The sky is dark, only the sound of the wind blowing the bamboo leaves, and the shaking ghosts overlap on the screen windows, forming ghostly shadows.

Rong Ruo's long eyelashes fluttered, she woke up from her slumber, and as soon as she moved, she felt a sharp stabbing pain in her back and hips, she rested her head on her left arm and slowly raised her head.

The candlelight was dim, and the white-haired old woman in front of the door was illuminated with seven points of ghostly shadows, three points of gloom, she put her hands in front of her chest, and the wrinkles on her solemn old face were also cold and cold, seeing that Rong Ruo woke up, her eyes turned around slowly, her mouth hooked a cold smile, and her voice that had penetrated the cold air was hoarse: "What a delicate young lady, if you don't wake up today, there will be nothing fun, and the old slave has to be watered with cold water." ”

The cold and mocking words couldn't make Rong Ruo's expression change, her clear black eyes injected a touch of light, and her consciousness slowly came to her senses, remembering that after entering the palace with Yuegui, the carriage actually galloped all the way in, until it stopped at the gate of a palace, Rong Ruo just had doubts, so he asked someone to push him in, followed by the old woman in front of him with a group of people, and without saying a word, he asked someone to tie up the two of them, and each played ten boards first.

Rong Ruo suddenly wanted to smile bitterly, in the face of absolute strength, there was no room for the slightest quibble and scheming, so he could only be slaughtered by others.

"Once you've thought about it, you can start talking." The old woman in the old-fashioned palace dress cleaned her sleeves, sat on a black lacquer Taishi chair brought by the little palace maid, bent her body down, and stared at Rong Ruo's face with dead eyes, "Who instructed you to frame the crown princess, what is your identity, and what is the purpose of coming to the capital?" ”

In the cold winter season, the room without the earth dragon was cold to the bone, Rong Ruo felt that half of her body lying on the ground was frozen and numb, her eyes moved, and she didn't find that Yue Gui was beside her, but she felt a little funny about the old woman's question.

The old woman's eyes narrowed and stretched into a line, and her eyes were fierce, like a hound about to pounce at any time, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I ......" Rong Ruo's mouth opened, and the cool air blowing through the crack in the door poured into her throat, making her cough uncontrollably, "cough cough cough - I laugh at you since your imagination is so rich, why don't you write a book, cough cough ......"

The old woman snorted coldly at Rong Ruo from her nose, and said coldly: "Now you can still be here in a good manner, thank the emperor for his kindness, what is the crime of murdering the royal heir, a hundred heads are not enough for you to cut off." ”

Rong Ruo has listened to a lot of interrogations since he was beaten, and more or less connected the situation-

Lu Siming had a miscarriage, and it was caused by taking her prescription, at least on the surface.

Rong Ruo supported her arms and lifted half of her body, her hands had already been numb from the cold, and the sudden feeling of tingling and tingling made her whole person like a circle of electricity, and then the pain from the waist down was like being crushed, and when she woke up after the initial paralysis, she was sweating profusely and sharp into her bones.

Rong Ruo's teeth trembled and endured a burst of uninterrupted pain, and a sneer appeared on his pale face: "What kind of world, I have to be grateful to Dade if I am beaten, I want to ask this grandmother, the Zhao Dynasty explicitly prohibits private execution, are you not afraid that now that you and Concubine Lin have done these things that the emperor knows, how can you ask for the crime?" ”

The old woman's loose eyelids were lifted, a touch of cruelty flashed under her eyes, and she smiled sadly: "It's not too late for you to go to the underworld to complain when you see the dawn of the day, don't waste your efforts on the old slave, or explain honestly, so as not to suffer some more flesh and skin, I know, you little girls with fine skin and tender flesh are most afraid of pain, you want to say that the old slave is satisfied, and the old slave will reward you with a good time, and it is better than you suffering at the moment." ”

Rong Ruo sighed lightly in his mouth, took a breath of cool air, with a bright light in his eyes, looked directly at the old woman and said: "Whatever you want to know, I can tell you, yes, there is someone behind me, it is she who sent me to seduce King Jing, blend into the capital, and then diagnose the crown princess, all at her instigation." ”

The old woman stood up solemnly, squatted in front of Rong Ruo, and said eagerly: "Who is it?" ”

Rong Ruo's mouth opened, and slowly pulled away a smile, like an epiphany blooming at night, with a gentle breeze and brightness, and his voice was light into a breath, and he said word by word: "...... It is...... Lin, concubine, ah! ”

"Bastard!" The old woman's face shook, and her fat right hand was thrown out suddenly, slapping Rong Ruo hard.

Rong Ruo's beaten eyes flashed with gold stars, snapped to the ground, her teeth hit the flesh and a stream of blood flowed from the corners of her mouth, she snorted and gasped, the spicy pain on her face was nothing, her current body was no longer like her own, as weak as being immersed in ice water, she should have frozen, but every capillary was shouting and protesting.

The old woman stood up again, her hands in her sleeves were held in front of her chest, her eyelids were sharp, she glared at Rong Ruo viciously, and a vicious smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: "If you don't eat good wine, don't blame the old slave, a few of you come over and throw her in the water tank outside." ”

Two or three little eunuchs dragged Rong Ruo out of the room, and when Fang opened the door, the wind roared outside, blowing people's clothes flying, Rong Ruo's clothes had already been wet with blood, and the cold wind blew again, making her whole body shiver, and her skin trembled uncontrollably.

Rong Ruo thought very clearly in her mind, if the green finch is here, she should be reminded - oh, this is also an instinctive reaction of the body, when it suddenly comes into contact with something whose temperature is lower than the body temperature, it will tremble, spasm these sensory reactions, in order to convey to the center of the body that it must be avoided immediately, which is also self-protection.

'Bang-' Rong Ruo's slender body was smashed into the water tank, causing a layer of water to overflow.

In December, the capital was already freezing and snowy, and if you put a basin of water outside, it would freeze immediately, and it was obvious that the tank and water were moved out of the house. Soon, the water droplets splashed outside condensed into ice, and long ice edges hung around the tank. Beauty Nest

Rong Ruo's head was dizzy when she was smashed, and cold water poured over from all directions without any scruples, like sharp needles forming an unstoppable sharp blade, and there was no place in her body that didn't hurt, the blood seemed to be frozen, and a suffocating bag bulged out in her chest, and she even thought she was going to die soon.

"Miss Rong, have you thought about it? If you are honest, the old slave will be released. The old woman stood in front of the water tank, watched Rong Ruo struggle in the water tank with cold eyes, and raised her voice and shouted.

Rong Ruo's brain was drowsy and floating in the water, her hands were unconsciously scratching, and finally she reached the edge of the water tank, she put her head out of the water, and a long series of dry coughs erupted violently, and the cough was earth-shattering, as if it was not over if she didn't cough out her lungs.

A eunuch beside the old woman hunched over and stood on tiptoe, and reminded in her ear: "Mama, it's very cold this day, and if you don't fish people out again, I'm afraid you'll freeze inside." ”

The old woman's dead fish-like eyes moved slowly, there was no sympathy or pity on her face, and the corners of her cold mouth fell, as if she was thinking in her heart whether Rong Ruo would take the initiative to surrender or the water would freeze first.

It's just that she didn't wait for the old woman to measure the result, Rong Ruo fainted first, the old woman's brows were tied into a knot, she punished more palace maids in various ways, and she had never met Rong Ruo fainting at every turn, which made her not easy to start.

Rong Ruo woke up again, and couldn't help laughing at himself, is it better to say that this body is too weak or too hard?

"Cough ......" Rong Ruo's body moved, and his eyes were a pair of green and black-bottomed fairy crane green pine embroidered shoes, Rong Ruo raised his head, facing the old woman's dissatisfied old face, the corners of his mouth pulled, and he smiled with a pale face: "The water tank is very good, more comfortable than a wooden barrel bath, if you like it, you can also try it." ”

Rong Ruo knew that this person would not let go of himself today, and it would be useless to say more words to beg for mercy, but he didn't know where the green finch was at the moment, and whether he could catch up to save his life.

There is not much itinerary from the palace to the palace, Rong Ruo turned his head to look at the window, and a touch of fish belly white has quietly appeared in the dark sky in the east, and the sky is about to dawn.

Rong Ruo's eyelids narrowed slightly, and he lowered his eyes, this hour, Mu Beichen has not appeared yet, he has given up.

can't say how much loss there is, even if he knew that the relationship between the two was based on Mu Beichen's profitability, Rong Ruo always felt that at least Mu Beichen's character was commendable or not, otherwise he could completely deceive and use it, instead of honestly explaining his thoughts about Rong Ruo.

That's fine, Rong Ruo thought to himself, he shouldn't have pinned his hopes on in the first place, let alone be disappointed.

After that, life and death have nothing to do with each other.

"Sharp teeth." The old woman disdainfully hooked the corners of her dry mouth, looked at Rong Ruo, who was paralyzed on the ground, and wondered what method to use next.

The eunuch closest to the old woman came up and said in a low voice: "Mama, the sky is about to dawn, and the slave can't stand it anymore, so it's better for you to go and rest first, and come back later." ”

The old woman was thinking in her heart, a touch of fierceness flashed in her deep eyes, and she gritted her back molars and said: "You go and get a few pieces of mulberry white paper, even if you press her to death in the water today, you can't let her out." ”

Somewhere in the palace

In the remote and deserted corner courtyard, an unfrequented pomegranate tree spreads its smooth branches, fiddling with the smell of decay and old age, and at the bottom is a well, the well platform has long been closed, and the remaining wooden basin for drawing water lies alone in the snow.

It is also this courtyard that no one has passed through the long-abandoned courtyard, and tonight the wind blows to welcome the guests, leaving a touch of graceful figure.

The visitor was wrapped in black cloth all over, and her face could not be seen clearly, and she was identified only by her figure as a curvaceous woman, who stopped beside the well, looked left and right, and then walked straight to a palace wall.

The palace wall of the red wall and yellow tiles is mottled and peeled off, and it looks full of holes under the reflection of the snow, and it is not only the years that are eroded by the wind and rain, but also the loneliness, depression, loneliness, and madness that can be seen everywhere in the palace wall......

The woman walked without hesitation, her long black boots stepping on the snow, leaving only a shallow trace, like a wild cat running indiscriminately.

Walking to the palace wall, the woman suddenly stopped, clasped her hands into fists, and actually saluted, her mouth made a clear tone, and she said respectfully: "My subordinate Ying San has seen the sect master. ”