Watching Hongfu fly away, Yun Niang said with a heavy heart: "Niangniang, I'm afraid it won't work for Mother Li to go back alone." ”

"Yun Niang, do you mean that they are orphans and widows, and they can't control a few uncles and brothers in the family?"

"That's right, think about Aunt Ruichun in the wife's house, her daughter didn't let a few uncles of her family bully her. Back then, our housekeeper went to suppress those brothers in our own family who were eyeing each other. ”

"I've heard Hongfu say a few things about this."

"Mother Li died of a man, and her daughter is not a child of the Li family, and the family is making trouble, and she really wants to force away Xiao Maozi's sister, and Mother Li doesn't take care of it."

Wan Ying suddenly said: "This palace didn't expect this layer, if the uncles of the Li family really drove away Xiao Maozi's sister, Mother Li can't refute it." ”

"Niangniang is right, the daughter of Aunt Ruichun back then, relying on the power of our family, was barely able to gain a foothold in her mother-in-law's house. At that time, our family was still a general's mansion. ”

"Yun Niang means that since the palace wants to take care of Mother Li and Mao Er, you have to support them, right?"

Yun Niang nodded and said, "I don't need Niangniang to come forward to support her, just let Father-in-law Fang send someone to help with it." After all, they are people in the palace, and they can be bluffed when they go to the countryside. ”

"Since that's the case, hurry up and call Father-in-law Fang over."

Yun Niang was about to go, looking around the hall except for Wan Ying, a little uneasy, and called a little palace maid outside the hall to come over and say: "Go and tell the head manager Fang Gonggong, just say that it was Niangniang, let Fang Gonggong send a few people to follow Mother Li home, and then let these people come back when the affairs of Mother Li's house are finished." ”

The little palace maid got the order, and quickly walked out of the yard, Yun Niang watched the little girl walk away, walked to Wanying's side and said, "It hasn't stopped at noon, Niangniang will rest for a while!" ”

Wanying didn't feel tired just now, but when Yun Niang said this, she actually felt that her back was sore and her legs were swollen. Yun Niang helped Wanying into the dormitory, but before she could enter, she was so startled by a little palace maid behind the curtain that she almost fell.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Who let it in? Yun Niang was also shocked by this little palace maid in a cold sweat, and asked with a face.

The little palace maid hid next to the curtain and said tremblingly: "If you go back to Aunt Niang, the slave maid is the palace maid of Jinseju, come and clean the dormitory of Niangniang." ”

Yun Niang was uncharacteristically alert, and asked angrily, "Who let you in?" Don't you know the rules? ”

"Auntie is angry, I've been sweeping this yard for three years."

"Who let you in? What are you holding in your hand? ”

The little palace maid stretched out her hand tremblingly, it was a rag. There are oil stars everywhere on his body. There was also a lot of dust on the skirt.

"Who let you in?" Yun Niang bit the little palace maid abnormally.

"Auntie, I've been sweeping this yard for three years, I don't believe you ask Father-in-law Fang."

Yun Niang asked reluctantly: "What's your name?" ”

"Auntie, my name is Wu'er."

"How old are you? Where is home? ”

"On the fifteenth of this year, my home is in the capital. Auntie, the slave maid just wanted to go out, but she didn't finish the work she was doing for a while, and when she was done, she didn't dare to go out again. ”

"Really?"

"Uh-huh, yes aunt. The aunt didn't give any orders, and the slave and maid retreated first. After the little palace maid finished speaking, she ran out, Yun Niang stepped forward quickly, grabbed it, and shouted: "Stop!" Who let you go? Where do you want to go? ”

Yun Niang couldn't help but say to the little palace maid outside: "Call a few little eunuchs to come over and beat this five sons and twenty boards." ”

When Wu'er heard that she was going to beat herself, she was so anxious that she cried, and she didn't care about the oil star on her body, and directly pounced on Yun Niang's side to beg for mercy.

Yun Niang pulled out her legs and shouted outside the hall: "Hurry up and call a few eunuchs, take this Wu'er away and beat twenty boards first." ”

After a sip of tea, two eunuch-like people entered the hall and went out with Wu'er, who was struggling desperately.

Wanying looked at Yun Niang suspiciously, knowing that Yun Niang must be for herself, but she couldn't understand the reason: "Yun Niang ......"

"Niangniang wants to ask, why did I send this little palace maid, right?"

Wanying nodded and said, "You usually treat the people below very well, and if you can say something wrong, you won't fight." ”

Yun Niang locked her eyebrows and said: "Niangniang, how long have we been in the palace, fortunately, we didn't say anything that couldn't be said, if we did, wouldn't these five people hide behind the tent and listen to them all." ”

Wanying said: "Since she didn't hear anything, Yun Niang beat her, shouldn't she cry out for injustice." ”

Yun Niang shook her head and smiled bitterly: "This little palace maid looks weird, the handkerchief she is holding in her hand is dry." What can a dry rag wipe on? ”

Wan Ying obviously didn't realize this detail, and also asked vigilantly, "Yun Niang suspects that she entered the hall on purpose?" ”

"And this little palace maid, since you have entered the palace to clean up, the masters should come out in advance when they come back, or come out to ask for peace and then go out, how can you hide behind the tent?"

According to Yun Niang's words, it is indeed a little strange for this palace to look at the little palace maid. I saw that there was not much ash on her rag, and there were grease stains and twists everywhere on her skirt, and there was a lot of ash. ”

"Not only that, you see her eyes rolling when she speaks, this is what she is making up, it is a lie, before I finished speaking, she wanted to run to the yard. This is clearly trying to escape. ”

Wanying walked thoughtfully to the side of the bed, and was about to lie down, Yun Niang suddenly seemed to have found something, grabbed Wanying and said, "Niangniang, I laid this bed neatly this morning, you see that this fold has clearly been moved." ”

Wanying couldn't see why, and looked at Yun Niang with a puzzled expression, and then looked at the bed. Still can't see anything wrong.

Yun Niang helped Wanying to sit back on the chaise longue in front of the window, and then lifted the sheets by herself, and flicked her head to look in.

Sure enough, at the very end of the line of sight, Yun Niang found an unknown object. Pressed against the ground, he struggled to climb in, and then struggled to pull the unknown object out. When the two of them looked at it, they realized that it was a bucket full of lamp oil.

"How is lamp oil?" Wanying's heart was pounding.

Yun Niang stared at the lamp oil stubbornly, and quickly sorted out the twists and turns in her mind back and forth.

The sudden lamp oil made both of them feel a little cold in their backs, if a good lamp oil is used for lighting, it can be placed in the hall in a dignified manner, why should it be secretly stuffed under the bed, the only explanation is to set it on fire.

"Lamp oil...... Lamp...... Fire! At this point, the two of them didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Wan Ying and Yun Niang shouted out the window at the same time: "Quickly call that palace maid back." ”

Before the voice reached the eyes of the palace maids outside the hall, the eunuch who carried the little palace maid out ran in in a panic, and rushed into the main hall in a puff of smoke, not caring about asking for peace, and stammered directly: "Niangniang, that girl bit her tongue and committed suicide!" ”

"What?" Wanying was so shocked that her eyes almost fell out.

Yun Niang said calmly: "Where did you die?" ”

The little eunuch said: "As soon as she got outside, before she got to the torture room, she bit her tongue and committed suicide, but we didn't say anything, let alone scare her." ”

"Who saw it?"

"Just the two of us?"

"Where is the body now?"

"Dirty things must not be brought in again, we hide her in the flowers on the side of the road, my little brother is guarding, and I will report to my mother."

"Okay, don't make a noise about this, I can't spare you if you leak a word."

"Auntie, the rules in the palace are understood, you just give the slave a thousand dares, and the slave doesn't dare to talk nonsense."

"She committed suicide, and according to the palace rules, she wanted to implicate her family and find out what was going on in her family."

"Auntie, what about the corpse?"

Yun Niang was a little hesitant, but she returned to normal in an instant, and said to the little eunuch: "There are few people in the garden now, so I took it out and buried it while people were not paying attention." ”

The little eunuch nodded and understood that he was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Yun Niang again, and instructed again: "This matter can't leak a word, do you understand?" ”

The little eunuch said with a panicked face: "Auntie, how many heads do the slaves dare to tell the outside. ”

The little eunuch was about to go out again, but this time he was stopped by Wanying.

"What's your name?"

"Back to Niangniang, the slave's name is Cao Dabao, and everyone is called Xiaobao when I enter the palace."

"Xiaobao, how many years have you been in the palace? How old is this year? ”

"Back to Niangniang, the slave has been in the palace for ten years, and this year is sixteen."

"How long have you been in Jinseju?"

"Five years."

"Do you know the one named Wu'er just now?"

"Wu'er? Wu'er was released this spring. It's long gone in the palace. ”

This really confirmed the guess in Wanying's heart, and Wanying continued to ask, "Do you know Wu'er?" ”

"Yes, we have been working together in Jinseju for so many years."

"Then are you sure that palace maid just now is not Wu'er?"

"Niangniang, Wu'er turned twenty-five this spring and was released early."

"The real Wu'er has already left the palace, so where did this fake Wu'er come from?" Wanying muttered to herself.

"Niangniang, the slave dares to use his life to guarantee that the palace maid is definitely not Wu'er."

"Got it, you go deal with her."

The little eunuch didn't leave in a hurry this time, but confirmed, "Niangniang, auntie, if there is no order, the slave will go." ”

"You search carefully to see if there is anything on the corpse."

"yes, I see."

Watching the little eunuch walk away, Wanying sat on the edge of the bed in despair, with huge tears in her eyes rolling down her cheeks. Yun Niang took the handkerchief and wiped it gently, comforted Wanying and said: "Don't worry, there are thousands of guards in the palace, the prince has explained a few times before leaving, you must guard the good mother, and it will be fine." ”

When Wanying heard this, the tears in her eyes couldn't be stopped anymore, she hugged her lower abdomen tightly, and cried and said, "Who is it?" Who did Hongu offend? ”

"Niangniang, do you want to tell the prince about this matter quickly?"

Wan Ying shook her head and said, "Go find General Zhao, the head of the palace guards, he is Daddy's former subordinate. Let her find out first. By the way, I will transfer some troops and defend Jin Seju day and night. ”

"I'm going to go to General Zhao and tell him about today's events, and by the way, let him secretly investigate what this Wu'er is."

Yun Niang walked out of the main hall, Wan Ying was suddenly a little scared, and before she could call Yun Niang back, Yun Niang herself came in from the water curtain again.

"I'm not leaving, I'll go again when Hongfu comes back." Yun Niang increased Wanying's horror and didn't say why she didn't go now.

Yun Niang didn't say it, Wan Ying understood in her heart, and said with tears: "Yun Niang, this palace is afraid." This palace misses the prince, this palace thinks about my father and mother, and this palace doesn't want to live in this place. ”

Yun Niang gently hugged Wanying, her heart almost hurt and bleed, a few months ago, she was a carefree daughter in the family, and suddenly she became the target of Jinzun and Yugui. Thinking of Aunt Lin's repeated instructions before the wedding, she said firmly: "Niangniang, don't be afraid!" For today's plan, it is better to hurry up and tell the prince. Let's see what the prince does. ”

Wanying thought of the words that Prince Rong had said to her before leaving, and she didn't want to worry him about what happened to him, "Let's discuss it with my father first?" ”

Yun Niang's eyes were like torches, and she had already seen that the prince hurriedly sent Wanying out of the capital and placed her in the palace There must be an internal reason. "Niangniang, is there a problem on the prince's side?"

This sentence stirred up the tears that Wanying had temporarily contained. hugged Yun Niang and said: "This palace doesn't know, but this palace feels that if the prince hadn't encountered a hurdle that he couldn't get over, he wouldn't have sent this palace out at this time." ”

"I understand, then let's discuss it with the master first, that little treasure just now, after he comes back, let him go back to the capital for a run."

"Yun Niang, I miss the prince, and I also miss my father and mother."

"Niangniang, you can't call yourself 'I', no matter when, you have to call yourself 'Bengong'."

"Yun Niang, I'm afraid."

"Niangniang, I know you're afraid, with Yun Niang here, the demons and monsters won't hurt Niangniang."