Chapter 72: Burning the Palace
A thought crossed my mind, and I intuitively felt that I would hear some secret things about the palace that I didn't want to hear.
"The affairs of this palace have their own measurements, and today's events are just preparations to pave the way for the future plans." The lazy voice dragged on for a long time, with a hint of hoarseness.
The male voice said with a bit of respect: "May I ask what the mother is planning?" ”
The concubine stretched out her jade-white and slender fingers, gently caressing them on the rough rockery, her eyes were like smoke: "The queen has been pressing step by step recently, if the palace doesn't fight back, she can't keep it intensifying." Besides, His Majesty has long been tired of her, but because of the affection of the Duke of Dingguo, he did not abolish her. ”
"So, you're plotting to be the back." There was certainty in the fluttering voice.
The concubine turned her head to look at him, the corners of her mouth seemed to be smiling, and the trembling jewels on her head clanged: "Isn't this palace able to plot the back position." As long as the palace burns down her Fengyi Hall at that time, can't the Heavenly Fire Curse be reproduced? ”
She took her fingers back from the rockery, gently blew the small dust on her fingertips, and cut off his words: "If this palace gets the phoenix position, it can better help your master's great cause, isn't it?" There was a bit of a seductive smile in his eyes.
The man frowned as if he hadn't seen it: "Niangniang, my master only wishes you peace in the palace, and I don't need you to be like this." ”
The smile on the concubine's face stiffened, her hand was gently lowered, and her eyes were lowered to cover the look in her eyes: "Peace? This harem is a game where you have to fight to the death, I am honored and favored, how can I be safe? ”
"I understand what Xiao Lang means, it's just that I have no way back. So I hope that he will use the influence of one of the four great families to help me when I need it. The hoarse voice is like an old woman who sees through everything, and her heart is like water.
Su Qingyu was slightly startled, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.
Could it be that the people of the Xiao family are still involved with the harem concubine? I don't know what the great cause in the mouth of the concubine means. Thinking of Xiao Tianze and the Xiao family's grandmother, her eyelashes trembled slightly.
Suddenly, something soft hit her head, her neck sank, and her head slammed down.
She quickly covered her mouth and suppressed the screams that were about to burst out of her mouth.
"Who!" The man whispered. The sound of clothes and fabrics rubbing against each other sounded, and his footsteps gradually approached the place where she was hiding.
She pressed her back against the cold rockery behind her, and shrank back with all her might, hugging herself together.
Suddenly, something jumped off her head and landed on her shoulder, the furry touch making her scalp tingle.
Suddenly, a sharp cat meow burst out of her ears, with a bit of poignant, and her ears hurt.
The tanuki jumped out of nowhere and walked to the man's feet. He stopped and breathed a sigh of relief: "It turned out to be just a cat." ”
Turning around and walking in front of the concubine, he was in no mood to continue to say more, took out a letter from his arms, and respectfully presented it with both hands: "What should be said, I have already finished speaking, this is what the master asked me to pass on to Niangniang, saying that Niangniang will cherish everything, and he will come to meet you when he has time." ”
With a light hand, the letter was accepted.
He bowed slightly, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's dove looked around vigilantly, and when he saw that there was no one, he left with ease.
After just a few breaths, he was gone.
The concubine stood quietly aside, did not move, put the letter on her face and closed her eyes slightly, as if holding the person who wrote to her, her brows slightly frowned with a little longing.
She lightly opened her red lips, and her faint voice was a little depressed: "As soon as you enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang is a passerby from then on." ”
After opening her misty eyes, she sighed softly, with a little melancholy, and cherished the letter down her sleeve, and she dragged the hem of her skirt away gradually.
As soon as she left, the aroma on the tip of her nose gradually faded, and after the fragrance completely dissipated, she got up slightly and moved her numb legs and feet. After leaning against the rockery for a long time, she raised her feet and prepared to go out from this cramped place.
As soon as she stepped away, someone behind her suddenly grabbed her waist, her mouth and nose were covered, and the scene in front of her spun around, and she suddenly changed places from the corner where she had been hiding before.
Asked about the unfamiliar taste on the tip of her nose, she knew that it was not Toru Takizawa, and she struggled frantically for a moment. It's a pity that the hands are hugged tightly, and there is no effect except for a slight twist.
"Don't move, it's me." Luo Li whispered in her ear.
Her heart was slightly settled, and her stiff body relaxed. Seeing this, he let go of her.
She turned around and raised her chin slightly, rubbed her arm that was a little painful, looked at the person in front of her who was much taller and frowned, "Do you know that you will scare someone to death like this just now?" ”
Liluo's eyes looked ahead, ignoring her. Suddenly, his ears moved slightly, he reached out to cover her mouth, and pushed her head against the rockery behind her.
Su Qingyu was defenseless, her head was blank when she was hit, and the pain in the back of her head made her scalp numb, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. For a moment, tears came out.
At this moment, there was a slight ringing in my ears.
Her pupils were instantly clear, and she couldn't care about the pain in her head. Reaching out and tugging at the corner of her clothes, she blinked as his gaze fell on her.
Liluo nodded slightly, and the color of her eyes sank.
A man's voice came, with a little sneer: "It seems that it was really just a cat before, and I was really too cautious." ”
The people who went and came back searched around, and after finding nothing weird, they really left.
Liluo slightly loosened the hand that was pressed on Su Qingyu's mouth.
"Let's go too." The girl's delicate lips like cherry blossoms rubbed slightly against his palm as she spoke, a little itchy, and the breath of breath blew in his palm, as if there was an electric current, cutting through his whole body.
Looking down at the person who had just reached his chest, his eyelashes trembled, and he spat out a word: "Good." ”
Because of the separation, Su Qingyu, who was spinning inside like a headless fly, finally went out.
As soon as she reached the avenue outside, thick black smoke suddenly burst out from the side not far from her, and it soared straight into the sky with the momentum of ten thousand jun, like a black evil dragon circling and rolling.
"What's going on!" There was an exclamation from Xiao Gong'e behind him.
The sound of the collision of the pearl hairpin and jade ring sounded slightly, and a rich sound hit, and Su Qingyu lowered his eyes slightly.
Xiao Gong'e hurriedly ran over with broken steps and knelt on the ground: "Niangniang, the palace in front is on fire." ”
Turning around slowly, a graceful purple figure came into her eyes, and her slightly narrowed eyes looked at the black smoke that burst up, with an unpredictable expression.
Suddenly, her gaze fell on her. I don't know if it's an illusion, but when she saw the clothes on her body, her eyes flashed slightly.
Seeing this, Su Qingyu chuckled at the corner of her mouth, stepped forward slightly with the departure behind her, and walked in front of her and bowed: "See the concubine Niangniang." ”
Her eyes swirled around her, and she didn't panic, she let her see it generously, without eavesdropping on her private dodge.
After a moment, his gaze finally looked away, and a lazy voice came from above: "This palace has seen you before. ”
She bowed her head slightly and said with a smile: "Niangniang has a good memory." ”
There was a soft sneer in her ears, and suddenly, she said slowly: "Are you interested in accompanying this palace to see the excitement." ”
Looking at the place where the fire had already burst out, the eyes that seemed to be shrouded in mist narrowed slightly, and quickly swept a touch of darkness.
Su Qingyu raised her head slightly, and said with a light smile: "I am fortunate to accompany the noble concubine, and the courtiers are naturally respectful rather than obeying." ”
The concubine looked at her for a long time, the smile on the corner of her mouth deepened, and the two tacitly agreed.
Now, she is being targeted by the queen mother, isolated, and just needs the help of the noble concubine who can fight against her. And the concubine Niangniang wants to block the queen through her.
Each needs what they want, so it is called cooperation.
Because the previous lotus pond attic was brought over by the noble concubine, the queen led the nobles to change places.
At this time, a vast group of people were slowly walking on the road that was swept spotless by the palace people. Because the road is shaded by trees, it is not uncomfortable to hide the heat.
All the noble ladies surrounded the queen who was supported by Luo Linwan and Princess Xu Le, and they were funny, and they wanted to come out of their heads with a smile on their faces. The queen also cooperated with them, and smiled in a good mood along the way. With the cooperation of each ghost, the guests and hosts are happy and happy.
Luo Linwan looked at the woman in front of her who wanted to enter their Guogong Mansion, with a little disdain in her heart, but her face was not obvious, with a little weak and amiable smile.
At a glance, the afterglow swept across the smoky sky, and a gleam crossed her eyes. With a slight frown, she pointed over there and said softly: "Auntie, why did you suddenly burst into flames." ”
As soon as the words fell, all the nobles were slightly stunned, thinking of the things mentioned by the concubine when she provoked them before, they breathed slightly, and looked at the queen's face cautiously.
The queen frowned slightly, her eyes seemed to have a trace of thought, and she said worriedly: "Isn't that the former residence of the concubine?" ”
Xu Le's eyes flashed with a little excitement: "Queen Mother, let's go and see, she was still sneering in the attic before, and now she herself has been burned." ”
The queen nodded the tip of her nose affectionately, and said dotingly: "You girl, you really don't stop at all." ”
"Queen Mother, you just say whether you want to go or not." Her eyes were crooked with a smile, and there was a bit of coquettishness in her voice.
The queen seemed to be helpless: "You have said so, can you not go to this palace?" ”
Princess Xu Le jumped for joy, and the group walked towards the palace where the flames were soaring. Because they were not far away, they arrived in a moment.
"Hurry up! Didn't you eat? Many eunuchs carrying wooden barrels hurried back and forth, and the father-in-law in command frowned and kept urging.
When he glanced at them and his group, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly knelt down and leaned on the ground in a loud voice and said, "See the queen mother, Princess Xu Le, the noble daughters." ”
When the little eunuchs who were carrying water to fight the fire looked up, they instantly knelt down and fell down all at once.
"Get up quickly, don't delay the firefighting." The queen mother looked at the fierce palace, frowned slightly, and hurriedly asked the eunuchs who were fighting the fire to get up.
The little eunuchs were busy again, and the commanding father-in-law flattered him and walked up to them. Just as he was about to say something, two strong eunuchs hurriedly came over carrying a bamboo-blue figure with a white cloth covering his upper body.
"Father-in-law, this is in ...... See the Queen! They wanted to report to the father-in-law, and when they raised their eyes and saw a group of people standing outside, their voices were stunned, and they quickly knelt down.
The queen looked at the figure, a smile crossed her eyes, but her eyebrows wrinkled even more, and she said with a bit of majesty: "What's going on?" ”
"Qi Yu Niangniang, this is the person who was found from inside when I was just fighting the fire. Although her lower body was not burning, her upper body was hit by a pillar that burned from above. As he spoke, he gently lifted the cloth that covered it, and the smell of burning came to his face, and all the nobles gasped.
Luo Linwan looked at the person whose upper body was burned black and had been unrecognizable, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.
"This, isn't this the daughter of the prime minister's family? Didn't she say she was sleepy and resting before? How could it be ......" Luo Zizhuo, who had been following behind without speaking, looked at the corner of the bamboo blue clothes, and suddenly exclaimed, his voice trembling slightly, as if he had been hit by something.
Everyone looked at her, only to see a little tear in her pale face in disbelief.
Suddenly, she trembled and said: "It was the concubine Niangniang who killed her, it must be because the monster of the concubine Niangniang was ashamed before, so a fire fell from the sky and burned her previous palace." It's a pity that Miss Su was innocently implicated. His voice choked.
The queen looked at Luo Zizhuo and nodded with satisfaction, but her face was serious.
Just as he was about to say something, a lazy and charming voice came from not far away: "My sister is so good at looking for fun, but this fire is really beautiful, are you right?" Light feathers. "Slightly with a long trill.