He Xi touched Tuoba Lin's little head with love and said, "It's because Lin'er's lotus flowers are so beautiful and my mother likes them, so I picked a few more." ”

Hearing this, Zijin stepped forward and said: "Little master, this is a flower that can be broken and must be broken, don't wait for no flowers to break the branches." ”

Tuoba Chen turned his head when he heard this, and took a deep look at Zijin, but Zijin seemed to be completely unaware of what he said, He Xi saw it in his eyes, Tuoba Lin didn't understand and asked: "Mother, what does it mean that there are flowers that can be broken and must be broken?" ”

He Xi said: "This is the meaning of being proud in life, you are young now, and you will understand it in the future." ”

Tuoba Lin was extremely well-behaved, he nodded, and Sister Zijin and Mama took Tuoba Lin down.

Tuoba Chen walked in the direction of the main hall with He Xi, and sure enough, he saw a lotus flower floating in the clay jar, which Tuoba Lin picked back before, Tuoba Chen nodded and said: "I look at this harem, only you have this elegant scene." ”

He Xi stroked Tuoba Chen's hand, took the lotus flowers in Ruyi's hand, and gently put them in the water, the lotus flowers entered the water, and there were ripples, He Xi said: "It is also because Lin'er has a heart, there will be more children in this palace in the future, and there will naturally be a different scenery everywhere." ”

Speaking of the child's matter, Tuoba Chen couldn't help but sigh and said: "The queen and Concubine Hui are not out of March yet, I heard that the first three months are the most dangerous, and Concubine Shu's month is older, but hasn't she been unwell all the time a few days ago?" He Xi looked at his frowning brows, and naturally knew that he was particularly worried.

Suddenly, her expression changed and she fell to her knees.

Tuoba Chen was startled and hurriedly said, "What are you doing here?" How did you make such a big courtesy? ”

He Xi buried his head deeply, and said in a deep voice: "The concubine wants to ask Your Majesty to atone for her sins, and the concubine has something to hide from Your Majesty." ”

Tuoba Chen sighed, his expression sank and said, "What's the matter?" ”

He Xi said: "A few days ago, the concubine quietly went to see Concubine Xu Shu, Niangniang's condition has always been good and bad, and the concubine became suspicious, so she paid attention to it, but she didn't want to find this thing in Concubine Shu's palace——"

Saying that, she glanced at Ruyi, Ruyi understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to take out the castor beans that Lu Chuan had handed over to He Xi from under the dressing table.

Tuoba Chen opened the layers of packages and saw oval-shaped castor beans, the whole plant was smooth, covered with wax powder, shiny and with black, white, and brown markings, which was not pleasing to look at.

Tuoba Chen said, "What is this?" ”

He Xi pointed to those castor beans and said: "These things were found by the concubine in the incense burner in the palace of the concubine, and the concubine thought that she was also a person who liked incense, but she had never seen this thing, so she asked the concubine, but she didn't want the concubine to know, so the concubine asked the concubine for it, and studied it carefully." Later, I couldn't figure it out, but it happened that day that Imperial Doctor Lu saw the concubine and saw that the concubine was studying this, so he told the concubine the origin of this thing, which was called castor beans. ”

Tuoba Chen sighed and said, "But the castor we often hear? ”

He Xi nodded and said: "That's true, but there is one more thing, Your Majesty must not know, that is, although this castor has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain, but it has been treated by the imperial doctors. ”

As soon as these words came out, Tuoba Chen's hand shook, and a castor bean rolled down from his palm and fell on the thick and tight blanket under their feet.

He Xi leaned over to pick it up and put it back on the desk, Tuoba Chen said, "But does Concubine Shu know about this?" ”

He Xi shook his head and said: "The concubine didn't dare to tell Concubine Shu, she just said that things were not good for the fetus, so let Concubine Shu stop using it, Niangniang thought it was true, and then the concubine went to see it, thinking that the person behind it knew that it was discovered, and she didn't let it go again." ”

Tuoba Chen said with a heavy expression: "Why don't you tell the truth to Concubine Shu, but tell me instead?" ”

He stared at He Xi tightly, almost not missing any expression on He Xi's face, He Xi's heart tightened, knowing that he was doubting herself, she clenched her palm tightly and said sincerely: "The concubine also decided to do this after careful consideration, even if the concubine said it to the concubine, the concubine may not believe the concubine, besides, the concubine is not in good health now, and she will be very worried about this matter." ”

Tuoba Chen saw that she was very frank, and asked for a long time: "Then how do you know that I will definitely believe you?" ”

He Xi suddenly raised his head, looked at Tuoba Chen fixedly, and said word by word: "Because Your Majesty promised the concubine, you will believe in the concubine." ”

For a moment, Tuoba Chen's expression was a little trance-like, such words were almost exactly the same words, and another person also said it, he was suddenly a little moved, pulled He Xi up from the ground and said: "I said that I believe in you, so I naturally want to believe you." You've got it right. ”

He pulled He Xi to sit beside him and said: "This matter, it's right to be quiet, I want to investigate it well, who is so suspicious and wants to harm my imperial heir, once it is found out, it will be severely punished." ”

He Xi nodded, she looked at the corner of the hall, and saw a light pink skirt corner flashing.

If it weren't for He Xi's heart, I'm afraid it would have been mistaken as a flying flower. He Xi smiled faintly, as if he didn't mind at all, as if someone had listened to what he said.

Tuoba Chen was determined to find out this matter secretly, and he also knew that He Xi would not know more, so he changed the topic and said: "I am thinking these days, find an enlightened teacher for Lin'er." ”

He Xi seemed to be interested, and couldn't help but sit up straight and ask, "Then Your Majesty has a suitable candidate?" ”

Tuoba Chen nodded and said, "Yes, it's just that this matter has not yet been decided, and that person doesn't know if he is in Beijing now." ”

He Xi asked, "Can the concubine know who His Majesty has chosen?" ”

Tuoba Chen said: "It's the predecessor's Ministry of Rites, whose name is Gongsun Bo, what's the matter?" Do you know? ”

He Xi's heart trembled, and he smiled and said, "Mr. Gongsun's name, no one knows, it's just-"

She looked at Tuoba Chen and stopped talking, Tuoba Chen saw this, and said, "But what's wrong?" ”

He Xi shook his head and said: "It's not inappropriate, it's just that the concubine heard my father say that Lord Gongsun resigned and retired by himself, this-"

Speaking of this, Tuoba Chen said with some regret: "My father implemented reforms back then, but it is a pity that his knowledge is too much, but raising the prince is a major matter of the country, and he must be able to understand things." ”

He Xi nodded and said, "If that's the case, it can be regarded as Lin'er's blessing." ”

Tuoba Chen patted the back of her hand comfortingly and said, "The royal child is naturally blessed, don't worry about this matter, I have already let Fuqing pay attention." ”

As he spoke, he turned his head and saw a familiar object, which was the luanwei qin that He Xi had played a long time ago, and he only felt that something seemed to be wrong everywhere today.

He Xi saw him staring at the qin, so he said: "This qin was given to the concubine by the queen's mother before, saying that she remembered that the concubine used to play it, but the concubine later accidentally learned that this qin was the first queen——"

She seemed to look at Tuoba Chen with some frustration, but she only saw that Tuoba Chen's face was a little sad, and she couldn't help sneering in her heart, but her expression was indeed more and more stunned, she said: "The concubine was worried that His Majesty would blame the concubine, so she put it away, today she was thinking of teaching Xi Lin'er to learn music and rhythm, so she let Ruyi take it out, I didn't expect Your Majesty to come suddenly, and I didn't have time to clean it up——"

Tuoba Chen waved his hand and said: "It's nothing, it's just a piano, how many people have used it, it doesn't matter, it just so happens today, you can play another song for me." ”

He Xi made a promise, stood up, walked to the desk, adjusted the sound of the piano, and said, "Your Majesty, what do you want to hear?" ”

Tuoba Chen said: "You can watch it." ”

Saying that, he half-closed his eyes, half-lying on the soft collapse, He Xi looked at the sky outside, and said: "It's already autumn, and the concubine will play a song to meet the situation." ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and stroked the strings, and the sound of Ling Ling flowed out from under his fingertips, starting and turning, outlining a picture of autumn geese flying south, autumn high and refreshing scene, the melody rose and fell, stretched, beautiful and beautiful; The tone is quiet and beautiful, but there is movement in the stillness.

The autumn is high and cool, the wind is calm and the sand is flat, the clouds are thousands of miles, the sky is flying, borrowing the ambition of the bird, writing the mind of Yishi, but it seems arbitrary and leisurely.

Suddenly, with a bang, the strings snapped apart, and a high-pitched tail note broke through the atmosphere of the room very abruptly.

He Xi exclaimed in surprise and retracted his hand, and the blood dripped on the luanwei qin drop by drop, and the indigo luanwei was fainted with bright red bloodstains, which looked bewitching and weird.

Tuoba Chen stood up, walked to He Xi's side, and said, "How is it?" Let me see—"

He Xi subconsciously retracted her hand, but Tuoba Chen still pulled her hand over, looked at the wound on it, and said, "Why are you so careless?" ”

He Xi said: "It's the concubine's fault, I think it's because this piano has been played for too long, and the concubine doesn't know that the strings are going to break, but it just pollutes the holy hearing, and the concubine should die." ”

Tuoba Chen sighed and said, "If it's broken, it's broken, let Ruyi send the medicine in." ”

When Ruyi heard this, he immediately came in with the medicine to stop bleeding, and carefully bandaged He Xi, while Tuoba Chen set his eyes on the luanwei qin, and saw that the strings were directly disconnected from the qin.

He looked at the paulownia wood on the side, but saw that the place was uneven, and the red paint on it was a little different from the surrounding color.

This piano was originally given to Mu Jin by Mu Jin, Mu Jin loved it very much, and even he was very familiar with the piano, he stretched out his hand and pressed it towards that position, but he felt that under his fingertips, the paulownia wood seemed to have been broken.

His eyes flashed, as if a cold star had flashed.