Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty: A Glimpse

After all, government affairs are busy.Ulanara Zhenrou pulled the corners of her lips, but there was still a smile on her face, "The concubine knows that the emperor is preoccupied with state affairs, but he has to think about his own body. The empress just mentioned it to the concubine yesterday, saying The emperor reviewed the memorials all night, exhausting his energy and needing tonic. The concubine personally went to the imperial dining room to order the palace people to prepare these meals. If the emperor has time, he should eat some." Ulanara Zhenrou's voice was as soft as water, and her eyes were lingering The light is like a hibiscus flower, blooming faintly in his eyes.

Yinzhen sighed, and waved his hand to let the palace servant on the side bring the enamel bowl over.Su Peisheng hurriedly ordered the palace servants to prepare the teacups as well.Ulanara Zhenrou smiled gracefully, and stood by her side, personally serving dishes courteously.Yinzhen picked up the chopsticks and only picked a little food, and ate very slowly and little. She watched gently from the side, still very happy. After the meal was finished, the serving palace servants took away all the dishes, and the little eunuch who was holding the red lacquered tray knelt on the ground and said, "Long live, the empress dowager asked the servants to present these small portraits to you, please You have a look."

When Su Peisheng saw this ignorant eunuch coming to ask for orders again, he couldn't help but glared at him angrily.But he just didn't look up, and knelt straight in the center of the hall with his hands arched.Yinzhen frowned, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes. Ulanara Zhenrou glanced sideways, but said that they were all portraits of girls waiting to be drafted in Zhongcui Palace.There are indeed fewer concubines in the palace. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the harem has never been so deserted. No wonder Concubine Qin is worried about this. "Your Majesty, let's take a look, maybe you can pick out one you are satisfied with." She said softly, her eyes drifted away, seeing that he didn't intend to be here, and he didn't seem to hear what she said, but felt relieved inexplicably.Flipping through it casually, the paintings on it are all young girls in their teens, young and young, and in their prime, and each person's name, flag and family background are marked on the lower corner.

Ulanara Zhenrou turned over one by one, but when she saw one of them, she was startled suddenly, astonishment and bewilderment flashed across her clear eyes.Subconsciously raised his eyes, the little eunuch in front of him was still hanging his head, and Su Peisheng was instructing his servants to transfer the reviewed memorial on the Minghuang table to the official department, the most important thing was that the handsome man didn't notice this side. "How about this, you send these small statues to Chuxiu Palace. The emperor has a lot of things to do every day, so he shouldn't bother with these trivial matters. Waiting for the palace to see if there are any outstanding family background and good looks, just give it a chance Put the green card on it, and it will not be too late for the emperor to choose." Ulanara Zhenrou said in a soft voice.

The little eunuch thought about it, but he didn't violate the concubine's intention, so he accepted the order. As for the man before the Minghuang case, he had no intention of doing these things. Hearing this, his face softened slightly, and he said calmly, "Thank you for your hard work." Ulanara Zhenrou gave him a reassuring smile. Since the incident of Concubine Wan, Jingren Palace has become a desolate place.The flowers and trees all over the courtyard withered overnight, and even the magpies and birds stopped visiting the desolate courtyard.And the remaining few red plum blossoms in the backyard bloomed in clusters all over the yard before the cold winter months. There were large clusters of pure white flowers, with crimson cores, and a faint floral fragrance floating everywhere.

Lian Xin came here to pack up her things, but there were no longer any serving servants inside.After the accident, the nanny named Su Rong disappeared without a sound.However, Bingyan, as the chief palace maid in front of Concubine Wan of Jingren Palace, hanged herself on the second day and died under the Hongrui plum tree in the backyard.People in the palace all rumored that it was the soul of Bingyan that urged the plum blossoms to be released, and that the flowers bloomed so well because they absorbed human spirits. Lian Xin returned to Xin Zhe Ku, originally Xi Xiang offered her a chance to stay in Zhongcui Palace, but she declined it.Once in the Xianfu Palace, and then in the Jingren Palace; a concubine Yun fell, a concubine Wan died, and a golden branch and jade leaf died... In just a few months, many incidents occurred in the palace, plots, traps, poisonous calculations, all of them It's hard to guard against and chilling.Maybe it would be simpler to go back to Xinzheku, without intrigue, and just revolve around some hard work all day long, but it would be more comfortable and comfortable.

However, on the third day of November, the palace suddenly issued a decree that all people belonging to the Jingren Palace should be sent to the tomb of the late emperor, one of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, to guard the tomb.At two o'clock, Lian Xin was learning how to make bait cakes with the palace people in Xinzhekuli, when the palace maid who came to escort her arrived. Those servants who had been assigned to the Clothes Bureau or the violent room all cried out of breath when they received the news that they were going to guard the tomb of the emperor.Places like the Valley of the Kings are empty, desolate and dead, and there is no one for many years. Only when the royal sacrifice is sweeping, will there be some vitality. People are crazy.

"It's not fair. You are not a servant of Empress Wanbi at all. If she is dead, how can you let her go?" Among the people who came to bring people, the leader was an old eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with gray hair and a shrewd face, touching his beardless chin, and said to Yushu: "Young master, your books have been restored, Tell the old slave to let you go back to Zhongcui Palace. Don’t worry about other people’s affairs here, pack up and go.” One lifts, one hits.Lian Xin was innocently implicated in the murder of the emperor's heir, while Yu Shu was inexplicably pardoned on the same day.The one who came to lead the people from Zhongcui Palace was Feng Xiuchun's servant, with smiles on his brows and eyes, polite and courteous, everyone thought that Yushu had climbed a high branch in some palace, so he escaped from Xinzheku Birth day.

In front of him was a ferocious palace servant, who only missed the iron lock with him.Lian Xin knew that it was futile to argue and fight, so she sighed bitterly in her heart, stroked Fu Yushu's hand, and walked towards the courtyard gate without even taking anything. "Lian Xin, Lian Xin..." Yu Shu blushed anxiously, and was about to run over to pull her, but was stopped by the old eunuch beside her. "Young master Yushu, don't shout too." The old eunuch dusted off the hem of his clothes, and glanced over leisurely. She offended some master, and the light words from above made her leave the palace completely." There was a place to go to Jingling, but there was no return.

Originally, according to the meaning of Shoukang Palace, the concubine Wan concubine committed suicide and died, and the matter was over. It must have never thought of disposing of the palace servants in the palace, otherwise it would not have happened after a few days. Only after the day will this purpose come out.What's more, that girl was not a servant girl, how could it be such a coincidence that she must fall on her head?The old eunuch had seen many such things in the palace, and he was no longer surprised by them. Yushu choked up and looked at Lianxin's back, but plopped down to the old eunuch in front of him and knelt down, begging: "Eunuch, save me!"

"How did you say that? Why did the little master ask the old slave to save her?" The old eunuch hurriedly bent down to help her, but Yu Shu didn't get up alive. Yushu's eyes were red, she held his hands, and said in a weeping voice: "Elder-in-law saves her, he saves me. If she really goes to that desolate place where people cannibalize, my life will never be able to live again." of." The old eunuch looked at her helplessly, and after a long while, he sighed softly, "Master Yushu, it's not that this old slave doesn't help you, it's because he really doesn't have the ability. Just listen to the old slave's advice and don't force yourself to do anything." Get ahead. In this palace, what can never be left is sincerity!" Lian Xin was taken directly to the east of the palace city, but she didn't even enter such desolate and desolate places as the North Fifth Institute and Jingqi Pavilion, so she followed the palace maids who were going to be sent to Jingling together, and was temporarily imprisoned in the South Three Place.The maids guarding them didn't take them seriously, and escorted them in at noon, and they didn't see any meals until the treetops on the moon. My stomach was growling with hunger, my mouth was dry and dry, and I never even drank any saliva.When he was serving his master, he could endure no matter what, but now that he has encountered hardships, his body has become more and more delicate, and he has only eaten two meals, and there are stars in front of his eyes, and he can't even stand upright. All the servants here recognized Lian Xin, seeing that she was also imprisoned, they completely lost their minds.Sitting together in twos and threes with their heads downcast, some of them were already crying. The night was as cool as water, and the cold moonlight shone through the skylight.Lian Xin sat in a corner with her knees hugged, her body covered with a layer of silvery moonlight, like a white mist rising.The black hair hangs down and hangs softly on her shoulders, half covering her beautiful face. "Miss Lianxin, why are you even locked up?" "Because... I have also stayed by the side of Concubine Wan." "But you are not a slave!" Not a slave, but not a master either.Once entering the gate of the palace, it was as deep as the sea, and only after entering the palace city, did one truly know what it means to overthrow clouds and rain, and what it means to take life and death.The most magnificent palace in the world is here, the most honorable and noble status is here, however, the most desolate and cruel emotions are also here.Once you go, you may never come back. Lian Xin stretched out her hand to touch her bosom, the pearls sewn into the interlayer of the underwear with embroidery thread were still there, clinging to her heart, as if she had also been infected with the temperature.In the season when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the spring is in harmony. He leads the horse and steps out of the majestic palace. its feathers.If she was given another choice, she would still choose to meet him before entering the palace.On that quiet afternoon with the fragrance of flowers, although it was short but beautiful, it was enough for her to commemorate it in her whole life. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of locking the door. "Lian Xin!" In the darkness, the visitor was wearing a dark brown cloak with the brim of his hat hanging low, as if he had merged with the night.Against the light, Lian Xin couldn't see clearly the appearance of the person coming, but she recognized the voice - it was Yu Shu. "How did you come?" "Leave me alone, just run away. I heard people say that you will be sent to Jingling tomorrow. The old eunuch also said that if you go there, you will never be able to get out again," Yu Shu said in a tone of voice. Anxiously, she took out an embroidered bag from her bosom, which was full of banknotes and a waist card for going out of the palace, "The old eunuch gave me the banknotes, and the belt card is for Auntie Xiuchun. You take them , go straight north along Ningshou Garden, exit Zhenshun Gate, and go to Prince Guo’s Mansion in Shichahai, west of the city, to look for the Seventeenth Prince.” "But……" At this moment, the voices of the two woke up the palace servants who were sleeping beside the straw pile, and they all showed ecstatic expressions when they saw the door open.Then I vaguely heard their conversation, and the instinctive desire to survive filled my heart-what a rare opportunity, if she doesn't leave, they will leave. People in the corner helped each other up in twos and threes, while the people in front had already rushed out of the threshold.Lian Xin was staggered by the push, and Yu Shu supported her. At this time, all the imprisoned maidservants had run away. "you……" Seeing the situation, Yu Shu took Lian Xin's hand and ran out of Nansan Institute.In the depths of the palace wall, flames could already be seen faintly. It was the royal guards patrolling the city. Lian Xin subconsciously clenched the beads in her bosom, grabbed the embroidered bag and waist card, and ran towards Ningshou Garden. "Lian Xin!" Yu Shu called her from behind, Lian Xin looked back with tears in her eyes, but Yu Shu forced a smile and said in a hoarse voice, "When you leave the palace, forget everything here... Don't come back either." After nightfall, no one is allowed to walk inside or outside the palace unless it is the masters of the palaces.Every half an hour, there will be royal guards patrolling the palace city, holding torches and holding sharp swords. If they encounter anyone with a suspicious look, they will kill them.And every time the bell rang, it was time for the guards in the palace to change shifts. The walls are heavy and the palace is deep.With such strict guards and defenses, there has never been an example of people who entered the inner city successfully escaping.Lian Xin's heart was pounding at this moment, tightly clutching the belt badge Yushu gave her, she walked straight north along the vermilion palace wall. She knew that at this hour, every palace gate was guarded by guards, and she had to pass through the corner gate.As long as you pass Ningshou Gate, you will go north to Huangji Hall, Ningshou Palace, Yangxing Hall, Yueshi Tower... Passing Leshou Hall and Yihexuan, you will reach Lenggong Beiwusuo and Jingqi Pavilion.There are few people there, even if you can't go out of the palace that night, if you stay overnight, you might be able to get out with the badge the next morning.Lian Xin made up her mind, stabilized her mind, and hurried her steps. And at this moment, from the direction of the palace on the south side, a woman's wailing suddenly came, the voice pierced the dark night sky, sharp and mournful - it was a servant of Jingren Palace. Lian Xin shuddered, but walked even faster.If she couldn't escape, so many palace servants would have run away, leaving only herself, even if she stayed in the palace, she would not be safely sent to Jingling.And being with the cemetery is like spending this life with the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha. It's long and miserable, and it's better to fight at this moment. Not far ahead is the Ningshou Gate, and after a few more steps, you can already see the silhouette of guards holding open flames.Lian Xin gritted her teeth secretly, clenched the waist badge in her hand, and walked over. "Who is here?" The guards in armor immediately stopped her. With a solemn face, Lian Xin said neither humble nor overbearing: "The maidservant is the guard maid in the North Fifth Institute. She just came back from the imperial dining room in the South Three Institute, and now she has to go back to Jingqi Pavilion." The guard held up a torch to take a look at her face, but seeing that her hair was like ink in a bun, her skin was as snowy as snow, and her sandalwood lips were a little pale, she couldn't help thinking that she was just a maid in Jingqi Pavilion, but she was really pretty, "It's so late , why did you go to the Imperial Dining Room if you didn’t stay well in the North Fifth Institute?” Lian Xin raised her chin slightly, but her face was indifferent, "Master has orders, and slaves should obey them. Lord guards, it's better not to inquire." This has always been the case in the palace, and the rules are set for slaves.But if there is a master behind him, even if the rules are ignored, no one would dare to know a word.The "master" she was talking about was naturally not someone from the Fifth North Institute.The guards heard it, and they were not sure, but they tasted it tacitly, and they didn't dare to ask any more questions, so they just gave her a wink, "Do you have a waist card?" Lian Xin calmly took out a double-sided pendant carved from rosewood from her waist.The guard in front of him took it, but it was too dark to see clearly, so he looked at it with the light of the torch. Lian Xin's hands hidden in her sleeves had long been clenched into fists, but the palms were damp. After waiting for so long for several years, the guard finally returned the badge to her leisurely, "If there is nothing else, try not to walk in the palace city after dark. If you change someone's eyes, I will treat you as a stinger." It's a pity for Wang Shajia's assassin to have such a pretty face!" After he finished speaking, several other people laughed. Lian Xin drew back her body and made a salute, then walked through the Ningshou Gate and headed north towards the Huangji Hall. "Wait!" Suddenly, a voice from behind stopped her, "You are the maidservant of Jingqi Pavilion, why do you have the belt badge of Zhongcui Palace? Come back, let me take a good look." The guard guard said Forget it, I walked over in two steps and three shakes. Lian Xin's heart sank suddenly, and it only took a moment for fear and panic to flood into her body, so that even her breathing stopped, her heart beat like a drum, and she was sweating like rain, her entire back was drenched in cold sweat.The thick smell of sweat was getting closer, closer... Lian Xin tightened her grip on the waist badge, and she didn't even have time to react, so she turned around suddenly at the next moment, and ran desperately towards Fengxian Hall. "She is not a servant of Jingqi Pavilion, come here, catch the assassin!" In the chaos, Lian Xin couldn't tell the direction, she just ran forward and kept running.The wind blew on his face, but he couldn't feel it. A place ahead was suddenly brightly lit, and a group of people who were facing them came towards this direction.Lian Xin's eyes widened in fear, but she couldn't avoid it, she kept walking, and rushed towards it. The eunuchs and servants who followed obviously didn't expect that there would be someone like this in Miyagi, but the eunuch who knew martial arts was the first to react, shouted, and stood in front of the bright yellow figure, and then flew towards the person who came. foot. "Ah..." Lian Xin fell hard. The light illuminated a place in front of Fengxian Hall. On the snow-white marble floor, a curled up girl was holding her belly, her face distorted by pain.The guards who were chasing after them arrived soon after, and when they saw a group of people standing in front of the hall, especially the bright yellow figure in the middle, they all knelt on the ground in fear, "See Your Majesty." In a trance, it seems to hear someone calling "the emperor".Lian Xin squinted her eyes and really wanted to look up, but at this moment, a piercing pain came from her lower abdomen, which made her unable to move.Vertigo swept over in an instant, she opened her mouth to say something, but only uttered a few monotones, her eyes went dark, and she lost consciousness again. "Long Live Lord, this slave deserves to die, this slave deserves to die." The commander of the guards hurried over, seeing this scene, he was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. He had just returned from the East Sixth Palace, and a few servants ran out of nowhere and bumped into the gate of Longzong who was personally inspected by him.This was something that hadn't happened in many years. When he was relieved after dealing with it, something happened here.What was even more unexpected was that he ran into Shengjia. "Since Uncle Longkodo stepped down as the admiral of the Nine Gates, the defenses inside and outside the palace seem to be useless. Where is the minister in charge of the guards?" You Hua Tu Mi seemed to burst out with a delicate fragrance in an instant, but it was just the fragrance tainted on the man's yellow satin brocade robe, exuding a faint and profound smell.He squinted his eyes lightly, his gestures and gestures took up all the bleak brilliance of the night, seventy percent of it was the introverted and calm look at the world, and the remaining three percent turned into a luxurious air, born with a noble and proud strength and aura. overbearing. As soon as the words fell, an official wearing a first-grade unicorn uniform ran over tremblingly.He brushed off his sleeves with both hands, then brushed off his clothes, then lifted the back hem, and knelt down on one knee, "Slave Erdo, please greet the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live." Yinzhen's eyes drifted over his head, "The dispatch of guards in the imperial city and the control of the city defense really opened my eyes." Erdo's face was covered with sweat, and he kowtowed tremblingly, "Your servant has neglected his duty, please punish him by the emperor." "Go to the House of Internal Affairs to get twenty boards yourself. Xiangbaiqi's salary for this year will be paid from you. If it is not enough for one year, it will be deducted for next year. When will it be enough? It will not be too late for you to come to me again to work." Er Duo bent down in fear, and kowtowed again and again. "Okay, let's take people down." At this time, the well-trained attendants heard the news and turned over the girl on the ground. The clothes were thin and the black hair was messy, but they couldn't hide Lixue's face that was just blooming.The simple palace attire on his body was dusted, and he looked a little embarrassed, his eyes were tightly closed, and his face turned pale from the pain. He glanced at this inadvertently, but with just this one glance, he seemed to have crossed many palace gates and thousands of mountains and rivers. At this moment, he encountered this face unexpectedly.An unbelievable ecstasy flickered in the deep crystal pupils. The emotion that the man had not expressed for a long time was surging like a tide at this moment. It was fully revealed in every inch of his deep gaze and every complicated expression. ——Is it her... Perhaps since she entered the palace, everything is destined to be good, it's just the length of time and the good or bad chance.Just how attractive is that woman, just by virtue of a similar face, she can win the noble rank and the ultimate favor... The only difference is that she is a substitute.