The errand of lifting the bell is extremely difficult, not only can I not sleep all night, but also, the root of this palace wall is dark at night, and it is easy for people to think of ghost words.

Zhiwei is quite afraid of ghosts, not for anything else, just because she was frightened by her mother Xu with ghost stories since she was a child, and later entered the palace, and heard more about the palace from Concubine Kang's mouth. With so many concubines, palace people, and eunuchs tragically dying in this boxy imperial city, she couldn't help but have a deep fear of this place.

The palace people of the Siyuan Bureau do heavy work, but there is also an advantage, that is, they basically only need to work during the day, and they can pack up and go back to rest when the sun sets. Unlike other palace people who serve in the palace, she has to go to work at night or something, she has been quite comfortable for more than a year, at least she doesn't have to worry about hitting ghosts in the middle of the night.

But less than an hour after she had done her errand to carry the bell, she heard a faint female voice whispering in her ear.

"止~薇~~aunt~~~mother~~~~~"

She was almost frightened and fainted, so the phrase "the world is peaceful" that came out of her mouth lost control, and she ran out like a wild horse, which seemed very abrupt in this silent night.

Zhi Wei didn't know that she had woken up the emperor with this sound, and if she knew, she would probably be even more scared than now.

But in the next second, the female voice suddenly burst into laughter.

"Oh, I heard how Miss Zhiwei is, when I saw it today, she was actually a coward. Why, do you think I'm a ghost? ”

Zhi Wei was already tense and sweating, but she was stunned at the moment.

Then, turning his neck stiffly, he looked towards the base of the palace wall in the left rear.

Sure enough, a small grass that was barely recognizable to the naked eye was shaking its soft waist in the night wind, as if beckoning to her.

"Miss Zhiwei look here, yes, yes, it's me~ I've heard your name a long time ago, but it's a pity that I haven't been able to see you with my own eyes, and I finally saw you today, hehe~"

If Huo Yanzhi was here, he would definitely stare at Zhi Wei in shock, thinking about why this palace man could communicate with flowers and plants like him.

Zhi Wei's reaction was not as fierce as he was today, but very flat, at least, it was much easier than when he was suspected of seeing a ghost.

She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't see you just now." How do you know my name? ”

The grass shook her waist proudly: "Oh, it just so happened that someone sent two pots of flowers into the Qiande Palace today, so I said a few words to them." They also told me about your punishment for lifting the bell today. ”

Zhiwei touched her nose unnaturally.

Well, it seems that the fact that she offended the emperor and was punished is not only spread among the palace people, but even these flowers and plants know about it.

She really underestimated the intelligence ability of these guys who didn't have long legs......

Zhi Wei looked back and found that her location was just in the middle of the two small gates in the north and south, a certain distance from the guards on regular duty, so she stopped and said a few more words to the grass before continuing to walk forward.

The grass is still a little reluctant, after all, the grass near it has been uprooted by the diligent sprinkling and sweeping of the palace, and maybe it will have the same fate in two days. It's rare to meet someone who is willing to chat with it today, and it's more cost-effective to chat a few more words before you die.

Zhiwei had to appease it, saying that she would come back here later, and talk to it at that time.

After that, the fear in her heart was greatly reduced, and when she recalled the words of the grass, she even felt a little funny, and the corners of her mouth also brought a little smile, and her mood was so relaxed that it didn't look like she was being punished at all.

Speaking of which, she was able to communicate with these plants thanks to the kick of His Majesty the Emperor the year before last.

I don't know if it's because of the soul of the dead peony, in short, when she went out of the Punishment Division, she could vaguely hear the flowers and plants around her talking about her bloody wounds.

Naturally, it was a little scary at first, but after a long time, she got used to it, and even felt that the people in the palace were too heavy-minded, far less pure than these flowers and plants, so she also developed the habit of talking to them without anything.

As a result, because she was accosted by a plum blossom last month and fell in Hua Ying's eyes, she almost fell on her back with a big black cauldron that cursed the palace concubine today......

Zhi Wei shook her head and slowly suppressed the resentment in her heart.

"People are emperors, and the most noble existence in the world is a little more temperamental and a little blind, which is also understandable. Who made us born lowly and could only do the work of serving? ”

Just as she was shaking through the Yuehua Gate in her heart, another male voice suddenly called her behind her.

"Miss Zhiwei......"

This time she was much bolder, thinking that it was about the same situation just now, so she turned back half a head, with a little playfulness in her eyes, and glanced obliquely at the root of the palace wall.

As a result, she saw a pair of black boots, and further up, there was a dark vermilion unicorn robe, with a horned rhino belt hanging from her waist, and a handle on her left arm.

This outfit seems very familiar.

Zhi Wei didn't need to continue to look at the other party's face, and immediately lowered her head and became respectful.

"Does my father-in-law have something to tell my slave and maid?"

Ma Gongming is the second-in-command of the Shen Criminal Division, just a deputy commander who has just been in charge for less than half a year, Zhi Wei was a first-class palace maid when she served Concubine Kang, and later although she was transferred to Shangyang Palace and Siyuan Bureau, she is now also leading a second-class palace maid, so she is more comfortable speaking in front of him.

But this fat father-in-law, at a glance, knew that he was the chief eunuch of the fourth grade, and most of them were the one in front of His Majesty today, where did she dare to offend, she could only be doubly cautious.

The fat father-in-law said slowly: "You were punished by Ma Gongming for lifting the bell?" ”

Zhiwei honestly said yes and didn't say a word.

Zhao Jiufu looked at her obediently, and was about to reprimand, but in the end he shook his head helplessly.

"If you are punished for your mistakes, you must look like you are being punished. You can't shout like Fang Cai, so as not to disturb the holy car, and then Your Majesty will not be so lightly exposed. The girl is a smart person and should understand the meaning of our family. ”

Zhi Wei was in her heart, and she was too busy to respond, and thanked Zhao Jiufu for his suggestion.

Zhao Jiufu waved his hand, and he also turned around and left.

But he said in his heart, if it weren't for His Majesty's idle questioning, and it didn't look like he was so angry that he was about to send someone down, where would he have the leisure to mention her?

Huo Yanzhi in the Qiande Palace was also a little surprised.

His original intention was just to let Ma Gongming take him down casually and punish him, and he didn't mean to rectify the little palace people, and he didn't expect Ma Gongming to be ruthless. But I didn't expect that guy to let her carry the bell?

"If you really let her report the peace all night, I still need to sleep?"

After sending Zhao Jiufu out to reprimand the people of that palace, he just thought about Wan Nianqing like this.

Wan Nianqing said: "You human beings have a lot of things, you will fight if you want to, kill if you want to kill, and come up with so many torture punishments. A little girl walked around the wall of this palace all night, and she didn't let people sleep, and she was tired to think about it! I'm so tired that I need to sleep at least eight hours a day......"

The corners of Huo Yanzhi's mouth twitched, you are a "monster" that grows in the soil, can you compare with a big living person with legs?

However, he was so gagged by it, and there was indeed no more harsh "peace in the world" sound behind him, and he was not as angry as before, and he fell asleep with Wan Nianqing after a while.

Huo Yanzhi slept comfortably, but Zhiwei outside was very difficult.

You have to walk slowly, not too fast, and pay attention to your posture. At the very least, running away with your feet out is absolutely necessary, and you might be mistaken for an assassin by the patrolling guards.

It takes about a quarter of an hour to walk in a circle, and at least twenty or thirty times a night.

Because you can say a few words to the grass after walking around, soothe the nervous nerves, and rest your feet by the way, the first half of the night is not too difficult.

But in the second half of the night, her eyelids fell so hard that she couldn't open them, and for a moment she felt that she was almost out of her body, but the body was still moving by habit.

Cao'er yawned and persuaded her: "Anyway, there is no one to supervise, so you can find a corner and squint for a while." Otherwise, it's okay here, I'll watch the wind for you, and I'll wake you up when the little brother of the guard comes. ”

Zhiwei refused strongly at first, but when it came to the third watch, she couldn't stand it anymore, and slapped her face while napping next to the cat's grass.

"Xiaocao'er, I'll sleep for a quarter of an hour, no matter how much it is, you must remember to wake me up."

Cao'er promised well, and she fell asleep in seconds.

Before going to sleep, Zhiwei vaguely felt as if she had forgotten something important.

It wasn't until she was woken up that she suddenly remembered—

As far as she knows, these flowers and plants are much more sleepy than people, like the wisteria flowers she took care of a while ago, basically it is good to be awake for an hour during the day, this grass is also sleepy just now, and it is strange to be able to look at the wind so energetically!

Looking at the pair of black boots in front of her, Zhiwei wanted to cry without tears, but she was the eunuch in charge of the Qiande Palace, she was lazy and was caught, and she was about to pounce and kneel down to beg for mercy, but she found that the cat had been for too long, her legs and feet were numb, and she couldn't move for a while, and she sat on the cold floor tiles in February.

Unexpectedly, the man did not say sarcastic or reprimand, but bounced away like a frightened bird, and said in a low voice: "The girl has worked hard to carry the bell...... But now the hour is not early, and if it is seen by others, I am afraid that it will not be good. ”

Zhi Wei sighed, looked up at the sky, and panicked even more.

It was about the end of the day before she went to sleep, and now it's almost the end of the day!

In other words, she slept for an hour!

"Much, thank you for the guard's advice, I'll get up."

The guard nodded, said "a little effort" and ran away.

Zhi Wei glanced at the wilted and motionless grass next to her, and struggled to climb up against the wall, but found that the lantern placed on the side had been extinguished at some point, so she could only take out the fire fold from her bosom and light it again.

There was still an hour before the end of the torture tonight, and I had just slept and woken up a lot, and the rest of the road went smoothly, and I didn't get sleepy again.

She didn't know which one of her guards she had just mentioned, and whenever she passed by the patrolling or gatekeepers, she couldn't help but glance at her eyes or two, thinking that he would have a chance to repay him one day or two.

But these people seemed to her to be almost born, wearing the same clothes, and not speaking, she couldn't tell the difference at all, so she had to give up.

Inside the value room on the periphery of the Qiande Palace.

Yuan Chengtai tiptoed into the house, and was just about to lie down, when the person lying next to him suddenly laughed and sat up.

"Tut-tut, you're back so soon?"

Yuan Chengtai stiffened his face and asked instead of answering: "Didn't you go down an hour earlier than me tonight?" Why aren't you sleeping at this time? ”

Wang Jing said: "I want to sleep, but it's a pity that I saw the vice Western scenery halfway, and my heart is itchy, that's called a tossing and turning, but I can't wait for you to come back and talk to you~"

Yuan Chengtai pulled the quilt on, covered it over his head, and said sullenly: "Hurry up and sleep, what Western scenery can there be when the black light is blind?" ”

Wang Jing stretched his voice and sighed, "It's not unusual, it's not a pair of shadows under the moon before the flowers, after all, there is no moon today, it's just that I saw a fool peeping at other girls' sleep......"

Yuan Chengtai was so angry that he smashed the pillow to Wang Jing, and the two laughed and scolded angrily, and then it was quiet again.