More and more guards searched for the Assassins in the Old Summer Palace, and the concubines were locked up in their respective palaces, and the people were panicked. On weekdays, the well-informed eunuchs and palace maids couldn't hear the slightest movement outside, only knowing that someone was going to assassinate the queen, but they didn't know that Hua Rong, the queen's most trusted woman, had passed away at this moment.

Hua Rong is just a palace maid, even if it is important to the queen, there are rules in the palace, but the rules are set by people, and they can be changed by people. This is a treatment that only the master of the palace can enjoy, and even some lowly promisers were sent away quietly, but now it is not appropriate to stop a palace maid in the middle palace for three days and then send it.

The queen can no longer accompany Hongyan to face the queen mother, when the queen mother asked them to send someone to Ningchun Hall to explain this matter, escorted by the guards, Hongyan arrived at Ningchun Hall alone, the queen mother said very directly, stop the body of a palace maid in the middle palace, where is the royal system, Hongyan said calmly: "Hua Rong is the most important person in the queen's mother, just for three days, no one else will see it, the queen mother, you don't have to worry." ”

The Queen Mother said coldly: "Didn't you hear what I said, I said no, how do you tell the emperor to go to the Middle Palace in the future?" Do you want the emperor to rest in the palace where the body of the palace maid was parked? ”

Hongyan lowered his eyes and said expressionlessly: "But this matter has been decided." ”

The Queen Mother was furious: "Are you deaf? ”

Hongyan bowed and said: "The emperor has an order, Hua Rong's ministers and concubines are in charge, if the queen mother has other ideas, you can only work hard to discuss with the emperor." It's not just Hua Rong's business......" Hongyan raised his head to look at the Queen Mother, his cold gaze was desolate from his heart, "All things in the palace will be decided by the concubines, and the concubines can't be the masters, and the queen is there." It is a repeated order, and the harem concubines do not come to disturb you to take care of your life, and the offender is guilty of bullying the king, and nothing is more important than your quiet and peaceful recuperation. ”

The Queen Mother's hand clenched into a fist, and the gemstone ring on her finger made a piercing friction sound on the table, and Hongyan saw that the jewel was hideously scratched, and suddenly a spirit looked down at her wrist, and her heart tightened, and her lapis lazuli bracelet was gone.

"The Queen Mother, the concubine retired first. If you have any instructions, please send palace people to heaven and earth to order the concubines. Hongyan hurriedly blessed her body, without waiting for the Queen Mother to answer, and didn't care about the look on her face, she was going to find her bracelet, which was one of her most precious things.

However, at this moment, twilight fell, the garden was so dim that it was too dark to see the distance, Hongyan rushed all the way to the place where the concubine committed the murder, because the emperor wanted to "investigate the case" here has not been cleaned up, Hongyan saw a lapis lazuli in the blood-stained grass, so he continued to look for it regardless of it, the people here don't know what Ling Guifei Niangniang is looking for, and he is worried to the side, only the people around Hongyan know that the master is looking for her bracelet.

Probably when Concubine Xin pounced, the queen pulled her hand and fell down, and the beads were scattered in all directions, and when she found the lamp in the dark, there was still one missing. Cherry felt that the master was a little paranoid, as if venting the depression in her heart on this matter, she stepped forward and hugged her and said: "Niangniang, you go back and rest, the slave will find it for you, you will definitely be able to find it, how big can it be here." ”

Hongyan gasped hard, tears rolling in her eyes: "She didn't say a word of greeting, and she didn't ask me if I had anything to do with the queen, so she knew that she was wrong, and she knew that she didn't say me." Why is she so ruthless, I don't expect anything from her in my life, but I still can't stand it. ”

At this time, Fu Longan brought the guards close and persuaded Hongyan to go back to rest, Hongyan had no strength to insist, but she was worried that Fulongan would say something to make Fo'er worry when she went back, and when she separated from her son-in-law, she didn't forget to tell him: "Don't scare Fo'er, I'm fine, she doesn't have to come into the garden, the garden is chaotic, it's not too late to see you in the future." ”

Fu Longan responded: "Please also take care of your body, otherwise you won't be able to hide anything from the princess." ”

Hongyan was extremely tired and was sent back to the Tiandi family spring, Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu, and Concubine Qing were already anxious, although they were relieved to see her return safely, but they were all sorry to hear that Hua Rong was gone. But the assassination of Concubine Xin was well kept secret, including the Queen Mother, all the concubines and concubines didn't know the truth at the moment, Concubine Yu and the others would naturally be curious about what kind of assassin it was, Hongyan lazily closed her eyes and didn't speak, Cherry stopped and said: "Let's come back tomorrow, the master she doesn't know, she patronized the queen mother and Hua Rong at that time." ”

The sisters all knew Hongyan's personality, she categorically didn't want to talk like this, so they all dispersed with interest, Xiao Qi and Ke'er knew that their mother was tired and didn't dare to disturb and follow Concubine Yu. But Yongyan is still young, and today he has been clamoring to see Eniang, Hongyan heard his son's movements, so he asked people to hug him, as if he was holding the hot villain in his arms, so as to feel the preciousness of life.

"E-niang, E-niang...... Crying ......" Yongyan pressed against his mother's cheek, as if he felt something hot, simply expressed his feelings, patted Hongyan's body and said, "Don't cry, E-niang doesn't cry." ”

"Yongyan, Eniang is useless." Hua Rong was covered in blood, and she didn't know when it would fade away, but now Hongyan opened her eyes and closed her eyes were the dazzling and shocking scenes, as if the emperor was right, Concubine Xin was no longer important, she didn't want to investigate how this slut escaped, how she evaded the inspection, how she lurked on the side of the road, she pitied Hua Rong, and she pitied this good person who was loyal to the Lord.

The little Yongyan saw that he couldn't make his mother happy, so he cried together, whimpering aggrievedly, wanting to seek his mother's comfort. But Hongyan suddenly turned cold, wiped away his tears, grabbed his little hand, and said: "Yongyan, you have to be a strong man, be a man who stands up to the sky, don't learn from Eniang's indecisiveness, you can't have Eniang's shortcomings, don't cry anymore." ”

But how can such a young child understand the meaning of these words, seeing Hongyan's serious expression as if he was teaching on weekdays, he will only cry more sadly. alarmed the nurses to persuade them, and they all knew that the mother was in a bad mood today, and she didn't care about anything, so she hurriedly took the fifteenth elder brother away.

Cherry has ordered the palace maid to send hot water to bathe the master, even if Hongyan doesn't want her to do it, she has been staying by her side every step of the way. Hongyan soaked softly in the hot water, and when she felt that she was about to be swallowed by the hot air, she suddenly woke up and sat up, but the cherry was by her side, and the cherry would never let her lose consciousness.

"Niangniang, the slave will follow you for the rest of your life, the slave is younger than you, and she will never walk in front of you in the future." Cherry said to Hongyan, "No matter when, the slave will not leave you. ”

Hongyan stretched out his hand, the master and servant folded their hands, and Cherry said: "Niangniang, you have to cheer up, don't say that it's not your fault, even if it's your fault, let's change it from now on, and it's the right way not to repeat the mistake, don't you say?" ”

Hongyan nodded, and Cherry said again: "Concubine Xin's matter is over, everything is over, you want the fifteenth elder brother to be a strong man who stands up to the sky, then you have to accompany him to teach him, you have to be strong first." Why be depressed for the queen's mother's affairs, the slave may be too ruthless, but the matter has come to this, what else can be done. ”

Hongyan submerged her body into the hot water again, and every inch of her skin felt surrounded by warmth, it was clear that it was early summer, and she actually felt warm, what kind of coldness made her body tremble.

"Wait for the emperor to show me, and then let someone from the Internal Affairs Office come to see me." Hongyan ordered to come down, close her eyes and rest, whether it was her fault or not, she couldn't change reality, the only thing she could do now was not to make mistakes again and again.

In Ningshou Palace, the Queen Mother took medicine and wanted to go to bed, but Yong'er, who has always been steady, dropped everything when she filtered the medicine, and a series of cracking sounds made the people outside frightened that something big had happened, thinking that another assassin had broken into Ningchun Hall, and even called the guards in, resulting in a false alarm.

Yong'er knelt on the ground and rubbed the medicinal soup, her skirt was dyed black, the scene was like what she had seen during the day, she never knew that such a beautiful red would be so terrifying, and at this moment she couldn't forget the blood on Hua Rong's body, and the crazy assassin, the assassin she heard someone muttering that it was Xin Concubine.

Although Yong'er came from the imperial dining room after Concubine Xin "recuperated", she heard a lot about things in the palace, and after she got to the Queen Mother's side, she knew more about Concubine Xin's story, and she knew very well what happened today. But just now the queen mother brought Concubine Ling over, and she didn't care if the queen and the concubine were injured, and she didn't care what was going on at the moment, she only asked why she parked Aunt Huarong in the middle palace, and Yong'er felt that the concubine was so pitiful.

"What's wrong with you?" The Queen Mother looked at the people on the ground and asked, "When you come back, you can't give up, are you scared?" Did you see the assassin, did she want to kill the queen? Or Ling Guifei? ”

The Queen Mother said it so lightly, is it that if the concubine dies at this moment, she will still laugh? Yong'er was frightened by her own thoughts, shook her head again and again, and then bowed to the ground: "The queen mother forgives her sins, and the slave maid was careless." ”

"I asked you about the day, and Mama Hua said that the emperor wants all of you to keep your mouth shut." The Queen Mother got up and walked to Yong'er's side and said, "It's just you and me now, you tell me what's going on?" ”

Yong'er looked at the Queen Mother in fear, and the Queen Mother picked up her chin and took the initiative to ask: "Is it Concubine Xin, is Concubine Xin not dead?" ”

Yong'er's heart jumped suddenly, nodded, shook her head, and stammered: "It's, it's dead, Concubine Xin died on the spot." ”

The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, didn't speak, put aside her hand and turned around and walked to the couch, hiding in the dim with a smile that no one could see, and probably no one would know why the Queen Mother was laughing.