For three days in a row, Yun Tan was a little sullen, and the shock she heard in the green water was too great for Yun Tan, and she never believed that Xi Ze would be such a vicious person. On the fourth day, she finally stepped out of the Dongnuan Pavilion, not to see Lan Jun, nor to sneak out of the Middle Palace, her destination was the resting place for the miscellaneous palace people in the backyard of the Middle Palace.

There lived an old woman in her forties, who was also a sprinkling sweeper in the backyard of the Middle Palace, and people called her "Qinggu".

Yun Qian has been living in the Middle Palace for more than half a year, and he is already familiar with the personnel in the Middle Palace.

This Qinggu is content with her life, she doesn't stir up trouble or cause trouble, she doesn't fight for fame or profit, she keeps her own duty, and lives diligently in a corner of the backyard of the middle palace. For this princess from Yan Kingdom, the old woman does not have any prejudices, but likes it very much, and when she is bored, she is also willing to tell Yun Tian interesting things in the Jin Palace, killing this dull time like stagnant water. Therefore, when Yun Tian stepped into her room, she was sitting on a round bench peeling water chestnuts and immediately smiled and called Yun Tian to peel water chestnuts with her and eat them.

Yun Qian moved to the table with a worried face, peeling a water chestnut with a look on his face, and said nothing.

Seeing that Yun Tian was not as happy as usual, Qing Gu handed a freshly peeled water chestnut to Yun Tian, bent her eyebrows and said, "Did the princess encounter something troublesome?" It's okay, eat a water chestnut, chew all your worries, and it will be gone! ”

Yun Tian took the water chestnut and took a bite gently: "It's so sweet, thank you aunt!" In fact...... It's not that I'm bothered, it's just curiosity! ”

Qinggu paused Ben's hands that were peeling water chestnuts and asked seriously, "Curious?!" What did the princess see? Tell the old slave to hear it, so that the old slave can also have a long insight! ”

Yun Tian put down the water chestnut, thought about it for a while, and said: "Auntie, you have been in the palace for so long, you know half of the things in the Jin Palace, do you know the bamboo forest in the northwest corner of the Taiye Pond to the west?" It's almost winter, but the bamboo grows like the end of spring and the beginning of summer, lush, covering the sky and the sun, so strange! ”

"It turns out that the princess is curious about this bamboo! Hehe......" Qinggu giggled when she heard this, "That bamboo is not wild, it is taken care of by an attendant who specializes in flowers and plants!" ”

"Oh? There is also a special attendant to take care of it! Yun Tian then asked, "Then, that bamboo forest must have an owner!" Auntie, did I guess right? ”

"The princess guessed right!" Qinggu smiled and said, "The status of the owner of that bamboo forest is amazing, he is the Duanyi county lord who was personally appointed by the Empress Dowager!" ”

"Duanyi County Lord? Princess? It's just the county lord, and the position is not as good as the princess, why is it amazing? Yun asked puzzled.

"Although she is only the lord of the county, her status in my dynasty is comparable to that of a prince! Just by looking at her living in the harem as the county lord, you can see that she is different! Qinggu slowly recalled the past, and told the story for Yun Tian, "She is the niece of the Empress Dowager, the emperor's cousin Jing Shu Weng and the orphan of Wang Yongwang with a different surname. The emperor felt guilty about her, so he took over to the palace to raise, very favored, and when she became an adult, she also built a courtyard in the northwest of the Taiye Pond, specifically for her living, she is the only county lord who can live in the palace in the emperor's dynasty, which has no such precedent in the emperor's dynasty! ”

Emperor Jin's love for Lu'er is really extraordinary, no wonder Lu'er lives so comfortably, Yun Tilt laments her unfortunate life experience at the same time, but also can't help but envy her current life, a bamboo forest will isolate her from the distractions of right and wrong, get rid of the troubles of the world, do whatever you want, there are really not many people in this world can be like her.

Just when Yun Tian was secretly envious, Qinggu, who had paused for a while, suddenly spoke up again: "However, some people in the palace say that the reason why the emperor is so kind to Lord Duanyi is because Lord Jing Shu did not die of illness, and even King Yong died strangely!" ”

Yun Tian was shocked when he heard this, and blurted out: "Could it be the emperor's hand?" ”

Qinggu was so frightened that she hurriedly covered Yun Tian's lips and motioned to Yun Tian to silence him.

Yun Tian knew that he was speechless, and nodded again and again.

Then, Qinggu immediately got up, walked to the door and looked outside, to make sure that there were no others around the house, Fang put down his hanging heart, closed the doors and windows of the house, and paced back to the round stool and sat down, with a little regret and said: "Princess, this kind of palace secrets, others are just guessing at will, how can they be announced at will?" That's a capital offense! ”

Yun Tian nodded again and again, and asked in a low voice, "Is there someone in the harem who also has this speculation?" Seeing Qinggu nodding silently, Yun Tian continued to ask, "Does the Duanyi County Lord know?" ”

"How can such a shadowless speculation reach the ears of the superiors?" Qinggu shook her head and said with a stupid expression, "It's just that the palace people are very boring and guessing, the princess just forgot about it as a joke, don't take it seriously!" ”

When he walked out of Qinggu's bedroom, Yun Tian still hadn't calmed down the surprise in his heart.

She thought that if Lu'er listened to the rumors in the palace and could live as if nothing had happened, then the bento would be really terrible!

Turning her head, she felt that one was the cousin of Emperor Jin, and the other was the minister of the humerus that Emperor Jin relied on, how could Emperor Jin have reason to be so ruthless?

Autumn turned to winter, and November of the 30th year of Yongqian was shrouded in a bleak heavy snow, and the war in Cangzhou became more and more critical at this time.

In November of the thirtieth year of Yongqian, Xiao's army suddenly changed its strategy of sweeping Cangzhou, Wuzhou, and Jizhou in the northern border of the Jin State in three ways, and concentrated its forces to attack Cangzhou. On November 20, Xiao's army broke through Qichuan Town and Shanguan Town, an important town in Cangzhou, and wanted to besiege Cangzhou and cut off its grain and grass supply.

On November 28 of the thirtieth year of Yongqian, King Chang and King Gong led an army of 100,000 to recapture Qichuan Town, but Xiao Guo was ambushed. However, King Chang was seriously injured, and he had a high fever at night, fell unconscious, and his life was in danger, and finally had to be transported back to the imperial capital.