The next afternoon, it was drizzling. Liu Shu held up a small umbrella, took advantage of the nap time to quietly sneak out of the Splendid Garden, and walked towards the nearby Suhua Palace to step on the rain. She had never been to Suhua Palace, and her mother had never mentioned it to her. Suhwa Palace is not on the way to the Empress Mother's Huiren Palace or the grandmother's Jinghe Palace, but lives alone in a corner and has long been forgotten.

For seven years, no one took care of Suhwa Palace. The former palace people of Suhua Palace are also missing. The palace gate was pushed open with a squeak, and in front of him was a chaotic but lush garden. In summer, Suhua Palace is full of moonlight flowers, white and warm, fragrant and beautiful.

Lin Long likes flowers and plants, so Liu Shu read a lot of flower and plant picture books when he was very young. Liu Jing memorized poems and read words, and Liu Shu was the first to know many words of flowers and plants. She knew that the moonlight flower, also known as the sunset, bloomed in the evening and would wither in the early morning of the next day. Today the sky is full of dark clouds, drizzle, and before evening, many moonlight flowers have already bloomed. The withered and dilapidated Suhua Palace is slightly intimate because of these fragrant sunsets.

Suhua Palace is very unfamiliar to Liu Shu. She only knew that the former owner here was called Xiao Yi, the princess of the Qi Kingdom who no longer existed, and her biological mother. She didn't know which temple her biological mother had slept in, whether her biological mother had a good relationship with her father, and she didn't know if the word "forgiveness" in her name meant that her biological mother knew that she couldn't grow up with her and begged for her forgiveness. She stared blankly at the strange palace, and thought to herself: "I don't blame you, I can't call you a mother, I hope you don't blame me." ”

Liu Shu sat under the porch to take shelter from the rain, feeling the silence of the faint fragrance of flowers in Suhua Palace. She hadn't seen her father, nor had she seen her biological mother, she really wanted to ask the older palace people in the White Jade Palace, those who had seen the young death of King Song Huai and the beautiful Xiao Meiren, ask them, the story of her father and Xiao Yi......

But she didn't dare to ask, she was afraid that if she asked, her mother would know. Her favorite mother, she can't bear to let her know. Liu Shu wandered in Suhua Palace for a while, and then quietly walked back to the Splendid Garden. The palace people in the Splendid Garden only have two aunts, Ah Xing and Ah Die, and an elderly Granny Lu who knows medical skills, and they are all cronies brought by their mothers from the Chu State. She couldn't let any of them know that she already knew where she came from, so she couldn't ask them. "Otherwise, let my brother ask the queen mother and grandmother, how did my father and his biological mother meet?" She pondered a new idea, "But since the queen mother and grandmother know my background but dislike me so much, they may not have a good relationship with my biological mother...... How can I ask about my birth mother from someone who doesn't like it? Then there must be nothing good to inquire about......" She sighed, in the entire White Jade Palace, except for her brother, there was no one to ask. However, my brother doesn't know much.

She hid her thoughts, and still went to the lotus pond in the evening to wait for her brother. Liu Jing brought Ling Fei with him.

Liu Jing said: "Ling Fei, this is my only sister Liu Shu, you have already met yesterday. I have brought you here today to solemnly tell you that in the future, you will not only be my guard, but you will also protect my sister. If someone bullies us, you must protect Liu Shu first. ”

Ling Fei saluted Liu Shu and said, "Ling Fei has seen the princess. "It's more respectful than yesterday's competition.

Liu Shu replied: "You don't have to be polite to me, you enter the palace to eat and live with my brother, you are both a guard and a friend, and in the future, my brother's safety will be handed over to you, and I will also call you 'Brother Ling'." ”

Ling Fei had no brothers and sisters in the family, only his only son, so no one had ever called him that. He shyly lowered his head and said, "Don't dare to be." ”

Liu Shu rarely saw someone suddenly shy in front of her, and asked with a smile: "Brother Ling, let me ask you, if I bully my brother, who will you help?" ”

Ling Fei replied extremely quickly: "Of course, it is to help His Highness." ”

Liu Shu nodded with satisfaction. Liu Jing said: "Wrong, if she wants to bully me, you let her bully me, and no one will help me." ”

Ling Fei looked at Liu Jing puzzled and said, "But I am His Highness's personal guard......

Liu Jing said solemnly: "Even if my sister wants to kill me, you don't need to stop her." ”

Ling Fei looked at Liu Jing in surprise and then at Liu Shu. Liu Shu waved his hand at Ling Fei and said, "Don't be fooled by my brother, it's good if he doesn't bully me!" How could I have a chance to bully him? And how could I possibly kill him? ”

Ling Fei nodded, indicating that he understood, and reminded again: "Your Highness, it seems that we should go back, I heard that tonight is the Queen Mother's family banquet, and dinner is earlier than usual." ”

Liu Shu said: "Then you go first!" I went back too. Then he turned and left.

Ling Fei asked puzzledly: "Your Highness, won't the princess go with us to the Queen Mother's family banquet?" ”

Liu Jing sighed and said: "Shu'er's mother was grounded in the Splendid Garden by her father, and after her father went, the queen mother and grandmother did not pardon her grounding order, so grandma's family banquet, Shu'er's mother never went, and Shu'er never went." ”

Ling Fei let out an "oh" and didn't ask again.

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Liu Shu, who had a heart in his mind, always ran to Suhua Palace alone to wander around during naptime. For several days, the gate of Suhua Palace was always open with a small crack. Occasionally, the palace gate was closed by a passing palace person, and the door opened again when passing by a few days later. On this day, the two palace maids muttered in fear while closing the palace door: "You said that in the past few years, we have always walked this way, and we have never seen the palace gate of Suhua Palace open, why is it always open these days?" And every time it's such a small slit, big living people can't get through, it's really terrible. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, maybe this door is in disrepair and loose. We can't lock the door from the outside, this door is blown open by the wind, and naturally there is a small gap. ”

"This door is not loosened sooner or later, it is really an evil door. Do you think it will be the ghost of that Xiao beauty......"

"Tell you to stop talking nonsense! Weird and scary! ”

"In broad daylight, there's nothing to be afraid of, and besides, we haven't offended Xiao Meiren."

"That's right, Xiao Meiren died in childbirth, no wonder anyone, we have nothing to be afraid of."

The palace maid who spoke first suddenly lowered her voice: "Of course we don't have to be afraid, but this is not because Xiao Meiren died of dystocia." Haven't you heard the rumors? It is rumored that Xiao Meiren was killed by someone. ”

"What? Where did you hear about it? ”

"Do you remember, seven years ago, Yun Niang and the Tai Hospital in the Queen Mother's Palace sentenced Master Qiao to death for adultery, which is actually very strange when you think about it. It stands to reason that Yun Niang is the old man next to the Queen Mother, and Qiao Yuan is a member of the Qiao family, even if the two of them commit such a thing, the Queen Mother should deal with it secretly, at least to save their lives. But after the incident, the Queen Mother didn't say anything, and the two of them were arrested and put in prison the next day after they were given poisoned wine and died in prison. The people in the Queen Mother's Palace are scared silly, I have a good sister who works on an errand in the Queen Mother's Palace, she said that Xiao Meiren has not died for a few days, Yun Niang and Qiao Yuan were arrested, this matter may have something to do with Xiao Meiren. Yun Niang and Imperial Physician Qiao must have known some secrets, so the Queen Mother couldn't wait to execute the two people she trusted the most. ”

"Could it be...... Xiao Meiren was given by the Queen Mother...... But I remember that Xiao Meiren was ordered by the Queen Mother to marry into the White Jade Palace with a national gift, and she was on an equal footing with the princess of Chu State, and it was also the Queen Mother's message. She is the daughter-in-law of the Queen Mother, and she is pregnant with a child, why did the Queen Mother kill her? ”

"That's complicated. Although Xiao Meiren married the former king as the princess of Qi Kingdom, many people say that she is not necessarily the princess of Qi Kingdom. At that time, it had been ten years since the death of the Qi Kingdom, who still knew whether the princess of the Qi Kingdom was alive or dead? She assassinated the first king in the name of the princess of Qi and was captured by the first king, but the first king was benevolent and did not kill her. As for why he wanted to marry an assassin, in fact, it was to destroy the desire of those old Qi people to restore the country. Even if she is not really the princess of Qi, she can marry with a national gift and declare that she is the princess of Qi. The old people of Qi State assassinated the first king, and the queen mother planned to make a plan and made a heart-wrenching strategy. Song and Qi married, what reason did the old people of Qi have to restore the country? ”

"So you married the princess of Qi and killed the assassins of Qi again?"

"The first king was benevolent and righteous, and did not want to kill women. But how could the Queen Mother leave an assassin in the palace? Xiao Meiren happened to be pregnant, and I guess the Queen Mother must have taken the opportunity to give birth and ordered Qiao Yuan to judge what she had done, so that Xiao Meiren could die without a trace. Yun Niang is the one who is responsible for giving the decree to Qiao Yuan. ”

"You make up this story like a storyteller!"

"There may be a reason, I didn't say."

"What other reason than not wanting to keep the Assassins?"

"Yes! Continuing to ponder along these lines, I guess that the child conceived by Xiao Meiren may not be the first king at all. Before she came to our Song Kingdom to assassinate the first king, she was a famous dancing girl in Chen Guofanjing! What is Maihime? The dancing girl is a girl in the Qinglou who sells herself, and she serves in Israel! Before this Xiao beauty entered the palace, she might have had an affair with many men. Maybe the Queen Mother not only wanted to kill Xiao Meiren, an assassin, but also didn't want to keep the child in her womb, so as not to confuse the blood of the Song royal family. ”

"That kid is really fateful."

"It is said that the child is a disaster star, but I think she is very blessed, she was born smoothly, and she was entrusted to Lin Meiren to take care of her. The Lin beauty of the Chu country has always stayed at home and has no quarrel with the world, this child should be able to grow up smoothly, and Xiao Meiren does not have to worry. ”

When the two palace maids talked about the very cute little princess, they were a little less afraid and a little more kind. They hurried out of the place to go on their errands.

Liu Shu was in Suhua Palace, standing close to the door all the time, listening to everything they said word for word.

She hadn't digested the fact that her biological mother was not her mother, but now she heard even more shocking news. She was so small that she suddenly felt that everything had collapsed. Isn't she the princess of the Song Kingdom at all? Her biological mother is someone else, and now, even her biological father could be someone else?