In the back garden, the trees have withered, and only the cold winter plum is still in full bloom.

In the aroma of Lamei, Shang Kelan stopped and turned her head sideways to look at Hua Ling: "Wan'er was strangled to death by His Royal Highness, you should know that I, a civilian who temporarily lives in the mansion, don't have the courage to kill someone." ”

With that, she continued on her way.

Hua Ling also followed by her side, the corners of her lips raised slightly, as if she was smiling, but she didn't: "However, you just killed their master in front of so many minions, and let her fall into the lake and drown, even if she wanted to push you into the lotus pond, you still had a chance to pull her at that time." ”

Hearing this, Shang Kelan couldn't help but smile and glanced at her: "So, are you now condemning the people's daughter for not saving her when she sees death, madam?" ”

Hua Ling shook his head slightly, but nodded again.

"The only concubines in the mansion are me and Calyx, you killed Wan'er, so you replaced her as one of the concubines of the Prince's Mansion, and you just killed Calyx, so your identity has taken on a new look, from an ordinary concubine to a concubine of the Prince's Mansion, second only to Concubine Li's identity."

"If you kill Concubine Li, then you can take the place of Concubine Li and survive in the Prince's Mansion, this is the interesting thing about the Prince's Mansion, everyone is commensurate with sisters on the face, but in fact, they use conspiracies or blatantly attack you, maybe you are still sitting in the position of the concubine today, and tomorrow the position of the concubine will be replaced by your good sister?"

Telling these things can be regarded as giving Shang Kelan an explanation, and in the end, Hua Ling sighed with some emotion: "The law of the jungle is not only the law of survival outside, but also the iron law of the change of the old and the new in this prince's mansion. ”

"We are like His Highness's playthings, he used this method to get rid of the women in the backyard, after all, many of these women were sent by high-ranking officials and ministers and Wang Guifei, he couldn't do it, so he naturally had to find someone willing to do it for him."

Suddenly, she paused, turned to look at Shang Kelan, and said meaningfully: "So, you just said in Rongyuan Hall that you are just temporarily living in the Prince's Mansion is actually very ridiculous, because the Prince's Mansion has never had guests, His Royal Highness has always been withdrawn, never interacts with anyone, and there will be no guests at all." ”

"Even if there are guests staying in the Prince's Mansion, they will not let the guests live in the backyard, and I don't know whether to call you naïve, or whether to say that you underestimated the personality of His Second Highness."

As soon as these words came out, Shang Kelan's mind flashed the appearance of those minions who saw their master fall into the lotus pond but saw that they were not saved, as well as their own performance in Rongyuan Hall, and Concubine Li's unclear smile at that time.

It turned out that unconsciously, she had already fallen into the mud of the back house, and was played as a joke.

And she still looks like she doesn't know it, trying to claim to be a guest, so Hua Ling, who knows all this, will show a smile to herself?

Shang Kelan's eyes flashed slightly, and she couldn't help but stop and look back at Hua Ling: "According to what Madame said, haven't you left the Prince's Mansion for a long time?" In other words, since the woman in this backyard came in, no one can leave the prince's mansion, you are like this, and so is Concubine Li. ”

Since the death of Fang Caicalyx, Hua Ling is no longer a cold and silent appearance, but the whole person has become much more active, although her voice is not slow, but it can be seen that she is a talkative person.

Regarding Shang Kelan's question, she just nodded lightly, with a smile in her tone: "Sort of, as far as I know, no one has ever gone out of the women who have entered this back house, but it can be seen that you are different from us women in the back house, if you want to escape, I can help you." ”

Her tone was as usual, as if she were talking about something as simple as eating and drinking.

The look on Shang Kelan's face sank, frowned slightly, and looked at Hua Ling: "I shouldn't have what you want, why are you helping me?" ”

Judging from what Hua Ling said just now, it is enough to show that she is not a person who will be kind-hearted, after all, she is familiar with the survival rules of the Prince's Mansion.

Unless, she has some other purpose.

Sure enough, as soon as Shang Kelan's words fell, Hua Ling hooked her lips and smiled, stopping with her, her slender fingers gently picking up her jaw, and her bright and moist nails slowly sank into her flesh, overlapping with the marks left on her face by Concubine Li before.

Although Hua Ling didn't use her strength, such a frivolous move still made her feel a little uncomfortable.

After looking at Shang Kelan with cold eyes for a while, Hua Ling quietly approached her ear and whispered, "I just want to see if I can't get out of this backyard if I am not from this backhouse." ”

She didn't seem to be slow to speak, but in fact she quickly pulled away from Shang Kelan's side, and said to him with a smile: "Besides, you are very different from us, do you know why these minions didn't follow you after Calyx died?" ”

This feeling that others know everything better than themselves, but they don't know anything is really weak and annoying, and Shang Kelan has a feeling of being led by the nose.

Suddenly, she frowned and did not speak.

Hua Ling continued to explain: "Because His Royal Highness ordered him to come over and let the steward take care of you, but he did not let the steward arrange someone for you, so, in this back house, you are destined to live alone, and no one will come to help you." ”

As soon as these words came out, for a moment, Shang Kelan almost doubted whether this Hua Ling was sent by Wei Jin to deliberately approach him.

Otherwise, why would she tell herself so much? Was it really just her momentary interest?

Without waiting for Shang Kelan to speak again, Hua Ling glanced at her deeply, and then passed by her casually.

It's just that when the two passed by, Hua Ling left a sentence: "Tomorrow Rong Yuantang, you and I will sit together." ”

This sentence was extremely light, and she hardly saw how her mouth moved, and if Shang Kelan hadn't been close, she wouldn't have even been able to hear the sound when she choked.

By the time Shang Kelan reacted, Hua Ling had already left here with a large group of minions.

Suddenly, Shang Kelan's eyes narrowed slightly, and she stood in place to watch her leave, and then, she glanced thoughtfully in the direction of the lotus pond.

There, there is a person who has just died, I wonder if after Calyx's body is found, will it be like Wan'er, and in the end there is only a broken mat wrapped in it and thrown to the mass grave?

Shang Kelan shook her head, withdrew her gaze from the pool, and walked towards Tingyuyuan instead.

No matter how true or false Hua Ling was to what she said, she couldn't listen to it all, the woman could easily save the calyx, but she didn't, but let the calyx drown in the pond.

This Hua Ling is very dangerous, she is approaching her with a purpose, but at the moment, she can only get information from Hua Ling about how to escape from the Prince's Mansion, and she has to deal with Hua Ling carefully.

It's just that, looking at the appearance of Calyx and Hua Ling, as well as other concubines, they seem to be secretive about Concubine Li and are very scruples, which shows that Concubine Li is different from these concubines in this prince's mansion.

Could it be that she has the power of life and death of the concubines?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that this back house was complicated, Shang Kelan shook her head, didn't let herself fall deeper and deeper, and went back to Tingyuyuan.