Chapter 176: Temptation
On the treetops outside the Moon Picking Palace, there were still scattered snow sliding down the branches.
A few wisps of clouds floated and flowed in the sky, and a cold wind blew from outside the temple, which made people shudder.
Shen Fengxu stood in front of the door of the Moon Picking Palace.
The Moon Picking Hall was originally a deserted palace, seven years ago, Rong Zhaoyi, who lived in the Moon Picking Palace, died in childbirth, and since then, the Moon Picking Palace has been abandoned, except for the occasional palace maid who comes to clean the palace, no one has passed.
Until some time ago, Ming Jin pampered Jiang Xuanyue in the Moon Picking Palace.
Then he let Jiang Xiangyue live in the Moon Picking Palace, first sealed Jiang Xiangyue as a seventh-grade beauty, and then spoiled Jiang Xiyue for two consecutive days, and then promoted her to the sixth-grade Xiaoyi, but since then, Ming Jin has not been here again.
There was silence in the Moon Picking Palace.
Only some birds and finches landed on the branches, and then flew away in a hurry, it seemed that even these birds and birds did not want to stay in the Moon Picking Hall for a while, Shen Fengxu was standing outside the hall thinking nonsense, and saw the palace maid walk out of the Moon Picking Palace.
The maid also had a little rouge gouache on her hands, apparently she had just groomed someone else.
She walked out slowly, saluted Shen Fengxu, and said softly: "The maid sees allergies and Junjun, Min and Junjun, please come in." ”
Shen Fengxu followed the palace maid all the way into Jiang Xuyue's moon picking hall.
At this time, Jiang Xiyue sat on the main seat, her clothes were spotless, the jade crown on her head was luxurious, it was a delicate hollow begonia step, it looked beautiful and generous, her white slender fingers were painted with red dancome, and her long armor was inlaid with a few pearls that were almost luxurious, and the whole person looked like a gorgeous and extravagant atmosphere.
But I don't know why, seeing Jiang Xuanyue dressed so complicated and gorgeous, it made Shen Fengyue feel a little uneasy, if Jiang Xuanyue was dressed mediocrely, Shen Fengxu also felt normal, but Jiang Xuanyue's body was weird.
Shen Fengxu is the fourth rank of Min and Junjun, and Jiang Xuanyue is just a small instrument of the sixth grade, so Jiang Xuanyue got up and saluted Shen Fengxu, her eyes were always looking at Shen Fengxu, with a trace of sadness in her eyes, as if a sharp blade pierced her heart, constantly stirring and withdrawing, but did not kill her.
Shen Fengxu returned the salute and said, "How is Jiang Xiaoyi doing?"
Jiang Xuanyue was about to speak, but after looking at the face of the palace maid on the side, a thousand words turned into a moment of silence, and after taking a deep breath, Jiang Xuanyue pulled the corners of her lips, and an extremely ugly smile appeared on her face.
"That's nature, the prosperity in the palace, is incomparable to Yi'anbo Mansion. Jiang Xuyue smiled faintly, but turned her eyes to the side of the window, looked at the vast white, and said, "Jun Jun naturally doesn't have to worry about me, but I don't know how Min and Jun Jun are doing recently?"
Shen Fengsu also smiled and said, "Dongning Bofu is naturally not as good as the palace in any way, but Fengxu has brothers and sisters at home, and there are classmates and friends in the academy, so I also feel content." ”
Shen Fengxu's words made Jiang Xiyue's eyes moisten suddenly, she hurriedly raised her head, couldn't help herself from crying, and her voice was slightly hoarse: "Minhe Junjun ......"
Shen Fengxu raised his eyes to look at her.
And the palace maid on the side suddenly coughed.
Jiang Xiyue's remaining words suddenly swallowed into her throat again, she pursed her lips, her voice was choked with a strong choke, and said, "Min and Junjun came from afar, they should be tired, let's sit down and rest first." ”
Gong Wan's eyebrows couldn't help but twist tightly, but she just glanced at Jiang Xuanyue, with a hint of coolness in her eyes.
Shen Fengxu glanced at the palace maid and said with a smile: "You go and pour me a cup of tea." ”
The palace maid frowned, turned to look at the rest of the maids guarding outside the hall, and said, "Fang'er, you go and pour a cup of tea." ”
Fang'er, who was guarding outside the hall, immediately responded and left.
Shen Fengxu's eyes sank slightly.
She wanted the palace maid to leave, but she didn't take a step, and the palace maid also looked at Shen Fengxu and explained gently: "The maid has to take care of Jiang Xiaoyi closely, it is inconvenient to leave here, and I ask Min and Junjun to forgive me." ”
Shen Fengxu was also inconvenient to say anything.
But she can also see that Jiang Xuanyue is not as leisurely as she appears on the surface in the Moon Picking Palace, but is controlled everywhere, and from the beginning of Shen Fengxu's entry into the hall, she felt that something was wrong.
If Shen Fengxu came to see Jiang Xuanyue, Jiang Xuanyue would never have dressed up for so long, and would never have dressed up so gorgeously and extravagantly, as if he was ...... Dressed up as if it were for others to see.
Shen Fengxu glanced at Jiang Xuanyue again.
Jiang Xuyue's gaze was like a silent stagnant water, without any life.
Shen Fengxu knew that the maid in front of her was here, and she and Jiang Xiyue couldn't say anything, so she sighed softly.
After sitting in place for a while, Jiang Xuyue only lowered her head and didn't speak, and Shen Fengxu just sat there without saying a word.
In this place now, I can't say anything, and even if I do, I can only say something inconsequential.
I don't know how long later, the maid named Fang'er brought in the tea, put it next to Shen Fengxu's table, and respectfully withdrew.
Shen Fengxu picked up the teacup, his expression was slightly complicated, and he suddenly picked up the teacup and stood up, but when he walked forward, he seemed to be mixed with something, leaned forward, and spilled all the tea on the palace maid's body.
Jiang Xiyue's heart tightened, and she raised her eyes to look at Shen Fengxu.
The palace maid also changed her complexion.
But she glanced at Shen Fengxu deeply, and only asked with concern, "Minhe Junjun, are you okay?"
Shen Fengxu waved his hand, looked at the palace maid, and said, "I'm fine, but you have already been splashed with tea, go and change your clothes first." ”
The palace maid showed a look of embarrassment on her face.
She didn't want to leave here, once she left, she didn't know what Shen Fengxu would say to Jiang Xuanyue, but her clothes were indeed stained with tea, and it was obviously not appropriate to wait here.
After hesitating repeatedly, the palace maid had no choice but to say: "The maid will go to change her clothes first, and then come to serve Jiang Xiaoyi later." ”
Jiang Xuanyue nodded.
Looking at the back of the palace maid leaving, Jiang Xianyue's body gradually tightened, until she watched the palace maid completely walk out of the hall, Jiang Xianyue finally couldn't hold back, she grabbed Shen Fengxu's sleeve, choked and said: "Cousin Fengxu, I don't want to be like this, I don't want to enter the palace, I should listen to you that day, I shouldn't come." ”
Shen Fengxu gently patted Jiang Xuyue's back and said, "Cousin, don't cry, the makeup on your face is so good-looking, if you cry, you will have to help you redraw it in a while." ”
She ...... Even so, I probably wouldn't be alive without her. Jiang Xiyue was trembling almost half of her body, she endured the fear in her heart, and said, "Do you know? Since I lived in the Caiyue Palace, all the things around me have been personally tested by the palace maids, whether it is for food, the maids have to try it first, in just a few days, five people have died in the Caiyue Palace, and they all died because of using my things......
Shen Fengxi's voice was very gentle, with a calming atmosphere, and said, "It's okay, today's Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, almost everyone will go to the palace banquet, and no one will harm you." ”
After that, Shen Fengxu paused, and then asked, "Are these things arranged by the palace maid just now?"
Jiang Xiyue nodded: "Yes, her name is Zhucui, if it weren't for her, I don't know how many times I died, everyone in the palace is harming me now, only she is protecting me, she is also worried that you have bad intentions towards me, so she is so vigilant about you, even the maids sent to me by my mother have been checked by her one by one." ”
Shen Fengxu couldn't help frowning: "She's just a maid you met after you entered the palace, why is she so loyal to you?"
is not only loyal, but even has the implicit intention of controlling Jiang Xuanyue, Jiang Xuanyue even saw her cousin, but also had to be hindered by her, not to mention, if Zhucui was the person who followed Jiang Xuanyue from the beginning, she was Jiang Xuanyue's maid who only met after entering the palace, and looking at Zhucui's age, she must have waited in other palaces before, before Jiang Xuanyue, there was still the old master.
But Jiang Xuyue just shook her head, she took a deep breath, and even her voice trembled a little: "I don't know, cousin Fengxu, when I lived in the Moon Picking Hall on the first day, Concubine Min brought me some snacks, I was already about to eat it, it was Zhucui who pierced it with a silver needle, and I found out that this snack was actually poisonous, in addition, there are many other things, if it weren't for Zhucui, I would have died in the palace countless times......"
Shen Fengxu soothed slightly: "Cousin, don't be afraid, since you know what methods they have, you should pay more attention in the future." ”
Jiang Xiangyue's gaze suddenly became very cold, her nails as red as dankou were also broken steeply, Jiang Xiangyue gritted her teeth and said, "It was Shen Yulou who asked me to come in, ......" Although he said this, there was no hatred in his tone, and sadness had overshadowed anger.
Shen Fengxu had already known this before, she tilted her head slightly, and asked, "Since you know that Shen Yulou sent you in, why don't you say it?"
"I said it, what can I ......do" Jiang Xiyue said weakly, her voice was very cold, "Even if I say it, no one will believe it, I have always had a very close relationship with her, and it doesn't do her any good for her to send me in, but that's what she did......"
Shen Fengxu raised his hand to help Jiang Xuanyue and said, "It's not so much that no one will believe it, it's better that you don't want to hurt Shen Yulou." ”
Jiang Xuyue's body trembled slightly.
Shen Fengxu sighed and said: "You don't say it's right, after all, even if you say it, it's impossible to help Shen Yulou, but you shouldn't have other ideas, you should see clearly, what kind of vicious heart is on Shen Yulou's beauty's face, now that you know, don't think about the old feelings, the thing you should think about the most is revenge." ”
"Revenge?" Jiang Xiyue laughed at herself, "What else do I want to do with revenge...... If I could, I would have loved to die here. ”
Shen Fengxu did not comfort Jiang Xiyue, but said: "It is a big crime for a concubine to commit suicide, if you commit suicide, you will be punished even with the entire Yi'an Bo Mansion, you know it in your heart." ”
Jiang Xuanyue is naturally very clear, and it is precisely because she is aware of this that Jiang Xuanyue has not cut herself.
"Do you think I'm very conflicted, I clearly want to kill myself, but I don't want to be killed by those people at all......" Jiang Xuanyue looked at Shen Fengxu very helplessly, although she was dressed in gorgeous clothes, she couldn't hide the desolation in her heart, and the heavy makeup on her face had been spent under her tears, and she looked mottled and ugly.
"It's different. Shen Fengxu comforted softly, "Even if you die, you have to die in your own hands, if others want you to die, you have to live, and you will slowly take revenge in the future." ”
"...... revenge?" Jiang Xiyue couldn't help but wonder.
Shen Fengxu seems to have been talking about revenge.
"Yes......" Shen Fengxu smiled slightly, "You are the youngest concubine in the palace, you are young and beautiful, this is your advantage, you can get the emperor's favor, you can get power, and when that time comes, who else in the palace will dare to bully you?"
Jiang Xiyue opened her mouth, but she didn't make a sound.
She was disgusted not only by those who had done her, but also by ...... Mingjin.
Ming Jin is old enough, and it is more than enough to be his father, but she has to welcome Ming Jin, and she can't show half disrespect to Ming Jin, if Ming Jin is displeased, not only her, but also her parents and family will be implicated.
"The emperor has pampered you for a few days in a row, and made you a small ceremony from a beauty, I think he likes you. Shen Feng looked at Jiang Xianyue steadily, and said, "You can't turn back now, the only way you can turn back is to die here, and then the entire Yi'an Bo Mansion will be buried for it."
Shen Fengxu told the truth, and there was no half-lying truth.
Since Jiang Xiangyue is already the concubine of Ming Jin, she can't have any other thoughts, not even suicide, she and Yi'anbo Mansion are both prosperous and lossy, and Jiang Xuanyue has been hesitant because of this.
"I know......" Jiang Xiyue bit her lip tightly, "but I ......"
Even so, she had no way to be obedient to Ming Jin, and there was no way to grovel to Ming Jin, and it was precisely because of this that Ming Jin never came to the Moon Picking Hall after he named him Xiaoyi.
"The emperor wants you to go to him. Shen Fengxu blinked and said softly.
If Jiang Xuanyue didn't take the initiative to find Ming Jin, then in the Moon Picking Palace, it would be like a cold palace, Ming Jin would not take another half step, and if Jiang Xuyue took the initiative, he would naturally have a bright future in the future.
What Zhu Cui did was also to hope that Jiang Xuanyue would take the initiative, although Jiang Xuanyue knew, she could never do it.