Empress, she is beautiful Lu Ziye

Chapter 604: The Concubine Xian is gone...

In front of the tomb where Nan Tianheng and his wife were buried together, incense and candles were lit. Someone turned his back to them and burned stacks of paper money.

Hearing the footsteps, Wu Da turned around, a little surprised. After a few breaths, he stood up and said, "Empress, General Wei, Miss Wei."

Today was not a special day, but he had come to worship with his father before. After his father passed away, he came alone, and he never expected such a coincidence.

Nan Zhen also looked a little surprised, but after thinking about it, his father was a person trusted by General Nanda, so it was reasonable for him to know where the tomb was.

"How long have you been here?"

Wu Da bowed, "That's about a quarter of an hour."

Nan Zhen nodded and together with Wei Yan laid out the prepared incense and candle offerings one by one.

As he squatted down, he saw fresh footprints on the ground, and a small thought flashed through him, "Wu Da, do you come to worship every year?"

"Well, every year on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, I come to worship," Wu Da knew that her words were unexpected. "Every time, you were earlier than me, so I didn't notice. It's just that in the first year after the incident in Mingyue Pavilion, you were a little late. A little more.”

After the incident at Mingyue Pavilion, he also secretly searched for Nan Zhen's whereabouts, but found nothing.

That day, he went out at the usual time, but he never thought that someone would come over just after burning the paper money.

Wu Da quickly hid in the grass and watched from a distance.

Although he had been providing hidden weapons to Mingyue Pavilion before, he had never seen Nan Zhen's true appearance.

There are many people buried on this low mountain whose names cannot be named, and there are even fewer people who know the identities of those who are sleeping in these two tombs.

So at that time, he had doubts about the person in front of him.

It was not until later that I found out that she was Li Bin.

"Then you were the one who saved me when I was led out and fell into the cave?" Nan Zhen asked again.

Wu Da nodded, "Yes."

"No wonder," Nan Zhen chuckled and shook her head, "No matter how I checked afterwards, I found nothing unusual. The person behind it was actually you."

At that time, she did not know the secret of Mingyue Order, nor did she know that there were people in the capital who knew her identity.

This conversation cleared up all the previous doubts.

Wei Yan and Nan Zhen lit the incense candles while Lou Shen arranged the sacrifices.

After offering incense and kowtow to Nan Tianheng and his wife, he stayed quietly in front of Nan Zhixi's grave.

The mountain wind fell on my shoulders.

The person I have been searching for for many years has finally turned into a small grave. The feeling here is difficult for others to understand.

Wei Jianen was a little tired after standing for a long time. He sat on the ground and looked at the blue smoke rising in front of him, with only desolation in his old eyes.

His eyes fell on the tomb, tracing it inch by inch, and after a while he said, "There's not even a monument erected... Did he tell me?"

"Yes," Nan Zhen responded softly, "General Nan specifically told him not to erect a monument, and Master did the same."

"Hmph -" Wei Jianen chuckled, grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, and piled it on the grave, "You left early, but unfortunately I became an old monster."

He couldn't help coughing twice, "I just walked away without any news. I didn't find him in the end."

In fact, everyone knew that the reason why the Nan family cut off contact with the Wei family was not because they did not care about the friendship between the two families.

But I hope that the Wei family can survive and end well.

The late emperor was suspicious of Nan Tianheng, so why didn't he turn his attention to Wei Jianen?

Otherwise, the official fortunes of Wei Liangzhu and Wei Liangbin would not have ended here.

The mountain breeze filled my sleeves and brought drizzle.

There was an umbrella in the carriage, and Lou Shen quickly went to get it.

Nan Zhen opened the umbrella and moved it over Wei Jianen's head, "Old General, it's cold on the mountain, let's go." They had been here for nearly half an hour, and the old man's body might not be able to bear it in the rainy weather.

Wei Jianen took a deep look at the graves in front of him, supported Lou Shen's arm, and stood up slowly, "Let's go."

It's time to go.

The carriage first arrived at the Wei family, and then drove directly to send Nan Zhen and Dong Yue back to the palace.

Nan Zhen didn't come back last night, and Xiao Rongxi still stayed in her palace.

Just after approving the papers in the morning, I saw Nan Zhen coming around from the flower garden.

The edges of his shoes were stained with yellow soil, his face looked a little tired, and his umbrella was stretched unsteadily.

Xiao Rongxi walked over, reached out and took the umbrella, hit it on the two people's heads, then put his arm around the person's waist to support her body, "Have you gone to worship?"

"Ah."

Nan Zhen leaned half against him and briefly talked about yesterday's conversation. She couldn't help but mention Wei Jianen's condition, which made her a little worried.

Xiao Rongxi embraced her into the room and said while pouring tea, "We have all seen a lot about life and death, but when it really happens to us, we will inevitably feel reluctant, depressed and even panicked. But, what should come will eventually come."

Nan Zhenmo.

Xiao Rongxi handed her the water and patted her head, "I'll let Yu Huaishan go to Wei's house later."

Even though Wei Jianen refused, he knew that Nan Zhen still wanted to do her part.

"it is good."

Nan Zhen took a sip of tea, rolled some tea into her mouth, and rested against Xiao Rongxi for only a moment when she heard hurried footsteps in the courtyard.

Looking up, Xiao Guizi stopped and lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, something happened in Zhongcui Palace."

Both of them were stunned.

If it wasn't a big deal, Xiao Guizi wouldn't be so panicked.

Nan Zhen straightened her back, "What's the matter?"

"The Concubine Xian...is gone."

"what?!"

On the way to Zhongcui Palace, Xiao Guizi explained the whole story.

"This morning when the maid of Zhongcui Palace was sweeping the water, she found a person floating in the lotus pond. When she fished it out, she found that it was the Concubine Xian. The imperial doctor came to see her and her body was cold. She initially judged that she had drowned at midnight last night. ”

Nan Zhen frowned, "You're so good, how could you drown? What's the situation at the scene?"

When she first entered the palace, she tested the virtuous concubine.

The virtuous concubine has martial arts skills and is not someone who can be easily plotted. Moreover, there are many people in the Zhongcui Palace. The empress of the first palace fell into the water. She couldn't even hear her cry for help. She didn't find out until now.

"We have already inspected the scene. There are no traces of fighting. It seems that Concubine Xian accidentally slipped and fell into the water. I heard from Yin Xia, the eldest maid next to Concubine Xian, that she seemed to be in a bad mood last night. She drank some wine and went to bed early. Down."

"When Yin Xia entered the room this morning, she found no one on the bed. She couldn't find her anywhere. She had no idea when Concubine Xian left the house."

Only then did I realize that there was no way I could be saved.

When Xiao Rongxi and Nan Zhen arrived at Zhongcui Palace, many people had gathered around the lotus pond.

The news has not spread, and no one has come to other palaces yet.

Xiao Rongxi ordered his people to suppress the news for the time being, looked at the gray-faced man lying on the ground, and asked, "Have you checked clearly? Are you sure it was an accident?"

"Back to Your Majesty," the person in charge of the investigation said, "Judging from the current signs, it is indeed an accident. However, I suggest that we check the palace residents of Zhongcui Palace and the recent eating habits and behavior of the Concubine Xian to avoid any leaks. ”

Xiao Rongxi raised her hand and motioned for him to do it.

These people acted quickly and brought the news at noon.