She has something to ask him, so she can wait for him to be so late, he thinks she is bored these days and wants to go out of the palace, look, even in the palace, she is still playing with gadgets outside the palace.

It's just that Qingyue, although he didn't plan to hide it from her, he didn't want her to know.

"The scar on my hand is very ugly, and Lu Wuxian healed it for me, you let Lu Wuxian also take a look at it for Qingyue."

There was a hint of pleading in her tone, Qingyue's body, the part covered by her clothes, almost no piece was complete, and a woman should not have such a scar on her body.

Beigong Yu groaned, and suddenly sneered, "Are you weird? ”

Although Xia Xiaoxiao didn't say it explicitly, Beigong Yu probably already knew a few meanings of her words.

"Nope."

Xia Xiaoxiao's hand unconsciously grabbed the corner, Beigong Yu's gaze was naked and undisguised, she turned her face away.

Seeing that this was already a little bad, Ping Shun immediately stepped forward, "Your Majesty, the servant heard that Lord Lu is currently developing a new medicine for scars, so you might as well ...... it."

Beigong Yu's face was already extremely ugly, Pingshun didn't dare to say any more, Beigong Yu waved his hand, and the palace maid immediately wiped his feet and retreated with Pingshun.

"Qingyue has been with me for three years, she didn't know when I left the palace, and she didn't know if you beat her to death."

Xia Xiaoxiao's tone also became a little colder, Qingyue had already suffered, and in a few years she would reach the age when she should leave the palace, if she was still there, how could she get married?

She may not be able to care about others, and she doesn't want to care, but Qingyue is almost regarded as a sister, she can't just let her have those injuries on her body, even if it can't be completely healed, but as long as it can be better, at least she doesn't have to feel so guilty.

"Anyway, Lu Wuxian listens to you for everything, and you can't say a word......"

After Beigong Yu came back today, his slightly better mood was extinguished by Xia Xiaoxiao's last few words.

"So, you're telling me to stop touching the uninformed people the next time you leave?"

Beigong Yu's face turned completely cold, and he stared at Xia Xiaoxiao viciously and said it viciously.

Heh, how much can he manage? Qingyue is also a palace maid next to Xia Xiaoxiao to him, Xia Xiaoxiao has been the closest person in the palace for three years, if she says that Qingyue really doesn't know who believes it?

Rao was later severely punished, and even if Beigong Yu guessed that Xia Xiaoxiao would not be able to tell Qingyue a little, he just had nothing to do.

Xia Xiaoxiao reacted for a long time before she realized that the focus between her and Beigong Yu was not at the same point, and as soon as she was about to speak, Beigong Yu had already gone to bed.

"If you want to ask me, just say it, I don't come to listen to things that have passed."

The bed was big enough, but Beigong Yu's sudden overturned body still caught Xia Xiaoxiao off guard and almost fell off the bed, Beigong Yu quickly fished her back, and her lips were against her earlobe, "Xiao Xia'er, don't walk this word in front of me, and the previous ones are not good." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't stand his provocation, and a burst of itching and numbness spread all over her body from the earlobes that his tongue had licked, and she couldn't help but tremble, "So, are you going to let Lu Wuxian be treated?" ”

She was about to push him away, sticking so close, Xia Xiaoxiao felt that her head, which was still very sober just now, was already confused.

Beigong Yu's head has been completely buried in her neck, and her lips and teeth are against Xia Xiaoxiao's skin, inch by inch.

"Let's ...... As long as you don't mention it anymore, how can you not let it ...... what you said?"

Beigong Yu was a little helpless and sighed dotingly, but more of it was a lingering feeling that made people blush.

Xia Xiaoxiao just breathed a sigh of relief, at least Beigong Yu agreed, no matter whether the scars on Qingyue's body could be completely and completely healed, it would be much better than the current situation, but in the next second, the movements in Beigong Yu's hands began to become restless.

Xia Xiaoxiao was almost taken aback, "Haven't you had a good rest these days?" ”

"Well, I'm resting now."

Even his voice has a bit of a hoarse taste.

"It's not...... Why don't you get a good night's sleep? ”

"Well, I'll sleep with you first."

In a word, Beigong Yu smiled lowly, and of course he didn't blush at all.

The night was beautiful, the moon outside the window was shining brightly, the night was getting deeper, the entire Lingyun Hall seemed to be silent, but only occasionally there was a red-faced voice that added a touch of pink to the night, and the birds and finches on the branches dispersed one after another, and even Yue'er couldn't help but hide behind the branches, so shy that she was embarrassed to show her face.

It wasn't until the morning of the second day when Qingyue came to call Xia Xiaoxiao to get up that Xia Xiaoxiao vaguely remembered the events of the previous night, and suddenly two blushes floated on her face.

She thought that Beigong Yu's affairs at hand should be looser, and he also tossed the night last night, so he would get up later no matter what he said today, but she didn't want the person next to her to wake up was still gone, and even the futon was cold.

Qingyue waited for her to wash up, Xia Xiaoxiao was a little bored in Lingyun Hall in the past few days, so she had the idea of going out to relax, Qingyue glanced at her, and took out something from her sleeve, "Niangniang, this is what the emperor ordered Niangniang to give to you after waking up this morning." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao took it with a blank face, and it wasn't until the thing fell into her hand that she saw the words on it clearly, and she was a little surprised.

In fact, it is not a strange thing, it is a token, with gold and jade borders, carved embosses around it, and a Yu character in the middle is carved out a little domineering and a little heavy. The token that Beigong Yu gave her at the beginning.

Xia Xiaoxiao weighed the weight of the brand in his hand, walked to the table and took a sip of tea, looking thoughtful.

"Did the emperor say, what does he mean by this?"

Xia Xiaoxiao was puzzled, and finally couldn't help but ask Qingyue, who was hanging her head on the side.

If she remembers correctly, this thing seems to have something to do with the one hundred and eighty iron cavalry guards in Beigong Yu's hands, otherwise Yun Xi would not have tried her best to collect this token from her hand, although she didn't know what the specific reason Beigong Yu would give her this thing in the first place, anyway, it was so useful in her hands, and she could enter and leave the imperial city freely.

"Mother, don't you know?"

Qingyue sighed, and laid out the breakfast served by the palace maids outside one by one, she thought that the emperor was willing to give this thing to Xia Xiaoxiao, how could her master be happy for a while, no matter how bad it was, it shouldn't be the indifferent appearance it is now.

"What?"

Xia Xiaoxiao was a little hungry, so she picked up the chopsticks and began to clip them, and the token was easily received in her arms.

She was a little surprised, if Beigong Yu really planned to let her out of the palace, then he wouldn't have been so angry last night, not to mention, isn't he still worried about her leaving, isn't he afraid that she will really run away with this thing again?

Oh, if you're going to run this time, you should really have some extra silver by the way.

"What the emperor wants, it's not that you are forced to stay by his side, can that man in this world tolerate such a thing?"

Not to mention, that man is still the emperor, the king of a country and the king of an emperor, what Beigong Yu wants, but he just wants Xia Xiaoxiao to give him his heart.

Xia Xiaoxiao just ate a small steamed bun, one by one, hearing this, she felt as if she was choked, her face turned red, Qingyue immediately poured her a cup of tea when she saw this, and patted her on the back continuously, "Niangniang, eat slowly, there are more." ”

"Words, is he testing me?"

After a cup of tea, she suddenly felt much better, and even her anger was a lot smoother, she raised her head and raised a smile, but this smile did not reach the bottom of her eyes.

Let's see if she'll really run away with this thing again?

Qingyue stagnated, and buried her head a few points lower, "The slave doesn't dare to speculate on the emperor's thoughts, but it's just ......"

"But nothing."

Xia Xiaoxiao stood up, straightened her clothes, and asked casually.

"It's just that the slave maid thinks that the emperor should only want the master to be happy."

Happy......

So, was it because the palace was too stuffy when he came back last night that he allowed her to enter and leave the imperial city freely.

Xia Xiaoxiao sighed a long sigh and opened the door of the hall, the sky outside the Lingyun Hall was clear, and the air was filled with the fragrance of flowers, she stretched her waist, "It's been lazy for so many days, let's go out for a walk." ”

As he spoke, he lifted his feet and went out.

That's it, don't care what Beigong Yu thinks, she doesn't bother to speculate, he gave her such a good thing, she has no reason not to take it, as long as she can get out of the palace, even if it's just occasional, it's better than staying in the palace I don't know how many times.

Summer is coming to an end, the sun is shining, there are always a lot of beautiful flowers and grasses on both sides of the bluestone avenue that are taken care of by the palace people, the five colors compete for beauty, the sycamore hibiscus on the side of the two roads pokes out the lush branches, and there are begonia trees one by one, the white begonia flowers are haloed with a little golden halo in the sun, as if inlaid with gold edges, elegant and gorgeous, and all kinds of flowers in the air are diffused with the wind, very fresh.

Today, I changed into a set of green lake bibi xia cloud pattern bead brocade clothes, thin and comfortable materials, cool in such a summer.

Xia Xiaoxiao took a leisurely step, stepping on the bluestone slab step by step, staying in Lingyun Hall for many days, and didn't take a good look when he returned to the palace, in fact, when it comes to the outside of the palace, the good ones are all those chic and free, if you want to talk about luxury, where can you compare to these luxuries in the palace?

Look, she likes to be chic and free, and she also loves silver, but she is biased, and there is nothing in this world that can do both.

People are too greedy to be tortured.

She looked at the palace that would appear in front of her not far away, and suddenly said faintly, "Qingyue." ”

"The slave is here."

"I told the emperor last night, Lord Lu has excellent medical skills, and those injuries on your body will be handed over to Lord Lu."

Xia Xiaoxiao stopped her steps and turned her face to look at her, Qingyue's face was stunned, and then her eyes were about to come out again.

"Okay, okay, it's because of me that you suffered these injuries, I heard Pingshun say that Lord Lu will just enter the palace today, you go back and wait first."

She waved her hand, she was really afraid of this girl's crying posture, she had never seen this girl cry so much in the previous three years.

But in the next moment, Qingyue's expression of gratitude just retracted, and her face turned even a little more questioning, "Niangniang...... Do you want to throw Qingyue out of the palace to play......"

"What do you think!" Xia Xiaoxiao's old face turned red, and he directly began to push people, "Go quickly, Lord Lu's temperament will not wait for anyone later." ”

Qingyue was helpless, her master began to pick up people, and it was impossible for her not to leave.

It wasn't until Qingyue's figure gradually disappeared from sight that Xia Xiaoxiao stood in place for a while, then turned around and walked in one direction with steps.

Are you out of the palace......

Today is not a good day to leave the palace, if you want to leave the palace, you have to wait until she has figured out all these things before going out.

Two finches flew overhead, drawing a long arc, and finally flew into a quiet palace.

Forget the dust.

Xia Shulan was pruning the branches on a grape trellis, and suddenly, a small brown finch fell on the support at hand, chirping, and she was about to peck at the grapes she had carefully raised.

Xia Xiaoxiao's action of pushing the door was very light, so that the woman who was teasing the birds in the yard did not notice, and the finch did not know whether she was too bold or realized that people were not malicious, so she jumped into the woman's hand, and the cheerful and pleasant voice made the woman laugh to the greatest extent.

"Auntie."

Xia Shulan's eyes kept falling on the bird, she was almost half of her body with her back to the main entrance, when she heard this sound, she was instinctively stunned, the bird in her hand was frightened, and suddenly fluttered her wings and flew away.

She turned around, the smile on her face never dissipated, but she didn't see how surprised Xia Xiaoxiao would appear here.

"It's coming."

It's still the same sentence she says every time Xia Xiaoxiao comes to her.

"Hmm."

Xia Xiaoxiao answered softly, and had already raised her feet and walked in her direction.

Since Yun Ji's accident, she has only been here once, this is the second time, not long or short, and it has been almost a year.

Compared with the last time Xia Xiaoxiao came here, the center of the forgotten dust was more depressed, there were some palace maids before, and there were flowers in the house, but now, she is the only one in the courtyard, and there is only one grape in the yard, what flowers and grass, what should be withered and withered, what should be dealt with is also dealt with, and the whole huge palace is her, especially because of the finch, it seems that she has some popularity.

Xia Xiaoxiao stood outside the courtyard, looking at the once familiar palace, looking at the people who were once full of anger, but now they are all more lonely, and they can't say what they feel.

She knew that these were all things she didn't want, no matter what Xia Shulan said, she was also the concubine favored by Beigong Chengyan, and Beigong Yu would never embarrass her.

When Xia Xiaoxiao walked over, she happened to step over a dirty land, it was Xia Shulan who had just dug up a flower and had not filled in the land before, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't care anymore, so she stepped over directly, Xia Shulan hurriedly walked over, took her hand, bypassed a piece, and looked at the corners of her skirt that were already a little dirty, "The mourning family is not here than before, what are you doing here." ”

The tone was a little reproachful, but more soft, just like Xia Shulan was born with a gentle and virtuous character.

Her hand was still holding her, Xia Xiaoxiao looked at it, and suddenly remembered that when she was a child, Xia Shulan had not yet entered the palace, and her mother had just died, so she took her hand and took her to the market outside Xia's mansion to stroll, and she felt very warm at that time.

"Auntie, why are your hands so cold?"

Xia Xiaoxiao turned to hold her hand, and on a hot day, he poured hot air into her hand.

Xia Shulan looked at her, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she said as if she didn't care, "When people are old, they are always not as good as when they were young, and now their body bones are weak, and it is normal to be cold." ”

"Come on, come into the house, Auntie's freshly picked tea."

Xia Xiaoxiao was led into the house by her like this, and she did have a bit of a rickety back along the way, even if she was in the palace at the beginning, she was gorgeous and gorgeous, but she couldn't withstand the wear of time.

A cup of tea accompanied by Qingfang was served, in fact, most of the forgotten dust in the center has not changed much, it is similar to the time she came after the death of Beigong Chengyan, but it is even more lifeless.

"Why don't you keep Mama Liu by your side."

Anyway, there is a confidant by your side, at least someone who can speak.

"What are you going to do with it, Mama Liu has been with the mourning family for most of her life, and now, it should be the age to go out of the palace and enjoy the blessings."

Xia Shulan sat down beside her, her fingers stroked the edge of the teacup over and over again, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, Xia Xiaoxiao inadvertently caught a glimpse of the extra white between her forehead and temples, and she felt sour but didn't know what to say.

"The mourning family is here now, and life is very good." She looked up, and the wrinkles in the corners of her eyes deepened a little.

It's really good, if she doesn't go out, there will be no one to spare, and what is wrong with being alone in this dusty dwelling, occasionally teasing the birds, and planting something she likes.

Xia Xiaoxiao drank the cup of tea, and the fragrance of the tea spread on the tip of her tongue with a slight bitterness, "Then why, no more flowers are planted in this yard?" She looked up, "I remember my aunt's favorite thing was orchids. ”

Now the whole empty yard, not to mention the flowers, even the first tree is gone, just a lone vine in the yard.

"It's all before."

Xia Shulan just took a sip and smiled faintly, "Compared to me and Xi'er, you have always been the one who lives the most sober and clear life." ”

In the words, there was some envy, and the slightly wrinkled hand gently stroked Xia Xiaoxiao's face, "You always know what you want." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao is also the most daring one compared to her and Xia Yingxi, if she wants to get out of the palace, she is not worried about her, and she will run over to her worriedly and say to her, let the two of them escape from the palace together, at that time she also didn't believe it, the woman who entered the palace, how could she say that she could go, but what Xia Shulan didn't expect was that she really did it, but, "Since they are all gone, what can you do and come back?" ”

This question, Xia Xiaoxiao had already asked her once on the day she returned to the palace, why did she come back, it seemed to be a question that everyone was curious about, but Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't answer it.

Xia Shulan lowered her eyes, her voice was light and shallow, and she was a little helpless, "As a result, do you still lock your heart in this palace?" ”

"Also, there are people in this world, they have always trapped themselves, no matter who has the ability, the only one who can be trapped can only be people, how can they trap their hearts."

She turned her face, looked past the window, and fell on a piece of land in the courtyard that had not been taken care of, the soil was still renovated, and it was a small field of orchids that was planted there before, and her eyes fell, as if she could still see that Beigong Chengyan taught her to plant one by one, the sun was just right that day, and a little bit of brilliance sprinkled on his shoulder, and the bright yellow color pierced her eyes, but also pierced her heart.

Xia Xiaoxiao was a little stunned, yes, the only one who can trap herself in this world is herself.

"Now that you're back, can the mourning family ask you for something?"

Xia Shulan had already collected her senses, and the cup of tea in her hand was gradually cold.

"Auntie, between you and me, why do you ask for this word."

Xia Xiaoxiao took a sip of herbal tea again, and said with some sadness.

Xia Shulan smiled faintly, "The mourning family heard that the emperor made you a concubine yesterday, it seems that the emperor wants to be good to you." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao not only went out of the palace without punishment, but was blessed by misfortune, who can not see what is in it.

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't say anything about this, only asked, "Auntie, what can I say directly?" ”

Xia Shulan's expression was obviously a little speechless, Xia Xiaoxiao really couldn't think of anything that Xia Shulan would need her help with now, until Xia Shulan opened her mouth again, "Since ancient times, it is normal to be the emperor's three wives and four concubines, but now the emperor has you by his side," she twisted slightly, and her tone was a little unavoidable, "Can you think of a way to send Xi'er out of the palace?" ”

After Xia Xiaoxiao heard this, she couldn't help but gasp, "Auntie......"

Don't say that she can't stand the fright when she hears it, anyone who comes to hear it can't stand the fright!

Although she finally escaped from the palace after a bumper, this imperial city was not opened by her, and she can send whoever she wants out? Then why didn't she send Beigong Yu out?

Let's not talk about Beigong Yu for the time being, Xia Yingxi is almost the status of the harem of the favored crown now, and the phoenix seals are all under her control, what can she think of?

"Auntie, how did you come up with this idea?"

This matter is undoubtedly just Xia Shulan's thoughts, if Xia Yingxi really has the idea of leaving the palace, I'm afraid it won't be Xia Shulan's turn to ask her.

Xia Shulan naturally saw Xia Xiaoxiao's concerns, the warm breeze outside the window blew in a little, and the hair on her forehead was also a little messy, "In a few days, it will be Li'er's twelfth birthday." ”

"So what."

Xia Xiaoxiao was stunned, I don't know why she suddenly mentioned this, but once it came to the affairs of the Xia family, Xia Xiaoxiao's face had become a little indifferent.

"Since the emperor ascended the throne, your father's status in the court has been worse day by day, that is, when he was named the crown prince and concubine, your father has been ridiculed by many people in the court."

She said lightly, Xia Xiaoxiao only listened quietly, the crown prince and the prince, a false position to teach the prince martial arts, not to mention that Beigong Yu's attainments in martial arts have long been much higher than Xia Fu, but Xia Fu has always been looked down upon, otherwise he would not have thought of a way to send her and Xia Yingxi to the palace one after another.

"But at that time, the Mourning family still had some weight in the palace, but now that it is relying on Xi'er, the Xia family has gradually begun to decline."