The night fog gradually dissipated, the birds also ceased, and the sound of raindrops hitting the roof was heard from time to time. Qing Ruxu wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, feeling as if something was watching her, she opened her eyes and looked around, but there was only a faint blue night and the faint light of the moon.

She closed her eyes again, and the feeling of being watched came back to her.

After repeating it a few times, she finally couldn't take it anymore and got up and got out of bed.

The night watchman outside seemed to be sleeping deeply, and did not notice that she was awake. She walked over to the table to light the candle, but caught a glimpse of a dark figure standing in the corner.

Her scalp trembled for a moment, and the tingling sensation of her scalp enveloped her whole body, causing her whole body to freeze in place.

The sound of rustling seemed to be approaching, Qing Ruxu's back was cold, and the cold hairs on the back of her neck stood up. She jerked her head to meet a pair of beautiful, gloomy eyes, and a murmuring voice came from her mask, "There are two souls in your body...... There are two souls...... Two Souls...... Soul ......"

Her voice seemed to be infinitely amplified in Qing Ruxu's mind, and Qing Ruxu shook her head in fear and stepped back. "No, don't come over ......"

Yes!

A scream pierced the silence of the night.

Qing Ruxu sat up from the bed abruptly, panting heavily, it turned out to be a dream......

Shizhou had already put on her clothes and got up to light the candle, and even Xiong Bao'er rushed to her room as fast as possible from next door, wearing only a middle coat. "What's wrong, what's wrong?"

Qing Ruxu swallowed her saliva and waved her hand at them one by one, "It's okay...... I'm fine......"

"The girl has a nightmare?"

"Hmmm......"

"My soul is going to be scared away by the girl." Xiong Bao'er breathed a sigh of relief: "Did you dream about the daytime?" ”

Qingru nodded with palpitations, took the handkerchief handed by Shizhou and wiped the sweat off her forehead.

Seeing her face pale, Shizhou said, "Otherwise, the girl will sleep with the lamp." ”

Qing Ruxu nodded, lay down and closed her eyes again, the warm light passed through her eyelids, and she finally slowly calmed down and fell asleep.

………………

On the sixth day of August, it was the birthday of the fourteenth princess, and a banquet was held in the palace to celebrate the princess's birthday, and the post was sent to Qing Ruxu early.

Song Ying and Qing Rulan accompanied Qing Ruxu on the left and right, and followed the palace people to the steps of the Yunji Palace.

Standing on the high foundation of the temple, Qing Ruxu looked back into the distance.

The sky is endless, and the clouds are like a thin veil. The liquid pool is sparkling, like a silver mirror, reflecting the clouds and the thousand palaces. Such a spectacle is like the untouchable Qionglou Yuyu in the Heavenly Palace, beautiful, not like the world. The surrounding trees are full of flowers, like thin white and light ice silk, one on top of each other, the faint rouge color is like a girl's pink cheeks.

Qing Rulan couldn't help but admire: "It's so beautiful! If you can live in a place like this every day, you will be very happy! ”

Qing Ruxu and Song Ying looked at each other and shook their heads when they heard this, I am afraid that the people who live here are the most unhappy people in the world.

Yunji Hall is the most spacious palace in Da'an Palace, the walls and the dome are carved with this dragon and auspicious clouds, flying phoenixes and flowers, the twelve dragon pillars in the hall are finely carved, the gold lacquer is decorated, and the splendid is brilliant. Whenever the royal family has something to celebrate, most of them hold a banquet here.

More than 100 seats are set up on the Yunji Palace, and the seats are divided into two sides, and the open space in the middle can be used for singing and dancing performances. At this time, there were already a lot of people sitting in the hall seats, Qing Ruxu sat down with the guidance of the palace people, because of the death of the Xiao Song family, she came with the third lady this time.

Qing Rulan has become a little follower since she received her butterfly kite, and she can stay in Qing Ruxu's Wuju all day long, and even when facing Qing Ruxu's paintings such as centipede and scorpion essence, she can be calm.

At this time, Qing Rulan was commenting on the noble girls present one by one in her ear, muttering endlessly, "Eldest sister, look at the daughter of Mrs. Li's family over there, tsk, I heard that she will go out of the cabinet next year to marry the champion on the gold list, but I heard that this girl from the Li family doesn't seem to want to marry ......."

Qing Ruxu was distracted when she heard this, because she saw Jiang Rin entering the hall, Xue Zhun and Bai Jingze followed her left and right, like two guards, and they didn't care about Jiang Rin's call.

When Qing Ruxu came back to her senses, Qing Rulan had already finished judging the noble girl and talked about her: "However, these young ladies are not as good as the eldest sister, the eldest sister has the most beautiful appearance and is so powerful, no matter who she marries in the future, she will definitely properly control the power of the family, just like the lord of Yongping County ......did to Xuan Pinghou."

Song Ying on the side almost squirted out the tea in one gulp!

Qing Ruxu covered her face with her hands and asked Qing Rulan with a smile: "Where did you hear all this nonsense?" ”

"How is this nonsense? I'm telling the truth! Qing Rulan stared at a pair of almond eyes, patted her small chest, and said: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing!" I've seen it all! ”

"Poof......" This time, the third lady who turned back coldly heard it, and spit out the tea back into the teacup with a puff...... "There are no rules!" What nonsense! ”

Qing Rulan stuck out her tongue and laughed with Qing Ruxu and Song Ying.

Qing Ruxu asked Song Ying in a low voice, "How is your house doing?" ”

Song Ying knew what she was asking: "A blessing in disguise." ”

It is better for the daughter's family to be passive, and it is not a business to be on the pole, and it is always necessary for others to ask for it in every possible way to appear noble and valued. Last time, Song Ying was injured in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, and the county lord of Yongping couldn't help it, so he went to the Anguo Mansion to visit him twice in three days.

The county lord of Yongping now also likes Song Ying in his heart, and wants to marry home as a daughter-in-law, and Xue Zhun smiles like a chrysanthemum every day.

The Song family's impression of him has also changed, if nothing else, they will be able to settle a family affair at the end of this year.

"It's a bonus."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and they knew it.

Qing Ruxu thought of himself from Song Ying and Xue Zhun, and his eyes couldn't help but look at Jiang Rin on the male guest seat opposite, he was wearing a crescent white brocade robe today, with dark patterns embroidered on the cuffs and collar, and sometimes a trace of streamer flashed in the light. Between sitting and standing, it is difficult to hide the light temperament with gestures, even among many outstanding young men, they are like new sprouts in the first snow, and the crown is full of handsome.

Jiang Rin raised his gaze from the wine cup and looked straight at where Qing Ruxu was sitting, as if he had found her in the crowd early in the morning. At this time, he felt the summoning of Qing Ruxu's gaze, and immediately raised his head to respond to her.

Qingru Xu was caught off guard, blushed and quickly turned her head.

The "peeking" failed, and she no longer dared to look over there easily, so she lowered her head and rolled up her handkerchief.

In the bustle, the emperor and queen had already arrived, followed by Concubine Chen and the fourteenth princess.

Emperor Zhaoren has entered middle age, but the years seem to have only increased his majesty and momentum, and have not urged people to grow old. Empress Chen is the third empress of Emperor Zhaoren, she is in her thirties, her eyebrows are moving, and she is not lost to a girl in her twenties, but she has more charm and brilliance than a girl that is difficult to describe.

The concubine behind her, in comparison, is slightly inferior to Empress Chen, but her eyebrows and eyes are slender, full of heroism, and the occasional arrogant color makes her look like an unruly horse, which makes people want to conquer her immediately.

The appearance of the fourteenth princess is five points similar to her mother's concubine, but legend has it that her appearance is actually more like the previous imperial concubine of compassion, and her heroic and proud temperament also carries the purity and stubbornness of a girl, which is more agile than Concubine Chen.

The other palace concubines who came to participate in the banquet entered the seat directly from the side hall, and there was a curtain between them and others, and the shadows were full of shadows, like seeing flowers in the fog.

In fact, Qing Ruxu has always been a little puzzled by the emperor's birthday banquet for the fourteenth princess, he favors one over the other, isn't he afraid that others will be dissatisfied with the fourteenth princess, so as to squeeze her out?

Therefore, Qing Ruxu felt that the emperor's unprotected favor for the fourteenth princess was just to satisfy his own regrets, as if doing so could let the underground knowing and sympathetic imperial concubine know that he missed and cherished.

Just as she was thinking, she saw the fourteenth princess sitting down looking at her and nodding at her. If you smile back, the music in your ears has already begun.

The sound of the knot, the rapid string and the complicated pipe, the eaves outside the hall and the arch, the palace is splendid. Hundreds of women dressed in costumes danced together in the hall, and their skirts swirled like clouds and mist, and the grand scene was not like the world.

Singing, dancing and wine made everyone lively and excited at the banquet, some raised a glass to the emperor and the queen, and some raised a glass to the princess, harmonious and happy.

There is only a fly in the ointment, the wine and food in the palace are exquisite but tasteless.

Qing Ruxu ate without a bite, looking at the situation in front of her boredly, and suddenly, she saw a pair of eyes among the many faces.

The eyes are bewitching, beautiful and gloomy, and the plain white skin shows the black pupils even more terrifying.

She stood up with a spirit, and she didn't notice that the sleeves of her clothes were turned over the teacup, but she lost her goal because of the palace people who were drinking with vegetables and wine during the banquet, and the people who walked around to toast each other.

Those eyes disappeared in the blink of an eye, and she didn't even see what the person was wearing, and she didn't know if she was a concubine or a maid.

Qing Ruxu was shocked and shocked, could that person enter and leave the palace gate at will?

She anxiously searched through the crowd, but never saw those eyes again, could it be that she had been overthinking lately and was dazzled?

Song Ying picked up the cup that had been swept off by her sleeves, and said in surprise: "Cousin, what's wrong?" ”

"Big sister, who are you looking at?" Qing Rulan thought she had seen something, so she got up and grabbed her arm, and asked curiously.

"It's nothing, things are complicated in this hall, and the people who see it are dazzled, I want to go outside the hall to breathe."

Song Ying and Qing Rulan also felt a little depressed when they heard this, got up and walked out of the Yunji Hall with her, leaning on the white jade railing and looking at the Qianzhong Palace.

Suddenly, a snow-white bird fluttered its wings overhead and flew quickly, Qing Rulan pointed at the white bird excitedly, "Look! This bird is snow-white, I don't know which lady in the palace raised it? ”

The three of them were amazed, and a voice suddenly came from behind them, saying, "That's a bird raised after the waste." ”