Chapter Seventy-Four: Entering the Kunning Palace

Qingzhu is inside, the night is already dark, Mother Liu is still doing some jewelry and clothes for Shen Ning, tomorrow morning Shen Ning will follow Shen Yu and Shen Hu into the palace to meet the queen, this is not sloppy!

Mother Liu didn't dare to relax, and repeatedly checked whether the jewelry and other objects were in line with the etiquette system and whether there were any flaws, Mother Liu looked at Shen Ning for a long time, and found that it was still inappropriate for her to wear a gold hairpin, so she thought about changing her to a jade hairpin. Mother Liu remembered the Hetian jade hairpin sent by Mrs. Zhang's family, and remembered that it seemed to be locked at the bottom of the makeup cabinet, so she opened the lock on the bottom layer of the makeup cabinet, and she couldn't remember that it was the jewelry box, so she opened the top box, but saw that there were a lot of dried golden cinnamon in it, which was exuding a vague fragrance.

"Girl, what is this golden cinnamon doing here?" Mother Liu handed the box to Shen Ning and asked. Shen Ning took the box and looked at it, his mind was a little unstable, this was the osmanthus sent by Ying Nantu, and now they are all dry, and there are still wisps of fragrance.

Since this osmanthus flower, it has been more than a month, and Ying Nantu has not contacted her again, and the words of Qiu Wu have reached his ears. Shen Ning was busy with Shen An's production these days, and forgot the news of Ying Nantu, and when she saw this osmanthus again, she remembered Ying Nantu. Speaking of which, Shen Hua is good at managing water, and he still has to recommend Xu Youzhen to Nantu! She thought again that it was October, and Ying Nantu died in the autumn of the thirty-sixth year of Changtai, if it was really like the previous life, Ying Nantu's accident would have been a matter of one or two months, and she had almost forgotten this important thing. Be sure to remind him that it is!

Shen Ning couldn't care about replying to Liu's mother's words, so he hurriedly wrote a few words, asked Qiu Ge to send them to Qiu Wu, and asked him to send them to Ying Nantu quickly, he was very anxious! must remind him, but she still can't remember the slightest thing about Ying Nantu, just wait for a letter to tell him not to go out, she has important things to say to him, she can only hope that he will wait for her after seeing this sentence with his mind, she must find a way to see him again! As for how to say it, we will talk about it in person.

Qiu Ge came back soon, saying that Qiu Wu had followed Shen Zejing out for entertainment and had not come back, and the key was about to be laid in the backyard, so she would hand over the letter to him early in the morning, so that Shen Ning could rest assured.

Thinking about Ying Nantu's affairs, Shen Ning didn't sleep well all night, and when she got up the next morning, her eyes were a little dark, and she was worried that Liu's mother was anxious, so she hurriedly took cucumber juice and honey water to compress her eyes, and secretly thought that the makeup that would enter the palace would have to be thicker.

It wasn't until early in the morning that Qiu Ge had already sent the letter to Qiu Wu, and Shen Ning felt a little calmer, secretly blaming himself for forgetting this matter, and thinking that Ying Nantu would not be able to have an accident in one day or two, so he put his mind at ease.

The Shen family and his party packed up and were ready to leave for the palace in the middle of the morning. The female relatives who entered the palace this time were only Shen Yu, Shen Hu, Shen Ning and Shen Yao, and the aunts and concubines were not qualified to enter the palace. Shen Jia and Shen Hui were young, and Shen Hu was afraid that they would collide with the nobles, so he didn't take them with him. Shen Yu was wearing a five-grade edict dress, Shen Hu's body was luxurious and solemn, and Shen Ning and Shen Yao were both dressed in new clothes. The time when the queen summoned them was in the middle of the hour, but according to the custom, Shen Yu and the others also had to wait outside the Kunning Palace for more than half an hour, and it was also appropriate to set off at this hour.

Shen Ning followed Shen Yu and others into the palace, and under the leadership of the female official, came to Kunning Palace and waited for the queen's summons. This is the second time Shen Ning has entered the palace, and the last time he entered the palace was to celebrate the Queen Mother's Holy Birthday, and he only stayed in Cining Palace. And Kunning Palace, she has only seen a few glances from afar, and now she has stepped here, after eighteen years!

Stepping into here again, Shen Ning had mixed feelings. She only stayed in Kunning Palace for three years, but those three years contained the most joyful and tragic moments in her life, and the meaning was different. This Kunning Palace has not changed, and even the camphor tree in front of the East Warm Pavilion is exactly the same as in the memory.

Shen Ning remembered the days when he first moved into Kunning Palace, how wanton and cheerful it was! She sighed, and now that she thought about it, it was her last happy time. This camphor tree still stands here, with huge branches and green shade like an umbrella, still lush and green! She still remembered that Qiu Ge had reprimanded the palace maid under this big tree, Shen Ning couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic, looking at this camphor tree, she remembered the happy time in her previous life.

At that time, not long after she was canonized as the queen, her grandfather Shen Huashan was named a first-class Chengen Gong, and her father Shen Zejing was appointed as the Lingnan Provincial Observation Envoy. At that time, the ** concubines and palace maids were respectful to her, but they didn't expect that she and Qiu Ge hid behind this camphor tree and heard the proverbs of the palace maids.

"Who can say for sure about this rich and glorious thing, maybe it will burst like a blister, and the blessing and misfortune are fate! Then the Qingping Hou family is rich enough, right? Didn't that evil servant Ying Gui kill his eldest son in An Jing? I can't enjoy any blessings and wealth now......" A palace maid sighed in a voice of envy and regret.

Didn't that evil servant Ying Gui kill his eldest son in An Jing...... Didn't that evil servant Ying Gui kill his eldest son in An Jing......

Shen Ning suddenly stirred, and the chaos in his mind seemed to be torn apart by lightning, and it was peaceful. She remembered! She remembered that the palace maid in her previous life said that, she had heard about Ying Nantu in her previous life, this is a very important sentence, looking at the camphor tree in this Kunning Palace, she finally remembered how Ying Nantu died.

Shen Ning felt that her heart was about to jump out, even herself, as if she could hear the sudden and violent sound, accompanied by the sound of her heartbeat, she laughed slowly, great, she finally let go of her heart!

It turned out to be in Anjing, and it turned out that Ying Nantu was killed by the servant Ying Gui! No wonder, no wonder, she was still wondering why he died when his martial arts were so strong. She knew the process of this location, and thought that she should be able to save Nantu's life, and she could repay Nantu's kindness! Shen Ning remembered Ying Nantu's far-reaching smile and decided to make an appointment to meet Ying Nantu after leaving the palace to remind him of Ying Nantu's affairs.

Because he remembered such an important matter, Shen Ning was very relaxed. When the queen summoned for questioning, Shen Ning answered calmly, and asked the female officials beside the queen to nod secretly: This girl is very good, and she is not flustered in the face of the queen's majesty, it is really good, few girls can be so calm in the face of the queen. In fact, she didn't know that Shen Ning was also sitting in that high position back then, and Kunning Palace was very familiar to her, how could she be flustered?

Shen Yu and his entourage received the queen's reward, and it didn't take long for them to retire. The group was still led out of the palace gate by the female officer, and Shen Ning's mind was on Ying Nantu at this time, she was thinking about how to talk to him about this matter, so that she could not expose herself and turn things over. Ying Nantu is a keen person, he will definitely ask her how she knows about this matter, this matter is really hard to say, on the carriage back home, Shen Ning frowned, feeling that every statement has loopholes.

How do you remind him so that he won't be suspicious? Shen Ning pondered.