This fire in the cold palace burned down half of the palace north of the pond. The smoke rolled up by the wind, shrouded over the cold palace, and lingered for two days and nights before gradually dissipating.

And in the past two days, the most talked about by the concubines in the harem is the fire in the cold palace and An's suicide.

On March 18, the eighth year of Yong'an, Emperor Yong'an accidentally said that he was sick by accident. Because it was an eventful time, he handed over the seven-day government to King Ning and the second prince to take care of together.

When King Ning received Emperor Yong'an's words, he pulled the corners of his mouth and sneered, but his mind drifted to the stubborn back of the night of the fire in the cold palace.

The second prince was named by Emperor Yongan to deal with the government, and he was not doing much, but Concubine Rou was already happy in her heart.

It has always been the prince of the East Palace who can handle the affairs of the court during the emperor's serious illness, and since Emperor Yongan can let the second prince do this, it is to have a heart for the second prince.

As for King Ning, who took care of the government together, Concubine Rou didn't take it to heart at all. After all, he has already been crowned king, if Emperor Yong'an has that mind, does he need to do more?

In the Zichen Palace, Emperor Yong'an was trapped in a nightmare and couldn't extricate himself.

Emperor Yong'an dreamed that he was standing in front of the raging fire, and An Xiaowan stood in front of him and wept in a low voice, her crying red eyes were full of sorrow, as if telling why he sent her into the cold palace and why he didn't believe her.

Emperor Yong'an wanted to step forward and tell An Xiaowan that it was helpless for him to send her into the cold palace. Empress Zhu threw the five princes and Yan Meiren on the body of Wan Concubine, and with all the human and material evidence, Emperor Yong'an could only retreat.

Emperor Yong'an held up a finger and said to An Xiaowan, "Wan'er, a month, at most a month, I can take you out of the cold palace." ”

But An Xiaowan refused to listen to him, holding the broken step shake in her hand, shaking her head and retreating, her body was only a stone's throw away from the fire.

Emperor Yong'an hurriedly took An Xiaowan's hand and asked anxiously, "At this time, don't you want to live?" ”

An Xiaowan lowered her head and cried and said to Emperor Yong'an, "Your Majesty, I have nothing, you let it go." ”

Emperor Yong'an's hand tightened tighter, and he didn't want to let go.

"Your Majesty, there is loneliness in the cold palace, you let me live......"

Emperor Yong'an was in a hurry, "At most, I will take you out of the cold palace, Wan'er ......"

The man looked up, but it was a rhino. Lingxi looked at Emperor Yong'an with sad eyes, "Your Majesty, if you are a concubine, the concubine doesn't need to explain." If you don't believe in your concubines, what's the use of your concubines' explanations? ”

Lingxi exerted force, and Emperor Yong'an watched as Lingxi's body floated out of front of his eyes and fell into boundless darkness.

"Your Majesty, the concubine dreamed that the concubine gave birth to a little princess for the emperor, pink and tender, very beautiful. Your Majesty, the concubines and children are all ......"

Hearing Emperor Yong'an's constant whispering in his sleep, Gonggong Feng walked into the dormitory softly, knelt in front of Emperor Yong'an's dragon bed and shouted, "Emperor, Emperor......"

Emperor Yong'an opened his eyes suddenly, and what came into his eyes was full of bright yellow, instead of the bloodstained little face in the dream, and he smiled sadly at himself.

Seeing Emperor Yong'an turn over and sit up, Gonggong Feng stretched out his hand to pull open the bright yellow bed curtain, and said softly, "The emperor has a nightmare again?" ”

Emperor Yong'an held the palm of his forehead for a moment, and then sighed helplessly, "It's a nightmare......"

Emperor Yong'an pinched the bridge of his nose with his hand, and a pimple formed between his eyebrows. He had been dreaming this dream for several nights, but every night he could not stop the thin figure from flying out like a leaf in front of his eyes.

The desolation and loss in the dream made Emperor Yong'an feel panicked every time he woke up.

Gonggong Feng handed a warm goat's milk mixed with water to Emperor Yong'an that had been prepared in advance, and said in a low voice, "The old slave trespassed, and when I was guarding outside, I heard the emperor talking in his sleep......

Emperor Yong'an took a sip of warm goat's milk, put it down and asked, "What did I say?" ”

"The emperor called the concubine's maiden name twice......" Gonggong Feng said with a smile.

Emperor Yong'an sighed, put on his shoes and stood up, looked at the half of the ebony hairpin on the table, and frowned bitterly, "I really shouldn't have thrown her to the cold palace......

"The emperor is also afraid that Concubine Wan will be calculated by others again. This cold palace fire is also strange, it doesn't burn in the morning and doesn't burn in the evening......"

Emperor Yong'an slapped his hand on the table made of boxwood, and his tone was full of anger, "What's strange, this is obviously deliberate!" Wan Concubine has such a gentle temperament, I have already beaten her into the cold palace, and they still can't tolerate her! These poisonous women, when I finish dealing with the affairs of the previous dynasty, I will go back and settle this account with them! ”

Seeing that Emperor Yong'an's eyes were red, Gonggong Feng hurriedly comforted, "Your Majesty, when Concubine Wan returns, you will definitely know the emperor's painstaking ......."

Having said that, Gonggong Feng knew in his heart that An Xiaowan's chances of surviving the fire in the cold palace were too small. But he couldn't say this and didn't dare to say it, so he could only follow the wishes of Emperor Yong'an's heart and say something nice and pleasing.

Emperor Yong'an looked at the palace lamp held outside the hall, turned back to Gonggong Feng, and said, "Tomorrow, Concubine Rou will serve the disease." ”

"Yes...... Gonggong Feng bowed his head and replied, "As soon as the morning dawns, the slave will go to pass the word." Your Majesty, it's not dawn yet, will you sleep again? ”

Emperor Yongan waved his hand and said, "If you don't sleep, you can't sleep peacefully." Why don't you get up and sit down and change your clothes......"

Gonggong Feng hurriedly went in and called Pin Ming and a few little girls to come in and change the clothes of Emperor Yong'an. After the clothes were dressed, the face was cleaned, and the mouth was rinsed, Emperor Yongan said, "Let's use it for breakfast for a while, and I don't want to go anywhere else." ”

Pin Ming said yes and went out with the little maids.

Gonggong Feng picked up a small pair of scissors and cut the lamp, and the red candle lit up a little. After placing the candlestick on the table of the low kang,

Feng Gong said fairly, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, this dream has signs. In addition to calling Wan Concubine Niangniang's maiden name in your dreams these days, you have been calling Lingxi two words. The old slave is stupid, why don't you press these two words and let the palace people find them? Maybe there's the whereabouts of Concubine Wanniang......"

Emperor Yong'an was stunned, raised his head and asked, "You said that I shouted Lingxi in my dream?" ”

"Really." Gonggong Feng replied with a smile, "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and the Duke of Zhou is the god of Jue." This must be the emperor's worry about finding a concubine, and Duke Zhou came out and gave the emperor a hint......"

Emperor Yong'an put down the tea cup in his hand, and he no longer had the interest in eating tea. He looked at Gonggong Feng with a pair of sharp eyes, and his tone was three points colder, "Say, how many benefits have you received." ”

Gonggong Feng was so frightened by Emperor Yong'an's sudden anger that he fell to his knees with a puff, cold sweat seeping out of his forehead, "Minion, minions didn't receive any benefits!" ”

Emperor Yong'an raised his foot and kicked Gonggong Feng to the ground, and said angrily, "Dog slave, you dare to quibble in front of me!" The word Lingxi is clearly the name of the Ye family, how can you not know that you follow me every day? You actually said that it was Zhou Gong's show, it's really bold! ”

Gonggong Feng trembled with fright, and hurriedly kowtowed, "Please also ask the emperor for forgiveness, and ask the emperor for forgiveness!" Minions, minions really didn't take Ye's bribes, even if the minions ate the gall of the ambitious leopard, they wouldn't dare to do such a thing! ”

Emperor Yong'an glared at him and raised his voice.

Gonggong Feng raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat on his face, seeing that Emperor Yong'an's face was still not good, his mind changed, and said, "If you want to say that the slave accepted the bribe from the Ye family, it is not nothing, but it is just a pair of cotton shoes......"

"Cotton shoes?" Emperor Yong'an came to be interested.

Gonggong Feng nodded, "The old slave has an old problem with his ankle, and when he is a little cold, he will have a faint pain, and he walks stiffly." In the spring and autumn, it is easy to say, it is nothing more than wearing more two-layer foot clothes, but this winter, the cold air that penetrates into the bones is really unbearable. At the beginning of the first year, the slave went to the Yongshou Palace to greet the Empress Dowager by the emperor's mouth, and was inadvertently seen by the Ye family, who was still a palace maid at the time, walking on tiptoe. She was a celebrity next to the Empress Dowager at the time, she opened her mouth to ask, and the slave just said it, just chatting on weekdays. But in his spare time, Ye made a pair of thickened and heightened cotton shoes for the slave......"

Gonggong Feng raised his sleeves and wiped the cold sweat on his head, and continued, "People say that eunuchs are rootless things, and they don't know whether people are warm or cold, but the servants remember the Ye family in private. The slave also thought about whether the Ye family saw that the slave was on an errand in front of the emperor, so he had other thoughts in his heart. But after inquiring, I learned that the Ling'er girl of Yongshou Palace has an excellent reputation among the minions. She treats people kindly, and never thinks she is superior to others because she is liked by the Queen Mother, which little palace maid and little eunuch have a headache and brain fever, and she also thought of a way to get some herbs...... The slave, the slave and the emperor mentioned the Ye family, they were selfish, no matter whether the emperor could listen to it or not, the old slave was not uncomfortable in his heart......"

Gonggong Feng slammed his head on the ground and said to Emperor Yong'an, "A slave is not a good slave, he is not worthy of serving in front of the emperor, and he asks the emperor to surrender." ”