With light footsteps and actions like the wind, Lan Xin led Duolan through the corridor leading to the fish pond in the backyard, regardless of how many internal guards of Cining Palace he met. His cheeks burned with his eagerness, but fortunately, the flush was not so conspicuous when it blended with the color of the red lantern under the porch.

"What did you find?" Lan Xin deliberately raised his voice, as if he was a little surprised in shock. "What will be in the Changchun Palace of the main palace?"

Yafu arrived one step ahead of the queen, figured out the origin of the scream, and said unhurriedly: "Don't blame the queen, it's not a disadvantage to be a slave, so that her subordinates startled the Jinlan girl who went into the water to fish." ”

At the same time, Jin Lan trembled and stepped forward, wet from the waist down, and dripping water from time to time. "The queen mother forgives her sins, the slave maid wanted to boil you some fishbone soup, but who knew that there was such a big commotion, and it almost made people think of them as assassins. Ahh

It's already winter, and the knife-like wind blows through the wet icy water, which is both piercing and penetrating, and it is really unbearable.

"Look at you, just let the inner prison do these things, why did you jump into the water by yourself." Although Lan Xin didn't understand why Jinlan appeared and relieved the crisis for Ruying, she still thanked her for coming in such a timely manner.

"In the entire Changchun Palace, except for slaves and maids, no one is so water-savvy and can touch fish with bare hands." Jinlan was quite proud, although he was answering the queen's words, he told Yafu everything to hear. "What's more, it's a matter of serving the queen's mother closely, and the slave doesn't want to fake her hands to others, and she hopes that the mother will forgive her sins."

Lan Xin nodded, and said worriedly: "I've wronged you, Duolan, quickly help Jinlan back to the room to change into dry clothes, if you see the wind, I'm afraid of falling ill." ”

Yafu also echoed the queen: "Exactly, since the matter has been clarified." The palace maid who was in trouble in Cining Palace did not come to Changchun Palace to threaten the comfort of the queen's mother, so the slave maid retired first. ”

Bowing his head, Lan Xin was not prepared to embarrass Yafu for anything. After all, she also listened to the orders of the Queen Mother. "Now that it's been checked, the palace will be at ease."

"The slave and maid take the liberty of bothering tonight, and I hope that the queen will forgive her sins." Yafu solemnly bowed to the queen, and then led the people to impatiently withdraw from the Changchun Palace. "If you look elsewhere, you must not let her wander to the rest of the harem. In addition, as soon as the morning dawns, the matter of the six palaces will be immediately announced. ”

Listening to Yafu's words, Lan Xin knew that Ruying's life was in danger, and her heart couldn't help but become nervous again. "Take Jinlan back to the room to change clothes first." Summoned two maids, Lan Xin hurriedly asked Xue Guining to go to the palace gate to watch: "Beware of Yafu going and returning, the palace gate doesn't have to be closed immediately, so as not to arouse suspicion." If there's something wrong, let someone know about it. Duo Lan hurry, go find Ruying. ”

Duo Lan took a few chamberlains from Changchun Palace, and finally found Ruying. "Auntie, come up."

Ruying, who was latent underwater, listened to Duolan's voice, and her mood gradually calmed down, and she took a breath with a pen holder before slowly floating up.

"Quick, you guys hurry up." Duo Lan, together with the inner eunuch, dragged Ruying up with all hands and feet, and the original ragged clothes were wet and sticking to her body at this time, making Ruying even more skinny. "Don't talk about it for now, the slave will accompany you to change your clothes quickly."

Lan Xin looked at Ruying, who couldn't stop trembling, and her lips were purple, and she only felt that what she was bad about was not a sin that ordinary people could not bear. "Duolan, you ask someone to cook a big pot of ginger soup for Ruying and Jinlan to pour down. On such a day, if the cold is not removed as soon as possible, it is really going to fall into the root of the disease. ”

"Yes, the slave knows." Duo Lan looked around vigilantly, and saw that there were no living people, so he was relieved.

Lan Xin was also accompanied by someone and returned to the dormitory. It was only at this moment that she let out a long sigh of relief. As long as you wait until dawn and let Ruying see the emperor, then everything will be clear.

The emperor is Ruying's most trusted person, so he will definitely be able to get the evidence in Ruying's mouth.

This night, thrilling, and long tight, as if it could not reach the dawn. Naturally, Lan Xin also thought about it, when the emperor left Chuxiu Palace and was about to go to the Qianqing Palace, he would let the emperor invite him to Changchun Palace. But doing so undoubtedly attracted the attention of the Queen Mother, after all, she was too careless.

If you want to do it as usual, maybe you can escape the eyes of the Queen Mother. That's the way to do it.

After a while, Jinlan changed her clothes and hurriedly came to the queen's bedroom: "Niangniang, just now Xue Guining said that Aunt Yafu has returned to Cining Palace, looking at the posture, she is preparing to take the queen mother's decree and search the palace at dawn." ”

Lan Xin glanced at her and said quietly: "Why did you suddenly appear, it seems that you shouldn't be on duty tonight." There is an element of suspicion in this statement, after all, the stakes are big, and it may involve the lives of many people and the emperor's biological mother, so it is impossible to trust without asking.

"Actually, the slave maid followed Aunt Yafu into the palace." Jinlan said calmly: "It's very strange, Aunt Yafu first went to the miscellaneous courtyard to find someone, and the slave was curious, so she followed to see what was going on." Who knows, this group of people actually came to Changchun Palace, and the slave maid was afraid that something would happen, so she deliberately followed, so she jumped off the fish pond before Aunt Yafu found the trace of that person. ”

Good and dignified, since you suspect Changchun Palace, what is Yafu going to do in the miscellaneous courtyard? Lan Xin always felt that Yafu was not as simple as she saw on the surface, and said that she had been by the side of the Queen Mother, and naturally she would experience a lot more than others.

Without thinking about it any longer, Lan Xin looked at Jinlan, who still had some black purple lips, and hurriedly asked, "Have you drunk the ginger soup?" It's good to warm up your body, it's really hard for you when it's cold like this. ”

"The slave has grown up near the water since childhood, and it is not the first time to fish in the water in winter, it is okay, thank you for your care." At this time, Jinlan felt a lot more comfortable, not because she did something for the queen to get praise, but what made her happy was that she could talk to the queen mother so kindly.

It's no longer a sense of alienation that is deliberately and carefully maintained, but a kind of relationship that is very close to each other.

After settling down Ruying, Duo Lan walked in worriedly, sad: "Queen Mother." ”

"How's it going?" Lan Xin hurriedly asked, "After soaking in ice water for a long time, can Ruying's body withstand it?" ”

"Niangniang's guess is right, the slave maid doesn't seem to be in a good situation when she sees Aunt Ruying." Duo Lan's brows condensed: "The slave waited for her to pour several bowls of ginger soup, thinking that she would be better if she fell asleep, but looking at it like this, it seemed that the coldness had penetrated into the bone marrow, and she had already begun to have a high fever at this time." The slave maid thought that it would be safer to invite the imperial doctor to take a look, after all, Aunt Ruying had many new injuries and old ......"

"Okay." Lan Xin was afraid that something would be wrong at this juncture, so he agreed: "The sky is about to dawn, so you go and ask Imperial Doctor Cao Xuyan to come." Whether his uncle is friends with this palace or not, he will sell some affection. On the face, if someone asks, even if it is said that the nightmare of this palace is shocking. ”

"The slave knows what to do." Duo Lan responded shrewdly, and hurriedly said: "If the mother has no instructions, the slave will do it." ”

Lan Xin nodded heavily, turned his head to Jinlan and said, "By the emperor's side, Li Yu should be waiting for you today." You go to him in person, the nightmare of the palace is terrifying, let him ask the emperor to come to Changchun Palace to visit as soon as he arrives. ”

"Yes." Jinlan responded, only to find that the queen's eyebrows had been twisted, and her heart was hanging unbearably, and she couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable: "Niangniang, it's only bright now, why don't you lie down for a while, even if you squint for a while." ”

As soon as he closed his eyes, Ruying's words were in his mind, and he was really uneasy. The palace only hopes that today's early dynasty, there is not much to discuss, and the emperor can come early. ”

In the Buddhist hall of Cining Palace, the Queen Mother was open-eyed, fiddling with the Buddhist beads in her hand, and muttering the scriptures.

Jafo knelt on one side, bowed his head, silent, and did not move. This posture has been maintained since returning from Changchun Palace. She only felt pain in the palms of her hands, and her knees were rustling in pain from the cold of the floor tiles.

"The person must be in Changchun Palace, what method can't you find?" The Queen Mother suddenly spoke, her voice was not loud, but it was as sharp as a sharpened blade, and she could cut her hair with a light blow.

"Queen Mother, the slave really did her best. Inside and outside the Changchun Palace, in the corridors of the wings, and on the rockery trees, the slaves and maids did not fall anywhere. Even behind the marble screen of the queen's bedroom, the slave maid personally checked it, and there was no trace of Ruying at all. Yafu was embarrassed: "After all, the queen is the master of the middle palace, and the slaves and maids are not too arrogant, and it is not easy to check it once." ”

smiled coldly, but did not make a sound, the queen mother said indifferently: "What about the lord of the middle palace, if she dares to hide that slut, the mourning family will have a way to let the emperor abolish her." Even if the emperor misses the old love and does not want to abolish the queen, the mourning family can make her unable to survive and die

Yes. What dare she have to go against the mourners. ”

"Queen Mother." Yafo didn't know whether to say it or not.

"Huh?" The Queen Mother's voice was still cold.

Yafu thought about it, but still stubbornly said: "After thinking about it, the slave still thinks that if you search the palace wantonly, you will definitely be able to find Ruying." Externally, let's just say that she stole the precious ornaments and stabbed you, as long as the emperor doesn't see Ruying, he will definitely not be suspicious. ”

"The key is what you can do, so that the emperor doesn't see Ruying." The Queen Mother spoke coldly, and she was unable to be at peace with a stream of anger, and even the Buddha beads in her hand were squeaked: "That's the nurse who has fed the emperor, not to mention more than ten years of hard work, will the emperor not recognize him?" What's more, the mourning family can't put themselves in danger, if there is any mistake, do you tell the mourning family to go to the cold palace for the rest of their lives? ”