After leaving the Qiankun Palace, Yuan Qingling went to the Imperial Concubine Palace.
The imperial concubine ordered people to prepare cakes and physalis. Yuan Qing Ling had a sour, sour and sour girl. The imperial concubine felt that she was still a son.
"That Aunt Qing, came here early this morning and knelt outside the palace, and said that he wanted to leave the palace to serve Lao Jiu. This attitude suddenly changed. The palace felt weird, so she didn't agree, so I asked you first before making a decision. "The imperial concubine said.
"Really?" Yuan Qing was startled, this changed too quickly, right
"Yes, after kneeling for half an hour, my palace asked her to go back and wait." said the imperial concubine.
Yuan Qing Ling thoughtfully, "That's right, mother concubine, what rumors are there in the palace these days? For example, it's about Nanjiang."
The aunt next to the imperial concubine said: "Prince princess, yes, some people in the palace recently said that the daughter of the king of southern Xinjiang is in Beijing.
Yuan Qingling said: "This thing is really getting more and more interesting."
"Interesting? Aunt Qing is very boring." The imperial concubine grabbed a handful of melon seeds for her and said lightly.
Yuan Qingling looked at the imperial concubine and said, "I want to see her again."
The imperial concubine hummed and clapped her hands, "Then tell someone to pass her over, so you can ask carefully."
Yuan Qingling stopped, "No, don't worry, I will pass on tomorrow, and I will come again tomorrow."
Perhaps it is time for Man'er to meet her to see who she is going out of the palace for.
If it's because of Man'er, she will definitely show it when she sees Man'er tomorrow.
To be cautious, she invited Rong Yue, Princess Sun, Mrs. Yao, the old lady of the Yuan family, and Princess Rui to enter the palace together, and asked Man'er to dress up and follow Rong Yue and the old lady.
Yuan Qingling's appeal is indeed great, but after asking someone to submit a post, he responded, and the old lady of the Yuan family and the princess Rui agreed to enter the palace.
Man'er didn't know why, according to the princess's orders, he followed Rong Yue's side after entering the palace.
The female relatives spoke for a while, and Yuan Qingling said to the imperial concubine: "By the way, I asked my concubine to find someone in charge of the old nine mansion. Have you found it? While everyone is here, call it up for you to meet. ."
The imperial concubine understood, so she ordered people to invite Aunt Qing.
After a while, Aunt Qing invited over. This time, she was dressed a lot better, although she was simple but clean.
Yuan Qingling looked at her and said, "Aunt Qing, right? We've seen her before."
Aunt Qing stepped forward and said, "The slave and maidservant greet the princess."
"Well, please please the big guys one by one." Yuan Qingling said.
Aunt Qing went forward and greeted Princess Rui first, then went to the old lady of the Yuan family, and then Rong Yue.
Rong Yue also had to take care of him, saying: "You raise your head and tell my concubine to see, at this age, can you take care of the affairs of the house for the nine brothers?"
Aunt Qing Yiyan raised her head, her eyes first glanced at Rong Yue like a dragonfly, and then she saw Man'er's face.
Yuan Qingling looked at her, her body stiffened clearly, her pupils dilated rapidly, and light flashed. Although everything soon calmed down, Yuan Qingling saw her lips trembled, and her hands felt nowhere. The feeling of placement.
She knew that Aunt Qing must know Man'er.
However, Man'er looked at Aunt Qing, but there was nothing unusual. He didn't know him, and he stood just behind Rong Yue.
"The slave servant... The slave servant will definitely do well for King Shun." Aunt Qing lowered her eyes and blessed her body. There was a clasping movement with her hands to ease tension.
Yuan Qing Ling said: "Anyway, I have not selected a very good candidate now. You have served King Shun in the past, and you know his intentions. Then it is so decided. Tomorrow you go out of the palace and take care of it. When you enter the house, you will pay. I have to be busy."
"Yes, the maidservant thanked the prince concubine!" Aunt Qing's eyes were a little excited, but she tried her best to suppress it.
Yuan Qingling picked up the tea cup and asked indifferently: "By the way, my concubine remembers asking you a few days ago. You said you didn't want to go out to serve King Shun. Why did you change your mind now?"
Aunt Qing said: "If you go back to the princess, the slave and maid are not unwilling before, but I'm just afraid that I don't have enough skills and can't take care of King Shun. But I went back and thought about it. The maid was very good to the slave in the past, and the slave has some strength. She should take good care of King Shun for her, so she changed her mind and asked the princess to rest assured that the servants and maids will take care of King Shun's affairs both inside and outside the house, and will never disappoint the imperial concubine and the princess."
There was no emotional ups and downs in these words, as if they had been rehearsed early.
"Well, you're a person who knows how to repay you. It's not in vain that your old lady was kind to you. You can go back." Yuan Qingling said.
Aunt Qing blessed herself and backed out. When she reached the threshold, her eyes quickly raised and landed on Man'er's face, and then turned away.
With the last gaze, tears filled his eyes. After turning around and going out, his shoulders slowly sank, as if the whole person breathed a sigh of relief.
Based on this alone, Yuan Qingling can be sure that she has no malice towards Man'er.
Leaving the palace, Yuan Qingling went straight back to the house.
Yu Wenhao had just entered the door and invited General Luo to come over to talk. Yuan Qingling came back well, and Yu Wenhao immediately asked her to come in and listen.
"Speaking of it now, it has been almost ten years. At that time, the emperor...that is, the emperor was trying his best to attack the Red Lotus Sect. The remnants of the Red Lotus Sect counterattacked and sent a few waves into the palace to assassinate the emperor. These people seemed not afraid of death. , Came one after another, one to kill one, and two to kill a pair. I was stunned. On one occasion, I almost got them to succeed. The Emperor was stabbed badly and he was in bed for half a month before he recovered. It was also because of this matter, Grandpa Chang. He has never spared any mercy anymore, as long as there is an assassin, don’t keep alive, first punish Yu Qian."
General Luo took a sip of water, but Yu Wenhao asked, "Red Lotus Cult? This king seems to have never heard of it."
General Luo said: "The Red Lotus Sect first came into being in the Great Zhou Dynasty. They concocted medicines and sold them. This medicine became addictive after taking the medicine. It would make people groggy and lose their senses. Therefore, after the Red Lotus Sect spread in the Northern Tang Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor The heavy hammer blow scattered many halls, leaving them no way to survive. The two Southern Xinjiang people were assassinated in the palace at this moment. At the time, Grandpa Chang thought they were from the Red Lotus Sect. He did not show mercy. After finding out, he immediately went down. The killer caused them to be killed on the spot. After they were killed, the Weichen began investigating and found that they had only entered the palace not long ago, and they had come in after adulthood, because they could not go to the palaces immediately after entering, and they had to learn the rules and learn well. The rules are then assigned to do some rough work, so that they can serve the master for two, three, three or four years. They just can’t wait, so Kuiye sneaked into the dormitory of the Supreme Emperor. Afterwards, they learned that they had never carried weapons and there was no red lotus religion on them. Looking at his facial features, he looks like Nanjiang people. At that time, a group of Nanjiang slaves entered the palace, and it is suspected that they came in at that time."
"So, in fact, until they die, I don't know what their motives were." Yuan Qingling asked.
General Luo shook his head, "I really don't know, everyone was killed, and the people who entered the palace with them were strictly examined. They couldn't ask why they came. In the end, they had no choice but to stop."
"Oh, yes," General Luo suddenly remembered something. "When the Nanjiang slave was being interrogated, one of the Nanjiang slaves said that these two assassins had spoken privately and were heard by him, and he had mentioned something about the king of Nanjiang. ."