Eleven Niang did experience an extremely strange thing when she entered the palace this time.

And the person who caused this incident was none other than the little girl Xie Ying, who had been doing her own thing since she became Tong'an's companion.

It turned out that since Xie Raoping returned to Beijing in the old year, Mrs. Wei tried to persuade her husband to come forward, so as to teach the heart and liver baby to remove the position of companion and no longer be controlled by the queen mother, but Xie Raoping ignored his wife's pleas, although he took his granddaughter home in the new year, but after the Lantern Festival, regardless of the wishes of his old wife and Xie Ying, he still insisted on sending people to the palace, and even Mrs. Wei's request for Xie Ying to go home when she was resting and bathing was ignored, and still left the queen mother's decision, regardless of whether Xie Ying was on duty or not, she still stayed in the palace to "be taught".

This disappointed Xie Ying, crying and crying more often than usual, and becoming more and more silent, sitting alone most of the time, crying quietly in the face of flowers, grass, birds and insects, and not taking the initiative to communicate with others, but because she didn't make trouble, the Queen Mother, who was busy with national affairs, only thought that it was Mrs. Wei's coquettish and withdrawn temperament, and sometimes although she also taught a lesson, she didn't take it to heart, and it was even more impossible for Eleven Niang to be attentive to Xie Ying, as if this person didn't exist.

But just a few days ago, Eleven Niang returned to the Floating Fragrance Gallery at night, but heard Xie Fei's report that Xie Ying disappeared after school that day, Xie Fei only thought that she didn't know where to hide in a daze, and didn't care at first, but when the lamp was still missing, she was in a hurry, and ordered the companions to search around, but still didn't see Xie Ying, and originally planned to immediately notify her aunt and concubine to send someone to search, but because the palace rules are set, the key is not allowed to leave the house without special instructions, Xie Fei had to wait for Eleven Niang to return and let her decide.

Eleven Niang is still the leader of the team, if there is an accident, she should indeed inform Concubine Shu, but Xie Fei is not ordinary in his family, when will he put the palace rules in his eyes? Even disgusted with the simple stay in the palace of the concubine is also common, but on this day he followed the rules, the behavior is so abnormal, Eleven Niang immediately became vigilant, but the duty is unavoidable, and then because Xie Fei found out the pen and ink left by his cousin, there is a new poem - "Hate is like a bird trapped in a golden cage, and the envy falls out of the red floating water" There is a faint implication of sacrificing life and begging to go, before Helian Jiuniang was drowned by Liu Xiuyi's aunt and nephew, how can Eleven Niang ignore it? In case Xie Ying also dies in the water, how can she, the leader of the team, be guilty of dereliction of duty!

As Xie Ying's aunt, Concubine Shu was of course impatient after learning that her niece was missing, and immediately personally led a team to search around in the Forbidden Garden, but specially instructed Eleven Niang: "The Queen Mother is in charge of national affairs, and the affairs of the harem are best not to be disturbed, but this matter is not trivial. ”

Although there has always been a ban on trespass by He Yan in the Penglai Palace, but because it has been idle for several years, the guard is not strict, and it is indeed possible for Xie Ying to be quietly mixed in before the key is placed in various palaces.

However, Eleven Niang felt more and more strange, so she suggested: "The Queen Mother is like a granddaughter who cherishes Ah Ying, and I really dare not hide it from the Queen Mother if there is such an accident." ”

Concubine Shu thought about it for a while, and agreed to Eleven Niang's shilling to let the palace people go to Hanxiang Hall to pass the word, and let the two palace maids around her go with Eleven Niang to ask the concubine to show her, Eleven Niang couldn't refuse, so she had to obey. The concubine also felt the aura of conspiracy in this matter, and sneered: "It's just that I want you to go to the Penglai Palace, I don't believe it, the Xie family dared to kill their niece in the Penglai Palace without being noticed by the palace people, we don't need to pay attention to it." ”

Eleven Niang intuitively felt that it was inappropriate to ignore her, but she couldn't understand why Concubine Xie intended to frame her, and suspected that the person targeted by Concubine Shu was actually a concubine, so she advised: "Aunt had better not come forward, Concubine Shu sent people to accompany her, if you lead people to the Penglai Palace, whether Xie Ying is included or not, there will finally be an explanation." ”

How can the concubine let Eleven Niang take risks alone, insisting on staying out of the matter is the safest, the aunt and nephew are arguing, but the palace man of the Elephant Palace, Ah Lu, was ordered to come, it was with the will of the Queen Mother, and ordered the concubine to "let go", Ah Lu is not like anxious, but also comforted Eleven Niang with a smile: "The Queen Mother learned that Xie Xiaoniang was missing, although she was anxious, but she understood that she had nothing to do with Eleven Niang, speculating, Xu is Xie Xiaoniang's temperament is withdrawn, I don't know where to go to a quiet place to idle, about brewing poetry, sitting for a long time, all the palaces under the key, She was trapped for a while, and because she was too timid to make a noise, she couldn't see it, there should be no big deal, but although it was spring, it was very cold at night, if she couldn't find Xie Xiaoniang in time, the queen mother was also distressed when she was sick, so she also hoped that the concubine would give her a convenience, all just in case. ”

The Queen Mother firmly believed that Xie Ying was safe and sound, and there would be no suicide or even murder? also deliberately explained that Ah Lu came to appease, let Eleven Niang act according to Concubine Shu's instructions, this situation is really quite weird, and Eleven Niang carefully observed, and found that Ah Lu was quite a little bit of a desire to speak and stop, and felt even more strange for a while, but since things were already like this, she had no excuse to delay and delay, so she persuaded the concubine to only let her send a cronie palace to follow, and ordered the tent to be on duty to open the door and let him go.

Hearing Shi Niang say this, He Zhan's brows tightened more and more: "I haven't heard any rumors to this day, I think Xie Ying is really safe, but she is really trapped in the tent Lai Palace?" ”

"Until three o'clock in the morning, in the end, Concubine Shu found someone in another palace, just as the Queen Mother speculated, Xie Ying did avoid idlers and go to a quiet place to brew poetry, just because she was trapped in the pavilion to take a nap, and when she woke up, she had already made a key, because she violated the palace rules, and she didn't dare to make a noise, and she heard someone looking for her outside, but she hid and didn't say anything, and she was fine, but she suffered from the wind and cold, and she had returned home a few days earlier to recuperate, only to hear Mrs. Wei send someone to report to the Queen Mother, saying that she was very sick and couldn't enter the palace for a while, and I don't know if Mrs. Wei excused herself."

He Zhan shook his head: "Even if she is seriously ill and dies this time, she can't be traced to you, since people have found it, you still feel uneasy, should it be that there was some accident that day?" ”

"On that day in the Penglai Palace, the two palace people around Concubine Shu suddenly found a phoenix hairpin on the path, and the people in the first palace exclaimed, saying that it was a relic of Empress Pei before his death." Eleven Niang said.

"Really, is it?" He Zhan immediately asked.

"It is indeed the old thing that the Empress Dowager Wei personally gave me back then, the nine-tailed red treasure phoenix hairpin, only the queen can wear it, only the concubine claims that this thing has disappeared since I was killed, and I don't know if it was stolen by the palace people earlier, and it appeared inexplicably that night, and many strange things earlier seemed to have appeared specifically for this thing." Shi Niang sneered: "Although that Ji Shan stole and sold many of my relics because of his wealth and know-how, but even if something like Feng Hai is stolen, who would dare to take it over?" It is impossible to flow out of the palace, Concubine Xie Shufei tried to take the back position, but it is very likely that she secretly collected this thing, but that Jishan is dead, and no one has confirmed it now. ”

He Zhan rubbed his brows: "It's really weird, but Concubine Shu can't wronged you for stealing Empress Pei's relics?" Although you are a little important to the Queen Mother at the moment, you are still a little girl, and there is no threat to Concubine Shu, why should she be unfavorable to you? ”

"So I suspect that Concubine Shu's purpose is not me, but the concubine, after all, at the moment, the concubine is favored by He Yan, and she must be regarded as a rival by Concubine Shu, I am just piggybacking on me, maybe she wants to use me, causing He Yan and Concubine to turn against each other...... Since Ju Shinan was edicted by the Son of Heaven, he has been greatly valued, but the concubine suspected that he was uneasy and kind, and advised He Yan to guard against alienation for this matter, and there was already a dispute, and then there was a dispute between He Yan and Ju Shinan since he saw Ju Shinan, swept away the decadence, and his body improved greatly, and there was already a rumor in the forbidden garden, saying that Ju Shinan really knew the art of conjuring spirits, and He Yan was relieved to see my dead as he wished. ”

He Zhan couldn't help sneering: "You are so good here, how can you go out of your body and meet that nest of kings to comfort him?" I don't know what kind of deception Ju Shinan used, the Son of Heaven is just that, and even the Queen Mother trusts him. ”

"Ah Lu inserted Jiang Yuan'an into the palace, this matter has basically been determined, even if Jiang Yuan didn't tell her that she had to believe that the Queen Mother had my secret help, it seems that she should have confessed to her friendship with me, she wanted to talk that day, she should be hesitant to remind her knowing the conspiracy, and at the moment, even if the concubine is in charge of palace affairs, it is difficult to hide the affairs of the harem from the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother knows that there is a trap but does not stop it, what is the intention?" Eleven Niang shook her head: "This thing is quite weird. ”

"Could it be that the Queen Mother has already seen the clues, so she is wary of you?" He Zhan was worried.

"If there is really danger, it is unlikely that Jiang Yuan will stand idly by, after all, at this time, only the Liu clan can become the help of King Jin." Eleven Niang comforted He Zhan instead: "Don't worry too much about me, even if you hear that something happened to me, don't mess up, you just need to pay more attention to Jin An's Changgong's initiative, and promote her to have a deeper grudge with Xiao Wei, so that even if Jin An intends to implore the Queen Mother to give marriage, with Xiao Wei's dismantling later, it will be difficult for her to get her wish." ”