With the meager light in the room, Chu Jiu quickly cleaned off his makeup.

In the bottom of her heart, there was always a terrible thought.

This thought haunted her, even if she was pressed in the bottom of her heart, every time she dreamed back at midnight, it made people feel extremely creepy.

In this wordless panic, more is wrapped in guilt and self-blame.

"Qinglian."

"Girl, what do you command?"

"Prepare hot water, I'm going to bathe."

"Yes."

Soak in the tub, the aroma of flower petals wafts away with the steaming water vapor, and the warm water temperature envelops the whole body.

She let out a long breath and squinted her eyes, the soaked green silk had already dispersed into wisps and floated in the water, like swimming aquatic plants.

Yin Jian, Yin Shu, Yin Mo, Yin Che...... Hidden Concubine, Song Concubine, Yu Concubine...... Layers of chaos, the names of these people are like sharp swords, constantly shuttling through their minds.

They were crying, laughing, and their eyes contained all kinds of strange and complex thoughts.

The pitch-black and long fan wings opened suddenly, Chu Jiu's expression became very alert, and he whispered to the person behind him:

"Qinglian, go out and have a look."

This Qinglian was originally a second-class maid in the prince's mansion, her ancestral home was Suzhou, and she was the daughter of a martial artist.

Later, her father was hunted down by the enemy, the martial arts hall was defeated, and she was reduced to street performing for a living, and was seen by His Royal Highness the Prince, so he accepted it.

Yin Jian saw that she had a lot of kung fu, she was simple-minded, she had been loyal to the prince's mansion for many years, and she was also very eye-catching in her work, so she was assigned to Chu Jiu's side to serve.

One is to take care of her diet and daily life, and the other is to prevent the assassination of some people with ulterior motives.

At this time, she was wearing a short cuihu shirt and skirt, and a pair of embroidered shoes forged in water red under her feet, put down the water handkerchief, relaxed her steps, and quietly dived out.

"Sister, I've got something for you! Are you there? ”

As soon as Qinglian pulled down the door, she suddenly heard this voice.

She breathed a sigh of relief, let down her guard, and a smile gradually spread across her face.

"Who did I say, it turned out to be the glass girl, our girl is bathing in the back room, I'm afraid there will be a while, what are you...... Can I help you? ”

Liuli flashed a pair of innocent eyes, waved the sandalwood gold-painted locket in his hand, and his ruddy cheeks were flushed, and his expression looked excited.

She looked to the left and right, then closer, and lowered her voice, mysterious.

"Shhhh Let's ......"

"Then you come in first, there are many people outside, and I'm afraid it's not good to see it."

"Hehe, Sister Qinglian is smart, I have this intention!"

Liuli has always been coquettish, revealing a stupid cuteness, which seems harmless to humans and animals.

When she first entered the palace, she was only five or six years old, and Chu Jiu only knew that she had an aunt who worked as an errand in the palace in her early years, so she could take the lead through this relationship.

When the aunt died, she entrusted the people around her to take care of her, saying that her niece was too stupid, so that she could eat in the palace.

Regarding Liuli's life experience, Chu Jiu only knows these and believes in it very much.

Because according to Liuli's stupid brain, if there is no one in the Yin Palace who takes special care of him, and dying one hundred and eighty times is not much, how can he live safely until now?

Some people dislike her for being clumsy and unspeakable, and some people like her innocent and innocent.

Chu Jiu is the latter.

Knowing that someone was coming, she casually put on a moon-white inlaid profane robe, put on her sleeping shoes, and walked out of the back room.

"You girl, I forgot what I said about you this morning?"

"Hee-hee"

Liuli's eyes were tactful, first he greeted him, hugged his arms and was intimate, and only after he finished sprinkling Jiao did he take out the brocade box from the cuffs.

"Sister, don't be in a hurry to talk about me, look at what this is?"

With just one glance, Chu Jiu's brows tightened, and a cool surprise arose in his heart, and a bad premonition hit his heart, staring at Liuli's eyes.

"Where are you from?"

Hotaru's whole face was filled with excitement, as if this was something to be proud of.

She didn't notice the horror in Chu Jiu's tone, and her tone was much faster than usual because of excitement.

"Sister, listen to me. As soon as I was asked by my aunt to do needlework, I came from the front yard, and when I passed by Xichun Garden, I happened to meet His Highness the Seventh. ”

"Sister, His Royal Highness the Seventh is both talented and beautiful, suave and gentle, he seems to like ......"

"You opened it?"

Chu Jiu interrupted her ignorant fantasies, his expression was very serious, and his tone asked.

Liuli was stunned at first, and then reacted.

From Chu Jiu's expression, she also seemed to vaguely notice that it was not good, her head shook like a wave drum, and the beads on her bun almost slipped off the ground.

"Have you ever been bumped into on the way here?"

"No, Sister Jiu, don't worry, I hid it well, but I met my father-in-law outside Xuanhua's door, and he hastily interrogated a few words, but it didn't arouse suspicion."

After hearing her words, Chu Jiuchang breathed a sigh of relief, his expression was a little abrupt, but he still pretended to be calm.

"I lost the hairpin today, maybe His Highness happened to find it, so he came to return it. But ......"

Her gaze sharpened.

"This matter is not trivial, you have always been big-mouthed, and you must not talk about it to outsiders."

"I ......"

She covered her mouth and buzzed, "Sister, don't worry! Liuli will definitely keep her mouth tightly in control, and she will not reveal half a word, otherwise the prince will punish me, and I will never be able to eat mung bean cake again for the rest of my life! ”

"Okay, okay, who won't let you eat it, I still have some here, let Qinglian wrap it up for you in a while and bring it back, ah?"

Hearing that there was mung bean cake to eat, Liuli's round eyes smiled into a slit, grinning with joy.

After sending the glass away, Chu Jiu paced to the inner room and opened the wooden sandalwood brocade box by candlelight.

The overlapping inside the box is enough to see the thousands of layers of heart of the gift-giver.

When the innermost layer was lifted, it was a bright yellow silk, thinly wrapped around a very small object.

It's a piece of jade wrench!

This wrench is in excellent color, even though Chu Jiu opened his eyes countless times, his eyes still flashed brightly.

She'd seen it before.

It is often worn on the thumb of the Seventh Prince, and the matter of Emperor Shunde's favor for Concubine Yu has been passed down to this day, and she has already heard of it.

I heard the old lady in the palace say that after the birth of the Seventh Prince, Emperor Shunde took care of the abnormality, and specially ordered people to search for jade all over the world, wanting to make a mascot for this child.

But helplessly, none of the things submitted by the people below could satisfy the old emperor.

The Seven Princes are full of daytime feasts, and the Six Palaces are very lively.

On that day, the old Taoist of Xuanji of Eagle Mountain beat the drum and offered jade outside, and also made a big threat, saying that it was a treasure left over from ancient times.

Emperor Shunde couldn't find jade for a long time, and after seeing this piece of jade, he felt familiar, very eye-catching, so he stayed, and rewarded the Taoist priest.

Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest brushed his sleeves away, and half a tael of gold was not stained, and his sleeves were breezy, and no one saw him again.

More than ten years have passed, and the original story has been called very evil.

Legend has it that this wrench is infected with spirituality, very strange, can be used by young babies, and can be used by strong men when they are older, but they can be big or small, and often change with the thumb.

Because of this, it is regarded as the talisman of the Seven Princes.

It turned out that the mother concubine was favored, and the prince was noticed and cared for by the emperor, and he was really able to create miracles.

In contrast, she thought of Yin Jian.

This person who went through all the courage and almost almost lost his life, won the love and care of his father and the emperor, and won the crown prince.

Everyone knows that he is also a prince.

She sat alone on the edge of the stool for a long time, composing the language he had spoken into a picture, and could not help but feel a faint distress.

When he stroked the jade wrench with his hand, his fingertips became inexplicably hot, and he began to tremble unconsciously.

It's a weird scene.

In the early morning of the next day, the dew of the earth had not yet dissipated, and the cold and fog were clouded.

The sedan chairs in front of the street dispersed in an endless stream, leaving only a few soft sedan chairs, which were placed sporadically there, and warm yellow lanterns were hung in front of the sedan cars, and the names of their respective mansions were signed.

It is customary for the dancer to get up early to practice, dress at a fixed point, wash, and eat......

As soon as the hour came, the grandmother in front of her took the ring ruler and waited in the dance hall.

If they are disheveled or late, they will be punished in public, and the rules are very strict.

After the prince's feast, the old emperor was sympathetic to the slaves and gave him a special bath and a day of rest.

Except for the important people in the key positions, the rest of the people rest on their own, as long as they do not make noise and make trouble.

On the crab shell azure, the hourglass on the bed table sounded sparsely, indicating the change and passage of time.

Chu Jiu had something hidden in his heart, he couldn't sleep all night, lying on the couch and tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, he had a headache at the moment, and when he saw the light outside the window, he got up quietly.

The plain face is facing the sky, the green silk is coarse, the palace lamp under the eaves of the corridor has not been extinguished, and the candle flames are beating and flickering inside.

The sky was slightly leaking, and the corridor turned into a winding and bright road, lining the surroundings even darker.

In the garden outside the corridor, the trees and flowers are clustered with new branches and leaves, which are abruptly and strangely mixed in the chaotic last night.

She didn't have time to think about it, and walked through the verandah of the Flower Hall, only bowed her head and walked forward.

Suddenly, a pale figure appeared in front of him, blocking the way in front of him.

His green robe was still the same, and he had obviously not returned all night, looking at her with tired eyes.

Chu Jiu's scalp tightened, and he quickly saluted silently, and was about to turn around and change lanes to leave.

"Nine girls!"

For a moment of hesitation, the Seventh Prince stood in front of him again, blocking the way.

"The Seventh Prince."

Perhaps he hadn't spoken for a long time, his voice was a little hoarse, and he leaned forward half an angle, anxiously low.

"I don't know if you received yesterday's brocade box?"

Chu Jiu couldn't help but take half a step back, still never looking up, and his voice was a little muffled.

"The things of the Seventh Prince are so valuable, the slaves and maids don't dare to specialize in it, so they have to keep it temporarily, thinking that they will be sent to you today."

Hearing this, he became more and more restless, and he, who had always been calm and elegant, saw that there was no one around, and suddenly grabbed her arm, afraid that she would run away.

"Jiu'er, do you know my intentions? I want to have one heart, the white head is not separated, I intend to marry you as a concubine, and I will ...... on my father's side."

"Your Highness!"

She let out a low cry of urgency.

"Your Highness, please respect yourself, Chu Jiuyi Jie Dancing Queen, in this palace, it is a great luck to be able to save my life, I dare not have other thoughts, if Your Highness is really good for me, please don't say this kind of thing again."

"I ...... The girl is seriously ......"

He also felt that he was rude, and restrained his eager expression a little, and let go of his hand in a curt, with some embarrassment on his face.

With bright eyes, he gradually withered, and his chapped lips snorted a few times, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say it.

"Yin Che has caused trouble to the girl, please forgive the girl."

He hugged his fan, his expression serious and serious.

"I have a sincere heart, I have identified the girl in this life, just waiting for the girl's words, if I can't wait for this sentence, I will be anxious day and night."

There was a feeling of wetness in those fiery eyes.

"Tonghua thousands of miles away, even the Korean language endlessly, I regard the girl as a treasure, cherish it for life, never give up, I hope the girl can be seriously considered."

"Chu Jiu is bold!"

A high-pitched voice was like a shock, piercing the otherwise quiet air, and it was particularly harsh in this quiet morning.

Suddenly, a large group of people suddenly jumped out of the surroundings, and both of them were startled.

The eunuch headed by the eunuch was playing the palace lamp, swaying and swaying, and it was clearly extinguished, like a group of ghosts attacking.

It was still silent and empty, and it was like a market for a moment.

In the blink of an eye, the crowd had already gathered around, shining as bright as day under the pavilion.

The old woman who walked in front looked gloomy, and her old eyelids were clumped with black blues, which looked a little terrifying.

She was wearing a dark chrysanthemum plain brocade palace dress, and her whole person was round and fat, but her face was solemn.

Yin Che recognized that this was Aunt Tan, who had been serving by Concubine Song's side all year round.

"Good bone! The sky is not bright, and even take advantage of the fact that there is no one around, do such things as seducing the prince, Niangniangmen has always been benevolent to the six palaces, and you don't know how to be grateful, but do this kind of ugly thing! ”

Aunt Tan was very inward-looking, and the person who came when she opened her mouth was not good, and Chu Jiu couldn't help but be surprised.

Not to mention that after entering the palace, even before entering the palace, when he was in Xinghualou, even if he was reprimanded, he had never heard such heavy words.

I was about to speak, but my ears exploded like thunder.

"What are you doing? Don't drag this who doesn't know the severity down! ”

As soon as the words fell, two palace people immediately jumped out from behind her.

They are thick and fat, with strong hands and feet, not at all like the ordinary palace maids serving in the inner court, each of them is dragging hemp rope in their hands, and their movements are very rough, and they have to detain people with their arms around as soon as they come up.

The Seventh Prince's eyes were quick, and he immediately stepped forward, staring at Aunt Tan with a pair of deep pool-like eyes.

"Auntie misunderstood, this palace just met with the nine girls by chance, and praised two sentences of dancing, I don't know where my aunt heard the rumors?"

His eyes flashed, and his tone suddenly became cold.

"Seduce the prince? When these words spread out, not to mention the reputation of the girl's family, the palace will not escape the involvement, and I hope that my aunt will be aware of it! ”

Aunt Tan's complexion immediately eased, but her tone was neither humble nor arrogant, and she didn't show the slightest fear.

"The Seventh Prince."

"The Seven Princes are pure and good-natured, and they are the top of Concubine Yu's heart, and they are deeply favored by the saints, how noble, where have you seen these pickled things?"

She raised her head, revealing a faint sonorousness.

"Mai Ji has been from a humble background since ancient times, and she has vainly tried to cling to the powerful, and there are many precedents, but I didn't expect it...... Chu Jiu is so charming! ”

"The minions got the order of Concubine Song, searched for evidence, and came to arrest such scourge to clear the palace. I hope the Seventh Prince will forgive me. ”

After she said this, her face suddenly changed, and she whispered to the mother-in-law beside her.

"Bundled!"

The two palace people acted immediately, but they were beaten back by the Seventh Prince.

His strength is not small, even if it is two strong mothers-in-law, he also feels pain in his hands.

Seeing this, Aunt Tan was afraid that if she delayed any longer, there would be more accidents, and it would be difficult to make a difference.

"Niangniang's hard work, the prince will understand in the future that this is Niangniang's will, and the minions are also ordered to do things, so that things will be made big and seduce the prince, what will happen to such crimes according to the law......

He turned a deaf ear, still protecting the person next to him, and laughed angrily.

"If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, my aunt is strong, she kills at will, even if Concubine Song personally sends someone down, there must be evidence, right?"

The queen died early, and after Yin Jian became the crown prince, the hidden concubine entered the main palace.

But Concubine Yin refused to take the throne in every possible way, and used "shallow qualifications" as a reason to strongly recommend Concubine Song to be in the main palace, and she was willing to live in the concubine position.

Emperor Shunde lamented the atmospheric concession of Concubine Yin, and was jealous of the power of Concubine Song's father and brother in the court.

After weighing it again and again, he still named Concubine Yin as the queen, and at the same time issued an edict, making Concubine Song the head of the concubine position and co-in charge with Concubine Yin.

Therefore, even if she is only in the concubine position, she can enjoy the children's "mother concubine".

As for Concubine Yu, even though she is loved by thousands of people, she is alone, and there is no maternal brother in the court who can help her.

Only relying on a prince under his knees, it is difficult to compete with these two.

However, there was one point, and everyone was kept in the dark.

In the hands of Concubine Yu, she secretly held a secret edict, which was the last thing that Emperor Shunde could do for her mother and son with all his might.

She is very able to judge the situation, not arrogant when she is in her prime, unyielding when she is declining, and has a quiet temperament, and she seems to be indisputable or grabbing.

With the obedience and gentleness of this line, he successfully got rid of the situation of "the target of everyone".

"The Seven Princes are angry, since the slave and maid dare to come and take people, of course, the evidence is conclusive, and please ask the prince to give way, if you offend Your Highness, sue the mother, and the slave and maid will be sent down."

"Huh"

After he heard about it, he already knew their tricks, and it was easy to give people away, so he only sneered lightly twice.

"No matter what my aunt says, this person must not be taken away."

"The prince is clear, Niangniang, this is all for your own good!"

Aunt Tan's expression swayed and hesitated, and finally made up her mind.

"Then since you want to see the evidence, the slave and maid will be bold."

"Bring it up!"

As he spoke, a gilded tray was presented, supported by yellow satin, and when he opened it, it was the jade wrench of the Seven Princes.

"The minions found this in the room of the, and if the had anything to say, when he got to the mother, he would tell for himself. Niangniang also said that the Seven Princes are kind and soft-hearted, so they must not be coaxed by cheap maids, and must not be deceived by traitors, and must focus on the overall situation. ”

Chu Jiu was originally suspicious, but the moment he saw the wrench, he gasped.

Unexpectedly, Yin Che was even more protective, standing in front of him, and refused to back down half a point no matter what.

"Bold! I am the prince, you dare to commit the crime! ”

Aunt Tan is also an old man in the palace, and her father and brother are the old members of the Song family, who are quite upright, and they face each other and do not back down at all.

"The slave just behaves according to the rules, take it away!"

"Who dares?!"

At the same time, Xiao Shunzi, who was in the palace of Concubine Yu, suddenly came over in a hurry.

"Prince, Niangniang, please come over."

Hearing this, as if he had seen a savior, he unconsciously surrounded Chu Jiu and whispered in her ear:

"Follow me to Yuxiu Palace, and the concubine will make decisions for you."

I didn't think that Xiao Shunzi was embarrassed: "Niangniang ordered, only invite the Seven Princes to come over, and no one else is allowed to step into Yuxiu Palace." ”

She closed her eyes, and the desire to survive was poured with a basin of cold water and turned into ashes.

The last straw was torn off, and I only silently muttered in my heart, where are you?

"Prince, please go."

He still didn't move.

Chu Jiu suddenly turned around and knelt in front of him with a "plop" sound, his expression sad and excited.

"Since it is the meaning of the concubine, the prince should go quickly, Chu Jiuyi is a dancing girl, and it is not worth the prince to do this."

She bowed down and got up and stretched out her hands.

"Auntie, let's go, I'll go back with you to see Concubine Song."

The two mothers-in-law immediately stepped forward and tied her up.

"Jiu'er!"

The group came and went, and the palace corridor returned to its dead silence.

There was a lot of glamour, and the sky didn't know when, but it had already lit up.

On that day, the gate outside the gate of Yumen Xuan Palace was closed, and when I listened carefully, there was silence inside.

The people who were taken away in a hurry, the palace maids and eunuchs who went to get dirty and tied up people that day, all of them seemed to have forgotten their hearts, and they never mentioned what happened that day.

The Seventh Prince lived in Yuxiu Palace for more than half a month.

Every day, I accompanied Yu Guifei to play chess and paint, drink tea and talk, enjoy flowers and talk about Taoism, day by day, the spirit was free from tea and rice without thinking, and then I simply did not drip, and I was hungry for many days.

Concubine Yu was born smart, bitter and hard-hearted, but she didn't break it, and in the end she was helpless, so she had to let him go.

The first thing he did when he regained his freedom was to ask her around.

"If you go back to Your Highness, the nine girls are fine, and now they are in Xuanhua Gate, and they don't lose a single hair."

"That's good...... That's good......"

His hanging heart finally let go.

"Although I promised my mother that I would never see her again, you come here, I tell you, you do this......"

Five days later, in the middle of the night, it was pitch black, and the soldiers guarding the road had been dispatched.

From the back door of Yumen Xuan, a woman covered in blood was dragged out.

From a distance, the man's body was thin, and his upper body was only wearing a dirty garment, and the black silk was scattered around.

When she lifted the hair on her forehead, she could see that her eyes were closed, her teeth were still clenched, and a pair of bloody palms were pulled into fists.

She was as angry as a gossamer, and her consciousness wandered outside the ghost gate.

A middle-aged woman who was nearly forty years old, dressed in a first-class slave palace dress, commanded two mothers-in-law to put her into the gong bucket.

She stuffed each of them with a bag of silver, and carefully whispered in her ear, carefully instructing them. The two mothers-in-law nodded their heads in agreement.

Looking at the back of their cart, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Walk through twelve roads and turn twenty-three turns. A man in a dark black hat had been waiting here for a long time.

She was wearing a dark purple satin shirt, wrapped tightly from top to bottom, but her thin figure was faintly visible. When he speaks, his voice is like the tinkling of water in a spring stream, sounding pleasant and charming.

The woman took out a large bag of gold leaves from her sleeve and handed it to the two mothers-in-law.

"Thank you both, this is half of the bounty, enough for you to be rich for the rest of your lives."

She glanced around, then lowered her voice.

"After leaving the city, there are people outside the city to answer them, you hand them over, go away immediately, go out of Yincheng, and don't come back for the rest of your life. Look closely, you have to live, and the other half of the bounty will be given to you. ”

The two mothers-in-law were very satisfied, and took the money and thanked them.

"Your Excellency can rest assured. The wife and son have been doing this work for decades, and they haven't made any mistakes. ”

"Hurry up, this is the waist card."

"Yes, yes."