After sleeping on the hardstone slab in the mass grave for ten days, Shen Yan'er almost forgot the feeling of sleeping in bed, and fell asleep not long after lying on the bed. However, even if the body can return to this life, it cannot escape the mental entanglement and torment of the nightmare.

In the warm and soft mattress, Shen Yan'er frowned, looked pained, kept inhaling and panting, and occasionally let out a small shout. "No, don't...... Don't come here......" Shen Yan'er saw the walking corpse in her dream stretching out her sharp ten fingers and grabbing her, opening her blood basin and roaring to tear her apart. She kept running, kept hiding, and was so frightened that she kept crying. Although I realized that it was a nightmare, I couldn't wake up.

"Ahh Only then did he finally break free from the nightmare he had just had.

"You're having nightmares." Kou Xuebing said lightly, and didn't let go until Shen Yan'er woke up.

Shen Yan'er, who was still half conscious in the dream, sat on the bed in a daze, subconsciously covering her "fluttering" heart. After calming down a little, she turned her head to look at Kou Xuebing, only to see that she had turned around and walked to the bamboo couch outside the screen and sat down.

"How did you get in?" Shen Yan'er immediately dressed and got out of bed, and rushed to Kou Xuebing's side to ask. But Kou Xuebing looked at her with very helpless eyes, and the corners of her mouth showed a sneer. "Ahh Shen Yan'er suddenly reacted, "I forgot to lock the door...... "I was so tired last night, I fell asleep after entering the house, and never got up again."

"If you know, it's good." Kou Xuebing sighed and shook her head, "Izumo came here just now to inform everyone to gather in the lobby in half an hour. Seeing that you were still asleep, I couldn't bear to wake you up, so I asked me to calculate the time to urge you to get up. ”

They lived in the same yard, next to each other, and became the closest neighbors in the future. Probably wanting to have a good relationship with Shen Yan'er, Kou Xuebing's tone today is much softer than when she was in the mass grave.

Shen Yan'er thanked and apologized again, and was busy grooming and dressing up, eager to grow two more pairs of hands. Afraid that Kou Xuebing would be impatient after waiting for a long time, Shen Yan'er used the fastest speed in her life, packed up in less than a quarter of an hour, and stood in front of Kou Xuebing upright to announce that she was ready to go. But in fact, he didn't even comb his hair, and he looked miserable.

Kou Xuebing looked at Shen Yan'er from top to bottom, sighed deeply, and beckoned her to sit in front of her. Shen Yan'er didn't know what she wanted to do, so she slowly leaned over nervously, but she grabbed her arm and sat on the bamboo couch.

"I know that you young ladies are indispensable to serve ......," said Kou Xuebing, loosening Shen Yan'er's own tied bun and helping her tie her head full of green silk tightly and tie it into the same long ponytail as herself. Exquisite beauty is definitely not to be talked about, but it instantly makes the sleepy-eyed Shen Yan'er look energetic.

"Izumo just said that we can go and choose the palace maids later." Kou Xuebing said lightly, speaking very slowly, because she had to take the time to choose the most euphemistic statement, so as not to let the deepest scar in Shen Yan'er's heart be reopened.

Shen Yan'er thanked her for her concern, but her heart still hurt deeply. If Ah Zhen hadn't died, she wouldn't have to choose a palace maid to serve at all. It's because I didn't protect Ah Zhen well. If she hadn't stumbled into the trap at that time, Ah Zhen wouldn't have jumped down to accompany her......

"It's over, don't think about it. Many things are predestined by providence, and no one is right or wrong. Ah Zhen must not blame you. Kou Xuebing comforted.

Shen Yan'er nodded. She also understands what Kou Xuebing said, but she can't help but miss Ah Zhen and condemn herself.

"Let's meet in the lobby." Shen Yan'er stood up and pulled Kou Xuebing towards the door. The quiet environment can easily make her cranky and fall into pessimism, so let's go to crowded places and let the noise squeeze out the regret in her mind.

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When Shen Yan'er and Kou Xuebing came to the lobby, there were already a lot of people gathered here. Shen Yan'er saw Yi Xiangxi and Pan Yuting in the crowd at a glance. One of them stood in the left corner, the other in the right corner, and twisted their heads to the side as if they didn't want to look at each other.

Next to Yi Xiangxi is Xiaoqing. She was dressed up so beautifully today, and Shen Yan'er almost didn't recognize her. A beaded hairpin pulls up a simple and elegant bun like flowing clouds, and the aqua blue floor-length skirt sets off her fair and delicate skin even more blown. Standing in the crowd, it seems that the whole body will glow, and at a glance, you can see that it is a distinguished lady.

However, if you look closely, you will find that Xiaoqing is actually very stiff and restrained. The seemingly elegant standing posture seems to have been temporarily trained by the devil, and even the position of the hands and feet is always fixed at the same angle, and he does not dare to move. And she would glance at Yi Xiangxi from time to time, as if she was afraid of doing something wrong and being reprimanded.

Seeing such a scene, Shen Yan'er immediately understood-she must have been forced by Yi Xiangxi. When she slept like a dead pig last night, she was probably still being harshly trained by Yi Xiangxi. The dark circles that can't be covered no matter how thick the powder is are the best evidence.

When Xiaoqing saw Shen Yan'er, she immediately cast a distressed gaze at her, but Shen Yan'er pretended not to see it very unjustly, and pulled Kou Xuebing to stand in the distance. Yi Xiangxi was very taboo about Shen Yan'er approaching Xiaoqing in public, afraid that Xiaoqing's identity would be exposed, so Shen Yan'er was still interested and took the initiative to roll away.

Before the meeting time arrived, and Izumo hadn't appeared yet, Shen Yan'er observed all the women in the lobby and found that most of them were standing together in pairs. Not only was there a strange woman standing next to Pan Yuting, but most of the show girls had an extra person dressed as a maid next to them. These women were all maidservants who entered the palace with their masters.

According to the rules of the palace, a show girl can bring a maid into the palace to serve after the first test. Because there was a scandal in the past where the show girl bought the palace maid and secretly murdered another show girl, so later the palace relaxed the rules and allowed the show girl to bring the most trusted person into the palace to serve.

By the way, why didn't you see Miao Pu?

Shen Yan'er suddenly found that Miao Pu was not here. Just when she wondered if Miao Pu had overslept, she suddenly heard a small commotion coming from the direction of the door. Shen Yan'er subconsciously looked up, and saw that Miao Pu, who she was worried about, had slowly walked into the room.

At the same time, the eyes of the show girls had already converged on Miao Pu. However, it was not Miao Pu who made them nervous, but another person next to Miao Pu.

It was a middle-aged woman in a black cloak with her face hidden in the shadow of her hood. The woman respectfully followed Miao Pu half a step, judging from the position, she was probably the subordinate who served Miao Pu, but the powerful aura exuded by the woman brought a suffocating sense of threat, which instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.