Life is better than death, and it is still alive.

Living people always think about some things in life, just because they have thought about it for a long time, but they have never fulfilled it, so they have polished that little expectation over the years, and they don't think about it anymore, just think that they are also dead.

Now Zhuang Siyan told her, you are still alive, and you can go out to see where you once lived.

Maybe the man didn't want to go out, but this sentence reminded her of the fact that she was really alive.

She whimpered for a while, and when she lifted her head, there was not a single tear.

Zhuang Siyan was not surprised, and naturally talked to her: "You are all old people, you should have been treated well, but unfortunately the palace was too chaotic before, and no one cared about this part, so you suffered a lot, and it will slowly improve in the future." ”

I don't know if the man understood, anyway, she squatted and didn't move.

Zhuang Siyan continued: "I'm also new here, and I don't know many old people, and I don't know what descendants they have, or anyone they care about, can you tell me?" If I could, I would like to fulfill your last wish as much as possible. ”

The man looked up at her again.

This glance is relatively long, and her eyes are already very strange, even if Ping'er is standing behind Zhuang Siyan, she can also feel the horror of that look.

But Zhuang Siyan was not only not afraid, but also looked at her.

However, the result of the confrontation was not much better, the man just said: "Where there will be descendants, how can those who have descendants be here, we are all a group of people with thin lives, and also a group of people who are about to die." ”

Zhuang Siyan agreed with the "um", and then said: "Everyone is going to die, and I will also die in the future, even people like the demon concubine, how powerful they are, isn't it not there in the end?" ”

Her words were very soft and casual, and like everything she had said before, if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't even be able to tell that she had added an emphasis to her words.

At least Ping'er, who was scared, didn't hear it.

But the person squatting on the ground heard it, and as soon as she heard the word "demon concubine", her eyes immediately widened, and she looked at Zhuang Siyan like a monster, and didn't answer a word.

Zhuang Siyan has already understood, this person knows what is going on with the demon concubine, at least she knows this person.

She was surprisingly patient, even strange to herself.

In the past, when she was handling cases outside, when she encountered a verbose person, she wanted to go up and kick the other party directly, but now she is very patient with someone who doesn't answer her at all, and she always feels that there is something very important waiting for her in front of her.

The man said no more, and quickly got up from the ground, entered the nearest room, and closed the door.

Zhuang Siyan originally wanted to go to another room to find someone, but was forcibly stopped by Ping'er.

The little girl's tears were about to fall, and she kept begging her to go back quickly, otherwise the emperor would beat her if he found out.

Zhuang Siyan couldn't be entangled by her, so she walked out of the door of Shou'an Palace.

When they walked back, Zhuang Siyan had a strange feeling, as if someone was following behind her, or someone was watching her.

She wanted to turn back several times, but then she held back, and she didn't know what to do and went back to Xuandian.

I didn't go out again that day, I read with Hu Yun and Wan Liwan for a while, and talked for a while.

In the evening, Ping'er took a box of pastries, plus some herbs to go to the Winter Concubine Palace.

Ping'er came back and told her that Concubine Dong was much better, thank her for her kindness, and she would make a special trip to thank her tomorrow.

Zhuang Siyan smiled.

Not everyone can enter the Xuan Palace, and Ling Tiancheng, the mad demon who protects his wife, has already issued a ban on the harem, not allowing them to enter here at will.

Last time, Zhuang Siyan brought people in, and he didn't say anything in person, but then he still knocked on the side.

It's just that his warnings have always been deaf to Zhuang Siyan.

She also gave Concubine Dong a chance this time.

Concubine Dong used to be dead, although she was in the concubine position, but she was boiled up by seniority, without any power, and there was no weight to speak, and no one took her seriously.

When Concubine Rong was there, she always bullied her, and she just gritted her teeth and swallowed blood.

Now those with fangs all over their bodies have been defeated, and the dead are dead, and the dead are dead, and they are the only ones left in the entire harem.

To say that Concubine Dong doesn't have any ideas, who believes it?

Zhuang Siyan knew that she pretended to be off during the day, but she still went there at night, and of course she knew that she would inevitably come to thank her the next day.

If you put others aside, this kind of gratitude will be exempted, and you will not be allowed to enter the Xuan Hall anyway, but Concubine Dong is different. Zhuang Siyan let her in.

Not only did I let it in, but I also entertained it well, which meant to be close.

Even if Concubine Dong is jealous of Zhuang Siyan in her heart, she may hate her, and she will not refuse her good intentions, after all, only if you get along with her, the emperor can take a look at herself.

She still held on to hope, so she smiled at Zhuang Siyan.

The big-tailed wolf Zhuang Siyan, who has been eating and drinking for a long time, will not forget the topic, and asks: "Sister Winter has heard about the demon concubine?" ”

Concubine Dong choked up, and after relieving herself, she hurriedly denied: "No, what is a demon concubine?" ”

Zhuang Siyan glanced at the pastries on the table: "Sister, there is a saying that you should have heard, take other people's hands short, eat other people's mouths short, you have eaten so many things here, are you sure you don't tell the truth?" ”

Winter Princess: "......"

She had never seen such blatant blackmail, it was disgusting.

But she really ate it!

From the sharp light in Zhuang Siyan's eyes, Concubine Dong instantly seemed to have figured out something.

Concubine Rong is so powerful, and the previous Xiao Guiren was not a soft persimmon, but against this mother, they were all defeated.

Everyone used to see her rarely, and occasionally she was kind to her, but the truth is not like that at all.

She's inconvenient, and she's better than all of them.

Concubine Winter can't fight her.

If you can't fight, you can only listen to her, otherwise it will be a dead end.

So she spoke: "I've heard a little, but it's true or false, and you can't count it, so don't listen to it, right?" ”

Zhuang Siyan: "You just have to say it, I will tell if it's true or false, but if I let me know that my sister lied to me, then it's not easy to say, my things are not for free for others to eat, there is nothing useful, and I still have to spit it out if I eat it." ”

Winter Princess: "......"

She shouldn't have come today.

really responded to that sentence, the people who suffered losses wanted to take advantage of it at the beginning, if she didn't want to ask for some benefits from Zhuang Siyan at the beginning, I am afraid that she would not be blocked here at this time.

In any case, it is too late to regret it.

Concubine Dong said: "It's still the year I first entered the palace, there were many people in the palace at that time, and they were all newcomers, and the emperor was also newly enthroned, and there were many things to deal with in the court all day long, and he didn't have time to manage the harem, so we went around if we had nothing to do." ”

When Concubine Dong talked about the past, her face was inexplicably filled with a kind of joy, thinking that the days when she first entered the palace were good, at least there was hope at that time.

But then, the joy on her face dissipated, and she became more and more sad.

"I once talked to a sister, and I said that it was late, and I hurried back late at night, because I wanted to get closer, so I went to Shou'an Palace.

At that time, there was no one on the road, and when I walked here with the palace maid, I didn't think about it so much, I just wanted to go back quickly and not be seen by the night watch.

However, as soon as the two of us walked to the gate of Shou'an Palace, we heard a loud "boom" inside, and then two fires flashed when we stood up.

The fire was very bright, and it hung on the door, and looked at us like human eyes.

We were frightened and ran forward, and then we heard someone behind us laughing and saying, 'The demon concubine is born, you wait to avoid it'. ”

When Concubine Dong said this, a layer of fine sweat appeared on her head, her eyes were straight, and her fingers were shaking all the time, as if she had relived the scene at that time.

Zhuang Siyan took a silk handkerchief and gave it to her.

She wiped it haphazardly, picked up the tea in a panic, spilled a lot, and didn't take a sip of it.

Zhuang Siyan waited until she calmed down before asking, "It was from that time that the door of Shou'an Palace was sealed, right?" ”

Concubine Dong nodded: "I heard that there were other people in the back, and the more and more fierce it became in the harem, the Empress Dowager An was still there at that time, and she called all the concubines in the harem to teach her a lesson, and then sealed the palace door." ”

"Empress Dowager An......" Zhuang Siyan silently recited the name.

It's been a long time since she had anything to do, I'm afraid that the bones have turned into mud, and I can't ask anything from her, but there was still one of her people in the Empress Dowager An's palace before, and now it can be used.

Concubine Dong also said some things about the demon concubine, but judging from Zhuang Siyan, most of her own imaginations may not be true.

After she sent Concubine Dong away, she called Xiaoling, who had served in the Empress Dowager An's palace before, over.

After the death of Empress Dowager An, Zhuang Siyan originally wanted to call Xiaoling to her palace, but unfortunately she ran around at that time and was often not in the palace, even if she called someone over, it was useless, so it was better to put her outside.

It's just that over the years, there are only a few concubines in the palace, not more, and Xiaoling is not as comfortable as the master, and she has been under the name of the Internal Affairs Office, and she does some rough work on weekdays.

When Ping'er asked the people from the Internal Affairs Office about her, Xiaoling was washing clothes in the cold winter, and her hands were frozen like carrots, red and swollen.

Ping'er hurriedly took a cotton handkerchief to cover her, and asked softly, "Why do you have to wash it when it's so cold?" ”

Xiao Ling smiled lightly: "What do the people in the palace wear if they don't wash it?" ”

Ping'er stopped talking.

In this palace, there are those who serve closely, and there are those who do rough work, there are too many palace maids like Xiaoling, no matter how cold or hot, you have to do what you should do.

Ping'er has done this before, but now she has Zhuang Siyan's love, staying by her side, only in the warm room every day, just serving tea and water.

Xiaoling didn't feel as much emotion as her, wiped the water on her hand with her head down, handed her the cotton handkerchief and asked, "Is there something wrong with my sister?" ”

Ping'er shook her head: "I'm fine, it's my mother who wants to find you, you wait here for a while, I'll go and talk to the Internal Affairs Office." ”

The imperial concubine has no reason to let go of the internal affairs office, and quietly told Xiaoling that she should go to the Xuan Palace and give the internal affairs office a few more good words.