Yun Che returned to the door of the cold palace and leaned on the threshold of the door, a little difficult. Just now, he went back to the guard's room where he lived, and while the leader of the guards, Li Jinzhu, was taking a nap, he rummaged through the purse under the suitcase, which was only seven or eight taels of silver. This bit of silver really can't help Yinwan. He put down his purse and was about to get up, only to see Li Jinzhu yawn and get up slowly: "Xiao Ling, according to the rules, it's time to pay the money." ”

The guards of the cold palace are only four people and one leader, he and Zhao Jiuxiao are considered to be in the same class, and the other two Zhang Baotie and Bao Yuan, who were born in the Han military banner, are counted as one class, even so, they also have to be on duty. Zhang Baotie and Bao Yuan gave Li Jinzhu more money, and they were usually willing to spend some money to invite him to drink and eat, so they often rested a lot and didn't have to do any errands. Ling Yunche and Zhao Jiuxiao were born in clothed slaves, their families were poor, and they had to send some money back, their lives were tight, their filial piety was less, and they had to do all the hard work. For example, the last time they went to carry the corpse, Zhang Baotie and Bao Yuan would never have to do such tiring and dirty work.

Yun Che thought that he would still need money, so he gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Leader Li, I ...... ...... at home."

"The old rule is that if you can't pay the money, you will work. The rest of the vigil is your errand. Li Jinzhu waved his hand happily and said with a smile, "I know that you are different from others, and you have a good friend in the palace who wants to start a family in the future." Okay, save a point, save a point. It's just you and Jiuxiao's kid who is bitter. ”

Yun Che nodded gratefully and went out on an errand.

Jiuxiao pushed him: "What are you in a daze?" ”

Yun Che was stunned: "I'm thinking, is there any way to get a little money?" ”

Jiuxiao was stunned and laughed: "You want to go crazy about money, right?" The guards of the cold palace are the poorest of all the guards, where can they get money. ”

Yun Che stared blankly at the blue sky, speechless.

Jiuxiao shook his head and said, "Don't think about it. Tomorrow night, Bao Yuan beckoned us to accompany Li Touer to drink, he paid for it, and our brothers accompanied us, how about it? ”

Ruyi woke up in the middle of the night and faintly heard the grumbling and sad cry outside the corner gate, and after a moment of initial fear, she immediately heard the voice of Hailan. There was a corner door on the side of the cold palace, which was closest to her room, she quietly got up and approached, looked out through the crack in the door, and sure enough, she saw Hailan in a dark blue and dark flower brocade robe.

Ruyi knocked on the door anxiously and said in a low voice: "Hailan, Hailan." ”

Hailan poked her head out of her whimper, and said with joy: "Sister, is it you, sister?" ”

Ruyi hurriedly said: "It's late at night, why did you come here?" ”

Hailan hesitated slightly: "Sister, I'm worried about you." So come and see you. ”

Ruyi took advantage of the faint light of the palace lamp by the corner gate, and keenly noticed that the crimson redness and swelling on the side of her cheeks were clearly the appearance of five fingerprints. She immediately became nervous: "Hailan, is someone bullying you?" ”

Ye Xin let out the wind nearby, and urged in a low voice: "Little master, it's easy to sneak over once, if you have anything to say, hurry up?" Don't be discovered. ”

Hailan hurriedly stopped her tears and said: "I heard that the cold palace is bitterly cold, so I specially wrapped a few clothes for my sister." She looked at the high wall, picked up the burden with the pole next to her, and threw it in: "If my sister lacks anything, I will always send it." ”

The night breeze through the thin clothes was biting cold. Ruyi's tone was not gentle: "You are not allowed to come here again in the future." Also, tell me, what's going on with your face? ”

Before Hailan could speak, Ye Xin couldn't help but say: "This morning, our little master went from Yanxi Palace to Changchun Palace to ask for peace, who knew that I met Shen Chang on Xichang Street, and I don't know what crazy she was. ”

Ruyi said: "Didn't you tell the queen?" ”

Ye Xin said angrily: "I just met the emperor, tell the emperor." Who knows that the emperor only asks if Shen Chang's hand hurts, whether he wants to invite the imperial doctor to take medicine, but he doesn't ask our little master at all, he is really angry with the slave. I don't know what's wrong with Shen Changzai, he is so favored to sleep every night, and his anger is still so big! ”

Ruyi faintly felt that something was wrong: "As Ye Xin said, she just went to bed last night, so she just left the Heart Cultivation Hall at that time, she should be very happy." How could I see you so angry in the morning? ”

Hailan cried and said, "I'm a person who can be bullied. She is pampered and arrogant, and it is also ordinary. ”

Ruyi thought about it: "In the past, you had grievances in your heart, and you always liked to talk to me like this." She felt sour: "But Hailan, now I can't comfort you anymore to protect you, you have to find a way to protect yourself, don't be wronged anymore." And in a place like the Cold Palace, if someone finds out that you came secretly, even you will be implicated. ”

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly heard someone shouting, "Who is there?" ”

Suddenly, a voice sounded, and Ye Xin hurriedly protected Hailan, but found that the person was coming from the front, and there was no way back. Ruyi was so nervous that her heart was lifted high, she was already the one who fell here anyway, what else was there to be afraid of, but Hailan, if she was affected by herself and came here, how could she be good?

Ruyi looked through the crack in the corner door, but saw that it was one of the guards who came to move the body during the day, so she said anxiously: "Brother guard, don't make a noise." They...... They just came to see me. ”

Ling Yunche opened the door lock with a lantern and took a look, but saw Ruyi shrinking by the door, he said suspiciously: "You have been relegated to the cold palace, why are there still people to come to see you?" ”

Ruyi suddenly saw the door open, Hailan stood outside the door, so excited that she almost burst into tears, she pointed to the burden on the ground and said: "This is the Hai nobleman of Yanxi Palace, I used to live with her." She was afraid that I would catch a cold in the cold palace, so she came to see it. She...... She didn't mean to break into here. Seeing that he was dressed in cold clothes, Ruyi had an idea, pulled off a silver hairpin on his head and handed it to Ling Yunche: "Please, don't make a noise." Don't! ”

Ling Yun saw Ruyi's pleading and sad look, like a deer that was suddenly startled by a fierce beast while drinking water by the stream, panicked, and this uneasiness was not for himself, but more for the other person in front of him. He couldn't help but find it amusing his analogy, because he turned out to be the beast. Thinking of this section, he was a little soft-hearted, and when he saw the silver hairpin, his heart moved even more, so he said hardly: "What do you do with this silver hairpin for me, when I take it out, people think I stole it, and it is not as convenient as silver." ”

Ruyi's heart moved, and she already understood that the person in front of her was just greedy for money. Her eyebrows relaxed, and the corners of her lips had a little smile: "Then you wait." She patted Hailan's hand comfortingly, took out a silver ingot from her cuff and handed it to him: "Here are ten taels, if you are willing to never mention today's events and escort Hai Guiren out of the Yongdao here, I will give you another ten taels." ”

Ling Yunche's eyes lit up slightly, and his heart suddenly felt like electricity: "If the Hai Guiren wants to pass on something to the little master in the future, you really don't have to take such a risk, just hand it over to me and hand it over." As for me helping so much......"

He was about to continue, only to hear someone in the room poke his head out and call: "Xiao Ling, why have you been urinating for so long, waiting for you to drink." ”

He hurriedly turned around and said, "Okay, okay, come on!" ”

Ruyi was slightly contemptuous: "You love money very much? ”

Ling Yunche was not disgraced: "Only those who are greedy are willing to do things well." ”

Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief: "Then you wait a little and take good care of the sea nobles." She turned around and went back to the room and took out fifty taels of silver and handed it to Ling Yunche: "This little silver tael is enough for you to do a good job, right?" Ling Yunche was overjoyed, his eyes were burning and shining, and he was about to reach out to take it, but Ruyi shrank his hand and said, "But you always have to tell me, what is your name, so that I can entrust you with things." ”

Ling Yunche was also calm: "I am the guard of the Cold Palace, Ling Yunche." ”

Ruyi smiled faintly: "This name is a bit imposing." Ling Yunche took the silver and held it in the palm of his hand, the cold hardness gave people a solid feeling, he only felt that most of the big stone in his heart was removed in an instant, and he agreed "yes" again and again, and said: "Even if the Hai Guiren wants to come over in the future, just send someone to greet me in advance." Just don't come often, and don't come during the day, it's too eye-catching. He looked around and said, "Let's go, it's not good to wait for someone to come out." ”

Ruyi looked at Hailan's reluctant appearance, and felt more and more sad, and said distressedly: "Take good care of yourself." ”

Hailan leaned next to her and whispered: "Sister, I can't come often in the future, every ten days if the weather is good, I will fly a butterfly kite in the imperial garden, as long as you see it, even if we are safe with each other." ”

Ruyi nodded and said, "Go quickly, don't come again if you have nothing to do." ”

Hailan was led by Ye Xin and walked back step by step. Ruyi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, hugged the clothes and baggage sent by Hailan tightly to her chest, leaned against the wall, and sat down weakly. The wind was still whirring, like weeping, as if someone was whimpering faintly. This may be the life she has to get used to.

The days in the cold palace passed slowly and long. Sometimes she almost forgot that she was still living in this place, living a repetitive life day by day. On a rainy day, all the people curled up in their own world like insects, surviving for a long time. On a fine day, she would see the women of the former dynasty who appeared like ghosts, shriveled, boring, crazy, quiet, women living in their own world. At first, she would also be afraid, afraid that someone would rush up and hug her and treat her as the first emperor who took them out of the cold palace, or a woman who bare her breasts and basking her body for lice in the sun. But she gradually got used to it, as if the people around her had transmitted to her both indifference and indifference, and made her accustomed to patience, silence, and indifference. As she was, accustomed to sometimes rancid meals and clothes and bedding that were often damp and sun-dried, she swallowed them and slept with her eyes closed.

Not for anything else, it's just that she still wants to live, live.

It's just that it's so cold here, so cold that she can almost pinch out the water, even though she feels that she is gradually living like a moldy green moss growing in the corner of the wall, she still feels something abnormal after half a year, and there is a pain that begins to wrap around her body, that is, rheumatism. Although Hailan often asked Ling Yunche to send some plasters for the treatment of rheumatism, under the cold and damp all day long, these good plasters in the imperial pharmacy have also become a drop in the bucket.