A few days ago, Hanyue promised Qu Zhixu to make cold powder for them to eat, but after Sun Yuwei's matter, he forgot about it, no, Hanyue immediately went to pick fruits as soon as he remembered it, because in a few days in autumn, he could no longer eat such cold things.

The fruit of this cold powder grows on a rockery behind the imperial garden, and Hanyue originally planned to go with Zimo and the two to pick the lily, but Liu Yuanzhi said that she was idle in the Linhua Hall alone, so she wanted to go with Hanyue and them. So, the three of them went to the Imperial Garden together.

Because the fruit grew quite tall, and their height was unattainable with Hanyue, Hanyue asked Zi Mo to order the attendant to prepare a ladder for them to use in advance.

"Miss, this lily grows strangely tall, it's dangerous to climb up, so let the slave maid pick it." Zi Mo looked up at the fruit-bearing vines and said.

Without waiting for Han Yue to speak, Liu Yuanzhi on the side rushed to say with novelty, "I'll pick it, I've never done such a thing when I'm so big." ”

Han Yue was a little surprised when she heard this, she looked at Liu Yuanzhi's outfit today, and then gently persuaded her, "Yuanzhi, how can you climb the ladder in such a long dress?" If you fall down here, it's no joke. ”

"It's out of the way, I'll be careful. Yue'er, just let me go. Liu Yuanzhi seemed to be coquettish and pleading.

Hanyue couldn't, so she had to agree, "Then you remember to be careful, walk slowly, I'll hold the ladder for you." After Han Yue finished speaking, she still felt uneasy, and said again, "Be careful, don't be careless." ”

"Got it." Liu Yuanzhi reached out and lifted the hem of her skirt, and she cautiously climbed the ladder as she said to Hanyue. Han Yue helped hold the ladder on the side, always keeping an eye on Liu Yuanzhi. Zi Mo used a basket to pick the lychee fruit picked by Liu Yuanzhi.

Nangong Xuan, who had just come out of Yongning Palace, was strolling in the imperial garden on a whim, and he walked and walked to a place not far from the rockery, and happened to bump into Liu Yuanzhi picking lily on the ladder. He saw that the woman was wearing a long skirt with autumn fragrance and pear blossom scattered flowers, with a few beaded flowers of the same color scattered on her bun, and a gust of wind raised the corners of her light skirt, which was about to fly. The handmaid holding the basket said something that made her smile skillfully.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Nangong Jing only felt that there was a trace of hazy emotion in his heart, ethereal like smoke, and he couldn't find it anywhere. It is like a crystal clear snowflake falling into the clear and turquoise center of the lake and slowly melting, and like a star crossing the barren sky, leaving a trace of residual warmth. He unconsciously said in his mouth, "If someone is in the mountains, he will be taken by Xue Lixi." is both embarrassed and smiling, Zi Muyu is good at smiling. Nangong Xuan was unconsciously stupid.

Seeing that Liu Yuanzhi was about to go down the ladder after picking the lychee fruit, but unexpectedly, she accidentally stepped on the corner of her skirt all of a sudden, her feet slipped, her body was unstable, and the whole person lost her center of gravity and fell backwards.

Han Yue, who was originally holding on to the ladder on the side, was shocked when she saw this, if Liu Yuanzhi fell from such a high place, the consequences would be unimaginable! The incident happened suddenly, the situation was critical, Han Yue's heart was suddenly anxious and shocked, and she couldn't think much about it under such circumstances, so she immediately flew and pounced. She thought that even if she couldn't catch Liu Yuanzhi, at least she could use herself as a cushion to cushion Liu Yuanzhi, so that Liu Yuanzhi would not be too seriously injured.

Nangong Xuan, who was not far away, saw this scene, and was also shocked in his heart, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, he immediately rushed up with an arrow step, and happened to catch Liu Yuanzhi who fell from the ladder. Seeing that Liu Yuanzhi was fine, Han Yue and Zi Mo breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Yuanzhi was shocked, and when her feet touched the ground, her face turned slightly better. She raised her eyes and looked at the man in front of her who had saved herself, white-clothed and bamboo-clad with a long and slender body, gentle as jade, and as good as an immortal, it was the current Seventh Prince, King Xuanwang Nangong Xuan. She looked at Nangong Xuan, who was close at hand, her expression was a little unnatural, and her face as white as porcelain was instantly smeared with red glow. The distance between the two was so close that they looked at each other as if they could feel each other's breathing. For a moment, it was as if time had stood still. At a glance, this may be the case.

Looking at the reactions of Liu Yuanzhi and Nangong Xuan, Han Yue's heart couldn't help but "chuckle", she hurriedly looked around, and saw that there was no one around, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the atmosphere between the two in front of him, Han Yue felt very inappropriate in his heart. She sank her sincerity, and finally bowed forward, and said respectfully, "Slave and maid, thank King Xuan for coming to the rescue." ”

A clear voice came from Hanyue, Liu Yuanzhi woke up like a dream, she suddenly realized that the distance between herself and Nangong Xuan was inevitably too close, so she took a step back and saluted, "Thank you King Xuan for saving me." ”

Nangong Xuan saw Liu Yuanzhi's move of retreating, and a small trace of loss crossed her heart. He was slightly stunned, then smiled mildly and said, "Liu Cai doesn't need to be polite. ”

Several people stood like this, and no one said anything for a long time.

In order to resolve the slightly ambiguous and embarrassing atmosphere, Nangong Xuan wanted to change the topic, and when he didn't know what to say, he happened to see the two baskets of lychee fruits that Zi Mo was carrying in his hand, and then pointed and asked, "Liu Cairen, what is this for?" ”

Liu Yuanzhi replied with a smile, "This is for making cold powder." ”

"Jelly?"

Liu Yuanzhi continued, "Yes, mash the lychee fruit and put it in a gauze bag, soak it in water and rub it. There is no need to add anything, and after precipitation, it will condense on its own, crystal clear, and very refreshing. Add some crushed ice, melon, grapes, etc. to your liking, and it will be a great summer meal. ”

When Nangong Xuan heard this, there was a little more appreciation in his eyes, "When I went to ask my mother to say goodbye before, I heard my mother praise the craftsmanship of talented people, and now it seems that talented people are really good at all." ”

Liu Yuanzhi smiled a little shyly, "The prince is too prestigious." This basket of Xue Liquan should be a thank you gift for the prince to come to the rescue. As he spoke, he motioned for Zi Mo to hand over one of the baskets to Nangong Xuan.

"Then I'll be disrespectful." Nangong Xuan accepted it with a smile. Although the two of them had cronies with them, after all, there were many people in the palace, and there would inevitably be unnecessary incidents, so Liu Yuanzhi took Han Yue and Zi Mo and left first.

On the way back to the Huadian, Han Yue always wanted to speak and stopped. At that moment, she clearly felt the unusualness between Liu Yuanzhi and Nangong Xuan, but she didn't know what to think about at that time. If Liu Yuanzhi had met the person she liked before entering the palace, then Hanyue would have been happier than anyone else, but this time the heavens had made a big joke with them. The right person appeared at the wrong time and in the wrong place, how could you not blame the will of heaven for making people!

Liu Yuanzhi has already entered the palace as a concubine, if someone with a heart discovers this and makes a big fuss, it will be a big crime that makes Long Yan angry! Han Yue admits that she can't afford to take this risk, and she can't let Liu Yuanzhi take this risk, so even if she is a villain, Han Yue can only interrupt the two of them at that time and strangle that little bit of sprouts in the cradle.

Liu Yuanzhi walked all the way, and was silent all the way. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but she knew, she couldn't deny the throbbing in her heart at that time. Perhaps, Nangong Xuan has already tugged at her heartstrings. But so what? After all, it's just fate. This may be her fate.

Liu Yuanzhi looked at the vast but slightly desolate sky in the distance, and finally said, "Yue'er, don't worry, I will never have any other thoughts." Since I have decided to enter the palace as a concubine, I will only be the emperor's woman for the rest of my life. ”

Han Yue listened to Liu Yuanzhi's words, and was contemplating sorrow, as if her heart had been grabbed, and her sourness was overflowing. But even though she was bitter in her heart, she was helpless. Liu Yuanzhi can figure it out like this, which is the best result for everyone.

As soon as he accompanied Liu Yuanzhi back to the Hook Yi Palace, he found that the entrance of Cuiwei Hall was fenced. Han Yue was puzzled in her heart, and when she returned to the Linhua Palace, she invited Lu Ping to ask, and this question only realized that Shen Meiren and a guard secretly communicated with each other, and this time they were arrested, and now the emperor and the queen are interrogating in the palace.

Han Yue was shocked when she heard this, and when she thought about it carefully, a series of things on weekdays were also connected. It turned out that Shen Meiren didn't care about the original fall from favor, and then later avoided favor all day long, because of this.

In the Cuiwei Palace, the emperor Long Yan was furious. As an ordinary man, he can't bear to betray himself by his own woman, let alone the emperor who is the emperor of the Ninth Five. Shen Meiren and the guard were sentenced to death with a cane, and they were executed in the open space in front of Cuiwei Hall to set an example.

Although Shen Meiren's temperament is really a little cold, Hanyue and Liu Yuanzhi both like her very much. Liu Yuanzhi sometimes has nothing to do, and she will let Han Yue accompany her to the Cuiwei Hall to play tea and chess with Shen Meiren. Now that Shen Meiren has suffered such a big crime, Liu Yuanzhi really can't stay in the Linhua Palace with peace of mind and not go out. She thought selfishly, even if she was powerless to recover, at least, she could give her a ride.

Han Yue stepped up and followed Liu Yuanzhi towards Cuiwei Palace, and the sound of the torture rod hitting her body heavily was heard in her ears, so heavy, so piercing, you can imagine how terrible and bloody the scene was.

When they entered the Cuiwei Hall in the cold moon, Shen Meiren's body was already blood-red, but there was no fear on her face. Her eyes were overflowing with tears, but the corners of her mouth were smiling. She looked sideways at the guards who were being tortured on the side, and sang "The Evil One" intermittently. When the guard heard her sing, he sang along.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and that smile actually contained all kinds of tenderness, as if it encompassed all the ups and downs in the world. "The Evil" over and over again, the voice is like a complaint, miserable, and mournful. The two of them sang, as if they had exhausted all their strength, as well as all their feelings and lives.

Word by word, it drifted into the ears of everyone present, and also into the hearts of everyone present. When Han Yue heard this, she felt a heart-rending pain in her chest. That kind of sadness is indescribable. That mourning is like a poison that spreads inexorably in the body.

Many of the concubines present couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and some of them were timid, and they had already turned their heads and sobbed softly. Han Yue's body trembled slightly, and even her fingertips became cold. She looked at the two in front of her steadily, her eyes already full of tears.

Shen Meiren has been beaten to the point that she can only breathe out and not breathe in, and she can no longer sing her voice, but she still insists on chanting in a breathing voice. Shen Meiren and the guard looked at each other, as if they wanted to firmly imprint each other's appearance in their minds. There is affection, helplessness, bitterness, regret, gratification, and unwillingness in their eyes, but there is no fear. When Shen Meiren read the word "Youjun", before she could finish speaking, as a tear fell to the ground, she closed her eyes forever.

Seeing that Shen Meiren had gone before him, the guard unconsciously used the remaining strength of his body, and shouted in pain, "Cai Yun! With this roar, a large mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth with a "poof". When the executioner saw that the guard was beaten like this, he still had the strength to speak, for fear that the emperor would blame him for this, so he fought again. The guard, who had already suffered a deep internal injury, was now filled with grief and anger, and it didn't take long for him to go.

Hanyue's heart was sour, and she closed her eyes heavily and sighed. A firework went out. She opened her eyes again and looked at this palace city, hoping that it would be different, this may be a dream, but the truth is cruel after all, there are still many palace walls in front of her, and the sky above her head is still gloomy.

At the beginning, Shen Meiren was still a living person, but now she is a cold corpse. The mountains were flattened, the waters were exhausted, the heavens and the earth were overturned, and it was pitch black, and they returned to the wilderness.

If Shen Meiren had never entered the palace, maybe she was living happily with her lover somewhere at this moment, she was still his palm flower, her heart was good, and he would always be the red cinnabar mole in her heart. Unfortunately, there are no ifs. God, it is always not what people want.

The bodies of Shen Meiren and the guards were carried out, and the concubines who committed crimes and were executed were not qualified to be buried in the ground. The bodies of the two will be discarded on the mass grave by the attendants of the Xi Palace Bureau at will.

Liu Yuanzhi witnessed this tragedy, and her heart was greatly shocked and unbearable. Love is deep and long-lived, and it is difficult for a lover to become a family member. Shen Meiren and the guard were like this, and so was herself. Liu Yuanzhi sighed, then turned her head and whispered to Han Yue beside her, "Yue'er, when there is no one, you will go and get some broken silver and give it to the two chamberlains, so that they can at least bury Shen Meiren and the guard." ”

Hearing this, Hanyue nodded. There wasn't much they could do, at least not letting the two of them expose their corpses to the wilderness, which was the last bit of their heart for Shen Meiren.

When Cao Meiren and Li Chongrong walked by Liu Yuanzhi's side hand in hand, Cao Meiren suddenly opened her mouth and said sarcastically, "Sister, if you want me to say, this thing gathers by like, people by groups, in this hook palace, maybe there are some unsightly pickles." ”

When Li Chongrong heard this, she glanced at Liu Yuanzhi and Ruan Mingting, and said with a smile, "What my sister said is right, let's go quickly, so as not to get contaminated with these filthy things." As he spoke, he waved the handkerchief in his hand, as if to drive away something, and the two laughed and left together.

Ruan Mingting wanted to ridicule each other when he heard this, but was stopped by Liu Yuanzhi, "They are just a little quick to talk, why should we bother with these villains." ”

Shen Meiren had just been executed, and the air in the Hook Yi Palace seemed to have become extremely oppressive, so overwhelming that everyone was out of breath. Ruan Mingting, who has always been bright and lively, was also depressed at this time, so she listened to Liu Yuanzhi's words and went back to her Lotus Palace to rest.