The red wall and golden tile of Linhua Palace, wide and magnificent, its momentum is not under Ciyuan Palace. The courtyard is not like other palaces planted with flowers and plants, but planted with dozens of towering pines and cypresses, although it is the middle of winter, it is also a piece of green, exuding the fragrance of rich trees.

Due to the queen's seclusion, the affairs of the six palaces are temporarily in charge of Concubine De. She is so strong, she refuses to send it to others at all, and she will personally inquire and deal with everything. The Shang Palace Bureau presented the rituals and roster to be rewarded to the courtiers and foreign wives in the new year, and Concubine Yang De looked at the palace people on the red sandalwood carved chair one by one.

Xi Qian said: "Niangniang, look at this vulture ball pattern brocade, it is much smoother and softer than the brocade you usually use!" Concubine De was about to speak, and there was a palace person under the corridor: "Concubine De Niangniang, Zhang Meiren and Lan Cairen are here." ”

Concubine De hurriedly said, "Please come in." ”

Lang Yue and Mo Lan entered the house, and Lang Yue looked at the room full of gold and silver ornaments, jade and satin spread on the desk, and said with a smile: "It's not a coincidence." ”

Concubine De said: "What's the coincidence, you are here, I can also steal a sip of tea." With that, the three of them said goodbye to each other before they sat down again. Xi Qian personally brought the tea and said with a smile: "This is the newly rewarded frozen top oolong by the official family a few days ago, a total of just such a small can, and Concubine De is reluctant to eat it on weekdays." ”

Concubine De took a sip of her and said, "You are clever and know how to behave well." ”

Langyue opened the tea lid and took a look, saw that the tea soup was honey green with golden yellow, opened her lips and tasted it lightly, the fruit was fresh and elegant, and the aftertaste was around the tongue, and she couldn't help but say: "It's very sweet and thick." ”

Concubine De said: "If you like it, I'll ask Xi Qian to send you some when you go back." ”

Lang Yue said with a smile: "The concubine was disrespectful, so she had to obey her fate." ”

As he was talking, a palace man who was inspecting the side stepped forward and said: "Niangniang, in the imperial history, the reward for the foreign wife of the king of Cheng's family is two phoenix tail Luo horses, or three soft smoke Luo horses, which is not written in detail in the book. There is also a promise that Lord Cai's reward is not clear, and it is a red musk bead, and it is a wrong gold Ruyi. Please show me. He pointed out the mistakes and omissions in the booklet in his hand to Concubine De, but Concubine De didn't look at it, and said angrily: "Confused things, in the imperial history, Cheng is a member of the third grade, and naturally he is a phoenix tail Luo." Cheng Xuan envoy doctor is a member of the four grades, if only red musk beads are given, wouldn't it be against etiquette? ”

The palace people suddenly realized, and said tremblingly: "Niangniang is wise." ”

Concubine De said: "If you are still so careless next time, just go to the porch to do sweeping work." ”

The palace man trembled with fright, and said respectfully: "Yes." ”

Lang Yue smiled: "Concubine De is really powerful, the details are all clear in the chest, if you change the concubine, I am afraid that I will not be able to do half a point." It's idle every day, and I only know how to drink tea. ”

Concubine De listened comfortably and was about to speak, when laughter came from outside the door, and said, "No matter how you drink tea, don't wait for me." Another palace person hurriedly replied: "Dong Xiuyi came to greet Concubine De." ”

As he spoke, Dong Xiuyi had already stepped into the hall, and Lang Yue and Mo Lan hurriedly got up to say goodbye.

Concubine De smiled: "What kind of wind is it that blows you all here today, as if you have made an appointment." He sat down again and asked Xi Qian to bring up new tea.

Dong Xiuyi has always been very fond of silk and satin cloth, and when he saw a few colorful clouds and mist silk piled up on the desk, he sighed and said: "It's all good things, and we are reluctant to use them on weekdays, but we want to give them to those foreign women." ”

Concubine De smiled: "A few days ago, I poured a few horses of Suluo yarn, and it was useless to think about it, but it was wasted if I just put it away, if Dong Xiuyi wants it, I will ask Xi Qian to find it from the library, which is enough for you to make two clothes." ”

Dong Xiuyi's eyes lit up, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Niangniang is really generous." ”

Concubine De had never been in contact with Moran before, so she didn't know what her temperament was. At this time, seeing that she had never spoken to her, knowing that she was a saint, she didn't dare to slack off, and said with a smile: "Lan Cai people have things that they can look at, and everything I can do will reward you." ”

In the words, there is a bit of flattery.

Mo Lan thought to himself, at this time, he was at the juncture of the abolition, and Concubine De clearly wanted to win herself over, if she refused, it would not be good, so she smiled and said, "I want to take a good look." ”

Xi Qian didn't understand anything, and hurriedly led Mo Lan to carefully consider and select it on the side of the case.

She looked around, picked up the gold-plated Ruyi in front of her, Xi Qian smiled: "Lan Cai people have a good eye, these three inlaid copper gold-plated screws Ruyi is a rare treasure, look at the toes are inlaid with green tiles, and the green tiles are carved like a treasure vase, pine branches and dragon patterns, not only exquisite workmanship is rare, but also auspicious things." ”

Concubine De couldn't put it down when she saw Mo Lan, and said to the palace: "Who was Ruyi originally going to give it?" ”

The palace people flipped through the booklet, and Fang said: "It was given by the Empress Dowager from the second grade county lord." ”

Concubine De asked again: "Who is the husband's family?" ”

The palace man replied: "It's Lord Liu of Chongban in the inner hall." ”

Concubine De was stunned for a moment and asked, "Which Lord Liu?" ”

Gong said: "It's Liu Congguang. ”

Mo Lan didn't have any intentions, he just fiddled with the objects in his hands at will, pretending to be, but he didn't want to, and when he heard the palace people talking about Liu Congguang, he felt a "boom" in his head, as if a thousand catties of firecrackers were ignited, and people couldn't get back to their senses. She couldn't help asking: "Are you talking about the first empress dowager's nephew, the cousin of the official family, Liu Congguang?" ”

The palace man replied respectfully: "Exactly." ”

Moran stood in the bright place in front of the window, and the sunlight was shining in from behind her, and everyone couldn't see her expression for a while. Concubine De sneered: "Lan Cairen, you pick one again, this object is too precious, and it is given to the imperial family, I don't dare to embezzle it without permission." After a pause, he said: "Besides, the first queen mother attaches great importance to Lord Liu, not only gave marriage, but also specially gave Mrs. the title, otherwise, where would there be such a young second-grade county lord, it is all thanks to the blessing of her husband......

Concubine De was still talking about something, Mo Lan looked at her tender and shallow lips and opened and closed, only to feel that the voice was extremely ethereal and trance-like, as if it came out of a dream, both illusory and real.

She thought of Zifei, remembered her bent eyebrows and laughing face, remembered her happy eyebrows that day and said, "Mo Lan, you promised to make me a mandarin duck pillow." ”

For more than a year, although Zifei has never said anything, Mo Lan knows that her heart has never lost her expired wings, and she has been silently staying where she is, waiting for Liu Congguang to come back, and marry her back in a sedan chair. She had never relied on anyone, she had gone through the hardships alone, and she had shed all her tears, but she did not want to get the result so rough and cruel that she was almost killed by a knife.

Moran's legs and feet were weak and he almost fell. With a ruyi "bang" in his hand, he fell heavily on the desk. Only then did everyone see that Moran was pale, smiling, leaning on the side of the desk motionless.

Concubine De mistakenly thought that Mo Lan was giving herself a face, and she couldn't help but be angry in her heart, but she was now the person on the tip of the official family, one sentence was worth ten sentences from others, and she didn't dare to offend on the surface, so she said to herself: "If you pick and choose, there are always other things you like." But he didn't want to, Mo Lan actually said: "The concubine suddenly remembered that she had not done an extremely important thing, so she retired first." As he spoke, he didn't wait for Concubine De to reply, so he bowed down and retreated outside the hall.

Retreated to the Hanging Flower Gate, and was about to turn around, but collided with the visitor.

Concubine De and the others hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and said with a smile on their faces: "The official family is here, why don't you let people say hello, so that the concubines can go out to greet each other." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "I want to see what you are doing, if you are clear, it is not interesting." Glancing at Mo Lan again, she saw that she was wearing a thin gold silk smoky green gauze skirt, covered with a snow-white plain brocade background apricot yellow peony pattern brocade silk jacket, combed a hanging bun, wearing two small green plums, slender figure, like a still flower shining on the water. She stood by the door with tears in her eyes, and she wanted to cry, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but pity: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Before Mo Lan could speak, Concubine De hurriedly said: "Lan Cairen takes a fancy to a wrong gold Ruyi, because it is a gift to the second-grade county lord, the concubine does not dare to make decisions without permission." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "It's just a thing, since Mo Lan likes it, just give it to her." Saying that, Xi Qian had already presented Ruyi forward, Zhao Zhen glanced at it and asked, "Is this it?" ”

Moran shook his head and said, "No. ”

Zhao Zhen held her hand, only to feel cold, and felt more and more distressed, so he led her to the case and said, "Then what do you want?" Just pick it, what's so difficult. He picked up a pair of peach tourmaline melon-shaped jade pendants from the dazzling gifts, and asked, "Do you like this?" ”

Moran's heart was full of thoughts, and he didn't know how to say it, so he had to be silent.

Everyone looked at the appearance of the official condescending to ask, their hearts were unnatural, quite sour, and they didn't dare to show it, so they just turned their heads to drink tea.

Dong Xiuyi couldn't hide her words, and when she saw that there was only Mo Lan in the eyes of the official family, she actually ignored the others, and finally couldn't help but say: "The official family, you are too partial, you only care about comforting Lan Cairen, and ignore the concubines." ”

Zhao Zhen liked her straightforwardness a little, and said with a smile: "Then you can come and pick a few too." ”

Dong Xiuyi pouted and said, "Concubines are not uncommon. ”

Mo Lan suddenly came back to his senses at this time, and said in a low voice: "The concubine is not angry because of that wishful thinking, but she suddenly remembered something and was in a hurry." He owed to Concubine De again, and said, "Please also ask Concubine De to forgive her sins." ”

Where did Concubine De dare to say anything in front of the official, she smiled and said, "It's okay." Since the official family is in charge, Lan Cairen can pick whatever he likes, and he doesn't need to worry about me. ”

Mo Lan said: "If the concubine has something, she will retire first." ”

Zhao Zhen saw that Mo Lan's face was different from the past, and he was also indifferent to himself, and he couldn't let go of his heart, so he said: "I just came out to breathe, and I have to go back to watch the recital, so it's better to go with you." Even so, everyone knew it very well, but they had no choice but to bow down and send them off.

Concubine De saw that the official family finally came once, but she wanted to leave again, and wanted to stay, but she was afraid that Zhao Zhen would refuse in front of everyone, but she would lose face, and hesitated, seeing that Zhao Zhen had led Lan Cairen out of the palace gate, until she turned the corner, and she couldn't see the figure, she suddenly sank in her heart, and it was empty, as if she could pour into the wind.

Although the sun is warm, the cold wind is still cold, cutting on people's faces, like a knife.

Zhao Zhen saw that Mo Lan was depressed, and he didn't ask questions, but only led her to walk slowly on the palace street. The sky is a deep blue blue, cotton white clouds hang in the sky like silk, and occasionally winter birds "poof" from the wall, spreading their wings and soaring upwards, adding a little vitality to the cold and bleak winter day.

The two of them were side by side, and the cold wind wrenched their clothes in one place, tangled. The sunlight slanted in, reflecting two long figures, sometimes separated, sometimes overlapping.

Mo Lan suddenly paused, Zhao Zhen turned around, and saw her silently speaking, with a light mist in her eyes, and her sideburns were also blown by the wind. He reached out and smacked the green silk behind her ear, picked up her cold red cheeks, and bowed his head and asked, "What's wrong?" Can you tell me? ”

Moran looked up at his dark and deep eyes, which had nothing but himself. She couldn't help but reach out and wrap her arms around his waist, fall into his arms, and press them against his chest.

When the attendants saw this, they lowered their faces with interest, but they didn't see it.

Zhao Zhen patted her on the back, full of tenderness, and said with a smile: "Why did you suddenly be coquettish again." ”

Moran listened to the sound of his "thumping" heartbeat, as if there was some kind of demagogic power, and gradually calmed down. Her heart was throbbing, and she was so sad that she couldn't speak, so she whispered for a long time: "Liulang......." ”

Zhao Zhen said "um", waited for a while, and saw that she didn't say anything again, so he asked: "If you have any difficulties or grievances, just say it, and I will bear it with you." ”

Mo Lan tightly clutched the brocade belt around his waist, which was decorated with dragon patterns with gold threads, and slammed into her palm, crispy and numb. She rubbed it into his arms again, and then said vaguely, "I'm afraid." ”

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind, blowing everywhere and whimpering, Zhao Zhen turned his back to block the cold wind, and covered her head with a wide sleeved robe. Her eyes became dim, and she was buried in the square inch of his chest, as if everything around her had disappeared, and there was only her and him in this world.

His voice was soon carried away by the wind, farther and farther away, and he said, "Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid of anything. ”

Her hair was blown by the wind, floating on the tip of his nose, and a faint scent of green plums lingered. Her voice came from his chest, like a whisper in the deepest part of her heart, and she said, "Will you leave me?" ”

The corners of Zhao Zhen's mouth hooked up a shallow smile, and he was a little pity, and said, "You were afraid of this." ”

Mo Lan closed his eyes slightly, and asked in a low voice, "Will you leave me?" ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "You don't believe me? ”

Mo Lan pondered for a moment and said, "There are so many bewitching ladies in the palace, who are gentler and more beautiful than me. What should I do if one day, you never want to go to Ruyi Temple again? ”

Zhao Zhen lowered his sleeves, pinched her cheek, and said, "Do you know why I put you in Ruyi Courtyard?" ”

Mo Lan looked up at him, the sunlight just came from behind him, and he saw that his face was like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his body seemed to be surrounded by a weak light, like a celestial.

She was slightly dizzy and said, "Why?" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Luanming Hall was originally the dormitory of the former emperor Empress Zhangmu before she was enthroned, and the first emperor thought of it, so he never made the palace people live again. And Ruyi Yuan ......"

He looked at Mo Lan's face full of melan, and unconsciously softened his tone a little before he said: "And Ruyi Courtyard is where the eldest lady lived, and I and Minhua grew up there. For me, that is my home, the warmest place in the world, no matter what age I am, I will miss it, and I will not want to go again? ”

Mo Lan only realized at this time that Ruyi Courtyard was not just a palace for him, but his "home". And he gave himself the ownership of this "home". Gradually, she chewed on the meaning, and suddenly she was touched, thinking of his affection, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and stood on tiptoe and kissed him on his Adam's apple.

Zhao Zhen said: "I found that you are getting bolder and bolder, and you dare to act so recklessly in the palace. Let people look at it, and they will not be ashamed. ”

Mo Lan's face turned red, pouted and glanced at him, and said, "With Liulang here, I'm not afraid." Zhao Zhen saw that she was delicate and gentle, looking forward to the streamer, where could he still look away, he just wanted to rub her in his arms and eat her.

A scarlet figure stood far behind the guard of honor, the skirt was layered with light gauze, and when the wind blew gently, the folds gradually spread out, like a blooming red peony. Seeing that Langyue was standing in a daze, she was so cold that she didn't even realize it, and whispered: "Beauty, let's go back, I've been in the limelight for a long time, and it's not good to be cold." ”

Lang Yue held a Su Pa tightly in his hand, and the handkerchief was embroidered with two purple stamens and white magnolias, and the corners were decorated with golden five-clawed cloud patterns, which was a royal article.

Liluo said: "The handkerchief left by the Lancai people, I can send the palace people to send it, and the beauties don't have to bow down." ”

It was as if there was nothing left in his heart, empty, like a dead wood devouring the air, and he lost his mind and said: "Liluo, you said that I am not as good as Zhang Molan, and the official family didn't even look at me today." ”

Liluo said: "Lan Cairen didn't see anything in the past, but now that I think about it, I have some means." He lowered his voice again and said, "Niangniang must not be guarded." ”

Rong Yue's heart was cold, and she was about to fall to the ground, but fortunately, the pear fell into her eyes and was quick, and she held her up, and Lang Yue said: "Mo Lan is my best sister, before her, no one has ever treated me so well, and she has taken care of everything for me." ”

With a look of regret, Liluo sneered: "In the harem, there are no sisters, but you use me, I use you." Think about it carefully, if it weren't for Lan Cairen, would the one from Huifu Yuan be able to fall so far? As long as she is there, Niangniang is afraid that she will never be able to go beyond her. ”

Hearing the last sentence, Lang Yue only felt creepy, and the cold and bone-chilling pain gradually overflowed from the depths of her heart, as if she was about to melt into her flesh and blood.

The man who was clear in the night, the man who smiled in the faint light, the man who would ask with a gentle smile, "What song are you singing?" The gentle man, the man she had gone through a lot of hardships and finally made him change his mind, is she going to abandon herself now?

Again, never had it.

She clenched her fists, her nails digging into her flesh, crimson. Her hand suddenly loosened, and the palm of Supa immediately floated away in the wind, and the pear fell to pick it up, but Lang Yue said: "Forget it, she has everything, but what if you lose a piece of Supa?" Let's go back. ”

Liluo didn't dare to be disobedient, and said solemnly: "Yes." ”

Mo Lan accompanied Zhao Zhen to the Funing Palace, but did not return to the Ruyi Courtyard, but walked through the violent room and went to the Renming Palace. Because there were few courtiers who came to borrow books while the sun was out, the secretary of the Renming Palace, Shanggong, issued an order to let the palace people hide in the hidden places in the palace, and the books and bamboo slips that were not used on weekdays were all burned in the courtyard.

Zifei is so busy that her feet don't touch the ground, she is weak now, and she doesn't have the energy as before, and it is really difficult to lift things. She saw Mo Lan standing at the door of the Moon Cave with a smile, hurriedly threw away the affairs in her hand, greeted her and saluted first, and then said happily: "Why are you here?" ”

Mo Lan had a thousand words in his heart, but he couldn't say half a word, he couldn't help but feel sour, and said, "Just come and see you, if you are busy, I will go back first." ”

Zifei hurriedly said: "Don't, I'll be busy in a while, you wait for me." ”

There are still many palace people on the side, who are busy, and they are all far away, and Mo Lan is also smiling. Moran didn't dare to stand in the courtyard, after all, courtiers came and went from time to time, and she was now in a different status, so she was easy to gossip.

She said to Zifei: "I'll wait for you in the room." ”

Zifei took out the key from his sleeve pocket, handed it to her, and said, "I'll be right away." ”

Mo Lan was familiar with the way, and went straight to the courtyard of the palace people, and walked from the door of her original residence, and couldn't help but stop. When I think of my days in Renming Hall, it feels like yesterday.

The door was not locked, slightly open, she couldn't help but reach out and push, only to hear the "creak" sound on the door, and then a gentle female voice came from inside, "Is it Sister Green?" On a cold day, my clothes are soaked, you wait for me, and I'll change it immediately. ”

Her tone was calm and peaceful, with a hint of the stability of the present world. Mo Lan couldn't bear to disturb her, took the door, walked through the courtyard, and carried Qingqiu to Zifei's room.

Zifei's room is still simple and dark, and the palace people's room is not much better.

The room is cramped, but there is only one bed, one table and one stool. The beds were neatly arranged, and a few branches of plum were inserted in earthen jars on the table, which bloomed red and brightly, so that the room was not too dull. Moran had no place to sit, so he half-leaned on the threshold of the bed, and saw that there was an unfinished tassel at the head of the bed.

Qingqiu looked at it from the side and said with a smile: "The hands of talented people are so skillful, they can embroider, acupuncture, and writing, and even play this tapestry, it is also fast and good." Then he asked, "I don't know what talented people like to do the most?" ”

Mo Lan kept his hands on it, thought about it carefully, and said, "I don't like writing very much, but I want to study embroidery and acupuncture." ”

Qingqiu said: "The slave maid has seen the shoes and socks embroidered by talented people for the official family, but I feel that the embroidery lady of the Cultural Embroidery Bureau is afraid that it is not as exquisite as you." ”

Mo Lan smiled: "When I didn't enter the palace, my mother carefully taught the art of female redness, and when I entered the palace, I followed the Empress Dowager Wu who praised her to learn. ”

Qingqiu moved a small stool and sat under the edge of the bed, looked carefully at Mo Lan's tapestry, and saw that her hands were like flowers, and she was not envious, and she secretly memorized the technique. Because there was no charcoal fire in the room, it was damp and cold, but after a while, Mo Lan's hands were numb from the cold, and he hurriedly put the tapestry and held the hand stove to keep warm.

I heard Zifei's laughter from afar, and in an instant, Zifei had led two palace people to the bottom of the corridor, only to hear Zifei laugh and say: "They heard that you were coming, and they insisted on coming to say goodbye, and I couldn't stop them." As he spoke, the two palace people had already leaned down to salute, and Mo Lan hurriedly invited them in, and said with a smile: "It's just in time, I'm also thinking about you." ”