Three or four days have passed since the turmoil in the side hall of Kunyi Palace, Concubine Rong has learned a lesson, and her arrogance has suddenly become much shorter, and she has been closed in Yaohua Palace all day long, and it was calm for a while.

On this day, Lu Yuan personally held the Buddhist scriptures copied for the Queen Mother, and prepared to go to the Baohua Hall to pray for the Queen Mother.

Passing by Chenming Palace, I saw a lively and young figure from a distance, wearing a crimson embroidered peach blossom gauze dress, combing a wishful bun on his head, hairpins with tangram beads, holding a small kite in the shape of a wild goose in his hand, running over to the wind, wanting to put the kite into the sky.

The little girl looked back at the kite, and she might as well have tripped over a raised stone under her feet, and almost fell down. said that it was too late, Lu Yuan stepped forward quickly, grabbed it, and the Buddhist scriptures in his hands were scattered all over the ground.

Concubine Xian and a few maidservants caught up from behind, hugged the little girl, and looked up and down nervously, seeing that there was no obstacle, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss Xie Lu helped out." Qingning is naughty and runs around, and Hongu can't keep up. ”

Princess Qingning looked like she was five or six years old, with picturesque eyebrows, smart and cute, and she was looking at Lu Yuan curiously with a pair of round Wuren eyes.

Lu Yuan smiled and said: "Concubine Xian is polite, it's just a gesture." In the Kunyi Palace that day, thanks to Concubine Xian's righteous words, she has not yet said thank you. ”

Concubine Xian smiled: "It's not worth thanking for a trivial matter. This palace is used to seeing injustices in the palace, and has never been involved, but seeing that you are weak and things are strange, I don't want good people to suffer in vain. In fact, the girl is very smart, and the odds are in hand, and this palace is just adding fuel to the fire. With that, Concubine Xian personally helped Lu Yuan pick up the Buddhist scriptures that fell on the ground.

Concubine Xian inadvertently opened a page, looked at the words inside, suddenly changed her face slightly, and asked, "Is this what you copied?" Lu Yuan bowed her head and replied yes.

Concubine Xian pondered, and asked, "Your words were taught by others?" ”

Lu Yuan didn't know what Concubine Xian meant, and replied truthfully: "In the past, when I was at home, I often followed my eldest brother to learn calligraphy. ”

Concubine Xian was full of joy and sorrow, and asked in a trembling voice: "Your eldest brother.... Can he be called Lu Chongyang? ”

Lu Yuanqi said: "How does Concubine Xian know my eldest brother's name? ”

Concubine Xian leaned back, tried to suppress the tears in her eyes, and said softly: "He... He's mine... Old friends. Miss Lu, please come with me to Chenming Palace to sit down. With that, he took Lu Yuan with one hand and led Qingning back to Chenming Palace with the other.

After passing through the main hall, Concubine Xian handed over Qingning to the nurse, took Lu Yuan into the side hall, and sent the maidservants out.

The side hall of Chenming Palace is arranged like a study, the four walls are placed with carved book grids, one grid at a time, or store books, or place pen inkstone and ink treasures, there is a whole shelf of books filled with all kinds of pen holders, there are white jade, there are gilt ebony, there are agate, there are copper ones, the forms are different, countless.

In the middle is a long rosewood case, on which there are books, pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things, which are slightly messy. A snow-white piece of rice paper is dotted with a few blooming red plums, and the painting has not yet been finished. In addition, there is only a pair of rattan circle chairs, a small round table, and the hall seems empty and lonely.

Lu Yuan saw that Concubine Xian's face was different, and asked with concern: "Niangniang's face is pale, but she is unwell?" ”

Concubine Xian shook her head, as if there was something unspeakable, and after a moment of silence, Fang asked, "Your brother.... How is he doing? Is he—Is he okay? ”

When it came to her brother, she was convicted of raiding her home that day, and the scenes of exile appeared in front of Lu Yuan, and she said sadly: "On that day, my father was implicated by others, and the whole family was convicted and exiled to Shuzhong, and I was the only one who was protected by the Queen Mother and was taken to the palace. My father and mother, two brothers and two sisters-in-law, and my little nephew, who is less than a year old, are all suffering in Shu now. ”

Concubine Xian's expression was shocked, her face showed pain, and her eyes were full of sadness.

Lu Yuan sorted out her emotions a little and asked, "Niangniang just said that she is an old friend with my eldest brother?" ”

Concubine Xian smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth, but crystal tears welled up in her eyes, and she read slowly: "As soon as the palace gate enters the sea, Xiao Lang is a passer-by from now on. ”

Lu Yuan suddenly came to her senses and said, "Niang Niang is not ......." Yuanyuan heard my mother mention when she was young, and there was a childhood sweetheart before the eldest brother took the current sister-in-law, who was the daughter of the Xiao family in Zhizhou, but later this Miss Xiao later entered the palace and became a concubine, is it a concubine? ”

Concubine Xian nodded and said with a wry smile: "This palace is Xiao Jingmian. At that time, Bengong and your eldest brother were in love with each other and had made a private agreement for life, but Bengong's father forced Bengong to participate in the draft for the sake of official promotion and glorification of his ancestors, and he didn't want to be selected into this deep palace, and he broke off his husband and wife fate with your brother. As he spoke, tears rained down.

Lu Yuan took out the shark handkerchief from his sleeve, gently wiped her tears for Concubine Xian, and said: "Although Yuanyuan was young at that time, she still remembered that there was a long time when the eldest brother was depressed and unsmiling, and his mother arranged several family affairs for him, but he rejected them, and he gradually got older, until two years ago, he listened to his parents' words, married his current sister-in-law, and gave birth to his little nephew Yan the following year. Presumably, the eldest brother is also unforgettable for his mother. ”

Concubine Xian left her seat, stood in front of the moon cave window, looked at the magnolia blooming outside the court, and said abruptly: "After entering the palace, I was also disheartened, and my heart was like water. However, the emperor treated me well, and slowly got used to life in the palace, and later there was Qingning, so he put his whole mind on her, ignoring the affairs outside the window, never interfering in the disputes in the harem, and even knowing nothing about your family's conviction and exile. ”

Lu Yuan said resolutely: "My family has suffered injustice, and I will rely on my own strength to avenge my father's grievances!" ”

Concubine Xian carefully observed her face, her heart was relieved, and she said slowly: "There will always be many forced women in this life, and you will also be my sister in the future, if you need help with something, you can come to me, I will help you!" ”

The two hands were clasped tightly together.