In the wax moon, the sky is always snowing, and in the white snow, the petals on the plum tree bloom even more gorgeously.

The cold wind blows, and it is so cold that people unconsciously shrink to a warm place. Zhixia hurriedly closed the window, and also closed the sadness of that night.

Tong Ruohua asked Zhixia to bring the piano, sat alone by the fire, and played and sang softly: "Yimei goes down to Xizhou, and folds Mei to send Jiangbei." The single shirt is apricot red, and the double sideburns are young color. Where is Xizhou? Two-oars bridgehead crossing. The twilight of the shrike flies, and the wind blows the black mortar tree. Under the tree is in front of the door, and the door is dewed. If you don't open the door, you will go out to pick red lotus. Picking lotus in Nantang autumn, lotus over the head. Bow your head and get lotus seeds, the lotus seeds are as clear as water. In the sleeve of the lotus, the lotus heart is completely red. Yi Lang Lang did not come, looking up at Feihong. Hongfei is full of Xizhou, and Wanglang goes to the green building. The height of the building is not visible, and the railing head is all day. The railing is twelve curved, and the hanging hand is as bright as jade. The roller shutter sky is high, and the sea water is green. The sea dream is long, and I am also worried. The south wind knows what I want, and blows dreams to Xizhou. ”

Zhixia watched from the sidelines, and tears were about to fall.

"Niangniang, why is this so painful? It's a cold winter, it's not freezing, and the mother's singing is really sad. Isn't Niangniang being favored, why should she be so emotional. ”

Tong Ruohua got up from the stove, walked to the table and poured a cup of tea, walked to the stove again, held the teacup with both hands, and said unhurriedly: "It's inexplicable when I'm a little sad, these days this palace always feels that all this is so empty and unreal." Now that the Tong family only relies on the palace, and the palace has also achieved what it wants, it should be the most happy. ”

"Why do you have to embarrass yourself?" Summer sighed.

"That's right, I have too much to hope for." Tong Ruohua said gloomily.

The wind outside the window was whistling, blowing open the window that had just been closed in the summer. The windows beat against the window frames in the wind, and the cold wind hit them, causing the people in the house to shiver.

Tong Ruohua was a little displeased, but when she looked up, she saw a figure floating by outside the window. I panicked and shouted, "Who is outside?" ”

Zhixia also looked up when he heard the sound, but he didn't see anyone, so he walked to the window and stretched out his hand to close the window. But he was frightened by a black shadow that suddenly appeared, and he retreated again and again, and fainted before he could scream.

Tong Ruohua fainted when she saw Zhixia, and she was even more scared in her heart. The candles in the house flickered with the wind blowing in from the window, as if they were going to be extinguished in the next moment.

calmed down, Tong Ruohua boldly walked to the window. Looking around, she didn't see anything but the black courtyard.

Tong Ruohua looked back at the fainting Xia Xia, helped her up and sat down, and shouted again: "The peach." ”

Zhitao was about to fall asleep, but suddenly heard Tong Ruohua's voice, got up from the bed again, put on only a coat and walked to Tong Ruohua's dormitory.

"Mother?" Zhi Tao entered the house, but saw Zhi Xia sitting on the ground, his eyes closed as if he was asleep. And Tong Ruohua sat on the chair next to Zhi Xia, looking flustered and uncertain.

"What's going on?" Zhi Tao asked hurriedly.

Tong Ruohua tried his best to calm down and said, "There was something outside the house just now, which frightened both the palace and Zhixia. You let Zhixia go down, and you stay with the palace for the time being. ”

Zhi Tao didn't experience that panicked scene, so naturally he didn't know how Tong Ruofei and the two of them were scared. Maybe it's just the wind blowing outside, or maybe it's just that a palace maid and eunuch just walked by, and the shadow flashed.

accompanied Tong Ruohua all night, and Tong Ruohua tossed and turned all night, falling asleep groggy.

In the early morning of the next day, Tong Ruohua began to have a high fever that did not go away, and he kept talking nonsense in his dreams. Xuan Ye came to see the imperial doctor, and he himself came twice in person. Tong Ruohua has not been well, and he has been in a coma with a high fever for two whole days.

Rumors began to appear in the palace that the black shadow that Tong Ruohua and Zhixia saw in the middle of the night was the soul of a person. Later, some people began to say that this dead soul was the deceased Empress Dowager Cihe.

The Empress Dowager Cihe lived in Jingren Palace before her death, and this time Tong Ruohua was frightened, it must have been the ghost of the Empress Dowager Cihe.

Before such rumors stopped, there were rumors that Cining Palace was haunted. Then, some people said that the Empress Dowager Cihe did not die of illness, but someone deliberately murdered her.

Tong Ruohua was innocent, but he was implicated because he lived in Jingren Palace. But Cining Palace, haunted every night, must be the Empress Dowager Cihe wants to find the enemy to take revenge. came and went, and spread falsehoods, and there was a statement that the Empress Dowager Renxian plotted to kill the Empress Dowager Cihe.

When Chunxi heard the news, she was looking at the shoes for the children with Yunyue in Yongshou Palace.

"Where did such false rumors come from? Ask Hongu carefully. Yunyue was furious. Since she ruled the six palaces, nothing like this has ever happened, and she will never allow such a thing to expand and affect the peace of the harem.

Chun Xi thought deeply, and said to Yun Yue for a long time: "This matter is quite strange, how can there be such rumors for no reason?" If this matter is not for Hua Concubine, it is for the Queen Mother. But looking at the rumors, it is more like targeting the Queen Mother. It's just, the people behind the scenes, why do they do this? ”

"Sister, have you ever thought about the cause of the death of the Empress Dowager? Is it really what it seems? Yun Yue asked worriedly.

Chunxi shook her head, indicating that she didn't know, she said: "Is it true or false, where can I tell it clearly now?" It has been 26 years since the death of the Empress Dowager Cihe, and even the palace people who waited for the Empress Dowager of the two palaces have mostly left the palace or have died. What's more, the truth of the matter is not so important now. If the emperor knew about this, it would only increase the troubles and bring misfortune to the queen mother. ”

"When did my sister worry about the Queen Mother so much?" Yunyue wondered, it was clear that the Empress Dowager Renxian had made things difficult five times, how could she be moved by compassion?

Chun Xi smiled indifferently: "Sister thinks too much, what I'm worried about is not the queen mother, but the emperor." Now that everything is not going well in the court, the emperor is already very hard. Late at night, I was still reading excerpts and discussing countermeasures with the ministers. If there is a problem in the harem, it will only make the emperor more annoyed. What's more, it's about the Queen Mother. The emperor takes filial piety first, so he welcomes the queen mother to live in Cining Palace. This thing is not easy to do, my sister is in charge of the six palaces, and you have to be careful when dealing with it, if you are unstable, it will kill you. ”

Thinking about it this way, Chunxi has another layer of concern. The Empress Dowager Cihe has been dead for many years, and now some people are bringing up the old things again, and they are clearly uneasy and kind.

"The slave maid heard that because of the haunting for several days, the queen mother was restless, and now she is sick." Ning Er reminded: "If the emperor is busy with political affairs, he will definitely go to Cining Palace to greet the queen mother as soon as possible." At that time, the queen mother was sick, and the rumors in the palace would be known to the emperor. ”

"I can't hide it." Chun Xi also agreed: "Sooner or later, the emperor will know about this." Now, the people in the Qianqing Palace didn't dare to say much, and it was Wei Yangqi who reminded them that those people didn't dare to talk nonsense. But sister, don't forget, there is also a Liang Jiugong in the Qianqing Palace. He is not one of ours, because Wei Yang has seized his power, and he is in the same place as us, and he has always wanted to find the mistakes of others, so that he can behave in front of the emperor and return to the palace to wait. I am afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and Liang Jiugong will not be unable to do it. ”

Yunyue was silent for a long time, and also listened to what Chun Xi said. Preparing for a rainy day is what she should be thinking about. What's more, things have already happened. Xuan Ye will be furious sooner or later because of this matter, if she doesn't know anything and can't share Xuan Ye's worries, I'm afraid she will be guilty of it, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Whatever the cause of the matter, it must be stopped by the intervention of the Eternal Life Palace.

"The order goes down, and all the minions in the palace who chew the root of their tongues are sent to the Shen Penal Division, and after receiving the punishment, they will be sent to the Xin Zheku to serve, and they don't have to go back to their original places." Yun Yue made up her mind and ordered: "If the masters of each palace talk nonsense, they will be punished for half a year, remove the green head card, and copy the palace rules in their own bedrooms." When you understand the matter, make a plan. ”

When she heard this, she was also shocked, she didn't expect Yunyue to be so ruthless. Punished for half a year, for the concubines with higher ranks, as long as they are frugal, it is nothing. But copying the palace rules is a grounding in disguise. If the green head card is withdrawn, there is no chance to be lucky by Xuan Ye, which is the most heart-wrenching thing for the concubine. In this way, no one will dare to spread such rumors anymore.

However, this method does not cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and still cannot solve the problem.

Chun Xi was worried, so he heard Yunyue say again: "Someone will investigate, carefully check where the rumors come from." The palace is haunted, and why? Hongu has lived for more than 30 years, and he has never seen a ghost. If it's really a ghost, this palace will definitely see it with your own eyes. ”

"Where are there so many unjust souls, even if there are really them, they will definitely not be the Empress Dowager Cihe. She has been dead for many years and has never appeared, so why bother to come to seek revenge at this time. There must have been malicious intentions and impure purposes. This matter must not be sloppy, and must be investigated. Chun Xi relaxed, and then relaxed.

They have no clue who this matter is coming from. originally thought that Tong Ruofei's death would also bring some peace to the Forbidden City. Unexpectedly, in just half a year, some people couldn't bear it and wanted to make trouble. No matter who it is, they must not let it go.

"This palace is in charge of the six palaces in the east and west, and there has been no major incident in the past six months. The New Year is approaching, and the palace doesn't want this palace to be able to have a peaceful New Year. Yunyue said again: "The smoothness of the six palaces is the blessing of this palace." Send someone to invite Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong to come over, and the palace will personally interrogate. ”

As the person who is the assistant of the Sixth Palace, everything is known quickly, but Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui have done nothing. Not even a single figure can be seen.

"I remember that Sister Rong has been in the palace since she was a child, and she was also a close friend of the Empress Dowager Cihe, and the Empress Dowager Cihe passed away, she should know something." When Chunxi heard Yunyue mention Ma Jia Yiqing, she thought that she was the only woman among the harem concubines who had been in the harem and continued to this day.

Since Ma Jia Yiqing knows what color robe Concubine Dong E likes, she must have heard of other things.

Yunyue suddenly realized that Ma Jia Yiqing knew about this, but did not act at all.

If it was something else, Ma Jia Yiqing must be the first to come to Yongshou Palace to reply. At the beginning of the development of the matter, Ma Jia Yiqing would come over to discuss countermeasures together, instead of waiting until now to be unmoved. Now, she is doing this just to avoid suspicion?