The Daming Palace under the moonlight has a unique charm.

The Lin De Hall on the west side of the Taiye Pond is brightly lit. This day is the birthday of Emperor Jingzong's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Yi'an, the Empress Dowager of the Three Palaces gathered together, and the relatives and ministers were congratulated in grand service, and the grand appearance was unprecedented. After the banquet, the three queen mothers were still a little unsatisfied, so Emperor Wenzong temporarily added a program: guessing riddles. The riddle was written on the spot by the scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and the Empress Dowager of the Three Palaces was selected. Attendees of the feast can participate regardless of whether they are high or low.

The riddles are divided into three categories, from shallow to deep, and those who guess correctly will receive different rewards. Emperor Wenzong, who was very interested, personally served as the host.

The building regulations of the Lin De Hall are very complex, and the hall itself is formed by the aggregation of the front, middle and rear three halls, so it is commonly known as the "three halls". The three halls are all nine rooms wide, the front hall is four deep, and the middle and rear two halls are about five deep.

The birthday feast is placed in the nave. The front hall is occupied by the officials and women of the outer court, and the inner hall is mainly composed of harem concubines. The seat of the talented Chen Gongrui was arranged under the Shoutai in the inner hall, which seemed to be very close to the Shoutai, but there was a pillar in front of her, which just blocked her view. Chen Gongrui could hear Li Ang's voice on Shoutai, but he couldn't see his people.

The rules were strict when drinking and feasting in the palace, and she didn't dare to exceed it at all.

There are not so many rules for the quiz club, and everyone can move freely. Chen Gongrui took the opportunity to squeeze to the west side of Shoutai, she finally saw the emperor on the high platform, this is the second time she has seen the emperor's true face since entering the palace, the last time she saw Li Ang was two years ago when she first entered the palace.

Chen Gongrui is light, beautiful as a flower, before entering the palace is a famous beauty and talented woman in four miles and eight towns, she is also full of confidence at the beginning of the palace, thinking that with her own appearance and talent, she will quickly stand out from the three thousand beauties and get the emperor's favor.

But when she entered the palace, she knew that the magnificent Daming Palace gathered the most beautiful and talented women in the world, how easy was it to get ahead? After two years of hard work, he is still only a seventh-grade talent, nominally the emperor's wife, but in fact there is no difference from the palace maid.

Chen Gongrui is eager to get ahead, her heart is full of confidence and fighting spirit, and she is prepared for the worst, what she needs now is a chance to show herself. The opportunity has finally come, this kind of guessing game, Chen Gongrui has been playing since she was a child, and her skills have long been familiar. This is really an opportunity given by God, and I must grasp it.

Chen Gongrui's heart was a little nervous, this is not good, guessing is a game of brains, too much tension will affect the performance on the spot.

"Don't be nervous, I can handle it." Chen Gongrui hoped that she could calm her nervousness by hinting to herself, but the more she said this, the more nervous she became.

Chen Gongrui decided to go to the square pavilion on the left side of the nave to breathe, maybe the cool night breeze could help him calm down.

The nave of the Linde Hall has two floors, there is a square pavilion on the left and right sides, there are two buildings in the north of the pavilion and Yuyi, the knot, and there is an overhead flying corridor between the square pavilion and the two floors.

The jewel-like stars were inlaid in the dark blue night sky, like a dream, and the cool breeze on the square pavilion was slow, Chen Gongrui stood for a while, and her nervous and anxious mood gradually calmed down. There was a shout of joy in the hall, and the guessing meeting began. Chen Gongrui took a deep breath and began to walk back.

The square pavilion and the second floor of the nave are also connected by a flying corridor, and the guards who were originally guarding the entrance have disappeared at this time. Chen Gongrui was a little panicked in her heart, she quickened her pace, and when she stepped into the corner door of the middle hall, someone suddenly patted her on the shoulder.

Chen Gongrui was startled, and her heart that had just calmed down beat sharply again, and standing in front of her was the younger brother of the current emperor, Li Rong, the sixteen-year-old king of An. Li Rongzi is handsome and elegant, because he is favored, he often walks around the palace.

"Don't rush over first, the first ones aren't interesting, and the last three are important."

Li Rong took out a note, "This is the answer to those three questions, do you want to read it?" ”

Chen Gongrui reached out to grab it, and Li Rong dodged it lightly.

"You lied, the riddle was written by Mr. Hanlin Yuan on the spot, how can you have an answer." Chen Gongrui didn't believe it, but wanted to test it, her heart had been messed up by this note.

"You can believe it or not. But you have to know that if you can guess the three riddles, then the royal brother will definitely pay attention to you, and the queen mother will also leave a good impression on you, do you know what this means? ”

Li Rong's gaze wandered over Chen Gongrui's body, and finally landed on her snow-white neck, he watched greedily, eager to reach out a hand from his eyes and pull her collar so that he could see enough.

Chen Gongrui's heart was full of humiliation, she really wanted to give Li Rong a slap in the face, and then throw her hand and leave.

But his words were too tempting. Last month, Meng Jieyu, who entered the palace with her, spent 1,000 taels of silver to bribe the eunuch and let him arrange for him to dance in front of Li Ang. Li Ang left her to sleep in the Taiji Hall that night, and the next day promoted her to a contour, ranking among the ninth concubines.

"What are you going to do for me to see?" Chen Gongrui made a heart, and the tone of her speech changed.

"Let me see your body." Li Rong smiled easily, and his right hand was already restlessly pressed on Chen Gongrui's chest. Chen Gongrui is sixteen years old this year, and there are still two buds on her chest. The moment Li Rong's hand touched hers, her heart trembled suddenly, and she suddenly felt a sense of stiffness.

Li Rong pulled open her collar, took a bright red bud in his mouth, and sucked gently, he wrapped his right hand around Chen Gongrui's slender waist, and his left hand grasped her round and firm buttocks. Chen Gongrui closed her eyes, and she let go......

Li Rong left, leaving the note.

Chen Gongrui silently tied her dress, there were no tears or humiliation in her eyes, she opened the note with trembling hands, and the hope in her heart suddenly turned cold: there was not a word on the note......

The cheers in the Lin De Hall were higher and higher, but none of this had anything to do with Chen Gongrui, she walked to the square pavilion calmly, tore up the note that recorded her smudge, spread it in the night sky with the wind, and then jumped down......

The birthday banquet was finally successfully concluded, and the great eunuch Wang Shoucheng's tense face finally relaxed, he was sixty and three this year, and he was the lieutenant of the Right Shence Army, the general of the right guard, and the three important positions of the provincial supervisor, and he was a veritable "internal minister". Wang Shoucheng has gone through the four dynasties of Xianzong, Muzong, Jingzong, and Wenzong, supported three generations of emperors, and has been good at government for more than ten years. He often hangs on his lips four verses: "Everything has a way, like a dream bubble, like dew and electricity, and should be viewed as such." But when it came to the end, he still felt lost and helpless.

A month ago, his cronies, Chen Hongzhi, the superintendent of Shannan Dongdao, suddenly left his office and secretly returned to Beijing, and died tragically in the Yuniyi Station soon after. The local government swore that Chen Hongzhi's death was purely an accident and that there was no special meaning behind it. How could Wang Shoucheng believe such nonsense? He keenly felt that a bloody storm was about to envelop Daming Palace, who was the mastermind behind the scenes, what was his plan, and what was his purpose? Why do you know nothing?

Fear because of the unknown is a common problem for everyone, and Wang Shoucheng is no exception.

The little eunuch Lin Shihai walked in carefully holding a bowl of hot soup, "It's time for Lafayette to eat." "The soup is a supper made for Li Ang in the imperial dining room, Li Ang is a diligent emperor, diligent in government affairs during the day, busy with internal affairs at night, hundreds of millions of dollars in the world, and three thousand beauties in the harem, he doesn't want to live up. If he was in a good mood, Wang Shoucheng would teach the little eunuchs about these details, but now he was too lazy to say anything.

"Alas......" he sighed softly,

"Is there anything bothering the Buddha?"

"Xiao Linzi, how many years have you been with our family?"

"As of this year's wax moon, it will be a full eight years."

"It's been eight years, yes, you were a little kid then, and now you're an adult. Ever thought about going out? ”

"Xiao Linzi is willing to serve the Buddha for the rest of his life." Lin Shihai's words came from the heart, everything he has today is all given by Wang Shoucheng, and he has not forgotten this for a moment.

"For a lifetime," Wang Shoucheng laughed "sneering". Lin Shihai's heart was shocked, how could the words of the old Buddha contain a sense of desolation? Living in the palace, there are too many swords and swords, and the old Buddha has always been unmoved and safe like a mountain, why ...... today?

"Go, go to Fengxiang Prison Army Zhang Zhongqing to be an entourage."

"Xiao Linzi is not familiar with him."

"It's good if you're not familiar, it's stable if you're not familiar." Wang Shoucheng has never read any books, and his speech has always been straightforward and clear like water. What's going on today, the words are cloudy and foggy, as if they have a deep meaning. Lin Shihai smacked it carefully, puzzled. He wanted to ask Wang Shoucheng for an understanding.

Wang Shoucheng had already closed his eyes and snorted.

Lin Shihai took a thin quilt and covered it for him, and then respectfully exited the temple door. As soon as Lin Shihai turned around, he bumped into the oncoming Pang Huai, Pang Huai is also Wang Shoucheng's confidant, and his qualifications and status are above Lin Shihai, but he has always respected Lin Shihai very much, and the two have never blushed.

In Lin Shihai's impression, Pang Huai is old and stable, and he is a person who can take a big deal. But today, Pang Huai was in a trance as if a catastrophe was coming, and his steps were floating. knocked someone down, and didn't even say a word of apology.

"Woe, Buddha, Chen Cairen committed suicide by jumping off the building." Pang Huai rushed into the hall with a sad face.

Lin Shihai's heart chuckled, and his eyelids jumped wildly. On the day of the Queen Mother's birthday, she forced Chen Gongrui to commit suicide by jumping off the building, who was so vicious and determined to put the Buddha to death?