Chapter 200: The Cold Palace

"Mother, are we really going?" Lianyue was wearing a night dress and looked at Yang Li'er with a worried face. It stands to reason that the Queen Mother and the Queen are both in Ci'an Hall, and Concubine Wan is already in charge of the harem now, so there is no need to go to this troubled water again.

"Have you forgotten what Concubine Yuan said earlier?" Yang Li'er looked cold. She didn't want to make this move unless necessary, but now that the arrow was on the string, she just didn't want to send it out.

She always thought that Concubine Yuan was a sensible person, knew what her position was, and knew that An An was divided. In the past, when she was holding the queen and singing and harmonizing with the queen, she thought she wanted to pull Murong Zhi as a backer.

There's nothing wrong with that. Yang Li'er herself also recruited Wang Jingchen as a backing, and by the way, the queen mother also trusted her very much, Concubine Yuan has been in the palace for so long, and her life has been tight, so it is okay to find someone to rely on. Although the queen is not very good-tempered, she is easy to get along with.

Most importantly, they don't pose a threat to her.

When it was reported that the queen mother was unwell and the queen was sick, everyone in the harem reacted separately, but the concubine was silent, as if she didn't know about it at all.

Just when Yang Li'er thought that Concubine Yuan was going to live a life like the Queen Mother, she suddenly came to the door, looked at Yang Li'er's smiling face, and solemnly told her that someone was going to kill her.

"Oh? Sister Yuan Fei should be cautious when she speaks. Sister, there are many people in this palace. If there's restlessness going out, it's troublesome. Yang Li'er leaned softly on the couch and looked at the concubine in plain clothes.

It is normal that Yang Li'er can't recognize the clothes on Concubine Yuan'er, she has never been to southern Xinjiang. After all, Concubine Yuan is still a saint in southern Xinjiang, and she has to understand some things better than Yang Li'er, and she is also well-informed.

"What my sister said is serious, but my sister doesn't believe it." Concubine Yuan has been in the palace for so long, she has learned everything, and she is really not used to calling each other sisters and sisters. When you say it, you have to twist your brows.

The incense in the Chunlan Hall is a little stuffy, and the concubine has known the medicinal properties since she was a child, and she can smell it clearly. Although this incense is calming and calming, the taste is too strong and not good for the body.

"Look at what my sister is talking about, it's too late for my sister to be grateful to my sister, how can I not believe it." Yang Li'er has always spoken beautifully, and the smile on her face is still just right. In this palace, the queen's idiot can't act.

"It's better for my sister to prepare for the past two days. If you have time, go to the Imperial Garden, and the snow scene at this time should be good. Concubine Yuan's eyebrows were lowered, and under the dim candle flame, it was impossible to see what she was thinking.

"Speaking of which, my sister is afraid that she has never seen snow yet. If we have time, we can go together, the powder makeup is really good-looking. Yang Li'er has lived in the capital with her brother since she was a child, thinking that Concubine Yuan might find it interesting, so she might as well accompany her.

Concubine Yuan was noncommittal, picked up the brewed tea, opened the lid of the cup and took a sip. That's the end of her words, and it's not up to her to believe or not. "The concubine is afraid of the cold, and she may not be able to accompany the concubine."

Yang Li'er rubbed the tip of her nose a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and said, "A few days ago, I saw my sister in this palace and walked with the queen's mother, why did you suddenly come to this palace today?"

Yang Li'er explained without a trace why she didn't believe in Concubine Yuan. She was originally a person next to the queen, but now she appeared in front of her without warning, and it was normal to be wary. If the identities are reversed, Concubine Yuan will also feel disbelieving.

"Did my sister say that?" Concubine Yuan knew that it was the only time she walked outside with Gu Lingge, and she was knocked into a sturdy knot when she was born, and it seemed that Yang Li'er was not as pure as she appeared. "When my sister went to say goodbye, she happened to meet her mother and said that she was depressed and wanted to go out for a walk. The concubine had nothing to do, so she just walked around with her mother. ”

"The concubine is really sharp-eyed." Concubine Yuan sarcastically retorted to Yang Li'er, and stood up to leave. Yang Li'er hurriedly stopped the person and said good things for a while before leaving.

Yang Li'er wrapped the strap around her wrist a few times, and after cleaning up, she took out a small red cloth bag from her arms, and if you looked closely, you could see the round shape. Something the size of a quail egg.

He Lianyue glanced at each other, and the two of them walked towards the cold palace against the wall. The cold palace is filthy and ominous, and basically no one comes except for those who sprinkle and sweep the palace maids. In the past, the Queen Mother also ordered that no one should set foot in the cold palace well. It is said that there were people who died inside, which is very unlucky and so on.

Yang Li'er is a person who cherishes her life. She is now a concubine Wangui, as long as she can survive and give birth to a son and a half daughter with the emperor, even if the child dies early, she can become a concubine like Concubine Zhao in the future, and she will have fine clothes and food for a lifetime. Gu Lingge's sick seedling is definitely short-lived, even if he can survive the Queen Mother, it is absolutely impossible to be honored and favored for a lifetime. As long as she seizes that opportunity, the future will be bright and smooth.

So I must not die now. The fight in this harem is who will live long. From the queen to the palace maid, no matter whether the heart is red or black, clever or stupid, as long as you live long enough, you will definitely have a future. Yang Li'er understands this better than anyone else.

In another ten days, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, and the heavy snow will fall, and the Royal Garden, as Yang Li'er said, has become a beautiful world covered in silver. The master and servant stayed in the imperial garden for a while, through the arches and embroidered windows, the red plum blossoms are gorgeous, the rockery is white, and the lake is smooth, like a fairyland.

Lianyue wanted to make a warning, but Yang Li'er grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the garden. Lianyue's eyes widened - she had never known that Yang Li'er was so powerful, and at that moment, Lianyue even suspected that Yang Li'er was going to kill her. No matter what the point is, Yang Li'er is always incomprehensible, life and death, completely out of common sense.

The two of them waited quietly with their waists bent, and there was the sound of footsteps stepping on the snow and leaving the ground outside. It is the chamberlain and the royal guards of the night patrol. Since the Queen Mother was sick, the guards in this palace have been stricter than before, I don't know how much. At the beginning, there were two shifts in one night, and now there are two shifts and one shift, and the slaves and maids in the palace are curious, but no one dares to ask, except for careful words and deeds, there is no countermeasure.

The footsteps gradually faded away, Yang Li'er stood up and picked up her cloak, and saw that Lianyue also stood up straight, so she also rushed to the cold palace one deep and one shallow.

Cold palace land is as its name suggests. Seeing the plaque of Kuroki from afar makes people feel chills all over their bodies. Many years ago, there was a fire in the cold palace, and the situation was so fierce that Qing Haoxuan was caught off guard. After the monstrous fire, the plaque of the cold palace was scorched, because it was sparsely populated, so it has not been repaired, and over time, the alias of the cold palace has become the Jiaowei Palace.

When Yang Li'er walked to the door, she felt a strong cold wind blowing in, but when she looked behind her, the trees showed no sign of moving. Both the master and servant shivered fiercely. Looking up, the dark courtyard shone with a blue and miserable fluorescence, saying that it was a light but there was no candlestick, more like it was floating in the air, and the flames were not normal orange.

"Mother, do we have to go in?" Lianyue is still a weak woman in the end, and she is more afraid than in awe of these gods and ghosts. Thinking of the legend that there were female ghosts wandering around in the cold palace in the past, and there would be hanged ghosts pulling their tongues and asking people to help them put their tongues back, Lianyue was almost about to cry.

"It's not in vain! It's all here, there's no reason to turn back. Yang Li'er spoke sharply. Naturally, she was scared, but she couldn't go back. What Concubine Yuan said may or may not be true, but in any case, after trying it, she knows everything. She doesn't like to sit still, even if she wants to send out the concubine, she really needs a reason.

Compared with being scared to death by ghosts, Lianyue was still more afraid of Yang Li'er. If you are scared to death by a ghost, you are also dead, if it falls into the hands of Yang Li'er, it is better to live than to die. The two of them are trapped here and can't get out, so it's okay, as long as they return to Chunlan Palace, Yang Li'er has a way to punish her. Thinking of her methods, Lianyue was terrified.

The master and servant pushed open the door, and there was a squeak, and Lianyue's heart was like an alarm, but after all, Yang Li'er was still around, so she could only forcibly stabilize her mind, holding Yang Li'er's hand and trembling, and she didn't know if she was comforting Yang Li'er, or Yang Li'er's existence encouraged her.

The two of them walked through the front hall, the shabby gauze curtain was blown by the wind, and the shadows cast on the ground were like ghosts. Yang Li'er didn't even look at it, clenched the cloth bag in her sleeve, squatted down and picked up a wooden stick from the side, waved it twice in the void, and then continued to walk forward. Lianyue saw that Yang Li'er was so bold, she was a little relieved, and she was a lot more confident.

The dry well of the cold palace is in the courtyard. Throughout the Han and Qin dynasties, no one had ever built a well in the middle of the courtyard. The courtyard is mainly bright and open, the sun is the main yang, the ice water is the main yin, the north night is long, and the night is as cool as water, and the yin energy gathers. This is also one of the reasons why Jiaowei Hall was left out in the cold.

Standing in the courtyard, the glowing fire is even stronger. The yard is spacious, and because it has not been taken care of for a long time, there are a lot of weeds growing around, and the phosphorus fire is faintly flickering, which makes people quiet at a glance. Yang Li'er gritted her teeth and took Lianyue's hand and leaned against the well little by little. Lianyue could clearly hear her teeth chattering, but now she wasn't much better.

The well had not been used for a long time, and the ropes and buckets had been put away, and it looked like it was standing alone. No one knows what happened to the well or whether it was ever used. It has not yet played its role and has been isolated here, and it is the guardian of this cold palace for the rest of its life, and it is also imprisoned by this cold palace.

Man may be such a creature, blaming all his faults on the creation, thinking that those who have never spoken or spoken are the culprits, and often ignore that they are the ones who are the target of the public, and they should be cut by a thousand knives the most. Everyone does not know their own sins, but they lie to the world that it is someone else's fault.

Yang Li'er walked to the well and quietly looked inside. There was no water in it, it was so dry that it didn't even grow moss, and there was a pair of white bones inside, with the skull facing upwards and the eye sockets hollow!