Wu Xiuning stood in front of the porch wearing a half-old coat, looking at the heavy snow, her slender body shrank unconsciously due to the cold wind, stretched out her hand, and watched the snowflakes fall from the sky to her palm one by one, her chest was stuffy, and the coughing sound that followed made her have to withdraw her hand.

"Master, it's too cold outside, and your body is weak, let's go back to the house!" Lan Yi on the side stepped forward to help Wu Xiuning, who was coughing more and more severely, and persuaded softly.

Wu Xiuning was stunned, her tranquil face showed a little desolate, now she is no longer the favored Gege in the emperor's palace, nor is she Ning Concubine who was still beautiful when she first entered the palace, but a disgraced concubine who was so depressed that she couldn't even get all the examples, "Go back and do what, what's the difference between the inside and outside of this Chuxiu Palace, and I'm afraid that my body won't last long, it's better to take a look at this huge Forbidden City while I'm still in good spirits." ”

"Master, didn't the imperial doctor say it, as long as the master recuperates well, he will definitely recover in the future......" Lan Yi retorted, but before he finished speaking, he asked Wu Xiuning to stop him.

Wu Xiuning, who was standing in front of the corridor, raised her eyes and looked in the direction of Jingren Palace, where should it be extremely lively, after all, as the most noble woman in the harem at present, Niu Colu's family must be quite proud, after all, from the queen to the concubine, down to these people, they have not been able to block her Qingyun Road, and they have become her stepping stones one by one.

"Master, if you don't find a way to wait on the emperor's path, you can't wait once, you can't wait twice, you can't wait twice, you can't wait three times, you can see the emperor once!" Lan Yi's eyes were red, his gaze swept over Wu Xiuning's pale and dull face, endured the grief in his heart, and said almost choked.

"That's it, Lan Yi. As long as Concubine Xi is around for a day, it will be impossible for me to see the emperor again alive. Wu Xiuning withdrew his hand, and the originally delicate softness had now become green and thin.

"Master, no, no, as long as the emperor knows your situation, he will definitely support you!" Lan Yi was frightened by her straightforward words, and the whole person couldn't help crying anymore.

Wu Xiuning shook her head gently, she has been in the palace for many years, she has already seen many things clearly, whether the emperor is deceived or not, all this will not change, even if the matter is exposed, will the emperor still embarrass the next prince's own mother for a concubine who has long been left behind?

"As long as the heir identified by the emperor is Prince Bao, Concubine Xi will be fine, even if I die at her hand!"

The wind gradually became stronger and stronger, and the snowflakes became more and more fierce, but in a moment, the palace walls, which were originally only plain white, were already covered in snow.

"Master......" Lan Yi was trying to persuade her, but her eyes touched Wu Xiuning's indifferent and self-deprecating face, and she swallowed back the words that came to her mouth.

This huge Chuxiu Palace is just their master and servant at this time, and the others are afraid that they are all rushing to Jingren Palace at this moment to join in the fun, after all, this person is only willing to burn the fire in the hot stove, and refuses to add firewood to the cold stove.

Suddenly, there was a sound of broken footsteps outside the hall, Wu Xiuning raised his head and looked at the door, thinking that those nobles in Chuxiu Palace had promised to join in the fun and came back, but he didn't want to be the first to catch his eye was the Xi Guifei Niu Colu who was holding the moon with the stars.

"Master!" Lan Yi shouted in panic, and the hand holding Wu Xiuning's arm tightened unconsciously.

Wu Xiuning glanced at her, with a soothing smile on her face, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry! If Niu Colu's family really wants my life, I won't be able to live now, don't forget that every time my life is on the verge of death, those supplements are sent by her, and today is her birthday, she won't ruin her interest because of me, because she wants me to live and watch her scenery." ”

Niu Colu's appearance is ordinary, and her appearance is only delicate among the concubines at most, but the nobility formed by years of accumulation of prestige makes up for this, so that she will not be lost among the concubines.

"Sister Wu, don't come unharmed!" Niu Colu, who was dressed in a gorgeous costume, had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and greeted Wu Xiuning.

Wu Xiuning gently raised her eyes and swept it, the corners of her mouth showed a somewhat mocking smile, and said lightly: "Concubine Xi is here, do you want to see me die and have trouble sleeping?" Let me guess, I can let Concubine Xi come to my Chuxiu Palace on the day of her birthday banquet, but the emperor thinks of me again." ”

As soon as these words came out, those concubines who were watching the show suddenly quieted down, and the originally dignified and noble Niu Colu clan also changed their faces.

"Sister Wu is really as sharp as before, otherwise she wouldn't have let this palace worry about it again and again. Even if the emperor remembers you, as long as the palace is there, it will be difficult for you to see the emperor again in your lifetime. Niu Colu sneered, recalling the trace of nostalgia and tenderness that flashed in the emperor's eyes when he mentioned Wu Xiuning, and felt that his eyes were stabbed painfully.

After so many years, she tried her best to make Wu Xiuning fall out of favor, and even in order to let the emperor forget her, she brought out a concubine not to mention, and even let the emperor have an old man, I thought that in this way she could sit back and watch Wu Xiuning struggle to survive and die in pain, but she didn't want her to do it to this point, and the emperor still thought about Wu Xiuning in his heart.

Wu Xiuning looked at Niu Colu's face that had become hideous because of jealousy, her face was silent, she really didn't understand, there were so many concubines in this harem, why Niu Co Lu was afraid of her, "I never understand, why do you want to target me like this? I think I treat you well, I have saved you in danger three or four times, and even helped you keep the child when you were in the most difficult time, but you calculated against me everywhere, and even tried to kill me many times?"

Thinking of her life's duty, obviously under the favor of the emperor, she acted cautiously, kept a sense of proportion in everything, and never took a step beyond the thunder pool, thinking that she could live a long time in this way, but she didn't want to be planted in the hands of people she trusted many times.

"Hmph! You're right. Without your help, I really wouldn't be able to get to where I am today, but that's why I can't tolerate you even more, after all, all of this is something I have worked so hard to get, and you can easily get everything just by having a good face, and you can even give alms to others. When Niu Colu said this, he couldn't help but think about himself who had been embarrassed in the past, his eyes swept over Wu Xiuning's face that was full of illness but still good, and a little resentment flashed on his face unconsciously, "Some people themselves shouldn't exist, such as you, you can easily make the emperor's heart move, do you think the queen can tolerate you? I can tolerate you?"

The emperor's sincerity is what they desire but can't ask for, if everyone can't get it, if someone breaks this balance, it is a beast that has been released by opening the gates, or a beast that eats people.

Wu Xiuning was momentarily distracted in the face of such an accusation, she subconsciously looked at Niu Colu, and when she saw her face full of jealousy, she knew that everything she said was true. But how can she be innocent? She is never the only one who can win the emperor's favor in this backyard and harem, as for sincerity, if the emperor has her in his heart, why would she end up childless, unfavored, or even desperate?

It shouldn't!

"I see, I thought I wasn't good enough, but now it seems that you are too ambitious and insatiable. No wonder...... No wonder whether it is the queen or you, all you can get is the power and status that you can see and touch, not the emperor's heart. Wu Xiuning glared angrily at the arrogant Niu Colu clan, and sneered: "If I had known that you were such a wolf, then I should not be humble, but seize the opportunity to let you stay a widow for the rest of your life." ”

"Who wouldn't be a fool, this palace wants to see, this time without the permission of this palace, can you survive this cold winter!"

Looking at the back of Niu Colu's departing family and those concubines who scattered in a hurry, Wu Xiuning looked at the huge Forbidden City with complicated eyes, she knew that this time she was afraid that she would not be able to survive this winter, but what really made her feel unacceptable was that she paid the price, however, she did not get the emperor's sincerity.

Sure enough, from that day on, not to mention the incomplete part of the original, that is, the three meals and the clothes and bedding for the cold were all scavenged by the people sent by the Niu Colu clan, and then this huge Chuxiu Palace became a huge cage, trapping her in it and starving to death.

It turns out that what is more terrible than death is waiting for death.

The cold and hunger endlessly consumed her will, Lan Yi's death became the last straw that crushed her backbone, she spit out a mouthful of blood in her heart and looked at Lan Yi's angry appearance, her heart was full of remorse, if it weren't for her soft-hearted and ignorant and naïve, her family would not be restrained by her, Lan Yi and Luwu would not die because of her, and she herself would not be destroyed because of this.

When the darkness came, she swore that if people really had an afterlife, she would fight hard, get rid of her fear, lose her humility, throw away her kindness and innocence, and use the blood and tears accumulated in this life to pull those who stepped on her throne into hell one by one.