Wishful Things

Xiao Chenzi?

The queen who was leaning on the couch reading a book was a little surprised.

If Xiaochenzi found out, he would probably choose to send a message, and it is very rare for Xiao Chenzi to find it in person.

Presumably there must be something unclear in the letter, or something urgent...

The queen stroked the tabby cat on her lap, and said softly, "Tianfu, let's go for a walk."

The cat seemed to understand her words, jumped down with a "meow", walked to the back of the outer hall with light and lazy steps, and suddenly started running.

"Ah, it's a blessing!"

Gong'e, who was guarding the outer hall, saw that the flower shadow disappeared quickly, and when she was about to chase after it, she saw the Empress Empress coming out right after her, in order to salute: "Your Majesty, the servant girl saw Tianfu go out just now, and was about to follow. Woolen cloth."

"No need." The Empress said with a smile: "It must have gone to the lotus pond in the garden to steal fish again. It just so happens that Ben Gong also wants to go for a walk."

Her Yukun Palace is not just airtight.

For so many years, she only pretended to be ignorant about it, but she has already figured out exactly which leaks are there.

When Gong'e heard the words, she answered "Yes".

The queen stepped out of the palace gate with two maids, and sighed: "The moonlight tonight is very good. If I didn't come out with Tianfu, I would have missed such a beautiful view."

The maid beside her smiled and echoed: "It must be Tianfu who wants the empress to come out to enjoy the scenery..."

The voice faded away.

The flowers and trees in the garden are lush and full of moon shadows.

Accompanied by two personal maids, the queen walked unhurriedly to the depths of the garden.

On the way, I really saw Tianfu. Under the shadow of the moon, the cat grabbed a cicada, but it didn’t eat it. It just played with it under its claws. Sometimes it slapped it with its paw, and sometimes it was frightened by the angry and struggling cicada. It had to bounce a lot to one side, and after a while, it approached again, stretching out its claws to tentatively grab someone.

The queen reckoned that Ruochan could also speak, so she must be scolding constantly.

The deepest part of the garden in Yukun Palace is close to the back wall of the palace. An eunuch has been waiting there for a long time. When he saw the queen, he quickly lowered his voice and saluted: "I see the queen. "

He came in from the back door of Yukun Palace, and the gatekeeper was a trustworthy person under the empress's staff and knew his identity.

"You don't need to be too polite." The queen asked him, "but what's the important thing?"

"It's not really important..." Xiao Chenzi said with some uncertainty, "Maybe it's not a serious matter, but I feel that there is something strange, and I can't explain a few words, so I boldly came to find my mother."

"It doesn't matter." The Queen's tone was gentle: "Let's talk and listen."

Since she used Xiaochenzi, she trusted the other party's ability and judgment, and had a more tolerant attitude, so that the person who handled the matter would not be intimidated everywhere, not knowing whether to say what to say when something happened, and missed it virtually. opportunity and key.

"Yes." Xiao Chenzi explained the incident in detail: "After Miss Xu left the Hall of Mental Cultivation today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to visit His Majesty, and then several adults asked to see him. It seems that they encountered many difficulties. After your lord and His Highness the Crown Prince left, the emperor was furious and smashed many things..."

The queen listened quietly and only gave a "tsk" in her heart.

It's really going farther and farther on the road of incompetence and rage.

"The emperor had a seizure, and the headache seemed to be getting worse. When I went in to clean up, I saw with my own eyes that the emperor had been helped to lie on the couch." Xiao Chenzi said: "The strange thing is that there was no imperial doctor coming. ..."

The queen's eyes moved slightly.

This is indeed a bit strange.

The emperor was always very afraid of death, he had to ask the imperial doctor to see and see every little thing on weekdays, and he had to ask the imperial doctor to see him every few days. He really had a terrible headache, how could he resist not to invite the imperial doctor?

"Later, people from Shangwujian came to replace the broken jade wares and tea sets, and carried two lacquered wooden boxes." Xiaochenzi continued: "When the boxes were carried out, I saw that one of them seemed to be still heavy. Yes, it should be loaded with something..."

The queen thought along these words.

Heavy?

Xu Shangwujian brought many ornaments over here, but only a few were selected in the end, and it was normal for the rest to be carried back.

However, it was heard that Xiao Chenzi lowered his voice at this time: "Qi Nu faintly heard a slight movement in the box... It was not like the sound of porcelain and jade, but rather like the sound of living things... "

"Living creature?" The queen's eyes moved slightly: "How big is that box?"

Xiao Chenzi opened his arms and compared: "It's enough to accommodate a half-grown child, and it may be a bit difficult for a child as big as Nu."

The queen nodded knowingly.

Xiao Chenzi has just turned fourteen this year and is of medium height.

If the so-called living creature contained inside is really a human being, it can indeed only hold a child.

But there are still headaches here, why bring a child in?

correct……

She had heard from Xu Yun before that some of the folk remedies used to heal diseases were very weird, and many of them used some rare living creatures or even living people to take blood for medicine...

When this happened to other people, she still hesitated to think for a while, but when it happened to the dog emperor, she only felt that it was very possible——except for the things that people do, is there anything in this world that the dog emperor can't do?

The queen guessed a lot in an instant, and there were many bloody pictures in her mind.

But Xiao Chenzi hadn't finished speaking.

"At that time, the value of the slave was changed, and I really felt that there was something strange in the box. It was to sneak up with those people from Shangwujian under the dark, but who knew that halfway, they went in different ways... ...I spotted the strange box and followed it all the way, but saw that they were going to the dark court..."

Dark Court?

The queen frowned.

Yongxiang, where the female family members of the sinners who were punished as slaves, was separated from the dark courtyard by a wall. Most of the eunuchs who had made mistakes or were old but could not be released from the palace due to various reasons were imprisoned in the dark courtyard.

The eunuchs who entered the dark court never had the possibility of coming out alive, they could only slowly die of old age, sickness or madness inside the high wall.

"Can you see clearly?" The queen confirmed to Xiao Chenzi.

"Although I didn't dare to follow too closely at the time, I was absolutely right. Those people did enter the dark court."

The Queen nodded.

She has always known how cautious Xiao Chenzi is in handling things.

But why was the box quietly carried into the dark court after it left the Hall of Mental Cultivation?

Or……

The 'thing' in it came out of the dark court?

"I wanted to sneak in and take a look, but after thinking about it, I still think it's too risky." Xiao Chenzi scratched the back of his head, "And I don't know if this is useful to the empress..."

But the empress had told him before that he needed to pay more attention to any abnormalities, no matter how big or small.

He always remembers.

Good evening everyone, I recently went back to my hometown for the New Year. Where are you celebrating the New Year this year? Wherever you are, I hope you are all happy and safe.