The reborn concubine seeks the world

Chapter 225
Early the next morning, the news that nobleman Xue had drowned in the pond near Xuehan Palace spread throughout the harem.

In this room, Yu Wenjin had just come down to the study room to review papers, when he saw Xiao Qizi hurried up to Yu Wenjin, and immediately knelt down.

"Your Majesty, nobleman Xue drowned in the pond near Xuehan Palace last night!"

Hearing this news suddenly, Yu Wenjin was stunned. Did Xue Guiren drown?

Could it be that last night he discovered that Lady Xue Gui had poisoned his tea, and she committed suicide by throwing herself into the pond?

Although Yu Wenjin also thought that he could deal with Xue Guiren earlier, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

"What's going on, but have you found out?"

Yu Wenjin frowned and looked at Xiao Qizi, then he saw Xiao Qizi and said: "If you go back to the emperor, Xue Guiren's body has been sent for inspection. According to the imperial doctor, Xue Guiren has no signs of struggle, and his clothes are neat, and his body is also dirty. No other injuries, let alone poisoning, it looks like he committed suicide."

Hearing what Xiao Qizi said, Yu Wenjin frowned, and then said: "You arrange people to go to the Lin Mansion to report the funeral. After all, the Lin Mansion is the Empress Dowager's family. You should make this matter more respectable."

Hearing this, Xiao Qizi got the order and went down.

I was standing aside at this moment, and when I heard the news that Mr. Xuegui had drowned, I felt a sense of indifference in my heart. Naturally, seeing Yu Wenjin handle the matter so indifferently, it seemed that Yu Wenjin really had a little affection for Mr. Xuegui. No, he is really ruthless.

"Wang Shunxi!"

Suddenly Yu Wenjin called Wang Shunxi over, and Wang Shunxi walked up to Yu Wenjin and said, "Your Majesty, the servant is here!"

Then Yu Wenjin said: "Mr. Xuegui is the empress dowager's niece after all. Now hearing the news that she committed suicide and drowned in the pond, I think the empress dowager is the most saddened. Now the empress dowager is getting older and the weather is very cold. It will be Chinese New Year in two days, go and take the sable fur cloak I got the other day to the Empress Dowager, so that the Empress Dowager can take good care of her own body, and don't be sad and hurt her body because of Mrs. Xue."

Hearing this, Wang Shunxi said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Wang Shunxi also left, but I thought it was funny. A sable cloak was regarded as Yu Wenjin's condolences to the Queen Mother. After all, Yu Wenjin was not born to the Queen Mother. If it was in the past, Yu Wenjin must have personally I went to the Compassion Palace to visit the Empress Dowager, but now it is different, the conflict between Yu Wenjin and the Empress Dowager is almost on the verge of breaking out.

When there were only some insignificant eunuchs and court ladies left in the Qianyuan Palace, Yu Wenjin finally set his sights on me.

"Zhou Ning, give me a cup of tea!"

Hearing this, I walked up to Yu Wenjin, intending to take away the cold tea in front of him, but he suddenly reached out and grabbed my wrist.

"Zhou Ning, Lady Xuegui is dead. Although I didn't kill her with my own hands, she died because of me! You should feel better!"

Hearing this, I pulled my hand away forcefully and said: "Your Majesty, there is no deep hatred between this slave and Mrs. Xuegui, why does the Emperor ask this slave?"

While I was talking, I had already removed the teacup.

However, Yu Wenjin's eyes followed my figure.

"Zhou Ning, I'm not confused, I naturally know that the queen's death was not that simple back then, on the contrary, it was the Xuegui who was the real murderer, or the one from the Palace of Compassion and Ning was the one who really killed the queen! "

Suddenly hearing what Yu Wenjin said to me, my expression flickered, and then I pretended to be confused and said: "Your Majesty's words, servants can't understand."

Seeing what I said, Yu Wenjin said: "I don't need to let you know what's going on, I just want you to know that I know the depth of your relationship with the queen, and I will not let the person who killed the queen continue They are all at large, if Mrs. Xuegui does not die this time, I will definitely execute her one day."

Listening to Yu Wenjin talking to me, I kept my head down and kept silent.

I don't understand why Yu Wenjin said these words to me, he just wanted to use Murong Qingfeng as a cover to make me happy.

In fact, the queen mother has been secretly competing with Yu Wenjin to seize power with him. In today's court, the queen mother's party has always been deeply rooted. The Murong family has been loyal and good since ancient times. It's just that after Murong Lie's death, the military officer's momentum is still weak. There are few, and although the momentum of civil officials is strong, there are two factions after all.

It was a matter of time before Yu Wenjin wanted to deal with the queen mother, but he told me that the queen mother was the real murderer who killed Murong Qingfeng, and he just wanted to avenge Murong Qingfeng by the way!
Thinking about this clearly, my heart is naturally clear, Yu Wenjin, I will never be fooled by you again in this life.

After I retreated to a group and poured hot tea, I presented it to Yu Wenjin, and I saw that he looked at me in a different way. In the past, when he looked at me, although he was looking forward to it, it was clear and bright. Today His eyes gave me a feeling of eagerness.

As soon as my tea was handed up, Yu Wenjin suddenly got up and walked to my side. I was so shocked that I took a few steps back, not wanting him to suddenly embrace me in his arms.

"Ning'er, I can't wait! Can you come back to my side?"

I never expected him to suddenly become like this, I was so frightened that I stretched out my hand to push him, and said in my mouth: "Your Majesty, I beg you not to act recklessly!"

However, just as I said this, Yu Wenjin suddenly lowered his head, looked at me eagerly and said: "Ning'er, I know I was wrong, and I have already regretted it. If I had known it was you, no matter what, I would not I will agree to Sixth Brother’s conditions and let you lose the election, but it’s not too late now, you are still working by my side, and Sixth Brother is also married to Princess Anfeng, why don’t you accept my wishes?”

Hearing what Yu Wenjin said, I was puzzled, but also a little scared.

"Your majesty, have you admitted the wrong person? This servant can't understand what you are talking about!"

What did he say that he knew his mistake and regretted it, and what did he say to return to him?All of this seemed to be told to me back then.

However, Yu Wenjin clearly only told me that he knew that I was Murong Qingluan, and that when I was Murong Qingluan in the past, I had nothing to do with Yu Wenjin.

Hearing what I said, Yu Wenjin looked at me with dark eyes again.

"Ning'er, no matter who you are, as long as you are willing to be my man, I can do anything for you!"

Now Yu Wenjin seems to have lost his mind, and I am also very anxious. I struggle hard, but I don't think that I can't push him away with the strength he is holding me at this time.

"Useless Ning'er, I will make you my man today, and from now on, you will be able to stay by my side honestly!"

When I heard Yu Wenjin say this, I also became scared in my heart.

I don't understand how Yu Wenjin, who is restrained and calm, can be so impulsive now, it's not like him at all.

This time he has already stretched out his hand to pick up my clothes, and I feel anxious and fearful in my heart.

"My lord, please don't do this!"

However, Yu Wenjin didn't seem to hear what I was saying, and his movements became faster and faster. I was anxious, so I reached out, pulled out the hairpin from my hair, and immediately poked at Yu Wenjin's heart.

Feeling the severe pain, Yu Wenjin let go of me subconsciously, while I hastily retreated a few steps, looking at him with horror and aggrieved expression.

Seeing that Yu Wenjin's chest was bleeding, I immediately stepped back a few steps in fright, and Yu Wenjin's rationality returned. Seeing my frightened appearance, he immediately turned towards me. Guiltily said: "Don't be afraid, I won't blame you, I just asked for this!"

At this time, the other court ladies and eunuchs in Qianyuan Palace had already run out to call the imperial physician, and naturally some of them came towards me, thinking they wanted to arrest me, so Yu Wenjin looked at them and said, "You all give me a hand!" Go out, whoever dares to hurt Zhou Ning, whoever dares to tell what happened today, I will kill him!"

I never expected that Yu Wenjin, who was so life-hating and selfish in the past, would make such an unexpected move after being hurt by me. At this time, I was in a panic, but Yu Wenjin kept comforting me .

"Don't be afraid, with me here, no one dares to do anything to you, I just suffered a little injury!"

Yu Wenjin's words still made me feel uneasy, so I turned around and ran out in a hurry.

As soon as I walked out of the Qianyuan Hall, I looked up and saw Yu Wenli standing outside. Judging by his appearance, he should have just arrived.

With red eyes and disheveled clothes, I hurried towards the direction of the east side hall. Seeing me like this, Yu Wenli could not care too much, he hurriedly followed my footsteps.

I walked faster and faster, thinking that Yu Wenjin wanted to do those things to me forcibly just now, and thinking that I had stabbed the hairpin into his heart, boundless fear arose in my heart.

He is the emperor, I dared to attack Yu Wenjin in front of so many eunuchs and maids, if it spreads to the entire palace at this time, even if Yu Wenjin is willing to spare me, what about the others?There are so many concubines in the harem, I'm afraid they will try their best to kill me!

Suddenly, as soon as my body warmed up, Yu Wenli quickly walked up to me, and pulled me into his arms. In this room, on the corridor, there are also many court ladies and eunuchs. Naturally, everyone knows that Yu Wenli Now he has married Princess Anfeng, and he also promised that he will only love his princess in his life.

But now he hugged me tightly in front of everyone without hesitation.

"Ning'er, what exactly happened that made you pretend to be full of fear and fear in your eyes the moment you saw me. Ning'er, what's wrong with you?"

Yu Wenli's voice came from next to my ear, just this time, I wanted to embrace him tightly without hesitation, but I couldn't do it, the burden in my heart was too heavy!
I stretched out my hand to push Yu Wenli away, and wiped away my tears. I looked up at Yu Wenli and said, "What is the lord doing? Since you have married the Princess Anfeng, I beg you to give the slave in the palace. Leave a way to survive, you just did that, the slaves will be drowned by too many people with their saliva!"

Although I feel uncomfortable in my heart, I don't want to destroy everything that I have established with him in such an occasion.

Seeing me like this, Yu Wenli's complexion darkened, "Since this king married someone else, it doesn't mean that he has no ability to protect you anymore!"

Yu Wenli was naturally very annoyed, for a place like the imperial palace, he really couldn't let go of his hands and feet, seeing that his beloved woman was obviously wronged, but he couldn't give her a good hug and give her a hug. maximum protection.

Seeing the guilt in Yu Wenli's eyes, I was taken aback. I chose the way to enter the palace by myself. I can't blame him after I have been wronged.

Then I calmed down a little bit, and then I blessed my body towards Yu Wenli.

"My lord, this servant has something to do and needs to go back first, my lord, please do as you please!"

After I finished saying this, I didn't look at Yu Wenli again, and immediately started walking towards the Dongpian Hall, and the voices of some palace maids and eunuchs talking from time to time could be heard in my ears.

"In my opinion, it must be that Prince Li has lost his love for Miss Zhou Ning!"

"This Zhou Ning is really stupid. It's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines. Why don't she take advantage of Prince Li's remaining affection for her and try to climb up a branch and become a phoenix!"

"Hey, you don't know now, I heard that the emperor treats Zhou Ning very differently, you just saw Zhou Ning's clothes are not neat, it must be because of something happened with the emperor in Qianyuan Palace... ..."

These words filled my ears, and when I thought about what happened in Qianyuan Hall just now, my heart became more and more uncomfortable, and I immediately walked away again.

Behind him, Yu Wenli showed a sense of annoyance on his face. For his own sake, he had allowed his beloved woman to stay in the palace for so long. Seeing her terrified appearance and her clothes, Yu Wenli naturally also looked at her. It can be concluded that it must be what the emperor did in the Qianyuan Palace that made her so at a loss!
Thinking of this, Yu Wenli clenched his palms tightly, no, he can't wait like this any longer, he has to speed up his movements.

"My lord... my lord?"

Yu Wenli turned around and saw Xiaohezi who was on duty in front of Qianyuan Hall standing behind him.

Xiao Hezi walked up to Yu Wenli, and then saluted.

Seeing Xiao Hezi, Yu Wenli frowned slightly and said, "Why aren't you working in Qianyuan Palace, what are you doing here?"

Hearing this, Xiao Hezi laughed and said: "The emperor knew that the lord just came to Qianyuan Hall and left, the emperor specially ordered the servants to come and find you, lord!"

Hearing this, Yu Wenli's expression darkened, and then he turned around and walked towards Qianyuan Hall, but Xiaohezi's voice came from behind Yu Wenli's ear.

"My lord, this is the palace, you have to be careful!"

Immediately, Yu Wenli slightly clenched her palm.

"This king understands!"

Then Yu Wenli walked towards Qianyuan Hall with a sullen face.

At this moment, Murong Yuan also hurried over. Yu Wenjin was lying on the couch in the Qianyuan Hall at this time, and Murong Yuan was applying medicine to his wound. It broke out and almost hurt Zhou Ning, I don't blame her for treating me like this, what I owe her is not enough even if I really lose this life!"

Listening to Yu Wenjin's words, Murong Yuan frowned slightly. He naturally didn't understand what Yu Wenjin meant by these words, and when did he owe Zhou Ning anything?

Thinking of this, Murong Yuan always felt that Zhou Ning did have too many secrets, but fortunately, she never killed Yu Wenjin, otherwise, even if Yu Wenjin really didn't blame her, she would definitely not be able to continue living !
"Your Majesty, your dose of medicine is heavy again, so the onset will naturally occur earlier. If you think about it, your Majesty should let the Divine Physician Jun come to the palace to have a look at it!"

Hearing Murong Yuan mention Jun Wuyou, Yu Wenjin frowned.

"No, his identity is somewhat unknown. I always have dreams these days, and I always see my brother when I was a child. I don't know why, but I always feel that Jun Wuyou's eyes are very familiar. Man, I must never let him know about my condition."

Seeing what Yu Wenjin said, Murong Yuan looked at Yu Wenjin and said, "Is the emperor doubting that he is the prince in the photo of the late emperor?"

Hearing this, Yu Wenjin nodded slightly, "Yes!"

Turning to Yu Wenjin, he said again: "When I first heard that the Daqing Dynasty had a number one person like Jun Shenyi, I sent people to assassinate him and find out his details, but in the end, none of the people I sent were did not return!"

It was also the first time for Murong Yuan to hear Yu Wenjin mention this matter, and immediately he frowned slightly, "Your Majesty, if that's the case, then Jun Wuyou's identity is indeed suspicious, but Your Majesty, your body can't be delayed any longer. If you continue to delay, you will have more and more seizures in the future!"

Hearing what Murong Yuan said, Yu Wenjin sighed helplessly, "Forget it, Murong Yuan, you should give me more medicine!"

Hearing this, Murong Yuan knelt down on the ground in shock, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. If the dose is increased, your body may not be able to last for three years..."

Seeing what Murong Yuan said, Yu Wenjin's face showed no fear, but only regret.

However, he looked at Murong Yuan who was kneeling on the ground and said: "Murong Yuan, I understand that the death of General Murong has made the entire Murong Mansion disappointed in me, why are you still so loyal to me?"

Suddenly hearing Yu Wenjin's question, Murong Yuan raised his head and looked at Yu Wenjin with a clear and serious expression.

"Your Majesty, the Murong family has been loyal to the royal family for generations. Even when my father was dying, he never betrayed you to the emperor. My father is like this, and this minister's elder brother is also like this now. This minister must inherit my father's will and must not do it." Come out to betray you, the emperor!"

Hearing this, Yu Wenjin Fang looked at Yu Wenjin and said: "Get up, I know that your Murong family has been loyal and good people for generations, I was confused at the time, if there is another chance, I will definitely not let General Murong The decision to resign!"

Seeing what Yu Wenjin said, a smile appeared on Murong Yuan's face.

"Now that the emperor has said such a word, if my father knows about it, he will surely die in peace."

When Yu Wenli stood at the gate of Qianyuan Hall, he naturally waited for a while. After Wang Shunxi entered Qianyuan Hall to inform, Yu Wenli went in.

"Your brother has seen the emperor!"

When Yu Wenli saluted, he saw Yu Wenjin's chest injury, so he immediately understood, thinking that this injury must be because Yu Wenjin wanted to do something excessive to Zhou Ning, and Zhou Ning was hurt in a hurry. over him.

Thinking of this, Yu Wenli secretly shook his hand, he never thought that Yu Wenjin, who used to be calm and rational, would sometimes be unable to control himself.

"Get up!"

Yu Wenjin said lightly, then he looked at Murong Yuan and said, "Physician Murong, you should go back first!"

Hearing this, Murong Yuan saluted, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Murong Yuan left, Yu Wenli asked, "The emperor's injury was caused by Zhou Ning?"

Hearing this, Yu Wenjin smiled and said: "I accidentally injured myself. You are entering the palace today, but what's important, do you want to report to me?"

Seeing Yu Wenjin's question, Yu Wenli withdrew his serious expression, and said, "It's two days before the Chinese New Year, Xingyun came to my younger brother's mansion yesterday, and gave it to my younger brother. I hope my younger brother can pass it on to the emperor as a New Year gift to the emperor!"

After Yu Wenli finished speaking, he reached out and took out a box and handed it to Yu Wenjin. Yu Wenjin also showed a smile on his face when he heard the news about Princess Xingyun.

"What Xing Yun gave me, I must take a good look at it!"

In turn, Yu Wenjin opened the box that Yu Wenli handed over, the box was opened, and inside was a very delicate purse.

Then Yu Wenli said: "This purse is the first purse Xingyun learned to embroider after leaving the palace. She asked me to send it to the palace to give to the emperor, in order to thank the emperor for letting her out of the palace to live with Zhou Xun. kindness."

Hearing Yu Wenli's words, Yu Wenjin's eyes turned red.

After all, Xingyun is his favorite sister. Although they are not the same mother, Xingyun has been closest to him since he was a child, so that later he killed Zhou Ning, and after destroying the Zhou family, Xingyun hated him. After a long time, until he brought Zhou Xun who had lost his memory to her, Xingyun Fang finally forgave him!
Yu Wenjin reached out and took the purse in his hand. The purse was inlaid with water-blue corners, and a dragon pattern was embroidered with gold thread on it.

"Sixth brother, go back and tell Xingyun that if one day she wants to return to the palace, I will definitely send someone to pick her up. She is my sister after all!"

Seeing what Yu Wenjin said, Yu Wenli smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Xingyun is also my younger sister, and my younger brother will naturally take good care of her outside the palace!"

Hearing what Yu Wenli said, Yu Wenjin was also a little relieved, but thinking of Zhou Xun, Yu Wenjin said again: "Is there anything strange about Zhou Xun?"

Hearing this, Yu Wenli said lightly: "Zhou Xun's temperament is the same as before, but he has lost his memory after all, and now he and Xingyun are living a very stable life."

Yu Wenli talked to Yu Wenjin in the Qianyuan Hall, and Fang said again: "Your Majesty, I heard today that Xue Gui died. After all, she is the empress dowager's niece. The empress dowager must be very sad, and my younger brother is also very sad." It's time to go to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to have a look at the Empress Dowager."

Seeing what Yu Wenli said, Yu Wenjin's face showed a hint of fatigue.

Then Yu Wenjin waved his hand and said, "Go!"

In the early morning of the 31st year, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers was heard everywhere in the palace, but this morning, it was snowing heavily outside again.

Although, starting from New Year's Eve, Yu Wenjin and civil and military officials no longer have to go to court, but after all, Yu Wenjin still has a lot of papers to approve. Naturally, as long as he is in the Qianyuan Palace, I have to go to the palace to serve him.

Yesterday I stabbed Yu Wenjin, just as he said, whoever dares to leak this matter, Yu Wenjin will have their heads, so about my stabbing Yu Wenjin, almost no one in the palace talked about it, except Qianyuan Hall Some people, and even others didn't know that Yu Wenjin was injured.

When I came to Qianyuan Hall, some snowflakes fell on my shoulders. I entered Qianyuan Hall, but Yu Wenjin hadn't come yet. I heard that Yu Wenjin went to Fang Concubine's bedroom to rest yesterday, but he just experienced what happened yesterday. , I am very reluctant to come to Qianyuan Hall now, but I am a court lady, and it would be wrong not to come, but I will definitely be more cautious today.

When Yu Wenjin came in, he didn’t seem to be injured at all. I had already placed tea on his table at the moment. It was snowing heavily outside today, and it was very cold not long after I came in, so I rubbed it subconsciously. Rubbing your hands, fortunately there is a charcoal fire burning in Qianyuan Hall, otherwise, if I stay here for a day, I'm afraid my whole body will freeze to death.

This room Yu Wenjin raised his eyes and frowned and looked at me and said, "I never realized why you are wearing such thin clothes. If it is cold, you should be closer to the charcoal fire station."

Seeing what Yu Wenjin said, I gave him a blessing, "My servant, thank you, Your Majesty!"

I deliberately didn't answer Yu Wenjin's previous question. In fact, I'm not wearing thin clothes, but other low-level court ladies will naturally wear less clothes. I'm afraid they will be much colder than me.

I stayed in the Qianyuan Hall all morning, and Yu Wenjin never did anything bad to me. Thinking about what happened yesterday, he has already regained his sanity.

At noon, Yu Wenjin said again: "Today is New Year's Eve, you can stay with me in Qianyuan Hall for lunch!"

Hearing this, I was slightly taken aback, and said: "Your Majesty, I want to spend the thirty-thirtieth year with Aunt Lanqiu, so Aunt Lanqiu has specially prepared lunch for my servant."

When I say this, I must reject Yu Wenjin, but Yu Wenjin is not annoyed, he just smiled and said: "Forget it, you go back!"

I know in my heart that Yu Wenjin didn't go to the early court today, and the ministers must have sent in many more memorials than usual. I am afraid that Yu Wenjin will have to step up to approve the papers, and he will never leave the Qianyuan Hall, so when I come back, I I also feel relieved a lot.

But when I was about to reach the entrance of the East Side Hall, Xiao Hezi's voice suddenly came from behind me.

"Miss Zhou Ning, wait!"

Hearing this, I was stunned, what did Xiao Hezi call me at this time, could it be that Yu Wenjin needed to call me over for something?

When I turned around, I saw Xiaohezi walking up to me in a hurry, and then he reached out and handed me a note.

Seeing his complexion flicker, he smiled softly and said: "Miss, go back and have a look, the servant is gone."

This was the first time that Xiao Hezi called himself a slave in front of me, which really puzzled me.

Back in the house, I opened the note that Xiaohezi secretly handed me, which said, "The emperor will hold a banquet at night, and I will leave drunk at Haishi, but you will come to the gate of the Dongpian Hall and wait for me! "

The handwriting on this note is Yu Wenli's, but what I didn't expect was that Xiao Hezi... He looked so innocent, but he turned out to be Yu Wenli's.

No wonder Xiao Hezi always treated me very differently, just like Xiao Quanzi treated me back then, but Xiao Quanzi died because of me.

I didn't go to Qianyuan Hall to serve tea in the afternoon, so I naturally took a leave of absence, but in the afternoon, Yu Wenjin actually issued a decree to the second-class and above maids in Qianyuan Hall, each of whom was rewarded with a cotton coat, which reminded me of today's Early in the morning in Qianyuan Hall, he asked me why I was wearing such thin clothes.

I am afraid that Yu Wenjin rewarded the cotton-padded clothes, and it is precisely because of this!

In the evening, I had dinner with Lan Qiu and Zi Yuan in the fourth prince's room. After eating, Lan Qiu said that he wanted to watch the new year, and I was exhausted from working in the Qianyuan Palace for an excuse, so I left first up.

When it was Haishi, I followed Yu Wenli's words and came to the entrance of the Dongpian Hall. At this moment, all the guards in front of the Dongpian Hall were sleeping. When I saw this situation, I naturally understood something in my heart. Thinking about it, Yu Wenli had already arranged these things.

As soon as I came out, I saw Yu Wenli waiting for me not far away.

I smiled and ran towards his direction, because it was the thirtieth year, and as soon as I walked up to him, I couldn't help but threw myself into his arms.

"Beauty is in my arms, this king really has a lot of eyes!"

Yuwenli's laughter came from above my head, and I blushed. At this moment, all the grievances I suffered in Qianyuan Palace yesterday were completely healed. , the person who can bring me happiness and happiness the most.

(End of this chapter)