My heart was stabbed unexpectedly-he, is he accompanying Yao Yingxue?

But I gritted my teeth, and soon swallowed the pain of the sting. Yao Yingxue is now pregnant with Liujia, that is his flesh and blood, of course this moment is the time when Lang's concubine is the most lingering, of course he should be with her.

Maybe my face was a little pale, and the long man said, "Young girl, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's okay......" I said lightly, but the long follower was very polite, and said: "Does the girl have something important to find His Royal Highness, why don't you go to Luomei Zhai to report." ”

"No need, this eldest brother, if His Royal Highness returns to the dormitory, please bring me a message."

The chief nodded, and was about to agree, when suddenly his eyes fell behind me, and he immediately said, "Third Highness? ”

As soon as I heard this, I hurriedly turned around, and saw Pei Yuanhao and Yao Yingxue walking over from the corridor behind me together, both of them seemed to have just gotten up, and they looked like a spring breeze, but as soon as he saw me, his face sank.

"The slave and maid meet His Highness, and meet the Madame."

"What, you're back from the Cloud King's Mansion?" He said coldly: "This palace almost thought that my Shangyang Palace was the place where you stayed, and the Yunwang Mansion and the Chengqian Palace were the places you should go." ”

I bit my lower lip: "The slave doesn't dare." ”

He glanced at me coldly and said, "Come with this palace, and I will explain something to you." ”

"Yes."

I nodded in agreement, and he turned to Yao Yingxue again, and said in a soft voice, "Didn't you say that you wanted to make some supplements for the palace?" When you're done, send it directly to the dormitory and use it with the main palace. ”

Yao Yingxue kept looking at me attentively, and at this time she seemed to have just come back to her senses, and immediately smiled: "Okay, the concubine will go now." With that, she turned and walked away.

I watched Yao Yingxue's back slowly walk away, and then followed Pei Yuanhao into his dormitory, although he did not return overnight, but it was still warm and fragrant here, as soon as he walked in, it gave people a feeling of spring, he walked to the inner room and took off his clothes, I walked over and took it over, and hung it on the shelf.

As soon as I turned around, I saw him looking at him as if he was stunned, and suddenly smiled: "What, you figured it out?" ”

“……”

I really figured it out.

These days, I have experienced too many changes, mixed with joy and sorrow, and I almost forgot about myself, but the words of Yang Jinqiao and Huang Tianba still reminded me that I should guard the road I originally wanted to take, and not fall into it, and don't fall too deep.

His path and mine are different after all, and they are bound to be different in judging right and wrong.

"The slave maid has figured it out, Your Highness is right to do this."

Pei Yuanhao's face flashed a hint of joy or something, and just as he was about to walk over to me, I continued: "Your Highness, Master Huang asked the slave maid to bring a few words to His Highness." ”

His footsteps stopped, and his face froze.

After a while, he still calmed down his feelings, and said in a low voice: "You say." ”

I told me everything Huang Tianba said to me last night about Pei Yuanchen taking over the helm of the soldiers and horses, but Pei Yuanhao didn't seem surprised, he listened to what I said quietly, muttered and didn't speak, and only after a while did he ask, "What else did he say?" ”

"Huang Ye also said-" This time I paused, but I couldn't help but say this, so I finally opened my mouth: "Huang Ye also asked Qingying to pass the word, he noticed that there may be some people outside the Shangyang Palace, if His Highness can find out, he should be removed as soon as possible." ”

When Pei Yuanhao heard this, the expression on his face became playful.

He slowly walked in front of me, looked down at me, and the corners of his mouth lightly hooked a little playful smile: "There is someone in Shangyang Palace, do you know who this person is?" ”

“…… The slave doesn't know. ”

"Aren't you smart? Why not take a guess? ”

"The slave can't guess."

Pei Yuanhao squinted his eyes, slowly walked in front of me and looked down at me, there was a smile on his face, seeing that I looked down to avoid his gaze, he simply grabbed my chin and forced me to look up at him: "Can't guess, or don't you dare to say?" ”

At this moment, Yang Yunhui's voice sounded outside: "Third brother! ”

Pei Yuanhao frowned slightly, as if he was a little impatient, but he still let me go.

"Come in."

Yang Yunhui immediately pushed the door in, he was not too surprised to see me, he only nodded, then walked up to Pei Yuanhao, and said, "It has been found out, and those people are here now-"

"Is it in the hands of the Cloud King?"

Yang Yunhui was stunned: "Third brother, why are you-"

Pei Yuanhao chuckled lightly and glanced at me: "Sure enough, the news from the Yunwang Mansion is much faster. ”

"Oh?" Yang Yunhui raised his eyebrows, glanced at me again, and immediately understood, but he smiled again and said, "But King Yun has never led troops, and this group of people will not be of much use to him, unless—"

They looked at each other and didn't speak, and I already understood.

Unless, it was Chang Qing who led the troops.

That is to say, the commander of this group of people must be Pei Yuanchen and Chang Qing, otherwise this group of people will either be scattered or chaotic, if this is the case, the protection of the nine gates of the capital will use two people, then if you want to find the jade seal, I am afraid that Queen Yin's manpower will not be enough.

Pei Yuanhao sat down slowly and said, "Now, it's time to find the jade seal." ”

Yang Yunhui's brows furrowed: "But, just by that poem, how do you know where the jade seal is?" ”

Pei Yuanhao didn't speak, but turned his head to look at me and said, "Qingying, what do you say?" ”

"Slave maid—"

"Don't let me hear you say 'slaves don't know' or anything, if you really don't know anything, then the palace will have to think about it and leave you to train well."

"......" I glanced at him, and then looked at Yang Yunhui next to him who seemed to be smiling, swallowed his saliva, and could only say: "The slave just knows that this poem is described by the ancients about osmanthus flowers, and the slave maid heard that Queen Yin hates osmanthus flowers, I don't know if there is any connection between the two." ”

Pei Yuanhao sneered and said, "Where does she hate osmanthus, but a person related to osmanthus." ”

"Who?"

"Empress first."

As soon as these three words were spoken, the atmosphere in the room seemed to be solemn, and even Yang Yunhui, who had been sitting on the side, changed his expression.

It has been five years since I entered the palace, but the word Empress Xian has almost never been mentioned, this woman who once dominated the six palaces and the world of motherhood, seems to have become a taboo in the Celestial Empire and the imperial city after her death for many years.

And I just heard them mention the past sporadically when some old ladies in the palace were drunk, mentioning the first queen, it is said that she was very favored by the emperor at the beginning, almost to the point of exclusive favor, and the other concubines in the palace, except for Pei Yuanhao's mother, the imperial concubine, there are very few who can be favored by the emperor.

Just when I was in and out of the cold palace for a while, I would also hear the people who were punished inside secretly scolding, if it weren't for the early death of the first queen and the imperial concubine's belief in Buddhism, this queen's position would not have been the turn of the woman surnamed Yin.

Yang Yunhui said: "I seem to have heard that the first queen liked osmanthus very much, and even the palace where she lived at the beginning was called Gui Palace, which was full of osmanthus flowers. ”

"Katsura Palace?" I muttered, frowning: "In the palace, there is no such palace?" ”

"Of course not." Pei Yuanhao said lightly: "At the beginning, the fire was burned. ”

"What?"

This time, Yang Yunhui and I couldn't hold back, and we were so surprised that we almost screamed - burned? The queen's residence will actually be burned down by a fire, what about the queen?

As if knowing the doubts in our hearts, Pei Yuanhao picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, and said, "The first queen, she died in that fire." ”

I was stunned and speechless.

The first queen's residence was burned down by a fire, and the first queen actually died in this fire?

How is this possible, not to mention the dignity of the queen, how many maids and eunuchs are guarding before and after, just talking about the close servants in the palace, it is impossible to tolerate such a thing, the dignified queen of the Celestial Dynasty actually died in the fire, and it was the fire in her own residence!

Could it be that this is why her name and deeds are never mentioned?

I was still wondering in my heart, and Yang Yunhui had already said: "Then, that once the sky was frosting, it wouldn't be the original Gui Palace, right?" ”

"It's already been bulldozed."

"What's that?"

Pei Yuanhao glanced up at me, a little smile flashed in his eyes, and said, "Qingying, do you know what place it is?" ”

I shook my head, and didn't dare to say, "The slave doesn't know", but said: "The slave and the maid even heard about the former queen for the first time today, and it is impossible to know what that poem refers to." ”

Pei Yuanhao smiled and said, "In this palace, except for the ingredients in the imperial dining room, osmanthus flowers are not allowed anywhere else, or things related to osmanthus flowers, but there is only one place." ”

"Where?"

"Yonghe Palace."

"Yonghe Palace?" I was shocked, isn't that where the emperor lives now? Is there something related to osmanthus?

As soon as he said this, my mind suddenly remembered the scene when I was in Yonghe Palace, and it seemed that indeed when I heard the poem "Once the frost fell in the sky", I did feel a very familiar feeling, as if I had seen it somewhere, especially when I lifted the curtain.

That's right!

I suddenly remembered that outside the curtain, that is, I had been standing against the wall that night, and when the emperor pointed at me and asked me to go to the night for him, I took a step back and touched the picture scroll on the wall, that painting was a picture of osmanthus flowers!

No wonder I feel that when I lift the curtain, that poem is the most familiar, because although I didn't deliberately look at it, the osmanthus picture came into view unintentionally!

"Your Highness, are you talking about the painting hanging in the Yonghe Palace?"

"You noticed it too?" The smile on his face deepened, and he looked at me and said, "Then do you remember, what else was painted in that painting besides osmanthus?" ”