Dai Qiu and the others followed the gaze of the concubine, and really saw that there were two clear marks on the snow-white neck of the concubine, which were very conspicuous.

Before Concubine Xi could speak, the concubine taught the palace maid on the side again: "You are too undedicated to serving your concubine, is it a decoration to be in this palace?" ”

The palace maids knelt on the ground one after another to confess, and Dai Qiu also knelt down with him.

The concubine called for the imperial doctor again, and came to the bed to look through it in person, and suddenly covered her mouth and nose and retreated again and again.

"Your Majesty, my sister is ......"

The emperor looked in the direction of the concubine's finger, and the concubine was frightened and said: "The concubine is shallow, and she doesn't dare to make judgments, so please ask the emperor to summon the imperial doctor to come immediately to see if this is smallpox ......."

The people in the house were shocked when they heard smallpox, and their faces were as heavy as dirt, and the emperor was surrounded by a group of palace maids and eunuchs and retreated to the compartment.

Suddenly, the imperial doctors rushed in, gathered in front of the concubine's bed, and cut her pulse through the curtain to diagnose and treat her.

Dai Qiu watched from the side, and his heart also rose to his throat, only to feel that today's trip to the palace was really dangerous.

The concubine was still mourning on the side: "This is good, how can there be smallpox in the palace!" ”

She suddenly looked at Dai Qiu, her eyes were like a poisonous snake spitting letters, and Dai Qiu almost subconsciously knelt down.

"Say! Did you bring the sick qi into the palace? ”

Dai Qiu hurriedly explained: "Niang Niang Mingjian, the slave maid is not infected with the epidemic!" ”

Concubine Xi also coughed in the curtain: "How can the concubine's mother's family send a patient into the palace, the concubine should not climb at will!" ”

At this time, the imperial doctor spoke, and his speech was ambiguous: "Back to the emperor, the symptoms of the noble concubine are indeed very similar to smallpox. ”

The words shocked the four seats, and Dai Qiu felt that his whole body was cold.

Yaofang Palace was in a mess in an instant, and the concubine cried: "Your Majesty, the Taifu Mansion sent the folk girl who suffered from smallpox into the palace, endangering the emperor's dragon body, and his heart can be punished!" ”

Not to be outdone, the noble concubine struggled to get up from the bed and said, "This is slander!" The concubine's mother's family is loyal to the emperor, how can they send a sick person to the palace? Today, the concubine deliberately summoned her and brought the emperor here, isn't this her deliberately framing the concubines? Ask the emperor for insight! ”

After speaking, she coughed violently, and after coughing, she saw a ball of red lying in the white silk in the palm of her hand, which was already in a hurry.

Seeing that the noble concubine was about to be wrongfully killed by the concubine, Dai Qiu turned his heart sideways, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The emperor is clear, slaves and maids will not be infected with smallpox." ”

As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves, revealing an arm as white as a lotus root, and cried with sorrow: "The slave maid was infected with smallpox at home when she was young, and fortunately survived. ”

Everyone looked at Dai Qiu's arm, and there was indeed a pox scar the size of a red bean on it, which was particularly eye-catching on the fair skin.

Everyone didn't know, so Dai Qiu walked to the Taiyi on his knees, and raised his arm to tell the Taiyi to see clearly.

The imperial doctor had no choice but to say: "Back to the emperor, this is really a residual pox mark after smallpox." ”

At this time, Concubine Xi also took a breath and said loudly to the emperor: "The concubine's family is loyal and good, how can she do something that endangers the emperor?" Today's affairs, I hope that the emperor will not listen to treachery and wronged good people. ”

The concubine raised her eyebrows and said: "What does the concubine mean is that you are a loyal minister and a good general, and then the palace is a treacherous villain?" ”

The emperor was upset when he heard this, waved his hand and said: "Don't make any noise, the matter has not yet been decided, you yourself have made trouble first, what has become of it?!" ”

Both of them were silent, and Dai Qiu clearly saw that there was a smug look in the concubine's eyes.

It seems that these two people have been fighting each other for a day or two, even if the emperor has affection for the concubine, but now she is getting more and more sick, and in front of the strong and healthy concubine, she will finally fall behind.

Dai Qiu was feeling ominous, the emperor suddenly turned his head to look at her, and then said: "After all, this matter is caused by this little girl entering the palace, so just deal with her, come on!" ”

Concubine Xi shouted: "Your Majesty! ”

The emperor just waved his hand impatiently, signaling that the matter was over.

A king who acted in such a foolish manner and disregarded people's lives, Dai Qiu only felt that he didn't even have the courage to intercede.

was dragged out of Yaofang Palace by two eunuchs, stumbling all the way through the Yongdao.

One of the fat eunuchs glanced at Dai Qiu, who was in tears, and said, "If you are unlucky today, you will wait until you reach the Netherworld, and you don't resent us." ”

Dai Qiu's whole body trembled, he couldn't say a word, he only looked at the sun gradually setting in confusion, and he only felt unwilling.

The three of them walked out of the corridor, through a row of trees, and came to the outside of an abandoned palace.

The two pushed Dai Qiu to the ground, pointed to the well in front of her, and said, "You can jump down by yourself, and you can suffer less." ”

Dai Qiu looked at the mouth of the well coldly, turned his head and said to the eunuchs: "Two fathers-in-law, since the slave and maid are suspected of being sick, if they pollute this well water, won't they affect the palace?" ”

The thin eunuch was interested, crossed his arms and smiled: "You girl, do you want to pick a place when you are dying?" ”

The fat eunuch said: "Even if there is a plague in the palace, it will not be transmitted by you, where can you have that ability." ”

The thin eunuch gave him a blank look and shouted in a rough voice: "Don't talk nonsense! ”

The fat eunuch knew that he was speechless, so he kept his mouth shut.

Dai Qiu saw that the fat eunuch was still good, so he hurriedly took out all the silver money on his body, kowtowed to the two and said:

"The slave and maid have a hard life, even if the two fathers-in-law know that the slave and the maid are innocent, the slave and the maid do not dare to ask the public network to open up, so as not to affect the father-in-law.

It's just that the slave maid went out to hurry before dawn today, and now she is really hungry after tossing, and they all say that the king of Hades does not accept hungry ghosts, and the slave and maid only ask the two fathers-in-law to make it convenient, so that the slave and maid can eat a full meal and go on the road, so that they can vote for a rich family in the next life and have a peaceful life. ”

The two looked at the bright and clear silver, their eyes were shining, Dai Qiu's words were sincere, and what he said was reasonable, so the two looked at each other, nodded and said yes.

The fat eunuch took the silver and put it in his pocket, and said, "Then you wait here, I'll go get some food, but don't play tricks." ”

Dai Qiu watched the fat eunuch walk away, and said to the thin man: "Good father-in-law, the noble concubine gave me some things, I think it should be worth two dollars,

I'm going to die anyway, so it's better to give it to my father-in-law as a favor, and I hope that my father-in-law can burn the pillar incense for me, so that I don't become a lonely ghost who no one pays tribute to. ”

She said very sadly, and wiped the corners of her eyes with her sleeve from time to time, and the thin eunuch also took her money, and now she heard that there were still benefits to be taken, so she said cheerfully: "You can rest assured, although the palace is not allowed to worship in private, a pillar of incense is not difficult, I will definitely help you do it." ”

Dai Qiu thanked him again and again, and when he went to look for the belongings in his underwear, he suddenly grabbed a large handful of dust from the ground and threw it into the eyes of the thin eunuch.

Now in autumn and winter, the climate is dry, and the soil on this land has dried up into sand, and the wind blows lightly all over the ground, and the thin eunuch is unsuspecting and is blinded by the wind and sand, and he is so anxious that he shouts.

"Oh my eyes, I can't spare you!"

Dai Qiu took the opportunity to push him to the ground, and ran away.