Lei Yue Longmen

In the middle of the night, Hua Qing tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep.He felt that it was meaningless to sit in this prison any longer, so he might as well go drink with Bao Siniang.During the day, she was made things difficult by that old man at the banquet. She must be in a bad mood and needs comfort.

As soon as she said it, she pried open the window and carefully turned out from the window sill.Leaning on the back of the wall, I wanted to find a place where no one was around and climb over the wall, but I saw the light on in the study.The legs turned in disbelief.

It's so late, and the empress dowager is still diligently lighting up the lamp to read at night, Hua Qing finds it unbelievable, this is not like the delicious and lazy Tianjiazi she has seen!It's even harder than the scholars before the Chunwei exam!He heard the clapper on the night watch rang three times, and there was a sound of tidying up in the study.After a while, Li Jingchen came out, probably going back to his room to rest.It's really three-watch lights and five-watch chickens, which makes people feel ashamed on time.When we got to the corridor, I didn't know what to say to the subordinates, but the empress dowager left her tail and went to the backyard alone.Look at that style, as if whoever follows her wants to look good.

Hua Qing pursed her lips, looked at the sky, it was a bit late, why don't you go to Siniang for a drink tomorrow?

Sneaking back to the backyard secretly, he was about to walk back to the room along the wall when he suddenly saw a figure standing in the middle of the backyard, a good guy, with long black hair facing her back, white clothes fluttering, body like a wind around him , At first glance, it looks like a female ghost.Fortunately, the "female ghost" carried a lantern in her hand, and it lit up when she turned around, otherwise, no matter how bold she was, she would faint here.

The heart was beating wildly for a while, Hua Qing took a few breaths, patted her chest and thought to herself who is this person, who came here to scare people without sleeping in the middle of the night?It almost scared her to death!The cat showed its eyes behind the flowers, and the more it looked at the "female ghost", the more familiar it became.

"Ah, isn't that..." My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly squatted down to cat under the nearby stone table.

I saw that "female ghost" stood quietly in the garden for a while, then suddenly lowered her waist, as if she was picking up something.Soon, she realized that she was picking leaves from the ground.After picking up a piece and pinching it in his hand, he stood still like a terracotta warrior.

Hua Qing was secretly surprised, the empress dowager didn't sleep at night, and came to the back garden in a daze, what kind of special habit is this?

Could it be... sleepwalking?

Then I must not wake her up, I heard that once a sleepwalker is awakened, it will easily scare her out of her mind!

Suddenly, her lantern went straight to the flower garden, as if she had discovered something.Hua Qing was puzzled and couldn't help following.Unexpectedly, a relatively complete flowering branch was picked out from the garden. It is said to be relatively complete because its small tree branches and root system are still preserved, but the flowers on the branch are all withered and only bones remain.Hua Qing recognized at a glance that it was one of her batch of begonias that had suffered misfortune. She didn't expect that being "beheaded" was not counted, and now she was "abandoned".It is estimated that some old slave was lazy and refused to clean up, so he randomly threw it into the flower garden to make flower fertilizer.

The "executioner" held a small crabapple, looked at it quietly for a while, and then walked to the base of the wall without making a sound.

what?Do you want to destroy the corpses and wipe out the traces?Hua Qing felt sad.

Unexpectedly, the sound of magnetic tiles colliding came from the shadow, Hua Qing was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly remembered that there were several flower pots stacked there that she hadn't used yet.

The crown princess came back with a porcelain basin and placed it beside the flower garden.Holding a lantern, he dug up the soil facing the flowerbed with a half tile he picked up somewhere.Hua Qing stared blankly, a thought flashed in her mind, she was both surprised and delighted, and she didn't even dare to speak out.Quietly watched her pour the soil into the flower pot, filling it half full.Then put the lantern on the ground, hold up the scattered flower branches on the ground, carefully stroke the root system, insert it into the pot awkwardly, and slowly fill it with soil.

Her utensils are relatively primitive, which undoubtedly aggravates her clumsiness. If the crabapple plant is a living rabbit, she must be that incompetent Chang'e, and nine out of ten she will jump up and bite her hand.But at this moment, in Hua Qing's eyes, she wished she could turn into a Jade Rabbit in her palm, be it pain or anger, as long as she holds her in her palm and is cherished by her.

When everything quieted down, Li Jingchen quietly looked at the flower branch, and walked away for a while, not knowing what he was thinking.After a while, probably wanting to pick off the useless flower bones and rotten leaves, she stretched out her hand, but she didn't know whether it was because she was too stupid or the light was too dark. The thorny flower branch poked his face.

Seeing that her movements stopped suddenly, Hua Qing raised her wrist to her eyes and didn't move for a long time, knowing that something might be wrong.Just about to get up to look, he heard a very long and thin sobbing sound coming out of his nostrils.Can't help but stay.

This is... crying in pain?

But then she probably slowed down, adjusted her breathing very lightly, and then silently pulled the flower bone, but this time the movement was no longer as gentle as before, pinching the flower and sniffing at the same time.Especially like a little girl who has been wronged and can't talk.

Hua Qing watched from the sidelines, feeling distressed and funny at the same time.Suddenly, I felt that something had quietly taken root from my heart, binding her inside and out into a silkworm chrysalis, and it was difficult to escape.

"Do you want to learn how to grow flowers?"

Hearing this voice, she stopped from a short distance away, and the empress dowager froze, forgetting to respond.

Hua Qing saw her lying still for a long time, suppressing a smile and squatting down beside her, "This is not how crabapples are grown. The soil is too thin and not easy to drain. It's best to mix a small amount of river sand in order to grow well~ "

Li Jingchen's face seemed to be blown by steam, and it was hot and hot.But at this time, there was another itching in the eyes, and I had to throw away the tiles and raise my hands to rub my eyes.

Hua Qing was concerned: "Did you poke it? Don't rub it with your hands, or your eyes will go blind. Come with me."

The empress dowager, who has always been strong and refused to show weakness, was frightened by the warning that "the eyes will be blind", but she didn't resist at all, and obediently let her be led back to the room.

Sitting in front of the water basin, Hua Qing gently opened her left eye, illuminated it with a candle, and it was a little red, "Fortunately, it didn't hurt the pupil, but some sand got in. First, scoop up water and rinse it off." Blinking while rushing." Her tone was gentle, and her actions were very patient. The emperor's daughter has always been soft and not hard, so she obediently went to the clear water, scooped the water into her eyes, and felt a little better, at least her eyes were not blurred. Itches.

Just as she was about to dry off with a handkerchief, one hand put the handkerchief on her forehead first, starting from the brow bone, and gently wiped the circle around her eyes.Li Jingchen was caught off guard, showing a look of embarrassment.In my impression, it has been a long time since she has had her face wiped like this. The last time was when she was a child when her mother held her in her arms and washed her face half coaxed and half on the spot.She, why should she?

While struggling, another gust of cool wind blew into her eyes, and the empress dowager stared blankly at her.The latter held the tip of her chin, like blowing cold soup, and slowly sent the wind with a little fragrance of magnolia into her eyes.Li Jing's scalp was numb all of a sudden, his body was stiff, and his mind was not functioning well. He forgot all the entanglements before and the correct response to the next step.Like a rusty gear, it creaked to maintain the heartbeat, so as not to die on the spot.

Hua Qing quickly let go of her, raised a bright smile, and said softly, "Is it better now?"

Good or not?

Her voice seemed to come from afar, and there was a long echo in her head,

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone what happened tonight. If you're worried about my secrets, then hit me on the head and silence me. Otherwise, just gouge out my eyes and give you flowers Use it as fertilizer?" Hua Qing smiled happily while holding her chin, her playful tone was clearly reassuring.

"Whatever you want!" The Empress Dowager was so embarrassed that she couldn't wait to run away.

Hua Qing hurriedly stood up and said, "Actually, I have something wrong with the day's affairs." Seeing her suddenly stop, and finally did not go out, Hua Qing was relieved, and hurriedly dragged out a package from under the pillow, When the four corners were disassembled, the twelve missing anthologies of lost sages were revealed.Holding it to Li Jingchen, "Here, I'll give it back to you." Li Jingchen glanced at it twice, and said in surprise, "Didn't you tear it all up?"

Hua Qing smiled with a hint of bewildering cunning, went to the corner to pick up two balls of paper, opened them up and showed them to her.

Li Jingchen took it suspiciously, and after only looking at it, he was stunned. It turned out that she didn't pay attention to it at the beginning, and the ink on the ball of paper was still new.Moreover, the words printed on the front and back of the two paper balls are exactly the same, and they are all the contents of a certain page in the anthology.If she had turned the paper over and looked at it, or split another paper ball for comparison, she would have found something strange, but she was so angry at the time, how could she have expected so much.

Hua Qing said with a smile: "Actually, I searched all over Yurui and couldn't find a second set of these books. Your Highness is flattering me. How could I be willing to tear them up! What's more, those flowers are His Highness. Your Highness doesn't like the things in the garden, if you want to vent your anger on them, do I have to complain for them?"

The Crown Princess frowned in disbelief, "How did you do it?" Even if it is to copy the exact same text, it is not easy for a single person to complete the workload of twelve books behind closed doors.What's more, there is no printing tool here,

"It's very simple." Hua Qing took out a piece of greasy paper from the drawer and spread it on her hands like a cloth. The parts with characters in the middle were hollowed out, and some of the characters were golden in color under the candlelight. : "I chose a page in the book with few words, traced it on paper, cut it with scissors all afternoon, and cut out a sample, then soaked the sample in oil, dried it, and covered it on white paper. Brush back and forth repeatedly with dry ink, and it's done!"

The Crown Princess had nothing to say so far, but was secretly startled.Beneath the innocent and harmless expression of this oiran lady, she actually grasped every step of the heart with astonishing precision.She made up her mind very early on that she would only dismantle one of them, and would only look at one side after dismantling, so she made the layout in advance and made this puzzle full of loopholes and blinders everywhere.But she really fell into her trap and became a pawn in her hands step by step, allowing her to be manipulated.

In vain she conceited to seize the first opportunity, maybe she has already fallen into the opponent's trap.

Hua Qing saw that her expression changed several times in a short period of time, and she didn't know what she was thinking.However, [-]% would not think of her well.She is still very self-aware.

"Your Highness, do you still suspect that we deliberately sabotaged the food collection?"

Li Jingchen didn't say a word.

"Or, you never doubted us from the beginning, but just pretending to show others?"

Li Jingchen glanced at her, but still didn't say a word.

Hua Qing giggled and said: "I already knew that His Highness has already made up his mind, and those who are King Xiao and Se Wang are not His Highness's opponents at all."

"Don't come and put a high hat on me!" Li Jingchen suddenly choked on her, feeling depressed and angry.

Hua Qing was not afraid of her, "His Royal Highness, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. With this and that edict, I reckon that the wind in the grain business circle in the south of the Yangtze River will blow to Prince Xiao's mansion, right? Wouldn't it be more troublesome for Your Highness to raise food next?"

Li Jing gave her a white look, then smiled angrily, "What can Miss Hua Qing teach you?"

"Uh, how dare I teach you?" Hua Qing quickly drank her saliva, cleared herself, and then leaned over to give some advice: "But I heard that this official Qin and this Duke Xiao had some secrets in private. Contacts. Maybe you will know some... secrets that are not known to outsiders." She used a word that made people think.Trying to draw Li Jing's attention to the greatest extent.

Li Jingchen heard her voice, but pretended not to care, "So what, does he dare to testify against King Xiao?"

Hua Qing seemed to be waiting for her words, and said eagerly: "It doesn't matter if he shows up or not, as far as I know, his business will be managed by a big housekeeper. The shopkeeper. This chief steward must know better than anyone else about the privacy of Prince Xiao's mansion."

Li Jingxuan was thoughtful: "Who is this chief steward? Where is he now?"

"Far in the sky, right in front of you!"

Li Jingchen thought she was talking about him, and showed suspicious eyes, but Hua Qing shook his head, and smiled to solve the mystery: "The chief housekeeper is Uncle Sun Dumb. He is locked up in His Highness's palace!"

"What?" Li Jingchen stood up in surprise when he heard the words, first he was shocked, then incredulous, and then suddenly realized.He quickly opened the door and walked out.Hua Qing calmly sipped her tea, thinking to herself that she would not want to sleep tonight.