"It's easy to grow old, and this palace is really sorry for itself." Li Jieyu got up slowly, took a few steps forward, gently swayed her slender waist, and her posture was very charming.

The tip of Meng Xilan's nose moved, and she smelled a faint smell of wine.

She looked up, her eyes flickering slightly.

It turned out that her cup was not filled with tea, but with wine.

It was still noon, and she began to drink, wouldn't she be drunk all day?

"After the palace lost the child, the imperial doctor told the palace that there was no possibility of giving birth to the palace, and the palace was really sad for a while, but what is the use of being sad? This palace has cheapened itself and the emperor...... But only failed to hurt Concubine Ning for half a point, this is the palace deserves it! ”

Listening to her drunken words and looking at her frivolous eyebrows, Meng Xilan couldn't associate her with the gentle and quiet woman back then.

Perhaps, they are no longer the same person.

"Mother, let it pass. Now that you are favored again, you will only enjoy endless glory and wealth in the future. ”

Meng Xilan is not a person who can't talk about the scene.

Li Jieyu looked at her when she heard this, and smiled bitterly: "Glory and wealth? What does this palace want to do with that glory and wealth? ”

Meng Xilan stared at her, not for glory and wealth, but for revenge on Concubine Ning?

Li Jieyu saw her expression change slightly, and then smiled: "Don't worry about it, the competition for favor in this palace is just to survive, to live in this deep palace." ”

Two years have made her see the coldness and ruthlessness of people's hearts, and also made her clearly realize how embarrassing her status in the palace is?

Originally, a white silk could end her life, but she just couldn't do it, and she couldn't do it herself.

People are really greedy!

"This is Hongu's favorite wine, called Drunken Life and Dream Death." Li Jieyu looked at Meng Xilan with a smile, and asked the palace maid to pour wine for her in front of her.

"Do you want to taste it?"

Meng Xilan politely declined: "Xilan doesn't know how to drink." ”

She wasn't a drinker, and even if she could, she wouldn't drink the wine that someone brought her.

"Huh...... That's a shame. It's the best taste of being drunk. ”

Li Jieyu cup-in-a-cup, showing a drunken state in front of her without any scruples.

Meng Xilan got up slowly, only to feel that it was time for her to leave.

This woman is already a wreck. Now she does not have the slightest threat to Murong Qiao.

Meng Xilan walked out of the palace gate, and Li Jieyu's soft laughter could still be heard in her ears.

That laughter sounds a little scary! So where is the laughter? It's even more sad than crying!

For some reason, Meng Xilan's heart was filled with a trace of helplessness: What kind of place is this? Can you turn good people into bad, can you make good people crazy?

After returning to Cining Palace, Meng Xilan was depressed all afternoon, and she didn't even eat a few bites of dinner.

She was very stuffy, blocked, and uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Zhu Lu pondered for a moment, quietly spread rice paper on the table, and then stepped forward to persuade: "Master, you haven't practiced calligraphy for a long time?" Why don't you write a few words and give them to the slave and maid. ”

Meng Xilan was slightly stunned when she heard this, and then thought about it, it was indeed the case. Since the last time she copied the Buddhist scriptures for the Queen Mother, she hadn't held a pen for a long time.

"It's okay, I'm panicking." Meng Xilan felt that this was a good way to pass the time.

Zhulu and Zhuqing lit all the lights in the house, and the room was bright.

Meng Xilan stood in front of the table, writing with a pen, engrossed.

Suddenly, it was dark, and the moon had risen.

The moonlight outside the window came in, shining on her body and reflecting her face, making her more and more delicate and delicate.

"The mountains look up, and the scenery stops. Although I can't reach it, my heart yearns for it. ”

Zhu Lu read softly beside him: "Master, you wrote the Book of Songs. ”

Meng Xilan nodded slightly. She was about to pick up the pen and write again, but she saw a dark shadow flashing by the window, and the shadow looked familiar, so she didn't feel alarmed.

Zhou Youchen stood outside the window, staring at her, supporting the window railing with both hands, and said quietly: "It's so Yaxing." ”

It's been a long time since he's seen her pick up a pen and write, but it's rare now.

Meng Xilan made a "shhh" gesture at him.

At this hour, it was around dinner, and there were many palace maids and eunuchs walking in the palace, and his courage was too great!

Zhou Youchen disagreed: "Don't be afraid. I am here today in the open, with others. ”

Meng Xilan was slightly surprised.

You can obviously carry people's backs, why do you have to make such a big noise!

Zhou Youchen really walked in from the main entrance, and the palace maids saluted him one after another.

Zhou Youchen nodded slightly, flicked his sleeves, and said in a somewhat cold tone: "Stand down, your master is happy." ”

The palace ladies retreated.

Zhou Youchen came to see Meng Xilan writing, but when he saw her stop writing and glaring at herself, she blinked and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Meng Xilan sighed: "I told you a long time ago, you can't get too close to me in front of people. ”

Zhou Youchen's tone was light: "I will come openly, go openly, and I won't mess around." ”

Meng Xilan wanted to say more, but unexpectedly, a drop of ink fell from the tip of the pen and fell on the paper, staining the words she had just written.

"Oops, it's a pity!" Zhulu snorted softly.

Meng Xilan put down the brush, looked at Zhou Youchen and said, "I haven't tested your homework for a long time." ”

Zhou Youchen frowned: "Don't bother me, those masters in the study are enough to give me a headache." ”

Meng Xilan insisted: "Come and write a few words, I'll take a look." ”

Zhou Youchen reluctantly walked over and bowed his head and wrote his name.

In the past, he used to write like a good ghost, but now, although his handwriting is a little sloppy, it can finally be seen by people.

"Why do you only write your own name?" Meng Xilan smiled slightly, her tone a little helpless.

Zhou Youchen saw her smile, and also curled the corners of his mouth.

He came to talk to her, but Meng Xilan was surprisingly little to talk today.

Zhou Youchen was vaguely aware of it, so he said, "Is something wrong?" ”

Meng Xilan's reaction was half a beat slower: "It's okay, I'm just tired." ”

Zhou Youchen nodded thoughtfully: "Then you rest early, I'll go back." ”

Meng Xilan was a little surprised to see him so obedient.

Zhou Youchen said that he would go, striding meteors, and even looked a little anxious.

Meng Xilan looked at his back, her heart moved slightly, and she was inexplicably a little lost.

Late at night, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

Meng Xilan was lying on the bed silently, but she heard a sound in the distance.

I thought it was Zhou Youchen coming, but unexpectedly, there was a knock outside the palace gate.

Meng Xilan sat up and waited for the palace people to report.

After a moment, Zhu Lu said in a panic: "Master, something happened to Qixia Palace." ”

"Huh?" Meng Xilan was shocked when she heard this. "You said Li Jieyu ......"

Zhulu shook her head and nodded again. "The eunuch came to report that Li Jieyu had stabbed the emperor."

What the?!

Meng Xilan couldn't believe her ears and stabbed the emperor...... Could it be that she wants to assassinate the king?

In a panic, Meng Xilan dressed neatly and went to Qixia Palace, and when she arrived at the palace gate, she and Murong Qiao collided.

"Niangniang......" Meng Xilan called her, Murong Qiao's face turned slightly pale, and her expression was a little uneasy: "You have also heard about it." ”

"It is said that the emperor was only injured and did not worry about his life."

When she came all the way, Meng Xilan asked the eunuch who reported the news, and she had already asked about the matter.

"That's good." Murong Qiao's face sank.

As they spoke, the two of them had already entered the inner sanctum.

Looking up, Zhou Shixian seemed to be unscathed, but he was sitting on the main seat with a pale face.

Meng Xilan secretly looked at him and found that his left hand was wrapped in gauze, and there were bright red blood stains on the cloth, which seemed to be injured.

Li Jieyu was nowhere to be seen, and there were only the silent imperial doctors and trembling palace people in the palace.

Murong Qiao was the first to speak: "Long live ......"

She walked away slowly, didn't care about saluting, just looked at Zhou Shixian with a concerned face, her eyes full of tears.

Her tears came quickly.

Meng Xilan lowered her eyes and followed behind her, and bowed to the emperor on her knees.

Zhou Shixian ignored Murong Qiao, just sat there with a calm face.

Suddenly, he looked at his injured hand and said coldly: "Li Jieyu stabbed the king and killed him, violated the rules of the king's law and palace, and was immediately killed!" ”

Cane ...... These two words fell, causing everyone to be surprised.

It happened suddenly, but there had to be a reason.

During the day, Li Jieyu was fine, and she also said that she wanted to live.

Meng Xilan was not qualified to ask questions, so she only heard Murong Qiao ask, "Long live Lord, what happened?" ”

Zhou Shixian smiled coldly: "Ai Concubine, it's all my own carelessness." ”

Murong Qiao's eyes condensed slightly, waiting for him to continue.

Zhou Shixian didn't say a word, and took her back to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

When Meng Xilan left, she happened to see the palace people collecting Li Jieyu's body.

She was beaten to death, and she shed blood all over the ground.

The blood on the ground was bright red and blinding.

Meng Xilan's body shook slightly, Gao Fuli hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said cautiously: "Master, let's go back too." Don't look at these, little heart out of your eyes. ”

Meng Xilan sighed softly. That's a life, a life that was once alive, what's so dirty.

Back to Cining Palace, Meng Xilan stayed awake all night, and couldn't figure out why.

Early the next morning, she saw Murong Qiao and thought she would tell her the truth. Who knows, Murong Qiao also looked tired, shook his head and said: "The emperor didn't say a word to this palace, and this palace was worried about touching his scales, so he didn't dare to ask more." ”

"Niangniang, don't you think there's something strange here? Li Jieyu is favored again, it is only a few days of hard work, why should she cut herself off. ”

Murong Qiao frowned and stared: "Of course this palace feels strange. But the emperor refused to tell the palace, and the palace couldn't get to the bottom of it. Those palace people in Qixia Palace are also stricter than the other, and it seems that they can't ask anything. ”

She thought about it slightly, and then said: "Don't inquire about this matter first, this palace will find a way." ”

At this time, if someone asks questions, they will definitely attract people's handles. If the emperor knows, won't it be troublesome.

Meng Xilan nodded when she heard this.

Murong Qiao saw that her face was not good, and only said, "Even if it is a dead person, you don't have to care so much." ”

In her opinion, it would be better for Li Jieyu to be absent and save her from being upset.

Meng Xilan said quietly: "I went to see Li Jieyu yesterday, she is indeed a little strange...... But she didn't look like someone who was going to die! ”

"...... Li Jieyu's resentful person is you, the emperor is her only backer, she finally survived, and she didn't plan anything. How could she assassinate the emperor? ”

Murong Qiao frowned and looked at her: "What do you mean?" ”

Meng Xilan took a deep breath: "I'm just confused. I'm wondering, did Li Jieyu deliberately stab the emperor? still, the emperor deliberately wronged Li Jieyu. ”

“…… How can it be? Why did the emperor do this? Murong Qiao immediately shook her head in opposition when she heard this, but she looked at Meng Xilan's serious expression and had to think about it a little more.