The Tingyu Pavilion where Concubine Ning lives now is not far from the Zhengde Palace, but the place is not big, that is, a small attic with a single door enclosed by the palace wall, there is no front hall and back yard, and there is no pavilion and water pavilion.

Ji Cunyan stood in front of Concubine Ning. looked at the few snacks and the half dish of mung bean cake sent by Cao Guifei on the table.

Concubine Ning put her hand on the surface of these snacks and tried them one by one, then shook her head and said, "There should be nothing wrong with these snacks." There is no poison, and there is no Gu. ”

Ji Cunyan frowned and said, "Niangniang, you can know if you touch it with your hand?" ”

Concubine Ning smiled at Ji Cunyan and said, "This ring on my hand is a sacred relic of our Dian Kingdom, and it can identify the location of the Gu worms. If these things are tricked inside, the gems on my ring will turn from blue to red. ”

"Is it so amazing?" Ji Cun said.

Concubine Ning nodded.

Qi Yue, who was on the side, said: "Actually, no matter how arrogant Concubine Cao is, she will not be so stupid as to use the same method to harm people." Now that Concubine Ning is under house arrest, if she burns Miss Xiao Ji to death with Gu worms again, then everyone knows who is the culprit. ”

Ji Cunyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Father-in-law Qi, I just came all the way, and I was really scared, for fear that I would burn up with a 'bang'. ”

Concubine Ning saw that Ji Cunyan was full of vitality and cuteness, so she asked her, "Are you a secret agent of Xuanjing Hall?" ”

Ji Cunyan saluted Concubine Ning and said, "Concubine Ning is good, I am Ji Cunyan, a secret agent of Xuanjing Hall." ”

Qi Yue saw that Concubine Ning was rarely interested, so she followed: "It's the sister of Master Ji Jingyang Ji the day before yesterday." ”

Concubine Ning looked at Ji Cunyan carefully a few more times, and said, "There is a bit of Lord Ji's heroic spirit between her eyebrows. ”

Ji Cunyan said with a smile: "With my third brother, it must not be comparable." ”

Who knows, Concubine Ning suddenly frowned slightly, and said to Ji Cunyan: "Little Ji girl, you take a few steps forward, I'll take a closer look at you." ”

Ji Cunyan was stunned, she also noticed a sudden change in Concubine Ning's expression, as if there was some big change in herself. She didn't feel good, but she still took a few steps closer.

Concubine Ning pulled Ji Cunyan's wrist with her hand, and put her right hand wearing a ring on Ji Cunyan's pulse. Suddenly, the jewel on the ring on her hand changed color, from blue to blood red in the blink of an eye.

Ji Cunyan was startled, and his eyes widened as he looked at the discolored gem.

Qi Yue also reacted quickly and said, "Could it be ...... Miss Xiao Ji is still on the road? ”

Concubine Ning stood up again, opened Ji Cunyan's eyelids, and looked at them carefully for a while, then she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Gu in you is not a fire qilin, yes, it didn't attack immediately. You met me, and you didn't deserve it. Miss Xiao Ji, the Gu in you is called the Burning Heart Gu. ”

Ji Cunyan gently covered his chest and said, "Ah, Niangniang, as soon as you say it, I feel my heart burning." ”

Concubine Ning couldn't help but smile and said, "It's not a seizure yet, don't scare yourself." After finishing speaking, she said with a straight face, "Burning Heart Gu is a common Dian Gu, which is a variety that is bred after being crossed with poisonous scorpions and fireflies. Gu worms can only enter and leave the human body through the mouth and nose...... Miss Ji, have you had any abnormalities in your diet recently? ”

Ji Cunyan shook his head and said, "No." It's what everyone eats, and I eat what, the only thing that is different from people these days is this plate of mung bean cake. But I haven't eaten yet. Could it be that if you look at it, you can be hit by Gu? ”

Concubine Ning shook her head.

Qi Yue asked, "Niangniang, what does it look like to be hit by the Heart-Burning Gu?" ”

Concubine Ning said: "The Burning Heart Gu is also a fire-type Gu worm, it is much less powerful than the Qilin Gu, but it is easier to control. Yes, in fact, Gu masters prefer to use Burning Heart Gu. As the name suggests, a person who has been hit by the Heart-Burning Gu, once it has an attack, the Gu worm will burn his heart to charcoal, but there is no clue from the appearance of the corpse. Many people who fell into the Gu could not find out the cause of death, and could only say that they died due to a violent illness. ”

"Ah, I heard that the first little palace maid who mysteriously disappeared by the lake of Jinyang Palace and was found in the Imperial Garden died mysteriously. Perhaps, she just fell for this kind of heart-burning Gu. ”

Qi Yue said on the side: "Concubine Ning, how do you pull out this Gu?" ”

Concubine Ning said: "It's not difficult."

After speaking, she took out the gemstone ring in her hand, took the gem off the jade tray, and spread it out in the palm of her hand. After a few moments, the gem suddenly protruded its tentacle legs and transformed into a beetle.

Ji Cunyan pointed at the beetle and exclaimed, "Ah! I know! This is the Gu King! ”

Concubine Ning smiled at Ji Cunyan and said, "Miss Xiao Ji is worthy of being a secret agent of Xuanjing Hall, she is really well-informed, and even the Gu King knows it." ”

Ji Cunyan said: "I have a friend who has always been a Gu King, but that is the Gu King of Xiang Gu, and that Gu King and I are still good friends." ”

Concubine Ning said: "There may not be many people in the world who can be friends with the Gu King, right?" Generally speaking, the Gu King would only recognize his own master, and others would have little meaning to him. Unless, you have an extraordinary relationship with the Gu King's master. ”

Ji Cunyan's face was flushed, but he waved his hand and said, "No, no, no!" It's just a normal friend. ”

Concubine Ning and Qi Yue looked at each other and smiled. But they all knew it.

Concubine Ning didn't joke with Ji Cunyan anymore, she just put the jewel-blue Gu worm on Ji Cunyan's palm and said to her, "You just let my Gu King stay in the time when the incense is half burned in your palm, and it can dissolve the burning Gu in your body." ”

Ji Cunyan then sat down according to his words, with the Dian Gu King in his hand.

She said in her heart: During the Spring Festival this year, my brothers and sisters are here, and I will brag to everyone. I'm the one who has conceived the Hunan Gu King and held the Yunnan Gu King.

Qi Yue asked again: "Getting back to business, Miss Xiao Ji, when did you plant this Gu?" ”

Ji Cunyan pouted: "If I knew, I wouldn't have fallen for the Gu!" ”

Qi Yue asked Concubine Ning, "Niangniang, in your opinion, when will this Gu attack?" ”

Concubine Ning said, "The onset time of the Burning Heart Gu can be completely controlled by the Gu Master who planted the Gu. He wants people to die on the third watch, and he won't keep people until the fifth watch. This is also the reason why Gu masters like to use Burning Heart Gu. Miss Xiao Ji, in fact, you don't need to eat the Gu worms, the eggs of the heart-burning Gu are as thin as dust. Think about it, have you smelled anything strange lately? ”

Concubine Ning reminded her like this, and Ji Cunyan thought of the cave and the secret passage inside when feeding the fish at noon today. She told Concubine Ning and Qi Yue what she saw, and said, "I thought it was the Qilin Gu Array, but I didn't dare to go down that secret path." Now that I think about it, when I was blowing the hot air at the entrance of the cave, I might have already been hit by the Gu, right? ”

Concubine Ning nodded and said, "There is indeed such a possibility. It seems that there must be some ulterior secret hidden in the rockery of the back lake of Jinyang Palace. ”

Ji Cunyan looked at the Dian Gu King in his palm and turned from blue to blood red again.

Concubine Ning looked at the color of the Gu worm and said to Ji Cunyan: "The Gu poison on your body has been removed, don't worry." ”

Ji Cunyan said: "Niangniang's spell is really clever! I don't know if you're sure to break the Gu array of the secret passage in the rockery? ”

Concubine Ning put the Gu King, who had shrunk into a ball and turned into a jewel-like shape, back on the jade tray of the ring, and said to Ji Cunyan: "Even if you can't break the formation, this palace has the ability to protect itself, and naturally it can protect you." ”

"Okay, then we-" Ji Cunyan originally wanted to join forces and go to the cave to find out.

Who knew that Qi Yue immediately interrupted Ji Cun and said, "No! Concubine Ning is a golden branch and jade leaf, how can she take such a risk to break the Gu array? ”

Ji Cunyan hurriedly took a step back, bowed his head and said, "The words are abrupt, and I will forgive my mother." ”

Concubine Ning sighed, stepped forward to help Ji Cunyan up, and said to her, "It's okay, this palace doesn't blame you." ”

Qi Yue softened his expression at this time, but he still glanced at Ji Cunyan reproachfully.

Ji Cunyan stuck out his tongue.

She now feels that Concubine Ning is gentle and lovely, a thousand times better looking than the noble concubine who can only squeeze her eyebrows and stare at her, and ten thousand times more cordial. No wonder the emperor also likes Concubine Ning.

Concubine Ning smiled at Ji Cunyan and said: "I hit it off at first sight with Miss Xiao Ji, although I want to say a few more words of self-consideration, but you are sent by the noble concubine Niangniang to deliver things, so it's not good to stay here with me for a long time, so I'll send you out." ”

Ji Cunyan hurriedly said: "How can this be made? ”

Concubine Ning said: "I'm listening to the rain pavilion closed, and I'm about to have cobwebs on my body." Let me go out for a walk and loosen my muscles. Father-in-law Qi, you don't have to come along. It's not convenient for girls to talk to each other. ”

Qi Yue's face was embarrassed. If the emperor didn't let him follow at this time, he could still follow like a fool, but Concubine Ning opened her mouth, and he wouldn't be able to disobey. can only follow behind Zhang Xu.

Concubine Ning and Ji Cunyan walked out of the Listening Rain Pavilion, and Concubine Ning asked, "Are you Xuanjing Hall subordinate to Tianlongwei?" ”

"That's right."

"Do you have a friendship with Lord Luo Sinanluo, the commander of the Tianlong Guard?"

"Brother Luo, ah no, it's Lord Luo, and my third brother pointed out the baby kiss. It's a pity that he's a man, otherwise I'd have to call him sister-in-law now! ”

"So...... Isn't your two family an ordinary relationship? ”

"That's right. Although my third brother is a subordinate of Lord Luo, when he is with Lord Luo, his temper is even greater than that of Lord Luo. It's interesting. ”

"What about you? Since the two of you want to get married, haven't you made a baby kiss with Lord Luo? ”

"Of course not! Brother Luo is just an older brother who watched me grow up. By the time I was born, Uncle Luo had already ascended to become the commander of the Tianlong Guard, and then he pointed to his relatives, but our family was high. ”

Concubine Ning smiled slightly.

Having already arrived at the root of the outer wall of the Tingyu Pavilion, Qi Yue coughed lightly twice, reminding Concubine Ning not to move forward any further.

Concubine Ning looked at Ji Cunyan and said, "You go!" Be careful on the road. ”

Ji Cunyan saluted Concubine Ning.

Concubine Ning stretched out her hand to help her, but whispered in her ear: "At the third watch tonight, we will meet in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, and I will visit Jinyang Palace with you at night." ”

Ji Cunyan looked at Concubine Ning with wide eyes.

Concubine Ning smiled slyly at her, her eyes were bright and moving, and her usual dignified and virtuous temperament was almost like two people.