He Xi saluted again, and saw Huijue walking to the inner room of the stone room, looking at the location of the former ice coffin, and couldn't return to his senses for a long time.

After a while, he finally sighed, groped on the wall for a moment, and then pressed hard, only to see the stone bricks on the wall, which suddenly sank half an inch deep, and then a roaring sound came from the depths of the tunnel, like a trapped beast trapped in the dark, but it was only a moment of effort, and then it was calm again.

After doing all this, Hui Jue came out, with a faint look of relief on his face, and he said, "Donor, please." ”

When He Xi left from Zhaohua Temple, the east gradually turned white, and she lifted the corner of the curtain.

The fresh air, with the breath of freedom, couldn't help but smile at the corners of her lips.

Ruyi rarely saw her so defenseless and worried, and her mood also relaxed, she leaned closer and asked, "Miss, where are we going in the future?" ”

He Xi turned his head to look at Ruyi and said, "Where do you want to go?" ”

If she was in a good mood, she said with great interest: "The slave maid wants to go to many, many places, everyone says that the four seasons in the south are like spring, and the four seasons in the north are distinct, and there are red smoke willows and glacial rivers in this world, and the slave and maid have never seen it——"

He Xi looked at Ruyi with some doting, and said softly: "Ruyi, we have a long time in the future, these places, let's take a slow look-"

Ruyi smiled with satisfaction, and said with some caution: "However, miss, you have been five months now, Uncle Liang has to deal with the affairs of Beijing, I am afraid that it will take a while to get out, let's choose a place with pleasant scenery and wait for the little master to be born." ”

He Xi also felt that Ruyi's words were right, so he said, "It's okay, just do what you say." ”

An ordinary carriage just like that, gradually walked away, and disappeared into the morning light.

However, at this time in the capital, the chickens and dogs were already jumping, and it was a mess, and Xiao Naier's disappearance made Xiao Tian, who was far away in southern Xinjiang, unable to sit still, and rushed to the capital from southern Xinjiang overnight.

On the other hand, the envoys of Mobei, who had experienced slander and house arrest, planned to send a letter back to China to tell about the humiliation, but I don't know why, after talking with Ning Yi with candles, he changed his mind, and the next day he went to the Taihe Hall with joy to congratulate the new emperor on his accession to the throne.

When the people from Mobei were sent away, Ning Yi said: "What this king promised His Majesty, this king has already done, I don't know Your Majesty's promise-"

Tuoba Yue nodded, and said sincerely: "Prince Ning can rest assured, the exchange of markets with Xiliang will be beneficial and harmless, I am happy to do it, and Concubine De has a relationship with my mother, although it is not deep, but she has also helped me, I naturally treat her well, Prince Ning can rest assured——"

Ning Yi said with a smile: "Naturally, I am relieved, presumably Your Majesty must have a lot of important matters to deal with, and Concubine De's birthday has passed, this king will leave for China on the same day, and first ask Your Majesty to resign——"

Tuoba Yue nodded, and as he was talking, he saw Fuqing come in with a pale face, Tuoba Yue frowned and said, "But what happened?" ”

Fuqing's expression became more and more ugly, but he only hung his hands, without saying a word, Ning Yi understood, and arched his hand: "Since Your Majesty still has important matters, this king will leave, and the county lord of Li'er is still in the palace of Concubine De, and I also ask Your Majesty to allow the minister to go and resign from Concubine De——"

Tuoba Yue nodded, Ning Yi walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and heard a sound of broken cups in the hall, and there was a faint frightened voice of Fuqing: "Your Majesty, it is indeed collapsed, not long after you left there last night, the secret passage did not know why it collapsed, the moon guards took people to dig all night, but there was no progress, presumably it was in disrepair, plus the fire, even if there were people inside, it was-"

Tuoba Yue threw the cup in his hand fiercely and said, "Go dig and tell them that no matter how long you dig, you must find the exit!" ”

Fuqing knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he had to accept his order and retreat.

Although Ning Yi had doubts in his heart, he didn't want to care about the idle things, beckoned a chamberlain, and walked towards Shoukang Palace.

Along the way, you can often see guards walking around in a hurry.

When I passed by the Imperial Garden, I saw palace maids gathering together in twos and threes, gossiping.

Ning Yi didn't want to investigate, but if there was no one around those people, he didn't even find Ning Yi's figure, but just said to himself: "I heard that Your Majesty went to Concubine Xi's palace last night, and then went to the Autumn Dew Palace, and now the Autumn Dew Hall is still surrounded by layers, I don't know what happened to me-"

The other one, obviously knowing the inside story, hurriedly said: "You don't know this, yesterday I had a fellow villager, who was on an errand at night, and saw those guards quietly carrying a few people from the Autumn Dew Palace, and sending them to the Shen Penal Division, covered with a cloth, it looks like a human being——"

When the timid palace maid heard this, she was already a little scared, and hurriedly whispered: "Isn't the Autumn Dew Palace—isn't it the Cold Palace?" How, how can there be anyone? Could it be a good concubine—"

The woman who knew the inside story took three mouthfuls in a row, and gently patted the little palace maid's head and said: "Nonsense, how many years has Concubine Liang been dead, it is clear that Concubine Xi, who wanted to escape from the palace, was caught by His Majesty and beaten to death——"

Everyone never thought that the truth of the matter would be like this, and they all gasped in shock, the little eunuch had obviously heard this, he quietly glanced at Ning Yi, and saw that he frowned, so he said loudly: "Bold, you are lazy here, wait until I tell Gonggong Fu, and see how to punish you." ”

Those few people suddenly saw someone coming, turned around, and saw Ning Yi, Ning Yi was still serving Xiliang, and they could see the difference at a glance, they were so frightened that they knelt down in a hurry, and even said forgiveness, the little eunuch's face was not good-looking, but seeing that Ning Yi's expression had returned to normal, he was a little relieved.

After a few reprimands, the palace maids dispersed in twos and threes.

Along the way, Ning Yi didn't inquire about anything, until he arrived at Shoukang Palace and heard that he was coming to pick him up, Jiang Li'er's heart couldn't stop jumping.

Seeing the look on her face, Concubine De sighed in her heart, raised her eyes and saw Ning Yi striding in, waved away everyone, and then asked, "Is the matter done?" ”

Ning Yi clenched his fists and arched his hand: "If you go back to the concubine, it's done, and this time I'm here to say goodbye to the concubine." ”

Concubine De was stunned for a moment, and only smiled softly after a while, the kindness of the elders in that smile was as warm as a spring breeze, and she said again and again: "It's okay, it's okay, there is such a change in the calendar, and it's also very urgent to come to Xiliang, so it's better to go back early——"

Jiang Li'er stood again, playing with the string of glass beads that fell on the corner of her placket with her hand, hanging her head, unable to see her clearly, Ning Yi glanced at her, and knew that she must be a little reluctant to be a concubine.

He smiled and said: "Yes, now that everything is waiting to be done in the Great Calendar, we are inconvenient to bother, and the emperor has agreed to the mutual market of Xiliang and the Great Calendar, and I want to have many opportunities to visit you in the future——"

When Jiang Li'er heard this, she hurriedly asked, "Is it true?" ”

Ning Yi saw the star-like glimmer reflected in her eyes, and couldn't help but feel a little softer, so she said softly: "It's naturally true." ”

Concubine De and Aunt Ruizhi glanced at each other, no one spoke, but Ning Yi calmed Jiang Li'er before asking, "I heard that something happened in the palace last night, and Concubine Xi is gone?" ”

Concubine De has lived in Shoukang Palace for a long time, originally because of Tuoba Lin, and also had some dealings with He Xi, and then because of He Xi, Lin'er died tragically, although He Xi disposed of Gongsun Jingyi later, and he also had a bad breath in his heart, but for He Xi, Concubine De really didn't want to contact much, and the people in the palace had served her for a long time, and they were also clear about her temperament, so even if they got any news, they never said anything in front of her.

Ning Yi mentioned it, and Concubine De looked at Aunt Ruizhi with some doubts.

Aunt Ruizhi said: "That's true, last night His Majesty first broke into Lingxiu Palace, and then transferred Yuewei to Qiulu Palace, and someone saw the corpse carried out from inside, Qiulu Palace caught fire again, and collapsed, as for Concubine Xi's matter, it was all speculation by the people in the palace, but what the slave maid said was true, as for why that happened, the slave didn't know, and didn't dare to send someone out to inquire, for fear of being known by His Majesty, and was afraid." ”

Concubine De frowned and said, "What is Concubine Xi going to do there?" The Temple of Autumn Dew has been deserted for many years, and now that it is winter, there is snow pressing, how can it be on fire? ”

Ning Yi saw that Concubine De didn't know the key, so he could only give up.

Jiang Li'er has a gentle and pure temperament, and when she heard that He Xi had an accident, she said a little eagerly: "Could it be this emperor-"

Ning Yi knew her temperament, and seeing that she was open-mouthed, he hurriedly said: "Poor child, don't talk nonsense, the new emperor of the Great Calendar is a gentleman, it won't be like this, do you hear?" ”

Jiang Li'er rarely saw him speak so violently, he couldn't help but shrink his neck, his face was a little pale, Ning Yi was a little distressed, she had just recovered from a serious illness, he thought that she had never been out of Xiliang Kingdom, and it happened to be this opportunity, so he brought her here, the most important thing, he hoped to take Jiang Li'er to thank her life-saving benefactor.

But now that Concubine Xi is gone, and it is very likely that she has already died in Huangquan, as soon as he thinks of this, a pair of stubborn and cold eyes appear in his mind, he rarely sees a woman with such sharp eyes, if it is a man, he must take it as a confidant with such courage and scheming, but it is a pity.

Just thinking about it, I heard Aunt Rui Zhi say: "County Lord, the prince's words are right, the new emperor is a gentleman, and the virtuous name is outside, I think that back then, the four princes were in power, and the epidemic in Shuzhong was raging, he actually sent the new emperor to Shuzhong for disaster relief, it was summer at that time, and I heard that the Seven Princes were also deeply infected with the epidemic, but fortunately, God blessed, not only the emperor escaped from the Ghost Gate, but also took the thousands of people in Shu to avoid the catastrophe——"