Although Concubine Yun's murder of the emperor's heir caused a lot of discussion and whispers in the harem, but soon, the arrival of the New Year diluted all the unpleasantness.

Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, the whole palace has never been more festive, although recently both in the court and in the harem there has been a series of incidents, first the assassin case has not been traced so far, and then the Southern Dynasty war has started again, and the Northern Liao Kou plundered the border pass, and in the harem it was Concubine Yun who plotted to kill the emperor's heir, and the queen mother's illness has not healed......

However, the New Year's celebration became more and more flowery, and Qi Long still made a special decree to ask the Internal Affairs Office to solemnly purchase it, perhaps it was that series of unhappiness that made him make such a special will, an arrogant emperor did not allow his glory to suffer the slightest loss.

Starting from the morning, the first sacrifice to the temple, and then Qi Long accepted the congratulations of the hundred officials, and there was a night banquet of the palace in the evening. It is divided into a banquet for hundreds of officials in the first half of the night and a royal family banquet in the second half of the night.

Early in the morning, Su Mi got up and dressed up carefully, this time the sacrifice to the Taimiao, the concubines above the concubine can participate, must be dressed according to the product, wear court clothes, wear a phoenix crown.

Mi Hong carefully took out the phoenix crown court clothes hidden in the box, brought it to the dresser, glanced at the phoenix crown, but couldn't help but smile: "Look at the slave maid, the style of this phoenix crown is really too simple, just look at a few of these beads, even the ordinary hairpin is not as good, and the color of the jade is not good." I really don't know what to think, and I don't want to make the design pretty. ”

"Ancient philosophers often talked about women's morality, and often said the words 'De Rong Yan Gong'. It can be seen that among the qualifications of women, virtue is the first, and appearance is second. This phoenix crown was designed by the founding queen of Qian'an of the Great Qi Dynasty, the style is concise, mainly solemn and harmonious, and the materials are not very precious, just to remind the concubines of the harem to remember the virtues of simplicity and simplicity, and not to be easily extravagant and wasteful. Su Mi stroked her hair and said casually: "The harem advocates luxury, causing people all over the world to follow suit, how can it be done by virtuous people?" Haven't you seen what was written in the sin-giving document of the noble Qu a few days ago, and there is one clause that is, 'Extravagance and extravagance, extravagance in daily use!' With gold and silver threads into cloud brocade, an inch costs 10,000 dollars, and the treasury is plastered with its own body, and the daily expenses are gold. There are countless people from all over the world who follow suit, and the trend of folk extravagance is flourishing......"

"Concubine Yun, ah no...... It's Qu Guiren, it's really a little wronged. Did she want those gold and silver threads herself, it was obviously the emperor's ......" Mi Hong couldn't help but mutter.

"Do you dare to say these words?" Mi Qingmi glared at her, "I haven't grown up anymore, and I don't know the truth of being cautious in words and deeds." ”

"What she said is not wrong," Su Mi smiled: "When you are favored, of course everything is good, everything makes sense, but what about when you lose favor?" "Waiting for idle changes but the hearts of the people, but the old people's hearts are changeable. Concubine Yun is at fault, she is wrong not to know, in this harem, no favor is long-lasting, and no heart is long-lasting......

Because it is necessary to wear court clothes, it is surprisingly simple to dress up, just comb the hair bun and put the phoenix crown on, and when wearing the phoenix crown, you can't wear the rest of the jewelry in order to show solemnity, so you can't comb any complicated hairstyle, just a simple wishful bun or floating cloud bun. Su Mi put on a court dress based on blue and pink, embroidered with a hundred birds in Chinese, with a jade belt, even if the makeup was completed.

Before going out, Mi Qing handed over another hand stove, and said with some concern: "I'm afraid that I will have to stand in the wind for a long time today, but the master must be careful." ”

said that he was going to the Taimiao to sacrifice, of course, he was not really participating in the sacrifice, and he would definitely not be able to enter the Taimiao with Su Mi's position.

Only the queen can enter the ancestral shrine.

Therefore, before the end of a series of sacrificial activities, all the concubines had to kneel outside the temple to show respect. As it is freezing today, usually the sacrificial activities last for almost an hour, and kneeling outside for so long is enough for the delicate concubines. In the past, there were queens who deliberately extended the time inside because they were jealous of the concubines, and the sacrificial activities were delayed until a few hours.

"I don't know how many people would love to be frozen for this day." Su Mi said with a smile. She is not unclear about how many people are jealous when she is promoted to the position of concubine.

Seeing that the hour was coming, Su Mi got up and got into the chariot. After a while, they came to Fengyi Palace, where all the concubines gathered, waiting for the arrival of the sacrificial hour.

As soon as he entered the Fengyi Palace, he saw Qi Long sitting in the hall, according to the previous rules of the Qi Palace, he had stayed in the Queen's Palace the day before. Seeing Su Mi come in, Qi Long showed a hint of surprise on his face, and said, "Mi Er is here, I was talking to the queen about you just now." ”

"I don't know what the emperor and the queen said about the concubines?" Feeling the scorching gaze of jealousy around him, Su Mi smiled while saluting calmly.

"Just saying that you are weak and injured, the emperor is really worried that you can't stand today's sacrifice." The queen smiled: "This is also the reason why the palace looks at it, this time it is better for you to avoid kneeling first, just wait in the side hall." ”

"I have injuries and I still take care of my ...... every day," I don't know who muttered in a whisper, and was sent into Su Mi's ears by the wind.

Su Mi was stunned, and his sights and words couldn't kill anyone. Since I have chosen this path, these are inevitable.

She said softly: "The kindness of the emperor and the queen's mother, the concubines are full of admiration, but kneeling down to the ancestral hall is within the duty of the concubines, how can they shirk, not to mention, being able to participate in the ancestral sacrifice is the glory of the concubines in this life, how can there be hardship." ”

"The days to come are long, so why worry about this time or twice," the queen laughed.

"How can the solemnity of etiquette be wasted, the queen mother works hard day and night, and it is not too hard, the concubine's slight injuries have already healed, how dare you conceive the rules of the ancestors because of a little thing," Su Mi calmly replied: "If the etiquette law is broken because of the humble body of the concubine, the concubine will not be able to atone for her sins if she dies." ”

Seeing Su Mi's insistence, the queen turned her head to look at Qi Long, Qi Long hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said, "It's okay, then let's participate." ”

The queen also said: "That's fine, you can know etiquette and righteousness like this, and the palace is also pleased." ”

Qi Long got up and walked down, helped Su Mi and said, "It's just that if there is anything wrong, you must pass on the edict to the imperial doctor in time, don't hold it hard." ”

"Please rest assured, the concubine is fine." Su Mi got up and said with a smile.

Looking at Su Mi's slender and weak figure, a trace of appreciation flashed in Qi Long's eyes: "They are all ordinary clothes, but they show Mi'er's dust and beauty." It is the clear water out of the hibiscus, and the natural carving. ”

The court clothes of the concubine only have the subdivision level above the noble concubine, and the rest are all ordinary dresses, whether they are Jieyu, Jing'e, Ronghua or concubines. There are not many concubines in high positions, and now there is one less Yun concubine, so there are only five or six people in the field with different costumes, and the remaining dozen or so concubines are all dressed like Su Mi.

Su Mi bowed her head shyly, but her heart sank slightly, and she didn't need to look back to know what the faces of those sisters who were in the same clothes as her were going to become.

Qi Long was simply making trouble for her. She sighed.

She didn't say anything more modest words, and if she was to refrain from being modest, she was afraid that there would be more stimulating words to say. Qi Long is such a character, since he was a child, his noble status as a son-in-law and his smooth sailing on the throne make him inevitably a little ambitious, ambitious and talented. Everything is self-centered, and it doesn't care about other people's feelings, especially for people who don't care.

Seeing that the time had come, the group got on the chariot and walked towards the direction of the Taimiao.

Kneeling outside the temple is not as hard as the legend says. On both sides are the attendants of the palace who stand solemnly with their hands down, blocking the cold wind, and the door of the hall is placed with neat cushions for the concubines to kneel.

Su Mi knelt in the almost last position, she raised her head and looked at the concubines in front of her, several extremely delicate concubines were about to complain after kneeling for less than half an hour, but because of the location of the ancestral society, they knew that the law was strict, so they didn't dare to call. When he knelt for almost an hour, he was even more crooked, barely supporting.

Leading the concubines to kneel in front is naturally Ni Guifei, it seems that she does not seem to be the slightest tired, her posture is tall and graceful, but her face is a little pale, maybe it is the identity of the tiger girl who makes her better than anyone else, she is staring intently at the busy figure in the Taimiao, the cold wind blows her neatly combed hair, and a few strands of bangs are raised, revealing her burning eyes full of longing......

Su Mi looked at her silhouette, and followed her gaze to the two bright yellow figures who were following the ceremonial officials in the Taimiao to carry out various sacrificial activities, a complex and indescribable look flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't tell whether it was disgust, impatience, or ......something else, let alone whether it was the busy people in the Taimiao, or the figure kneeling in front of the steps, or simply the instinctive resistance to participate in this solemn etiquette...... Not wanting her malice to be revealed, she lowered her head and hid everything in her eyes......

The festival continued until mid-hour, when the busy morning finally came to an end. Returning to Caiwei Palace from Taimiao, Miqing and they had already prepared ginger soup and hot juice to keep warm from the cold.

Su Mi entered the warm pavilion, and the heat on his face evaporated most of the tiredness and chill that had accumulated in the morning. She took off a heavy and depressing court dress, changed into a homely blue brocade inlaid jade robe, held the ginger soup presented by Mi Qing, drank half a cup, put down the teacup, the physical fatigue has recovered, but the depression and tiredness in her heart have not gone for a long time.

After a slight pause, she suddenly said: "Xiao Luzi, you go to Tianxiang Garden to fold a branch of Hanying red plum for me, and tell them that I have nothing else to do tonight, so I have to pray all night in the house alone, and choose a good one." ”

"Why did the master think of this," Mi Hong said with a smile: "How can you ask a Buddha to come to the place to pray for flowers, isn't it going to be another monk to come over to do things these days?" The master might as well send someone to invite a Bodhisattva back, it will be very effective. ”

There are many women in the harem who believe in Buddhism, among which the queen mother is the representative, often invites the high monks and Zen masters to enter the palace to preach the scriptures and discuss the law, and the harem concubines also have many special to go to the temple to invite Buddha statues such as Maitreya Guanyin to worship and pray for blessings.

"It's a lot of work to invite a Buddha statue, and it doesn't have to be seen at any time. The master is going to pray tonight, can you please come back now? Xiao Luzi retorted to Mi Hong, and then suggested: "Master, according to the slave's knowledge, it is better to break a pine branch, wouldn't it be more auspicious." ”

"The boy who doesn't know knows that the pine tree is rich and long-lived, and that kind of vulgar thing, is it used by the master?" Mi Qing smiled.

"Okay, just go if you are told to go, don't talk nonsense," Su Mi said: "I'll take your vacation when I come back, anyway, there's nothing important tonight, let's go play by myself later." ”

"Okay, minions, let's go. Master, wait a minute. "I heard that there was a holiday, Xiao Luzi came to the spirit, and immediately trotted away.

After a while, Xiao Luzi came back with a half-full plum blossom with a big branch.

"Did you meet anyone?" Su Mi fiddled with the plum blossoms with one hand and asked casually.

"I met a few florists and eunuchs who were guarding, and I heard that it was the plum blossom that the master asked for, and they were all busy recommending it to the slaves. This one says that this plant is blooming well, and the other says that the branch is blooming brightly, gossiping, and noisy. Xiao Luzi smiled.

"Well, it's okay, you go and do your own business, you don't have to wait tonight," Su Mi smiled: "Look at you all in a hurry." ”

In the afternoon and evening, the banquet of the hundred officials and the harem is held, and the banquet of the hundred officials is held in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the family banquet of the harem is held in the main hall of the Fengyi Palace. Su Mi's body was fine, but she was already disgusted with these ceremonial celebrations, and after participating in the morning sacrifices and worships, she simply used her injuries as if she had not healed. After a slight swing on the table, he got up to say goodbye.

The concubines and concubines are carefully dressed up one by one, competing for beauty, and on this occasion, it is natural that she is far away from the ground as the number one obstacle. In order to ask the emperor to look at himself a few more times.

After a polite response, Su Mi said goodbye. Back at Caiwei Palace, the palace was empty. Caiwei Palace is located in the northeast corner of the harem, not far from the cold palace, and it was originally one of the most deserted places in the harem. On today's festive day, even the servants in the palace are happy and gather together to celebrate and join in the fun. Like Xiao Luzi and Mi Hong, who are usually active, they were already ready to move early in the morning, and Su Mi also looked funny, so he simply sent them all to participate in their own activities and watch the excitement. The rest of the masters in the palace were all staying at the feast, and the servants either followed and served, or secretly ran to join in the fun.

So at this time, Caiwei Palace was extremely deserted inside and out.

"These two who are not angry, let them go, and they really ran away." Seeing that the palace was almost pitch black, Mi Qing couldn't help but scold.

"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, don't complain, let them play, this year has also been hard, it is rare to have such an opportunity," Su Yao said with a smile: "Miqing, you don't have to work hard, go rest first." ”

"I'm also gone, who does the master want to serve?" Mi Qing asked.

"Tonight is the end of the year, and I don't have anything to do, I want to sit alone for a while, and I'll go to sleep immediately, and you don't have to keep vigil. After a year of hard work, I finally got a good night's sleep. Su Mi said with a smile.

"That's fine, don't forget to call the slave if the master has something." Seeing that Su Mi's expression was very resolute, Mi Qing said uncomfortably and said goodbye.

After sending away Miqing, Su Mi sat quietly in the house alone.

At noon today, the plum blossoms folded by Xiao Luzi were inserted in a jasper vase carved with passionflowers, and the fresh fragrance that made people forget to return in the dimly lit room.

"He's coming, I have too much to ask him." Su Mi thought uncertainly, while looking at the leaks.

It's past the end of the day. The night is cloudy, I guess the dinner party over there is celebrating at this time, right?

Su Miyao looked at the lights in the distance, and was distracted, when he heard a few taps on the window.

Here it comes! Su Mi got up, walked quickly to the door, and pressed his hand on the doorknob, but he only felt as if he had lost the courage to open the door, and he didn't know whether he was sad or happy for a while.

She took a long breath and finally opened the door. A figure flashed in, and the two faced each other.

Su Mi raised his head slightly, his familiar and delicate face had a few criss-crossing old scars, and a pair of cold and clear eyes like ice were indescribably flickering and excited at this time, as if something was about to break through the ice.

"Dust." Su Mi called softly, "You're finally here." There was irrepressible joy in his voice.

She's grown up, how long has it been since I've seen her?

Gu Yanchen, who is now Chen Yan, quietly stared at Su Mi, who was almost unrecognizable in front of him, it seemed to be a moment of effort, and it seemed to be a lifetime ago. Finally, he knelt down on one knee and whispered, "Second Miss......" His voice trembled slightly.

"Yan Chen," Su Mi helped him up and looked at the companion in front of him: "I really didn't expect that there were still people alive in our Gu family. "Gu Yanchen is the son of their Gu family's housekeeper, a close subordinate of Su Mi's father, and a person who has been following his father when the city was broken.

"Let me take a closer look at you, Yan Chen, I really didn't expect you to be alive, it's great," Su Mi said with a mixture of sadness and joy, "I thought I was the only one left in the Gu family in this world." "I remember the last time I saw him, I was even-eyed, but now I need to raise my head, time flies really fast, but it is just a few years of short effort, but it seems to have experienced a lifetime of twists and turns.

"Second Miss......" Chen Yan didn't know what to say. He was equally excited and could not be suppressed, especially on the day of the night banquet in Tianxiangyuan, which allowed him to meet the most unexpected people in this most unpredictable place.

"Come and tell me how you've been doing these years, I haven't seen you in years." Su Mi gently wiped her tears, she took his hand, came to the table and sat down, just like when she was a child. With her childhood playmates, she finally had a moment of relaxation and could turn back into that carefree little girl.

Su Mi's slender fingers like white jade spring onions touched his hand, Gu Yanchen was in a trance, and in an instant, time seemed to go backwards, and he was pulled back to the past by this slender finger......

He is the son of the Gu family's housekeeper, and his father was General Gu's companion when he was a child, and the two are called master servants and are like brothers. General Gu has no sons, Mrs. Gu only gave birth to three daughters, so the family has always treated him as his own son, his martial arts are still taught by Gu Qingting himself, since he was a child, he is determined to practice martial arts hard, hoping that in the future, like General Gu, whom he admires the most, he will become a general on the battlefield and kill the enemy for ......the country. The days of simple happiness passed quickly, and at that time, the second lady, who had lived in the mountains for many years, would occasionally come back to the house, she was a naughty little girl, just the same size as him. The two will also hold hands and secretly run into the pond to play when the adults are not looking......

"How have you been doing these past few years? What was the situation in Kannai back then? At that time, you were also stationed in Wancheng, is there anyone else? Su Mi asked a series of questions eagerly, in this cold and lonely deep palace, in this dangerous place, she really needed someone to say something to her heart.

Gu Yanchen came back to his senses, by the way, it is not their time to be young, they can never go back to the past, he smiled slightly bitterly, fixed his mind, and began to tell what he had happened in the past few years.

With a hint of screeching that shouldn't have been, the voice was as clear as before. The past is like flowing water, gently gliding past the two of them in this quiet time.

“……

This time the siege was particularly difficult, the Qi army was mobilized strictly, the advance and retreat were measured, and the offensive was also fierce. Even the general sighed from time to time, and Mr. Ge was often worried.

After the siege lasted for about half a year, it slowly fell silent, it seems that it is mainly about besieging the city, fortunately, there is enough food and grass in Anhui City, which is enough for our guards and the people in the city for three years.

Therefore, seeing that the Qi army began to besiege but not attack, everyone began to relax.

Just when the Qi army had been besieging for about two or three months, suddenly one day, the guards who had been guarding got up early in the morning and found that the camp on the opposite side was empty, and the Qi army had retreated.

At first, when he heard the news, the general was not careless. In the past, when Wang Hao, the general of Qi State, led the troops, he used this kind of strategy, deliberately pretending to withdraw the troops, but in fact secretly ambushed, but was discovered by the general, but instead the plan was planned, and the opportunity was taken to defeat the Qi army.

So, the general sent several scout teams to reconnoiter outside the city, but the news brought back was that the camp of the Qi army had been vacant and abandoned, and the axle weight materials in it had been taken away, and it seemed that they were retreating calmly. After chasing for dozens of miles, there was no trace of the enemy. Everyone thought that they had really withdrawn from the army as they had done a few times before.

After the news spread, when they heard the news of the retreat of the Qi army, both the people in the city and the officers and soldiers were very happy. Maybe it's because this attack is so fierce and difficult to resist.

But both the general and Mr. Ge were worried and did not think so.

The general often said that although Ni Yuan is as famous as him and is known in the world, he is far from being able to achieve great ambitions in his temperament. Mr. Ge also said that the abnormality is a demon, this time the Qi army has obviously taken the advantage, and it is impossible to withdraw like this, unless something big happened in the Qi dynasty.

In the end, the two of them still couldn't rest assured, so Mr. Ge decided to personally lead the troops out to investigate.

That day happened to be the eighth day of the third lunar month, and on the same day, Wei Wang Qianjun's car also arrived......" said this, Chen Yan's voice was indescribably bitter.

"I also followed Mr. Ge's team, went out of the city together, and explored all the way to the north, but there was no trace of the enemy, Mr. Ge became more and more nervous and suspicious, if it was an ordinary retreat, it would definitely leave scouts and stragglers behind, and it was inevitable that Ni Yuan would lead the troops to be strict, but there was no Qi army all the way, which was unusual.

As a result, on the third day of coming out, I met the troops of the Qi army, not from the front, but from the back. ”

Chen Yan's voice paused, and then said: "We were all surprised, fortunately, the team that came out this time were all carefully selected elite soldiers, and there were not many Qi troops who caught up.

But from the captured Qi army, I learned the news that Anhui City had been broken.

It turned out that Ni Yuan saw that the attack was hopeless and the damage was large, so he put on a siege posture and surrounded Anhui City, making it impossible to transmit the news for a while. Secretly arranged for an elite soldier to dress up as a people's husband, bring enough rations for a few days, and hide in the mountains.

Then he ordered people to go to the rear to spread rumors that the city was about to be broken, and at the same time secretly sent envoys to secretly meet with King Wei, promising him that as long as he surrendered to Daqi, he would be rich and honorable, and enjoy the title in peace, and the Wei royal family would not harm him.

In the past few years, the Qi army has attacked several times, and the king of Wei has been trembling all day long, and at this time I heard that there are rumors in the city, and the Qi army may have broken through the city of Anhui and is about to kill it. At that time, no one paid attention to the surrender...... So...... King Wei surrendered," Chen Yan smiled bitterly: "When the soldiers in front of you are still fighting bloody battles......

"And after that?" Su Mi asked in a cold voice, her eyelashes drooping, and she couldn't see any expression.

After that, the envoys of the State of Qi immediately came to the seal of the king of Wei, disguised the troops as envoys and people who transported grain for the army, opened the city gate, and then covered up and entered......

As a result, both the general and the brothers who remained inside ...... No one was spared. Moreover, because the Qi army suffered heavy casualties during the siege of the city, according to the rules of the Qi army, it was necessary to slaughter the city in retaliation. Chen Yan's voice softened.

"And later?" Su Mi asked, these things are not secret, breaking through Anhui City and destroying the country is a great achievement for Ni Yuan to be proud of, although he himself is low-key and introverted, and he does not mean to show off at all, but the army still often mentions the resourcefulness and decisiveness of this great general. The people of Qi often sang about the bravery and good fighting of the Qi army, and even the servants and internal supervisors in the court would sometimes mention ....... Although Su Mi had heard this experience from various angles more than once, every narration would make her heart feel like a knife.

"Later," Chen Yan's voice had a hint of ethereal sadness: "Later, Anhui City has completely become a dead city. ”

"After that, the Qi army began to encircle and suppress the remnants of the forces that refused to submit to the local area, and the big guys did not give up, we met several groups of Qi troops, rushed and killed several times, many brothers were killed in battle, and only less than 100 of us remained, relying on our familiarity with the terrain and the nearby countryside, we finally broke out of the encirclement, escaped, and hid between the mountains and fields......" Chen Yan recounted calmly in a calm tone.

Although his voice was smooth without the slightest fluctuation, Su Mi was still frightened, what kind of casualty rate is this, those battles must have been extremely difficult and intense, and the scars on his face were left at that time. She couldn't help but reach out and hold Chen Yan's face, a few scars on her originally delicate face had gradually faded, but the hideous appearance could still imagine how serious the injuries were at that time.

"It hurts, doesn't it?" She couldn't help but ask. It's like when the two of them secretly ran to catch fish in the pond when they were kids, and he fell down and injured himself.

"It's nothing," he reached out and pressed Su Mi's hand, the heat on his slender fingers made him palpitate, as if he was going to melt the layers of protective shells he had accumulated over the years, "It's all old wounds, there are more people who are more injured than me, my little injury is nothing, it's just on the face, it looks more scary." He forced a smile.

After that, Mr. Ge proposed that the men and horses of the large army must arouse the vigilance of the Qi army, but it is better to send a few people back and forth to visit the situation, what happened to Wancheng and the general, we fled all the way, and we couldn't find a time to find out the news in the country today, only in the interval of the battle, from the captured Qi army to know a thing or two, only from their mouths to hear the news is not practical, there are many contradictions.

Therefore, Mr. Ge personally took me and two or three other people to pretend to be ordinary mountain people and go into the city to inquire.

At that time, Anhui City had been slaughtered, we didn't dare to stop on the road, and rushed to the capital as soon as possible, hoping to see the family in time......" Chen Yan paused, not daring to look at Su Mi's thoughts, in the dark night, his voice was ethereal: "But it's too late, the city was looted, and even Gu's mansion was burned to the ground, I heard that Mrs. committed suicide and martyrdom, and the two young ladies ......"

"Say no more!" Su Mi interrupted him suddenly, and in a tone that was almost screaming, his voice was sharp and poignant, like a sharp sword, shattering the entire dream-like blurred narrative of the past.

"Needless to say, I know all of this." Her face flushed abnormally, and then calmed down: "What about after that?" ”

Chen Yan froze, and then said: "After that, everyone's family members are all in the city, and now that the city has been slaughtered, where is there a chance to survive, everyone hugged their heads and cried for a while, and immediately there were a few hot and irritable tempered people, shouting to simply fight with Qi Jun, anyway, everyone in the family has been killed, and now they have all become lonely ghosts, and the one that can be killed is one." Almost everyone agreed at the moment, anyway, there is no other way out, surrender is categorically not thinking, rather than now lay down their weapons and run incognito to the countryside to live alone for the rest of their lives, it is better to fight like this, it can be regarded as an export of evil anger, and when the war is dead, it is better to go down and reunite with the family.

Mr. Ge disagreed, thinking that this was just a waste of his life, and after discussing with everyone, everyone was finally persuaded by him...... In the end, he led everyone to take refuge in Nan Chen ......"

As he spoke, he raised his head, Su Mi was listening intently, concentrating, his white neck was exposed in the air, glowing with a mist-like luster, and his eyelashes trembled gently as if he couldn't resist the cold dew of the night.

"Her eyelashes are longer." He thought.

There was a sudden throbbing of his heart for no apparent reason, and a feeling of almost despair spread through his heart, and he felt that his heart had instantly become as white as the ivory skin that occupied all his sight.

He didn't dare to look any further, lowered his head, and continued: "...... Now everyone is working under the command of Prince Cheng Chen Qian...... I was ordered to sneak into the palace to be an internal ......"

"In this way, Nan Chen's hidden power here in Qijing is not small." Su Mi raised his head and asked, "Who is the person in charge of Nan Chen here?" ”

This was originally a huge secret, a piece of news that should never be revealed, but Chen Yan did not hesitate at all, and immediately said the name in her ear.

"Is that him?" Su Mi was surprised. Then he nodded, "Mr. Ge is very resourceful, his father relied on him a lot, and Prince Cheng is also a person who knows how to use people." He can be regarded as meeting the Lord's bosom friend again. ”

"By the way, did you plan the assassination a few days ago?" Su Mi thought of this and asked again.

"No, it's the remnants of the old Liang, the Dongliang Society planned it, because they are all anti-Qi organizations, and they have always been in contact with us, so Mr. Ge also gave an order to help as much as possible without harming our own forces, and I heard that we also sent experts to support this time. It was the man in yellow who was in charge of serving tea. I heard that it was one of the capable people recruited by Prince Cheng, Wen Xian, the first killer of Nan Chen. Chen Yan told the secrets of the organization without concealment.

Thinking of the man in yellow and the thunderous sword, Su Mi couldn't help but feel a little frightened, what a clever swordsmanship!

She sighed slightly, then looked up at him again and asked, "You did the matter of Imperial Doctor He, right?" This is the question that has been bothering her these days.

Chen Yan nodded.

He unexpectedly met Su Mi from Tianxiangyuan, and after he was shocked, he immediately thought of today's assassination operation, and immediately hinted at Su Mi. originally thought that with his own reminder, even if Su Mi couldn't avoid it in advance, he could avoid the danger in time, after all, at the critical moment, the assassin should not waste time to hurt the inconsequential palace concubine, but then he heard that many concubines were killed, and one of them, Su Cai, sacrificed his life to block the sword in order to save the emperor, and was seriously injured.

He was so anxious that he immediately rushed to the vicinity of Caiwei Palace, Su Mi was injured because of the rescue, and he was naturally the focus of the imperial doctor's care, and people came and went in the house, wandering in and out, he was holding his breath outside, and he was anxious but did not dare to approach, until Qi Long and the imperial doctor were gone, and only Mi Qing was left in the room, a person who did not know martial arts, did he dare to approach. Soon Su Mi woke up, he was secretly guarding the door beam at that time, Su Mi and their "miscarriage" behavior was all in the bottom of their ears, and naturally knew that Su Mi was a fake pregnancy, and then he wanted to come down and the two of them to meet, but because there was no chance, the imperial doctor and Qi Long soon arrived, followed by the queen's suspicions, he heard the queen's watertight words, and contacted Su Mi's watery miscarriage just now, and immediately knew that things were not good, so he hurriedly withdrew quietly and rushed to kill Taiyi He.

"I guess it's you," Su Mi laughed, her smile was still as bright and clear as it was then: "In this palace, others won't help me." ”

After a long night conversation between the two, the sky in the distance had begun to fade from pitch black to gray, and the sun was about to rise.

Chen Yan looked at the face in front of him, Su Mi's slightly sideways cheeks reflected the rising sun behind him, in this moment of alternating changes between night and morning, every change of light and shadow on this face will make people unconsciously intoxicated and intoxicated.

"Second Miss......" Chen Yan looked at Su Mi's face that seemed to have changed a lot, and it didn't seem to have changed in the slightest, and asked hesitantly.

"It's about to get bright, and it will be dangerous to delay any longer," Su Mi said with a smile: "You go back today, and in a few days, I will find a reason to transfer you to my side." ”

"Hmm." He hesitated for a moment, then nodded. immediately said goodbye to Su Mi and left.

Seeing Chen Yan's figure disappear from sight, Su Mi was gloomy for a while.

She knew what Chen Yan wanted to ask, he wanted to ask why she became Emperor Qi's concubine and enjoyed such grace and wealth, and wanted to ask her if she had forgotten the hatred of the Gu family, and wanted to ask her......

But how should I answer?

"I know what you're trying to ask." Su Mi knew that she should smile so naturally, "You told me about your experience, and you should listen to me." She wanted to say this, and wanted to use such a bland tone to explain her experiences and reflections over the past few days, but when the words came to her mouth, she didn't know how to speak. She didn't want to remember the broken memories of those days for a moment, but when she dreamed back at midnight, they appeared in her sleep from time to time, and she couldn't get entangled...... Let her have no escape, no escape.

Su Mi suddenly felt at a loss, didn't she want to take revenge? Absolutely! Hatred is like the most greedy and vicious worm all the time, constantly gnawing at her heart, so that she does not stop for a moment, supporting her to live in this cannibalistic court, supporting her to devour others, and not allowing herself to be devoured by others.

She wants revenge, not to defend the country, even King Wei himself doesn't want her own country, what do they courtiers have to be nostalgic for. She took revenge for her family, for her parents and sisters, for their family......

However, revenge, how to get revenge? Su Mi suddenly felt in a trance, sometimes she would think about this problem, but she hardly dared to think about it.

It was too far away, too long, and she suspected that she would not wait for this day to die of old age in this court, and the fear made her so frightened that she did not even dare to imagine it anymore.

But now faced with this problem, she didn't want to think about whether it was because she had no hope, felt that the road was far away, and was unnaturally timid, or because she didn't know what to do......

How to get revenge? Killing Ni Yuan's family, just like what he did to himself, let the queen make the entire Great Qi unstable, let the Great Qi also perish in the war of the enemy country, and let it also be destroyed by Southern Chen or Northern Liao...... Let these people who are comfortable every day, let these people who treat her father, brother and family as jokes to pay, and let them also taste the ruin of the country?

Su Mi leaned on the head of the bed, looking at the fading moon outside the window.

The next day, Mi Qing came in to serve Su Mi to wash, but saw Su Mi sitting lazily on the edge of the table, her face was as pale as snow, and she seemed to have not slept all night.

"?!" She exclaimed, "What's going on!" ”

"It's nothing," Su Mi came back to her senses and smiled comfortingly at her, "I lay down for a while last night and got up, it was so noisy outside, I couldn't sleep anyway, let's make up for sleep this afternoon." ”

Last night, there were fireworks in the palace outside, the sound was really deafening, many masters and slaves were celebrating all night, and the meaning in Su Mi's words was also normal, but Mi Qing just felt that something was wrong,

"Niangniang, do you want to find a doctor to come and take a look, your face is not very good. I'm afraid I'm going to catch a cold. ”

"If there is no thing, I will not know my own body?" Su Mi laughed, "It's just that I've been disturbed by the recent series of celebrations and other things." ”

As she spoke, she stood up, "Okay, there will be no chores for today, and it's time to go to the Queen Mother's bedroom to pay a visit, don't delay." ”

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and according to the rules of the palace, there is still a whole day of affairs, seeing that the hour is approaching, Mi Qing doesn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly cleans up for Su Mi.

Mi Qing helped Su Mi to sit in front of the pear wood dresser covered with embroidered brocade tablecloths, and placed the carved bronze mirror of the vine and rose. Open the rouge gouache and the elegant aroma spreads.

"Miqing, have you ever thought about your relatives at home?" Su Mi suddenly asked.

"Huh?" Mi Qing was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Sometimes I miss it, but after so many years, I have become accustomed to it, and there is nothing to miss." ”

"So many years?" Su Mi asked with a little surprise, it seems that it has only been less than a year since the country was destroyed and they were sent to the palace.

"I should have chosen early," Mi Qing smiled and said, "I was selected to enter the palace when I was thirteen years old, and I said goodbye to my parents at that time. When it comes to his family, Mi Qing's eyes can't help but miss.

She was talking about Weiguo's draft, Su Mi was stunned, she never knew that she still had such a background, she always thought that Mi Qing was also one of the noble girls who were captured in the palace.

"When you were in the palace......" Su Mi asked.

"It's no different from now," Mi Qing neatly arranged Su Mi's long black hair: "...... was first elected to the palace, and then assigned to the Chunhui Palace, responsible for taking care of a concubine in the palace, and later, about two years later, the lady saw that I was not bad, so she pointed me out to Xinqing Zongji, so she followed out of the palace, but not long after, I met the defense of the country, Zongji was elected to the Qi Palace, and I was brought into the palace as a girl. Speaking of the past, Mi Qing couldn't help but sigh. Life's opportunities are so unpredictable.

Su Mi was also brought in by Wei Qing'er, who was selected into the palace. At that time, she was yellow and thin, because Wei Qing'er insisted on taking her personal maid, and begged a few eunuchs who were in charge of selection, and the eunuch saw that although Su Mi's face was sallow, her face was clear and beautiful, and her unearthly aura was difficult to hide. Only then was sent to the court together, avoiding the fate of being eliminated and assigned to meritorious soldiers.

“…… It's a pity that Zong Ji is a hard-working person," Mi Qing couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned the old master, "I finally got a little favor, but because of my careless words, I angered the queen and was sent to the cold palace, and I ...... soon."

For these people, fate is just a wandering duckweed, whether it is to defend the country or the country of Qi, what is the difference, but they are all the culprits who let them leave home and leave their fathers and mothers.

The sun rose, the light deflected and refracted into the room, the delicate sunlight of the early morning was divided into fine and scattered points of light by overlapping branches and neat panes, hitting the bronze mirror of the dresser, reflecting on her delicate cheeks, obviously the light was so warm and bright, Su Mi felt that her mood was gloomy and dark, sinking in this place where the light could never shine......

It's like this light, shattered into invisible bits and pieces......

What should I do? Su Mi couldn't help but be at a loss.

Let's take one step at a time, she laughed, why think so far away, maybe she will die tomorrow, be given the name of a virtuous concubine, and then be buried in the cemetery of Daqi, along with her secret hatred and hesitation, be completely buried together, and then, enjoy the sacrifice of the descendants of the Qi Kingdom......

The road ahead is too slim and illusory. Where is the end, it is a relief.