The cold wind was bleak, the night was lonely, and the waning moon hung high in the night, casting a faint halo on the night.

Beside the winding pebble path, willow branches swaying in the wind are planted in an orderly manner, and the roving palace guards hold lamps aloft and sword at their waists, solemnly slaughtering.

"You go around the west courtyard, and you go to the south courtyard to have a look...... Half an hour later, the two teams met here, and today's mission was over. The leader of the guards yawned, his eye sockets slightly puffy.

"Yes. ”

After the two teams went towards the south courtyard and the west courtyard respectively, the leader of the guards took the remaining ten people to patrol around.

When it was too late, a house in the middle courtyard that had been turned off brightened up in an instant, followed by a sharp exclamation, "Come on, it's water-"

The leader of the guards was shocked, and his sleepiness was gone, and he hurried away in search of sound.

Mingxi grabbed the hem of the visitor's clothes tightly as if grasping a life-saving straw, and cried: "Please save my little master quickly, my little master is still trapped in the fire......"

When the leader of the guards heard this, he gave an order to the shrimp soldiers and crab generals behind him without saying a word: "Go to the neighborhood to find water to extinguish the fire." ”

After that, he rushed to the pavilion and broke in.

The expensive and delicate bed curtain was being eroded by the firelight, and the delicate embroidery on the veil was being annihilated inch by inch, but the woman who should have been lying on the couch in her dirty clothes and at a loss sat in front of the dresser with a calm face.

Through the copper-yellow mirror, the obsidian-like pupils glowed with a stagnant silence, staring coldly at the spread of the fire.

"Miss. "The leader of the guards groveled, but he didn't call for the 'little master'.

Xue Hainiang raised her eyebrows lightly, "Gu San really impresses me. ”

Gu San smiled, but his face was respectful, "Miss lift, Gu San took so much effort to come here today, but he didn't come to catch up with Miss." He said with a straight face: "The show girl's name is Liu Qingqing, the daughter of the household waiter, although this person is not high-born, but his temperament is cold and arrogant. ”

"This ...... What does it have to do with her being expelled from the palace?" Although her thoughts were a little clearer, Xue Hainiang was still unpredictable.

Gu San then said: "Ma Zao embroidery doesn't know why, that day's assessment, her face was rashed, and the high fever did not go away, if she didn't find a reason, she could only end up being expelled from the palace, the queen mother didn't want to be ruined for many years, so as to secretly signal the father-in-law in charge to find a personal scapegoat......" He paused, his tone was slightly sneering, "Liu Qingqing is only the daughter of a household servant, and her family background is mediocre, and the household servant is looking forward to pleasing the Ma family, and now he has abandoned Liu Qingqing, which is his pleasure." ”

Xue Hainiang bowed her head slightly, her face was calm and quiet, and she did not have the shock or resentment that Gu San expected.

Gu San looked at Xue Hainiang's cold face as always, and he had known Xue Hainiang for nearly half a year, but in his memory, there seemed to be no look other than Xue Hainiang's coldness, she was always unexpectedly calm and indifferent, and she was in her youth, but she seemed to have experienced the ups and downs of the world, great sorrow and joy.

"My lord, are you still inside—" In the confusion, a familiar voice rang through the closed door.

Gu San came to his senses, and he didn't care about the etiquette for a while, he stepped forward and picked her up by the waist, kicked her to the square table, the candlestick toppled, and the spark fell on the clothes that were resting on one foot, and for a while, the fire spread rapidly.

The sudden close contact made Xue Hainiang, who had been instilled with the idea of 'men and women not kissing' a little uncomfortable since she was a child, but she could think that Gu San was also acting in this play well, but she was very well-behaved, but looking at the high-grade clothes that were gradually annihilated in the firelight, her eyebrows frowned slightly.

After everything was settled, Gu San tightened the person in his arms, suppressed the strangeness in his heart, and kicked out the door.

"Hurry up and put out the fire!"

"Yes, sir. ”

Seeing that all his subordinates were carrying buckets to extinguish the fire, Gu San breathed a sigh of relief and put Xue Hainiang down, he took a step back and bowed his head, "I have offended, please forgive Miss." ”

Xue Hainiang shook her head lightly, but as if she remembered something, she said in a deep voice: "Don't call me Miss again in the palace in the future." "She is no longer the eldest lady of the Xue family in the boudoir.

Gu San raised the corners of his lips lightly and smiled a little wantonly, "In Gu San's eyes, Miss will always be Miss." ”

Just as Xue Hainiang was at a loss for words, a sound of footsteps came.

"Hai Niang, what happened to Hai Niang?" Liang Bairou obviously looked like she had just woken up, wearing a plain white middle coat, draped in a big hat, with green silk draped over her shoulders, her face full of anxiety, and behind her, she was followed by the maid who had been serving her since she was a child.

Xue Hainiang knew that such a thing had happened, and a group of guards came shouting, even if the others in Chuxiu Palace didn't know, Liang Bairou, who lived in the same courtyard with her, must have heard some rumors.

"It's all right, I accidentally knocked over the candlestick and burned the bed curtain. Xue Hainiang held her hand and smiled lightly.

Liang Bairou was so frightened that her slender hand shook, and she gasped before she said angrily: "Why are you so frizzy?"

Xue Hainiang shook her head lightly, her phoenix eyes smiling.

After the fire was completely extinguished, a group of guards came at a trott, panting, "Back to the little lord and my lord, the fire has been extinguished." ”

Xue Hainiang had already changed her frightened and helpless posture at this time, her black hair was only tied with a silver hairpin, and the messy green silk was scattered in front of her forehead.

Hai Niang owes herself, "Thank you, big brother guard." After that, he saluted Gu San again, "Thank you, Lord Chief, for saving your life." ”

Gu San had already put away the familiarity that the two of them had when they met, deliberately kept a certain distance from Xue Hainiang, and arched his hand: "The matter of going to the water is a dereliction of duty by subordinates, and subordinates must protect the little master even if they risk their lives." ”

Xue Hainiang glanced at Mingxi beside him, Mingxi hurriedly took out a silver ingot from his sleeve, stuffed it into Gu San's hand, and smiled flatteringly, "Thank you today, my lord, these are our little masters' thoughts, today's things are not small, but if you adults can keep their mouths shut, they will definitely be able to turn big things into small things, and small things into small things......"

Soon after entering the palace, the house and pavilion were not selected for the palace, which was really unlucky, if it was spread and was used by someone with a heart to make a big fuss, it would damage Xue Hainiang's reputation.

The guards are also accustomed to seeing the dark things in the palace, and they will be tight-lipped with a smile.

After the guards left, Xue Hainiang was completely relieved.

"Hai Niang, can this bit of silver really make them keep their mouths shut?" Liang Bairou was a little confused, and said that there was no impermeable wall in this palace, and paper could not contain fire, so even if Xue Hainiang did this, it would be difficult to guarantee that it would be effective.