After nightfall, the dreary air of the day turned into a sudden night rain.

Bai Ling knelt behind the rockery in the imperial garden with the heavy incense burner on his head, and couldn't help but shiver when the wind rose.

The ground on all sides soon became wet, and Bai Ling closed his eyes and endured in silence.

It's just that after a long time, she didn't feel a trace of night rain falling on her head.

Bai Lingyou looked up strangely, and then she saw an extra umbrella on her head at some point—Wei Shixi was standing behind her, and she didn't know how long she had been standing.

“…… Thank you. Bai Ling said weakly.

There was a hazy rain and fog all around, and the spring drizzle was cold and wet.

Except for the two people under the umbrella, there seems to be only the sound of rain between heaven and earth.

Wei Shishi said softly, "They are clearly making things difficult for you, so why should you prove your sincerity to them." ”

"It's not all for them, either." Bai Ling closed his eyes and whispered, "Now that the situation is complicated everywhere, I don't know the overall situation yet, and it's really not good to act rashly...... How long have I been on my knees? ”

"It's been almost five hours."

It rained a little heavier again.

The wind blew the rain curtain obliquely, and Wei Fourteen also tilted the angle of the umbrella slightly, but the water on the ground still increased, and soon soaked the corners of Bai Ling's skirt and shoes and socks. He untied his cloak and draped it over Bai Ling's shoulders to protect him from the wind.

"Have you been around all afternoon?"

"Hmm."

"It's getting late, you can find a place to rest first." Bai Ling took a deep breath and opened his eyes to look ahead, "...... I'm not all for the old lady and Lord Qu either. At this time, I think, it should be...... It's almost there. ”

Wei Shixi didn't understand, just looked at Bai Ling with a slight frown.

"Listen......" Bai Ling looked at the end of the stone path diagonally ahead.

Although there was interference from the sound of rain, both of them did hear a slight sound of footsteps. There were about three or four people coming, apparently heading straight for this side.

Needless explanation, Fourteen disappeared into the night with his cloak and umbrella. At the same time, a gentle soft light of a lantern appeared not far away.

"...... You watch your step. ”

"How far is it?"

"This should be the area."

There were a few light coughs and the sound of stroking the back in the rain.

"Mother?" Bai Ling called in a low voice.

Hearing Bai Ling's voice, Bao Yuan was the first to react, she asked the maid behind to set up an umbrella for Qu Shi, and she set up an umbrella to look for the place where Fang had just spoken, and sure enough, she saw Bai Ling with an incense burner above her head behind the rockery.

Bao Yuan said loudly, "People are here!" Found it! ”

As he spoke, Bao Yuan stepped forward with an arrow, knocked down the incense burner that Bai Ling held above his head with one hand, and quickly wrapped Bai Ling's whole person with a dry and soft blanket.

"Let a little girl hold an incense burner here and do evil...... What a sin! How could they figure it out...... "Bao Yuan's voice was so low that only Bai Ling could hear it.

The footsteps behind slowly approached.

The rain became heavier and heavier, a clear white light flashed, and a faint thunder came from the distant sky.

Bai Ling saw that two palace people were supporting Qu Shi on the left and right, and one person was holding an umbrella for her in the back, and several people slowly bypassed the rockery and appeared in front of him.

Qu's steps were very slow, and in the past few months, she had barely taken a step out of the Chengqian Palace. From the dormitory to the Imperial Garden, this short journey of hundreds of steps has never been as far as it is today.

It wasn't until she saw Bai Ling, who was tightly wrapped in a blanket by Bao Yuan, that she breathed a sigh of relief.

Qu Shi gently broke away from the hands of the palace people on the side, and held a raised white rock on the rockery beside him.

"Give me the umbrella." Qu said softly.

The three palace people were all taken aback and looked at each other, "But...... Mother......

"Give me ......"

Qu Shi stretched out his hand, and the palace man behind him had no choice but to carefully put the handle of the umbrella in the hand of the concubine.

"You three, go to the intersection and wait." Qu Shi said in a low voice.

The three palace people still didn't move, looking at it with some embarrassment, Bao Yuan raised his head and said sharply, "Are you all deaf, Niangniang called you to go, I am waiting here!" ”

Only then did a few palace people retreat and salute, and they put up their umbrellas again and went away.

Under the rockery, only Bai Ling, Bao Yuan and Qu Shi were left.

Qu Shi lowered his eyes to look at Bai Ling, and Bai Ling also raised his eyes to look at her.

The concubine's face was pale and weak, and her cheeks were slightly sunken because of her emaciation, which made her cheekbones look taller and older than others, but her eyes, which were always sleepy and gentle, still glowed with a faint luster.

Qu Shi took a deep breath, making his eyes a little colder than before.

"It's not a good feeling to kneel in the rain." She spoke coldly, her voice a little hoarse from the smoke of the day.

"Back to my mother, it's not comfortable." Bai Ling replied.

Qu Shi frowned slightly, "The day before yesterday, I asked you to leave honestly, why don't you do what I say?" Like today, I will involve the lives of your family of three in my illness...... Do you think that if this palace looks kind-hearted, you can take care of it? ”

In the end, Qu was obviously a little angry, and his voice was still trembling slightly.

"Niangniang......" Bao Yuan looked at Qu Shi a little bewildered, obviously she was still thinking about the heavy rain outside in Chengqian Palace, and insisted on coming here to see Bai Ling's situation, but now that she has really seen it, how can she be so reprimanded?

Such a mother, even Bao Yuan has rarely seen in the past, she looked at the angry Qu Shi blankly, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Bai Ling still looked at Qu's eyes and said softly, "Niangniang, I don't mean to pinch you-"

"What you say and say won't hurt me in the slightest, but what difference does what you do now and what they do!"

Qu's voice was full of sadness, and she squeezed the stone rock tightly on the side to prevent herself from slipping due to the loss of strength.

Bao Yuan was stunned, "Niangniang, Miss Bai Ling really doesn't want to see you have an accident......

Qu Shi sneered, she took a deep breath again, her eyes were fixed on Bai Ling, and her voice was almost a low roar, "Who among them is not really hoping that something will happen to me?" My mother is for the rise and fall of the family, and my brother is for his own future...... As for you, it's to save your own family's life! The words are all righteous...... But who really cares, what do I think? ”

"But—" Bao Yuan was about to say something more, but Bai Ling had already reached out and pressed her forearm.

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