Yelu Tilie finally left, and Zhong Ziyuan's strength and anger that he had pretended to be for a long time were also lost. Her whole body began to tremble violently uncontrollably, even if she hugged her shoulders tightly and took countless deep breaths, she couldn't suppress this uncontrollable tremor from the inside out.

Everything in front of him suddenly became so blurry, and the dark yellow water-soaked walls also appeared to be ghosted. She wiped her cheeks in a daze, but a warm hand of tears was stained.

She tugged at the corners of her mouth stiffly, it turned out that she was locked up in this dark place, and she was almost suffocated by loneliness and despair every day, which made her almost unable to support it. Who knows, there is a greater sorrow waiting for me.

As long as Zhong Ziyuan thought of the several arrows in his body falling into the river, he felt as if someone had inserted a sharp arrow, stirring bloodily, making her so painful that she could barely breathe. She bit her trembling lower lip violently until a tingling pain came and she tasted a faint smell of blood. It seems that only through physical pain can she vent the hatred and fear in her heart.

In the following days, Zhong Ziyuan was thinking about how to avenge Guo Chenghe, but he faded a little sadness. Every time the hunchbacked old woman came in to deliver food, she saw that she was either sitting on the bed muttering to herself, or lying on her stomach scribbling and writing, unkempt and too lazy to change her clothes, and completely entered a state of madness. The hunchbacked old woman's cloudy old eyes couldn't help but show a little worry, but she was helpless.

On this day, she sat on the bed again and meditated, when suddenly there was a sound of neat and light footsteps outside. After a while, a few women dressed as maids. Led by the hunchbacked old woman, he walked in.

The maids were uniformly dressed in red robes, tied with blue belts, and white fox velvet and Yingluo hanging from both sides of their buns. The maids' eyes looking at Zhong Ziyuan were very calm, without any emotional fluctuations. Zhong Ziyuan frowned, and said unkindly: "Who are you and what are you doing here?" ”

The maid at the head saluted, spoke fluent Chinese, and said respectfully: "Slave Talena, in the name of the Khan." I came to welcome Mrs. out of the cold palace. ”

"Ma'am?" Zhong Ziyuan frowned and said disdainfully: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not some hellish lady." ”

Talena saluted again. He said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "This is the clothes that the Khan gave to his wife, please take a look at it." With that, she waved her hand, and two maids behind her immediately brought two plates covered with gold leaf. Inside are luxurious clothes that can only be worn by the Khitan royal family. There are also quite a few elaborate headdresses. Nothing else, but among those headdresses is a red gold ruby antler hairpin.

Zhong Ziyuan glanced at it lightly and said, "It's said that I'm not a lady anymore, don't scream." Also, please return these clothes to your Khan, I don't need them. ”

As if she hadn't heard Zhong Ziyuan's words, Talena took a step back and coldly ordered, "Change your clothes for Madame." ”

"You dare," Zhong Ziyuan's angry shout was quickly muffled. Several maids rushed up, and they couldn't help but start to rip off Zhong Ziyuan's clothes from the inside out. Then he changed into a blue brocade robe with a large slanted placket, a high neckline, and narrow sleeves, with horizontal stripes of red and green cloth sewn on the cuffs, and delicate flowers embroidered at the high neckline, a long tube skirt tied around the waist, and a few small silver bells hanging to press the corners of the skirt.

Zhong Ziyuan's unkempt green silk was also combed and coiled behind his head, and then the dazzling red gold ruby deer horn hairpin was inserted. Although there was no rouge on his face, his cheeks were crimson because of anger and excitement, and he was as bright as a peach and plum. Dressed up carefully, her original unkempt decadence was immediately swept away.

Talena smiled with satisfaction, bowed respectfully again, and said, "Madam, please." ”

Although Zhong Ziyuan was angry, but helpless, she finally stomped her feet and strode out of the prison where she had been held for four months and seventeen days.

After leaving the cold palace, Zhong Ziyuan found that the grass was already green outside, with hundreds of flowers, hundreds of birds chirping, and a blue sky. Although the summer sun is scorching, it is also full of vitality. She took a deep breath and felt the faint smell of cow dung and horse dung in the air, which smelled very good. She had to sigh, it felt so good to be free.

"Ma'am, please go this way." Talena's seemingly respectful and indifferent voice quickly shattered her vision, and Zhong Ziyuan realized that she was not free, but just changed from a small cell to a larger cell.

The palace of the Khitan people will naturally not be as exquisite and luxurious as the emperor of the Central Plains, but it should not be underestimated. The pavilions and pavilions stand majestically, and on both sides of the city tower are two high vermilion palace walls, which stretch for at least dozens of miles, and protect the inner courtyard in a circular shape.

Although the palace walls are built sturdy and straight, the buildings in the palace are somewhat nondescript. After Zhong Ziyuan followed Talena and a few other maids around the towering pavilions and various wooden huts that were scattered behind them, what appeared in front of him was actually several luxurious gold-topped round white thick felt cloth tents, which were safely planted in an open space.

No matter how luxurious the tent is, it is only a tent, and it cannot be compared with those towering palaces and exquisite small buildings.

Sure enough, Talena led her to one of the tents, saluted, and said lightly: "Madam, from today onwards, you will live here, and the slave and maid will be in charge of serving you." ”

Zhong Ziyuan didn't move, she raised her eyebrows and asked, "Where are you Khan?" ”

A hint of disdain flashed in Talena's calm eyes, and then she pressed it down again. She had a cold face and said in a stern tone: "Madame, please go to rest first, Khan must be in the main hall to meet your lords at the moment, he is busy with affairs, naturally not as idle as Madame." If he was free, the khan would naturally come to see his wife in person. ”

Zhong Ziyuan heard her contemptuous words, and knew that she regarded herself as one of those women who deliberately competed for favor. She didn't care that a maid was angry, so she stopped saying a word, opened the curtain and walked in.

It's just a tent, but it's a bed and a hanger. Cabinets and other daily necessities are readily available. After Zhong Ziyuan looked around roughly, he asked, "Who are the people living in the tents around?" ”

Talena said lightly: "The tents and wooden buildings are all ladies, only the Queen Mother." Khan, and the Great Clan, can live in the main hall. ”

Zhong Ziyuan raised her eyebrows and glanced at Talena, and asked slightly provocatively, "I'm going out to hang out, do I need to report to your khan?" ”

Talena said expressionlessly: "Madame said with a smile, as long as you don't break into the main hall, you can go to the rest of the places, and you don't need to report to the Khan." ”

Zhong Ziyuan heard this. A nameless evil fire rose in his heart, and Yelu Tilie was so generous, he saw that he was a little woman. Can't he make any big waves in his harem? The more Yeluteel pretended to be generous, the more resentful she felt in her heart, so she sneered: "Then you can go out with me for a walk, and visit and get to know other ladies by the way." Zhong Ziyuan took the lead and walked out. Talena couldn't. I had to follow her honestly.

The two wandered aimlessly, one after the other, and there were countless small buildings, whether magnificent, elaborate, or rudimentary, mostly made of stone plastered with yellow mud, and trees made of wood and bamboo. Each small building is shrouded in dense layers of trees, and the flowing water can be seen faintly in the occasion. Flowers everywhere. From a distance, you can smell the fragrance of flowers and trees from those small buildings, and the fragrance of fat powder. Aroma of wine, meat. This combination of scents forms a worldly fragrance of wealth.

Zhong Ziyuan has been deliberately approaching those pavilions that look more luxurious and delicate on the outside, she thought that Talena would be somewhat taboo, but who knew that she didn't say a word from beginning to end, as if she really didn't get close to the main hall, it seemed that it would not be a problem to go anywhere.

And Talena obviously has a high status in this harem, and the guards and maids of those small buildings wanted to stop Zhong Ziyuan when they saw that she had a strange appearance, and asked a few words. But Talena only had to stand one step forward, and without even saying more, the guards would honestly step aside.

Zhong Ziyuan originally wanted to make trouble, but people didn't pick up her stubble at all, so she didn't even have a chance to take the opportunity to attack. Along the way, the more she walked, the more aggrieved she felt. Walking through a long stone silhouette, walking through a tree-lined avenue, and then turning two wooden pavilions, Zhong Ziyuan finally stopped in front of a courtyard.

The small buildings in this courtyard are also made of stone, wood, and bamboo, but they are taller and more delicate than all the previous ones. The bright sunset also gilded the small building with a dazzling golden edge.

Listening to the laughter of women and the shouts of men coming from the small building, Zhong Ziyuan's face involuntarily sneered, she looked back at Talena, who was silent, and said, "Whose residence is this?" ”

Talena hesitated for a moment before she said respectfully, "If you go back to Mrs. Hui, this is Mrs. Xiao's residence." I heard that Mrs. Xiao's third brother, General Xiao Yixing, made great achievements for the Khan some time ago, so Mrs. Xiao specially invited all the ladies today, and also summoned the singers in the palace to set up a banquet to entertain him. ”

Zhong Ziyuan smiled and said, "You keep calling me Mrs., there is such a feast, Mrs. Ben has to take a good look." With that, she ignored Talina's somewhat ugly face and swaggered inside.

The small building was spacious and bright, with huge red candles lit everywhere, and more than a dozen singing and dancing girls could be seen dancing in front of them. These singers and dancers are gorgeously dressed, and their tightly bound waists twist and writhe, giving people a primitive sex appeal. And they keep rotating with the rhythm of the drums, and the colorful tube skirts are like a hundred flowers blooming in the cheerful music, full of grassland style.

In the center sits a woman dressed in a silk robe embroidered with gold patterns, a gilt lotus pattern around her waist, and a neck ring with a huge silver bubble collar on her chest. This woman is about twenty-five or sixteen years old, her skin is a little dark, but she has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a high nose and a small mouth, and is full of exotic style. You don't have to think about it to know that this woman is of course Mrs. Xiao mentioned by Talena.

There was a man sitting on the left and right of Mrs. Xiao, and the one on the left was about his early twenties, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Mrs. Xiao, and it should be the general Xiao Yixing. At the moment he was clutching an oily roast pigeon, munching on it wantonly, looking rather rough.

Sitting to the right of Mrs. Xiao was Yelu'er, who had a relationship with Zhong Ziyuan, and in front of him was a large plate of roasted whole sheep with golden dripping oil and a few fresh fruits. But the food didn't seem to interest him, for his dark eyes only swirled around the dancing and graceful dancers. He still held a wine cup in his hand, and took a sip from time to time. But looking at the red cheeks on his cheeks, you know that he has drunk a lot.

Further down, there are more than a dozen women dressed in various ethnic costumes, including Qiang, Hui, Jurchen, and even a big cannibal with deep eyes and a high nose. Most of them are young and beautiful, sitting together and chattering, so lively.

Zhong Ziyuan smiled coldly, and secretly slandered himself: When Yelu Tilie was with his ladies, he didn't know if he would sing the song of fifty-six nationalities and fifty-six flowers.

Seeing a strange woman struggling in, Mrs. Xiao originally wanted to get angry with her eyes, but when she saw Talena who came in later, she couldn't help but be stunned, suppressed her anger, and asked in a deep voice: "It turned out to be Talena, why didn't you follow the Khan to serve, but you came to me?" ”

Talena bowed respectfully and said, "Back to Lady Xiao, the Khan instructed the slave maid to serve this Lady Zhong temporarily. Mrs. Fang Cai Zhong saw that it was quite lively outside, so she wanted to come in and have a look. Uninvited, please forgive Mrs. Xiao. ”

"Mrs. Zhong?" Mrs. Xiao frowned slightly, looked at Zhong Ziyuan a few times, and said with a surprised face: "How come I don't know when Khan will have a new Mrs. Zhong?" ”

Talena smiled bitterly: "This Lady Zhong was just released from the cold palace by the Khan. ”

Mrs. Xiao suddenly realized: "It turns out that she is the crazy woman who has been locked up for several months. Khan is too, why did he think of letting her out of the cold palace? Aren't you afraid that she will get sick again and hurt people? She glanced at Zhong Ziyuan in disgust, as if she was a little worried that she would go crazy on the spot and ruin the feast.

Talena hurriedly said: "Please rest assured that Mrs. Xiao, the slave will be optimistic about Mrs. Zhong." ”

"Hmmm! That's good. After Mrs. Xiao lightly agreed, she looked away.

They spoke in Khitan language, so Zhong Ziyuan couldn't understand what they were saying, but looking at the disgusted look on that Mrs. Xiao when she looked at her, she knew that they must be saying bad things about themselves. However, Zhong Ziyuan didn't want to deal with them, she strode forward and sat down beside Yelu'er unceremoniously.

Yelu'er was a little drunk, his eyes were fixed on the towering chest of a dancing girl, and with the pair of fleshy mounds trembling up and down, the corners of his mouth were about to fall out, and he didn't notice that there was an uninvited guest around him. (To be continued.) )