Soon after Jing Xian entered the palace, he disappeared without a trace.

After a long time, a maid-like person took An Ruofei to a very spacious room.

An Ruofei looked around and saw a very magnificent palace on the steps not far from the window, so he guessed that it was used for tonight's banquet. There are constant palace people coming and going around the palace, and the final arrangements are being made.

Tonight, for those spectators, it may be a song and dance. But for An Ruofei, it is a step-by-step killing machine and full of danger.

An Ruofei's thoughts were chaotic, but as time approached, her heart changed from the initial panic to calmness.

It was already dusk, and An Ruofei vaguely saw richly decorated carriages coming in from the palace gate, and many palace people in dancing clothes came in one after another in the side hall where she was.

An Ruofei felt a little bored in his heart, pushed open the side door and walked out. Beyond the side entrance is a small garden, with a winding path leading to nowhere. There are some wax plums in the garden, some of them are budding, and some are slightly fragrant. She thought to herself: The plums in this garden seem to be rarely served, but they don't want to bloom so early and so brilliantly.

Seeing that the plum blossoms were blooming beautifully, An Ruofei couldn't help but move towards the plum forest. Being in Merlin, An Ruofei's heart is not so heavy.

Before you know it, the moon rises in the east. The banquet in the main hall had already begun, and not far away, An Ruofei faintly heard the sound of singing praises of virtue. Because he was worried that he would miss the palace maid to inform her when she would dance, An Ruofei didn't dare to stay in the garden anymore, and hurriedly got up and went back to the side hall.

Sure enough, it was not long after arriving at the side hall. The palace maid found An Ruofei and told An Ruofei to enter the hall and dance after half an hour. An Ruofei nodded in thanks, and habitually stroked his sideburns with his hand, but found that the hairpin on his sideburns was missing at some point.

An Ruofei thought about it: The hairpin must have fallen in the garden when he was appreciating the plum blossoms, so he hurriedly got up and went back to the garden to look for it. After searching for a long time without success, by the moonlight, An Ruofei saw a person walking in the depths of the winding path.

This person is richly dressed, but he looks extremely deserted, and there seems to be no fireworks on his body. And at this time, Xi Yan also saw An Ruofei standing in Merlin.

"Lady Lady?" After confirming that there was no one else in the garden except for herself and Xi Yan, An Ruofei finally determined that Xi Yan was calling her.

She was puzzled: "Childe is calling me, Childe should have recognized the wrong person." I'm a servant, not a lady. ”

After Xi Yan approached, he also found that he had indeed recognized the wrong person, but the expression on his face was even more stunned: "It's you?" ”

An Ruofei was also incredulous, "Yanjun? You didn't go to Lingjiang, how could you..."

The old people reunited, and Xi Yan was still a little surprised, "Why are you here?" I haven't seen him for three years, and Qing's elegance is better than at the beginning. ”

should have been happy, but An Ruofei was more stunned, "Why am I here, it's really hard to say." But you just called me a lady concubine, but what's the reason? ”

Xi Yanzheng looked at her and said, "This dress is six points similar to the palace outfit that Concubine Shu loved the most in the past, but the standard is a little worse." At night, there are eight points of resemblance. Concubine Shu has been gone for more than ten years, but who would have had such an idea. ”

When An Ruofei heard this, he couldn't help but be horrified, and hurriedly said: "The reason why I am here is because of the persecution of Jing Xian, the fourth son of the Jing family. ”

Speaking of this, she hesitated again, as if it was a little difficult to speak, "Although I am an old acquaintance with Yanjun, you are just one of the thousands of spectators in my audience, and it is really a bit abrupt to ask you to help me." Ignorance... Will you do it..."

Before An Ruofei finished speaking, Xi Yan said: "The person who gave you the clothes wants you to gain the favor of His Majesty and take the opportunity to enter the palace to become a concubine, so as to help him." Flying on a branch is something that many women in the world dream of, but why is Qing unwilling? ”

An Ruofei shook his head slowly, "I don't know what kind of place the palace is. I am a carefree person, why should I enter the cage by myself? ”

Xi Yan didn't want to interfere, but thinking that the Jing family and the Xi family had always been in contention, and An Ruofei was not a layman, he was also a little reluctant in his heart, "As far as I know, there is no place in Qing that is similar to Concubine Shu, but why did Jing Xian pick you." ”

Hearing Xi Yan ask, An Ruofei had no choice but to tell the story of how Jing Xian saw the empty court dance in the court that afternoon.

Hearing this, Xi Yan already knew in his heart, "Concubine Gong of the Jing family died half a year ago. Since then, the Jing family has not relied on it in the palace. But the winter banquet is not a draft after all, and the Jing family, as a gate valve, naturally will not do such a dishonorable thing as letting the daughter of the family come out to perform, so they picked you. ”

An Ruofei nodded, his eyes couldn't hide a little gloom, "Yanjun's thoughts, I can guess a little." If you don't want to help, I won't complain. After all, it's about the family, and no matter what you choose, you must have your own reason. ”

Xi Yan chuckled, but his eyes slid to the pavilion in the garden on the side, no longer looking directly at An Ruofei. "Who says I won't help? Qing is so clear and clean, how can I refuse? It's just that it's not difficult to get out, but it's not easy to get rid of Jing Xian's control. How can you compete with him on your own? ”

An Ruofei also understood that Xi Yan couldn't help her all the time, so he thought about it and said, "I don't want to enter the palace, let alone enter the palace for the Jing family." As long as I don't enter the palace, I know the rest of the things. And I thought that as long as I still had use value, Jing Xian would not kill me. ”

Xi Yan nodded, "Since you have a number, then I'll help you." ”

An Ruofei blessed his body, and lowered his head slightly, "Yan Jun is so gracious, Ruofei doesn't dare to forget it." ”

Xi Yan smiled lightly: "Qingyan is heavy, but it's just a gesture." ”

After that, Xi Yan sighed lightly, and then walked into the Meilin Pavilion and ripped off the goose-yellow gauze tent hanging in the pavilion. "The palace people hung goose yellow gauze tents here to meet the occasion, but they didn't want to help you tonight." He also pulled out the hairpin ring on An Ruofei's head, leaving only a few for fixing, and folded a few plum blossoms casually, and carefully embellished the plum blossoms on An Ruofei's sideburns one by one.

An Ruofei stood motionless, letting Xi Yan dress up. In the garden at this time, the incense cage was blooming, and An Ruofei felt that there were countless stars in Xi Yan's eyes.

A man and a woman stood opposite each other under the moon like this, although the two were old acquaintances, the atmosphere was still inevitably a little awkward.

For a while, An Ruofei couldn't think of any way to break the embarrassment, so he only said: "Yan Jun is also a member of the gate, why has the banquet already begun, and you are still outside this palace?" ”

Xi Yan didn't want to think about it, so he said casually: "My aunt has been bedridden recently and can't attend the banquet. I went to visit my aunt, and I didn't want to be a little late, so I approached the road to the Shengping Hall. You don't know, this path leads to Zhaochun Palace. ”

While speaking, Xi Yan tore off the two layers of brocade on An Ruofei's skirt, "You only need to take off your robe and use the gauze curtain as a streamer later." This skirt is too complicated, but it doesn't match the streamers, tear off the middle two layers, and you can't see any flaws. There are many offenses in the meantime, and please ask Qing Haihan. I had to go, but I was very much looking forward to the empty court dance that Qing was talking about, and it must have been a thrilling performance. ”

After that, Xi Yan went straight to the Shengping Hall from another small path.