Chapter 2258: Penalty stop

Early the next morning, Ran Xiaoyu left the palace from the Nangong Gate with a burden in his hand. Before dawn, he rushed to the shop of the most famous jade stone craftsman in the capital.
The store has just opened.
When Ran Xiaoyu walked in, he stopped again and glanced back.
At this time, it was just getting dark and there were not many pedestrians on the street. There were only twos and threes walking with their heads and necks down, and no one noticed her.
It seems that no one followed her.
Ran Xiaoyu frowned, thought about it, and walked into the shop. The people in the shop had seen her long ago and immediately came forward to salute.
"Little jade girl."
Ran Xiaoyu nodded, walked in, and handed the baggage in his hand to the man.
She walked to the shop and sat down. Others offered hot tea. She didn't drink it either. She just asked, "The shopkeeper, has anyone come here to ask about sending off the child Guanyin?"
The shopkeeper laughed and shook his head: "In the past few days, apart from Miss Xiaoyu, no one has ever inquired about sending off the child Guanyin."
"not a single one?"
"No."
"..."
Ran Xiaoyu frowned again.
But she still said, "Well, go and do your thing. I'll sit here for a while."
"Then, stay with me."
The shopkeeper opened the baggage, took out the white jade's severed hand from it, carefully weighed it, and bowed to Ran Xiaoyu, then turned and walked into the shop.
Ran Xiaoyu sat at the table, drinking tea while paying attention to everyone passing by the jade shop.
Time goes by little by little.
In a blink of an eye, it was almost noon.
Since watching Ran Xiaoyu leave early in the morning, Nan Yan has been sitting on the couch, wrapped in thick clothes, looking out the window, listening to the howling of the wind, and soon began to doze off.
When Nianqiu walked in, she saw her head knocking like a chicken pecking at rice.
So he came over and gently supported her shoulders, trying to help her lie down, Nan Yan immediately opened his eyes: "Huh? Xiaoyu is back?"
Nian Qiu smiled and said, "Manny, Sister Xiaoyu didn't say that she will be back later today."
"Oh……"
"The mother looks at it, Qiu Shui can see through. It's better to sleep for a while."
"When is it now?"
"It's almost noon."
"Why am I so sleepy?"
"The mother didn't sleep last night, okay?"
"……Ok."
Although Zhu Feng left early in order not to disturb her to rest, but because of the fact that Guanyin sent her son, and the fact that she had just had a meal with the Xu family at Chengqian Palace, she recalled the faces of everyone at the banquet. And what they said.
Especially, Xu Shizong's pale, sickly face.
After such a toss, although she was too tired, she couldn't fall asleep and turned over and over again. It wasn't until people started to move outside that she reluctantly took a nap.
After a while, Ran Xiaoyu went out of the palace as planned, went to the jade masons, and implemented her plan of "leading the snake out of the cave". She failed to sleep again, so now she has been dozing off.
Nianqiu said distressedly: "The lady is still in confinement, so she can't be too tired. If you are sleepy, go to sleep for a while, don't toss your body."
"This, all right."
Nan Yan only said: "If she comes back, you remember to call this palace."
"The servant girl knows."
Nianqiu served her to sleep and tucked her quilt.
Then turned and walked out.
As soon as I left the house, I saw Xue Yun approaching.
Holding the medicine box in her hand, when Nianqiu walked out of the bedroom, she immediately came forward and arched her hands, saying, "Miss Nianqiu."
"Yes... Doctor Xue?"
Nian Qiu glanced at her from the corner of her eye.
In order to prevent them from having any accidents when getting along, Ran Xiaoyu found a time to find out Xue Yun's true identity, where she came from, and what contacts with the emperor and concubine in the northwest. They roughly followed Nianqiu. Talked to Aunt Tongyun again.
The two people were taken aback.
Only then did I realize that the gentle and kind-looking Doctor Xue turned out to be a woman.
It is no wonder that the emperor will rest assured that she will take care of the imperial concubine's pregnancy.
Aunt Tongyun also smiled bitterly and said: "This really scared us. You know, that night Wu clan was in the palace, especially outside our Yikun Palace, just talking nonsense about the relationship between Doctor Xue and the empress. Although this matter didn’t make a big deal, it still made me worry about it for a while, for fear that it would not sound good when it spread out, and it would cause some misfortune. Now that I know she is a woman, I feel relieved."
But Ran Xiaoyu said, "Don't worry? Just because she is a woman, it makes people worry."
Aunt Tongyun and Nianqiu were puzzled, and asked her what was going on.
So Ran Xiaoyu told the concubine what Xue Yun had said to the concubine the night during her birth.
After Aunt Tongyun heard these words, she was silent for a while, and sighed.
But Nian Qiu felt great dissatisfaction in her heart.
Although jealousy is a bad thing for the concubine of the harem, no one would really wish to attribute the emperor to him alone, even if the imperial concubine, such an honor, she did not have such an idea.
However, the concubine is the concubine.
She is a woman who came from a wild road, and now she is walking in the palace by disguising herself as a man, and she has such thoughts towards the emperor.
Nianqiu looked at her again, and there was not much kindness in her eyes.
Xue Yun didn't feel much at all, and only asked kindly, "Is the noble concubine empress here? This official is here today to ask the empress for peace."
Nian Qiu's eyes rolled.
Then he said: "Why did Master Xue come now? Niang Niang has been waiting for you for a long time."
"Oh? The officer will go in immediately."
"Hey, wait a minute."
Nianqiu stopped her and said, "My lady has been waiting for you for a long time. Now I am tired of waiting and just fell asleep."
"Asleep? Then, I will come later."
"Late? When is it late?"
Nian Qiu showed dissatisfaction and said, "When you come back later, it's time for your mother to rest again."
"..."
"You don't know, the empress is now in confinement, when her body is most important for maintenance."
"This, of course."
Xue Yun felt that the other party was a little bad, but she didn't have much to say.
Just said: "Then, I will wait for a while."
"now it's right."
Nianqiu smiled at her and said, "It's just that, there is no partial hall on the emperor's palace, and there is no place for Master Xue to sit on."
"It's okay,"
Xue Yundao: "Anyway, it's still early, the officer is standing in the courtyard."
"That's good."
Nianqiu looked at her standing in the yard, where she was on the wind, covered her mouth and smiled, then turned and left.
Xue Yun stood there, only feeling the cold wind pouring into the collar and cuffs.
She shivered, and she could only endure it.