Wishful Things

"Lost it?"

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor looked at the eunuch in charge who was kneeling there, and said with a sneer, "A little eunuch can't stand it, you are really more capable than the other!"

The eunuch in charge complained in his heart.

Who would have expected that little thing to run?

At first, didn't even His Majesty think that the other party was going to secretly meet someone and do something?

"..." Li Ji, who felt that he was connoted, said softly: "Your Majesty, calm down...Nowadays, there are people strictly guarding all the exits in the palace. I'm not afraid that he can escape. As long as he is in the palace, he will be able to find him." have to come back."

The eunuch in charge answered immediately: "Yes, rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely arrest him as soon as possible and hand him over to His Majesty for disposal!"

Emperor Qingming glanced at him coldly: "Since that's the case, don't let me get out!"

"Yes, yes, I will leave..." The eunuch in charge withdrew from the inner hall and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Your Majesty, please don't worry. Is this little eunuch still young, or he hid himself to avoid temporary punishment, or..." Li Ji paused when he said this, and then said: "But people It is absolutely impossible to escape from the palace."

Things like Qiao Bingying are destined to never happen again.

But after all, he was just a little eunuch, even if he was looking for him, it would be impossible to make a big splash.

It's just a portrait painted and handed over to various places under the name of "I made a mistake and escaped punishment, so I disappeared."

Then, using the pretext of searching for assassins a few days ago, I searched everywhere 'by the way'.

I don't know if it was hidden too well, but even after seven or eight days, I couldn't find any clues about his whereabouts.

On this day, the Habayashi Army guarding Yukun Palace was withdrawn.

It doesn't matter if you keep guarding for several days, it can be explained that it is for the safety of the queen, but if you really keep guarding like this for ten and a half months, especially since there has never been any trace of an assassin in the palace - then it will be It's easy to speculate.

At least for now, the emperor has no plans to face off with the Wu family.

After those Habayashi troops withdrew, the palace people in Yukun Palace even felt that the palace hall became much brighter. These days, as soon as you look up, you can see a group of people with knives on their waists standing there expressionlessly, as if trying to cover all the sunlight.

But compared with these palace people, the Queen's mood is not at all relaxed——

Until Mother Jiang came back from the outside.

"How? Is there any news about Xiao Chenzi?" the queen asked in a low voice.

It has been eight days since Chen Zi disappeared.

During these eight days, she had many guesses, such as whether Xiao Chenzi hid secretly, or whether she was caught and imprisoned by the emperor's people, and she only said that she disappeared?

But when I think about it rationally, I feel that the possibility of the latter is extremely small——

Xiao Chenzi is just a little eunuch, even if the emperor wants to arrest him for interrogation under suspicion, he doesn't have to bother with acting like this, a little eunuch is 'lost' and 'lost', it is not worth the emperor to send so many people to find him How many days?

It would be even more unreasonable if the emperor wanted to use the news of Xiao Chenzi's disappearance to show her flaws. According to common sense, why would she expose herself for a mere little eunuch? The more this is the case, the more cautious she will be on guard.

It was precisely because all these speculations could not convince her, and there had been no progress recently, that she became more and more worried.

To her, Xiaochenzi has gradually acquired a special meaning.

She has been soaked in the muddy water of the palace for these years, and what she sees around her is mostly dirty people, and suddenly there is such a pure child who trusts her wholeheartedly and is grateful to her——

In fact, since Xiao Chenzi entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she has regretted it a bit.

When she said that day that she wanted to send someone out of the palace, she didn't just talk about it.

From the bottom of her heart, she felt that this child shouldn't stay in this place forever. She wanted to send him out. Firstly, she really couldn't bear it, and secondly, she wanted to send out the ray of light in her heart for her. To find a trace of freedom in general.

"Your Majesty..." Jiang Nanny hesitated to speak, which was rare.

The queen's eyes changed slightly: "But there is news?"

"Yes..." Mother Jiang said in a low voice, "The person was found..."

found it!

The queen did not dare to relax: "Where are you now? Could it be that you have been taken back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation for disposal?"

"Hui Ma'am, the man was found in the lotus pond behind Shuchun Garden..." Mother Jiang tried to keep her voice as soft as possible.

But the weight of these words falling on the queen's ears has not been reduced in the slightest.

"...the lotus pond?" The queen's expression was a little startled: "Why is it there?"

Shuchun Garden is next to the Qingyang Palace where Concubine Chen lived. After Concubine Chen left, Qingyang Palace was vacant. Shuchunyuan hanged a Zhaoyi two years ago. Since then, strange things have happened frequently. , some said it was haunted——

After coming and going, less and less people set foot in that area.

"That lotus pond has been left unattended for a long time. Although the flowers have withered, the lotus leaves have not withered yet, and the pond is crowded one by one... People are entangled and floating among the lotus leaves, half-hidden and inconspicuous, so It wasn't until today that I was found by chance..." Jiang Nanny simplified the news she received, it is said that the palace servant first found the corpse after smelling the stench of the corpse.

She didn't intend to elaborate, but the queen immediately asked: "Have you asked someone to check on the body? Really... is it Xiao Chenzi?"

"It is inconvenient for our people to approach, but the servant girl asked someone to inquire carefully... It is said that it has been soaked for too long, and the weather has been hot in recent days, so people are already out of shape... The body floated to the corner of the lotus pond, and I don't know Was it something in the water or some wild cats and dogs gnawed off some of the skin..."

Mother Jiang said in a low voice: "But the little eunuch who is familiar with Xiao Chenzi has already identified him, and it is indeed Xiao Chenzi...the things on his body and the badge are still there."

"Since it is said that it is already out of shape, maybe the little eunuch was scared and didn't dare to take a closer look? What can such a dead thing as a waist card prove?" The queen still didn't believe it, or said she didn't want to believe it.

"Your Majesty, the emperor has already made a conclusion. He committed suicide by throwing himself into the river to avoid punishment, and he has stopped searching everywhere..."

The queen frowned, and thoughts were intertwined in her mind: "In the eyes of the emperor, such a young eunuch is not worthy of someone's trouble in deceiving the corpse. Since Xiao Chenzi has been suspected, it is useless to keep it. Feigning death is much cleaner... As far as he is concerned, such a young eunuch died immediately, and it is possible that he didn't ask someone to examine the body carefully..."

He continued: "Besides, this child has always been clever, and he is cautious and cherishes his life. Even if he was suspected by the emperor, how could he just throw himself into the river secretly like this? No, according to this palace, this is not something that Xiao Chenzi can do at all What came out..."

Mother Jiang sighed inwardly.

Empress, do you believe that Xiao Chenzi is really dead?

But... besides the empress, who in this palace would help Xiao Chenzi 'fake death'?

Where was the corpse found as a substitute?

This is not a simple matter, no matter how clever Xiao Chenzi is, it is absolutely impossible for him to do it alone, let alone escape the seven or eight days of searching.

Niangniang's thoughts sound reasonable at first, but after thinking about it for a while, she realizes that it is not practical at all...

Just when Mother Jiang was about to say something, a court lady came from the outer hall and called out through the screen, "Your Majesty—"

"Come in." Recognizing that it was her own voice, Mother Jiang turned her head and said.

Then the maid came in, saluted, and said softly: "This is Xiao Chenzi's letter, please read it, Your Majesty."

The queen's eyes brightened when she heard this—Xiao Chenzi managed to deliver the letter? Then she knew that this was not a child who would do stupid things!

However, when his eyes fell on the folded letter paper held by the maid of honor, his eyes suddenly froze.

The letter paper was stained with mud that could not be wiped clean, and it was slightly wrinkled after being wet. It was obviously not written recently...

"When the servant girl came back from Shoukang Palace, she used to go to the rockery where she exchanged letters with Xiao Chenzi on weekdays, and then checked, and saw this letter under the stone." The news that the child has had an accident, only said: "I guess it should have been there for some time."

Looking at the wet marks on the letter, it was probably caused by the rain three days ago.

And recently there was an 'assassin' incident in the palace, so they didn't go out and walk around. If the empress hadn't sent her to the Empress Dowager's palace today to deliver Buddhist scriptures, they probably wouldn't have found this letter.

The queen took the letter.

If Xiao Chenzi really had other plans for feigning death, then this letter must be used to inform her of the plan, and otherwise...

The letter paper was unfolded, and the ugly and even some crooked handwriting appeared in front of my eyes.

An inner eunuch with a status like Xiaochenzi has no chance to practice calligraphy at all, and she only learned some secretly in recent years in order to better pass on news to her.

He has a good understanding and learns quickly. Although he is not a serious teacher, he sometimes makes typos when writing, and occasionally the words do not convey the meaning, but it is still enough for people to understand.

For example, what is written on this piece of paper is full, and although the expression is biased toward the vernacular, its meaning is already very clear...

He said in the letter——

Niangniang, I know that something has happened to Xiaojiezi. The emperor didn't ask anyone to interrogate me, so I'm afraid he intends to use me to elicit the truth. In the past two days, I always feel that I am being watched all the time.

But empress, don't worry, when I used Xiaojiezi to handle this matter, I had already expected it, so I was not completely unprepared, I implicitly revealed to Xiaojiezi that night that this was Xia Shoufu's confession. If Nu's guess is correct, Xiao Jiezi must have confessed that he was instructed by Xia Shoufu, and before Nu left, he would try to confirm the matter again.

Xia Shoufu was also there when the emperor met with the imperial doctor Qiao that night, so the servant had this choice, and Xia Shoufu is the emperor's biggest adviser, if he is separated from the emperor, it will be beneficial to the empress.

If you discuss this matter with the empress, the empress will definitely not agree, so I can only make my own opinion. I don't know much, and I really can't think of a better way. Please don't blame the empress.

The slave just wants to keep the empress safe, there are many dangers in the deep palace, and the empress is someone who has to do big things, so she must take care, take care.

By the way, I secretly made an agreement with Tianfu that I will reincarnate in the next life, and then come to the empress to repay my favor. Don't worry, empress, Tianfu will definitely recognize me.

...

The queen held the letter paper, her eyes filled with tears.

I see……

It turned out that Xiao Chenzi wanted to get rid of her!

She then said, how could this child do something stupid so easily!

At the beginning, she just said something casually to solve a problem for him, and it could not even be called a real life-saving grace... It was just a sentence like that, how could it make him even say his own life? If you don't want it, don't you want it?

How old is he?

But fourteen years old.

He still doesn't even know what she is going to do, what is a big deal? In the end, she was only doing it for her own private affairs. How could it be worth it for this child to risk his life like this for her?

Holding the letter paper, the queen sat back in the sofa chair behind her in a daze.

Jiang Nanny glanced at what was written in the letter just now, and now she knew what was written, she just raised her hand to signal the maid to leave first, leaving the empress to be quiet for a while.

Until the lunch was ready outside, there was a maid urging to invite him through the curtain.

As if the queen hadn't heard of it, Mother Jiang said from the side: "Your Majesty, it's time for lunch."

"Leave it alone...I want to sit here for a while." The Queen's voice was soft and hoarse.

Mother Jiang felt unbearable towards Xiao Chenzi, but her duty is to remind the empress not to relax: "The body of Xiao Chenzi was just found today, although the emperor may not notice the empress, but he is not afraid If you don't even use the prepared lunch, you may look strange... Isn't this a waste of little Chenzi's hard work?"

The queen's eyes turned red when she heard this, and she looked down at the letter in her hand.

Mother Jiang said softly again: "This is Xiao Chenzi's choice. The servant girl believes that when people are doing what they really want to do, they must leave with peace of mind... The old man often said that if a person leaves with peace of mind, And with peace and goodwill, you will be able to vote for a peaceful and good family in the next life."

"Really?" the queen said in a low voice.

Mother Jiang nodded: "I will."

Although she made up this sentence now, the old man often said that the old man in the story was just herself.

But she believed that Xiao Chenzi would be a blessed one in the next life.

And she seldom sees her mother like this, but it just proves that her girl has always been her girl, her heart is still alive and has not become numb.

"Your Majesty, please eat less..." Jiang Momo stepped forward to support the Queen's arm.

The queen stood up, folded the letter neatly, and put it into the secret box by herself.

On the other side, Han Yan, the commander of the police guards, had just left the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The emperor summoned him into the palace and ordered him to keep a close eye on every move of Xia Shoufu and the people around him, and strictly investigate all the people and things related to Xia Shoufu, so that there must be no mistakes——

With such a large area, there might be a disturbance in the court...

But the reason is not for him to ask.

After Han Yan left, Emperor Qingming got up from the Luohan bed and said, "Go to Yukun Palace."

Zhen Guogong will go to Beijing in at least three days.

There is something that has already been planned and needs the Queen's help...

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