Chapter 79
Not only was Lan drunk, but others also began to soften in the local area. The sound of cooing and cooing was endless, and the people who fell close were stacked in a pile, and the expressions of each other were full of puzzlement and surprise.
"There's something wrong with the smell in the fire!"
Someone in the crowd came out with this sentence, and the rest of the people were suddenly enlightened. Five-spice soft tendons, incense and so on have never been seen in martial arts novels and TV series, so no one thought about it at the beginning of smelling the fragrance, and now it is a good proof that novels come from life, but this is no longer the focus of attention.
"I didn't expect to come prepared this time, but it turned out to be planted!" Yu Chen lay on the ground and said in annoyance.
In two or three minutes, only Jun Yihuang was still standing. Jun Yihuang looked at the expressions of everyone lying on the ground, and vaguely guessed what was going on. But she can block the tangible fire with yin power, and she has no way to do anything about this invisible fragrance.
"Blue drunk? Can't you stand up at all? Jun Yihuang squatted beside Lan Zui worriedly and asked.
Lan Zui shook his head in pain. She now felt that even the simple action of shaking her head would require all her strength to do it, let alone stand up and move around.
"Little girl, the scent is useless to you? Then go up and call the guys up there to save us! β
Wang Fugui saw that only Jun Yihuang was not affected by the fragrance, and he couldn't care about Jun Yihuang's weirdness, so he hurriedly asked her for help.
"Junjun can't go!"
"Nope."
Coincidentally, Lan Zui and Jun Yihuang refused in unison.
"Why?! Everyone is like this, Lan Zui, if you don't let her go up, will we all live here and wait for death? β
Yuchen, Wang Fugui, and Montaigne saw that Jun Yihuang was drunk and refused, and immediately shouted angrily and asked.
Jun Yihuang twisted his head to the side and refused to answer, and Lan Zui snorted: "No, no, no reason." β
"it!" Seeing this, Yu Chen cursed and asked the others, "Who else can hold on?" Go up and call for help now! β
Everyone said that they could not do anything, and they could only climb one or two steps at most, and even if they barely climbed across the rope bridge to the other end, it was completely impossible to drag the rope to climb up the steep thief hole.
Moreover, the hole is not completely vertical, and there are several folds in the middle, so it is completely impossible to send out a distress signal whether it is a signal flare or a light to ask for help.
Later, everyone's hearts were discouraged, and they fell to the ground one by one in frustration, no longer speaking.
"Maybe the effect of this fragrance is only to make people unable to move, so they can only stay in place and be burned alive by the fire. But now that the source of fire has been sealed in the bronze door by us, there is no such danger. If the fragrance is poisonous, how can we still talk and move a little after all this time? There are vents left in the thieves' holes made by Mu Ye, you can see that we didn't smell any fragrance at all when we came in, but Old Man Chen obviously came in before, which means that it won't be long before the smell will slowly dissipate, and it is estimated that it won't be long before the medicinal effect on our bodies will disperse, and there will be nothing. Seeing that everyone had no fighting spirit, Uncle Zhong thought about it and comforted him. Although none of the people present were stupid, they felt that the tomb repairers at that time had spent a lot of time mixing poison in the fire just to make the tomb robbers unable to move, and they could only reluctantly agree and talk about β‘.
Time passed minute by minute, and it was indeed calm and waveless. Lan Zui hadn't rested well during this time, coupled with the hard work and mental fatigue of climbing up and β‘, just lying on the ground, Lan Zui vaguely felt that he was starting to get sleepy.
Regarding Uncle Zhong's argument, Lan Zui disagreed and did not object. She vaguely guessed the ingredients in the fragrance in her heart: Xuange incense and Junying grass. Looking at it now, the source of Zhu Yuan and Mu Ye's poisoning is not only a small amount of smell mixed in the sand, but also the evaporation of the medicine in the liquid after the fire starts, and it is inhaled into the body.
If that was the case, Lan Zui roughly guessed what was going to happen next. After Zhu Yuan and Mu Ye were poisoned, they both had hallucinations of Yan zhΓ²ng, and they were afraid that they would have the same future. I only hope that the medicine brought by Yu Chen this time can really resist the influence of Xuan Ge Xiang and Jun Ying Cao, and when the medicine in the air is diluted and dissipated, they will slowly recover their ability to act.
Jun Yihuang looked at this scene, he could only stand and do something in a hurry, and he couldn't do anything. She couldn't stay away from Lan Zui, nor could she unravel the effects of the drug, so she could only stay by Lan Zui's side and wait for a qiΔ to happen.
Lan Zui didn't know when she fell asleep.
The qiΔ in the dream is sometimes vague, sometimes clear. She knew that she had dreamed of Su Lingyu again.
Su Lingyu was sandwiched among the many beauties, led by the palace people, and just like at the time of the draft, they entered a hall one by one, knelt on the ground, made great salutes, asked for peace, and listened to the people sitting on the top of the palace to teach the newcomers who had just entered the palace to serve the emperor.
The content of the teachings was long and boring, Su Lingyu lowered his head and listened, and at the end of each time, he sang in unison with the other women: "Concubine follow the teachings." When she was really bored, Su Lingyu squinted her eyes left and right, looking at the women around her.
There are all kinds of beauties, swallow thin ring fat, or gorgeous, or soft, or everyone's beautiful style, flowery scenery clothes, or small jasper feelings, simple and gentle dress.
There is only one thing that is the same, this Nantang harem is the end of their future lives.
The words of the teachings still came from the front, and Su Lingyu sighed slightly in his heart. She knew that the queen's phoenix body was against harmony, and today the queen replaced the queen to teach and reprimand the new palace people, it was the lord of Yufeng Palace who spread all over the city, and the concubine who assisted the queen in managing the affairs of the six palaces.
The voice is not the imaginary warbler's graceful cry, nor is it bone-chilling, calm, calm, graceful, and stern, quite a bit of the momentum of the middle palace.
Su Lingyu was really curious when she arrived, and she thought that there were many participants in today's court ceremony, and she would probably not pay attention to her hidden in the people. After all, she was only a teenage girl, and after enduring and enduring, she finally raised her head slightly and secretly looked at the legendary woman sitting in front of her.
Sitting in the middle is the empress of the current Nanzhao Emperor, the empress sits straight, her face is delicately makeup, and she also strives to maintain the demeanor and expression that the queen should have. But Su Lingyu can still see the haggard that is difficult to hide behind that dignified smile.
To the left of the Queen's seat, another seat slanted diagonally. In the seat was the woman she was curious about. The woman is wearing a rose-colored concubine court dress today, her hair is combed in a bun, and her head is full of steps and beads, showing her noble status. But even the various beautifully crafted and colorful ornaments on her head could not match her gorgeous face. Eyebrows and phoenix eyes, Qiong nose and jade cheeks, all kinds of delicate faces at this moment slightly hooked a calm smile, but the eyes are like knives, domineering, and continue the boring teachings.
At first glance, this concubine who is in the concubine position is almost above the middle palace lady next to her in terms of momentum.
has nothing to do with the gorgeous face, just the kind of soul-seducing power on Concubine Shu's body has a kind of dazzling beauty, which makes it difficult to take your eyes off when you see it.
Qin Caifeng once said that Emperor Nanzhao likes weak and obedient beautiful women, so in Su Lingyu's speculation, this concubine who can rank first in the quarter should also be the quality of delicate and delicate willows, so as to get Emperor Nanzhao's blue eyes, I never thought that it was so gorgeous and unreasonable, and I couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The woman sitting upright seemed to be aware of Su Lingyu's peeping gaze, and her eyes swept over, just in line with Su Lingyu's slightly raised eyebrows. Su Lingyu was startled, and it was too late to dodge. She is just a seven-grade lady, and looking directly at the high-grade concubines is a matter of transgression, let alone being inattentive when listening to the teachings of the court ceremony, any of them is enough to put her into the Qingping Pavilion to think about it, and even degrade to Gong'e. Although she has no intention of competing for favor in the harem, she also does not want to be degraded when she enters the harem, and in her heart, Rarity sees that the fierce woman only frowns slightly, and glances at her, then retracts her gaze, as if nothing happened.
Su Lingyu escaped and hurriedly buried his head down. She was sure that Concubine Shu must have noticed her prying eyes, but she didn't understand why she had let her offense go. At this moment, Su Lingyu only felt that the heart in his chest was pounding, as if it was not his own, but his curiosity about this seemingly stern concubine became heavier.
"In the future, the concubine will abide by the palace rules, serve His Majesty wholeheartedly, follow the teachings of the queen and the mother, and dare not forget it. I wish the queen a phoenix good health, a thousand years old, a thousand years old, and a good luck. β
Singing in unison again, kneeling, getting up, Su Lingyu inadvertently looked at the superior concubine again when he left sideways, and in a fleeting moment, what Su Lingyu saw in those phoenix eyes was not arrogant and calculating, but calm as the ancient well, and a little loneliness hidden in it.
"Hmm." The cold of the early morning penetrated into the soles of his feet through the quilt covering his body, Su Lingyu woke up from the cold wind, opened his eyes uncomfortably, and couldn't help coughing lightly.
"Lady, you're awake. The slave maid boiled ginger soup, while it was still hot, you can drink some warm up and then sleep? β
Qingxuan heard the movement, hurriedly bypassed the screen, helped Su Lingyu up, and took a soft pillow for her and put it on her waist.
"Ahem, isn't the window closed? Why is it so cold. Su Lingyu leaned on the soft pillow, and the person was still cowardly. She had been sick for a few days and had been coughing all the time. Illness is the most hurtful body, and now the slightly rounded goose egg face when entering the palace has already shown a pointed chin, and a small face is miserable, which makes people feel distressed when they look at it.
"It's closed. It's just that the past few days have been cold and cold. I think it was the slave maid who came in with ginger soup and brought in the cold wind, freezing the lady, and asked the lady to forgive her sins. β
"It's just you and me, don't talk about these vanities." Su Lingyu closed his eyes, it has been more than half a year since the court ceremony. Today, I don't know why, but I dreamed of the scenes and people at that time, and I remember it vividly, just like yesterday.
Qingxuan didn't know that Su Lingyu had a dream, and seeing that Su Lingyu was coughing uncomfortably, she hurriedly scooped a spoonful of ginger soup and sent it to her mouth: "Lady, drink two sips to warm up while it's hot, and then you can't stand it if you freeze your body." β
"You went through it yourself?" Su Lingyu didn't open his mouth, looking at the brown soup that was still boiling hot in front of him, he couldn't see joy or anger.
"Yes."
"Oh." Su Lingyu opened his lips and drank the ginger soup into his throat.
The hot ginger soup had a hint of spiciness, and she choked on it again. However, this spicy water flowed down the throat, and the whole body immediately warmed up a lot, and the chill that had just been awakened by the cold seemed to fade.
"What about people?"
"But Ren and Xuanrong invited the doctor for the lady."
Xuanrong is the personal maid of Fu Liuying, who lives in the Xinuan Pavilion, and in the past, after the court ceremony, he was gifted to the favored Jing noble concubine, and now he has been favored by Emperor Nanzhao several times, and he has been crowned a nobleman of the six grades.
On the other hand, Su Lingyu has neither the love of courtesy nor the act of flattering the emperor, and there are so many family members and daughters who have recently entered the palace, so many people have been annihilated in the dust. After entering the palace for several months, she was not summoned by the emperor, and the palace was accustomed to serving high and low, and the Inner Prison Mansion would no longer treat her preferentially. First of all, Su Lingyu's aunt Qin Xin, who was in charge of the palace, was removed because there were too many new palace concubines and insufficient manpower, and gradually the daily supply was also sluggish, leaving only a little palace maid and Qingxuan who accompanied Su Lingyu into the palace to clean up the sundries. Su Lingyu has been sick for these days, and he sent someone to the Tai Hospital to ask for the Tai Doctor several times, but he only got empty words about the Tai Doctor's busy affairs. Obviously, Fu Liuying couldn't see it, so she asked her personal maid Xuanrong to accompany Keren to invite him again.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for Fu Liuying's continuous help, Su Lingyu's life would have been even more difficult.
"By the way, lady, the lord has a letter for you, which was sent from Yanfang."
After feeding Su Lingyu and drinking half a bowl of ginger soup, Qing Xuan remembered the letter in her sleeve, and hurriedly took it out and handed it to Su Lingyu.
The envelope had been crumpled and crumpled, and I don't know how long it had been pressed. Su Lingyu's lips pursed slightly, and he opened the envelope and unfolded the letterhead, which was the handwriting of Su's father, who had not been seen for a long time.
The correspondence between the concubines and their family members, if they are not amnesty, must be checked by Yanfang to avoid collusion between the previous dynasty and β‘ to disturb the court. Therefore, the content of the letter is nothing more than words that explain that his parents are in good health and that his family life is smooth, and he instructs Su Lingyu to abide by his body in the palace and serve the emperor for a good life. In the last few strokes, Su's father repeatedly told Su Lingyu to make friends with other concubines, but he regarded himself too highly, and Gufang admired himself and used strict words, which was quite the style of court training in the past.
The corners of Su Lingyu's lips tightened more and more, and she understood that Father Su's words meant that she should cling to the favored concubines more so that she could gain the emperor's favor as soon as possible. After all, when she was sent to the palace, Su's father took great pains and entrusted Qin Caifeng, who was the queen mother's close female official, to take care of her in the palace. Unexpectedly, his daughter with high hopes has been in the palace for more than half a year, but there is no news that he has never been fortunate by Emperor Nanzhao, which is tantamount to a huge blow to Su's father, but he is afraid that he will lose face in front of other colleagues and will not be able to raise his head at all.
"Lady ......"
Qing Xuan cautiously stood by the bed to check Su Lingyu's expression, and wanted to comfort but was speechless.
"Qingxuan, do you think I did something wrong?"
Su Lingyu carefully folded the letterhead and put it into the envelope, and suddenly said after being silent for a long time.
"As long as the lady is comfortable." Qing Xuan whispered back.
"If I continue like this, my life will only get more and more miserable. Although Sister Fu has a good heart, she can't take care of me for the rest of her life. Su Lingyu sighed for a moment, and then said: "Qingxuan, I really don't want to fight with them, I just want to live my life in peace, why is it so difficult?" β
The look on Su Lingyu's face seemed to be smiling, but it was sadder than crying. Qing Xuan looked uncomfortable, didn't care about the etiquette rules in the palace, and reached out to hold Su Lingyu's cold hands: "Lady, no matter what, Qing Xuan will always follow the lady to take care of the lady." β
"Green Silk ......"
"If it weren't for the lady, Qingxuan's life would have been gone. The lady just needs to live the life she wants with peace of mind, and Qingxuan will never let the lady be cold and hungry. β
Qingxuan spoke loyally, and her beautiful face was full of determination. Su Lingyu looked at her, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
She believed that Qingxuan would do what she said. Having said that, she still has to see everyone's faces, what can a little maid do in the palace?
Just as a lovely voice sounded outside the door: "Lady, the imperial doctor is here." β
Su Lingyu was just suffering from the wind cold, but it had been delayed for a long time. The imperial doctor came to prescribe medicine for the pulse, and Su Lingyu's cough did not stop after taking it for more than ten days. On this day, the sun rarely came out of the house, and Fu Liuying came to ask Su Lingyu to go out for a walk.
The early spring sun did not shine on his body and there was no obvious warmth, Su Lingyu had not fully recovered, and he was extremely cold, so he couldn't help but tighten the cloak on his body.
"When my sister is well, come out and walk around more, you see that this winter is over, the grass outside is green and fragrant, don't always stay in the house. I've been sick for a while, and my face doesn't look good. β
Su Lingyu responded with a smile and didn't answer much.
Fu Liuying looked at Su Lingyu's expression, the words went around the tip of her tongue a few times, and she still said, "Sister, don't bother me." You tell Sister SΓΉ the truth, you really don't want to...... Sleeping? β
Although Su Lingyu and Fu Liuying have gotten closer after this period of time, and they also know that Fu Liuying is a very kind-hearted woman, but this cannot be answered, once it is said and heard by someone with a heart, it is a capital crime.
Therefore, Su Lingyu just continued to laugh, and looked at Fu Liuying softly.
Fu Liuying mistakenly thought that Su Lingyu's smile was shy, so she also smiled and said, "This is just a hurdle that every woman has to pass, there is nothing to be afraid of." The Jing noble concubine of my Nali is very good, and her temperament is as soft as water, which is really a little similar to you. If you want, I will take you to sit with Concubine Jing tomorrow. Let's not ask for much favor, at least make our lives better, and don't be troubled by others in the palace. β
"Sister, let me think about it."
Fu Liuying's words pierced Su Lingyu's heart. The family members who entered the palace were not lucky for two years, so they would be sent to Guiyuan Lane to participate in the study and selection of female officials in the palace. This was originally Su Lingyu's plan in the early days of entering the palace, but after entering the palace, she secretly observed, but found that the concubines who had been cut down were extremely excluded and bullied in Guiyuan Lane, and few people could survive and be selected as female officials, so there was often news that the degraded concubines committed suicide due to humiliation. She asked herself, if she were herself, would she really be able to endure those insults? What is the difference between the intrigue between the concubines and the intrigue in Guiyuan Lane?
Her original insistence, in this harem, seems to have become meaningless.
If so, why continue to grieve yourself?
That night, Su Lingyu sat in front of the window, staring at the flickering candlelight, turning over and over to chew the sentence that Qin Caifeng left her, 'The more like water, the most traceless'.
According to her initial understanding, she only needs to be careful to guard against people with water in their names, that is, to avoid Concubine Shu, Yuan Xiurong and Concubine Xin.
But today's words from Fu Liuying made her think differently.
Fu Liuying described Jing Guifei's temperament as 'soft as water, somewhat similar to herself'.
Concubine Jing has no heirs, but she can be pampered, which is not unrelated to Concubine Jing's family background, but it should be more of a means for Concubine Jing. As for what kind of person he is, Su Lingyu knows even better, although he is unwilling to fight, but when he has to do so, he can definitely be more ruthless than most people in the palace.
It's the lady...... It was rumored that she was determined not to let her eyebrows go, but Su Lingyu felt that she might be more reliable than the Jing concubine who was similar to herself.
It's just that Concubine Shu and Concubine Jing each have a seat in the palace, and if they pay tribute to Concubine Shu, they will have to be estranged from Fu Liuying in the future. For this woman who has known each other for more than half a year and does not treat herself coldly because she is not favored, Su Lingyu wants to cherish it.
Suddenly there were two loud knocks outside the window, Su Lingyu was startled and hurriedly pushed open the window lattice, but saw Qing Xuan sitting on the ground rubbing her head, and the robe on her shoulders also fell to the ground.
Qing Xuan smiled apologetically at Su Lingyu, her young face showing haggard and sleepy. Thinking that she was too tired, she dozed off while boiling medicine for Su Lingyu and fell to the ground.
But even if people still stay by Su Lingyu's side, their attitude is passable, Qingxuan almost took over all the chores, and she was busy like a spiral, without a moment to rest.
Su Lingyu's nasal cavity was slightly sour, his fingertips tightened, and he had already made a decision.
For myself, for Qingxuan, there are things...... Had to do it.
The next day, Su Lingyu asked Qing Xuan to scavenge all the things they carried when they entered the palace and list them on the table.
Father Su originally hoped that Su Lingyu could gain a firm foothold in the palace, so he did not treat her harshly. Pearl Baoyu, although she is not the top one, she still brought her a lot and let her use it to make some connections.
Su Lingyu picked out the best of them and packed them in a brocade box, and he was also apprehensive in his heart.
I don't know if that person can look at these things.
It's just that you have to try everything.
"Qingxuan, take out my purple and red embroidered clothes, and then help me dress up."
Qing Xuan did as she said, but her eyes were full of doubts when she looked at Su Lingyu.
Su Lingyu didn't explain much, just carefully drew his eyebrows and eyes. After a while, a soft and graceful beauty appeared in the mirror.
"Qingxuan, accompany me to see Concubine Shu." Plugging in the last plum hairpin, Su Lingyu looked left and right in the mirror, and thought that he was dressed up decently, so he said to Qing Xuan.
"Huh? What is the lady doing at the lady's place? β
"Nari." Su Lingyu raised a faint smile and locked all the love in his heart.
"But...... Aunt Qin didn't say ......"
"I'm afraid that Aunt Qin is not referring to the person with water in the name, but to something else." Su Lingyu paused and said: "If you want to choose between a person with a deep heart and a person with a sharp edge, I would rather choose the dagger with a clear and shaking blade than the cow hair needle that will poke me at some point." β
Qing Xuan is also a smart person, and when she heard this, she immediately understood, and said: "What the lady said is, it's just that in this way, Fu Guiren's side ......"
"Let's take it one step at a time." Su Lingyu checked the brocade box in his hand and said, "This gift has been delayed for a long time, and it is unknown whether others will accept it or not." βγ
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