Seeing Zicheng happy, Yin Jing's heart was also warm and very happy.

His eyes were gentle and soft, glowing with bright starlight, and his expression was content and pleasant.

Since entering the palace, this was the first time Xie Tong had seen him smile. I don't know why, she actually has some yearning.

"Sure enough."

Hearing Zicheng's praise, the smile in Yin Jing's eyes deepened.

"If you like it, I will go to Xie Mansion to visit today, and I want to come and ask for a few jars of good wine, Lord Xie will not mind."

Hearing him mention his father, Xie Tong's heart was ecstatic, his eyes were blazing, and he looked at the man in front of him in a daze.

Embarrassment, embarrassment, and desperate hope mingle and intertwine at once, and at once she erodes and surrounds her, rising into a strong desire.

She was waiting for him to speak.

But he seemed to have forgotten her existence, full of satisfaction, and only paid attention to the people around him.

Finally, Xie Tong couldn't hold it back.

"Childe...... I...... After I passed the door, I haven't returned to my parents' house to save my relatives. ”

When Yin Jing looked at her, he regained his faint expression, took out a letter from his long sleeve, and handed it over faintly.

She was stunned for a moment, and then hesitantly took the letter, and saw that the words "Xie Yingtian" and "Virtuous Son-in-law Enlightenment" were written on it.

Xie Tong recognized that this was his father's handwriting. The opening of the envelope has been opened, apparently seen.

Opened suspiciously, on the excellent rice paper, wandering Daddy's small body, the pen is strong and round.

She read it word by word, trying her best to find the words "little girl" and "Tong'er".

But in this letter, the princess, the prince, the wife, and the prince are mentioned, but there is no one. Her heart pounded.

Thinking that she had seen something wrong, she looked at it again and again, but there was still no ...... Only in the last line of the letter corner, it is written: The bride has entered the Eastern Mansion, and there is a difference between relatives and relatives, and relatives can be exempted.

Xie Tong's face was full of disbelief, and an inexplicable panic hit his heart in an instant.

"Impossible...... It couldn't be ......."

Her hands trembled, and the letter slipped quietly from her fingers, like a butterfly with broken wings, dragging its heavy body, flapping weakly, and falling from the air.

In those eyes, the scorching flame that had just been poured into it was like a basin of cold water at this moment, and it was instantly extinguished.

A sense of helplessness of abandonment, creeping deep inside.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, as if she had found a reasonable explanation.

"The letter was written by my father, my mother must not know, my mother is still waiting for me to go back, she said that she wants me to serve well...... My mother loves Tong'er the most......"

Tears erupted, and with a "bang", Xie Tong knelt on the ground, grabbed Yin Jing's sleeve tightly, and pleaded bitterly.

"Childe, my mother must miss me very much, please, take me back to see her, please...... Let me go back and meet my mother......"

Yin Jing's face was embarrassed, looking at her pitiful appearance, he couldn't bear it, but when he thought of this person's virtues, he immediately recovered to his original state.

"This letter was sent by Ling Tang personally, she came to visit the princess in the morning, and she must have left at this moment."

The air fell into a deathly silence.

"The letter has been delivered, Zicheng, let's go."

The two of them both left, leaving Xie Tong alone, still kneeling in place.

Tears flowed from her eyes, and she seemed to be unconscious, motionless, and her face was horribly pale.

I don't know how long it took, but her eyes, which had been blank for a long time, came alive again.

"No...... My mother loves me, and it must be that I am not good, and I have not had sex with my son...... Yes, I want to have a child, my mother said that only by giving birth to a child can I help my brother gain fame, so that my mother will like me......"

The new belief gave Xie Tong hope.

At the end of December, the heavy snow in the Yin Palace, like pear blossoms flying, standing on the head of the city and looking at it, on the eaves of the palace city, a piece of silver is wrapped.

Carrying the wind and snow and cold, on the road of the long palace, the female eunuchs of the palace carried the phoenix luan, walking in small pieces, and there was no sound along the way.

The group stepped on the thick snow and made a "crunching" sound.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, a palace maid immediately hugged the warm soup woman and handed it over.

Mingshan came over to ask for peace, muttered a few words in Mingyue's ear, and then left in a hurry in the snow.

Mingyue, Mingyan, and Mingshan, these three are all the queen's personal palace people.

They used to be loyal servants of the Zheng Mansion, and they served by their side since they were young, and later the new queen entered the palace and married together.

Because of this, Mingshan, a boy with strong blood, actually cleaned himself up, cut off Hongchen and became a eunuch.

The queen asked the queen mother to say goodbye, and Fang returned from Chenyang Palace, even if she was sheltered by a cloak and a warm stove, her cheeks were still red from the cold.

The oven in the inner sanctum is warm and comfortable.

At this moment, she had changed her makeup and hair, and was sitting next to the small table of the incense burner, half-squinting, closing her eyes to recuperate.

The palace man brought a small gold flower pot with milky milk, and immediately a servant came up and waited for her to wash.

As she rolled up her sleeves, she frowned as she looked at her yellow fingers.

The liquid was no longer than her wrist, and the color was dwarfed, and the queen glanced away, unable to bear to look at it again.

Mingyue came in from outside the hall, holding a white porcelain jar, her hands were red from the cold, and the huge room was filled with a sweet fragrance.

"Niangniang, this is flower juice water, which the flower slaves hurriedly mix in the morning, and soak it with milk to make the skin more fragrant and white."

The queen smiled and looked at Mingyue with a little more love and trust.

"You have a heart, if you hadn't practiced riding and archery since childhood, how could I leave these calluses on my hands? Although I usually pay attention to maintenance, compared to those women who are raised in the boudoir, it is inevitably inferior. ”

"Niangniang is both civil and military, smart and capable, naturally not like that ordinary woman, otherwise how can everyone in the world, only Niangniang can be a mother in the world?"

Mingyue's eyes are like pearls and stars, bright and bright when she speaks, and her voice is like falling beads, crisp and refreshing, very pleasant.

As soon as the words fell, her eyes suddenly flashed, and she whispered in her master's ear.

"Someone brought it, and I'm waiting in the side hall at the moment, do you want to pass it on?"

"There's no hurry."

The queen half-tilted her body and shook her head gently, Mingyue took out the pearl cream and carefully wiped it for her.

She glanced around.

"Go down first. It's cold, so they all rest around the fireplace, and they don't have to wait outside. ”

"Yes."

"Did anyone bump into me on the road?"

"Rest assured, it is the person who Ming Yan personally called, and the criminal father-in-law is in charge of the new post of the sect, and he has never forgotten the grace of the mother."

"Hmm."

Looking at the charcoal brazier in the center of the hall, the queen seemed to remember something, and she was a little distracted.

"Drinking horses to cross the autumn water, the water is cold and the wind is like a knife. It's winter now, the northern border is bitterly cold, the ice is three feet of wind and sand, and I don't know if my father and brother are okay......"

She let out a faint sigh, "When I think back to my childhood, I really feel extremely beautiful. ”

Mingyue was rubbing her legs, and when she heard her worry, she hurriedly smiled and comforted.

"Niangniang is relieved, the emperor is grateful for the hard work of the border soldiers, just the month before last, he has sent Master Ji to escort grain, grass and clothing!"

She looked up at her master with a big smile on her face.

When he was ordered to leave the palace, the slaves and maids were waiting at the gate of the palace, with felt hats, mink furs, shoes and socks...... Niangniang's mind, I have already entrusted, calculate the time, this is also coming, although the lord and the son are far away in the sky, but knowing that the mother is worried, must be warm. ”

"It's hard work."

The queen's heart was indescribably warm, and she held Mingyue's hand instead, and her tone was very emotional.

"These days, thankfully, I still have you by my side. With you, Hongu always feels a lot more at ease. ”

"Being able to be by the mother's side is the blessing of the slaves and maids."

"Go, bring it in, this palace asks her a few words."

The incense in the hall is curling, and it is comfortable.

On the flower table, in the azure secret color porcelain vase, a few red plums quietly bloomed.

In the blink of an eye, Mingyue led a woman in.

At first glance, this person is wearing a half-worn palace dress, just an ordinary dress, but in terms of posture and demeanor, he does not look like an ordinary palace maid.

"Slave Liuli, knock on the queen's mother, the mother is a thousand years old."

"Look up."

The woman in front of her has pale cheeks, skin like condensation, face like spring flowers, a pair of clear and moist eyes, long hair blocking the waist, slim waist, graceful posture, and a beautiful posture.

Even if it is cold in winter and her clothes are heavily wrapped, she can't hide her charm.

That's the beauty of desire.

In the depths of those eyes, she saw a trace of unspeakable stubbornness.

The queen was secretly surprised - if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, what she was seeing in front of her would have been unbelievable.

"I haven't seen you in months, and you've changed a lot."

She took a sip of the hot pre-rain dragon well, and the fog in front of her was misty and her face was hazy.

Or hearing her teasing, Liuli's back froze, and then he lowered his head, and there was a little more meaning in his cautious tone.

"Everything in the world is changing, and the change of slaves and maids, all things in heaven and earth, are just a drop in the bucket. The phoenix bone fairy appearance of the mother must not be what it was at the beginning. ”

"You're very articulate."

The queen sneered and stared straight at the person in front of her.

"It's a pity, no matter how much you learn from that Chu Jiu, it's not her after all, I see that you are also a little smart, why don't you understand the suspicion of Dong Shi's imitation? Are you just trying to fly up the branches? I don't know what it feels like for a fake to fall into the eyes of the emperor? ”

Liuli bit her lower lip black, but her tone was still sonorous, with a wordless struggle.

"The slave and maid know that they are from a humble background, and in this palace, the master knows that he is satisfied with food, and he does not dare to have a trace of transgression, but he is ......"

Her back suddenly sank, and she felt a little more courageous.

"It's just that everyone has a love for beauty, the slave admires the appearance of the ninth sister, and the ninth sister doesn't think the slave is stupid, and the slave is not afraid."

After hearing this, the queen did not look at her, but lazily and half-crooked, stroking the armor on her fingers, and her tone was slow and penetrating.

"Don't you think? Scold...... I think there is a lot of dislike between you! I heard that in the past half a year, Chu Jiu has treated you much worse than before, why is this? ”

"In September, Qinglian stole the palace's finances, but the palace has forgiven her, why did she hang herself? said that she committed suicide in fear of sin, firstly, she had no family, and secondly, the palace did not punish too harshly, if you think about it, it is very strange here, unless it ......"

The queen suddenly stared at the woman in front of her, like the tip of a wheat needle.

The voice was muffled and hoarse.

"Unless, somebody wants to kill her."

As soon as the words fell, Liuli's prostrate body moved, and then sobbed and wept.

"Qinglian...... She...... It's pitiful. ”

"Hongu feels the same way."

The queen sat upright, feeling that the truth was imminent.

"Half a year ago, Chu Jiu was arrested, and the jade wrench finger of the Seventh Prince was found in her room. As far as this palace knows, the wrench was actually in your hand before the incident. ”

"Concubine Song has always been resolute in her work, before and after arresting people, a total of only half a cup of tea, and the sky is not clear, why is the letter of Yuxiu Palace so fast?"

The people below were silent.

"Ruri, who are you?"

The majestic shouts came from above, and she was especially frightened, trying her best to suppress the tension in her heart.

"As a dancing girl in the palace, she is blessed by God, and the slave is naturally a holy person, and the mother and the saint husband and wife are one, so they are naturally the mother of the mother."

"What a mouth!"

"I heard that you also have an old mother, who is terminally ill, lacks clothes and medicine, has no one to take care of her, and is still sleeping in the grass in the winter......"

Her tone suddenly became extremely bleak.

"Everyone in the world is raising children to prevent old age, don't you know that many times, with hope, they die next to each other, but the end is empty! It's chilling...... Yes, it's better than nothing. ”

Liuli's eyes were in tears, and the beads the size of beans fell, "snapping" on the blue brick floor, but they were still dead and unwilling to confide half a word.

"Don't worry", Empress Zheng took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Poor old man, Mingyue has already done her filial piety for you." ”

Hearing this, Liuli was like five thunderbolts, and she raised her head to look at the queen.

A pair of watery eyes are staring dead at the moment.

"Mother's ......"

"What are you anxious about? Mingyue just invited Lang Zhong and found a warm room for him, and this palace can't do such a thing as careless human life. ”

She bit the words "grass and human life" very hard.

Liuli's lips were pale, her face was bloodless, and her whole body seemed to be gasped, and she sat on the ground.

The queen made a look, and when Mingyue saw this, she hurriedly pulled her out.

Outside, the snow was sudden, and the ground was torn down like cotton wool, scattered outside the main hall, and the lead-gray clouds were close at hand, pressing up towards the huge palace, making people breathless.

On the desk in the window lattice, the red candles are swaying, reflecting the cup mouth of the tea cup jumping, warm and bright, warm and warm.

Mingshan came in from outside, and as soon as he entered the warm pavilion, he consciously knelt on the ground.

"Minions are incompetent."

"No wonder you, she is an old fox, she has always been cautious in doing things, how can she easily show her feet? Keep an eye on it secretly, don't startle the snake. ”

"Minions understand."

Liuli came out of Fengqi Pavilion, quietly along the way, copied the remote path back, and saw that the surrounding crows were silent, and he knew that he had already done his work, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

My aunt has always been strict, and in order not to show her flaws, she must find a suitable reason to prevaricate in the past.

And what just happened is really upsetting.

Qinglian committed suicide violently, Chu Jiu's temperament changed greatly, Concubine Song frequently clicked songs, and the queen intervened......

This series of things is too strange, Rao is that she has been prepared, and it is inevitable that Zhang Huang will be at a loss and a little uneasy.

She was thinking to herself, and when she looked up, she found a person sitting on the stool!

"Nine...... Sister Nine, you ...... Why are you here? ”

The man's face was expressionless, and his eyes revealed a seeping light, a look that Liuli had never seen before.

Those eyes were staring at her like Shura, trying to pierce her internal organs. The tone was frighteningly cold.

"Shouldn't I ask you? Ruri, where have you been? ”

Cold sweat in her palm, she thought of Qinglian's death, so she pinched herself hard, her nails were embedded in the flesh, and suddenly she hurt.

"I ...... My clothes were dirty, so I came back to change them. ”

"Oh? Is it? I've been in this room all along, why haven't I seen you? ”

"I was afraid of being scolded by my aunt, so I took a long detour, and it was too late."

"This front and backyard are integrated, and the covered bridge in the middle is only a few hundred meters, I'm waiting for you here, but it's been some hours."

"Maybe it's me...... It's ...... me."

"Meow ......"

At the last moment, a black cat jumped in and attracted the attention of the two.

Chu Jiu smiled "poof", and the coldness disappeared, as if the scene just now was a prank.

"Look at you girl, when did you learn to lie to your ninth sister? Sister for years, I still don't know you? You're lazy again, aren't you? ”

"Okay, my aunt asked me to come looking for you, don't bother, hurry up and change your clothes and come with me, I won't be able to hide it for a long time."

Liuli's mouth was astringent, and her heart was in a mess, and things happened one after another, which made her a little breathless.

She agreed, and staggered into the inner door, her movements a little unrelenting.

The person behind him did not move, looking at her intently, like a sharp sword, about to pierce the heart of a person.

Looking through the window screen, a long scar winds across the glazed snow-white skin, which is shocking to see.

Chu Jiu's eyes were like fire, and he jumped suddenly.

Even if it was just a glance, she could tell that it was a knife wound, and it was a long time ago.

After changing clothes, Liuli stepped out from behind the window screen, barely squeezing out a smile.

"Sister Nine, let's go."

When she met Chu Jiu's eyes, she suddenly lowered her head, only to feel that the woman in front of her was like a Shura in purgatory, strange and dangerous.

For some reason, a strong sense of uneasiness surged in her heart.

The covered bridge is as white as jade, and after crossing the bridge, you can see the aunts eating outside the house.

A small red clay stove, hot water "sizzling" against the lid of the pot, steaming up strands of heat. Everyone around the fireplace to enjoy the snow, so comfortable.

When Ruri walked by, her aunt changed her usual sternness, raised her head, and looked at her with a pleasant face.

"Did you find the ear of the criminal father-in-law? Let's get inside. ”

“…… Ay. ”

Counting nine cold days, the ice edge under the eaves of the water is like a sword, even if it is crystal clear, it will inevitably poke people's hearts.

Snowflakes are still fluttering, enveloping this picturesque world.