In this Forbidden City, there is a remote place - Anle Hall.

As for the name, the word "Anle" does not need to be thought about to know that this is a place to live in retirement.

However, it is not a retirement place for the royal family, but also a place for palace maids and eunuchs.

There is an old well in the west corner of Anle Hall, this old well does not know how many generations of story changes, the wind and rain have opened a hole, and it has long become a dry well.

On this day, many old and dying palace servants gathered around this old well, whispering and discussing. Among them is Empress Wu.

This Empress Wu was already a deposed queen at this time. What's even more surprising is that she, the queen, was abolished by Zhu Jianshen after only one month.

The reason for this is not to mention, but it is also clear that Wan Guifei is in the way.

Empress Wu's father is also General Yu Linwei in the middle of the court, and Empress Wu is a young lady, and her beautiful demeanor and etiquette have won the favor of the first emperor Zhu Qizhen and Empress Qian.

So when he chose a concubine for the prince, he set up the Wu family as the main palace, and later Zhu Jianshen ascended the throne, so the Wu family also became the queen naturally.

But at this time, Zhu Jianshen had already identified Wan Guifei in his heart, and no matter how beautiful he was, he couldn't shake Wan Guifei's status in his heart.

Suffering from his parents' orders, Zhu Jianshen couldn't refuse.

The Wu family is firmly the master of the harem, but Zhu Jianshen has always favored Wan Guifei, and Wan Guifei is arrogant and domineering in the harem by relying on Zhu Jianshen's favor, and does not take the queen of the Wu family in her eyes at all.

Queen Wu endured again and again, and Wan Guifei had to inch in, showing off her might in front of Queen Wu, and she didn't know how to restrain herself. Empress Wu finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Queen Wu is the master of the harem, how can she allow a little concubine to be presumptuous, and immediately cane ten thousand concubines.

In the end, Empress Wu is as young as Concubine Wan and old-fashioned. Empress Wu's cane fell for Concubine Wan's trick.

After Wan Guifei was caned by Queen Wu, she ran to the depths of Zhu Jian and screamed and made noise, Zhu Jianshen saw that Concubine Ai was beaten and ran angrily to Kunning Palace, and immediately scolded Empress Wu angrily, and then put the queen with a cane in public.

The queen's cane was a rare occurrence that had never been heard of before.

Wan Guifei still refused to give up, and secretly conspired to frame Empress Wu, causing Empress Wu to be deposed.

Empress Wu is only sixteen years old, and she will be in this peace hall for the rest of her life. She has nowhere to complain, nowhere to cry out for grievances. I can only blame myself for entrusting my life here on the spur of the moment.

Zhu Jianshen abolished the queen and wanted to set up Wan Guifei as the queen, but was opposed by the Empress Dowager Zhou and the Empress Dowager Qian. Concubine Wan is just a small palace maid, born poor and unable to be in the middle palace.

Zhu Jianshen also knew that there was little hope but he was also threatening, and he would no longer stand in this life, and he would favor Wan Guifei.

As a result, after Concubine Wan Guifei was favored but could no longer stay for Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianshen was also quite distressed that he had no sons and half daughters at his age, and he didn't know if he regretted what happened back then.

Concubine Wan also knew that she could no longer conceive the dragon species, and the jealousy of women was terrifying! She has been pestering the emperor to prevent him from pampering other concubines, and she can't get pregnant, let alone give other concubines a chance.

Besides, Empress Wu was standing by the old well in Anle Hall, and a group of eunuchs and palace maids were squeezed behind her.

"What's going on!" The maid of the first house, who was blocked behind the crowd, asked.

A little eunuch said: "You don't know, a woman's shoes were found next to this old well early this morning!" Niangniang suspected that someone committed suicide by throwing herself into a well, so she sent someone down to check! ”

Although Empress Wu was deposed, the people here still call her "Niangniang".

"Suicide?" The palace maid screamed, causing the people around to turn around.

Everyone's eyes swept over, and she blushed for a moment, nodding embarrassedly and apologizing.

The palace maid said again: "I didn't see her in the room when I went to Concubine Duan's place to deliver food this morning, do you think it will ......?"

"Oh, it's possible!" The eunuch shouted softly.

At this moment, a man crept up from the dry well, and she was carrying another person on her back. On her back was Concubine Duan, who was belittled by Zhu Jianshen that night.

"Call the Imperial Doctor, quick!" Empress Wu took it and said. Desperately pinching the concubine.

At this time, Concubine Duan slowly woke up, raised her eyelids slightly, and saw that Queen Wu's face seemed to be smiling.

"Get inside!" After speaking, several eunuchs slowly lifted Concubine Duan and sent her into the house.

Empress Wu was just about to follow up when she was stopped by the person who had just gone down the well: "Niangniang......"

Empress Wu looked at him suspiciously and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Below this dry well...... There's something more down there! The man slurped.

"Wu Shuang, when did you talk so procrastinating, say something quickly!" Empress Wu asked.

"Corpse ......," Wu Shuang said these two words quickly.

Empress Wu was stunned for a moment, and asked Wu Shuangsu to report to the palace guards, and she quickly walked into the house to visit Concubine Duan.

The imperial doctor in the house was cutting the pulse of Concubine Duan, and saw that the imperial doctor's complexion was sometimes good and bad, and it was uncertain.

When he was young, the imperial doctor got up and walked in front of Empress Wu, and before she could speak, Empress Wu asked first, "How is it?" ”

The imperial doctor bowed down and said: "Concubine Duan fell from a dry well and was not disabled, but she has to rest well if she has a sprained bone in her body." In addition, it is necessary to protect the fetus in the womb, and never have the idea of suicide again! ”

"Fetal ...... Fetus! Empress Wu was stunned, and Concubine Duan was also shocked when she heard it.

"Yes! Here is a recipe for calming the nerves and replenishing the fetus for Duanfei! The imperial doctor handed the prescription to an old eunuch beside him and turned to leave.

Suddenly, Empress Wu stopped the imperial doctor and said, "I hope the imperial doctor will not make a noise!" The Imperial Physician nodded and left.

Empress Wu and Concubine Duan looked at each other, Concubine Duan's eyes were full of surprise, tears slipped down her cheeks to her ears, and she couldn't help crying loudly, and then let go of wild laughter.

A few months ago, she was still a pampered concubine Niangniang, high up. Since being deposed by the emperor, she washes her face with tears every day, and she doesn't think about tea and dinner.

Exactly: flowing water and flowers go in spring, heaven and earth!

But now she has hope, she wants to live strong for the child in her belly, and she still has hope of turning over.

She hated Wan Guifei in her heart, and she hated her teeth so much. She had been defeated a few months earlier, and she had been defeated. Now she has the capital to compete with Wan Guifei, and she is the fetus in this womb!

If she is reborn, she knows that when the fetus falls to the ground, she can be favored by the emperor. She fantasized that when the prince was born a few months later, all the officials would celebrate and the emperor would welcome her back to the palace. even sat on the seat of the lord of the middle palace.

Empress Wu was thinking of the corpse in the dry well outside at this time, so she went out to check.

It has always been a crowd of people in Anle Hall, which has always been a crowd before, and it is rare to gather such a group of people.

Several forbidden soldiers stood guard by the dry well, shouting incessantly into the well. Someone should have been salvaging the body from the well.

From time to time, I saw a female corpse pulled up by the forbidden army with a rope, the corpse's face was swollen and dark black, and her lips were dark purple as if she had symptoms of poisoning.

"Concubine Gong!" Empress Wu was shocked, and when she saw that it was someone she knew, she screamed out.

The leader of the forbidden army asked Empress Wu: "Do you know Niangniang?" ”

Empress Wu stared at Concubine Gong's corpse and nodded slightly. Why didn't Empress Wu recognize this woman, this woman was the talented woman who was selected into the palace with Empress Wu at that time, and she was like a sister day and night.

The leader of the forbidden army searched Concubine Gong's body and found that Concubine Gong's lower abdomen had an extremely long knife cut, which shocked him.

The harem concubine died unexpectedly and was thrown into the dry well, but no one knew, so the matter was reported to the emperor immediately, and then reported to the Jinyi Mansion for investigation.

Within a while, I saw a stumbling boy wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife on his waist.

This man's face is like a crown of jade, and his eyes are like stars. The tiger and the tiger were in the wind during the march, and the windbreaker was all the same, and the person who came was Murong Wuji, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

Murong quickly rushed to Anle Hall to inquire about the situation, and was surprised when he saw Concubine Gong's body: It seems that Concubine Gong has been dead for a while, and she only found it in this dry well today.

At the same time, Murong also found the knife edge in Concubine Gong's lower abdomen, and Murong saw this knife and thought to himself: This knife is enough to disembowel Concubine Gong, why is the murderer so cruel.

He leaned down and broke Concubine Gong's heavy eyelids, and thought to himself: It seems that there are signs of poisoning, and he should be checked again.

Then he grabbed Concubine Gong's arm casually, only to find that Concubine Gong's bones were broken, as if they were falling apart.

Murong stood up and said, "Carry the body to Jinyi Mansion and hand it over to Master Xun Qianji Xun!" ”

The palace servants knew that Murong Wuji was powerful, and in the past few years, Murong's reputation was not only up and down the palace, but also in the countryside and villages.

Murong turned to the dry well and asked, "How did you find the corpse!" ”

Empress Wu came forward to explain the reasons for the incident one by one, but concealed the fact that Concubine Duan was pregnant. Murong thought to himself: If it weren't for Concubine Duan's suicide, I'm afraid that Concubine Gong's corpse would not be able to see the light of day again.

Murong turned around at the mouth of the dry well and didn't see any clues, so he jumped into the dry well.

This dry well looked bottomless, and Murong slowly coiled around the wall of the well. Although there is no water on the wall of this well, it is very slippery and difficult to walk, if it weren't for Murong's light body kung fu, I am afraid that he would have fallen down and shattered his bones.

Murong thought about it: Concubine Duan fell from such a deep dry well and only injured her bones, and she must have fallen on Concubine Gong's corpse to barely survive.

Murong was already tired and sweating profusely when he arrived at the bottom of the well, and said to himself: "Such a deep well is really a good place to hide corpses. ”

He took out the fire fold from his bosom and polished it, and this glimmer of light alone could illuminate the entire bottom of the well, which showed the narrowness of the bottom of the well. He leaned against the cold, damp wall of the well and looked at it.

As soon as his hand touched the wall of the well, he suddenly felt a cold and biting chill hit his whole body, this trace of coldness aroused Murong's thoughts, and he thought that this well had been dry for a long time, and it was not the ninth day of winter, but why was it so cold and damp!

There was nothing unusual about the sudden finger knocking on the wall of the well, and there were no other traces around the wall or on the ground.

Concubine Gong was killed and thrown into this dry well! So who killed her? In the heavily guarded palace, the concubine was brutally killed. The answer to all this should lie in the corpse.

When Murong turned out of the dry well, he saw that Empress Wu and the others were all guarding the well and never left.

"Who rescued Concubine Duan!" Murong asked suddenly.

The palace servants who were surrounding all turned their eyes to Wu Shuang, and Murong also looked at Wu Shuang. Wu Shuang's face was flushed, and he was shy.

Murong saw that this person was a woman, but he was dressed in eunuch clothes, but it was not that she had a delicate face and fair complexion, and he couldn't tell that she was a woman at all.

"This well is not shallow, it is very difficult for one person to go down, and you can still carry someone on your back! You are so profound, even the master of Ouchi in the palace is ashamed of himself! Murong looked at Wu Shuang suspiciously.

Wu Shuang was so scared that he turned his body around, not daring to face Murong.

Empress Wu explained: "My lord, don't doubt it, Wu Shuang has followed me for many years, and it is not unusual for him to have some kung fu!" Adults don't have to be suspicious. ”

Murong nodded and motioned for Empress Wu to turn around and leave.

Wu Shuang looked at his distant back, and when he walked, he couldn't get dusty, and his toes were on tiptoe. Wu Shuang understood that Murong was obviously showing off his light body kung fu to himself, but the corners of her mouth showed a hint of admiration.

As soon as Murong crossed the threshold of Jinyi Mansion and went straight to the morgue, Xun Qianji was about to go out when he saw Murong standing outside the door, so he pulled him in and said, "What's the matter with this corpse?" ”

Murong told him about the matter, and then asked, "What did you find?" ”

Xun Qianji looked flustered after hearing this: "This is a big deal!" If this person is Concubine Gong, this is a terrible thing! ”

"What the hell did you find!" Murong hurriedly asked, having no time to listen to Xun Qianji's betrayal.

"Concubine Gong is pregnant!" When Xun Qianji said these six words, Murong was also stunned.

Since Concubine Gong is pregnant, the one in this belly is undoubtedly the dragon species! But the knife on Concubine Gong's stomach ......

"Someone killed Concubine Gong and beat the dragon species!" Murong said calmly.

Xun Qianji nodded: "This murderer is very bold!" ”

Murong stared at the already eroded knife edge in Concubine Gong's lower abdomen for a long time......