Chapter Twenty-Four: The Cursed
Two slender figures stood in the corner, the sun's rays shining on them, long shadows on the ground. The cold winter wind seemed to cover one of them with a layer of fear, and her face turned pale, worried and anxious.
"Linglong, why are you still in Xinyueju, aren't you afraid of being cursed?" Zhu'er is a good sister of Linglong, and the two have served the same master before, so they are closer because of their similar temperament.
Linglong frowned slightly, "Curse? ”
"It turns out that you don't know yet, no wonder, how can you know if you have been staying in Xinyueju." Zhu'er looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, she leaned into Linglong's ear and whispered, "Princess Ninghe trespassed into Fengyang Hall and disturbed the rest of Queen Xia's soul, so she was cursed by Queen Xia, so Xinyueju was tortured, and Princess Ninghe almost lost her life." ”
"Nonsense." Linglong naturally didn't believe it.
"Be quiet." Zhu'er was a little worried, and looked around nervously, "Everyone is talking about this, don't you see what others think of you?" ”
Linglong wanted to argue, but she couldn't explain Xin Yueju's illness, so she could only hold it in her heart, "That's a rumor." ”
"More than half of the people in Xinyueju are sick, and even some palace people die because of this, how do you explain it? And why is this disease only spreading in Xinyueju, and others are fine? Seeing that Linglong no longer contradicted herself, Zhu'er kindly reminded, "Linglong, you should get out of there quickly, Princess Ninghe has angered the soul of Queen Xia, everyone says that Queen Xia will not let her go, maybe Queen Xia's soul will be angry with you that day, and it will be too late to regret it, so it is better to leave early." ”
"Pearl, thank you for your kindness." Linglong looked gloomy and walked back.
Chu Junxi sat on the rockery by the Emerald Lake, seeing Linglong's preoccupied face, she was ready in her heart, she said lightly, "What did Zhu'er say?" ”
Linglong looked up at Chu Junxi, and was a little relieved after seeing her calm expression, "Fengyang Palace is the forbidden place of the palace, and after the princess entered, more than half of the people in Xinyue Residence fell ill, so everyone was spreading it, saying that it was ......"
"Say what?"
"It is said that the princess disturbed the ghost of Queen Xia, so she was cursed, so there are so many people in Xinyueju who are sick, and whoever gets close to the princess will be infected by the curse."
Chu Junxi chuckled, "In that case, why don't you run for your life quickly?" Otherwise, I really don't know that I lost my life that day. There were faint tears flashing in Linglong's eyes, she looked directly at Chu Junxi, and said loudly, "The princess thinks that Linglong is a person who is unkind, greedy, and afraid of death?" ”
Seeing the tears in Linglong's eyes, Chu Junxi was shocked that his joke was a little excessive, and hurriedly said, "I'm joking, don't be angry, I'll compensate you." ”
The two walked slowly along the Emerald Lake, and the people along the way saw that both of them were retreating, so they also fell clean. In the cold winter, the Emerald Lake did not freeze, and the blue waves on the lake were rippling and sparkling, as if a layer of broken silver had been sprinkled on the surface of the lake.
"Yo, isn't this Princess Ninghe who came all the way from Hou Yan?"
"Hou Yan's people are really different from our Gutuo, I don't know if they are broad-minded or stupid, they are still in the mood to take a leisurely walk here when they are cursed and their lives are worried."
Chu Jun raised his head, and two beautiful women like flowers and jade walked towards him. The woman walking in front of her was slender and light, wearing an emerald green smoke gauze palace dress, the plain belt around her waist was blowing lightly in the wind, the woman's skin was white and jade like the moon eyebrows and starry eyes, and there was a cold eye between the eyebrows, indescribable arrogance.
The woman next to her was slightly lower, wearing a lotus-colored embroidered butterfly dark pattern palace dress, her round face blew her broken skin, and a few strands of hair fell on her shoulders to add a bit of agility to her, she was a fresh woman, but unfortunately the words she said were cynical and resentful.
Linglong whispered in Chu Junxi's ear, "It's the noble of Yundiexuan and the concubine of Shuiying Building." ”
The two of them stood still in front of Chu Junxi from far and near, and Chu Junxi brushed his body lightly, which was regarded as a salute.
Wen Siying looked Chu Junxi up and down, and made a 'tsk' sound in her mouth, "It's really a beauty, but it's a pity, and she will die soon." ”
Song Shuyi covered her mouth and smiled, "Sister Wen always speaks so bluntly. ”
"Am I wrong? Who let her go to Fengyang Hall without knowing the height of the sky, and provoked Queen Xia's rest, do you still want to have a way to live? Wen Siying snorted disdainfully.
"Princess Ninghe can get the emperor's favor after entering the Fengyang Palace, she must be a delicate and shrewd person, I think she knows how to charm the emperor best, everyone is sisters, how about the sister teach the younger sister? Don't ask for lingering infatuation, just ask the emperor to have empty tea and talk, this life is enough. said sad and self-complaining words, but Song Shuyi's eyes were more mockery and contempt.
The femme fatale is talking about the two in front of her, extremely beautiful on the outside, but dark and vicious on the inside. Wen Siying looks arrogant, but if she is far inferior to Song Shuyi in terms of scheming, Chu Junxi is very puzzled, why can a person who looks smart and pure on the outside say things so cold and vicious.
"People are divided into appearance and interior, the concubine is as beautiful as a flower, pure and lovely, as beautiful as you can't get the emperor's favor, it can be seen that there is a problem inside, so the emperor ignores you, the emperor is not a superficial person, and he will not only look at the appearance of women, so ......" Chu Jun said without hesitation, "If you want to attract the emperor's attention, the concubine needs to exercise a lot." ”
"You ......" Song Shuyi suddenly became angry and stretched out her hand to fight, "You dare to say that I am sinister in my heart." ”
Chu Junxi grabbed her raised hand, "Qing Concubine, is this a self-confession?" ”
The four eyes are facing each other, one is indifferent and leisurely, and the other is cold and light. Song Shuyi broke free from Chu Junxi's grip and withdrew her hand, "I don't have the same knowledge as you, I want to see how long you can be proud." ”
Chu Jun took a step back disapprovingly, he was humble and not taken seriously, but it didn't mean that he could be bullied, blind forbearance could not be exchanged for peace, if he wanted to protect himself in the harem, he had to learn to protect himself.
"What's going on today? Why are they all here? A crisp and elegant voice came from the white arch, and a touch of hibiscus slowly walked this way.
Seeing the comer, Wen Siying and Song Shuyi suddenly stepped forward to greet them with smiles on their faces, and walked towards this side with a hug of the comer.
Chu Junxi also looked at it, it was Chen Jingxian who had a relationship with him.
is different from Wen Siying's heavy makeup and charming, Chen Jingxian only applies powder thinly, without the cover of rouge and gouache, but it brings out her natural beauty and ice clear jade bones.
"I saw the excitement you guys were talking about, but I don't know what happy things you were talking about?"
"Don't you know the beauty? Princess Ninghe trespassed into Fengyang Palace and was cursed by Queen Xia, we are persuading her to return to Xinyue Ju to reflect, and hope that Queen Xia will spare her for the sake of her sincere reform. Wen Siying said.
The emperor is very fond of this beauty, and these two people who are higher than her rank flattered her, and Chu Jun was not surprised.
"The curse is pure nonsense, and if I hear someone chewing on the root of my tongue behind my back, then I'm welcome." Chen Jingxian was subtle, and there was a hint of fierceness in her soft momentum.
"Yes." Wen Siying and Song Shuyi said at the same time.
"Princess Ning and Princess came to our Gutuo, we are sisters from now on, and we should take care of each other." Chen Jingxian stepped forward, gently took Chu Junxi's hand, and took off a jade bracelet with an emerald green body from her wrist, "This is what the emperor just gave me, so I should treat it as a meeting gift from me." ”
It's a greeting gift, why don't I give it to myself when I see myself for the first time? Chu Jun slandered, "How can this be made, that is, it is a gift from the emperor, it must be a beloved thing in the hearts of beauties, how can I win people's love." ”
Between a push and a push, the emerald green jade bracelet fell from between the white fingers, and the crisp sound of the jade shattering clearly entered everyone's ears, and the three of them froze there suddenly.