The spring day of Dade's third year seemed to be particularly cold. It was already noon, but the chill in the air seemed to be able to penetrate through the cracks in the door and go straight into the cracks in people's bones.
There are three characters written on the plaque at the entrance of the palace: Huayang Palace.
The name of the palace is particularly grand, but it is a pity that Huayang Palace, which used to have a high threshold, is now deserted.
Zhilan sighed and looked at her master sitting lazily in front of the window. She walked over and comforted her in a low voice, "Master, please go and lie down on the bed. Your health is not good to begin with. If you get sick again, wind-"
But before she finished speaking, Concubine Jing said lightly, "You haven't replied yet?"
Zhilan was stunned for a moment, and then she realized who her master was referring to, and hesitantly said, "Maybe he is on the way. As you know, the war is going on in the border area now, so it is possible that the letter will come later."
"Ah."
There was only a sad smile in response to Zhilan.
"I know that he is angry."
As she spoke, she stroked her belly again.
A life was once nurtured here, but now it is no longer there.
Zhilan lowered her head and did not dare to answer. Even though she was the most loyal slave around Concubine Jing, some of her words were like a time bomb, and she didn't know when she would be killed.
Concubine Jing didn't care about her attitude, she just said, "That's just a scoundrel, why should I stay?"
Zhilan's head was still lowered, but she felt a little disapproval in her heart.
The imperial doctor had already told him that if he could raise the baby with peace of mind, there might be a chance that the baby could be saved. It's just that the master's inner demons are too serious. Except for that person's child, she is not willing to give birth to anyone else's child.
Even if this other person is her legitimate husband, the king of this world, Emperor Jing.
Zhilan only dared to think about this in her heart but did not dare to say it out loud. So when Concubine Jing stood up, Zhilan walked to her obediently, helped her to the bed and lay down, and carefully covered her with a brocade quilt.
The mandarin ducks and red tents are tied together with lotuses, and they are flying together on the red brocade quilt. However, the person sleeping in this tent is alone, and the beautiful lady is covered under the quilt.
The curtain was gently lowered, and the bed fell into hazy darkness.
Concubine Jing closed her eyes and touched the soft satin quilt, her whole body seemed to be back to her youth.
She is an orphan.
The woman who lived on the border of the desert all year round became an orphan and an exiled wild wolf.
In the desert, there are only two things that cannot be tamed. One is the god of the desert and the other is the wolf of the wilderness.
Yet she was tamed.
The first time I saw Xiao Junyan.
At that time, she didn't know what kind of emotion it was. It wasn't until she read those sentimental storybooks later that she suddenly understood that that kind of emotion was called love at first sight.
The blood of these royal families inherited the best blood, so no matter how vicious and cunning they are in their hearts, at least they are gentle and gentle in appearance.
But she knew how dirty they were on the inside after their superficial facades were revealed.
She had seen Xiao Junyan torture the maid until she was covered with bruises and then feed it to the wolves, and she had also seen how cruelly Xiao Junyan whipped a subordinate to death if she disagreed with her.
She had been afraid and trembled, but she had never regretted it.
Probably this is love.
If you love someone, no matter what he does, you can find a hundred excuses for him to get away with it.
Until he said—
"Jing'er, go to the palace and help me conquer someone's heart."
At that time, Xiao Junyan touched her face with fascination, as if he was touching a unique masterpiece.
Girls who have been baptized by wind and sand in the desert rarely have skin as smooth as jade and a face as delicate and fair as hers.
She was once proud, but after hearing these words, she instantly turned into panic.
Yet she couldn't resist.
Xiao Junyan had raised her for five years, and he had transformed her from a little girl who could only scare away wild beasts with a whip to a killer who could kill people with a snap of her fingers.
Yes, she is a knife he has cultivated, it has been sharpened, and it is sharp and shining with cold light.
In March of that year, with fireworks and apricot blossoms and gentle rain, she broke into Emperor Jing's life as a young girl.
But it was not Emperor Jing who transformed himself from a girl into a woman.
The night before he presented her to Emperor Jing, Xiao Junyan finally couldn't help but take her.
Perhaps it was because the bonfire that night was too dazzling, and the dancing figure in the red dress was too alluring. After a lot of passion, Xiao Junyan touched her delicate cheek and gasped, "You wait for me, and when things are done, I will marry you as my queen."
So because of his words, she stayed in the deep palace for three years, working with the devil, using her body as bait to carry out Xiao Junyan's plan.
There was a wind blowing outside the door, which sounded like the wail of a fierce ghost. It was vaguely mixed with the cry of a man, and the sobs were particularly penetrating.
Concubine Jing trembled and sat up from the bed.
That voice was not an auditory hallucination, but came from another man—Xiao Junyi.
Since the rebellion failed, Xiao Junyi has been imprisoned in Concubine Hui's palace. What pleasant sounds can a dead ghost or a living madman make
In the past, Concubine Jing only felt bored when she heard it, but today, for some reason, she actually felt a sense of desolation that she felt.
Xiao Junyan was not a serious heir of the royal family. According to the rules, only brothers and heirs would inherit the throne as long as all the heirs of the royal family died.
And Xiao Junyan had this idea in mind.
Now that Xiao Junyi is completely crazy, Xiao Junyan seems to be one step closer to the throne. But only Concubine Jing can feel that this throne is extremely far away for Xiao Junyan, and she is afraid that it will never be possible in this life.
But she couldn't say this, and she didn't dare to say it.
Now she was of no use to Xiao Junyan. She ignored his order to give birth to the child and forcibly removed it, which had touched Xiao Junyan's bottom line.
The door creaked open, surprising Concubine Jing's memory.
She opened the tent a little and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhilan hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Lan is here. He said he came to see you."
Hearing this, Concubine Jing sneered, and just as she was about to refuse, she heard a sweet laugh outside the door.
"Sister, let me see you. Are you feeling better?"
It was Xie Rulan who spoke.
Concubine Jing dropped her hand on the tent and sat up against the pillow.
Seeing this, Zhilan quickly opened the gauze curtain to let in the light. She turned back and frowned and said, "My lord Lan, your Majesty has not summoned me yet. It is not appropriate for you to come in like this."
"Who do you think you are, you dare to teach me a lesson?" Xie Rulan glared at her, turned to Concubine Jing and smiled sweetly, "I heard that my sister has been extremely weak since she gave birth, so I I came here specifically to see my sister.”
With that said, she ordered Jade behind her, "Why don't you put the ginseng that the emperor gave you two days ago on the table? Sister Jingfei's body is weak now, and it's the time when she needs supplements the most!"
When Xie Rulan spoke, there was a sense of pride and hatred.
Concubine Jing knew the reason and simply said, "Lan Gui is blessed with great fortune. I hope you can be pregnant one day."
They were obviously the most bland words, but Xie Rulan shuddered when she heard them. Then she forced herself to calm down and said, "By my sister's good words, my sister is still young, so she naturally has plenty of opportunities. But my sister feels that this An heir is a big deal, if I have a child in the future, I must carefully protect it, otherwise if I accidentally drop or touch it, it will be bad and it will be miscarriage."
At this point, she covered her mouth again and said, "Oh, look at my sister's mouth. She speaks so freely. Don't blame me, sister."
The fine silver charcoal fire in the room was burning brightly, filling the room with warmth. Concubine Jing sat on the bed, looked coldly at Xie Rulan who looked proud, and asked, "Are you done? Get out after you're done."
Xie Rulan's face stiffened, and then she said bitterly, "What are you so proud of? Don't forget, the emperor is coming to Huayang Palace now, and he is also going to my house!"
Concubine Jing raised her lips and smiled, glanced sideways at her, and asked, "So what?"
The contempt brought out in these words made Xie Rulan's face even more embarrassed. Yes, so what? She, Xie Rulan, still has the status of a noble person. She comes to Huayang Palace at least once a month, and it is she, Xie Rulan, who relies on others to live her life.
Xie Rulan was touched on the most secret thing in her heart. She gritted her teeth and said bitterly, "At least I won't use dragon seeds to frame others. Did Sister Jing Fei hear Cao Guiren crying to you!"
"It's you, Lan Guiren, who put the blame on Sister Cao, right? What does it have to do with me?"
After Concubine Jing said this, she winked at Zhilan, who then pushed Xie Rulan out and said in a cold voice, "Your Majesty, please go back to bed. Master Lan, please come back!"
No matter how bad her mistress is, she is still a serious concubine. For a little nobleman to dare to come here and act so rampant, it is simply earth-shattering!
After Xie Rulan's curses faded away, Zhilan returned to the room. Unexpectedly, she saw her master sitting by the bed with a sad look on his face.
Zhilan couldn't bear it, so she walked over and whispered, "My dear, don't take it too seriously -"
Concubine Jing interrupted her, murmuring as if she was asking herself, but also her, "Tell me, when will he reply?"
But Concubine Jing never thought that there would never be a reply to this letter. because-
"Mother, what's wrong, Xiao, Mr. Xiao has been arrested!"
The blue and white porcelain cup in her hand fell to the ground along with Zhilan's words. The sound of breaking porcelain echoed with Jing Fei's panicked words, "What did you say?!"
Zhilan said with trembling lips, "Master Xiao collaborated with the enemy and treason. He has been escorted to the capital and locked up in a prison!"
The sorrow and sadness of these days have all turned into a woman's strangled belief, "I'm going to save him!"
"Empress, are you crazy?" Zhilan pulled her as she was about to run out, grabbed her arm and said tremblingly, "That is a heavenly prison, with a copper wall and an iron wall. Do you want to put yourself in it?" ?”
Concubine Jing then returned to her seat and sat down slowly. Her mind was blank, but she couldn't help but want to speak to release her panic, "You are right, Your Majesty. I can't kill Xiao Lang yet, so I have to find a way. You take my token and go out of the palace, gather all the hidden stakes in the palace, and I will discuss a plan!"
After discussing the plan, Concubine Jing personally went to the sick Emperor Jing to attend to his illness. In fact, she wanted to steal Emperor Jing's personal token.
She knew she was crazy, but if Xiao Junyan died, she wouldn't be able to survive!
She just didn't want to, but in the end she failed.
The moment she saw Xiao Junyan in the prison, he hurriedly wanted to leave by himself. Concubine Jing didn't understand at first until she saw the imperial army led by Xiao Junxi.
It's too late to regret anything. What's more, Concubine Jing never regretted it.
So when Emperor Jing asked about it, she only said, "The grace of knowing someone, the love of companionship, the love between a man and a woman."
She knew that she could not escape death now, but it was probably a kind of happiness to be able to live and die with Xiao Lang.
We met for the first time in the vast desert, and when we saw Xiao Lang, we lost our lives.