Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 166
"Don't be afraid of Miss Huier, our family will not hurt you."

Xia Shengqing comforted Hui'er carefully, thinking whether it would be more appropriate to knock Hui'er unconscious and send her out of the palace, or to buy her with a lot of money.

But at the moment when he was dazed, Hui'er suddenly bit Xia Shengqing's hand hard and rushed out.

"Help! Help!"

Hui'er yelled loudly, staggering and about to step out of the room.

Just at this critical moment, a figure stood in front of Hui'er. The man's face was dark and his brows were deeply frowned. His long fancy dress was trailing behind him, and his eyes were fixed on Hui'er.

"Concubine Lotus." Hui'er didn't think about why Yue Jing'an appeared here. The only thought in her mind was to prevent Xia Shengqing from killing herself, so she immediately knelt down in front of Yue Jing'an.

"Concubine Lian help me!" Hui'er said hurriedly, trembling, "I have something important to report!"

Xia Shengqing chased after her quickly but saw Yue Jing'an appearing, raised her head and gave him a stern hint to Hui'er who was kneeling on the ground.

Xia Shengqing groaned inwardly, showing a hint of hesitation, and sent a message back to Yue Jingan to remind her to stay calm.

"Miss Hui'er, things are not what you think, listen to our family's explanation"

Xia Shengqing comforted Hui'er with kind words, and moved forward to touch Hui'er's acupuncture points first.

But Hui'er was terrified, she knelt down and leaned behind Yue Jing'an, and she kept saying, "Concubine Lian, help me! Manager Xia is not clean! Please don't let Manager Xia kill slaves and maidservants to silence him!"

Yue Jing'an looked coldly at Hui'er who was crying and begging by her lap, then glanced at Xia Shengqing, shook her head and snorted, "Indecisiveness is useless!"

Before Huier could understand why Yue Jingan suddenly said such a sentence in a strange tone, the moment she raised her head in doubt, Yue Jingan had already squatted down and grabbed Huier's hair, and quickly pulled out the golden hair from the bun. The hairpin pierced Hui'er's neck quickly and mercilessly.

Just before she died, Hui'er's eyes widened suddenly, her mouth was open before she could let out a scream, she fell to the ground with a slam, blood flowed profusely from her neck.

"mother!"

Xia Shengqing lowered her voice and called out angrily, very disgusted with Yue Jingan's murderous behavior without blinking an eye.

"Why did you kill her! Wouldn't it be suspicious that a person died inexplicably in the palace!"

Yue Jing'an threw away the bloody gold hairpin in her hand, and walked in front of Xia Shengqing with a calm expression, with a bit of annoyance that she hated iron but not steel.

"Mother, are you afraid that that girl Xia Zijin will be suspicious?" Seeing Xia Shengqing's silent reaction, Yue Jing'an snorted again, "Cheng'er, my mother taught you that big things are easy to achieve, let alone You accidentally let someone discover the biggest hole card, if you let this court lady tell you, do you think you are still alive?"

"My child has his own way." Xia Shengqing looked at Hui'er who was motionless on the ground, and a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes. If he had known earlier, he should have tapped Hui'er's acupoints to prevent her from running out. Son lost his life.

"What can you do? Do you coerce and lure her with money, or do you try to satisfy her appetite? Sheng'er, there is nothing better than a dead person to keep a secret. Don't forget your identity and your mission. You are Jin Lai." The posthumous son of the king is not a little man who is afraid of his head and feet under the influence of Xia Zijin."

Yue Jing'an said that she got a little excited here, and she did not hide her dissatisfaction with Xia Zijin at all. It was because of this woman, her son who had always been at ease, that she lost her reason to judge things again and again. She had planned such a plan for many years And the son who has been trained for so many years must not be destroyed in Xia Zijin's hands.

"Get rid of this court lady, you know what to do is the best, don't let my mother remind you over and over again."

Xia Shengqing opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. Yue Jing'an had already walked away with her sleeves thrown off, and only Hui'er was left lying in the blood wave before she could close her eyes. Aura.

Many bright candles were lit in Liluo Palace. The coolness of the Mercy Villa is indeed cool, but one thing is not good, that is, the humidity is very heavy at night. Of course, Xia Zijin didn't know that it was the first time she came here. As soon as the humidity came up, he got under the quilt and hugged Mrs. Tang, refusing to let go.

"Princess, why don't you ask the small kitchen to make some ginger soup? It's the best way to keep out the cold!" Seeing Xia Zijin's fear of the cold, Xiaokui laughed for no reason, tore off the end of the needlework in her hand, and put it on The sealed clothes were neatly folded aside.

"Forget it, drinking ginger soup in these dog days must be a joke." Xia Zijin shook his head, and wrapped the silk quilt around his body tighter, as if there was a wind leaking somewhere.

There were gusts of wind blowing in the pear blossom forest outside, and the sweet smell of flowers floated into the house. Xia Zijin took a deep sniff and suddenly felt relieved, and remembered the pear blossom crisps in Mosheng Garden The cake is coming.

Crisp yet sweet, fresh yet soft and glutinous, with a lingering aftertaste.

Looking left and right, it's still early, Xia Zijin patted his belly, then tilted his head and said, "Go and call Huier here for this princess, she is the best at making pastries, this princess is really greedy!"

Xiaokui smiled and nodded, and put the folded clothes into the cupboard, remembering that she hadn't seen Huier in the afternoon.

"Princess, it's been several hours since you asked Hui'er to deliver medicine to Mr. Xia. It stands to reason that she should come to tell you after finishing her errands. I haven't seen her yet. Hui'er has always been If you do things carefully, I’m afraid you’ll forget them today.”

Xia Zijin also felt that something was wrong when he heard it, but he didn't think too much about it. He just asked Xiaokui to go and see if the person came back first.

The Liluo Palace was dimly lit at night, Xiaokui searched around the palace twice but did not see Huier's shadow, even the palace guard who told the gate said Huier had gone out in the afternoon and never came back.

Xiaokui told Xia Zijin about this situation, and Xia Zijin frowned after hearing this.

"This girl is not such a fun-loving person. Could it be that something happened?" Xia Zijin became more and more worried when she thought about it. She pinched her fingers and calculated that Huier had been out for four hours. It's time to come back after three trips to Mercy Villa.

Moreover, Xia Shengqing didn't come to look for her today, nor did she even ask someone to send a word.Could it be that before Huier arrived at Xia Shengqing's place, something went wrong on the road and she fell into a coma?

Thinking of this, Xia Zijin bit her lip and sat up from the bed, put on her coat and asked Xiaokui and Xiaohuanzi to bring a lantern and go to Xia Shengqing's residence first to see if Huier had been there.

It was about a quarter of an hour's journey from Liluo Palace to Xia Shengqing's residence. The three of them walked with the lanterns on and the sound of cicadas chirping at night. From time to time, court ladies and eunuchs greeted Xia Zijin.

Stepping into Xia Shengqing's small courtyard, the three of them took a look inside, and saw that the room was brightly lit, but it was extremely deserted. Xia Shengqing was not in the room, the candles were half lit, and the windows were half open. The curtain fluttered gently on the window sill.

"Manager Xia? Manager Xia?"

Xiaokui yelled a few words, but the only response from the room was the rustling of the wind.

Xia Zijin looked around the house casually, but saw nothing else, and was planning to look for Huier elsewhere, when the wind from the window blew towards the door, but Xia Zijin smelled a strange smell.

It was a very faint smell of blood, more like the residue of thick blood after being wiped, with a trace of rust and fishy smell, it was difficult to detect without a deep sniff.

Why is Xia Shengqing's room still smelling of blood? Isn't his wound scabbed over?
Xia Zijin frowned suddenly, and she didn't know why she felt something was wrong. Hui'er's disappearance made her feel uneasy, and the sudden bloody smell made her even more prone to wild thoughts.

After a while, Xia Zijin shook her head again, what was she thinking.

The sound of footsteps came from the courtyard, and the three of them turned around and saw that it was Xia Shengqing who had returned. He was wearing an official uniform and a hat on his head. When he saw Xia Zijin appearing in the courtyard, there was a trace of ignorance, and he quickly restrained himself. down.

"Why is the princess here? It's windy at night, it's better to stay in Liluo Palace."

Xia Shengqing said softly, showing the same gentle smile as in the past, took off the cloak on her shoulders and covered Xia Zijin's body.

The cloak is not thick, it's just to cover the heavy wind and dew at night. Xia Zijin touched that cool hand, and it was cold against the skin, shivering slightly, and Xia Shengqing's approach moved his breath, except The sandalwood fragrance, as always, seems to be contaminated with a certain amount of bloody smell, just like half of the room has a very weak smell.

"I came out to look for Hui'er. I sent her to deliver medicine to you. It's been a long time and I haven't returned. Have you seen her?" Xia Zijin said, looking up at Xia Shengqing. Hearing Huier's name did not cause any disturbance.

"Miss Hui'er put down her things and left. Didn't she go back after that?" Xia Shengqing said, and shook Xia Zijin's hand again, Guan comforted, "Princess, go back earlier, Miss Hui'er is not a seven-year-old child, there must be something wrong It's delayed, let's see it tomorrow."

For some reason, Xia Zijin had a strange premonition that Xia Shengqing never urged her to return to the palace like this, even when it was late at night when the dew was heavy, she had to send her back in person before giving up, but today it seemed that she was eager to separate from her, It's really confusing.

"Why is the princess looking at me like this?"

Xia Shengqing still smiled slightly, and called Xiao Huanzi to the front of her again to give instructions, and said again, "It's late at night, princess, hurry back, it won't be too late to find Miss Huier tomorrow."

After he urged her repeatedly, Xia Zijin had no choice but to nod, and turned around to leave. Finally, Xia Zijin turned her head sideways and looked at Xia Shengqing behind her with a flash of disappointment, and a burst of inexplicable doubts in her heart.

(End of this chapter)