Chapter 21: Disaster Falls from Heaven
At the corner not far from the Imperial Garden, there is a cluster of Guanyin bamboos. The bamboo is as thin as a piano wire, the posture is straight, and the tips of the bamboo leaves are thin and light green, and such treasures can only be seen in the palace.
The wind blows in your face, and the bamboo branches rustle when they collide. Xiaoyun Mi hid in the corner, leaning against the bamboo bushes. Dressed in emerald green and blended with the bamboo bushes, the banquet was too noisy, and she took advantage of the gap to come out to breathe.
She folded her arms and closed her eyes to breathe in the fresh air outside. Xiao Yunmi suddenly thought that Su Minxing's eyes when she looked at her at the banquet just now were so hot that her heart was confused.
She touched her waist, where Liu Mingxuan gave her the emerald bamboo jade pendant, and the cold touch made her calm and reassured a little.
Suddenly, there was a heavy footstep in Xiao Yunmi's ears, and his steps were a little disordered, probably drunk.
The footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Xiao Yunmi smelled the smell of wine on the tip of his nose. The man stopped in front of her, and she snapped open.
"You... How did it come out?"
Su Minxing sat opposite Xiaoyunmi, looking at her all the time. Seeing that Xiaoyun came out, Su Minxing also slipped out. His fair face was stained with drunken red, and the wind blew through him, both carrying the smell of wine.
Su Minxing's beautiful eyes stared at Xiao Yunmi, and he reached out to straighten the steps on her bun. He whispered, "I saw you coming out, where are you going?" ”
The implication is that because Xiaoyun came out, he followed out.
Xiao Yunmi's eyes were flustered by him, and his hands were behind him and he held the bamboo pole of Guanyin Bamboo tightly. lifted his red lips and said, "I'm not going anywhere, it's too stuffy inside, I'll come out and take a look." ”
Su Minxing stretched out his arm and pulled Xiao Yunmi into his arms. The sturdy arms tightly imprisoned her in her arms, and the warm breath sprinkled on Xiaoyunmi's ears, and her tone was full of happiness. "I thought you wanted to leave me behind and go home on your own. ”
Xiao Yunmi subconsciously wanted to push Su Minxing away, but Su Minxing realized her intention and hugged her tighter.
Her breath was full of the scent of plants and wine on Su Minxing's body, and Su Minxing's body was very hot. Xiao Yunmi couldn't push it away, and lowered his arm, and there were already faint signs of anger in his voice.
Xiao Yun See: "Let go!"
Su Minxing: "Don't let go!"
Xiao Yunmi raised her hand and put it behind his head, hesitating to knock him unconscious. Who knew that Su Minxing, who was mediocre in martial arts, was agile after being drunk, and he grabbed Xiao Yunmi's hand with his backhand.
Xiao Yunmi almost gritted his teeth, and the coldness in his words was about to freeze. "Su Minxing, believe it or not..."
Su Minxing's pupils were black and shining, she let go of Xiaoyunmi, and the aura on her body changed in vain.
A sneer rose at the corner of his mouth, and his once warm facial features became cold. Exuding a cold aura all over his body, he approached the clouds step by step.
Su Minxing's voice was a little hoarse: "Believe it or not, believe it or not, you killed me?"
The drunkenness on the young man's face still did not fade, he squinted at the narrow phoenix eyes, and gently touched Xiaoyunmi's face.
One stroke at a time, it seems to engrave the appearance of this person into my heart.
Xiao Yunmi's body stiffened like a stone, "You, stay away from me, take your hand away." ”
If she didn't guess wrong, this is what Su Minxing was supposed to be.
In just a moment, Su Minxing returned to his previous appearance. pursed his bright red lips and said aggrievedly: "Why do you always have to push me away, we ...... Aren't we friends?"
The jade jade pendant in Xiao Yunmi's right hand suddenly became hot, as if to remind it of its existence.
Her hand fell lightly on Su Minxing's shoulder, her face was unwavering, and her voice was steady: "Yes, we are friends, we can only be friends." ”
"So please Su Gongzi grasp the balance and don't make some misleading moves. ”
A sad look flashed on Su Minxing's face, and his outstretched hand was closed at his side, clenched into a fist.
He stood still, sleeves rolled up by a cold gust of wind. He turned to the back of the clouds. "Do you have to disguise yourself as invulnerable with spikes?"
Xiaoyun paused, turned his head and said nothing. The midday sun was very strong, and the golden sunlight sprinkled her all over her body, and half of her face was bathed in the sun, which was not very beautiful.
"Go back, it's always bad to be away for too long. ”
As the words fell, she turned neatly and walked towards the Imperial Garden.
There was a low laugh behind him, revealing a sense of loss.
Soon after Xiaoyun left, Su Minxing restrained his expression and walked in after her.
Luo Huairou sat in the position and saw Su Minxing and Xiaoyunmi walking in one after the other. A dark glint flashed in her eyes, and the hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly.
Xiao Yunmi walked back to his position, waved his sleeves and prepared to sit down. But her eyes caught a glimpse of Xiao Luoying looking at her, with a bright smile on her small and lovely face.
Xiao Yunmi can afford goosebumps all over her body, this woman still looks like she wants to kill her in the morning, and now she smiles at her?
Could it be that there is a conspiracy?
Xiaoyun looked for the light and saw that there was an extra plate of chestnut cake on the table. She raised her hand to pick up a piece and saw Xiao Luoying looking at her with eager eyes.
She looked down at the chestnut cake in her hand, and snorted coldly in her heart, she couldn't blame her for sending it to the door.
Xiao Yunmi put down the pastry and walked towards Xiao Luoying with the pastry.
Xiao Luoying was shocked when she saw Xiao Yun coming. I wondered if I had discovered something?
Xiao Yunmi got closer and closer, and with every step she took, Xiao Luoying's heart trembled. She picked up her glass and used it to hide her discomfort.
Xiao Yunmi put the pastry on the table and chuckled: "The chestnut cake in this palace is different from the outside, the entrance is soft and sweet. Would you like to try a piece?"
Xiao Luoying glanced at her and sneered, "I can't afford what you give." This chestnut cake is not a rare item, my sister likes to eat more, presumably your chef can't make such a delicious food. ”
Xiao Yunmi pretended to be sad and sighed quietly: "Okay then, I'll take it away." ”
She reached out to pick up the pastry, but accidentally knocked over the soup next to the pastry. Xiao Yunmi was shocked and said, "Oh, my sister accidentally shook her hand, I'm really sorry." ”
The soup poured on Xiao Luoying's chest, and the pink clothes were wet. Xiao Yunmi's face was guilty, and he picked up the embroidered handkerchief to help Xiao Luoying wipe the stains on his clothes.
Xiao Luoying was sprinkled with soup, and there was a crack in her elegant and generous smile, but there were too many people on the field, and she was not good at attacking.
Looking at the stains on his clothes, he was angry. Shake off Xiaoyunmi's hand, lower his head and wipe it with an embroidered handkerchief.
"Go away! Whoever wants your fake kindness, I think you did it on purpose!" Xiao Luoying was about to crush her silver teeth, and said angrily at Xiao Yunmi.
Xiao Yunmi chuckled in her heart, it was intentional for her.
When Xiao Luoying lowered her head to wipe the stains on her dress, Xiao Yunmi quietly exchanged the plate of chestnut cake she brought over with Xiao Luoying's pastry.
She picked up the pastry and walked back to her place without looking back. She sat down and held the glass in front of her eyes. The silver wine glass reflected her beautiful face, the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, and the coldness in her eyes was not concealed at all.
He raised his glass to his lips and took a sip. The sweet and sour taste of fruit wine filled her lips and teeth, and she frowned slightly. She put the glass aside, accustomed to the spirits, and the first taste of fruit wine made her uncomfortable.
Xiao Luoying wiped off her clothes, looked up and saw that Xiao Yun had not touched the plate of pastries, and she was unwilling.
Annoyed, he casually picked up a piece of chestnut cake at hand and took a small bite.
"Poof......" There was a tingling pain in her mouth, and Xiao Luoying hurriedly spit out the pastry. She looked up and saw half of the pastry in her hand mixed with broken porcelain pieces.
Shocked in her heart, isn't this what she prepared for Xiao Yunmi!?How could it be on her side!?She swept the pastries on the table to the ground as if she had seen a ghost.
Xiao Luoying covered her mouth with an embroidered handkerchief with one hand, and the inside of her mouth was cut by a porcelain piece. Blood continued to flow out of the wound, dyeing the white embroidered handkerchief red, and Xiao Luo was speechless in pain.
When the palace maid saw the blood on her embroidered handkerchief, she covered her mouth in fright and exclaimed, "Ah, Miss Xiao, what's wrong with you?"
The movement here was a bit big, Xiao Luoying endured the pain, and scolded the palace maid: "Shut up!"
Xiao Yunmi heard her voice and looked at Xiao Luoying's eyes with disdain. With a smug smile on her face, she dared to fight her like this? Her lips were open, and she spit out four words silently.
"Stupid. “
Xiao Luoying's face turned pale, and she looked at Xiao Yunmi with resentful eyes. I was extremely resentful in my heart, and I couldn't wait to scratch Xiaoyunmi's triumphant face and dismantle her again!
She asked the palace maid to keep quiet with a gloomy face, for fear that the matter would get big and it would not end well. I had to endure the pain, supported by the palace maid, and went out of the palace to go home.
As the feast drew to a close, the dancing queen stepped back from the middle. There was an eerie silence in the Imperial Garden, and a man stepped out of his place and knelt in the middle.
The man had a straight back and was wearing a red official uniform embroidered with a green peacock. He fell to the ground, his voice loud, echoing through the Imperial Garden.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something to do. ”
The emperor sat on the throne, and Concubine Ning peeled a crystal clear grape and sent it to his mouth. The emperor stretched out his hand to block Ning Guifei's hand, and the smile on his face had not had time to retract.
He asked in a deep voice: "Ai Qing is flat, what is going on." ”
The kneeling man in the main hall stood up, and the people saw his face clearly. It's Xiao Wu, Xiao Shangshu. Xiao Yunmi's eyelids jumped when he saw that it was Xiao Wu. With an ominous premonition in her heart, she straightened her back and looked intently at Xiao Wu who was standing in the center.
She wanted to see what this old puppet was going to do!
Xiao Wu said loudly: "The Jingzhou prefect sent news that the northeast corner of the Jingzhou Palace has seriously collapsed. ”
As soon as these words came out, it sounded like a thunderbolt in everyone's ears, and hundreds of officials talked about it.
"This Jingzhou Palace has not been built for a long time, how can it collapse?"
"That's right, the Jingzhou Palace allocated 10 million gold at that time. If you ask a good craftsman to build it, it stands to reason that this kind of problem should not occur, alas!"
"It's not ......"
The emperor got up from his chair suddenly, exuding the majesty of the Son of Heaven, his expression was cloudy, and he asked: "How can the Jingzhou Palace collapse less than 15 years after its construction! But the news is wrong?"
Jingzhou Palace is a summer retreat for the royal family, and it has been built for less than 20 years, how can it collapse for no reason?
With a sneer on his face, Xiao Wu took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it with both hands. He said in a deep voice: "This is a letter sent by the Jingzhou prefect quickly, and I also ask the emperor to take a look." ”
The eunuch beside the emperor took the letter from Xiao Wu's hand, opened the envelope, and respectfully handed the letter inside to the emperor.
The field was silent, there was silence, everyone was afraid of getting into trouble, and they all lowered their heads and didn't even dare to take a breath.
The content of the letter is probably that the palace collapsed for no reason, and the official seal of the Jingzhou prefect is also printed underneath.
After reading it, the emperor's face completely darkened. Putting the paper on the table, he said angrily: "Who is in charge of supervising the construction of the Jingzhou Palace!"
There was silence below, and an official stood up, bowed his head and replied: "Your Majesty, the person in charge of the supervision of the Jingjiang Palace is the father of Xiao Shilang, Lord Xiao Ling!"
The author has something to say: The east corner of the palace collapsed for no reason, who did it? How will the emperor deal with this matter? If you want to know what will happen next, please pay attention to the novel Nine Shadows.
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