After Kou Ning'an heard the voice, he reached out and lifted the curtain of the bed to take a look, and sent the maidservant to check.

Of course, the maidservant girl couldn't tell whether it was really faint or fake, but Li Quan's state really didn't look very good, and his face was a little blue, after all, he had been kneeling firmly for so long.

Kou Ning'an really didn't reprimand too harshly, and was about to ask someone to carry Li Quan out and send him back to his own courtyard, when a little palace maid who was on duty tonight suddenly knelt in the hall with a thud, kneeling next to Li Quan.

Tremblingly, she said: "Queen Mother, Cuicui is gone, it's past the time to change shifts, but Cuicui still hasn't come back!" ”

Kou Ning'an was made a big fuss by Gan Qiongying some time ago, and all the people in the Yi Nian Hall that night were killed by her, including Aunt Hu, who had been with her for many years.

After a group of people have been replaced, all the old people who have been used for many years are gone, although these newcomers are also smart, but in the end they are not intimate.

And Kou Ning'an is not impressed by them, and there are very few who can remember it, this little maid said Cuicui, Kou Ning'an doesn't know who it is.

The little maid was obviously frightened, and kept standing there as a pillar, praying in her heart that Cuicui would come back quickly, but at this time, Cuicui had not come to change her class, and it was snowing so heavily outside, and the little maid girl was afraid that her companion would slip into a well, or drown in the flower pond.

At this time, although the pool is frozen, but only a thin layer is frozen, every year there are little maidservants who have fallen and died in the palace, of course, some are not killed by accidents, and the most feared is not accidents.

"Who's Cuicui?" Kou Ning'an sat up from the edge of the bed and helped her forehead, she didn't apply powder, her face was sallow and sallow at the moment, and her makeup was delicate as usual, as if she had scraped a layer of white.

It's just an old woman, haggard and yellow.

The little maid was obviously very panicked, lying on the ground and crawling two steps in the direction of Kou Ning'an, kowtowing and saying: "Cuicui is the little palace maid who is responsible for running to the palace gate these days and passing the word at the palace gate and the queen mother's side. ”

"What did you say?" Kou Ning'an was rubbing her head, but when she heard this little maid say that Cuicui, who was the messenger, was actually the messenger, her expression immediately became serious.

"Is there any news from outside the palace tonight? Why hasn't Hongu received any news? ”

The little maidservant quickly glanced up at the Queen Mother, and then kowtowed again and said: "The slave and maid don't know, the Queen Mother has rules, except for the people who go back and forth between the palace gates, no one in this palace can exchange news privately." "Otherwise, the tongue will be pulled out.

"The slave maid just looked at Cuicui with a panicked look at that time, and went in the direction of the palace lantern outside the palace, the slave didn't dare to ask anything, but guessed that someone should have come to the palace gate......"

"It stands to reason that Cuicui should have come back a long time ago, and returned to this dormitory from the palace gate, and half an hour was enough, but now...... It's been almost two hours since Cuicui left, and Cuicui still hasn't returned. ”

The little maidservant said, "Originally, I shouldn't have asked about Cuicui's whereabouts, but she should have been on duty for the Queen Mother tonight, and she should have come to replace the slave maid half an hour ago." ”

The slave maid thought, Cuicui didn't dare to disobey the Queen Mother's order no matter what, thinking that she was stumped by something......

The little maid said very tactfully, and she didn't dare to say that she suspected that something had happened to Cuicui, let alone speculate too much, because the queen mother didn't allow the palace people to be too intimate in private, let alone chew their tongues.

The reason why she and Cuicui were allowed to serve the Queen Mother in close proximity was because the two of them were Queen Mother's mothers who had only come to the palace from their mother's side a few days ago.

After Kou Ning'an listened to the little maid finish speaking, she slammed her hand on the bed, glared at her angrily and said, "Bastard thing!" ”

"Such an important matter has not been reported until now, this palace is tired of seeing you alive! You're all tired of living! ”

Kou Ning'an got up from the bed in a hurry, but because of his poor health, he had been in bed these days, and when he suddenly stood up, it was dark in front of him.

And the little maid who served her was scolded by her so much that she didn't even dare to raise her head, so naturally she didn't see her shaky appearance.

Fortunately, Kou Ning'an did not fall down, and quickly held on to the side of the bed, and after standing firmly, she took a deep breath, she knew that it was useless to sin indiscriminately now.

Kou Ning'an forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart, and calmly instructed the little maid to go out to spread the word, and asked her people to hurry up to the palace gate to check and search for Cuicui's traces in the palace.

The little maid ran out on the ground, and at this time, Gonggong Li, who pretended to be unconscious, was still lying on the ground.

Kou Ning calmed his mind and ignored the person lying quietly on the ground, sitting there anxiously waiting for about a cup of tea.

Someone came to report that there was no trace of Cuicui, but someone in the side gate of the palace gate said that the Regent's Mansion did send a palace maid into the palace tonight.

But at this time, the palace maids, including Cuicui, who went to pick up the queen mother's bedroom, were all missing.

Kou Ning'an's heart jumped fiercely when he heard this, and he immediately panicked: "Take my palace card and leave the palace, and quickly send someone to the Regent's Mansion to see what happened!" ”

After receiving the order, the man turned his head and went out, the snow was still heavy outside, and the snow on the ground was no longer above his ankles, Kou Ning'an pressed his forehead, and his head was splitting.

Her heart was hanging high, and the regent sent someone in the middle of the night, there must be something important, what is it?

Kou Ning'an didn't have too much imagination, she couldn't imagine that the regent would suddenly disappear, she only thought about whether the regent's injuries had worsened, or...... Or what's going on on the Emperor's side?

Kou Ning'an thought of the emperor, and shuddered, she immediately thought of her own guards patrolling the Cheap Slave Palace tonight, they found Li Quan's traces, and then she brought Li Quan over......

"Li Quan!" The moment Kou Ningan thought of Gonggong Li, he looked towards the ground, and there was no longer Gonggong Li pretending to be unconscious on the ground.

Tilted his head slightly, the light in front of him was blocked, and Gonggong Li was middle-aged and famous, standing condescendingly in front of the Queen Mother, and he was very oppressive.

The lights in the dormitory were dim, Li Quan stood against the light, looking at Kou Ning'an quietly, his expression was not real, but those deep eyes made Kou Ning'an's heart tremble inexplicably.

"Stand down!" Kou Ning'an's rebuke blurted out.

At this moment, in his dormitory, there are only two maidservants standing outside, because she always can't sleep well and can't hear the movement during this time, so there is only one person on duty at night.

And now that the person on duty at night had been sent away by her, Kou Ning was beating fast, and a very ominous premonition burst out from her heart.

After she reprimanded Grandpa Li, Grandpa Li did not retreat immediately, and stood there staring at her. It was too late to call someone, and Kou Ning'an groped for her pillow for the first time.

There was a dagger under her pillow that she had pillowed all year round, but it was still too late, and at the moment when she touched the dagger, Gonggong Li suddenly rushed forward, grabbed the queen mother's wrist, and snatched the dagger in her hand.

With a "poof", the dagger came out of its sheath and pressed against the queen mother's neck, "Don't shout!" ”

After Gonggong Li got closer, Kou Ning'an realized that his eyes were full of madness, and his expression was like that of a desperate outlaw.

"You...... Are you going to rebel! Kou Ning'an had a cold and sharp dagger attached to his neck, and he couldn't help but stumble when he spoke.

But she quickly calmed down, squinted her eyes and glared at Gonggong Li viciously and said, "Does Gonggong Li know what you are doing now?" What are you going to do tonight to the Cheap Slave Palace? ”

"Is Gan Lin going to rebel? Do you want him to lead the way and be a pioneer? ”