Outside the window, the wind howled, blowing the emerald green banana leaves rustling, like a woman's sharp cry, Shangguan Qing suddenly remembered that when she was three years old, she had eaten a piece of hawthorn cake, sweet and sour, soft and glutinous, delicious and delicious, she remembered the taste for many years, but then ate it again, there was no original taste at all, that piece of hawthorn cake was snatched from Shangguan Qijun's hand.

At that time, Shangguan Qing only just said something, and at the family banquet at the end of the year, the nurses of each palace took their little masters to play in the side hall, and only Shangguan Qijun and Shangguan Qing were still young in the side hall, and the two of them were the most happy.

They are all children who don't understand the world, simple and clean, the two of them trot around the table, and you chase me. It's a lot of fun.

Later, a young waitress brought in a plate of ruddy hawthorn cake. The plate is a peony flower painted with blue dye, and the bottom glaze is a clean and translucent bright white, which is very delicate.

The waitress brought the hawthorn cake over and gave it to each of the three princes at the chess table. and gave a few princesses who were drawing tricks at the desk. Finally, it was the turn of the two little dolls to play at the table, but only one piece was left in the small plate.

The waitress was in a dilemma, and finally gave the hawthorn cake to Shangguan Qijun, who was slightly taller than Shangguan Qing.

Shangguan Qing looked at the pastry in Shangguan Qijun's hand and swallowed his saliva, then blinked and stretched out his little hand to look at the little maid.

The little maid touched Shangguan Qing's head and said, "Sixth princess, you have been teething recently, you can't eat anything too sweet, it's easy to rot your teeth." ”

Shangguan Qing didn't understand, so he stretched out his little hand to the extreme, and the five round little fingers were extremely separated. Unswaying, staring at the plate in the waitress's hand.

“？ Sister, look at that stupid doll, everyone says it's gone, and it's still there to beg for it, I really don't know how Rui Ji taught it, such a scoundrel! ”

"Hey! It's not like she is a slut! Looking at her like that, when she grows up, she will definitely be a cheap embryo again, she can't do anything, she can only please men with her face! ”

“……………”

Several princesses at the desk looked at Shangguan Qing with disdain and laughed loudly.

The waitress who listened and understood all of them hid their faces and laughed together. Shangguan Qing naturally didn't know what they were talking about. Still maintaining the same action just now, looking at the small plate and winking.

The waitress was also happy, remembered Rui Ji's identity again, and became bolder, directly slapped off Shangguan Qing's little hand, and walked out of the palace with an empty plate.

Shangguan Qing froze in place, his little hands were red, and his eyes were full of shiny water beads, and he looked up to find his nurse.

The laughter in the hall was even louder, and Shangguan Qing's nurse didn't know where to go to drink with the others.

Everyone burst into laughter, completely ignoring the helpless little doll. However, Shangguan Qing didn't cry out in the end, but stretched out his red and swollen little fat hand, snatched the hawthorn cake in Shangguan Qijun's hand, and then quickly stuffed it into his mouth. The laughter stopped, and there was an extremely loud cry in the side hall. For a while, everyone was at a loss, looking at each other, not knowing what to do.

There was a great commotion here, which disturbed the cheerful people in the hall, and several hostesses took the lead in standing up and coming to the side hall.

Yao saw that his youngest son was crying heartbreakingly at the moment, only to feel that his heart and liver were broken, so he pushed Shangguan Qing away, hugged Shangguan Qijun, and gently coaxed him.

Rui Ji followed and saw this

At this time, I only felt a sigh in my heart, and then pulled Shangguan Qing and stared at her a little viciously!

Then, Shangguan Zeming also heard the sound and came, and when Yao saw this, he collapsed to the ground, crying even more fiercely. Rui Ji immediately hugged Shangguan Qing and wiped her tears.

"What's going on?"

Shangguan Zeming asked out loud, picked up Shangguan Qing and rubbed her swollen little hands, very affectionate.

With just one movement, all beings floated, Yao's eyes were full of hatred, gritting his teeth and looking at Rui Ji, Rui Ji glanced at each other, and the corners of his mouth were slightly grinning. The lively, worried, sarcastic, indifferent, and weak-hearted are all among them.

The people in the side hall didn't know what to say, but a short and tall figure walked over by the chess table. After making a thorough salute to all the nobles, he explained aloud

"Back to my father, I was fine, but the maid brought a plate of hawthorn cake, and when I got it to Sister Qing, there was a piece missing, and when the retainer saw this, he was about to give his own to Sister Qing, but unexpectedly, Sister Qing was anxious, and directly grabbed her king, maybe Sister Qing had too much strength and accidentally injured her king, and her king hurt, so she cried."

In Shangguan Qing's impression, the person who most resembles Shangguan Zeming is the second prince Shangguan Shu, the city is very deep, and he can never see through, and he speaks without leaking, and he always looks benevolent, righteous and moral. However, it may be because of this, although his political achievements are proud, Shangguan Zeming does not like him and often treats him coldly.

As far as this matter is concerned, removing the others, what Shangguan Shu said is also in line with the truth. The princesses and princes in the house immediately spoke out to greet them.

Rui Ji only felt that her heart was in her throat and eyes, and she immediately wiped her tears and held her forehead

"City Lord, Qing'er is still young, she is ignorant and offended the Seventh Prince, the concubine is willing to be punished for Qing'er, Qing'er has not been in good health since she was a child, you also know, she will definitely not be able to stand the torture of Shuntian Palace!"

Shangguan Zeming looked at Rui Ji's crying pear blossoms with rain, and immediately felt distressed, and gently supported Rui Ji's back with his hand, and comforted softly

"What are you talking about, it's just a piece of pastry, the children are still young and ignorant, how can you talk about torture!"

When Rui Ji heard this, she seemed to be very moved, and gently leaned on Shangguan Zeming's shoulder to wipe her tears.

After a while, Rui Ji was finally appeased, and Shangguan Zeming's eyes were cold, and he said loudly

"Someone! Bring in that little waiter who doesn't have long eyes! ”

Within half an hour, the waitress was carried in by two strong men in cold armor.

Shangguan Zeming sat on the main seat and looked coldly at the trembling maid

"What a bold minion, since they are all masters, they should be served well, how can they be treated differently! It's just bold, someone pulled it out, the rod was punished fifty, and it was thrown out to reward the eunuchs! ”

For a time, in the entire side hall, the cold air was vertical and horizontal, and the birds were silent. The cries and begs of the women outside the hall were accompanied by the sound of scolding and slapping the flesh and skin! Shangguan Qing felt a little scared, and buried his head deep in Shangguan Zeming's arms.

It was the first time Shangguan Qing saw a dead person, when he came out of the side hall, the nurse hugged her, Shangguan Qing stretched out his head to look at the girl on the wooden table with separated skin and flesh, a gust of wind blew, and the heavy smell of blood rushed straight to Shangguan Qing's nose. The little maid lay motionless, her pupils wide open, and her white blindfolds covered her black eyes. Blood soaked through the clothes, along the edge of the table one

Wisps and wisps flowed down, drop by drop, converging into a small river on the cyan marble bricks, Shangguan Qing immediately turned around, she felt that if she looked at it more, the river of blood would catch up with her, swallowing and drowning herself.

In the next few days, Shangguan Qing couldn't sleep all night, and he always shrank in the corner at night, covering his whole body with a quilt. It's just a little doll a little over three years old, but I actually understand the feeling of heart palpitations.

Later, one day, Rui Ji went to the horse farm with Shangguan Zeming to ride a horse, and everyone in the palace finally stopped being silent and got together to talk. Shangguan Qing sat on the sidelines, watching several waitresses eating snacks on the table in their rooms, while talking about the dead waitress a few days ago

"It is said that when he was in the side hall that day, he was beaten to death, and his skin and flesh turned out, and he didn't look like a human at all. Later, he was wrapped in a white cloth and thrown into the peace room and given to the eunuch! Hahahaha! ”

“？ You said that this person is dead, and they are not panicked? Can this also be done? ”

"What should I do? Aren't they also human beings, ghosts and ghosts, what is the difference between the living and the dead? Besides, the little waitress is also good-looking, and for them, she is a big baby. I haven't seen a woman in so many years, and I'm still not happy! ”

"Oops! You're not ashamed! Say this and do it! It pollutes the air here, and if it is heard, you and I will not be able to die! ”

"What are you afraid of! Today, the master is not here, and we don't see anyone coming to this side hall on weekdays, let alone at this time! What else can you expect this little doll to go out and snitch?? ”

"Look at what you said, it's better to be careful, we are not as valuable as the lives of those masters, a slight mistake, it is a matter of losing your head, you have to be careful!"

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At that time, Shangguan Qing just listened to them, and he was a little inexplicably scared. The older you are, the more you know, the more you know, and the more you know, the more you know what a peaceful place is.

This flat heart room was originally built in the darkest southwest corner of the South Kite Palace for the old lady to live, but later, during the Xuan period, the new lord ascended the throne, governing the country with benevolence, slowly, the maid reached a certain age, you can go out of the palace to find a good family to marry, and the old lady here is getting fewer and fewer. So it was divided into two places, one was still the old lady's residence, and the other was for the old eunuch who could not serve the master.

At the beginning, everyone still obeyed the law, each passed their own way, and it was considered to be peaceful, and then there were young maids who had committed something here, most of those old eunuchs had never seen a woman in their lives and they were at this age, and they were about to die, and when they saw such a person suddenly coming, they naturally felt itching, so they took advantage of no one's attention, snatched the maid back, and tortured them to death! No one in the palace cared about this, so these people became more and more rampant, large and small, old and young, but all of them were women, and they did not escape their poisonous hands!

Over time, this place became a hell of smelling and changing, and in the long run, it gradually evolved into a punishment for the palace people. Everyone knew it, but they didn't dare to speak out. No one remembers what it used to look like anymore.

Shangguan Qing had seen the appearance of the maid countless times in his dreams, and had also dreamed of how her corpse had suffered in the peace room, but then he slowly forgot her appearance, leaving only a motionless white figure and a bright red blood stain. Every time I dream back at midnight, I can always be startled with a layer of cold sweat.