Chapter Sixty-Seven: Another Strange Thing
Jiang Ruolin's expression froze, her eyes were incredulous, she looked at her in a panic and asked, "You...... Know him? ”
Luo Qingyun nodded: "Jiang Guiren and he also know each other!" She scrutinized her look and smiled.
Jiang Ruolin came back to her senses, straightened her body, and moved her gaze to the side: "What about the understanding, but I don't know why he passed away!" ”
Luo Qingyun knew that she was avoiding her, but she had no reason to keep asking, she smiled silently: "Jiang Guiren, it's me who bothered!" She was about to leave, Jiang Ruolin's brows furrowed slightly, and she chased after her again and again.
"But how do you know him? This...... Have you seen him in years? Jiang Ruolin sent it in the middle of her eyes, although she shouldn't be like this, she still couldn't help but want to ask more about Song Zixun's matter.
"You don't need to know this!" Luo Qingyun glanced at her, then shook his head with a wry smile: "Jiang Guiren, I see that you are the same age as him, there must have been an emotional entanglement between you, right?" But now, you have been in the palace for more than three years, so you were already a noble person when Song Zixun passed away last year. She paused, and her eyes suddenly turned a little colder: "Did you lose him?" ”
Jiang Ruolin was stunned, and looked up in shock, she staggered forward and grabbed her wrist, and scolded: "What do you want to do?" ”
Luo Qingyun's tone was firm: "I just want to find out the cause of his death so that he can look at it!" ”
This word pierced the tip of her heart. She suddenly let go of her hand, shook her head with a sloppy look, took a few steps back, and the corners of her mouth moved as if she was smiling: "I don't understand what you say." ”
"It's okay, one day you'll be willing to tell me!"
Jiang Ruolin looked at her coldly: "I don't know anything!" After that, she turned her head and looked at her a few times, squeezed out a smile, and sneered: "Concubine Yun Niangniang was beaten by thirty boards yesterday, and she can still move around at will today, what a miracle!" ”
Luo Qingyun was stunned for a moment, and exclaimed: "Thirty? ”
The corners of Jiang Ruolin's mouth hooked, and she bowed her head and asked An and the maid to leave. Luo Qingyun looked at her back and sighed deeply in her eyes.
It seems that she guessed correctly, as long as she mentioned Song Zixun, Jiang Ruolin's whole person was confused. She is always silent on weekdays, and she is not humble or arrogant in her work, but at this time she can't hide her inner emotions, and some things can't be hidden, such as feelings.
In the imperial study, Nephrite Heng and Lu Yun came one after another.
After the salute, Lu Yun reported the aftermath: "Your Majesty, the minister and the Taoist chief cast a spell, the little sage has woken up, he has no idea about the events of that day, and the minister has ordered him to go back to the imperial dining room." ”
"Okay, what about the souls?" The emperor put down the fold and rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.
"Back to the emperor, the minister has not found any trace of the soul for the time being, but he has no body and is seriously injured, and he must be dying." Lu Yun bowed: "The ministers and the Taoist chief have blocked the gates of the palace with the magic array, with his current mana, he can't escape and won't hurt the people in the palace!" ”
"Hmm." The emperor nodded, and turned his eyes to Ruan Yuheng: "You instruct the guards and the eunuchs of each palace to report immediately if they encounter a suspicious person." ”
"No!" Ruan Yuheng paused and said suspiciously: "Are you worried that it will eagerly seize someone else's body now?" ”
"Definitely, let the palace people be careful, especially at night, it's best not to go out!" The emperor said to Lu Yun: "Is there a spell that can suppress him, send a few to each palace, the palace people can't die for no reason!" ”
"The ministers and the Taoist chief are ready to prepare, whether they can suppress him or not, it's better to be cautious!" With that, he bowed and withdrew.
The emperor leaned on the dragon chair tiredly, closed his eyes and rested, he had just changed his body, but he could not afford to delay, and he had to deal with the tedious affairs of the court.
Ruan Yuheng saw that his face was not good, frowned worriedly, and said softly: "Your body has just recovered, so let's take a rest!" ”
The emperor didn't answer, his heart turned a hundred times, and it took a while to slowly open his eyes. He lowered his eyes, looked at the jade pendant in his waist with a calm expression, and ordered: "Ruan Yuheng, you will do something for me again!" ”
"Please!" Ruan Yuheng bowed.
"Go and check a person named Song Zixun, I want to know what he has to do with Luo Qingyun!" The emperor's ink eyes were bottomless, but Ruan Yuheng still sensed something inexplicably.
He frowned slightly, looked at the emperor's expression again, and retreated.
In the huge imperial study, there are endless twists and turns piled up on the black lacquer and gold painting case, and the incense burner makes people sleepy. The emperor got up and woke up, looking at the direction of the side hall and was stunned. Xiao Ping walked in with a teacup, his eyes straightened, and he looked at him slowly.
Xiao Ping said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is a new tea from Lord Chen of Fujian Zhizhou, which has the effect of warming the stomach and dispelling cold. ”
The emperor raised his eyes and looked at the tray in his hand, and nodded expressionlessly: "Put it down!" ”
"No!"
"Grandpa Xiao!" The emperor suddenly spoke: "How many years have you been in the palace?" ”
Xiao Ping didn't understand what he meant, and lowered his head and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, the old slave has been in the palace for more than seventeen years!" Yu Qing served the emperor during his lifetime. ”
The emperor nodded, his mind was still unexpressed, and he muttered to himself: "Time is not short." ”
Xiao Ping peeked at the emperor's expression in fear, what does this sentence mean that the time is not short, is it not that the emperor thinks he is old and wants Xiao Xianzi to take his place.
After a while, the emperor came back to his senses and saw that he was still saluting, and hurriedly said: "Oh, by the way, why did the Queen Mother punish Luo Qingyun yesterday!" ”
"If you go back to the emperor, the old slave was not present yesterday, but I heard that it was because Concubine Yun was disrespectful to the queen mother that she was given thirty rods!"
"Thirty?" The emperor's eyes tightened, and if the thirty canes went down, the man would die, but he saw that Luo Qingyun was only slightly injured, and the queen mother had already ordered why her subordinates were merciful.
"Exactly, but it is rumored in the palace that something strange suddenly happened during the execution that day, and the four eunuchs and Gonggong Lu who were present all said that they had seen ghosts, and they also said that there were ghosts around Concubine Yun, and when she was executed, she muttered to herself and suddenly something strange happened......"
The emperor was shocked and suddenly felt that things were not good: "What did the Queen Mother say?" ”
"Back to the emperor, the Queen Mother summoned Father-in-law Lu, and in the past few days, the Taoist of Qingyunguan has come to the palace, and he is still in front of the palace gates, and the star official Lord Lu also frequently enters the palace, and now everyone in the palace is panicking, but there is no movement from the Queen Mother!"
The emperor's brows were furrowed, and he thought about it for a moment, and said slowly: "Okay, I know, you go out first!" ”
"No!" Xiao Ping bowed and exited the imperial study.
The emperor sighed slightly, this time Luo Qingyun is afraid that he is going to run into trouble!
She couldn't finish the huge palace for a few days, and when she left the imperial garden, she bypassed the Zhaoren Hall and walked along the palace wall on the east road. Luo Qingyun didn't see Song Zixun for a long time, and in a blink of an eye, he walked to the Ziyun Mountain behind the palace, and then walked to the Shenwu Gate. When the imperial palace was originally built in the capital, the feng shui of the royal building naturally had to pay attention to sitting in the north and facing south, and it also needed to be surrounded by mountains and waters. But at that time, how could there be a mountain in the capital that had been built for a long time, so Emperor Renzong ordered the palace people to build this Ziyun Mountain, and also created a golden river around the palace.
It was the first time she had walked so far, and when she came back to her senses, she found that there was no one here, and the side hall next to Ziyun Mountain was uninhabited, and it looked extremely depressed.
She couldn't help but be stunned, and suddenly had an ominous premonition in her heart. There is still such a place in this magnificent palace, she raised her eyes in disbelief and stared at the dusty plaque, and the incompatible Hanxi Hall in front of her seemed to have been uninhabited for a long time, and there was a lot of gloom.
She suddenly felt a chill in her spine, and she pulled her legs and was about to leave.
Afraid of something, she suddenly felt a force under her feet holding her. She watched uncontrollably as her body slowly retreated, and the faster she quickened, the faster she retreated.