Seeing the hot water brought by Lian Yun, Chu Qiao knew that she meant well, but in her heart, she still couldn't thank her. In the palace, anyone's privacy could be fatal. If Lian Yun saw that note
, spread the word, not only will he die, but Lan Hui who guards the mausoleum will not live long, and others may be implicated.
Chu Qiao guessed Lan Hui's purpose of leaving this note. Maybe she didn't want to betray Concubine Hui, let alone anyone get it. She just wanted to leave something to save her life. She still held out hope that she could come back. Unfortunately,
But he was sent to guard the mausoleum by Concubine Hui.
"What's wrong with you?" Lianyun noticed that Chu Qiao's expression was different, brought water over and asked.
"No, it's nothing. Just don't do this kind of thing for me in the future. I can do it myself." Chu Qiao came to her senses, picked up the hot water brought by Liao Yun, poured it into the wooden bucket, and handed it to
she.
"Looking at your delicate skin and tender flesh, you don't seem to be able to do such tiring work. I'm better at doing this kind of thing."
Lianyun chuckled, went out with the bucket, and came back with hot water for Chu Qiao. Her persistence made Chu Qiao speechless, and all she could say was thank you.
Lianyun fetched some water and went out, but Chu Qiao didn't dare to look at the note anymore. She immersed it directly in the water and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the writing on it getting blurry and disappearing.
After destroying the note, Chu Qiao looked around the room again. Now she finally figured it out. They were rummaging through the room not because of the book, but because they suspected that Lan Hui had left something behind. But no one thought that the note would be stuffed.
In the hole of the barrel.
After a brief cleaning, Chu Qiao put on her clothes. She heard a knock on the door outside. Lianyun also finished washing. She ran to open the door first, and what came in was a young eunuch.
Chu Qiao also walked out and looked at the little eunuch in confusion. It seemed to be a little late. She didn't know what he was doing here.
When the little eunuch saw Chu Qiao and Lianyun, he narrowed his eyes and smiled before he spoke.
"I am the little lucky person who serves as the prince's servant. I go to every palace, every courtyard, and every room to investigate a matter. When it's my turn here, it will be too late and I won't disturb your rest."
Xiao Fuqing glanced at Lianyun. He didn't seem to have much interest in this little-eyed palace daughter. But when he looked at Chu Qiao's pink face after bathing, his eyes suddenly lit up and he slowly raised the same thing in his hand.
thing.
"Have you seen this...have you seen it?"
As Xiao Fuqing spoke, he shook the thing in his hand. Chu Qiao glanced at it and saw that it turned out to be a slingshot.
Seeing this slingshot, Chu Qiao's heart was shocked. Wasn't this what she had done in a hurry to shoot the paper balls that day? Even the tree branches were picked up temporarily. That day... Chu Qiao clearly remembered that after shooting the paper balls
, a man suddenly appeared, she ran away in a hurry, and accidentally dropped the slingshot on the ground. Because she was too scared, she had no time to go back and pick it up. How did it end up in the hands of this little eunuch?
Perhaps because she was too nervous, Chu Qiao looked away in panic, but then she heard Lianyun say something.
"Isn't this a slingshot? My brother often plays with it."
"Haha, this is indeed a slingshot, but it's not your brother's."
Xiao Fuxing was a little unhappy. He came to ask something, not to argue with the palace maids. Looking at the two palace maids in shabby clothes, they couldn't be the owners of the slingshot, but the prince had an explanation, and he must
Ask one by one, ask carefully, and find out the owner of this slingshot. Whoever finds the owner of this slingshot will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold. This is not a small amount. If a fourth-grade eunuch does not get some
Rewards, just based on monthly salary, even if you work in the palace for a lifetime, you won't get a hundred taels of gold.
Little Fortune raised the slingshot again and continued to talk with a smile.
"The prince is looking for the owner of this slingshot. He told us that it is a daughter of a young palace. You two should take a closer look to see if it is yours?"
Lianyun's head shook like a rattle.
"Not mine."
"So, is it yours? Don't be afraid. If it's yours, just say it directly. This... is a great thing." Xiao Fuqing's eyes turned into crescents when he smiled. The prince took his place and asked about the slingshot.
When doing something, don't have a bad attitude, keep smiling, be pleasant, and by the way, say it's a good thing, not a bad thing.
Chu Qiao pursed her lips and looked at the little blessing, shaking her head without thinking. No matter what great good thing it was, it had nothing to do with her. Admitting this would be equivalent to admitting that she not only shot the slingshot in Jingyang Palace, but also
He sent a note to Concubine Zhaohua, saying that Chu Qiao was already in a lot of troubles and could no longer get involved in the disputes between the ladies.
"Then it's all gone?" The smile on Xiao Fuqing's face disappeared just as quickly. He immediately put away the slingshot, turned around and left with a cold face, not wanting to say more, and soon the figure disappeared from the door.
outside.
Lianyun then closed the door and muttered something strange.
"It's really baffling."
"Isn't that right? We need to find the owner of the slingshot. This matter seems to have been a fuss for several days and it's not over yet." Chu Qiao also said something along with it.
"You said... what was the good thing he said?" Liao Yun asked.
"Who knows? If anything good can happen, it might be all an illusion. Anyone who admits it will be punished."
Chu Qiao pretended that this matter had nothing to do with her, but when it came to that plan, she was still afraid in her heart. The prince was really treacherous. He brought those maids to Chuxiu Palace, but when he couldn't find the real master, he used
This method was used to lure her out. She was not a three-year-old child, so how could she fall for the bait so easily?
Chu Qiao yawned and said she was sleepy, so she went back inside to sleep. But lying on the bed, she stared at the wooden barrel in the corner, in a daze for a long time.
Concubine Jin Hui, Eunuch Wang, and Master Liao, what are the inextricable connections between them? Lan Hui wrote the names of the three people together, what secret did she want to tell?
The most important thing is, what is the official position of Mr. Liao?
That night, although Chu Qiao was sleepy, she didn't sleep well. As soon as she closed her eyes, she saw Lan Hui standing in front of her bed with her hair disheveled and a pale face. Lan Hui seemed to want to say something, opening and closing her eyes.
But she couldn't hear a word clearly. She looked wet, as if she had just climbed out of the water.
Chu Qiao was awakened by the same nightmare several times. When she sat up, she found that it was already late at night. Lianyun's snoring told her that it was just a dream.
The moonlight outside the window is dark and cold, making such winter nights even more cold and lonely.
Although it was just a nightmare, it still left Chu Qiao with lingering fears. It was really strange that she dreamed of Lan Hui standing beside the bed covered in water. That scene still left her with lingering fears.