Remembrance Hibiscus GL

The Jingxin Palace is located in a secluded place. It used to be a fasting place in the harem. Because a certain concubine of the Taizong Dynasty angered the emperor, she was imprisoned here. Since then, the concubine has not been able to see the emperor again, and has been wailing and crying all day long. A generation of beauties finally died of crazy old age, so Jingxin Palace has been regarded as an ominous place ever since.

The layout of this palace is not much different from other palaces, but it has not been cleaned and repaired for a long time, and it looks dilapidated everywhere. The snow in the courtyard has not disappeared, and it is even more barren and decayed.Baozhen stood in the yard in a daze for a long time, then looked back at Lianzhen, with a "squeak", she stretched out her hand and opened the door, only to feel a dusty breath blowing towards her face, which made her cough uncontrollably .

Zhurui helped Lianzhen, and they entered the door together, looked around, but saw that the huge room was empty, with a few tables and chairs beside it, the dust on them was already an inch thick, and every corner was covered with dust. With the spider webs hanging, Zhurui felt more and more cold, and couldn't help shrinking her neck: "There isn't even a bed here, so how can I live here?"

Lianzhen was very calm: "If you come here, you will be at peace. If you don't have a bed, you will always sleep." She went outside and picked up a broom and came back, and took out a handkerchief to wrap around her head. Hengbo hurriedly stopped her: "Master, how can you do this kind of rough work, let us do this."

Lian Zhen shook her head: "At this time, do you still have to tell me about master and slave?"

Hengbo said earnestly: "Master, the emperor did not deprive you of your title, you are still the emperor's concubine, even if you really lost your title, in my heart, you are still the master of the slave."

Lian Zhen looked at her, with a sour feeling in her nose: "Hengbo, in fact, you don't have to come here with me to suffer."

Hengbo whispered: "I have been in the palace for a long time, and I have served many masters, but you are the only one who treats me so close, never treats us as slaves, and occasionally does something wrong, never punished , Food and use, almost the same as the master. Hengbo has received a lot of kindness, and he is willing to follow."

Lian Zhen's throat seemed to be blocked by something, she gently pushed her hand away, and forced a smile: "Okay, I started crying again after talking, let's clean this place first, otherwise how can I sleep at night?" ?”

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and the sky gets dark early. By this time, it is already dark outside the window.Fortunately, Hengbo was smart and brought a few candles with him. The warm and dancing firelight made him feel extra warm in this cold and long winter night.

There are two quilts spread on the floor, this is the bed, Hengbo and Baozhen Zhurui covered a quilt, Lianzhen was alone on the bed, the whistling north wind poured in through the window, they were so cold Shivering, Lian Zhen said: "Come here, everyone huddle together, it will be warmer."

Baozhen huddled into a ball, but forced a smile and said: "Master, we are not cold."

Lian Zhen frowned: "You keep calling me the master, but now you don't listen to me, are you trying to make me angry?"

Baozhen looked at her expression and didn't dare to disobey, so she and Hengbo Zhurui moved over slowly, Lianzhen divided the quilt in half for them, and said with a smile: "It will be much warmer if we are next to each other. .”

Zhurui hugged the quilt tightly, swallowed, and said in a low voice: "I'm so hungry, they haven't brought us food yet, are they trying to starve us to death?"

Hengbo sneered and said: "They dare not, but they will be late and torture us. There are many such snobbish slaves in the palace."

Baozhen said sadly: "I don't understand why the master treats young master Mei so well, why she wants to harm you."

Hengbo sighed softly: "After staying in this palace for a long time, you will gradually understand."

Lianzhen was silent, staring at the candlelight in front of her in a daze, Zhurui was so hungry that her stomach felt uncomfortable for a while, her eyes couldn't help looking out the window, she only hoped that someone would come, suddenly, she shook her body, pointed out the door, He stammered and said, "Master, I just...seem to have seen a figure flash by just now."

Baozhen was startled, and quickly turned her head to look, but Hengbo reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense, where did the figure come from!"

Zhurui calmed down, took a closer look, only suspected that she was dazzled just now, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty, but her voice became more and more trembling: "I usually heard them say that Emperor Taizong's concubine Yu died of old age after falling out of favor. , just in this room, the death is terrible, you say... will this place be haunted?"

Hengbo didn't wait to finish talking: "You just like to talk about these pretentious things!" Then he hurriedly comforted Lianzhen: "Master, don't be afraid, there are no ghosts and gods in this world."

"I'm not afraid." Lian Zhen smiled lightly and said softly: "Some people are much scarier than ghosts. The only thing I'm afraid of now is that you serve me for a while. I didn't give you anything, but I might harm you Most of my life will be buried here with me."

Hengbo persuaded: "Master, don't be discouraged. Since you entered the palace, you have favored the harem unmatched by anyone. The emperor must have you in his heart. As long as the truth is found out in the future, we can go out."

"With me in your heart?" Lian Zhen seemed to find it ridiculous, she slowly put her hand on the candle, feeling the warmth, and suddenly remembered those many nights, the days of being with the emperor in Changle Palace.The emperor was reviewing the memorials before the case, and she stood quietly by the side, changing tea and cutting candles for him silently. He was already handsome, but his earnest appearance was even more charming than usual.Occasionally he would raise his head to look at her, his eyes full of tenderness, and occasionally he would drop the things in his hands, hold her in his arms, and tenderly love her. It is undeniable that at certain moments, she was moved.Thinking of this, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Lian Zhen's mouth.

The room is extremely quiet, with Ruinaoxiang burning in the golden chi beast incense burner on the ground, and the pale white smoke curls faintly, like a thin mist, and then quietly dissipates in an instant.

The imperial concubine sat cross-legged on the kang, copying the Buddhist scriptures stroke by stroke. The densely packed small regular script on the old oiled bamboo paper obviously had been copied for a long time.

Sang Rong stood on the ground with low eyebrows and said, "Ma'am, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with Master Lian."

The imperial concubine didn't even move her eyebrows, she just said: "I know."

"I beg your mother to forgive me."

"Grace?" The imperial concubine said indifferently: "Everyone in this palace knows to hide right and wrong, but she just goes to find out right and wrong. How do you ask me to show mercy?"

Sang Rong said: "Master Lian is just too pure-hearted, so..."

"So she asked for it." The imperial concubine said: "You are also considered an old man in this palace, you should know that there are some nosy things that you can't control, why bother to go into this troubled water?"

Sang Rong lowered her head and said nothing, the imperial concubine said: "Although the emperor changed his mind, it was a step too late. The person on duty in the Ziyuan Hall is dead and there is no proof. The empress asked Xiao Yuanzi to identify the eunuchs in the palaces, but they did not find the eunuchs. The person I saw late. Mrs. Mei once again insisted that Concubine Lian pushed her. I advise you to let go of this matter."

Sang Rong suddenly knelt down and begged, "Ma'am, I know you will be able to figure out a way."

The imperial concubine paused, and frowned: "Is it just because of fellowship that you help her like this several times?"

Sang Rong raised her head, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes: "No, this servant is begging your mother for Miss Lian just because of her affinity with her. Besides, her grandfather is an old friend whom I met when I was young."

When she said the last sentence, her voice was too low to be heard. The imperial concubine was stunned, and she slowly put down her pen. She looked at her for a while, but did not ask further questions. With a slight wave of her hand, Qin Zhu put away the pen, paper and inkstone. , Shutong hurriedly handed over an exquisite small hand stove, and the concubine Huang Guifei shook her head, indicating that there was no need for it.

Sang Rong said: "The slave girl knows that the empress never likes to meddle in other people's affairs, but Miss Lian has been wronged, so she begs the empress to show kindness and save her life."

The imperial concubine was silent, but she suddenly remembered that night under the lanterns all over the sky, she turned her head, grabbed her hand, and smiled sweetly: "You don't know, our Jinling Lantern Festival..." That was her The brightest and purest smile I have ever seen in the palace, even the radiant lanterns are eclipsed by it.The imperial concubine was silent for a long time, then suddenly sighed softly: "I'm not sure about this matter, but since you've been begging so hard, I'll try my best."

Sang Rong knew that she agreed, so she couldn't help being overjoyed, and kowtowed: "My servant first thanked the lady on behalf of Miss Lian."

The imperial concubine pondered for a while, and said: "What kind of place is the Jingxin Palace? You also understand that if it's freezing cold today, those servants who are used to meeting the wind and steering the wheel may not care about their life and death. Maybe they will take the opportunity to setbacks. You take two people later, and secretly send them some things, don’t let your grievances be cleared, and your body will collapse first.”

"Yes, the servant understands."

Sang Rong stood up and was about to leave. When she reached the door, the imperial concubine called again: "Wait a minute." Sang Rong hurriedly turned around to listen to her orders. Best not to use it."

Sang Rong immediately realized: "I understand." She didn't dare to stay for a while and hurried away.

The candle was about to go out, Hengbo hurriedly changed another one, he was very worried, he only brought a small package of this candle, if it was used up, it would be even more difficult to pass the night, but he didn't mention it in his mouth.Several people were wrapped in quilts and cuddled together. They were all suffering from hunger and cold, and they were full of worries, so how could they sleep.

Lian Zhen turned over, listened carefully, and said, "It seems to be snowing again outside."

Zhurui's eyelids twitched, and she complained vaguely: "This snow is really annoying." She said, she went to Baozhen's side again: "Sister, I'm so cold."

Baozhen sighed in her heart, reached out to hug her, and patted her lightly: "Go to sleep." But Lian Zhen suddenly sat up: "Someone is here."

Hengbo followed him, listened carefully, and sure enough there was a sound of footsteps approaching from far away, and then there were several "duk-duk" knocks on the door, and a shrill voice said: "The food is here."

Baozhen was overjoyed, looked at Lianzhen, and said, "Come in."

The two eunuchs with gloomy faces each brought a food box in and put it on the ground, without even looking at them, they turned around and left, Hengbo hurriedly shouted: "Eunuch, stay a while."

One of the eunuchs turned his head and squinted at her: "Why?"

"There is no bed here, no fire, and it's too cold to sleep. Could you please show mercy and send me a charcoal stove and some candles. It's a great kindness. Our master and servant will report it in the future."

"I'm sorry, but we just deliver the food and don't care about anything else."

Another eunuch said coldly: "I can't even keep myself safe, so what's the point of repaying the favor." The two of them got impatient and chatted with her again, and walked away.

Hengbo was stunned with anger for a long time, but Lianzhen persuaded her instead: "There's no need to be angry, it's fine if someone doesn't make trouble at the moment, and I won't come to help you."

Baozhen excitedly opened the food box layer by layer, and saw that although the dishes were not as exquisite as in the past, they were all chicken, duck and fish. She swallowed, and carefully held a plate of mutton buns in front of Lian Zhen: " My lord, let's eat something first."

Lian Zhen didn't have much appetite, she shook her head lightly: "I'm not hungry, you can eat." Seeing Zhurui staring at him eagerly, she said with a smile: "Eat, and sleep when you're full."

Zhurui cried out eagerly, stretched out his hand to grab a steamed stuffed bun, Hengbo suddenly said, "I'll eat it later." Pulling out a silver hairpin from his head, he tried the bowl of chicken, seeing that the color of the silver hairpin didn't change, he was still uneasy, Going to try that plate of fish again, Zhurui said while eating, "You are too careful, we have all fallen like this, who else wants to do harm?" Half of the bun fell to the ground and shouted, "My stomach hurts!"

Lianzhen and Hengbo were taken aback, and quickly gathered around: "Zhurui, what's wrong with you?"

Zhurui fell into Baozhen's arms, and she felt her stomach was burning like oil, stirred like a steel knife, she gasped in pain, unable to speak out in pain, Baozhen hugged her tightly, feeling her tenderness. The body twitched more and more violently, and he cried out in horror, Hengbo opened his eyes wide, and said: "There is poison in the bun!" Lianzhen got up suddenly, rushed to open the door, a gust of cold wind rushed towards her face, chilling her bones, But she didn't care about the many, and rushed into the boundless darkness, uttering a miserable cry: "Come on! Help! Come on! Come on!" But she tripped over something, The whole person fell to the ground, her head and body were covered with snow, she got up, and staggered out, crying for help.

Hengbo hurriedly chased him out, crying, "My lord, come back, you can't get out, Zhurui... Zhurui is dying soon!"

No more?Lian Zhen stopped in her tracks, turned her head blankly, looked at the faint flickering candlelight not far away, her knees suddenly softened, and she knelt on the ground.