Chapter 44: The Undead
The door of the Buddha Hall was closed, and the people of the Condensation Palace took Nie Yan here and left.
Nie Yan was hesitating whether to knock on the door, but she heard the voice of Concubine Su coming from inside the Buddhist hall.
"Come in."
When Nie Yan heard this, Fang pushed the door and entered.
"The concubine has seen the concubine." Nie Yan saluted.
When Concubine Su heard this, Fang turned around from the Buddha statue, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she asked Nie Yan directly: "You tell the mourning family honestly, a few days ago, His Majesty summoned Cao Chun to detoxify you, what kind of poison is it?" ”
Nie Yan was slightly shocked, didn't Xiao Yu give a gag order not to mention poisoning? How did this Concubine Su know?
Seeing that Nie Yan didn't answer, Concubine Su raised her eyebrows and said, "What?" Don't want to say? ”
Nie Yan didn't think about hiding it from Concubine Su, but she didn't know why Concubine Su suddenly became curious about her.
"Hui Concubine Hui, as far as the concubine knows, it should be called 'Drunken Life and Dream Death'."
Nie Yan replied.
"Drunk and dreaming of death...... The mourning family knows it, and it knows! ”
Concubine Su was emotional and kept talking to herself, but Nie Yan didn't hear it clearly.
Originally, Nie Yan wanted to ask more, what is this 'drunken life and dream death', but before she could speak, she saw Concubine Su waving her hand and said, "It's okay, you go back." ”
Nie Yan saw that Concubine Su seemed to be in a bad mood, so she didn't say anything more, so she had to retreat first.
When Concubine Su saw Nie Yan leaving, she smashed the teacup in her hand and said coldly: "Some people seem to have been at ease for too long, and they dare to attack Qing Yu. Su Qi, go to Qixia Palace with the mourning family tonight! ”
"Yes, Second Miss."
I don't know when, a middle-aged woman dressed in black has appeared next to Concubine Su.
And her title to Concubine Su is the name of Concubine Su in the Su family when Concubine Su has not yet entered the palace.
Nie Yan didn't know anything about Concubine Su's side.
Nie Yan walked out of the Condensation Palace, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Concubine Su's reaction was really strange, seeing that there was no one around, and the sedan chair had not yet arrived, only Su Yun was following her, so she asked Su Yun: "You said that 'drunk life and dream death' was made by your father, but he is an imperial doctor, the so-called doctor is benevolent, why do you want to make such a poison?" ”
Su Yun shook his head in embarrassment and replied, "My father has always only taught us medical skills, and rarely said anything else. ”
Nie Yan knew that Su Yun had a younger brother, and now he was being taken care of by Su Qingyu, so she didn't ask much.
However, after several contacts with the Royal Hospital, Nie Yan felt that that place still had to have its own people.
After thinking about it for a moment, Nie Yan made a decision in her heart, but she had to inform Su Qingyu of this decision.
"After I go back, please come to see the palace."
Nie Yan commanded.
Su Yun should get down, and after a while, the sedan car arrived.
In Beichen Palace, Mama Ying has been invited to Nie Yan.
"Mama Ying, this palace knows that the meaning of the concubine to let you come is not to let me have anything to do with General Su anymore, but now there is a matter, and I ask Mama Ying to handle it on my behalf."
Nie Yan said politely.
Mama Ying's expression moved slightly: "I don't know what Niangniang told the slave?" ”
"Before the palace entered the palace, General Tuosu took care of a person, and now the palace has other arrangements for that person, and I also ask Mama to tell General Su on my behalf."
When Mama Ying heard this, she hesitated.
Nie Yan saw that Mama Ying should not, and said: "After that person is returned, the palace and General Su will be less involved, Mama can rest assured, the concubine will definitely be happy to see it." ”
Hearing this, Mama Ying relented and said, "The slave will leave the palace tomorrow on the pretext of helping the concubine send things back to Su Mansion." ”
Seeing that Mama Ying agreed, Nie Yan put her mind at ease.
Now only Su Yun and Wan Hui are trustworthy by Nie Yan's side, as for Fushun, Nie Yan didn't dare to let him know too much, whether it was the matter of entering and leaving the palace gate to deliver the news, or it was most appropriate for the Su family to do it themselves.
That night, Concubine Su put on a black cloak, and left the Condensation Palace quietly with only one Su Qi by her side.
In the Qixia Palace, the originally beautiful cherry blossom trees became a little terrifying under the white moonlight.
In front of the palace gate of Qixia Palace, Concubine Su slowly took out a key from her sleeve and opened the lock with a "click".
"Whew-"
The heavy palace gate was pushed open by Su Qi, because Qixia Palace was uninhabited, there was no one in charge of the palace to light up the lanterns in the palace.
But because the candle flame in the corridor outside the palace is vigorous, it is vaguely able to see the way.
It is precisely because of this that the faint candlelight in the main hall of Qixia Palace is concealed.
Concubine Su didn't seem to be afraid of the rumors that Qixia Palace was haunted, so she walked straight into the main hall and walked in the direction of the faint candlelight.
The closer you get, the more you can hear the bleak and gentle singing.
"The long street is long, the fireworks are numerous, you pick up the lights and look back......"
"The short pavilion is short, the red dust is rolling, I will sigh Xiao again......"
If others are here, they will definitely feel weird and terrible when they hear this scene, and maybe they will also say that the haunting of Qixia Palace will be convinced.
In fact, the haunting of Qixia Palace is really spread like this, and it is that at night, very few palace people pass by here, for fear of provoking things.
On the other hand, Concubine Su and Su Qi were not surprised by this scene, and they didn't hear the song.
It wasn't until they saw a figure dressed in white in the dormitory, with black hair covering their entire face, that the two stopped.
The singing voice came from the figure in front of him.
"Imperial Concubine Niangniang, I'm so interested!"
Concubine Su sneered.
The figure was motionless, still leaning against the corner, singing those two lines repeatedly, as if he hadn't heard Concubine Su's words, and had never looked at Concubine Su and the others, as if they were living in their own world.
"Chu Yurou, it doesn't matter if you are really crazy or fake crazy, in short, your good son hurt Qingyu outside, and the Mourning family can't let you go! The mother of the child pays the debt, Su Qi, go and cut off all ten of her fingers! ”
Concubine Su obviously had no temperament, stared at Chu Yurou fiercely, and instructed Su Qi beside her.
Su Qi heard the words and received the order, but just when he approached the person, he felt a gust of wind passing behind him, and many years of experience told Su Qi that someone was sneaking up!
Without saying a word, he temporarily abandoned Concubine Su's order and dealt with the sneak attackers first.
After a few moves, Su Qi was slightly defeated, and the sneak attacker found the opportunity and slapped Su Qi on her body to repel her and stopped.
When the fight stopped, Concubine Su had already seen the person coming, and said with an unhappy face: "The mourning family thought it was someone sent by the evil race, but it turned out to be the head of the king." ”
The person who came was none other than Wang Zhi, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"Wang Zhi was ordered by the first emperor, and if he is disrespectful, he asks the concubine to forgive his sins!" Wang Zhi stepped forward and walked to salute.
Concubine Su sneered: "The first emperor's last life?!" The mourning family remembers that this Chu Yurou was a dead man when the first emperor was still alive! Did the first emperor ask you to protect a dead man?! ”
Wang Zhi didn't answer, and soon Concubine Su reacted.
"The first emperor already knew that she wasn't dead at all, right!"