Chapter 66: Love and Kill
Wu Gong was talking excitedly behind him, and I felt the moon in the sky tremble a little.
I know that Wu Gong's words are a bit crazy, and if others listen to them, I am afraid that they will cause trouble.
Wu Gong is a very human minister, and he is not afraid of trouble, but I am just a concubine princess of the Jiao clan, and I can't afford this crime.
Therefore, I didn't look back, and hurried out with Qiu'an.
"Master, can I go and send one off Sister Ji?"
Zhiman asked Wu Gong cautiously, she didn't call me directly, and she knew my mood at this time.
Wu Gong let out an "um" behind him, and he seemed much calmer to listen to his tone, but I still felt his gaze staring at me.
"Thank you, Master!"
Zhiman jumped out, and in a few steps he scurried to my side, standing on the opposite side of Qiu'an, holding my arm and walking out.
After waiting out of the gate of the main hall, we walked on the way back to the Yong'an Temple.
At this time, there was a slight wind, and you could still hear the sound of the leaves dancing in the main hall with the wind.
There are no big trees on the long road in the palace, and Qiu An told me that it is for the sake of the safety of the palace, the trees are large and leafy, and it is inevitable that there will be no evil people hidden on it.
Su Niang also told me about the rules in this palace, and I knew it, otherwise it would be impossible for Yunshu to escape to my palace that day.
"Sister Suji, my master didn't mean it!"
Zhiman broke the embarrassment of being immersed in the night and opened her mouth first.
I looked at Zhiman through the ever-bright lamp, and saw her immature little face, with seriousness, and said to me naturally.
"I know!"
Zhiman didn't speak anymore, and on the way back, she didn't shy away from those guards, took my arm, and sent me to the gate of Yong'an Palace, and then went back.
Qiu An wanted to give the lantern to Zhiman and let her go back to light the road, but Zhiman ran so fast that she didn't have to look back and shouted: "No need!"
Qiu An and I glanced at each other, entered the Yong'an Palace, and found that Bai Rong and Pinghui were already waiting for me at the door of the West Courtyard.
"Sister!" I hurried forward.
The night is as cold as water, but it can't be as cold as the frost in Bai Rong's eyes.
"Sister, where have you been?" she smiled, but it made me feel very awkward.
Since entering the Imperial City, Sister Bai Rong has become a little sensitive, I know that she intends to be in the back position, but I don't want to break off my sisterhood with her because of this.
"Wu Gong looked for me, and I went to the main hall of Hesui Palace. ”
There are many people in the imperial city, and Zhiman and I walked together, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to hide it from Bai Rong, and I didn't do anything to be sorry for her.
Bai Rong's brows furrowed slightly, and the frost on his face aggravated.
I hurriedly explained, "Lord Wugong went to me to ask about Pianruo's death and whether Qingqing was really here that day. ”
What happened in the palace recently went through my mind quickly, and in order to make Bai Rong believe, I linked these two things together.
But I regretted it a little when I said it, because although Qingqing was holding the Buddha grass silk in her hand that day, there were still people in the imperial city who doubted her.
Fortunately, these two sentences dispelled Bai Rong's suspicions, and a smile hung on his face, shattering the ice.
"Today, Lord Wugong seems to look at you differently, and I think that in the future, Lord Wugong will be kind to you, and my sister will take care of my sister. ”
Bai Rong teased me with a playful tone, but I could still hear a layer of deep meaning in and out of the words.
I couldn't help but have a little headache, and persuaded her: "Sister, don't worry too much, Lord Wugong just knows that I have Buddha grass Aya, and I told him just now that the reason why the Human Emperor gave me it was because I was the princess of the Jiao clan." ”
Bai Rong took my hand at this time and said to me movingly: "What did my sister say, you and my sister, how can I be so careful, my sister just asked casually." ”
After she finished asking the confusion in her heart, she no longer refused to stay, and took Pinghui out of the Yong'an Hall in the night.
I felt tired and unsteady on my feet.
Qiu An sighed, helped me, and entered the room with me. I walked over to the wooden chair next to the table, and I collapsed on it with all my strength.
Qiu An didn't say anything, his eyes reflected the bright light of the night pearl, and poured me a glass of water.
I don't know how long Bai Rong and I can have a deep sisterhood.
On the second day of fasting, Wu Gong asked Zhiman to give each of the ten spirit girls a booklet, with no words on the cover, and only a few thin pages inside, writing the taboos on the day of the sacrifice.
In the past, Xia Ran and Qiu An also said some rules separately, although it was only passed down orally, but it was very complicated, and now there is such a rule printed in a book.
It's just a palace sacrifice, so many rules, isn't it a headache to learn!
When Zhiman handed the book to me, I saw that her smiling face was like a heron grass on a very steep cliff, which had experienced the harsh winter and heat, and finally bloomed.
Wu Gong ordered a group of spirit girls to recite in unison, but the corner of his eye always looked at me.
My heart is no longer as normal as yesterday, and I didn't care about it yesterday, so I naturally dared to look back at that gaze.
Bai Rong's heart is as fine as dust, and she is very sensitive to any kindness I have received in the Imperial City.
So under the gaze of Wu Gong, I just looked down at the book, and read it in unison with the other spirit girls in a tone that was neither high nor low.
"One is jealous of unpiety, and the other is of derangement. ”
"One taboo is unclean, and the other taboo is angry and quarrelsome. ”
"One is to avoid unclean clothes, and the other is to avoid gossiping about foreign affairs. ”
"One is jealous of laughter and impermanence, and the other is jealous of dignity and humility. ”
"One taboo is the sound of the dog and the other is the sound of the knife and spoon. ”
"If the sacrifice is not completed, it will be unclean and go out of the house. ”
"If the sacrifice is not finished, it will be unclean and enter the house. ”
Wu Gong was shrewd and wise, and when he saw my appearance, he immediately understood what I was thinking, and no longer looked at me.
Zhiman and her two brothers would occasionally glance at me, but they wouldn't stare at me for long.
In this way, my heart became very calm.
After only half an hour of reading, Wu Gong ordered the spirit girls to rest.
A different color flashed in Xia Ran's eyes, but she still did it.
The previous teaching in the Hesui Palace was to take two hours before noon, and no matter how hot and humid the weather was, the spirit girls would always stand.
When Su Niang was still alive, because I understood that I couldn't stand the heat as a Jiao girl, I would let the women rest for a while in an hour, so everyone would be grateful for Su Niang's goodness.
Now that Lord Wu Gong let everyone rest in half an hour, all the spirit girls naturally felt that he was kind.
Youzi sighed to Luo Ling, who lived in the Hall of Eternal Life with her, "Lord Wugong is so considerate of us, he is really a good person. ”
Luo Ling only gave a faint "um" and did not answer again.
Youzi glanced at Luo Ling, sighed a little regretfully, stopped talking, turned his head to see me, nodded and smiled.
The Lynx Clan and the White Tiger Clan have always been at odds, and in the past, Luo Ling and Wu Zhen were always fighting openly and secretly in the Hesui Palace, but no one had a bad heart.
After Wu Zhen left, Luo Ling's figure became more and more lonely in the palace, silent all day long, and did not talk much to anyone.
The women in the palace only thought that Wu Zhen was dead, and Qiu An told me that because Wu Zhen had never had a bad relationship with anyone, most of the spirit girls wept when they heard the news of his "death", and Luo Ling cried the worst, and locked himself in the room for two days without eating or drinking.