117. 【117】
In March, Queen Liu Wanru was on the verge of giving birth to Duanmu Xun's first daughter, named 'Sisi'. After giving birth to the emperor's son, Liu Wanru finally returned to the west. Ziyi couldn't see Liu Wanru's soul, and the so-called 'request' was stopped.
Duanmu Kaoru handed over Xiao Sisi to Ziyi to raise, so as to restore Ziyi's status as a concubine. And for this matter, Duanmu Ling also went back to the palace to make a big fuss, but was driven out of the palace by Duanmu Xun.
However, before Duanmu Kaoru kicked her out, he handed over a letter left by Liu Wanru before her death to Duanmu Ling.
In the past few days, Ziyi's attention has been all on Xiao Sisi. The Queen Mother had planned to go back in February, but she also postponed her trip because of Xiao Sisi's imminent arrival.
"Mother, the little princess is crying again." Cui'er cried with a sad little face, and hugged Xiao Sisi, who was crying hoarsely, to Ziyi.
It's strange to say that this little Sisi has been crying all day long since she was born. The nurse saw it, she was either hungry or urinated, but she couldn't coax it well. However, as soon as Ziyi hugged him, the little guy immediately stopped crying, whimpered and fell asleep in Ziyi's arms.
Ziyi has carefully observed, except for this problem, this little Sisi is no different from ordinary children.
Coaxed Xiao Sisi to sleep, Ziyi suddenly remembered something, and said to Cui'er on the side: "What has the emperor been busy with these days?" I don't seem to have seen him in days—"
"This--mother, the slave doesn't know very well."
Cui'er's eyes dodged, and Ziyi saw her panic at a glance, but she didn't show her face: "Oh, forget it, I'll take a look for myself when I have time." ”
"Niangniang-" Who knows, Ziyi's words made Cui'er even more panicked, she hurriedly called Ziyi, but there was no follow-up.
"Huh? What's wrong? Ziyi raised his eyebrows, this damn Duanmu Xun, his wife and children are all here, why didn't he show up? Although it is said that this child is not born to Ziyi, but she, the stepmother, raises her daughter as a parent, and his father is the same as his stepfather.
"That--Niangniang, the little princess can't leave you yet, if you go out, when the princess cries, Cui'er doesn't know what to do." Cui'er rubbed her little hands, lowered her head, and tried hard to keep the purple clothes in this Ziyao Palace.
No one outside knows that the emperor has stayed in the Xuanrou Hall every day in the past few days, and the Xuanrou Hall has once again restored the scene of the city.
Now, the queen's position is vacant, but the emperor has only restored his mother's position to the concubine, plus a scene in the Xuanrou Palace these days, everyone speculates that the master of the Xuanrou Palace is likely to be the new queen in the future, and there are many who can't hold their breath and run to the knot.
If this matter is known by my mother, I am afraid that I will be sad again.
Recalling that two months ago, when I saw my mother covered in blood and was helped back by the emperor, Cui'er's little heart was "poof" and "poof", although the mother said that it was fake blood, but fools know that anyone who is good at pouring blood on their body must have experienced something dangerous.
"I really didn't expect the emperor to be such a villain!" Cui'er scolded in her heart.
"The weather has been very good these days, and this palace just wants to take the little princess out for a yo-walk."
"Niangniang, the little princess has only been born for a short time, and she can't stand the wind at this time." Bi'er, who came in from outside the hall, heard her own words, and looked at Cui'er on the side, so she knew what was going on, and quietly relieved Cui'er.
"Hehe, but this queen mother is also very fond of the little princess, and she can't let her old man always run to me in this cold weather." Ziyi said, looking very embarrassed on her face: "No, the Queen Mother sent someone to spread the word today, saying that she would come in the afternoon." Otherwise, I'd better ask the Queen Mother to go, after all, she is an old man who has come over and knows more than us. I can also let the Queen Mother accompany the little princess for a while, and I will go to see what the emperor is 'busy' these days! ”
The purple clothes and purple eyes narrowed slightly, which could emphasize the word 'busy', and this sound made Cui'er shiver.
Bi'er frowned, the Queen Mother has been very diligent in the past few days, and the bones of that body didn't look tough, but recently it turned out to be full of red light, maybe people are in good spirits on happy occasions.
And the queen mother's attitude towards her own mother is also good.
The only thing that worries Bi'er and Cui'er is that they are afraid that the Queen Mother will say something related to the emperor and let their mother catch any clues. Or is it simply her own mother asking the Queen Mother about something-
Sooner or later, this matter will not be hidden.
"Niangniang-" Bi'er thought for a long time, and finally said: "Niangniang, the emperor has been recently-recently-" The flower came to her mouth, but Bi'er still hesitated!
"!" Seeing Bi'er like this, Cui'er suddenly ran to Ziyi's body and knelt down: "Niangniang, the emperor is doing things, and the slaves and maids shouldn't be too talkative." But the emperor has been lingering in the Xuanrou Hall every day recently, and the slave maid - the slave maid is really angry! ”
Hearing Cui'er's words, Ziyi's body was shocked, her eyelids jumped, and a wave of anger in her abdomen rose straight to the top of her head, but she was quickly suppressed by her.
Duanmu Kaoru promised her that she would no longer love others, spoil others, and would never touch others again. She wants to believe, to believe!
But the thick doubts still puzzled the purple clothes.
Ling Ziyan's matter has been resolved, if Concubine Nalan has made a move, then Duanmu Xun shouldn't hide it from her! What is it that makes Duanmu Xun so afraid that he doesn't even come to this Ziyao Palace?!
Really bored, Ziyi handed over the little princess to Bi'er, turned around and put on her coat, and walked out of the palace gate: "Cui'er, put that rocking chair in the courtyard for the palace, the palace will sprout in this room these days." ”
"Yes." Cui'er got up from the ground and looked at Bi'er with some concern, Bi'er nodded at Cui'er, and Cui'er clumsily moved the rocking chair in the house to the courtyard.
Purple clothes are lying on the rocking chair, here, you can faintly see the Xuanrou Palace. She wants to see if Duanmu Kaoru really lingers every day.
"Niangniang, it's cold outside, you better put on more clothes." Cui'er put her clothes on Ziyi's body, and Ben Nuo retreated. She didn't know whether it was good or bad for Ziyi to say it like this, but looking at the appearance of her master, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
Ziyi just lay on the rocking chair, the early spring sun shone warmly on his body, the wind was not so cold, and the spores bulged out on the branches next to him, and gradually, Ziyi fell asleep in a daze.
In the dream, Ziyi seemed to see Cao Lanlan again.
These days, she dreams of her in her dreams every day. Although she knew that this 'Cao Lanlan' was a fake and a clone of Ling Ziyan, she was still used to calling her like this. It's as if as long as the title remains the same, they will remain the same.
Occasionally, it's just a small fight.
Cao Lanlan always seemed to want to say something to her in her dreams, or to say something to Ziyi every time. But Ziyi always couldn't hear clearly, and the memory of waking up was even more blurry.
Today's dream seems to be a little different from the past, and Ziyi is also very strange, she can clearly realize that she is dreaming, but there is no way to wake up on her own. The scene in the dream is also out of her control.
Today's Cao Lanlan was a little strange, she didn't speak to Ziyi, she just walked forward by herself. Ziyi didn't bother, just followed.
It's still the lake of that day, and Ziyi clearly remembers that this is the lake in that nightmare. Cao Lanlan was still dressed in red, standing by the lake with her back to her.
There was a faint pain in the center of her foot, and Ziyi realized that something was wrong.
"Who the hell are you!" Shouting at the person in front of him, Ziyi wanted to take a step, but found that the whole person seemed to be nailed to the spot and couldn't move.
"Hmph, Ling Ziyi, it's really amazing." 'Cao Lanlan' turned around, but it was the face of Concubine Nalan! She glared at Ziyi viciously: "That dead woman actually entered your dream before me every day, and even protected you from giving me a chance to come to you." ”
Ziyi frowned, and faintly felt that the person Concubine Nalan was talking about was Ling Ziyan.
"I really didn't expect that this evil skill can only be practiced by people with purple eyes. But, hahaha—that dead woman probably didn't know that the vessel she had cultivated for herself could now be used by me! "Concubine Nalan'er's appearance is very strange, she has long hair scattered, her face is as pale as a thick layer of flour, her hands, black nails are sharp, and the red clothes are slowly receding at this time.
Ziyi found that Concubine Nalan'er's body was actually painted with incantations that she couldn't understand!
The pain in the heart of the foot became more and more intense, but he had no choice but to move his body, so Ziyi had to grit his teeth and said: "Concubine Nalan, if you do too much injustice, you will kill yourself, I advise you to stop as soon as possible, don't follow in the footsteps of Ling Ziyan!" ”
"Hahaha? Stop? As if she heard a big joke, Concubine Nalan looked up to the sky and laughed, and even laughed tears in the corners of her eyes: "Do you want me to stop?" Then who am I going to go to for what I have endured all these years! Duanmu Kaoru, he is bad for me, but he refuses to take responsibility! Hurt me and my child both fell off the cliff! If it weren't for my fate, I would have become a ghost long ago! ”
"It wasn't Kaoru who ruined your name back then! Besides, if you weren't smart, how could this happen! Ziyi saw that Concubine Nalan was getting closer and closer to her, and yelled anxiously.
"I don't care if it's him or not, but he pushed me off the cliff with his own hands! My unformed child was stillborn, and even more so I will never be able to have children! Ling Ziyan saved me, I thought I had found a benefactor, but I never thought that she was just using me and wanted to cultivate me into her vessel! At that time, she had gone mad and her time was running out, so she thought of borrowing a corpse to return her soul! See these tattoos on my body? This is the dead woman, in order to give me the ability to learn evil arts as a mortal, stitch by needle! ”
Concubine Nalan stopped, as if she was caught in a painful memory.
"What the hell do you want to do?" Ziyi pursed her lips, she didn't believe that it was Duanmu Xun who pushed Concubine Nalan off the cliff, but at this time, it was not the time to dwell on this matter. "Do you think you can get what you want by taking my body!"