Seeing that her demeanor was a little wrong, the palace lady asked with a look in her eyes: "If Ji Niangzi has any instructions, just give it to the servant." ”

The crown princess personally explained that the East Palace must not neglect Mrs. Ji.

"Then I bothered to ask Sister Yuejian to come over, and said that I had something to do with her." Heng Yu said, and added: "The sooner the better." ”

Gong E should go down and leave immediately.

It could be seen that Hengyu was a little anxious, Gong'e went to come back quickly, and Yuejian soon followed.

"Ji Niangzi-" When the moon saw the salute, there was a look of inquiry in her eyes.

Fang Caiji's lady clearly went out of the palace with the eldest princess of Yongyang, and when she returned at this time, she was in a hurry to call her over, it must be something important.

"I have something to find Mrs. Xiao in the Beihou Mansion, when she went out of the palace before, but the female envoy of the Hou Mansion said that she had never seen her own lady outside the inner palace-" Heng Yu said: "The palace people in the palace said that Mrs. Xiao has been away from the table for half an hour, and she is alone, since she has not returned yet, could it be that she has lost her way elsewhere?" ”

When Yue saw this, he immediately became vigilant.

If you really get lost, then it's the best situation-

"Slave understands." Yuejian said: "The servant will let people look around." ”

Heng Yu looked into the distance: "Most of the people who are lost will not wait in the same place, the night is dark, the palace gate will be closed, it is not appropriate to delay for too long." ”

Yuejian nodded: "The maid will send more people to search for it, in order to find Mrs. Xiao as soon as possible." ”

Seeing Yuejian quickly arranged this matter, although Hengyu felt that it was unlikely, he still said: "Sister Yuejian, Xiao Jie is there, or you can ask someone." ”

Yuejian glanced around, lowered his voice and said to her: "The maid was just explained by the crown princess to send ginseng soup to His Royal Highness, and he just came back from His Highness, and Lord Ji is also there...... Mrs. Xiao was not seen. ”

Hengyu knew in her heart, but she still couldn't feel at ease, so she said to her grandmother on the side: "Aunt Qi Zhen, I'll also look for it." ”

Qi Zhen glanced at the few disciples of the clan who were not lightly drunk and had just come out of the hall, and said, "Let's go together." ”

Hengyu nodded.

She goes in and out of the East Palace every day, and she has long been familiar with all places, and she doesn't need palace people to guide her.

Leaving the front hall where the banquet was held, Heng Yu hesitated for a moment between the corridor and the path in front of him, and chose the secluded path.

"There should be few people set foot here." Qi Zhen followed her inside, through a bamboo forest, only to see that it was pitch black in front of her.

"If you are in a lively place, you can see palace people everywhere and ask for directions, so you won't be delayed for so long." Heng Yu walked with her skirt and said: "And everywhere along the road, the palace people will definitely look for it as soon as possible." ”

Qi Zhen nodded when she heard this, and carried a lantern to light the way for her: "Watch your step." ”

There is a narrow stream wooden bridge outside the bamboo forest, and the stream is gurgling and flowing, and there are insects chirping from time to time.

"Aunt Xiao!"

Hengyu tried to shout a few times, but there was no response, so he could only continue to move forward.

From a long corridor further on, it leads to the back garden of the East Palace.

Hengyu is not the main gate of the garden, from here to enter, is directly to the west of the garden, the view is not the best, fortunately, there is a stone lamp not far away, the sight is relatively brighter.

Hengyu shouted as he walked, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually expanded.

Her eyebrows gradually pulled up.

At this time, the footsteps of several people were heard.

Hengyu turned his head to look, only to see that it was Yuejian who walked over quickly with two palace laves.

"Ji Niangzi-"

"But have you found Mrs. Xiao?" Heng Yu asked hurriedly.

Yuejian shook his head: "I have searched everywhere, but I have not been able to find any trace of Mrs. Xiao." ”

Heng Yu's eyes darkened, and he immediately said: "Please also ask Sister Yuejian to inform Xiao Jie of this matter." ”

For now, things are ...... I'm afraid it's not that simple.

Yuejian Zhengse nodded, and whispered to a palace lady beside him to go to the study to pass the word.

Several people continued to look around, and met several officials who were walking slowly in the garden and talking, and the words "Jiang Linggong" were mentioned between words, and even a low sigh was heard.

Some of them noticed Hengyu and a few people, so they pinched the words and looked over.

"Are you looking for someone?" Ma Shangshu, the leader, asked.

Yue Jianfu saluted them: "Yes, Mrs. Xiao who is looking for Beihou Mansion, I don't know if a few adults have seen it?" ”

Ma Shangshu thought for a moment and shook his head: "I just arrived here, but I haven't seen it on the road."

Don't ask him how he can be sure that he knows Mrs. Xiao, a female dependent who has just joined the Beijing Division-after all, she is the mother of his family's father-in-law, can he not pay more attention?

Yue saw that he was talking with Ma Shangshu and a few people here, but Hengyu's eyes fell on the top of the lotus pond not far away.

She took a few more steps closer with a hint of notice.

It is the beginning of summer, the lotus leaves in the pond are green, and the pink lotus is mostly budding, and a few flowers are scattered and scattered.

And among the lotus leaves, there is obviously a gap in one place, and several flower stems are crooked.

Hengyu's heart jumped, and he hurried to the edge of the pond, only to see a dark vermilion floating with the waves among the messy lotus leaves.

"There's someone in the water!" Heng Yu exclaimed.

Yue saw Qi Zhen and a few people walked quickly when they heard the voice.

Heng Yu looked at a few palace ladies anxiously, and hurriedly said, "Hurry up and find the inner guards to come and help!" He quickly took off his cloak, tore off the cloak of colorful clouds, and jumped into the lotus pond.

"Ji Niangzi!"

Qi Zhen's complexion also changed: "Heng Niangzi!"

“…… Was it a little lady who jumped in? Ma Shangshu and the others also looked right: "Go and have a look!"

The pond is full of lotus roots, the roots are deep and the mustaches are mixed, and there is silt underneath.

Hengyu could swim in the water, but it was not easy to move forward, so he could only tear those roots and stems apart while approaching the corner of the clothes.

And the closer she got, the more heavy Hengyu's heart became, her mouth and nose were full of fishy gas, and this fishy smell didn't seem to be watery-

The night was so thick that she couldn't tell the color of the water at such a close distance, but it seemed to be a little strange in the dark......

She swam forward with all her might, reaching for the corner of her garment, then grasping an arm.

This is not the center of the deep water, and the person is entangled in the lotus leaves to rise and fall, and at this time, he was pulled by Hengyu like this, revealing a familiar but too quiet face.

Heng Yu no longer had the slightest luck in his heart: "...... Aunt Shaw! ”

It's really Aunt Xiao!

Seeing that the person had lost the slightest consciousness, Hengyu couldn't think about anything else for a while, stretched out his hand to grab the person, and struggled to swim to the pond.

"This ......"

"Go and help!"

Ma Shangshu and the others were all shocked when they saw this, and urged the guards who were called over by Yuejian.

Two guards stepped forward quickly, and one of them waded into the pond, helping Hengyu to help Mrs. Xiao up and lay her flat on the edge of the pond.

"Hurry up and get the medical officer!" Hengyu, whose dress and hair were already soaked, said in a trembling voice, and immediately stepped forward and knelt down, tilted Mrs. Xiao's head to one side, and didn't care about any etiquette, so she reached out to break Mrs. Xiao's mouth and clean the impurities and sludge in it for her.

After cleaning his mouth and nose, and realizing that the person under him was no longer breathing, Hengyu still did not hesitate for a moment, and pressed her heart hard for Mrs. Xiao with both hands.

Although she does not know medical science, she has read more books than others, has been to many places, and has seen a wider range of things.

Qi Zhen stepped forward, looked at Mrs. Xiao's pale and lifeless face, and stopped talking.

"It's really Xiao Jie's mother......"

"How can a good person fall into the water?"

"Ji Niangzi......" Jin Liulangjun, who was passing by here, stepped forward when he saw this, and although he was frightened, he immediately squatted down and asked, "Can ...... Is there anything I can do to help? ”

But I saw that the embarrassed girl only cared about pressing the chest of the woman under her hard, and she couldn't hear him at all.

Seeing this, the young man could only urge the palace people around him: "Is the medical officer here?" Go and urge again! ”

Even if nothing else is mentioned, it would be a great trouble to say that if someone had an accident in the East Palace tonight.

Hearing the movement, more and more people came around, and some women and relatives saw Mrs. Xiao's face clearly and screamed to cover their mouths and retreat.

"The Medic is here! Get out of the way! ”

Medical Officer Jia stepped forward quickly with the medicine box, and Hengyu's subordinates did not stop: "The injury is on the head, and the medical officer will deal with it quickly!" ”

Doctor Jia was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly checked.

The messenger only said that Xiao Jie's mother was drowning and was no longer breathing—he was terrified just by hearing this!

Only now did I realize that there was still a wound on the head!

"The wound is in the back of the head, there must be a lot of bleeding......" Looking at the wound that was still shocking after being soaked in water, Doctor Jia hurriedly went to probe his snort and pulse, and his face gradually turned white.

"I'm afraid it is...... I'm afraid I can't save it. Doctor Jia's voice trembled slightly, and he said euphemistically.

Heng Yu didn't raise his head, but said, "Please ask the medical officer to bandage it first!" ”

The girl's jaw tightened, and her expression was stubborn and did not waver in the slightest.

"Doctor, hurry up!" Jin Shaoling also urged.

Doctor Jia had no choice but to do so, even if it didn't make sense to him.

"Ji Niangzi, otherwise change me...... Or other palace maids to do it? Looking at the girl who couldn't tell whether it was pool water or sweat on her face, her face was pale, and she must have been exhausted after pressing it for nearly a quarter of an hour, Jin Shaoling proposed.

Hengyu's movements suddenly paused, and his eyes changed for a moment, but he suddenly suppressed the different colors.

As if she had suddenly come back to her senses, she looked at the young man in front of her.

Then, his gaze crossed the young man, and looked at his grandmother, Yuejian, those officials, the women's dependents, and the palace attendants.

At this moment, her head was buzzing, and she could no longer hear a sound, only the people looked frightened, or shook their heads and sighed, or they didn't know what was being said.

In the next moment, the buzzing in his ears disappeared, and Hengyu forced himself to calm down.

She lowered her eyes tremblingly, looked at Mrs. Xiao with a pale and cold face, and big tears suddenly fell from her eyes, as if she had finally accepted the facts: "...... Aunt Xiao, can't you really save it? ”

Doctor Jia sighed: "The injury is already extremely serious, and he has been drowned, looking at this complexion, it has been three quarters of an hour......

Heng Yu suddenly bent over and hugged Mrs. Xiao's body and cried.

Seeing this, Medical Officer Jia put away the medicine box and sighed and retreated.

Hengyu turned his back to everyone, facing the direction of the lotus pond, and at this time he was lying on Mrs. Xiao's body, blocking the vision behind him-

Everyone saw the girl crying heartbroken, and some female relatives couldn't help but cry.

The officials who gathered around exchanged complicated glances with each other.

If Mrs. Xiao has an accident in the palace, it will definitely cause an uproar......

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

In the midst of a salute, a tall figure of dark cyan strode through the crowd and walked over.

Seeing the situation in front of him, Xiao Mu's eyes were shocked.

Listening to the voice behind him, Hengyu, whose face was full of tears, raised his head and looked at Xiao Mu.

"Mother, she ......" Xiao Mu walked over in a daze, looking at Mrs. Xiao who was lying there quietly in disbelief.

"Master Hou." Heng Yu swallowed even more: "Send Mrs...... Go home. ”

Xiao Mu's body stiffened when he heard this, and he slowly squatted down and held Mrs. Xiao's cold hand.

The prince walked over quickly: "Doctor Jia, Mrs. Xiao, she-"

"The minister is incompetent, and he failed to save Mrs. Xiao......" Doctor Jia knelt down and pleaded guilty.

The prince's feet sank, and he ordered the guards beside him: "Go to the Imperial Doctor's Department again, and quickly invite a few more medical officers to come!" ”

"Yes!"

"No need."

The half-kneeling figure said in a fixed voice.

The prince took two steps forward with heavy steps: "Xiao Jie envoy ......"

Xiao Mu didn't have a trace of expression on his face, his eyes were slightly red, and he raised his hand to take off the cloak on his body and covered Mrs. Xiao.

He looked at Hengyu for the last time, and Hengyu was also looking at him.

After staring at each other silently for a moment, Xiao Mu picked up Mrs. Xiao and turned around with heavy steps.

Seeing that he was leaving, the prince hurriedly stepped forward, his eyes full of shame: "Xiao Jie, this matter ......"

"The minister is going to take his mother back now." Xiao Mu looked ahead and interrupted him.

The prince was very worried: "I will definitely find out this matter as soon as possible and give Mrs. Xiao an explanation." Come and lead the way for Xiao Jie. ”

An attendant stepped forward.

Watching the cold-filled figure leave, all the officials changed color.

That's it?!

And it is precisely because he has just left that it makes people feel more and more that it is inevitable that he will not give up......

If this matter is mishandled, I am afraid that it will ......

The prince looked at the bloodstains left by the place where Mrs. Xiao was lying just now, and asked Doctor Jia who was kneeling there, "Can you see what injured Mrs. Xiao?" ”

"Returning to His Highness, it should be a fatal wound caused by a blow to a dull thing......"

Something dull?

"It's a stone ......" Heng Yu, who was sitting there paralyzed, stood up and pointed to the stones arranged under the rockery on the side, "There is a stone missing there." ”

When the prince and the others heard the sound, they looked over and saw that there was an obvious pit in the strange stones scattered under the rockery.

The stones that have been placed here for a long time will leave a sunken pit when they are removed.

The prince looked at the lotus pond: "After the murderer hit Mrs. Xiao on the back of the head with a stone, he threw the person into the lotus pond along with the stone that committed the crime——"

There is no possibility of covering up this matter, and he must give Xiao Jie a real, true explanation.

Shake around.

Mrs. Xiao's death is really not as simple as accidental drowning!

"Someone." The crown prince immediately ordered: "Anyone who attends the banquet in the East Palace tonight, those who have not left the palace are not allowed to leave on their own, and those who have left are all recalled, and all palace doors are immediately blocked, and no one is allowed to leave the palace - except for Xiao Jie's envoy." ”

"Yes!"

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Good night everyone.

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