Although Luluo has never figured out why her mother believes in Hexi's fox so much, but this time, maybe Xu Qing'er will not blame herself again in the future.

The green pothos eyes were full of excitement, and she said in a low voice: "The slave knows that the mother is angry, but the mother listens to the slave and the maid finish speaking, and then the slave and the maid will be punished, and the slave and the maid will not complain at all." ”

Xu Qing'er naturally knew the nature of the pothos, and when she heard her say this, she said with some disgust: "Then don't sell it, if you have anything to say, say it quickly." ”

Seeing that Xu Qing'er didn't blame herself, the green pothos was happy in her heart, and the joy climbed up her eyebrows little by little, and even her eyebrows and eyes flew up: "Today's Lingxiu Palace is so strange, just after dinner, I closed the palace door early, refused the guests, and blew out the lights early to rest." ”

Seeing that she seemed to have discovered something new, Xu Qing'er couldn't help but say helplessly: "It's raining heavily today, and Your Majesty doesn't often walk around the harem, what can happen." There's nothing strange about resting earlier. ”

Luluo said with a mysterious look: "What the slave wants to say is not this, but this thing later, at night, the eldest prince cried endlessly because of the thunder, and Mrs. Xi, who was most distressed by the eldest prince on weekdays, didn't seem to hear it, and finally the nurse and mother carried the child to her dormitory, or Ruyi and the ugly slave came out to carry the child in, from beginning to end, I have never seen Mrs. Xi come forward." ”

This was out of Xu Qing'er's expectations, He Xi treated Tuoba Lin more closely than her own, and it was precisely because of this that even if her status was not noble, the eldest prince was still well raised in her palace.

While Xu Qing'er was pondering, Lu Pothos immediately said: "The strangest thing is that this eldest prince is still crying even in Mrs. Xi's bedroom, and now it seems that he should have been crying for two or three hours." Pothos pursed her lips with some disdain.

Rao is Xu Qing'er felt that there was something strange in this matter, she frowned and said softly: "This is also a strange thing, I have also seen this child, it is very sticky to Sister He Xi, it is really rare to cry all the time." ”

Seeing that she was still screaming as Sister Hexi, Luluo was dissatisfied, and she guessed: "From the perspective of slaves, maybe this eldest prince is a chess piece in the hands of Mrs. Xi, in order to win His Majesty's favor, in fact, it is not as favored as it is on weekdays." ”

Xu Qing'er wanted to reprimand the pothos for not talking nonsense, but this matter was really strange, and she was also strange.

Xu is seeing that Xu Qing'er was a little hesitant, and the green pothos said while the iron was hot: "Niangniang, if we go and see, we can't let the motherless child be bullied like this, the eldest prince is also pitiful, don't say that the mother is dead, Concubine Hui, Mrs. Hexi, which one is not suspicious." The pothos couldn't help but sigh with some regret.

Xu Qing'er saw that she said Tuoba Lin so pitifully, and inevitably felt a trace of compassion, nodded slowly, and said, "Then let's go and see, what's going on in the province, and we can do a favor." ”

Seeing that Xu Qing'er agreed to her suggestion, Lu Luo was overjoyed, and hurriedly turned around and took out the powder-blue brocade dress that Xu Qing'er often wore from the cabinet, and put on a blue cloak, all of which were ready, and then held up the umbrella and walked out of the palace gate of the Ice Spring Palace.

But I didn't want to just go out of the palace gate, and I saw a group of people coming in front of me, holding paper umbrellas, and the dim light of the lantern was also glowing with orange-yellow mist in the rain curtain, Xu Qing'er shook off the pothos and held her wrist, and the pothos knew that she was angry, but she hung her head, serving carefully and didn't dare to say a word.

The pedestrian in the distance gradually entered. Xu Qing'er also saw someone coming, it was the queen mother and the concubine Hui who were dressed in regular clothes, Xu Qing'er stepped forward, and bowed softly and said: "The concubine is the queen mother, the concubine is the mother, the mother is blessed." ”

Lan Xin stood still, but Queen Lan Ruo stepped forward and affectionately grabbed Xu Qing'er's wrist and said, "Sister Shufei is heavy, so don't salute, but why did Sister come out late this night?" ”

Xu Qing'er opened her mouth, and before she could speak, she heard Lan Xin say in a cold tone: "Presumably, Concubine Shu also wants to see what kind of person she is secretly in the background." ”

Everyone present knew that she was pointed, especially before she was not good for taking care of the eldest prince, this time she gave He Xi a chance, Xu Qing'er ignored her, and looked at Lan Ruodao in a soft voice: "The concubine just heard the cry of the eldest prince, and she was nervous, thinking that Mrs. Xi needed help, so she got up and came over to have a look." ”

She was polite, Lan Ruo had a smile on her face, but the smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes, she nodded and said: "This palace is also here because of this matter, Mrs. Xi has never given birth, and the eldest prince is the treasure in this palace, and there are inevitably many people who care about it, since this is the case, let's go in with this palace." ”

In Lingxiu Palace, Ruyi and Chou'er were already anxious like ants on a hot pot, and the cry of the eldest prince was already like a magic sound at this time, lingering in the hearts of several people, Ruyi couldn't help but whisper: "My little ancestor, don't cry." ”

But he didn't want the eldest prince to be indifferent, and suddenly there were footsteps outside, and after a while, I heard the voice of the little eunuch replying: "The queen mother is here——,——, Concubine Hui is here, and the lady concubine is here—" One after another, the voice of the eunuch's exclusive spy seemed to open the blue bricks and blue tiles of this Lingxiu Palace.

Ruyi and Chou'er glanced at each other, quickly put the eldest prince on the couch, stuffed it into Lianxin's arms, and said quickly: "No matter what happens, don't you speak, do you hear?" ”

Lian Xin nodded, there was also an anxious look in her eyes, although she had changed her appearance, and she had also learned He Xi's habitual movements by heart on weekdays, but there was still a little difference in this voice.

Lianxin took the eldest prince in her arms, coaxed quietly, Chou'er put down the layers of curtains, and went to open the door as she wished, Chou'er quickly extinguished a candle, and the hall suddenly darkened.

With a squeak, a night breeze mixed with a drizzle of rain drifted in, and Ruyi and Chou'er knelt down in unison and said: "Slave maid see Queen Mother, Concubine Hui Niang, Concubine Lady Niangniang." Niang Niang Wan Fu Jin'an. ”

Lan Ruo stood at the door and looked into the hall, only to see two maidservants, but the eldest prince and He Xi were gone, and even the cry of the child that he heard at the door just now was no longer really audible.

She seemed to have doubts, and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Xi is really a big shelf, this palace and your sisters came, and I didn't see Mrs. Xi come out to say goodbye?" ”

Ruyi hung his head, and his fingers trembled lightly: "Back to the queen's mother, our little master's leg disease has recurred, and today he has contracted the wind and cold, and he can't speak, so he can only stay in bed, and he wants to ask Imperial Doctor Lu to come and see tomorrow." ”

"Oh? It seems that it is really unfortunate that this palace came today, Qiao'er, took the sign of this palace, invited Imperial Doctor Wei to come, and showed Mrs. Xi what kind of illness this is, and she doesn't even have the strength to get out of bed and ask for peace. Qiao'er answered yes, and went out with an umbrella, wishful thinking, but the words had already come out, if she changed her words at this time, she was afraid that it would arouse suspicion, and she was already panicked in her heart.

Lan Xin looked around and saw that the huge dormitory had only been lit with three or four red candles, and they were all placed in the corners of the hall.

The candlelight was dim, and even the expressions of the two palace maids on the opposite side were too dark to see, Lan Xin said loudly: "Mrs. Xi, this Lingxiu Palace is economical, and it only lit so many red candles, what I know is that Mrs. Xi is for the expenses in the palace, and I don't know that I think Mrs. Xi has done something unseemly." "She had a thorn in her words, and she couldn't wait to label He Xi as a troublemaker."

Because the queen didn't call up, Ruyi and Chou'er both knelt, and when they heard Lan Xin say this, Chou'er took a step forward on her knees, and said in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant: "Concubine Hui misunderstood, our little lord just doesn't like the light when he is resting, originally there was only a red candle lit in the hall, but today it was because he wanted to coax the prince to light two more." Lan Xin saw that someone dared to refute herself, and said with an ugly face: "Linglong, this palace is happy, go and light all the red candles in the hall, the brighter the better." ”

Linglong deliberately raised her voice, answered yes playfully, and walked past Ruyi and Chou'er with a high spirit. Chou'er bit her lower lip tightly, Ruyi on the side shook her head at Chou'er, signaling her not to act rashly, Linglong picked up the fire fold placed on the table, and lit the red candles in the room one by one, and in an instant, the room was bright, and even the thin figure of He Xi behind the bed curtain could be vaguely seen.

Several people were supported by their respective maidservants, but Lan Xin stood in the middle of the dormitory, staring at He Xi's figure with a pair of eyes, and said softly: "This palace wants to see today how this good mother of the eldest prince, who is praised by everyone, brought the prince of our calendar." ”

After speaking, she approached quickly, and seeing that she was about to arrive at the bed, Chou'er got up from the ground suddenly, stopped in front of Lan Xin and said: "Concubine Hui, the eldest prince is frightened today, I'm afraid it is inconvenient to see all the mothers, if the mother wants to see it, it will be possible to come back tomorrow." ”

Lan Xin was even more puzzled in her heart, she felt more and more that there was something strange in this, she sneered: "What if this palace must see it today?" What can you do to me, a little? ”

The ugly child said without moving: "The slave knows that she is soft-spoken, but if she really frightens the eldest prince today, it will be difficult for the mother to explain in front of His Majesty in the future, so please think twice!" ”

There was a snap, only a loud slap was heard, accompanied by the sound of metal falling to the ground.

The mask on the ugly child's face has fallen.