The old lady asked, "Queen Mother, you just said that you entered the palace to investigate the matter of King Sui Yue being placed under witch Gu?"

Xu Zhaohua replied: "Yes, Aunt Shen, don't call me the queen mother, just call me Zhao Ye, this is my name in the Daduan Palace, and we will still have a master-servant relationship in front of others, so as not to be suspicious of others."

"Obey the queen... No, no, Zhao Ye. The old lady replied with a smile.

"My brother and General Yide have infiltrated the Daduan Palace, and it was they who discovered that the King of Sui Yue was ordered by Sui Chen to perform witchcraft." Xu Zhaohua continued.

The old lady was so shocked that she couldn't even speak, sighed that she hadn't noticed anything unusual for so long, and promised to help Xu Zhaohua as much as she could.

Considering the old lady's poor health, Xu Zhaohua saw that it was too late, so she let her rest earlier, and the old lady who met the old lady again after many years was overjoyed and slept soundly.

After dawn, Xu Zhaohua said goodbye to the old lady and returned to the house to make up for sleep. When she returned to the house, there was no one left, and Xiao Xu was not in the house, Xu Zhaohua suddenly thought that tonight was her night watch, and she was probably going to do her daytime work now.

After making the bed, Xu Zhaohua got into the quilt that was warmed by the sun, and he didn't know what Cuobai was doing at the moment? Thinking about it, she fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, Zhou Sheng Cuobai had already obtained all the news about Sui Feng, that is, Prince Feng, that is, the prince of Feng, who was prodigal, unlearned, unskilled, and filial. These three words are a summary of all things about Sui Feng.

I heard that he is extremely handsome, a little more beautiful than a woman, and a walk on the street can attract the attention of many daughters' families to him for a long time. But it is rumored that he, as the prince of a dignified country, likes to go back and forth in the Qinglou, and has an unclear relationship with many popular Qinglou heads, which also makes many daughters' families heartbroken.

But even so, he is still very filial to his mother Concubine Shen, and now he himself has been given the title of prince on the back cover, and Concubine Shen will move in with him after a few days when she is better. Just these days, I heard that he still went to the Daduan Palace every once in a while to visit Concubine Shen.

This person, or really, makes people not know how to evaluate it.

However, there is also news that the mother of the Feng Prince, Concubine Shen, is the daughter of Shen Qitian, the deputy commander of Dongqi, and later in order to enhance the friendship between the two countries, she can only send someone to the Daduan Palace, which is an unwritten rule of various countries.

I don't know if Su Su knows the news, it is said that this Concubine Shen is still a friend of Su Su's mother, if she is on an errand in Fu'an Palace as Su Su said, then they must have recognized each other.

Thinking of this, Zhou Sheng Cuobai also put down his heart, Su Su used the flowing water to use the maple leaf to transmit the news, and the water could flow eastward, he couldn't use the same method to deliver the news, and now he had to find a way to communicate with Xu Zhaohua.

When Xu Zhaohua woke up, it was already lunch time, and when she went to eat, she also brought the empty bowl that Lady Liu asked Rong'er to secretly serve her food yesterday.

The palace maids and eunuchs of each of their palaces eat in the same kitchen, and even Female Master Liu has to eat in this place. This kitchen is not a place for the king and the ladies of the palace to prepare meals, but a special place for them to cook, divided into two rooms, inside and outside, the inside is the cooking stove and the cabinet for rice and oil noodles, the space is not large but enough; Outside are two long wooden tables, four rows of benches are placed opposite each other, which is where they eat, and there are two large cabinets without doors on the side of the door, and inside are their own dishes and chopsticks.

After Xu Zhaohua washed the dishes and chopsticks and put them in this cabinet, he also saw Xiao Xu also walking in with a bowl, but it was full of food, but the food seemed to be cold, and there was no steam, and Xu Zhaohua noticed that the style of the dishes was the same as what he ate yesterday.

Oh, eighty percent of it is that Lady Liu knows that Xiao Xu has no time to eat lunch in the sleep, so she left a special one, it seems that Lady Liu is very good to Xiao Xu, although she has not known Lady Liu for a long time, but Xu Zhaohua can see that Lady Liu rarely deliberately cares so much about anyone, unless there is a special reason.

Then why didn't Xiao Xu eat it? Xu Zhaohua felt that he was too suspicious when he thought about it, many people had no appetite or the food was already cold when he got up, so he couldn't eat more.

So Xu Zhaohua didn't ask more, and after a brief greeting with Xiao Xu, the two of them went to dinner together. After putting down the bowl and sitting down, Female Master Liu had just come in from the outer door, Xu Zhaohua nodded to her, and Female Master Liu slowly blinked in response.

After Mrs. Liu came out of the inner door from Sheng Jiafang, she saw that there was a seat on Xu Zhaohua's left, so she naturally sat down. Almost the moment Female Master Liu sat down, Xiao Xu on the right suddenly stood up, causing Xu Zhaohua to look at her.

"Xiao Ye, I'm full, let's go first," Xiao Xu said to her with a smile.

Xu Zhaohua looked at the food in her rice bowl that hadn't moved a few bites a little strangely, and when she looked at the female teacher Liu next to her, she didn't say a word, just buried her head in eating, which made Xu Zhaohua feel that there was something between the two of them.

After lunch, Xu Zhaohua took a walk and returned to the house, there is a clear rule in the palace that the palace maids who are not on duty during the day or at night are not allowed to walk around in the palace casually, and can only move a little in the palace where they are on errands.

However, after a long time, there will still be some bold palace maids who go out for a few laps under the pretext of office work, but they don't dare to take too long, and they will come back after a while.

Xu Zhaohua is still the same as last time, planning to go out to inquire about the situation of the West Third Palace, last night asked the old lady if she knew the strange appearance of the West Third Palace, the old lady said that she did not notice anything unusual in the West Third Palace, but she told Xu Zhaohua that the West Third Palace used to be a cold palace, and then the first emperor drove the crane to the west, and there was no such thing as a cold palace, and now there are some concubines of the first emperor who made mistakes in the past.

Now that Daduan is at war with Dongqi, it seems reasonable not to send troops to patrol the West Third Palace in order to save troops, after all, it is not a particularly important place, but Xu Zhaohua doesn't think so, even if he doesn't send troops to garrison, then why did the bearded soldier in the teahouse say that it was forbidden to patrol that day, since it is forbidden, then there must be ghosts here.

Xu Zhaohua went out this time to catch ghosts, thinking that he suddenly met Xianyue in the Imperial Garden last time, Xu Zhaohua specially prepared this time to avoid encountering this situation again.

She took out a human skin mask from the box she had hidden under the bed, and after putting on this human skin mask, Xu Zhaohua looked in the bronze mirror, looked at an unfamiliar face in the mirror, and left satisfied.

With the experience of looking for the Inspectorate last time, this time Xu Zhaohua quickly found the specific location of the West Third Palace, but the doors of the West Third Palace were closed, and it was difficult for her to enter, and it was easy for her to startle the snake if she forcibly entered, but fortunately, the West Third Palace forbade soldiers to patrol, which also created conditions for Xu Zhaohua.

Originally, he planned to pretend to be a soldier who delivered food to the people inside, but because he didn't have the soldier's clothes, it was easy to be recognized, after all, the people inside must know the eunuch who delivered the food, which was really inappropriate. Xu Zhaohua thought about it and looked at the wall of the West Third Palace, because it turned out that the walls around the Cold Palace were in disrepair all year round, and they were not repainted, and there were many stains and wall skin that were about to fall off, and no one would notice it if they stepped on it a few times.

So Xu Zhaohua looked around and found that there was a tree next to a courtyard, she first took out the rope she had prepared in advance and tied it to a thicker tree trunk, and climbed to the top of the wall with a strong swing.

She had learned some kung fu from her brother, and it was no problem at all.

jumped in as soon as he got to the top of the wall, Xu Zhaohua felt surprisingly quiet, where did all the people living in it go? Pushing open a door, there was a mess inside, Xu Zhaohua looked around but couldn't find a single figure.

Where have all the people gone?

In one corner, Xu Zhaohua found a room with a few flowers raised outside the door, which could be seen to have been carefully cared for, but autumn came, and now it was a dead branch.

Slowly approaching the room, Xu Zhaohua smelled a rancid smell, through the window Xu Zhaohua saw a woman sitting motionless in front of the bed with her back to her, waiting for a moment and feeling a little weird, so she pushed the door closer, pushed the door into the house, but did not smell the rancid smell outside, Xu Zhaohua saw a wooden barrel on the table, there were many meals in it, these meals are not high-quality dishes, very ordinary, it can be said to be simple.

The woman heard someone push the door in, but there was no response, which made Xu Zhaohua feel very abnormal, and when she walked up to the lady, she saw that she was still blinking and breathing, and her chest was undulating, but the difference was that her eyes were as godless as a pool of stagnant water. The first thing that came to Xu Zhaohua's mind was that she was also in witchcraft.

The woman's next move confirmed the idea even more.

She stood up suddenly, poured out part of the food in a bowl with gaps on the edges, as if she didn't feel her mouth being cut by the edge of the bowl, she snorted and finished eating the rice in the bowl, and then got up and went out with the rest of the rice in the wooden barrel, Xu Zhaohua followed her out.

After going out, the woman skillfully picked up a shovel next to the house and began to turn over the soil next to the flower bed, and then dug a pit, and then poured all the food in the bucket into this pit, Xu Zhaohua knew where the bad smell in the courtyard came from. Walking out of this room, Xu Zhaohua saw the woman's outfit clearly, she was wearing a silk skirt with many patches, and a golden hairpin on her head, this is probably which concubine was once locked up in the cold palace.

After the burial, the woman entered the house, Xu Zhaohua did not follow up this time, she looked at the sun and felt that she had been out for some hours, so she stepped on a large vat upside down on the wall and turned out of the wall, and after going out, she tied the rope that was used to enter the courtyard, as if no one had come.

Xu Zhaohua sneaked into Fu'an Palace and then went through the window into the house where she lived, there was still no one in the house, she spread out the cup and made it look like she had just woken up, combing through everything she had just seen in her mind.

This western third house is full of secrets.

First of all, Xu Zhaohua analyzed the mess in the houses he saw, it should have been someone who broke into it, and the woman was very likely to be a living mouth specially left by the intruder to hide people's eyes and ears, so that the witchcraft in the woman became a living dead, and the food sent by the eunuch who delivered the meal every day made people mistakenly think that there was nothing inside.

Where did the other missing people go? Why did Sui Chen control Sui Yue and let him order not to let the guards inspect the Western Third Palace? What exactly is his purpose?

This series of questions flew around in Xu Zhaohua's mind.

Pushing open the window, she looked at the palace maids coming and going outside the window, and suddenly a pigeon landed in front of the window, she drove it away a few times with her hand but couldn't get rid of it, only then did she see a very small note tied to the leg, Xu Zhaohua opened the note in surprise, and sure enough, it was Zhou Shengcuobai's note:

Concubine Shen, a friend of Su's mother. Are you okay?

Xu Zhaohua saw this note and missed Zhou Sheng Cuobai for a while, Zhou Sheng Cuobai didn't know that she had recognized the old lady, but this also proved that he had found a way to contact him.

She looked at the pigeon standing next to her, it looked no different from an ordinary pigeon, but Xu Zhaohua keenly found that its soles were red, this is the legendary red-bottomed pigeon, with a keen sense of smell, extremely psychic, once a subject country paid tribute to Dongqi This pigeon, it is said to be a rare animal in the world.

Xu Zhaohua guessed that Zhou Shengcuobai must have let the pigeon smell his clothes, and the pigeon had a memory of her taste, so he could find her.

After hiding the note secretly, the pigeon flew away, and it was really a spiritual pigeon.

Soon it was time for the old lady to have dinner again, and tonight was Xiao Xu's errand, so she could sleep well, so she had no idea of finishing the meal.

I think it's such an idea, but the reality is the same thing, and before Xu Zhaohua could lie down for a long time, Rong'er came in and called her.

"Xiao Ye, get up quickly, the old lady called you." Rong'er said.

Xu Zhaohua was a little surprised: "Shouldn't I be bad today?"

"I don't know, there is a word from inside, call you in" Rong'er replied, in fact, she was also a little strange, the old lady did not specifically accuse any palace maid of being incompetent, it was usually Lady Liu, Xiao Ye was called over on an errand night, how big a crime must have been?

In the end, she gave Xu Zhaohua a worried expression and went out to work, and before leaving, she also told her to be cautious in her words and deeds in front of the old lady and not to be negligent.

Xu Zhaohua walked towards the main hall of Fu'an Palace, thinking that it could be that Aunt Shen had something important to discuss with her? Thinking about it, he quickened his pace, and when he walked to the main hall, he was waiting for her with a table of delicious food.

The old lady sat in the center with a smile, next to her was King Feng. Somehow, as soon as Xu Zhaohua saw Prince Feng, he thought of the palace maid who died in the woods that day and the corpses of the Jing Cha Si who had been drained of blood, and then practiced these and the bewitching face of King Feng, and felt gloomy.

I don't know if Aunt Shen noticed his son's abnormality, and how she should tell her.

Thinking about it, the salute should not be missing a step: "Good night old lady." Xu Zhaohua Yingying saluted.

"Well, don't be polite," said the old lady.

The two looked at each other and smiled, the secret only known in their hearts.

"Yesterday you were on a bad night, I slept well, and my appetite has not been good lately, you eat with me, see if this appetite can be improved?" The old lady said with a serious face.

The people next to him were stunned, and there was such a statement? However, after thinking about it, the old lady was really ill a few days ago, and she really couldn't eat and sleep well, and she slept until three o'clock in the morning after going to bed last night, which was an unprecedented situation, and her appetite was indeed better than before when she had lunch.

It may indeed be true that this Zhao Ye is the lucky star of the old lady.

Female Master Liu on the side spoke: "The concubine has said so, you can do it." said and gave Xu Zhaohua a look, in fact, she also noticed the changes in the old lady today.

Xu Zhaohua answered lightly and sat down at the table, and the old lady moved her chopsticks before she began to eat. She always felt that a pair of eyes had been looking at her, and when she looked up, she met the charming eyes of King Feng.

It's terrifying.

Xu Zhaohua pretended not to see that he had been eating himself, and when Lord Feng saw that she didn't pay attention to him, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in his heart, how many yellow flower girls have been fascinated by a beautiful man like him, how could she ignore herself so much?

"Oops, this king's hand is cramping," King Feng shouted loudly.

Xiao Xu, who was outside the door, heard the voice and hurriedly ran in to look at Feng Wangye's hand, Feng Wangye was afraid that he would pretend to have hand cramps and be discovered, so he quickly hid his hand in the wide sleeve, Xiao Xu was so anxious that he was sweating, and Miss Liu also ran over and asked:

"Lord Wang, the old slave will call the imperial doctor now."

"Female Master Liu doesn't need it, it's not a big deal, this king is worried that he can't eat now, but unfortunately this stomach is a little hungry" said and looked at Xu Zhaohua.

Xu Zhaohua saw this posture, could it be that he wanted to feed him?

Xiao Xu, who was on the side, hurriedly said: "If the prince doesn't dislike it, let the slave feed you."

"Don't bother Miss Xu, since Miss Zhao Ye can alleviate the symptoms of the concubine, can this king try to cure this king's cramps? Miss Zhao Ye, I'm tired. As he spoke, he made a gesture of invitation to Xu Zhaohua.

Xiao Xu obviously didn't expect that Feng Wang Ye knew his name, although he was politely rejected, he was still happy in his heart, and he withdrew with a red face.

Xu Zhaohua felt that this Feng Wang Ye was simply unreasonable except that he was a beast, and gave the old lady a look, and the old lady understood what she meant.

"Feng'er, where are the outsiders fed by the concubine, don't be afraid of cramps, the concubine feeds you spoonful by spoonful like when she was a child." As he spoke, he picked up a spoonful of soup and sent it towards Sui Feng's mouth.

This Feng Wang Ye never expected his mother to say this, and he was not embarrassed to refuse his mother, so he could only open his mouth obediently. Where has Female Master Liu on the side seen this kind of scene, she blushed with a smile, and Xu Zhaohua on the other side was eating herself intently as if nothing had happened.

After eating, the old lady knew that her son had provoked Xu Zhaohua to be angry, and she was a little reluctant in her heart, so she found a reason to let her go back to rest first.

When Xu Zhaohua went out, he saw that Xiao Xu's face was still red at the door, and the more he looked at it, the more cute he became, this girl couldn't hide her thoughts so much.

After returning to her residence, it was getting late, Xu Zhaohua was waiting for midnight to come, and she wanted to pass on the news of what she had seen and heard in the West Third Palace today to Zhou Sheng Cuobai, while investigating inside and out, so that they could complete the task as soon as possible.

The well-fed Feng Wang Ye was no longer able to walk at this time, and he was really angry and happy in his heart. The anger is that he has always had to play tricks on others, and Na Cheng thought that he was being fed a meal like a baby by his mother and concubine when he teased Zhao Ye today, and he couldn't say anything, he really lifted a stone and shot himself in the foot. Happily, I finally found an interesting person in this Daduan Palace, and it seems that he can have fun for a while.

……

The palace maids came back one after another, and after a while of chattering, they fell asleep one after another, and Xu Zhaohua quietly waited until midnight came. After feeling the darkness and getting dressed, she looked out, and walked in the direction of the rockery.

Today, on the way to the rockery, she had a bad feeling, always feeling that she was not the only one who was following her in the night, and it seemed that there was another person following her. So Xu Zhaohua deliberately walked a few steps faster, and the footsteps behind her followed, and she deliberately walked a few steps slower, and the pace also slowed down.

Sure enough, someone was following her, Xu Zhaohua suddenly turned around and walked back, and a figure came into view, obviously the person didn't expect Xu Zhaohua to turn around suddenly. Through the moonlight, Xu Zhaohua saw clearly that the figure was Sui Feng, didn't he go back? It's so late, did he come out to commit murder again? Is it yourself who is the target this time?

A barrage of questions came flooding up, and both of them were throbbing in their chests at the moment. One is that he doesn't know what the person on the other side will do next, how he should deal with him, and the other is nervous that he is following others and being discovered, so how to explain to others that he doesn't want to be regarded as a person with bad intentions.

Xu Zhaohua continued to walk towards Sui Feng, she thought about it, even if Sui Feng wanted to commit murder, her kung fu was not bad, and she could compete with him. Just in case, when she was about to walk in front of Sui Feng, she suddenly closed her eyes, pretending to be sleepwalking, but as soon as she closed her eyes, she couldn't see anything.

She decided to gamble, betting on whether Sui Feng would attack herself.

Sui Feng didn't expect that Xu Zhaohua was sleepwalking, so when she walked past her with her eyes closed, he looked at Xu Zhaohua with her eyes closed, not like she was pretending, and couldn't help but sigh, so she followed closely behind Xu Zhaohua.

There is a stone at the bend, even if you don't close your eyes, there are people who are likely not to see it in this big night, Sui Feng was afraid that Xu Zhaohua would stumble and hurriedly ran in front of her and moved the big stone away.

He couldn't say why he did this, obviously he suddenly wanted to see Xu Zhaohua sneaking out, wanting to follow her to see what she was going to do, and by the way, pretending to be a ghost on the road to scare her and avenge the day, but just now he was really afraid that she would fall.

He must have been afraid that she would fall and wake up, not knowing how to explain that he was beside her.

It must be so.