There was so much going on that night that everyone was overwhelmed.

The eldest prince kept watch at the Mingde Palace at night, and almost all the people in the Taoyao Palace took care of the queen in the main hall, and Yixiang soon found Qinghe in the Wufang.

When Qinghe was brought to the Splendid Palace, the doors and windows were closed. The splendid palace is as prosperous as in the past, and now there are only a few little eunuchs guarding the door and Yixiang and a palace maid. Walking into the hall, Qinghe looked at the mess all over the ground, and a wave of horror suddenly rose in his heart.

Before she could react, she had already received a heavy slap in the face.

"Kneel down for Hongu."

Qinghe didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to kneel down meekly.

"It's been so long, why is the eldest prince still safe and sound now, you give this palace an explanation!"

Qinghe bowed his head blatantly, and said respectfully, "The eldest prince is not safe and sound, he has been seriously ill since the day before yesterday, dizziness, insomnia, palpitations, and restlessness, which seems to be a sign of poisoning......"

"Are you teasing Hongu?" Changle raised his head suddenly, and his voice unconsciously raised a few points, "Every time Bengong asks you, you say so." Since the eldest prince is already too sick to get out of bed, you can add one more dose of medicine, which is enough to make him return to the west. But the eldest prince is alive and well now, how can you let this palace believe you? ”

Qinghe's heart jumped violently, and cold sweat was already trickling down, "Guifei Niangniang, the slave maid was done according to the dose, but one day the people around the queen found out, so the slave didn't dare to be too conspicuous......"

"Oh? Is it? Changle raised his eyebrows coldly, and the luster in his eyes gradually dimmed, "But now that the emperor has set up the eldest prince as the prince, the six princes of this palace can't ascend to the throne, so don't think about it." Qinghe, what do you say this palace should do? ”

Qinghe's eyes were shocked, and she didn't dare to look up at her, so she had to fall down, and just as she wanted to speak, the jade bracelet on her wrist rolled down, and Ling Ling fell in front of her.

She hurriedly reached out to pick it up, but Yixiang took a step ahead of her and picked up the jade bracelet and handed it to Changle.

Changle picked up the jade bracelet with two slender fingers, she stared at it for a moment, and the corners of her lips suddenly raised a gentle arc, "This jade bracelet, this palace is really familiar." ”

Qinghe's heart was suddenly shocked, and he immediately fell silent.

Changle pondered for a moment, and suddenly opened his lips and smiled, "This palace remembers, this is the emperor gave it to the eldest prince at the family banquet that year, and said that it was the imperial concubine who would give it to the eldest prince in the future." The meaning of this jade bracelet is so profound, how can this palace easily forget it? ”

Changle's voice was soft, but when it reached Qinghe's ears, it was already terrifying.

"Slave ......"

Before Qinghe's words fell, Changle had already taken the case, "Qinghe! How daring! ”

"The slave and maid don't dare, the slave and the maid don't dare to ......" Qinghe couldn't stop kowtowing, and his voice was sad and anxious, "This jade bracelet was indeed given to the slave by the eldest prince, but the meaning of it, the slave and the maid really don't know it......"

Changle's thin eyebrows suddenly twisted, and he said sharply, "This palace finally understands now, why the eldest prince has been unharmed for so long, it turns out that you did something in it." You are the person who was transferred from the internal affairs office by the palace in every possible way, and the palace thought that you were loyal enough, so he believed in you, but who knows, you actually have such a mind! ”

"Concubine Niangniang!" Qinghe cried, and said sadly on his back, "What the eldest prince gave to the slave, the slave didn't dare not accept it, and it was also in order to win the trust of the eldest prince, so the slave and maid wore this jade bracelet on their hands all day long, and besides that, they didn't have any other thoughts......"

"That's it, what you say now, this palace won't believe it anymore." Changle suddenly looked at her, his gaze was as cold as snow, "You have an unsightly mind early in the morning, and you want to befriend the eldest prince, and when he becomes the emperor, so that you can be a righteous concubine, right?" That's why you come to the palace all day long, in order to win the favor of the eldest prince? ”

After that, Changle walked down slowly, picked her chin with his fingertips, and smiled more and more deeply, "With such a good-looking face, it's really a pity not to seduce the eldest prince, why didn't Bengong think of this weight in the morning, but now, even if Bengong wants to get it, it's too late......"

Qinghe was so frightened that her face turned pale, and her tears had already unconsciously covered her face, "I beg the concubine to spare my life, I beg the concubine to spare my life......"

Changle looked at her, and the smile hanging on his lips suddenly narrowed slightly, "But this palace reminds you, don't forget what kind of background you are, a palace maid, and you also want to be an imperial concubine?" In your life, you are destined to serve people, and since you have other thoughts, this palace can't tolerate you! ”

After saying that, she looked at Yixiang coldly, and her voice ethereated from her throat, "Yixiang, send Qinghe on the road." ”

Yixiang was shocked when she heard this, she glanced at Qinghe, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, and then at the concubine with a cold complexion, and for a moment, there were bursts of sourness in her heart.

Yixiang watched Qinghe being killed with a cane.

The blood that spilled from her body was unbreakable in the long darkness of the night.

Yixiang suddenly seemed to lose all her strength, she stumbled into the hall, and said in a deep voice, "Niangniang, Qinghe has gone." ”

"This should be her end." Changle took a sip of tea, and his tone was extremely indifferent, "Over there in Taoyao Palace, it was reported that Qinghe was sick and died." ”

"But, Niangniang......" Yixiang hesitated slightly, and said with difficulty, "The bracelet ...... It's not the emperor's reward......"

"Of course Hongu knows." Changle's expression looked cloudy under the light of the candlelight, "It's just to cheat her." The jade bracelet is so valuable, it is not rewarded by the prince, or by the queen. If it is rewarded by the queen, she deserves death. But she still has a ghost in her heart, so she recruits everything. ”

Yixiang bowed her head silently, and her thoughts turned a thousand times in this heavy night.

At dawn on the second day, someone from Taoyao Palace came to report that the Qinghe girl who served the eldest prince had died.

"Dead?" Chang'an stared slightly, and there was unstoppable doubt in his eyes, "People are good, how can you say that if you don't have it, it's gone?" ”

"It was said that the old disease recurred, and I was afraid of infection, so I was pulled out and cremated last night."

Chang An was suddenly shocked, and then sighed and said, "This palace knows." ”

After the little eunuch went down, Wan Xiang suddenly approached Chang'an's side and said softly, "Queen Mother, what this little eunuch said is not clear, it is an old disease, why is it contagious?" Qinghe is a person from Taoyao Palace, how can he smuggle him out of the palace without hiding from his mother? ”

Chang'an's eyebrows were deeply locked, and he lowered his voice a little and said, "This palace is suspicious that it is the hand of the noble concubine." The emperor is critically ill, and the concubine can't hold it anymore. ”

"Yes." Wan Xiang lowered her eyes shallowly and said in a low voice, "Yesterday, the eldest prince followed the princes to Mingde Palace to serve the sick, and the concubine knew it, I am afraid that she is suspicious of us." ”

Chang An sighed heavily, and thin tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, "That's it, after all, that child is pitiful, and this palace can't protect her." At the moment, the emperor's affairs are important, Yun Ke is there, and he can hide it for as long as he wants. ”

Wan Xiang understood and replied, "Yes." ”

However, Qinghe's matter was not hidden for too long, and Yun Ke made trouble in Taoyao Palace that night.

"I want to see the queen mother!"

"The queen mother is resting, and the eldest prince can't go in!"

"Evening." Chang An Yingran called softly, "Let him in." ”

Yun Ke strode into the hall, and before he had time to sit down, he immediately said loudly, "Queen Mother, a palace maid named Qinghe in the Erchen Palace has been lost, and the Erchen has sent someone out to look for it for a long time, but there is no result......"

"No need to look for it." Chang An suddenly interrupted his words, met his eyes full of doubts, and said quietly, "Qinghe is the concubine's person, you don't have to look for her anymore." ”

After that, she raised her eyebrows slightly, and said suddenly, "Wanxiang, go and bring those medicinal residues to the eldest prince to see." ”

Wanxiang bowed her head slightly and agreed.

Yun Ke frowned tightly and looked at Chang'an suspiciously, "Queen Mother, this ......"

"Bring it and you'll know."

However, after a while, Wanxiang took a small handful of medicinal residues with white silk, Chang'an raised his face, Wanxiang understood, and handed the things to the eldest prince.

"Yun Ke, take a closer look, what's in here."

Yun Ke replied "yes", twisted a pinch with his fingers and carefully crushed it, and when he saw the brick-red powder, his heart was shocked.

"Yes...... Cinnabar ......"

"These things are what you take every day." Chang'an raised his eyes, his gaze as calm as amber, "The Qinghe beside you was instructed by the concubine to add these medicines to your daily diet." ”

Yun Ke's brows became tighter and tighter, and a heavy shadow gradually cast on his face.

He was silent for a moment, and Fang Jiang slowly spit out in fear, "The amount of cinnabar is so large that it will accumulate in the diet of the son, and there will be signs of manifestation, but now the son has no discomfort, why is this?" ”

Chang An smiled faintly, calmed down and said, "You have affection for Qinghe, and she is not unintentional to you." Since this palace found out about this matter, he has privately looked for Qinghe. This palace promises that she can marry you, but she must keep you safe. ”

Yun Ke listened, and there were tears in his eyes, "That Qinghe ......"

"The news came in the morning, saying that Qinghe was suddenly ill and died."

"I don't believe it!" The tears in Yun Ke's eyes suddenly burst out, and he suddenly knelt in front of Chang'an, choked up and said, "Qinghe won't just leave!" There must be something hidden in this! Please also ask the queen mother to be clear! ”

Chang'an sat and sighed sadly, facing Yun Ke's distraction, but she had nothing to do, so she had to sigh deeply, "There is no need to investigate this matter, it is also eyebrow-raised." Yesterday you were all in the Mingde Palace, and there was no one in your palace to guard it, and Qinghe was also missing at that time. Early this morning, he said that even the body had been transported out, and the queen mother had no choice. ”

"It's the concubine! It must be a concubine! Yun Ke sat on the ground, big tears flowed from his eyes, he looked at Chang'an, and immediately wept, "The queen mother has long warned her sons to beware of the concubine Niangniang, but the sons didn't expect this, Qinghe didn't do anything, it was the sons who killed her, it was the sons and daughters who killed her, it was the sons and daughters' faults......"

"Yunke, don't blame yourself, this matter is not your business."

"How can you not do it! If the concubine didn't see that her sons were safe, she wouldn't have attacked Qinghe! ”

"Yunke ......"

Before Chang'an's words fell, a rush of footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.

Before she could react, the door of the temple was already wide open.

He Sheng didn't have time to say goodbye, so he knelt on the ground with a plop, and said with a cry, "Queen Mother, the emperor...... The emperor is dying......"

Chang'an Huo Ran stood up, his voice trembling uncontrollably, "What the hell is going on?" Make it clear to Hongu! “

"The emperor's spirit today was much better, and he got up to eat at night, who knew that soon after the meal, the emperor began to cough up blood non-stop, at first it was just some blood stars, and then it was a big mouthful of blood, and the imperial doctor came to see it, only to know that it was about to die......" He Sheng was full of sadness, and said with grief, "Queen Mother, everyone in the palace is here, the emperor must see you, you go and see it......"