Gu Qingming had to stare at Ningkun Palace and this courtyard in the middle of the night, it was true that he hadn't slept much all night, and after Yun Yao left, he lay on the bed and closed his eyes to recuperate.

He was worried about Yun Yao's safety, and after thinking about it, he was still not at ease, so he jumped up from the bed, opened the door and walked out, following behind Yun Yao, secretly protecting her safety.

Although a Xuanyi looked a little conspicuous during the day, no one in this palace thought that Gu Qingming would walk in the palace in broad daylight. In addition, Gu Qingming's martial arts are above Achen, since Achen has been hidden in Yiwang Palace for so long without being discovered, Gu Qingming can naturally do it.

Gu Qingming followed behind Yun Yao and watched Yun Yao walk towards the small kitchen with the food box.

Yun Yao recalled the faces of the two palace maids before, and recognized them as the people who worked on errands in the small kitchen, specializing in boiling water and cooking, and occasionally running errands. In the morning, when she was boiling medicine there, she also greeted them.

It stands to reason that her meals were all ordered by Qi Shuning to be delivered to her yard, and this matter naturally belonged to the people in the kitchen. And suddenly there was a snake in the food box, and the person in the kitchen must be in the know, if the small kitchen can't find the person she wants, it must be that something went wrong on the way to deliver the food.

"Miss A-Yao, why did you come in person?" Xiao Sui, who had delivered the food before, saw Yun Yao and asked in surprise, "Actually, you don't have to come here in person, when Liu Er is done, we will go to your place together to get the food box back." ”

As she spoke, Liu Er ran over and said in agreement: "Yes, if you let the queen know that we have neglected Miss A-Yao, you may punish us." ”

While saying this, Liu Er took the food box from Xiao Sui's hand, and subconsciously opened the lid, wanting to take out the plate inside to clean.

But the moment the lid was opened, the dead bamboo leaf green appeared in front of him, and Liu Er screamed in fright, and threw the food box in his hand without saying a word:

"There's a snake—"

"Ahh

The people in the small kitchen were quickly attracted to it, and when they looked at the snake that fell out of the food box, their eyes flashed with fear, and they all shrank back and tried their best to dodge.

Yun Yao's gaze swept over the faces of these people, taking in their expressions, and found that the fear and fear on the faces of all of them did not seem to be pretending, as if they did not know the existence of this snake.

"Don't be afraid, this snake is dead!" Yun Yao hurriedly comforted everyone, "I stumbled upon it in the yard, and I thought I could make snake soup, so I brought it by the way." But before I could remind you, the lid was opened. ”

Hearing Yun Yao say this, Liu Er and Xiao Sui seemed to calm down, looking at the motionless snake with a hole in its neck.

"It turned out to be a dead snake that scared me. Liu Er patted her chest and said, "Miss Ayao, do you like to eat snake soup? My father said that this kind of snake seems to be poisonous, aren't you afraid?"

"Snake meat is not poisonous, it is only their venom. As long as it is handled properly, the more venomous the snake, the more delicious the taste of the snake meat. Yun Yao explained, "If there is no one in the small kitchen who can handle this snake, then find someone to bury it." ”

After saying this, Yun Yao turned around and planned to leave. But the moment she turned around, she saw a little eunuch in blue-gray clothes lying next to the door of the kitchen yard, looking inside sneakily.

When the eunuch saw Yun Yao looking at him, he immediately turned around and ran away as soon as he slipped away, at a very fast speed.

Yun Yao carefully recalled the face of the eunuch just now, and quietly left the kitchen and went back to her courtyard.

As soon as she closed the door of the courtyard, Gu Qingming appeared behind her: "The little eunuch who just peeked at the door of the kitchen looks very much like the one who sneaked out last night." ”

"Little bolt?" Yun Yao blurted out the name, looking a little incredulous.

After all, she remembered what Xiangfu had said, Qi Shuning recreated the little bolt with kindness, and the little bolt was also the person in this Ningkun Palace, except for Xiangfu, who was the most unlikely to betray Qi Shuning.

"I'm sure it's the same person, and as for his name, I don't know. Gu Qingming said.

"Didn't you let you rest, why are you still following me?" Yun Yao looked at Gu Qingming and sighed a little, "I won't be going anywhere this morning, you go and rest, don't worry about me." I'll tell you when I go to boil medicine for the queen at noon. ”

"Okay, you must tell me when you go out, I don't want the snake thing to happen again, and I don't want me to be by your side when you are in danger. Gu Qingming nodded, gently stroked the hair on Yun Yao's sideburns, and then turned around and went to the room where he was hiding before.

And Yun Yao was also resting in her room, completely unaware that what happened in the small kitchen had spread to various places under the word of mouth of the palace people.

Qi Shuning also knew about it, she always felt that Yun Yao seemed to have noticed something, but it was not yet time to expose it.

Thinking of this, Qi Shuning asked Xiangfu to go to Yun Yao's courtyard to find her, and the two of them had a secret conversation in Yun Yao's room, no one knew, only that when Xiangfu came out of Yun Yao again, it was already an hour later.

Now Yun Yao was almost certain that the little eunuch named Xiao Bolt was very problematic, not only did Gu Qingming see him leave the Ningkun Palace in the middle of the night, but she also saw him peeking at the kitchen door. If there is no ghost in your heart, there is no need to run away when you see her.

Therefore, Yun Yao is very curious about the matter of the little bolt, and she also wants to know what kind of thing it is, which can be called the four words "Entong reconstruction", and what is the reason why Qi Shuning has always trusted the little bolt so much, and it has never changed.

Before Xiangfu came to find Yun Yao, she was instructed by Qi Shuning to fully cooperate with Yun Yao, no matter what Yun Yao wanted to know or what she wanted to do, she had to cooperate. So Xiangfu told Yun Yao about the little bolt.

The little bolt was three years before the palace to become a eunuch.

You must know that to become a eunuch, you need to purify your body, and although the master of purification is good at knife work, he is also used to doing this, but it is inevitable that there will be times when he misses. And the little bolt is the one who missed.

That knife almost killed the little bolt. Of course, the life of a eunuch is worthless, not to mention that people are dying every day in the palace, and some even die unknowingly, and the little bolt is just bad luck and was injured by mistake.

Just when the little bolt was about to be thrown into the firewood room of the worship room to fend for himself, he passed by the imperial garden and met Qi Shuning, who came out to play.

The bloody aura on the little plug collided with Qi Shuning, making Qi Shuning feel unwell. After looking for a doctor, he actually diagnosed Qi Shuning as pregnant. This is a great joy, after all, there is no heir in the Hao Palace, and every time someone is pregnant, it is a great joy.

At that time, a master who entered the palace to give a lecture told Qi Shuning that after pregnancy, she should accumulate virtue and do good, and if she can save people, she will save more people.

This reminded Qi Shuning of the little bolt, the little eunuch who was dying and covered in blood. She even thought that if it wasn't for the little plug that hit her, she wouldn't have been able to find a doctor, let alone find out that she was pregnant.

Qi Shuning put the credit on the little plug, sent the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat the little plug, and pulled the little plug back from the brink of death.

Since then, Xiao Shuzi has been loyal to Qi Shuning, and even once, when Qi Shuning was returning to her parents' home to save her relatives, she met an assassin on the road, and in order to protect Qi Shuning, Xiao Bolt was stabbed in the chest and almost lost her life.

This happened more than once, and every time, Xiao Bolt risked his life to protect his master, which slowly won Qi Shuning's trust.

After listening to the whole story, Yun Yao always felt that things were a little unusual, although there were no surprises in the world, but when Qi Shuning was diagnosed with pregnancy for the first time three years ago, Xiao Shuzi's life was hanging by a thread, and the mage of the lecture entered the palace to say those words that accumulated virtue and did good, which invisibly gave Qi Shuning some misdirection.

And later, every time the little bolt was waiting by her side, Qi Shuning would have an accident, and she happened to be saved by the little bolt. The most important thing is that Qi Shuning had many miscarriages, also after the little bolt came to Ningkun Palace.

Yun Yao said to Xiangfu: "You have to carefully recall the situation that day, and try to recall the details of the queen's miscarriage to see if you can find clues related to the little bolt." Although the truth of many things has been lost for a long time, as long as things really exist, there are still some signs to be found. ”

After thinking seriously for a while, Xiangfu gave Yun Yao some affirmative answers-the little plug really has a problem.

Perhaps, the appearance of the little bolt was simply a bitter trick carefully arranged by someone back then, and the gamble was Qi Shuning's soft-heartedness. They used Xiao Bolt's life step by step in exchange for Qi Shuning's trust, but behind their backs, they were poisoned.

If it weren't for Yun Yao's appearance, if it weren't for her sudden intervention in this matter, then these seamless plans and conspiracy planned for many years would probably continue to sleep, and no one would have thought that the person she usually trusts would be the driving force behind Qi Shuning's miscarriage.

Today's poisonous snake that can kill people is evidence of the other party's panic.

Although the people behind this scene don't know Yun Yao's identity and origin, and they don't know how long Yun Yao will stay in this palace, because Yun Yao is too cautious, the protection of Qi Shuning makes it impossible for the people behind the scenes to catch a gap. So she panicked and messed up, wanting to get rid of Yun Yao first, and then attack the child in Qi Shuning's belly.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and the truth will be revealed one day.

Xiangfu returned to Qi Shuning's side and said Yun Yao's words and her points word for word. Qi Shuning, who learned the truth, suddenly felt cold all over her body, completely unbelievable.

"I really didn't expect that the loyalty that this palace thought was actually a big scam that had been planned for many years. Qi Shuning muttered, "Xiangfu, according to Miss A-Yao's request, you will find out this thing inside and outside the palace for this palace!"