This is the japonica rice porridge that Nian Shen often eats.

Chang Qing had already explained all these things to me before leaving, and I knew about it, but I looked down at the bowl of turquoise porridge, the turquoise color......

I took the spoon in Xing'er's hand and tasted it, this porridge is indeed very good, soft and glutinous and sweet, there is a smell of grass in the mouth, which makes people feel refreshed, I drank this silently, put down the spoon and said to Xing'er: "Give me this porridge, I will feed it to His Royal Highness, you go to rest and rest." ”

Apricot gave me a slightly puzzled look, but immediately handed me the bowl and turned to go out.

I took the jade bowl and looked at it for a while, silently scooped up the porridge inside and sent it to my mouth, just as Mama Wu pushed the door in, and when she saw that I was drinking Nianshen's porridge, she was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned around and closed the door and walked to me.

"Girl, what's the matter?"

"This porridge prince can't drink."

"Huh? Is there a ——?! in it? What about you——! ”

I shook my head and said softly, "It's not poisonous, it's just that someone added some spinach juice to it." ”

"Oh?" Mama Wu frowned and lowered her head to smell the porridge, there was a faint aroma of spinach in the fragrance of the porridge, she looked up at me: "What's the matter?" ”

"Yesterday, the eldest prince had a severe fever, and I asked several doctors from the Tai Hospital to prescribe him a dose of Four Tiger Soup, which has lime in it."

Mama Wu's face changed when she heard this.

She is already an old man in the palace, and she has been with Queen Zhaolie for so many years, so she is naturally familiar with these tricks, but it is taboo to eat lime and spinach together, especially now that Nianshen's rotten throat is so strict, and her spleen and stomach are even weaker, fortunately, I noticed something wrong just now, otherwise this bowl of spinach porridge will be fed, although it is not fatal, but how much suffering this child will suffer!

As soon as I thought of this, I turned my head to look at the frail child on the bed, and I gritted my teeth vigorously.

Mama Wu whispered, "It's only the second day, girl." ”

yes, it's the next day......

Mama Wu said: "Girl, you must think of a way, otherwise if you continue like this-you, and the eldest prince, I'm afraid that they will all ......"

I used a spoon to put the last bit of porridge into my mouth, and I also tasted a little bitterness in the fragrant glutinous rice, I looked back at Nianshen, and then looked at the jade bowl in my hand, and said softly: "What can I think of......

I still stayed in Nianshen's room that night, and when I finished feeding him and drank the medicine, I scrubbed his hands and feet again, then put down the tent, blew out the candles beside the bed, walked to the small bed outside, made it up briefly, and then lay down and fell asleep.

It was a very tiring day, not only physically, but I fell asleep as soon as I got on the pillow.

The night in the palace was very quiet, so quiet that even in my dreams it was quiet and dark, I only felt as if I was sleeping in this room in my dreams, but I could see many things, such as the curtain in the center of the room, fluttering gently, and the wind blowing on my face.

Where does the wind come from in the house?

I was slightly puzzled, but I didn't know if I was dreaming or awake, watching the curtain float up, revealing the small bed in the inner room, Nian Shen was still lying on the bed and falling asleep, and the side of the bed-

Next to the bed, there is a dark shadow!

I was stunned for a moment, and I didn't know what was going on, I saw the black shadow walk to the side of the bed, and slowly leaned down to look at Nian Shen on the bed, and after a while, the black shadow stretched out two long shadows, like two hands, and stretched out towards Nian Shen.

"Who?!"

I suddenly shouted, "Who's where?!" ”

The black shadow froze, and suddenly both hands retracted, and I only felt that my eyes were plunged into darkness again, and I felt the curtain in the center of the room float up all of a sudden, and a cold wind struck, and I suddenly opened my eyes, and looked at the dark room in front of me, there was no light, only the red light of the faint lantern under the eaves shone through the window.

If you look closely, there is no dark shadow next to the bed.

At this moment, I had already turned over and got out of bed, and hurriedly walked to Nian Shen's bedside, he was still sleeping there peacefully, breathing steadily, with a little heat, and the bed was empty, and the black shadow seemed to disappear out of thin air.

What's going on?

Could it be that the qiē I saw just now was in a dream?

The night passed quickly, as soon as it was dawn, Xing'er brought someone to serve, scrubbed Nian Shen, and I also tried the porridge before giving it to Nian Shen, and then turned around and walked out.

I was going to go back to my residence, but at the gate, I saw Shuixiu and Xiaofuzi standing there talking about something, so I walked over.

As soon as Shui Xiu saw me, she immediately said, "Girl, you came out." ”

"Well," I nodded, and Xiaofuzi also said hello to me, and Shui Xiu looked at my face and said, "Girl, what's wrong with you?" Does your face look so pale, didn't you sleep well last night? ”

I nodded.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong? ”

"......" I shook my head, thought about it, and nodded again, Shui Xiu looked inexplicable, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

I said, "Last night I was in the house of the great prince, and in the middle of the night I saw a dark shadow beside his bedside. ”

"Huh?!" Shui Xiu's eyes widened suddenly: "Black shadow? Who is it?! ”

"I didn't see it, and I don't know what it is."

"So, did he do anything bad to the eldest prince?"

"Not really, I was very scared at the time, thinking that someone was going to harm the eldest prince, but after thinking about it carefully, the black shadow seemed to want to reach out and touch the eldest prince's face, it didn't look like he was going to harm the eldest prince."

"Huh?" Shui Xiu was even more puzzled when he heard this, turned his head to look at the gate of Jingren Palace, and then looked at the residence of the eldest prince, and said: "No, if someone goes, there are so many guards outside here, they must have found out a long time ago, how could they quietly go to the bedside of the eldest prince?" ”

"......," I frowned and didn't speak.

Shui Xiu suddenly said, "No—it can't be a ghost, right?" ”

As soon as I heard this, I immediately said, "What nonsense?!" Zi Bu is silent, how can there be so many ghosts, don't talk nonsense, let people hear and laugh at you! ”

Shui Xiu stuck out her tongue and didn't speak, but the little Fuzi next to her lowered her voice and said, "Young girl, these words are not without a shadow, maybe they are really ghosts." ”

I frowned and turned to look at him.

Xiao Fuzi is a very elfly little eunuch, although he is thin, his eyes are extraordinarily big, he looked around, and then leaned over and said: "In this Jingren Palace, it is haunted." ”

"What did you say?"

Xiaofuzi whispered: "You haven't been in the palace all these years, I don't know, at the beginning, Xu - oh no, it was that person, who died after giving birth to a child, and the house where she lived at that time was later abandoned, and the queen mother let people lock it up and not let people in, but I often heard the sound of someone sighing inside in the middle of the night." ”

"Wow......" Shui Xiu trembled when he heard it: "Little Fuzi, don't be scary!" ”

"I don't have that, many people have heard it when they pass by in the middle of the night."

"So, what about the queen mother, does she know that it is haunted inside? What's the matter? ”

"Cut, what kind of person is our queen mother, after a country, the mother is the world, she sits up straight, even if there is really a ghost, she doesn't dare to disturb her driving, so this matter is not a big deal, and not many people know about it."

Shui Xiu was a little frightened, and said in a panic: "Then you say, is it because the queen mother is gone, no one will stop the things in that room, so she-just ran out, the black shadow that the girl saw in the eldest prince's room last night is, that is, it's her——? ”

Xiaofuzi nodded and said, "I'm afraid." ”

“……”

"What the hell is the eldest prince...... It's a close relative, now that the eldest prince is so sick, and someone is eyeing her, can she not worry, it's human nature to come out at night to see. ”

Shui Xiu was horrified when she heard this, and hurriedly reached out to hold my arm: "Girl, it's so scary!" ”

I stood still, just listened quietly, but Xiaofuzi smiled and said: "Shui Xiu, this is not like you, you are usually not the most daring, in the past, in your hometown, even the black hole in the mountains was also brought by you." ”

Shui Xiu slapped him hard: "How can that be the same!" That cave is full of flying squirrels, and it's not haunted! ”

Xiaofuzi was beaten by her, but he showed a happy expression and smiled, the two of them quarreled for a while, he turned his head to look at me again, and said: "But you have to be careful, young girl, that incident at the beginning-although I know that you are a good person, and now you are trying your best to take care of the eldest prince, but--this unjust ghost is hard to say, in case I really find you-"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden "snap" sound next to him.

The three of us were startled, and when we turned our heads, we saw that Yuwen was standing at the entrance outside the gate, her face was as white as paper, and the stove in her hand fell to the ground and fell open, and the charcoal fire splashed everywhere, burning several holes in her skirt.

"Oops, Jieyu!" The palace maid beside her screamed in fright.

Her scream seemed to wake Yuwen up all of a sudden, she suddenly came back to her senses, looked down at her skirt, and hurriedly took a few steps back, the palace maid hurriedly helped her lift the corner of her skirt, but Yuwen was already furious and scolded: "What are you doing, why didn't you catch it for me just now!" ”

The palace maid looked at her with some grievances, and could only whisper: "The slave is guilty." ”

"Hmph, this is a reward from the emperor, you useless thing!"

The palace maid could only be submissive, and she didn't dare to say anything, and when Yuwen had lost her temper, she said cautiously: "Jieyu, then go back and change your clothes first." ”

"Humph!" Yuwen glared at her fiercely, and was about to turn around and leave, but as soon as she turned around, she seemed to remember something, looked back at us, and said, "You go, pass that little slut over to me!" ”

"Huh? Jieyu doesn't go back to change first-"

"If I let you go, you will go, and then be careful that I pick your skin!"

Yuwen's irritable appearance made the palace maid dare not take another breath, so she could only agree in a proper manner, and when Yuwen turned to leave, she came over angrily, and said to Shui Xiu arrogantly: "You are not small, Jieyu passed you over, you still dare to disobey, now follow me immediately!" ”

Xiao Fuzi looked at Shui Xiu with some concern, she didn't have anything, she just nodded at Xiao Fuzi gently, looked at me again, and followed the palace maid.

I looked at Shui Xiu's distant back, I could only let out a long sigh, turned around and went back to the house to freshen up for a while, and then went back to Nianshen's room, his heat has subsided a lot now, although his face is not bloody, but I don't want to be as lifeless gray as before, I fed him medicine, touched his palm, it was much better.

At this time, Mama Wu also walked over, looked down at Nian Shen, and then looked at me.

I said softly, "Mama has something to say to me?" ”

Her brows tightened, she looked very worried, and said: "Girl, you can't delay things like this, you can't drag it out for ten days, this is only the third day, in case something really goes wrong - you must plan as soon as possible." ”

I frowned and didn't speak.

I also know that she has been taking care of me and Shui Xiu like an elder all these years, in her eyes, we are the same as her daughter, and now my situation is like standing on the edge of a cliff, and Shui Xiu suffers every day, no wonder she is so worried.

I smiled wryly, "What can I think?" In this palace, I am neither a master nor a slave, and they want to strangle me. All I want now is to let this child survive safely. ”

Mama Wu listened, her brows tightened.

At this moment, Xing'er hurriedly ran in and said to me, "Young girl, the people from Yuhua Hall are here. ”

Nangong Lizhu's person? I raised my eyebrows, turned around and stood up, and saw a young palace maid walk in, although she was young, she was also very domineering, and said, "Yue Qingying, Concubine Li passed you over." ”

When Mama Wu heard this, she immediately turned her head to look at me.

I smiled and said, "Let this sister run in vain, originally Concubine Li summoned the folk girl to go over, but unfortunately just now the concubine Niangniang has already passed the message to let the folk girl pass." ”

When she heard this, she immediately said with an ugly face: "Why, you dare to disobey Concubine Li!" ”

I smiled and said, "Don't dare, but there is always a first come and a first come in this matter, not to mention - Concubine Li is a concubine after all, a concubine is a concubine after all, and the folk girl can only obey orders." ”

The palace maid's face immediately became ugly.

In the past two years, although Nangong Lizhu has been favored in the harem, Pei Yuanhao naturally loves her in every way, and has never rebelled against her will, but in terms of grade, the concubine is still the first among Mrs. Zhengyipin after all, and in this harem, she still has to be one level lower than Shenrou.

The palace maid flicked her sleeves fiercely: "Okay, I'll go back to Concubine Li!" ”

I stood at the door with a smile on my face: "Send my sister." ”

When she left angrily, as soon as I turned around, I saw Mama Wu looking at me worriedly: "Girl, the concubine didn't call you, you are like this-"

I hooked the corners of my lips and didn't speak, and I saw Xing'er pointing out again: "Look, the pearl is here!" ”

"Huh?" Mama Wu couldn't believe that her glasses widened, and sure enough, she saw the pearl of Chonghua Hall coming from outside, she turned her head to look at me in shock, I only looked at it coldly, Mingzhu walked in front of me and said coldly: "Yue Qingying, the concubine Niangniang sent you to Chonghua Palace." ”

I said lightly: "I don't know what the important thing is that the concubine Niangniang passed on the people's daughter?" ”

"Where is so much nonsense, the concubine Niangniang passed you, you just hurry over, could it be - you still dare to disobey the concubine Niangniang?!"

"Don't dare."

I said, "Then please let Sister Mingzhu lead the way." ”

She snorted coldly, then turned around and walked out, I gave Mama Wu a look, and followed Mingzhu.

From Jingren Palace to Chonghua Palace, the road is not long, along the road can see a lot of palace maids and eunuchs passing by, when I see me follow Mingzhu to Chonghua Palace, all of them have a look of clarity on their faces, and they also heard someone whispering, and whispered: "I don't know if I can come out alive this time." ”

I calmly followed Mingzhu, and after a while, the Chonghua Hall appeared in front of me.

It's still as splendid as ever, and the magnificence of the hostess inside is gorgeous, as if it's going to push people down.

I followed Mingzhu in, and as soon as I went up the steps, I saw that in the open door, Shen Rou was wearing a soft brocade robe, sitting on the couch obliquely, and an old woman was pinching her feet next to her.

Mingzhu stepped forward and said, "Niangniang, Yue Qingying has arrived." ”

"Well......" she listened, and raised her soft eyes faintly, and looked at me with a hint of laziness, but that kind of laziness was not really lazy, but like a wild beast dormant and ready to pounce.

I stepped forward and bowed down in a proper manner: "The folk girl greets the concubine." ”

She sat there and smiled coldly: "Minnu, interesting, it's the first time I've seen a 'Minnu' in this palace." ”

I lowered my head and said calmly, "I'm offending my mother." ”

"I heard in this palace that you, a folk girl, are in this palace, but you are thriving."

"Thanksgiving to the mother."

I said it respectfully, but she frowned like a willow brow, and there was a hint of cruelty in her lazy eyes - my grievances with her, others don't know, but she and I will not forget, my child died under her design, she also knows that I want to eat her flesh and drink her blood, maybe I really anger and madness make her feel indifferent, but this calm angered her.

At this time, she raised her hand and waved: "All down." ”

As soon as Mingzhu heard this, she stepped forward and waved to the people around her, and the palace maids who served immediately followed her silently and retreated.

In the room, it was just me and her.

Shen Rou slowly got up from the soft couch and walked up to me and looked into my eyes: "I thought that you would always hate me and want to kill me?" ”

I said coldly: "The concubine is right, I don't have the ability to protect that child, I don't blame others." ”

"Oh? Then you can think about it, and you can forget it. ”

"Mother's praise."

She looked at my calm appearance and sneered, "However, this palace is not so forgetful. ”

As she spoke, she gently took something out of her sleeve and shook it in front of my eyes, and suddenly, my whole body froze.