"If the meaning of human existence is to be bound and bound, then what is the difference between living and dying? I think that although each of us is being hindered and torn apart by this dark world, if we give up even the slightest yearning for freedom in our hearts, we are really 'dead'. Xia Ye'er said.

Mingyuan thought for a while and said, "Then you mean, isn't it freedom to become a monk?" ”

Xia Ye'er shook her head and said, "Of course not. If you really believe in a religion and want to take refuge and want to make it a pillar of your life, then ordination is of course liberation, freedom. But if you are not purified and are still disturbed by the world, even if you become a monk, you will not get a moment of freedom and tranquility. What do you say? ”

Mingyuan felt that Xia Ye'er said something reasonable, but it was a little out of the way, so he didn't say it directly, so he was silent.

Seeing that Mingyuan didn't speak, Xia Ye'er felt that the other party might be a little convinced, so she said, "Now can you tell us the story of the Seventh Elder Brother again?" ”

Fang Lanlan felt very strange, and looked at Xia Ye'er and Mingyuan for some reason. And Mingyuan pondered for a moment, and finally spoke: "The poor nun became a monk because the poor nun knows too many secrets, and if he continues to stay in the deep palace, I am afraid that his life will not be long." ”

"Secret? What secret? Fang Lanlan hurriedly asked.

Mingyuan glanced at Fang Lanlan and said, "Seventh Elder Brother, it's not Seventh Elder Brother. ”

"What do you mean?" Fang Lanlan asked loudly.

Mingyuan said a little irritably: "The tanuki for the prince, it means something about it, do you understand?" ”

Xia Ye'er hurriedly said: "Did Concubine Jing originally give birth to a girl, and then changed to a boy?" Is it? ”

Mingyuan shook his head and said with a pale face: "Concubine Jing didn't give birth to anything. ”

"Huh?" Fang Lanlan and Xia Ye'er exclaimed at the same time.

Mingyuan looked very depressed and tired, as if he was thinking about the last thing he wanted to recall: "After Concubine Jing became pregnant, her health became worse and worse, and finally she had a miscarriage one day. However, she didn't want the King of Chu and everyone to know, so she had to think of a way. ”

"What's the solution?" Fang Lanlan asked.

"That is, to use other people's children as your own."

"So where to find the child?" Xia Ye'er asked.

"At that time, we were also worried, I looked around with a few other palace maids, and later, I found that there was a palace maid and the guards who did something they shouldn't have done, and then they became pregnant, and they hid in the house for half a year and didn't come out, and they didn't dare to tell others."

"And then?"

"Then, I was responsible for telling the palace maid that when she gave birth, I would borrow the child for use, and she reluctantly agreed."

"Aren't you lying?" Fang Lanlan couldn't help but say.

"Sin, sin."

"Did she change it?"

"Changed. A few days later, she came to me and asked me why I hadn't given the baby back to her. I said, wait. In this way, she asked me many times, and saw that the paper could not hold the fire. I asked Concubine Jing what she was going to do, and she told me...... One word, kill. ”

"Oh my God!" Fang Lanlan covered her mouth.

"Did you really kill her?" Xia Ye'er asked.

Mingyuan lowered his head and said, "No, of course not." I wouldn't be so inhuman. I told her the truth, and she cried for a long time before finally accepting the fact. However, she insisted on seeing her children. ”

"So, she was the one who brought the Seventh Elder Brother later?" Xia Ye'er said.

"That's right, before her, there was a nurse and two grandmothers. After she took over, there should have been no change. ”

"Then since you didn't kill her, why are you so guilty that you want to become a monk? Why do others kill you? Fang Lanlan asked.

Mingyuan said: "This is because, later, the queen mother didn't know who leaked the news, saying that this child was not Concubine Jing's, so she had to ask every palace maid and eunuch who had waited for Concubine Jing." There was a palace maid who was driven crazy by the queen, and I was so scared that I came here, but I didn't expect to hide for many years. ”

Xia Ye'er said: "So, to get down to business, who do you think would be if someone wanted to kill the Seventh Elder Brother?" ”

Mingyuan was very confused: "To be honest, I don't know. Concubine Jing has lost her position and has no tendency to rise again, how can she cause a murderous disaster? ”

Xia Ye'er said, "Could it be...... She? ”

"No, no, I don't think it's ......," Mingyuan said with a wave of his hand.

"Who are you talking about?" Fang Lanlan asked inexplicably.

"It's the biological mother of the Seventh Elder Brother." Xia Ye'er explained.

"Huh? How can it be? Impossible. Fang Lanlan didn't believe it.

Xia Ye'er explained: "Because, she has never been able to get what belongs to herself, and when people are pushed to the limit, they will want to destroy what they can't get, so that others can't get it." ”

"But that's her own flesh and blood! And, if she thinks so, why didn't she kill a few years ago? Fang Lanlan asked rhetorically.

Xia Ye'er thought for a while and said, "This is also something I didn't figure out, I guess what happened recently to stimulate her, but I don't know what it is." ”

"Then let's go and ask! Find her. Fang Lanlan said.

"What's her name?" Xia Ye'er asked Mingyuan, who had not spoken.

"Her name is Mengqi." Mingyuan said.

Mengqi? The name sounds familiar. Xia Ye'er thought about it, and didn't know where she had heard it, so she said goodbye with Fang Lanlan, and then went back to the harem to find Meng Qi.

"By the way, what were you doing with my cousin that day?" Fang Lanlan was on the way and asked.

"It's nothing, I just want to go out of the palace to buy something. As a result, I couldn't get out because of Concubine Jing's affairs, so I let Mengwei go out......" Xia Ye'er said, suddenly waking up, is it ...... How so?

Mengqi ...... Xia Ye'er vaguely felt that Meng Wei seemed to have mentioned to herself that she had a sister who also worked in the palace, and her name was ...... It seems to be Mengqi?

"What's wrong? What major discoveries come to mind? Fang Lanlan saw Xia Ye'er standing still, and said slightly sarcastically.

Xia Ye'er didn't care about Fang Lanlan's tone, but said, "I seem to know how to find that Meng Qi." ”

"How do you find it?"

"Do you remember that I had a palace maid named Mengwei? I remember her sister was named Mongi. Xia Ye'er said.

Fang Lanlan frowned and said, "Remember? You're just inferring. ”

"Extrapolations also need evidence to become reality. Let's go find Mengwei. Xia Ye'er said, walking towards Pinmeitang.

As soon as I walked to Pinmeitang, I saw Hongmei running out and said, "Little master, what did Mengwei do?" I haven't seen her all day! ”

Xia Ye'er saw that it was getting late, and said, "This meeting should already be back." ”

Hongmei felt bad and looked at Xia Ye'er.