Huaibi

Ping Huaizhen stayed in the cold palace to watch the queen go to sleep. The interior of the palace was simple and crude, with no lights and candles, only two old lamps were dimly lit, making him unable to see clearly.Xia Lai's room was stuffy, but one of the windows was broken, and he couldn't push it open even if he closed it tightly, which made him feel a dark fire in his heart.

Tomorrow, I have to teach people to tidy up the hall, and repair all the doors, windows, tables and chairs.Everything you need should be ready, especially the lamps, otherwise the queen's eyesight is so bad that she can't see things. If the servants in the palace can't see clearly when they come in and out, how can they serve them well.

Ping Huaizhen kept his brows unmoved, and lightly waved the jade bone mountain and river fan in his hand to cool the queen. He took care of him so considerately for a long time, until the queen's sleep became more and more stable before closing his hands and getting up, and walked away slowly without disturbing.

The two palace servants outside the inner hall waited all night, bowing and saluting when they saw him.The posture was not that of ordinary palace people, so Ping Huaizhen paused for a while, looked back at the two familiar people, and remembered that it was Li Qingjue's boy who came from Zhumeng.

There is no one else around, Ping Huaizhen does not rush away, and said with heart: "Protect the queen carefully, the queen loses power today, and the power of the harem will fall into the hands of others within two days. Let me know in time."

The two nodded upon hearing the words: "Your subordinate understands, please rest assured the prince."

Ping Huaizhen nodded, turned his head and glanced into the room again.

Jiang Liangji and Wu Yangcheng really have nothing to worry him about, but as men, they can protect their safety and take care of their daily life, so they must not be able to take care of themselves like those palace maids. It can be seen that the queen lacks a self. Yantong is really a problem.

But there are thousands of difficulties, and it is necessary to find a countermeasure as soon as possible.

Although for the empress, Yan Tong is irreplaceable in this palace, but for Yu Ping Huaizhen, even if he is irreplaceable, he must find such a person again, not seeking to know his heart and mind, but to exhaust his heart Do your best.

It's a pity that there is no such person in his mind for the time being, Ping Huaizhen is at a loss, walking alone in the palace alley, the stars and the moon falling in the eyes are as cold as shards of ice, and soon he melts the knife blade to cut wounds all over his body.

He was walking like this, and he returned to Xu'an Hall at some point, the sound of pushing the door was abrupt in the quiet night, the people in the church hall raised their heads and looked at the curtain, waiting for him to appear in their eyes.

Ping Huaizhen stepped into the inner room, met Li Qingjue's eyes, looked at him for a moment, forced him to smile, and bent his lips to hide the tiredness between his brows.

Li Qingjue saw everything in his eyes. While waiting, he leaned against the wall and leaned against the Arhat couch by the window without moving.Every time Ping Huaizhen looks at the person in his heart, he feels very relieved, no matter how depressed or troubled he is, he doesn't feel any pain, seeing him approaching every step of the way, stretching his arms, waiting to embrace him lightly.

"How is the queen?"

"It's good," Ping Huaizhen sighed softly when he heard the words, resting his jaw on his shoulder, "It's just that the cold palace is really shabby and shabby, and the furniture is old, so it must be repaired."

"If you need to order it quickly, let me think about it carefully. I always feel that the power of the six palaces will fall into the hands of Concubine Yi."

This thought of one thing, Ping Huai's eyes showed impatience, and he straightened up and answered him seriously: "Qingjue is no different from what I thought, there are no noble concubines in the father's empress palace, and the four concubines are led by Concubine Yi, how is it?" It can't be avoided." Li Qingjue agreed, nodded at the end of the sentence, and then heard him turn to continue, "But this is not what I am most worried about. As long as the mother is not deposed, she will be in this palace. Concubine Yi is always not happy to find her blatantly. The worry is that Yantong can't be with her mother, she is blind, and there is no one who can be trusted to serve her...I want to come to Yantong in the Yeting Palace It’s not easy, I don’t know if I can survive it.”

Li Qingjue listened silently, thinking that there are many men and no women around, and after much deliberation, he even thought of taking the queen away from the imperial city and temporarily living in a palace in the suburbs, so that more people can be placed in the far palace.However, there are many inadequacies in this plan. The queen is now wearing the body of a sin, because she lives in a secluded cold palace to make her think about her mistakes, so how can she leave the palace easily.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Qingjue was in a dilemma for a while, and Wuyan raised his hand to caress the back of Ping Huaizhen's neck, and slowly closed his eyes slightly.But at this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the hall, as if someone had entered boldly, pushing the door and entering the hall, as if entering a deserted place.

The two frowned, Li Qingjue withdrew his hands and walked away, and took a few steps to hide behind the eight screens on the Shenqueming Mountain not far from the nearby couch. He extinguished two pillar lamps along the way, and the teaching room suddenly became dark.

Ping Huaizhen took two steps back towards the curtain, staring at her eyes solemnly with her hands behind her back, the sound of footsteps did not sound like Jiang Chang, just waiting to see who would dare to be so careless.

However, the visitor just stopped outside the curtain, his clothes rustled and he knelt down on the ground, his voice tremblingly escaped from his sleeves: "Slave, slave girl Mianchun, I have something to ask to see the prince."

Chen's name made Ping Huaizhen very surprised - this old Concubine Yi who stayed in the Xu'an Hall half threatened and half scared many years ago, always avoided him with low eyebrows in order to protect herself, and she didn't want to be in this situation now. Come to find me at a strange moment.

He didn't react for a while, and the people outside the curtain became more nervous, and there was more urgency in his voice, and he said tremblingly: "Prince, I do have something important to tell, and it has something to do with Qiuhua Palace..."

Ping Huaizhen suddenly came back to his senses, his heart shook and he sent someone into the inner room to speak.

Mianchun was bewildered and had half hope in his eyes, hurriedly got up and went in, then knelt again and refused to lift his head.

The light and shadow stared at her unclearly, Ping Huaizhen took a step forward, suppressed his doubts and said calmly: "Get up and talk."

Mianchun hesitated for a while and slowly got up, with his head bowed because the prince was close in front of him, his whole body seemed to be stretched by a tight string, if he was not careful, he would collapse and break, and he didn't dare to move easily.

Ping Huaizhen couldn't bear to look at her, but felt that she was a weak woman after all, so she couldn't put pressure on her anymore, so she took two steps away from her, and asked: "How do you have anything to do with Qiuhua Palace?"

The room was filled with eerie silence, Mianchun didn't dare to breathe out, but Yan Yixia was sweating from his forehead, and after a long time mustered up the courage to say with tears: "Prince, please forgive me, I didn't dare to confess it early... then The poisonous eunuch is the opponent of Ru Xia, the maidservant of the Qiuhua palace, and she has been friends with her for several years..."

Unable to suppress the fear in his heart during the speech, he knelt down to him again, Ping Huaizhen looked down at the shivering person on the ground with glaring eyes, and heard her cry in her mouth and couldn't help pleading: "The prince spared the life of the servant back then, and the servant The reason why she has survived until now and has not been silenced by Concubine Yi is because her family is in Concubine Yi's hands. Concubine Yi threatened her servants to pay close attention to the words and deeds of the prince... But, but servants have never dared to say half a word to her for many years! Prince, servants only If you don’t want to teach your servants to serve you personally, it’s hard to know that your words and deeds are always perfunctory to the Qiuhua Palace...The servants will never dare to betray the prince!"

Ping Huaizhen listened to it for now, and smiled indifferently: "Since that's the case, why did you dare to speak today?"

Mianchun looked up at him with tears on his face, wishing to die, so he went out: "This servant is worried day and night, it's unbearable, now this is the opportunity, I would like to testify for the prince, and report Ru Xia's affair with that eunuch, I just ask the crown prince to protect the slaves and servants' families, and don't let them be controlled by Concubine Yi again."

"Are you negotiating terms with me?" Ping Huaizhen thought for a moment, walked slowly to the side of the couch, and tried every word without leaving any room, "It was Ende who kept you at the beginning, but you didn't know how to repent and still had a private relationship with Qiuhua Palace What's the face to talk about the conditions?"

Mianchun's face turned ashen when he heard it, his body gradually stopped shaking with fear, and he felt more and more hopeless at his words, and he was stunned for a while, laughing at himself and figuring out the numbers.

Ping Huaizhen couldn't hear clearly, and wanted to ask her when she said, when she raised her sleeves and wiped away the tears on her face, her red eyes showed a look of death, and she prayed again with the last few thoughts: "The prince is high above, I don't know this palace There are cannibals here... What the slaves did before and what they are doing now is because they are afraid of death, but the slaves also have a heart, and they are also afraid of what happens to their family members... The slaves dare not negotiate terms with the prince, but only ask the prince to show mercy and protect him The servants and servants are safe and secure, so there is nothing to worry about, and I am willing to break my body and bones for the prince in return for my kindness..."

The words fell to the forehead and hit the ground, and they slammed heavily on the cold and hard ground, the muffled sound echoed clearly in the room, hitting the ear corridor, making Ping Huaizhen feel more and more impetuous.

Ping Huaizhen looked at her kowtow, the indifference in her eyes dissipated, recalling every word she said, she laughed at how she didn't know why and how people cannibalize people in this palace, and how many people can compare to him. understand more.

"That's all," he waved his sleeves and turned around behind the screen, leaving a few short words, "If my forehead is broken, what should people in the palace think of me, Xu'an Palace?"

When Mianchun heard the words, he immediately stopped his movements and stared at his back in a daze, not knowing what he was doing behind the screen, so he had to wait silently without getting orders.

Ping Huaizhen walked out for a while, and sent her back: "I promise you that your family will be safe."

Mianchun opened his mouth in a daze, and felt ecstatic when he came back to his senses.

Ping Huaizhen then said: "You don't need any evidence for this matter, and you don't know about it. The prince will keep you alive, and will send you to the queen to take care of you tomorrow. If you take good care of the queen, your family will have nothing to lose." worry."

"Yes... yes! This servant will serve the Empress with all her heart!" Mian Chun nodded repeatedly against the red mark on his forehead, never thought that it would be so easy to ask for favor.

"Keep your mouth shut."

Ping Huaizhen gave her a warning and sent her away. Seeing her hastily picked up her skirt and got up, she hurried out of the palace for fear that the prince would regret it.

The door outside the hall was closed with a muffled sound, Ping Huaizhen raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, the person behind the sparrow's screen appeared and walked out, went to his side and took his hand to massage and relieve him, and said in a low voice, "It's exactly when".

Ping Huaizhen relaxed his brows, remembering that in just a short moment, the two had a tacit understanding, and after a few words they exchanged words, they made up their minds.Just like what Li Qingjue said, this palace maid came at the right time, and right now she can be kept as someone close to the Empress. Even if she is not as caring as Yantong, she will definitely take care of her family sincerely because she cares about her family.

In addition, she must not be allowed to give evidence for the poisoning incident.

There is no proof that the poisoned eunuch is dead, so if you just tell Shi Yi, is it possible to convict the one from Qiuhua Palace?

Ping Huaizhen could see clearly that this matter was groundless, Concubine Yi did a very clean job and did not leave him behind.What's more, he had a deep understanding that Emperor Juehong Xuan didn't know nothing, it was just the emperor's balance, and he acted more cautiously than him.

It doesn't matter, he and Li Qingjue have endured it for many years, and they are no longer in a hurry.

But Concubine Yi will move sooner or later, she will end up on the way.