The room is very spacious, divided in half by a curtain in the middle, separating a small reception room and bedroom.

Oil lamps are lit at the four corners of the near door, and under the light of the brilliant lamps and candles, it can be seen that there is a beautiful woman sitting in the back of the small hall.

The woman was in her early thirties, wearing a black silk shirt, her hair was tied in a high bun, her broad forehead was as smooth as jade, her long eyebrows invaded the temples, and her phoenix eyes were radiant, and her eyes precipitated a deep charm, which made people look at her and give rise to a sense of curiosity and exploration.

"You...... Who is it? Lotus Ye asked timidly.

The woman in black smiled, seemed to be amused by the appearance of the lotus leaf, and said lightly: "It doesn't matter who I am, the most important thing is ...... Who are you? ”

"I'm Lotus Leaf! The maid in the Governor's Mansion of the Zhenwu Army! Lotus Ye didn't think about it, and said a little angrily, "The big man outside is your subordinate?" What are you trying to do with me? ”

The woman in black smiled again, pointed to the desk and said leisurely: "Come, sit down and talk." ”

For some reason, there seemed to be a kind of indisobedient magic in the words of the woman in black, which made Lotus Ye nod involuntarily and sat down on her opposite case.

The two looked at each other in silence, and neither of them spoke for a moment.

The woman in black has been in power for a long time, decisive in killing, and incomparable, but facing the lotus leaf today, she suddenly has a feeling of helplessness.

This kind of helplessness comes from indebtedness, from self-blame, from bitterness, she doesn't know what words to use, and tells the innocent lotus leaf the next words.

After a while, the woman in black sighed softly, picked up the tea cup on the desk, looked at the immature and beautiful face of the lotus leaf through the rising mist, and said softly: "The reason why you are called He Ye, in addition to the surname He, is because on the right shoulder of your back, there is a birthmark shaped like a lotus leaf, which is not big, dark red in color, and follows you closely like a lifetime of branding." ”

Hearing this, Lotus Ye showed a look of shock, and glared at her beautiful eyes: "You...... How do you know I have a birthmark on my back? ”

Indeed, apart from her parents, even Cui Wenqing didn't know that there was such a birthmark on her back, how did this mysterious woman know?

The woman in black smiled bitterly, and her eyes were full of love and pity when she looked at the lotus leaf: "I naturally know that no one in the whole world knows the origin of this birthmark better than me, before I tell you the reason, are you willing to listen to me tell a story?" ”

Lotus Ye didn't know what she was doing, so she was curious, and said lightly: "Okay, you say, I'll listen." ”

The woman in black sighed faintly, as if she had thought of a lot of future events, and her delicate face showed a faint look of remembrance and memory, and her tone was also a little fluctuating: "In Western Xia many years ago, there was a great minister. That Quanchen was born in the Yeli family of the party Xiang Wang clan, and he was not only able to hold the military power of the Western Xia, but his sister was the queen of Li Yuanhao, the lord of the Western Xia, and she was rich and prominent. At that time, many aristocratic girls in Western Xia were very infatuated with this Yeli general. It's a pity that General Yeli has become his own son at that time, and he is loyal to his wife and his love, so he is unpretentious to many women who come to the door. ”

"However, the good times did not last long, and what is unexpected is that not long after, General Yeli's wife died of illness, and General Yeli buried his wife, refused many people's suggestions to renew the strings for him, and lived alone with his only son, so loyal and observant, which made many people cry."

Speaking of this, the woman in black smiled slightly, and her smile had a gentleness that was not noticed by others: "At that time, there was a girl named Wuzang, well, the age is about the same age as you are now, she admires General Yeli's demeanor, and admires General Yeli's personality even more, throwing away all shyness and courage to launch a pursuit towards General Yeli, my party woman is as passionate as fire, and the girl is not hidden in addition to being as passionate as fire, but also gentle as water, and I don't know if it is sincere. Or is it because she and General Yeli have a husband and wife fate, anyway, it didn't take long for them to fall in love......"

Lotus Ye was a little fascinated when she heard this, and couldn't help asking, "What happened later?" What happened? ”

"Then they got married and lived together, two trees, husband and wife, and the most wonderful thing was that a year later their child was born, it was a baby girl, with skin like white jade, eyes like obsidian, and she looked very cute. General Yeli was very happy, and prepared a feast to invite the civil and military officials of the entire Western Xia to share his joy, and Li Yuanhao, the lord of the Western Xia, came to congratulate Empress Yeli in person, that is, on that day, Li Yuanhao saw that General Yeli's wife was not hidden. ”

The voice of the woman in black gradually turned low, hiding a deep hatred: "Li Yuanhao, as the founding monarch of Western Xia, has always relied on the Yeli family very much, so he married the Yeli family as the queen, but when his power gradually stabilized, he began to see the Li family as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and he couldn't wait to get rid of it quickly, so for a long time, Li Yuanhao wanted to deal with General Yeli, and when he saw the beautiful Wuzang, he was even more lustful and accelerated the implementation of the poison plan." ”

"It didn't take long for Li Yuanhao to use the counter-plot of the governor of Zhenwu Army, to frame General Yeli for treason, and escorted him out of the palace to behead him directly, and the queen Yeli who pleaded was also beaten into the cold palace by him, and died tragically, the entire Yeli family was tragically raided, and the illustrious family once declined, and the poor did not hide the loss of her husband, and in helplessness, she could only escape back to her parents' house with her daughter who had just been born."

"However, the more terrible thing is still to come, not long after, Li Yuanhao actually sent someone to Wuzang's mother's house to pass the decree, so that Wuzang entered the palace as a concubine, originally did not hide the oath to die, but unfortunately he couldn't bear the bitter pleading of his mother's family, and Li Yuanhao used her newborn child as a threat, and was forced to agree in desperation."

"Before leaving his mother's house and entering the palace, he didn't feel that he couldn't let his daughter stay here, so as not to be poisoned by the moody Li Yuanhao, so he secretly sent the baby girl to Daqi and sent it to an ordinary family in Fugu County, Fuzhou to raise, so it was more than ten years."

"In the past ten years, she has not forgotten the hatred of the Yeli family at the time when she has become the queen of Western Xia, nor has she forgotten the husband who died tragically, on the one hand, she thought of Li Yuanhao as a snake and flattered her, on the other hand, she secretly befriended the ministers and cultivated power, and finally not long ago, she took advantage of the contradiction between Li Yuanhao and the prince Ning Lingge, and successfully killed Li Yuanhao, avenging the blood of her husband's family."

As soon as she said that, the woman in black let out a long breath, as if the boulder pressing on her heart was loosened, and the whole person naturally showed a relaxed look.