The queen wants to run away every day

Chapter 279
There are circles of ripples in the imperial pool, and the moonlight is hazy covering it. The curved moon on the surface of the pool sometimes hides, sometimes emerges, gradually sets in the west, and tends to be calm.

Feiyan found Yipin's jade bracelet, and searched along the road for a long time, but she still couldn't see Yipin. When she arrived at Yonghe Palace, she asked the little eunuch guarding the gate, and learned that Yipin had not returned to the palace, she immediately became anxious.

All the eunuchs and court ladies were dispatched from the Yonghe Palace, and they searched along the path of the imperial garden all night, but there was still no news.

At daybreak, Bai Changzai of the Xipian Hall heard that Yipin hadn't returned all night, so he called Feiyan anxiously and asked, "Sister, why did she disappear?"

Feiyan stayed up all night, and said worriedly: "The servant shouldn't have left the empress to go back to the palace alone last night, it was dark and the road was far away, and there was a small road that few people passed by, could something happen to Madam Yipin? "

Bai Chang hesitated for a long time, and said: "You searched all night and couldn't find it. My sister must be in prison. Now I have to go to Yikun Palace and ask the empress to come forward."

After all, Bai Changzai felt that the sedan chair was slow, so he took Feiyan and went straight to Yikun Palace.

At that time in Yikun Palace, it was the time for the concubines to pay their respects, all the palaces gathered together, except for one concubine Yi.

Yingyun glanced at the vacant seat of Concubine Yi, and said, "Concubine Yi has become more and more unruly, neither came to pay her respects nor heard from her."

Concubine Ling and Concubine Shun met each other's eyes, and replied: "Concubine Yi has been copying scriptures in the Buddhist hall for several days, maybe she was too tired to sleep and missed the hour."

While talking, Wu Shun lifted the curtain and came in, and reported: "Empress Empress, Bai Chang is begging to see Empress."

"What is she here for?" Yingyun was suspicious in her heart, and said, "Let her in."

Bai Changzai walked in quickly with Feiyan, bowed to Yingyun, and said anxiously: "Empress, Madam Yipin came out of the Buddhist hall last night, and she has not seen anyone until now. The concubine thinks that Madam Yipin must be trapped. Somewhere in the palace, I beg the empress to thoroughly inspect the harem."

Yingyun asked doubtfully, "You mean Concubine Yi is missing?"

"Feiyan," Bai Changzai called her to him, and said, "You are the last to see Empress Yipin, please tell Empress Empress what's going on."

"Yes." Fei Yan recounted the situation that night, and all the concubines present were full of doubts.

The concubines were discussing in private, could it be possible that such a well-behaved person disappeared out of thin air?
Concubine Xin said disapprovingly: "Concubine Yi is the lord of the palace, who would dare to mistreat her? Now that she is gone, she must be hiding herself deliberately, or...doing something against the rules..."

Concubine Chun said lightly: "No matter what Concubine Yi says, she is also the lord of the first palace, how can she be allowed to disappear out of thin air?"

All the concubines agreed to look for her, and Yingyun issued a decree, ordering people to search for the whereabouts of Concubine Yi in the East and West Palaces.

From early morning to evening, they searched almost every room in the palace, but there was no trace of Yipin. As the sky was getting darker, everyone felt that there might be something strange about Yipin's disappearance.

Two days later, the little eunuch who was in charge of pulling weeds at the side of the imperial pond accidentally found a person floating on the surface of the pond, hurriedly rowed a boat over, and when he was picked up, it turned out to be Concubine Yi, who had lost her breath a long time ago. The bubble swelled, and I was suddenly frightened as if I lost my soul.

When the news came that Concubine Yi had drowned in Yuchi, Yingyun was talking about it with the Empress Dowager, both of them were taken aback, and asked to have Concubine Yi be carried back to Yonghe Palace first.

(End of this chapter)