In the pavilion of the water pavilion, the imperial concubine Wan Yuyao is sitting on the main seat, her complexion is tranquil, and the beautifully painted distant mountains and daisy eyebrows have a few traces of coldness, and her noble and proud posture has a cold that rejects people.

Subconsciously turned his eyes slightly, and saw the two concubines Xu and Yu not far from the pavilion, and he didn't realize that his lips were slightly open, and his eyebrows were raised:

"Are the two younger sisters coming to the garden today?"

The jade wrist was lightly raised, and the rings between the sleeves of the clothes were "ding", Wan Yuyao motioned for the waiter to stop, and dragged the guilty palace maid to the corner of the eight screens on one side.

It was already too late to dodge, and the second concubine had to step forward to give a salute. To Concubine Xu's surprise, Gu Yunyao seemed to be even more anxious, and rushed forward into the pavilion.

Concubine Xu was puzzled, followed by Gu Yunyao, and saluted to the imperial concubine, exhaling:

"Concubines see the imperial concubine, the mother is blessed with Jin'an."

"Okay, okay, Sister Yu is pregnant, so don't see it. Yuan Jiao, you can also sit down with Sister Yu, the temperature of the newly cooked milk tea here in the palace is just right, you all come and try it. ”

At this time, Wan Yuyao's voice was gentle, her eyebrows were smiling, and her easy-going virtuous appearance was very different from the previous ruthlessness.

There were chamberlains who set up cushions on the two stone chairs, and the two concubines sat down after thanking them, each with an extra steaming milk tea in their hands.

The affairs of the palace have always been capricious, and the two palace concubines who were very happy yesterday may be laughing and laughing when they meet again the next day, a different scene.

Although the harem is not the previous dynasty, its majestic way is well understood, there are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends, only common interests.

Smacking the milk, the three women have a homely gossip that no match has to be matched. During this period, Gu Yunyao lowered her head several times and seemed to raise a glass of tea, but in fact, her inquiring eyes had already slanted to the girl in front of the screen, and her face was full of sadness.

The palace maid was kneeling in a proper manner, and she had just experienced a cruel punishment like peeling off her skin and bones, and she was trembling and sobbing at this moment.

Gu Yunyao was tortured by Gu Zhangshi before entering the palace because she ran away, and she knew the pain of bone erosion when the hairpin head pierced certain acupuncture points on the skin.

From the convulsive figure of the palace maid, Gu Yunyao guessed that she must be in pain, but she didn't dare to be too loud in front of the guests, so as not to attract harsher punishment.

Soon, Gu Yunyao's abnormality was noticed by the imperial concubine and Concubine Xu.

Wan Yuyao bent her beautiful eyes deeply, the sharp light at the bottom of her eyes flew away like an epiphany, she raised her eyes with a sip of milk, and said with a smile:

"Sister Yu, the cold winter has passed, and now the festival is getting warmer, so it's good for you to go out and walk around more, not only to make the fetus in the womb strong, but also to give birth in the future.

The next season is the spring banquet, when the emperor goes out of the customs, he will be very relieved to see his sister's complexion and not weakness in pregnancy. ”

Gu Yunyao's entire attention was on the humble palace maid at the screen, and she didn't seem to hear the words of the imperial concubine.

Wan Yuyao's expression froze, and she put on a full embarrassment.

Concubine Xu secretly pinched the sweat for Sister Yu, and saw that she was still in a fugue like a wood carving, so she couldn't help but whisper:

"Sister, sister!"

Gu Yunyao finally came back to her senses, turned her eyes and looked at Wan Yuyao in embarrassment, frowned and said lightly:

"The concubine is out of shape, I hope that the mother will forgive her sins."

Unexpectedly, Wan Yuyao was quite generous, drinking milk with a smile:

"It doesn't matter, the so-called 'pregnancy stupid' is like this, this palace is also a mother, and it is clear ......"

The cup fell, and the beautiful eyes that appeared stared at Gu Yunyao, who looked faintly uneasy, knowing what she was thinking, but she pretended to have a surprised expression and asked with concern:

"Sister, what are you looking at?"

The imperial concubine took the initiative to introduce the topic, Gu Yunyao immediately took a tight breath, and asked impatiently:

"Niangniang, dare to ask the kneeling palace maid is a newcomer, what did she do just now?"

Wan Yuyao hooked her eyes and stared at the palace maid, and at the same time, her jade hand raised the bloodstone that helped her hair and sideburns, and she saved the golden flying phoenix hairpin, her demeanor was quite casual, her lips moved slightly, a little flamboyant, a little proud, and she spoke unhurriedly:

"It's a coincidence that you say she. The palace prefers the food in the palace of Concubine Xu, but Tu Duxue's girl was taken by the admiral of Dongchang again, at that time the palace was still worried, this day after tomorrow is hot and can not eat the girl's handmade ice products, who knows that Minglan's slave found Xi'er in the tribute courtyard, and there is also a good cooking skill, but people are stupid, and they can't remember what they have explained several times. ”

Gu Yunyao was frightened when she heard this, and her ten fingers pressed under the wide sleeves of the snow fox fur piping did not stop, and she couldn't help but glance at the palace maid's face again.

Wan Yuyao laughed when she saw this:

"Sister is really, we sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, and now when you are talking, why do you keep staring at a servant?"

Gu Yunyao was embarrassed for a while, slowly stood up from the chair, and made a slight blessing:

"The concubine knows that she has lost her manners, please forgive her sins."

"Sit down," Wan Yuyao smiled magnanimously: "It's just a servant, my sister likes to see the palace, so I call her to come and show my sister carefully." ”

Before the words fell, Lihu behind him raised his chin lightly, his expressionless face was extremely domineering, and he raised his voice:

"Xi'er, come here!"

When the girl heard this, her delicate body trembled, her little hand stroked her sideburns, quickly combed the green silk that was messed up when she was punished, and crawled all the way to Wan Yuyao's feet, without saying a word.

Wan Yuyao continued to taste the freshly stored milk tea, and the exquisite openwork armor brushed the rim of the cup, making a crisp and cold sound:

"You go over and ask Master Yu to take a look."

"Yes."

The embarrassed palace maid Nuo Nuo responded, rubbed her knees under Gu Yunyao's seat, and her voice suddenly choked:

"Slave maid...... Slave Xi'er, meet Concubine Yu, the master is auspicious. ”

There was a sudden silence around them.

Gu Yunyao's body trembled, her heart tightened, her inquiring gaze firmly locked on the kneeling person, and she pursed her lips nervously.

In front of everyone's eyes, the girl unexpectedly raised her head, her focused gaze bravely looked at Gu Yunyao's watery eyes, her pupils were blazing for a while, and there were too many thoughts mixed in the astonishment and expectation, and the corners of her lips were pressed down sadly, and her neck was like a desire to talk.

"Bold—"

A slap broke the silence.

Lihu took a few steps forward with his hand and cursed:

"How can an ignorant be so stupid and dare to peep at his master—"

At the moment of speaking, the slap was already thrown on half of the girl's face.

"Wait!"

Gu Yunyao screamed and faced the main seat, and begged bitterly to the cold-faced and noble woman:

"It is inevitable that the newcomer will not do well when she enters the palace, and the concubine will intercede with the mother on her behalf, so don't punish her again."

Wan Yuyao's beautiful eyes narrowed, and there was always a little bit of unclear coldness in her smile:

"In the end, my sister is merciful, how can this palace not give face? That's it. ”

His eyes flickered towards the palace maid, and Wan Yuyao commanded:

"How many times have you been taught that you just can't remember the rules, this time it was Concubine Yu who interceded for you, and you quickly thanked the master."

The palace maid kowtowed again in Gu Yunyao's contemplative gaze, and her voice was so aggrieved that she was completely deformed:

"Slave maid, slave maid thank Yu master...... Woohoo......"

It seems that the long-term forbearance has been forced to the load, and the girl can no longer bear it, and tears are like rain in an instant, and she cries loudly at Gu Yunyao.

Gu Yunyao also suppressed the pain in her chest at the same moment, and her eyes were wet with tears.

The palace maid's actions undoubtedly angered the lord again, Wan Yuyao's face was gloomy, and the tea cup in her hand was pressed the stone table, making a "pop" sound.

Lihu, the head of the office, commanded the attendants on both sides to step forward and press the girl to the ground.

"Okay, you little prostitute, what kind of mourning is you crying in front of your master? Punch her in the face! ”

The chamberlain rolled up his sleeves with hideous eyebrows and eyes, and recklessly acted evil in front of the three palace concubines.

Gu Yunyao looked stunned and had no countermeasures, a pair of glazed eyes quenched into a bright water, almost red eyes, let the slap be loud, mournful, and poured into her ears, tearing her heart.

Concubine Xu looked at her face in surprise, she clearly noticed a strong sad expression on Gu Yunyao's face, and she became more and more puzzled for a while.

What happened to Sister Yu today?

She had been persecuted many times by Yongning Palace before, and even the harem privately discussed that this time Qin Tianjian framed her for being pregnant with a demon fetus, and the mastermind behind it was also Wan Yuyao, a poisonous woman, who was making trouble.

According to common sense, Sister Yu should hate Yongning Palace the most, no matter how kind-hearted she is, she shouldn't care about the life or death of the people in Yongning Palace, let alone shed tears for them!

In any case, now that she is pregnant with a Dragonborn, she must not overthink it.

Thinking of this, Concubine Xu bowed to Wan Yuyao and said in a low voice:

"Niangniang, this girl has only been in the palace for a short time, and stage fright in front of people is also forgivable, so let me spare her this time. What's more, the concubine and Sister Yu were present, and now such a scene is inevitably apprehensive, and I don't dare to sit in vain anymore. ”

Wan Yuyao frowned, and said with a grudge:

"Oh, what did my sister say? This palace is just disciplining its own minions, not deliberately trying to get rid of the two. ”

Gu Yunyao wiped the corners of her eyes and hurriedly explained:

"Don't blame Niangniang, Sister Xu's words are definitely not what she meant."

"Oh, that's it, that's it—"

Wan Yuyao smiled brightly and waved her hand.

The scene immediately fell silent.

Wan Yuyao's cool eyes looked down at the girl with a blue nose and swollen face, her sparkling eyes overflowed with a hint of poisonous and playful color, and her lip lines were sparse and slightly curvature:

"If it's not that this palace intends to treat you harshly, this palace also hates iron and steel! Hey, Xi'er, you have to remember that there are slaves and maids in the deep palace, and no one will teach you everything, so pay attention to everything and learn more and watch more. Today's lecture in this palace is to hurt you, and if you don't beat you, your elm head will not be opened. ”

The girl leaned over and kowtowed, sobbing incessantly:

"Xi'er thanked Niangniang for cultivating."

With a long sigh, Wan Yuyao stretched out her hand to Lihu, was helped to get up lazily, brushed her cuffs carelessly, and looked at Xu and Yu's second concubines:

"Let's get together here today, it's almost lunch now, and the palace will go back first."

"The concubine sends the mother."

The second concubine raised her eyebrows and watched Wan Yuyao's guard of honor walk out of the water pavilion.

At the end of the line was Xi'er, who was embarrassed in palace clothes, and before she got down the white jade steps, she looked back step by step, and Qi Qi looked directly at Gu Yunyao in the pavilion, tears on her blue and red face.

When the honor guard was gone, Concubine Xu turned her face, and her puzzled eyes met Gu Yunyao's sad and solemn face.

"It's so dangerous...... Sister, what's wrong with you? ”

"Sister......

Two lines of clear tears suddenly fell, and Gu Yunyao's emotions completely collapsed.

She crashed into Concubine Xu's arms and cried bitterly:

"Sister, Xi'er is Yunxi! It's the sister of the concubine who grew up together in the Gongyuan and disappeared for two years—"

Concubine Xu looked shocked, gently hugged Gu Yunyao's trembling delicate body, and said in a deep voice for a while......