palace heart

Chapter 59
The next day, when he was waiting in front of the imperial study, Eunuch Xi paid close attention to Li Qianlan's expression, and then reported to Emperor Ying: "It's still the same as a few days ago, I can't see the expression."

"I can see that she is not Li Qianlan." Emperor Ying knew this was the result, but the secret sentinel Shangguan Chu sent three days ago watched for a few days, and did not find any abnormal behavior of Li Qianlan.

Did she really not know the whereabouts of the party?Or do you not intend to bother?Or does she have other thoughts?Emperor Ying raised his forehead and thought deeply.

In the evening, a little white mouse ran into Li Qianlan's room as expected.

Li Qianlan was lying on the table, feeding the little white mouse food, while stroking the smooth fur of the little white mouse with her hand, stroking and stroking, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and a long-lost light flashed in her eyes, she took out her pen and ink After hastily writing the letter, I read it through and found that there were no mistakes, so I rolled it into a thin strip and stuffed it into the small letter box under the mouse's belly.

The night was melting, and the released little white mouse got into the mouse hole. Li Qianlan got up and walked to the window, looking at the bright moon in the sky, she finally showed her first smile since Liu Ruyun's death.

Emperor Ying will not find out about her report, and Liu Jingyi will not have any loss, and Liu Jingyi will be grateful and value her existence.

After sending out the message, Li Qianlan remained calm, and no one could see the slightest clue from her face.The secret sentry Shangguan Chu stared at Li Qianlan for another night, but he didn't notice the little white mouse sneaking in at all.

In the eventful autumn of the previous dynasty, the harem was calm and turbulent. Li Qianlan did not hear the news that Emperor Ying sent troops to fight against the rebellion. She lived day by day, thinking about what was about to happen to her.

One evening, on the way back to Xiuyiyuan, when passing the spring garden, Li Qianlan unconsciously raised her head and looked in the direction of the Jingyang Palace, recalling every bit of Liu Ruyun's life, thinking about it, she suddenly remembered Liu Ruyun's life before her death. Scene: Liu Ruyun forcibly grabbed her hand and stretched it under the pillow.

Could it be that Liu Ruyun wanted to tell her something?Is there something under the pillow?Li Qianlan took Qiuyun and Xiaoxue to Jingyang Hall.

After Liu Ruyun's death, the Jingyang Palace was abandoned, and all the maids and eunuchs were scattered elsewhere. Seeing Xiaoxue's pity, Li Qianlan took her into the Xiuyiyuan.

The gate of Jingyang Hall was closed tightly, and the dark red lacquer gate was blown into dust. When Li Qianlan pushed the door forward, she had already stretched out her hand to open the gate.

In less than half a month, the Jingyang Palace, where there were still figures in the past, was now covered with green leaves, looking bleak, and Xiaoxue's eyes turned red.

"You guys stay outside, I'll go inside and have a look." Li Qianlan's voice was a little choked up.

"grown ups……"

Qiuyun thought that Li Qianlan missed Liu Ruyun and wanted to comfort Li Qianlan in mourning, but Li Qianlan interrupted her and said as she walked, "It's okay, you wait for me, I'll come out after I go in and have a look." As she spoke, her tears were uncontrollable slipped off.

The cabinet has been cleaned up, without the bloodstains from that day, the furniture is placed in its original position, and the decorations placed on it have been taken away. Li Qianlan looked at the bed, but the bedding has not been moved, and the quilt is neat They were stacked one on top of the other, as if someone was coming to rest at night.

Li Qianlan walked over, took away the porcelain pillow, touched under the pillow, found nothing unusual, hugged the porcelain pillow and shook it, but heard no sound.

Li Qianlan was puzzled, she stood by the bed, frowned deeply, and replayed Liu Ruyun's actions that day in her mind.

That day, she thought that Liu Ruyun was dead, so she lay on Liu Ruyun's body and cried. Suddenly Liu Ruyun woke up, grabbed her hand and stretched it under the pillow, and told her to be careful of the emperor.

Liu Ruyun must have wanted to tell her something, so she struggled to come back when she was dying.

Fearing that he would lose Liu Ruyun's last words, Li Qianlan searched the bed again, even searched under the bed, but found nothing in the end.

Could it be that Liu Ruyun's action didn't make any sense, but was just warning her to be careful of the emperor?But Liu Ruyun always knew that she was very careful with the emperor, Li Qianlan couldn't figure it out.

It was getting dark outside, and the light gradually disappeared in the hall. Li Qianlan had no choice but to go back to the Xiuyiyuan with Liu Ruyun's pillow in her arms.

Shangguan Chu told Yingdi truthfully what he had tracked, and Yingdi only said that Li Qianlan missed Liu Ruyun and went to Jingyang Hall to nostalgia, and didn't think much about other places.

On the second day, the weather was sweltering and hot, Li Qianlan stayed outside the imperial study as usual, waiting for Emperor Ying to dispatch him at any time.

At noon, Zhong Shanggong next to Empress Dowager Gao came to deliver the Empress Dowager's oral order, asking Emperor Ying to go to Dexuan Hall, saying that the Empress Dowager had something to discuss.

Empress Zheng had passed away for several months, and the queen position had been vacant all the time. The court ministers repeatedly proposed to establish a queen, but Emperor Ying refused with various reasons. He thought that Empress Dowager Gao passed him over at this time, and it must be for the sake of the queen's position. So when he stepped out of the imperial study, he also called Li Qianlan, the "frozen wooden figure" standing outside the door.

In the Dexuan Hall, the right seat, the Empress Dowager Gao was as youthful and glamorous as before, with a graceful bearing.

There were no other concubines in the hall. After Emperor Ying greeted him, he chose a seat at the bottom and sat down at will. After Li Qianlan and Eunuch Xi greeted him, they stood behind Emperor Ying according to the palace rules.

After two rounds of tea, Emperor Ying saw that the Empress Dowager Gao had no intention of opening her mouth, so she put down the teacup first, suppressed the hatred and dissatisfaction in her heart, and smiled slightly: "The Queen Mother told the sons and ministers to come here for some reason?"

The empress dowager slightly raised her beautiful eyes, waved her hand, and dismissed everyone present. Li Qianlan didn't want to get involved in the turmoil between their mother and son, so she just hid quietly and stood outside the door to watch the leaves flying and the butterflies dancing vigorously .

Only their mother and son were left in the huge palace for a while, and Empress Dowager Gao showed a slight smile and said: "Recently, the remnants of the condemned party are rioting everywhere, burning people and setting fire to the common people, and the Ai family knows that the emperor's state affairs are heavy. With so much going on every day, I shouldn't have disturbed the emperor, but there are a few things that Aijia thought about and decided to remind the emperor."

a few things?Emperor Ying raised his eyebrows slightly, and a trace of hunter-like vigilance flashed in his eyes: "I ask my mother to remind me of my negligence."

"After the death of Empress Zheng, Prince Chengxian missed his mother too much, and would often go out of the palace to visit Lord Zheng to comfort his mother. Although the matter of setting up a queen is a royal family matter, the Ai family has the right to intervene, but the emperor is not willing, even if I am afraid that I have done a thankless thing for my family's request. However, although the establishment of the empress is the establishment of the emperor's empress, it is related to the emperor's happiness, but the establishment of an empress is also concerned about the growth of Prince Chengxian, so The Ai family had to intervene again." Empress Dowager Gao opened the Longmen Formation, and her first user was the nine-year-old Prince Chengxian, however, Prince Chengxian is also the only person that Empress Dowager Gao can use again.

Emperor Ying knew that Empress Dowager Gao was cruel and merciless, and he never dared to take it lightly. He listened carefully, and when he heard Prince Chengxian, he suddenly realized that Empress Dowager Gao did not dare to show pressure, so he wanted to take advantage of the fact that the prince was young and needed the comfort of the elders. For the sake of teaching, to force him to take the woman of the Gao family as queen, if he does not agree, the next step for Empress Dowager Gao is to directly take away the custody of Prince Chengxian.

(End of this chapter)