A bowl of ochre decoction rested on the table, and a few red jujubes floated on the soup, and the surface of the jujubes that had absorbed the soup was smooth, like a long-used sheepskin raft. A small white porcelain spoon gently stirs in the bowl, stirring up layers of ripples.

Zhucui hugged the small tray and looked at Shen Yunzhen timidly: "My master really knows that he is wrong, and he also asks for a lot of concubines, don't worry about my master in the past." ”

Shen Yunzhen took the decoction and slowly brought it to her lips. She peeked at it, and saw Zhucui shrinking her body, like a puppet with a thread, being pulled from the top of her head, and her whole heart hung up.

She put the decoction back on the table: "Why are you so nervous?" ”

Zhucui was stunned for a moment, and shook her head vigorously: "The slave is not nervous. She smiled to relieve her embarrassment: "How can the slave be nervous? ”

According to what Zhu Cui said, this bowl was filled with high-quality fetal medicine, but she only smelled the smell and knew that it was a miracle prescription for preserving childbirth that was often prescribed in the Tai Hospital.

The difference is that it is also mixed with a strong spice smell, and under the strong spice smell, there is another taste of strychnine. If you don't smell it carefully, you can't tell the difference. They were very smart, and they were afraid that she would see the clue from the dregs, so when the soup was served, it was a clear soup that filtered out the dregs.

Shen Yunzhen shook his head: "In this bowl, I'm afraid it's not just fetal medicine, right?" It doesn't smell right. ”

Liu Eryue's body trembled, and he suddenly became alert: "Zhucui, you are so bold!" ”

"It's not that she's bold, it's Cheng Jieyu who is bold." Shen Yunzhen tapped the spoon lightly on the edge of the bowl and said to Liu February: "Put it away, this is evidence." ”

Zhu Cui suddenly knelt on the ground, trembling like chaff all over her body: "Concubine Liang Niangniang misunderstood, even if the slave maid has ten thousand guts, she will not dare to harm Concubine Liangniang!" My master doesn't dare to harm the unborn little prince! ”

"Do you think the title of the Shen family's traditional Chinese doctor is called for nothing?" Liu February's chong Zhucui snorted, and said: "You came to Lantai Palace to sprinkle, Concubine Liang Niangniang did not pursue it, but you became more and more rampant, and you actually dared to murder the emperor's heir!" ”

Shen Yunzhen turned her head and glanced at Liu Eryue, and said, "You go and say hello to Su Zhaoyi and see what she says." ”

Liu February's just a few steps were caught by Zhucui, and the little palace maid seemed to be in a broken boat, holding Liu February's legs and refusing to let go.

"Concubine Liangniang spares her life, this matter has nothing to do with my master, she is all a slave and maid who is confused for a while. I beg you to raise your noble hand, don't stab Su Zhaoyi with this, you have to be beaten and punished, and the slave and maid will bear it alone! ”

It's a loyal slave, but it's a pity to follow the wrong person. Liu Eryue was so restrained by her that she couldn't walk, and looked at Shen Yunzhen helplessly.

"I know that Su Zhaoyi and Cheng Jieyu have just formed a feud, and you are afraid that Su Zhaoyi will take the opportunity to take revenge on her." Shen Yunzhen sneered: "But don't forget, Cheng Jieyu has always hated the palace, and now, she doesn't even let go of the children in the palace." You actually want Hongu to let her go? Hongu doesn't have that kind of elegance. ”

It is not trivial to murder the emperor's heir, even Concubine Xiao Shu, who was in the ascendant back then, ended up in a claustrophobic end, not to mention the little Cheng Jieyu? Cheng Jieyu was not favored, when Su Zhaoyi reported this to the emperor, Nan Jingpei couldn't even remember her appearance, and there was a vague outline in her mind, but she couldn't tell it clearly.

According to Su Zhaoyi's meaning, there is no need to impose heavy penalties, as long as the abolition is confined in the palace.

But Nan Jingpei was full of anger, and she had to expel Cheng Jieyu from the palace. The palace can't just rely on will, it's only Cheng Jieyu who is at fault, and it has nothing to do with the Cheng family, and Cheng Jieyu has to take into account the face of the Cheng family when punishing her. Therefore, although she was expelled from the harem, she could only claim to the outside world that she was devoted to Buddhism and was sent to Jingxin Nunnery to pray for the blessing of the country.

This mirror heart nunnery was originally a place where the concubines of the past dynasties lived, and Cheng Jieyu lived here, so she was naturally unwilling. But there is no way, if you can save your life, you are already the emperor's grace, what kind of luxury do you want?

Master Chong Jing in Jingxin Nunnery gave Cheng Jieyu a legal name and used the word "Shehe". All of the disciples of Master Chongjing have a word in the Dharma name, which means to let go.

But Cheng Jieyu naturally can't let go, although people kneel quietly in front of the Buddha, they can't calm down in their hearts. Listening to the nuns beside him knocking on the wooden fish, they muttered some scriptures in their mouths, humming like mosquitoes on a summer night.

Listening to Mrs. Chongjing, the old one she knelt on was also known as the lotus flower. The laymen in the world kneel on it, silently recite the Bodhisattva Sutra, and if there is a Buddha in their hearts, they can sit on the lotus and ascend to heaven and cut off the root of suffering.

But she knelt there, her ears filled with noisy scriptures, and as soon as she closed her eyes, she felt that fame, fortune and wealth were splitting her face, like a raging karmic fire. The phoenix-robed scepter stood not far away, and she wanted to get it, but she felt that thousands of vines had grown from the ground, entangled her legs, and she couldn't move for a while.

She didn't know when she fainted, only that when she woke up, she slept in a side room.

The candles beep and burst with candle flowers, and sometimes the light and shadow swayed. The room was dim and dark, and a figure could be faintly seen standing next to the window.

She slowly propped herself up and sat up: "Your Excellency?" ”

The man slowly turned around, revealing a face like water, but it was an unfamiliar one.

"Slave maid bamboo shadow see Cheng Jieyu."

She snorted faintly: "I'm not Jieyu anymore." ”

Although she was lost, she couldn't help but look at this strange palace maid. There is a silver bell inserted between the sideburns of the bamboo shadow, and I heard that each of the slaves and maids in Xu Chongyi's palace has one.

She suddenly became excited: "You are Xu Chongyi's person!" ”

Zhuying bowed slightly: "Cheng Jieyu has good eyesight." ”

She snorted angrily, shook her hand heavily, and said coldly: "You have harmed me like this, and you still have the face to see me?" ”

Zhu Ying lowered her eyelids, this was just a matter between the two masters, and it had nothing to do with her.

"Jieyu misunderstood, from beginning to end, Xu Chongyi didn't say half a word."

"Didn't say half a word?" Cheng's eyes flickered, and she looked at Zhuying in amazement, she pounced on it, grabbed Zhuying's clothes and shook it twice: "Didn't she let this palace attack Concubine Liang's child?" ”

Zhuying sneered and suddenly pushed Cheng Jieyu away. Cheng stumbled a few steps and slammed into the wooden table in the room.

She stared at Cheng's fiercely: "What did Cheng Jieyu say?" My master just saw that you were not in a good mood and chatted with you, who made you think so much? ”

"How much do I think? Didn't she say that the emperor favored the concubine because of the prince in her womb? Cheng Jieyu was stunned, a terrible thought suddenly exploded in her head, and her fingertips stiffly turned to Zhuying: "Xu Chongyi did it on purpose?" deliberately led me to hate Concubine Liang's child, because she knew that Concubine Liang would definitely see through me and would not let me go, wouldn't she? ”

Bamboo Shadow gradually smiled, she finally understood, but unfortunately it was too late. Although she is a little palace maid, she has been in the palace for some years, and over the years, she has been used to seeing the arrogant and domineering concubine, the cunning concubine, the good concubine who favors the sixth palace, and the smart and low-key Su Zhaoyi, but it is the first time she has seen Cheng Jieyu like this.

She is as stupid as she is on the outside, what kind of woman is qualified to live in this harem where the dark tide is surging?

The bamboo shadow stared at her, and she didn't feel a little sorry, to say that Cheng Jieyu's face was quite a bit beautiful, but unfortunately her head was not very bright. Before the emperor could see her appearance, she had fallen to this point.

"Jieyu is right, it's a pity that it's too late to say this now."

Cheng Jieyu's lips trembled, and she slowly lowered her hand: "Since that's the case, then what else are you going to do?" Did you come to see Hongu's jokes? ”

She laughed bitterly at herself, and looked down at her plain robe, which seemed to be a broken sack for firewood in the corner. It's so ugly, it's ugly to the extreme, she has never worn such ugly clothes in her life.

"Xu Chongyi asked the slave to bring you something." She took out a small porcelain vase and held it up in front of Cheng Jieyu: "You should need this thing, right?" ”

There was no label on the bottle, so I couldn't tell what it was, but by feeling, it was supposed to be a lethal poison. Cheng Jieyu's body trembled, shrunk back a few steps, and waved her hand again and again: "No, I don't want it!" ”

Cheng Jieyu has been glamorous and expensive all her life, and now she looks like this, which is really embarrassing. The bamboo shadow hooked the corners of her lips, stepped forward and stuffed the porcelain bottle into Cheng Jieyu's hand. She didn't let go of her hand, and pulled Cheng Jieyu's wrist tightly.

Bamboo Shadow whispered, "What's the point of living like this?" Do you like to be with those elderly concubines, and the green lantern ancient Buddha every day is this remnant of life? And your family, they are disgraced because of you, and what face do you have to live in the world? They can't see you, but in their hearts, they are all scolding you, scolding you for being an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous daughter. ”

"No, I don't want to die, I don't want to die!" Cheng slammed the porcelain bottle in his hand to the ground, and the porcelain bottle hit the blue brick and shattered when he landed.

Zhuying's face was a little pale, she stood for a long time, untied a cow tendon from her waist, and stretched it with both hands. The cow's tendons were pulled by her, making a tense sound.

"Since Cheng Jieyu doesn't have the courage to end herself, then let the slave help you."

Bamboo Shadow took a step, and the cow tendon jumped over Cheng's head and strangled her neck. She was afraid of death, and she grabbed the cow's tendons. The bamboo shadow twisted a few laps on the palm of his hand on the left and right, and struggled with all his might. Cheng Jieyu was like a rabbit with her ears pulled out, desperately fluttering her limbs.

She tossed for a long time, and finally lost her strength. He fell to the ground, his eyes bulging outward, and his tongue sticking out to his lips. Zhu Ying shook his hand and untied Cheng Jieyu's long belt......

The next morning, the rooster crows and the sky gradually brightens. This is the time for morning classes in the mirror heart nunnery, and the sisters-in-law open their doors and windows to let in the air. The sound of hitting water, sweeping the floor, and talking was noisy.

Suddenly, someone shouted bitterly: "Oh no! She and the master hanged themselves! ”