It's like a rock breaking the earth, stirring up a thousand waves.

All the concubines looked at the emperor's face carefully, and did not dare to make a sound, and the palace was silent for a while. Jing Shu leaned back on the stool, stroked the white copper inlaid gold carved phoenix pattern hand warmer in her arms, with a slight mockery on her face, and said slowly: "They all say that things can be eaten indiscriminately, but words can't be said indiscriminately, although the grade of Shang Cai women is low, but they are people in the harem, how can they be so bloody!" Besides, I don't even know who Qianhua is, why do you want to hurt her? ”

Lindong was born beautiful, even if she was down, she couldn't hide her outstanding appearance, she sneered, seemed to be charming, but her eyes showed cold hatred, and said contemptuously: "Shallow birch is for you, naturally there is nothing to worry about." Then he glared angrily: "But I and Lan Cairen are a thorn in your eye and a thorn in your bones." It was my stupidity that fell for your tricks! ”

Jing Shu hooked her lips and smiled, and said, "You privately punish the palace people left and right, ignoring the emperor and queen, is it also my trick?" After speaking, he said to Zhao Zhen: "The official family was magnanimous that day, although she was downgraded, she was not punished. Now it seems that Shang Cainu has no remorse at all, which is really hateful! ”

Zhao Zhen was very bored when he saw the two of them fighting each other, and he couldn't wait to leave immediately and let them make trouble by themselves. He lowered his face and said, "Shang Cainu, I let you enter the hall to speak." If you can't produce evidence and open your mouth to slander the queen, I will never spare you. ”

When Jing Shu heard this, she was very proud in her heart, and stroked the phoenix hairpin on her sideburns, "I miss that you have served meritoriously in the past, and your father and brother in the family also serve the court, if you step back at this time, I will not pursue it again." ”

She spoke lightly, as if she had no intention, but when Lin Dong heard the words father and brother, her heart was shocked, and she felt that the five thunders were thundering, and she could hardly control herself, so she laughed angrily and said: "Don't be too proud, since I dare to come, don't I have a little certainty?!" ”

After speaking, Lin Dong Yingying got up, knelt down in front of Zhao Zhen, cried bitterly and whimpered: "The concubine should not control the people in the violent room without authorization, and now she has repented, no matter how the official family punites, the concubine is willing to bear it." When they met, Zhao Zhen couldn't bear it, and said in a deep voice: "Don't cry, if you have any grievances, just say it." ”

Lin Dong cried: "The concubine watched Qianhua die violently that day, and she lost her mind for a while, so she blamed Lan Cairen. But after a few days, when I thought about it, I felt strange. That day, Su Wenjun's diagnosis and treatment was originally announced, but he was temporarily called by the queen, and only Lan Cairen was left to go to the clinic alone. Later, the concubines heard from the palace people that only the people of the Ciyuan Palace had been to the shallow birch room......"

Before the words were finished, I only heard Jingshu reprimand: "It's nonsense." Then he said to Zhao Zhen: "The concubine summoned Su Wenjun, just to ask about the cough situation in the palace, and it was not as far-reaching as Shang Cainu thought. ”

Zhao Zhen also heard Concubine Yang Defei say that some palace people saw that before Qianhua died, people from Ciyuan Hall had gone to Huifu Garden. Seeing that the two of them were inseparable and arguing with reason, they only felt dizzy for a while, and it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Lin Dong cried: "The queen's intentions are sinister, and she knows that Qianhua is the left and right arms of the concubine, and she will inevitably be heavily responsible for treating the sick doctor." No matter who wins or loses, the concubines and the Lan nobles are beneficial and harmless to the queen. The official family handed over the matter to her to investigate for a long time, but in the end, she only forced a little palace maid to die. If she has the heart to investigate, she can start with the poison and the intestine breaking grass, she has avoided the important and light, so she naturally has a ghost in her heart. ”

Zhao Zhen asked: "Why didn't the queen check the broken intestine grass?" ”

Jing Shu said: "The concubine is really wronged, and the concubine has asked someone to check the ins and outs of the intestinal grass, but because it was a summer and autumn communication at that time, many palace people suffered from sores and poison, and the intestinal grass could cure its disease, so many palace people had this kind of herb in their hands, and it was really difficult to see." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, "Then why did the palace people of Ciyuan Hall happen to appear in Huifu Garden?" ”

Seeing him inquiring like this, Jing Shu knew that he had begun to doubt in his heart, and he was very cold, and lowered his eyes and said: "There are private exchanges between the palace people, no matter how normal it is, there is no palace rule that says that the palace people are not allowed to move around each other." Besides, there are more than 100 palace maids in the Ciyuan Palace, how can the concubines take care of them one by one. ”

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but believe what Jingshu said, so he said, "Shang Cainu, what else do you have to say?" ”

Lin Dong saw that Zhao Zhen was inclined to the queen, her heart seemed to be burned and poured oil, and she couldn't stop rolling and boiling, she knelt and walked to Zhao Zhen's feet, grabbed the corner of his dragon robe, and sobbed: "What the concubine said is the truth, the queen not only wants to harm me, but also wants to borrow my hand to get rid of Lan Cairen, please check the official." ”

Thinking that someone in the harem wanted to trap Mo Lan to death, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but be angry, and said: "Of course I want to investigate, and I want to investigate thoroughly, I want to see who the sinister person behind this is." He said to Concubine Yang De: "Concubine De, according to the clues you gave last time, continue to investigate, no matter who it is, even if you come to Ming, I will deal with it, and I will not spare it." Although the last few words were said lightly, they gritted their teeth and frightened everyone.

Concubine Yang Defei hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "Yes." ”

However, in the middle of the meeting, Zhao Zhen hurriedly returned to the Funing Hall to discuss matters because of the courtiers' visit. As soon as Zhao Zhen left, Lindong had no one to rely on, and was driven out of the Ciyuan Hall by Jingshu.

Everyone sat tired, echoed a few words of laughter, and went back to the dormitory to rest.

Lang Yue was waiting at the Hanging Flower Gate, and when she saw Mo Lan coming out, she hurriedly greeted her with a smile and said, "Mo Lan, let's go back together." ”

Mo Lan wanted to salute, but was stopped, and Lang Yue said: "Just you and me, if you still pay attention to etiquette, won't you be divided." He took Mo Lan's hand again and said, "A few days ago, I heard that you were sick, but now you are getting better?" Looking at it today, the complexion is not bad. ”

Mo Lan wanted to talk to Lang Yue for a long time, but he couldn't find the opportunity, so he held her hand and said, "It's all right, but you, your body is weak, although it is sunny after the snow today, you are also very susceptible to cold." You can let the imperial kitchen cook some angelica ginger mutton soup, which can not only nourish qi and blood, but also warm and drive away cold. ”

Lang Yue laughed and said, "You really have the appearance of a medical woman, if I have a pain here or there in the future, I will definitely ask you first." ”

Although the two were intimate in the past, they are now concubines, and the palace rules are strict, so that she is easy to provoke. Mo Lan was a little cautious and said, "Xie Meiren praised falsely, if there is a place for the concubines to help, they will naturally do their best." ”

Seeing that a strand of sideburns on the side of her ear was loose, Lang Yue stretched out her slender hand to help her sip it, and said, "Look at what you said, is it because I haven't seen you and Zifei for a long time, so you blame me?" As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Seeing her sad and pitiful expression, Mo Lan hurriedly grabbed her arm and said with a light smile: "You are sad, I just see that there are many people here, and it is not wrong to observe a few courtesies, and we can get along with each other like that in the Ming Palace." ”

Speaking of Renming Palace, Lang Yue was also confused in her heart, she knew that everything had long been unable to go back, but she still pretended to be very happy, nodded and said: "Of course, I heard that you were sealed this morning, I don't know how happy I am, I can't wait to go to Ruyi Courtyard to find you immediately." ”

Moran smiled: "Fortunately, you didn't come, a lot of things in the courtyard haven't been packed up, I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of you." The two of them went out of the palace gate and walked to the palace street, and Lang Yue was about to speak, but a yin wind blew from under the porch, blowing in the face, only to feel that the throat was itchy, and he couldn't help coughing.

Seeing this, Liluo hurriedly took the handkerchief and handed it over, and Lang Yue covered her mouth and coughed more than a dozen times, and even the root of her neck was red. Mo Lan patted her on the back, and finally stopped, and made Yue smile: "The old problem is sick, the imperial doctor looks at it every day, and the bowls of bitter medicine go down, and it doesn't get better at all, if you have a good prescription, just tell me, and give it a try." ”

Mo Lan's face was full of sorrow, and he comforted: "This is not a serious illness, it will naturally be better to raise it slowly." ”

The two talked, and walked to the fork in the road and separated.

The sun was in the sky, and it was only half a day's work, and most of the snow had melted. Only the potholes of the blue bricks on the palace street have a little ice chips, and if you are not careful, you will slip your feet. Looking from a distance, in the depths of the Forbidden Palace, the eaves and roof tiles are still silver.

Liluo helped Lang Yue to walk slowly on the palace street, and said with a chuckle: "I thought that the official family wanted to Feng Lancai as a concubine, and I was still faintly worried in my heart, but I didn't expect that it was just a talented person, and it was one level lower than Niangniang." ”

Lang Yue looked into the depths of the sky, saw nothing, and said lightly: "It's just an expedient measure!" After all, Mo Lan's family and background are there, and the first queen mother has a decree to belittle her as a cheap maid and not allow her to be included in the concubine register. If the official family suddenly gives her the position of concubine, not to mention the harem, I am afraid that the imperial court will also make waves, and those white-bearded old men in Zhongshu Province are not easy to deal with. ”

Liluo was puzzled: "Niangniang means ......"

Seeing that there was no one around, Lang Yue lowered her voice and said: "You can remember carefully, even if you are jealous, in front of the official family, you are not allowed to show half of your dissatisfaction." As long as it is related to Lancai people, it must be held and answered. ”

Seeing that Langyue looked solemn, Liluo hurriedly responded: "Yes." ”

When Mo Lan returned to Ruyi Courtyard, he saw that the plum blossom forest was full of people, and when he walked in, he realized that it was Zifei who led everyone from Renming Hall to come over and say goodbye.

When Zifei saw Mo Lan coming back, he stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Lan Cai is a good fortune." ”

Moran hurriedly helped her up, and said with a happy brow: "Why are you here?" ”

Zifei smiled and said: "They all said that two phoenixes flew out of Renming Palace, and they wanted to come over and take a look." ”

Qingqiu is also a person who knows etiquette, seeing that he is a talented person's old acquaintance, he did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly invited everyone into the flower hall to sit, and asked the palace people to present all kinds of melons, fruits, and pastries.

Although Zifei is not as greedy as before, he has not changed his true colors, chewed it heavily, and was happy to be said: "If you eat so much, be careful and change back to your original appearance." ”

Zifei had food in his mouth, and said indistinctly: "When you see something delicious, you can't care so much." He said to Moran again: "Talented lady, can I take some back and eat slowly?" ”

Mo Lan was also amused by her, and hurriedly asked Qingqiu to prepare a few more bags of pastries and stuff them into her arms.

There are still all kinds of rewards and congratulatory gifts from the concubines in the hall, and they haven't had time to put them away for a while, and everyone is envious when they see it.

Zifei took out a pack of red paper from his sleeve and handed it to Mo Landao: "I heard that you were sealed this morning, and everyone didn't even do any work, so they hurriedly rushed out a few pieces of window paper." As he spoke, he looked at more than ten vermilion lacquer trays in the corner of the hall filled with various colors of gold and silver jewelry, jade ruyi, and silk silk satin placed on the mahogany beast carving table, and said in a low voice: "Although it is not worth a few dollars, it is also a little bit of everyone's heart. ”

In the end, I remembered that I and Liu Congguang had a long way to go, and I didn't know when we would be able to see each other, maybe we would never see each other again in my life, and suddenly my thoughts turned a thousand times, and the sorrow in the deepest part of my heart gradually pressed into my chest, and I felt that it was difficult to breathe.

Mo Lan took it with his own hands, and when he spread it out, there were hundreds of different window papers such as Double Happiness Mandarin Duck, Dragon and Phoenix Xi, and Danfeng Chengxiang. A layer of mist gradually appeared under her eyes, and she said, "I like it tightly." As he spoke, he called Qingqiu and said, "You send someone to put up all the window grilles." ”

Qingqiu responded, and immediately called someone to arrange it. When everyone saw this, they were very relieved.

After Zifei and the others left, Mo Lan ordered Qingqiu to record the reward objects in the hall, except for picking up a few kinds of vermilion hairpins to wear on weekdays, the rest were stored in the library.

Mo Lan took off his makeup, changed into a loose cotton robe with light blue and dark flowers, curled his slanted bun, pressed it with a silver hairpin, and a few green plums picked in front of the courtyard on the hairpin, and a few strands of sideburns fell from the side of his ears, lining his skin with white skin, bright eyes and eyebrows, curling Tingting like a lotus in the wind, elegant in the world, not contaminated with any wind and dust.

The winter days are short, not long after lunch, the sun has been slanting in the west, the palace people have pasted the window flowers everywhere, there are still a few left, and then they entered the house and asked: "May I ask the Lancai people, how to dispose of the leftover window flowers?" ”

Mo Lan pondered for a moment and asked, "Is the palace lamp in front of the courtyard pasted?" ”

The palace man replied: "I only pasted the windows everywhere, but I didn't paste them on the palace lamp." ”

Moran said: "Then put the lantern in front of the courtyard gate too, if there is any left, let Qingqiu Haosheng put it away first." ”

The palace man bowed and replied: "Yes." ”

On a whim, Mo Lan stood under the eaves of the corridor and watched the palace people paste the word happy on the lamp, the thin sunlight gradually lost its brilliance, pouring on the ground in vain, the plum fragrance in the courtyard was lush, wrapped in the cold wind and swept into the nose, the surroundings were quiet and serene, and occasionally the palace people talked, which was also a relaxed and pleasant voice. Mo Lan looked at the big red word of happiness on the palace lamp, and his heart fluttered, as if he was infinitely happy, but it was difficult to describe.

Qingqiu put the rewards in the warehouse one by one, and when he was done, he saw Mo Lan standing under the eaves of the corridor in the wind, and hurriedly took the stone blue carved silk squirrel cloak, put it on her shoulder, and said: "The talented person came out of the warm pavilion, only wearing a jacket and skirt and standing in the wind, if it is cold, the slaves and maids can deserve death." ”

Mo Lan smiled: "I'm not the daughter of the boudoir, how can I be so delicate." Although this is the case, he wrapped his cloak in the end and said, "It's cold outside, let's go in and warm up." As he was talking, he saw Zhou Huaizheng leading his shoulders and had already walked to the bottom of the stairs, and saw Mo Lan standing under the eaves of the corridor, busy smiling, and said: "Lan Cairen, the official family invites you to Funing Hall for dinner." ”

When Moran heard this, he went down the steps and was about to go to the sedan chair.

Qingqiu hurriedly stopped her and said, "Cairen, your makeup is too plain, you should make up your eyebrows, and then change your clothes to be able to face the saint." ”

Moran smiled: "It's okay, the official family doesn't care about this." ”

Qingqiu was so anxious that he stomped his feet and said: "Where is there anyone who doesn't care, the previous Yang Beauty, Shang Beauty, and now Yang Defei, all of them are charming and beautiful, and they have won the favor of the saint." ”

Mo Lan ignored her, went straight to the sedan chair, and smiled: "You know a lot." ”

When the sedan car was up, Fang heard Qingqiu say, "Wait a minute." ”

After speaking, he ran to the courtyard with his skirt, but after a while, he turned around, put the magpie wrapped in the rabbit fur cover in his hand into Mo Lan's arms, and then instructed the person in charge: "Get up the sedan chair." ”

Along the way, there were already chamberlains carrying candles to the palaces and halls to hold the lights, and when they saw Mo Lanyu's sedan chair, they all stood in the corner of the wall with their voices in their voices. When I arrived at the Funing Palace, it was already dark, and red lanterns were hung high everywhere, and everywhere was full of festive colors. Get off the sedan chair, walk through the verandah, and follow the path in the garden to bypass the rockery and flowing water, and then go to a small pavilion. A chamberlain had already lifted the curtain and invited Moran in.

The warm fragrance comes to the face, makes people slightly dizzy, only to see that there is no furniture in the pavilion, the hall is full of Chunlan, Jianlan, Huilan, Molan, Hanlan, Lotus Petal Orchid, there are many varieties that Moran has never seen and heard, the green leaf petals are lined with clean and flawless flowers, it is green and delicate, and the charm is elegant.

Someone behind her slowly wrapped around her, and the smell of intimacy she was familiar with, his breath was warm around her neck, and she said after a long time: "Do you like it?" You see, there are so many varieties of orchids, but only you are the most beautiful. ”

Moran had tears in her eyes, but she laughed shallowly, she wanted to speak, but her throat seemed to be blocked by something, and she tried her best to only give a soft "um".

Zhao Zhen broke her body and was about to laugh, but saw her suddenly burst into tears. He held her face with both hands, as if holding the most precious treasure in the world, carefully and tenderly helped her wipe away her tears, and jokingly said: "That's it, you have to cry." ”

Moran wrapped his arms around his waist and buried his head in his arms, finally crying profusely.

When Yang Meiren asked her to kneel in the broken porcelain piece that day, when the blood in her lower abdomen was more than miscarriage, when she was demoted to the dyeing workshop by the Queen Mother to be a cheap maid, when she went to the Funing Hall to see him but was stopped outside the palace by the inner attendant, her heart hurt so much, it hurt more than tearing her heart and lungs, and her liver and intestines were broken.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt that it was all worth it, if it weren't for those twists and turns, obstructions, and unforgettable thoughts, perhaps, he would treat himself like other women, gradually cooling, forgetting, and then abandoning the wilderness of time.

Zhao Zhen hugged her and quietly stroked the green silk on her head, although there was a room full of orchid, but it still couldn't hide the smell of her body, that smell gave him a strange sense of comfort, as if as long as she was there, there was nothing to regret in this world.

It took a long time for her to raise her head, her face was moist and bright, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying, but she had a bit of the innocent posture of the Jiangnan lotus picking girl in the old poem.

She suddenly stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the lips, their warm lips like sweet and lovely candy. Zhao Zhen was confused by her breathing, and finally restrained her, pushed her away, and chuckled: "Let's have dinner first......"

But she intensified her entanglement, and put her hands around his neck, forcing him to lean down and kiss her. She seldom took the initiative like this, her lips brushed his lips, ears, and kissed his Adam's apple, he trembled all over, and said patiently: "Are you hungry?" But she didn't want to untie the jade dragon pattern tie around his waist, and put her hand into his clothes.

Zhao Zhen was completely annoyed by her, he forgot to pick her up by the waist, kissed her on her snow-white slender neck, and walked towards the warm pavilion at his feet. It is a half-sized bedroom, connected to the flower hall, which has a large pear blossom wood bed carved with dragons and phoenixes, a hundred child tents are hung in front of the bed, and the bed curtain with a big red satin embroidered dragon and phoenix double happiness hangs at the head of the bed, and the red candles are playing, and the room is full of red light.

She was gently laid down on the bed, and he turned over, and saw that her cheeks were flushed by the lamplight, and her eyes were looking at him like water, and he couldn't help but kiss her as if she were intoxicated, and her lips and teeth were full of her fragrance. There seemed to be something under the futon on Moran's back, hard and sharp and quite uncomfortable, she breathed disordered: "It seems that there is something in the futon......" The latter words were kissed by him, just muttering.

He kissed her delicate and smooth skin hotly, and held her tightly in his arms, as if to tear her apart. He hurt her, and she bit him on the shoulder, leaving two rows of teeth marks that were red and neat.

She slept very peacefully, her breathing was light and steady, and a faint scent of orchid lingered on her side. He held his hands and looked at her under the lamp for a long time, gently brushing away the messy hair and caressing the pink scar on her cheek, extremely distressed. She was also conscious in her sleep, and instinctively shrunk to the side, and the brocade quilt slipped down, revealing her bumpy shoulder blades, which was very charming and seductive, and he couldn't help but bow his head and kiss her warm and jade-like shoulder.

The sky is getting brighter, and the morning bell can be faintly heard. Mo Lan was woken up by hunger, and opened his eyes worriedly, only to see that Zhao Zhen had changed into court clothes and was sitting quietly under the lamp reading a book.

Seeing her wake up, he threw the book on the table, climbed into bed with his shoes on, and smiled face-to-face with her: "I want to go to the morning court, and I don't know when I will be able to go down to the court for a while, you will go back to the Ruyi courtyard by yourself when you wake up, and I will go to see you at noon, okay?" ”

Moran nodded vaguely, closed his eyes again, he kissed her on the forehead, lifted the curtain and went out, walked to the door, and turned back and said gently: "I'm gone, you will stay and see what is under the bed." ”

Mo Lan sat up from the quilt, and saw him standing dimly behind the scarlet Baizi light gauze curtain, very close, and seemingly out of reach, she whispered, "I'm waiting for you to have lunch." ”

For a while, Qingqiu brought the palace people into the hall with a bath basin, towels, fat powder and other things, and when he was about to get up and go back to Ruyi Courtyard, Mo Lan suddenly remembered what Zhao Zhen said, "You will stay and see what is under the bed." So he ordered Qingqiu to open the mattress, only to hear Qingqiu snort softly and said, "Cairen, come and see." ”

Mo Lan hurriedly lifted the curtain and approached the bed, only to see that under the thick futon, there were dozens of red dates, peanuts, longan, and lotus seeds, and he thought to himself that it was no wonder that last night, he always felt uncomfortable sleeping on his back.

Qingqiu has always been steady, and at this time he was also happy: "The official family treats talented people really differently, these are only available to the people, and the palace is not prosperous." ”

Mo Lan's heart moved, a smile gradually bloomed on his face, overflowed to the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, reached out and grabbed a handful of fruits, and ordered: "Pack them up, take them back to Ruyi Courtyard, and cook chicken soup to drink." ”

Qingqiu "belched" and instructed the palace people to find out the basket, pack the four dried fruits, and carry them back in person.