Concubine Mu was sitting in the side hall, holding a bowl of ginseng and ginger tea in her lap.
Due to her serious distraction, the bowl of ginseng and ginger tea poured out. Gradually, the tea fell on her plain skirt and dripped down along the hanging blue silk embroidered belt.
The eldest maid on the side noticed the movement and exclaimed in surprise: "Your Majesty!"
Only then did Concubine Mu find out.
The eldest maid wiped it with a handkerchief to no avail, lowered her head and said, "Your Majesty, I will go back and get some clothes to change."
Concubine Mu nodded and looked at the "culprit" aside, who had less than half a bowl of ginseng and ginger tea left.
The sound of rain outside became louder and louder. The eldest palace maid went out from the side door. After opening her umbrella, the rain from under the eaves fell on the umbrella, which sounded extremely crisp.
Concubine Mu looked at the raindrops. She didn't know if there was something wrong with her, but she felt that those raindrops were so slow and slow. Her eyes seemed to be able to catch them jumping up and down.
The eldest maid left quickly, and the two maids passed by her. After stepping onto the verandah, they quickly closed their umbrellas and leaned in the corner in front of the door.
Concubine Mu slowly recognized the person as Jingshu and Fengqin, who had served Yang Ping since childhood. After Yang Ping was sent to Pingzhi Palace, Concubine Mu asked these two girls to follow her.
"Your Majesty," Jingshu said anxiously as he walked over, wiping the rain off his chin, "I can't believe it. There is no news at all from Aunt Yujing."
"I don't have one there either," Fengqin said even more anxiously than Jingshu, "I asked many people to go out and ask, but they all said they couldn't find it."
Concubine Mu's face turned pale and her lips were completely bleeding: "Yu Jing is very particular about her behavior. She has never been like this before."
Jingshu and Fengqin did not dare to speak and looked at Concubine Mu in fear.
Concubine Mu's eyes turned red: "Yu Jing, something may have happened."
After saying this, Concubine Mu felt as if she had exhausted all her strength.
She fell back, clutching the armrests of the chair with her fingers, not wanting them to see that she was shaking.
Jingshu and Fengqin couldn't hold back their tears.
The two quickly looked aside and raised their hands to wipe away their tears.
An unfamiliar little eunuch was looking out, too timid to approach.
Concubine Mu noticed him and ordered Jingshu to go out and call him.
After the young eunuch kowtowed, he tremblingly handed over a letter: "It was sent to me by a student at Zhaixing Tower to give it to the imperial concubine. He, he said this is very important."
Jingshu took the letter and wiped it carefully with a handkerchief. No abnormality was found on the handkerchief, and then handed the letter to Concubine Mu.
Concubine Mu's fingers were still trembling. She opened the letter, and her eyes widened at the first line: "Yu Jing was killed by Shu Yuezhen in the Laidu Tavern, which is located on Huanggu Street. Yu Jing's body was abandoned in the river outside the city.
, it has been fished out by others and placed in a dilapidated house in the southeast. Send someone to look for it, and it will be easy to find."
Concubine Mu stood up, staggered forward, and asked the young eunuch sternly: "Which minister gave you this letter? Do you still remember his face? Go and find him quickly!"
The little eunuch stammered: "He said it's useless to look for him. He has left the palace and will never appear again."
"Damn it!" Concubine Mu cried, "Hateful!!"
"Empress!" Jingshu supported her.
Concubine Mu fell back and cried out: "Yu Jing, Yu Jing!!"
Yujing came to serve her on the first day she entered the palace, and accompanied her step by step from being a talented person to a noble concubine!
Jingshu and Fengqin comforted her, while they themselves burst into tears.
Concubine Mu's heart was cut by a knife, she was heartbroken and crying. She suddenly couldn't breathe and passed out.
"Empress!" Jingshu and Fengqin exclaimed.
When she woke up again, Concubine Mu was already in her bedroom.
Two women in plain clothes were sitting next to the bed. As soon as they heard the movement on the bed, the two women hurriedly gathered around: "Concubine!"
Concubine Mu looked at them, and it took her a while to recognize them as the two concubines of the fourth prince Li Ze.
Concubine Mu closed her eyes and weakly tilted her head to the inside of the bed. Tears fell again and rolled towards the pillow from the corners of her eyes.
A side concubine spoke softly: "Concubine, don't be too sad. The prince said that he will carry that bitch's head to fulfill his filial piety."
After a while, Concubine Mu's lips moved slightly and said: "Shu Yuezhen?"
"Um."
"Yu Jing will not survive," said Concubine Mu, standing up. "Has the student from Zhaixing Tower been found? And Yu Jing's body, has it been found?"
"I don't know about the matter of giving birth to Yuan Lang. However, Aunt Yujing's body has been found, but it is not suitable to enter the palace."
Concubine Mu stared at her blankly, and suddenly felt sad in her heart: "Yes, she, she is not suitable to enter the palace. Only the emperor and empress died outside the palace can they be sent back to the palace. Even if this noble concubine of my own died outside, there was no one."
Qualified to send the body back..."
"Concubine, what are you talking about?" the concubine said quickly.
"It's not nonsense," Concubine Mu's tears fell down one by one, "It's because Yin and Yang are separated, life and death are bounded, and I will never have the chance to see Yu Jing again!"
The side concubine also raised her hand to wipe her tears: "Yes, mother-in-law, the queen's funeral must be observed."
"Yu Jing, Yu Jing..." Concubine Mu closed her eyes and wailed, "I can't even send you on this last journey!"
Under the shade of a tree outside the palace, a slightly older palace maid stood with her hands upright, listening to the cries that had turned dull.
This palace maid is none other than Xia Zhaoyi, who doesn't want to talk anymore and is hunchbacked.
She stuffed a lot of things into her lower back to protect her waist, which also made her visually fatter. In this way, her straight back and waist were no longer so conspicuous among the crowd.
After listening for a long time, she didn't hear any conflicts between Concubine Mu and Shu Yuezhen.
In this world, Concubine Mu, who has lived in a deep palace for a long time, only cares about four people, Li Ju, Yang Ping, Li Hao, and Li Ze.
Li Hao and Li Ze were born to Concubine Yu. Because Concubine Yu fell ill and died, Empress Dowager Xuanyi brought them to Concubine Mu. They were no different from their own mother and son.
Therefore, Xia Zhaoyi could not determine who caused the conflict between Shu Yuezhen and Yu Jing. After all, after Li He's crown prince was deposed, Li Hao and Li Ze also made many moves.
In the bedroom, Concubine Mu was tired from crying and lay down again.
Li Ze's two concubines came out to get some air. They stood under the gorgeous and spacious eaves of the palace, looking at the rain falling from the sky, saying nothing except sighing.
Xia Zhaoyi stood there for half a cup of tea, then finally turned and left.
Around Shen time, the rain became heavier.
Xia Zhaoyi went to a pavilion near Yanguang Hall.
It is said to be nearby, but Yeongwangjeon is still within sight and needs to be seen from a distance.
Perhaps because of the heavy rain, or because he was determined to observe carefully, the palace building that Xia Zhaoyi had seen so many times before and had no feeling for it suddenly seemed to become taller and more majestic.
Li Ju has been in there these days. Fortunately, Doctor Du sent a lot of messages, saying that Li Ju was fine and in good spirits these days. Otherwise, Xia Zhaoyi was really afraid that he would take advantage of him like this.
