"You've been waiting outside for a long time?"

With his elbows resting on the table, Nie Rufan gently rubbed his temples. She squinted at her out of the corner of her eye, and said leisurely.

Chu Qiao didn't dare to get up without commanding, and stood up denied in a proper manner: "Go back to Niangniang." The concubine has just come, and it is the concubine who has made the mother wait for a long time. ”

The fragrance overflowing from the purple gold lavender cage lingered in the hall, and Chu Qiao's mind was exceptionally clear.

"Oh?" sipped tea lightly, and Nie Rufan was noncommittal.

As if bored, she tapped the lid of her tea bowl against the rim of her cup. One after another, Chu Qiao felt like a drum beating on her chest, which made her feel uneasy.

kept bending his knees and leaning over, but after a while, Chu Qiao's legs were completely sore.

Originally, she had been standing outside for a long time just now, and when she came in, she was half-squatting like this, and she didn't even have to blink an eye.

She couldn't help but look up slightly, but Nie Rufan was unaware. As if she was supposed to be standing like this.

After a while, after Nie Rufan finished eating half a cup of tea, he finally noticed her.

Chu Qiaocai stubbornly said, "The concubine body has indeed been here for a while. But the mother worked hard for His Majesty and the harem, and the concubine did not dare to disturb easily, and it was natural to wait outside, so she didn't mention it. ”

Hearing this, Concubine Nie finally stood up slowly. She condescendingly looked at the person with a temperament like Lan not far away, and seemed to smile: "Get up, sit down." ”

The posture is elegant, the tone is unhurried, as if everything is in control.

Chu Qiao thanked him in fear, and his body staggered two steps before he could barely stand firm.

Stepping back cautiously, she touched the celadon teacup on the table without paying attention.

The heat of the cup burned Chu Qiao's hand, and she hurriedly retracted it, her face even more unsightly.

She has always been a careful person, and she boasts that she has never had any tricks, and she is not afraid of being criticized. There is only one unsightly thing that can cost her life-

Last night, Emperor Xuan had just rested in his Jiyue Tower, and in the early morning, Nie Guifei sent someone over to say that she wanted to see her......

Even if the precautions are perfect, Chu Qiao still understands the truth that there is no impermeable wall in the world. She didn't dare to think about it, she pretended to be calm on her face, but her actual vest was already dripping with cold sweat.

Those small movements were naturally in full view, and seeing her sitting motionless on the pear blossom wooden chair, Nie Rufan continued to speak, a little ridiculed: "It turned out that the palace was unreasonable, and it was a waste of hard work." ”

The smile on her lips was intriguing, and she quietly watched the every move of the person below her, as funny as a clown jumping off a beam.

Seeing Chu Qiao's lips pursing as if he was about to say something, Nie Rufan interrupted: "Small punishment and big commandment, talented people don't have to be humble with this palace, and they don't have to be humble." This palace believes in you, and it is natural for you to consider doing this. ”

Walk slowly down the steps.

Under the red Ruyi skirt, the crested head embroidered with yellow thread pierces the human eye.

Taking her hand, Nie gently patted the back of her white and delicate hand like a fan comfortingly, and chuckled: "This palace knows that you have ideas, and I also know that everyone has secrets. I thought it was seamless, but I was actually seen through by others at a glance. ”

"Of course, there are also those who act safely, but this palace often thinks that it is better to let one more person know than to stick to it. ”

As soon as the words fell, the person in front of him trembled slightly.

"There is no secret to Your Majesty, to Niangniang, and the concubine. Chu Qiao raised his head, his eyes clear. But the trembling tail note betrayed her, inadvertently revealing her fear.

Nodding thoughtfully, Nie Rufan suddenly grabbed her wrist and lifted her sleeve.

There is indeed nothing on the skin like mutton fat and white jade.

She smiled disappreciatively. There is a secret method of covering the palace sand, which can only be washed off with boiling water. Picking up the boiling water that had been prepared next to him earlier, Nie Rufan was about to pour it on it.

Chu Qiao naturally knew her intentions, and was immediately frightened.

Seeing that he could no longer hide it, after having the courage to break free, he knelt on the ground: "Niangniang spare her life!

"Spare your life?" Sneering disdainfully, Nie Rufan saw her like this and no longer chased after her.

Putting down the hot teacup, she looked at her fingertips that were a little red from being burned, and said, "How can this palace ever ask for anyone's life, things can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be talked nonsense." ”

"Bengong just wants to test the water temperature for talents, why are talented people afraid of being like this?" Slowly leaning over and bending down, Nie Rufan picked up her chin, aggressive, "Could it be that this boiling water has any wonderful use that Bengong doesn't know?"

Originally, I didn't directly call Mama to check her body, but it was enough to give her a great face.

An extremely beautiful face gradually approached him, but at this time, Chu Qiao felt that people were more afraid than snakes and scorpions.

"This palace also heard that whenever His Majesty goes to the talented person to rest for a while, except for the girl in Lishu, the talented person is not allowed to go in to serve, and all the objects have to be handled by her to be at ease......"

"The concubines in the palace have the most quirks and taboos, and they are none other than talented people. The virtuous concubines who want to come to the Changhui Palace are not as good as Chu Cairen's body, right? Cairen is the person at the top of His Majesty's heart, who are you trying to guard against? Where are all these behaviors placed in this palace?"

Nie Rufan held her wrist and gradually tightened it, and pulled it hard, pinching her painfully. Chu Qiao didn't even dare to frown.

She deliberately accentuated her title: "Of course, the women of the harem should be chaste, and for Your Majesty." Chu Cairen knows?"

After a moment of stalemate, Chu Qiao knelt on the ground and sobbed, and finally buried his head.

"The concubine knows. ”

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Seeing Chu Qiao leave the Guiyan Palace in despair, Chuan Qiong stepped forward to help Nie Rufan sit down before saying, "Take this point of Chu Cairen in your hands, so that she can shed her skin even if she doesn't die." "No matter how bad it is, it can make other people's lives unstable.

At this time, Nie Rufan had already changed his expression, his face was tired, and his eyes were looking into the distance blankly.

"I've felt that kind of taste before. After a long time, she said a sentence quietly, sighing a lot.

“...... So what's the use of wanting her to die? As for the rest, it's up to her to make it herself. ”

Chuan Qiong was stunned, Nie Guifei hadn't mentioned the previous things for a long time, and she forgot about it.

Knowing that she remembered the events of many years ago, Chuan Qiong sighed lowly: "It's okay for Niangniang to remember the past, as long as you look at it, you will feel that it is nothing more than that." ”

A look of confusion appeared on his face, and Nie Rufan slowly shook his head.

But when she said that, the slave remembered something. The slave remembered that day on the roster of the new officials of the Imperial History Terrace, as if she really saw Bai ......, "I felt that it was inappropriate to say it, Chuan Qiong paused, and did not say anything more."

In an instant, Nie Rufan's face gradually became gloomy and embarrassing.

Chuan Qiong hurriedly kept silent, "Maybe the slave maid is wrong-"

There are many people with the same name and surname, although a few years ago she heard news from her hometown that someone in the Bai family had committed a crime, and all the officials in the house had been stripped of their official positions, and the family road began to decline.

But fortunately, the person was not involved.

Moreover, the Bai family has also saved some money over the past few decades. Even if you can't be an official, it is impossible to get rich and rich with money, but it is not difficult to live an ordinary life.

......

More than ten years have passed, things are wrong, and he should have married a wife and had children in Liucheng.

Who would be willing to abandon all his wealth to come to the Imperial City and be willing to be a secretary of the Imperial History Tower? Not to mention that he had studied and was born as a son-in-law, so he was arrogant and could not look down on this tiring work.

"Go down and check. The soft color on Nie Rufan's face was fleeting, and his voice was so cold that there was no slightest temperature.

Chuan Qiong saw that this matter was important, and hurriedly said: "It's the slave and maid who are negligent, and the slave and maid will hand it over to someone to do it." ”

"You also know that you were negligent. With a sneer, Nie Rufan turned his head to look at her without blinking, and told word by word: "It's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one." This palace does not allow anyone to take these out and defile His Majesty's ears and eyes. ”

She said decisively, as if she had forgotten her old feelings a long time ago. The melancholy and loss are gone, and there is still a bit of ruthlessness and playfulness in the eyes.

She muttered to herself: "The most important thing, is this an accident, or is it expected? Yuan Mingjiang has just died, who should be the mastermind behind it?"

It's true that the family has jumped over the wall in a hurry, and even Lang Xin disdains to use the Chen sesame rotten grain, which he has to turn out and calculate.

It's good that it's not intentional, but if someone really deliberately arranged to build a trap, the answer is about to come out.

It is not stupid to put yourself in the open early stage.

"Yes. "A name can be big or small. After thinking clearly, Chuan Qiong secretly scolded himself for being careless, nodded and agreed.

***

The path in Putuo Temple is quiet, and there is a layer of mist faintly shrouded.

Putuo Mountain is not full of locust flowers, and it looks much lonely.

Soon after the morning bell rang, people who offered incense would come one after another.

Qingxuan swept the road as usual, and he didn't need to do these tasks, but he was used to doing it when he was a child, and he always had to sprinkle and sweep it himself after getting up in the morning before he went to copy the scriptures and recite the Buddha to listen to the abbot's lectures.

Looking at the plain-clothed woman standing on the side of the road quietly looking at the Big Buddha Hall, Qing Xuan stopped his movements and saluted her: "Amitabha, this is the donor?"

Yuan Xihe has been here for a while. Qingxuan remembered that she was the sister of the woman who gave the steamed locust cake last time.

He steamed the Huaihua cake for whom, and it wasn't until a long time after the cold food had passed that Qing Xuan learned from the mouths of the other disciples.

Thinking of her appearance, he thought about her actions that day, and he really felt funny.

Master said that all beings are equal, and no matter how high or low they are, their dispositions are the same, so it seems that this is true.

"Master Qingxuan. ”

Yuan Xihe smiled, knowing that he was in his way, so he moved his steps and walked to the side so that he could sweep the fallen leaves on the ground. 166 Reading Network