Lan Ruo followed the little eunuch all the way forward, but saw the palace people in this Luhua Palace, although they looked a little frightened, but they were not like Yiyue Palace, yes, there was no such terrible thing in this Yiyue Palace, what were they afraid of. When I arrived at the main hall, I saw Lu Chuan kneeling in front of Tuoba Chen, with a stubborn expression and a firm look in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the minister swore by his own medical ethics and did not hide the illness of Concubine Hui, Concubine Hui Niangniang was deeply frightened, and it is possible that the pulse is weak, it does not mean that he was weak before. ”

Speaking of this matter, Tuoba Chen couldn't help but be a little moved, Lu Chuan was right, in fact, he didn't believe that Lu Chuan could do such a thing, but now the rest of the people in the hospital have a word, but you have to make people suspicious.

He waved his hand helplessly, motioned for him to get up and said, "Okay, it's not that I don't believe you, after all, you are the holy hand of the country of the Great Calendar, if it were you, I wouldn't be able to believe it, I'm afraid there will be no more credible people." ”

Lu Chuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and leaned over to thank him, but in his heart, he remembered what He Xi reminded him that day, could it be that Wei Zhongliang did all this?

But it doesn't seem to make sense, Wei Zhongliang has always been close to the Lan family, and now that Wei Zhongliang and the Lan Mansion are married again, even if he wants to frame himself, there is no reason to use the child in Concubine Hui's womb to take such a risk.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a soft voice say, "The concubine has seen Your Majesty." When Tuoba Chen saw that it was Lan Ruo, he sighed, beckoned to Lan Ruo and said, "Come and sit." ”

Lan Ruo sat beside Tuoba Chen with the support of her grandmother, and Tuoba Chen saw that there was no Qiao'er beside her and said, "Why isn't Qiao'er waiting by your side?" ”

Although Lan Ruo's heart was full of sourness, she still said: "I was frightened in Yiyue Palace, and the concubine asked her to go back first." ”

Tuoba Chen was originally a little suspicious of what the queen had done, but seeing her like this now, he couldn't help but start to waver, and he said with some pity: "You yourself are also pregnant, I asked you to go to Yiyue Palace, just to appease Mrs. Miao, how could you be frightened?" ”

Lan Ruo heard the concern in Tuoba Chen's words, and couldn't help but be a little moved: "The concubine just wants to share the worries of His Majesty, the concubine asked the imperial doctor who performed the autopsy, and said that it was a head cut off by a sharp weapon, it seems that someone wants to set off rumors in this harem." ”

Tuoba Chen pointed his fingers on the table and said, "But Linglong said that she-saw the first queen." ”

Saying this, Lan Ruo couldn't help but think of the white figure he saw in Yiyue Palace, his face couldn't help but turn pale, and the words he said before Shu Miao fainted.

Lan Ruo always felt that there were many doubts about things, but there were thousands of possibilities, but she didn't want to admit that it was such a possibility, she said: "Concubine Dao thinks that this matter is somewhat similar to the matter of Chuxiu Palace at the beginning. ”

Tuoba Chen was stunned for a moment, and seemed to recall it, but after a moment he denied: "The palace people back then have already been released from the palace, how can they still do such a thing?" Lan Ruo shook his head disapprovingly, and said, "The concubine inquired, there is a person still in the palace." ”

Tuoba Chen couldn't help but be stunned: "Who is it?"

Lan Ruo looked back and motioned to the grandmother beside her, and the grandmother stepped forward and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is Mama Yu who was originally in charge of the small kitchen in the palace of the first queen, there is no one in her house, and the old slave thought that she was sent out of the palace, but later I inadvertently saw her in the imperial dining room, and asked the father-in-law in the imperial dining room, only to know that she went to get the ingredients and make meals and pastries for the Xi nobles." ”

"What? You said that person is in Lingxiu Palace now? Tuoba Chen couldn't help frowning, and the grandmother nodded and said, "Yes." Lan Ruo said in a timely manner: "Your Majesty, those Diao slaves used the same methods for the first queen, except for pretending to be a god and making ghosts, there is no other novelty!" ”

Obviously, Lan Ruo was a little resentful, every time she mentioned Mu Jin's matter, she couldn't wait to dig out Mu Jin's coffin and break the bones and ashes.

Tuoba Chen obviously heard the resentment in her words, and couldn't help but say: "However, how can an old grandmother walk freely in various palaces? If you are in a no-man's land? Besides, how can she be an old man, how can she pretend to be the first queen?

Tuoba Chen went from the initial shock to the current suspicion, it only took a short moment, Lan Ruo opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but saw Tuoba Chen nodded helplessly and said: "Okay, I know, the queen is also tired today, go back and rest early, by the way, I will let the Internal Affairs Office choose a new person to send to your palace tomorrow, Qiao'er, as promised, I will move to Jiaxi Hall tomorrow." ”

Lan Ruo got up calmly and said, "The concubine obeys the order, and tomorrow the concubine will send someone to send Qiao'er over, hoping that Your Majesty will see that Qiao'er is from the palace of the concubine and can treat her well." ”

Tuoba Chen nodded and said, "I will." ”

One night, the entire palace was spent in fright, only a few palaces were not affected, including He Xi's Lingxiu Palace, early this morning, the emperor went down to the morning court, and came to He Xi's palace, and saw He Xi was feeding Tuoba Lin to eat, and those troubles in his heart seemed to be blown out of the clouds by a warm wind.

He Xi got up and saluted, and he smiled and said, "Excuse me." After that, he sat beside He Xi, looked at the few delicate pastries placed on the table and said, "This pastry is a novelty, why haven't I seen it in other palaces?" Isn't it made by the Imperial Dining Room? ”

Saying that, he twisted up a piece, broke a little, and tasted it in his mouth, the pastry was ground into a fine powder with red beans, and the juice of fresh osmanthus was added, in order to cover the astringent taste of the flower juice, some fresh milk was specially added as a seasoning, but it was much better than the osmanthus cake tasted on weekdays.

He had eaten such a pastry before, but it was a long time ago, so long that if he hadn't been reminded by Lan Ruo, he would have forgotten the taste, and he couldn't help but think of it in his mind, the woman came, her white arm stretched out, and there was a small pastry lying in her palm, and said: "Your Majesty, taste it, the new one developed by Mama Yu is sweet and soft, and it is the best pastry Jin'er has ever tasted." ”

But how he answered, he forgot, only remembered the brilliance of those eyes as bright as stars slowly dimmed, He Xi looked at his expression, and had some bad premonitions in her heart, so she smiled and said: "It was made in the small kitchen of the concubine's palace, what happened to Your Majesty today?" ”

Tuoba Chen pulled out of his memories and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that there was such a talent hidden in your palace, call it out and let me see it, and I can let those people in the imperial dining room learn it." ”

He Xi's heart became more and more uneasy, but she knew that she couldn't show the slightest horse foot at this time, she got up and left her seat, knelt on the ground and said, "The concubine is guilty." ”

Tuoba Chen sighed, put down the pastry in his hand, looked at He Xi and said, "What is your sin?" ”

He Xi touched the ground with his forehead and said: "The concubine pleaded for the palace people of the sin slave house, His Majesty was generous and merciful, and let a large number of the palace people of the sin slave house out of the palace at that time, but the concubine saw a grandmother with inconvenient legs and feet, and asked her that she had no family, so she stayed in the palace of the concubine. ”

Seeing He Xi so frank, Tuoba Chen had already dispelled his doubts in his heart, but he still said with a straight face: "But why did you hide it and not report it?" ”

He Xi said as if he was a little panicked: "At that time, the matter of Chuxiu Palace was in an uproar, and the queen mother was very unhappy because of this, and the concubine was injured at that time, and the concubine was worried about the recurrence, so she hid it." ”

Tuoba Chen took her hand and got up and said, "That's it, it's just a palace person, but I still want to see it, this good thing can't be enjoyed by you alone." As he spoke, he motioned to Ruyi to go down and summon, Ruyi peeked at He Xi, He Xi blinked slightly, Ruyi knew in his heart, and went down.

After a while, Mama Yu brought it up, Mama Yu's legs and feet were inconvenient, and the journey was very slow, but she still walked in front of the two step by step, knelt on the ground and said: "The old slave sees Your Majesty, Xi Guiren." ”

Tuoba Chen said suspiciously: "Get up and talk back." ”

Mama Yu struggled to stand up with one hand, as if she was in the mood, she hurriedly reached out to support her, Tuoba Chen frowned and said, "What's going on?" ”

Mama Yu stood firm before replying respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the old slave's old disease, and it can't be cured." Such a crippled body has stained His Majesty's holy face, and the old slave is guilty. ”

Tuoba Chen noticed that sure enough, Mama Yu's foot barely touched the ground, and there was no wear and tear on her shoes, and she wanted to say that it was true, He Xi sighed and said: "Mama Yu broke a leg by Li Zhong, the great eunuch at the time, in order to maintain a little palace maid, and now Li Zhong has eaten the consequences of his own evil, and it can be regarded as a wicked person with evil retribution, but Mama Yu's leg will never be restored, and the concubine also saw her like this at the time, thinking that even if she left the palace, she was afraid that it would not be good to live, so she stayed." ”

Tuoba Chen patted his hand and said, "I know your temperament. ”

"Your Majesty and the noble Xi have a deep relationship, which is really the envy of the courtiers." A cold male voice came in from outside the hall, like a sharp steel knife, stabbed in He Xi's heart, He Xi subconsciously retracted his hand, stood up, and saluted to a person in front of the palace door: "He Xi see His Royal Highness King Xian." ”

Tuoba Yue stood in front of the door against the light, making it impossible to see the look in his eyes, his eyes wandered on He Xi's body and said: "This is the Lingxiu Palace of the Xi nobles, naturally there is no need to be polite, it seems that this king is not the right time to come." ”

He Xi didn't know why, he didn't dare to look up at him, just listened to the ridicule in his words.