Among the concubines canonized this time, the strangest thing is not Ming Shen, but Nangong Xue, although she was married into the Duan Prince's Mansion as a lowly concubine, and the service time is still short, and there are no heirs to follow, she actually became a noble concubine from the second rank in one fell swoop, not only above the concubine Lin and Xue Concubine who have served for many years, but also only one level lower than the pregnant dragon descendant, the prominent Ming Shen of the mother's family, it can be said that she is a step to the sky, and the upstart is on top, becoming the most popular woman in the harem.

After sealing the six palaces, Wen Xuan thought that when the Empress Dowager Hui was still a concubine, she suffered in the harem all the year round, so she handed over the authority to the harem to the Empress Dowager Hui for her pastime and boredom.

There is a saying that the more oppression, the greater the rebound, this sentence should be on the body of the Empress Dowager Hui, because she is a princess of different races, and she has been treated coldly by the emperor in the harem for many years, and she has endured the humiliation and torture given by the concubine and her party from time to time, so now once she is proud, she has completely burst out the resentment that she has endured for many years in her heart!

First of all, he killed chickens and monkeys, ordered people to burn Concubine Xiang to death, and filled in the pots of the minions who had served Concubine Xiang and the people she had been in contact with during her lifetime.

Then she followed the example of the ancients and set up the Punishment Division, which was a place dedicated to dealing with the concubines and minions who made mistakes in the palace, not only with all kinds of frightening punishments, but also with many ingenious tortures!

So, the harem in the Empress Dowager Hui's cruel wrist, can't help but put themselves in danger, no one dares to despise the Queen Mother, disrespectful, the concubines are every morning and dusk to fix the province, wind and rain do not change, occasionally once, Yan Concubine relied on the bed, so it got up a little late, and was stripped of her coat when she arrived at Cining Palace, and the punishment of taking off the hairpin was to kneel outside Cining Palace for a whole afternoon.

Stripping clothes like skinning is a great insult to women, since then, all the concubines in the harem have taken the morning and dusk of Cining Palace as a top priority, everyone in order to protect their lives, all of them are cautious in front of the Empress Dowager Hui, even the most arrogant Bai Fengxi in the past, at this moment it is the Empress Dowager Hui who said one, she didn't dare to say two, Empress Dowager Hui asked her to kneel, she didn't dare to stand!

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In the blink of an eye, the autumn breeze suddenly rose, showing a whole summer of thick green, gradually on the bare branches, all over the ground withered yellow leaves, by this sudden autumn rain washed around, obviously a harvest and joy of the season, but by the autumn rain drenched in the heart, become this hatred!

At this time, Ming Shen was already a woman who was more than four months pregnant, the wide Yun Yan wide-sleeved double silk silk silk robe was no longer enough to cover the slightly bulging belly, the bun was only simply loosely pulled up, and a long hairpin with a gold inlaid beaded stone knot was inserted obliquely, the dazzling gold and the cold gem luster were reflected in the jet-black hair, dormant with a trace of luxurious cold, low-key and swaggering!

Leaning on the window and listening to the wind and rain, the heart is emaciated, there is no delicate gentleness like spring rain, and it also extinguishes the fierce venting like summer rain, only the ruthless wind and rain knock on the fallen leaves, to pay tribute to the desolate mood and the impermanence of indifference!

Suddenly, her shoulders warmed, Ming Shen withdrew her thoughts, turned her head to look at Qiu Gui, and saw that she was tying a plum-red bronzing cloak on her body, such a gorgeous and gorgeous brocade, snow-white round beads dotted in the meantime, which looked particularly amazing, and also added a bit of grace and luxury to Ming Shenzeng!

Qiu Gui put the neckline of her cloak just right, looked at the autumn rain outside, frowned and persuaded: "Such a heavy rain, the weather is cold and the road is slippery, Niangniang will not go to Cining Palace today, anyway, the emperor has also allowed you to be pregnant, you don't have to go to ask for peace every day!" ”

"How can I not go?" Ming Shen said, then left the window and walked to the door, her gloomy eyes seemed to be more chilling than the cool air of the autumn rain: "Empress Dowager Hui can't wait to pick on our Yikun Palace's Li'er, take the fault of this palace, how can this palace allow her to take advantage of such a trivial matter as morning and dusk?" ”

Qiu Gui listened to a burst of pantothenic acid in her heart, for more than two months, although the Empress Dowager Hui was afraid that her mother was pregnant with a dragon fetus, she didn't dare to do anything to her, but all kinds of difficulties emerged one after another, and cynicism never stopped!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but reddened her eyes: "Niangniang insists on going, the slave doesn't dare to stop it, just go and pass it to you!" ”

"No need!" Ming Shen waved his hand, looked at the cold rain in front of him, and said: "The rain road is slippery, the palace is afraid of falling off the step, so the Yikun Palace is not too far from the Cining Palace, today you stay to arrange the new palace people, let Caifeng and Lingxi help the palace over!" ”

"Slaves obey!" Qiu Gui leaned over and said, his face was worried: "But Niangniang, you also have to be more careful, cloudy and cloudy are the most likely to cause accidents, and beware of someone taking advantage of the weather to intend to be unfavorable to the dragon fetus!" ”

"Got it! You're really getting more and more verbose, more and more like the nurse of this palace! Ming Shenyuan turned her clear eyes, and sadness tossed and turned, and then she held Caifeng's hand, and Lingxi held the umbrella, and walked out of the gate of Yikun Palace with several palace attendants.

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Walking in the rain, looking at the endless red walls and yellow tiles, it seems that all the rise and fall of glory and disgrace are shrouded in this gloomy rain.

The rain has draped this season in a bleak gauze, and the scenery along the way has become devastated, and the thought that he will be ruined here from now on, Ming Shen's heart is as lifeless and desperate as a desolate autumn day!

However, this is the inner courtyard of the deep palace, and it is a Shura field that is soaked in carmine and kills on all sides, which cannot tolerate a little sorrow in the sad spring and autumn, nor can it tolerate a desperate state of mind and idlers who have no quarrel with the world, let alone a young and beautiful concubine who is very favored, and is pregnant with the emperor's dragon seed at the moment.

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Just when Ming Shen was immersed in the inexplicable sadness brought to her by the cold rain, a black tanuki suddenly swooped down from the tree and attacked her.

Just when she thought she was going to be scratched, a wail sounded violently, and when the three masters and servants looked up in shock, they saw that Bai Pengfei had already slashed the black cat to death with a knife!

At this moment, he is standing in the rain wearing a straw, like a fisherman who has just returned home from fishing, wearing a home-style white arrow-sleeved robe, and a round straw hat covering his handsome face, completely losing some of the stubborn ruffians of the past, but lining off the demeanor of a Confucian general!

"The last general will ask Concubine Shen for peace, just now it was too late to save the car, so that Niangniang and Caifeng girl were frightened, they really deserve death!" Bai Pengfei knelt on one knee and buried his head very low, not daring to face Ming Shen's face.

Although he had been watching her for a long time through the smoke and rain just now, he only felt that she seemed to have turned into a bewitching Qiu Ju standing proudly in the wind and rain.

has changed, everything has changed, the brother-in-law is no longer the prince who endures humiliation, and she is not the side concubine who brought spring and rain in the past, but the concubine Shen who is loved by three thousand, and they are just gentlemen's friends, light as water.

Between the minister and the favorite concubine, it is destined to be impossible to have any intersection!

Naturally, even Bai Pengfei knows the truth, and Ming Shen's heart is even clearer, so the two of them know how to avoid it tacitly!

Ming Shen looked down at Bai Pengfei, raised his hand slightly, and said: "Commander Bai, please get up, you are the emperor's minister of the humerus, you don't have to do this great gift in front of him, and you don't need to do it in front of the palace, today you saved the maid of the palace, the palace should not forget, he will thank you again one day!" ”

Bai Pengfei straightened up and kindly reminded: "Saving someone's life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, Niangniang doesn't have to say thank you, just think that the last will accumulate merit for herself, and that's it, but Niangniang is alone in the deep palace, you have to be careful everywhere, today's matter, the loss is to let the last general bump into it, otherwise, as long as the Caifeng girl is scratched by the tanuki cat a little skin, I am afraid that she will be killed on the spot, and Xiang Xiaoyu will die!" ”

Ming Shen glanced at the black cat that died in a pool of blood, and exclaimed, "You mean...... This tanuki has poison on its paws? ”

Bai Pengfei took a step forward, pointed to the cat's paws and said: "Niangniang, please look, this tanuki's claws are dark black, obviously because of the wine, it was already in pain, and it was thrown down from a high place, so this is the devil crazy to attack and hurt people, it can be seen that the people in the palace are sinister, and Niangniang's side is full of murderous opportunities, so you must be more careful in the future to protect yourself and the emperor's dragon heir!" ”

"I see, their methods are really clever and admirable!" After Ming Shen finished speaking coldly, he turned his head to look at Caifeng again, and said in a slow tone: "Ah Feng, come and thank Commander Bai for saving your life!" ”

Caifeng hung down her flushed face, stepped forward slowly, and said, "Slave, thank you for the life-saving grace of Commander Bai!" ”

Bai Pengfei immediately helped her up, and said with a smile: "Caifeng girl, get up quickly, I have a relationship with your mother, and I am familiar with the girl, I should save you, and if you solemnly thank you, it will be out of sight." ”

Caifeng was held by him, and was so ashamed that her face was about to drop blood, so she hurriedly retreated, and said in a squirming voice: "Brother Bai is really a good person, since you have the heart to help my young lady, why don't you help investigate the cause of the old general's death, my young lady is now four months pregnant, and she is still chasing clues everywhere, and the surroundings are so dangerous, she is alone, it is really difficult to deal with it!" ”

"Shut up!" Ming Shen hurriedly interrupted Caifeng's words, because he didn't want to have an intersection with Bai Pengfei, and he didn't want to cause trouble to others, so he said: "Commander Bai is now deeply reused by the emperor, so naturally there are many people busy, how can there be time to take care of our trivial matters!" ”

Bai Pengfei knew that she was in an extremely difficult situation, and it was impossible for her to stand idly by, so he said, "Why do you want to see the outside world like this? The last will be the emperor's courtier, the minister should serve the Ming monarch, the mother is the emperor's concubine, what are the orders, the last will be willing to serve the work of dogs and horses, bow to the best! ”

Ming Shen smiled politely: "Commander Bai's kindness, this palace is the heart, if he needs the help of the Commander in the future, I hope the Commander will take care of him!" ”

When Bai Pengfei heard this, he first frowned, and then opened his words: "Bai never beats around the bush when he speaks, Concubine Shen Niangniang should concentrate on dealing with the calculations in the palace at this moment, instead of obsessing over the cause of the old general's death, if Niangniang can trust the last general, just leave this matter to the last general, and the last general promises that he will personally find out the mastermind behind the scenes and hand it over to Yikun Palace by Niangniang!" ”

Bai Pengfei's words landed soundly, exuding a manly spirit that stood up to the sky, in the miserable smoke and rain, there was quite a bit of Mo Song's arrogant bones, but Ming Shen was shocked and didn't know what to say!

She thought for a moment. seemed to have thought of something good, and suddenly smiled happily: "Okay, Bai Pengfei, this palace believes you, since you promised to help this palace find out the murderer of your father, you are not allowed to break your promise, if the matter is done, this palace has another thanks!" ”

When Ming Shen said thank you, he deliberately glanced at Caifeng, because he felt that Bai Pengfei had nothing to do, most of it was because he fell in love with Caifeng, and remembered that the two of them had been in contact with a lot before, and the most important thing was that Caifeng seemed to be interested in Bai Pengfei, and Bai Pengfei also seemed to like Caifeng very much!

Bai Pengfei naturally couldn't detect that Ming Shen had such thoughts, but felt that the relationship between the two was one step closer because of the wordless trust, and he also smiled heartily: "A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, and it is the honor of the last general to be able to serve Concubine Shen, so I should do my best and never give up!" ”

Lingxi, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't stand it for a long time, how sensitive her mind was, she had already seen the extraordinary relationship between Bai Pengfei and Caifeng, and at this moment, she carefully noticed that Ming Shen wanted to match the two of them, so she hurriedly stopped it and interrupted their conversation: "Niangniang, it's not too early, I missed the time to ask for peace, I'm afraid it's going to be an incident!" ”

Ming Shen then remembered that he had to go to Cining Palace to ask for peace, and said: "Then the palace will go first, and if Commander Bai finds any clues in the future, he can go directly to Yikun Palace to report, and there is no need to wait for someone to report!" After the explanation, he slowly left with a group of people!

"The last general will follow the decree and send Concubine Shen to Niangniang!" Bai Pengfei hugged his fists and bowed down, watching Ming Shen and the others leave, although he was destined to not be able to intersect in this life, but it was also a comfort to be able to do something for her, so that she could live safely and comfortably in the harem!

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Ming Shen held Caifeng's hand, leading a group of people to slowly bypass the long street, at this time the sky, although not clear, but the cold rain stopped first, due to the appearance of the black cat attack time, everyone became more careful, showing nervousness.

At this time, Caifeng suddenly let out a "giggle" crisp smile, breaking the originally silent and tense atmosphere.

Ming Shen's puzzled side face, only to see Caifeng's face full of red tide at the moment, I don't know what she was thinking, she just smiled stupidly, and she didn't realize that people had begun to notice her!

Ming Shen couldn't help but ask, "Ah Feng, what are you laughing at?" ”

Caifeng smiled stupidly, and blurted out: "I'm laughing at that Bai Pengfei, he's really funny, I just said to ask him for help, but I didn't expect him to swear and agree!" ”

If you only suspected that Caifeng was interested in Bai Pengfei before, then at this moment Ming Shen could definitely conclude in her heart, but she didn't expect Caifeng, a big grinning frizzy girl, to also start to be a girl, and couldn't help teasing: "It's not that my Caifeng girl's face is big, otherwise how can Commander Bai be willing to help us in his busy schedule?" ”

"Oh, miss!" Caifeng came back to her senses, covered her face with a handkerchief in shame, and stomped her feet anxiously: "Why are you so decent, take me and open it!" ”

Ming Shen pulled down the handkerchief covering her face and hinted: "If you like him, hurry Ming'er to find a suitable opportunity, I will ask the emperor to call the shots, how about giving you to him?" ”

Caifeng turned her face away, and her ears were red: "Don't want it, Caifeng wants to accompany Miss in the Deep Palace for the rest of her life and protect Miss!" ”

Ming Shen looked at the gate of Cining Palace not far away getting closer and closer, and sighed slightly: "Silly girl, how can there be a lifetime without marrying, not to mention that the harem is not a good place, how can I be willing to let you bury the best years here?" ”

When Lingxi heard this, his heart was cone, and he quietly raised his eyes and glared at Caifeng in the shy, and then stabbed at Ming Shen's body with resentment, hating her partiality and injustice, why no matter what kind of good thing, it always falls on Caifeng first, clothing and food are like this, and now even choosing a man is like this!