Concubine Jia turned around and took the spring rain away, and as soon as she went out, her face faded.

The two walked along the imperial garden to the side of the palace canal.

The imperial garden is said to be a garden, but the space is actually very large, from top to bottom, the front is connected to the Qingzhao Palace, and the back is connected to the Fujia Palace, and the palaces of many concubines are next to it. Inside, the ancient cypress and old acacia are clustered, full of strange flowers and plants, the pavilions and palaces dotted with flowers and gravel roads crisscross and criss-cross, the whole garden is both quaint and quiet, gorgeous and abnormal.

Chunyu said: "Niangniang is also good to her." ”

The ruby hairpin on Concubine Jia's flying bun flashed faintly in the light, and she touched the golden bee chrysanthemum pin on her chest.

I don't know what I'm thinking.

The wind and the light fragrance of flowers wafted, and the green and green double-ring four-fold Ruyi silk on her clothes rose gently in the wind, undulating against the palace wall, along the light blue shadow of thousands of miles towering......

Her expression was gloomy for a moment, like layers of clouds before a rainstorm, and the pearl light was piercing cold and dark.

Chunyu hurriedly lowered his head and pretended not to see it.

…………

"Xinrui!" Concubine Li shouted.

"Yes." Xinrui, who was sweeping outside, hurried in, sweating even on her forehead.

Concubine Li looked at her and slowed down slightly: "This time is also your ......"

"That's what a slave does." Xinrui said busily.

Concubine Li's eyes softened even more, she also knew that she was unpopular, and she either beat or scolded her subordinates, so she didn't fall out of favor for long, and she could go away, only Xin Rui was always with her.

"Good girl."

Concubine Li suddenly woke up after listening to Concubine Jia's words, even if she didn't have children, she still had Shen Yan's grace to fight for. In fact, this incident is not all accidental, since she was pregnant in June, Shangguan Rong has pressed her everywhere, and she is a little unhappy in her heart, and the imperial doctor also said that she is not in good health, and this is not a good time to get pregnant.

At that time, she was bent on the honor and attention that this child could bring, and begged the doctor to save the child, and gave a lot of money bribes in private.

Thinking about it, Shangguan Rong's face appeared in his mind again, a standard beauty face, indescribable disgust, Concubine Li's silver teeth clenched tightly, if it weren't for this little slut, how could the saint treat her coldly!

A hint of hatred flashed in Concubine Li's eyes, and her long nails almost sank into the flesh, inch by inch like a poisonous snake slowly spitting out bright red letters.

…………

In recent days, the weather has been gloomy, and it is rare that the weather is fine on this day, and a ray of morning light is revealed early, and the thin golden light shines on the clear glazed tiles from the clear sky.

The palace concubines sat together in the Qianqing Palace, and the queen sat on it and saw the hall sitting below, and said, "Everyone came early today." ”

Shu Zhaorong below smiled gently: "It is the duty of our concubines to ask the queen mother, and if the mother is in good health, the six palaces are all grateful." ”

This was said so flatteringly that even the queen, who had always been majestic, laughed: "He Lan's mouth is still as sweet as ever." ”

Shu Zhaorong smiled and peeled a kumquat with his hand wearing gold silk glass armor and ate it slowly.

Concubine Yu also said: "The concubines all think the same. ”

The queen smiled, and then said with a straight face: "No matter how important the body of this palace is, it can't compare to the saint, recently I see that the saint has a cyan color now, and the spirit is not very good, you think that it is really important to make the saint happy." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was speechless.

Seeing this, the queen's face was slightly gloomy.

Shu Zhaorong smiled bitterly: "The concubines also want to be happy every day, but ...... Holy one, we can coax it with a few words. ”

Before the queen could speak, Concubine Jia touched the buttons on her rose red silk sprinkled gold robe and spoke: "What Shu Zhaorong said is that what is the use of such a thing as an understatement of comfort, besides-" She glanced at Guan Qingqiu, "There is someone else who does not leave the Holy One every day, and the queen should ask her." ”

The queen was interrupted just as she was about to speak, not to mention that although she pointed at Guan Qingqiu, her tone was not very good, and her face immediately turned cold.

The room was suddenly a little embarrassed, and everyone looked at Guan Qingqiu intentionally or unintentionally.

Guan Qingqiu was wearing a fragrant swirl pattern yarn embroidered skirt, and only wore a purple jade carved cloud pattern exquisite hairpin on her head, which was very beautiful, and slowly got up at this time and said: "Although the concubine accompanied the saint, she also said some things, and she has been in the Qingzhao Hall a lot recently. ”

The queen knew that she was telling the truth, and the saint liked Guan Qingqiu, but it was just a few more times, and she was almost in Qingzhao Hall during this time, and Wen Yan said: "This palace knows, you can sit down." ”

And some gossip was uttered, and the crowd dispersed.

Guan Qingqiu walked out of the palace, the weather was fine, so he slowly paced on the road, and Concubine Yu came from the side and said with a smile: "It's rare to see my sister, how about walking together?" ”

Concubine Yu was gentle and soft-spoken, Guan Qingqiu had a good impression of her, so she said, "I can't ask for it." The two walked on the gravel road, the sun shone gently, faint with a warm golden light, and the long fragrance of osmanthus wafted in the air.

While the two were talking, Guan Qingqiu felt that Concubine Yu's gaze was looking at her intentionally or unintentionally, and there was no malice in this gaze, so she said directly: "What does Concubine Niangniang see me doing?" ”

"To be honest, it's the first time I've seen the saint care so much about someone." Concubine Yu's voice was tinged with a hint of sorrow.

Guan Qingqiu saw the sadness on the woman's sick face, and she didn't know how to speak for a while, if it was someone else, she could have said: "Shen Yan is also very good to Niangniang." ”

But she couldn't say it to this woman, Concubine Yu was not very old, about twenty years old, the light sky blue embroidery collar was embroidered with green calyx, even if she was wearing a cloak of cloud brocade and beads, she looked weak, and Wan'er next to her was holding her tightly.

Concubine Yu also discovered her gaffe, covered up a smile, and changed the topic with other words.

Guan Qingqiu found that although Concubine Yu came out less, she spoke politely, and what was even more difficult was that she had a sense of compassion, which was rare in the palace.

The two talked for a while, and Wan'er said softly: "It's windy outside, and the imperial doctor told me not to stay for a long time." ”

Guan Qingqiu gave a salute: "Then I said goodbye." ”

…………

Border.

It's a small bazaar on the desert border, where hooded men and women walk through it, speaking the characteristic dialect of Showa and Hu.

A woman is on the ground holding something she has just stolen and gobbling it into her mouth, her stomach and intestines are spasmodic and convulsive with hunger, the air and swallowed gas are squeezed in her abdomen and there is nowhere to hide, and every nerve is screaming!

The woman's clothes were ragged, the hem had been shattered into rags, the original color was too dirty, her face was also sunken and blue, her lips were chapped and black, and her hands were covered with clumped dirt and black blood scabs, which was in stark contrast to the hot snow-white steamed buns.

Suddenly, fists, shouting, and kicking rained down, and the voices of the vendors and pedestrians next to them all dissolved into a distant and unclear background.

Zhao Lan's whole body curled up together, silently holding the food.

It took a long time for the severe pain to stop.

She lay on the ground with her eyes closed, and she didn't have to open her eyes to feel the countless curious gazes scraping against her like knives.

I don't know how long it took for her to open her swollen and blue eyes, tears flowed down silently, she remembered her former master, Guan Qingqiu.

She is also a girl from a good family, not to mention her beauty, she can also be called beautiful, and when she went to Guanfu, the old man Guan took a fancy to her at a glance.

When she arrived at Guanfu, she was fifteen and Guan Qingqiu was thirteen.

Guan Qingqiu treats the maid very well, not because of the intimacy and connivance on the surface, but as equality, Guan Qingqiu has never treated her as a subordinate, at first she was young and didn't feel anything, but later she saw a lot of dirty pickles in the private of big families to know how rare Guan Mansion was.

Only an elegant and upright person like the old man can make the family style so upright, but the funny thing is that he ruined the Guan family because of his selfishness.

For the sake of a brother who is not a good person and his own wishful thinking......

Although the family can't help his younger brother's career, he is also an honest family, and this little cub doesn't know where to learn from the camp, and he got into a job and exile.

Zhao Lan couldn't see clearly, but she could hear the small and noisy sound in her ears.

…… Where to run, you Lao Tzu sold you to me, you know?

The trance was the voice of a middle-aged man, mixed with the whining and crying of a girl, and was dragged away.

- This is the way of the world.

The flies and dogs are endless, and ordinary people work all year round for their meager hopes, and any little bit can make people happy, and then there is endless depression.

And I'm not much better now.

Now that I think about it, the tossing and turning at the beginning, the anxiety was uneasy, but it was the longing to the distorted desire, a line of water stains dripping down the embarrassed face, and the guilt in the past few months was like an old knife cutting her heart one by one, and it hurt her heart, all of which she deserved and deserved......

At the beginning, under the temptation of the concubine of the king of Nan'an, she reached a deal with Shen Yu, poisoned Guan Qingqiu's diet, betrayed Guan Qingqiu's news to Shen Yu, and stole documents from the old man Guan Ru.

No wonder Guan Qing looked for her in a dream in the autumn day, dressed in the clothes of the day, her face was as white as paper, the hem of her clothes was bloody, her stomach was empty, and her eyes revealed despair and viciousness that she had never seen before, and asked her faintly why she lost her conscience and why she had nothing......

Why......

Zhao Lan lay on the ground and gasped for a long time, shortness of breath, as if she was about to catch her breath.

There were unknown birds hovering in the sky above the side plug, hoarse and ugly like night owls, with gusts of wind and sand, scraping on the face with a wound that was cold and hot, and stinging.

After a while, she stood up with her body propped up, wiped the sand from her face, and limped towards the unknown ahead......