The three days passed in a flash, and soon it was time to enter the palace.

The eldest lady Murong Lan, who had been married, returned to the Taiwei Mansion in full costume early in the morning, and wrapped the leaves and green with the best clothing.

"My head has never been so precious," Leaf Green shook his head, the stones on the tassels colliding with each other almost entwined, "just sitting like this makes me feel like my neck is going to break." ”

Murong Lan chuckled lightly and pointed her head with her finger, "Do you know how much the crown dress weighed at the wedding? ”

Ye Luwu hurriedly waved her hand, "Big sister, don't make fun of me, I don't want to get married now." ”

"It's not that I'm making fun of you," Murong Lan stroked her cloud-like black hair, "You also know that most of the women from this high-ranking family have begun to prepare for marriage after marriage, you have been away all year round, and today I am afraid that someone will talk about your experience." Although I grew up in the boudoir, I also envy you for being so comfortable, with a light sword and a fast horse to dominate the world. Today you are with me, and I am all with me. ”

Ye Luwu was grateful in his heart, like Murong Zhi, their family was straightforward, and once they recognized it, they were sincerely good to you. Even in the Bofu, she has been accustomed to seeing the backhouse since she was a child, lest she get less benefits. Even if he has a father to protect him, he can't be satisfied in the end.

The two slowly walked through the mansion and got into a luxurious carriage at the main entrance. There is a subtle fragrance of melons and fruits in the car, and there is an inner room for changing clothes. I don't know if it was because of the skill of the coachman or the sturdiness of the carriage, it did not shake in the slightest when walking, and even the tea on the small table did not spill a bit.

When she was about to approach the palace gate, Murong Lan turned her head to look at her, her eyes were full of tenderness: "Remember, my Murong family's daughter doesn't cause trouble, but she is never afraid of it." ”

Their own maids were not allowed to be brought into the palace, and after getting off the carriage, two palace maids came to pick them up and lead them to Zhaoyang Palace. Murong Lan is the wife of Jin Zhiwu Weicha, and she was led to another road at the first fork in the road after entering the palace.

Walking on the bluestone road with red walls and blue tiles, the high palace walls on both sides obstructed Ye Luwu's sight, and she could only see the palace maids who were about to die on the road, burying their youth in this magnificent prison city. The soul power in her body trembled slightly, as if sensing the souls wandering in this endless alleyway, they were telling of their humble lives.

I don't know how long I walked, the palace walls on both sides were dilapidated compared to before, and the people who were walking with me at the gate of the palace were gone, and there were even fallen leaves on both sides of the road - even the lowliest sprinkler maids would not come here. The whole world seemed to be silent, and only himself and the palace maid in front of him were left.

Ye Luwu couldn't bear it anymore, and stepped forward to stop the palace maid: "Where are you going to take me?"

The palace maid turned her head and smiled contemptuously, raised her chin high, and said sarcastically: "The Holy Lord has allowed you to enter the Zhaoyang Hall to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but how can you, the daughter of a criminal minister, be worthy of being with those golden branches and jade leaves? ”

"I don't care whose order it is," Ye Luwu said fiercely, "If you don't take me to Zhaoyang Hall again, be careful of your net worth." ”

The palace maid seemed to have heard some big joke, and she leaned back and smiled back, "With the Protector of the Country, what can you do to me in the palace? For the sake of your lack of elder upbringing, I will treat you as if you don't understand the rules and don't have the same knowledge as you, so I advise you to go with me obediently." ”

When Ye Luwu heard this, she knew that this palace maid must have been instructed by someone to come here to humiliate her, but was it the queen or the emperor, or someone who had a grudge against the Ye family? She stopped talking nonsense with the palace maid, her right hand quickly sealed on her chest, and in an instant, the flames hovered above her arm, and she hurriedly pressed towards the palace maid.

The palace maid did not panic, took out a yellowed rune paper from her arms, and threw it at Ye Luwu. The rune paper burned on its own the moment she left her hand, turning into a thin barrier to protect her.

The blade of fire pierced through the barrier without much effort, and the flames quickly ignited her dress and spread all over her body!

"Ah——!!!h

The miserable cries of the palace maids echoed in the dilapidated alleys, and they were terrifying. She rolled on the ground in an attempt to extinguish the flames from her body.

"I was wrong! I, no, slave maid! slave maid will take you to Zhaoyang Palace! spare the slave maid!"

Ye Luwu didn't really want the palace maid's life, and after hearing her begging for mercy, he hooked his fingers and extinguished the flames on her body.

The palace maid slowly got up from the ground and looked at Ye Luwu with a frightened face. The tattered dress obscured the vital parts of the body, and the exposed arms and calves were covered with scorched marks. The left leg, which first came into contact with the flames, was badly wounded, revealing a bright red flesh in the charred black.

Ye Luwu squinted and said, "You can take me to Zhaoyang Hall now, huh?"

The palace maid endured the pain and saluted Ye Luwu, biting her lower lip so that she didn't cry out in pain, and tears fell in tears. She limped around, holding her legs and walking slowly down the other path, her delicate figure trembling incessantly.

The Protector Sect is an organization that directly obeys the orders of the saints, and it is the most powerful and decent family in the world. The palace maid thought to herself, when I ask for a more powerful rune paper, she must avenge me today!

In the Zhaoyang Palace.

Although it was a Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, for the sake of the reputation of the ladies present, the ladies were led by the queen to hold a separate banquet in the apse of Zhaoyang Palace.

The queen is no longer confused, but the well-maintained face does not show traces of too many years, but only adds a mature charm to the corners of the eyes and eyebrows, and the smile is charming and moving, which is more eye-catching than the youth of the twenty-eight girl.

She sat on the phoenix throne and looked around, "Rose, have all the ladies and ladies for today's banquet arrived?"

The palace maid Rose stood not far away, and after looking through the roster, she said respectfully: "If you go back to the queen's mother, only Ye Luwu has not arrived." ”

As soon as these words came out, even the air in the hall fell silent.

Suddenly, a sneer broke out of the air, "Some people just give shame to face, and the saint is kind to her as an orphan girl who is helpless, and allows her to enter the palace to participate in the Mid-Autumn Festival, but she has not arrived for a long time, and we are waiting for her here." To say that she was once the daughter of Bofu, why is she so uneducated, and she doesn't even distinguish between respect and inferiority. ”

The crowd followed the voice, and a mean-looking young woman sat there, holding her in a bun and carrying a large red velvet flower on her head.

It turned out to be the granddaughter-in-law of the queen's mother's house, Murong Lan thought to herself, Ye Luwu's delay must have been deliberately done by someone, and at this time, the queen's mother's family made slanderous remarks, is this to step her reputation into the quagmire?!

The Zhenguo Mansion originally started by relying on military exploits, and the ancestors were all generals with outstanding military exploits. But in the queen's generation, there is no promising descendant in the Nuoda family to revitalize the family, only the queen's younger brother has the title of a four-grade general, so he can be regarded as inheriting the ancestral business. Taiwei is in charge of soldiers and horses, Murong Lan is married to Jin Zhiwu, who is in charge of the security of the capital, and Murong Hua can have his current status because of Ye Jing's promotion, so most of the military power is in the hands of the Ye family.

When Yongding Bofu was convicted, it was the queen who came up with the idea to make a fuss in the name of Ye Luwu, and the crime was convicted. After Ye's absence, she persuaded the emperor to cut Murong Hua's military power, so that when the Zhou State waved his troops south, she could let her younger brother lead the troops to the battle. When he returns from the expedition, he can continue the glory of the Zhenguo Mansion and firmly hold Changguo in his hands.

"Queen Mother, when Ah Wu first arrived at the palace, she must have taken the wrong path. Murong Lan hurriedly got up and saluted the queen, "I hope that for her young sake, forgive her this time." ”

"Hmph, Mrs. Wei's words are quite light," the woman just now said reluctantly: "Who knows if she is really lost or disrespectful to the queen mother, or even disrespectful to the saints?

"Okay, don't make any noise. The queen glanced at her brother-in-law and said at the right time, "Even if she grew up in the people, she is the daughter of the Bofu and has learned the rules, how can she do such a foolish thing as not respecting the saints." “

When the woman received the queen's eyes, she quietly gestured with her left hand, then got up and walked to the center of the hall, knelt down and said: "The queen mother is benevolent, but the concubine can't stand it! The Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet, even the queen mother has arrived here early, she is now a grass people, what kind of face does the queen mother have to wait for her here? I hope that the queen mother will severely punish her and correct discipline!"

After that, several women also knelt in the hall one after another, and demanded severe punishment for Ye Luwu, as if she was really a person who had committed the most heinous crimes.

At this point, the queen hid the look of satisfaction in her eyes and sighed: "Alas, that's it." Rose, pass on the palace edict, Ye Luwu repaid the virtue and disrespect for his disrespect, expelled him from the palace, and never allowed to enter the capital again for half a step!"

Rose replied with a low "yes" and was about to exit the hall.

At this moment, a clear female voice came, surrounding the main hall: "Queen Mother, the courtiers are late because they have been misled, and they are here to accuse." “

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads to look, but it was a richly dressed woman standing there, a pair of spring-like eyes full of guilt, and the whole person seemed to come with a fairy aura, beautiful and incomprehensible.

Seeing that the situation had changed, the queen's brother and daughter-in-law immediately said in a loud voice: "It's long overdue but you don't ask for guilt, do you know that the queen's time is expensive, how long has it been delayed because of you?" Not to mention that the daughter of a criminal minister dares to call herself a courtier, do you mean that the saint's decision is wrong, and your Ye clan is not guilty?"

Ye Luwu slowly stepped forward, knelt down with a straight back, "The courtiers are now the second lady in the Taiwei Mansion, and it is only because the little palace maid who came to pick up the courtiers does not know about this that she has lost respect for the courtiers." In the palace, he wantonly insulted the daughter of the imperial lieutenant, and there was something about the royal system, and the courtiers were led elsewhere and delayed the time of the queen's mother, so the courtiers had already taught her a lesson for the queen's mother, and I hope that the queen's mother will expose the matter. “

Because of her outstanding appearance and strong bearing, everyone didn't see that there was another person who came in with her. At this time, after she mentioned it, everyone found the little palace maid who was covered in bruises and unclothed.

The queen couldn't help but feel upset when she saw that the person she had sent had become like this, so she waved her hand and said, "You guys get up first, this matter will end here, and you are not allowed to mention it again." Drag this palace maid out, and expel her from the palace after beating fifty boards, the palace can't afford such a lawless person!"

The palace maid's face turned pale, and she knew that her path had come here. Thinking of her own departure, her parents and family outside the palace still counted on the queen to take care of her, so they let the guards drag her out of the palace.

Ye Luwu got up and sat down, staring blankly at a few drops of water stains on the ground, and his heart was desolate. That was probably the last tear of the little palace maid, right? I wanted to teach her a lesson, who would have expected this result, and if the fifty big boards were hit, I am afraid that she would die, right? After all, her hands were stained with blood, and as soon as she took this step, she was no longer the original Ye Luwu, but a person who could take the lives of others in order to take revenge. She entered the Lanmen to cultivate, although there were many demons and evil spirits that died in her hands, but they were not human beings, no matter how beautiful the human form was, they were also alien races, and they were alien races that endangered the common people.

But now, his hands are stained with the blood of his own clan, and he does not hesitate to trample the corpses of his fellow clan under his feet in order to survive.

Murong Lan saw that her expression was different, and she could roughly guess what she was thinking now, so she didn't talk to her. It's just that I sighed deeply in my heart, and it felt really uncomfortable to cut off other people's lives with my own hands.

The dancers came with enchanting steps, dancing slowly to the sound of silk and bamboo, and their cloud-like water sleeves brushed softly in the air, making people involuntarily indulge in it. Suzhou and Hangzhou's soft words are like microwaves, and the sweet voice is breathtaking, like being in a small boat on the lake, wandering in the galaxy.

"Queen Mother, this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is like this every year, and the concubines are tired of seeing it," a concubine in a lilac palace dress said softly, "In fact, it is also the selfishness of the concubines, and if you want to appreciate the demeanor of the first talented woman in the capital, it is better to ask the daughter of the Prime Minister to let us see for a long time, and it is better than being bored in the palace every day." “

The name of Ji Xingchen, the first talented woman in the capital, is very loud, and even the concubines in the palace know it. And the crown prince is about to weaken the crown, Ji Xingchen is not only a famous talented woman, but also the daughter of the prime minister's house, and she is the most suitable candidate for the crown princess. Thinking of this, the queen agreed: "Concubine Xiang's proposal is very good, then please ask Miss Ji to show us at will." “

Ji Xingchen got up as he said and walked to the middle of the main hall, "The courtiers obey the queen's decree. “

When Concubine Xiang saw that she should play, she said again: "The ladies are all practicing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I don't know what Miss Ji showed us today?"

Playing chess takes too much time, and it is not enjoyable, and the other three things are ...... Ji Xingchen's right hand quietly clenched into a fist in his sleeve, and a few days ago, he secretly watched the second brother's sword book practice sword, and his right hand was accidentally sprained, and it has not yet recovered. The only thing left is to play the piano.

She took a deep breath and pretended to be calm: "The courtiers are willing to present a song "Family Carnival" to celebrate today's Mid-Autumn Festival reunion. “

After that, a palace maid carried a good guqin, and Ji Xingchen sat down firmly behind the piano.

The music of water poured out from under her fingers, and it was clear that she was still in the hall, but everyone seemed to see a bright moon hanging high in front of their eyes, and the moonlight was sprinkled on the earth.

The music became more and more exciting, and when it was played to the scene where people were gathering together as a family, talking and laughing, Ji Xingchen's face also showed a look of pain, and his right wrist twitched slightly.

Ye Luwu could see at a glance that her wrist was sprained by holding a heavy object in one hand, but she didn't know why this daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion who was loved by thousands of people sprained her wrist? She saw that Ji Xingchen's face was getting paler and paler, and her eyes revealed a plea for help, but everyone was immersed in the graceful music, and no one could help her. If she makes a fool of herself in the main hall today, she will lose her reputation as the first talented woman in the capital, and it will make the Prime Minister disgraced because of her.

Ye Luwu couldn't bear to look at it, so she straightened up and said, "Queen Mother, seeing that Miss Ji is playing so happily, the courtiers also have itchy hands, I don't know if I can play a song together?"