After leaving the Qiankun Palace, Yuan Qingling went to the Imperial Concubine Palace.
The imperial concubine ordered people to prepare cakes and physalis, and Yuan Qing made a sour bite. The sour baby was spicy, and the imperial concubine felt in her heart that she was still a son.
"That Aunt Qing came here early this morning and knelt outside my palace, saying that she wanted to leave the palace to serve Lao Jiu. Her attitude suddenly changed. I felt strange, so I didn't agree. I asked you first before making a decision.
"
The imperial concubine said.
"real?"
Yuan Qing was startled. Wasn't this change too fast?
"Yes, after kneeling for half an hour, I asked her to go back and wait."
The imperial concubine said.
Yuan Qingling thought thoughtfully, "That's right, by the way, mother and concubine, are there any rumors in the palace recently?
For example, it’s related to southern Xinjiang.”
The aunt beside the imperial concubine spoke up: "Princess, yes, someone in the palace recently said that the daughter of the King of Southern Xinjiang is in the capital. People in the palace who went out on errands came back after asking, and the whole palace is talking about it."
Yuan Qing Ling said: "This matter is getting more and more interesting."
"interesting?
That Aunt Qing is very boring."
The imperial concubine grabbed a handful of melon seeds for her and said calmly.
Yuan Qingling looked at the imperial concubine and said, "I want to see her again."
The imperial concubine hummed and clapped her hands, "Then ask someone to send her over so you can ask her carefully."
Yuan Qing stopped and said, "No, don't be in a hurry. I'll pass it on tomorrow. I'll come back tomorrow."
Perhaps, Man'er should be allowed to meet her and find out who she left 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, Madam Yao, the old lady of the Yuan family, and Princess Rui to the palace the next day. She asked Man'er to dress up and follow Rong Yue and the old lady.
Yuan Qingling's appeal was indeed powerful, but when he asked people to submit a post, he received hundreds of responses, and both the old lady of the Yuan family and Princess Rui agreed to enter the palace.
Man'er didn't know why, so he followed the Crown Princess's order and followed Rong Yue after entering the palace.
The female relatives talked for a while, and then Yuan Qingling said to the imperial concubine: "By the way, I asked my concubine to find a person in charge of the Laojiu Mansion, have you found one?
While everyone is here, call me up to meet you."
The imperial concubine understood and ordered people to invite Aunt Qing.
After a while, Aunt Qing invited her over. This time, she was dressed much more appropriately. Although she was simple, she was neatly dressed.
Yuan Qingling looked at her and said, "Aunt Qing, right?
We have met before."
Aunt Qing stepped forward and said, "My slave, please pay your respects to the Crown Princess."
"Well, please say hello to everyone one by one."
Yuan Qingling said.
Aunt Qing then went forward to greet Princess Rui first, then to the old lady of the Yuan family, and then to Rong Yue.
Rong Yue also had to take care of her and said: "You raise your head and ask me to see, at your age, can you help your ninth brother manage the affairs of the house?"
Aunt Qing raised her head as she was told, 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 clearly stiffened, her pupils quickly dilated, and a light flashed through her eyes. Although everything quickly returned to calm, Yuan Qingling saw her lips tremble and her hands felt like they were nowhere to be found.
The feeling of placement.
She knew for sure that Aunt Qing must know Man'er.
However, Man'er didn't see anything strange when he looked at Aunt Qing. He looked like he didn't recognize her and just stood behind Rong Yue.
"Slave...Slave will definitely serve King Shun well."
Aunt Qing lowered her eyes, relaxed her body, and made a clasping movement with her hands to relieve her nervousness.
Yuan Qing Ling said: "Anyway, I haven't chosen a good candidate now. You have served King Shun in the past and you know his intentions, so you have decided like this. You will go out of the palace tomorrow to take care of things. When you enter the house, you will still be there."
Very busy."
"Yes, I thanked the Crown Princess!"
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 casually: "By the way, I remember asking you a few days ago. You said you were unwilling to leave the palace to serve Prince Shun. Why have you changed your mind now?"
Aunt Qing said: "When it comes to returning to the Crown Princess, I was not unwilling before. I was just afraid that I was not capable enough and could not serve Prince Shun well. But when I went back and thought about it carefully, I was very kind to you in the past, so I have some strength.
It is her duty to take good care of Prince Shun, so she changed her mind. Please rest assured, Crown Princess, that I will take good care of Prince Shun's affairs inside and outside the palace, and will never let down the high regard of the Imperial Concubine and Crown Princess."
There were no emotional ups and downs in these words, as if they had been rehearsed before.
"Well, you are a person who knows how to repay kindness. You deserve the kindness my concubine did to you in the past. You can go back."
Yuan Qingling said.
Aunt Qing stood up and stepped out. When she reached the threshold, her eyes quickly raised and landed on Man'er's face, then she turned around and left.
The last look in his eyes was full of tears. After turning around and going out, his shoulders slowly dropped, as if he breathed a sigh of relief.
Based on this alone, Yuan Qingling can be sure that she has no ill intentions towards Man'er.
After leaving the palace, Yuan Qingling went straight back home.
Yu Wenhao also just came in and invited General Luo to come over and talk. Yuan Qingling came back well, so Yu Wenhao immediately asked her to come in and listen together.
"Now speaking of it, it has been almost ten years. At that time, the emperor...that is, the Supreme Emperor was attacking the Red Lotus Sect with all his strength. The remnants of the Red Lotus Sect counterattacked and sent several waves of people into the palace to assassinate the Supreme Emperor. These people seemed not to be afraid of death.
They came one after another, killing one, two, and a pair, but they failed to frighten them. Once, they almost succeeded. The Supreme Emperor was stabbed and seriously injured, and he stayed in bed for half a month before he recovered.
Because of this incident, Eunuch Chang will never show mercy again. Whenever there is an assassin, he will kill the emperor first without leaving any one alive."
General Luo took a sip of water, but Yu Wenhao asked: "Red Lotus Sect?"
It seems that I have never heard of it."
General Luo said: "The Red Lotus Sect first arose in the Great Zhou Dynasty. They refined medicine and sold it. After taking this medicine, they became addicted and made people drowsy and lose their sanity. Therefore, after the Red Lotus Sect spread in the Northern Tang Dynasty, the Emperor
The heavy hammer blows scattered many of the halls, leaving them with no way to survive.
It was at this moment that the two southern Xinjiang people entered the palace to assassinate them. At that time, Eunuch Chang thought they were members of the Red Lotus Sect and showed no mercy. When he found out, he immediately killed them, killing them on the spot.
After they were killed, Wei Chen began to investigate and found that they had just entered the palace not long ago, and they came in as adults, because they could not serve in each palace immediately after entering, and they had to learn the rules. After learning the rules well, they were assigned to do some rough work.
They just couldn't wait for two or three years so that they could serve their master, so they sneaked into the Emperor's chamber secretly at night. Only later did they find out that they were not carrying weapons and did not have the mark of the Red Lotus Sect on their bodies. Look at their facial features and appearance.
, but they seem to be from Southern Xinjiang. A group of slaves from Southern Xinjiang entered the palace at that time, and I suspect they sneaked in at that time."
"So, in fact, until they died, we didn't know what their motives were."
Yuan Qingling asked.
General Luo shook his head, "I really don't know. Everyone was killed. After rigorous interrogation of the people who entered the palace with them, they couldn't find out the reason. In the end, we had to let it go."
"Oh, by the way," General Luo suddenly remembered something, "When the Nanjiang slaves were being interrogated, one of the Nanjiang slaves said that he heard the two assassins talking in private and mentioned something about the King of Nanjiang.