As night fell, the palace was shrouded in darkness.

The temple was already quiet, but it was even more silent at this time.

Xia Ruan felt that this seemingly exquisite palace was more like a tomb of the living dead.

The people on the outside desperately wanted to get in, but the people inside couldn't get out.

It's just that the people in the palace know better than anyone that even if they die one day, their bones can't leave this place.

Xia Ruan suddenly remembered the courtyard he had seen during the day.

The perimeter of the yard is covered with moss.

It was deserted, like a place with no people, and there was still an old woman living there.

And the way the old woman looked at her made her feel cold.

After hearing this, Concubine An frowned slightly: "You should have gone to the wrong place, which place is definitely not Taohuawu." ”

Concubine An said yes, with a little helplessness in her words.

Xia Ruan looked at Concubine An with some surprise, she was pitiful that she had entered the palace too little, so it was reasonable that she would find the wrong place.

After all, the palace of Great Qin, in terms of the scale of the previous dynasty, has expanded a lot.

There was once a literati who wrote words satirizing the emperor of Great Qin, who didn't know how to govern the country well, and was obsessed with women all day long.

When Emperor Jianguang heard this, he ordered to kill those rebellious literati without thinking about it, and the relatives who were close to the literati were also killed.

On the one hand, there are scholars who are powerless, and on the other hand, there is an emperor who holds military power, and after a few years, the scholars do not dare to complain about Emperor Jianguang in front of the public.

They can take care of their lives, but they have to take care of the lives of their loved ones.

Xia Ruan thought of this. The corners of his mouth pulled out a bitter smile: "That place is very big, so the courtiers thought it was Taohuawu." ”

"Big, right? It's a pity that it's deserted now. An Guifei looked at Xia Ruan with a smile, "There used to be a beautiful palace in that place, and there were many, many camellias planted there. Later, after a terrible fire, the contents were burned clean, and there was nothing left. ”

Concubine An Guifei said lightly, but Xia Ruan was terrified when she heard it.

If there is a big movement in the palace, people outside will generally know about it.

After all, there are no impermeable walls in this world.

To say that since the founding of Great Qin. The largest fire in the palace. It was the time when Princess Changjun's palace caught fire.

Xia Ruan heard from others that no less than 100 people died in the fire, and among these 100 people, there was also Princess Changjun, who had not yet married.

No one believed that Princess Changjun was dead, after all, she was such a talented and stunning woman.

But even if I don't believe it anymore. When a person dies, he dies. The royal family did not hide the matter. Soon. The news of Princess Changjun's death spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital.

Xia Ruan sat motionless and tried to change the topic: "So where is Taohuawu?" ”

"You're going in the opposite direction. The east is where you go today, and the west is Taohuawu. An Guifei stretched out her hand and gestured to Xia Ruan, "It's already late overnight, don't go to Taohuawu anymore, wait until tomorrow." You will go to Cining Palace with this palace first, remember, the place you see today, don't mention it in front of the Queen Mother, she can't be stimulated in any way. ”

Xia Ruan nodded: "The courtiers know." ”

At this moment, Xia Ruan was even more sure that the place she saw was the place where Princess Changjun lived in the past.

Princess Changjun and the Queen Mother have a very good relationship, and Princess Changjun's death is a wound in the Queen Mother's heart that cannot be healed.

Although Xia Ruan didn't know about the Queen Mother and Princess Changjun in the past, she somewhat guessed the relationship between the two.

At this time, she also had doubts in her heart, what did the Queen Mother do that for?

Moreover, the place has been deserted, and has not been renovated at all, and an old woman has been left to guard it.

These, too, are a little too weird.

Concubine An got up, and Xia Ruan followed behind her.

The place where the Queen Mother lived was in Cining Palace, not far from the Thousand Carp Pond, and they had to pass through the Imperial Garden to walk from the Thousand Carp Pond to the Cining Palace.

Along the way, Concubine An Guifei did not speak, and Xia Ruan did not take the initiative to speak.

The atmosphere between the two of them was extremely quiet, and when they passed through the Imperial Garden, it was more like passing through no man's land.

"We're here." Concubine An suddenly stopped, then turned her eyes to look at Xia Ruan, "Remember to be careful, don't say more than what you shouldn't say." ”

An Guifei's expression was full of concern, Xia Ruan looked at An Guifei and smiled lightly: "Courtier, thank you An Guifei Niangniang." ”

Xia Ruan knew that the mystery in her heart would be completely solved at this moment. However, knowing that she could get an answer from the Queen Mother, she seemed even more uneasy.

The women who can survive among these concubines and slowly walk to the position of the queen mother are all intelligent and introverted people.

The Queen Mother will tell her the answer, and she must be asked to pay something.

Xia Ruan has lived back to the present, and for the first time, he feels that he has met a tricky person.

"Concubine An, are you here?" When I was about to arrive at Cining Palace, an old lady with a kind smile greeted me, "Please come in, the Queen Mother has been waiting for you for a long time." The? This is ......"

The old lady looked at Xia Ruan with a puzzled look.

An Guifei smiled coldly in her heart, Mama Ye was still pretending to be garlic at this time, Mama Ye was the queen mother's confidant, how could she not know the person the queen mother had always wanted to see?

Xia Ruan smiled and saluted Mama Ye: "I've seen Mama." ”

"You're Mrs. Chang'an, right?" Mama Ye was stunned, she heard early in the morning that Mrs. Chang'an Hou had entered the palace and lived in Concubine An's palace. At this time, looking at the woman in front of her, Mama Ye understood who was coming, "Madam, you are torturing the old slave, the old slave doesn't dare." ”

Although she has been with the Queen Mother for many years, in terms of status, she is just a subordinate, while Xia Ruan is the Marquis of Chang'an and the master.

A few days ago, she listened to Concubine An and the Queen Mother discuss that she wanted to give Xia Ruan a three-grade decree.

Let Mama Ye remember the name Xia Ruan is not because Concubine An often mentions it, but because of the Queen Mother's orders. At the time of the marquis's wedding in Chang'an. The Queen Mother sent her Jade Ruyi, who had been by her pillow for many years, to give her out to appreciate the third lady of the Xia family, and Mama Ye thought that the Queen Mother was sick and confused, so she would make such a choice.

So she couldn't help but remind the Queen Mother that this was the Queen Mother's most reluctant Jade Ruyi, how could she reward a stranger.

It's just that the Queen Mother smiled at the time and said: "If you let this thing accompany the mourning family into the ground, the mourning family will feel guilty even if they die." Send it out, that child should understand the mourning family. She knew that everything the mourning family did was for her good. ”

The Queen Mother said some inexplicable words, but Mama Ye still saw from the Queen Mother's face that the Queen Mother's decision would not be changed.

So she shut up. sent Yu Ruyi to the palace where Concubine An lived. In the end, Concubine An sent someone to deliver these things to Xia Ruan's hands.

Mama Ye couldn't help but look at the woman in front of her, only to see that the woman was combing her hair in a bun that ordinary women often comb. A well-behaved little face with a pair of crystal clear eyes, the only thing that is not good. It's just a little pale.

During this time, she also inquired about Xia Ruan from the mouths of other palace maids. But everyone talked about Xia Ruan. The first thing to mention is the tea plantations in her hands. Mama Ye felt a little funny, no matter how powerful Xia Ruan was, she was just a woman, and. If she wasn't Mrs. Chang'anhou, how could she stand here at this time.

All because she married a good husband.

Xia Ruan smiled faintly at Mama Ye: "Mama is polite." ”

Mama Ye came closer, blessed herself and saluted Concubine An again, before she began to lead the way.

Entering Cining Palace, Xia Ruan smelled a familiar and unfamiliar smell, and she looked around before revealing a look of sudden realization.

This yard is actually full of camellias, camellia of various colors and postures, because it is not clear to see it in the night, but the fragrance makes her feel that she can't help but smile.

Xia Ruan didn't know when he started liking camellias, maybe it was in his previous life, after being by Xiao Jiu's side for a long time, he became familiar with his taste.

Xiao Jiu has a good hand of camellias, so he often has the fragrance of camellia on his body, and over time, she gets used to this kind of atmosphere.

So in this life, when Xiao Jiu sent those camellias, she would rashly accept them.

Everything is because Xiao Jiu likes it, because she is used to that person's breath.

Because he likes it, his habits will also become his own habits.

This feeling, she hadn't felt in a long time.

When did you start liking Xiao Jiu?

She couldn't tell.

Perhaps, it was Xiao Jiu who went to Los Angeles without thinking too much in order to reassure her.

Or perhaps, Du Ming told her that Xiao Jiu almost died on the road in order to complete the task given to him by the emperor.

The man had never mentioned the events of L.A., as if the catastrophe had been an easy and ordinary thing for him.

If it weren't for reassuring her, if it wasn't for giving her stability, Xiao Jiu would never have gone to Los Angeles in advance in this life.

Without any certainty, rush to the road.

The lights in the room were very dim, and after Xia Ruan and An Guifei came in, they stood in the outer hall all the time.

Mama Ye entered the inner room, and walked out after a while: "Mrs. Chang'anhou, please come with the slave." ”

Xia Ruan raised her eyebrows, the Queen Mother wants to see her alone?

She turned to look at An Guifei, and when she saw An Guifei nodding, she walked to Mama Ye's side.

From the moment she entered the house, she found that there was a strong sandalwood fragrance in the house, and it seemed that the Queen Mother was a believer in Buddhism as rumored.

It's just that even Concubine An knows that ghosts and gods are the most nihilistic existence, and the queen mother, who has always been smart, can't understand the truth in this?

Xia Ruan took a deep breath before slowly following behind Mama Ye and walking towards the back room.

Vaguely, she saw an old woman snuggled up on the couch.

The woman looked extremely vicissitudes, the whole person was skinny and skinny, if it weren't for the luxurious clothes on her body, Xia Ruan couldn't believe that this was the queen mother she had seen before.

How did the kind and smiling Queen Mother become like this.

Sure enough, is the end coming? (To be continued......)

PS: Continue to ask for pink tickets and recommended tickets.

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Leave me alone?

If you ignore me, I'll cry to you!

PS：

Recommend three sighs of the big book, very powerful author, I have always been very white her.

Title: Poisonous Girls Should Be Marryed

Synopsis: A female agent travels through ancient times and is inspired to enjoy life.

She is lazy, gluttonous, ruthless, poisonous, bad-tempered, greedy for pleasure, has a beautiful skin, and does not do any beautiful things.

But like this, she was targeted by the most beautiful man and the first traitor in this dynasty......

Should she practice the combination of two "traitors", or should she "punish rape and eliminate evil"? It's a conundrum.