Chapter 72: Cold Palace Confession

"What did you say!"

Ruozhu's body shrank, knowing that the Queen Mother was furious.

"I am responsible, and the people who go down to investigate every day report that the organs of the three roads have been moved, and two of the anti-hook arrows have not been pressed back."

In the secret passage of Shoukang Palace, in addition to the Queen Mother and Ruozhu, there are also people who are responsible for cleaning every day. And this person also goes to check every day to see if the mechanism has been moved, and it turns out that someone has indeed visited.

"Send someone to keep an eye on Yin Jingya, and arrest him as soon as there is a problem."

The Queen Mother came to a conclusion without even thinking about it, which is also obvious.

First, I found out in Shoukang Palace a while ago that she was exploring the secret passage, and this time Yin Jingya was late for a long time for no reason, and now I think that the time is more than enough for her to explore the secret passage.

The Wang family was executed on the second day, and it is said that when the guards raided the house, they originally went around to publicize that their relatives were nobles in the palace, but they immediately staged a turn of face and did not recognize people.

Li Shenlan cleaned up herself and ordered someone to make some pastries. At noon, he left Yongfu Palace and rushed to the Cold Palace.

Cold Palace, a place where everyone in the palace is frightened.

Listening to the old eunuchs and palace maids chewing their tongues, they said that every midnight they would always hear the sound of ghosts crying wolves from the cold palace, sometimes like female ghosts crying for their lives, and sometimes like children crying and crying for injustice.

There was still a road away from the cold palace, and Li Shenlan already felt the cold. From time to time, a few crows crow crows make people feel dirty.

"Don't go in for too long, they all say that there are too many unclean things in this cold palace, and people have been in it for a long time, bad luck!"

The father-in-law who led the way was in charge of guarding the cold palace, and he stammered and complained about Li Shenlan along the way. thought that he could serve her well, so that Li Shenlan could open his mouth for him and transfer him out of this place.

As he spoke, he arrived at the gate of the cold palace, and the eunuch stepped forward to skillfully open the door, and in the next second, three or four crazy women rushed over with their hair scattered. They didn't run, they just surrounded the eunuch and called the emperor.

"Don't be surprised, these are the sinners of the first emperor's generation. If you stay in this kind of place for a long time, it is inevitable that people will not be sealed, eh! Be careful not to let them stain your dress. ”

Li Shenlan nodded, but she inevitably showed pity for these crazy women.

It is said that they are all poor people in the palace, and the one who wins the fight is the queen mother's concubine, and it is even if she loses the fight and dies, but she has to stay up endlessly in this cold palace.

Stepping into the palace gate, it was like returning from the middle of spring to the cold winter.

It's also strange that it's only a door, but the wind is really different from the outside. Blowing on the person's body and shivering coldly, Li Shenlan couldn't help but wrap the cloak on her body.

Because she had inquired about Wang Jun'er's room in advance, Li Shenlan stepped forward and knocked on the door, and saw that no one answered inside, so she pushed the door in half a ring.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Wang Jun'er sitting silently in front of the dressing table. It's also strange to say that there is still an intact mirror in a broken place like the Cold Palace.

Hearing the movement behind her, Wang Jun'er smiled in the mirror. There was no trace of curiosity on his face, no moment of surprise, as if he had known that Li Shenlan was back.

"You're here."

Li Shenlan suddenly didn't know what to say, so she gently put the food box in her hand on the table, opened it one by one and set the dishes and chopsticks in place.

"The food in this place is not good, I brought you some snacks that you love to eat, you can't lose yourself."

Hearing this, Wang Jun'er suddenly laughed, as if she had heard some very funny joke, and she couldn't breathe when she laughed, and she fell down on the table.

"You are also smart, pretending to be crazy is indeed a good way, so that the emperor didn't kill you in the end."

Li Shenlan is not a fool, and she can naturally see that whether it is Wang Jun'er's crazy actions at the dinner that night, or the current appearance, it is just pretending to be like this.

"You're still so smart that you can't hide anything."

While speaking, Wang Jun'er stood up and walked in front of Li Shenlan step by step. Looking at the table of pastries, her body's subconscious reaction told Li Shenlan that she had been hungry for some time.

"Your parents and brothers were raided early this morning, and the emperor set the execution at three o'clock in the afternoon. This palace heard that at that time, they bit you to death and cut off the relationship, thinking that you could be lightly dismissed. ”

Li Shenlan relayed the truth, but found that there was no trace of pain on her face.

"Why aren't you so upset?"

Even if you don't feel sorry for your dead relatives, you have to grieve for yourself for the affection of these relatives.

Wang Jun'er sneered, but she also sat at the table and ate her own snacks.

"Why should I feel sorry for that family? When I was developed, they drank my blood and ate my flesh. When I was defeated, they hurried to dissociate themselves from me, why should such a person be worthy of my sadness? ”

Li Shenlan suddenly understood, so from the beginning, Wang Jun'er didn't care about the rise and fall of the family.

"My parents threw me into the Lu family for the sake of bringing them glory and wealth, and never cared about me.

Do you know that any slave of the Lu family can bully me at will, but what about my parents? They didn't care about my safety at all, they would only nod and compliment the head of the Lu family.

It's like...... It's as if whether I can enter the palace or not is determined by their Lu family. ”

When Wang Jun'er said this, she got up and pulled the food box to look at it, and threw it away in annoyance when she saw that there was no wine.

"Harvest autumn, go get a pot of good wine." Li Shenlan raised her voice and said that she didn't know why she did it suddenly.

Wang Jun'er smiled, but there was no trace of joy on her face.

"So you've never thought about the safety of your family, so you can have no scruples about me, right?"

"Yes!" Wang Jun'er was like a child who guessed the answer to the riddle, and suddenly laughed wildly, like a crazy demon.

"I don't understand, I've never been bad at you, even if I enter the palace, I want to treat your sisters. Why do you want to do this? ”

"Why?"

Wang Jun'er suddenly stood still, her eyes staring at Li Shenlan so directly.

"Because you are hypocritical!

I didn't meet you in the first place, and I can continue to be the subservient Wang Jun'er. But because I met you, it was you who told me that there is no despicability in being a man, and that I must have the courage to seek the best life for myself.

I ......"

Wang Jun'er pointed at herself hard, and the smile on her face was a little bitter.

I believed it. I believe that you are for my own good, and you treat me like a sister. I'm devoted to you, but what do you do to me?

After entering the palace, I finally realized that no matter how hard I worked, I was a of the businessman, and what about you? From the very beginning, you have the identity of the princess of the Taiwei Mansion and entered the palace Concubine Xiang...... The daughters of those officials and generals all look up to you.

That's when I realized what kind of sisterly affection you have for me, which is clearly pity! You just pity my lowly status, you just pity my groveling! ”

"I didn't!"

Li Shenlan raised her voice, she really had never thought about it that way.

"None? But you have never been close to me since you met Concubine Xiang, and you have never stepped into the Listening Bamboo Palace since you were favored. ”

Speaking of which, Harvest Qiu hurried in and put the pot of wine on the table. Wang Jun'er took it over, and didn't even take the cup, so she leaned her neck and drank it.

"Speaking of listening to Zhugong, I was angry, it was you who said that you wanted to rescue me from Lu Xin's hands. But the result? I heard that the Bamboo Palace has not been inhabited for many years, and it is dilapidated and far away from the Heart Cultivation Palace. And I'm just an unfavored nobleman, even if I'm dead, no one will know. ”

"I didn't expect you to go there, these were arranged by Hou Zhong at that time."

Wang Jun'er laughed mockingly, obviously she wouldn't believe anything Li Shenlan said at this moment.

"Even if it's all arranged by Hou Zhong, but you've come to listen to the Bamboo Palace a few times later. In addition to the emperor, there are only concubines and queens in your eyes. ”

"So you're going to put me to death for all this?"

"Of course not. I'm used to being left out in the cold, so I don't care if you come here or not. ”

Wang Jun'er took another sip of wine, and the wine was very spicy just by smelling it, and she choked several times, and tears came out.

"I could have lived a good life, even if I didn't have grace as long as I had children, this life would not be so difficult."

Li Shenlan's body stiffened, she thought that she had made it clear to Wang Jun'er, but she didn't expect that she still thought it was her own handiwork.

"I know it's not you."

As if knowing what Li Shenlan was thinking, Wang Jun'er replied lightly:

"I know who it is, not only Lu Xin but also the Queen Mother behind her. But Li Shenlan, if I hadn't had you from the beginning, I wouldn't have been one of the pawns that brought you down! ”

Wang Jun'er drank in a hurry, and a pot of wine only lasted for a while. I don't know if I was choked by the wine or moved, and the tears flowed down as I spoke, but they were so silent that I couldn't stop it.

"The wine is dry and the food is finished, what else do you want to ask?"

Becoming a king or defeating a coward, Wang Jun'er has already accepted his fate.

"Was the original witchcraft your handiwork?"

Wang Jun'er nodded when she heard this, she was a little dizzy now, and every time she hit it so hard.

"It's not just me, but also the Queen Mother...... I am young and vigorous, and I can't do many things so thoroughly, but the Queen Mother helped me behind my back. Only then did he splash all the dirty water on the Shen family.

also deserves it, who asked her Shen to help Lu Xin harm me and make me lose face. ”

I wanted to get up, but the wine was so anxious that some of my body began to disobey the call. Li Shenlan stepped forward to help her, but she pushed her away, and almost hit the side.

"I don't need your mercy, Li Shenlan!"

Wang Jun'er screamed in surprise, but sat back in place at the next moment. I don't know if I was stimulated by the moment of weightlessness, or if I thought of something interesting. She burst out laughing, tears still streaming down her face.

"Guess how I got into the palace?"

Without waiting for Li Shenlan to reply, she continued to speak as if talking to herself.

"With my appearance and background, it is difficult to enter the palace to be an official woman. It's me...... It was I who bought the examiner, bought the grandmother, and secretly brought back everything that Lu Xin had. ”

Saying this, Wang Jun'er raised her hand and smelled the smell on her sleeve, her expression was a little intoxicated.

"Lu Xin's incense powder is a good ......"

Li Shenlan knew that she couldn't say anything more to her at this time, so she turned around and prepared to leave. But Wang Jun'er suddenly stopped her by raising her voice, and the instinctive Li Shenlan stood in place.

"You...... Li Shenlan, you shouldn't enter the palace, the Queen Mother won't allow you, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't be targeted by her, and I wouldn't be gradually taken under her command.

To put it bluntly, without you, my life is at least ordinary. But it's because of you...... My life has been ruined by you. ”

Say, "How can I not hate you?"

Wang Jun'er wanted to speak, but when the words came to her mouth, she saw Li Shenlan's expression.

What made her feel strange and sad was that Li Shenlan looked sad, in addition to sympathy and even regret.

Her eyes sank a little, and her body gradually tilted down, and she fell asleep on the table.

Li Shenlan frowned and looked at the person in front of her, what she said just now made her feel infinitely sad.

Wang Jun'er is right, if there was no herself, then it would not have happened before. Don't say she won't enter the game, this game just doesn't exist.

But Li Shenlan is not the Holy Mother, Wang Jun'er has harmed herself several times, and even hurt Sheng Ping. She wouldn't forgive her so much because of a few words, just thinking back to Wang Jun'er at the beginning.

Endless desolation welled up in my heart......

"...... Child"

Even Li Shenlan herself didn't understand whether she was calling the person in front of her or Wang Jun'er back then.

Stepping out of the door, the courtyard was riddled with weeds.

The women, who were already crazy, babbled about something. I don't know how long I haven't eaten, so I grabbed a handful of grass and stuffed it into my mouth.

Seeing Li Shenlan come out, one by one they stepped forward as if they had seen a life-saving straw.

"Your Majesty! It's that slut who hurt me! ”

"The concubines have been looking forward to the emperor for a long time, and the concubines see the emperor!"

"Your Majesty! Have our children grown taller? ”

Li Shenlan looked at the people one by one and listened to what they said to herself.

For a moment, it was like falling into an ice cellar, and my heart was about to freeze and stop beating.

The two hurriedly walked out of the cold palace, and they couldn't help but shudder when they received the autumn cold.

"This cold palace is really a ghost place, let alone at night, now the slaves and maids feel possessed by ghosts during the day."

Li Shenlan didn't speak, she was a little tired. Wang Jun'er's innocent appearance has always been in my mind, obviously it was just last year, but now I feel that a long time has passed. It feels like a lifetime......

In the cold palace, no one noticed the door of the house in the corner, Lu Xin stood there quietly watching, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Princess, King Cheng has returned to Fangcheng. Before leaving, let the slave ask you what you are going to do. ”

The end of the secret passage has been explored, and now we are waiting for an order to attack the city together.

"Didn't you notice that we've had an extra group of people around us lately?"

Yin Jingya guessed that it was the queen mother's handiwork, and if she did it rashly, she would definitely be strangled in the cradle.

"But if you don't do it, the emperor is afraid that it will be difficult to be distracted anymore."

"No hurry, wait."

I don't know why my body has been itching so much for the past two days, Yin Jingya instinctively reached out and scratched it, but her ankles itched so badly that she had been scratched red in the past few days.