Chapter 20 Chapter Eighteen: The First Victim on the Back Road

On the 27th day of the first lunar month in the third year of Chongde (1638), the night was as dark as iron, as if there would be a cold metal sound when knocked on.The entire Shengjing harem was fast asleep, and even the sound of the night watchmen knocking on their clappers sounded like a dream. There was the creaking sound of the door opening in the imperial garden, the flattery that lowered their voices to say hello, the eunuchs and palace maids laughed secretly and celebrated their achievements, and the dying screams that were too late to make a sound.Two pairs of pupils dilated almost at the same time, looking at the ice-faced man in front of him, the stalwart prince, the backer they tried so hard to curry favor with, the messenger of Hades, the killer who met without saying a word.They didn't even have time to ask him why, they turned into two innocent souls who died in vain, and hurried to Jiuquan, fulfilling their previous oath: I don't want to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, but I hope to die in the same year, the same month and the same day.

The Qingning Palace is still cold and quiet to the point of silence.Zhezhe went to bed early, the weather was cold, but his sleep was long, so Yingchun stayed on the kang outside, listening vigilantly to the sounds in the room.The concubine always wakes up at midnight every night. This is a problem she has had since she was in her thirties. She also feels embarrassed, and because of the embarrassment, she is especially impatient that Yingchun is slow in agreeing.If the concubine has already set up the kang and Yingchun does not come in, she must be scolded.So every night when I go to bed, I am always half awake in the middle of the night before welcoming the Spring Festival. I can't really sleep deeply until the concubine waits for the night.As time goes by, it becomes a habit.

Yongfu Palace is no different from usual, the imperial physician and maids go to bed separately, Concubine Zhuang usually reads a book for a while before going to bed at night, even the big belly has not changed.Tonight she was watching "Thirty-Six Chapters", and she was reading "Murder with a Borrowed Knife".I watched it a long time ago, and now I watch it again to make my heart feel at ease.After reading it, I felt at ease, and went to sleep without saying or asking any questions. The gate of Linzhi Palace was closed early, and when it was closed, Banxia found that Chai'er was gone, and guessed her whereabouts, so she sighed secretly, not daring to say anything.When the noble concubine asked about it, she also covered it up for her, so why bother, when it was publicized, everyone couldn't feel at ease.Before going to bed, he quietly got up again, and opened the door bolt a little, saying in his heart that God bless the hoof to come back soon, and don't just play dead and forget the time.

Concubine Shu in Yanqing Palace is not feeling well these days, and she got up several times at night to change the wrapping strips, her stomach hurts so much that she can't lie down, she asks Jianqiu to rub it for her, and then sighs: "It hurts like It looks like someone who is pregnant is about to give birth, but she is not pregnant. So many concubines in the harem have become pregnant this year, and even the people in the east and west palaces are all beaming, but I haven't moved at all." Jianqiu has long been used to hearing these self-pity and self-pity from his master, and he is also used to saying consoling words, but tonight, for some reason, he remembered a new story, and chuckled secretly: "Your Majesty doesn't have a man and a woman, and at least it's from Yanqing Palace. What about the side concubine from the East-West Palace? If you can’t conceive a child, I think of the Fourteenth Master. I heard that the Fourteenth Master and many maids in their mansion have hands and feet, but In these years, no flesh and blood have been born. Not only the dead Prince Rui complained, but also those girls who wished to wait for the man to be righted with one stroke are also depressed. "

It was the first time Batma heard this, and she was surprised: "Is it not appropriate for the fourteenth prince and the maids in his mansion?" Jian Qiu smiled and said: "Didn't you hear that the entire Shengjing Imperial City belongs to Prince Rui's mansion? Like collecting antiques, you keep those many beautiful daughters, who are clearly called girls, but in fact they are all concubines. In the whole house, everything is taken care of, so the whole is a small harem." Batma smiled and said: "Sure enough, I feel like I am a king. Princess Rui has been dead for a long time, and the emperor has persuaded the Fourteenth Lord to accept Fujin several times. The Fourteenth Lord only said that the state affairs are now, and the private affairs are later, but it turns out that it is like this behind the scenes. Merry and happy." Suddenly asked again, "Where did you hear these gossips? I am like a blind and deaf man in the harem. I don't know everything. You have eyes and ears, where did these jokes come from?"

Jian Qiu blushed, how dare he say that he learned about it from the eunuch Lu Lianke, and Lu Lianke heard it from the princes and ministers, so he could only vaguely say: "I also heard other people talking nonsense..." Without saying a word, suddenly Hearing the commotion outside the door, crying and screaming, it seemed like there were thousands of troops, hurriedly got up to wake up the other palace people, when they opened the courtyard door to ask, they said something happened to Guan Sui Palace. There was a shrill scream in Guan Sui Palace, followed by loud cries and footsteps, and the entire harem was stirred up.Concubine Chen was crying like hell, even the emperor was running around naked and full, screaming and screaming with red eyes, the guards rushed in, all the servants were tied up, and they said that they would investigate the reason—— Brother Eight is dead!He died suddenly!He died of poisoning!He was poisoned to death by Hedinghong!

At the same time, the nanny of Eighth Prince was also poisoned!And the venom comes from the nurse's nipples! The eighth elder brother died of convulsions while sucking the nanny's milk. The nanny was tied up and thrown in a corner of the room waiting to be released. She cried and confessed, but her voice gradually weakened. When people found that her condition was different, she Already dead, with festered teats and bleeding from the corners of the mouth. At first, the palace people thought it was a suicide in fear of crime, but the imperial physician soon discovered that the death of the nurse was the same as that of the eighth elder brother, which was due to poisoning, the poison of Hedinghong.It was only then that I thought of checking the whole body of the nurse, only to find that the venom was on her breast pocket, and it exploded as the milk became wet, poisoning the eighth elder brother who was sucking the milk, and poisoning the nurse herself.

The nanny is dead, and no one knows who applied the poison on the milk bag; in fact, even if the nanny is alive, she can't figure out how she was poisoned for no reason, and it is such a rare poison as Hedinghong. "Hedinghong! How could there be Hedinghong! Who poisoned it? Who poisoned my eighth elder brother!" Huang Taiji was almost crazy, waving his hands and shouting. He had never been so eclipsed when he was in the most critical situation. Hai Lanzhu hugged her son tightly and refused to let anyone take him away. She didn't believe that her son had left her. She didn't believe that such a small and cute son would die—dead?How far away that is.The son is only a few months old, he has just been able to call his mother vaguely, and has not yet learned to speak.He has to learn to speak, learn to write, learn to ride a horse, learn to archery, and learn how to be a good emperor.He is the future emperor, he is the son of the emperor, how could he die?

She hugged her son, called him softly, shook him, and didn't even dare to move a little bigger, she thought he was asleep, she was afraid of startling him and hurting him.Tears rolled down her bright face, she choked up, but didn't cry. She doesn't cry, why is she crying?The son is so cute and can make her laugh so much. How could she cry while holding her dear son? The imperial doctor knelt down and begged: "Madam, the eighth elder brother has already gone, please put him down and let the old minister clean up for him." went?What does go mean?Hai Lanzhu raised her head in a daze, and looked at the imperial physician in a daze, not understanding what he was talking about.She found herself suddenly deaf. At first she just couldn't understand the doctor's words, and gradually she couldn't hear any sounds. She felt a little bit, and found that Suma was shaking her and crying, but gradually she couldn't see Suma's face clearly. Now, she couldn't see Suma, the emperor, or her son clearly. She just hugged him and felt him—feeling his body getting colder and stiffer like iron.

She suddenly understood what death was.Death is like a lump of ice, a piece of iron, just like a son in your arms. Hai Lanzhu finally let out a scream.What a tragic and unbelievable scream that was, it was a mother's heartbroken cry, and it was her angry denunciation of God. Then, Hai Lanzhu passed out. Suma was crying, all the palace people were crying too, even Huang Taiji was crying, and ordered indiscriminately: "Save Concubine Chen, wake up elder brother, wake them up quickly!" Concubine Chen can be rescued, but the eighth elder brother can no longer be rescued. This little baby boy, the most beloved son of Huang Taiji, the future emperor of the Qing Dynasty, just died violently for no apparent reason, before he was even a year old.

Ba'a's death thus became the first unsolved case in the harem after the founding of the Qing Dynasty.Following him, there will be more killings, deeper scheming, and the hottest conspiracy. He was not the first casualty of the court's seizure of power, and he will never be the last. However, he is his mother's only true love, and Hai Lanzhu's life. After crying for the first time, Hai Lanzhu didn't make any sound, she just shed tears endlessly, turning a blind eye to everything and hearing nothing. She didn't even hear Huang Taiji's order to kill all the palace servants. It was the morning of the second day after the incident, the emperor abolished the early court, and was discussing with Zhe Zhe and others in the Qingning Palace to build a coffin for the eighth elder brother and send it away.The guard came to report: As soon as the young eunuch on the morning shift entered the imperial garden, they found the bodies of the eunuch Fuzi and the maid Chaier at the gate. Damn, the technique is very clean.What makes people wonder is that Fuzi guards the garden gate by himself, so why would he let someone in and kill him?Why did Chaier die with him? Huang Taiji was impatient, and waved his hands and roared: "You two servants, if you die, you will die, and you have to report these trivial matters, why don't you get out soon?!" Zhe Zhe was concerned, the death of the little eunuch and the little maid was not important, but the timing of their death was too strange, it was not easy, besides, one of them was the eunuch of the Imperial Garden, and the other was the maid of the Linzhi Palace, so they could be with each other. What is the relationship between the eighth brother?Yin Zhan said: "Let's go out now. You said that Fuzi was on duty last night. He was guarding the door of the back garden. How could he let a killer in? Besides, what is Chai'er doing in the back garden in the middle of the night? Noble concubine, Chai'er is from your palace, did you send her to the back garden last night?" Na Muzhong blushed, and shouted: "The queen said this, could it be that she suspected that I poisoned the eighth elder brother to death? My girl is dead, and I don't know who to ask for. The empress came to ask me ?” "Don't yell." Zhe Zhe shouted, "Anyone who says something about you, you can yell. Since you can put poison on the breast pocket, then the person who poisoned must be someone from the harem, and a woman. Her purpose is very clear, she is going for the eighth elder brother, and she is sure that the venom on the milk pocket will smear during feeding, and then she will eat the poisonous juice into her mouth as the little elder brother sucks Go. The person who poisoned this is definitely not the nanny herself. If she wants to poison, she doesn't need to go to such trouble, let alone poison herself to death. So the person who poisoned is still alive, living in this harem. His heart It is so dangerous, if it is not found out, there will be greater disasters in the future." However, Huang Taiji was so furious that he didn't want to think about showing mercy at all. He only heard the word "poison", and shouted: "What else are you going to investigate? If you find out, can Eighth Brother be saved? Anyone who is a suspect, etc., will be executed." When everyone heard this, they were shocked and afraid, and they dared not speak out.The eunuch immediately spread the word and let the guards come in to arrest people.On the contrary, Zhe Zhe couldn't bear it, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, think twice, this is definitely not done by Guan Sui Palace's own people, the reason is obvious, if you want to poison, there are many ways, why bother to get ideas on the nurse's milk pocket? There are many people who have access to the nanny's clothes. The people in the laundry room have the opportunity, and the concubines who come to Guan Sui Palace and the maids who follow the concubines also have the opportunity. Especially the maids, they are exactly the ones who love Laughing at a fun-loving age, no matter whose palace they enter, it is natural for the master to drink tea with the master, and the maid to talk to the maid, so they can't go anywhere in the front yard and back hall? The nanny is a servant, and they should go to the mother's house There are plenty of opportunities to do some tricks. Your Majesty, don't wrong a good man." However, Huang Taiji just didn't listen, and snorted coldly: "Good man? They served in Guan Sui Palace well, but killed Eighth Brother, they are dereliction of duty, they deserve to die!" At that moment, the guards arrived and went to Guan Sui Palace to fetch people.When the crowd heard the oral order, they were so startled that they collapsed to the ground, pissed off, hid, cried, and begged, and only yelled "The emperor spares my life". Duo'er desperately broke free from a guard, rushed out of the palace gate, and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, I have something to report." Seeing that the Emperor was coming here with Zhe Zhe and others, she ignored it and rushed over. Lu Lianke quickly stood in front of the emperor and shouted: "Presumptuous! Don't take it down!" Then two guards followed, grabbed Duo'er and knelt down together, apologizing to Huang Taiji. Duo'er cried out loudly: "The emperor has wronged you. It is clear that Chai'er and Fuzi were the same. They hated the nanny and killed the eighth elder brother. Now I am afraid and commit suicide in fear of crime. It has nothing to do with others. We are innocent. ah!" It was the first time Yu Huang Taiji heard of "eat the right food", and he was stunned: "There is such an unseemly thing in the harem? I live in the front line, live and die, to protect the peace of the harem. You I don’t know how to be grateful, but I did such a shameful thing! Mess up the harem! Death is not a pity!” Then he said to Zhezhe angrily, “It’s all in your good house!” Zhe Zhe was also surprised and uncertain when he heard the words, and seeing that the emperor was furious, he dared not persuade him any more.Even Na Muzhong was frightened and froze, not daring to speak.Not to mention Batma, the tongue has never been used only for eating.The other concubines of the two palaces were even more reluctant to talk too much, for fear of getting angry.For a moment everyone thought of Da Yuer, if only she was here at this moment, it would be great, and they would definitely find some way to make up for it, but she couldn't come in labor. There are emperors, concubines, eunuchs, maids, and guards in the big courtyard hall, but there is no sound at all, only the iron-like voice of Huang Taiji announces: "The eighth elder brother died suddenly, and everyone in Guan Sui Palace cannot escape the blame." "The maid of the Linzhi Palace had an affair with the eunuch. It's dirty and chaotic, damn it! If others don't report it, damn it! I've made up my mind, come here, immediately tie up all the servants of the two palaces and put them in the duty room. Execute on the spot!" In a word, more than a dozen lives were lost in Guan Sui Palace and Linzhi Palace. In this way, for the sake of the eighth prince, Huang Taiji promulgated the first amnesty decree after the founding of the Qing Dynasty, and also initiated the first massacre of slaves in the harem. On that day, the eunuchs and court ladies ran away crying, with disheveled hair, but no matter how miserable their begging was and how crazy their struggles were, they were finally caught one by one and tied up in the duty room waiting to be executed. Seeing such a situation, Na Muzhong didn't dare to make trouble anymore, but other people can do it, and Xia who is alone should be tied up together, he couldn't bear it.I couldn't help but soften my voice and pleaded with the queen: "Chai'er died in the back garden because I didn't discipline him strictly; but Banxia, ​​who is a queen, also knows it. She is as silent as a log. She and this matter There will be no connection anymore. I remember that the empress once praised her Baihua dim sum, how about leaving her a little life so that she can serve the empress in her spare time." Zhezhe shook his head and sighed: "I also know that innocent people have been wronged in this matter, but you also saw what happened yesterday. Have you ever seen the emperor get angry like that? What do you say at this time? I can't listen to it anymore, maybe I have to get someone else in. It's better for everyone to save some trouble and be more careful. At least stop for a while, and it won't be too late to search slowly. Anyway, the murderer is always there In this palace, it would be good to kill a few servants as a warning. Tonight, I will ask Yingchun to bring some people to serve you, and you can choose another one to serve you tomorrow." Na Muzhong listened, the queen's words clearly had doubts about herself, she couldn't help but gritted her teeth with hatred, but she didn't dare to say any more, she could only respond aggrievedly: "Yingchun is the maidservant of the empress, and the empress can't leave her for a while." Hers is the same as I can't do without that girl in the summer. An old saying goes: Do not do to others what you don't want yourself to do to yourself. How dare I order your mother's girl? Just find someone to go and support her." But Zhezhe insisted: "I don't feel relieved to send someone else. This matter has really wronged you. I asked Yingchun to serve you. It is also a kindness." Yingchun felt that the noble concubine treats Xia's master and servant with great love and is willing to serve her, so she stepped forward and knelt down and said: "My lady ordered Yingchun to serve her, please give me some noodles so that I can accompany Miss Xia on her behalf." Be filial. Although Yingchun is not as dexterous as Banxia, ​​she has served her for many years, so she knows the rules." Na Muzhong couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to bring Yingchun out.When I returned to Linzhi Palace, it was even more desolate to see the cold tea and the light off, and the empty courtyard.Thinking of all the benefits of Ban Xia, I feel even more sad. Yingchun ordered the little girl to turn on the stove and boil tea, and served it respectfully, comforting: "Your Majesty is willing to feel this way for a maid, even if Yingchun sees you, I feel grateful." Na Muzhong took the tea, seeing the chrysanthemum that he didn't drink often, felt even more heart-piercing, and sighed: "How do you know her goodness..." Before he finished speaking, he swallowed again. Yingchun looked at the color, and quietly offered a plan: "Your Majesty is really reluctant to part with Companion Xia, why don't you let me go out, spend some money to buy the guards who will guard you, and let Ban Xia come out to kowtow to your Majesty, that's fine." Knowing the whole heart of the empress, even if she dies, I feel at ease." Speaking of the last sentence, the voice could not help but choke. These few words struck Na Muzhong's heart, and he immediately withdrew the money and handed it to Yingchun, ordering her to take care of it quietly.He also asked the little maid to prepare two kinds of food until it was completely dark before going to the value room to visit my companion Xia. Let's say that Jianqiu heard the news in the palace that both Chai'er and Fuzi died in the imperial garden, and he already guessed that the dirty news in the harem will be exposed soon, and he is afraid that he will also be involved.Suddenly seeing countless guards rushing into Guansui Palace to arrest people, and then rushing out again, and also tied up everyone in Linzhi Palace, it was even more shocking. Even the little maids were terrified, and asked Jianqiu for advice, asking: "Sister Jianqiu, something happened to Guan Sui Palace, why is Linzhi Palace also tied up? Is there something wrong with our Yanqing Palace? Could it be that something happened to the eighth elder brother, and the emperor wants to kill all our palace people to be buried with him?" Some said, "Then Chaier and Fuzi died strangely, how could there be a palace maid and eunuch who died together? Who are they?" Come in and kill? Is it true that anyone in the Royal Garden can come in and out, and after entering, he neither steals nor robs, but kills the two of them, which is obviously done by his own people. Who is the same as the two of them? Is there any enmity? Could it be the soldiers sent by the emperor himself?" Jianqiu's heart was flustered, and he scolded: "Don't be full of horses and just talk nonsense, and don't see what time it is? Be careful that misfortune comes out of your mouth, even we will be tied up." After finally waiting for Concubine Shu Batema to return to the palace, Jianqiu rushed to meet her and helped her to sit down in the room. Before she could drink some tea to catch her breath, she hurriedly asked her master: "Your Majesty was in Qingning Palace just now. Do you know what news happened? Why did those soldiers suddenly rush in and tie up the servants of the two palaces? I heard them crying and screaming so badly that their scalps broke out in rashes." Batma sighed: "Our Yanqing Palace is fine, we have already thanked you a thousand times, just ask for something?" Before he could say anything, he couldn't help it, so he sent the little girls out, and quietly told the reason. Qiu asked again: "That Duo'er said that Chai'er and Fuzi were eating the right food, and the emperor was trembling with anger, so he took him. Do you know what is eating the right food? How to eat it?" Jianqiu was taken aback, frightened, hurt, and ashamed. What was frightened was that Duo'er's hoof should be damned, how could she tell the big secret of the day, killing many innocent people; what was afraid was that there was shit on her body, the emperor Sure enough, if you pursue this "eat right food", you will not be clean; what hurts is how many good sisters are separated forever, and the real life of a slave is like a piece of grass, which is trampled on by others; what is shameful is that Batma asked each other like this , but how to answer is good.Then he blushed, and vaguely agreed: "How do I know what eating right food is, and where do I go to hear such words?" Fortunately, Batma didn't ask too much, and she was tired after disturbing the day and making a fuss, so she ordered Jianqiu to eat porridge and rest early. That Jianqiu was restless, he couldn't sit still, only the maid was asleep, so she got out and tiptoed in front of the gate of Qingning Palace secretly looking around.It just so happened that Lu Lianke was also about to look for her, and was walking out in a panic.When they saw each other, they were not in a hurry to talk, they held hands and trotted, came behind the high wall, saw no one was around, then they shook hands, looked eye to eye, and hugged each other suddenly. During this day, both of them were thrilling and suspicious. Although they were not together, they were thinking about the same thing. They saw each other so easily, but they were both choked with sobs as if they met again after so many years.Jianqiu cried: "Chai'er and Fuzi died strangely. After all, they didn't know that they had something to do with Duo'er. Now that Duo'er is going to die, that's fine, but she's talking nonsense and killed many people. If she continues to talk nonsense during the execution tomorrow Ba Dao, if you confess more things, even you and I will die. Then the meeting today will be a farewell forever." Lu Lianke comforted: "Don't worry, I have already arranged for Duo'er's matter, and I will not let her talk nonsense. Even if something happens, I will handle it alone, and you will not be implicated in death." Unexpectedly, when Jian Qiu heard this, he was displeased and flicked his sleeves and said, "Is this what you are talking about? Why did my son tell you that, no matter who you are, I have already regarded you as my man, and with you Life and death are together, I, Jian Qiusheng, belong to the Lu family, and death is the ghost of the Lu family, if you die, how can I live alone?" Lu Lianke was emotional, and cried: "I, Lu Lianke, was poor since I was a child, and I cut off my life to be a eunuch. No one treats me as a person. Only you can truly regard me as a man. You are so beautiful, and you are so beautiful. You are so smart, if you rush out of the palace tomorrow, what kind of people can't find it? How can I harm you for the rest of your life? With your words today, I will die in peace." Jian Qiu didn't argue any more, just said calmly: "Do you think I'm the one who doesn't believe what I promise? Just wait and see." Not to mention the two people's alliance, just say that more than a dozen eunuchs and maidservants in the two palaces were locked in the duty room, knowing that they would die, they were all crying.Suddenly seeing Yingchun coming in, they all hoped that there would be a chance to survive, so they cried and rushed to the ground, kowtowed and begged, dragged their hands and dragged their feet, just begging Miss Yingchun for help. Yingchun and these people have been on good terms and at odds, seeing such a tragic situation at this time, she suddenly felt sad, wiped away her tears and persuaded: "Sisters and sisters, we have known each other for many years. And go, I can't think about it here, so I have to kowtow a few heads to send you off, I will spend a lot of paper money to save you tomorrow, and it can be regarded as a friendship between the sisters." After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed three times in a row. When those people heard about it, they knew they were hopeless, so they all wailed loudly and kowtowed to Yingchun.But Ban Xia didn't say a word, there was no fear or sadness on his face, he was just more stupefied than before. Yingchun came over and stopped him and said, "Come out with me, the imperial concubine is here to see you." Hearing this, Ban Xia raised his head, tears welled up in his eyes, and asked, "Sure enough, the empress has come to see me?" Without saying a word , choked up. As soon as he came out, the imperial concubine was already waiting outside.Ban Xia Yi was surprised, knelt down and kowtowed to salute, and cried: "Greetings to the empress, forgive me that Ban Xia can no longer serve the empress." Before he could finish speaking, Na Muzhong pulled him up early and cried: "I often just scold you, but now once we are separated, I realize that you are the most capable person by my side, like my right hand and right arm. Now if you want to leave, it will be like stabbing me with a knife. Good girl Ban Xia, you worked hard in the past, but I just thought you were stupid and treated you badly, do you blame me?" Ban Xia burst into tears, and said: "Your Majesty treats Ban Xia well, she is higher than the sky and heavier than the mountains, and it is too late for Ban Xia to be grateful, so how dare you complain. Besides, today, the Empress is here to see Ban Xia off, it is the day of Ban Xia It’s a great blessing, and it’s not a pity to die with Ban Xia, but there are no more trusted people around the empress, there are many gossips in the palace, and being with the king is like accompanying a tiger, the empress must be careful herself.” Na Muzhong heard that she was only thinking of herself, and she didn't mention a word of pleading, and felt more grateful. Banxia pulled Yingchun again and begged: "Our mother has to drink flower porridge every morning, use scented tea at night, rinse mouth with water soaked in honeysuckle, comb hair with water mixed with mulberry juice, dye nails with rouge pounded from impatiens, steamed with jasmine. Sometimes my heart hurts or my appetite is poor, I always make some fresh flower cakes to mediate..." Speaking of this, I couldn't help crying, "If there is one of our sisters in Linzhi Palace, there will be another one who knows the mother If you are used to serving by your side, I can leave without worry. It’s just that the emperor is so cruel that he didn’t keep any of the sisters in the palace. What will our mother do in the future? Although I have many flower-making recipes here, hate me I can't write, I can't stay here, and I can't say so much for a while, so I have to pick up the important ones and tell my sister, begging my sister to keep it in my heart, and make a bowl for our mother sooner or later, which is our sister's love. Companion Even if Xia died, Yin Linger would also thank her sister." He also dictated the recipe. Hearing this, Na Muzhong felt more like a thousand arrows gathered in his heart, tears kept streaming down his face, he hugged Banxia and began to cry. The school guard looked scared, and knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, take care. I have seen it, so let Ban Xia go in. This is the person appointed by the emperor to be executed. If something goes wrong, the little one will lose his head. " Before the imperial concubine could speak, Yingchun scolded: "Stupid thing! The empress just wants to accompany Xia to follow and serve for many years, and she can't bear to be separated. Say goodbye to her, and it's not about robbing prison. What are you afraid of? Don't tell me you're going to save your head right now! Are you sure you're still alive tomorrow?" The guard was so frightened that he kowtowed and dared not say any more.On the contrary, Ban Xia took the initiative to persuade: "It's late and quiet at night, this place is close to the palace, and the wind is strong, if the empress is caught in the wind, or because Ban Xia Ming'er provokes her tongue, Ban Xia will be in trouble even if she dies." .I also ask the empress to go back to the palace to rest earlier." The imperial concubine was willing to give up, she didn't care about the guards and Yingchun persuading her in every possible way, and she cried for a long time, until the guards came to report that the eunuch Lu Gonggong was coming, she had no choice but to walk away, turning her head three times, wiping away tears. Lu Lianke didn't realize that the imperial concubine was here, so he quickly knelt down to greet the concubine, and waited until the imperial concubine dared to stand up when she was far away, and brought a few young eunuchs into the value room, nodded to the guards, and put a piece of silver in his hand. The guard understood, and said in a low voice: "Eunuch Lu, you should be clean, don't kill people and let your brother get involved." Go out by yourself and close the door. Lu Lianke then came over, untied Duo'er himself, and said with a smile, "I'm with brother Fuzi. He's gone, and you are his beloved. As a brother, I have to take care of you for my brother." Duo'er didn't know why, so she begged, "Eunuch, help me!" Lu Lianke sighed: "You and Fuzi are so affectionate and righteous, so he just left without leaving a word for you?" Duo'er shook her head, startled, but she also sensed something was wrong, so she just quietly rubbed against the corner of the wall. Lu Lianke pretended to sigh again, and said with a smile: "It's strange, he is so nice to you, he didn't leave you a word of selfishness, but gave me a dream instead. Guess what he said to me?" Duo'er still shook her head. Lu Lianke said: "He entrusted me with a dream and told me that he misses you and wants you to go down with him and still 'eat right' with you." Duo'er was shocked, knowing that these people were afraid that they would confess more adultery when they were executed tomorrow, and they came to kill people tonight.When Fang was about to call for help, a few young eunuchs came in the morning and held her down firmly, clapping her hands repeatedly, not allowing her to make a sound. Lu Lianke turned her face away, approached her with a sneer and said, "You have such a quick mouth, such a sharp tongue, you killed so many people in Linzhi Palace with just one sentence. If I save your life, I'm afraid I will be killed by you too." Die!" After saying that, he grabbed Duo'er's hair with one hand to keep her head from turning, and with the other hand, he put a knife into the mouth, and with one twist, half of the tongue was cut off. Duo'er didn't even have time to snort, and passed out.Even though everyone saw it, they all hated Duo'er's confession of "eating the right food" was very implicated, and secretly cheered. In the afternoon of the next day, the servants of the two palaces were held by the school guards in the empty field outside the Xihua Gate where the Baylors were free to shoot, and strangled to death with ropes one by one.Duo'er was bleeding from the corner of her mouth, and was pulled out half dead. She was so pitiful that she never said a word again.Others didn't notice anything unusual either. The cries of the dozens of innocent souls hovered above the Shengjing Imperial Palace for dozens of nights. Only when the funeral ceremony was held will the disturbance be calmed down. The only person who received an amnesty was Suma. She is Hai Lanzhu's companion and confidant, even if everyone in the world feels sorry for Hai Lanzhu, Suma will not do anything to betray Gege.Therefore, before the execution, Huang Taiji suddenly thought of her, fearing that Hai Lanzhu would look for her when he woke up, so he sent an order to the ward to release Suma. But Suma herself couldn't let it go. Since the incident happened, she has been crying and blaming herself, and spent the night in the guard's room thinking wildly. Alone I am still alive, but I don't believe it, suspicious, seeing and hearing hallucinations, I always think that I am a dead person, and say that I saw the little elder brother and heard the little elder brother talking. Huang Taiji was afraid that her nonsense would make Concubine Chen sad, so he had to ask someone to take her to Qilei's meditation room to be with the god seat temporarily. From then on, besides a cold-hearted concubine, there was another crazy maid in the imperial garden of the Qing Palace.