The rainy weather came for a few days, and finally on the third day, the weather gradually cleared, Ruyi hurriedly greeted the palace people, and took out the things in the palace to dry, because Lingxiu Palace has not been inhabited for a long time, although before He Xi moved in, the people of the Internal Affairs Office have come to clean it, but the heavy rain in the past few days is inevitably wet.

Tuoba Lin didn't come out to play for a few days, and finally let go, the little short legs ran around happily in the yard, He Xi played with the pearls in his hand, called the ugly child and said, "Get ready, let's go to the Ice Spring Palace to have a look." ”

Ugly Nuo Nuo answered yes, then retreated, opened the cabinet, and took out a gouache embroidered white lotus pleated skirt from it, with a jasper inlaid pearl wishful hairpin, after finishing the makeup, then went to the Ice Spring Palace, Xu Qing'er had a fetal gas because of the last time, and had been on bed rest, even the queen's request was exempted, He Xi entered the whole hall, and the people in the entire Ice Spring Palace did things lightly, as if they were afraid of making a little movement to disturb Xu Qing'er's rest.

Seeing He Xi come in, Lu Luo stood in front of the door and said coldly: "It's really a coincidence that Mrs. Xi came, our mother just rested, and please come back later." ”

"Pothos, don't be rude, please invite Sister He Xi in." Inside the hall, a soft and gentle female voice said softly outside.

Green pothos glanced sideways, bit her lower lip, without the slightest embarrassment of being pierced, she seemed to be unwilling, and opened the door of the hall with some impatience and invited He Xi in.

In the dormitory, the windows around are closed, leaving only a window that is particularly far away from the bed, only a small gap is opened, used for ventilation, a corner of the hall, a basin of ice cubes, there is a little palace maid sitting next to it with a fan slowly fanning, the room does not look stuffy.

Seeing He Xi come in, Xu Qing'er half stood up and smiled softly: "I'm not in good health, I didn't go to celebrate He Xi's sister moving to the palace, but let my sister come to my palace to see me." ”

She seemed to have a serious illness, and her body became thinner and thinner, like a delicate flower that had gone through wind and rain, becoming more and more weak and pitiful.

He Xi said to Xu Qing'er: "Concubine Shu is not in good health, not to mention, the concubine's position is low, so naturally the concubine should have come to see Niangniang." ”

Luluo stood beside Xu Qing'er, and when she saw He Xi's low and small appearance, she couldn't help but feel a trace of happiness in her heart. Xu Qing'er looked a little lonely and said, "Sister He Xi is annoyed Qing'er? ”

He Xi saw that her eyes were red, and she couldn't bear it in her heart, she couldn't help but put away a little alienated look, and then said to her: "After all, Concubine Niangniang and I are separated from each other, Niangniang treats me kindly, is Niangniang, I should be grateful, if I treat Niangniang with the same attitude, I am afraid that the queen will know about it, and she will inevitably blame the concubine for not respecting the etiquette law." ”

Subsequently, he added: "Niangniang has always been kind to her concubines, and the concubines are grateful and know Niangniang's intentions." ”

This sentence was said very sincerely, she raised her head calmly and looked at Xu Qing'er, but saw Xu Qing'er with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking.

The green pothos scolded from her nose, and the ugly child frowned and looked at He Xi.

He Xi didn't care, and after a while, Xu Qing'er eased her voice and said, "My sister has something to say to my sister alone." He Xi said to the ugly child: "You go to the porch and wait for me." ”

Xu Qing'er also branched out the pothos, and noisy footsteps sounded in the hall, but it was only a moment's work, and the hall was empty, Xu Qing'er raised a desolate smile at the corner of her mouth, and a tear hung down from the corner of her eye.

"My sister still remembers that when we were in Chuxiu Palace together, we ate and lived together, and at that time, Zhao Ruxue always came to find my sister's stubble, I couldn't be angry, and I couldn't help but reason with her." Although the corners of Xu Qing'er's lips were smiling, her eyebrows and eyes were full of injuries.

He Xi just didn't speak, and she said that Xu Qing'er seemed to just want to talk, and recalled with a smile: "Now, my sister is Your Majesty's new favorite, and I have a big prince under my knees, and I am also in the concubine position, I don't know if this child in my womb can be saved, Zhao Ruxue has long been fragrant." ”

He Xi heard her mention Zhao Ruxue, her fingers couldn't help but tighten, she looked up at Xu Qing'er, and said, "What does Niangniang want to know?" ”

"Qing'er wants to know, does Concubine Zhao's death have anything to do with her sister-" Xu Qing'er's eyes were burning, with hope and questioning in her eyes.

"Yes." He Xi's words were like a basin of cold water poured on Xu Qing'er's heart, and the light in her eyes was extinguished and there was no light.

A trace of anger suddenly rose in He Xi's heart, and she looked straight at Xu Qing'er and said: "If someone says something to Concubine Shu, whether Concubine Shuniang believes it or not, it is Niangniang's choice, but forgive He Xi's advice, Niangniang should not be used by others." It is true that Zhao Ruxue used acacia incense without authorization, and it is also true that Yuexin had an affair with the guards, and it was also true that she tried to frame me and insult my name, if it was a lady concubine, I would have to tolerate it, so that I could be regarded as kind, then He Xi could only feel sorry. ”

He Xi's breath fluctuated, her voice trembled unconsciously, she stood up abruptly and walked in front of Xu Qing'er, Xu Qing'er was already shocked by He Xi's words and couldn't speak, she took out the small pearl from her sleeve and placed it on the table in front of Xu Qing'er.

She took a deep breath and said lightly: "This is where Niangniang fell that day, where did this thing come from, Niangniang should know in her heart that this was sent to my palace by Bai Cairen yesterday, she asked me to tell Niangniang, everything should be careful." ”

Xu Qing'er's heart was shocked, and she looked at the pearl in disbelief, she did feel a slip under her feet that day, but what she never expected was that this thing was found by Bai Zhi.

After the shock, it was doubtful, He Xi naturally took in Xu Qing'er's expression, a sigh crossed her heart, she turned around and walked out, took two steps, stopped her steps, and said coldly: "The people around Bai Zhi, who instigated Shufei Niangniang to install it, since it was carefully chosen, how could she easily find out, and the clue pointed straight to Shufei Niangniang, does Niangniang really think that all this is a coincidence?" ”

Leaving a word, He Xi walked out, just walked to the front of the hall, she saw the anxious look on the ugly child's face, she faintly heard Tuoba Lin's cry, her heart tightened, and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Little master, it's not good, go back and have a look!" The ugly child's voice was also full of anxiety, but he didn't say anything, Tuoba Lin's crying was heartbreaking, tearing He Xi's heart one by one, and He Xi didn't care about the demeanor of lifting the skirt, and ran towards the outside of the hall.

Luluo entered the dormitory, and found Xu Qing'er looking at a round pearl in her hand with a pale face, not knowing what she was thinking, Luluo approached, and whispered: "Niangniang, the slave maid sees that Mrs. Naxi is a scheming, just listen to what she said, don't go to your heart." ”

Seeing that Xu Qing'er ignored herself, she couldn't help but feel a little resentful, Xu Qing'er only felt a bit of boredom in her heart, her thoughts were pulling in her mind, she seemed to be standing at a crossroads, unable to find the direction.

She handed the pearl in her hand to the green pothos and said, "You go and test whether this thing is from Luhua Palace." ”

Luhua Palace, that is Concubine Hui, Luluo wanted to ask why, but seeing Xu Qing'er's tired face, she had to retreat.

On the other side, He Xi returned to Lingxiu Palace, and as soon as he stepped through the high palace gate, he saw many people pointing around the open space in front of him, and Ruyi held the eldest prince Tuoba Lin tightly in his arms, Tuoba Lin's voice was a little hoarse, his little face was flushed, and his little hands were full of dirt.

He Xi took two steps forward, hugged Tuoba Lin in his arms, and coaxed softly in his mouth: "Lin'er, okay, okay, don't cry, mother is here, Lin'er doesn't cry." ”

He Xi looked at Ruyi, there was a little coldness in her eyes, it was originally Ruyi and the nurse who looked at Tuoba Lin, but now that such a thing has happened, how can she not be annoyed?

It was the first time Ruyi saw He Xi showing such a gaze, as if it was frozen ice, she hurriedly knelt down, and said with sincere fear: "Little master, the eldest prince was digging in the courtyard, but he didn't want to—but he didn't want to dig up a female corpse in that open space, and he was too frightened, it was the slave and maid who served unfavorably, and the slave and maid should die." ”

Behind Ruyi, there was a trembling grandmother kneeling, who was Tuobalain's nursing mother. She was already so frightened that she couldn't speak, not only because she didn't take good care of the eldest prince, but also because she found the female corpse.

He Xi didn't expect that it was for this reason, she didn't have time to care about the palace people over there, so she first picked up Tuoba Lin and returned to the inner hall, Tuoba Lin grabbed He Xi's placket tightly, the originally soft gauze skirt, was covered with wrinkles and stains by his little hands full of dirt.

He Xi didn't care at all, just coaxed softly, Tuoba Lin stayed away from the open space just now, and slowly calmed down, just sobbing softly, which made He Xi feel distressed for a while.

She personally took the moist handkerchief, helped Tuoba Lin wipe his little face and hands, coaxed Tuoba Lin, and she asked Ruyi to take Tuoba Lin back to her bedroom, and then walked outside the hall.

There are more and more palace people gathered in the courtyard, and there are other palaces, who came to see the excitement when they heard the words, and when they saw He Xi coming, they all knelt down and saluted, and no one in front of them blocked the view, He Xi saw clearly that there was a female corpse lying in the open space, and there were whip marks on her body, as if she had been punished.

But the Prudent Criminal Division, who is in charge of punishment in the palace, naturally has a way to deal with it, how can he bury people here?

"Go and tell the queen and Your Majesty, everyone who was there just now stayed, and no one was allowed to leave here." He Xi didn't see the slightest panic, and commanded in an orderly manner.