The people in the imperial dining room were sensible, Xia Xiaoxiao slipped away with the medicinal herbs thrown there, and laughed at Lu Wuxian for actually prescribing an aphrodisiac tonic to Beigong Yu, isn't it in Xia Yingxi's opinion, Beigong Yu's foundation is not good?

Beigong Yu reminded her that today was supposed to be the day of Yun Cheng's execution, but Yun Cheng died in prison last night, and Beigong Yu didn't say anything about it, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

Beigong Yu and Xia Yingxi are both in Lingyun Palace, and it is rare that there is a woman in Beigong Yu who doesn't care much about her, she began to wander outside again, her steps were a little uncontrollable, and before she knew it, she realized that the road she was walking was in the direction of Xia Shulan's Forgotten Dust House.

said that she hadn't seen her aunt since she came out of prison, and this was the only relative she still cared about in the Xia family, not that Xia Xiaoxiao had forgotten, but since so many things happened, she was a little afraid to come, and she didn't dare to confirm the doubts in her heart.

What Beigong Yu said, she thought about it for a while, in this palace, who else can she trust besides her aunt? However, why did Beigong Yu have to remind her? In fact, she always hoped to see Xia Shulan again.

There is no palace maid guarding outside the palace, she slowly pushed the door open, after some time, the dust is not as lively as before, she used to see the palace maid full of houses when she came here, but now there is only one person in the courtyard standing in those flower branches and gently pruning the branches, the winter flowers do not bloom much, but there are still so many flowers and plants in the yard, all of which are not famous by Xia Xiaoxiao, and they do not wither in such cold weather, they should all be rare varieties transported from the cold land of Wu Kingdom.

Even if the figure was in the midst of the gorgeous flowers, Xia Shulan had her back to Xia Xiaoxiao, and there was only one palace maid standing aside waiting beside her, raising her eyes to see Xia Xiaoxiao coming, and whispered in her ear, Xia Shulan turned around and saw her, smiled softly, and there were a few more wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, "You are here." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao walked up to her, and her eyes stopped on the flower of the astragalus stamen she was holding in her hand, and the hand holding the stamen had become red in the cold wind.

"Go get a cloak for the concubine."

Xia Xiaoxiao turned his head and whispered to the maid on the side.

"I only came out for a while, and I went in right away."

Xia Shulan stopped the palace maid who was about to enter, with a faint smile on her face, obviously the same smile she had at her before, but Xia Xiaoxiao saw the desolation in her eyes that was not difficult to hide.

After Xia Shulan finished speaking, she lowered her head and started to prune the flower branches, Xia Xiaoxiao stood quietly aside, the cold wind blew, and she was speechless for a long time.

"Are you satisfied with this ending?"

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't look at her, but just swept her eyes in the entire Forgotten Dust House, it is said that this Forgotten Dust Residence was also built by Beigong Chengyan later for Xia Shulan, Xia Xiaoxiao looked at it now, only to find that if there was no paving decoration of so many flowers and plants in this courtyard, the layout would be almost exactly the same as that of Xiyun Palace.

"Being demoted to a slave, the emperor didn't embarrass you."

Xia Shulan didn't seem to understand what she was saying, turned her head and put down the scissors and stamens in her hand, and said lightly.

"She's dead."

The fragrance of the courtyard, Xia Xiaoxiao can only smell such a fresh and comfortable smell in the forgetful dust, Xia Shulan also loves to fix these flowers and plants, Xia Xiaoxiao said quietly, and stroked the cluster of flower branches that she had just pruned, which was originally an excellent flower, but at this time in Xia Shulan's hands were pruned into stump branches, and the stamens were in her hands, leaving empty branches.

"Oh."

Xia Shulan was stunned for a moment, then smiled kindly and gently at her, turned around and walked into the house, Xia Xiaoxiao followed behind her, her steps were gentle, and the temperature in the house was obviously a little higher than that in the courtyard.

"Come and have a cup of tea, the emperor gave it to you."

She picked up the pot of freshly boiled tea in her hand and poured a cup for Xia Xiaoxiao, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't reach out to take it, she was not embarrassed, and drank it herself.

"You knew it from the beginning?"

Xia Xiaoxiao stared at her, Xia Shulan's face was no longer as ruddy and pale as before, on the contrary, she was more haggard than she had ever been.

The stamens in the courtyard outside were cut off by Xia Shulan, and the flower branches in the house were also cut off by her, and the broken flowers and petals all over the ground, Xia Xiaoxiao remembered that Xia Shulan used to love these flowers the most, and she said that they were all sent to her palace by Beigong Chengyan, so she watered them well.

"Yes, not really."

Xu was because the tea just now made her moisten her throat, and her voice was clearer, and the cold wind blew into Xia Xiaoxiao's ears.

Xia Xiaoxiao hoped that Xia Shulan would deny it, but Xia Shulan was not escaping the topic this time, she knew that what should come would always come, staring at the tea in her hand, her body warmed up a lot after taking a sip, but the coldness in her heart couldn't warm up.

Xia Xiaoxiao's words choked in her throat, and she was a little speechless, Xia Shulan has been in the palace for thirteen years, although she has been favored by Beigong Chengyan in every way, but she has never been pampered and arrogant, she has always acted in a low-key manner, humble and graceful, Xia Xiaoxiao has always thought that she has never participated in these, no, not only did she not think of it, but it was Yun Cheng who made a mistake.

"Xiaoxiao, there is no woman in this world who can bear that the man she loves has other women in his heart, those women in the harem talk about not mind all day long, but who can really not mind? They just hope that they can appear kind and generous, virtuous and sensible, hoping to win the favor of the saints, these are all scheming, women's scheming. ”

Xia Shulan's tone didn't fluctuate, and her hand gently brushed her somewhat pale cheeks, "The mourning family is also like those ordinary women, they will be jealous, angry, and envious, in fact, there are too many people like me, there are too many in the harem, and the mourning family has been able to stay by the emperor's side for so many years, just because of this face that is somewhat similar to Duan Jinyun." ”

She laughed a little bitterly, since Beigong Chengyan returned to the palace from hunting that night, she guessed that Duan Jinyun would do it sooner or later, she had said that day, if Cheng Yan had anything else, she would not let Duan Jinyun go, and now, it was really as she wished, when she sent the urgent message pretending to be Nan Ming's name to Beigong Yu, she wanted to use Beigong Yu to make that person disappear from this world forever, as long as Duan Jinyun's identity was revealed, even if Beigong Chengyan woke up, there was no way to save her, but she didn't expect it, Beigong Yu instead took the throne with the help of this step, but Beigong Chengyan never woke up, Beigong Chengyan left, Duan Jinyun also died, everything went against her plan.

"There is nothing wrong with love itself, there is nothing wrong with jealousy, the fault is that you are too persistent aunt, you know that he does not have you in his heart."

Listening to the words in Xia Shulan's mouth, Xia Xiaoxiao still couldn't understand it, Beigong Chengyan's death had a lot of impact on Xia Shulan, if she knew these things at the beginning, she would not have let Xia Shulan do such a dangerous thing, everything Yun Cheng did herself hated because of love, but what she has done in the past twenty years has even implicated the people, and some of the things she has ended up with now are partly blamed, so what about her aunt? Is it self-inflicted to trap yourself in the cage of the Forgotten Dust House now?

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't realize until this moment that she had never understood any of the people in this palace, and now even Xia Shulan, who she used to be her biological mother, felt strange, she had hoped that Xia Shulan would leave the palace with her, and the reason why she finally chose to stay was just to win Yun Cheng's life.

The smile on Xia Shulan's face disappeared a little, and she sat down on the stool, "Yes, I have stayed by his side for more than ten years, and I can always know what he is thinking, and he doesn't have me in his heart." ”

"Xiaoxiao, you shouldn't know how ironic it should be, Cheng Yan didn't hesitate to snub her in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in order to protect her, and the emperor who everyone saw was good to me, Yun Yan looked like she loved Cheng Yan deeply on the surface, and behind her back, she was thinking about the law and letting him die."

Xia Shulan laughed at herself, everyone thought that Yun Cheng was jealous of her, but only she knew that the person who was really jealous was her, which caused her to be glad that she had this face that was somewhat similar to Duan Jinyun, so that Beigong Chengyan could spoil her so much, and Yun Cheng had never taken her seriously.

Xia Shulan's eyes swept over and over again in her bedroom, raised her head, and looked at the beam above her head, "From the first time he entered the palace, he named me a concubine when he saw me, and I have been sitting for ten years in this concubine, and in this entire harem, his favorite person is indeed me, even at the last moment, it is me." ”

She turned her head to stare at Xia Xiaoxiao, with a touch of self-deprecation in her eyes, she said, "But Xiaoxiao, pet does not mean love, I have been by his side for more than ten years, when I saw his eyes looking at Yun Hui, I knew that his love could only be on her body forever, whether that person was Duan Jinyun or Yun Hui." ”

"Auntie, why do you love so humbly?"

Xia Xiaoxiao stared at her, for the first time in so many years, she knew that Xia Shulan was also a person who did not care about everything for love.

Xia Shulan smiled bitterly and shook her head, "Humble, if you can stay by his side, what if you are humble?" ”

"But you also love freedom, the emperor once favored you so much, if you want to leave the palace, he will definitely agree."

Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't help but persuade, since he already knew that the man didn't love him, why did he get himself to this field?

There was a pot of planting trees on the side, Xia Shulan picked up the pot of freshly boiled tea in her hand and walked over slowly, and slowly poured the pot of the best tea she said was given by the emperor into it, "He will, because he doesn't love me at all, if he is replaced by Yun Hui, he will definitely trap her by his side for the rest of his life, even if he knows that Yun Xi wants his country." ”

"In that case, why don't you let go of the palace and live freely? I said I could take you out of the palace as long as you want! ”

Xia Xiaoxiao's voice couldn't help but be a little louder, she hated this kind of attachment, and gave up the path she wanted to take for the so-called love, if that person didn't love her, what would she do by his side? The world is big, you will always find something more beautiful than love, if you can't get it, it's better to learn to take back your heart, in her Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes, the rivers and lakes are more beautiful than anything.

But Xia Xiaoxiao didn't understand, how could it be so easy to take back a heart if it was given? She thought that she had taken back her feelings for Beigong Yu, but she didn't know that she didn't even know what love was.

"Haven't you left the palace now, even if I want to? Do you really think Beigong Yu will let you out of the palace? Xia Shulan snorted lightly, looking at Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes with a hint of pity Xia Xiaoxiao felt inexplicable, "This, he is the same as the emperor." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, inadvertently shifted her gaze from staring at Xia Shulan, and said softly, "Auntie, you are too worried." ”

"Do you really think that it was just an accident that you wanted to sneak out of the palace twice and were discovered by Beigong Yu?"

Xia Shulan came to her, her eyes were obviously a little red, obviously she had tears when she turned her back to Xia Xiaoxiao.

"It's just that both times are related to Beigong Pheasant."

Xia Xiaoxiao said lightly, Beigong Yu's mind was too complicated for her to guess, but she knew that he only wanted to catch Luozhi now, and he didn't happen to find Luozhi to ask him to help at the beginning, and Luozhi might not have been so seriously injured that night because she dragged him back, Beigong Yu's purpose of stopping them twice was just to target Luozhi.

Xia Xiaoxiao has always thought so.

Xia Shulan looked at her quietly, with a little helplessness in her eyes, and sighed softly for a long time,

"Xiaoxiao, this play has just begun."

—————— Dividing Line——————

Out of the Forgotten Dust House, the cold wind outside blew Xia Xiaoxiao's face cold, and it seemed to wake her up from her daze.

Xia Xiaoxiao walked in the snow, and accidentally stepped on Xia Shulan's remaining petals on the ground, and even her skirt was stained a lot, she twisted her eyebrows unhappily, bent down and patted.

"What a! Why are you so sticky to your clothes! ”

The strength of his hand was heavy, and he slapped twice and became impatient.

Not far away, a palace maid hurriedly came over and found her with a happy face, "Miss Xia, the emperor asked you to go back." ”

"Got it."

She glanced at the palace maid, a little familiar, it was the personal palace maid who usually served Beigong Yu with her, she squatted down and picked off the tiny burr petals on her skirt little by little and threw them into the snow.

"Xia Xiaoxiao, the emperor let you go."

The palace maid was a little anxious, so she pulled Xia Xiaoxiao's hand and pulled her up, she spent a lot of time looking for Xia Xiaoxiao, and she was a little impatient when she saw that Xia Xiaoxiao was still delaying time so much.

"Didn't you say you got it!"

Xia Xiaoxiao broke away from the hand of the palace maid who was holding her in a hurry, and was disturbed by Xia Shulan's inexplicable words, her attitude was not much better, the strength in her hand was heavy, and the palace maid fell straight into the snow.

It was in the snow, a thick layer of snow on the ground, and it didn't hurt much if she fell, but the palace maid's eyes immediately turned red, and she glared at Xia Xiaoxiao with a panicked expression, and quickly got up and ran away, Xia Xiaoxiao was a little worried about whether she would sue Beigong Yu at this time.

"Tsk, it's really shabby that a dignified princess can be like you."

The sudden sound behind Xia Xiaoxiao startled Xia Xiaoxiao, and when she turned around, she didn't see anyone.

"Are you blind?"

Xia Xiaoxiao looked at the high wall above his head, and looked through the gap between the branches, only to find that at this time, there was a person sitting on the high wall at some point, leaning sideways, those dry but dense tree trunks covered his figure, and the shadows were so full that Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't see the face clearly.

She glanced left and right, there was no one around except her, and it took a long time to dare to answer, "Who is so bold, the palace road is not walking, and he is not afraid of being seen to punish your crimes." ”

"Are you the owner of this building as timid as you? Beigong Yu wants to cure the sin of the landlord, and it depends on whether he has the ability. ”

The man sneered coldly above, but Xia Xiaoxiao lost his mind because of his voice, and said in surprise, "It's you!" ”

She stopped in prison that day, and the person who entrusted her with the message was the self-proclaimed owner of the building!

"Didn't you let you take me away!"

Xia Xiaoxiao was about to run over, but the joy in her heart had not yet surfaced, and suddenly a strong energy hit her chest, and she was shocked to find that her steps couldn't move, let alone walking, she couldn't move!

"Hey! What have you done to me! ”

She shouted, and remembered that she was afraid that she would be too loud and attract people, and if he really came to take her away, no one would find out!

"Don't worry, it's not your life."

Murong Tianlian glanced at her lightly, playing with the two pure gold ingots in his hand, and with a wave of his hand, Xia Xiaoxiao had an extra bottle of small medicine porcelain bottle at his feet, "What is this?" ”

"Antidote."

"For me? You're not here to take me away? Xia Xiaoxiao asked uncertainly.

"Or else?" Murong raised his eyebrows, his long sleeves accidentally touched some fine crumbs on the branches in the wave of Fang Cai, and he shook his hand unhappily, "That person is worried that the owner of this building will kill you, and he is always urging the owner of this building to give you the antidote, but the owner of this building is happy to see you die due to the poison law." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao listened to him whisper in a cold tone, although he couldn't see his expression, he was still a little flustered, "What nonsense are you talking about?" I don't remember ......."

Only halfway through the words, Xia Xiaoxiao swallowed her saliva in fear, and suddenly remembered that day in prison, after he left, he was inexplicably in a coma for seven days, damn it, this person actually poisoned her!

"If you don't believe it, within two months, you can report to the Hades Palace by yourself without taking the initiative in this building, saving the owner of this building a lot of trouble."

Murong Tinglian sneered, the clouds were clear, colorless and tasteless, the medicinal properties were emitted in the air, and people inhaled them imperceptibly, the first appearance of the medicinal properties was to make people unconscious for seven days, in order to paralyze the nerves of the poisoned person, the second poison, the person would be unconscious for three days, and the third poison method, as long as the person was in a coma for a whole day, it would not be far from the long sleep, this poison was ruthless in making people die unconsciously, causing them to die without knowing how they died, after all, the first poison method had paralyzed most of the person's nerves.

"You don't bluff me, I have no grievances with you, what do you do to take my life? I don't remember I ever offended you! Xia Xiaoxiao's posture at this time was still the posture of just running, and it was really uncomfortable to be frozen like this, "You solved it for me first, what can you say?" ”

"You don't have it, but Beigong Yu does."

Murong jumped down, under the tree, and slowly walked towards her, his expression was cold, and he was dragged in the snow with a long tail in dark green clothes, like a peacock in green clothes to modify his own temperament, Xia Xiaoxiao saw a man who looked so demonic for the first time.

She has seen good-looking men who are not few, temperament aside, Beigong Yu and Beigong Pheasant look the same, Beigong Lane is counted as one, and Lu Wuxian is also counted as one, but no one can match the person in front of him.

Xia Xiaoxiao dared to guarantee that among all the men she had seen, the man in front of her at this time was definitely the most charming, yes, it was a demon, but there was that cold pride in the demon, so that people would not think of his demon as a woman.

Murong Tianlian paused in front of her, his chin was lightly raised, his eyes were slightly lowered, and he stared at Xia Xiaoxiao with a near-looking gaze, "Beigong Yu's debt must be repaid." ”

"He owes you, and I don't owe you, so what do you want him to pay back, and what do you want me to do?"

This person's words are as if she has to carry the black pot to Beigong Yu, so who does Beigong Yu owe her?

"Don't worry, the owner of this building has time, and now, there is still a good show in front of him."

Murong Tinglian glanced at Xia Xiaoxiao's expression of being a little panicked and frightened by his words, disdainful, picked up the medicine bottle, twisted his eyebrows, and raised his eyes to look at her, "Antidote, eat it yourself or will the owner of this building feed you?" ”

"Who knows if this is an antidote or a poison!"

Xia Xiaoxiao closed her mouth after saying this, this person just said that she wanted her life, if this thing is poison, then didn't she die in vain?

"I don't have the right to let you choose, if you want to die, the landlord won't stop you if you eat and die."

Murong Tianlian opened the medicine bottle and handed it to Xia Xiaoxiao's mouth, but Xia Xiaoxiao didn't open his mouth, his long eyebrows with a little softness became tighter and tighter, as if he was thinking about how to stuff the medicine into her mouth without touching her.

"Hmm......"

Don't eat, Xia Xiaoxiao's mouth spit out vaguely, and when she saw Murong Tianlian's face, her face suddenly relaxed a little, it seems that this person is still a bit gentlemanly, and he didn't plan to pinch her jaw open and stuff it for her, but soon she found out that she was wrong, but for a moment, Murong Tianlian's face turned cold, and the secret energy in his hand hit Xia Xiaoxiao's abdomen in the air, Xia Xiaoxiao's body ** Dao suddenly unraveled, she fell back in pain, her mouth inadvertently opened, and the round pill in his hand popped out of him so easily** Xia Xiaoxiao's throat!

"Ahem...... What the hell did you give me! ”

Xia Xiaoxiao lay on the ground, her fingers were hard in her mouth, but the thing had already entered her abdomen, only to retch, she turned her head to stare at him, her little life was so precious, who knew it would be in the hands of this demon!

"Tsk, that's dirty."

Murong Tianlian couldn't bear to look away, and kept disgusting, Xia Xiaoxiao jumped at him, he turned sideways slightly, Xia Xiaoxiao immediately ate a dog in the snow, she was angry, turned her head and scolded him, "Dead peacock, what did your uncle eat for me!" ”