Ruyi washed her hands: "One day, I will be like that, right?" ”

The old woman didn't pay attention to it, but said, "Didn't you want to get out alive?" ”

Ruyi hesitated for a moment: "How many years have the seniors been here?" ”

The old woman glanced at her: "Senior? Don't I have a name? ”

Ruyi saw that she had a strange temperament, and hurriedly said respectfully: "Please also ask your old man to teach me." ”

The old woman dusted off her clothes: "I am the concubine of the first emperor." She sneered at herself: "But I have never been lucky in my life, and I still have a famous position, so I was imprisoned here." ”

Ruyi hurriedly got up and said, "The junior Ruyi of the Wulanala clan has seen Concubine Ji. ”

"Concubine?" She smiled darkly, "yes." The first emperor passed away, didn't I become a concubine? It's a pity that she is a concubine in Shoukang Palace, who is as noble as a phoenix in the sky; I'm a concubine who has been locked up here for a long time, and I'm as cheap as a worm. She suddenly woke up, "You said you were the Ulanala clan?" Who are you, the queen of the first emperor, the Ulanala clan? ”

Ruyi said: "The two queens of the Wulanala clan are my aunts. ”

"Two?" Concubine Ji sneered, "One is powerful enough." However, no matter how powerful she is, she can't be the queen mother today, otherwise how could you even fall into the cold palace. However, I have been in this cold palace for eight or nine years, and I have never heard of anyone going out, and I really want to see if the daughter of the Wulanala family can go out. ”

Ruyi was surprised: "You have only been in the cold palace for eight or nine years, so you ...... this year"

Concubine Ji stroked her face and said sadly: "Do you think I'm seventy or eighty? I was twenty-six years old when I was harmed by the old witch of the Queen Mother and entered this ghost place, and now I am only thirty-five years old. Ruyi was so shocked that she couldn't make a sound in her throat, and could only stare at her in disbelief. Concubine Ji recovered Fang Cai's indifference: "The days here are a year to live, whether you can survive it or not depends on yourself." ”

Ruyi watched her go out, and her panic finally turned into anxiety and sorrow: "I'm sorry." Bringing you to such a place with me. ”

He was a little afraid, but he was still calm: "Where the little master is, the slave and maid are also there." ”

Ruyi couldn't help the pain in her heart anymore, that kind of painful pain was originally just like insects and ants slowly gnawing away, and under all kinds of frightens when she first entered the cold palace, she didn't feel how painful it was. But as if she was a person who had been numbed for a long time, she suddenly lowered her head, only to find that most of her body hair and skin had been devoured by this tiny devouring, and the shock and pain made her unbearable to look at it or think about it. It turned out that she had really lost so much, status, family, glory, and the trust she had always relied on him. None of them are gone.

However, she had no choice. People have their own immediate desires in any situation, such as Jia Concubine's desire to give birth to a prince; Hui Guifei seeks grace as before; And Ah Zhen wants the saint to be immortal. All she wants is to learn to survive first, just to survive.

And what about Ling Yunche outside the door, after sending the corpse of the concubine of the cold palace to the incineration ground for incineration, what did he want? His reddish heroic face, sparse sword eyebrows also flew up, standing on the remote corridor between the cold palace and the Cuiyun Pavilion, looking up in anticipation of the bright girl rushing towards him, it was really the most beautiful and happy scene for the cold palace guards to see.

The girl was like a light butterfly fluttering on the narrow and deserted stone slab in front of the cold palace, although she was only wearing the most common cyan clothes of the palace maid, her delicate face like jade Qiongying was still like the brightest bright color, and it unstoppably crashed into his eyes.

Yun Che saw her running closer, and hurriedly said: "Yinwan, run slower, and when you get tired of running, you will have to go on an errand again, and you will be even more tired." ”

Yin Wan held her weak waist and gasped slightly: "I just have to run faster so that I can see you for a while." Her face didn't know whether she was running too quickly or shyly, and it was as delicate as coral, "Brother Yun Che, have you waited for a long time?" ”

Yun Che hurriedly said: "No. I'm just coming a little earlier so I can watch you come. I agreed with Jiuxiao that he would take care of me for a while. ”

Yan Wan was a little relieved, and said with a smile: "That's good, I also took leave with Aunt Fen of the Sizhiku, saying that my stomach was uncomfortable and came out." She looked around and sighed: "On weekdays, only you and Zhao Jiuxiao watch, it must be very hard, right?" All they can do every day is to stand at the door and watch the sky, or go in and carry their bodies. Brother Yun Che, why are we all so miserable and have no future? ”

Yun Che said: "You still want to leave the Four Zhiku?" ”

Yan Wan said gloomily: "Although I serve the emperor's clothes, I only deal with clothes every day, and I can have a good future one day." Brother Yun Che, I'm only fourteen years old, and I don't want to be called for by people in the Sizhiku for the rest of my life. If you go to a better palace to serve the favored little master, I can also pull you out of here. Then we ......"

Yun Che shook his head and said, "Why bother? There are many unnatural things in the favored little main palace. Don't you know that the one who entered the cold palace yesterday is still the emperor's concubine, and she is not going to be cold in the cold palace for life? What's more, it is a little palace maid, and a person who was accidentally killed by the master deserves it, so it is better for the four governors to live quietly. ”

Yan Wan pursed her lips and felt a little aggrieved: "It's Qingjing, it's Ansheng, but if I stay there after the age of twenty-five, I will be sent out of the palace." Although I was born in Zhenghuangqi, if it weren't for the fact that my Ama committed an accident and lost my official position a few years ago, although the lintel of my home is lower, it would be a good character. But now I'm just a palace maid sent to the palace by the coated slave family. If I don't have a good place to go, and I don't have a good master to marry me, then I will ...... you I'm ...... you" She was too shy to speak, she just looked into his eyes and asked, "Brother Yun Che, your mind hasn't changed, has it?" ”

Yun Che said earnestly: "Of course not. Although I entered the palace three years earlier than you and six years older than you, it is not easy to meet the old acquaintance of my hometown, and I ...... you again I will never change my mind. ”

Yin Wan became happy, and a sweet smile bloomed on the corner of her lips again: "That's good." Yesterday was the day of the canonization ceremony of Jia Concubine, Mei Concubine and Shen Chang, and in a few days the Ministry of Internal Affairs will soon choose the palace maids to serve them, if I can go to serve Jia Concubine Niangniang or Shen Chang is there, now they are the most favored in the palace. She pressed her cuffs: "I have already saved a small sum of silver, and when the time comes, as long as I buy Aunt Fen, she is willing to recommend me to go." She glanced at Yun Che in embarrassment: "It's just that I'm afraid that the silver is not enough......"

Yun Che frowned in embarrassment, but still said, "Don't worry, I still have a bit of a case, if it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways." ”

Yin Wan nodded happily, a trace of stubborn tenacity flashed in her eyes: "Brother Yun Che, I have no one else in the palace, I can only rely on you." She stretched out her hands, revealing the old and new scars on her fingers, and said bitterly: "Brother Yun Che, I have been ironing and smoking clothes every day for two years. If one of the aunts in charge is upset, they can throw a hot iron at me and splash me with charcoal ashes. I really don't want to be a palace maid with four deacons for the rest of my life, and I don't want you to be trapped in the cold palace for the rest of your life. I know, you have always wanted to be an upright Shenwu Gate guard, and even served as an errand in front of the emperor. You can rest assured that as long as we seize the opportunity, we will not be subservient. ”

Yun Che nodded, and cautiously held his hand for her: "Compared to my empty ambitions here in the cold palace and wasting my time, I feel more sorry for you being bullied." Don't worry, I'll find a way. ”

Yin Wan was carefully held by him, and her heart was as warm as cotton, as if ten thousand feet of sunshine were falling together, and it was not as warm and warm as at the moment. She touched a dull ruby ring on the finger of her left hand, which was made of ruby powder, which was not worth much, but it was a piece of heart that Ling Yunche gave her. They were originally a poor couple in the Forbidden City, and it was warm enough to have this heart. She said softly: "Sometimes no matter how hard and tired I am, looking at this ring you gave me, I feel much more comfortable." ”

Yun Che's face flushed slightly, and he was silent for a moment and said, "Yinwan, I know that I don't have any silver, so I can only give you a ring of gem powder." But I have the best, and I will definitely give it to you, you believe me. ”

Yin Wan's face was flushed, she lowered her head and kissed Yun Che's fingers, and shyly turned around and ran away.

Long after Yun Che left, Yun Che's gaze once again touched the closed and mottled door of the cold palace. He gradually understood that he was willing to help the strange and stubborn woman in the cold palace, mostly because her face was really similar to the beautiful Yinwan. Thinking like this, his heart became softer and softer, as if it was soaked in spring water, basking in the spring sun warmly. It doesn't get any happier than that.

(Note: The Four Offices are located in the East Sixth Palace of the Forbidden City and the Fifth Qiandong Office behind the Xuanqiong Treasure Palace, which specializes in storing all kinds of clothing and other items of the emperor.) The emperor's crown robe and shoes were managed by the four deacons under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Baoyi: The lowest class of Manchu society in Chinese history. Baoyi is the Manchu language, that is, the abbreviation of Baoyi Aha, also known as Aha. Baoyi is "home", and Aha is "slave". Possessed by the aristocracy of the upper ruling class of the Manchus, they were forced to engage in all kinds of housework and heavy production labor, and had no personal freedom. The main sources were prisoners of war, criminals, indebted and bankrupt people, and children born to Bao Yi. After the Qing Dynasty established its rule throughout the country, Baoyi was placed in a dignitary position because of his military exploits, but still retained his status as a servant for his master. ）