Chapter 35 I Am a Delicate Flower...

After noon, Queen Ji returned to Yanfu Palace.

Just after entering the palace gate, before stepping off the phoenix chariot, the maid in charge who was left behind came up to support her and reported: "Madam, Yun Meiren came before noon. She said that on the way back from Mianfu Palace just now, the maid Xinqing suddenly disappeared. She searched around the area but couldn't find it, and she didn't dare to go back to Huzhu Palace, so she came to us and waited for you to make your decision."

Queen Ji frowned: "Disappeared suddenly? What happened?"

"It is said that the master and the servant walked well in tandem. When they were approaching Huzhu Palace, she remembered that she had something to tell Xinqing, but when she turned around, there was no one left!" said the palace maid in charge, "The maid has been sent away. People went to check and found that Wei Ronghua, Yun Meiren and several palace attendants saw that Yun Meiren had indeed returned to Huzhu Palace with Xinqing before. The gatekeeper of Huzhu Palace also said that Yun Meiren's master and servant went out this morning. After that, I never went back.”

He added, "The section where Xinqing disappeared is a bit deserted. The nearby palaces have been in disrepair for a long time and no one has lived in them for a long time."

So, does that mean that the so-called disappearance of the palace maid is just Yun Fenghuang’s one-sided statement?

Empress Ji raised her eyebrows and said, "I will go change my clothes first. You can have someone wait in the side hall."

The stewardess lowered her head: "Yes."

A moment later, in the side hall, Empress Ji looked at Yun Fenghuang, who was crying with snot and tears, and said calmly: "This is really strange! Such a living person, who lives deep in the palace, can still Can you fly? How can you say that you just disappeared when you didn’t see it?”

"I don't know either!" Yun Fenghuang sobbed, "I was still explaining everything to Xinqing, but she didn't answer. I was surprised. When I looked back, there was no one there. I thought that there was no one there. Something happened to her and she didn't follow her, so she went back along the original route to find the entrance of Tongxia Palace, but she didn't see any clues! I was almost scared to death!"

After all, "I and Xinqing are both weak-minded women. Xinqing is a palace maid after all. She often has to do things on weekdays. In terms of strength, she is definitely stronger than I. She disappeared inexplicably without saying anything... I... this If you are here for me, how can I still survive? Madam, I really don’t dare to go back to Huzhu Palace now!"

"We haven't found anyone yet, but you know something happened?" Empress Ji didn't bother to remind this charming woman who thought she was even weaker than Xinqing. In the morning in the side hall, when she grabbed Gui Meiren and poured tea, she pushed Wei Ronghua and he fell. She was very agile, so she smiled and said, "Perhaps the palace maid is too lazy to hide away to catch her breath? There are many slaves in the palace, and there are always a few who are sneaky and sneaky."

Yun Fenghuang said anxiously: "Madam, if there are too many slaves, it is inevitable that there will be those who cheat and cheat. But the slaves are not all brainless. Isn't it just asking for trouble for such blatant neglect of duty? Especially when I think I am right. The people below were not bad. They just took Xinqing back to their residence and were not treated harshly. Even if Xinqing wanted to be lazy, why not go back to Xixingxuan and then look for an opportunity to escape. He had to leave without saying a word on the road. This Aren't you trying to make things worse? What good can this do to her as a palace maid? "

Make things bigger?

Queen Ji frowned slightly when she heard this, and after thinking about it, she said, "You keep saying that you don't dare to go back to Huzhu Palace. Do you suspect that this matter has something to do with Huzhu Palace?"

"I don't know." Yun Fenghuang lowered his head, "It's just that Xinqing disappeared on the way back to Huzhu Palace. I'm a little afraid of that road now."

"I'm just a palace maid." The queen pondered for a moment and said, "How can I compare with a serious palace concubine like you? Okay, it's not a big deal. I will send someone to investigate this matter. As for you...you are missing someone by your side. There’s no other way, I’ll just give you someone to help you with.”

It was just convenient for her to plug someone in and keep an eye on Yun Feng Huang.

Hearing this, Yun Fenghuang hurriedly said: "Mother, I am missing two people now. Nian Xuan, who accompanied me into the palace, was taken away by your majesty's people and has not been returned to me yet! "

"Look at how angry you are for a little family." Empress Ji said softly, "Once you enter the palace, you will be His Majesty's. His Majesty wants Nian Xuan, which is also the blessing of that maid. You have always been smart, why are you confused now? ?”

Yun Fenghuang suddenly felt something was wrong, and sure enough, a palace maid beside the queen interjected with a low smile: "Empress, how could Yun Meiren be such a person? Most likely she saw Nian Xuan being taken away by His Majesty, and there is no explanation until now. , I feel sorry for Nian Xuan and want to ask for your help."

If this continues, could it be that Nian Xuan is going to be turned into a concubine?

"Empress, if Your Majesty wants to leave Nianxuan, how will I feel distressed? After all, as the Empress said, it is Nianxuan's blessing to be able to serve Your Majesty." Without thinking about why the Queen did this, she hurriedly said, "But ...It was Jiang Lan who took Nianxuan away that day, that’s why I’m worried!”

Empress Ji frowned and said, "Is it Jiang Lan? If I know about it, I will tell Your Majesty."

He picked up the tea and took a sip. Yun Fenghuang knew that he was serving tea to see the guests off, so he bit his lip and left with a look of reluctance.

The queen noticed her expression, but didn't care. After the people left, Fang asked the people around her: "What do you think happened to Xinqing?"

"It's unlikely that Concubine Yue did it." The palace maid who spoke before said, "If Concubine Yue was the one, she would definitely rather attack this beautiful Yun."

"But Yun Meiren is a serious palace concubine after all. She cannot be compared to a slave." Another palace maid retorted, "When a palace maid disappears, she disappears. Even if it is found out that she has any relationship with Concubine Yue, Queen Mother Yuan can still be vague and understated. In the past. Moreover, Concubine Yue always likes to express her anger. Nian Xuan was taken away by His Majesty's people and has not returned to Xi Xingxuan yet. Eighty percent of her has already been poisoned by her. Now it is not surprising that Yun Meiren is angry with Xin Qing. "

Empress Ji pondered: "If Concubine Yue didn't do it, then who did it? Could it be that Xiao Yun's thief shouted to catch the thief?"

"Our people have searched nearby, but found nothing." Someone below whispered, "Although Yun Meiren is quite agile, she still has to be delicate in her boudoir. I'm afraid she can't do it, right?"

As for anyone else helping...

Empress Ji's face became serious: "The Regent's Palace invited Mr. Lingshan to initiate the second son's education. Then a palace maid disappeared inexplicably. Did this just happen to happen, or was it done deliberately?"

If it's the former, there really are no suspects except Concubine Yue.

After all, although Yun Fenghuang is very good at attracting hatred, he has only been in the palace for a few days? Except for Concubine Yue who hated her to death, even if the others were displeased, they did not even let go of the palace maids who were close to her. As for whether it might be Xinqing's own hatred, this person from Yanfu Palace had already I checked before the queen came back and there was no such thing.

Judging from the current situation, Xinqing's disappearance is probably still caused by Yun Fenghuang.

The problem is that Concubine Yue has been grounded recently, and Empress Dowager Yuan even sent someone to watch her in the Ningbi Palace in order to prevent her niece from being stupid again. With Concubine Yue's scheming attitude, Empress Ji didn't think she could take advantage of the people sent by Empress Dowager Yuan.

The Queen felt that this was probably done deliberately by someone to distract the palace at this critical moment.

She was silent for a while, then asked: "How are Yanlan Palace, Qiongfang Palace, and Baohui Palace doing lately?"

The most suspect ones are of course the pregnant Concubine Zheng, as well as Mrs. Yaoning and Lu Jieyu who are closely related to the Regent's Palace.

Seeing the left and right men shaking their heads slightly, indicating that they had not noticed any private actions among these three people, the queen lowered her head and thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Just now, Minghui said, the Prince Regent has entered the palace today?"

"Does the Queen suspect that the Prince Regent did this?" The maids looked at each other, and someone came out to raise doubts, "But the Prince Regent and the young prince have the same father, and the young prince has a famous teacher. I'm afraid that in the prince's heart It’s not easy to bear, let alone take action for the young prince’s apprenticeship?”

As for whether the Prince Regent could do this, they had no doubts.

This is because the Imperial City Department, which is in charge of the dual duties of palace guards and spying and supervision, is in the hands of the regent... This was handed over to his younger brother bit by bit by the late Emperor Xiaozong before his death, and it was also the regent who was able to deal with the loss of the emperor. One of the important reasons why my brother was later granted the title of regent.

"When the Prince Regent enters the palace, someone from the Imperial City Department must follow him." Empress Ji said, "It doesn't matter whether the Prince has this intention or not. He doesn't need to do things like this...as long as the Prince Regent has this intention. ."

She murmured to herself, "But why start with Yun Fenghuang?"

He ordered someone, "Check the movements of the Prince Regent and the Imperial City Secretary on the night that Yun Meiren fled to Xiao Penglai!"

...Yun Fenghuang didn't know that the queen was already suspicious of her and Gong Xiangxiao. After she left Yanfu Palace, she went directly to...Tongxia Palace.

Then he bumped into Emperor Chunjia at the entrance of Tongxia Palace.

Although the two of them looked at each other with disgust, under the public gaze, Yun Fenghuang had no choice but to step forward and salute: "I wish your majesty thousands of blessings and good health."

"...Pingsheng." Emperor Chunjia was still gentle and elegant, but Yun Fenghuang felt that what he wanted to say was actually "go die".

"Is your majesty still carrying Yan Yin today?" Yun Fenghuang looked at the person behind him and said with a smile, "But Nian Xuan is not using it smoothly? In this case, why doesn't your majesty return the person to my concubine? , lest she stay in Taichu Palace and be lazy with nothing to do all day long."

Emperor Chunjia glanced at her and said: "Yesterday I went to pay my respects to Empress Yuan. Empress Yuan was very happy with the maid and decided to stay in Chunwu Palace. If the beauty feels distressed, why not let Empress Yuan compensate you?"

Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "What did your Majesty say? The empress dowager, a loving mother, likes Nian Xuan. That is her blessing. It is not too late for me to be happy."

In fact, she had guessed this result after getting Nianxuan's earrings from Ningbi Palace. Nianxuan was taken away by Emperor Chunjia's people before, and Concubine Yue must have wanted to go there to vent her anger. Later, something happened to Jiang Lan, and Ningbi Palace noticed it. Unfortunately, Concubine Yue doesn't have the ability to deal with the aftermath, so it must be Emperor Chunjia or Empress Dowager Yuan who takes action.

If Emperor Chunjia took matters into his own hands, the outcome would most likely be what Empress Ji wanted to do just now, simply granting Nianxuan a title, which would be disgusting as concubine Yue; so Empress Dowager Yuan could only take the blame.

Judging from the way Queen Mother Yuan behaves, she does not seem to be a mean person, at least not on the scene. And even if the Queen Mother is compassionate, she has to consider that Yun Fenghuang, the old master, is not a fuel-efficient lamp... but they grew up together. Yun Fenghuang felt more at ease staying with her as a palace maid.

Not only do you need to consider Nianxuan, but you also have to consider how people around you like Nianxuan know about you...

Yun Fenghuang was thinking in his mind and smiled again: "Your Majesty, are you looking for Sister Shu Fei or Qing Man? Do you want me to avoid you?"