Mama Su Mala dragged the little eunuch over and asked, "Do you know everything outside?" ”

The little eunuch panicked: "Not yet, not yet, the people of the elder brother don't dare to report it." ”

Mama's eyes sank, revealing a sharp expression that Lan Qi had never seen before, and glared at the little eunuch solemnly and said, "Go back and tell the people in Brother's house that this matter is not allowed to be spread, if it is spread, I will kill you first." ”

"Yes...... "The little eunuch was so frightened that he limped out of his legs and limped.

"Wu Chang is here, you go back and make a new bowl of tea for the Queen Mother." Mama Su Mala restrained her expression, gently pushed Lan Qi, she suddenly woke up, oh turned around and walked away, Mama sighed a long sigh, and walked towards the master.

Entering the door, I saw that the palace maids were crawling on the ground looking for something, and the grandmother stepped on a round one, leaned over and picked it up, it was the Buddha beads that the master had newly worn these days, and let the palace maids on the side take it, and when they all picked it up, they sent someone to string it up, but the queen mother said: "There is no need to string it, if there is a rarity among your sisters, keep it yourself." ”

The palace maids thanked them and went out, and Mama Su Mala took out a string of peach pit carved ten thousand Buddha beads from the Nanmu box under the Buddha shrine, and after offering it in front of the Bodhisattva, she came to wrap it around the master's wrist and said softly: "Master, the third elder brother is dead." ”

The old man nodded, not very surprised, "This child has been sick for a long time and is pitiful, and on the night I named him Changsheng, I had a nightmare, and I knew that I had disobeyed God's will and suppressed his blessings. ”

"Master, don't say that." Mama persuaded, "I just came to spread the word that the third elder brother was poisoned. ”

The Empress Dowager's slightly closed eyes slowly opened, a cold gaze flowed out of her eyes, and she sneered: "So powerful? ”

"Who's going to run away and poison a child who hasn't been alive or yet?" Mama also sneered, helped the master to get up and pray in front of the Buddha shrine, and put on the incense, just saw Lan Qi come in with a tea bowl, Mama helped serve the tea, the Empress Dowager just moistened her throat, no one was interested in guessing and playing, so she instructed Lan Qi, "Take my Tianzi head and go to Brother's house." ”

Everyone was busy waiting, and when they were about to go out, someone from outside said that the emperor had also gone, and the moment the empress dowager got on the soft sedan chair, she saw Lan Qi's eyes standing on the side with a dead face, her brows furrowed slightly, and called her: "You wear less clothes when the wind and sand are big, come in and sit together." ”

Lan Qi didn't dare, Su Mala pushed her, and then followed the old man into the sedan chair, next to the body of the Queen Mother, smelling the quiet sandalwood on her body, and when her heart relaxed little by little, Lan Qi suddenly couldn't help but burst into tears, and before she could cry or erase it, she heard the Queen Mother ask her leisurely: "There must be such a time, this is nothing, there will be greater storms in the future, I heard that Rong Guiren and Hui Guiren have been to you together?" ”

Lan Qi nodded heavily, she knew from the time she waited in front of the Cining Palace that nothing in this palace could escape the eyes of the Empress Dowager.

"They have been in this palace for so many years, and the nobles have been even longer, and An An has not caused a little trouble, I see it in my eyes, and the greatest reward for them is to let them raise their own children, which I also know." The Empress Dowager sighed heavily, reached out and touched Lan Qi's hair, "Silly boy, do you know what my grandson likes you the most?" ”

Lan Qi looked at the old man blankly, whether he understood it or not, his heart was so chaotic at this moment, he couldn't say it at all, so he saw the old man smiling kindly: "Experience this time, you can't just get tired of frolicking and frolicking between you, two people who respect each other like guests, and they can't touch each other's hearts in their lives, for women, this is not a good word." ”

Xiao Chang is timid: "The concubine doesn't understand." ”

"You'll find out later." The Empress Dowager smiled deeply, and there was inexplicable expectation in her eyes, but she didn't know what she was expecting.

The soft sedan car went to the elder brother's office, and the emperor's luan was not seen, but many people waited outside the door, guessing that the emperor came by himself, and heard the cry as soon as he entered the door, but once someone shouted that the queen mother arrived, the crying inside stopped abruptly.

Xuan Ye came out as the leader, and behind him was led by Zhao Guifei, followed by seven or eight concubines, Lan Qi looked up and looked at Hui Guiren, full of anticipation, Lan Qi was shocked, and hurriedly avoided his gaze.

Entered the third elder brother's house, the child has not yet been buried, the white-haired person can not send the black-haired person, the empress dowager only sat in the outhouse, and the mother Su Mala saluted a string of Buddhist beads used by the master in the cradle, and turned around after the ten, but saw the Rong nobles kneeling aside, haggard and pitiful, it seemed that they were extremely sad, and even the queen mother came, and did not go to salute.

The door of the house was closed, the imperial doctor who had been taking care of the third elder brother's pulse case was called, irrelevant people were dismissed, and only a few concubines were left. In the depressing atmosphere, the Empress Dowager asked the emperor: "Said it was poisoned?" ”

Xuan Ye couldn't see emotion in his deep eyes, and instead of responding directly to his grandmother, he asked the imperial doctor who was kneeling on the ground: "What do you say?" ”

The imperial doctor's face was pale, and his face was slightly sideways as if he was looking for someone, but after all, he endured it, lowered his head and began to talk about the third elder brother's illness, saying that it was not a sudden poisoning, but a little bit of poisoning over time, and when they found out, it was too late to treat it, and they could only watch the third elder brother's life run out little by little.

Later, another nurse said that after Concubine Tong came to visit the third elder brother that day, she left a jar of foreign sugar, and the third elder brother liked it very much, and would eat one or two pieces every day, but the jar of candy disappeared a few days ago.

Everyone's eyes fell on Concubine Tong, and she smiled in disbelief: "What do you mean?" Is it said that this palace poisoned the third elder brother? ”

Xuan Ye was cold: "You gave the sugar?" ”

"The concubine did give the third elder brother foreign sugar, it was sent by the concubine Amma, and there is still it in the Chengqian Palace, and the emperor can send someone to investigate." Concubine Tong stepped forward, eagerly defended herself, and even asked Xuan Ye, "The emperor only agreed to let the concubine choose a child to raise in the palace, what did the concubine do to poison the third elder brother?" The concubine and the noble man have no grievances, so young children, why should the concubines ......"

"Your Majesty." Hui Guiren suddenly knelt down, her lips trembled and said, "On the day of the full moon of the little elder brother, the concubine once saw Niang Niang running to the third elder brother's house alone. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Concubine Tong rushed in front of her.

"Wu Chang has seen it too." Hui Guiren was not afraid, and pointed at Lan Qi, "That day, Wu Chang was playing with his concubines, Wu Chang was here, you also saw it, right?" ”

Say what you see, say what you see, and say what you see......

Suddenly, everyone looked at themselves, but Lan Qi only had Rong Guiren's original words in his head, remembering the tears on the faces of the two of them, remembering that Rong Guiren said that the third elder brother would not live long, and remembering that Hui Guiren stared sadly at his son crying and being taken away on the long palace road.

Raising her eyes and seeing the poor Rong Guiren by the cradle, and seeing that the poor little life was still in the cradle, Lan Qi's brain was hot, and she rushed out: "Yes, the concubine saw Concubine Tong enter the third elder brother's house." She turned around and knelt on the ground, "The concubine Niangniang led everyone to add joy to the little elder brother, Duanjing naughtily ran away, the concubine went to chase her, and when she looked up, she saw Concubine Tong going to the third elder brother's house alone." ”

Concubine Zhao, who had not spoken on the side, said quietly: "Concubine Tong took away the candy jar at that time. ”

"Nonsense!" Concubine Tong's sharp temperament finally broke out completely, her eyes widened angrily, pointing at Concubine Zhao and then at everyone on the ground, "How can you frame me, you are not afraid of going to hell and cutting your tongue, the third elder brother is still there, aren't you afraid that he will come to you in the middle of the night?" ”

"Have you been?" Xuan Ye suddenly asked, Concubine Tong was shocked, and the emperor asked again, "Have you been to the third elder brother's house?" ”

Concubine Tong's momentum weakened instantly, her body fell to the ground on her knees softly, and she began to sob: "The eldest brother is always crying, it's not good to coax and scold, the concubine doesn't want to be laughed at, I heard that as long as you cut some of your younger siblings' hair and save it up and hide it under his bed, the eldest brother will become well-behaved, the concubine has been to the third elder brother's house, but the concubine just cut his hair, the concubine just wants the eldest brother to be well, the emperor ...... How could a concubine poison a child? ”

It was the third elder brother who died, but Rong Guiren only sat sluggishly by the cradle, and what he heard was Concubine Tong's crying, the room was so quiet that the emperor was full of anger, and no one dared to speak again, the empress dowager sat on the head and slowly rotated the Buddha beads between her fingers, and finally sighed slightly, and said to her grandson: "Your Majesty, there must be a result in this matter, and it is spread that the prince has been poisoned, and the royal family may lose its dignity." ”

Xuan Ye's eyes flickered slightly, slowly swept over everyone under the seat, standing or kneeling, when he stayed on Wu Ya Lanqi's body, his eyes inexplicably ignited deeper anger, suddenly turned his gaze away, and said solemnly: "This matter is here, the third elder brother died of illness, and no one poisoned him." He stood up and bowed to the Empress Dowager, "My grandson is busy with court affairs, and I ask the imperial grandmother to take care of the affairs here." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded silently, Xuan Ye saluted and turned to leave, Lan Qi knelt aside, the emperor's dragon robe shook in front of her eyes, her heart was inexplicably tight, and she always felt as if someone had stabbed her heart with her eyes.

The emperor left, Concubine Tong was still sobbing, Concubine Zhao Guifei served tea to invite the Queen Mother to drink, the old man waved his hand and pushed it away, Su Mala Mama hurriedly came over to help, sure enough, she was also leaving, and when she left, she said coldly: "Take the eldest brother back to the elder brother from the Chengqian Palace, Concubine Tong is still too young, and she has to serve the emperor and can't take care of it." Also, you hurry up and bury the third elder brother and send him away. It's all gone, the emperor's words, but you have to keep them in mind. ”

Everyone sent the Empress Dowager off, but Wu Chang, who came with her, did not follow, she still knelt on the ground in a daze, and Concubine Zhao was waiting for the Empress Dowager to leave, and came back to order the third elder brother to be buried, ignoring the people in the house at all.

Duan Guiren helped Hui Guiren to get up, Concubine Tong's palace maid also came to help the master get up, she stumbled up, suddenly with murder in her eyes, and rushed towards Lan Qi, only to hear a harsh and crisp snap, everyone was stunned, but saw that Wu Yashi was beaten to the ground, and the eye-catching five finger marks on the left face were quickly red and swollen.

"Slut! Slut! Concubine Tong was hysterical about rushing up to beat her, but was dragged away by the palace maids.

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