Yin Wan returned to Qixiang Palace with the palace people, and she was trembling and didn't know what to do, but she saw Yuyan slowly walking into the warm pavilion and sat down, and instructed Lixin: "Take Ying'er to change her clothes and come up again." ”

Lixin hurriedly agreed. When she came back, Ewan had already changed into the clothes of the low-level palace people in Qixiang Palace, combing her hair in the most ordinary bun, and even removing all the velvet flower decorations on her head, only holding it tightly with a red rope. Yan Wan looked at a loss, Li Xin took out the posture of a palace maid, and shouted proudly: "Don't you kneel down when you see Niangniang?" ”

Yin Wan was so frightened that her knees weakened, and she knelt down and said, "Slave Wei Ying'er, please say hello to Concubine Jia." ”

Yuyan reclined on the couch, the lake-colored soft chaise couch, more and more lined with a rose and purple dress, she was extremely delicate, like a soft flower vine, charming. Yuyan took a cherry and ate it, smiling contemptuously; "You're going to like your new name so quickly. Do you know why the queen mother gave you Min's name Sakura? ”

Yan Wan shook her head timidly: "The slave is ignorant, and the slave doesn't know." ”

Yuyan straightened up lazily and said coquettishly, "You! It's not wrong to send flowers today, and it's not wrong to send pots of Yao Huang. But the most wrong thing is that your face, eyes and chin look so similar to Concubine Xian. Tut-tut, you said you, so it's not annoying. ”

Yinwan was so frightened that her eyes straightened, and she kowtowed again and again: "The slave and the maid should die, the slave and the maid should die." ”

Yuyan chuckled: "Damn it, it's not necessarily, if you are willing to gouge out your eyes and shave your chin, maybe the queen will be in a good mood, or let you go back to the flower room on an errand." Since you look so much like her, her former name was Qing Sakura, and you are called Sakura, isn't it appropriate? ”

Yan Wan knelt in a daze, trembling with fright: "Niangniang forgives sins, Niangniang forgives sins." ”

Yuyan took in Yinwan's fears with great interest, and took a branch of red and bright peony flowers from the white jade flower goose, and tore them apart one by one, and the petals were broken and scattered all over the ground. "I know you can't bear your foxy face. Also, if you want to be disfigured, how can this palace be funny. Having said that, you still have to thank this palace, if it falls into the hands of Hui Guifei, Hui Guifei hates Concubine Xian and hates to be like that, it is strange if you don't take a stove of hot incense ash and burn your face. ”

Yuyan raised her face, Lixin understood, twisted Yanwan's ears and said forcefully: "From now on, you are a person from Qixiang Palace." These two slaps are to tell you to serve your mother well, and if you are a little inconsiderate, you will suffer. ”

Yuyan's delicate face was hidden with a sharp coldness, and she suddenly sniffed lightly: "Today's incense is well lit, it's Su Hexiang, right?" ”

Li Xin hurriedly smiled: "Yes." Half an hour before the little lord returned to the palace, it was burned. ”

Yuyan's green jade and white satin beaded embroidered shoes lightly touched the ground, and a trace of cunning flashed in her eyes: "The fragrance smells good, but it is far away, and the smell is faint." Sakura," she looked at Yinwan, with a hint of playfulness, "you bring that little incense burner to the palace." ”

Yan Wan hurriedly put away her tears and fear, and diligently held the copper elephant ding furnace, only to hold it on the table next to Yuyan, and then she quickly put it down, and quietly rubbed her hand behind her back.

Yuyan shook her head unhappily: "Who told you to put it down." Placed on the desk to block the view of the main palace. Kneel here, use your own hand as an incense case, and hold the incense burner to serve the palace. ”

Yan Wan wanted to tell something, but when she looked up and saw that Yuyan's expression was as gloomy as this day, she had to endure a few tears that wanted to burst out of her eyes, and held the incense burner high above her head. Yuyan glanced at Lixin and yawned coquettishly: "This palace is very tired, go in and sleep." Remember, I'll let Sakura serve like this in the future. Lixin, you can teach her well. After that, Yuyan left Lixin to look at Yinwan outside, twisted her waist like a thin willow branch, and went into the dormitory.

Because Lixin is outside, it is Jeong-sook who comes in to serve. Zhen Shuyuan was Yuyan's dowry from the Li Dynasty, and she was the most confidant. Yuyan didn't like her dowry to work hard like an ordinary palace maid, and she lost her identity, and she was always only allowed to do some idle work in Qixiang Palace, holding the key to the small treasury, and managing the valuables given by the emperor. At this moment, Zhen Shu saw that Yuyan was alone, so she silently waited for her to change her clothes and lie down, and then asked in a low voice: "It's very boring for the little master to torture a little girl like this." It makes people feel that the little master listens to the queen mother in everything, and he can't hold his temperament. ”

Yuyan leaned on the soft pillow, sneered, and pulled the silver tassel jade leaf earrings in her ears and slipped down a slight shiver: "The teeth are sharp and the mouth is sharp, and you can't hold back your temperament, and you are attached to the queen?" Isn't that what people out there always look at me? If even you see it that way, that's a good thing. ”

Zhen Shu frowned, puzzled: "Now that the queen has no children under her knees, and she loves our fourth elder brother, is the little master planning to do so for the fourth elder brother to have a good future?" ”

The corners of Yuyan's lips pulled up a cold arc, and she said lazily: "The queen's Yonglian is gone, it is inevitable that she will be anxious, and the Yongzhang who is taboo of the pure concubine is old, so naturally the idea of beating my Yonglian is indispensable, and it is good to have a side for a while." It's just that others don't know about her, don't I know? She desperately wants to give birth to a son of her own, and at the moment she is just taking Yonglian to keep a son. I'm just going along with her. She glanced outside the dormitory, Lixin's scolding faintly came in, Yuyan stretched her arms coquettishly, and said lazily, "Otherwise, what will I do with that girl as a raft?" It's just that the queen is angry with this girl because of the concubine, and she can't attack because of her face, so she borrows my hand. I tortured that girl a little more, and the queen thought that I hated Concubine Xian a little more, and I just attached myself to her a little more. ”

Zhen Shu covered her mouth and smiled: "The slave said, what does the little master do with this effort, it turns out that it is still for the queen." Speaking of which, these days, the queen mother is really holding the little master? ”

Yuyan opened her red lips slightly, and her sneer fell into the jade plate like ice beads, cold and crisp and piercing: "I have been low for so many years, she naturally believes in me more than others!" But if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different! They see me like this, why don't I see them like that? These people in the palace greet each other with smiles and smiles, but only they know how filthy their hearts are. At the moment, I am holding the group tightly, but it is just that if it is advantageous, it will be handed over, and if it is profitable, it will be scattered, what is the true feeling? Look at the straw bag beauty of Concubine Hui, who has been desperately attached to the queen for several years, and now she is sick like this, has the queen ever paid attention to it? As for Concubine Xian, she used to be just a substitute for the dead ghost, and by the way, she became the queen's favor. ”

Zhen Shu was extremely unfair: "The little lord was married a few days after Concubine Xian and Concubine Hui entered the hidden mansion. It's just a few days late, and his identity is a head shorter than them. She suddenly smiled proudly, "At that time, the two of them were the most favored, and Concubine Hui was named a side Fujin from Gege, only they were in the eyes of the emperor, where can I take care of looking at the little master, even the queen mother who is still Fujin was left out in the cold, and we almost lost our foothold." Fortunately, the little lord had an idea, and when he saw that Annan sent a jade bead wrapped with silk red golden lotus bracelet, he thought of the idea of stealing the sky and changing the day, and since then he has won the favor of the queen. Otherwise, every step of the year is terrifying, where is it so easy. ”

Yuyan's face was already radiant, and at this time, she was a little angry, and she had a weird and indescribable feminine beauty: "Now it seems that Concubine Xian is not easy to deal with, the sooner you guard against her, the better." Left and right in this palace, I am alone, no one believes in it, no one relies on it! ”

Zhenshu said quietly: "The little master is right. We have survived for so many years, and now the eldest brother has no mother, the second elder brother is gone, and the third elder brother is not liked by the emperor, so it should be the turn of our fourth elder brother. And in this palace, if you want to talk about the favor of the family, except for the concubine Hui a few years ago, she is the little master,"

Yuyan caressed her face lovingly, as if touching a rare treasure: "I was born with such a beautiful face, but it was not wasted in vain." Her eyelids drooped, and her thick eyelashes covered her jade-white face, like the shadow of a mountain, curling and quiet. There was a gentle melancholy in her tone, as if telling a sweet dream: "If I weren't the daughter of the clan, with this face and my background, I would definitely marry the son of our Li Dynasty." Although the prince does not have such a handsome face as the emperor, he is so gentle and good-looking when he smiles. She closed her eyes, as if immersed in the most beautiful dream, and whispered like a milk swallow, "From the day I first met the prince when I entered the palace at the age of thirteen, I was touched by his smile. I've never seen such a gentle smile, and when he looks at me, it's as if all the stars are falling on me. On that day, I was rewarded more than the daughters of the nobles who accompanied me, and even in the days that followed, gifts from the palace were always delivered to my home. Even my father hinted to me that the prince had a good opinion of me, and that as long as I worked hard to cultivate female virtues, one day I would enter the court and become the prince's concubine. ”

Jung-sook sighed, "Yes." The grandmother of the little lord is the cousin of the princess, and the noble Jin family, although the prince already had a concubine at that time, but the little lord became a favorite concubine after entering the womb, and the son succeeded to the throne as the queen and was named a concubine, which is also expected. ”

A drop of crystal water shone from the corner of Yuyan's eyes: "But many things in life are often unexpected." When it was decided that I should marry to the Qing Dynasty as a concubine for the prince, even I couldn't believe it. I was unwilling to leave my homeland, where I had been born and raised for more than ten years, and I was unwilling to leave my father and mother, but I could not disobey the will of the palace, so I could only wash my face with tears every day. It was not until two days later that I was ordered to enter the palace to bid farewell to the queen, and I saw the prince. I would love to ask him why he was willing to let me marry in a distant foreign country, why he used to smile at me like that, and if it was all my own passion? But when I saw Shizi's eyes, I couldn't ask anything. His eyes were full of tears, he was so sad. He told me that the Li Dynasty, as a vassal state, must rely on the weakness and suffering of Shangbang, and if we want to get rid of this pain, we must let Shangbang give us more. He said, "My beauty cannot be trapped in the narrow palace of the Li Dynasty, but must bloom in a foreign land to obtain our own glory." A hint of pain flashed across her beautiful face, "I looked into Shizi's eyes, and I couldn't say anything. I took every word of his words to heart and brought it here like a demon. Every day I live, before I open my eyes, I think about the world

These are the words that the Son said. ”

Zhen Shu lowered her head and said sadly: "The little master has worked hard all these years, and the slaves and maids have seen it. ”

Yuyan's crystal beautiful eyes opened instantly. The sadness on his face was like rain evaporated by the scorching sun, and there was no trace of existence in an instant. She stretched out her hand and wiped away a teardrop on her cheek without hesitation, and said coldly: "I am burdened with the trust and expectations of the Li Dynasty and come here to fight for the glory of me and my mother's family. I endure to be a character of the palace, to be a little nobleman in the palace, to please the emperor's like little by little, not for anything else, I just hope that I will not live up to the prince's noble blood of the Li Dynasty flowing in my body. One day with the Fucha clan, I certainly don't dare to ask for the throne of the queen, but if my child can become the coming day of the Qing Dynasty, then our Li Dynasty will be able to get rid of the humility of the subordinate country. ”

Zhen Shu lowered her head and said sincerely: "The little master's intentions, slaves and maids are clear. The slave will definitely do her best to be loyal to the little master and the Li Dynasty. ”

Since then, Yinwan's life has never been better. During the day, I have to wash the clothes for the palace maids of Qixiang Palace, and I can't stop for a moment. At night, he had to wait for Yuyan to wash her feet. On the day when Yuyan doesn't have to sleep, she still has to kneel in front of Yuyan, holding a candle as a human candlestick, and the hot candle oil is burning on her hands drop by drop, burning her skin and flesh, and burning her heart.

On that day, Lu Yun came to Yuyan Palace to gossip, and when she caught a glimpse of Yan Wan kneeling on the ground as an incense case, she was a little disdainful, and said, "It turns out that this girl came to your palace on an errand." "The concubines gossip the most among themselves, and after coming and going, Yuyan knew that the emperor had been very kind to Yan Wan. Yuyan is narrow-minded, how can she still have a good face for her, originally it was just an errand and hardship, and it was okay to eat and wear, and gradually even the little palace maid of Qixiang Palace dared to beat and scold her at will, and eating was just leftovers, even if she wanted to see Ling Yunche to complain, she couldn't be free for half a minute, but she was just taking a life and suffering in Qixiang Palace day by day.

Since Yanwan entered Changchun Palace, no one has mentioned her whereabouts. Ling Yunche inquired again and again, but he was just a little guard on an errand in Kunning Palace, he couldn't leave, and he couldn't help if he wanted to inquire about the news of the East and West Sixth Palace, and he couldn't get news of Ewan for half a point.

On this day, Yun Che happened to follow the eunuchs to the Huanyi Bureau to pick up the clothes of the guards of Kunning Palace, and only then did he catch a glimpse of Yan Wan from afar, and wanted to catch up and ask, but the Huanyi Bureau was full of palace maids from various palaces who came to pick up or wash clothes, where could he be allowed to approach. finally inquired, only to learn that she is now on an errand in Qixiang Palace.

This time he was free, Yun Che took the opportunity to send the shaman of Kunning Palace out of the palace, and transferred to the gate of Qixiang Palace, and sure enough, he saw Yinwan. The palace is strictly forbidden, and there are many guards outside the Qixiang Palace, where can he get closer. But he didn't have to get closer, he could see Yinwan's emaciated face and scarred hands. Yan Wan walked with a few palace maids, and when she saw Yun Che, she didn't dare to cry, let alone take a second look, she just cried silently, lifted her clothes and stretched out her arms, revealing her arms that were all beaten and injured. It just so happened that the palace maid in front of her turned around and shouted a few times, and reached out and twisted it on her shoulder. Yin Wan lowered her eyebrows in fright and hurried away.

Yun Che saw Yinwan suffering, how could she stand this. After thinking about it, taking advantage of the opportunity for the queen to take the concubines into Kunning Palace on the fifteenth day to worship incense, she gritted her teeth and told Ruyi's heart.

Ruyi was coaxing the fifth elder brother when she heard the news, and she frowned unconsciously and said, "What do you say the people from Qixiang Palace call her?" ”

He said in his heart: "Guard Ling said that they all call her Sakura." ”

"Sakura?" "Why do you go to Qixiang Palace with good manners, and you have to be humiliated like this by them, that is for me. Since you're here for me, you can't stand by and watch. You let Ling Yunche wait with peace of mind, since Jin Yuyan likes to torture Sakura, she will definitely not teach her to be too seriously injured or die. Wait until I find a chance to see if I can save her. ”

The so-called opportunity was soon waited. That day is the Dragon Boat Festival in May, the palace is mostly bathed in bluegrass soup, hanging mugwort leaves and calamus, eating zongzi, white meat and salted duck eggs, drinking realgar wine, wearing five-colored silk thread made of five poisonous sachets, in order to seek auspiciousness and peace.

In the afternoon, the concubines gathered in the queen's palace to accept the five poison sachets made by the queen herself.

The queen watched Su Xin hand over the sachets to the concubines one by one, and said with a smile: "This sachet contains realgar, mugwort leaves and various kinds of incense, which can repel mosquitoes and insects and ward off evil spirits." One of you and one for the children, it can be regarded as a little heart of the palace. ”

Lu Yun has the most children under her knees, and she got up and said with a smile: "Every year, the Queen of the Dragon Boat Festival makes sachets and gives them to the concubines in the palace, and the concubines thank the Queen for her kindness. ”

The queen smiled: "Concubine Chun is polite. The heart of this palace for you is also a Dragon Boat Festival once a year, if you like it, take it well. After that, he ordered the palace people to bring the five poisonous cakes.

The so-called "five poisonous cakes" are cakes decorated with five kinds of poisonous insect patterns. In fact, it is to make a mark engraved with the image of toad, scorpion, spider, centipede, and snake on the rose cake, and cover it on the puff pastry, which is also interesting to eat.

Seeing that everyone was there, Yuyan had the heart to make Ruyi faceless, and raised her voice to call: "Sakura! ”

Yin Wan stepped forward timidly, stood behind Yuyan in an orderly manner, took the five poison cakes handed by the palace people, knelt down neatly and walked to Yuyan, held the plate high and said, "I respectfully invite Niang Niang to use the five poison cakes." ”

Rui Jiqi said: "What kind of rule is this? We don't know. ，，

Yuyan said with a smile: "Concubine Mei doesn't know, this is called human flesh kneeling." Sakura is a stupid girl, but she has the same benefit, she can bear anything. When the palace wants to smell the incense, she is holding the incense burner; When Hongu wants to read a book, she is a candlestick with a candle. There are also all kinds of benefits, and I will give you a fresh look at them one by one next time. ”

Yi Huan said with a cold face: "Concubine Jia is from the Li Dynasty, I'm afraid this is a rule that only the Li Dynasty has." Let's not toss people like this here. ”

Yuyan didn't care, took a piece of five poison cakes and ate it: "You see how stable she is." Slaves are born to serve people, so how can they serve not serve? She looked at Ruyi and said, "Concubine Xian, did you say?" ”

Ruyi's smile was as gentle as a mirror, but it was Hailan Dao: "I remember that this girl used to serve the eldest brother in the Pure Concubine Palace, how can she do this job now?" The palace maids in the palace are all from the Eight Banners, and the emperor has always been the most generous, if they know, it is not very good. ，，

Yuyan raised the corners of her mouth and smiled: "Concubine Yu is really too careful." What's wrong with the palace maids serving their masters, it's also worth talking about? And Sakura is not serving in front of the emperor, what does it matter. She stared at Yin Wan and said, "Sakura, this palace didn't force you, you did it voluntarily." ”

Where did Yinwan dare to say "no", and hurriedly said: "Ying'er is a slave, and she was born to serve her master." ”

Yuyan pointed at her and sneered: "Ying'er, Ying'er, you cherry mouth, you answer neatly." It's the same as our concubine who talks on weekdays. Looking closely, it looks a little similar to Concubine Xian. ”

Ruyi heard her pointing directly at herself, so she also smiled and said: "Just for the sake of this resemblance, does Concubine Jia like Ying'er to serve so much?" I remember that Sakura was originally the palace maid of the flower room, called Yinwan, how did she get to her sister's side, her name has changed, and the work of serving has also changed? ”

Yuyan put down the five poison cakes in her hand and said, "Sister Xian, this is too hearty. I just like her cherry bites, that's why I'm called Sakura. It's not because my sister's former girlfriend's name is Qingying. ”

Ruyi raised the corners of her lips indifferently: "This is natural." The Queen Mother personally gave me the name Ruyi, who doesn't know the nickname. If you make a joke about this, it's really a little family. It's just that Concubine Fang said that the girl looked a little like me, so I asked my sister for a favor and asked her to go with me, how about it? ”

Yuyan called out in a loud voice: "Then how can I do it!" Not to mention that I can't leave this girl for a while, but I gave it to my sister, as soon as the emperor stepped into the palace gate of Yikun Palace, he was dazzled and pulled the wrong person, but how can I be nicknamed, it is better to stay by my side safely. ”

The queen looked at her coldly, and said with a gentle expression: "It's just a little palace maid, if the concubine likes it, the palace will let the internal affairs office pick it up for you." ”

Ruyi and Hailan glanced at each other, knowing that they were helpless, so they were silent.

When they dispersed from the queen's palace, Ruyi and Hailan came out hand in hand, Ruyi frowned slightly, her face was quite gloomy, and said: "Seeing Jin Yuyan making fun of Ying'er and insulting her like this, somehow, I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart." ”

Hailan and Wan persuaded: "That girl: "That girl is a little similar to my sister, no wonder." But I still advised my sister not to think about saving her. A sister spoke, Concubine Jia refused to let go more and more, it was better to wait for her to get tired of being crooked, and she felt bored, so she let go: Second, ......" Hailan groaned slightly, "I have seen with my own eyes how this girl is obedient in front of the emperor in the palace of the pure concubine, and she is really not a person who keeps to herself." ”

Ruyi was quite surprised: "There is such a thing? No wonder she suddenly broke off her childhood sweetheart with Ling Yunche at that time, and was later sent to the flower room, only to know that she had to change her mind. For such a reason is in it. She turned around and told her heart, "Go and tell Ling Yunche, I can't do anything right now." There is no one who is not boiled, so let him feel sorry for himself. ”