The little palace maid replied: "I am in the palace of Concubine Yu, yesterday Concubine Yu Niangniang heard that the princess of the sour jujube cake sent last time did not eat it, so she asked us to make it in a hurry in the kitchen, and sent it to the princess early today." ”

The crescent moon listened, and motioned to the attendant Qin next to her.

Shiqin took the food box, and rewarded the little palace maid with money according to the rules, and the crescent moon said: "Go back and thank you for me." Then he sent the little palace maid back.

Shiqin opened the food box and held it in front of the crescent moon.

The crescent moon only glanced at two small plates of red sour jujube cakes in the food box, and turned around and asked Huai Sleeve: "Master likes to eat this pastry." ”

Huai Sleeve shook his head lightly: "You know, I never eat sweet and greasy things like pastries. ”

When the crescent moon heard this, she instructed the servant: "Give it to the little girls to eat, a few of you have a plate, and the other plate is to be given to the girls of the princess master." The waiter answered the call and left with the food box.

Seeing Shiqin walking away, Huai Sleeve asked the crescent moon in a deep voice: "Since you are not rare, why bother asking Concubine Yu to send it again in vain?" ”

The crescent moon snorted coldly and said, "These harem concubines, in front of my imperial uncle, are all well-behaved and gentle, and each one behind them is more insidious than the other!" As she spoke, there was already a look of disdain on her face.

Huai Sleeve was secretly surprised in his heart, the crescent moon is a princess, and it is favored by the emperor and the queen mother, how can he also realize this? Could it be that this seemingly innocent little princess has also had an unusual experience?

The crescent moon saw the confusion on the face of the sleeve, and the gaze of the book seemed to gradually drift away, and the expression of the eyes wandered back to many years ago, and a weak figure with two heads combed appeared in the eyes, alone, in a garden......

"That year, Ama died of illness, and E-Niang cried all day long, and she had no intention of taking care of me when I was still young." The crescent moon spoke in a long and quiet tone, as if returning to the bleak and cold Prince's Mansion back then, the most unforgettable years in her memory.

"Ama has three sons, all of whom are much older than me, even older than my mother, who is the concubine of Amma. The previous Chang Fujin has long since passed away, my Eniang was born in the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and her identity is considered inferior among the nobles of the Eight Banners, so the relationship between several brothers of Chang Fujin and Eniang and me has not been harmonious, and I know that they look down on our mothers.

The eldest brother's son is the same age as me, according to the generation, I am his aunt, but he often bullies me behind his back, at first I always cried and ran to tell Eniang, but I found that Eniang had no way.

Gradually, I learned to protect myself and resist, he hit me, I hit back, I remember one time, I scratched his face with my nails. When the crescent moon said this, she couldn't help but laugh.

Listening quietly with her sleeves, she could see that although the crescent moon spoke in a relaxed tone when she talked about these times, there was a desolate desolation hidden in the depths of those dark eyes.

Crescent Moon smiled for a while and continued: "No matter what the people in the house say about Eniang, Ama is very considerate and caring for Eniang, and naturally she is very fond of me.

However, the good times didn't last long, and within a few years, my Ama fell ill, and I couldn't afford to be sick, and Eniang shed all her tears and couldn't save Amma's life after all, leaving our mother and daughter behind.

That year, I was only seven or eight years old, and I didn't understand anything, except that my mother called my nurturing grandmother to take me all day long, and the most important thing she did every day was to guard my Amma's coffin and weep endlessly, and she didn't care about anything else, and in the end, she also went with my Amma. ”

Listening to the crescent moon tell her distant but clear memories like yesterday, she seemed to see an ignorant little girl who had been turned upside down but didn't know anything about the earth-shaking changes around her, standing in a solemn white, the bleak white and deep black, devouring all her good life in the past, and would also change her future.

The crescent moon pondered for a while, and continued: "My brothers have all married and set up their own houses, so naturally they have no intention of taking me in, but fortunately, the Empress Dowager likes me and brings me into the palace to be raised. My life returned to peace, and at that time, Aunt Su Ma and many eunuchs teased me when they had nothing to do, and I still felt very happy, and I felt that people's hearts were very good......"

When Huai Sleeve heard this, he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, frowning and asking lightly: "Then, ...... you and Concubine Yu?"

Hearing Huai Sleeve's question, the crescent moon sneered, and a look of disdain appeared on her face: "I'm not targeting Concubine Yu alone, I'm the same for those concubines in the harem." ”

Puzzled, the crescent moon continued: "I remember that year, when I had just turned ten years old, a princess gave me a white kitten, which was very cute. So, most of the time I was alone, and the kitten became my very good playmate, almost all the time.

One day, while I was taking a nap with my mother, I ran to a distant garden alone with the kitten to play, and happened to foresee a concubine, and the little white cat suddenly broke away from my hand and threw herself at her, scratching her new flag uniform.

At that time, I was still young, and I didn't know what to do when I encountered such a thing, so I stood there in a daze, and the concubine was very angry, and ordered the eunuch next to her to catch the little white cat, and fell to death on the spot, and I still remember the sound of the kitten's tragic death, and after that, the concubine ordered the eunuch to throw the dead cat in front of me, and ordered me to kneel in front of the dead cat to make amends for her, and said that I was a wild child that no one wanted......"

The crescent moon spoke of these moments, gently closing her eyes, and her arms involuntarily clasped tightly around her shoulders, as if returning to that moment of loneliness and helplessness.

Huai Sleeve felt a burst of pity in his heart, his eyes were hot, he stretched out his arm to hug the crescent moon, and the crescent moon was pillowed on Huai Sleeve's shoulder, and Huai Sleeve only felt that a small piece of warm moisture on his shoulder soaked his skin through the thin shirt.

"Later, I was haunted by nightmares for several days, crying day and night, and the old man in the palace told the Empress Dowager that she was frightened by something unclean, and the imperial doctor could not do anything.

This incident annoyed the emperor's uncle, and he ordered someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, until the concubine was demoted and the eunuch who fell to death was killed, and my illness gradually improved. Later, the emperor's uncle asked the queen Hesheri to raise me personally, and such a thing never happened again. ”

The clear blue sky is as blue as a mirror overhead, and the wind is still turning the pages briskly, but in the world under this clear sky, how many joys and sorrows are intertwined, like flowing water.

Leaning against the tall pear tree behind him, he fell into the uneven depth of the river and the ravines of the years......