On December 25 of the third year of Yong'an, Lingxi returned to Yongshou Palace alone and knelt in front of the Changle Hall where Xiao and the Empress Dowager lived for a morning.

The snow was flying, and in just a moment, the weak figure of the spirit rhino was drowned in the heavy snow.

On the same day, at the east foot gate of the palace, the eunuch of the Yeting Palace, who was holding the roster, shouted loudly in a thin voice, "The palace maid Li Cui, twenty-one years old, serves in Luomei Xuan of Yongshou Palace, no mistake, the emperor's grace is vast, and he is specially allowed to leave the palace." Li Cui, come to our house with a note! ”

"Li Cui!"

"Li Cui!"

The red-clothed eunuch shouted a few times, but no one answered, cocked his orchid fingers, took a brush and lightly scratched on the roster, and said, "It's no wonder that our family has shouted three times!" ”

"Next, the palace daughter Liang Erniu'er, twenty-two years old, ...... twenty-two"

It turned out that on the day Qian Weishi died, he had already obtained a note that could make Lingxi leave the palace safely. It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, even if he took his life, Lingxi didn't get his wish.

Lingxi fainted in front of the Changle Hall that day, and after the palace people sent it back to the Yilan Palace, he became seriously ill. The bitter medicinal juice was swallowed bowl after bowl in the stomach, but the disease just did not get better.

Because of this illness, Lingxi missed the family banquet of the Hegong Palace in the Chinese New Year's Eve, missed the two lucky summons of Emperor Yong'an, and missed the full moon banquet of the third prince Li Lingyu.

During these days, Lingxi lived in a drowsy.

In Lingxi's life planning, it has always been her ideal to go out of the palace and live a dull life. Now that she has been crowned a talent, she feels that she no longer has a goal in life.

What becomes a concubine and a concubine, that is not what she wants.

At the beginning of February of the fourth year of Yong'an, Concubine Xian brought some fine silk and new flowers to see her. Looking at the silk and satin placed in the inner hall, the gold and silver jewelry Lingxi suddenly remembered that when she was named a talented person, no concubine in the entire harem came to congratulate her, and no one sent congratulatory gifts.

Speaking of which, her identity is too low, so low that she has been sick for more than two months, and only her own sister is willing to come to see her.

But this sister ......

Lingxi looked at the concubine in front of him with a ruddy face, a plump body, and a noble spirit between her eyebrows and eyes. On that day, did she give herself to Emperor Yongan as a gift?

Concubine Xian was furious by Lingxi, and after sending the palace maid beside her, Ruokou persuaded softly, "Sister, sister knows that you are bitter in your heart. No matter how bitter it is, the days in this palace still have to go on. Look at the weather in your palace, it's only February, and even a charcoal basin doesn't burn, so you let those palace people who look down on you do it? ”

Lingxi shrank into the brocade quilt, and the words to the concubine seemed to be inaudible.

The two palace maids beside Lingxi were newly transferred from the Yeting Palace, one was called Lotus Rong and the other was Lotus Ye, both of whom were little palace maids who had just turned thirteen years old. Lingxi knew that these palace maids who seemed to be newcomers might be the undercover agents of which palace lady, so she held back what she had to say. Fortunately, she has been a palace maid for eight years, and if she has no other skills, she will endure it.

Seeing that Lingxi didn't squeak, Xian Concubine said again, "You don't want to meet your own nephew?" You are his aunt, and you have not held him since he was born. ”

Lingxi raised her head and looked at Concubine Xian without blinking, and after a long time, her voice was hoarse and asked, "Is it you?" ”

Lingxi has not spoken for more than two months, and with one mouth, it makes a sound like a chainsaw sawing on wood, and there is still the wonderful sound of the yellow warbler out of the valley.

Not only her voice, but Lingxi's whole person also lost a lot of weight at this time, and her complexion was abnormally pale.

Concubine Xian was stunned for a moment when she was asked, and then tears stained her eyes, and she cried in a low voice, "You are my own sister, my own sister!" Is there anyone closer to you and me in this palace? We have the same blood in our veins! ”

Lingxi closed his eyes, and his heart died again in an instant, it was really Li Lingyun, the person who kept saying that he liked him.

Seeing that the light that had just ignited in Lingxi's eyes dimmed again, Concubine Xian hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and persuaded, "Sister, get better quickly, what do you want, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you." ”

"I want to get out of the palace......" Lingxi said stubbornly as he lay flat on the bed.

She knew that it was difficult for a strong man, and she knew that she was scary. In fact, her heart is far stronger than she seems, she just needs a transition period.

Concubine Xian stroked the green silk that had not been washed for many days with her hand, and said, "Good sister, stop thinking about it." When you entered the palace, you couldn't help yourself, but now you have become a talented person in the emperor, and you can't help yourself. It's all fate......"

"It's not fate!" Lingxi glared at Concubine Xian and shouted in a sand voice, "It's because my heart is too soft!" ”

If she hadn't softened her heart and didn't care about the princess and concubine, she would have been outside the palace at this time.

"Okay, it's you soft-hearted." Concubine Xian catered to Lingxi and persuaded softly, "Then you can't lie in bed all day." ”

"Sister help me with something." Lingxi was silent for a long time and then said, "You gave birth to the third prince, and the emperor will definitely arrange for someone from the Situ family to come to the palace to see you." You ask Mrs. Situ to bring a message to King Rui, so that Youmeng doesn't wait for me. ”

Concubine Xian nodded again and again, "Okay, I'll let Mrs. Situ take the talk." ”

"Then you can go back," Lingxi said as he shrank back into the bed and turned his back to the concubine, "I have been a slave for a few years, and I have not slept well except when I am sick, and when I have slept enough, I will get up." ”

Seeing Lingxi like this, Concubine Xian could only go back. Soon after the concubine left, Lotus Rong entered a brazier with silver charcoal burning in the inner hall. The brazier was warm, and Lingxi slept more peacefully.

Lingxi slept until March, and the spring flowers bloomed.

One day, she sat in the inner sanctum and said to the lotus leaf, "I want to go out and go around." At that time, the lotus leaf was directly stunned in place.

Since Lotus Ye was divided into this Yilan Palace, he had rarely heard Yingcai speak, and for a while he thought he had heard it wrong.

Seeing this, Lian Rong was a clever person, and hurriedly said, "Lotus leaf, quickly bring a basin of hot water for the talented person to wait for the talented person to make up." ”

Lingxi raised his sleeve and sniffed, his nose furrowed. She remembered that the last time she took a shower seemed to be half a month ago, so she said, "Don't get hot water, just take a bath." ”

Lian Rong's face was overjoyed, and she hurriedly said, "Hey! You wait, it's right away. ”

As she spoke, she ran out of the hall, summoned the rough palace maid to prepare hot water, and she herself picked a bright one from the new palace clothes sent by the Inner Chamberlain in the spring.

Because of the relationship between the concubines, the share that Yilan Hall deserves has never been in short supply.

After freshening up and bathing, Lingxi felt that he had come to life, and his heart was like water.

Sitting in front of the water mirror, Lian Rong took the rhinoceros horn and helped her with her hair, and asked cautiously, "What kind of bun do you want to tie?" ”

Lingxi looked at himself in the water mirror, and said after a long time, "Just, let's put on a regular palace bun." ”

There are many kinds of palace buns, and as soon as the lotus rong twists it skillfully, it gives the spirit rhino a bun that is neither high nor low on the top of the head, similar to a cloud bun. Lotus Rong brought a jewelry box inlaid with gold wire and carved with moire, and asked, "Which beaded flower do you want to wear?" ”

The beads and flowers in the box are all new patterns sent by the concubines.

Lingxi himself also has a lot of rewards, all of which were rewarded by filial piety and the Empress Dowager. The quality of those rewards is much better than the one in this box, and it is all of the highest quality.

Lingxi stretched out his slender hand and played with it in the box at will, but he didn't pick one for a long time.

The lotus leaf looked at the jewelry box with his feet crossed and said, "The skin color of a talented person is tender, and it will look good when wearing that beaded flower like a red plum." ”

Lian Rong also nodded, "Mmmm, talented, just wear this one." ”

Lingxi shook his head, took out a set of three white hostas in the box, handed them to the lotus seed and said, "I don't like red." ”

Lian Rong sighed and put the three white jade hairpins on the Lingxi's bun. The white jade reflects the green silk, although it is monotonous, but it shows a hint of lightness.

Waiting for Lingxi to get up, Lotus Ye hugged the palace clothes that Lotus Rong had chosen in advance and stepped forward. Lingxi tilted his head and looked at it for a while, and then said, "This dark pink clothes don't match the white hosta on the head, let's change to a light color." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lingxi asked a little confused, "There are light colors, right?" ”

She didn't care about the affairs of the palace for half a year, I'm afraid that the internal servant bureau had already forgotten about her, the house sparrow who flew up the branches.

"Yes, yes," Lian Rong understood what Lingxi was thinking, and said in a loud voice, "The Inner Servant Bureau has never embarrassed the talented person when she saw the face of the concubine Niangniang. ”

Lingxi nodded slightly, "Then let's go and see Concubine Xian Niangniang." ”

Lian Rong went out and took a few more light-colored clothes, Lingxi picked out a sky blue skirt, for fear of being cold outside, and ordered Lotus Ye to take a cloak that could be seen in the palace with flowers and colors.

When it was all packed, the sun was almost in the middle of the sky.

Lingxi walked to the front of the temple door, looking at the dazzling sunlight outside, she couldn't open her eyes, she hadn't seen the sun for half a year. Because of this, Lingxi's skin is white and tender, and the cyan blood vessels under the skin can be faintly seen.

"It's noon, I won't go, the concubine should pass the meal."

Lotus Ye hurriedly said, "Talented, there are still two quarters of an hour before the meal." ”

Lian Rong also said, "Talented, if you are afraid of disturbing the concubine, let's go to the small garden outside the Yilan Palace." The spring flowers inside are blooming, but they look good. ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Lingxi's mouth, understanding the kindness of the two palace maids, she also coaxed filial piety and the empress dowager like this back then. So he said, "Then let's go, is there anything else in the small garden besides the spring flowers?" ”

"There's still a prickly plum, but it's just budding, and it's not ...... yet."

"And peonies, peonies, ......"

The small garden is located in the middle of Guangyang Palace, in the north, it is the Deyang Hall of the main hall of the first palace, its east is the Yilan Palace, its south is the Red Bean Pavilion, and its west is the Half Moon Pavilion. In addition to these four larger palaces, there are also kitchens and courtyards for the concubines' personal maids.

In the weather of March, the catkins are flying wildly, and the blooming spring flowers are stained with a fluffy layer, and there is no beauty at all. Not only the spring flowers suffered from this bad luck, the peach blossoms in full bloom, the peonies and peonies that were closed were all covered with a layer of white veil, and even the lotus pond in the garden was also covered with a thin layer of catkins, floating with the water, whirlpooling, and then flowing out of Guangyang Palace.

Lian Rong helped Lingxi up to the hexagonal pavilion built by the water, and after Xiaoshi boarded a clean handkerchief, she said to Lingxi, "Cairen, I'm tired after walking for so long, sit down and rest." ”

Lingxi smiled and shook his head, "I'm not tired yet. ”

Lotus Ye used a handkerchief to fan the catkins in front of him, and said, "Talented, I heard that there are willow trees only in Guangyang Palace, and there are no other palaces." ”

As soon as Lingxi wanted to answer, he heard someone say across the pond, "Is there a talented warbler in front?" ”