Chapter Twenty-Nine: Woe to the Wall Wins the Hearts of the People

What I have heard can be roughly summarized as follows, and I may not understand it, because I have absorbed too much information in a short period of time, and I can't explain it clearly. I only know that Long gave birth to nine sons, and there are many heirs of Emperor Xiao of the Jin Dynasty, who may be in the prime of life, and his concubines are all out.

Hua Guifei gave birth to Xiao Rui, the second prince who is now in full favor, and Concubine Jing also has Xiao Heng, the fifth prince of the year. However, the position of the queen is vacant, and the position of the crown prince has not been conferred, and this great emperor's house has become a difficult mystery to solve.

The concubine selection ceremony planned by Emperor Xiao this time was prepared for the second prince Xiao Rui. This second prince, who is as radical as a bamboo, is not only Emperor Xiao's troubles, but also his favored son. Jin'er's father, He Situ Yue wanted to use his relatives to win over this high-ranking and powerful Xiao Rui, so as to achieve the calculation of improving the deterrence of his court.

Poor Jin'er was used as a pawn to go deep into the interior, weighing the power of the court and the official clan. If Jin'er is really selected as the princess, then the He family will be even more prestigious, and if Prince Rui is very fond of Jin'er, then the He family can use Jin'er to get the inside information of the court's argument.

Thinking about it this way, I feel deeply sorry for Jin'er, and at the same time, I have more pity for myself as a stand-in now. Even if it is a famous family, even if it is a high position, it still has to grab, grab, and fight, but it still has to use his wife and children as a bargaining chip to stabilize his position and reach the pinnacle of the lintel.

Now think about those attitudes towards life that are idle and ordinary, it is inevitably a different kind of comfort and happiness. It was rare for me to hear these secrets of the palace, but instead of feeling glad, I felt a heavy depression. Waving goodbye, these "hidden masters" who informed the situation were all very friendly and smiled in return.

I wanted to laugh too, after all, I heard these rare messages, but I couldn't force myself to laugh. In this great feat of choosing a concubine, I am just a shadow of someone else, and I can only be a sacrificial appendage.

I bought a woman's shirt, found an inner room, changed into a shirt, tore off the man's skin mask, and put on a custom-made "Jin'er" mask. This time, I didn't want to fly back to my hometown, but chose to wander around the street scene and return home.

The world passed in such a hurry that it didn't even have time to hold it in the palm of your hand. When I entered the He Mansion again, I saw a different scene, not like the usual lights but dark. All the maids in the mansion were nowhere to be seen, not even an old butler who had been in charge of the lamp all year round.

I was a little afraid of these dead silences, as if I was afraid of recalling the tragic situation of that night, I went crazy looking for the traces of people, and pursued the traces of light, and finally I saw the people up and down the mansion in Ruoxuan Pavilion, but they seemed to be suffering from some kind of criminal punishment.

I saw that the servants were all kneeling on the ground flatly, and from time to time they stumbled on the ground with their foreheads. Among the kneeling crowd, I saw Xiaochan at a glance, her treatment was different from other subordinates, others just showed their guilt on the ground, and she slapped herself, which was enough to disfigure her face. The original pink face, the immediately swollen crimson was still covered with visible bloodshots.

Mrs. He and Master He both sat majestically on the mahogany carved chairs, looking down at them, as if the people kneeling below were just performing a certain performance procedure. Their proud posture did not care at all that these people were flesh and blood, and they would also hurt, and they would hurt, and they would also break and hurt.

I don't care at all about any politeness, what kind of temperament a young lady should have, what kind of posture is detached. rushed over directly, pulled up Xiaochan, who was kneeling on the ground and kept fanning herself. This person once accompanied me through a difficult and lonely time, and he was a friend, so I had to take care of it.

I pulled her up, took her thin arm and confronted the two sitting high in the chair, "What is this for, she is only a twelve-year-old child, why is she so heavy-handed?" Faintly, I could still feel Xiaochan's hand being held by me, trembling and shaking.

I looked at this child with distress, if it is placed in modern times, it must be a flower-like year, and a good life is within reach, but in this ancient time with many cumbersome feudal regulations, it can only be slaughtered like a fish on a chopping board.

When Master He saw my such an aggressive and stubborn posture, his anger rushed directly from his heart to his brows, and the Sichuan eyebrows were simply natural. He may have been so angry that he pushed me directly to the ground mercilessly, although the steel and iron bones, this pain is nothing, but I really don't accept it.

Without any hesitation, I stood up, pointed at him and said, "You, you are not qualified for this. When he heard this, he looked at my wide-eyed eyes again, and wanted to raise his palm again and wave it at me, but the expected palm did not come down for a long time, and I saw that the palm of my hand froze in the air.

He just looked at me, and I glared at him, and after a long time, he withdrew his hand and turned around and said, "They are all guilty of your late return, you know?" The people who are looking for you are crazy, but they don't find it, and these punishments are what they deserve, do you mean that I am not qualified to do to them, or is it because my father can't even push you to beat you? ”

I can't even refute the reasons and menacing words she listed. I really didn't think about the consequences at all when I returned late from this trip, and I didn't put myself in their situation. Now I am ashamed to look at the people kneeling on the ground, and Xiaochan's eyes full of bitter tears.

"Alright, that's it, let's all step aside, now that she's back." Master He sighed a little helplessly and said. The kneeling crowd did not seem to be awake when they heard that they had been pardoned like this, and they were stunned for a few seconds before they retreated in an orderly manner. Xiaochan, who was holding by me, also hurriedly pulled out her wrist and bowed her head to ask for instructions to retreat.

Master He hesitated and walked to the side of the chair, ignoring his various evil deeds and just looking at his back, he felt a little lonely. "You, go back to your room and reflect on what you did wrong." He still didn't turn around, but after saying this, he waved his sleeve and motioned for me to step back.

Although I still wanted to come forward to plead, I saw Mrs. He's eyes, and I understood that the meaning was to let me restrain my temperament and retreat obediently. Forget it, there will be a period of time in the future, and it's not good if the situation is too stiff. After all, I have made the people in this mansion guilty this time, and my sake is indispensable.

"Quit." I don't even use honorifics and honorific titles, let alone compilations. "Hey, how is this kid like a different person, is this madness still there? Or did this madness make her even change her temperament? Mrs. He said while stroking Master He's chest.

"I just hope that before choosing a concubine, she can be stable and not ruin the big thing." They let out a long groan almost at the same time and fell off their chairs. I walked down the secluded aisle and thought about it, and found that I was still too selfish, and I left without much explanation for my own momentary needs, but it dragged these people down to bear the blame for their crimes.

In the future, if there is a need again, you have to think of a foolproof plan before thinking twice. Before I even stepped through the door, I saw Tachibana, who had landed in front of me from the roof.

I almost fell down the stairs in fright, but I managed to hold on to the edge of the stairway and stabilize my body. "What, Miss is afraid of me?" She smiled, I didn't expect her to laugh, such a cold-faced person laughed like a spring breeze, and I lost my mind when I was a woman.

"Miss is afraid of me." She said it again in a declarative tone, and I recovered from my stunned stupor, and quickly bypassed her and entered the room without saying a word, and the door was not closed. Since this person appeared at this moment, there must be something going on, and if the door was opened and closed, wouldn't it only add to the boredom.

She was no longer restrained this time, and sat down at the table casually and asked, "If Miss is afraid that I will take care of me, I will not go out indiscriminately until now" I still remained silent and ignored it, not a proud pretentious gesture, but as if I had lost a kind of face.

Her eyes were rolling wildly, and her eyes were ethereal at will, floating and floating to her. From the bottom up, in a trance, you really want to see a circle of crimson strangulation marks on her wrists, which is very frightening to watch.

Don't? Master He? The criminal law was imposed on her, and I got closer to her, and she was a little puzzled but didn't move. Suddenly, I lifted her hand, and she forgot to let me look at the scar on her wrist. I rolled up her sleeves and couldn't help but be a little speechless when I saw the undulating layers of red strangulation marks, after all, she and Xiaochan were the same age, but they looked a little more mature, so much so that they often forgot that she was also a child.

I slowed down for a long time before I could barely squeeze out a sentence: "The one on your wrist was also given by Master He?" Punishment for my late return? She smiled again, slowly pulled down her sleeve from her wrist, and said as she walked, "Master...... Oh, sir......"

"He is a ruthless person, hypocritical and pretentious in front of people, and there is no means in the future, since he has become a dog, he will be punished for failing to fulfill his duty to take care of his master, what is unusual?" She paused, looked down and chuckled again, the corners of her mouth twitching to indicate that she wasn't laughing.

"No one will care about our pain, life and death." She continued, still smiling, ignoring my look of surprise. It turns out that her coldness is not good at words, just because these words are unnecessary, and she is always passive when getting along with others, just because these entanglements are also unnecessary.

But when she said these things to me tonight, and said so many heart-wrenching words that could not be exposed, did it mean that she believed me? Although it is terrible to be self-inflicted, it is like a drug, and you can't quit addiction. I intend to say these things to me as if she believed me.

After taking a few steps forward, he took her hand again and said, "I care, I will care about you from today onwards, and I won't be so reckless." She still laughs, if this smile is pretending to be kind and innocent, then this year's actress is none other than her. She didn't shake off my hand, and I had another friend in Jincheng.

It's just that I don't know if we will be able to treat them so warmly and sincerely after many years. It is rare to enjoy the true affection of the previous life, and this life is no longer in vain.