Red Robe

On the shoulders, a head of black hair hung in a mess, overlapping with Li Qingning's.

Being so close, no matter how quiet the voice was, Li Qingning could still hear every word clearly.

He could hear it clearly, and he could hear it very clearly.

Don't deceive yourself too.

Don't fool yourself.

Don't lie to yourself.

Don't lie.

Li Qingning's eyelashes fluttered, and the pupils that had been drooping for a long time suddenly lifted up. Her eyes were no longer so cold, they were stained with the world, and even the eye sockets were flushed.

Although she couldn't see anyone, she could feel Xian Yu's soul breath, so she knew that the ray of soul was very close.

She suddenly raised her hand that was lying flat on the table, and slowly tightened her fingers after loosening them.

Xian Yu was stunned for a moment, at first she didn't know what Li Qingning was going to do, but the moment Li Qingning raised her hand, she felt the cold aura around her crowding towards her.

Her soul was gripped gently, as if leaving room for her to struggle.

"Your Highness can't help it anymore." She moved her lips and tongue slowly, and said with a light smile.

As soon as the words fell, the gap left for her to struggle was completely gone, and the powerful spiritual energy poured into her soul, and her soul breath was also contaminated with that cold breath.

At that moment, she only felt trembling and numb from top to bottom. Although there was only a ray of soul here, she felt that her whole body was opened up.

She was pierced by Li Qingning's aura, and her soul was completely occupied.

Feeling dizzy, everything in front of my eyes seems to be a colorful light.

After being occupied, it seems that even the breath of the soul has been controlled. I have no strength, and I just want to open my lips and soften into a puddle of water.

While still conscious, Xian Yu bit her lower lip slightly.

Li Qingning couldn't see her, but she was sitting in Li Qingning's arms, hugging her neck and whimpering softly. When Li Qingning's clenched teeth escaped, she said, "Your Highness's words are nothing..."

"I, I now... know my real age..."

"Your Highness, why, why don't you give me the Danyin remnants."

As soon as the words fell, Xian Yu stared straight at her eyes, opened her lips so that she couldn't even make a sound, the back of her feet suddenly raised, Ruyu's toes curled up tightly, and her whole body trembled suddenly.

When she came back to her senses, her wisp of soul had returned from the palace to the mansion in the west of the city.

Xian Yu opened his eyes suddenly, and let out a sharp breath, as if a fish wagging its tail on the ground finally jumped back into the water.

Her cheeks turned red suddenly, she didn't expect that the wind beside her pillow didn't blow, and Li Qingning tossed her...

It turned into water.

She suddenly raised her head and looked at the table in the distance, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Tu was very sensible and had already left the house.

In vain she teased Li Qingning in every possible way in her previous life, but she didn't expect to fall down this time.

It's no wonder that some monks love to practice together with others. It turns out that this feeling...is really not something that can be explained clearly in a few words.

In Yangning Palace.

Li Qingning lowered her hands, her face turned redder than usual, half ashamed and half angry.

There is no soul of that person in the room anymore, presumably he has gone back.

She looked out of the window lattice, but couldn't regain consciousness for a long time, she only touched a little cool soul breath, but she seemed to be satisfied.

It's not right to say it's satisfying, it's just a moment of relief, and the next moment it feels very dissatisfied, and even feels that the dormitory is very empty.

She has never been a person who wants too much and cannot satisfy her desires, but now, her heart seems to have been cut open, which made her see a little more clearly——

She is not so easy to please.

How could it be so easy to fill up the emptiness in my heart.

It was Xianyu who drew that line on her heart, making her see herself clearly.

The next day, someone really went to ask Li Zaiyu for love, it was for the third prince Li Qianjun.

It's not surprising that that person went to intercede for the third prince, it was very reasonable.

"You said, the mother and concubine of the third prince went to intercede for him?" Li Qing said with deep eyes.

Fang Xin nodded: "Concubine Xian asked to see His Majesty a few days ago, but His Majesty did not see her, and she went again today."

"Then how do you know that Concubine Xian is going to intercede with Li Qianjun?" Li Qingning asked.

Fangxin lowered her voice and said: "Concubine Xian has been restless these days, and has been depressed since the third prince was imprisoned. From the day the third prince was imprisoned, she doesn't want to see His Majesty any day. "

"But His Majesty is not something she can see whenever she wants." Li Qingning said lightly.

"Concubine Xian saw His Majesty today, and her complexion improved a lot after she came out. Although she looked a little pale, there was a hint of joy in her eyes," Fang Xin said.

"Concubine Xian only has one son, Li Qianjun, and a mother is more valuable than a son. This time Li Qianjun provoked Longyan's anger, Concubine Xian must be terrified." Li Qingning said after thinking.

Fang Xin nodded, "Concubine Xian is much more relaxed now, but the third prince has not been released yet."

"Maybe the deadline for thinking about it has been shortened." Li Qingning leaned back in the chair, her black hair was uncombed and draped over her shoulders and back.

"Slave and maidservant, go check again." Fang Xin hurriedly said again.

Li Qingning nodded: "I'll be watching. Anyone who has been in contact with the third prince during this period of time has to tell me."

Fang Xin nodded and responded.

The clothes of the eldest princess sitting in front of the mirror were a little disheveled, not slovenly, but not as neat as usual.

Fang Xin looked at it and said: "Your Highness, this servant will comb your hair."

"No need." Li Qingning said flatly.

Fang Xin froze for a moment, really puzzled by this.

Li Qingning lowered her brows and eyes, her eyes were slightly dark and hard to see, obviously because she hadn't slept well.

She sighed slowly, and said: "Today, anyone who asks for a visit doesn't need to report it, I'm going to rest."

Fang Xin looked bewildered, it was just dawn, why did His Highness say that he was going to rest, did he not rest all night?

"Your Highness didn't sleep last night?" Fang Xin asked in a low voice after thinking for a long time.

Li Qingning said expressionlessly: "Yes."

Fang Xin said, His Highness really worried too much, she must try her best to share some burden for His Highness.

Li Qingning glanced at her own figure in the mirror, and said slowly: "Go and take away the "Doctrine of the Mean" in the study."

"Where are you taking it?" Fang Xin was stunned.

Li Qingning sighed, "Forget it, you don't need to take it, and taking it away is just deceiving yourself and others."

Fang Xin was even more at a loss, not knowing what happened to the book.

Chapter 73

73

The sky was twilight, the eldest princess didn't close her eyes all night, and the beauty in red in the house far away in the west of the city didn't sleep all night either.

It's not that I don't want to sleep, it's just that I can't sleep.

Xian Yu's eyes opened and closed, and he tossed and turned on the bed all night, looking sideways at the window lattice from time to time, secretly listening to various sounds outside the house, or staring at the veil in a daze.

There is no one outside the window lattice, only the knocking sound outside the house, and the veils are not very attractive.

But even so, she opened and closed her eyes repeatedly, after all, she was not asleep and fell into a dream.

She was really tossed by Li Qingning until she blushed, and her face cooled down after burning all night.

In the previous life, she was entangled with Li Qingning in every possible way, but never was she pestering Li Qingning for begging. Li Qingning was indifferent at first, but finally moved, and then reluctantly agreed to her request. Like last night.

There is no one like last night, where the spirit and soul and the sea of ​​spirits were exchanged and cultivated together.

The method of co-cultivation with the help of aura is indeed unforgettable. Once you eat the marrow to know the taste, twice you will be like a gull and water.

But where did Li Qingning learn it in this life, and why has she never practiced with her once in the previous life?

There was a fire burning in Xianyu's heart, his chest was burning hot, and his mind was so hot that he was flustered, so he didn't fall asleep all night.

Embarrassment is second, besides the burning in her chest and her heart beating non-stop, she was also faintly angry.

It wasn't that she was angry with Li Qingning, but that she was angry with herself.

Obviously, she was able to figure out her real age, and she went to the palace to see Li Qingning, but just as she wanted to blow the wind beside her pillow and mention the matter of the Danyin remnants, she... was driven out of her wits by herself Back to the body.

It was still involuntary, she couldn't bear it for a while, and suddenly returned to her soul.

In this way, let alone whether Li Qingning will take out the Danyin fragments, it is still a question of whether she can hear what she said vaguely.

Forget it, she was not up to date.

Xian Yu thought to herself, even if there is no second half of the volume, she can still return to the pinnacle of her previous life, but if there is a remnant volume of Danyin, it will be icing on the cake.

The prison is so heavy that ordinary people can't get close to it. Even the adults in the court can't go to see the felons detained in the prison privately without His Majesty's order.

Xian Yu went to the prison again today, but didn't bring Bai Tu with him.

Bai Tu slept very soundly, saying that last night watching her outside the house was exhausting, and it took a long time to make up for it.

Although the rabbit was talking to himself without any particular consideration, Xian Yu still felt a little bit guilty.

It is already a very embarrassing thing for such a great power who has not crossed the catastrophe to hide in the body of a rabbit, but the rabbit spent his cultivation to help her reunite with Li Qingning.

Xian Yu thought and thought, but finally did not wake Bai Tu up, and let him fall asleep in the house.

Idlers near the prison are not allowed to approach, cars and horses are not allowed on the entire avenue, trees are sparse and houses are sparse, in order to prevent those who want to hide in the dark.

But Xianyu was still hiding nearby, and he could see the soldiers guarding outside the prison just by raising his eyes a little.

Perhaps it was because there were not even half of passers-by around, but Xian Yu easily noticed that there was a slightly familiar atmosphere around.

The breath is not weak, not only left by a monk, but also a male monk.

Smells slightly clean, but faintly a little sinister.

The monk should have left not long ago, and he must have stayed here for a long time, otherwise his breath would not have been contaminated here.

Xian Yu frowned slowly, wondering what the monk was staying here for.

Those who were detained in this place were all the nobles who had committed serious crimes, or some ministers who had great power for a while, which was quite different from the dungeons where ordinary people were detained.

Without thinking about it, that person must have come for the prisoner, but I don't know if he has anything to do with Concubine Qing or King Fengxian.

Xian Yu searched in his memory, trying to find someone who matched this aura, but unfortunately he still couldn't think of it after searching over and over again.

Not because of anything else, but because this breath is different from that of ordinary monks. There is a trace of evil in it, which is not very decent, but it is just a trace.

It was this trace of evil that made her puzzled.

She had only smelled such an undignified atmosphere in the Cease Fire Palace, for example, the Wind Cease Fire practiced this kind of evil technique.

For another example, the danyin scroll she repaired is not something decent in the eyes of ordinary people.

It's too weird, like a person who is both good and evil, while practicing the right way of magic, and at the same time practicing some things that are contrary to the right way, such practice is very easy to step into the magic barrier, it is clear that he wants to tear his soul Split it in half to practice.

Thinking about it carefully, Xian Yu was even more puzzled, she really didn't understand why she felt this breath was familiar, she had clearly never met such a person who practiced both righteousness and evil.

Indeed never encountered.

During the Qianqiu Banquet earlier, she followed King Fengxian into the palace, and there were quite a few monks at the banquet, but she had never seen such a person who was both righteous and evil at the banquet.

It's too weird.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Now that the Second Prince sent someone, Xian Yu even doubted whether that person was sent by the Second Prince.

But with such a long day, it is impossible for her to stand here and stare at it all day. Thinking about it this way, she needs to find her eyes.

In the shadows, Xian Yu lowered her eyes, the burnt blue gold-plated flower ornament on her forehead shook slightly, she raised her white hand, and took out a palm-sized bronze mirror from her cuff.

But her figure was not reflected in the bronze mirror, but everything around her was clearly illuminated.

In another moment, even the surrounding trees and green bricks and black tiles are gone, and the bronze mirror is empty, as if it does not look like a mirror.

The back of the bronze mirror protrudes slightly, and it is carved with patterns of flowers and birds. Besides flowers and birds, there are also some incomprehensible symbols, which are carved thin and shallow, mixed in the patterns of flowers and birds. come out.

In the dark, the man in red raised her lips and smiled, her face suddenly became a little more cunning, she raised her pair of dark eyes, and looked at the guards guarding the sky prison in the distance.

There was only a bang, as if something was broken, the sound was still clear and loud.

What was broken was nothing but the bronze mirror Xian Yu was holding in his hand.

The bronze mirror was shattered in two in Xian Yu's hands, the crack was very flat, but extremely sharp, even the flower and bird mirror plate behind it also cracked.

One half was still in Xian Yu's hands, while the other half fell to the ground, shaking on the ground with a clang.

But the other half that fell to the ground didn't have any new injuries, that half was still intact, not even a single crack.

The guard in the distance turned his head suddenly when he heard the sound, and followed the sound to look over.

"Someone!" someone yelled, frowning.

After the voice fell, several guards rushed to follow the voice.

Xian Yu let out a low laugh, and hid half of the bronze mirror in his hand back into his sleeve. With a flick of the scarlet sleeves, he disappeared in an instant.

The guards who rushed over after hearing the sound naturally saw the half of the bronze mirror on the ground, and only one of them stayed where they were, while the rest scattered in all directions.

The guard who stayed at the spot looked left and right, but did not see any suspicious person, and then he looked up into the sky again.

When I looked up, I saw only a piece of blue sky, not even a bird.

He raised his hand to touch his head, then lowered his head to look at the half bronze mirror on the ground, after thinking about it, he still bent down to pick it up.

He obviously picked it up very carefully, but when he first touched the bronze mirror, his hand was still scratched.

The very rough hand was immediately scratched with a small scar, and after a while, blood gradually seeped out from the scratch.

The imperial guard couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know who dropped the bronze mirror.

After a while, the guards who searched came back from all directions, saying that no one was found, and they really didn't know where the bronze mirror came from.

One person said: "How can there be no one? Did it come out of thin air?"

"Haunted, haunted?"

"Be careful!"

"There was no other movement except the cracking sound just now. Could it be that this half bronze mirror was thrown from the dark by some child?"

"Thinking about it, there are many naughty children in the city. Didn't they throw stones last time?"

"There were quite a few stones thrown last time. Fortunately, those children ran slowly and were caught on the spot."

"I wasn't on duty that time, so I guess this time it was also done by the urchins in the city."

Several hidden guards nodded repeatedly, but they did not guess who threw down the bronze mirror.

That is not a child, but a beautiful woman in red who is as graceful as a bird.

Xian Yu took the remaining half of the bronze mirror and went back to the mansion in the west of the city. After entering the house, he took out the half of the bronze mirror and threw it on the table as something unimportant.

At first, the mirror was still dark and gloomy, nothing could be seen, as if it had become a useless piece of copper.

Not long after, the mirror surface seemed to have been wiped clean, and gradually some blurred light and shadows could be seen.

Light and shadow separate and gather again, and it is hazy, and then gradually you can see the broad avenue, the trees with some green leaves in the withered yellow, the green wall and the black tiles.

But the corners of the bronze mirror are still very blurry, like a circle, only the middle circle can see some things clearly.

It's like a human eye, with the pupil in the middle and the white around it.

Xian Yu propped his chin and looked at it for a long time, the corners of his lips were hooked.

Bai Tu jumped onto the table quickly, turned his red eyes, looked down at the half of the bronze mirror on the table, and said suddenly: "Borrow pupils."

"Come by in the Ceasefire Palace." Xian Yu said.

"By using the pupil mirror, you can use the eyes of others to see things a hundred feet away, but it will hurt the soul very much, and it will hurt the person whose pupils are borrowed." Bai Tu said slowly.

Xian Yu nodded, this thing came along with her, she naturally knew how particular it was.

"I've lived my whole life and still don't know how to accumulate virtue." Bai Tu tsk tsk disgusted.

Xian Yu squinted at him, pursed his lips and said, "It won't hurt him, but it will make him feel a little tired, and he will be back to normal after a while."

"What are you looking at this place through this person's eyes?" Bai Tu asked.

Only then did Xian Yu say: "This is the sky prison, where both King Feng Xian and Concubine Qing are imprisoned."

"Old man, I know King Feng Xian, but who is Concubine Qing?" Bai Tu thought for a long time but still couldn't think of the appearance of Concubine Qing.

"Do you remember the case of Master Xiao?" Xian Yu lowered his eyes, raised his hand and stroked the fine hair on Bai Tu's back.

Bai Tu didn't bother to say that she disrespected the elderly, he pondered for a long time before slowly saying: "I don't even remember the Dan Yin scroll, I remember what these insignificant people do."

The burnt blue Huasheng on Xianyu's forehead shook slightly when she lowered her head, "Lord Xiao was ransacked and beheaded because someone blamed him. The account books of the Xiao family were forged, and the forged one was made of silver silk paper. But the emperor searched the palace, and found that only the Qing Concubine's palace was missing silver silk paper."

"Concubine Qing doesn't recognize it." Bai Tu suddenly realized, "The silver silk paper in her bedroom must have been replaced by someone."

Xian Yu nodded slightly: "But there must be someone to take the blame for this case, otherwise the second prince will completely expose his wolf ambitions. Concubine Qing is very good at controlling it. During this period of time, I am afraid that someone will sneak into the dungeon to find him." she."

"Want to convince Concubine Qing?" Bai Tu was surprised.

"Of course, a lot of things can be saved by convincing Concubine Qing." Xian Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Bai Tu lowered his ears, "I don't know how long I will stare at you, you will feel tired even if you are not tired."

"It's okay, someone will definitely be there in the next few days, just wait until that person shows up." Xian Yu arrived leisurely.

"It doesn't matter if someone has gone, you can't stop people in front of the prison, maybe you still want to sneak in, but how do you sneak in?" Bai Tu shook his head and said.

"Seizing the house is feasible." Xian Yu said after a long silence.

Bai Tu was startled suddenly, his red eyes were staring round, his hare lips parted slightly, he seemed to take a deep breath, and said from his abdominal cavity: "How dare you, Li Zi, you are not afraid that you will not be able to come back if you seize your home." Already!"

"It's okay, I have my own measure." Xian Yu said softly.

"Property." Bai Tu sneered, "Property?"

He closed his eyes tightly for a while, and when he opened them again, he still saw Xian Yu staring at the half of the bronze mirror on the table. He was silent for a long time before he choked up and said: "You have this ability, why don't you use your pupils to look at it?" Where is your eldest princess?"

Xian Yu glanced at him, and said meaningfully: "Why should I sneakily peek when I can touch him openly and squarely?"

Bai Tu: ...

It seems to make some sense.

Chapter 74

74

The person who left his breath near the prison still did not appear, as if he was watching for an opportunity.

The borrowed pupil mirror can only last for seven days, and once the seven days pass, the half bronze mirror in Xian Yu's hand will be no different from an ordinary makeup mirror.

Seeing that seven days were about to pass, and that person still hadn't appeared in the eyes of the person she had borrowed pupils from, she gradually lost her patience.

Bai Tu snorted and laughed: "You've been busy for nothing, I'm afraid that person won't come out."

Xian Yu stared at it closely for the first few days, but later she felt bored when she saw the mirror.

Seeing that there were only two days left and it was going to be seven days, she pursed her lips without saying a word, sat at the table without moving, and stared at it for another day.

The next day, the person with mixed aura of good and evil still didn't show up, and the borrowing pupil almost failed, so Xian Yu simply crushed the half of the bronze mirror in his hand.

With a snap, several vertical cracks suddenly appeared on the mirror surface.

The circle in the bronze mirror, which is like the eyesight of pupils, gathers and opens like crazy, like a blink of an eye, and the things in the mirror also appear and disappear.

The cracks on the mirror surface became more and more dense, and then half of the bronze mirror shattered into a handful of dust.

Xian Yu shook her hand, and the powder fell from her fingertips, scattered in the air, and landed on the table and the ground.

"Don't watch?" Bai Tu snorted.

Xian Yu frowned, watched in silence for several days, and for a moment didn't know how to speak, only gave Bai Tu a hard look, but couldn't utter a taunting word.

But she really didn't have anything to say to ridicule, after all, she was the one who wanted to stare at the mirror this time.

It was strange to think about it, according to what she and Li Qingning thought, the third prince must be looking for someone to talk to Concubine Qing in detail, but there was no movement for a long time, and I don't know what happened.

Could it be that he was stumbled by other matters in the palace?

"You might as well ask your Highness the eldest princess if the situation has changed." Bai Tu snorted.

Xian Yu glanced at him, "There should be changes in the palace."

Bai Tu closed his eyes, "I told you that looking at this broken mirror is useless. If you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer in front of your eyes."

"You didn't watch it for me, so I naturally had to watch it myself." Xian Yu's forehead twitched, and after his patience was exhausted, he became very irritable.

Bai Tu shook his ears, "I'm old now, if I stare at this mirror from morning to night, it will hurt my eyes."

Xian Yu frowned and snorted coldly, she slowly rubbed her palms, and rubbed away the powder that was still on them.

She has indeed never sent a message to Li Qingning in the past few days, and she does not know what is going on in the palace.

There was no movement in the prison, so the second prince must have planned something else, maybe he was going to attack the third prince.

Although this was just Xian Yu's temporary guess, there were indeed sudden changes in the palace.

This variable is indeed the third prince Li Qianjun.

Externally, the emperor wanted the third prince to think about his mistakes, but in fact he grounded him.

The third prince, Li Qianjun, was under house arrest in the palace, during which time he could not even see half a person, when the time came, someone would knock on his door, and then the food would be left outside the door.

The door is locked tightly. If you want to open the door, you can only open the narrow opening under the wooden door, stick your hand out of the narrow opening, and carefully bring the food placed outside the door into the room.

In Yangning Palace, Li Qingning was smearing ink on her persistent wolf hair, while Fang Xin was talking about what she had just learned.

"What do you think of Li Qianjun?" She leaned on the desk with her left arm, while holding the pen firmly in her right hand.

The fine cloth was no longer wrapped around the palm of her right hand, and her hand did not tremble when holding the pen. It seemed that the wound had healed a lot.

Fang Xin frowned and said: "Third Prince hasn't had a drop of water in for two days, and the food left outside the door has rotten and no one takes it in."

"But someone has checked whether the third prince is still in the house." Li Qingning moved her wrist slightly, and the pen landed on the paper immediately.

A soft line jumps on the paper, it is clear that it is not for writing, but for painting.

"The maid on duty said that there were people in the house, but she didn't go in to see it." Fang thought for a while.

"The court lady said so, but what she saw may not be true. Now that she hasn't even seen it, how do you know if Li Qianjun is really in the room?" Li Qingning added another stroke.

Fang Xin lowered her eyes, her gaze was extremely restrained, she shouldn't have looked at it, and she wouldn't look at it too much.

"Then, how to do that." Fangxin couldn't think of a way for a while.

Li Qingning thought for a while, and said unhurriedly: "The maid who delivered the meal said that Your Majesty made the third prince think about it, but not made the third prince go on a hunger strike. The food of the third prince is cold, and it will be even worse if it is cold. Let her change some hot ones."

Fang Xin's eyes lit up: "I beg this servant girl."

After leaving Yangning Palace, Fangxin hurriedly went to find the maid who was in charge of Li Qianjun's food, and roughly explained what Li Qingning meant.

The little maid immediately reheated the people in the kitchen, and hurriedly sent it to the third prince.

Fangxin watched as the little maid brought the food to the place where the third prince was grounded before leaving, but she didn't go far, but hid nearby and stared.

This time, Li Qianjun still didn't reach out to pick up the food.

The maid who brought the food was in a hurry, and knocked on the door several times after putting down the food.

She looked around, looking extremely helpless, but there was no one around who could help her.

After half a moment, Li Qianjun still did not stretch out his hand.

The little maid knocked on the door again trembling, and shouted for a long time in a low voice, thinking that she would not dare to neglect the third prince in the room, besides, this time it was the eldest princess' personal maid who asked her to refill some hot meals , how dare she not do it.

The eldest princess opened her mouth, presumably because she wanted to see the third prince bring in the food. As for what happens after the food is brought in, that is beyond her ability to interfere.

The little maid stomped her feet anxiously, seeing that there was still no response, and just as she was about to shout again, the narrow baffle under the door suddenly shook.

As soon as the baffle was raised, it fell down with a bang, as if the person inside suddenly withdrew his hand again.

The little maid lowered her eyes and saw the copper baffle shaking again, she couldn't help but squat down, and bravely lifted the baffle.

The baffle was slowly raised, and she squatted very low, looking straight into it with her eyes.

With just one glance, her eyes narrowed suddenly, and she screamed.

The voice was really sharp and high, and Fangxin who was hiding in the dark naturally heard it.

Although Fang Xin didn't know what the little maid saw, she clearly saw the little maid screamed and then sat back on the ground, as if she was terrified, with her hands behind her back, she moved back while shouting.

The little palace lady got up tremblingly, and ran into the distance as if she had seen a ghost, shouting stammeringly: "God, smallpox! The third prince got, got smallpox—"

Fang Xin was stunned, seeing that the little maid's face turned pale from being frightened, she didn't seem to be pretending.

After thinking about it, she came out and stopped him, and asked with a frown, "Where are you going in such a hurry?"

The little maid's eyes were already red, she was so frightened that tears were about to fall, she was trembling all over, and she didn't dare to turn her head, so she pointed behind her with her backhand and said, "The third prince is lying, lying on the ground, right, right, behind the door, There are red rashes all over the face, it's heaven, smallpox!"

Fangxin turned pale with shock, her mind went blank for a moment, she only guessed that something happened to the people in the room, but she never thought that it was smallpox.

She pursed her lips, thought for a while and said: "You go and report this matter to your superiors now."

The little maid nodded frequently, her legs were so frightened that she almost fell down.

Fangxin didn't dare to delay, and immediately went back to see Li Qingning, but when she entered the house, she saw Li Qingning was still painting.

Li Qingning wrote each stroke very slowly, as if she had to think clearly about where each stroke would fall and how it would go.

Seeing Fang Xin coming in, she raised her eyes slightly and asked, "How?"

Fang Xin panted and said, "Your Highness, the third prince seems to have smallpox, the little maid who delivered the food was scared away, and no imperial doctor has come to see him yet."

Li Qingning wanted to write down a pen, but the hand holding the pen stopped suddenly, and the tip of the pen hung on the paper, and it did not fall for a long time.

She frowned, and said in a deep voice: "If smallpox has an attack, not only will the whole body become hot, but a red rash will appear in a day or two, and pus will flow out after a while. If Li Qianjun hasn't eaten for two days, he must have a fever."

Fang Xin pursed her lips and did not speak. The master must have his own ideas, so she just said what she knew.

The wolf hair in Li Qingning's hand still didn't land on the paper, after a while it was put on the brush and put on the shelf.

Li Qingning sat down, knocked on the desk with her index finger, and thought for a long time before saying, "Who has the third prince seen these days?"

"Never." Fang Xin frowned, "I can't see it anymore, but if we talk about close contact, then he only has contact with the eunuchs and maids who deliver meals."

"Those food deliverers, have they been replaced?" Li Qingning said slowly.

Fang Xin was stunned for a moment, "Your Highness, forgive me, servant girl... I didn't notice it."

"I clearly ordered you to keep an eye on it, but you don't know if there is a replacement?" Li Qingning's voice raised slightly, and even her frowning brows were sullen.

Fang Xin pursed her lips and lowered her head even lower.

"Forget it, I don't have time to punish you at this time. The imperial physician must be rushing over soon. Li Wuyin will get the news soon. He will definitely take action. He has to quickly check the maids and eunuchs who have delivered meals these days." Li Qingning The voice is harsh.

She paused, and said again: "But I'm afraid it's still a step too late."

Fang Xin didn't dare to be slow, so she immediately sent someone to ask, and it took half an hour before someone sent back the news that the maid and eunuch who delivered the meal had indeed been replaced.

After knowing this, Li Qingning let out a breath slowly, her voice became colder, "Who is it?"

Fang Xin hurriedly said: "There was a maid named Lin Xin who delivered the meal, but this maid was only on duty for a day, and she was replaced by someone else due to her unwell."

"Where is that court lady now?" Li Qingning asked with a frown.

Fangxin said: "Yeting Palace."

"Send someone to the Imperial Medical Office to invite someone to Yeting Palace." Li Qingning stood up abruptly, her black robes drooping down.

"Then let's go to Yeting Palace too." Fang Xin asked cautiously.

Li Qingning nodded slightly, "Yes, but it's probably too late."

Fangxin hastily arranged for someone to carry the chariot, and went to Yeting Palace with Li Qingning.

The Yeting Palace is very deserted, and the inside is very narrow, all kinds of smells are mixed together, it's really not good to smell.

Li Qingning frowned slightly, seeing a nanny coming out to welcome her, she asked directly: "Mommy, where did that maid named Lin Xin go?"

The palace is so big, and besides, Li Qingning has never set foot in the Ye Ting Palace, which is a low-level place where people stay. In clothes."

"Please trouble Madam to lead the way, I have something to ask her." Li Qingning said flatly.

Nanny quickly responded, lowered her head and led Li Qingning to the clothes washing place.

A lot of clothes and mattresses were hung up and down near the clothes canal to hang a large piece.

A lot of ditches were dug around, and the water was flowing. The court ladies squatted on the edge of the ditch and scrubbed their clothes, their hands were already red from the cold.

Momo said in a low voice, "Your Highness, this is the clothes washing place."

"Where is Lin Xin?" Li Qingning's voice was slightly cold.

The maids who were washing their clothes naturally heard this voice, the voice was clear and cold, and they knew it was the eldest princess, but no one dared to look up.

Momo hurriedly said: "Young servant, call her now."

After finishing speaking, the nun looked around for a long time, her eyes searched here and there, but she seemed to be unable to find anyone, her brows were furrowed, and her teeth, which were clenched on her lower lip, trembled slightly.

Li Qingning also took a look around. Just as she was about to take a step, Fang Xin hurriedly said from behind her: "Your Highness, be careful, the floor of this laundry canal is wet and slippery."

After a pause, Li Qingning stopped. Seeing that nanny's expression became more and more anxious, she frowned and said, "Can't find it?"

"Your Highness, forgive me, I don't know where that slut has gone!" the mother hurriedly said.

Li Qingning nodded slightly, put her hands behind her back, and the golden steps in her hair swayed slightly as she turned her head.

Someone in the distance suddenly dropped his knees to the ground and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, this servant just saw Lin Xin go back to her bedroom."

After hearing the words, the mother scolded in a low voice: "Why didn't you say it earlier!"

The maid who was speaking knocked her head to the ground and did not dare to move.

Li Qing glanced at Mammy, and said to the court lady kneeling on the ground: "You lead the way."

The palace lady still lowered her head, as if she didn't dare to move, she was silent for a long time before she said: "Your Highness, forgive me, slave, slave girl hasn't washed her clothes yet."

"Presumably Mammy won't blame you." Li Qingning said calmly.

Fang Xin, who was standing behind Li Qingning, immediately said: "It's your blessing that His Highness let you lead the way, why don't you get up quickly?"

The maid carefully raised her head, turned her eyes slightly, and secretly glanced at the nanny in charge, then got up and saluted Li Qingning.

"Lead the way." Li Qingning said concisely.

The maid who was washing her clothes wiped her wet hands on her dress, and said hastily, "Your Highness is coming with your servants."

Li Qingning turned the toe of her shoe and followed the maid to the bedroom where the maids lived in Yeting Palace.

The maid opened the door but did not see Lin Xin, she was at a loss for a while.

The sleeping room is very narrow, there are more than ten wooden beds in it, and the maids sleep in it at night, the place is so narrow that you can see it all at a glance.

The maid in the white clothes turned her head in a hurry, but saw Li Qingning standing under the tree and looking up.

She was stunned for a moment, then ran over quickly, raised her head and looked in the direction Li Qingning was looking at.

After just one glance, a chill suddenly appeared on the soles of her feet, and she was so stiff that she couldn't move.

Li Qingning pursed her lips and looked up, hearing the sound of the little palace maid