The next day, Xue Hainiang came to serve in front of the palace with a pair of panda eyes, although the powder was thickly covered this morning, but there was still a little black green in the eye sockets.

Fortunately, Nan Jiuxi is particularly 'kind' to her today.

For a whole day, he didn't do anything other than bury his head in the hard criticism, that is, he was tired and took a sip of tea and ate some snacks.

Without Nan Jiuxi's harassment from time to time, Xue Hainiang felt as if she had been gifted, and felt extremely comfortable physically and mentally.

Before you know it, the light of day has passed quietly.

She did not immediately go back to her room to take a bath and rest, but went to Qiankun Palace to find out whether Caixi's traces had been found from the flowers, but to no avail. Although she was still apprehensive in her heart, Xue Hainiang also knew that this matter was not in a hurry, so she did not urge her, and said goodbye with a smile.

On the way back to the residence of the former female official, Xue Hainiang was thinking about Caixi's disappearance on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was suspicious of Nan Jiuxi's sad face today.

It stands to reason that now that the four seas are peaceful and the borders are stable, and because of Xue Qiaoling's pregnancy as a dragon heir, the DPRK and China are gradually becoming stable. At this time, Nan Jiuxi should not have much to worry about......

"Miss Xue is worried?"

In a trance, a warm and hoarse voice came into his ears.

Xue Hainiang was stunned, and her steps lagged behind, her eyebrows were still slightly twisted because she was thinking about it, her lips were pursed lightly, and her bright eyes were still a little confused.

Xue Hainiang saw that it was the chief manager, so she hurriedly bowed and bowed, "The slave has seen the chief manager." ”

The chief steward raised his lips and smiled, and waved his hand to signal that she didn't need to be polite, "Today, I saw Miss Xue looking haggard, and now she looks in a trance...... If there is something to worry about, it is better to solve it as soon as possible, and the emperor has been worried about the affairs of the court in recent days, so can those of us who are slaves also have a straight face. You are also a person who serves in front of the emperor, and your daily image is extremely important. He nodded earnestly.

Xue Hainiang bowed her head again and again, the big manager in front of her, who was not much, had always looked old, but her heart was not bad, and when she was a concubine in her previous life, she received a lot of tips from him.

"When the slave maid came to serve today, he also saw the emperor with a sad face, but now he is serving with his head, for fear that he will anger Long Yan if he misses his words for a while, my lord, you are serving in front of the emperor, and you are the closest person to the emperor, I don't know if you can mention a little bit ......" Xue Hainiang asked in a low voice.

The chief steward was silent for a while, then twisted his eyebrows, and hesitated for a while before sighing lightly: "It seems that there is a group of thieves in the southwest area in recent times, although there was something wrong before, but it was harmless, the emperor sent some soldiers and horses to suppress it, but for some reason recently, that group of thieves seems to have condensed a force, gathered in the southwest area, disturbing the people's peaceful residence, so the emperor is troubled......"

Although he talked a little longer, he didn't get to the point. Xue Hainiang secretly thought in her heart, she was worthy of being an old fox who had been serving the emperor for many years.

But he nodded obediently, "Thank you, my lord." Since they knew what was going on, the slave and maid were a little measured. ”

The chief steward did not know whether she had heeded his admonitions, and knew that there were some things that could not be forced, so he waved her hand and motioned for her to leave.

When Xue Hainiang returned to her residence, it was almost unitary, she put a bucket of hot water, sprinkled some sun-dried petals, then took off her clothes and stepped into the wooden barrel to close her eyes and recuperate.

She looked dazed and tired, and she didn't know how long it had been.

Suddenly, a knock on the door came to my ears, although it was faint, but it was enough to wake up Xue Hainiang, who had always been vigilant and keen.

He hurriedly got up to dry himself, put on his clothes and windshield cloak, and hurried outside.

Since she was promoted to the maid of the palace, she has rarely contacted the palace maids in the previous pantry, and they are all people who have no deep friendships, and most of them can find her at this point - flowers.

Urgently opened the door, and sure enough, what caught her eye was the flowers in palace clothes, her back to the moonlight, and its faint candlelight sprinkled on her face, so that Xue Hainiang couldn't see the look on her face clearly.

"You've come to look for me at this hour, but there's news of Caixi?"

Xue Hainiang also forgot to greet her, so she asked when she was busy.

"Come with me. The flower said in a deep voice.

The uneasiness in her heart became more and more intense, Xue Hainiang put down her mind, turned around and covered the door, and then left with the flowers.

The flowers did not tell her where to go, but blindly walked around the secluded path where no one was around, Xue Hainiang wanted to ask, but she wanted to speak many times, but she never dared to speak.

At the critical moment, she didn't even have the courage to verify it, and she followed with a white face.

Flowers take her to the Tai Hospital.

In fact, it can't be called a hospital, at most it is an underground secret room of the hospital.

Xue Hainiang was a concubine in her previous life, and she lived in the harem for more than ten years, how could she not know what the underground secret room of the Tai Hospital was for.

One is to hide the sick who cannot see the light, the second is to make an isolation place to prevent the patient from infecting others in the womb, and the third is to -

She had heard that there was a hidden passage under the Tai Hospital, leading to a strange secret door, and behind the secret door were some palace corpses in the palace that could not be seen in the light, but they could transport the corpses to the 'palace people's well' in time.

Time passed quietly in Xue Hainiang's apprehension, and the two finally came to the front of a secret door.

The fact that the secret door was not locked was enough to prove that the corpses inside were like mustard and worthless.

The flower gently opened the door, Xue Hainiang looked at her not unfamiliar behavior, and the faint light of the fire, she didn't see a flustered face, and knew that even if she didn't come often, it was not the first time.

After opening the door, the flower raises the torch and walks to the corner to light the lamp.

The room was lit up by a faint candle.

Xue Hainiang's heart, which had been uneasy, settled inexplicably, held her breath, and looked straight away.

Admittedly, she has made many assumptions along the way.

For example, Cai Xi was kidnapped and imprisoned, mentally insane, and now she can only be locked up here in a place where she does not see the light to recuperate; for example, Cai Xi had a dispute with the Praetorian Guards guarding the Chonghua Palace that day, and was injured under the pushing, so in order to avoid criticism, Xiao Guifei placed her here for medical treatment......

Or, in the most tragic moment, a dry skeleton. In this way, no matter how close the person is, no matter how painful he is, he can only gradually precipitate and dry into a scar with the passage of Chenguang.

Of course, this is the worst-case scenario.

Xue Hainiang had already made the worst assumptions in her heart, and made a lot of psychological hints to herself, so that at this time, she could stand here with a strong and calm face.

Perhaps because it had not seen light for a long time, this underground chamber was extremely clammy and cold compared to the outside.

As far as the eye can see, the straw mats made of weeds and bamboo strips are placed on the ground in an orderly manner......