My face was tilted to one side, and my cheeks suddenly ached.

"You're- you're actually—"

Xu Cairen's face was pale, his eyes were red, his whole body was trembling, and he pointed at me and gritted his teeth and said, "If it wasn't for my recommendation, would you be able to get the emperor's favor?" Now, you're here to harm me, to my children! ”

“……”

"You ungrateful slut!"

Shui Xiu, who was standing outside, was stunned when he saw this scene, and immediately rushed in to help me, and when he saw that my face was red and swollen, he suddenly became anxious, and stepped forward and said, "Xu Cairen, how can you say that?" Our family is not for-"

Before she could finish her sentence, I gently raised my hand and stopped her.

My cheeks were hot, my ears were buzzing, she was really not polite to this slap, I slowly turned my head to look at her, and said lightly: "If I were you, I would definitely not stay here again." I will definitely find a safe place and find someone to protect myself. ”

"You don't need to say it, of course I do!"

Xu Cairen looked at me viciously, I know that any weak woman will turn into a bloodthirsty she-wolf for the sake of her child, even the little woman in front of her who can't even protect herself, she looked at me with red eyes and said: "I don't want to live with a bad woman like you, you get out of here!" ”

I wanted to laugh, but my face twitched and I couldn't laugh, so I bowed my head at her, turned and walked out.

When I was far away, Shui Xiu kept following me, so angry that her eyes were red and she was about to cry, she grabbed my arm and said, "Cairen, what are you doing this for!" ”

I stopped, looked at her, and then turned to the room.

No matter what Xu Cairen thinks of me now, or how she used the means to invite the holy favor a few days ago, I know that when I was in Chonghua Palace, in the days when I first arrived at Fangcaotang, she really regarded me as a sister, and the qiē she did was really planned for me, although such feelings were too easy to dissipate in the harem, but at that time, she was real.

So, at that time, my promise was still valid!

Early the next morning, Xu Cairen went to Jingren Palace to ask the queen to say goodbye, and I don't know what the two talked about, and in the afternoon of the same day, Xu Cairen moved into a courtyard behind Jingren Palace to live.

When I heard the news, Shui Xiu was holding a towel dipped in cold well water to put on my face, Xiaoyu was lying on the window and watching the people outside, but it was much more lively than when I moved in, and many other little palace maids in the palace also came to see the excitement, pointing to me and talking about it.

Listening to the gossip outside, Xiaoyu's mouth was pouting, and Shui Xiu was angry, and when she applied her face to me, she couldn't help but feel a little stronger, and I immediately cried out in pain: "Light, should you be kneading dough?" ”

"Cairen, how can you bear this breath!"

“……”

I was silent for a while, then raised my head and looked at the room in front of me, carved and jade, elegant and exquisite, in the eyes of the world, it may be a place where only immortals can live, so I only smiled faintly: "I endure, it's not this breath." ”

That being said, when it was time for dinner, I had no appetite for the delicate dishes on the table, and they persuaded them for a long time before they barely drank half a bowl of soup. Look at you, you're so angry that you can't even eat. "I was so angry that I couldn't laugh or cry.

I had nothing to do at night, washed up early and went to bed, but I didn't fall asleep immediately, but leaned on the bedside to read.

Unconsciously it was late, the candle flame was flickering, and even the words on the page were a little blurry, Xiaoyu yawned again and walked in: "Cairen, let's sleep, the door outside is closed, you hurt your eyes by reading so late." ”

"Oh? The doors are closed. ”

I sat silently for a while, then obediently handed her the book, and then slowly lay down, Xiaoyu came over and tucked the quilt tightly for me, put out a few candles, and went to sleep outside.

Sleeping alone in this big empty house, my dreams are a little messy.

I saw Xu Cairen gently want to be a sister to me for a while, and then I was slapped hard by her, although the redness and swelling on my cheeks had recovered, the hot feeling was still there, which made me a little unstable.

In the fog, I felt a chill on my cheeks.

I turned my head in a daze, and I saw a familiar face in the dim light, although there was no expression, but he stretched out a hand and caressed my cheek with the back of his hand, and the cool feeling still made me feel a lot more comfortable.

Is this too, a dream?

I never knew that there would be a feeling of coolness in my dreams, and even the feeling of skin to skin being close was so real.

I felt very tired, very tired, and my whole mind seemed to fall into a deep sleep at any moment, but I kept opening my confused eyes and looking at this person.

The quiet gaze at each other at this moment made me believe that this qiē was just a dream.

I still, reluctant to get rid of it, knowing that if I got rid of him, I would get rid of this qiē, as if I could rest well by closing my eyes at the moment, but I was always reluctant to see his eyes.

After all, I can't get rid of ......

When I woke up the next morning, I stared blankly at the bed above my head, without saying a word, Mama Wu and Xiaoyu cautiously pushed the door in, and saw me with wide eyes, so they came over: "Cairen, it turns out that you have woken up." ”

I smiled, turned over and sat on the edge of the bed, Xiaoyu looked at my red eyes, and said, "Cairen, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

"Not either."

"Did the emperor come over last night and wake you up?"

"What?" I was taken aback and turned my head to look at her: "The emperor came last night?" ”

"yes." She nodded and said, "I was keeping vigil outside last night, and I was originally going to come in to wake up the talented people, but the emperor said no, he just came in and sat and watched you for a while, and then left." ”

Pei Yuanhao has been here, so, I saw him sitting on the edge of the bed last night, gently touching my cheek with his hand, these are not dreams?

I was silent for a while, and then I got up and went to wash up without saying anything, and when Xiaoyu began to comb my hair in front of the bronze mirror, I looked around and said, "What about Shui Xiu?" Why didn't you see her early in the morning? ”

"I just saw her outside, talking to Xiaofuzi, the two of them were muttering, and they didn't know what to say."

Little Fuzi? The little eunuch who does chores in Jingren Palace?

I was puzzled, when I saw Shui Xiu running in from outside, Xiaoyu smiled when she saw her: "Miss, you are here, this morning is waiting for you." ”

"Go, go!" Shui Xiu pushed her aside, took the comb and combed my hair, I looked at her in the bronze mirror, and said with a smile: "What are you doing?" ”

"Cairen, I asked the little Fuzi of Jingren Palace to help inquire. After Xu Cairen moved over yesterday, the emperor went to see her, and asked her why she didn't stay in Fangcaotang, I heard that Xu Cairen refused to say anything, and shed tears when he was in a hurry, and the emperor couldn't help it, so he hugged and coaxed her for a while, and he didn't say anything. ”

"Really?" I bowed my head slightly.

Shui Xiu said: "Talented, slave maid feels, the emperor still believes in you." ”

"That's right," Xiao Yu nodded beside him: "Otherwise, the emperor wouldn't have come to see you last night." ”

I looked at the two of them and smiled faintly in my heart.

If it was in the past, Pei Yuanhao might have believed me, but now, after Liu Ningyan's incident, he also knows my methods, a woman like me who already has a human life in his hands, he will never believe it completely like in the past.

Shui Xiu quickly tied up my long hair, I got up and changed my clothes, and ordered, "Follow me to Jingren Palace to greet the queen." ”

"Talented, didn't the queen exempt you from asking for a gift every day?"

I smiled: "Xu Cairen has arrived at Jingren Palace, it's good for me to go over and take a look." ”

Shui Xiu nodded, and then ordered to go down and let people carry the rattan chair, all the way to the outside of Jingren Palace, as soon as I entered the gate, I heard the warbler sound inside Yan Yu, so unmoving, and as soon as I walked in, this piece of Ying Yan Yu stopped all of a sudden.

I looked up and saw Chang Qing sitting directly above, the first place on her lower left was the noble concubine Shen Rou, there was no expression on her soft face, but there were needles hidden in the autumn water in those eyes, looking at the pale and trance-like woman opposite her - Xu Cairen.

As soon as I walked in, all the warblers and swallows inside stopped, and everyone looked at me.

I slowly walked to the center of the room and bowed down to the queen: "The concubine meets the queen." ”

"Flat." The queen hurriedly raised her hand and said, "Didn't you come over every day to say hello, why did you come all the way and didn't pay attention to your body?" ”

"Concubine—"

Before I finished speaking, Xu Cairen had already stood up and said to the queen: "Queen Mother, the concubine is a little uncomfortable, and she wants to retire first." ”

The queen glanced at her, then at me, and said lightly: "It's okay, you can go back and rest first." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

She leaned over and turned to walk outside, not glancing at me as she passed me.

This scene is like a wonderful show, I swept my eyes and found that everyone's faces had different expressions, but they all looked like they were watching the show, Shen Rou stood up and also gave a blessing to the queen: "The queen, the concubine also retired first." ”

The surrounding concubines all stood up at this time: "The queen mother, the concubines and others have retired first." ”

The queen remained silent, only waved her hand faintly.

I stood in the middle of the room, watching the people walk by, and as Shin Rou walked by, she glanced at me obliquely, the corners of her cherry red lips provoking an almost evil smile.

But it's still moving.

I stood there silently, and after a long while, the queen said slowly, "You can sit down first." ”

"Thank you, Queen Mother."

I slowly sat next to it, the room was too big, after the people were empty all of a sudden, it made people feel a little cool, the queen asked Kou'er to add some incense to the incense burner, I smelled a faint plum fragrance dyed out of the stove, people were in a trance, and then I heard the queen say: "You live alone in Fangcaotang, is it okay?" ”

I looked up and looked at her slowly.