Why?

I'd rather die than go back beyond the Great Wall of the East.

Ning Yi looked at the old eunuch and said, "Father-in-law Hai....... I was born in Xiling, and I grew up outside the Great Wall in the West, in Qingbai City. ”

The old eunuch was stunned.

Ning Yi smiled: "It's not a secret, before I came to Tiandu, there were already many people who took this opportunity to belittle me, ridicule me, and say that I was an orphan with no father and no mother in Xiling. ”

The old eunuch was just silent.

"It's hard outside the Great Wall in the west, and it's not much better in the east. Ning Yi looked at the clean and red blood stains in the shadow of the stone pillar for the last time, like a smear of mosquito blood, which was shot to death, and would not attract anyone's attention, he said seriously: "I don't know about this matter, how many people will sigh and say that it is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and how many people will ridicule that this palace maid is fragile and even committed suicide because of this matter...... Obviously, there are twelve taels of silver, and you can still live. ”

"But in fact, sometimes, there is only a thin line between hope and despair. Ning Yi lowered her eyes and said with a smile: "Maybe she has experienced a lot of sufferings that no one knows, and she has exhausted all her strength to get to this point...... If she is still alive, the family will live a life of 'life is better than death', but if she is dead, at least her relatives can be saved. ”

Gonggong Hai looked at Ning Yi and said softly: "Before she died, she pleaded with me, and she had no other wish than this." ”

Ning Yimu said: "That's the truth." ”

The old eunuch said: "Outside the four realms, is it really so bad?"

Ning Yi didn't answer immediately, he looked at the old man's questioning eyes, and said with a smile: "I don't know about the four realms, I haven't walked the Great Sui, it's a pity...... But beyond the West, it's worse than you might think. ”

Gonggong Hai pursed his lips and said, "It turned out to be a poor person." ”

......

......

There was nothing else to say along the way.

After a few moments—

"It's here. ”

Grandpa Hai suddenly spoke.

The two stopped in front of an annex, Ning Yi's expression was a little exciting, the repair of this annex was quite quaint, and there was no majestic place, red walls and white bricks, not only quaint, but even a little old.

If it weren't for the square font "Suhua", Ning Yi wouldn't have believed that this was the shelter of that lady in southern Xinjiang.

"Suhua Palace?" Ning Yi muttered and said with a smile: "How can it be like Suhua Garden, and it doesn't have the atmosphere from the East Chamber." ”

Gonggong Hai glanced at the confused eyes of the young man behind him, and explained with a smile: "Yes, that's right, the lady of Suhua Palace has always been simple and simple, and the little marquis will know when he goes in." ”

Ning Yi didn't rush in, he smiled and said: "Although I guessed that it would be this lady, I still want to ask Gonggong Hai, do you know why Suhua Palace Niangniang is looking for me?"

Gonggong Hai shook his head and said: "On the border of the four sides, the four mothers are different, except for the queen mother, who is the best to speak, has the most gentle temper, and never beats and scolds people." The little marquis can rest assured that the mother of Suhua Palace wanted to see you before, and she has been talking about it for a long time. ”

Ning Yi shook his head and laughed at himself: "It sounds like I'm a big celebrity in Tiandu." ”

Father-in-law Hai was happy, "The little marquis is not, who is?"

......

......

Ning Yi pushed open the courtyard gate, "Suhua Palace" is not dilapidated, the small bridge flows, gurgling by, green bamboo flourishing, grass swaying, in the open space of the courtyard, there is a small round green sandalwood table, a distance of one zhang, there is a green bamboo horse.

The hot smoke curls, the red clay stove is simmering slowly, the mouth of the purple clay pot is steaming slowly, the nobles in the palace are not interested in drinking, pay attention to drinking tea, the quality of the tea is good or bad, there is a very exquisite saying.

Ning Yi is devoted to cultivation, he is a rough person in other aspects, he doesn't read much, he doesn't remember much, after he pushed open the wooden door, he was a little stunned for a while, the things in the courtyard were neatly placed, it seemed that someone had taken care of it just now, but the courtyard was empty.

Suhua Palace is Suhua Palace after all, even if the façade looks simple, it is also a dormitory.

A soft woman's voice came from the hall.

"It's Ning Xiaohouye?"

Ning Yi bowed to the door of the palace, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Ning Yi has seen Niangniang." ”

The man smiled and said, "Very good, I thought it was ...... Mr. Ning Yi will not appreciate the face of Suhua Palace. ”

Ning Yi said helplessly: "Niangniang said that she was laughing." ”

He still stood in the doorway, not going inward.

"Mr. Ning Yi, why be restrained?" Su Hua Niangniang still used an honorific, her voice floated from the hall, and said softly: "There is no one in the palace, only you and me, there is no more idleness, and it is inconvenient to move in this palace." ”

Ning Yi sighed silently in his heart, walked forward, and when he passed by the small stove, the purple sand teapot whined and trembled, and he looked up not far away.

Suhua Niangniang said calmly: "Please Mr. carry the pot, there is a tea cup in it." ”

She paused and said, "There is a white cloth towel hanging on the Qingtan table, and the pot is hot." ”

She paused again and said with a smile: "I forgot that Mr. Ning Yi is the top of the star list, so naturally I don't care about this...... Mr. Carry the pot gently, don't put out the fire in the stove. ”

Ning Yi did as he was told, and when he stepped into the palace, he immediately smelled a fragrance, which was not a beautiful fragrance that would be thought of when a woman smelled it, but a light and generous medicinal fragrance, which smelled refreshing, and the whole person's mind was much clearer.

A screen.

There is a vague and hazy light and shadow behind the screen, and it can be seen that it is a slender woman with her back to Ning Yi in a bun.

"Just put it in the sea of tea. ”

Su Hua Niangniang stretched out a hand and pointed not far away.

A sea of tea carved with white crane fairy wood, it looks like the pen is profound, almost into the bone, Ning Yi gently placed the purple clay pot on the sea of tea, this is a "toy" that only rich and noble people can afford, the palace likes to pay attention to it, and does not get tired of eating and not getting tired of being fine, if you really want to calm down and practice the tea ceremony, then every tea set and tea tray used is naturally the top.

What caught Ning Yi's attention was not the magnificent crane out of the sea of clouds tea tray, but the snow-white hand that stretched out the screen.

He frowned.

The sleeve robe in the palace naturally hangs down and covers the wrists.

But the lady stretched out her snow-white half-arm.

He looked at the shadow in the screen, which seemed to be half-undressed, revealing a swaying back.

Ning Yi narrowed his eyes, and his gaze fell on the needle sac resting on the wooden table outside the screen, spread out in a straight line, and the silver needle inside had been taken from the ground.

"This palace knows some medical skills, although it is only the skin, it is better than not knowing anything. ”

The lady said calmly: "It's already stitched, wait a while." ”

About 10 breaths.

Ning Yi looked at the shadow in the screen, slowly moved one arm, pulled back the clothes that had fallen off, and then the screen slowly bloomed.

Ning Yi thought that on the other side of the screen, there would be a peerless and good-looking woman's face, and the voice of the mother of Suhua Palace was very gentle, and the means were so exquisite.

But he didn't expect it.

Two scars, crisscrossed on the face of this Suhua Palace lady, under the eyebrows and eyes, crossed and split, bypassing the mouth and nose, only skimming over the skin, cutting this face, which could have been said to be the national color and fragrance, like porcelain.

Even though the eyebrows and eyes are calm.

At first glance, it is still shocking.

There are still three points of hideousness.

Ning Yi noticed that Niangniang had a black scarf in her hand.

Didn't tie it on.

She was unafraid to show it to herself?

Ning Yi hurriedly lowered his head, he thought that he had covered up the stunned at first sight, but he never thought that all this was still in the eyes of the mother, she just laughed and said: "Since I showed it to you, I didn't mean to hide it, this is cut by the palace itself." ”

Ning Yi said softly: "Me and Niangniang...... Isn't it wrong to never know each other?"

The master of Suhua Palace stood up, swayed slightly in the sea of tea with a purple clay pot, the tea slanted out, the whole sea of tea instantly changed color, rendering an amazing scene, where the white crane is, the clouds and mist rise, a piece of silver and white, really like being in a fairyland, soaring clouds and fog, a thin layer of tea, so that the scenery of the tea sea jumps out.

She poured two cups of tea.

Ning Yi slowly pushed back his cup and said calmly, "I won't drink it." ”

"Walking in the rivers and lakes, knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, so the heart of guarding against people is indispensable. Suhua Palace Niangniang stretched out a hand, slowly bypassed the veil, and said with a smile: "Mr. Ning Yi, you and I have never met, I will see each other in person, it is considered sincerity, this cup of tea, if you are worried about getting sick, you can drink it in a cup, and give the palace three points of thin noodles." ”

After speaking, she pushed her cup towards Ning Yi.

Ning Yi was a little helpless, so he could only pick up the tea cup and take a small sip symbolically.

Seeing this, Suhua Palace Niangniang smiled softly, lifted the veil with her hand, and sipped it gently.

"This is the mother tree Da Hong Pao plucked from Wuyi Mountain, Tiandu, the mother tree is 3,500 years old, and the annual share is only a little ......" As soon as she spoke, Ning Yi put down the tea cup, gently tapped her fingers on the table, and said seriously: "Niangniang, I think you called me into the palace, not to drink tea, right?"

Suhua Palace Niangniang was slightly stunned.

Ning Yi got straight to the point and said: "I don't know the tea ceremony...... But I know a little bit about medicine. ”

The woman's expression quickly regained her composure.

Ning Yi's eyes looked at one of her arms, just behind the screen, Suhua Palace Niangniang applied needles to herself, and every needle was pierced in her arm, it stands to reason that the silver needles drove away the cold and forced the moisture out of the body, leaving only an inch, but Niangniang now closed her robe, and her arms were as intact as ever, without the slightest wrinkle and undulation.

The silver needles are all gone.

"There is no one in Suhua Palace, because Niangniang can't trust anyone, boiling tea, applying needles, it's all the same. ”

The woman from southern Xinjiang looked at Ning Yi without nodding or shaking her head.

I have to say that after the black veil covers the face, only the exposed part is seen, this is a pair of extremely smart eyebrows, the eyes contain aura, and they are born with three points of moisture, which makes people feel pity.

This is a default.

Ning Yi looked at the woman in front of him, and his Dao heart did not waver in the slightest.

Ning Yi asked calmly, "Can Niangniang trust me?"