Concubine Mei seemed to wake up in a deep dream, and two tears fell in a daze, falling on the fragrant brocade clothes, and surging out withered and burnt flowers. "Yes! Why should I do this, I just can't help it. She raised her face and stared at Ruyi, "You really want to know why?" Do you dare to know? ”

Ruyi looked at each other quietly: "From the moment you step into this palace, no matter what you say, they will think that you have said everything to this palace." ”

Concubine Mei's eyes were wide open, her blue-gray face was sickly flushed from overexcitement, lined with the soft flush of the rouge of the makeup, and a pair of dark eyes burned the last of the embers, scorching and pressing. She smiled slumply, "You're right. So no matter what I say, it's just to repay the Queen for all that she has done for me and my children today. ”

There was a sullen shock in her heart, as if there was a slight cool dew dripping into the cracks of her bones, making Ruyi faintly feel the cold after the coming fog was deep. Her nod was a little difficult: "If you have anything, just say it." ”

Concubine Mei looked up, her expression was resolute and cold, but the smile on the corner of her mouth was cold and charming: "Queen Mother, guess, why should I harm Concubine Qing?" Who instructed me? ”

Holding her breath and staring for a moment, Ruyi stared at her slightly mocking face, and said lightly: "Of course, you are not the Queen Mother, but others can't instruct you." You lack nothing, you are not afraid of anything. Somehow, she suddenly remembered Yihuan, and suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be ......?"

Concubine Mei chuckled, her voice was a transparent and tough silk thread, pulling a sharp tail note, stretching Ruyi's confused brain from extreme shock. The snow-white teeth bit on Concubine Mei's dark purple lips: "You guessed it, but you don't dare to say it, right?" If you don't dare to say, you guessed correctly! She stopped laughing and said sharply, "Although the Queen Mother is scheming, the emperor is not a pillow person who can really be trusted." A man can calculate all the women who have been immersed in the deep palace for many years, so that the queen mother can't say that he has suffered a loss, so he can only blame himself for choosing the wrong person by the emperor's side. Such a means, do you say it is powerful? As soon as the emperor's mind told me, I only had five bodies to the ground, and I was convinced, and I knew that the queen mother could not win the emperor. That's it, my body is also very bad, but it's just the life of the past few years. Since the death of my children, since I have avenged myself, I have no strength to live. A black pot can be exchanged for the glory and wealth of the family for several lifetimes, and it is worth it. She forced her eyes to look at Ruyi, "Queen Mother, do you understand my words?" ”

Ruyi's back was against the wall, as if she couldn't resist the cold of Concubine Mei's words: "Is the emperor borrowing your hand?" ”

Concubine Mei sneered: "Whose hand is it not a hand?" It was the emperor who took pity on me and gave me such a chance when he died. I am also an unfavored outcast in front of the Queen Mother, and it will be a disaster if I can be used by the emperor. The value of a chess piece is where its value lies, otherwise it should not remain in this world. Isn't it? ”

The roots of Ruyi's teeth were trembling, she couldn't control it, she couldn't control the words she rushed out: "When did the emperor know?" ”

"From the night of the wind lotus in the Quyuan, or earlier, when I persuaded the eldest princess to marry." She glanced at Ruyi, "Queen Mother, I remember that you also spoke for the eldest princess Roushu at that time." Carefully, the emperor is also suspicious of you. She chuckled, "Our emperor, we are more suspicious than anyone else, but we don't like to say anything, we just think about it ourselves." He thinks he's thinking about something, and no matter what you say, he thinks he's right. Queen Mother, with such a beloved, your life is not very easy, right? ”

Ruyi felt a little sad in her heart, that sadness was like eating a fruit with worms, she couldn't swallow it, she couldn't vomit it, so she had to endure it and said: "It's not good, this palace is the queen." ”

There was a faint smile on Concubine Mei's lips, but there was deep hope in her eyes. "Queen Mother, telling you these words can be regarded as repaying your kindness back then. Your life is longer than mine, but I am afraid that you will suffer no less than I am now, so live well. Her eyes gradually calmed like stagnant water, "How does the emperor plan to kill me?" Bai Aya will become a ghost who sticks out his tongue and dies if he hangs his neck, and if he inserts a knife into his body, he will have a hole. Queen, I want to go down to see my child in a dignified and neat manner, and I don't want to frighten him. ”

Ruyi's eyes were a little moist, and she turned her face away and said, "The wine has been prepared for you, it was given by the emperor, and you won't be too sad." She high-fived her twice, and Sambo came in with a glass of wine.

Concubine Mei smiled, got up and said, "Queen, do I look good dressed like this?" ”

The sourness in her heart rippled for a while, but Ruyi still nodded reluctantly: "It's beautiful." When your child sees you, he will be very proud that he has such a beautiful mother. ”

Concubine Mei's tense expression relaxed, nodded gently, took the wine and drank it all without a trace of hesitation. She walked to the bed, lay down quietly, closed her eyes, and smiled, as if expecting a sweet dream. The onset of the drug was very fast, her body twitched violently a few times, and a black blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, and finally returned to her sleepy calm.

That was the last time Ruyi gazed at the beauty of Concubine Mei, just like the rose with dew in the sunset, condensing the last moment of beauty. Over the years, Concubine Mei has not been a favorite harem, but in her young days, there have always been such good times, with the fragrance of the spring hall of dew and clear flowers, and the song of the moon blowing in Zhaoyang. Laughter is sweet, love is warm, so intoxicated, always think that a lifetime is such a good time, as if it will never be finished.

It's just that, after all, the years will be old, the face will decay, the love will become weak, and the old hatred will drift away with the fallen leaves, and the spring breeze will be empty around the branches of ten thousand years.

Ruyi took off the plain silk tied on her hand, and gently wiped the blood from the corner of her lips for her: "Let's go." Your favorite child is waiting for you below, and you will continue the mother-child relationship. ”

There was a wind blowing, and Ruyi felt that her face was wet and a little cold. The wind blew all over the hall, and the deep beaded embroidered yarn curtain was like a swirling mist, making people at a loss and not knowing where they were.

The closed door suddenly opened, and the wind suddenly swirled, and it was a flash of sorrow. She looked at Concubine Mei's quiet face on the brocade couch and said softly: "Niangniang, the little master of Concubine Mei has gone?" ”

Ruyi bowed slightly. The night breeze fluttered on the bright corner of her skirt, like the wings of a butterfly among the flowers in spring, fanning her thoughts even more troubled. She pressed her heart and asked, "I was often saying that Concubine Mei had sent her personal maid out, where did she go?" ”

The eyes of the heart flowed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "The slave maid went to check, Concubine Mei sent her personal maid to Qixiang Palace, but the people of Qixiang Palace did not see her, and even the palace door was not opened. The slave maid thought that Concubine Mei had no contact with Qixiang Palace, so why did she send someone to ask the palace maid, but she couldn't say anything. only said that Concubine Mei kowtowed to Concubine Jia, if she couldn't see her, just kowtow outside Qixiang Palace and leave. ”

I replied smoothly, thinking that I had carefully inquired about it. Ruyi squinted slightly, and there was a fine light that condensed into waves of doubt, flowing in her eyes: "You told Concubine Mei about the aftermath of her child's overtime, and she wanted to see Bengong to thank her, which is reasonable." But it's strange to go to Qixiang Palace, there is no beginning and no tail, what to do? ”

The slave thought about it: "The slave maid thinks that the little master of the concubine is a person with clear grievances, and Niangniang has finished her child's affairs for her, so she naturally wants to thank Niangniang." And the little master of Concubine Mei is also aggrieved enough, and the pain of a lifetime is unspeakable, and she can't say a word, and she is afraid that many things and many words will rot in her own stomach for the rest of her life and be taken to the ground. ”

The heart-wrenching speaker had no heart, and Ruyi's temples jumped suddenly, as if the most painful nerves had been stirred by a silver needle. She said in a dumb voice: "It's Jin Yuyan!" It must be Kim Yu-yeon! Empress Xiaoxian's seventh elder brother died of pox inexplicably, Concubine Mei said that she did it herself, but she is just a concubine, where can she have the ability to do such a left and right, seamless! I'm afraid, I'm afraid that the person who really does it with her hand is Jin Yuyan! Concubine Mei asked people to kowtow because she couldn't get out, because she thought that she thanked everyone who should be thanked before she died, just like she had to see the palace. So...... So ......"

Yi Xin stepped forward, tightly held Ruyi, who was burned by anger and hatred, and said withholdingly: "Queen Mother, if Empress Xiaoxian's words before she died are true, she has not done many things, then what is happening now may really be instructed by Concubine Jiagui." If even Empress Xiaoxian's seventh elder brother can die silently, then this woman's viciousness is really beyond our expectations. The more she spoke, the more painful it became, and she couldn't help leaning down and stroking her crippled legs and feet, and said through gritted teeth, "Queen Mother, if she can harm the slave and you once, she can harm us many times." ”

Ruyi clenched her fingers tightly, and the bones made a crunching sound, as if they were pounding heavily on her heart. Her voice was not as calm and cold as the fire boiling in her heart: "Heart, nowhere to prevent is the most terrible thing, as long as you know who it is and have precautions, you don't have to be afraid." ”

He hung his head and said in frustration: "It's a pity that Concubine Jia has the identity of Li Chao, so she can't be moved easily." It's just that you can't get rid of such a person, and you are by your side every day, which is really a thorn in your back. ”

Ruyi shook her head, pressed her helpless and manic depression deep into the bottom of her emotions, and said softly: "Even if I am the queen, many things cannot be fulfilled. That's all we can do now. ”

The moment she stepped out of the palace gate, she finally looked at Concubine Mei's face that seemed peaceful immersed in death, and there was a moment of abruptness and confusion: If there is a future, will her fate be a little better than Concubine Mei? Or is it the same, confined to the vortex of exploitation and exploitation for life, sinking to the end?