Chapter 268: The Mysterious Man
The guards received the order, went out majestically, and immediately brought the mother-in-law in and threw her on the ground.
The mother-in-law knew that the trouble caused today was a bit big, so she kowtowed to the Empress Dowager and Mo Guhan like garlic: "The emperor spares his life, the empress dowager spares his life!" ”
"The mourner asks you, who is the missing man?"
The mother-in-law cautiously looked at the face of the Empress Dowager, and looked timid: "The Empress Dowager Qiqi, it's the Duanmu clan!" ”
"What?!"
The Empress Dowager was taken aback: "It's her?!" ”
Mo Guhan naturally knew who the "Duanmu Clan" in this mother-in-law's mouth was referring to, so he stood aside and was silent.
"Still stunned what to do!" The Empress Dowager instructed the guards on the side: "Hurry up and give an order to the mourning family, search the mourning family, and search the palace by palace!" Be sure to quickly search her Duanmu Clan's whereabouts. ”
The guards received the order and immediately retreated in panic, and the sound of footsteps immediately sounded outside the palace.
The Empress Dowager pointed at her mother-in-law angrily and asked coldly: "What's going on with the door of the cold palace?" ”
The mother-in-law trembled and said: "It has been in disrepair for a long time, the door shaft has been hollowed out by insects, and a group of concubines of sin surged and shook, so they couldn't bear it and collapsed." ”
"Well, if the mourners don't pursue your negligence, then what about you when a group of people run away noisily? Where have you all gone? Why wasn't it stopped in time? ”
When the mother-in-law was questioned, she was silent, and her words were not good, and she stumbled: "Last night, there was a heavy rain, and our residence was leaking everywhere. Today, when it was sunny, all of them were repairing the roofs, leaving only a little eunuch to guard them. They rushed out, and no one could stop them, so they hurried to report it. ”
"Hmph, it's pure quibble! The Qianxi Fourth Institute is so far away from the Imperial Garden, if it is discovered in time, how can it be possible for the virtuous concubine to break into here and cause trouble? The Empress Dowager rebuked angrily.
The mother-in-law was so frightened that she almost went limp: "The mother-in-law doesn't dare to talk nonsense, what the mother-in-law said is true." ”
The Empress Dowager couldn't help but say: "Come on, pull out this deceitful mother-in-law for the mourning family and hand it over to the Shen Xing Division to deal with." ”
The mother-in-law begged and begged, screaming all the way and being dragged down.
The Empress Dowager rubbed her forehead, and her head began to ache faintly again.
Mama Lin hurriedly stepped forward, took out a white jade bottle from her arms, poured out a little ointment, rubbed it on her temples, and rubbed it gently.
The Empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief slowly: "Your Majesty, your harem is going to be well organized." There are only five or six concubines in total, and they toss every day, and if they continue like this, it seems difficult for the mourning family to hold a great-grandson in their lifetime. ”
"Look at how the imperial grandmother is talking? Your old man's life is 100 years old, the turtle is old and the crane is long-lived, and he talks about his great-grandson, even if it is the splendid country of my Chang'an Dynasty for thousands of generations, I still have to rely on you. ”
Mo Gu said with a cold and humble manner.
The Empress Dowager immediately smiled: "You have been able to speak since you were a child and please my wife." ”
"My grandson is just saying it from the bottom of my heart."
The Empress Dowager smiled more and more cheerfully: "If you coax me, this head won't hurt so much." Go and see Ling Yan, I haven't been with her well for a few days, and I am aggrieved. The doctor said that she should not be angry in the future, and she must keep a cheerful mood so that the fetus can be stable. You don't have to worry about the rest of the things, leave them all to the mourning family. ”
Mo Guhan nodded: "Then Grandmother Lao will worry about it." ”
"By the way, what about the Queen? Something happened to Concubine Lian, she, as a queen, should come over to visit, right? ”
"She happened to go out and was not in the Qianqing Palace. When the grandson heard the palace report, he rushed over in a hurry, and he didn't inform her at all. ”
The Empress Dowager nodded: "How did the mourning family hear that she has recovered very well now, but her brain is a little confused?" Have you ever seen a doctor? ”
Mo Guhan wrote lightly: "Shao Xiang said that Xu has blood congestion in his brain, so he will occasionally be a little confused, and it will be no big deal, and he will recover slowly." ”
"That's good, come out and go in, let Mama Wei follow, be careful. Don't bump into it, the mourning family can't help but have any more excitement. ”
Mo Guhan responded respectfully and quietly.
Today's rain is sunny and breezy.
Yuehua was walking near the Qianqing Palace, followed by palace people, taking care of her closely, and being careful. It was the maid Yushu in the Qingqiu Palace, Yuehua felt that she was delicate, smart and bold, so she often stayed in front of her to send.
Yuehua waved at her: "You don't have to follow step by step like this, the main palace is walking around here, blowing the wind." ”
As soon as the jade book responded, he slowed down with his eyes and followed not far or close.
She walked slowly along the bluestone path, tiptoeing lest she get her embroidered shoes wet.
The drainage in the palace is very good, but it is inevitable that there will be ditches and bumpy places, and when the rain is heavy, water will accumulate.
She just looked down, and she didn't notice that someone was coming up.
"Blessed is the Queen." The person on the other side bent down at her and lowered his voice.
Yuehua didn't care, only raised her chin slightly, signaled to flatten her body, and continued to walk forward.
"Niangniang, an old man asked his maid to bring you a message and wanted to see you."
Yuehua raised her head suddenly, the maid on the other side was very unfamiliar, and she didn't know which palace it was. However, she said something bold and somewhat reckless.
So Yuehua sank her face slightly: "Who wants to see this palace, let her just go to the Qianqing Palace to report, what is such a mysterious and mysterious thing?" ”
The palace maid's courage is not small, and when she was questioned by Yuehua, she was not afraid at all, and she was still calm: "This old man is a little inconvenient, she said that she has a great joy in finding her mother." ”
"Who is it?"
The maid shook her head: "Niangniang will know by taking one step to speak." ”
Yuehua turned around, and the palace maid Yushu had already stopped and stopped not far from her.
The strange palace maid lowered her voice and said, "I hope the queen can go alone, and don't show the slightest rumor." ”
Yuehua thought about her current situation and sneered: "Why should this palace believe you? ”
Then he turned around and left, ignoring it.
"Niangniang, don't you want to know who reminded the emperor to be careful of the poison of the queen mother's forgetfulness?"
Yuehua paused suddenly, turned her head, looked at the palace maid, and looked up and down.
This matter is confidential, and all the palace knows is Mo Guhan, Rong Xiang, Bu Chen, Shao Ziqing and others, how can she know? Mo Guhan also guessed the identity of this mysterious person in front of him, but he has always been puzzled.
"You handed over the note?"
The palace maid shook her head: "The slave maid doesn't have such a great ability, it was ordered by my master to do it." ”
"Your master?" Yuehua frowned slightly, becoming more and more puzzled.
The palace maid nodded, neither humble nor arrogant: "My master said that as long as you dare to go, she is willing to help Niangniang and send you half of the Forbidden City." ”
"What a big breath!" Yuehua sneered: "Why doesn't this palace know that in this Forbidden City, in addition to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, there is also such a master who can cover the sky with one hand." ”
"Niangniang will naturally know when she moves. My master said that if the mother does not dare to go to the appointment, she will not be able to be trusted, and the maid does not need to persuade her. ”
Yuehua only groaned slightly, and raised her face: "Where?" ”
"Time is pressing, and I asked the mother to send the palace people who followed and came with the maid."
Yuehua turned around and waved at the jade book behind him: "I'm tired of walking in this palace, find a place to sit for a while, you go back and order someone to make some herbal tea, and go back to this palace to drink it in a while." ”
Yushu received the order, didn't say much, and immediately turned around and retreated.
Yuehua said indifferently: "Let's go." ”
The palace maid looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention nearby, so she took Yuehua to turn around the flower corridor water pavilion, and then walked a few steps away, and there was a wooden house in the flower and tree pendant, which was where the sundries were placed.
The palace maid stepped forward, took out a key from her body, opened the copper lock on it, and looked around cautiously again: "I have wronged my mother." ”
Yuehua didn't dare to enter recklessly, standing at the door and looking inside, she couldn't help but be stunned.
"Who are you?"
The person inside slowly turned around, a face full of vicissitudes and ravines, unmessed hair, and a white-washed blue and gray cloth shirt with patches, and smiled at Yuehua: "Queen Mother, don't come to harm?" ”
Yuehua recognized her voice, which was too cold, like a windless winter morning, cold and calm.
She couldn't help but blurt out: "Duanmu Clan?!" ”
Duanmu smiled coldly: "It is said that the queen mother is amnesia and confused, it seems that the rumors are really deceitful." ”
Yuehua was only alert at this time that she was shocked for a while, revealing her flaws, but she was not in a hurry to cover it up: "You are in the cold palace, and the news is not closed at all." ”
Duanmu sneered: "Come in if the aggrieved queen deigns to come in, there are people everywhere outside, and they are searching for the mourning family." ”
The Duanmu clan has long been abolished, but she still calls herself a "mourning family", and she is frugal, still has a flat demeanor, and it is difficult to hide her calm bearing.
Yuehua turned her face to look at the palace maid outside, bowed in, and the palace maid immediately locked outside.
"If you are really bold, aren't you afraid that the mourning family will take the opportunity to take you hostage and let the emperor let the mourning family go?"
Yuehua said indifferently: "Although Yuehua is recovering from a serious illness, if you talk about fists and feet, you may not be the opponent of this palace." Since this palace dared to come in, it was naturally ready to do everything. Besides, even if you hijack the palace, the Queen Mother can't ask for it, how can she let you go? Hongu is not a good choice for hostages. ”
Duanmu didn't dare to laugh out loud, but he grinned widely, obviously happy.
"When I saw you that day, I was dumbfounded, and the mourning family thought that you were just a chess piece in the hands of that old witch, but I didn't expect that you were a wise and foolish person, but you can take on a big responsibility."
Yuehua didn't know what to call her, like others, calling her "Duanmu Clan", she didn't feel respectful enough, but she didn't have any position now, just a concubine.
"It's over."
"Hehe, although the mourning family has indeed been trapped in the cold palace for so many years, all the things that happen in this Forbidden City cannot escape the ears and eyes of the mourning family. The mourners are well aware of what has happened in these days. ”