Xianyue was about to speak when someone walked in, but it was Mrs. Hu. After bowing to Xianyue, she looked at Xia Qing and said half-jokingly: "I just heard what Concubine Hui said was full of lies. You can't believe it;
Are you talking about me?"
Ever since the Yehenala clan was ransacked and exiled, and Xiayue said she had managed to deal with Wei Jingxuan in the cold palace, Mrs. Hu's face has become more smiley, and she is slowly letting go of the Yongyun matter.
Xia Qing stood up, saluted, and said with a smile: "Where have you gone? I am talking about Qiao Yan'er."
Mrs. Hu said in surprise: "The woman who escaped from Wanhua Tower? What happened to her?"
After hearing Xia Qing repeat what she had said before, Mrs. Hu pondered and said: "What he said is untrue. If he doesn't have a hard intention, then his heart is not right. Has your Majesty ever seen this woman before?"
Xianyue shook her head and said: "If I had seen her before, I would definitely have an impression, but I have indeed never seen this woman, and I have never been in contact with her named Qiao."
"In this case, we can only wait for the news from Qi Kuan, hoping that we can find out the clues, otherwise it will be really hard to feel at ease with such a person by your side." After that, she said uneasily: "Your Majesty, please do it.
Be careful, lest you fall into her trap. Unfortunately, my concubine’s family are all in the capital, and we are beyond our reach in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, making it difficult to trace her.”
Xianyue and Yan said: "I understand that your concubine does not need to worry about it."
In the following days, Jiangnan official circles were in a state of panic, and Qi Kuan also followed Xiayue's instructions and investigated Qiao Yan'er's origins near Wanhua Tower. After this investigation, he found out the problem.
In Nuan Pavilion, Xianyue frowned and said, "You said someone saw Qiao Yan'er walking into Wanhua Building with a man?"
"Yes, that was an old woman who poured night fragrance. She passed by Wanhua Building early in the morning and saw a man and a woman walking in. According to her description, it was most likely Qiao Yan'er."
Xianyue pondered: "So, Qiao Yan'er entered the Wanhua Building while she was awake, and the deed of sale was voluntarily pressed by her fingerprints, rather than what she said was done by Nanny Lin while she was unconscious.
Pressed fingerprints."
Qi Kuan lowered his eyes and said, "This servant is not sure. After all, the old lady has not entered Wanhua Tower."
Xianyue stood up and walked slowly in the Nuan Pavilion, and said in a cold voice: "In other words, Qiao Yan'er has been lying from the beginning, and Nanny Lin is the one who tells the truth." After a moment of silence, she said: "With
Has the man she was with found out?"
"They suddenly appeared in Hangzhou more than three months ago. No one knows what happened before that, and Qiao Yan'er has never mentioned it to the people in Wanhua House. As for the hometown that Qiao Yan'er mentioned, the servant has already
I've sent money to ask someone to ask, but I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to come and go."
Xianyue sneered and said: "Continue to investigate, I must dig out her background. I want to see what she has in mind."
"Hey!" When Qi Kuan was about to leave, he saw Xianyue's face was a little pale and said with concern: "Master, your face doesn't look good, but is Feng feeling unwell?"
Xianyue rubbed her forehead and said, "It's nothing. I just have nightmares these past few days and I don't sleep well."
"Do you want to send it to the imperial doctor?" Faced with Qi Kuan's words, Xianyue waved her hands and said, "No need, it's just an occasional nightmare. Don't worry, go do your own thing. If you don't have enough money, just tell me.
.”
Qi Kuan retreated as instructed. In the following days, he sent batch after batch of people to Qiao Yan'er's hometown, but he never got any useful information.
During this period, Xianyue's nightmares became more and more serious. She woke up from nightmares almost every night, and then she became nervous and unable to sleep. Over time, her energy became worse day by day, which made Hongli very worried.
, the imperial doctor saw her several times, and there was nothing else she could do except prescribe some calming medicine to make Xianyue stop thinking too much.
After the morning session that day, Hongli came to the inner hall to visit Xianyue. After saying something, he said pitifully: "Jinping said you didn't close your eyes last night. You should take a nap while you have nothing to do."
Xianyue shook her head and said, "I am not sleepy." The nightmares day after day made Xianyue begin to resist falling asleep.
Hongli stroked Xia Yue's dark blue eyes and said softly: "Look at you like this, and you still say you are not sleepy. Don't worry, I am here to accompany you. With me here, those monsters and ghosts can't get close to you."
Under his persuasion, Xianyue reluctantly nodded and went to sleep. At first, her breathing was slow and fast, her eyelids kept trembling, and it was difficult to fall asleep. It was not until half an hour later that she fell asleep, and her breathing became steady and long.
Hongli did not leave just now, but as he said before, he stayed with Xianyue. After a while, footsteps sounded outside the hall, and then Qiao Yaner opened the door and walked in holding a bowl of medicine.
When he was about to speak, he saw Xianyue lying on the couch with her eyes closed. She quickly swallowed back her words, gently placed the medicine on the table, then bowed to Hongli and said softly: "Your Majesty, here is
Just keep watch, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, Hongli waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I will guard the queen here."
"You treat your master so well." After saying this, Qiao Yan'er sighed and said: "I don't know what's going on these days. The master always has nightmares. Sometimes the slave looks at the master who is very sleepy, but can't fall asleep.
, I feel really uncomfortable. The imperial doctor prescribed so many medicines, but none of them are of any use."
"The Queen will be fine." Hongli held his delicate hand tightly and said immediately: "You have been working around the Queen for a while, but are you still used to it?"
Qiao Yan'er said with some fear: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. The master treats the slave very well, but the slave was clumsy at the beginning and broke a lot of things. Fortunately, the master is kind and never scolds the slave."
"That's good. It's your blessing to be in the Queen's eyes." With that said, Hongli said again: "It has nothing to do with you here, so step back."
Before Qiao Yan'er had time to agree, she saw Xianyue, who had been sleeping, open her eyes. She quickly said in fear: "You deserve to die, slave, for waking up the master."
Xianyue ignored her, just stared at her, stood up and walked to her. Her appearance made Qiao Yan'er more and more frightened. She lowered her head and whispered: "I know my mistake, master..."
"
Before he could say the word "forgive me", he was hit hard on the face. The force was so strong that Qiao Yan'er fell to the ground. The latter covered his burning face and dared not speak.
Seeing this, Hongli quickly stepped forward and took Xianyue's raised palm again, saying: "Yan'er just made an unintentional mistake. It's just a few words to teach her. Why bother?"
Xianyue said with an ugly face: "This cheap maid dares to seduce the emperor in front of my concubine. How could she be unintentional?! Such behavior is so shameless that even beating her to death is not an exaggeration!"