In the afternoon, when the sun was shining, Meng Shuipei sneaked out of the courtyard, Li Qing stared at her from afar, only to see her go out of the courtyard gate, walked in the direction of the library for a while, stopped, as if a little timidly hesitated for a while, turned around and walked towards the lake.

When he was about to arrive at the pavilion by the lake, Meng Shuipei hesitated again, and only after a while did he bypass the pavilion, came to an unsheltered flower, and squatted down, Li Qing did not approach, only stared from afar, and had a cup of tea, Meng Shuipei stood up, looked around vigilantly for a moment, and then ran briskly towards the courtyard.

Seeing her run away, Li Qing walked quickly to the bush of flowers, carefully checked, the edge of the flower root was obviously turned over, Li Qing picked a branch from the side and dug it up, and soon dug out a silver-red handkerchief, Li Qing threw the branch, picked up the handkerchief with his hand, trembled, looked carefully, the handkerchief was embroidered with rich flowers, and the corner was embroidered with a thin silver silk thread with the word "qin", this is Gu Hongqin's handkerchief, it seems that Gu Hongqin's death is related to this handkerchief.

Li Qing stuffed the handkerchief into his arms, used his feet to put the pile of dirt back to its original state, and quietly went back to the yard.

Early in the morning of the Qianqiu Festival, the grandmothers watched everyone start to comb and change clothes, and at the time of Shen Zheng, Li Qing and Meng Shuipei, Yang Yuzhu, Wang Shufen, Liu Xiuyu and others arrived at the Chunhe Palace.

Chun and the palace with a room, Li Qing was following the palace maid on duty, so busy that the corners of her forehead were sweating, Mama Wang came in and called Li Qing to go out, Li Qing's heart was slightly sudden, stagnant, and quietly glanced at Meng Shuipei in the corner of her eyes, and sure enough, she saw that she was staring at Mama Wang nervously, and then staring at herself, Li Qing hurriedly lowered her head, straightened her clothes, and walked out behind Mama Wang.

Mama Wang took Li Qing out of the back room, turned into the side hall, bypassed a rosewood marble landscape screen, on the bamboo couch behind the screen, the second prince was sitting on the couch and bowing his head to drink tea, and there was only a middle-aged eunuch standing next to him. The silk and bamboo in the main hall next to it sounded softly, laughter, and the banquet was a lively time.

Mama Wang took Li Qing forward and kowtowed, the cup in the hands of the second prince drooped down, the middle-aged eunuch hurriedly stepped forward to take the cup, the second prince's face was a little red, Li Qing smelled the strong smell of wine from afar, and secretly complained in his heart, Mama Wang was full of smiles:

"Back to the second master, someone brought it."

The second prince waved his hand, and Mama Wang kowtowed again, got up and retreated carefully.

The second prince looked at Li Qing who was lying on the ground, a thin little girl, frowned, and said in a cold voice:

"Lift your head up."

Li Qing raised his head, his eyes drooped, as if he didn't dare to raise his eyes to look, the second prince's upper body leaned forward slightly, and looked carefully, his facial features were only passable, and his face was too bad, white and lifeless, his skin was thicker, his brows were furrowed even more, and he said for a long time:

"I heard that you and the eldest lady of the Shen family, Fang Fei and Ning He County Lord are all close friends in the boudoir, and your body has been weak since you were a child, Lord Shen entrusted me to take care of you one or two, Fang Fei also entrusted me, I want you to follow Ning He County Lord to Xidi, it seems that your body is weaker, it is not suitable for long journeys, it is better to stay in my house, Miss Shen can also take care of you in the future."

Li Qing complained bitterly in his heart, he didn't dare to show it on his face, knowing that his voice was too sweet and charming, and he didn't dare to speak, so he had to lean down and kowtow, but his eyes looked around as much as possible, and he saw a pink and green shoe exposed under the screen behind him, their shoes today are such pink and green palace shoes! Li Qing secretly prayed in his heart: "Buddha bless, it must be Meng Shuipei's shoes!" ”

The second prince's wine came up a little, and he held his head that was starting to get dizzy and said:

"Pick tomorrow, let Mama Wang tell you a disease, send you to Anle Hall first, and I will have someone wait there to pick you up."

After speaking, he waved his hand and motioned for Li Qing to go down, Li Qing kowtowed again, stood up, hung his head, stared at the feet of the second prince and the middle-aged eunuch, and walked backwards outward, when he was about to reach the screen, the middle-aged eunuch took off his shoes for the second prince and straightened up, Li Qing raised his head, and saw the middle-aged eunuch bending down to help the second prince lie down, when both of them couldn't see this side, they hurriedly took out the silver-red handkerchief from their arms and threw it behind the screen.

The shoes behind the screen were gone, and almost at the same time, a terrifying scream rang out from behind the screen, through the screen, through the walls, and into the ears of everyone in the side hall and the main hall.

Li Qing turned around, revealing a face full of fear, the second prince jumped down from the collapse with bare feet, and there was a rush and chaotic footsteps in the direction of the main hall, as if countless people were rushing over.

Meng Shuipei was so frightened that his face was deformed, his whole body trembled like chaff, his eyes were staring at the silver-red handkerchief on the ground, his hands were holding his head, and he kept screaming, like crazy.

The queen, the imperial concubine, the concubine, the eldest prince, the third prince and the fourth prince, as well as the envoys who congratulated the queen on the Qianqiu Festival all rushed over, looking at Meng Shuipei, who was screaming like a madman in the side hall, Li Qing, who was trembling with fear, and the second prince who was barefoot. The queen's face was pale, the imperial concubine's eyes kept turning, looking at the three of them, the eldest prince stared at the second prince's bare feet, with an ambiguous smile on his face, the third prince stared gloomily at the second prince, and the fourth prince looked at Meng Shuipei, who kept screaming like crazy, with excitement on his face. Yang Yuanfeng stared at Li Qing, his mouth was tightly pursed, and his face was extremely ugly.

"Shut this! Ask her, what's the name of the ghost? ”

The queen commanded sharply, and Meng Shuipei heard the word "ghost", tremblingly pointed to the silver and red handkerchief on the ground and screamed:

"Ghosts! Ghost! Ghosts! There was ......"

The eunuch next to her stepped forward to cover her mouth, twisted her arm, and fell to the ground, the eldest prince stepped forward to pick up the handkerchief and shook it open, Meng Shuipei saw the eldest prince, his eyes seemed to burst out of his sockets with fear, and he broke free from the eunuch at once, screamed and turned around and ran out. Several eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to pounce on her, covering her mouth tightly, Meng Shuipei's face was distorted like a demon in hell, struggling desperately but unable to move.

The queen pointed at Meng Shuipei with trembling hands, and shouted in a stack:

"Kill! Kill! Kill this immediately! ”

Seeing that she saw the eldest prince even more frightened, the imperial concubine's face sank, and she looked at Mu Ran who was unconscious, and just turned over and over to look at the eldest prince of the veil, her eyes showed a hatred that iron is not steel, and she glanced at the eldest prince fiercely, and hurriedly agreed:

"Didn't you hear the mother's instructions? This kind of unruly, don't hurry up and strangle it! ”

The eunuch next to him hurriedly pulled out a white silk stick, skillfully wrapped it around Meng Shuipei's neck, pressed Meng Shuipei's back with his knees, and pulled it hard, Meng Shuipei's head twisted strangely on his shoulder. The other eunuch shook off a piece of white silk, quickly wrapped Meng Shuipei, and dragged it down.

The second prince looked at the people around him coldly, and the middle-aged eunuch knelt on the ground and put shoes on him. The third prince looked back at Yang Yuanfeng, who had a gloomy face, looked at Li Qing again, lowered his eyes, and the fan in his hand opened and closed gently, the fourth prince had seen enough of the excitement, and walked to the third prince, the third prince looked at him, and his eyes swept to the second prince and Li Qing who was standing, the fourth prince's eyes rolled slightly, and he looked at the second prince and said with a smile:

"What's going on? The second emperor seems to be a little drunk. ”

The imperial concubine glanced at the queen and the concubine, and when the eldest prince heard this, he threw away the silver and red handkerchief, took out a pale gray handkerchief from his arms, wiped his hands, and threw it to the eunuch waiting behind, as if he didn't see the queen Tieqing's face and the imperial concubine's warning eyes, haha smiled and said:

"The second brother is not drunk, everyone is drunk, right?"

The third prince squinted his eyes and laughed, the queen looked at the eldest prince sternly, the eldest prince looked at her nonchalantly, and continued:

"It's just a little louder! Ha ha. ”

"Zhang'er, you're full of wine and talking nonsense! Shut up yet! ”

The imperial concubine scolded, the eldest prince shrank back, and subconsciously stood back, the fourth prince turned his head and looked at Li Qing who was hanging his head:

"Isn't this a female official for Han Di and Xi Di?! Second brother...... Yes...... Ha... Ha ......"

A smile flashed in the eyes of the third prince, and he stopped with a straight face:

"Did the fourth brother also drink too much? How could the second brother be like that? ”

As he spoke, he turned back to Yang Yuanfeng, the envoy of the Korean land, and said:

"Lord Yang, my fourth brother is used to being casual and likes to joke, don't take it seriously, tomorrow's selection must be complete."

As he spoke, he turned his face, stared at the second prince with a smile and said:

"Second brother, did you say?"

The second prince still had a straight face, looked at the third prince with cold eyes, and said:

"Of course."

When I returned to the yard in the evening, Mama Wang had already taken someone to check each room, and did not find anything forbidden, but only said with a calm face that room B was not suitable for living, so Li Qing moved to the middle room and lived with Mama on duty at night.

At the right time the next day, the third prince and the fourth prince accompanied Yang Yuanfeng, the envoy of Handi, to the palace, and thirty-four girls stood up in turn, stepped forward to register, Yang Yuanfeng picked ten female officials, and Li Qing was also among them. The officials of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly wrote a booklet of the ten female officials selected by Yang Yuanfeng, one of which was handed over to Yang Yuanfeng, and one was left in the Ministry of Rites for the record.

Immediately afterwards, Jin Wenyuan, the envoy of the eldest prince who accompanied Xi Di, also selected ten female officials, and the eldest prince claimed to select a few female officials for the county lord of Ninghe, and selected four female officials, and the remaining ten female officials were to be sent to Jindi.

Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, quietly asked Mama Zhou to hand the news outside, and returned to the room, just waiting for the day of departure.

I heard that the day of departure is set on October 26, which is a good day for travel, Yang Yuzhu, Wang Shufen, Sun Zhenxiu, and Liu Xiuyu have also been picked to Korea, and several people gossip, the mood is very low, talking about the ice and snow in Korea, melancholy and fear, Li Qing is also afraid of cold, but think about it, she didn't plan to go to Korea, and she didn't worry much about this, only secretly guessed the route, and carefully calculated the itinerary in her heart.

On the second day of the election, it was just a little dark, and Mama Wang called Li Qing out and said with a smile:

"Miss Shen wants to meet you."

Li Qing was a little surprised, hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile:

"Auntie, please lead the way."

Mama Wang smiled, nodded, and walked out with Li Qing.

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