"Mother, you're finally awake." Jin Peizi has been taking care of the queen's sickbed for three days. In the past three days, she has listened to the queen's whispers intermittently, sometimes as if she was reading a person's name, sometimes as if she was cursing something, and sometimes she seemed to be whispering the grievances in her heart.

Despite this, it can often be heard at night, but Jin Peizi never knows what the queen is talking about. From those muttering or intermittent voices, she finally heard the queen's distress. And this kind of anguish seems to grow in the heart, and in the Forbidden City, it is watered by interests, power, and ambitions, and it cannot be contained at all, let alone cut off its roots.

"Imperial Doctor Cao's medicine has been boiling on the small stove, and the concubine will let Suo Lan bring it in, Niangniang, drink it while it's hot." Jin Peizi wiped the cold sweat from the queen's forehead with a warm handkerchief, and instructed Jinlan to put on a cotton silk dress for the queen. "In the past few days, I have been a very bad concubine, and the medicinal soup has been poured into the mouth of the mother five times a day, and I have never woken up. Now that the mother wakes up, the emperor doesn't have to be extremely anxious, copying scriptures and burning them night and night to pray for the queen's mother. ”

Xu Shi woke up, his mind was a little unbright, and Lan Xin blurted out: "Whether to pray for blessings or ask for peace of mind, presumably only the emperor himself knows." ”

"Reassuring?" Jin Peizi was surprised, although she knew that something bad was happening in the palace, and it had something to do with Concubine Hui and Concubine Yu. But after all, there was no trace of wind.

Sitting up, Lan Xin took the warm water and moistened his throat, calmed down before saying, "How is Chuxiu Palace?" ”

Jin Peizi saw that the queen didn't answer Fang Cai's words, so she didn't talk anymore, and only replied: "It's still not good, not only is it not good, but the illness is gradually sinking." Imperial Doctor Cao is the two ends of Chuxiu Palace and Changchun Palace every day. The concubine also asked him, and he only said that Concubine Hui was overly worried, and she had hurt the roots, and the old disease had recurred, and she had reached the point where the oil was running out and the lamp was dry, which was purely a waste of time. ”

Speaking of this, Jin Peizi was also uncomfortable, grabbed the silk silk pinned to the placket and dipped it in tears, and sighed faintly. "It's also a poor man, so young that he ......"

Lan Xin laughed instead, although her chapped lips were moisturized by warm water, they were still cracked after all, and with this smile, red blood flowed out of the subtleties. "Sometimes I think about it, who is not pitiful. Looking at so many people in the harem, who don't have their own difficulties. It's a pity to leave at a young age, but it's also a relief. ”

"Mother, what's wrong with you?" Jin Peizi was distressed, and hurriedly asked, "Is there anything bad?" How can you break your heart with such discouraged words? ”

Rubbing his brain, Lan Xin took a breath, but did not take away a cold smile: "This palace is not discouraged, but thinks that this is good for everyone." What time is it? ”

"It's just past noon, and the imperial dining room has sent some porridge over, and it is also left in the ear room to be warm." Jin Peizi took the decoction sent in, and brought it to the queen with both hands: "The queen mother will use the medicine first, and then eat some porridge to cushion her hunger, and later, the slave maid will ask the imperial dining room to send some nourishing soup over." ”

Lan Xin took the medicine bowl and hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't drink it. "That's it, this palace only feels that his mouth is full of bitterness, so it's okay not to drink it. You can accompany me to see Concubine Hui. ”

"Okay." Jin Peizi is not a verbose person, she knows that the queen must have a good intention in doing this, so she didn't persuade her to say a word. "Suo Lan, it has snowed on the side, the road is slippery and difficult, you go and prepare a chariot to send the queen to Chuxiu Palace."

Sure enough, the Forbidden City, which had just snowed, had a thick layer of ice on the road. The chariot walked very slowly, like a few stout old cows lazily pulling in front, but it made the riders feel a little eager. The thick curtain blocked the cold east wind, and all that poured into my ears was the vigorous whistling sound.

"The concubine thinks that this Chuxiu Palace must be the most lively cold palace in the Forbidden City." Jin Peizi heard what the slave who was driving said, so she lifted the corner of the curtain, only to see that Concubine Xian's chariot was also parked outside Chuxiu Palace, and she couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Lan Xin got out of the car first with Suo Lan's hand.

Jin Peizi followed behind and wrapped her cloak for the queen. "Mother, beware of slippery roads."

"Bengong only feels lightheaded, and he can't make it hard, but he doesn't hide it from Concubine Jia, and it is not easy to feel sick and weak like this. As if the body was not his own, he did not have the tiredness of standing up and walking in a regular manner. It's hard for you and Suo Lan, one left and one right, it's hard to help. Lan Xin saw Concubine Xian's chariot, but she didn't have any thoughts in her heart.

It doesn't matter if she came to ridicule, or to see the fate of Concubine Hui, or to pity this woman who was about to die with a sympathetic eye. Lan Xin didn't think there was anything big about it anymore. After falling ill, when she woke up again and watched the strife and mental rivalry in the harem, she suddenly woke up.

In the Forbidden City, it has been like this for thousands of years. The harems of the kings of the past dynasties are also like this. So the emperor is not wrong, he is really not wrong, taking into account the overall situation, for the sake of the peace of the country and the people of the Qing Dynasty, sacrificing a woman is not a great thing.

It's just that, emotionally speaking, her heart is uncomfortable after all.

So what about Concubine Hui, when she knows that everything has been revealed, but the treatment of her has not changed a word, will she be willing, or will she want to die headlong?

"Why is Concubine Xian so free?" Jin Peizi's voice was full of provocation, as if it was a bumblebee with a stinger, and he wanted to stare at it when he saw it. "If you have time, you don't pick a place, who doesn't know how you love to get some auspicious places where flowers and butterflies are flying, how can you have the kung fu to come to such a secluded and clean place. Don't be boring, right? ”

Facing the queen's eyes, Jin Peizi understood: "The queen has something to say to Concubine Hui, don't be an eyesore here." ”

Bi Lan was very happy when she heard this, and took three steps and two steps: "Concubine Xian, please." She still stubbornly doesn't like Concubine Xian, although from the moment she came in, Concubine Xian didn't say a word. But just looking at her already made Bi Lan's hatred roll. How could she allow the enemy to be in front of her?

Panyu still didn't speak, but blessed the queen and hurriedly retreated.

Jin Peizi followed, still unrelenting, with only disdain in her eyes. "Concubine Xian pretends to be so pitiful, who is she going to show it? The emperor is not here. ”

"Bilan, you go out too." Lan Xin's voice was a little weak and sickly. "Jinlan Suolan, you all go down together. Bengong has some words, and I just want to say it to Concubine Hui alone. ”

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Gao Lingxi tried hard to squeeze out a smile: "The queen doesn't have to mind, in fact, they are not there, it doesn't matter if they hear it or not." The secret of the dead is not a secret at best. Whether it is good or bad, as soon as the concubine dies, she will no longer be heard. ”

"Concubine Zhe died at the hands of the Queen Mother." Lan Xin was concise and to the point, and directly said some filthy things that were blocked in his heart. "The person who handles it is Yu Concubine. The pine oil caused the palace to fall, and it was also from the hands of the queen mother, and the person who handled it was Xiao Feng. ”

Gao Lingxi hooked her lips slightly: "The concubine listened to the queen's voice a little unstable, whether she was unwell." You know, the body is tighter than anything else, and the more unhappy your heart is, the more you have to take good care of yourself. Don't be like a concubine, who wants to die or live, and it's uncomfortable to drag. ”

"You don't want to know ......" Lan Xin was a little depressed, and before he said this, he was choked by the breath he was holding back.

"The concubine already knows." Gao Lingxi slowly stretched out his hand, wanting to hold the queen. But she couldn't see it at all, so she had to explore tentatively in the air.

Lan Xin quickly stretched out her stiff hand in front of Hui Guifei's hand, and forcefully wrapped her fingers thinner than bamboo branches. "Do you really already know?" Those sad words, maybe she can think of it, but how much can she understand the emperor's decision and affection?

"Niangniang, you have figured things out, haven't you already told the concubine. Now that you know, how could the emperor not know. The concubine is here, cough cough ......" Gao Lingxi was touched by his affection, and before he finished his sentence, he coughed loudly.

Hurriedly helped her smooth her back, Lan Xin persuaded in a low voice: "To live in the moment is to know how to accept fate." Hui Guifei, you are smart and can see clearly. ”

"If you can't see clearly, you have to see clearly." Gao Lingxi finally came to her senses and slowly spoke: "Concubine Yu is subject to the Queen Mother, even if she can stand up, she will definitely not have any evidence in her hands." The queen mother's secret, the relationship is very clear, and the emperor will not take such a risk for a mere concubine. But it's okay, it's good that the concubine can wait until the truth is revealed.

It's just that...... It's just that the concubines will never know what kind of mood the emperor will use to face the concubines after understanding the truth. Won't he regret it? Won't he feel wronged for his concubine? Doesn't he feel that it will be difficult to pay off his debts to his concubines in this life? Or is he not supposed to do it at all......"

When these words spoke, Concubine Hui seemed to have been stripped of her skin, and she softened. Even if he leaned on the tuan, he still couldn't support his crooked body. "The Queen's Mother...... The concubine is afraid that it will be ...... It's almost dying. The concubine doesn't have any unfulfilled wishes, the concubine just hopes that her mother's family is safe and not to be dragged down by the useless person of the concubine. If it is in the future, what is missing in my father to anger the emperor, my mother, and the concubines beg you to think of something...... Save Daddy's life. ”

"Don't worry, this palace will definitely do its best." Lan Xin gently stroked Hui Guifei's cheeks, wet and broken hair. The wisp of green silk was carefully pinned behind her ear: "The women in the Forbidden City have never lived for themselves. You are, and so is this palace, so this palace empathizes with you and promises you that you will definitely do it. ”

Gao Lingxi smiled, it was still bright and moving, and it was still a country and a city, but unfortunately, no one who saw such a smile would not feel beautiful, but would only feel a heart-rending pain.