In the solemn palace, from time to time there were a few reprimands, mixed with the sound of whips whipping the human body, one after another, and it seemed that it never stopped.

But there was no sound of a person being beaten inside, and even the surrounding wind was dyed with a cold, hell on earth, that's it!

Anyway, I want to find this place, Qing Ning hesitated for a moment, stepped in, and the people inside were all wearing the same coarse blue clothes, with their waists bent very low, each doing their own work, or rather, enduring the punishment that belonged to everyone.

The court is a hell specially created for criminal officials, a high-ranking family, who does not have the infinite scenery of the past, once he stumbles, he will be thrown into the cold hell, and he will never recover.

There are so many people that Qing Ning can't tell which one is the girl.

"Yo, who is this noble man looking for?" A woman with a black collar walked up to Qing Ning and smiled.

"It's okay" Qing Ning was noncommittal to her words, looked around absentmindedly, and suddenly saw the person who was fetching water by the well water, although his back was still very low, but he had a tall spirit that was deeply rooted in his bones. Is it her?

Qing Ning walked over to her, put the book in front of her and asked, "Is this yours?" ”

"Hmm" The woman did not look up, but simply answered, took the book back, and continued to fetch the water under her hands, her job was to fill the whole palace every day, and all the water in the ninety-nine eighty-one large tanks.

After fetching the water, the woman looked up at the sky, the sun was getting higher and higher, and it seemed that it was noon. She put down the water in her hand and walked to the kitchen to the side.

The moment she looked up, Qing Ning finally saw clearly that it was a girl who was only thirteen or fourteen years old, with red phoenix eyes, and her skin was dark and rough due to years of hard work.

The bridge of the nose is very high, if it is placed in the house of the official eunuch and dressed up a little, she must be a good woman, although it is not extremely beautiful, but it also covers many people. But now......

Qing Ning followed her all the way to the kitchen, and saw her come out with a plate of snacks after a while, and continued to walk forward.

Wu walked for a while, seemingly impatient with Qing Ning's following. Turning his head, he put the plate of dim sum directly in Qing Ning's hand, and said in a hoarse and dry voice, "If this son is fine, please help the slave to hand over this plate of dim sum to Mrs. Li of Huayan Palace."

After saying that, he walked towards the court again without looking back.

"Hey, don't go, I'm ......" Qing Ning didn't finish his sentence, and the woman had disappeared around the corner of the road ahead.

As a sinner in the court, she has unique views on the scriptures, and she has no fear of her, the so-called "nobleman". "Xin", who are you?

Huayan Palace, Qing Ning has just arrived, and she has never even heard the name of this palace, why did she send food to Mrs. Li and go back to her?

However, I was disgusted by others just now, forget it, there is a mouth under the nose, ask for yourself!

Qing Ning went all the way and inquired all the way, but in this palace, from the concubines and officials to the palace maids and eunuchs, they all kept silent about Huayan Palace, as if they would be killed as long as they said it.

Qing Ning had no choice but to look back and forth alone.

"Princess, princess, come down quickly!"

"Princess, you fall, the slaves can't afford it!"

Qing Ning looked at the voice, a woman in a pink gauze dress, with luxurious beads on her head, clanging around her waist, her figure was petite, and her black hair drooped down to her waist.

He was propping himself up at the top of a ladder, trying to reach the kite hanging from the treetops. As soon as the woman's hand touched the kite, perhaps she was so happy that she slipped and fell.

Qing Ning hurriedly put down the snack, performed light skills, drifted towards the woman, and at the moment when the woman landed, he stretched out his arms to catch her. Fortunately, the woman is not heavy, and she can still catch it.

The woman stared at Qing Ning curiously with round eyes, a small nose and a mouth. But I secretly thought in my heart, "Which son is this, born so handsome." ”

Qing Ning put down the woman, and immediately a few slaves and maids came around, caring about whether the princess had fallen, and some thanked her.

"Hello, my name is Mu Mu, and I am Princess Tiantou Guanglian." Mu Mu was born with a free and easy personality, and at the age of thirteen, he was also a head shorter than Qing Ning. looked up at the handsome young man who had just saved her.

"Yan Qing has seen the princess." Qing Ning bowed to her.

"It turns out that you are a relative of Sister Liuwan!" Mu Mu happily took Qing Ning's hand and walked to the side.

Qing Ning looked at the woman in front of her, she didn't know that she was a woman, she was so close to a strange man, and her temperament was really free and easy.

"Wait, princess, you haven't got the snacks yet." Qing Ning stopped.

"Come on, take a snack for the little boy" Mu Mu gave an order, and a palace maid picked up the tray on the side and followed over.

It's been a long journey, and it's been a ...... It is the Jiang Wan Hall that goes to the Yanliuwan. But it was obvious that he could walk directly to the past, but Mu Mu made a detour on the palace road on the side, detour? Avoid? Could it be......

Qing Ning suddenly broke away from Mu Mu's hand and said respectfully: "Princess, there is still something to do in the future, I can't accompany the princess, next time, I will go to the princess in person to apologize." ”

After speaking, he turned around and took the snack in the hand of the palace maid and walked towards the place where he had not just passed.

"Hey, I'm ......" Mu Mu didn't finish his sentence, and the red figure had disappeared around the corner.

She lowered her eyes, thought for a while, and continued on her way to Jiang Wan Palace.

Sure enough, Qing Ning turned the corner and walked about thirty steps.

In the depths of the alley, overgrown with weeds, desolate and desolate, spring seems to have never patronized here, but you can clearly see the three words on a door, Huayan Palace.

This name and this scene unconsciously give people a chill to the bone. Qing Ning shuddered in his heart, hesitated for a moment, and walked in.

The gate was ajar, but large enough for one person to pass through, and the steps to the doorway were already covered with dust, and no one should have passed through it for a long time.

Walking into the hall, it is a different scene, although it is still depressed, there is no flower decoration everywhere in the palace, but there is a large vegetable field, there is only a lonely stone table in the middle of the courtyard, next to it is four stone benches, on the table is a chessboard, everything is so scattered.

Qing Ning approached the stone table, put down the dim sum, and looked down at the chessboard carefully.

It was the Tiger Dragon Chess unique to the Qiangdi Clan, and most of the others couldn't understand it, including her.

"Girl, who are you? What are you doing here? The sudden voice behind him made Qing Ning's heart tremble, and she suddenly turned around and saw a woman in her fifties dressed in brown coarse cloth.

The clothes are tied with sleeves, and the hair is tied with a simple wooden hairpin on the head. Although it is not rich, it is also capable and neat.

"I'm here to deliver something to Mrs. Li." Qing Ning replied quickly.

"Oh," the woman sat down when she saw the snack on the table, picked up a piece and ate it, and said, "Thank you, girl!" ”

Looking at the woman's movements, Qing Ning was stunned for a moment, then looked down at her and asked cautiously, "Li ...... Mrs. Lee? ”

"Yes," Mrs. Li smiled and replied casually.

"Girl, you have been looking for this place for a long time, there is water in the house, go and pour it yourself!" Mrs. Li pointed to the main hall, which she called the house, not the temple......

In this palace, there is still such a touch of warmth.

"Thank you" looked all the way, and Qing Ning was indeed thirsty.

She walked in, and the furnishings were simple, except that there was a table with a kettle on it.

Qing Ning walked over, poured water, just took a sip, there was a cold touch on the side of her neck, and the cold light could be seen in the afterglow of her eyes, she had practiced martial arts for many years, and she knew that the person behind her was holding the sword on her neck, and he could take her head at any time.