The weather in the Imperial City was much wetter than in the Northland, and although she hadn't gone out for a few days in the palace, Lin Yingxue still felt that her skin was much more hydrated.

It felt like a fish returning to the vast sea, and every inch of its body was full of joy and freedom.

Sure enough, this land should belong to her.

"Still no news of Brother Feng?" Lin Yingxue and Fang Mengru held hands, and the two of them slowly walked in the imperial garden, but the spring colors in the garden were not as dazzling as the two of them.

"Nope." Fang Mengru shook her head, a little melancholy floating on her beautiful face, "I have already sent someone to quietly search the palace, but I have not found any trace of Brother Feng." ”

"Looking at this situation, either he didn't lock Brother Feng in the palace, or there are still some hidden places in the palace that I don't know."

The two possibilities that Fang Mengru said were very high, but no matter what the situation was, with the strength they now had in the imperial city, it would be difficult to find out Murong Feng from this vast sea of people.

"Then we can only take one step at a time......" Lin Yingxue frowned, both of them were a little worried.

"Yo, where did this wild cat come from, daring to collide with the concubine! What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you catch this wild cat quickly! The two walked for a while, and suddenly a huge group of people appeared in front of them.

Fang Mengru originally wanted to pull Lin Yingxue to avoid it, but after hearing the voice of the palace maid, she immediately stopped.

Lin Yingxue turned her head to look at Fang Mengru suspiciously, only to see Fang Mengru hesitate for a moment before taking her hand and taking the initiative to walk towards the group of people.

"See the Queen." The group of people didn't start saluting slowly until Fang Mengru walked up.

Lin Yingxue paid attention to the demeanor and tone of those people, only to feel that Fang Mengru's prestige in front of the palace people seemed to be a little insufficient.

"The cat belongs to the palace, maybe the people below didn't take care of it, you just give the cat to the palace." Fang Mengru was talking to the palace maid, but her eyes kept staring nervously at the cat in the palace maid's arms.

However, when the girl heard this, she didn't move, but turned her head to look at the veiled woman beside her.

The veiled woman didn't speak, only looked down and fiddled with her nails.

Seeing this, the girl quickly turned her head and said domineeringly: "Queen Mother, it's not that the slave doesn't give the cat to the Queen Mother, but this cat almost hurt the concubine just now, if you just spare this cat so lightly, then when will this cat rush out and collide with the concubine?" ”

Does this mean that you have to be unable to get along with her?

Fang Mengru's brows tightened, and she couldn't help but look at the woman wearing the veil, "Concubine, the cat in this palace is not sensible, this palace apologizes to the concubine instead of the cat, and I hope that the concubine will not have anything to do with an animal." ”

Lin Yingxue has been in the palace for so many days, and the Fang Mengru she saw was all gentle, as if she had lost her mind, and it was rare to see Fang Mengru's fierce appearance at the moment, and she was faintly excited in her heart.

After listening to Fang Mengru's words, the veiled woman reached out and touched the cat's head.

As soon as the woman's hand touched the cat's fur, the cat arched its back as if it were facing a great enemy, and its brown eyes stared at the woman fiercely, as if it had encountered something terrible.

"What is the queen's dissatisfaction with me, just say it, why do you need to mean that the peony has a small heart?" The woman lightly opened her lips and said casually.

Lin Yingxue seemed to be a little familiar with this name and voice, she thought about it carefully, and vaguely remembered that this peony originally seemed to be a subordinate by Meng Yi's side, but she didn't expect that after a long time, she would fly up the branch and become a phoenix and become a concubine.

And looking at it like this, it should be considered a favored place in the palace, otherwise he wouldn't dare to talk to Fang Mengru like this.

"This palace doesn't mean this, this palace only wants to go back to the cats in the palace, how can the concubine be willing to return the cat in the palace to the palace, and ask the concubine to say it directly."

Since Lin Yingxue met Fang Mengru, Fang Mengru was not a gentle person, and now she was also annoyed by the person in front of her, so she gradually began to become impatient when she spoke.

"Isn't it just a cat? Why should the queen's sister be aggressive? Peony obviously didn't take Fang Mengru in his eyes, and still said as if he didn't care: "Isn't Peony's body as important as this cat?" ”

At the moment when Peony's voice fell, Lin Yingxue saw that the woman who was still soft and weak just now grabbed the cat's neck like the wind.

"Meow woo......" The cat was in pain and wanted to struggle, but it was grabbed by the palace maid and couldn't move.

"What are you doing?" Fang Mengru didn't expect Peony to dare to make a move in front of her, and she was surprised to reach out and want to grab the cat, but before her hand could touch the cat's body, Peony had already increased the strength in her hand.

There was a soft 'click' and a cracking sound, and the cat tilted its neck and hung its head limply.

Lin Yingxue followed closely to check, but saw that the cat was silent and powerless to return to the sky.

"...... you" Fang Mengru glared at the person in front of her angrily, trying her best to resist the urge to make a move and asked: "What kind of festival does this palace have with you, and it is worth you to target this palace everywhere?" ”

"If you really don't like the palace, you directly ask the emperor to abolish the palace, why do you need to do anything to the people and things around the palace?"

"What is the queen saying? The emperor's love for the queen mother is visible to everyone, and the emperor will not abolish the queen mother even if he abolishes the concubines, and besides-" Peony raised his hand and motioned for the palace people around him to retreat.

Then she took two steps forward and stopped an inch away from Fang Mengru, "Peony and the queen mother don't have any festivals, but this friend by the queen's side, Peony has some relationship with it." ”

"What do you mean, concubine?" Lin Yingxue didn't expect the crux to turn around, and finally turned to her.

She looked at Peony suspiciously, only to feel that the more she looked, the more familiar she felt that the eyebrows and eyes of the person in front of her were somewhat familiar.

"Lin Yingxue, you don't know me? But even if I'm a ghost, I won't forget you! As if something had been torn apart, the concubine Niangniang, who was still gentle as water, became vicious in a blink of an eye.

Lin Yingxue was shocked by the strong hatred from the person in front of her, she frowned and recalled vigorously, only to feel that something was desperately trying to drill out of the depths of her memory.

It's just that the thing was covered with a veil, and she couldn't see it clearly for a while.

"It's me! It's me! Seeing Lin Yingxue's ignorant appearance, Peony suddenly began to go crazy.

She tore off her veil vigorously, and brought the bewitching and weird face tattooed with red peony to Lin Yingxue, "I'm Song Ziqi!" ”

I'm Song Ziqi.

In just five words, Lin Yingxue was suddenly struck by lightning after hearing this, she looked at the person in front of her in disbelief, but she couldn't connect the person in front of her with the face in her memory.

"Hmph, you ruined my family, disfigured me, and left me with nothing!" The secret that had been hidden for so long was finally revealed, and Song Ziqian couldn't help but go crazy.

She almost roared in a hoarse voice: "In order to hide people's eyes, I did not hesitate to change my appearance, did not hesitate to destroy my voice, did not hesitate to endure humiliation and bear the burden, and survived...... I've given so much just to be able to trample you under my feet one day! ”

"Now, my chance has finally arrived!" Song Ziqian stretched out his cold finger and swiped it across Lin Yingxue's face, "When you fled to the north with the king of the northwest, I was worried that I would never have the opportunity to clean you up with my own hands in this life, but I didn't expect you to throw yourself into the net and return to the imperial city." ”

"It's good, from now on, I want you to know what it means to live better than die!"

"Get out of here!" Although Fang Mengru didn't know the relationship between Song Ziqian and Lin Yingxue, she still stood firmly in front of Lin Yingxue, "With this palace here, you don't want to move Yingxue at all!" ”

Fang Mengru stared at Song Ziqian with a wary face, and the whole person was like an angry hedgehog.

"Hehe," Song Ziqian saw this, but suddenly calmed down, she smiled coldly, and returned to her breezy appearance.

"The queen and Cousin Lin are really sisters, and they don't care at all about Peony's anger at the queen because of Cousin Lin, this kind of friendship really makes Peony envious...... But ......"

"In the future, it will depend on whether the queen can protect Cousin Lin, hahaha......" Song Ziqian put on the veil again, laughed and left, his free and easy back as if nothing had happened just now.

After Song Ziqian left, Lin Yingxue couldn't help but glance at Fang Mengru.

"I'm sorry, Mengru, because of the relationship between you and me, Song Ziqian vented her hatred for me on you." Lin Yingxue felt a little guilty in her heart, after all, she never thought that although she had left the imperial city, she had left trouble for the people around her.

"What are you talking about between me?" Fang Mengru didn't care about this at all, she pretended to be angry and glanced at Lin Yingxue before she was a little worried: "Meng Yi specially lifted the peony in order to be angry with me. ”

"Now Peony's power in the palace is stronger than mine, if she really wants to deal with you, I don't know if she can protect you...... Why don't I go and beg Meng Yi and ask him to allow you to move to me, otherwise I won't be at ease if you live alone in that remote courtyard. ”

“…… That's fine. Lin Yingxue herself was not afraid of Song Ziyan, but looking at Fang Mengru's worried face, she couldn't bear to open her mouth to refuse, so she responded.

"Hmm." Seeing that Lin Yingxue agreed, Fang Mengru lowered her head as if she was relieved.

There was silence between the two for a while, and Lin Yingxue suddenly remembered another important thing: "By the way, how is the body of the eldest brother and mother now?" ”