The road from Chengqian Palace to Kunning Palace became short and long. Sang Zhi carried a worried heart, and was escorted by Lan Xiu to the gate of Kunning Palace with both hands, and the green warbler hurriedly went in to report, and came out after a while and said in a low voice, "Aunt Xiu, bring people to the courtyard." ”

Heavy snowfall. As soon as Sang Zhi stood still in front of the main hall of Kunning Palace, he was kicked in the knee joint by Lan Xiu, and suddenly knelt heavily on the ground with a "plop", even if the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, Sang Zhi also clearly felt the pain of his knee hitting the ground and hitting the bone.

With her status, she was not worthy of entering the main hall of Kunning Palace, and when she knelt in the courtyard, Lan Xiu took the whip from the green warbler's hand and whipped it on the mulberry branch with a "brush". The pain of the thorn Lala breaking through the flesh made Sang Zhi exhale in pain, "Ah! ”

However, at this moment, Lan Xiu's second whip came down again.

Brush -

Brush -

Whip after whip, whip whip into the flesh, the back of the mulberry branch as if torn by the whip, hot and painful. Snowflakes fell on her blood-stained clothes and melted into the wounds, but Sang Zhi felt that the cold seemed to seep into her bones, making her shudder, and even unable to suppress her muffled snort in pain. She was in such pain that she completely forgot about finding Sol for a while. Even, whipping down, Sang Zhi finally couldn't help but beg, "Stop fighting......" Even though she knew that the best choice at this time was to keep her mouth shut. But reason couldn't withstand the pain of flesh and skin after all, knowing that it was useless to ask, she still asked sadly.

Sure enough, Lan Xiu turned a deaf ear, and the whip fell more and more fiercely. The green tendons on the mulberry branch's forehead jumped, and the back seemed to gradually become less felt, and the body no longer seemed to be his own. All she felt was cold, cold, drowsy, and almost unconscious from exhaustion.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the voice that I had been thinking about for a long time, but it was cold that Sang Zhi had never heard, "Stop." ”

Not in a hurry, she slowly spit out these two words, and the queen mother who appeared at the door of the main hall of Kunning Palace swept her knees lightly, and most of her body was lying on the mulberry branches in the snow.

Sang Zhi's eyes were hazy, and when he was about to fall unconscious, he finally saw the girl on the steps in the distance, but he felt that his eyes were hot, and the muttered voice of "It's really you ......" was not heard by anyone. In fact, she no longer had the strength to make a sound.

At that glance, it seemed to be relieved and regretful, but not surprised. Surle didn't dare to look at it again. Falling in the snow, the green silk was messy and the bloody mulberry branches made her heart twitch violently, and there was a burst of pain densely. She secretly gritted her teeth, but her expression was not the slightest bit unusual, and she only said extremely blandly, "What is the imperial concubine doing, on the first day of the new year, she beat people like this in Kunning Palace, does it mean that you want to make Kunning Palace see blood?" ”

Dong E's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, "The concubine doesn't dare!" Since the people in the palace of the concubines have no rules, the concubines should ask for guilt. ”

Su Le said coldly, "Where is the imperial concubine?" I didn't rush into it, but the people in the palace just said casually that the imperial concubine is now working so hard and alarming the entire harem for the New Year, I don't know why. ”

"As the mother of a country, how can the queen's majesty be damaged. Niangniang's affairs are no trivial matter, the majesty of Kunning Palace, Chengqian Palace dare not offend. "Dong E's bow is thoughtful and impeccable.

It's just that although her actions kept the reputation of Chengqian Palace, it affected the queen.

I don't know which sharp-eyed flattering palace person, when he saw that there was an accident in Kunning Palace, he trotted to make a small report to the emperor.

So when he heard the sound of "the emperor has arrived" outside, Surer was not surprised. Even seeing the emperor's gloomy face and the expression of disgust that he hated to expel her from the palace immediately, Su Le was not surprised. Ever since the imperial concubine knelt in front of her, she knew that the emperor would definitely come to find fault again.

I just didn't expect it to come so soon.

Emperor Shunzhi quickened his pace, walked to Dong E's side in a few steps, pulled the person into his arms, and blamed, "It's cold, you've always been weak, why are you running out." Let you take care of it, and you take my words as a deaf ear? ”

Dong E's struggled slightly, and he was glared at by Emperor Shunzhi, but there was no strange meaning in his eyes. She suddenly felt warm and helpless, so she had to plead in a low voice, "Your Majesty ......"

Emperor Shunzhi tightened his right hand around her as if no one was around, "If you don't obey, I will punish you." ”

Dong E's heart knew that he could not disobey the emperor's words in person, and suddenly his thin face turned red, and he lowered his head and said softly, "The concubine is guilty and is subject to the emperor's punishment." ”

"I will punish you with three days of grounding every month for the next three months."

"Your Majesty!" Dong Eshi was very surprised, and when he looked up at Emperor Shunzhi, he saw a mischievous smile in the emperor's eyes, "I will punish you, within three months, you are not allowed to go out on snowy days, you are not allowed to go out on rainy days, and you are not allowed to go out on windy days." Aifei, can you admit punishment? ”

"......" Dong Eshi was speechless, and he didn't know that the emperor punished him secretly, and his heart was also sweet and bitter, but how could he still say anything else, so he had to respond, "The concubine obeys the order." ”

Emperor Shunzhi was happy at this time, but he seemed to have forgotten that this was in Kunning Palace, and he was about to drag Dong E's family into the inner hall. Concubine Dong E embarrassedly pulled his sleeve, "Your Majesty, the queen ......"

Emperor Shunzhi frowned and glanced at Su Le, changed his voice instantly, and said coldly, "What's the matter here, the queen?" ”

Su Le had already lowered his eyebrows and stood aside, and when he heard the emperor ask, he said more and more respectfully, "Returning to the emperor is just a trivial matter. ”

"Handle the little things yourself," Emperor Shunzhi raised his voice and reprimanded, "Don't look for the imperial concubine for everything." Anyway, you are also the queen, let the imperial concubine work hard to help you take care of the major affairs of the harem, and you have to find the imperial concubine for a little thing, so what is the use of me wanting you to be the queen! "It's as if the queen has real power.

These words were not ordinary, and the people in the entire Kunning Palace who heard these words were immediately trembling with fear and turning pale. Only Su Le's face was not different, and he knelt down quietly, "It's the concubine who is not doing well." ”

Dong E's heart trembled when he heard this, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, it was the concubine who had no way to discipline her, and the palace maid of the Chengqian Palace collided with the queen's mother, and the concubine brought someone to ask the queen for her guilt." ”

Before she finished speaking, Emperor Shunzhi had already grabbed her and didn't let her kneel, "Talk, talk, kneel and do what!" ”

But next to her, the queen mother of Kunning Palace was already kneeling silently.

Dong Eshi ignored Shunzhi's dissuasion and stubbornly knelt down, "The queen is still kneeling, how can there be a reason why the middle palace kneels and the concubines don't kneel!" ”

Shunzhi was a little angry, "The queen is the queen, you are you." I won't let you kneel! ”

Dong Eshi lowered his head, but he couldn't hear.

Shunzhi said, "Get up." ”

"The queen can't afford it, and the concubines are reasonable, so they shouldn't and don't dare to get up." Dong Eshi pursed his thin lips, still kneeling with his head down.

"You!" Shunzhi was annoyed, and when he saw Dong E's thin body trembling a little, his heart suddenly softened, and he scolded Su Le angrily, "What are you doing kneeling!" Did I make you kneel! ”

Su Le secretly clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and lost his feelings, but his eyebrows became more and more docile, and he stood up quietly with the support of the palace maid.

Shunzhi said to Dong Eshi in a slow voice, "Don't get up yet?" ”

Dong Eshi got up at this time, and went to see Su Le as soon as possible, "Is the queen mother okay?" ”

"You care about yourself first!" Shunzhi pulled her over, "I really can't help you." ”

Concubine Dong E couldn't help but sigh secretly, but she couldn't help but bear the favor of the Son of Heaven.

Su Le's eyes looked at Sang Zhi who had fainted in the snow in the courtyard, and she finally suppressed a somewhat dumb voice and said, "Sister don't take the matter of the palace maid to heart." "Dong Eshi is a few years older than her, and she will also call Dong Eshi a sister on weekdays.

Shunzhi swept his eyes, "Chengqian Palace?" ”

Dong E said, "Yes, the emperor forgives the sin, but the concubines have no way to discipline them." ”

"Crashed into the Queen? I don't think the queen is good? Shunzhi looked at Su Le coldly, and said sharply, "Don't move the punishment at every turn, you will beat people to the blood during the New Year, this is how you manage the harem, queen?" ”

Su Le pursed his lips and didn't speak, Dong Eshi hurriedly said, "It's an order from the concubine." After a pause, Zhengse said, "Chengqian Palace is favored by the emperor, and the rules cannot be wrong at all, let alone collide with the queen." ”

"Yes." Shunzhi immediately changed his words, "The rules cannot be established, and clear rewards and punishments are the way to employ people." Aifei did the right thing! ”

After finishing the sentence, Dong E's lips moved, and he couldn't say a word.

Although the people of the entire Kunning Palace had long known that the emperor favored the Chengqian Palace, they never expected to be so favored. This is the same thing and the same thing, it is really rare to see such a casual emperor in the ages.

With his eyes lowered, he stood silently on the side, silent.

Shunzhi said again, "On such a cold day, it's better for Concubine Ai to return to the palace earlier." He pulled Dong E's out, Dong E's hurriedly said goodbye to Su Le, Su Le returned the salute, and watched Shunzhi put his own big coat on Dong E's body, and when he passed by the courtyard, he said, "Take this little palace maid back too." It's not a big deal to bump into the queen, it doesn't matter if I collide in the Chengqian Palace, the concubine also came to ask for guilt in the cold. The honor is self-evident, as if it was deliberately said to others.

The two of them left Kunning Palace intermittently, and the snow gradually stopped. The mulberry branches in the yard were already covered with some snowflakes, and Surle was stunned for a moment as she watched her being dragged up, with a trail of blood behind her.

It wasn't until there were only people from Kunning Palace left in the courtyard that Su Le let go of her clenched hands, and her palms had been bruised and purple by herself.