"What is that? What is that? Have you left?"
Xiao Ronghua didn't dare to open his eyes and look, waving his hands randomly.
The maid quickly took her hand: "Master, master, don't be afraid, she has left."
After a long time, Xiao Ronghua put down his hand and breathed a sigh of relief after realizing it: "It's not a female ghost, it's a human being. How could someone in the palace use lynching to make a person look like a ghost?"
Curiosity prompted her to follow the bloody footprints all the way forward, but the bloody footprints suddenly disappeared out of thin air around a corner.
Was he taken away?
Xiao Ronghua's face turned pale in an instant: "I'm done...I'm done..."
She was not alert enough. When she saw the "female ghost" just now, she should have run away.
Curiosity killed the cat, curiosity killed the cat!
The maid still didn't understand: "Master, what's wrong with you? Why are you finished?"
"Snapped!"
The extreme fear made Xiao Ronghua furious. She slapped the maid in the face: "Idiot, I was coming over just now, wouldn't you stop me? What should I do now?"
But the maid couldn't understand what she was saying, so she could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy.
Xiao Ronghua pulled her up: "Stop kneeling and think of a way for me quickly. Anyone who dares to use lynching in the palace will probably have a lower status. This is the direction to Yanqing Palace. There are people living in Yanqing Palace... living..."
Thinking of that person, Xiao Ronghua broke into a cold sweat.
The maid didn't expect this, and was still worried about her: "What should we do?"
Will his master be silenced?
"Master, how about we go tell Concubine Yu and ask Concubine Yu to save you?"
"no!"
Xiao Ronghua shook his head: "Concubine Yu...she can't protect me."
Not only would he not be able to protect her, he might even let her die.
"Go find the Imperial Concubine!"
As if she had found a life-saving straw, she quickly turned around and walked back: "Only the Imperial Concubine can save me."
Not long after Jiang Xinyue had just sent away the concubine who was paying her respects, she was watching Nanny Lu wiping the body of the Sixth Prince with homemade toner: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate this mugwort water. There are seven girls in this servant's family, let alone ice in the summer." Even the thatched hut can't cover the sun above our heads. Even here, none of the seven girls in my servant's family got fire scabs."
Fire scab is what people in later generations call prickly heat.
Of course Jiang Xinyue knew that mugwort was a good thing, so she smiled and said, "You have experience in taking care of children. I will leave the Sixth Prince to you and Aunt Xiang, so I am very relieved."
Nanny Lu's sense of responsibility immediately rose, she patted her "majestic" chest and said, "Just don't worry, I will protect the Sixth Prince with my life."
She has lived in the palace for half a month. Aunt Xiang and Magpie are very good to her. They teach her the rules of the palace, give her new clothes, and give her monthly silver coins to send to Aunt Li's house. , to her daughters.
The Imperial Concubine is really a wonderful person.
The Sixth Prince was almost two months old and already knew how to recognize people. Except for Aunt Xiang, Nanny Lu and Jiang Xinyue, he actually refused to let Magpie and the others hug him.
Nanny Lu said that some children are smart and can recognize their mother in two months, so they can recognize babies.
Magpie and Shuangjiang were quite sad about this. The Sixth Prince was so cute that anyone who saw him wanted to hug him. Suddenly he recognized him as a stranger. They were not strangers either!
However, when the emperor came over these days, the sixth prince wouldn't let him hold him, so they felt much more balanced.
As soon as the emperor hugged him, the sixth prince immediately became aggrieved and frowned, his eyebrows and eyes turned red, and his golden beans dropped.
The emperor was almost heartbroken, so he could only come more often. He hoped that the sixth prince would realize that he was his loving father soon.
Because of their frequent visits, the relationship between the emperor and the fourth prince became very close.
Jiang Xinyue could clearly feel that the fourth prince's personality was becoming more and more cheerful and confident.
Nanny Lu applied moxa leaf water on the sixth prince's body and let it dry before putting him in a light shirt.
"Your Majesty, Xiao Ronghua from Zhongcui Palace would like to see you."
Didn't you just leave? Why are you here again?
"Ask her to wait in the flower hall."
Jiang Chuan took two steps forward, whispered a few words in Jiang Xinyue's ear, and then stepped back: "Xiao Ronghua's face was pale and he was completely distraught. It seems that something bad happened and he wanted to ask us for help."
Magpie snorted coldly: "I usually follow Concubine Yu and utter arrogant words to our empress. Something really happened. Instead of looking for Concubine Yu, I came to our empress instead. I really don't know who gave her such a big deal. Face?"
Everyone agreed with Magpie's words, but no one said it as boldly as she did.
After all, she is the imperial concubine's favorite and closest maid, so she doesn't have to worry much about what she says or does.
Jiang Xinyue tidied her hair and clothes, and walked out quickly without letting Xiao Ronghua wait too long.
"The Imperial Concubine, please save my concubine."
As soon as her front feet stepped out of the threshold, Xiao Ronghua swooped over and hugged her thigh: "I am a mean talker. I should not go against the imperial concubine everywhere. Please save me, I don't want to die." !”
Jiang Chuan and Xiao Xuanzi pulled her away immediately without Jiang Xinyue opening her mouth.
Jiang Xinyue patted the hem of her clothes: "If you have something to say, don't cry. I have no friendship with you and cannot sympathize with you."
More than just no friendship?
The relationship is still very bad.
Xiao Ronghua didn't know why, but when he saw Jiang Xinyue, his fear of dying slowly dissipated, and he was finally able to calm down and speak properly: "Empress..."
Ministry of Internal Affairs——
The maids and eunuchs have been extremely busy recently. On the way to help the imperial concubine pick flowers and put them in vases, Shuangsheng of Hexi Palace was frightened by a snake that jumped out of the grass and fell down. Now the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs has been dispatched to eliminate them in the palace. Where's the snake!
"You guys go over there and take a look. You guys come here and take a closer look. It would be bad if these snakes scare the emperor and the ladies."
Jiang Chuan went directly to the grass where Xiao Ronghua said the "female ghost" had emerged, trying to find some clues.
"master!"
Xiao Ronghua's maid Mei'er looked at the ground in shock: "The bloody footprints...the bloody footprints are gone."
She didn't need to say it out loud, Xiao Ronghua also saw it, the floor was clean and there was no trace of blood at all.
Someone cleaned up the scene after they left.
This made Xiao Ronghua, who was already in shock, even more scared.
Jiang Chuan pushed aside the grass with his hands and groped on the ground. Because it was summer and the weather was hot, the surrounding land was very dry, but the soil under Jiang Chuan's hands was slightly moist.
He carefully opened his fingers, and found dirt mixed with blood stains on his fingers.
He was shocked, what Xiao Ronghua said was true.
Magpie exchanged glances with him, followed his gaze to his fingers, and immediately returned to Hexi Palace when he saw the red mark on it.
