Wanfu's eyes showed a look of surprise, but it was a deserted cold palace, and the emperor rushed over so quickly? She suddenly remembered Yun Ying's words, Concubine Ying was a person who was extremely favored in the past, if it weren't for the queen's incident, I am afraid that she should be called Concubine Ying Niangniang now.

Her eyes flickered twice, Concubine Ying was a smart person, and the people who lived in the cold palace couldn't stand the long night of loneliness, death, and madness, but Concubine Ying lived unharmed until now. Is this walk really just a coincidence?

……

The cold palace is the most deserted and uninhabited place in the palace, Wanfu has no honor guard, and she has gone through two loves// events, and her legs are very weak. When we arrived at the cold palace, the door of the palace, which had been closed in the past, was opened, and there were many beautiful dresses standing inside.

When Wanfu entered the door, she was really surprised, Lu Chang fell into the water, because Lu Chang was pregnant with a dragonborn in her womb, and it was understandable that the concubines were surrounding Yinshuang Zhai. At the moment, it is nothing more than a cold palace and a crowd of so many people. When Wanfu saw the bright yellow figure in front of her, she was relieved. Everyone who came here probably knew that they had not seen the emperor for a long time and wanted to try their luck here.

In the three cold palaces, the flames gradually extinguished, and the remaining clouds of black smoke smoky the dilapidated bricks and tiles.

Wanfu stood silently among the concubines, and she subconsciously looked at the dormitory where Ying Concubine lived, and her palms tightened.

After a while, I don't know who said a gossip, "Is Concubine Ying still in the cold palace, and I don't know how to ...... such a big fire?"

The queen was late, and those present gave way to salute.

"Okay, why did you suddenly go out of the water?" The queen sighed and twisted her eyebrows, bowed down in front of the emperor, and blamed herself, "It's the concubine who didn't take care of the six palaces." ”

The weather is dry and dry, the palace is good at holding candlesticks, and the matter of walking in the water is unguardable, and the cold palace is a place with the least number of people, and although the queen is responsible, she is indeed not fully responsible.

Even so, for a long time, the emperor said in a deep voice: "It's you who are out of duty." ”

For a while, no one dared to speak, and even the palace people who were rushing to deliver water sensed the emperor's anger, and they lightened their steps, and everyone was silent, and they did not dare to come out.

The queen stiffened for a moment, unable to maintain her expression, and the hand in her sleeve trembled.

At this time, I don't know who shouted in a panic, "Master Ying!" ”

The attention of the people present was attracted to the past, and then a small eunuch ran out in a panic, his steps were hurried and messy, and when he saw the emperor, he knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, the slave will send Master Ying to the door, but Master Ying woke up and said that he didn't take the jade Jue, and ran back!" ”

Yujue?

Wanfu frowned, she didn't know that Ying Concubine still had this thing.

She looked at the Dao Minghuang figure, the emperor's hand behind her back suddenly tightened, and she pressed the jade wrench of her thumb with force, and she heard the emperor's cold oppressive voice, "Be sure to bring the concubine out safely." ”

As soon as this voice fell, Wanfu obviously felt the surprise and dissatisfaction of the concubines around her, but because the emperor was here, she did not dare to say a word. Ning Guifei, who was standing in the distance, bit her lower lip stubbornly, and her eyes were full of jealousy.

The queen had no extra emotions on her face, but just quietly accompanied the emperor with her back straight, as if to show that only she could stand in that position.

A quarter of an hour later, the little eunuch carried the fainted Ying Concubine out of the palace gate, and Ying Concubine held a wooden box firmly in her hand, and no one could let go of it.

Li Xuanyin walked over and put the robe on Ying Concubine's body, such a natural movement made people red-eyed.

"Imperial Doctor!" The emperor's voice was a little cold, and in the dead silence, the imperial doctor hurriedly came out of the crowd, squatted down, and didn't care about wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, so as to check the pulse of the concubine.

The cold palace is deserted, and even if there is a fire, no one cares about the waste concubine here, let alone the imperial doctor, and the queen is even less likely to care about the life or death of the concubine, and there is only one person who can ask for the imperial doctor. The moment the emperor learned that the cold palace was draining, he sent people to the Tai Hospital.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the twists and turns, and it is precisely because of this that the jealousy of the concubine has been raised to a higher level.

Wanfu has a complicated heart, although she has lived with Ying Concubine for two months, Ying Concubine has no blame for her, but the relationship between the two is only like this. The harem is unpredictable, and she can't fully believe in Ying Concubine because of the love of those two months.

The imperial physician took out the silver needle and pierced it into several acupuncture points of the concubine.

For a while, everyone held their breath, and everyone looked nervous, but no one hoped that Ying Concubine would wake up. At present, the emperor's attitude is obviously that the concubines still have old feelings, and if the concubines wake up, there will be another fierce rival in the harem to compete for favor, which will make those concubines who are already unfavored more and more unspeakably angry.

With so many people watching, a thin sweat also oozed from the imperial doctor's forehead, and Concubine Ying was slow to wake up, and even he was not a little sure.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, got up and pleaded guilty: "The minister is incompetent, the master of the concubine inhaled too much smoke, and the minister saved him with a needle, but the master of the concubine did not wake up for a long time, and the minister ......."

"Does that mean that Ying Concubine can't be saved?" Somehow, a sentence suddenly popped up among the crowd, and Wanfu secretly scolded the man for being stupid, and stood silently towards the corridor, away from the man.

Sure enough, the emperor's cold light swept towards the few people there, and he didn't even have the heart to judge who was speaking, "without any mercy, he escorted these people to the outside of the hall and knelt to pray for the concubines." ”

"Your Majesty, it's not the concubine who said this!" The concubines who were involved were simply unjustified, and they couldn't argue, Li Xuanyin didn't want to hear it, her eyebrows and eyes were cold, "Hold it down!" ”

Those people gritted their teeth with hatred, and they all glared at the person who spoke, and Wanfu looked at it quietly, frowning slightly, and the person who said this was Liu Baolin.

Liu Baolin's mouth can indeed say such things in front of the emperor, but is she really stupid?

Wanfu thought carefully about the Shen and Liu people she met in the imperial garden that day, Liu Baolin was open-mouthed, and aroused suspicion everywhere, even if she was stupid, she knew how many things to say and wrong, so why did Liu Baolin leak so much in front of her that day, or that she deliberately used her hand to deliberately bring down the people behind her, and Shen Cairen was used without knowing it.

Wanfu was startled by this thought, and it was cold in the middle of the night, and the cold wind swishing under the corridor poked her back, arousing an eerie feeling. The deep palace eats people, but what can make this deep palace eat people is the sinister and terrifying human heart hidden behind it.

……

The only one in the audience was the Imperial Doctor, who really hoped that Concubine Ying would wake up quickly, so he stubbornly applied the needle again.

Finally, Ying Concubine coughed violently, slowly opened her eyes, her eyes swept over everyone, her lips moved slightly, and finally she turned to one person, and threw herself into the emperor's arms as if she was trying her best, and her eyes were in disbelief, and tears flowed down her face in an instant, "The emperor ...... Your Majesty, the concubines are not dreaming, how could the emperor come to see the concubines......

"The concubine thought that she would never see the emperor again......"

Li Xuanyin did not push away the dusty, dirty, and unkempt woman in his arms, but patiently patted her on the shoulder and back, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

The emperor's only tenderness for the woman in his arms made the concubines present grit their teeth and secretly hate, Ning Guifei's handkerchief was broken, and it was this little slut who repeatedly hooked the emperor away from her.

Wanfu looked at everyone's expressions, and her eyes looked at Ying Concubine without a trace, the woman's eyebrows and eyes were quiet, her face was like a silver plate, and her eyes were like apricots, even under the dirt, she could not hide her modesty and softness, and the Ying Concubine that Wanfu saw at the beginning was like two people.

It turns out that this is Ying Concubine, in front of the emperor, who can hide all her emotions under the gentle veil.

In this way, Wanfu is extremely convinced that tonight's cold palace is nothing more than a game set up by Ying Concubine to restore her favor. Whether or not you can succeed depends entirely on the emperor's thoughts, and it is obvious that the result is the same as what Ying Concubine thinks.

……

As the saint set out on his journey, Chen Dehai respectfully waited by his side, bowing his head, and did not dare to look into the drooping curtain.

The fire in the cold palace came at the right time, the two masters of the harem were pregnant, and the emperor had just won a new favor. This master is not as gentle and harmless as his face, Chen Dehai has seen with his own eyes that Ning Guifei has suffered a lot of hidden losses under the hands of Ying Concubine.

Ying Concubine stayed in it for three years, and no one thought that it would be so easy to return to the emperor's side. The sacred heart is unpredictable, even if he has served the emperor for several years, he can't see what the emperor means by his concubine.

In Luanyu, Concubine Ying cried for a long time, and finally stopped her voice, fell into the man's arms, clutched the piece of jade in her hand, and gently gathered her eyes, "If the emperor does not come today, the concubine would rather be buried in the fire of the cold palace." ”

The affairs of the harem could not be hidden from the eyes of the emperor. Ying Concubine will never hide her little tricks, if the emperor still loves her as before, then these scheming will be harmless to the emperor.

Li Xuanyin's thin lips pursed slightly, his palm stroked her green silk, and said lightly: "I said that I will not leave you alone." ”

"Chrysostom Yuyan."

Chapter 28

After everyone dispersed, Wanfu returned to the Golden Jubilee Pavilion, and heard that Ying Concubine was temporarily placed in the Qiankun Palace. The palace before the concubine had been uninhabited for a long time, and she had to be cleaned before she could live in it.

Fortunately, she was interested and returned to the Golden Jubilee Pavilion, otherwise she would be in the Qiankun Palace with Concubine Ying and the emperor, how awkward she would be.

It was late at night, and dinner had not yet been served, and Wanfu did not feel hungry after hours.

She was lying on the bed, holding a pillow in her arms, thinking about the different looks of the harem concubines tonight, The emperor took Ying Concubine back to Qiankun Palace, and this night was afraid that it would be another sleepless night. She was really curious about the queen and the concubine, since the emperor was not ruthless to the concubine, why did he beat people to the cold palace.

Qian Dai came in to cut the candles, and when she saw that the master had not yet slept, she thought that the master was hurting, after all, if there was no concubine tonight, the one who stayed in the Qiankun Palace should have been the master.

In fact, Wanfu did not feel the slightest sadness about the emperor leaving another woman, she just had some regrets, and the emperor obviously favored her a little more tonight, but at this time, there was one more person......

Wanfu called Qiandai over, she didn't go around the bend, and directly asked about the concubine.

The events of those years were secretive, and those who knew the truth were either cronies of the emperor and queen, or they were those who died tragically and left the palace.

Qian Dai lowered her voice and said truthfully: "The slave doesn't know much, but this matter is related to the queen's mother." ”

Wanfu had already heard this sentence from Yun Ying's mouth, but she still asked in surprise, "Why is it related to the queen's mother?" ”

Qian Dai didn't answer, but walked to the outer hall, asked the little palace maid who kept vigil to go back to the wing, and left her to keep vigil tonight, and when she came back, she darkened the wick of the candle again, and then lowered her voice and said to Wanfu: "It's about the biological mother of the eldest prince." ”

Wanfu secretly sighed that Qiandai was cautious and really had to be used, and continued to listen.

"Four years ago, the slave maid was on an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and at that time, the concubine entered the palace, won the sacred heart, and was favored for a while, and even Ning Guifei was envious and jealous. However, the slave maid thought that the master of the concubine was gentle by nature, and her methods were not as good as the temperament she showed, which was extremely powerful, and Ning Guifei suffered a lot of hidden losses in her hands. ”

"Ying Concubine has been favored for half a year, she is pregnant, the emperor is happy, and she wanted to cross the rank to seal Ying Concubine as a concubine, but the queen stopped her and reluctantly gave Jieyu the position. It was at this time that the queen became pregnant. ”

"The emperor favors Ying Concubine, rarely visits the queen, when Ying Concubine is five months pregnant, I don't know what happened during the period, the emperor suddenly snubbed Ying Concubine, Ying Concubine fell out of favor, the most proud is Ning Guifei, which stimulated Ying Concubine's premature birth."

Qian Dai paused suddenly, Wanfu raised her eyes, pursed her lips slightly, and said the same thing as she said to Yun Ying at the beginning, "The queen also gave birth at this time." ”

Qian Dai was not surprised that her master would guess that since the incident of Liu Baolin, a talented man from Shen, she had long seen that her master could be favored not just because he was born with a good appearance. Since she arrived at the Golden Jubilee Pavilion to serve, she is the master's person, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, and she inexplicably believes that the woman in front of her is not only today's status.

She nodded, "The queen gave birth on the same day as the concubine, and the child in the concubine's womb died due to miscarriage, and the queen gave birth to a baby boy, who is today's eldest prince." ”

"But after Concubine Ying sobered up, she stubbornly said that it was the queen who harmed her, and the eldest prince was her child."

"What did the emperor say?" A strange feeling suddenly rose in Wanfu's heart, and she couldn't help but wrap the quilt tightly.

"The emperor did not thoroughly investigate this matter."

This sentence was like a muffled thunder hitting Wanfu's head, and a thought was about to come out, she couldn't believe it, and she didn't even dare to doubt it. What did Concubine Ying do that could make the friendship of the emperor who favored her cold, and even if Concubine Ying had a miscarriage, she would not be able to give birth to a penny of pity and sympathy.

Wanfu suppressed the surprised suspicion in her heart and lowered the curtain a little, "Do you know why Ying Concubine entered the palace, and whether there were any close men in the family before entering the palace?" ”

Qian Dai was also shocked, not surprised by Ying Concubine's boldness, but surprised that the master was able to guess this layer.

She was still considering whether to talk about these things with her master, and since she had asked about them, she said in a low voice: "When the slave maid went to Chaolu Hall to deliver jade plates, she listened to the subordinates in the palace discuss in a whisper, and every seventeenth year, the concubine would receive a letter from home, with no handwriting, only a bunch of red plums. ”

A bouquet of red plums does not mean anything, once or twice can cover up the past, but there are many gifts, which will always make people curious to explore, especially the suspicious emperor.

……

Qiandai retreated to keep vigil outside the hall, but Wanfu didn't sleep for a long time.

The superior hates betrayal the most, and the concubine has touched this biggest taboo. This also explains that Ying Concubine is clearly favored, but she will be locked up in the cold palace for three years, and no one cares. It also explains that tonight the emperor was furious when he heard that Ying Concubine insisted on returning to the fire to retrieve Yujue.

Three years is enough to forget a person, and it is enough to erase a relationship. All the doubts and nothingness of that year faded, and all that remained was the heartache and pity of the loneliness and pity that Ying Concubine had suffered in the cold palace for three years.

Wanfu admires the forbearance of the concubine and can endure what ordinary people cannot.

At the same time, she was more afraid of the emperor, thunder, rain and dew, all of which were the grace of heaven. Every time a demon meets a Buddha, it is all a degree.

At present, Lu Chang is pregnant, Jiang Wanyin also has a dragon descendant, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, the emperor tonight, is it to pity the concubine, or to warn the queen, or to divert the harem concubines from staring at the dragon descendant?

In other words, there are all three, recovering one concubine, preserving the dragonborn, killing three birds with one stone. Which is more important, the emperor will weigh it the most. And Ying Concubine also knows the emperor's trade-offs, so she will calculate. In this love, I have long lost my sincerity.

Where did you get any sincerity in the palace, but it was just a plan for each person's benefit.

Wanfu slept on the soft cloud brocade couch, but she felt as cold as the dirty withered grass in the firewood room of the Ningguo Mansion, far less cold than the narrow couch with wind chimes hanging from her grandfather's house.

She curled up into a ball before falling asleep.

……

This night, except for the big-hearted Wanfu, few people fell asleep.

"Stupid! A bunch of idiots! ”

The palace people listened to the sound of broken porcelain coming from the hall, and they all knelt outside and trembled. Niangniang is the lord of the six palaces, and since she took charge of the phoenix seal, she rarely has such a big fire.