This royal bowl is very comfortable and spacious, and the little eunuchs carrying the sedan chair are also well-trained, and their steps are neat, like a person, smooth and steady, as if walking on flat ground.

Soon, the sedan chair stopped in a dilapidated palace, on the dark mottled wooden door, a plaque hung crookedly, with the words "Guilty Slave" written on it, different from the gold dust of other palaces, this place is only an ordinary brush to pick up, old, has long been blurred and difficult to identify.

It should have been summer, but there was not even a grass-green plant on the side, it looked very desolate, Ruyi helped He Xi to get off the sedan chair, and the eunuch who carried the sedan chair said: "The minions are waiting for the little master in the road in front, and the little master will directly let the Ruyi girl report at that time." ”

Gently bowing his head, after these few walked by, it seemed that there was no sound anymore. He Xi lifted his chin slightly, and stepped forward with two steps of wishful thinking and gently buckled the door knocker.

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The old wooden door seemed to let out a sigh, and as the door opened, a wrinkled grandmother appeared in the doorway, her eyes guarded, as if an evil ghost was peeking at everything outside.

"Are you Mama Yu from the Sin Slave?" He Xi asked softly.

The old lady's voice was hoarse, as if she had been injured, and she said roughly: "You just promise the little master, Father-in-law Fu told the old slave before, and the little master came with the old slave." ”

After speaking, he used his hands to force slightly, opened the door, and then limped forward, He Xi followed behind, staring at the surrounding situation at all times, this place made her uneasy inexplicably, and now she regretted that she only let He Xi bring herself.

As if sensing Ruyi's vigilance, the old lady laughed in a low voice and said: "Girl, don't be afraid, here are some powerless subordinates, powerless, trapped here like the living dead, there is no danger." ”

As if she had seen through her heart, Ruyiqiao's face was slightly red, and she coughed twice and then said, "Mama, what kind of sin did you commit to be sent here?" ”

Indeed, the palace is strictly forbidden, and if you violate the palace rules, you will be punished with a cane and ordered to rectify, or you will be directly beaten to death.

"Hey, they are all poor people, most of them are serving the nobles, but one second the glory is infinite, and the next second the tree is scattered, these people are not guilty to death, after the rod is punished, the internal affairs government is not willing to take it away, and it is sent here because of bad luck." Mama said faintly.

Ruyi also sighed that the world is impermanent, a few people gossiped, and arrived at the inner hall, it seems that this should be the best palace in the entire Sin Slave Mansion, but there are no carved beams and paintings, and the precious and precious items in the interior can not be seen, only simple tables and chairs.

After He Xi sat down, he said to Mama Yu: "Mama Lao has called all the people in the palace of the first queen." ”

Recently, the affairs of Chuxiu Palace have been in an uproar in the entire palace, and Mama Yu has already prepared for it, so she will go down to arrange it immediately. Ruyi stood quietly with her hands hanging down at this time, and from He Xi's angle, she could just see the slightly red and swollen marks on her face.

"Ruyi, you were sent in by him, although we are nominally a master and servant, but why did you do this." He Xi asked unintentionally, picking up the tea cup in his hand, it was just an ordinary and dilapidated ceramic cup, and it was only clear water in it.

But when you take a sip, there is a clear and clean taste in it.

"Although I am not the little master's maid, but it is indeed sent in by the prince to serve the little master, so naturally I have to protect the little master in everything." Ruyi lowered her head and replied, a smile on the corner of her mouth, but because she touched the wound, she became grinning again, her expression was funny and cute, He Xi looked at it steadily, as if she was discerning the truth and falsehood in her words.

Reaching out and pulling out a delicate lacquered gold box from the wide cascading water-patterned cuffs. Ruyi recognized that it was the one sent to He Xi by the Tai Hospital before.

"Take this ointment and rub it, and take care of it yourself." There was no word of concern, nor a word of comfort, but he said such a sentence softly, accepted it respectfully, and said softly: "Slave and maid thank the little master." ”

At this time, Mama Yu came in and said, "Little master, everyone has been called, kneeling outside." ”

He Xi got up and paced outside the hall, only to see dozens of palace people, palace maids, eunuchs, and grandmothers kneeling in the courtyard in the dark, all of whom were familiar faces, but at this time, there was no vivid expression on his face, and he looked ahead with a dull expression, like a mud puppet.

"According to the usual practice, there are seventy-two people serving in the palace of the first queen, except for the summer and winter girls beside the first queen, and five people who were transferred to Chuxiu Palace, the remaining sixty-six people are here." The grandmother casually handed over He Xi a roster, which was obviously the information of these palace people.

He Xi took the blue indigo booklet in her hand, her fingertips were slightly forced, she didn't have to look at it, she could call out the names of these people. There were only a few thin sheets of paper in his hand, but they weighed as much as a thousand pounds.

"You said that there are a total of five people who were transferred to Chuxiu Palace?" He Xi asked suspiciously.

The grandmother said with certainty: "Yes, it is indeed five people. ”

He Xi always felt that something was wrong, and kept thinking about the people he had seen in Chuxiu Palace, except for the three people who died, they were originally in his palace, so there should be two others, why did he see one person?

This thought is like a thunderbolt exploding in my head, what about the other person, why didn't the other person see Le?

Bowing his head carefully compared the list and these faces, there were already three names on the roster that had been crossed out, and among them was the name of Caihe.

The roster shows that the names of the remaining two people are Fu'an and Caiwei, a palace maid and a chamberlain, and the palace maid she has seen in Chuxiu Palace, but what about the chamberlain?

In any case, He Xi couldn't remember, whether she had seen this person, it seemed that she still had to go back to Chuxiu Palace, closed the book, she caught a glimpse of a eunuch who was currently kneeling with slightly red eyes, dripping his head, and pursing his lips tightly, He Xi glanced at it, this eunuch should be called Fuping, it turned out to be just two eunuchs guarding the door of the Hehuan Palace, because Fuping and Fu'an were originally brothers, and they entered the palace together as internal servants, and when they gave their names, they gave the word peace, which means auspicious.

He Xi was silent, and said softly with the booklet: "Mama, I will take this list away first, and I will go back to return to the prince, so I will leave." ”

After saying that, she got up, Mama Yu wanted to send her out, He Xi changed into a shallow and gentle smile and said: "Mama is unwell, so don't bother Mama, just him, look weird and clever, let him send me out." ”

Su Bai's fingers lightly tapped the direction of Fuping, and Mama Yu chuckled and said, "Thank you, little body, forgive me, Fuping, don't get up yet." ”

Fuping got the will and stood up, and the long-term malnutrition made these people skinny one by one, and the palace clothes on their bodies had long been out of shape, and they looked empty when the wind blew them.

Gently holding He Xi's hand, he carefully reminded He Xi to be careful under his feet along the way, and He Xi seemed to be able to remember that every time he entered and exited the gate of Weiyang Palace, the brothers reminded themselves in a brisk tone to be careful under their feet, where was they so cautious and lingering.

Several people were speechless all the way, and when they were about to reach the palace gate, He Xi asked himself: "Fuping, Fu'an, do you have anything to do with it?" ”

Fuping was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Yes, Fu'an is the brother of the slave." ”

This time it was He Xi's turn to be stunned, she remembered that she was in order of peace back then, why was Fu'an her brother?

Seeing He Xi's somewhat surprised eyes, Fuping seemed to know what He Xi was thinking, as if he was thinking of something happy, and his face was also dyed with some smiles, looking a little shy and delicate.

When we were assigned to the palace of the first queen, when the mother gave us a name, I first grabbed and replied that I was the elder brother, and the elder brother was helpless, but I was afraid that we would quarrel and be punished by the mother, so that's it.

His eyes were full of longing and nostalgia, as if those days were the happiest days in his life, shining in the long river of bleak and ordinary years.

"What about you...... Do you resent the first queen? He Xi said this sentence for a long time, and a boulder was pressed on her heart, making her unable to breathe.

"No, we don't blame Niangniang, Niangniang treated us very well when she was alive, and it was someone who wanted to frame Niangniang, so she set the fire on it," Fuping had a hint ......of anger on his face.

"Do you also think that someone killed the first queen by fire?" He Xi accurately caught the details of Fuping's words and asked suspiciously.

Knowing that he was speechless, he hurriedly stopped his mouth, the smile on his face became unnatural, and said: "The slave has also recently heard others talking about it, so he boldly guessed, the little master should not go to his heart." ”

When He Xi saw him like this, he knew that he couldn't ask anything anymore, there was the palace gate in front of him, Fuping could only send He Xi here, and the palace people of the Sin Slave Mansion couldn't step out of the palace gate for half a step.

"Alright, you can get here." Ruyi said softly.

The master and servant had just stepped through the high palace gate, but they heard the sound of kneeling behind them, He Xi turned around, and saw that Fuping's face was already full of tears.

He cried casually, but there seemed to be a satisfied smile on the corner of his lips and said: "Little master, the slave sees that you are a kind person, I wonder if you can help me bring a message to my brother?" ”

"The matter of Chuxiu Palace is settled, Fu'an will come back, and you can talk to him yourself at that time." He Xi said softly.

"Little master, if you can, you tell my brother, just say that I can be proud of having a brother like him, this plain character was given to him by his mother, and I will give it back to him, I will be called Fu'an in the future, and his name will be Fuping." One word at a time, it seems to be a farewell.

He and He Xi were only separated by a heavy palace gate, He Xi knew that there must be something he had forgotten, why did Fuping say that? Don't......