Xie Ning got out of the sedan chair, raised his head and squinted slightly, looking at the words on the plaque.

Danxia Hall is built on a high place, standing at the gate of the palace to look back, the whole garden is almost under the feet.

Bai Hongqi came forward to help her in.

Xie Ning politely thanked him: "There is Father-in-law Lao Bai." ”

Bai Hong bowed to his waist and said softly: "Xie Jieyu is polite, the emperor is waiting for you inside." ”

Xie Ning stepped up the stairs and followed him into the Danxia Palace.

There is a large courtyard in Danxia Palace, and the emperor is standing in the courtyard waiting for her.

Xie Ning walked to him, but before the salute could go on, the emperor grabbed his hand and held him: "Don't be polite, I will take you for a walk." ”

Xie Ning took the umbrella in the hands of the palace people and shaded the emperor from the sun. As a result, the emperor took the umbrella and held it on top of her head for her.

"There are many maple trees planted inside and outside the front and back of the Danxia Palace, but now is not the season to see the maple leaves. When the autumn wind makes the maple leaves red, the Danxia Hall can be regarded as worthy of its name. ”

But by that time, they should have already returned to Beijing, and probably couldn't wait to see the red scenery all over the mountains.

"I'll take you to see it then."

At this time, Xie Ning should have said Emperor Xie, but she only said one word.

"Okay."

"Mrs. Xie died last night."

Shainin wasn't surprised, she had already guessed.

She didn't have any feelings for Xie Liu, but it was not a joy to hear the death of a familiar person.

What's more, she died a violent death and was killed by someone.

Standing at the corner of the cloister, looking out of the diamond-shaped flower window, the mist on the lake not far away is like a piece of clear jade inlaid in the green trees.

"I'm sorry for you."

Xie Ning raised his head: "What is the emperor talking about?" The concubine's aunt...... If she had returned to her hometown early, she would not have had this fate. ”

In the end, it was her greed and blindness that killed her.

"No matter what she did, it is a fact that Ming Shou disregarded the law and mutilated people's lives. And last time, she used the excuse to ridicule you, and I didn't seek justice for you. ”

"It's useless to have concubines, and even the emperor has lost his dignity."

"It doesn't matter how decent I am, it's not the first time I've done this for Ming Shou anyway, but maybe this is her last." The emperor held her, and the two looked at the vast lake together.

"Wait a little longer, I'll definitely breathe this out for you."

Xie Ning's heart tightened, and his hands trembled.

"I have ordered Mrs. Xie to be buried in a thick burial, and as for her two daughters, you can rest assured."

Xie Ning turned his head and said, "The emperor doesn't have to ......"

"I buried her for another reason. If it weren't for her, you wouldn't have entered the palace, and I wouldn't have met you. I want to thank her for this. After a pause, he said, "On the first day of junior high school, I want to go to Changchun Garden, so you can stay." ”

Xie Ning almost blurted out: "The concubines will also go together." ”

The emperor comforted her warmly: "Ying Yan and Yuyao are not in good health, and the second prince can't leave anyone, so don't go." ”

Xie Ning couldn't express the panic and uneasiness in his heart: "But the concubines don't worry about the emperor." ”

Looking at each other, the emperor was also a little moved.

After a while, he whispered, "All right, then let's go together." ”

Xie Ning breathed a sigh of relief: "That concubine goes back and picks one, she has to dress up luxuriously, and she can't make people laugh." ”

"Good. When I go back, I will also help you plan and plan, and I must make you beautiful. ”

Although this sentence was a joke, Xie Ning only barely managed to squeeze out a smile, it was better not to laugh.

"Don't laugh if you're sad."

"It's not sad." Xie Ning whispered: "The concubine has never lived in the Xie family, and she hasn't spoken much to her aunt before, and she hated her very much for a while. But now that I heard that she was dead, I still felt bad. ”

"Don't think too much, if you are really concerned, go back and let someone do a ritual for her."

yes, what else?

When a person dies, he dies, and it is impossible to be reinvented. No matter whether the living hate her or miss her, this person will never exist in the world.

Why did Xie Liu die?

Xie Ning was wondering, did she be insatiable and annoy Princess Mingshou, or did she accidentally say something that she shouldn't say, or did she know something that she shouldn't know?

A leaf fell from the branch, swirled in the air, and was blown over the wall by the wind, and fell lightly to the ground.

In a courtyard not far from the Golden Wind Garden, the two sisters, Xie Lian and Xie Wei, were at a loss to send away a eunuch from the garden.

As soon as the door was closed, Xie Lian's body was crooked, and the chair moved her, and the chair foot made a screeching sound on the floor tiles.

Xie Wei came over a little abruptly, helped her, and let her sit down upright.

Xie Lian grabbed her hand, her eyes were straight, and her face was pale: "Mother must be dead...... She won't be able to come back. ”

Xie Wei also startled her, and said with a little stammer: "Sister, don't talk nonsense, didn't that father-in-law say it just now?" The people in Changchun Garden said that the mother left last night, maybe she didn't come back for a while because she wasn't familiar with the road here, and the emperor was stationed here, and no thief dared to do anything here. Wait a little longer, they will be able to find my mother and send her back. ”

"Do you really believe what he says?" Xie Lian slowly let go of the hand holding her, and Xie Wei quickly retracted her hand. Xie Wei's hand strength is not small, and her hands are red all over the place.

"My cousin is a noble lady, those people always have to look at her face, and they won't lie to us."

"How much is a noble man worth? Didn't you see that she couldn't lift her head in front of the princess that day? Xie Lian was afraid that people outside would hear her, so her voice was very quiet: "I've seen it since the morning, there are people wandering around outside the courtyard, and they want to watch us." ”

Xie Wei still wants to try to find a reason to comfort her sister, and by the way, comfort herself.

"You think you're trying to protect us, right?"

Xie Lian shook her head and said, "You don't understand, ...... a few days ago" She glanced at Xie Wei and swallowed back the words behind: "What can I do now?" ”

What can I do?

The two of them originally followed Xie Liu's family to Beijing, and they were familiar with each other after living in the capital for a few months, but when they came to the garden, they didn't know anyone, and they didn't even know how to go out. I don't know the place well, and now there are people outside the door who don't know what their identities are looking at them, and they don't even dare to take a step out of the door.

Fortunately, there are still a few rough people in this courtyard to serve, so they will not be without food and clothing.

After all, Xie Lian is several years older than Xie Wei, and she is even older than Xie Ning, who has already become a palace concubine and gave birth to a son, but the marriage is not going well, and she has been stumbling until now.

She remembered what Xie Liu had told her before she went out, and the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became.

Xie Liu said: "When I passed through the hall, I saw the princess and the wild man together, and then they entered the house together. Because his daughter hadn't left the cabinet yet, Xie Liu didn't say anything about the details of kissing and other things he saw. When she said this, she was proud, and she looked like she had already made sure of everything: "The princess raises wild men, and she will be embarrassed to go home when this matter spreads." You just have to rest assured, this time my mother will definitely find you a prominent family business, and you will wait to enjoy happiness in the future. We can't count on the one in the palace for this matter, we have to think about it ourselves. ”

At that time, Xie Lian was a little unsure.

What if the princess heard this and didn't want to calm down and hide it, but was angry and guts, and instead became malicious?

That day, Xie Lian saw Princess Mingshou's domineering in the Water Pavilion, and she didn't think she was a person who would bow to others.

But Xie Liu's has always been strong, between mother and daughter, only the mother said hers, and there was no time when she was the other way around.

So Xie Liu still went.

Xie Liu didn't come back until it was dark, Xie Lian and the others didn't know the way when they went out, and they didn't dare to go out to find it.

The two sisters stayed together all night and didn't close their eyes much, so they wanted to wait until dawn to find a way.

But the situation was not very good when it was dawn, a middle-aged eunuch came just now, and he smiled very politely, saying that he had already asked about it for them, and said that he didn't have to worry, he might be able to find someone.

Xie Lian could see from his smile that the meaning was completely different from his words.

Maybe, maybe my mother will never come back.

She didn't care about being upset. After all, this is not yet a certainty. What she is more worried about is whether something will happen to her and Xie Wei?

Will someone come and kill them?

There is glory and wealth in the capital that they have never seen in their lives, but Xie Lian doesn't think about wealth at all now, she is just afraid, very afraid.

Xie Wei was also uneasy, but after all, she was young, and she didn't know what was going on here, so Xie Lian couldn't discuss something with her.

When Xie Liu left yesterday, Xie Wei still wanted to follow. Xie Lian vaguely knew a little about her sister's thoughts, and forcibly stopped her.

Xie Wei had seen Zhang Juma once, and since then it has been a little wrong for several days.

Zhang Yuma is very good, and Xie Lian's heart beats fast when she sees him. But she knew that Zhang Juma was not something they could climb. Xie Wei's cheeks flushed when she talked about Zhang Yu, she was panting fast, and her voice was higher than usual.

Going to Changchun Garden is not the same as going to a relative's house in her hometown, how can she go with her casually?

Xie Lian is now extremely glad that she stopped Xie Wei, otherwise, Xie Wei is afraid that she will never return to her whereabouts now, just like their mother.

If only they could go to the garden and stay with their cousin, maybe they would be safe.

But Xie Lian immediately gave up this idea again. Let's not say that they can't get out, even if they do, it's not necessarily safe in the garden. If the cousin could protect them, she wouldn't have allowed their mother and daughter to be bullied at the banquet a few days ago.

In just one night, Xie Lian seemed to be several years older. Without their mother's protection, they would have to rely on themselves. She also had to coax her sister, comfort her on the one hand, and watch out for everyone around her.