In summer, thousands of petals of lotus flowers bloom all over the liquid pool, and the fragrance and fragrance can be smelled for ten miles. Where the wind passes, the brocade petals fly, and the green lotus leaves are layered on top of each other, soaring into the sky.

"Your Majesty, hurry up, the prince has seen it, and he is going to ask the minions again!"

"Your Majesty, it's cold in the river, come up quickly!

"Your Majesty!"

A group of minions knelt down on the bank of the Canghe River, and the scorching sun at noon made everyone sweat profusely, but they didn't dare to move, only loudly persuaded one by one.

"Hongu just wants to pick two lotus flowers in the river, what are you calling all at once?" I peeked out of the river, threw the lotus in my hand to the shore, and climbed onto the shore with my whole body wet. Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to help, and I clapped my hands, picked up the two lotus flowers on the ground, and looked down at the minions. Feeling my cold gaze, everyone trembled, and immediately knelt straight.

"Who said the prince was coming?" I asked with a sudden raised eyebrow.

One of the palace ladies was stunned for a long time, and then immediately kowtowed tremblingly and admitted: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, you are a slave. ”

The wet hair pressed against my cheeks, and the corners of my mouth suddenly hooked up a sneer: "Very well done." With that, I put the freshly picked thousand-petal lotus into her hand, and the fiery red petals reflected her flattered face. I continued, "These two lotus flowers are very good for you, I wonder if you will be so beautiful when you become like this?"

Gong E's words of praise startled Gong E, and she suddenly stared at me with wide eyes, and her ruddy face turned pale in an instant.

"Someone, drag her into the chamber. If the palace doesn't see the 'Blood Lotus Flower' on her within three hours, you minions will end up like her!"

"Blood Lotus Flower", dip the leather whip in chili pepper brine, whip the red striped essence until the skin is opened, the skin and bones of the snow-white human flesh are separated, and the flesh and blood are blurred. The convict died but could not, and devoured his heart and bones. The criminal law is tragic and inhuman, and it is for the "blood lotus flower".

Everyone gasped, and the atmosphere did not dare to gasp. I walked two steps back and said lightly: "You remember, if anyone dares to threaten this palace with the prince in the future, don't blame this palace for being ruthless." ”

Everyone fell to their knees and watched me go away, when a gust of wind blew silently.

The eldest princess of Zhaoyuan was crowned the crown princess and took charge of the country on behalf of the superintendent, and the regent Yuwen Qiye assumed the important task of assisting the country at night, holding the power of life and death. The two of them, who were originally husband and wife, walked to the top of the Great Zhou Dynasty together. The country cannot be without a monarch for a day, with the etiquette system left by the ancestors, there is no precedent for the crown princess to inherit the unification, and I don't want to exceed the system. Hundreds of officials and nobles of the imperial court said that if the imperial princess gives birth to a son, or the eldest son of the prince of the clan, he can be placed in the East Palace and accompany him as the king.

It is rumored in the palace that Xiao's witch Gu chaos in the palace was a coup d'état at night, and the daughter of Emperor Zhaoyuan was pregnant with a child, but she accidentally slipped in the coup. After that, his temperament changed greatly, and he was moody all day long, and even the regent didn't give a few good colors when he came here, teaching people to wonder why the two people who were as deep as the sea at the beginning ended up in today's situation. Therefore, there has been no news of the emperor's heir and prince for a long time, and the situation of each feudal country is about the same, and the clan is withering, but what can be hoped for now is that King Yan will continue the string as soon as possible and give birth to the eldest son of the clan.

"Yuxiang is really pitiful, she was punished by Your Majesty for not coming to Taiye Pool today, I am afraid that I will not be able to stay in the palace in the future. ”

"Don't you know? Yuxiang is now being beaten in the violent room, and His Majesty said that if he can't see the 'Blood Lotus Flower', he will only ask us, which makes people panic, for fear that the next person to suffer will be himself!"

"Hey...... In the past, although the princess did not look like a girl's family, she had always been kind and amiable to her subordinates, but now how did it become like this? Look at our Zichen Palace, there is no popularity, and I don't even dare to say a word on weekdays. ”

"No wonder even the prince didn't come to Zichen Hall to visit His Majesty recently. Although His Majesty is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in the world, and the prince is also dignified, and the two of them standing together are simply a pair made in heaven, but if I were a man, I am afraid that I would also be afraid of such a ruthless woman. ”

"Shh......h Have you forgotten? The word 'prince' has now become a taboo in the Zichen Palace, and it is a taboo that cannot be said like the people in the cold palace......

"Do you know? The prince went to the cold palace to visit that man today. There is a bit of similarity between that gentleman and His Majesty's eyebrows, although it is not as good as His Majesty's bearing, but it is more tender than His Majesty...... I'm afraid that I know how to please men......"

“……”

Next to a pillar in the Zichen Palace, several palace maids gathered together to chew the root of their tongues, which attracted my attention from a distance. "Your Majesty......" The eunuch beside him called softly, and his voice was a little tentative, "Do you want the old slave ......?"

I raised my hand to stop him, and said quietly: "I look at those people, I'm afraid that the newcomers don't understand the rules." Since they talked about the good of the cold palace, if they let them go there to serve the tender concubine, it can be regarded as the palace fulfilling their wishes. ”

The eunuch's expression was grim, and he saluted: "Yes." "Spun around and walked towards the wall. I ignored it and walked straight to the bath, my clothes had already been dried by the wind, and a little damp was sticking to my skin, revealing a little saltiness, which made people a little bored for no reason.

Pepper orchid, Du Ruo, Radix root, cardamom...... A misty white mist rose from the white jade luan phoenix pool, and I stripped off all my clothes under the service of several maids, and slowly stepped into the soup bath. The comfortable temperature made me feel very comfortable, and I felt like I was gradually relaxing in the water. The palace maids bowed their heads one after another, the beast swallowed a trickle from its mouth, the whole hall was silent, and I slowly fell asleep in the silence of the room.

When I closed my eyes, the words of the palace maids just now were still lingering in my ears, and they were even clearer than they were at that time, and they kept swirling in my mind, like ghosts, lingering for a long time.

I clenched my hands into fists in the water and plunged headlong into the water. Clear water poured in from all directions, and I curled up with my arms around my knees, my eyes open to see the countless blue bubbles emerging from my breath.

It wasn't until my eyes were sour and a little wet that I could clearly hear my heartbeat, beating vigorously in the endless silence, telling me that I was still alive.

I want to live proudly.

There was a sudden noise at the edge of the pool, and the air I was holding in my mouth was about to run out, and I opened my mouth and began to swim towards the water's edge. "Boom--" I leapt out of the water, and the water I carried around me splashed around the pool, causing a low cry.

I couldn't help laughing, in the vast white mist, I saw the comer clearly, the pigment clothes were dressed tightly and neatly, even the ink hair was meticulously tied high, and the face of the Pixiu white jade crown in the hair was still handsome and dignified even if the brows were frowned.

When I saw that his clothes were wet with me, and that there were still a few drops of crystal water hanging from his forehead, I felt very happy in my heart for a moment, and the boredom that had just arisen disappeared in an instant, and my stubbornness suddenly rose.

"You pull me. I stretched out a hand and said to Yuwen Qiye, "My legs are weak and I can't go ashore." ”

He groaned and reached out to me, and I suddenly chuckled and jerked him off the shore. A large black shadow shrouded my eyes, "Bang-" There was a splash on the surface of the water, and in the chaos, Qi Ye sighed softly, stretched out his arms and hugged me tightly in his arms, and called: "Xiao Hei." ”

I was shocked, I hadn't heard him call me that for a long time, and it felt like I had come from a distant place, carrying with me memories that had long been stained with dust.

"I ......"

Before the words came out, he was blocked by his overwhelming kisses. I grabbed the hem of his shirt with both hands, and the two of them became entangled in the water like aquatic weeds. In the blue water, he opened his dark eyes to look at me, and his long eyelashes swept over the skin at the corners of my eyes, causing a strange subtlety to rise within me.

Qi Ye's thin lips were cold, but the kiss became more and more hot and lingering. His hands ran over every inch of my skin, and it made me feel so longing. I leaned close to him, felt his body temperature, heard their heartbeats overlapping, and only in this moment did I feel like we truly belonged to each other again.

The surface of the water is calm as usual, but the water is turbulent. Qi Ye hit me again and again, and I woke up like a dream, unable to tell where I was and where I was going, so I could only float and sink in the water, lingering in death.

If I could still love, I would give it my all. If all that is left is hatred, I will let go of all hatred and be happy.

A strange surge of electricity rushed through me, and in an instant my brain went blank, and my eyes were crimson, as if countless shadows were constantly lingering on the surface of the water. I heard someone call my name and opened my mouth, but I felt Qi Ye hug me tightly, and said in a low voice that I could barely hear, "Xiao Hei, shall we go back to the past?"

At that moment, I closed my eyes and let the sorrow churn in my heart, but I remained silent.

Carried back to the dormitory by Qi Ye, the maid who was originally sweeping on the side retreated out of the door with a red face when she saw this, my expression was as indifferent as usual, and I was placed on the bed by him, and I found that his face was also calm.

"What is this?" Qi Ye found the newly hung sachet at the head of my bed, took it down and inspected it, there was no half-decoration on the lake-colored brocade, only a goose yellow tassel was decorated alone. He sniffed the sachet close to his nose, and the color of his face changed instantly: "You are actually using musk!"

I looked at him calmly, my eyes narrowing slightly: "My own business, why do you ask more." ”

"Your business?" Qi Ye asked rhetorically, reaching out to clasp my chin, and slowly pressing his gaze towards me, "If this is really just your own business, why should I be so angry! Gao Xiyue, why do you torture me so much? If you really don't want to conceive my flesh and blood again, then you can tell me honestly right now!"