After a few days of hard work, Mu Xuefu was a little in good spirits, and when she returned to the new house, it was very late, she took off the ornaments on her head, and did not even eat, so she fell asleep deeply.

Halfway through her sleep, she suddenly noticed someone blocking the candlelight and staring at her burningly. She woke up suddenly, opened her eyes, and saw a tall figure beside the bed. Because she was carrying the light, she had just opened her eyes, and she didn't see clearly for a while, so she bounced off the bed at once.

The man knew that he was scared, so he quickly lifted the gauze tent and squatted beside the bed, pulling her, "Don't be afraid, it's me." ”

"Senior brother, it's you!" It turned out that this person was none other than her third senior brother Leng Xi, she let out a breath and said angrily: "Why did you come over at night?" She coughed a few times as she spoke, taking care of the Queen Mother has been really hard these days, and she is also a little uncomfortable.

"There's someone watching around you during the day, can I come?" Leng Xi picked up the coat on the side and draped it on her body, his mouth pursed into the word "one", faintly dissatisfied, "How did he take care of you, didn't he even take a look at you when you were sick?" Don't want such a husband. ”

Mu Xuefu pursed her lips, "How can I be sick?" It's just that I was just startled by you, and my throat and eyes tightened and I coughed out. She pointed to the tea on the table not far away, "I'm thirsty, you pour me a glass of water." ”

Leng Xi handed her the teacup, "You don't have to defend him, just watching him throw you is enough to see how little he cares about you." Feeling a little unwilling, he leaned on the bedpost and whispered, "I don't know what you like about him?" ”

Mu Xuefu swallowed, cleared her throat, and said, "It's not that he threw me here, it's that I'm tired of living in King Chen's Mansion, so I came out to live for a few days to change the environment." ”

"Can you fool me with these lies?" Leng Xi sat beside her and looked at her, "I know everything about you, you can't fool me." ”

Mu Xuefu held the teacup in both hands, bowed her head and said, "Senior brother, this is a matter for the two of us, don't ask." ”

"I just ask? I just ask what if you are bullied? Leng Xiyi grabbed her shoulder, "Come with me, don't be this princess." He treats you badly, why do you still cherish him? ”

Mu Xuefu looked at his eyes inch by inch along her hand, Leng Xi had a pair of extremely good-looking eyes, bright and clear, like white snow on a thousand-year-old snow-capped mountain, faintly bright. She gently pushed his hand away and said solemnly: "I cherish him, and he has something worthy of my nostalgia." After a pause, she smiled with a smile, "Senior brother, I know that you are good to me, and I am reluctant to suffer a little grievance, but I really can't like you." In my heart, you are no different from my own brother, do you think I will like my own brother? Touching the pattern on the body of the teacup, her smile was a little bitter, "Even if Jing Rong and I can't go on one day, senior brother I'm sorry, I still won't choose you." ”

Rubbing her fingers back and forth, there was still her residual warmth on it, but her words were like a bucket of ice water poured from the top of her head to the soles of her feet, and you were cold in the cold. Leng Xi smiled lightly and said persistently: "I don't expect you to like me, but you can't stop me from liking you." I just want to be there for you to protect you, love you, and not let you get hurt in the slightest. ”

"Senior brother, why are you doing this?" Mu Xuefu sighed lightly, "The road of life is very long, and there will be more and more people you meet, and you will still meet people who are happy with you after all." ”

Leng Xi shook his head, his thin lips spit out gently, "If that person wasn't you, how could you meet it." ”

Mu Xuefu is helpless, her senior brother is like this, it is difficult to change one thing. blinked his eyes and said secretly: Maybe it's because he has too few women in contact with his sex, so he will only cling to himself. If this paranoia is a disease, I don't know if it can be cured, so the next time I meet my sister, I will ask to see if there is any cure.

Rusi thought that she lifted the quilt and got out of bed, poured the quilt tea with her own hands, put a few jasmine petals in her hand, and brought it to Leng Xi, "The skin of your mouth is dry, drink some tea." He poured himself another glass and took a shallow peck, "Is there anything you have to do with me today?" ”

Leng Xi took a few sips and said, "Aren't you looking for your senior sister?" ”

"Yes, I went to Mingyin Tower the day before yesterday, but they said she left the Imperial City."

"She's not in Daqin now, and she doesn't know where she went. I'm afraid you're anxious, so I'll tell you that you're worried. I wanted to come during the day, but when I saw that there were people guarding this place, it was inconvenient for me to come, so I took advantage of the rest of the night before coming. But I've already sent someone to look for her, and I should find her in a few days. ”

Mu Xuefu was looking for Jiang Yueyao for nothing else, just for the Queen Mother's illness. Zhao Yi went south, and the Tai Hospital was a group of waste, and the Queen Mother didn't get better for a long time, so she thought about letting her senior sister come to heal. Although she has begged her senior sister a lot since she went down the mountain, she doesn't mind asking again for the sake of the Queen Mother. But I didn't expect that even she wasn't here at this time.

Mu Xuefu was disappointed and murmured, "I hope Senior Sister will come back soon." ”

Leng Xi put down the tea, "It's inconvenient for me to stay longer, so I'll leave first." He touched the top of Mu Xuefu's head and rubbed it, "You have a good rest, don't be too tired." Although I really wanted to spend more time with her, I had to leave so that she could sleep well because of her body.

But after Leng Xi left, Mu Xuefu couldn't sleep, I don't know if it was because she drank the cup of tea just now, or because she was worried about the Queen Mother's condition. Thinking of Jing Rong's reprimand for me in the Qianqiu Palace today, I felt aggrieved again. She served the Queen Mother with all her heart, but he treated her like this. He hadn't yelled at himself since he got married, this time he was going to strangle her to death, and now he was so dissatisfied with her, where did she provoke him.

Mu Xuefu couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning in the room, cursing Jingrong in his heart, but he didn't know that he was standing outside the door at this time, but after a while, he finally didn't knock on the door, but turned around and left.

The next day, Mu Xuefu was intercepted as soon as she arrived at the gate of Qianqiu Palace, saying that the Queen Mother was suddenly critically ill last night, and after a check, she found out that someone had poisoned the Queen Mother's medicinal diet, and the emperor was furious, and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter, and escorted all the slaves of Qianqiu Palace to the palace for interrogation, and also ordered that no one should enter the Qianqiu Palace.

The people in Qianqiu Palace have all been replaced, and even Mama Yu, who has been with the Queen Mother for many years, has been taken away, which makes Mu Xuefu even more worried. From the mouths of the guards outside the Qianqiu Palace, it was known that the Queen Mother's condition had stabilized, but the rest did not know anything. She was anxious, but she could not disobey the holy decree, so she had to go home and wait for news.

It's just that this heart is like a spring, beating uncertainly, and I always feel as if something is happening.

After a few days, she couldn't sit still anymore, there was no news of the Queen Mother in the palace, and the more she waited, the more strange she felt. The Queen Mother is seriously ill, but the emperor does not allow anyone to visit, which is unreasonable. said that she wanted to recuperate quietly, but how did she feel like the queen mother was under house arrest. Besides, the Queen Mother has always been served by Mama Yu, the emperor doesn't know the importance of Mama Yu to the Queen Mother, and if you want to interrogate, you shouldn't interrogate Mama Yu.

In this way, she did not wait and acted directly. In the evening, she wore a night dress and floated like a shadow to the residence of the Queen Mother.

The entire hall was as lonely as a deep pool of still water, and there was no one to serve it. Where is this change of palace people, it is clear that all the palace people have been withdrawn, and the queen mother will fend for herself.

The Queen Mother on the bed was not locked, as if she was in a nightmare, with a painful and distorted expression. She was even thinner than the previous day, and her cheeks had collapsed, as if she was left with a pair of skin and bones.

Taking off the veil, Mu Xuefu held back her tears and called softly: "Imperial grandmother, imperial grandmother." ”

The old man on the bed was awakened, she slowly opened her eyes, those eyes had lost their former brilliance, muddy and hazy, she opened her mouth, and a rough voice came out of her throat, like a blunt knife chopping wood, with a tearing voice, "Ho you are" as if she couldn't see clearly, the Queen Mother opened her eyes a few times again, and she could vaguely distinguish Mu Xuefu's face, "Ah Rong's daughter-in-law." ”

"Yes, how are you, Queen Mother? What happened? Mu Xuefu grabbed the Queen Mother's hand, her hand was as rough as dehydration, crawling with earthworm-like blood vessels.

Even breathing was painful, and with each breath, the pain in the cavity intensified. The Queen Mother wanted to hold her hand hard, but she couldn't do it, she swallowed and spit, moistened her dry throat, "It's the emperor, it's him" Her voice trembled, and she couldn't say a word and breathed hard.

Mu Xuefu's pupils dilated, and her eyes were full of surprise, "Your Majesty, you said that he harmed you like this?" Why is that? Also, the Queen Mother, are you really poisoned? ”

"The mourning family is not poisoned, it is the emperor, and he imprisons the mourning family." The Queen Mother's hand used her strength, pinched Mu Xuefu's palm, and with this strength, her upper body lifted slightly, just lifted a little, and went down again, "Go and get the edict and give it to Jingrong." ”

"What? What edict? Mu Xuefu listened to the clouds and couldn't tell for a while.

With a "crunch", the door outside the hall was pushed open, and then I heard the palace people outside whispering: "The emperor Wan'an, the queen mother has just taken medicine and is sleeping peacefully at this time." ”

The Queen Mother's eyes suddenly widened, and she pushed Mu Xuefu away, "Hide quickly, hide under the bed, don't come out no matter what happens, remember?" ”

She had a lot of strength at this time, as if she had poured enough strength to push Mu Xuefu away, but after a while, she lay on the bed again.

The footsteps inside and outside were getting closer and closer, Mu Xuefu frowned, and had to hide under the bed.

"How is the Queen Mother today? Erchen specially asked people to stew medicine for his mother, you should drink it while it is hot. Emperor Xuanwu beckoned Xu Shou, who came with him, and Xu Shou handed him the medicine bowl on the tray.

The Queen Mother glared at him angrily, her two eyes burst out on her thin face, and she wanted to devour people, "If you don't drink it, the Mourning family is dead, and you don't drink the medicine you sent." You go out to the mourning family, and the mourning family doesn't want to see you" The face that has experienced the vicissitudes of life is hideous with anger, looking at the soup spoon that is close at hand, waving his hand, and lifting it to the ground, "Get out, you unkind, unrighteous, disloyal and unfilial dog thing, go out!" ”