1 Dream of the Deep Courtyard
There has been rain in Jiankang City in the past few days, but in late autumn, there was a winter cold, and even many shops closed their business early.
At the end of the summer, there was a scandal in the branch of the Xiao Mansion in Lanling, and the Xiao family, which used to cover the sky with one hand, suddenly fell silent, and even the entire Jiankang became lifeless.
The closest plot to the east of the city to the imperial city is a place where the people of cloth clothes are not allowed to set foot, heavily guarded, and one post in five steps. The alley made of blue bricks and glazed tiles extends to the innermost, and two rows of soldiers stand majestically.
There are three big characters of Jingwangfu written on the Wudi gold characters, and the Zhumen is wide open.
King Jing Sima Xi wore a moon-white brocade ink bamboo outside, the inner layer was a beige folded cotton and linen placket shirt, and the outermost layer was draped with a layer of white bamboo cloud veil. The long hair is crowned with a silver hollow unicorn pattern, and a silver hairpin is inserted horizontally, which is simple but luxurious. The long-bodied jade stood in front of a lake, holding a mahogany basket in his slender and white hands, and his moist fingertips poked into the basket to pinch out the fish food and sprinkle it into the lake, splashing a circle of ripples, causing the red tails in the lake to swim towards the fish food.
"Your Highness." A soft female voice came from behind him.
Sima Xi tilted his head slightly, and the corners of his lips smiled faintly.
The person who came was wearing a large shirt with a red print placket, lined with a moon-white first coat, a light purple waist, and a long tassel tied with a long tassel in madder polyester satin. The stream-colored skirt swayed slightly, like a falling flower. The woman's Furong face was peachy, and a pair of Danfeng eyes were charming, she stepped forward and pillowed her head on Sima Xi's shoulder, and said softly, "Your Highness hasn't been in a good mood these days?" ”
Sima Xi's brows were slightly raised at the moment when she was under the pillow of her mantis, but she quickly smoothed out the wrinkles, sprinkled some fish food into the lake with a light smile, and said lightly, "Is there one?" I'm afraid Yan'er is thinking too much. ”
Xiao Zhiyan lowered her eyes and face, her long eyelashes covered her pupils, and said softly, "I heard that Sister Jiu's body has become weaker and weaker in the past few days, but I am afraid that it will not be long before I will go." ”
"Hmm." Sima Xi simply replied, as if he heard it, but he didn't seem to hear it, and his expression was indifferent and seemed to be indifferent.
Xiao Zhiyan raised her head and looked at it secretly, seeing that this was the case, she smiled at the corner of her lips, and there was a hint of relief in her eyes.
The underground in the most corner of the deep courtyard of King Jing's Mansion is a newly built dungeon, and the first person in the dungeon is the first princess of King Jing, the former Xiao Jiu girl.
Xiao Zhisu nested in a corner of the room, her hair was scattered, and her clothes and shoes were in tatters. Late autumn wrapped the chill around her, but she was so numb that she couldn't feel the cold. Her long hair was soaking wet against her cheeks, her body twitching slightly, and blood was oozing from her fingertips.
The grandmother in charge of the punishment carried a stick and walked in first, "Miss Su, Princess Jing is here, why don't you kneel down to greet you?" ”
"Princess Jing......" Xiao Zhisu, who was unconscious, suddenly opened her eyes when she heard this title, and a sneer was condensed at the corner of her mouth.
In the summer of the thirty-third year of Yongchang, Xiao Zhisu married into the Jingwang Mansion with love for him in her best years, but she never wanted to be greedy for aphrodisiacs on the wedding night, and was almost defiled by the bastard. She killed the bastard in a panic, but was found by Sima Xi, who was leading someone in, in disheveled clothes.
How ridiculous such a thing must be, even the best talent in the world can't write such a ridiculous script. She is the ninth girl of the Xiao family who covers the sky in the imperial city, and she should be spoiled, but she ended up like this. The immortal death of the county lord of Yunyang, the death of his uncle, the death of his uncle on the battlefield, the death of his grandfather, and the fact that Xiao Fu no longer attaches importance to himself, all of this tells him that the 'beloved' he misses in his heart is such a dirty situation because he is useless!
"Xiao Zhisu, it turns out that you are still alive." Xiao Zhiyan stepped into the cell with the support of the maid, sneered with a bit of pride, she looked around in disgust, and then sat down in the Taishi chair that had been prepared with dignity and grace.
Xiao Zhisu propped herself up and sat up to look at her, forcibly suppressed the blood that was constantly surging in her chest, and sneered, "How can Princess Jing have time to come here, and she doesn't think that this place is dirty and filthy, and she has defiled the princess's feet?" ”
Xiao Zhiyan looked at the bright and pure eyes that were still bright and pure no matter how depressed she was, and she was angry. She grabbed the wooden support of the Taishi chair fiercely, leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and said with a smile, "The ninth sister who was infinitely beautiful in the past is here now, and for the sake of my sister's kindness to me back then, Yan'er is no longer willing, and she should come to visit." ”
"Do you still have a conscience?" Xiao Zhisu scoffed at her words, "I thought your conscience had already been eaten by dogs!" ”
"Mama Li, what is the crime of insulting the princess of the dynasty?" Xiao Zhiyan was not provoked, but squinted at the grandmother who was punishing on the side and asked.
"Beat him to death with a stick according to the law." Mama Li said expressionlessly.
"It's free to be beaten to death with a stick, and it's also the sister of the concubine, so let's do it first." Xiao Zhiyan cocked the orchid finger to remove the broken hair around her ear, and said coquettishly, "Don't do it yet?" ”
As soon as Xiao Zhiyan gave the order, the two family members dragged a long stick inside, pressed Xiao Zhisu to the ground, and the two sticks hit her mercilessly.
Xiao Zhisu gritted her teeth desperately, even if her lower lip was bitten and the blood flowed, she didn't let herself make the slightest sound, she endured it, even if her nails scratched the ground and scratched white marks, she didn't feel pain, what is this bit of flesh and skin? The pain that Sima Xi and Xiao Zhiyan inflicted on her heart was thousands of times more painful than this!
"Stop." As soon as Xiao Zhiyan waved her hand, the two family members stopped, she leaned down slightly, approached Xiao Zhisu, and her slender fingers dyed with red cardamom pinched her soft jaw, and said fiercely, "Xiao Zhisu, feng shui takes turns, I have been looking forward to your today, and finally came!" You beg me, only me, and perhaps I will be merciful and let you out. ”
"Don't you think about it!" Not to be outdone, Xiao Zhisu glared at Xiao Zhiyan, raised her hand and wiped the dried blood from the corners of her lips with her dirty sleeve.
"Xiao Zhisu, I said, don't look at me like this!" Xiao Zhiyan said fiercely, with a bright and cruel smile on the corner of her lips, "Your eyes that are purely ignorant of the world make people can't help but want to destroy it, making the black and white inside clearly gray and dirty." ”
"Xiao Zhiyan, one day, you will end up like me today! Does Sima Xi really love you? Or love the power of the Xiao Xue family that you can bring to him? Although Xiao Zhisu's words were light, they were enough to make Xiao Zhiyan's face change greatly, and even become crazy.
"You are talking nonsense, the prince loves me, and it has always been me! Come on, gouge out this slut's eye for me! Xiao Zhiyan screamed loudly, and several grandmothers around her were silent and didn't dare to move.
She hates Xiao Zhisu, and she has always hated it! Since she was sensible, because of her dignity, she wanted to give up Xiao Zhisu everywhere and live under her. Every time she looked at herself with such arrogant, cold and even clean spotless eyes, she wanted to gouge out those eyes! Why is it that when she is struggling, she can be as high-end as Yunyang, which is unattainable?
"Princess, this ......" The subordinates looked at each other, and they didn't dare to do it, after all, it was a lynching; Second, I never thought that this well-known pure and gentle princess in the imperial city would be so vicious.
"You're going to rebel, aren't you? Listen to this concubine, she has now been removed from the family tree by the Xiao family, but she is just a grass people! Seeing that everyone didn't react, Xiao Zhiyan stood up angrily, grabbed the hair on Xiao Zhisu's forehead, and forced her to look at herself, "Xiao Zhisu, you have fornicated with others and defiled the lintel, the Xiao family has long since denied you, what do you have left now?" How dare you look at me like that! ”
"Why the hell do you hate me so much...... "Xiao Fu?" Nine girls? These were never important things in her eyes. What can she do if she no longer admits it, but she hates that she can't be buried in the Xiao family's mausoleum after she dies, and she goes to see her mother, the county lord of Yunyang.
"Why do you hate you? Respect and humility, people who see you must forget my existence, when I was young, I went to women's school, obviously I was more diligent and outstanding, but Mr. defended you everywhere; Every time it is your birthday's father's turn, he takes you around to play, but my birthday's father doesn't care about it; If you treat me well, it's just your vanity, others will only say that your nine girls are kind and generous, and you can accommodate me as a concubine! When the county lord of Yunyang was alive, my mother and I were just dispensable, and we were treated with contempt and coldness by others! Do you know how long I waited for the Yunyang County Lord to die? Everything I get now is something I've earned step by step by my own efforts! And what did you, crawling out of the belly of the Yunyang County Lord, do? ”
Xiao Zhisu was restrained by her, and the back of her head slammed against the stone wall, only to feel dizzy. Xiao Zhiyan grabbed her throat with one hand, and the other hand bent her fingers and slammed into her eyes!
"It hurts...... Siu Tsz Yin...... Siu Tsz Yan! Xiao Zhisu covered her blood-gushing eyes, her whole body convulsed and spasmed in pain, she fell to the ground, pushed Xiao Zhiyan away, and slammed into each other.
Xiao Zhiyan opened her hand, looked at the two bloodshot eyes in her palm, and laughed wildly until tears fell, "Mother, look, these eyes look like the county lord of Yunyang!" My daughter said that one day she would stop looking at us! Since others don't dare, then it's up to me to do it! ”
She knelt on the ground, and there was chaos in the cell, all of which said that Princess Jing had a magic barrier, she glanced at Xiao Zhisu, who was running away in a panic because she couldn't see, and saw that there were two bright red blood marks under her eyes, and her appearance was shocking. Frightened, he threw away the eyeballs in his hand and passed out. The two eyeballs rolled twice in the dusty cell, and came to a halt mixed with blood.