September is full of flowers

Many people gathered on the platform of the jade steps in front of the Taige, because Tang Jiuyue placed one thing here in a majestic way—the fragrant bones of Concubine Li.

Shen Man and Lian Yi were responsible for protecting the hard-earned bone and surrounded it with people.Tang Jiuyue avoided in the Taige room.

At first, only the Taige boy who came to clean the door saw it, and he dragged his broom to ask who the skeleton belonged to.Shen Man followed Tang Jiuyue's instructions and said mysteriously to him, "I tell you, don't tell others, this is specially found by the gate supervisor from a mass grave in the suburbs, and it is said to be the remains of a special person..."

"Why did you dig up the remains and spread them out in front of the Taige Gate?"

"This is the order of the gate supervisor, saying that the owner of the remains died too unjustly and tragically, causing the people in the suburbs of Beijing to suffer from serious illnesses, so he personally took action to piece her bones together. One day, and another seven days in the sun, so that the owner of this skeleton can rest in peace." Shen Man didn't blink his eyes when he told a lie, Lian Lianyi felt that this brat seemed to have a great future in this respect.

And the boy who was talking to Shen Man was notoriously talkative. At that time, he slapped his chest and said that he would never spread the matter, but in the blink of an eye, he whispered to the little cook in the back kitchen.So the matter spread extremely quickly, and even many spies who were waiting outside the Taige to spy on the Taige's movements reported the matter to their masters before the sky completely dawned.

So the nobles in the capital got roughly the same news at almost the same moment: first, the gate supervisor went to the outskirts of Beijing to dig up a skeleton of unknown origin; second, the gate supervisor was drying the skeleton.

"What, the gatekeeper is drying a skeleton?" A beautiful woman in front of the dressing mirror tilted her head slightly, and said to the maid who was kneeling on the ground, "Did you fall into the trap of the gatekeeper again and let her fool you?" gone?"

Decheng still clearly remembered how his spies were teased by Tang Jiuyue a few times ago, so he had to be more careful this time.

"Reporting to the princess, after careful investigation by the humble official, someone did indeed see the gate supervisor taking the gate supervisor of the Tianwen gate and others to the mass grave outside the city, so there is a high probability that the bone drying incident in front of the Taige is true."

"Do you know who that skeleton belongs to?" Decheng raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, but she became more and more interested in this matter.With so many things happening in the imperial court and the harem, she wouldn't go to the mass grave to dig bones for no reason, there must be some other reason.

"I don't know the humble job."

"Okay, step back." Facing the mirror, Decheng personally picked up an eyebrow pencil and raised his sleeve to draw his own eyebrows.The woman in the bronze mirror is bright and charming, her eyes are shining with brilliance, three points are playful and six points are cute, and there is even a point of arrogance from the bottom of her heart.

"Princess—" The new personal maid beside her stepped forward to ask for instructions.

"Put on the shelf, I'm going to Taige to join in the fun."

"Yes."

At the same time, Ningde Palace.

When Ning Guifei got the news, Liu Yemei frowned slightly.She had just changed her dress and was ready to meet her, but she hesitated at the door.

"Imperial concubine?" The maid beside her urged cautiously.Since the people who counted the door rearranged the "Palace Calendar", the imperial concubine rarely had the opportunity to see the emperor.It's finally my turn today, but I don't know why the imperial concubine has been depressed and stopped at the door.

The imperial concubine's makeup is very light, but it does not conceal her refined appearance.The long eyelashes drooped slightly, as if looking at the ground, but it seemed to be looking elsewhere.After a moment of silence, the noble concubine said softly, "Tell the emperor that I am ill and cannot serve today, please forgive me."

"But ma'am—"

"Go." The imperial concubine seemed really tired, she turned and walked towards her bed.The butterflies embroidered on the floor-length floral dress she just put on seem to be closing their wings.

After the maid left, the noble concubine closed her eyes tiredly and leaned on the reclining chair with one hand.

"Come here, invite someone to come for me."

"Could it be that the person the imperial concubine wants to invite happens to be the supervisor?"

If there is one person in this world who can calm and comfort people just by talking, that person must be Tang Jiuyue.She appeared unexpectedly again, just as the imperial concubine was about to send someone to find her in the center of the vortex, she came to the imperial concubine's bedroom in this way.

Her footsteps were very light, and she was dressed in a white dress that was so clean that there were no patterns. Behind a bone china mask was a calm and indifferent face.

"Tang... Gate Supervisor, why are you here?" The imperial concubine couldn't help but straightened up, her heart skipped a beat and she asked.

Tang Jiuyue came in with ease, sat on the edge of the round table, turned her head and smiled at the noble concubine, "Take refuge."

The imperial concubine stayed on the bed, but the clothes on her body were a little thin, and the maids put on fur clothes for her in time.Eyelashes raised slightly, meeting those deep eyes, the imperial concubine's heart swayed slightly, and she smiled happily, "Decheng will go, the eldest prince will go, my grandfather Ning Xiang will go, these three people are looking for you at the same time. When you came to your Taige, you escaped, aren't you afraid that the people in your Taige will not be able to stand up?"

Tang Jiuyue asked, "Is there any chess? Let's play a game."

The noble concubine was stunned, but still ordered someone to do it.

Tang Jiuyue said slowly, "I believe that Xiao Man and Lian Yi can deal with them. This is a small test for them."

The maid brought the chessboard and put it on the table, the imperial concubine sat opposite, and the two looked at each other.

"What kind of idea is in your heart? Whose bones are said to have been dug up outside Beijing?"

Tang Jiuyue took Heizi first, "Who do you think that is, the imperial concubine?"

Concubine Ning had no choice but to take Bai Zi to gain the upper hand, she was taken aback when she heard the words, she bit her lower lip lightly, and when she let go, a shallow tooth mark was left on her lower lip.

"Is it Concubine Li?"

Tang Jiuyue nodded, her eyes were only on the chessboard. "Um."

"After so many years, you were able to find her."

"It did take a lot of effort," Tang Jiuyue raised her eyes to look at the other party, "The imperial concubine did the same back then."

"What?" A trace of panic flashed in Ning Guifei's eyes.

"The imperial concubine should have sent someone to find Li Concubine's body back then, but it's a pity that she returned empty-handed, right?"

Concubine Ning was silent.

Tang Jiuyue continued, "Of course you can't find her. There are rumors in the palace that she was buried alive and then abandoned in a mass grave, but this is not the case."

"What?!" Concubine Ning Gui couldn't maintain her usual calmness, she seemed to be a different person at this moment, her eyes were full of eagerness and shock. "If you have something to say, you might as well just say it. What secrets did I not know back then? What happened to her in the end? Why didn't I even find her body when I sent people to look for it?"

Holding the chess piece in her hand, Tang Jiuyue tapped it on the board, sighed, then looked up at Concubine Ning, and said slowly, "Before I answer these questions, can I ask the concubine to answer a question for me?"

Ning Guifei's eyes flashed, "What's the problem?"

Tang Jiuyue said, "What kind of relationship is there between you and Concubine Li?"

Ning Guifei remained silent.

"Ning Yu," Tang Jiuyue continued to look directly at Concubine Ning Gui, "If you really cared about someone, would you be so indifferent to her death?"

Ning Guifei suddenly raised her head, and when she raised her head, there were already tears in her eyes.

"Gate supervisor, if you were in this palace, wouldn't it be like this?"

Tang Jiuyue said, "Your illness..."

"My illness is hopeless," Concubine Ning laughed self-deprecatingly, with tears rolling down her face, "I know you specially asked someone to rearrange the "Palace Calendar" to keep me away from the center of right and wrong, and maybe this can prolong my life." Life. However, as the daughter of the Ning family, I can't help myself. Moreover, it is her curse on me and her revenge on me that I have such a heart disease. If I can get her forgiveness in this way, I will die What's the matter?"

"Back then, was it Master Ning who asked you to frame Concubine Li?"

"I didn't harm her!" Concubine Ning's eyes suddenly became sharp, full of anger, "I accompanied the emperor to the other palace, and only found out that this happened when I came back. The emperor was very angry about this , directly took her life in a fit of anger..."

"Have you ever wondered why Concubine Li, who was so favored at that time, didn't go to another palace but stayed in the palace?" Tang Jiuyue guided.

"She pretended to be sick...in order to meet her lover..."

"Are you sure she is such a person?" Tang Jiuyue raised an eyebrow, "You used to be good sisters who got along day and night. Didn't you know that she had a lover?"

"me……"

Tang Jiuyue said calmly, "At that time, the master was still in court, and I was away on business. When I came back, everything was settled. But now a series of things happened in the court and the harem, all of which reminded me of Li Concubine. From now on, the case of Concubine Li is also suspicious."

Tang Jiuyue slowly took out a small package from her sleeve and spread it out in the palm of her hand. On it was a pearl hairpin that had long been dull.

"This is something from an old friend, do you recognize it?"

Concubine Ning tried to touch the pearl hairpin with trembling hands, but Tang Jiuyue dodged it when she was about to touch it.Tang Jiuyue retracted her sleeves calmly, saying without a trace of emotion, "We still need to rely on it to unravel these dusty old things for us one by one. When the truth comes out, I will definitely return this thing to you."