Father-in-law Yu glanced at me, bowed his head and said, "Cairen, let's go over first, Jingren Palace is still waiting." ”

I was silent for a while, looked at the little eunuchs behind him with numb expressions, and looked at his expressions again, and suddenly my heart was also clear - Xu Youling had just died, and he called me to Jingren Palace in the middle of the night for questioning, not to ask me how to take care of the child.

So I slowly stood up, asked Shui Xiu to serve me, got dressed, and was about to go out, when Grandpa Yu said again: "Shui Xiu girl also wants to go over together." ”

Shui Xiu was immediately stunned when she heard this, at this time, Mama Wu and they had already arrived at the door, and they were also startled when they heard this, and said, "What's the matter, talent-"

I glanced back at Shui Xiu and said lightly, "Since I called you, let's go." ”

"Yes, talented."

Shui Xiu was already frightened, honestly followed behind me, and when he walked to the gate, a cold wind blew, I shrunk my neck, turned my head and ordered them to carry the sedan chair over, and the jade father-in-law stepped forward and said, "Cairen, let's go over." ”

I understood what he meant, and smiled faintly: "Father-in-law Yu, my health is not good, walking over in the cold wind in the middle of the night, and when I arrived at Jingren Palace, I was also sick, which made people see it." ”

Father-in-law Yu glanced at me, sighed, and then turned around and ordered the sedan chair to be carried over.

I sat in the sedan chair and went all the way towards Jingren Palace, the sedan chair swayed all the way, and my heart was also a little uneasy, and then I heard Gonggong Yu whispering outside: "Xu Jieyu is dead, only to go over and speak carefully after a while." ”

Sure enough......

I bit my lower lip and said softly, "Thank you Father-in-law Yu." ”

After a while, I arrived at Jingren Palace, the sky was dark, but it was brightly lit, just opened the sedan curtain, I faintly heard the cry from the night, I frowned, Shui Xiu hurriedly stepped forward to help me, her face became more and more pale, her hands were trembling, I glanced at her, didn't say anything, and went straight in.

After turning a few corridors, I arrived at the place where Xu Jieyu lived, where the grandmother and the palace maid and the little eunuch knelt outside and cried, when they saw me come in, their cries were lower, and a few looked at me, their faces were full of tears, but their eyes were full of good show.

I walked in slowly.

As soon as I entered the house, I saw that the lights were brightly lit inside, Pei Yuanhao and Chang Qing were sitting directly above, and the other concubines were almost all present, sitting on the left and right sides, several of them were holding silk handkerchiefs to wipe their red eyes, and a layer of curtains had been lowered on the inner room, and Xu Youling was lying quietly on the big bed inside.

In the air, there was a strong smell of blood, so heavy, as if it had just been soaked in blood.

This smell is not unfamiliar to me, buried in the deepest part of my heart.

Thinking of this, I looked up at him again, his face was also very pale, almost transparent in the candlelight, there was no expression on his face, not even the temperature, when he sat there it was like a statue, he couldn't see joy and anger.

I slowly walked over and knelt down towards him: "Meet the emperor, meet the queen." ”

Chang Qing nodded: "Get up." ”

I stood up and said, "I don't know what the emperor has to do when he summons his concubines here late at night. ”

He didn't speak, and Lu Shuyi next to him said coldly: "Yo, Yue Cairen, how can you say that you also followed Xu Jieyu at the beginning, and now that she has an accident, isn't it right for you to come and take a look?" ”

I glanced at her lightly: "Lu Shuyi, did I ask you that sentence just now?" Still don't know when it will start, Shuyi can already speak for the emperor? ”

"Uh-"

She was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up and knelt down towards Pei Yuanhao: "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't mean that just now. ”

“…… Get up. ”

His voice was a little hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and when he opened his mouth, it felt like a blade had been sharpened against gravel, and after saying this, he slowly raised his head to look at me.

I also looked at him indifferently.

After a while, he slowly spoke: "Do you know about Xu Jieyu?" ”

"I heard about it in the evening."

"Then do you know why Xu Jieyu died?"

"The concubine's eyes haven't reached Jingren Palace, I don't know."

There were still people in the room just now, and there were people talking outside, but when the two of us opened their mouths to speak, there was no sound of breathing, and everyone looked at me with a trace of consternation, Chang Qing sat aside, looked at me, and looked at him again, his willow-like eyebrows frowned slightly.

Shen Rou, who was sitting under her, wiped her red eyes with a silk silk and didn't look at us.

Pei Yuanhao looked at me for a while, waved his hand, and Buckle immediately walked up, holding a plate in his hand with a sachet on it, I frowned slightly, and I heard him say, "Recognize it." ”

As soon as the sachet was delivered to the front, a strong medicinal fragrance came to my nose - myrrh, frankincense, tree reishi......

My heart sank, and I vaguely felt something.

"You know what it is."

"Pouch."

"What's the use?"

"Induce labor, invigorate blood."

"What happens if a pregnant woman in labor smells it?"

“……”

My throat choked and I couldn't answer. If these drugs are smelled by ordinary people, they just feel that the blood is comfortable, but if such a heavy medicine is used on a pregnant woman who is in labor, it is no wonder that the smell of blood in this room is so heavy, as if it has been soaked in blood.

Subconsciously turned his head to look inside, and through a layer of curtains, he faintly saw the pale face on the bed.

At this time, Pei Yuanhao's indifferent deep voice sounded in his ears-

"Is this sac yours?"

I turned my head and shook my head lightly, "No." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a few concubines next to me snort coldly, and Pei Yuanhao said, "Ask this girl next to you, who is it." ”

When I heard this, I immediately frowned, and Shui Xiu next to me was so frightened that her legs were weak at this time, and she almost knelt down, and hurriedly shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't know, and the slave hasn't seen it either!" ”

Pei Yuanhao didn't speak, Chang Qing, who was sitting on the side, glanced down, and immediately two little eunuchs walked up with a person, and looked at Yuwen beside Xu Youling, she came forward to salute everyone, and the queen said: "What did you just say to the emperor, now say it again." ”

Yuwen's eyes were red, and her voice was choked and said: "This medicine bag was seen at the bottom of the bed when the slave maid cleaned it up today, because Jieyu is pregnant and has to boil medicine every day, so no one notices the smell of this medicine." These days, because of the scruples of Jieyu's body, you rarely come to Jingren Palace, only on the night of the fifth day of the first month of last month, someone saw the water show of Fangcaotang sneaked into us and went out secretly. ”

When Shui Xiu heard this, his face turned pale suddenly, and he knelt down with a plop: "The slave doesn't have it, this is not the slave's!" ”

"It's not yours or anyone, you dare to say you didn't sneak in that day!"

"I ...... I ......" Shui Xiu stammered, looked at me again, and I said calmly: "What the hell did you come in and do, just tell me the truth." I remember what you said, only when you are a good person can you be practical. ”

Shui Xiu gritted her teeth and simply said: "The slave and maid slipped in that night, but the slave and maid didn't put this sachet, and the slave and maid just put a few mice in Yuwen's house to scare her." ”

"Mouse?" Chang Qing frowned, and immediately remembered: "That was the day?" ”

"Yes."

"Why are you doing that?"

Shui Xiu glanced at me again, her eyes turned red, and she said: "That day, Yuwen went to Fangcaotang and said that Xu Jieyu was promoted to Jieyu and rewarded talented people with things, so they were so popular that they didn't even eat food." The slave was angry, so she just—"

Before she finished her words, Pei Yuanhao's eyes flashed, and he looked at me slowly.

At this time, Zhu Fanghua next to him said coldly: "Isn't it a happy thing for the sisters to be promoted?" Yue Cairen was actually angry about this matter......"

"What else can't be done with this anger?"

"Her child ......"

The people around me talked in a low voice, and I stood in the middle of the room, only listening, and a soft voice said faintly: "Even so, it doesn't prove that you didn't put this medicine bag." ”

I turned my head and saw Shen Rou hooking a little corner of her lips and said lightly: "Since you can sneak in, what else can't you do." You admit to letting the rats out, but you just want everyone to think that you are just angry with your family, but what if your family is not just for anger? ”

I frowned and slowly looked at Pei Yuanhao.

In the palace, it is not terrible to say ten lies, the most terrible thing is to say ten truths with a lie, then the fake has become true, he has been in the palace for so many years, of course, he knows this truth, but his face is still calm without a trace of fluctuation, just sitting there lightly.

I thought for a moment and said, "Can you let the concubine take a look at that medicine bag again?" ”

He didn't speak, only made a look, and the button brought the medicine bag over, I picked it up and looked at it carefully, the brocade is a tribute, and each palace has a few horses, and the workmanship is not bad, and the knot is also tied up.

I looked at it for a while, raised my head and said, "This medicine bag is not from Fangcaotang. ”

"Oh?"

"The people around the concubines, Shui Xiu, Xiaoyu and Mama Wu, are all from Xiangxi, and they all learn Hunan embroidery, which can be checked from the needlework they usually do; And the stitches and needles used to seal the edge of this medicine bag are wrong, this is the needle method of Suzhou embroidery, called 'wrong to the end'. ”

I gently raised my head to look at him and said, "The concubine won't." ”

"What are you studying?"

"The concubine is from Shu, and she learns Shu embroidery."

Hearing this, he stood up, walked slowly in front of me, took the medicine sachet in my hand with one hand, reached over with the other, and suddenly ripped off a sachet from my waist—that was once when he saw me embroidering in idleness.

The two sachets were in his hands, and I looked at him indifferently, but he didn't look at the sachets, just looked at me.

At this time, Shen Rou said leisurely: "Will or not, isn't it just a sentence?" Someone hides deep and doesn't take it out for the rest of his life, isn't this a headless public case? ”

"Someone is hiding deeply", as soon as Pei Yuanhao heard this sentence, his eyes sank.