A layer of autumn rain is cool, the autumn rain is long, it is late autumn in a blink of an eye, the air is cool and fresh, there is a trace of floating, faint, translucent mist, the withered yellow leaves fall all over the ground, and the fiery red maple leaves are more and more to the depths of autumn, the more red and bright, like a tree blooming flame.

One day, Lu Yuan came back from Ci'an Palace, walked to the middle of the bamboo bridge that had been repaired in Qingfuyuan, and happened to meet Rui Guiren head-on.

Rui nobles have high temples, jade hairpins and red gold step shakes, white jade beads in the hair are a little bright, a purple seven-fold brocade robe, and a cloak embroidered with silver embroidered hundred butterfly flowers is draped outside, which is extremely delicate.

When she saw Lu Yuan, she stopped from a distance, a strange smile appeared on her face, and she said domineeringly: "As the saying goes: Once bitten by a snake, I was afraid of the well rope for ten years, I thought that Ying Guiren would not walk this bamboo bridge again." The bamboo bridge at the end of the end, others have walked thousands of times and are fine, but it collapsed as soon as you walked, tsk, your luck is really bad. ”

Before Lu Yuan could speak, Chunhua behind him was enraged by her words, and was almost about to rush forward to reason with her, but was secretly pulled by Lu Yuan, and could only swallow the anger into his stomach.

Lu Yuan had a touch of coldness in her eyes, but she still smiled on her face, and said: "Sister Rui had better be careful, natural disasters are not terrible, what I am afraid of is that someone deliberately makes it bad, in case my sister also falls, I don't know if it will be like me to escape from death?" ”

Rui Guiren's face changed, a trace of weakness flashed in his eyes, but he said toughly: "You dare to curse me for falling into the water?" ”

Lu Yuan laughed and said softly, "How dare I? It's just a sentence to my sister in vain. As he spoke, Lu Yuan slowly approached her, lowered his voice to her ear, and said, "After all, that bamboo-eating insect was born in the south, and it is not easy to feed in the north." ”

"What do you say? What bamboo-eating insects? Rui Guiren was a little incredulous, and asked rhetorically, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Lu Yuan had already walked past her, turned to look back, and said, "Sister is a smart person, so she can understand it naturally, so I don't have to say it." With that, he turned and walked away.

Rui Guiren was stunned on the bridge, her whole body was as cold as falling into an ice cave, she originally thought that what she had done was seamless, and she would never be seen by others, but she never expected that she had been caught by Lu Yuan, she was suddenly flustered, her body shook involuntarily, and the maidservant Qing Dai next to her hurriedly helped her.

She grabbed Qing Dai's hand and said in a trembling voice, "What should I do?" She knows everything? Will you go to the emperor to expose me? ”

Qing Dai's eyes rolled and said, "Don't be afraid, little master, if Ying Guiren wants to expose the little master, can you wait until now?" The slave guessed that she had no evidence in her hands. ”

Hearing her say this, Rui Guiren's heart calmed down a little, and he said in a low voice: "Even so, she also guessed that it was me, and she still had to find a way to kill her, so as not to have too many dreams at night." ”

Qing Dai nodded in agreement, Rui Guiren straightened his expression a little, took Qing Dai's hand and crossed the bamboo bridge with vague steps, and went to Yanfu Palace.

One night a few days later, Lu Yuan sat under the lamp reading a book, Chunhua and Mingqing were doing some embroidery work next to them, while preparing for Lu Yuan's call, and the room was very quiet.

Suddenly, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps and shouts from outside, Lu Yuan and the others were startled, and hurriedly got up and walked out of the house.

I saw Xiao Lianzi and Xiao Yunzi holding a little eunuch with a face walking towards the main hall, walked to him, pressed the escort to the ground, and the little eunuch knelt down with a thud.

Xiao Lian Ziyu reported: "Little master, this is the little jade next to the noble man of Yanfu Palace, the slave was patrolling the courtyard just now, and saw him sneaking in, so the slave quietly followed behind, and saw him holding this thing in his hand." As he spoke, he presented the things he was holding in his hand to Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan looked into his hand and saw that it was a small wooden figure more than three inches long, with words engraved on his body, and when he looked closely, it was his name and birthday.

Xiao Lianzi said: "Little master, this is the witchcraft of the south, write the birth date of the person to be cursed on this villain, and then nail it with a needle or a nail, and bury it in the place where the person lives, so that the cursed person will get sick or die." ”

Chunhua was indignant: "It's too vicious! ”

Lu Yuan looked at Xiao Yuzi and said, "You tell the truth, did the Rui Guiren send you?" ”

The little jade was already trembling with fright, and said tremblingly: "Ying Guiren spares his life, the little one acts according to orders, and the master's orders dare not disobey!" ”

Ming Qing said: "Little master, you must not be merciful this time, send him to the emperor to ambush him!" ”

Lu Yuan glanced at Biluo, and Biluo also said: "Little master, this time everyone has obtained all the certificates, and the slave and maid also feel that they can no longer be tolerated and connived." ”

Lu Yuan sighed deeply and said, "I can't live for my own sin, I have already given her a chance, but she still doesn't repent, and she is bent on putting me to death, and she can't complain about me." Biluo, you go and tell the emperor and queen. ”

The next thing developed quickly, and Lu Yuan listened to the daily reports of Biluo, Chunhua and others, and knew the ins and outs.

This Rui nobleman Ji Wushuang has always been rude and willful, competitive and jealous when he was at home, and after he was canonized as a nobleman, he was full of thoughts about pampering the harem and getting ahead, and he didn't want the emperor to ignore her and the Yi nobles who entered the palace with him at first, but only favored Lu Yuan, the daughter of the criminal minister who served the queen mother, whether it was a reward or a blessing, they were far from overshadowing them. Although she and Yi Guiren were also announced to sleep in the next few days, it was just faint and perfunctory. Yi Guiren is a little younger, has a simple temperament, and doesn't feel anything, but Rui Guiren is jealous, and regards Lu Yuan as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh.

The maidservant Qing Dai next to her followed her from the mansion, and was regarded by her as a confidant, and the city government was very deep, and when she saw that her little master was depressed, she secretly planned to kill Lu Yuan. The master and servant ordered the servants to quickly whip up the bamboo-eating insects from the south and pass them into the palace, and designed a conspiracy to use the bamboo-eating insects to gnaw the bamboo bridge and cause Lu Yuan to fall into the water. originally thought that this thing was done seamlessly, and others would think that it was an accidental overboard, and it was absolutely impossible to suspect anything else. Who knows, people are not as good as heaven, and things are seen by people with hearts. Later, Lu Yuan woke up with her words, and she was even more frightened, so she thought of using the witch curse technique in the south to put Lu Yuan to death, but she didn't want to be proved by others.

Seeing that the matter was revealed, the emperor sent a message, so he went to apologize, and broke his forehead in front of the Chengming Palace, and the blood flowed down earnestly, which made people unbearable to look at directly.

Yu Lin saw that she was guilty, so he sent her to the cold palace on the charge of murdering the concubine and killing the emperor's heir, and the maidservant Qingdai was beaten into the violent room and killed with a cane.

Hearing this result, Lu Yuan couldn't help but shudder, how cruel the bloody wind and rain in the harem was, and she was just caught up in it, she had promised the Queen Mother that she would not deliberately harm people, but others wanted to hurt her, she just wanted to have a place in the harem, and she could rescue her parents and brothers in the future, but she was regarded as a stumbling block by others and wanted to get rid of it quickly. The two flower-like women withered like this, after all, it was also because she was favored. When she thought of all this, she felt very sad and a little hesitant.

Biluo saw what was on her mind and persuaded: "Don't think too deeply, the little lord can't live if he has done evil since ancient times, and he will kill himself if he commits too much injustice." They have harmed others and themselves, and it is not a pity for them to die. ”

Lu Yuan said leisurely: "I have just a general friendship with Rui Guiren, but she hates me to the bone and wants to kill me." In this way, there must still be many people in this harem who are dissatisfied with me. ”

Biluo said: "The newcomers of Ruigui will not dare to be so bold when they enter the palace, the people around them are helping to help them, and I am afraid that there will be people to support them later." As he spoke, he pointed his hand in the direction of Yaohua Palace: "The slave maid heard that after she entered the palace, she often went to Yaohua Palace to ask Concubine Rong for peace, and Concubine Rong was also very enveloped by her and rewarded her with a lot of things." ”

Lu Yuan was puzzled: "Concubine Rong has always been domineering in the palace, and even has a lot of verbal conflicts with the queen, why does the emperor never get angry with her, is it really afraid of her father's power?" ”

Biluo shook his head and said: "The monarch is respected, the minister is humble, the emperor has some scruples about General Zheng's power, but he is not afraid." The reason why he is more tolerant of Concubine Rong is because the emperor is grateful for the meritorious hero. Back then, when the emperor was still a prince, once because the Hu people invaded the border, the first emperor was ordered to drive a personal expedition, not wanting to fall into the enemy's trap and being imprisoned. Therefore, the royal family treated the Zheng family very favorably, giving the official position of protector general and allowing hereditary inheritance. In addition, General Zheng has led troops to fight in recent years, and he has made many meritorious achievements, so the emperor always has to be grateful to the heroes, and naturally he is more partial to Concubine Rong. ”

Lu Yuan was silent after hearing this. Biluo said again: "The heart of guarding against people is indispensable. The Ruigui people are reckless and overconfident in their own methods, and there are many people in the harem, so we should be careful in the future. ”

Lu Yuan pondered for a while and said, "I just entered the harem, and I caused this bloody storm, and I was really uneasy. You can accommodate Gonggong Li for me, let him take care of the Rui nobles in the cold palace, and in addition, let him return Qingdai's body to his own family, so that they can be buried alive. ”

Biluo smiled and said, "The little master is the most kind-hearted, so the slave will do it." ”