The feast continued, the weather was cool at this time, the moon and stars were scarce, the concubines laughed and laughed continuously, and they were happy, the beautiful scenery of the good day, the heavens and the earth.

After Shi Rou'er sat down, she looked at Su Mi beside her, and said with a look of admiration: "Sister is Lian Jieyu, I have long admired my sister's elegance and peerlessness, and she is both talented and beautiful." "The expression is simple and natural.

Such a pure expression fell in Su Mi's eyes, but it was meaningful.

Be both talented and good-looking?! Su Mi smiled slightly, in this palace, everyone knows that her favor is half because of her beauty, and half because of Qi Long's life-saving grace. As for talent, the concubines had never heard of Su Mi's outstanding singing and dancing embroidery and other expertise.

Many concubines showed disdain on their faces, Shi Rou'er smiled tactfully, and continued: "My sister has an elegant temperament, which is really beyond my sister's reach, if one day I can be as noble and elegant as my sister, it would be good." ”

"My sister's dancing is moving, unique, and enviable, worthy of being the daughter of Jiangmen." Su Mi said nonchalantly.

"My sister has won the award, in fact, the key to the quality of dance lies in the kung fu of the feet," Shi Rou'er said frankly: "As long as my sister is diligent in her feet, with her sister's talent, she will definitely be able to surpass Rou'er soon." ”

Everyone couldn't help but look down, Shi Rou'er didn't even wear shoes for the convenience of dancing, her little white jade-like feet stepped on the petals all over the ground, and her soft and full nails were coated with crimson rouge cream, which was more delicate than the layers of petals, with a kind of seductive power.

Look at Su Mi's feet again, Su Mi's feet are also slender and elegant, delicate and exquisite, but they are Tianzu, which is extraordinarily rare among the aristocratic women who are prevalent in foot binding, which is one of the focuses of discussion among the concubines of the harem on weekdays, and has become the best proof of Su Mi's humble background.

Seeing Su Mi's feet at this time, the concubines couldn't help but laugh secretly, and the contempt in their eyes was naturally revealed.

Shi Rouer still smiled gently and innocently, and Su Mi felt disgusted in her heart, these intrigues and hints and accusations annoyed her.

She wanted to use means to refute, but from time to time she felt a different gaze falling on her behind her, which made her feel cramped like sitting on pins and needles for no reason. Those coquettish and flirtatious words, as soon as they reached their throats, they felt disgusting and couldn't speak.

She really wanted to turn her head violently and lecture the guy, "Look at what! ”

Shi Rou'er didn't say much when she saw that she was interested, and turned around to compliment the clothes of a few concubines, the corners of her mouth were very ingenious, even if several palace concubines were wary of her in their hearts, their faces were also smiling by her, and the banquet here was very enthusiastic for a while.

"Concubine Wen's fan is so chic, I'm afraid it's Suzhou's gem butterfly embroidery, this is a rare thing, I heard that only the master in the Suzhou Lingcai Embroidery Museum will weave, and they are only custom-made, a year of tribute is only a few dozen handles, I remember the last time I begged my father to make a side for me, did not set it, now I see Niang Niang in the hand, it is really a person like a fan, people than a fan." Shi Rouer praised casually.

Hearing that her fan was mentioned, Concubine Wen's face turned a little blue, and she was stabbed in her heart by being compared to a fan, and she snorted coldly in her mouth, and stuffed the troublesome fan in her hand into Shi Rou'er's hand, and said: "Since my sister likes it like this, I will give it to my sister to show a little affection, I hope that my sister will be like this fan, more and more delicate." ”

Shi Rou'er's smile froze, and she didn't know whether to answer or not, wondering which sentence she had offended her. Concubine Li Xian next to her knew her knot, and hurriedly said: "Look at Sister Wen's thoughtfulness, we haven't had time to prepare a meeting gift when we see the new sisters, but she just sent it away with a fan." ”

Several palace concubines next to her laughed, Shi Rouer smiled, took the fan and said, "Sister's gift, my sister is disrespectful."

At the beginning of the lanterns, it was already the moonlight, and just now seeing everyone drinking and feasting, Su Mi found an excuse and left.

Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, she gradually walked westward, along the winding corridor, and before she knew it, she had come to the side of Cining Palace. At this time, Cining Palace lost its original wealth and peace, under the shroud of the dark night, the grass and trees swayed silently with the wind, the shadows were full of shadows, and a few birdsongs came intermittently.

Su Mi looked up at the empty palace from afar, and a kind of loneliness arose in his heart for no reason,

She walked into the gate of Cining Palace with her feet raised. Since the last fire, the Queen Mother and the concubines have temporarily moved out of Cining Palace and lived in Zhongcui Palace behind Fengyi Palace.

After that, Qi Long ordered the Ministry of Industry to prepare relevant materials, allocated silver taels, and began to rebuild.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qi Long meant to renovate and rebuild many old palaces, including Cining Palace and Chuxiu Palace. The first thing to start construction is naturally here in Cining Palace,

So these days, there are craftsmen and handymen coming in and out everywhere, and even the more decent palace maids are avoiding. Only a few rough men were left to take care of it.

At night, men outside the palace could not stay in the palace, and the project naturally stopped.

At this time, the huge palace was empty, and even the little eunuch guarding the house was gone. Now Cining Palace is full of wooden and stone and other architectural things, and the furniture in the room has been emptied, without any precious objects, and even the value of guards.

The flowers and trees in Cining Palace were originally more than a few years old, and the branches were complex, stretched horizontally and obliquely. Compared with the magnificence of the palace, a classical and peaceful atmosphere came to the face.

Su Mi turned a corner, she wanted to go to Jingshengzhai to have a look. She hadn't had time to visit since the fire.

The further you go, the more desolate and gloomy it becomes, and most of the palace rooms that were burned and damaged by the fire have been removed by the craftsmen, but the traces of smoke and fire on the surrounding flowers and trees are still as good as new. Because of the project, there are only a few sporadic lights shining, which is dim and hazy.

From time to time, a few shrill and strange cries of jackdaws came from afar, and Su Mi was slightly frightened in his heart. The clouds were rolling in, obscuring most of the bright moonlight, and the night was overcast, and the wind became quicker, and she tightened her collar and stepped over the threshold.

I looked up suddenly, but I saw a hazy figure standing in front of me, standing in front of the gate of Jingshengzhai.

"Ah," Su Mi whispered, startled.

The figure turned around, and by the moonlight, Su Mi could see his face clearly, it turned out to be Qi Hao!