Chapter Fifty-Six: There Are Monkeys in the Palace
After a long time, Qing'er slowly raised her head, her bright eyes were full of horror, and her little face was suffocated red.
Ruolan also walked into the room at this moment, bowed, and said in an orderly manner: "The slave maid heard that the cause of the incident was that Concubine Yue somehow told Your Majesty that Dongfang Xiu's palace was filthy, and Your Majesty didn't believe it, so she had to go to the palace to see it in person, and happened to bump into a eunuch and a palace maid doing indecent things." His Majesty was furious, and reprimanded Dongfang for not governing the palace strictly, demoted to a world wife, and was punished for one year. ”
"There is such a thing in the palace?" Ruolan said clearly, and He Xuan suddenly understood, and asked involuntarily.
He Xuan didn't know that eunuchs and palace maids had a relationship with each other, and when she was taking care of the harem of Da Chu, she had encountered such a thing. Such court secrets are often handled quietly by the superiors. After all, if it reaches the people, they think that the palace is full of filth.
It's just that she didn't expect that there would be such a thing in the Great Zhou Palace, where she lived since she was a child.
Ruolan bowed her head and replied, "Although there are not many, there are occasional ones, and it is not unheard of." It's just that how did Concubine Yue learn about the secret things in the Xiuyi Palace? That's quite strange. ”
He Xuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "You are right. Not only that, such an unsightly thing, how could it happen that my father bumped into it when he went to the beauty palace? ”
Qing'er stared at the two people in front of her with wide eyes, as if she didn't understand, but she tried very hard to listen. She said softly: "So, what does the princess mean is that Concubine Yue framed Dongfang Xiu for this matter?" ”
He Xuan shook his head slightly, his hand casually arranged his sleeves, and said, "No, it's just that there are a lot of doubts in this matter, and there is a lot to be learned." ”
Ruolan asked cautiously, "Princess, do you want to inquire privately and check it out?" ”
"It's okay to ask, but don't be discovered." He Xuan thought for a while and said, "This matter is at most just two concubines competing for jealousy, and it has nothing to do with our Zhaohua Palace." I don't want my mother and my little brother to be innocently involved. ”
"No, the slave must be careful and never let anyone find out." Ruolan bowed.
Qing'er wanted to speak just now, but at this moment, she seized the opportunity and said: "Although the slave doesn't understand what to frame or anything, but, the princess, not only Dongfang Xiurong was punished, but the palace maid and the eunuch were captured by Concubine Yue and said that they would take it to sacrifice." ”
"Sacrifice? Isn't it ... Poisonous snakes? He Xuan asked with some surprise, "It is recorded in ancient books that the dragon has been turned into a dragon for five hundred years, the dragon has been turned into a dragon for a thousand years, the dragon has been a horned dragon for five hundred years, and the dragon has been a dragon for a thousand years. Could it be... ”【1】
Qing'er said eloquently: "Yes." The slave maid also just heard that a water storage pool in the palace that is hundreds of zhang deep has been occupied by the moon concubine to raise the concubine. The snake has a dark body and a long body, and can easily swallow cattle and sheep raw. This is said to be the moon concubine in Bi when the accident obtained, and then there are masters to point out, saying that this snake is a snake, need to be carefully worshipped, and one day it will fly to Jackie Chan. ”
"And such a thing?" Ruolan was also taken aback when she heard this, and then as if she had suddenly reacted to something, she asked, "Concubine Yue said that she wanted to sacrifice them, could it be that she wanted to sacrifice them... Feed it to the viper? ”
The poisonous snake is such a cold and terrible thing, and it has long been enshrined in the palace. Thinking of the bloody and terrifying scene, the three people in the room could not hide the disgust on their faces, and He Xuan's body trembled a few times because of nausea.
At Empress Zhao's banquet that day, Bi Yue's panicked appearance seemed to be a thing of the past. As Bi Yue's days in the harem became longer and longer, He Xuan felt more and more that this Bi Yue was not simple, as if there were many secrets hidden.
He Xuan thought about it, but only felt a tightness in his chest. It's so sunny and there's no need for classes, it's a waste of time to be bored in the room.
So, under the service of the two little palace maids, He Xuan slightly adjusted his clothes and hair. He Xuan, who had been on the sickbed for a long time, specially asked Ruolan to take Mengmeng with her, get up and walk to the imperial garden.
The flowers that bloom in the spring have long since withered, and the flowers that separate in the middle of summer seem to be particularly colorful and colorful. As far as the eye can see, there are orchids, bunches of red, peony flowers, hibiscus, brocade flowers, snake chrysanthemums, gentians, thousand day reds, glow grass, pomegranate flowers, morning glories, cannas, crape myrtles, sunflowers, and so on.
Meng Meng also seems to like these flowers, sometimes flying on the branches, smelling and seeing. Meng Meng's body is as tall as Xuan's calves, and she is white and fat, and she almost broke the flower branch.
Standing next to the flowers, he looked at the cuteness, and only felt scared and funny.
"Princess, does this little thing know how to enjoy flowers?" Qing'er asked with a grin.
"I guess so, if you look at its little head swaying from side to side, it may have been stunned by the fragrance of flowers!" Ruolan quipped, "It's smart, I always feel that although Meng Meng is a bird, she is more human than a cat or a puppy!" ”
"You're here!"
A familiar cold male voice slowly came. That enigmatic and beautiful man, eight feet long, with long flowing hair, exuded a cold ghostly aura all over his body.
He Xuan was already accustomed to Zhao Lin's elusiveness, so he only paused for a moment, smiled lightly, and said: "He Xuan is not as clever as Gongzi Lin, I knew that you would be here, so I ordered someone to send you the cloak from last time." ”
"Xuanxuan, I said, the cloak will be given to you. I heard that you were sick, and I always wanted to see you, but now that you are all right, the guilt in my heart is half relieved. You can rest assured, you will not encounter such a thing in the future. Zhao Lin didn't have too much expression on his face, but the deep eyes staring at He Xuan were shining.
With such a solemn matter, He Xuan's face was a little hot, he lowered his head, and said with a smile: "How do you know that you won't encounter such a thing in the future?" Are you more effective than the mages of the Great Zhou? ”
"Haha, you can think of it the same way, in short, I won't let my beloved woman have an accident." The corners of Zhao Lin's mouth slanted, his eyes squinted at He Xuan, and his expression was once again full of evil charm.
He Xuan hated Zhao Lin's unserious appearance the most, rolled his eyes, and then asked lightly: "By the way, the last time you said at the banquet of Empress Zhao, Bi Guo was wishful that month, could it be Bi Yue?" She has been favored by her father recently, and she doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp. ”
Zhao Lin took a step closer, his fingertips gently stroked the hair that was falling from Hexuan, and said with a playful expression: "Why do you want to tell you, am I very familiar with you?" ”
He Xuan said goodbye, and secretly scolded Zhao Lin in his heart for being serious, but for a while, he returned to that annoying appearance, and he knew that it was better not to ask.
"Don't be angry," Zhao Lin stretched his face in front of He Xuan and said, "What is Bi Yue, you are Your Majesty's favorite princess, if you don't provoke her, why should she get along with you?" ”
Zhao Lin seemed to suddenly remember what happened to Jiang Wanrong last time, blinked his charming eyes, and added: "Xuanxuan, your heart is too kind, don't worry about other people's affairs." Protect yourself and don't worry me. ”
"Ahh Meng Meng screamed, and several people looked over, but they didn't find anything abnormal.
"What is this stupid thing calling nonsense?" Zhao Lin stretched out his hand and pointed at Mengmeng, and said with a displeased face.
"That's cute, very smart, I guess I want to eat." He Xuan unconsciously defended Mengmeng, looked at Ruolan, and motioned for the latter to feed Mengmeng something to eat.
Zhao Lin squinted his eyes and said, "This thing looks like a parrot, don't you think?" When I traveled around the world, I saw some colorful parrots, some of which were so big, but not as chic as this little thing. ”
"Oh? Parrot? He Xuan hadn't seen the parrot that Zhao Lin said, so he asked rhetorically.
Meng Meng was shaking her head from side to side at the moment, looking at Zhao Lin, the sunflower-like thing above her head was blooming, obviously a little alert to the person in front of her.
"Yes, I've seen the background color is green, gray, the body is colorful, the eyes and mouth are very similar to your cuteness, but there are no such beautiful feathers, and there is no flower-like thing on the top of the head that can be spread." When he said the last two sentences, Zhao Lin's tone was a little jealous.
He Xuanben hadn't seen the parrots that Zhao Lin said, but when he saw Zhao Lin, a beautiful man, he looked jealous of his cute natural beauty, and he felt very funny in his heart, so he chuckled a few times.
"What are you laughing at? The parrots I've seen are all good at talking! Don't look at your stupid good-looking looks, what else will you do but scream? It's a flashy stupid thing. What kind of prince Kai of Qin State sent you this, what are you doing! Zhao Lin said cutely as if he was born mentally retarded, and his face was disgusted.
"Learn to speak? Childe Pro isn't joking, right? Qing'er widened her curious eyes and looked at Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin looked at Qing'er's water spirit, and said with an evil smile: "This little girl, of course it's true, what did this son lie to you!" ”
"Ahh Yes! Yes! Meng Meng flew down at Zhao Lin's feet, swaying from side to side on the ground while screaming loudly.
"Haha, Childe, look at you, you said that Meng Meng is stupid, it seems to understand, and it is angry!" He Xuan gloated and watched Mengmeng chase Zhao Lin step by step.
"Stupid thing, be careful that I caught it and cooked it!" Zhao Lin intimidated the aggressive Meng Meng, Meng Meng stopped, those small eyes stared at Zhao Lin carefully, not knowing what he was thinking.
"This guy is really evil!" Zhao Lin thought that Meng Meng was just a stupid bird, but looking at this posture, he seemed to understand what people were saying. "I... I still have important business to attend to, so I'm one step ahead. Take good care of yourself. ”
Zhao Lin said, looking like he was running away. He Xuan, Qing'er, and Ruolan all hid their faces and laughed.
"Meng Meng is really powerful, even a demon king like Gongzi Lin is afraid of it!" Qing'er wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said jokingly.