesty, the slave and maid can learn from heaven and earth, and the sun and the moon can be seen from you." ”

Tuoba Chen leaned down, and raised Zipei's cheek with his index finger as if bewitched, and his slender fingers groped her tearful face thinly, and said, "Then you tell me, who is Zijin doing things for?" ”

Zipei's expression looked at Tuoba Chen with some obsession, and muttered, "Yes—it's the queen's mother—"

Lan Xin lowered her face with secret joy in her heart.

Liuli stepped forward and reprimanded: "Nonsense! Concubine Yi Niangniang, even if you are now the master, the slave and maid have to say that the queen is not in good health, and she has long ignored the affairs of the harem. ”

Zipei felt that the emperor's strength in holding his face was gradually increasing, and suddenly as soon as he exerted his strength, he seemed to shake off something disgusting, and threw himself away, and she realized what she had just said.

He Xi said: "Queen Mother, these two people were sent to the palace by you from the Internal Affairs Office at the beginning, and they were also to be a companion for Lin'er——"

Lan Xin just smiled softly, as if she didn't care about these people's corrections to herself, she just looked at Tuoba Chen fixedly and said, "Your Majesty believes the words of these people?" ”

Tuoba Chen's face became more and more ugly, and he said after a while: "I heard that during the queen's grounding, almost no one went to visit, and the queen also closed the palace and thought about it. ”

However, the matter has come to this point, how can Zipei change her words, and now she has changed her words, almost jumping herself into the fire pit, she can only bite the bullet and say: "Back to Your Majesty's words, my sister was indeed under the orders of Niangniang before, but later, Niangniang was grounded, and whether my sister had her own plans, the concubine did not know." ”

Lan Xin sat on the top heavily, fiddling with the armor of the red agate in her hand, and laughed: "Since you are from this palace, then you should tell me what happened in this palace of Concubine Xi, which you told this palace?" ”

Zipei was stunned, she was not obedient to the queen, as for the news delivered to the queen, it was always Zijin, she was still anxious for quick success, every time she was worried that she would steal her limelight, and never told herself how she could answer the queen's question now.

Tuoba Chen was impatient, raised a kick and kicked Zipei's heart, he was angry, this kick did not retract his strength, a muffled snort, Zipei was kicked and vomited blood.

Lan Xin was worried that Zipei would say something to pull herself, so she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry-"

Tuoba Chen stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Qin'an Palace, gritting his teeth and said: "My son is now lying in the cold golden coffin, but you are one by one, intriguing, for your own interests, wantonly planting your own eyeliner in the palace, so is there any side by me?" Well? Look at it! ”

He was so angry that he overturned the hundred-year-old pear wood table on the side, and the tea cup on it crackled to the ground, even Lan Ruo got up and knelt down, and even called His Majesty to relieve his anger.

Tuoba Chen looked at her with a trace of disappointment in his eyes, Lan Xin was still a little touched in her heart, she was about to speak, so she heard Tuoba Chen turn his back and said: "It is difficult to determine the truth or falsehood just by the words of the concubine, I will investigate this matter thoroughly, Queen-you should also go to Qin'an Palace to see Lin'er-"

Lan Ruo nodded, looked at He Xi, and saw that she didn't know what she was thinking, hanging her head and looking at her toes.

Lan Xin naturally didn't dare to stay in the hall, and also retreated, only He Xi sat there as if he had lost his soul, without sorrow or joy.

He Xi knew that the real murderer behind the scenes must be inseparable from the one in southern Xinjiang, but there must be internal responses in this palace, but everyone seems to be very well hidden, she can't tell the difference, and she can't tell the difference.

That deep sense of powerlessness almost tore her whole person apart, Fuqing walked in and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Xian has entered the palace." ”

Tuoba Chen snorted coldly and said, "Please come in." ”

A dark figure hurriedly walked in, as if he didn't expect He Xi to sit here, Tuoba Yue paused for a moment, and said, "Brother see Your Majesty, see Concubine Xi's mother-"

Tuoba Chen said in a gentle tone: "It's really hard for you, rush back, but the matter is done?" ”

This was obviously asking him about the marriage he was preparing, He Xi only felt a burst of sarcasm in his heart, and Tuoba Yue said in a cold voice: "The prince is newly mourned, and the minister naturally wants to return to Beijing, as for other things, postpone it-"

Tuoba Chen was obviously extremely tired, and said, "Okay, okay—"

Tuoba Yue asked, "But do you know who did it?" He Xi suddenly got up, stared at Tuoba Yue's eyes, and said, "Is it someone who unites with unknown forces outside the palace to enter the palace to assassinate, but what clues does His Royal Highness King Xian have?" ”

Tuoba Yue saw the sparkle in her eyes, and Tuoba Chen said with some dissatisfaction: "Concubine Xi-you have trespassed-"

Seeing that Tuoba Yue didn't answer his words for a long time, He Xi turned around, blessed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, the concubine lost her words, the concubine invited herself to go to the Qin'an Hall to guard the spirit, and asked Your Majesty to allow it——"

Tuoba Chen knew He Xi's mood, and the person behind the curtain couldn't be found for a long time, even he was annoyed, and he said softly: "It's okay, just take care of your body, don't be reluctant." ”

When He Xi passed by Tuoba Yue, his footsteps barely stopped for a moment, and Tuoba Yue's face was faintly sad, but he tried his best to hide it.

He Xi took Ruyi's hand and walked towards the Qin'an Palace, and Ruyi whispered: "Niangniang, do you blame the prince?" ”

He Xi suddenly became a little tired, she slowed down her steps, and muttered: "Ruyi, if the prince - the prince insists on protecting the person behind him, what do you say the palace should do?" ”

Ruyi's face was ugly, and he didn't know how to answer He Xi for a while, but suddenly, a noisy voice came to mind.