The cold air of early winter, like a tiny and narrow silver needle, gently burrows into people's bones, although it is not fatal, but it has the taste of emaciation.

The sun was shining, but it wasn't warm.

"Sister Forsythia, you said that you are also an old man who has been serving by Niangniang's side for so many years, why can't you think of it, and dare to be disrespectful to Niangniang?"

In the hidden corner at the back of the side hall of the Hundred Flowers Palace, a little palace maid was sitting at the door of the firewood room, tightening her clothes, and her mouth kept chattering.

She was wearing a thick cotton suit and a charcoal basin at her feet, which brought some warmth to herself.

"It doesn't matter if you offend my mother, you have to burden me in such a cold weather, guarding you dead man, alas, it's really unlucky." The little palace maid's tone was full of resentment.

In the firewood room, a woman covered in blood was lying half-conscious on a broken straw mat.

If it weren't for the slow slumping of her chest, everyone would have thought she was dead.

"I ...... I didn't offend Niangniang," the woman's voice was extremely hoarse, as if a window with a hole in it, pouring in a howling cold wind, "I'm waiting for His Royal Highness to come back, and I want to be His Highness's side concubine." ”ŴŴŴ.

"It's all dying, and you're still here, Xiao Xiang, Your Highness, Sister Forsythia, you're ......"

The little palace maid snorted, and her eyes showed a look of disdain or envy.

"-It's so deep-hidden, it is said that Sister Narcissus likes the Four Highnesses, and you have no interest in His Highnesses, but I didn't expect that you are the one who wants to have a sweet dream.

You can't compare to Narcissus in terms of appearance, and you can't compare to Sister Yueji in terms of temperament, don't mention any family background, you actually have to say that Your Royal Highness likes you, you really want to live, you dare to say anything. ”

The woman in the room was silent for a long time, until the little palace maid began to wonder if she had lost her breath, and she spoke again: "Why hasn't Your Highness come to save me......"

The little palace maid rolled her eyes, and said in a weird manner: "Rest, heh, you don't know yet, our four highnesses are sympathetic to the people's livelihood, and take the initiative to ask for an order to go to Ningzhou, and leave on the day you were imprisoned, my sister must stay up until His Highness comes back, I still want to see if you can fly on the branches." ”

She was just a palace maid in the outer hall, and she didn't know what Chu Zhao had done.

"Ningzhou?"

The woman on the straw mat opened her eyes wide for a moment, her breath was unsteady for a moment, and she vomited a mouthful of blood.

"Sympathetic to the people's livelihood, Ningzhou...... Your Highness has been taken away......"

She understood everything in an instant, and she wanted to beat her chest.

The little palace maid didn't hear the woman's muttering, and even if she did, she wouldn't care.

She yawned and looked at the locked firewood room, her eyes even more impatient.

Six days ago, Forsythia, the personal palace maid next to Niangniang, was suddenly dying and was imprisoned here by Niangniang and handed over to her own care.

Sister Yueji said that the reason why she treated her like this was because she had undeserved thoughts about His Royal Highness and was disrespectful to her mother.

It's just that Forsythia kept saying that His Royal Highness liked her, so Niangniang was kind enough to spare her life, saying that she would wait for His Royal Highness to come back before she would do it.

It's been six days, no one has healed the injuries on Forsythia's body, Niangniang sent someone to send her one or two life-sustaining rations every day, and the little palace maid has been thinking that when she will die, she will be handed over.

However, if Forsythia hadn't died, it was really as she said, His Royal Highness liked her and promised to make her a side concubine......

Thinking of this, the little palace maid spoke in a much more polite tone.

From time to time, she asked a question about the people in the firewood room, or talked to herself, or told Forsythia about the things in the palace in the past few days.

Forsythia stiffly raised her head, trying to look at the sunlight outside the firewood room.

One of her eyes was swollen into a slit, and there was a whiplash scar at the corner of her eye, which extended to the entire left side of her face, and she had completely lost her former beauty.

Of course, she didn't end up like this because she was disrespectful to Concubine Xian, but that day, she was at the door and heard the words of Concubine Xian and Yueji.

Only then did she learn that Fan Yunsheng left a letter to Concubine Xian before he died, so Concubine Xian noticed the feelings of His Royal Highness for the princess, and she even knew that Concubine Xian seemed to have something that could not be said with Su Jingyuan, the general of Zhenbei.

Just when Forsythia was trying to find a way to inform Chu Zhao, she was arrested by Yueji.

She has been a palace maid for so many years, and she knows best what Concubine Xian is like, and Concubine Xian plans to kill her quietly, just like the narcissus before.

Forsythia told herself that she had to live, at least to live to see Chu Zhao.

As a last resort, she could only say that Chu Zhao liked herself, and promised to make herself a side concubine, if she died in the hands of Concubine Xian, she would definitely let their mother and son separate.

If Concubine Xian confronted her with the Fourth Highness, then she could remind him of what she had discovered, and if not, the Fourth Highness would have been able to detect something if she found herself disappearing......

Although the mother-son relationship between Concubine Xian and the Four Highnesses has long been inseparable, Concubine Xian is still afraid of completely losing control of the Four Highnesses, so she did not kill Forsythia immediately, but gave her a kind of poison, saying that if she can survive it, she will be given a chance to meet the Fourth Highness.

However, she didn't expect that it had been six days, and she still hadn't seen Chu Zhao, and she hadn't even appeared in the Hundred Flowers Hall when she talked about it, until now she learned that the Fourth Highness had gone to Ningzhou.

It must be what Concubine Xian wants to do to Princess Yongning, so that she will send the Fourth Highness to Ningzhou!

To go to Ningzhou, it takes seven or eight days to go back and forth, and His Royal Highness will come back in two days at the latest, that is to say, if Concubine Xian wants to do something to the princess, it will be today!

"Xiaomo, I think, I want to drink some water, can you get me some water." Forsythia gritted her teeth and pleaded.

The little palace maid naturally didn't want to: "Niangniang said, except when I bring you food every day, I can't open the door at other times." ”

"Please, even if you pour some water along the crack of the door, Your Royal Highness really, really said that I will be a side concubine in the future, and the grace of dripping water will definitely be reciprocated...... cough cough cough ......"

Forsythia coughed hard, blood spilled from the corners of his mouth, and said, "Ahem...... You, do you really want to watch me die, and you are willing to be an inferior palace maid for the rest of your life? Xiaomo, you save me, I, I became a side concubine, I will definitely promote you, if I die, you will have nothing to lose. ”

A small smile tugged at the corners of her chapped mouth, like ice cubes in the sun, and it melted away in an instant.

Perhaps, only at this time can she unscrupulously express her feelings for Chu Zhao.

The little palace maid stood up and saw the bloody woman on the broken straw mat through the crack in the door, and hesitated.

Forsythia squinted his eyes through the projection through the crack in the door, and continued: "By the way, at the door of my room, under the seventh square brick from east to west, there is a wooden box with a sum of money hidden in it, a full five hundred taels, you, give it to you......"

"Why didn't you say this kind of thing earlier," the little palace maid couldn't sit still at all, she tugged on the firm door lock, and snorted, "I'll go check it, if what you said is true, I'll bring you some water when I come back." ”

After saying that, she looked left and right, and found that the apse was too remote and there was no one else around.

"You don't want to do anything, otherwise, you won't be able to live until the Fourth Highness returns." The little palace maid said another word, and hurried to Forsythia's former house.

Hearing the sound of the little palace maid leaving, Forsythia slowly and silently got up from the ground.

Her weak voice was as weak as a gossamer with relief: "I didn't want to live until he came back......"

After some time, she finally moved to the door.

She took a breath, stretched out her index finger and middle finger, and tapped twice on certain acupuncture points on her body, and her spirit suddenly improved.

Then, Forsythia squeezed her hand out of the door, and she held a few hard bamboo sticks in her hand, and picked the lock on the door in three or two clicks.

I haven't been in contact with the breath outside for too long, and Forsythia feels like a sharp blade that breaks her bones, scraping on her, and it hurts her heart.

She stared for a moment at her bony wrist, ran to the base of the wall, found the dog hole behind the dead grass, and crawled out tremblingly.

The warm winter sun shone on the firewood house, and the blood slid down the edge of the wooden door, almost converging into a reddish-brown puddle.

……

The heavy rain a few days ago may be the last rain in Shangjing this year, and even a few small puddles have accumulated on the ground of the Yulin Army's station.

Chu Yi sat lazily on the chair and looked at the soldiers of the Yulin Army who were training hard in the school field.

"April is in charge of the overall planning of grain and grass, Su Bai commands the 2,000 selected cavalry, and there are two cadres sent by Captain Rong and his grandfather, and General Cen Xiao also has a good command of the troops, and the Yulin Army is finally like that."

The princess was outside, and the soldiers on the school field looked at her one by one with fanatical and restrained eyes, and trained more energetically.

Xiao Yan was expressionlessly holding an oil-paper umbrella, shielding the princess from the sun while her body was slightly sideways, blocking most of the peeps from her.

April was beside him, stammering: "They, all, know who gave everything they have now, and naturally they will, will be loyal to whom." ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Chu Yi said.

April's cheeks flushed, and she shook her head hurriedly: "It's not hard!" ”

Xiao Yan stared at the redness on the tips of this man's ears, and narrowed his eyes imperceptibly.

"Ah Yi, Drinking Ice is back." Just behind April, who was about to say something, he suddenly spoke.

Ah Yi? April's pupils shook.

Chu Yi didn't notice anything wrong, so he saw a blue-clothed Bing rush back.

"Princess, the money has been handed over."

As soon as she left the palace, she went to the Three Princes' Mansion to accept the silver that Chu Yi apologized for by His Royal Highness the Prince, while Chu Yi and Xiao Yan rushed to the Yulin Army garrison to watch the soldiers train.

Chu Yi smiled slightly, and asked in a playful tone: "Yin Bing, you often go to the mansion of the Third Emperor Brother, and you often see him, won't I, the Third Emperor Brother, also be a hidden martial arts master, how about comparing with you?" ”

At the mention of the Third Prince, Yu Bing's indifferent face broke for a moment, and he stiffened for a few seconds before answering: "His Royal Highness, he can be poked to death with one finger, and he needs protection." ”

She was speechless when she thought back to the man she had just met.

She has never seen a man who needs to be protected so much by Chu Yun, the wind can't blow, the rain can't get wet, the wind and cold vomit blood, and she gasps three times in one step, she is simply a female version of the princess - the former princess.

Alas, her martial arts skills are so high, she can only reluctantly protect that man.

Chu Yi smiled without saying a word, then stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "Let's go, let's go back." ”

April looked at her, her eyes were a little gloomy, and she couldn't help but say, "This, this is leaving?" Your Highness...... It's about staying, eating, and having lunch. ”

Chu Yi was moved: "This palace hasn't eaten the ...... in the barracks yet"

"Ah Yi, I want to eat Jindi cuisine from the Eldest Princess's Mansion." Xiao Yan said in a low voice, his big amber eyes were clean and pure, with an irresistible warmth, and his timbre was hoarse with bewitchment.

Chu Yi breathed a sigh: "Let's go, this princess will take you to eat!" ”

No one can refuse Xiao Yan to look at herself like this, she can't refuse anyway.

"Well, April, let's come and dine with you again in the Japanese Palace." Chu Yi said apologetically.

Xiao Yan bowed slightly, it seems that he wants to eat Yongguo cuisine again another day.

April Ruo didn't see anything at this time, he was a fool, he looked at the princess in a daze for a while, and then hugged his fists and said: "Yes, my subordinates sent His Highness out of the camp." ”

A moment later, April watched the three of them ride away, reluctantly retracting his gaze.

It was half an hour's journey back to the city from the Yulin Army garrison.

"There's a river ahead, let's rest for a while and let the horses drink."

Walking through a dense forest, Chu Yi reined in the saddle and dismounted, not approaching the river: "Your Jin cuisine may be eaten later, there is no sugar in the palace, let's go to Yong'an Street in the afternoon to buy some." ”

Xiao Yan hooked his lips and said, "It's okay, as long as you are with the princess, it's not bad to eat wild vegetables." ”

"I don't want to eat wild vegetables." Chu Yi muttered.

Yu Bing frowned, feeling a little full, she silently led Chu Yi and her horse to the river together.

The cold wind blew, and the dry branches rustled, startling a flock of birds that had stopped on the branches.

"Do you feel like it's a little too quiet around?" Chu Yi frowned, looking at the seemingly clear water in the distance, and suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart.

Xiao Yan raised his head suddenly, stared at the dense forest behind Chu Yi, and spit out two words in a low voice: "No." ”

……

"That's not right...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to send something to the princess, just send someone to send it yourself, why do you need Xiao Nian to get it? Moreover, today's Xiao Nian would have taken a team of secret guards to inspect the Yulin Army with the princess. ”

Pillow Xue put down her chopsticks and said suddenly.

Somehow, she had been a little uneasy in her heart.

At this time, an exclamation came from outside the hall: "You, who are you?!" Dare to trespass on Weiyang Palace! ”

Zhuxue hurriedly ran out, and saw a woman covered in blood and with a disheveled hair being surrounded in the courtyard by the palace people of Weiyang Palace.

The woman's clothes were in tatters, and she could barely tell that she was a palace maid, one of her hands was still bleeding, her pillow snow pupils were shrunk, and she saw that her fingers showed the color of white bones, as if the flesh had been cut by a blunt knife.

This hurts...... It should be hopeless.

At this moment, the woman raised her head, and in the messy hair, her beautiful appearance could be vaguely distinguished.

One of her eyes was high and swollen, and her face was covered with blood, and the other was clear and beautiful apricot eyes, but she made Zhuxue stunned.

"Forsythia girl?"

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