Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Waiting For Me

The moonlight is very quiet, shedding down gently. Lian Xin nodded, and then both of them stopped talking and just sat quietly.The moonlight projected the backs of the two on the marble floor outside the corridor. From a distance, they seemed to be cuddling each other. For a moment, Yun Li whispered in her ear: "The palace is no different than the outside, you have to be more careful in everything. And remember to take good care of yourself. If you encounter any problems that cannot be resolved, go to Xiao Anzi." Lian Xin nodded lightly. At this time the night was already very dark, Lian Xin raised her head to look at the new moon in the sky, and looked sideways at him, "Does the prince still want to go back to the Ciyin Building?"

The light moonlight shines on her side face, her fragrant face is light and even, her eyebrows are curved, her eyes are full of light, her sandalwood lips are slightly raised, and there is a faint smile on her cheek. Under the moonlight, It's unbelievably beautiful. Yun Li pinched her face lightly, "I want to watch you go." "Then let's go together." Yunli said "yes", and gently opened Lianxin's hand.Then the two turned around at the same time and left in their respective directions. Jiang Xuexuan was still some distance away from the corner gate on the east side, Lian Xin walked slowly with her head down, until she reached the threshold of the corner gate, she suddenly stopped, and then looked back lightly.

Standing quietly under the misty moonlight, the handsome and outstanding figure was also facing her direction, as if he had been watching her back all the time, with a faint smile, until she turned around, he never left Pass. Lian Xin also laughed, her eyes suddenly became very bright. do you know? No matter how many traps, no amount of murder and calculation, I am not afraid. It is because of you that I can walk firmly in this huge palace... Before entering the palace, the beautiful girls usually do enough homework, such as the emperor's preferences, such as the temper and temperament of the existing concubines in the palace, and what's more, how many classes are the beautiful girls in the banner, which ones are they? Among the nobles of the upper three banners, which ones have backers in the palace and which ones have meager family backgrounds are not to be feared.

When Lian Xin was in Prince Guo's mansion, Ermo also told her some anecdotes in the palace, but it was far less comprehensive and detailed than what she heard in Zhongcui Palace when she heard the beautiful girls chatting together.For example, Concubine Yun likes sweets, especially nutritious desserts; Concubine Wan is afraid of the cold, and as winter is approaching, she asks the Guangchu Department to buy a cotton dress for the palace; the empress is quiet and gentle, and she must go to the Great Buddha Hall every month Li Shangxiang; Of course, more topics were developed around the emperor, but Lian Xin didn't care to listen to them, and only a few of them were kept in mind.

Going south along the palace wall, passing Chengqian Palace is Jingren Palace.Whether it is the structure of the palace or the specifications of the second entrance courtyard, compared with other palaces in the East and West Six Palaces, it is a relatively grand one.Because the little princess has lived here with her own mother since she was born, there are more nuns and servants in the palace than in other palaces. In the spacious and elegant courtyard, a cluster of rose bushes half a person's height are planted every few feet, surrounded by wooden fences.Every few steps there is a vertical palace lantern, covered with a glass cover.At night, the shadows of flowers fill the eyes, the halo of lights is blurred, and the shadows of flowers and lights complement each other.

It was noon at this moment, and the roses in the courtyard were in full bloom. The bowl-sized flowers were densely clustered in the wooden fence, and they were in full bloom. They were either lavender, light pink or pure white, and bursts of fragrance came to the nostrils. If there are no instructions and summons, the slaves and maidservants of each palace are not allowed to leave the palace for half a step except to accompany the master. It is beheading, no one dares to overstep the rules. When Lian Xin stepped into the second entrance courtyard, the maid inside was pruning the flower branches, and occasionally a servant was carrying a copper pot back and forth to carefully water the flowers.When everyone saw her, they stopped what they were doing, looked over with sizing eyes, and noticed the simple banner on Lian Xin's body, and then recognized that she was a candidate for Zhongcui Palace, and immediately a maidservant came up Come and ask.

"I'm a beautiful girl from Zhongcui Palace, I'm asking to see Empress Wanbi." At this moment, there are several young Chang Zai in the main hall who are drinking tea with Li Qingwan.These are women who are not very favored in the palace, currying favor with the high-status concubines, waiting for the bright yellow figure to arrive every day like a rabbit.It's a pity that just waiting is not enough, because even if he is favored like a concubine, the emperor rarely visits in person, but it can be seen from time to time in Qianqing Palace and Dongxinuang Pavilion. "Jade bones and icy muscles, moon appearance and beautiful face——you are a beauty. Why didn't I see you in Zhongcui Palace?"

Lian Xin leaned back and bowed, "The qualifications of the slaves are low, how can they get on the stage. When the empress comes in person, it is like the stars supporting the moon. How can the light of the stars be compared with the sun? The empress has beaten the slaves." Li Qingwan took a sip of her tea and waved her hand, "Sit down too, don't just stand. It just so happens that all the sisters are here, and everyone is talking together, don't be too restrained." As soon as she finished speaking, a maid immediately moved the chair over.Lian Xin didn't sit down, she lowered her head for a long while, as if she had made a big decision, she knelt down on the ground with a plop, "Miss Wanbi, please save Yushu..."

Li Qingwan was taken aback by this sudden movement, and was startled, holding the teacup, suddenly remembered the name in her mouth——Geng Jia Yushu, isn't it the beautiful girl she once gave the dance dress to?He even rewarded her with a bag of gold and suggested that she go to curry favor with Su Peisheng, the chief servant in charge of the respect room. At this time, several regulars present stood up to say goodbye to her, and some who could not see the wink were also pulled away.Li Qingwan smiled and waved to them, signaling to the servants who were serving them to send them out of the palace gate.

A few strands of shredded tobacco escaped from the smoker cage, which is the smell of Su Hexiang.When there were only the two of them left in the huge main hall, Concubine Wan put down the teacup and asked the palace servants to help Lianxin, "I have heard about Yu Shu's matter, you can talk about it first." Lian Xin lowered her eyelashes, her face mournful, "Yu Shu often mentioned the empress in front of the slaves, saying that the empress is the most kind-hearted, and she is a living Bodhisattva in the palace. The empress must save her this time..." Li Qingwan's eyes fell on Lian Xin's face, and she thought that this beautiful woman is really ignorant, she was imprisoned by Concubine Yun, but she came to beg her, did she let herself openly declare war with Wu Yingyun or something?

"I am also very sad about Yushu. She has very good qualifications and good looks. Originally, I thought that if she passed the reading, she would be able to stay in the palace. At that time, I will go to the emperor to invite Yushu Sister Shu stays in Jingren Palace, so she can keep company with me. This is good, I heard that the place in the North Fifth Institute is cold and humid, a good girl's house, really..." Li Qingwan said, He sighed somewhat regretfully. "Yushu is really miserable, and somehow she offended Empress Yunbi." Lian Xin said with some red eyes as she choked up. Li Qingwan took out a brocade handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, "Don't be sad, as long as the charges are not convicted for a day, there may be room for things to change. Let's do this, in a few days you will hold the badge of Ben Gong , go to the North Fifth Institute to see her, and bring some food and supplies there." Lian Xin raised her eyes and looked at her clearly. Li Qingwan pursed her lips, and continued: "As for her charges, I will find a way to help her reduce or even exonerate her." After listening to the latter words, Lian Xin showed a relieved expression, her face was full of gratitude, she hurriedly stood up and kowtowed to Li Qingwan, "Your maidservant washes on behalf of Yu, thank you for your kindness." Li Qingwan stretched out her hand to support her, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "Yu Shu is lucky to have you as a good sister. She committed the crime of impersonating a flag, not to mention whether it is true, you alone are not afraid Being implicated, coming to Bengong to beg for mercy shows that you are a good girl with a kind heart. Come to Bengong more often in the future." The North Five is located on the easternmost side of Miyagi, near the Shunzhen Gate, where several guards with weapons in hand are guarding.Because this place has always been the cold palace where concubines who made mistakes were imprisoned, and few people usually come here.When Emperor Kangxi was in power, there was a big fire here, which killed several concubines in custody, and it was gradually abandoned after that.At this time, there are even fewer nurses to take care of them, and they are completely idle. In the huge courtyard, due to years of disrepair, several layers of bricks and tiles have peeled off, and the red paint on the corridors and thresholds has fallen off, leaving only a snowy white.The weeds in the yard are growing unevenly and crazily, and some have spread into the housing estate, occupying the place where the original people lived, looking from the outside, it is eerie and creepy. Lian Xin stepped into the yard, the plaque in the main hall was crooked, the paint was gray, and the words on it could no longer be read clearly.A servant girl dozed off on the stone steps, leaning on her arms and tilting her head, as if she could fall down at any time.Lian Xinqing coughed, but failed to wake her up.On the contrary, an old nun walked out of a room in the east wing, and when she saw the badge in her hand, she immediately nodded and bowed to salute her. "I don't know which one is the main one looking for?" Lian Xin lifted the food box in her arms, and said softly, "It's the girl who was brought in a few days ago to be drafted, Geng Jia Yushu." The old mother was startled when she heard the words, rubbed her chin, and smiled embarrassingly: "The girl is not here, but in the courtyard behind Jingqi Pavilion, please come with the old slave, the young master." Lian Xin obeyed the will of the concubine Wan, although it was unreasonable, but she was given enough money, and several old nuns from the North Fifth Institute and Jingqi Pavilion also let her go. The old mother led her to an empty room in the north, took the key and unlocked it, then turned around and said with a smile on her face: "The person I'm looking for is in this room. The people around Yunbi have ordered , this girl made a big mistake, let the old slave take care of her. The young master will go in and talk now, don't delay too long." The door opened, and a sour smell came in.Lian Xin frowned, still nodded at the old mama, and then took out a bag of silver and handed it to her, "I won't stay for a long time, just trouble the mama to take the others away, we have something to say .” Seeing Yinzi, the old mama's eyes lit up immediately, and the wrinkles on her face were squeezed into one place with a smile, "Young master, please rest assured, this old servant understands." It was very dark in the housing estate, and the curtains were hanging obliquely, and they had all turned gray-black.Stepping into the threshold, you can see the only table in the room covered with dust. There is a dilapidated bed next to the table. A thick gauze curtain is set up outside, covered with spider silk, and the air is full of choking. Man musty and damp. "Yu Shu..." Lian Xin walked in lightly with the food box on her shoulders, and saw a petite figure curled up on the bed, unkempt, with hands and feet wrapped in bedding, shoulders trembling.When she heard the voice behind her, she trembled for a moment, then turned around slowly, revealing a face full of palm prints and a pair of eyes full of horror. Lian Xin's eyes widened, seeing the miserable appearance of the person in front of her, she almost shed tears, "How did you become like this? Who beat you..." The red and swollen cheeks were so swollen that they still had half of their original pretty appearance.Lian Xin didn't even have time to put down the food box, she stepped forward to hold her shoulder.Yushu watched with blurred vision for a long time before recognizing who it was, and threw herself into Lian Xin's arms with a "wow" and burst into tears. "Lian Xin...it's really you, I thought I'd never see you again..." Lian Xin hugged her tightly, and found that the skirt on her body was torn in several places, the exposed skin was covered with bruises, and there were several red marks on her wrists.It's only been a few days, how can a good person be tortured like this? Yu Shu lay in her arms, and gradually became tired from crying, the trembling of his shoulders gradually weakened, and finally only a low sobbing sound remained.Lian Xin caressed her messy hair, and touched her cheek with her hand, Yu Shu shuddered in pain. "They tortured you? The Clan Mansion hasn't made any verdict yet, how could anyone dare to lay such a heavy hand on you?" "When I first came here, I thought I was a beautiful girl. Even if I was locked up in Jingqi Pavilion, no one would do anything to me. But those old nuns asked me to bring them footwashing water, and I had to wash their feet , I don't want to, so they started beating me." Yu Shu bit her lip, tears streaming down her eyes, "Lian Xin, can I never get out again..." Lian Xin's nose was sore, and she hugged her in her arms, "How could it be? You are still a show girl, and you have to participate in the draft." Yu Shu shook his head sadly, "I know that Ama has already resumed her flag status before I entered the palace. But if Concubine Yun intends to target me, and the clan government revokes Ama's record, then I will be charged with pretending to be a girl in Qixiu. At that time, one person will deceive the king and kill the whole family, and Ama and Erniang will also be implicated..." When Lian Xin heard this, a bitter taste came to her throat.Concubine Yun is only aiming at something so simple, she is just using this pretext to lure Concubine Wan into the urn.But do those people in high positions know that they can easily designate the life and death of others with a single word of their own?And these beautiful women who live at the bottom are like humble ants who are trampled on by the people above. "Have you forgotten, we agreed to stand in front of the empress dowager together?" Yu Shu's eyes were red, and he choked up and said: "If I hadn't flattered Mr. Su, maybe I wouldn't be able to watch it that day, and I wouldn't have met Concubine Yun. Maybe this is my destiny, and I am destined not to have that fate. head." Lian Xin opened her mouth, and when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them all. Instead of giving her illusory hopes and disappointing her even more, it is better to wait for the opportunity.Concubine Yun's plan involves the royal princess, if she leaks a word, it will be a catastrophe, and as long as she can stay by Concubine Wan's side for a day, the servants in Jingqi Pavilion will not dare to bully Yushu again, and in the future Even she could not have predicted the ending. "You came to the palace with great difficulty. How could God have the heart to just deprive you of this opportunity?" Lian Xin held Yu Shu's hand and said soothingly, "Even for you, Ama, you have to persevere." It was getting late, Lian Xin put the food box she brought on the desk, and some toiletry items outside, and entrusted the nursing mother to bring them in.Yu Shu's situation was already very bad, Lian Xin didn't have much power, so she could only tell those nuns a few words, promising to bring some money to reward them next time, and then reluctantly left Jingqi Pavilion. Two days later, Lian Xin went to Jingren Palace to thank her again. Concubine Wan's attitude towards her was very different. She rewarded her with a lot of jewelry that day and left her to eat in the palace.But Lianxin sent more things to Jingqi Pavilion, Wanbi praised her for her kindness after hearing about it.Afterwards, he followed Lian Xin's suggestion and went to Qianqing Palace to ask the emperor for an order to renovate the North Fifth House and other places, making them the residences of the deposed concubines of the previous dynasty. The emperor originally wanted to vacate a place to properly accommodate those disused concubines, and Li Qingwan's proposal hit the mark, so not only was he allowed to play, but he was also rewarded.Therefore, Li Qingwan favored Lian Xin even more, and even kept her in his palace for the night. Feng Xiuchun turned a blind eye to the fact that Lian Xin often left Zhongcui Palace to stay overnight in Jingren Palace.When the other beautiful girls saw it, they were all envious, but they couldn't eat grapes and said that the grapes were sour, "Yu Shu was only imprisoned in the North Fifth Institute for a few days, and someone took advantage of her power to curry favor with her original master." went!" Lian Xin went back to the house to get her things, a few beautiful girls leaned against the door, she went to the left, they also went to the left, she went to the right, they simply stood side by side to block the place, just not to give way to her. "Fortunately, you are so good with her, so you are also a hypocritical master. If Yu Shu knew that you were running to the concubine Wan, would you hate yourself for not knowing people?" one of the beautiful girls asked. After finishing speaking, the people beside him all laughed. Lian Xin knew that these were the people around Xu Jia Xixiang, and if she squeezed her so tightly this time, even if it wasn't her intention, it was because of her.So Lian Xin didn't say anything, just stood quietly at the door.After a while, a figure really walked out of the housing estate in the East Wing. "Usually, people who don't look like mountains or dews are quite clever. I didn't expect to visit the top of the concubine's concubine so soon." Xu Jia Xixiang folded her arms, and her leering eyes fell on Lian Xin's face. , "But you have to take it easy, don't end up with Yushu in the end, and be imprisoned in the cold palace before anything happens." Lian Xin looked at her helplessly, and didn't understand why this eldest lady always likes to bully others, taking pleasure in ridiculing and oppressing others, "Miss Wanbi is kind and kind, and she cares for other beautiful girls in the same way." And considerate. When you say that, are you implying that Concubine Wan is buying people's hearts and forming cliques in the palace for personal gain?" Xi Xiang was at a loss for words for a while, but he didn't expect that this person who doesn't like to talk very much can choke to death, "I... I didn't say that, how dare you just talk about wronging people?" "It's not that she wronged you, but that you were too arrogant and unreasonable." A beautiful female voice sounded at the other end of the corridor, causing all the beautiful women to look back, but they saw a beautiful figure in a light blue and flowery palace dress. He has already stepped into the courtyard gate, and Shi Shi is coming towards this side. "My concubine Wan—" all the beautiful girls gathered together and said with a blessing. Li Qingwan took the little princess's hand, and with a beautiful smile on her face, she walked to the west chamber, and waved at all the beautiful girls, "Get up." "My maidservant pays respects to Madam Wanbi." Lian Xin bowed to her respectfully. Li Qingwan covered her lips and smiled, and stretched out her hand to help, "I told you before that I will show you a few servants to serve you, so that you won't have to run back and forth between the two palaces yourself. Look at it, it's just plain wrong now." You've been bullied, and you don't even have anyone to help, where is your usual wit?" After Li Qingwan said that, she tapped Lian Xin's forehead gently. Lian Xin said in a low voice: "It's useless to be a slave." Seeing this, the beautiful girls next to her couldn't help but look at each other, but they all saw that the concubine wanted to protect Lianxin, and couldn't help feeling envious and jealous. At this time, Li Qingwan seemed to have just seen Xixiang on one side, and looked at her from head to toe, "I thought it was some kind of beautiful woman who was beautiful and beautiful, but it turned out to be just a noble family from the upper three banners." Miss Jiao. But this is not your mansion, this is the imperial palace, not a place where you are allowed to act wildly." Xi Xiang's complexion changed, she bit her lip, and remained silent in embarrassment. But Li Qingwan stopped looking at her, and glanced over the other beautiful girls present, "You are all the same class of beautiful girls, and you will wait for the concubines, concubines, and emperors to read it in the future. If you only know how to be jealous, If you make trouble, you don't even need to take part in the re-examination, hurry up and pack up your things and leave the palace, so as not to embarrass yourself in this palace!" Hearing the words, all the beautiful women drew back in fear, "Miss Wanbi, please calm down, the slaves know they are wrong." "If you know your mistakes, you have to correct them. If I see you excluding someone again, don't blame me for being ungrateful." After Li Qingwan said, she signaled Lian Xin to follow her with her things, and then pulled the little princess's hand. With a flick of his sleeve, he left the second courtyard of Zhongcui Palace.The beautiful girl behind her leaned towards her with a huff, and sent the group of people away respectfully. The scenery in the imperial garden is different with the changing of the seasons, the most beautiful are summer and winter, one is full of flowers, and the other is covered in silver.However, after three years of admiring Li Qingwan, no matter how beautiful she is, she is tired of admiring it.At this time, she was just strolling along the gravel path boredly, she had just passed Duixiu Mountain, and Qianqiu Pavilion was not far in front of her. Lian Xin followed her, and waited for her to sit in the corridor of Qianqiu Pavilion before walking up to her and leaning back lightly, "Your Majesty is so sympathetic to slaves, slaves are not enough to repay by dying..." Li Qingwan took the little princess's hand, let her sit on the stone bench next to her, and smiled softly, "I just can't understand some beautiful girls who just call and drink to others because of their prominent family background." go." Lian Xin smiled wryly, "Your maidservant knows that she was born in a humble background, and she is used to it." "If you accept your fate now, there will be no hope in this palace." Li Qingwan had a smile on her lips, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. So what? If the only thing you value is family background, this person is like a flower in the imperial garden, once you have admired it, it will pass away, no matter how beautiful you are, you will not be able to impress others..." Lian Xin didn't quite understand what she said, but she could see a touch of melancholy in Wanbi's eyes. After a while, she snorted again, shook her head and said, "I won't talk about it. But you, since you came to Ben Gong, it seems that many things are going well, even the big girl's appetite has improved. " The little princess was always anorexic before, and it would be good to be able to eat one out of three meals, but since this beautiful girl named Lian Xin smelled a fragrance for her, she can even eat half a bowl of rice for lunch.It is a time when children are growing up, so such an appetite is gratifying. Lian Xin bowed her body humbly and said: "Your Majesty is a blessed person, the servants are just doing it by chance, and their meager strength is not worth mentioning." The corners of Li Qingwan's lips were slightly curved, and she said slowly: "You don't have to be humble. I am an experienced person, so I naturally know what should be rewarded and what should be punished. As long as you are thinking about me, I will naturally not treat you badly." you." After Li Qingwan finished speaking, her eyes turned from Lian Xin's face to her daughter.Since entering the imperial garden, the little princess has been sitting quietly on the stone bench, with big black grape-like eyes open, not arguing to play or crying, such a quiet and well-behaved child, but not a child of this age should have.Li Qingwan sighed, and held her daughter in her arms pitifully. Lian Xin watched from one side, knowing that the little princess was frightened by the incident of the imperial garden falling into the water last time, which made the little princess feel shadowed all the time, so since entering this garden, the little princess has been hiding in Li Qingwan's house. in the crook of your arm.Elsewhere, however, the little princess is not very talkative either.Concubine Wan always felt guilty towards her, but she couldn't confess it to others, so it became a heart disease. "Your Majesty, when the maidservant's younger sister was as old as a little princess, she always liked to hide under the table in the house by herself, and secretly told herself the things she had teased during the day. It was very interesting!" Li Qingwan looked at her inexplicably, "Tell me about it?" Lian Xin nodded, "Children are always speechless in front of adults because they are too embarrassed to say so, but it's different when they are alone. It's just that they must find a place that they like very much." Li Qingwan put her arms around the little princess and asked softly: "Where does our big girl like? Is the side hall of Jingren Palace good? Big girl used to like to listen to Emiang telling stories there..." The little princess looked at her with wide eyes, didn't nod, didn't shake her head, and didn't speak, just looked at Concubine Wan innocently, Li Qingwan sighed again. "Your Majesty, why don't you lead the little princess around, maybe the little princess will go there if she likes it!" Li Qingwan raised her eyes to look at her, but was dubious about her words.At this moment, the little princess suddenly tugged her skirt lightly, stretched out her chubby little hand, and pointed in the direction of Qin'an Hall.Li Qingwan was startled for a while, but in a flash, she showed a look of joy, "Does the girl want to go there? Okay, Er Niang will take you there!" Abandoning the serving servants, Li Qingwan took her daughter's hand and walked towards Qin'an Hall.Lian Xin looked at their backs from behind, and couldn't help but tightly clenched the porcelain bottle in her hand. The tablets and portraits of the ancestors of the past dynasties are enshrined in the Qin'an Hall. If there is no major sacrifice, no one usually comes here.The toffees have the habit of worshiping the Buddha in the Great Buddha Hall, and occasionally come here as a memorial or a review of the past. Ever since the little princess went to Qin'an Hall, she has become much more lively than before. Sometimes a few simple words can make Li Qingwan happy for a long time, and after that, she will be taken there every few days. On the twelfth day, it happened to coincide with the day of reading and watching the show girls, and the little princess was clamoring to go again. Li Qingwan was worried that she could only let her mother accompany her, so she asked Lian Xin, who did not participate in the reading, to go along with her. past. With a creak, the heavy palace door was pushed open, and Lian Xin took the little princess' hand and stepped across the threshold. Strange to say, this door was not closed in the past, and today I don't know which eunuch in charge of cleaning closed the door.In the main hall, there is a black lacquer inlaid mother-of-pearl offering, on the table is a gold-inlaid turquoise-style alcove, on both sides are gold-inlaid pearl and gemstone scripture boxes, and there are also a pair of unlit tin celestial cranes. Facing the tablet above it. Lian Xin led the little princess to the side hall, where there were portraits hanging on the wall one after another, all of them were the ancestors of the past dynasties.Just in front of the third portrait, there stands a figure in a light crimson butterfly embroidered palace dress, keeping his back turned, quietly looking at the portrait in a trance.After Lian Xin and the little princess walked in, the figure turned around leisurely. "Miss Yunbi is auspicious." Lian Xin bowed to her. There was a slight smile on Wu Yingyun's face, but she didn't seem to see her, she just waved to the little princess, "Big girl, come over to Auntie." The little princess showed a scared expression, and went straight to hide behind Lian Xin. "Ma'am..." Wu Yingyun looked over with a half-smile, her eyes fell on the small figure, but she said to Lian Xin: "You have already brought her here, don't tell me that you regret it." Lian Xin bit her lip, squatted down after a while, took the little princess's hand and said softly, "Do you remember the game we played in the palace before? Madam Wanbi took the shadow puppet and played the characters in the story with the little princess?" The little princess was pulled by her, and she nodded obediently. "The servant girl will play with the little princess again now, okay?" The little princess said in a soft voice: "Er Niang..." "Miss Wanbi is in the palace, she will come over later. Let's play for a while and wait for her while playing, okay?" After Lian Xin finished speaking, she gently lifted the cover on the side table. The red cloth revealed three exquisitely crafted shadow puppets. The little princess's eyes lit up. She picked up one of them and looked left and right. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that this shadow puppet was very similar to Er Niang, wearing a flag dress and flag shoes, while the other was wearing a different flag dress.The smaller one was like me, small and beautiful with a plum blossom hairpin on her head.The little princess couldn't help giggling. "It seems that she listens to you very much!" At this moment, Wu Yingyun walked over to Yunyun, looked down at the little princess condescendingly, but said to Lian Xin, "Then I will leave the rest of the matter to you." You. Don't forget, your future and Yushu's future are in Ben Gong's hands. Before you do anything, you must think about how to make Ben Gong better get what you want. " The single gauze screen had been erected a long time ago, and the two people hid behind the screen with only one hand exposed, and each held a shadow puppet in his hand.When the door of the palace was pushed open again, Lian Xin led the little princess to start a shadow puppet show, which was exactly the scene in the imperial garden that day. "This girl likes to watch fish, why don't my sister take her to the pond to see the koi. Get closer, and she will gradually become familiar with you." "Big girl, my aunt will take you to see the fish. Those fish are very beautiful. Your Huang Ama usually likes to come here to watch." "I want to feed the fish, Auntie, I want to feed the fish!" "Help, help... my mother..." The shadow puppet in the shape of a little girl fell into the water at once, and then struggled and struggled... But the water was very shallow, and after a while, the little girl stood up by herself. "Big girl, didn't Erniang tell you to keep calling for help?" "Er Niang, I'm afraid..." "What are you afraid of? How did Er Niang teach you before?" "Emiang said that I can't fall into the water until Aunt Yunpin turns around. But the water is too deep, I'm afraid..." There was a moment of silence behind the screen, and then the low sobbing of a little girl could be heard.Lian Xin couldn't go on acting anymore, she threw away the shadow puppet in her hand, and hugged the crying little princess with some distress. The shadow puppet show is not over yet, but everything is enough.Concubine Yun stood sideways in front of the old woman in the bright yellow nine-phoenix kiss palace attire, bowed her head and said, "Emperor Niang, this is what happened. Even if Yun'er was tricked by Sister Wanpin, she thought she was unlucky." The eldest girl is of royal blood, and she is the only princess in the palace, sister Wanpin really shouldn't take her own flesh and blood's life as a bargaining chip to frame dissidents." Concubine Qin's complexion was already ugly, and she waved her hand to let the nurse behind her lead the little princess behind the screen out, took her hand, and asked word by word: "Tell the emperor's grandmother, the shadow puppet show you performed just now , was it programmed earlier, or did it really happen?" The little princess had just finished crying, rubbing her red and swollen eyes with her hands but not speaking. Wu Yingyun smiled, bent down, and said in a soft voice, "Big girl, have you seen those portraits on the wall? They are all ancestors, as well as Grandpa Taizu." Wu Yingyun pointed to one of the portraits, " Although Da Niuer has never seen them, they are all looking at Da Niuer in the sky. If Da Niuer tells a lie, Grandpa Taizu will punish Da Niuer! Now Auntie asks Da Niu a few questions. Answer Auntie honestly!" The little princess flinched, then nodded timidly. "That day you were by the flower pond, why did you fall into the water?" "Emiang said, when the time comes, I have to jump in by myself, and then tell others that you pushed me down..." "Then why didn't you say it later?" "Because my aunt rescued me, my mother was very angry..." The sound of gasping suddenly sounded beside her, and Concubine Qin's eyes widened in disbelief, and she didn't slow down for a long time, "This concubine Wan, you really have the guts to come up with such a vicious trick!"