The feast in the main hall was still going on, Su Mi had already walked out, and the crisis just now made her flustered, and she withdrew under the pretext that she was physically exhausted and could not win the wine.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the moonlight is reflected on the green stone road with the lights.

Su Mi walked along the gentle path.

Time flies, I remember the last time I came here, it was a dead branch and a dead leaf, but now the surrounding branches have begun to stretch out their soft greenery, and the young shoots on the ground have poked their heads out. It's just that under this still cold moonlit night, there is no vitality and greenery during the day, but a dark and mysterious artistic conception is shrouded.

She wandered all the way, and she didn't know which direction she was heading, anyway, no matter which direction she walked, whether she walked fast or slow, whether it was long or short, she couldn't get out of this palace, this cage.

Now she just wants to go on, hoping that the road ahead will never end, so that she doesn't have to think about anything, just go on......

Unconsciously, I was close to a strange palace room, a gust of wind blew, the wind in early spring still carried a trace of coolness, which made people feel a chill from the bottom of their hearts, with the breeze, a few withered petals flew up, floating in front of Su Mi's eyes, and the cool and humid air surrounded her.

Su Mi stepped on the fresh soil under his feet, and also stepped on the scattered petals under his feet, these gorgeous flowers, yesterday were still delicate and fresh, but now they have become the soil under his feet. The fragrance around them is like nothing, erosive and seductive, full of a luxurious and deathly atmosphere, as if telling the glorious afterglow of their fall, and their own lives withered into dirt in this place?

Su Mi walked into a dilapidated cloister and sat down quietly, recalling what the withered leaf Zen master had said to her

……

"Since the donor wants to take revenge, it is better to end this troubled era, let the people live and work in peace and contentment, and let the tragedy not be repeated."

"The master can't help but say seriously, Su Mi is just a small palace concubine, wandering between the palace rooms day and night, how can she have the ambition to end the troubled times and save the world."

"The benefactor will be indescribably expensive in the future, how can he be confined to a small palace?" Withered Leaf sighed and said, "I only hope that the donor will be benevolent and don't cling to hatred." ”

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Be kind? Even if I still have a little bit of benevolence in my heart, I have already fed it all to the dogs after I have been trained in the deep palace.

Even if I thought about giving up, would they let me go? Su Mi sneered, a laugh like frost that was extraordinarily cold in this quiet space. Now the first thing she had to think about was how to survive in this court, her hands gripped a vine tightly, her tender skin almost bleeding from the rough branches of the tree.

She first wants to live in this court, she doesn't want to die!

Today's events are an unprecedented crisis for her, and she cannot hesitate in the slightest. She quietly thought about how to contact Ge Chengming, who was outside the palace, as long as she could delay for a while, she could forge a tomb to cover up the past for herself. It's just that Chen Yan was left in the mountains by her, and the contact with the outside of the palace became a lot more troublesome......

I don't know how long it took, but a hesitant light cry broke the quiet environment around me: "Niangniang...... ”

Su Mi was taken aback while he was pondering, and looked up suddenly, and on the side of the lush bushes, a figure appeared, and his face was clearly seen in the moonlight, it was Ni Tingxuan.

His expression was a little surprised, obviously he didn't expect to see Su Mi here, looking at Su Mi's lonely figure, a trace of distress flashed in his eyes.

Su Mi was surprised, why was he here? After seeing the color of Ni Tingxuan's clothes clearly, he immediately understood that a banquet was being held in Cining Palace now, and it was natural that there should be guards to guard and protect him.

Ni Tingxuan took a step forward, seemed to feel inappropriate again, stopped his steps, and retreated.

Su Mi suddenly remembered the rumor she had just heard today, and was shocked in her heart, and quickly stood up and looked around.

There was silence all around, except for the rustling of small branches occasionally blown by the breeze.

Isn't it a conspiracy trap? Su Mi's mood calmed down, and it was just an unintentional choice to walk towards this place, and he didn't expect that no one would arrange it so carefully, so unpredictable.

Su Mi calmed down, turned her head to look, Ni Tingxuan was looking at herself with a little infatuation, her face flushed, and all kinds of scenes under the cliff unconsciously got into her mind, and then she remembered the rumor in the morning, it was this guy who let herself fall into such an embarrassing and dangerous situation. An unknown annoyance in my heart jumped up with a "poof".

She glared at Ni Tingxuan fiercely, Ni Tingxuan was stunned by this unprovoked anger, and suddenly took a step back helplessly.

Su Mi was about to say something, when she suddenly heard a small sound in the distance, someone is coming?! She thought in her heart, this palace is full of eyes and ears, even if it is not a trap for a while, she is afraid that she will become a trap if she stays here for a long time. Secretly cursed how her reaction had become sluggish, and immediately she quickly stood up.

"You stay here and don't move." She whispered a command, and then lightly jumped over the corridor and through the bushes, but as soon as she turned a corner, she saw Yurui beside the queen leading a few little girls over, Su Mi was startled, could it be that the queen sent someone to follow her?

When encountered, Su Mi secretly screamed badly, but there was no way to avoid it. At this time, several people had already seen Su Mi and hurriedly bowed and saluted. I saw the figure of Ni Tingxuan behind Su Mi from a distance, and several people showed puzzled expressions on their faces.

Su Mi's heart sank, how should she tell the difference? This kind of thing, she can't open her mouth at all, she can only describe the situation more and more black.

A hint of smugness unconsciously flashed across Yurui's face, and she immediately bowed down and said, "Jieyu Niangniang, why did you come here?" She deliberately looked up at the dilapidated palace around her: "There have always been few people here, in case there is any wrongdoer, your daughter ......."

Hearing Yurui's words, the faces of several girls around were even more puzzled.

Su Mi smiled: "No need to be polite, I'll ......" Before the words were finished, a soft and elegant voice came from the side: "Lian Jieyu is admiring the moon with the mourning family." ”

On the side of the corridor, a long figure flashed leisurely, with a noble bearing and a dignified appearance, it was Concubine Miaoyi.

Yurui was taken aback and hurriedly saluted.

Miaoyi smiled and raised her hand: "I saw this soft and beautiful moonlight just now, and the mourning family woke up by the way, and just came out and met Lian Jieyu, just in high spirits, so they came over together." She looked back at the dilapidated palace room, and said with a little surprise: "Speaking of which, the mourning family hasn't paid attention yet, which place is this?" ”

"This is an abandoned garden to the west. The slave and maid disturbed the two masters, and they really deserved death. Yurui replied respectfully.

"Today is a good day for the Queen Mother, how can you say that you can't die or sin? Speaking of which, thanks to your reminder, the mourning family and Lian Jieyu walked farther and farther, and they didn't even notice that they had come here. Concubine Miaoyi smiled softly: "It's you little girls, why did you come here?" ”

"Returning to the concubine, the slaves and maids were ordered to go and gather fresh flowers to decorate the feast, passing by here."

"Well, in that case, let's go get busy first, don't let the masters at the table wait for a long time."

"Yes." Yurui retreated obediently with a few people.

On the lonely and dilapidated corridor, only Su Mi and Miaoyi remained. Su Mi wanted to turn his head to take a look, but Zhenshou only turned halfway and stopped. She turned her head and didn't look at the figure behind her, but turned to face the concubine and bowed sincerely.

"Su Mi, thank you for your help."

"Thank you for what," Concubine Miaoyi smiled gently, "Lian Jieyu is just enjoying the moonlight with my old wife for a while, and it is my honor to be accompanied by Jieyu." ”

She said as she walked forward. Su Mi followed behind her, and she could see that Miaoyi had something to say to her tonight. Neither of them paid attention to the other person standing behind them.

Turning a corner, the two walked into the main entrance of this palace. Su Mi looked around, and she realized that she had just unconsciously walked to the abandoned palace where Concubine Miaoyi had spoken to her last time. Miao Yi paused in front of the palace gate, and finally reached out and pushed open the two dilapidated doors.

The whole palace was dilapidated and dirty, and most of the vermilion paint on the two gates had fallen off, and it looked sporadic and not funny. Su Mi was even worried that Miaoyi's seemingly gentle push would cause the two already crumbling doors in front of her to fall down directly.

A piercing and shrill sound sounded, and the door swayed open, accompanied by this sharp sound of opening the door, and the palace, which had been silent for a long time, seemed to have been suddenly awakened. First of all, several clusters of continuously connected dust "fell" down, welcoming the sudden intruder, Su Mi couldn't help but sneeze.

Walking into the house, Su Mi saw the furnishings inside, there was very little furniture in the main hall, and there was a row of pear wood carved chairs in the front, accompanied by a small table and foot pedals of Nanmu. On both sides are delicate Bogu shelves, on which are placed a few antique decorations that have not been put away by the palace people, all of which are old and cannot be seen. Behind it is an eight-sided folding screen, carved from hardwood in the style of a magpie climbing a plum blossom. No matter how you look at it, it's an ordinary palace.

Nowadays, there are many palaces in the harem that are uninhabited, and they are all furnished like this. Like Caiwei Palace, which had just lost its owner, after Zheng Guifei left, it also restored such the most basic furnishings. Only by waiting for the new owner to move in, will he gradually show different tastes and hobbies according to the habits of each master. However, those palace rooms are cleaned by special personnel, unlike this place in front of you, which is dirty and messy like this.

The palace people did not dare to be so derelict in their duties, looking at the situation in front of them, this should be a palace room that has been in disrepair for a long time and is scheduled to be demolished. There should be a few more such gardens in the west, and the reason why the construction did not start is because of the recital on frugality that the Queen Mother had previously presented.

Su Mi walked across the floor, and the blue tiles on the ground made a "creaking" sound under the embroidered shoes, and the scalps of the listeners were numb.

Miaoyi looked completely unscrupulous, she casually waved open the half of the curtain that hung down and was no longer colorless, and Su Mi followed her into the back room.

The situation in the inner room is slightly better, because it has been closed for many years, there is not so much dust, but there is a breath that makes people breathless and nauseated.

The window is made of mahogany, the upper part is carved with auspicious cloud patterns, and the bottom is the pattern of bats, which means to be blessed with heaven. Miaoyi walked to the window and pushed the window open, and the fresh and slightly cold air flowed in, sweeping away the dull feeling, and Su Mi suddenly felt refreshed.

Miaoyi had already sat down on the bed in the room, and she motioned to Su Mi, who walked over and sat down beside her.

Miao Yi looked at the crystal moonlight outside the window, as if she was thinking about how to speak.

Su Mi looked up at the side of her face, and her originally old and haggard face was covered with a layer of silver brilliance under such a hazy moonlight. It is sacred and solemn, and it is not to be blasphemed.

Today's Miaoyi gave her a sense of determination and pathos, which made Su Mi hesitate and dazed, not knowing how to deal with it, and last time she could pretend to be stupid and prevaricate, but this time, in the face of such a clear gesture, Su Mi didn't want to be so perfunctory, although she only met twice, she felt that the person in front of her could make her trust and closeness unreservedly. What's more, what else is there to plot against him? Now she is like a duck on the shelf, waiting for another fire to be added below to roast and serve.

"It's the first time I've seen such a dilapidated palace Lianjieyu, right?" Miao Yi finally asked.

Su Mi pondered his words for a moment and said truthfully: "That's true. If you look at the palace pavilions, such a dilapidated situation is rare. ”

"This was once the most luxurious and most sacred place in the entire Great Qi Imperial Palace." Miao Yi smiled: "It's just that the days of scenery have only lasted for a short year, and they are no longer inhabited, and they have been empty and lonely for twenty years, until they are today." ”

The concubine here used to be the concubine who was favored by the first emperor, and this favor only lasted for a short year, Su Mi recalled the meaning of her words, and was not surprised. Emperor Qiwu's harem has countless concubines, and more than a dozen favorite concubines embellish the history of his harem, and Miaoyi in front of him is also one of them.

It's just that this concubine from twenty years ago is any different?