Because I knew that the people were not in the Heart Cultivation Palace, I retreated with Ziyu, and the sun was still shining just now, but at this moment the snow began to fall one after another.

Snowflakes swirl endlessly in the air, crystal clear like catkins, like pear blossoms, gently ying, flying with the wind, hovering in the sky.

No one expected this sudden snowstorm, Ziyu and I didn't wear a cloak and snow boots, seeing such a big snowstorm, it didn't take a long time, the road had to be covered with ice, and without a cloak and snow boots, I was afraid that I would freeze and slip, so Ziyu and I quickly broke up and quickly went back to the palace to hide, so the matter of seeing Zai Yan could only be put on hold temporarily.

After sending Ziyu halfway, I turned back and wanted to go back to Jingren Palace, and after walking for a while, I saw a lot of old yellow broken paper swirling in the air, sandwiched in the bigger the falling snow looked particularly eye-catching, I didn't need to pay special attention to it to see very clearly, I raised my hand and grabbed the half piece of paper that had floated in front of me, pinched it in my hand and looked at it back and back and asked: "How can there be this in the palace?" ”

Ying'er hurriedly came over and took the paper from my hand, and said in a panic: "Niangniang is about to throw it away, unlucky!" ”

I turned around to Dai Chunrong who was following behind me and said, "Go and see where you floated from!" ”

Dai Chunrong's face turned purple with shock, and he hurriedly answered and left.

I looked up at the paper in the air, as if it was floating from the front of Ningshou Palace, and I raised my foot to go in the direction where the paper floated from, Ying'er grabbed my arm and said, "Don't go, be careful of hitting something unclean!" ”

I smiled sideways, "Where there will be anything unclean, I want this palace to say that the most unclean thing in the world is the human heart." After saying that, I patted Ying'er's hand in turn and wanted to continue walking.

Ying'er still refused to let go, "No, if the slave maid lets the maid go, Sister Bai will blame the slave maid for not taking good care of the maid when she goes back." ”

When I was about to say more, Dai Chunrong came back at a trot.

I asked him, "How?" ”

He leaned over slightly and whispered, "There is indeed someone burning the half-old yellow paper in front of me, I don't know why?" ”

I asked, "Where is that man?" ”

Dai Chunrong turned sideways and pointed, "It's burning in a well at the north end of Ningshou Palace not far ahead!" He looked at the yellow paper in the sky, and said: "If it goes on like this, it won't take half a day for the entire Forbidden City to be known!" ”

I licked my lips and exhaled, "Go and see this palace!" ”

I also ignored Ying'er and Dai Chunrong's obstruction, grabbed the step and went straight forward, Ying'er and Dai Chunrong only rushed over from behind. It didn't take long to walk, I saw the palace maid who was squatting by the well in front of me burning yellow paper one by one, and I could hear her miserable sobbing sound from a distance, her back twitched as if she was trying to suppress the grief in my heart, I stood behind her and said: "Don't you know that it is against the palace rules to burn the paper in the Forbidden City without permission?!" ”

When the palace maid heard my voice, her body was obviously shocked, and the yellow paper in her hand was scattered all over the ground in an instant, she slowly turned around and saluted me, a pair of crystal eyes were clear and clear, and she timidly raised her eyes and glanced at me, and saw me staring at her, so she hurriedly fell down, for fear that I would blame, she kept her head down and knelt on the ground, and the whole person was trembling, and she didn't say a word for a long time as if she was waiting for me to judge her.

I frowned and asked, "What does this palace ask you about!" Don't you know that it is unlucky to burn the paper in the Forbidden City?! ”

The palace maid trembled and replied, "The slave and maid know." ”

I looked at her, "You know it, and why do you do it?" ”

The palace maid raised her eyes slightly, her eyes seemed to be full of hope, and there was a little crying in her tone, "Because...... Because ......" choked between the words seemed to have something unspeakable.

I said, "If you have something to say, just say it, if there is anything that this palace will bear for you!" ”

The palace maid's immature face was still a little frightened.

Seeing this, Ying'er stepped forward and said: "Who in the Forbidden City doesn't know that the lady of Jingren Palace has always been the same, if you don't hurry up and tell the truth in another half a moment, I'm afraid no one will be able to save you!" ”

The palace maid was shocked and hurt, and only cried: "Today is the seventh day of Mang'er, and the slave maid wants to burn some paper for her, so that she can get better and not be bullied by others." ”

I asked, "Mang'er?" ”

The palace maid said: "Mang'er entered the palace with the slave maid, and all along, the slave and maid have been watching and helping each other, and the relationship is good like a sister, but ...... It's just ......," she said, and she began to sob again.

I asked urgently, "Just what?!" ”

The palace maid hurriedly blew her nose and continued: "It's just that Mang'er was thrown into the well alive and drowned because of a momentary mistake. With that, she looked up at me.

I shuddered when I heard this, and after a moment of silence, I asked again, "In which palace are you serving?" ”

The palace maid said: "The slave maid Sakura, and Mang'er are both serving in the Zhongcui Palace. ”

Ying'er came over and whispered in my ear, "Zhongcui Palace...... That is, the queen mother......"

I glanced at Ying'er busily, "Don't talk nonsense! ”

The palace maid just knelt and wept.

I took a deep breath, pointed to the stone well in front of me, and asked her, "Is this the well?" ”

The maid replied, "Yes." ”

I asked, "So, have the people already fished up?" ”

The palace maid shook her head, "Ben...... I did it in secret, slave and maid...... The slave also found out when she saw it secretly. ”

I was in a good mood, slowly walked to the well, stretched out my head and peeked into the well, but I didn't see anything, just the bottomless black hole, and I don't know whether there is water in it, whether people have been drowned, my eyes only go down little by little, and when I am about to the end, my heart suddenly slammed, and I was shocked, and I had a feeling of falling off a cliff, and I hurriedly withdrew my gaze and took two steps back.

Ying'er hurriedly drove up to help me.

After taking two breaths, I was about to explain, when I saw that Dai Chunrong had already cleaned up the broken yellow paper on the ground, and he only took a long breath and explained to the palace maid: "I haven't seen today's things in this palace, you go quickly, don't do such things in the future, if you are caught by others again, you will not have such good luck today." ”

The palace maid looked at me in a daze and did not speak.

Ying'er hurriedly whispered to the palace maid: "Don't hurry up and kowtow to thank you!" ”

The palace maid quickly kowtowed to me twice.

I was about to turn around and leave, when the palace maid suddenly came and grabbed the corner of my clothes, crying and begging, "Mother! Empress! Ask the mother to save the slave's life! ”

I looked back and frowned, "You?!" ”

The palace maid said: "The slave maid doesn't want to stay in the Zhongcui Palace anymore, the queen mother will kill the slave sooner or later!" Ask the mother to save the slave! As she spoke, she kowtowed two more heads, "Please save the slave!" ”

I sighed and said, "Woe and fortune are relied on, blessings and misfortunes are lurking, this palace can't save you, the only one who can save you is yourself." After saying that, I pulled the corner of my clothes out of her hand and decided to leave.

Half an hour passed, and the group walked on the snow halfway, and the cold wind made me tighten my arms.

Ying'er suddenly asked me, "Why didn't Niangniang save that Sakura?" ”

I said, "It's not that this palace refuses to save it, but that this palace can't save it at all." ”

Ying'er said: "Niangniang is the emperor's favorite concubine, and asking for a palace maid is just a matter of words!" ”

I said: "But she is the palace maid of Zhongcui Palace, and she is the one who serves the queen's mother, so what reason does this palace have to rob the queen of people for nothing?" ”

Ying'er worried: "But the queen mother is so cruel, Sakura is really dead in Zhongcui Palace." ”

I said: "This palace also said just now, misfortune and fortune rely on, blessing and misfortune lurk, many things look good today, tomorrow may not be necessarily, the world is unpredictable, continue to stay in Zhong Cui Palace is her only way, but also the best choice." ”

As he was talking, Jingren Palace arrived, Ying'er still had a puzzled look, I just smiled, entered the main hall, Bai Ge hurriedly put the charcoal stove to my hand, I turned around and sat on the couch, Bai Ge brought the foot stove to let me cover it, Que'er poured jujube tea over, for a while the wind and snow outside were even bigger, blowing the sound of "woo boom woo rumb", it was very bluffing, even the moon window was sprayed by the wind and snow "Zhi La" straight sound, I don't know why, the warm charcoal gas in this room coaxed people to get more and more sleepy, just want to lean on the couch to make up for a while, Outside, Gao Wanzhi's voice rang out: "The queen is auspicious!" ”