Time is like flowing water slowly passing by, in a blink of an eye it is the seventh day of December, the night is as thick as ink, after this night, the fate of more than 100 beautiful girls in Zhongcui Palace will be settled, whether to go or stay, whether to fly on the branch and become a phoenix or to return to the original shape; It didn't take long to find out.

Tomorrow is the draft ceremony, as the aunt of the housekeeper of Zhong Cui Palace, Hongling has too many things to be busy, and she has almost never stopped from morning to night, and it is not easy to arrange everything properly, and when she has time to sit down and rest, someone came to report that Gonggong Lin of Jingren Palace arrived to see her by name.

Father-in-law Lin? Isn't that Concubine Rong's henchman, what did he do here so late?

Her doubts Lin Quan did not answer, but only said that on the order of Concubine Rong, Xuanxiu Nu Niu Hulu Ling Ruo went to Jingren Palace to meet her.

Ling Ruo was also confused, Concubine Rong was the most noble woman in the harem, so high, how could she know that she was a little show girl, and she also named her to see her. Could it be ...... Thinking of what Qiu Ci had said, she had a faint premonition that it was not good.

The night has been three watches, but Jingren Palace is still brightly lit, more brilliant and dazzling than day, making people slightly dizzy. Ling Ruo followed Lin Quan to the main hall, crossed the knee-high vermilion threshold, and quietly glanced up, only to see two graceful women sitting on the top of the main hall, one of them must be the main concubine Rong Guifei here, and the other is unknown.

Just as she was hesitating how to salute, her leg was kicked suddenly, and her knee bent and fell involuntarily on the extremely hard and cold gold brick.

"Bold dog thing, I don't kneel down when I see the master of the concubine and the master of the concubine." After Lin Quan scolded him, he turned his head and changed his face to a smiling face, bowed and said, "Master, Niu Hulu Ling Ruo is here." ”

"You look up." Concubine Rong ignored him, only stared at Ling Ruo who was kneeling on the ground with her head bowed, her eyes were extremely complicated, she wanted to see with her own eyes whether this woman was really as Shi said, like Empress Xiaochengren.

Ling Ruo raised her head in fear, when that face was unreservedly revealed in the candlelight, Concubine Yi was shocked and gasped, how could it be? How could she be so much like her?

When Empress Xiaochengren passed away, Concubine Yi had just entered the palace, although she had only seen a few faces, and thirty years had passed, but someone as outstanding as Empress Xiaochengren would never be forgotten as long as she had seen it once.

Really...... Concubine Rong curled up her hands violently, and the palms of her freshly trimmed nails ached faintly, but this was far more painful than the pain of not being able to remember being revealed. Kangxi entered the palace in the ninth year, she was fortunate to be the emperor in just a few days, and was promoted to a nobleman by the selection of servants, everyone thought that she had been on the rise since then, but she didn't want to occasionally offend the queen with a word of aphasia, so that the emperor did not set foot in her place again, and snubbed her for seven years, seven years...... The seven years of a woman's best life are gone, and even her only son died early because the doctor refused to come for treatment. When she finally took the opportunity to recover, she was already in her twenties, and after so many years and gave birth to a son and a daughter, she had today's status, and she hated Empress Xiaochengren in her heart.

Therefore, she knew that Concubine Lu Daoyi was not good today, and she knew that Concubine Lu Daoyi was using herself to get rid of the obstacles to Guo Luo Muyue's entry into the palace, but she was still willing.

"Sister...... How...... She ......, "The excessive surprise made Concubine Yi incoherent, and it was not easy to calm down, but her heart was still turbulent, and she wanted to drink tea to calm down, but she spilled her body because of her trembling hands, she didn't know in advance that Ling Ruo was like Empress Xiaochengren."

"Accident?" Concubine Rong glanced at her lightly, got up and twisted a plum blossom at the amphora under the long window and sniffed it lightly on the tip of her nose, and the clear fragrance made her mind sober up a lot.

Turning around, the sound of flower pot bottom shoes stepping on the gold bricks stopped abruptly in front of Ling Ruo, looking condescendingly at the face that disgusted her, for a long time, she finally spoke, "Niu Hulu Ling Ruo, are you guilty?" ”

Ling Ruo shook her head blankly, intuitively, she felt that this seemingly kind lady didn't like her.

Concubine Rong closed her eyes, tried her best to hide the disgust in her eyes, and said coldly: "As a show girl, you have made a private life with others and do unscrupulous things, do you know that this is the capital crime of the Zhulian Nine Clans?!" ”

Concubine Rong's voice was not loud, but listening to Ling Ruo's ears, she was not stingy with thunder on the ground, which made her dizzy, and she hurriedly denied it, "I didn't!" ”

Before the words fell, she was shaved her face, and she was stunned on the spot, and there was a sound in her ears of Lin Quan's sharp blades scraping through the iron pot, "The little prodigal hooves of the dog's guts, and the master of the concubine dares to call himself 'I' in front of him, he is really impatient." ”

Concubine Yi had regained her composure in an instant, and got up with a smile when she heard the words: "People like this who don't know how to respect humility should teach her a good lesson, so that she won't do it again in the future." ”

Lin Quan agreed but didn't dare to do it immediately, only asked his master what he meant with his eyes, Concubine Rong looked coldly at the face that was oozing blood from the corners of her mouth, and her pleasure quickly flashed under her eyes, and said coldly: "Since the master has spoken, then let her have a long memory." ”

Lin Quan agreed, grinned and grabbed Ling Ruo's bun and opened his bow left and right despite her pleas for mercy, and it took a dozen ear scrapers before stopping.

By the time he finished fighting, Ling Ruo's hair was scattered, his face was no longer the same, the corners of his mouth were cracked, his face was swollen and tall, and there were finger marks and bruises everywhere.

"Is Zhilu wrong?" She asked, high up like an inviolable goddess.

"Back to the words of the concubine, the slave knows that she is wrong, and the slave will never do it again next time." Ling Ruo gritted his teeth and replied, every word he said would hurt his heart because of the injury on his face.

The cold and sharp gilt armor lightly slashed across Ling Ruo's face, not with any force, but the indescribable coldness of the forest made her body tremble uncontrollably.

She didn't understand, obviously she had never seen it, why Concubine Rong was so hostile to her, even if it was Shi Shangshu, it shouldn't be so obvious.

"Who are you Xu Rongyuan?" There was a hint of coldness in the silent voice.

Hearing these three words from Concubine Rong's mouth suddenly, Ling Ruo's heart suddenly sank, this will definitely not be a good thing, "The Xu family and the slave's family are world friends, so the slave and Xu Rongyuan have known each other since childhood. Under the pressure of those warm eyes, she didn't dare to lie,

"Is it as simple as just knowing each other since childhood?" Concubine Rong sneered, her hand strained slightly, leaving a red mark on that face, she hated, she wanted to ruin this face now.

"Yes." Ling Ruo was in pain, and involuntarily shrank back, but in this palace, in this Jingren Palace, where could she escape? Man is a sword, I am a fish. Whether it is life or death, it is up to her to choose.

"You dare to lie, it looks like you won't shed tears when you don't see the coffin." Fingers clamped Ling Ruo's chin fiercely, forcing her to look into her eyes, and said word by word: "Come on, continue to slap her mouth for this palace until she tells the truth!" ”

"The concubine is good-looking, the slave and maid really don't know anything, and they don't dare to hide anything." Ling Ruo hurriedly defended, lest he be a little late.

"Niu Hulu Lingruo, you don't have to hold on anymore." Concubine Yi, who had not spoken for a long time, stroked the rui brocade pattern embroidered with silver thread on her cuffs, got up and said lightly: "You and Xu Rongyuan have been doing well, and this palace and the concubine Niangniang already know. You made a private agreement with him without a draft, and you did misdeeds, and you should be punished! ”

"I ...... Slaves don't! Ling Ruo hurriedly changed his words and said eagerly: "Yes, the slave maid and Rong Yuan do know each other, but they are out of affection, stop at courtesy, and there is absolutely nothing wrong, ask the two maidens to learn from it." ”

"Then you just admit to having an affair with him?" Concubine Rong asked expressionlessly, and without waiting for Ling Ruo to answer, she turned her gaze to Concubine Yi, "How should the show girl be convicted of the fact that she had a private affair with someone without being drafted?" ”

"According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to the show girl herself, her own family must also be questioned, men over the age of 14 are in the army, and women are slaves." Yifei spoke clearly and couldn't have said it more clearly.