Chapter 5 Chapter 4 Missed, the Dove Occupies the Magpie's Nest

Chen Xiang went back to the door of Tongpu's room restlessly, and just after he breathed a sigh of relief, a figure beside her rushed over and bumped into a ball with her. "Ah——" "Oh!" Two exclamations sounded at the same time, and Chen Xiang realized that the figure was Liuli.Without thinking about getting up, he hurriedly grabbed her hand and asked repeatedly: "How is it? How is it? Have you seen Brother Jiu?" Liuli lowered her head unnaturally, her voice was like a gnat: "No...no..." Chen Xiang bent down, leaned in front of her and looked up and down.Liuli felt guilty when she was seen, she stretched out her hand to push Chen Xiang away: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Your face is so red." Chen Xiang asked worriedly. "Did something happen?" "I ran too fast, I'm a little tired, I'll go to bed first." Liuli made random excuses, and ran into the room as if fleeing. Chen Xiang sighed, followed Liu Li into the house.A butterfly swayed past, twirled at the door, and then swayed away. The moonlight was like water, squeezed in from the window lattice, and sprinkled on the two people lying back to back. Listening to the sound of breathing in the Tongbu room one after another, Liuli did not feel sleepy.He forced himself to close his eyes, but what he saw was the scene of her and Yinzhen lingering in the water pavilion among the flowers.Thinking of his strong arms and firm promise, Liuli's heart was filled with happiness, and she bent her eyebrows with a sweet smile.

Chen Xiang lay quietly behind Liu Li, with the same sweet smile on her face... On the other side of the Forbidden City, Yinxiang returned to the room, took out a handkerchief from his arms, and hung it on the desk.Beside it, a small emerald earring was shining with luster. Leaning on the table, he looked carefully at the handkerchief and earrings hanging together, and made a few smirks from time to time.Yinxiang at this time is no longer the indifferent and arrogant thirteenth elder brother in ordinary times.Like all men who have just begun to fall in love, he only has the slender figure covered with a silk handkerchief in his eyes and hearts.

After an unknown amount of time, Yinxiang finally fell asleep from exhaustion.In the dream, the six-year-old stood blankly in the dim Yanxi Palace, looking up at the golden cage hanging from the roof. "If you don't love lovesickness in your life, you will love it, and you will hurt lovesickness..." Concubine Min lay there with a dull expression, humming a song softly.That gorgeous palace dress covered her thin body like a wilted butterfly. In the ear, there are messy voices, although no one can be seen, but they can be heard clearly. "Your Majesty, Concubine Min can attract butterflies flying with her bare hands, she must be an evildoer. If this evildoer is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles."

"Your Majesty, there has been a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time. It is said that evildoers are causing the disaster. Please deal with it quickly, Your Majesty." "Your Majesty, the country is the most important—" "emperor……" Suddenly, the golden cage fell heavily from a height.A group of guards stabbed into Concubine Min's body quickly with spears, and Concubine Min slowly fell down amidst the splash of blood. The little Yinxiang was stunned, and then screamed heart-piercingly. Kangxi suddenly appeared and covered his eyes with his hands.

Yinxiang struggled to wave Kangxi's hand away, and suddenly found himself locked in a cage.I tried my best to break free, but the cage didn't move. Those messy voices sounded again, piercing his ears like needles. "The son of an evildoer is also an evildoer..." "Kill him, kill him..." Feathered arrows flew from all directions like locusts.At the moment when they were about to pierce her body, Chen Xiang walked out of the darkness wearing a veil, and suddenly spread two beautiful wings behind her slender body, and all the feathered arrows shot at her fell to the ground in the soft light. The cage instantly disintegrated into dust.

"Come on, follow me, I will take you to a place where there is no killing." Chen Xiang stretched out her hand to hold Yinxiang, and a few butterflies danced behind her.With a sudden lightening of his body, she had already carried him into the blue sky.With the white clouds passing by, his mood was unprecedentedly relaxed... With a clear voice, Yin Xiang suddenly opened his eyes, a teacup on the ground had been torn apart, and he was holding that silk handkerchief tightly in his hand. Looking at the twilight sky outside the window, Yinxiang stood up without hesitation, and strode out...

In Chuxiu Palace, Concubine De held a handkerchief and looked at it for a moment, then nodded and praised: "Look at this needlework, it looks like a painting, it shows how clever and clever the master is, old thirteen, you have a good eye." Being ridiculed by Concubine De in front of the maids and eunuchs, Yin Xiang blushed and smiled uncomfortably: "Ms. Concubine De made fun of her. My son doesn't know her name or which palace she works in, so I just I beg you to find someone so presumptuously, please don’t be offended by your mother.” Seeing the shy look of Yin Xiang who had always been restrained, Concubine De couldn't help but chuckled: "What's the matter, there are too many talented men and beautiful women in the drama, and the reason why you have such a fate is because of your previous life. Don't worry. , I will help you find this girl."

Yinxiang was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down on one knee: "Concubine Xie De." In the imperial garden, maids and eunuchs shuttled back and forth in twos and threes, Yinzhen walked slowly along the corridor alone, recalling Kangxi's praise of him just now, his face was full of complacency. "Jiu elder brother——" Liuli suddenly appeared and stood in front of Yinzhen. Yinzhen was startled, and quickly dragged her to hide behind the rockery.After confirming that no one noticed, he frowned and stared at her fiercely: "What are you doing? I'm afraid that others will not know our relationship?"

Frightened by Yinzhen's ferocious appearance, Liuli flattened her mouth a little aggrieved: "You promised me that you would immediately notify the clan mansion to confiscate my house after you go back. It's been a whole day. information?" "Why?" Looking at Liuli's bloodshot eyes, Yinzhen chuckled nonchalantly: "Because I have no such plan at all." As soon as these words came out, the blood on Liuli's face faded away immediately, and all the words she had thought up long ago were stuck in her throat, she opened her mouth in a daze for a long time and finally managed to utter a few words: "Jiu... Jiu elder brother, you... ..."

"Me? What's the matter with me?" Before Liuli could finish speaking, Yinzhen interrupted her with a sneer: "Who do you think you are? You're just a little court lady. Are you worthy of me taking you in? If you are sensible, go away quickly, otherwise, I will let you go around without food." Looking at the lover who was still whispering tenderly in his ear the night before, he became so unfeeling in the blink of an eye.Under the fury of Liuli, she spoke indiscriminately: "You... how could you do this, aren't you afraid that I will sue you at the clan mansion?" Unexpectedly, a court lady dared to threaten him with wild words, Yinzhen's face suddenly darkened, and she looked down at Liuli, who was already a little crazy, with contempt and ridicule in her eyes: "Go and sue, just go and sue, when the time comes, I will accuse you Seducing the prince is not enough to slander. Do you think they believe me or you?" "You..." Liuli was speechless, and slowly collapsed with a pale face. Yinzhen squatted down and pinched her chin, looked into her eyes and whispered word by word: "Remember, a smart woman never threatens a man with such a thing, because a woman who is easy to handle is never a man. It's worthless." After Yinzhen finished speaking, she pushed Liuli to the ground and left with a big smile. Lying on the moss-covered ground, Liu Liyuan opened her eyes and panted rapidly. Her lifeless eyes couldn't bear the dense water vapor, allowing them to burst out of her eyes, drop by drop, in a row, and finally turned into crying bitterly. The dream of prosperity was shattered, and she was bruised all over after losing... After crying for an unknown amount of time, Liuli finally stood up unsteadily.The tears have been shed, and the sour eye sockets are red and swollen like a peach. Liuli supported the corridor and moved forward step by step, the tears on her cheeks were blown dry by the wind, and she felt aching. Two palace maids from Chuxiu Palace approached, Liuli didn't want them to see her joke, so she hid behind the pillar sideways. "I don't know which palace lady has such a good life. Even if I keep watch all night, I can still make the thirteenth elder brother fall in love with me, begging the concubine de concubine to be important to me." A court lady sighed with envy on her face. "Why don't I have this luck?" "That's right, Brother Thirteen has such an arrogant and aloof personality, I don't know how many girls' hearts have been hurt. Princes and relatives are vying for relatives, but he finds excuses to refuse. I really don't know how much this court lady is. Good, so that he can make him fall in love at first sight." Another maid echoed, holding the portrait of the handkerchief and curling her lips sourly: "Look at the goldfish and peony embroidered on this handkerchief, what a strange match." Hearing this, Liuli, who was hiding behind the pillar, was stunned.Goldfish and peonies?Isn't that what she gave Chen Xiang to watch the night last night?When did it fall into their hands?What does it mean to be taken a fancy to by the thirteenth elder brother? Thinking of Yinxiang's handsome appearance in the portrait, Liuli cheered up, stretched out her hand to wipe her face randomly a few times, and chased after the two court ladies. "Second sisters, can I have a look at this painting?" The two maids looked at each other and handed the painting to Liuli. With just one glance, Liuli's heart beat wildly.Suppressing her excitement, she returned the painting to the maid. She narrowed her eyes and hesitated for a moment, then quickly made up her mind, turned around and ran towards Chuxiu Palace... In the Ruyi Hall, after Chen Xiang finished cleaning, she didn't leave in a hurry, but continued to sit on the ground and stare at the portrait of Yin Xiang hanging on the wall in a daze. Chunshou came in, sneaked up next to Chen Xiang and joked, "If you look again, you'll fall into your eyes and you won't be able to pull it out." Being caught by Chunshou who suddenly appeared, Chen Xiang couldn't help blushing. "me……" Chunshou smiled mysteriously, and put his index finger to his lips: "Don't explain, you don't need to explain to me in the future, because you are the master and I am the slave." When Chen Xiang heard this, she hurriedly covered Chunshou's mouth in fright, lowered her voice and blamed: "Don't be joking, Chunshou, it's not good to be heard." Chunshou pushed Chen Xiang's hand away, leaned close to her ear and whispered: "I'm not joking, let me ask you, did you meet Elder Brother Thirteen last night when you were on duty for Liuli?" The little secret hidden in the bottom of my heart was told by Chunshou, Chen Xiang blushed to the base of her neck, and stammered back: "You... how do you know?" Seeing Chen Xiang's admission, a look of disappointment flashed in Chunshou's eyes, but he still smiled and said: "This is fate, Miss Chen Xiang, I congratulate you, Brother Thirteen is looking for you all over the palace, what do you want? Fly up the branch and become a phoenix." Chen Xiang was stunned, feeling extremely unreal.The thirteenth elder brother took a fancy to her?Looking for her all over the palace?God, she hasn't woken up yet, has she? "Chunshou..." Chen Xiang called out tremblingly. "I'm not dreaming, am I?" "Didn't you know that you pinched yourself in a dream?" Chunshou hurriedly urged: "Don't dawdle, hurry up and go." "Where are you going?" Chen Xiang was still confused. "Change into a beautiful dress and see Elder Brother Thirteen." Chunshou said, and simply pulled Chen Xiang out. "Oh." Chen Xiang had lost his mind, and let Chunshou drag her out of the wishful hall. "If you are the master, don't forget about me as a slave!" Chunshou walked in front, his voice a little muffled. "Oh." Chen Xiang didn't hear what Chunshou was saying at all, and agreed in a daze. "Forget it..." Chunshou didn't say any more, he quickened his pace and dragged Chen Xiang to the Tongpu room. The courtyard of the Tongpu house was already crowded with people.The usual high-spirited court ladies suddenly became cordial, surrounded by three layers of colored glaze like stars holding jade, chattering and laughing. Liuli had already washed her face, and her lips were covered with a thin layer of rouge.Smiling and accepting everyone's envious and flattering gazes, he was in high spirits, looking proud. Seeing Chunshou pulling Chen Xiang in, her high spirits subsided instantly, she bit her lips, showing an embarrassed and embarrassed expression. Looking at Liuli surrounded by the crowd in surprise, Chen Xiang had a bad premonition.Chunshou also noticed something was wrong, let go of Chen Xiang and strode over: "What are you doing?" A court lady knew that Chen Xiang and Liuli were closely related, so she ran over to please Chen Xiang and laughed, "Chen Xiang, do you know? Liuli's vigil last night was taken by Brother Thirteen, and Empress Defei has already pointed out her marriage. My aunt taught her to learn the rules, and she may become a thirteen Fujin in the future!" There was a muffled "boom" in his head, Chen Xiang's heart fell to the bottom of the valley, and he stood motionless, looking at Liuli in disbelief. Faceless facing Chen Xiang, Liu Li lowered her eyes to avoid her gaze. Chunshou was stupid on the spot, looked at Chen Xiang, then at Liu Li, and muttered a word after a long time: "What a trick, Li Daitao is stiff..." Hearing this, Liuli quickly raised her head and gave Chunshou a hard look, rolled her eyes, and forced a smile to the maids surrounding her, "I...I want to chat with Chen Xiang alone, let's leave first." While speaking, Liuli looked at Chunshou, and deliberately highlighted the word "alone". Understanding the meaning of Liuli's words, Chunshou snorted coldly and left with the maids.As he walked, he looked back frequently worryingly. Seeing the backs of the people disappearing outside the courtyard, Liuli worriedly ran to the door and looked around carefully. After making sure that no one was peeping, she locked the door tightly and ran in front of Chen Xiang. Before she could speak, she gave a "plop" Kneeled on the ground. "You...what are you doing?" Startled by Liuli's unexpected action, Chen Xiang took two steps back, turned away his face and asked in a hoarse voice. Seeing her dodging, Liuli knelt on the ground and moved a few steps forward with her knees, stretched out her arms to hug Chen Xiang's legs, and looked up at her face pitifully: "Chen Xiang, I know you are very angry and blamed me for taking your things, but I had no choice but to come here suddenly and asked me if I was the person who watched the night last night. Can I say no? I said no, it is a serious crime of losing my head. It doesn't matter if I die, but how can I implicate you... " When Liuli said this, tears were streaming down her face.Chen Xiang lowered her head dumbly, staring blankly at Liu Li. Seeing that Chen Xiang didn't kick her away, Liuli settled down, and wept even more mournfully: "Then they asked me to embroider, and compared it with the handkerchief I gave you, saying that they would point me to Elder Brother Thirteen. I was terrified, I don't think you can steal what belongs to you, but I overturned what I said before, do you think they will believe it? If they don't believe it, what should I do if I reject Brother Thirteen? Will they be beheaded? Will it hurt my family? Chen Xiang, forgive me for worrying too much, I know that I have committed a serious crime, if you refuse to forgive me, then I would rather die in front of you..." When Liuli said this, she stood up abruptly and rushed towards the pillar next to her.Suddenly, he staggered and stumbled, and fell out of the ground rolling and crawling. Unexpectedly, Liuli would seek death, Chen Xiang turned pale with shock, and hurried over to help her up.Seeing the scratched wound on her hand, Chen Xiang cried and hugged her. "Don't be like this, it's really not your fault..." "Chen Xiang!" Liu Li choked with tears and hugged Chen Xiang with her backhand. "Chen Xiang, don't worry, I will never let you drink soup if I eat meat, I have already made an agreement with Empress Defei, you will be my personal maid in the future, and we sisters are still together, I will not treat you badly. " Raising his hand to wipe away the tears on Liuli's face, Chen Xiang nodded stiffly.The long eyelashes trembled and drooped, burying the despair and sadness in the eyes.There is a sour taste in the throat, it is the taste of tears that are barely held back.The pain in the chest is stuffy, the heart is broken... Early the next morning, the old eunuch brought a group of people to the Tongpu room, packed up Liuli's belongings, and moved them into an empty room specially prepared for her.The court ladies hid from the window and watched, their eyes were envious or jealous, and they whispered to each other.Xi Rong's face was extremely ugly, he turned his head and left with a cold snort. Chunshou slipped out in the chaos, looking for Chen Xiang everywhere.After searching for a long time, I finally found her figure in a corner behind Tongpu's room.Seeing her pale face sitting there motionless, she hastily ran over in three steps at a time. "Chen Xiang, are you crazy? Thirteen Fujin, how many people dream of the status, you just give it away?" Kneeling in front of Chen Xiang, looking at the haggard figure, Chun Shou complained distressedly. Chen Xiang sat on the ground with her arms around her knees, and when she heard Chunshou's voice, she turned her head slowly, her eyes were bloodshot, and she had already lost the agility of the past. "So what if I don't hand in hand? At this point, do I still have a choice?" Chen Xiang's voice was hoarse and weak, and Chun Shou's heart was aching like sand and stone. "How about it? Of course I'm going to Brother Thirteen to explain the truth!" Chunshou stomped anxiously, and stepped forward to grab Chen Xiang and try to pull her up. "No, I can't go!" Chen Xiang shook Chunshou's hand away as if being pricked by a needle. "I'm going, what about Liuli? It's fine for her to leave her post without authorization, and there is an additional charge of deceiving the master. Even if the death penalty is exempt, the living crime is inevitable. Liuli...she is my best sister, and I cannot harm her. her!" Having said that, Chen Xiang couldn't help but burst into tears.The voice raised involuntarily, not only to persuade Chunshou, but also to strengthen his determination. Chunshou roared angrily: "If I were you, I would tell all about it. You said that Liuli can replace Li for the sake of prosperity and wealth. Why do you still care about sisterhood?" Chen Xiang was silent suddenly, and after a long time said in a low voice: "She has no other choice." "Fuck, there's nothing you can do about this kind of thing? If she says it out, you will become the thirteenth Fujin. Even if there is a big mistake, you can just say a word and ask for mercy. It's clear that she wants to climb the dragon and the phoenix. I happened to meet you again, a soft persimmon, who was right at the first pinch...and in the end, I, a person who wants to go to heaven with chickens and dogs, got hurt!" Chunshou didn't give up, and continued to persuade.Chen Xiang suddenly covered his mouth with his hand, raised his eyelashes stained with mist, and looked up through the raised eaves. In the gray sky, a lone swallow flew flusteredly.Behind it, thick dark clouds rolled over from the horizon.The hot flashes of the wind blew past, and the memories buried in Chen Xiang's heart were blown away... In the long bunk room, when she just entered the palace, she was beaten and kicked by several maids, her small body shrank into a ball, but she still couldn't avoid the dense fists and feet.No one protected her, no one cared about her, everyone surrounded her from a distance, laughing and laughing like watching a play.Just when she fell into despair, a white ghost floated over.The white cloth was removed, revealing Liuli's mischievous smile... In the Huanyi Bureau in the rain, she knelt alone in the yard, the slap marks on her face were red and swollen, and she was in burning pain.I don't know how many hours she has been kneeling, her legs have already lost all feeling.Dizzy, she finally couldn't hold back and fell backwards, falling into a warm embrace.Opening her eyes, Liuli looked at her worriedly while holding an oil-paper umbrella, and spread out her tightly clenched palm, revealing a steaming egg... In the Forbidden City at night, they were locked in the long red wall by several court ladies.In the long dark night, snowflakes floated and fell on the two of them unobstructed.She huddled in Liuli's arms and shivered from the cold, and the two of them cuddled each other until dawn finally came... One by one, one by one, in seven years, Liuli was everywhere in her memories, and she was her only support in the perilous deep palace.Every time she was bullied, it was Liuli who stood up and stood in front of her.Although there is no blood relative, they are better than biological sisters. If this matter were placed on others, she might bravely stand up and fight for her own happiness.But facing Liuli, she couldn't do it.Instead of ignoring Liuli for her own happiness and losing this sister from then on, she would rather just taste the grievance and heartache alone, and continue to carefully maintain the precious friendship between them. Even if it means...losing him. "...Chunshou," Chen Xiang gritted his teeth to resist the pain like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, and squeezed a pale smile on his face, "Promise me, let this secret rot in your stomach, never again Let the fourth person know." "You—" Chunshou closed his eyes, and punched the wall hard. "I see." bang—— Cang Tian, ​​who had been watching coldly, finally couldn't hold back his anger. Lightning and thunder exploded in the sky, and the torrential rain poured down, covering the Forbidden City in misty mist, hoping to wash away the ugliness and conspiracy in it. Liuli stood in front of the window, watching a group of court ladies running and avoiding in the rain, with a smug smile on the corner of her mouth...