The queen mother gave an order, Cheng Han numbled his mouth, and a few little eunuchs took the thistle terrestris, and one by one held down Ruyi and Yixin.

Ruyi's head was covered with cold sweat, like countless small insects coming out of the cracks in her skin little by little, crawling slowly, painful and itchy. Those little eunuchs were so strong that she couldn't move.

The Queen Mother sat on the rosewood chair that Cheng Han had moved, and said slowly: "The mourning family doesn't want to use torture. But now the emperor and the empress are not in the palace, and only the mourning family is left in charge of the huge harem. If you don't care about such a big thing under your nose, how many pairs of eyes are staring at others, and you still think that the old woman of the mourning family is useless. You have to do the things yourself. ”

Cheng Han raised his chin, dragged the eunuch's unique shrill voice, and said: "There is a priority, starting from the Wulanala clan and beating until the skin and flesh are exhausted." ”

There were dozens of inch-long iron thorns on the thistle, and the tips of the thorns shone with a rusty black luster, which made people shudder. The little eunuch was about to go down, but Ruyi hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Queen Mother!" The Queen Mother Mingjian! The slave doesn't burn paper money, it's not paper money! ”

As soon as the Queen Mother raised her face, Fujia turned sideways, picked up a piece of paper that had not yet had time to burn, and unfolded it to take a look.

Fu Jia hurriedly held it with both hands and showed it to the Queen Mother, and sure enough, each one was just a six-character mantra. The Queen Mother frowned slightly, and then smiled: "How is this thing?" ”

Ruyi hurriedly kowtowed, and said respectfully: "Please listen to the words of the slave maid, the round paper is complete, and the pattern of 10,000 words is the same reason." The six-character mantra was taught by the lama master of Miaoying Monastery in that year, and the master said that the six-character mantra is the most revered mantra in Tibetan Buddhism. ”

Cheng Han snorted lightly and said, "But today is Halloween, and it's your first seven in Amarnapur." Even the girl who serves you says that it is your filial piety. ”

Ruyi was not in a hurry, and her eyes were as clear as a mirror: "The slave is a piece of filial piety, but this piece of filial piety is not for the dead Amma, but for the sincere prayer of the Queen Mother." The slave knew that today was the Midyear Festival, and the palace invited the lama master of the Lama Temple to open the altar and pray, thinking that the master would definitely recite the six-character mantra to pray for the queen mother. The slave maid was incompetent, trapped in the cold palace, and could not ask the queen mother for peace day and night, so he had to take advantage of the master's entry into the palace today to pray, and the slave and maid also followed the master's merits and recited the mantra. After the master opened the altar, he had to send the Dharma scriptures and prayer flags to the Dharma boat to be burned, and the slaves and maids knew that they could not participate, so they had to incinerate the mantras written and recited by their own hands here, and only burned them on the Dharma boat. ”

Fujia groaned: "Back to the Queen Mother, the slave also thinks that if you burn paper money, you should have the appearance of paper money, otherwise it will be useless to burn it to Lord Nabur." As for the Halloween Festival on July 15, burning this is just a matter of not following the Queen Mother and the concubines and concubines on the French boat. She glanced at Ruyi tactfully: "It's not a violation of palace rules." ”

The corners of the Queen Mother's lips slightly floated a cold smile, and she looked at Cheng Han and said, "You came to tell the mourning family that someone in the cold palace secretly burned paper money and violated the palace rules, now you can see, what is this?" The Queen Mother's smile was like an ice flower on her face: "If you come to this kind of place, you will become more and more able to be an errand." ”

The Queen Mother's tone was not stern, as if she were gossiping at home. Cheng Han seemed to be unable to stand it, his knees were weak, and he immediately knelt down and said: "Slaves are useless, slaves listen to people's words in vain." ”

The Queen Mother smiled at Fu Jia with an indifferent expression: "You are listening to people's words, but who are you listening to?" Around the mourning family, there are people who do not regard the mourning family as the master, but are dedicated to watching the minds of others and want to please both sides. The mourners saw him as wrong. ”

Fujia lowered her eyebrows and lowered her head, and said lightly: "There are only people in Cining Palace who serve the Queen Mother wholeheartedly, and there are no people who dare to play tricks with the Queen Mother." Cheng Gonggong, you are smart but you are mistaken by cleverness. ”

The Queen Mother looked at the sky and got up: "The crows have all returned to the nest, let's go back too." Cheng Han, you don't have to go. ”

Cheng Han was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother spare your life!" ”

The Queen Mother smiled: "Today is the Midyear Festival, and the mourning family will not want anyone's life." It's just that you like to make wedding clothes for people so much, and you work hard, and the mourning family will reward you with the punishment of the red lotus step by step, so that you can break your feet, and you can't break your heart of loyalty to others. ”

As soon as the Queen Mother's words fell, a person suddenly rushed out of the oblique stab, raised a dagger and stabbed the Queen Mother's heart. The place in the courtyard was narrow, and the eunuchs and palace maids who accompanied the queen mother were all guarding the door, and Cheng Han was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, and there was only one Fujia by his side, so he couldn't guard against it at all.

The Queen Mother was startled, and instinctively turned sideways to dodge, just to avoid the slash to the heart. After all, the Queen Mother is a pampered woman, and she has both her age, so she dodged this knife, and the next knife came with a sharp wind, which was unstoppable at all. Ruyi was flustered this time, if something happened to the Queen Mother in front of her, it would be really ...... She subconsciously pounced, pushed away the almost crazy figure, and protected the Queen Mother.

But the man seemed to be crazy, and he did not shy away from Ruyi, and swung a knife and pounced on him. Ruyi stood in front of the Queen Mother, and did not back down for half a minute, seeing that the tip of the knife had been forced to the jaw, and it was about to be stabbed straight into the throat. The Queen Mother held her shoulders tightly, Ruyi only felt that she couldn't hold it anymore, and the ground was slippery after the rain, her feet slipped, and the whole person leaned back obliquely, avoiding it for a few points.

Taking advantage of this gap, Fu Jia and Xin Xin both rushed up, and grabbed the man with all their might, before dragging the foot away. The Queen Mother was wearing high shoes at the bottom of the flower pot, and she was unsteady on her feet, Ruyi held her tightly, and hurriedly asked, "Queen Mother, are you okay?" ”

The Queen Mother was shocked, holding her hand with one hand, pressing her heart tightly with the other, her face was innocent, and she said, "Ruyi, the tip of the knife is under your throat." ”

Ruyi gasped, trying to calm the tension and panic in her chest, and hurriedly said, "Queen Mother...... The Queen Mother is fine. ”

Taking advantage of Fu Jia and Xinxin's efforts to hold the man, the guards outside rushed up and immediately held down the man. The Queen Mother had already calmed down, sat down on a chair, and shouted: "Dare to plot to assassinate the mourning family, the mourning family wants to see which old man in the cold palace has such a good ability!" ”

Fujia responded to the voice, split the face with two slaps, stiffly held up her chin, carefully distinguished for a moment, and said: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, you are really an old man." ”

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly and sneered: "Ji Concubine? It's you! ”

Concubine Ji's face was hideous, and she said hoarsely: "I can't kill you!" But I still can't kill you! ”

The Queen Mother smiled brightly and pointed to the heavens: "Not only you, but many people who have gone to the world and the underworld want to kill the mourning family." What a pity! The Queen Mother stroked the carefully embroidered dragon peony pattern on her body, and laughed loudly: "It is always a dragon that becomes a dragon, and no matter how hard you jump and want to turn over the dragon gate, you can't turn it over or a carp, and you will be trapped in the water for the rest of your life!" In the past, when you were outside, you couldn't fight the mourning family, and you were sent to the cold palace by the mourning family, do you think you can fight the mourning family when you enter here? ”

A hint of haste flashed in Concubine Ji's eyes, but her attitude was still tough: "Really? If someone hadn't saved you just now, you would have died under my sword. ”

The Queen Mother looked up to the sky and smiled, stroked a red golden lotus flower on her sideburns, and said contemptuously: "When you are young and beautiful outside the cold palace, you can't fight the mourning family, is there any hope for being locked up here for so many years?" With your little ability, it's just brute force to hurt people. It seems that no matter how old you are, your brain hasn't grown at all! If the mourning family is lost in your little trick, then it will be called the death of the mourning family! ”

Concubine Ji was so angry that her face turned black, and she reached out and scratched in vain, but she only scratched a few scratches on the dirt floor. The Queen Mother smiled: "Fujia, dispose of her." Don't forget that Cheng Han is still waiting there. ”

Fujia agreed. The Queen Mother got up and held the little palace maid's hand, walked two steps and turned around and said, "Spare your life and leave it for the next day." ”

Ruyi's body was tightly supported by Xinxin, almost crying with joy, her hands were tightly clenched in her sleeves, and the palms of the two people were full of cold sweat, even she couldn't tell whether it was the shock after the joy or the joy of the rest of her life. She only knew that only by holding the hand of her heart, the hand of a living person, could she feel that she was also alive. It's not a piece of wall skin in the cold palace, a touch of moss.

The Queen Mother Shi Shiran left, as if Fang Cai's life and death were thrilling, but they were just a touch of smoke between talking and laughing. Ruyi secretly gave birth to a little envy, when and when will there be the Queen Mother's determination? Then before she could think about it, Fujia had already raised her face, and a few guards dragged Concubine Ji into a side hall.

Ruyi hurriedly grabbed Fu Jia and said, "Aunt Fu, Concubine Ji is crazy to offend the Queen Mother." She just went crazy, not intentionally. ”

Fujia patted her hand and said, "Little master, don't blame the slave for being too talkative. The queen mother's temperament is like this, if she spares her once, she will not die, and if she dares to have a second time, she will definitely die. I'm afraid that now the Queen Mother is regretting that she left her a way to live. Look at it, and let the Queen Mother personally guide you. ”

After she finished speaking, she didn't say a word, walked to the side hall, and watched the queen mother's close guards hang Concubine Ji on the beam with a thick hemp rope, and her feet struggled wildly, and a whimpering beast-like scream came out of her throat, and soon there was no sound.

Ruyi leaned against the window lattice, only to feel that the cold sweat forced through layer after layer of clothes, and she was vaguely in a trance, it was the unknown woman who hung herself on the hanging beam when she first arrived in the cold palace. It turned out that he was here to die in such a miserable way, in his own hands or in the hands of others.

She didn't know how she walked back, and when she returned to the empty room, she poured her brain into her mouth regardless of whether the water in the pot was hot or cold, as if this was the only way to calm her panicked heart. The voices of the little eunuchs outside who scolded Cheng's father-in-law gradually lowered, at first it was a cry of shock, crying dad and begging for mercy, but in the end, there was only air out and no air intake, and there was no movement at all.

After a long time, the sound of the two bodies being dragged out also disappeared completely. With tears on his face, he looked at Ruyi and said, "Little master, we're fine, it's okay!" She got up and took out a large bag of paper money and dark paper from under the bed, "Fortunately, the little master didn't use such an inexplicable thing sent in, otherwise the person who was half-dead and tortured there today would not be Cheng Han, but us." ”