Chapter 33: The Body Under the Bluestone Slab
The night is like a dai, and the cool is in the body. With the faint moonlight, the two stone lions outside the palace gate stood silently here, looking at the palace maids and eunuchs in a hurry.
Luo Qingyun followed Song Zixun calmly, with a little radish head sitting on his shoulder, and the two had a lot of fun. The ancient trees are towering, and she walks in and out of this huge palace, and if they don't lead the way, she won't be able to come back later.
She didn't encounter the guards patrolling along the way, and in the emperor's harem, there were not many guards on duty at night. Through several palace walls, there is a black golden silk nanmu plaque hanging at the top of the red vermilion lacquer gate in front of you, and it is very delicate to inscribe three big characters 'Imperial Garden'.
Xu is the moonlight is too soft, she has not encountered the 'lively' scene mentioned by Song Zixun along the way, the breeze and the moon are bright, and the fishy smell of the earth is mixed with the fragrance of plants and trees. She sighed in her heart, the night in the imperial garden was also so beautiful.
Song Zixun stopped under an arched bridge, the lake on one side was windless and quiet, the little ghost got off him, walked under a stone road, pointed to the stone slab and said, "This is it!" ”
Luo Qingyun paused and said in a low voice, "They buried you under this stone?" ”
The imp nodded. Luo Qingyun stood still, his heart as if he was being caught. The moon disk hung brightly in the night, and the halo was like a gentle hand, brushing her eyebrows and gently falling on the bluestone slab. It looks so beautiful and boastful here, who would have thought that someone would be so ruthless that they would bury the body of the little prince under this stone slab. No wonder, the emperor sent everyone in the palace to look for three days but couldn't find it.
Her heart was suffocated, and her voice was slightly deep: "Little radish, have you seen who harmed you!" ”
The little ghost shook his head: "I don't know, I was playing in the attic, and someone pushed me down!" ”
"Who pushed you?"
The imp shook his head again. He was still young, and he couldn't distinguish the palace maids in each palace, so he turned around in a moment, and he suddenly said to Luo Qingyun: "However, there is something like a worm on her hand!" ”
"Worms?" Luo Qingyun was silent for a moment and asked, "Then do you remember where you were pushed down?" ”
The little ghost still shook his head, he didn't know when he asked, Luo Qingyun's face was not good, looking at the bluestone slab, how could she dig him out by herself now? It would not be appropriate to tell Ya Concubine all this. Song Zixun squatted in front of the stone slab, pondered for a long time, and said, "Why is this person so troublesome to bury the body of the little radish head under this?" He raised his eyes and pointed to the lake beside him, "There is water here, why didn't he throw his body at the bottom of the lake?" Wouldn't it be more ostentatious and easy to be seen when breaking ground in the Imperial Garden? ”
Luo Qingyun nodded, feeling that what he said made sense. But I saw Song Zixun suddenly said: "The one who can harm the prince must be the emperor's concubine, this little prince is missing, the emperor will definitely send someone to fish for the lake, she is afraid of being exposed, and buried under the stone road, no one will guess, besides, the person who can make a move here must have a good identity in the harem!" ”
Luo Qingyun also squatted in front of the stone slab, looking there, thinking for a moment.
Not far away, the emperor came here, but saw a mysterious squatting by the lake, Xiao Ping's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly said: "Go and see, who is there?" ”
Under the moonlight, the emperor looked at it and knew that it was her.
"Wait!" He stopped the eunuch, and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Xiao Ping noticed his subtle expression, and also looked at the woman, Luo Qingyun was thinking about it at the moment, and he didn't know that someone was coming next to him.
The emperor was motionless, his eyebrows and eyes were calm. On the first night of entering the palace, what did she do here late at night? Isn't it, what evil things have you seen again?
Xiao Ping didn't dare to squeak, and the heavy maids and eunuchs behind him all stood still. The emperor looked sideways at the guard beside him, and the guard was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head, but he saw that the emperor suddenly said, "Go, take off your clothes?" ”
"Huh?" The guard let out a low exclamation and hurriedly said, "No! ”
The emperor glanced at Xiao Ping, who was full of surprise, and ordered: "Send someone to guard here, and no one is allowed to come in!" ”
Xiao Ping came back to his senses and bowed: "No! ”
Luo Qingyun's heart was in a mess, and he felt uncomfortable when he thought that this little prince was killed. Song Zixun's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "That's right, I know why the murderer buried the little prince here!" ”
As soon as the change of voice fell, he raised his eyes, but saw a figure walking towards them, Song Zixun was startled, sure that it was not a ghost, and hurriedly reminded: "Little lady, there is someone there!" ”
Luo Qingyun got up suddenly, patted the dirt on the hem of her skirt, she was beautiful and slightly clustered, and looked at the person in front of her in a panic, only to see him coming slowly, gradually becoming clear, the person was dressed in guard clothes, Luo Qingyun looked at his face carefully, and was stunned: "Is it you?" ”
The emperor hooked his lips and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
Luo Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and haha: "I ..... I entered the palace for the first time, and I felt fresh, so I walked around here!" ”
The emperor forgot to glance at the stone slab, knew that she was lying, and asked with a smile: "How did you enter the palace?" ”
She was stunned for a moment, and smiled awkwardly: "I... It is a newly selected show girl. ”
The emperor suddenly stepped forward, looked at her eyes with offense, and said after a long time: "Show girl? ”
"Hmm!" She paused, looked at the surrounding scenery, and sighed: "So you are here on an errand!" ”
The emperor looked at the pavilions on his side, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly: "Yes, I am responsible for guarding the imperial garden!" ”
"The scenery here is so beautiful, you are much luckier than those guards guarding the palace gate as an errand here!" Luo Qingyun suddenly thought of the jade pendant, and his eyes lit up: "By the way, in the temple of Yanshan that day, your jade pendant fell off, and the jade pendant is now here, why don't you go with me......."
"Where are you going?"
"You definitely can't go to where I live, I'll give it to you another day!"
"Good!" The emperor raised his eyes, pointed to the Yuhua Pavilion not far away, and said, "Why don't we see it there tomorrow, we are still at this hour?" ”