Zhong Ziyuan lay on the couch for a long time, but still did not feel sleepy. Through the faint moonlight, she could see that Talena, who was lying on the ground, even if she was asleep, was slightly hunched her shoulders and curled herself up in a ball, like a lonely and helpless child.

With just one glance, Zhong Ziyuan withdrew his gaze.

Pity her, it's better to pity yourself first. Not to mention his involvement with her or kindness, the long-term depression has put Talena's spirit on the verge of collapse. At this moment, she is moody, like a powder keg about to be detonated, and she can't guess with a normal heart at all. How can I get rid of her, sneak into the study, and get the account book? Zhong Ziyuan's head was about to explode, but he didn't have a clue at all.

Thinking about it, she gradually fell asleep after all

"Madame! Wake up, it's time for us to go! There was an anxious call from Talena, and Zhong Ziyuan slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was sitting on the edge of the collapse, glaring at herself dissatisfied.

Zhong Ziyuan sat up abruptly and said in horror: "Leave at this time?" She looked around warily, but it was still pitch black, except for a tallow lamp peeping dimly out of the corner. She hesitated and said, "It's not dawn yet!" Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the Khan? ”

Talena's eyebrows slowly erected, she stared at Zhong Ziyuan for a moment, grinned with snow-white teeth, and said, "I knew you were reluctant to leave." ”

She pulled out the short sword hidden in her sleeve like lightning, put it on the side of Zhong Ziyuan's neck, and said coldly: "What I can't get, you can't think of it." Originally, I wanted to spare your life for that little kindness, but you had the heart to cling. Then don't blame me for not tolerating you. ”

"Wait, you listen to me"

Zhong Ziyuan's eyes widened suddenly, and she screamed in fear. There was a flash of cold light in front of him. In an instant, blood fell like demonic poppies in front of the butter lamp. Talina's eerie smiling face was constantly magnified and magnified in front of her eyes

"Madame, ma'am." In the continuous shaking, Zhong Ziyuan screamed, tightly covered his neck and sat up straight. She touched her neck up and down in horror. Trying to find the cut wound.

The maid was so frightened by her that she took a few steps back before squeezing out a smile and saying, "Madam, are you having a nightmare?" ”

The maid spoke Khitan dialect. Zhong Ziyuan didn't understand it, and didn't pay much attention to it. She fumbled around for a long time and didn't touch anything, only to know that it was just a nightmare, and she couldn't help but gasp heavily.

"What did you dream about? Scared like this. Zhong Ziyuan turned his head sharply when he heard the sound. Seeing that Gemi was actually in her tent. It's just that she didn't wear a flamboyant dancing girl costume today. Instead, she wore a plain moon-white narrow-sleeved pleated skirt embroidered with small yellow flowers.

The jewelry and silk that were scattered all over the place last night were all packed up at the moment and neatly placed on a desk. The bright summer sun jumps through the gaps in the felt cloth and sprinkles on it, reflecting a dazzling gold and silver luster, which makes people's eyes hurt.

But Gemei's eyes seemed to be glued to the pile of things, her fingers reluctantly rubbed on a lake blue bucket skirt, and her mouth praised it: "It's so soft to the touch, and the embroidery patterns on it are also strange." It looks even better than the one on Mrs. Xiao yesterday, and at a glance, you can tell that it is a high-quality product shipped from the Central Plains. I've never worn clothes like this! ”

Zhong Ziyuan retracted his gaze. Lazily said: "If you like it, take it." She stretched, got up and got out of bed. The maid immediately stepped forward and draped her robe over her shoulders. She looked around in the tent, but was surprised to find that Talena was not here.

"Really!" Gemei's eyes lit up, and she was busy picking out a few extraordinarily colorful ones from the pile of clothes. While gesturing on his body, he said happily, "You just do it to the end, give me all these pieces!" ”

"Okay!" Zhong Ziyuan saw that the pleated skirt on her body had been washed out of the raw edges, and she knew that her life in Beijing was not good. Fortunately, in this strange and incomprehensible harem, except for the yin and yang weird Talena, Gemei is the only person she is familiar with and the only person she can communicate, and it doesn't hurt to be good friends with her.

And Gemei is a simple-minded person, whether it is publicity, happiness, or jealousy, it is all clearly written on her face. It's much easier to get along with her than with Talina, who hides everything in her heart.

Gemei was happy in her heart, the smile on her face became more and more dazzling, and the light in her eyes when she looked at Zhong Ziyuan changed from jealousy to closeness.

Zhong Ziyuan was served by the maid, and after washing, she saw that Gemei was still trying on a peach-colored robe, her heart moved, and she asked, "When did you come over?" Did you see Talena when you came? ”

"The tent where I live is right next to you, and I came here just after dawn, just in time to see the Khan come and take Talena away personally." ”

"Taken away?" This news is too sharp! The gossip soul in Zhong Ziyuan's heart was burning, and he hated himself for being too sleepy and missing a good show.

"Don't you know?" Ge Meimei explained her doubts and said, "I also heard that Talena and Khan grew up together, but unfortunately a few years ago, I don't know why the two fell out." The Khan made it clear that he no longer trusted her, but she insisted on staying by Khan's side with a dead face. ”

Zhong Ziyuan couldn't help but retort: "That's not right! If he didn't trust her, how could the Khan make her the leader of the guards. She knew that when a woman was jealous, her words must contain a lot of water, and the water in Gemei's words was too sticky.

Gemei said disdainfully: "A woman, who can't dress up Meimei to accompany her man, but rolls in the pile of dead people every day, isn't this distrustful?" Last night, when Khan rewarded her with thirty lashes, I listened to it for real, and each whip was actually whipped on the back, without any softness. ”

All right! Zhong Ziyuan raised his hands and admitted defeat. Two people whose way of thinking is not on the same frequency, and it is really difficult to communicate.

Seeing her speechless, Gemei's heart became a little smoother. She carefully sat down beside Zhong Ziyuan with the hem of her new robe and comforted, "You don't need to be sad. Talena has been with the khan for so long, and she hasn't even caught a lady, so it can be seen that she is useless. ”

Zhong Ziyuan said with some tears and laughter: "You are too worried." I'm not upset. ”

Gemei obviously didn't believe it: "Khan rewarded you with so many things, but didn't stay overnight, and only took Talena away early in the morning, how could you not be sad?" You don't have to hold it up in front of me. ”

Gemei picked up the brand-new double-carp pattern bronze mirror in her hand and carefully examined her appearance. In the bronze mirror, she is still youthful and gorgeous, and even her originally dark skin will be raised in the past few months. It is also much fairer and more pink. But even so, the Khan's deep eyes flashed back over her face, never lingering. Leaving her alone blushing after a heartbeat. There is only boundless emptiness.

In the past, it was even if it was over, because Gemei could only see Yeluteri at the banquet, and at that time there were so many beautiful women around him that even her eyes were glazed. Not to mention him who was overshadowed by the stars.

But today I finally ran into him outside the banquet. His eyes were only the pale face in his arms, and he walked past Gemei without even lifting his eyelids, and he felt extremely disheartened just thinking about her.

After looking at it for a long time, Gemei sighed and put down the bronze mirror in her hand. Then he muttered dissatisfiedly: "I also entered the palace to find out that it was the same lady, but the lady who ushered in those big tribes was from a small tribe like me." It's the lady who was sent in a hurry, and it's really a big difference. ”

Zhong Ziyuan didn't make a sound. Gemei blinked her big watery eyes and said to herself, "But you are still better than me, at least you have these good things." Unlike me, although I entered the palace and was also made a lady, I was only favored for a few days, and I was thrown aside by the Khan, and I didn't catch anything good. Now I live in this broken tent and no one cares about it. If Madame Xiao hadn't invited me to dance at every banquet, I might not even have seen the Khan's face. ”

Gemei's resentful tone made Zhong Ziyuan a little embarrassed, and she couldn't help but say, "My situation is different from yours. ”

"It's different." Gemei crossed her waist and said sharply, "I know that you, like the other wives, look down on me. But I know that at least when I enter the palace, my people will be able to buy cheap salt, drink cheap tea bricks, and have enough iron tools to make horseshoe, iron bows, swords, and cooking utensils. Because of her excitement, her tone was very sharp, like a lark that has been choked by the throat, and her eardrums are painful.

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly stroked her back and comforted her softly: "I don't look down on you, I think you sacrificed your happiness for the sake of your clansmen, in fact, you are more heroic than those warriors who went on the field to kill the enemy." ”

"Really?" Gemei's tone softened significantly, but her little face slowly revealed a hint of loneliness: "Actually, I haven't talked so much to anyone for a long time. Tashi used to listen to me like a flock of birds chirping around him. Now that I want to say more, no one will listen. ”

There was an indescribable loneliness in her tone, and Zhong Ziyuan couldn't help but wonder in her heart: another girl in the mood for love, for the benefit of the family, will be buried in this luxurious but lonely palace wall.

Just when Zhong Ziyuan felt sorry for her, Gemei's eyes lit up, and she took out a crystal clear lying carp jade pendant from the pile of dazzling jewelry, and there was a string of coral beeswax pendants underneath, which was not ordinary at first glance. She said with a flattering smile: "I like this too, why don't you give it to me too!" ”

Zhong Ziyuan was defeated by her heartlessness in an instant, she covered her forehead, waved her hand impatiently, and said, "Take it, take it, you can just take it if you like anything."

"Hee-hee" Gemei couldn't wait to pick up the pile of things in her photo and bounced away. The familiar hollow silver hairpin of flying butterflies fluttered on the bun above her head as she ran, like a butterfly with wings ready to fly. The bright sun sprinkled on it, refracting a dazzling silver light, making Zhong Ziyuan's eyes squint slightly.

Talena never returned, and instead of serving Zhong Ziyuan, a Khitan girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old was served. This girl has thick eyebrows and high cheeks, and there are two blush on her cheeks, and she looks quite simple. It's a pity that she can't understand the Central Plains dialect, what does Zhong Ziyuan command, she just stared at her slender eyes, looked at it in a daze, and didn't react at all.

After a few times, Zhong Ziyuan lost her interest in arousing people, she didn't want to stay in the tent and be relatively speechless with this maid, so she simply opened the curtain and walked out.

Zhong Ziyuan took the maids to wander around the Khitan Palace, but obviously the maids who followed her this time were not as useful as Talena, whenever she approached those exquisite courtyards, wooden buildings, and stone houses, there would be guards appearing, and they would unceremoniously block their master and servant out. Zhong Ziyuan was not reluctant, if people didn't let her in, she wouldn't enter, and turned around lightly to go elsewhere.

Just as she was wandering around the courtyard, she met a beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes, accompanied by eight maids, dressed in flowers and willows.

This woman is not only very beautiful, but when she looks forward to it, her eyes flow, and she also has a wild and charming attitude. In contrast, Gemei's lark couldn't catch up, and it was no wonder that Jeruteret couldn't see her in his eyes.

When the woman saw Zhong Ziyuan, she suddenly smiled, and this smile was like a hundred flowers blooming. Zhong Ziyuan inexplicably felt a cold chill rushing from his spine to the back of his head, and the bewitching woman in front of him seemed to have turned into a colorful poisonous snake, spraying poisonous juice on herself.

She shook her head and threw away this inexplicable illusion before she spoke: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Mrs. Xiao here." ”

Mrs. Xiao raised her hand and brushed the hair on her sideburns, smiled, opened her red lips, and said, "I heard that Mrs. Zhong once saved the life of the Khan?" Her eyes fluttered, and she lowered her eyes and smiled: "That Mrs. Zhong's medical skills must be very clever." ”

Zhong Ziyuan smiled and said, "It's just a little bit of a pass, Mrs. Xiao has won the award." ”

Mrs. Xiao raised her hand and said, "By the way, my Xue'er doesn't know what's wrong these days, she always vomits and diarrhea, so it's better to ask Mrs. Zhong to help me take a look." lest I be troubled by it day and night. She turned around and said a few more words in Khitan. Immediately, a maid came forward with a snow-white pug in her arms.

In the face of such obvious provocation and insult from Mrs. Xiao, Zhong Ziyuan seemed to be unaware. She even reached out and hugged the pug that kept sticking out his tongue and gasping for breath in her hand and looked at it carefully, and then smiled: "Xue'er is fine, maybe the weather is too hot, and she eats greasy so it hurts her stomach, and it will be fine if you are hungry for a few days."

Zhong Ziyuan's cooperation made Mrs. Xiao a little disappointed, and the smile on her face was not so moving. I saw Zhong Ziyuan stretch out his finger to tease Xue'er's chin, and said with a smile: "Whether it is Khan or Xue'er, it is a life, how can there be a reason not to save it." She turned her head to Mrs. Xiao and smiled, "You're right! Mrs. Shaw. ”

Madame Xiao did not dare to compare Jerodreh with a dog like her. She motioned for the maid to take Xue'er from Zhong Ziyuan's hand, and then Qiu Bo turned around, glanced at the low-eyed maid behind Zhong Ziyuan, and said with a smile: "Why isn't Talena by Mrs. Zhong's side today?" ”

Yesterday, Yelu Tilie's punishment of Talena was known even to Gemei, who was sticking to the corner, and Zhong Ziyuan didn't believe that this obviously powerful Mrs. Xiao in front of him would not know.

Zhong Ziyuan deliberately sighed, and said with an aggrieved face: "Talena is the khan's personal maid, and my temple is naturally small and can't keep that big Buddha." (To be continued.) )