Su Mi poured out the medicine, emptied the dregs, threw it back into the stove, and entered the house with the medicine. In the past few days, Wei Qing'er has been sick and unable to eat water and rice, and she is delirious, so I am afraid that there will be no more days. Although it has long been until such a day, Su Mi is still uncontrollable sadness.

When she entered the house, she saw that Wei Qing'er was rarely awake, and when she saw Su Mi coming in, she turned her head with difficulty and wanted to get up, "Ah Mi." ”

"Are you feeling better? What do you want to eat for dinner? Su Mi hurriedly grabbed her and held her.

Before Wei Qing'er could answer, there was a "boom" outside, and the originally dark night suddenly brightened.

"It's fireworks, fireworks are being set off in the palace." Seeing the confusion in Wei Qing'er's eyes, Su Mi explained.

In order to celebrate Concubine Yun's birthday, the emperor ordered the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to make exquisite fireworks as early as a month ago.

"It's fireworks, help me out and have a look, Mi."

Su Mi thought that her body had the heart to stop it, but looking at Wei Qing'er's pleading eyes, she couldn't say anything. She picked her up and walked out into the yard.

In the vast black curtain, countless luxurious stars twinkled, bright purple, azure, orange, and rose red, bringing the originally dark and dreary man-eating beast-like palace to life.

Feeling the soft and warm body around him, at that moment, Su Mi even had an illusion that he had returned to Weiguo's palace, and Weiguo also had fireworks on New Year's Day, but unfortunately it was a small country, and it was impossible to have such a big pomp.

At that time, he would be with Wei Qing'er, shoulder to shoulder, holding hands......

"I remember when we were children, we went to the fireworks workshop to steal fireworks," Wei Qing'er is in surprisingly good spirits today.

"Yes," Su Mi held back tears, she knew that this was probably her last return.

At that time, they were still young, the first time they saw such a novel thing in the palace, they were very happy, after hearing that it was made in the workshop, and there were a lot of leftovers in the warehouse, the two discussed stealing out to play, and they really got one, but unfortunately, before they had time to put it, they were discovered, the fireworks were confiscated, and the two were severely trained by Concubine Rou.

"Mi, do you hate me?"

Su Mi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

Wei Qing'er leaned on her, turned her head sideways to look at him, her eyes were surprisingly bright, "Our Wei family is sorry for you, if it weren't for your Gu family, we would have ......"

"Don't say it, I didn't," Su Mi couldn't help but say, she lowered her head, she couldn't lie under these eyes.

"I know you have a grudge in your heart, you hate my father and my brother, and we are sorry for your family. Mi, you promise me to let my father and them go, I know that since the country has died, their lives are worse than death. ”

"It's better to live than to die? After all, he still didn't die! Su Mi couldn't help but want to scream, something in his body that had been suppressed for a long time was frantic, shouting, and about to burst out, "You still have a life, or are you glorious and rich, and you will return to the south?!" Yes, you have lost the country, you have lost the status of the royal family, but don't you still have the wealth of the Marquis of Great Qi? All this, all this was built on the blood and tears of my father, my mother, and our Gu family. You traitors, how can you still live well, Dad, he is loyal to the country in vain but he can't even save the whole body, mother, sister, sister, they are so insulted, they don't even have a place to bury, they ......"

But she didn't shout, maybe because she hated the ground for too long, too tired, maybe because she remembered the companionship of her childhood, the righteousness of sharing adversity, and her heart suddenly softened.

Wei Qing'er's eyes were so desperate, and the bright people's eyes hurt. "Promise me, let my father go. Mi"

"Okay." Su Mi felt that her voice was so ethereal, it didn't seem to be made by herself.

The fireworks exploded in the sky, falling like a meteor, overflowing with brilliance, like day, Wei Qing'er was completely out of breath.

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Su Mi has been standing outside the palace gate for almost an hour.

Finally, she heard a long summons from the steward eunuch, "Come in." ”

Su Mi followed the steps of the little eunuch in front of him and walked into Fengyi Palace, the palace of the queen of the Great Qi Palace.

The palace is resplendent and gorgeous, but what is more eye-catching is the beautiful women of all colors sitting upright, countless splendid clothes, and brilliance.

Sitting on the throne in the middle is the current queen of Daqi, wearing a water-red court dress with a gold and silver silk mixed with a hundred birds and phoenix patterns, wearing a cloisonné and a golden phoenix with beads, Yongrong is luxurious, demure and elegant. I was listening to what the palace concubine on the lower right seat said.

“…… After forcing out the rouge juice. And with red gold leaf such as rouge, the end of the pearl is four points, the end of the big red coral is four points, the blood amber is not three points, the plum blossom borneol is one point, and the gold leaf is pounded into mud. Put the forced rouge juice into a fine magnetic bowl and divide it into 20 points. The gold leaf is divided into 20 points, dissolved into rouge juice, stirred evenly and placed under the scorching sun, dried until semi-dry, and then served in a bamboo purifier. Mix in cold spring water, dot fresh and fragrant flowers in the water, and move under the moonlight to absorb the moonlight. Wait until it is extremely dry, and then use it with silk sealing. The woman sitting on the lower right side of the queen is dressed in a goose yellow palace dress, with delicate skin and elegant and moving. She said with a smile as she shook the Jinpa.

"It's rare that Concubine Wen has come up with such a complicated rouge recipe, if it is really good to use, it is also a great credit to the sisters in the palace." The queen nodded slightly and smiled, her demeanor was kind and dignified.

"Hmph," the woman sitting on the left hand side of the queen snorted imperceptibly, her eyebrows were like green daisies, her lips were like painted dan, her black hair was combed into a new hanging cloud bun, a pair of Yunnan red phoenix hairpins were inserted obliquely, and the bright tortoiseshell ears hung from her ears, and the bead pendant shook gently with her movements. Dressed in a red placket palace dress, embroidered with purple gold silk with a delicate butterfly wearing flower pattern, it is lined with plump and bright light, it is Ni Yelin, the imperial concubine of the West Palace, who is second only to the queen.

Concubine Wen's laughter suddenly froze.

At this time, the queen had already seen Su Mi come in and said, "You are the palace maid next to the Wei Cairen of Caiwei Palace?" ”

Su Mi bowed his head and said yes.

"Alas, the matter of Wei Cairen has come up this morning, pity her for her young age, how can she ......" The queen gently held the tea lid and said unhurriedly: "Since the person has left, let the Internal Affairs Office do it according to the rules, since she is a talented person, the palace will be the master, promote her to the next level, and bury her according to the noble ceremony, you sisters, ......" The queen turned down and asked.

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate," Ni Guifei said immediately without waiting for the queen to finish. "The Wei family has never accepted favor since entering the palace, and the emperor's heir has no success, besides, a few days ago, in order to handle Concubine Yun's sister's birthday, the Internal Affairs Office has moved up and down, and it will be the end of the year again, what else to do now...... In my opinion, when you change frugality, you should be thrifty. ”

"Oh, what do you think?" The words were interrupted, but the queen was not angry at all, and still turned to the concubines and asked kindly.

Everyone only promises, where dare to respond. Everyone in the palace knows that the queen is from one of the best families in the royal family, and the Wang family and the newly rising Ni family have always been opponents in the court, although they can't see anything, but the rumors of discord between the queen and Ni Guifei are known in private,

Concubine Wen smiled, "The queen mother and the imperial concubine are wise, where can we stupid people reach, we are just here to listen to the two mothers to teach, it is a great blessing, what insight can be taken there." ”

Everyone hurriedly said yes. Ni Yelin was sullen for a while.

The Ni family was originally a family of the Liang State, more than 20 years ago the Qi State destroyed the Liang, the Ni family returned to the Great Qi, and then made a lot of meritorious achievements, but at the beginning as a subordinate, the life was not very satisfactory, although the position was high and powerful, and the knighthood was noble, but it was not trusted by the first emperor, and it was difficult to have real power. Knowing that soon after the new emperor Qi Long succeeded to the throne, he began to promote their Ni family, in recent years, her father and brother have repeatedly made military achievements, and now her father Ni Yuanguan worships the military department Shangshu, General Feng Zhenwei, and her eldest brother Ni Tingxuan is the deputy head of the internal guard, all of which are highly relied on by the emperor.

Since she entered the palace, the emperor has treated her differently from others, and she has always been the most favored by the Holy Family, and she became pregnant soon after, which is the icing on the cake.

It's a pity that I don't know if it's a boom and a decline, and soon after Qu Yiran entered the palace, taking advantage of the fact that she couldn't serve the emperor when she was pregnant with Liujia, she bewitched the emperor, and the emperor's heart for her slowly faded. At that time, there were rumors in the palace that it was because Concubine Yun's life was too hard and she clashed with her fetus, she was even more resentful in her heart, and couldn't help but go to Concubine Yun to make a big fuss, who knew that the emperor was completely inconsiderate of her grief when she had just lost her child, but reprimanded her and ordered her to think about it behind closed doors. It wasn't until she pleaded guilty that Long Yan turned around.

Since then, she has hated Qu Yiran even more.

She has a noble position, second only to the queen, the emperor ordered her to assist the harem with the queen, although she was nominally in charge of the queen when she was favored, the queen has always taken advantage of illness and is not very careful, and the entire harem is almost her alone.

Although the emperor has not forgotten her, there are still two or three days a month with her, but after all, it is much worse than before. And the queen's "illness" was suddenly cured, and she no longer cared about her face at all.

"What Sister Ni said also makes sense," the queen put down the teacup and said, "In this case, this point will not be promoted first, but it is just a good sister, you will be handed over to the Internal Affairs Office, and you will still be buried according to the noble ceremony, and the cost will be deducted from the monthly rules of the palace." ”

Su Mi immediately thanked her, and then the little eunuch led her to the side. The concubines began to praise the queen's virtue.

Ni Yelin's face sank, she spoke out against it just now, but she just wanted to suppress the queen's arrogance, reminding everyone that it was not only the queen who had the authority to assist in the harem, but also her Ni Yelin. But at this time, compared with the two, she is a villain.

At this time, there was a sound of thin footsteps, and a palace maid walked in with a concubine. Su Mi looked up and saw that it was Liu Qiyan.

But in just three or four days, her appearance is very different, wearing a light red yeast rice skirt, hairpins trembling slightly, pink peach cheeks, just like a hibiscus out of the water; It is even more delicate and lovable. As soon as she stepped into the palace gate, a palace person had already led her to bow down in front of the queen.

"Liu promised that he was still injured, so he didn't have to make this big gift." The queen raised her hand and said with a smile.

Seeing her salute, the concubines had different faces, and the concubines had to visit the queen the next day after going to bed, and bowed according to the rules. Looking at Liu Qiyan's etiquette in front of him, didn't the emperor be lucky to her last night. But last night was obviously Concubine Yun's birthday, and the emperor didn't stay with Concubine Yun?

Ni Yelin's face was stunned, and she immediately left her seat and stepped forward to hold Qiyan's hand affectionately, and said, "What a handsome appearance, it really compares to us people, I can't help but love it when I see it, alas, Sister Yun can actually do it." ”

"Concubine Yun Niangniang is also for Qiyan, Qiyan has violated the palace rules, how can she not be punished?" Qiyan replied with a low brow.

"Are you getting better? Is the medicine I sent available? Ni Guifei asked again.

"Qiyan, thank you for your concern, the injury is no longer in the way." Qiyan lowered her head and replied, her eyes swept slightly, and she immediately saw Su Mi standing on the side, her face suddenly changed, she wanted to say something, looked around, but she didn't dare to speak, so she had to lower her head.

"Speaking of which, my Xifu Palace has been deserted, and I have long said that I should invite a few sisters to live in, but unfortunately I have been busy with chores, but I have dragged this matter down, I see that my sister is not very satisfactory for you to live in Juhe Palace, it is better to move here with me, I am afraid that Sister Yun will not let go." Ni Guifei said.

"Since Sister Ni likes it, how could Yiran sweep away her sister's interest, and Liu promised to move over." As soon as Ni Guifei's words fell, a delicate and elegant voice came in, and everyone looked at the door, ringing and jingling, the fragrance was pleasant, and a woman with brilliant glass walked in, it was Concubine Yun Qu Yiran.

This is the first time Su Mi has seen this favorite concubine so closely.

She was dressed in a silver-white long skirt decorated with magnolia flowers, with a slender figure, a slender willow waist, a silver phoenix and jade silk on her head, and a black hair into a flowing cloud bun style, and a hairpin flower made of pearls was obliquely inserted on the side of the hairpin. The eyebrows like a distant mountain, the delicate jade nose, the ingenious cherry lips, and a pair of autumn eyes are even more sparkling, looking forward to the divine flight. She is indeed a rare celestial beauty, not only her facial features are delicate and delicate, but what is even more rare is that compared with the wealth and gorgeousness of the harem concubines, she has more of an elegant and moving demeanor. It's no wonder that in the harem of beautiful women, you can be exclusively favored for more than a year, but how long can this favor last?

In the harem has always taboo white, black these unlucky colors, but Concubine Yun prefers white, the emperor authorized her not to taboo these old rules, and specially ordered the Weaving Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to cut cloth with silver thread for it, after it is made, although it is plain, under the illumination of different lights, it can refract a variety of light colors, especially when moving, it is with the movement of the delicate body, not inferior to the colorful splendor, so it is called "cloud brocade". It is said that there are imitators among the people, and their price is more expensive than gold.

"In that case, my sister thanked my sister." Ni Yelinjiao said with a smile.

Concubine Yun's face remained indifferent, and she didn't look at the two of them, and bowed to the queen by herself.

Qiyan didn't say anything, after she found Su Mi, she kept secretly looking at Su Mi, she didn't keep guarding, and she didn't have the right to speak at all because her rank was too low.