Fu Jinyue is someone who knows Xuanyuan Yi better than me, and I can see that she doesn't want to plan Xuanyuan Yi into a scheme, purely out of her feelings for Xuanyuan Yi.

But what she said is not wrong, it is too difficult to control Xuanyuan Yi, but it is not a simple matter to control Concubine Wu.

Fu Jinyue and I glanced at each other, and we all looked at the teacup behind the teapot.

I pointed to the teacup and said, "Concubine Wu is very cautious and scheming, and there are only two ways to start with her. ”

"Sister, let's hear it!"

"One, to gain her trust, which requires knowing her well, doing what she likes, and making her feel that we should not stay in the cold palace, so let us leave. Second, threaten her, make her panic, don't dare to kill us and don't dare to let us stay in the cold palace to threaten her, so that we have a chance to get out of here. ”

Compared to the former, in fact, I have already used the latter method, and it is easier for me to threaten Concubine Wu than to please Concubine Wu.

Fu Jinyue frowned and pondered, but after a while, she turned over the teacup representing Concubine Wu, and said to me solemnly: "Gain her trust, use it for me, this is a sharp sword, and it is also a shield that can protect your life." ”

Indeed, it is definitely better to have one more assistant than one more enemy, but to do so, it not only consumes time but also energy, and it is not too big to use a generation of concubines for us.

I agreed with Fu Jinyue's choice, because it would be better for her, after all, Concubine Wu was Xuanyuan Yi's adoptive mother, and I was also warned by Xuanyuan Yi that in order to have the best of both worlds, I must also spend some effort on Concubine Wu.

I discussed with Fu Jinyue for a long time, and finally agreed on some steps, and then left Jinhe Temple.

Back in the courtyard, Xiaohuan walked back from the courtyard, thinking about something while walking with a solemn face.

"Little Ring!"

She suddenly looked up and saw me standing by the door, and was so shocked that she hurriedly asked me for peace.

She should have known that Fu Jinyue and I had gone out, and from the perspective of a slave, she naturally didn't dare to ask me where I went, but as Situ Zhenzuo, she wanted to know my every move at all times, and now she didn't ask anything, which can only show that she also did something during the time I left.

"Where are you? Hongu has been waiting for you in the courtyard for a long time. Although my tone was dissatisfied, I didn't pretend to be angry.

Seeing her rambling, I didn't bother to listen to her perfunctory words, and handed her a note: "You take this, and find a way to hand it over to Xiao Hangzi, the eunuch guarding the east gate, at the third watch tonight, he is the person of Queen Jinyue, let him find a way to give this to Jiang Ren, the general of Zhonglang." ”

Xiaohuan looked at me suspiciously, she knew that I had a good relationship with Fu Jinyue, and she also understood that I would use Fu Jinyue to make some small moves in this good palace.

But she didn't know who Jiang Ren was, and probably thought that Jiang Ren was just a force outside Fu Jinyue.

I didn't say anything to Xiaohuan, many things need her to know, and if I tell her everything, it will seem too deliberate.

Jiang Ren is Situ Jingyuan, the prince of Jiang Guojingyuan, since Xiaohuan is Situ Zhen's person, he still has the eye to recognize people.

Although I don't want to involve Jiang Ren, I still want to help him and make up for the mistakes I made in the past.

After all, my father had been loyal to him, and I believed in my father's choice, but it was too late to wake up.

I looked up at the sky and smiled slightly, thinking that one day in the near future, when Situ Zhen knew that I had met Situ Jingyuan in Liangguo, I didn't know how big the shadow area in his heart would be?

At night, there is no sound, and the branches and leaves outside the window are swaying, but there is no rustling sound that should be heard.

At this time, Xiaohuan should have gone to the east gate to find Xiao Hangzi, and I was the only one left standing in front of the window to enjoy the night view.

There was a click, and there was a sound of tiles breaking from the roof, and I raised my eyes and pricked up my ears, and heard a few more 'do-do-do' clicks.

Someone walking on my roof?

Who is the third watch in the middle of the night?

I picked up my bedside sword and dodged out of the room.

The darkness of the night enveloped the entire palace, and the half-arc moon hung in the sky, and the figure on the roof jumped quickly into my courtyard.

"Who's coming?"

I shouted loudly to startle the people away.

This is still a harem after all, as long as I shout again, I can't say that I will alarm the forbidden army in the harem, at least I can wake up the concubines and palace maids around me.

The figure must have heard my voice, but he hid behind the big locust tree in my yard and didn't show up for a long time.

Because I bumped into Situ Jingyuan during the day, I was afraid that it would be him, so I didn't shout immediately.

But the closer I got to the big locust tree, the more I felt that it wouldn't be Situ Jingyuan.

Situ Jingyuan has a hatred for me, even if he doesn't kill me for Fu Jinyue's sake, if he comes to my appreciation courtyard in the middle of the night, he will at least teach me a lesson.

Coming like this without squeaking only means that the person who came didn't want me to see him.

I am not treated well in the palace, but I don't have any enemies, but I don't want to see my true face when I come to the Appreciation Temple, what does this person want?

After a few clicks, I saw a few shiny things flying straight into my face.

I dodged, heard three dings, and saw three knives nailed to my door.

"Daring maniac, who sent you?"

I stabbed the man in black in the chest with a sword.

He jumped up to dodge and went straight to the treetops of the big locust tree.

I thought that my opponent was half a beat slower than me, so I was undaunted, climbed the locust tree a few times, and engaged the opponent.

The other party didn't fight, and after a few perfunctory tricks, he jumped on the roof and fled quickly.

He didn't mean to hurt me at all, as if he just happened to pass by my appreciation courtyard, and the purpose was not me at all.

But I didn't think much about it, and chased all the way until I caught up in the madman garden at the back of the cold palace, and then I lost his trace.

The Madman's Garden is not a courtyard, but a large courtyard linked by several courtyards.

The criminal concubines who are also imprisoned here are also the harem concubines, but the criminal concubines who are imprisoned here are all quite serious.

I heard that this is a hopeless place in the cold palace, and the concubines who are imprisoned here are punished every day, and most of the people have died one after another in less than a year after they have entered, and most of the people who can persevere are also crazy.

I've been here a few times, and during the day, the madman garden is full of wailing.

At night, it was quieter, but even so, I heard a woman crying.

I turned around and wanted to leave, not wanting to care about the people and things here, after all, I am a concubine myself, and even if I still have compassion, I still can't help anyone.

But after thinking about it in a moment, the man in black just now seemed to have brought me here on purpose, and the other party never showed up, let alone said a word, could it really be a coincidence that he passed by my appreciation courtyard?

If he deliberately brought me here, what was his purpose?

I stood there and observed everything here, as if when I jumped into this courtyard, I saw a dilapidated plaque on the door that read 'Yixiang Pavilion'.

The courtyard here is neat and free of weeds, and it is noticeably cleaner than the few yards I passed along the way.

In other words, the sin concubine in Yixiang Pavilion is not completely crazy, at least it can prove that someone is still cleaning here.

I followed the cry to the side room, and in the room not far away, there was still a flickering light.

Through the papier-mâché window, I saw two lonely figures, one standing still, the other seemingly kneeling on the ground.

It can be seen that both of them are women, and they are both cloaked, and they should have woken up after going to bed.

And the sobs I just heard were cried by people on their knees.

"The Imperial Concubine, think about the concubines, think about the Emperor, if you go now, how will the concubines explain to the Emperor? Woohoo......"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not the concubine's fault, it's not the concubine's fault......"

The woman who was standing suddenly wailed and leaned down in worship. This cry was hoarse, as if he had been greatly wronged.

I heard that the woman who was standing must be over seventy years old, and perhaps I should call her an old lady, because her voice was old and hollow, and she was weak.

I took a few steps closer, and through the broken window I saw a woman in her fifties, the same woman who had just knelt on the ground and wept, and who was holding a gray-haired old lady and persuading her.