When the eldest princess suddenly visited Huanyan Pavilion, I was choosing materials for Mu Han to make clothes, she glanced at me lightly, and said to Mu Han that she wanted to invite me to teach tea art to her subordinates for a month, this reason is really far-fetched and absurd, but Mu Han couldn't refuse after all, and agreed in doubt.

I sat in the carriage in which direction I didn't know, slowly, carefully calculating in my heart, but I always didn't have much confidence.

The carriage stopped at the gate of Prince Xuan's mansion, but I didn't expect the eldest princess to be Prince Xuan's childcare, and the scene was really good.

The next person took over my burden, the palace is very quiet, the rockery and flowing water are unique, the green vines climb all over the small stone road, and the layout is very regular. Suddenly saw a touch of shadow, dancing, posture like a fairy, look at her dance steps, it should be the ten-step peach blossom dance created by the queen of Liangxi, but this dance has extremely high requirements for dancers, the queen of Liangxi is born soft because she is a foreigner, and ordinary people can only achieve the shape even if they practice hard.

The woman danced unwillingly, and suddenly fell to the ground, I wanted to step forward to help her, but the old housekeeper who led the way suddenly said: "Her name is Wan Niang, and she is the dancing girl in the house." In the future, the person you will teach tea art and dance skills is her. ”

"I don't know, what is the prince's honorific name?"

"Jinchen."

When the Emperor of Northern Yan was surnamed Beiyu, Beiyu Jinchen, it was really a good name.

It seems that Prince Xuan Beiyu Jinchen feels that Concubine Li can't have children and can't work for him in the harem, he must want to find a new replacement, but I don't understand why he chose me to teach Wan Niang.

In the study, he was flipping through the book by the window, the sun was shining, and his long eyelashes cast a dark shadow.

I saluted, but he just nodded lightly and said nothing, so that I would not move if the enemy did not move.

"Lord Wang, the slave maid has doubts."

He turned the pages of the book and said, "You are the maid of the Mumeiren, not the slave in the palace, so you don't need to call yourself so." ”

I laughed, "Back to the prince, Su Jin has doubts. ”

"Please." Only then did he raise his head, the corners of his lips slightly raised, but there was no trace of a smile in his eyes.

"There are many people in the city who are skilled in tea art, and there are also people in the palace who are skilled in dancing, why me?"

He looked at me and said indifferently: "There are both, but there are not many who have a great interest in harem affairs. Besides......" He stopped, and suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the servant who came in said something, and he left, and I stayed where I was, until the servant told me to meet Wan Niang.

When I first saw her, I was only wearing a turquoise Luo skirt, like a bamboo fairy in the forest, revealing aura. It's just that most of the people in the palace are beautiful, and she can only be regarded as middle-class. But the awe-inspiring arrogance in her body is still very attractive. She doesn't talk much, and she is silent, but as long as I mention Prince Xuan, her eyes will become hot, just like Mu Han, which makes people guess this kind of girl's mind at a glance.

I tried my best to teach her, and I didn't want to worry about superfluous things, and my intuition told me that this was a place of right and wrong, and I had to leave as soon as possible.

After nightfall, angina is unstoppable, ten spice is poisonous, highly poisonous, after taking it for seven days, you will have angina, cold limbs, and large red spots on the skin, which will not disappear until after a month, along with the scar.

This poison can give you a face, and it can also give you a life, and what I want to do is to shock the world in these five years.

It was raining lightly outside the window, I put on my coat, and saw that Wan Niang in the garden was dancing ten steps of peach blossom dance with great effort, the last movement, after seven rotations, the petals in the sleeve were scattered into the sky, and then the dancer held a peach blossom in his hand and threw it together, at this time he beat the drum with long sleeves, raised his head and caught the flower branch with his mouth. This movement was the hardest, she was obviously a little clumsy and struggling, and she squatted down and cried if she couldn't do it properly.

Ten steps of peach blossom dance, the dance of the queen of the former dynasty before her death, after a dance, she jumped off the high platform and died. I was only four years old at the time, and many memories have been blurred, but I only remember that the woman who danced was extremely beautiful, and she was amazed by the demon rule in red. Since then, no one has been able to dance the 10-step Peach Blossom Dance.

"You have too high requirements for yourself, such a difficult dance, I'm afraid it won't work for two or three years." I picked her up and helped her wipe the tears from her face.

"I'm not afraid of hardship." She took a step back arrogantly and wiped her sleeve indiscriminately, "It's just that I don't want to enter the palace."

There were flowers left in the ground, and I asked, "Are you interested in Prince Xuan?" ”

She was stunned, she didn't expect me to ask her such a straightforward question, she blushed: "It has nothing to do with you, my final ending is to be like Concubine Li, since he rescued me from the Qinglou three years ago, my life does not belong to me, for him, I am just an item that can be handed over." ”

"I heard from the people here, you are good at medicine?" I asked, "You do me a favor, I'll help you stay." How's the deal? ”

Wan Niang chuckled disdainfully, she must have thought that the methods that a palace maid with such a despicable qualification as me came up with would not be in the flow. In the end, it is still too simple, knowing people and faces, but not hearts, how can she know that she must have her own special thoughts to protect herself in such a deep palace where eating people and leaving no bones.

I was not in a hurry to plead, sat on the stone chair alone, and said: "We Mingren don't say secret words, Concubine Li is a person from your house, do you know how she was infertile for life?" ”

"Concubine Li?" She was slightly surprised by the topic for a moment, and then calmed down, "It is rumored outside the palace that she fell before bathing. ”

"Concubine Li has been pregnant for four months, and it stands to reason that the fetal image in the first three months is stable, but have you ever thought that the queen mother and the emperor are not fools, how can they let a person of unknown origin and no background be born of dragon?" I took a sip of tea and moistened my throat: "The new emperor has only been on the throne for three years, and only one daughter was born to Concubine De, if the eldest son is born, he can only choose between the queen or the fourth concubine." Do you think the hospital really can't find out the cause of the miscarriage? It's just because someone instructed it. ”

Wan Niang lowered her head silently, and only frowned for a long time: "Who are you?" Why do you know so much? ”

Before I could answer, the smell of tea suddenly came from behind me, and I turned around and saluted, smiling and greeting the owner of this palace.

"Wan'er, you go back first." His indifferent expression did not have the slightest flaw, Wan Niang opened her mouth to say but finally retreated without saying anything. "Miss Sujin, do you have time now? Would this king have the privilege of talking? ”

"The prince is polite, it's getting late, it's not good for a lonely man and a widow to be in the same room and be talked about by others, Su Jin is nothing, I'm afraid of ruining the reputation of the prince, so I still retired first." Put a long line to catch big fish, want to catch the old indulgence, want to welcome and refuse.

"Yesterday, the house just received the cold land blood ginseng as a tribute, is Miss Sujin interested?" He brushed the dust off his cuffs, and there was a hint of banter in his eyes.

I looked up at him, only to react, this Prince Xuan is more city than I imagined, blood ginseng pays tribute to the palace three times a year, it is a rare miracle medicine for a hundred years, the toxicity of ten spices is too great, and blood ginseng is needed to suppress the toxicity, a few days ago I did send someone to inquire who the blood ginseng was rewarded, but there can be no leakage in the secrecy, how did he know? "Huh." I laughed dryly, "Well, it's better to be respectful." ”

He nodded, turned and walked towards the West Garden, and I followed closely behind me, passing by the Hibiscus Pond, which was brightly lit. Since I entered the palace, every night, the lamps in this palace have been much brighter than elsewhere...... This prince is afraid of the dark? Just thinking about it, the person in front of me paused, and before I could stop, I hit the man's back, slipped and almost fell into the hibiscus pool.

He reacted quickly. He grabbed me and waited until he was stable before he brought a hand around my waist.

Although I have always been self-contained and thick-skinned, I still feel a little unnatural, under the light and candlelight, the man is more and more handsome, his thin lips outline a just right arc, this time it seems to be a smile from the heart, there is no other mixed emotions, good-looking is not like words.

"Is Miss Sujin too anxious?"

I looked at him angrily and said no more. He suddenly clasped my wrist and said with a smile: "Next time, this king can't guarantee to catch it in time, so it's better to do this." ”

There was a burning sensation on my wrist, and I suddenly understood Wan Niang's grievances, this man knows how to grasp people's hearts too well, and a little girl like her who has not been deeply involved in the world is easy to be firmly grasped by a person like him who seems to be pure and harmless on the surface, but is gentle and considerate but is actually unfathomable in the city, and let him call him. Perhaps, Li Concubine is like this, he just feels that Li Concubine has no capital to compete for favor, so he wants to send Wan Niang to the palace. But what exactly does he want? Throne? Military power? Is it too naïve for him to think that just a few women can turn the clouds and rain?

When he arrived at a house in Xiyuan, he stopped and asked, "Why do you want blood ginseng?" ”

I was stunned, and said: "People in the world often say that a hundred years of blood ginseng has the effect of reviving the dead and rejuvenating youth. "Yes, in these five years, this life has been very rare for me, and I can't die without completing the plan.

He thoughtfully stretched out his hand and stroked my cheek, which was so burned that I couldn't make out my true face, "Everyone else is desperately trying to show that they are noble and good, so why do you belittle yourself everywhere?" ”

There was a slight touch on the thin callus on his mouth, and the deep voice seemed to have been heard somewhere, and I stepped back to avoid his touch.

He chuckled and said, "This king still thinks that Miss Sujin is fearless of anything. ”

"As long as there are thoughts, there are things that they are afraid of, but they are just hidden differences."