Eighty-eight through the return of pearls in Qianlong

Chapter 39

Xinzheku

Concubine Ling put the hair hanging on her cheeks behind her ears, squinted her eyes and stared coldly at Nanny Gu who was dying on the ground, with a gloomy smile on her lips, she bent down and dragged the corpse into the room with great effort, Put the corpse on the bed and pick up the torch.

While looking at the burning flame in his hand, he walked slowly towards the door, and when he was one step away from the door, he threw the fire bag in his hand behind him, and then the curtain on the bed caught fire, and the fire was imminent.

Back in the courtyard, she poured several buckets of water on her body from the well, and casually threw the cane that Nanny Gu had hit her at her feet. On the ground, he pulled his hair even more messily, pretending to faint.

"There's a fire, put out the fire, put out the fire..." The palace people hurried towards the place where Nanny Gu lived, holding various water containers in panic.Due to the excessive fire, when the fire was extinguished, the house where Madam Gu lived had already been burned to ashes!

When the palace people saw the concubine Ling who had passed out by the well and the cane thrown on the ground, they knew in their hearts that it was Nanny Gu who tortured the concubine Ling again.Several palace maids lifted Concubine Ling to an empty house not far away, muttering as they walked: "This woman is really a bastard, you tell me that we haven't stopped here since she came, and now we are on fire again." It's really unlucky."

When the ruins were almost cleared up, the maidservants gathered around and looked at the black thing that was carried out.

"Oh my god, I'm scared to death!" Qiu'er glanced at the charred corpse of Nanny Gu that she found from the ruins. It was so black that nothing could be seen except a pair of charred bones. .Last night, Nanny Gu, who was showing off her might to them, turned into a pile of ashes. This is really terrifying. How could the house suddenly catch fire?No candles are lit in Nanny Gu's room during the day, where did the fire come from?

"Okay, let's go, I will reassign a nanny to take over Xinzheku's affairs!" The old eunuch of Xinzheku, the bearer, glanced at the whispering crowd and said in a low voice, and glanced with his hands behind his back. Looking at the dead body on the ground, a smile flickered on his lips and disappeared.

"Elder-in-law, this matter is too strange. How could the house where Nanny Gu lived suddenly caught fire?" Qiu'er frowned and asked in confusion.

"What's so strange about this, she must have ordered something in the house and forgot to blow it out, so the fire started after she fell asleep. This was all caused by her own carelessness, so stop thinking about it!" the old eunuch said. He said lightly, as if no one died just now, and it was just an accidental fire, "Go to work, don't try to take advantage of this to be lazy!"

"Yes." The palace maids replied, they were full of doubts, but they had to listen to the old eunuch's words, and retreated resentfully, they were busy with their work, and the courtyard returned to calm.

Concubine Ling was lying on the haystack, and everyone in the house had already gone to fight the fire. She leaned against the window and looked out, watching the flames soaring into the sky with a slight smile on her face.Anyone who offends her will die, no matter who she is!She will return today's shame to that pretentious queen, and she will make her pay a painful price for it.Lying her body on the haystack again, all the bones in her body were screaming and hurting, Ling Fei slowly closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Jingyang Palace

Yong Qiyi has the habit of waking up in the morning. She was practicing swords in the yard when she suddenly saw thick smoke billowing in the sky, so she called the little eunuch Shun De beside her, "Xiao Dezi, what is that place? It seems that there is a fire. gone?"

"Master, it's Xin Zheku. The person who just fell to put out the fire and came back said that Nanny Gu's house caught fire. She didn't even escape, and she was burned alive inside." Xiao Dezi She curled her lips and said, this Nanny Gu is a scumbag, all the maids under her are very afraid of her, and I heard that she was a poor person when she was young.

"Xinzheku?" Yong Qi frowned tightly, clenched the sword in his hand, and asked in a low voice: "Is the imperial concubine okay? Wasn't she demoted there by Huang Ama?" The imperial concubine said to them But with great kindness, if she hadn't been helping them everywhere in the palace, she might have been plotted by the queen long ago.

"The concubine Ling seems to be injured. I heard that there are bruises on her body and face, and she seems to have been tortured after being sent there last night!" Xiao Dezi followed the title of the fifth elder brother and still called her empress, but in others He didn't dare to use this title in front of him, it would be courting death for himself.Since the emperor decreed to cut her title and send her to Xinzheku, he must be very angry, otherwise she would be sent to the cold palace at most.

"Concubine Ling was injured? She was tortured? Who is so bold to abuse lynching!" Yong Qi raised her eyebrows and shouted sharply, "Follow me to Xinzheku!" After saying that, she threw the sword in her hand to After seeing the little maid behind her, she took Xiao Dezi and walked straight towards Xin Zheku.Along the way, he was very depressed. If something happened to the concubine, he would feel bad. The concubine helped them again and again, but they never did anything for the concubine. Now that the concubine is in trouble, he must Step up and lend a helping hand.

Arriving at Xinzheku, Yong Qi was guided by the maidservants to the empty house where the concubine Ling lived temporarily. When he saw the concubine Ling lying on the haystack, her face turned livid, and she grabbed the little palace leading the way. The servant girl scolded in a low voice: "Well, you bastard slaves, you actually let your mother live in this kind of place? I don't think you want your heads anymore, do you?"

"No... No, fifth elder brother, Madam Gu hasn't arranged a place for her to live in yet, and besides, the house just caught fire and we were all busy putting out the fire, so we just helped her here to rest for the time being." The little palace maid looked at her in panic. The fifth elder brother, who was full of anger, was trembling uncontrollably, like a frightened deer.

"Bold..."

"Fifth elder brother! Don't blame her, she also has difficulties!" Ling Fei opened her eyes and looked at the angry person by the door, and said slowly in a weak voice. Come, but he came just in time.

"Don't get out!" Yong Qi threw the little maidservant to the ground, let out a low growl, then came to Ling Fei, bent down to look at Ling Fei who was covered in injuries, and asked anxiously: "Ling Fei How are you, ma'am? I'll call you a doctor!" As he spoke, he was about to stand up and call Xiao Dezi outside the door.

"Fifth elder brother, no need. Have you ever seen an imperial physician treating a maidservant?" Ling Fei smiled bitterly, "I am already very happy that you can come to see me. The emperor misunderstood that I wanted to murder Yongyan and kill me." I sent it here with my title cut off, I don’t have any expectations anymore, let’s just count it as a day. It’s just that I’m worried about my elder brother fifteen, he’s still so young, and I don’t know if he’s recovering from his illness. The fever has subsided and it hasn't subsided..." Ling Fei burst into tears instantly, and what she was crying was Lei Yulihua, who was so sad that she deliberately rolled up her sleeves to reveal her bruised arms.

"Your Majesty, don't cry, Huang Ama will always understand!... Where did your injuries come from, Madam?" Yong Qi was very worried when he saw the bruises all over Ling Fei's fair arms. He frowned in horror and asked.

Hearing this, Concubine Ling hurriedly pulled down her sleeves and covered her arms, with a faint smile on her lips, she said softly, "It's nothing, it's just a slight injury, it's fine!"

"Let me see!" Yong Qi took Ling Fei's hand, pulled up her sleeves, revealing scars, frowned and said in a low voice: "Who hit this? It's like this!" He's so vicious!" At this moment, he completely forgot about the difference between men and women, and the rules of the palace, and just tightly held Lingfei's delicate hand, with a look of concern on his face.

"Fifth elder brother is really fine!" Ling Fei couldn't help sneering in her heart, she lowered her head pretending to be shy, trying to pull herself back from being squeezed by the hand, but after several more attempts with no results, she raised her eyes tenderly Looking at the fifth elder brother in front of him, he said shyly: "Fifth elder brother let go, it's not good for people to see!"

"I'm sorry, I lost my composure for a while!" Yong Qi lost his mind for a while when he met Ling Fei's soft eyes. He had never seen a woman who could be so soft, with a moon-like face and a voice like a bird. Yingying's singing is as sweet as it is, which is completely different from the little swallow who shouts loudly all day long.One is as soft as silk, and the other is as hard as steel. When comparing the softness and steel, Yong Qi suddenly found that this woman is still soft and charming, which is even more fascinating.

Concubine Ling's cheeks turned red, she lowered her head slightly and rubbed the skirt in her hand, and said softly: "It's okay, Brother Fifth is also kind!" Men are all the same, they all like soft women, they like their gentleness Nestled in their arms, protected and loved by them, this can satisfy their masculine vanity.

"Your Majesty is wronged and stay here for a while, I will arrange the people in Xinzheku to treat you kindly, and then I will find an opportunity to intercede with Huang Ama!" The fifth elder brother turned his face away in a panic. When Fei Rourou looked at him, his heartbeat became extremely intense. It was a kind of sensory stimulation that the little swallow had never given him, which made every cell in his body active.

"Fifth elder brother, don't... don't anger the emperor again because of me! It's not worth it!" Concubine Ling frowned slightly, raised her head and said sadly, "You are an elder brother, if you have anything to do with me, then The emperor will definitely take his anger out on you, why bring disaster on me, a dying person!"

"Ma'am, I'll rest in peace of mind and heal my wounds, and I'll leave the other things to Yongqi!" After saying that, he lifted up his clothes and strode out of the room. ,

Concubine Ling looked at Yongqi's leaving figure, with a faint smile on her lips...