Jin Wuxi fell, and the inner garden of the middle palace was silent, and the grass and trees were silent. It's the end of May, and the heat is starting to brew a scorching heat, and experienced old people know that this is a sign of an approaching storm.

Fanji had slept in the afternoon, and now that he was in better spirits, he wanted to take a walk in the garden before dinner. Dong'er held her hand and walked slowly, the acacia flowers in the garden have bloomed a lot, looking like a crimson cloud from a distance, looking refreshing.

"Dong'er, why hasn't Ah Ying come to see me in the past two days?" Fanji asked as if unintentionally.

Dong'er's hand trembled: "Xu knows that Niangniang's delivery is approaching, and I don't want to disturb Niangniang again!" The third prince is the age of lively and noisy, if he is careless and rubs his mother, how can it be good? ”

"Really?" Fan Jihu glared at her suspiciously, something was wrong with everyone in the past two days, Huang Huan didn't come to the middle palace, the prince was dodgy when he spoke, Ji Xie looked at him left and right, all of them were so strange, it seemed to be ------

"Dong'er," Fan Ji suddenly retracted his hand, "You must have something to hide from me?" What the hell is going on? You tell me! ”

"Niangniang," Dong'er was so frightened that she fell to the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Don't force the slave!" The king has decreed that no one should tell you, otherwise it will be a crime of extermination. The slave knows nothing, and she can't say anything! ”

A dark cloud passed through Fanji's heart, and she stepped forward and grabbed Dong'er's shoulder and asked, "Is something wrong with the nurse?" The end of May has arrived, why hasn't she entered the palace yet? Tell me! ”

Dong'er bit her lip tightly and shook her head desperately, tears raining down. Fanji only felt that her heart was sinking a little bit, she must know the truth of the matter, so she pulled her legs and walked towards the palace gate. Since no one in the middle palace said it, there are always people outside who know.

Towards dinner, there were not too many palace people walking outside. It's also ridiculous to say, although King Zhou Yi has already lifted her grounding, but in a few months, this is the first time she has walked out of the gate of the Middle Palace. Fanji's steps were heavy, and her huge belly slowed down her steps, but she came out in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare. Dong'er was already sweating profusely in a hurry, and persuaded one after another: "Niangniang, you don't need to go to the king, just send someone to invite the king over." If you go to the main hall like this, the king will definitely kill the slave and maid, please, mother------"

Fanji walked a few steps, and she felt panting badly, her abdomen had not fallen in the past few days, and she was heavy on her chest, and she usually felt out of breath when she sat and lay down, let alone walking! Helpless, she stood on the root of the wall: "Dong'er, then let's go back first, you send someone to the main hall to ask the king to come over immediately!" ”

After speaking, he slowly walked back against the vermilion brick wall. In fact, they only walked out of the gate a hundred steps away, and when they came out, the road was silent, but when they went back, they saw a few small attendants on the side of the gate of the middle palace, as if they were looking at something. The summer evening breeze blows, and there are constantly a few words blowing to Fanji's ears, among which there are several words with a high probability of repetition, such as "assassin", "bounty", "king" and so on.

Fanji's heart moved, these words were very strange, so he came closer to listen. The men were talking vigorously, completely oblivious to their surroundings. It turned out that one of the chamberlains was holding a sheepskin portrait in his hand, and several others were surrounding him to point out and comment. The person in the portrait is a bearded man, with a very vicious face, and a hideous scar from the left forehead through the bridge of the nose to the chin.

"This is the Assassin? What a fierce face! The chamberlain replied with trepidation.

"Look clearly!" The little chamberlain holding the sheepskin portrait proudly said: "I got this portrait from outside the palace, and the king has offered a reward of fifty catties of gold, as long as anyone can report the origin of this person, the reward will be cashed on the spot." If you have this blessing, you will not have to worry about it for the rest of your life. ”

"Then I don't understand!" Inner Servant B looked more stable, frowned and questioned: "Since he killed himself on the spot, what else is he going to offer such a reward?" In the end, it's just stabbing an old palace slave to death, what's the matter, it's worth such a big reward? ”

When the little chamberlain in the sheepskin heard this, he did not follow: "What do you know? Is that an ordinary old palace slave? That is the queen's mother's nurse, the dignified middle palace order, and the queen has been dependent on each other for decades, like a mother and daughter. He lowered his voice and said: "The king has blocked the news from the queen, but he has stepped up the investigation of this case in private, that is, when he can't hide it, he will give the mother an explanation!" ------”

What else he said, Fanji couldn't hear it at all. At this time, she only felt that the sky was spinning, and there was only one voice roaring in her ears, getting louder and louder, which was deafening: "The nurse is dead, she is dead------"

Seeing that her face was pale and people were crumbling, Dong'er panicked and hurriedly supported her: "Niangniang, Queen Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" ”

A word woke up the dreamer, and when the little attendants heard the words, they turned around and saw the two people behind them, and they were immediately frightened. They all knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "The queen and the mother forgive the sins, the minions are talking nonsense, which alarmed the mother, please forgive the mother!" ”

Fan Ji reluctantly settled down, only staring at the little chamberlain with a sheepskin portrait, and suddenly felt that this face was a little familiar, and asked, "Which palace are you in on an errand?" ”

"Minions------ minions are responsible for sprinkling and sweeping near the palace gate." The little chamberlain replied tremblingly.

"I saw that you are familiar, where did you work on an errand before? If you don't want to say it, this palace can find out. Fanji asked half-threateningly.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, the little waiter said hesitantly: "Slave------ slave used to be an errand with Yiji Niangniang before. ”

"Sure enough, it was her again." Fanji sneered, but he made up his mind in his heart, so he asked: "You are on an errand at the palace gate, so you naturally know what that assassination was all about." If you talk carefully with this palace, if you have half a lie, you will not be spared. ”

The little chamberlain seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and immediately spoke in a smooth tone, as if he had gone through it countless times in his heart.

It turned out that three days ago, the cater had boarded the carriage back to the palace, and because he wanted to surprise the queen, he did not report to his confidant in advance. According to the rules, the carriage must stop a hundred steps away from the palace gate, and then walk to the palace. But the badger had just gotten out of the car, and before he could send the coachman, suddenly out of which place suddenly a bearded man with a copper hammer in his hand smashed at the head of the deer sheep. The copper hammer weighs sixty or seventy pounds, how can an old woman deserve it? On the spot, his brain burst out, and the corpse crossed the palace gate.

After the man succeeded, he was not in a hurry to escape, and before the palace gate guards had time to react, he suddenly smashed the copper hammer into himself, and died on the spot. And this self-smashing is even more powerful than the first blow of Shicai, the whole brain is opened, and the person is also disfigured, broken, and difficult to distinguish the appearance. Fortunately, the coachman saw the appearance of the man when he committed the murder and asked the painter to draw it. That's what this sheepskin portrait is today. King Zhou Yi hung this portrait in the capital city, hoping to learn the identity of the assassin and find out the mastermind behind the scenes. But for three days, there was still no news.

"You kneel here and don't move, the palace will send someone to temporarily detain you."

After the order, Fanji turned around and went back to the palace, the tip of her nose swept a bloody breath, in front of her was the appearance of the nurse's brain bursting and lying in a pool of blood, guilt, pain, and mourning came to her brain------ she knew very well that the death of the sheep was by no means simple, this was clearly someone behind the layout. First use the eyes of the bee sting to drive the horse to cause an accident, lure the sheep out of the palace, and then get rid of her. If the nurse was just an ordinary old woman, no one would have worked so hard, this was clearly for her.

A feeling of soreness in his abdomen hit, as if a warm liquid flowed out, and Fan Ji stood up tremblingly, with a painful look on his face. Dong'er panicked and asked repeatedly. Fanji whispered in her ear: "This is not right, I'm afraid I will be born early." Shout! ”

Dong'er held back her panic and shouted, "Someone! Huang Huanniang, come and help! ”

Fortunately, it is very close to the mangrove residence here, and when Huang Huan heard the shouting, he ran out in a panic and led people out. Carrying the chariot, Huang Huan asked about the illness again and again------ in a hurry, she suddenly woke up, and she suddenly understood why the opponent had to be in addition to the sheep and sheep. It must be that there is no credible stable woman by her side when she gives birth, so that she can stumble at that time. She immediately grabbed Huang Huan's hand and said in a loud voice: "Quick, go and send someone out of the palace, let the Duchess Zhao take the stable woman of the Zhao Mansion to enter the palace immediately, quickly!" ”

Huang Huan was already a master of the six gods, but she quickly understood what she meant, and hurriedly went to arrange people. On the one hand, he wanted to carry Fanji back to the middle palace, and on the other hand, he sent someone to the main hall to inform King Zhou Yi, and on the other hand, he sent someone out of the palace------

A group of people finally carried Fan Ji back to the main house of the apse of the middle palace, and at this time, King Zhou Yi finally arrived. He thought that the crown was in the way, so he had already taken it off, but because of the excessive movement, he tore his hair in a messy bun, and a few strands of hair hung down to his ears in a mess, which did look a little out of order.

"Ah Ji-" As soon as he came in, he held Fan Ji's hand tightly, his eyes were full of pity and worry: "Mama's matter is not intentional to hide from you, I am really afraid that you will not be able to accept it for a while." You------ you must hold on! This matter will definitely give you an explanation, you can rest assured! ”

"King-" Fan Ji no longer had the strength to care about this, the mattress under her body had been wet with the liquid mixed with amniotic fluid and blood, she shook her head: "King, the child ------"