A single tree becomes a banyan

Bi An didn't return for a long time, Mo Xiaoqing was the first to wake up from the cold, lit the dirty clothes with a fire, and threw them on the stone gate to burn for warmth.Baili Sipei also woke up, threw Yunmeng's clothes into the fire, put his hands together, as if he was saying something to Yunmeng in his heart, Mo Xiaoqing also put his hands together, and said something to Yunmeng.

Ruyuan threw the bloody gown that shed off into the fire, covered it on Yunmeng's clothes, and watched them burn into pieces.After a while, she said lightly: "There is smoke, it's time to go."

"Sooner or later it will be discovered." Mo Xiaoqing didn't think so, then raised her head and said, "Besides, this cliff is so steep that no one passes by."

Ruyuan didn't care about her, picked up the ball of fire and walked to the lake, and threw it into the ice cave without any explanation.She watched the white mist formed between them, dissipated, sank, and remained silent until she noticed that Su Rong was looking at her and turned her head.

Ruyuan walked towards Su Rong, stood in front of her without saying a word.

"Why don't you talk?" Su Rong laughed, wrapped a piece of dim sum in silk, and handed it to Ru Yuan.Ruyuan took it, took the dessert with one hand, and shook the silk with the other hand, turning it over.She was holding the other one in silk, and raised her hand to gently wipe Su Rong's face, the tears were densely covered with new tears, and it was difficult to wipe them off for a while.

Ru Yuan suddenly asked: "Your tea is poisoned, is the snack also poisoned?"

"Give it back to me if you don't eat it!" Su Rong reached out to grab it.

Ru Yuan swallowed the snack in one gulp, stuffed the silk into Su Rong's hand, turned around and left gracefully.Su Rong looked at her thin back, couldn't help calling her back, and explained: "I lied to you, there is no Gu in your tea..."

"I know."

Ru Yuan didn't turn her head back, Su Rong was dubious, and muttered to her back: "How do you know..."

"You can't hide it from me." Ruyuan stood still, looked back and smiled slightly, "Although I have only been friends with you for three days, I remember your every move very clearly."

Su Rong froze in place.

In the harem of the imperial city, the empress' bedroom is on the left side of the hall, and the residence of the maids has finally been settled. The palace people have moved out of Yuefu one after another, and then entered the west palace one after another. A palace maid ran around among the crowd, directing them The place where the items are placed, the nurse who is supervising at the side can't get in her mouth, so she has nothing to do.

Zhong Li wore a seawater jade red gold crown and a pear flower blue double embroidered light Luo brocade skirt. He stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, his back to the busy crowd.Her skirt has long snow-colored bead tassels dragging on the ground, and the people passing by are afraid of stepping on it, and dare not get close to her - Zhong Li has officially taken office, and disrespecting her is disrespecting the empress.

The courtyard is surrounded by red walls and lingering with green banyan trees. Inside the courtyard, there are three gatehouses with hanging flowers and verandahs on all sides.The people who came and went passed by, and Zhong Li standing here was really in the way, but she didn't realize it, and was caught in the excitement of the new discovery.The West Hall was magnificent at the beginning, and Zhong Li thought it would be a blessing if it could be restored to its original state, but then she thought of the Brocade Garden in the West Hall, and sighed again and again: Although it is winter now, there must be no brocade clusters luxuriant, but back then the palace The war must have ruined a lot.

Zhong Li was so bored, Ben lowered his head to wonder if there were any flower seeds, but unexpectedly bumped into a rock.Coincidentally, Zhong Li raised his head in pain, and found that this position can penetrate the gap in the rockery, just in time to see the Zhaixing Tower.Here, the roads connect with each other, dotted with rocky mountains, and the plaque of "Phoenix attracts nine chicks" still hangs on the five buildings. This West Palace was originally the residence of "Ji Yin".

"Interesting..." Zhong Li covered his head and fell into deep thought.

From afar, Shi Yao saw Zhong Li in a daze, and ran forward anxiously: "Miss, no, my lord..."

"It's packed?" Zhong Li returned to his senses.

"No...the Empress sent someone to say it was an apology."

"Apology?" Zhong Li thought for a while, "A few days ago, the young master was poisoned and sent me to the prison?"

"Shi Yao doesn't know, there are a lot of people here, sir, please go there quickly."

Zhong Li nodded, lowered her head and straightened her clothes. The Tianshui green satin shirt was meticulously embroidered with twigs and cloud patterns. As she walked, the brilliance was faintly revealed from the fox armpit cloak.

No wonder Shi Yao panicked, as expected, many people were waiting in the hall.The leader was an aged palace man, who heard Zhong Li's footsteps, turned his head to greet him with a smile, and saluted, "Congratulations, my lord."

"There's no need to be too polite." Zhong Li stretched out his hand to give him a little support.

The old palace servant got up and waved back, ten maids and ten palace servants stood up behind him, all bowed to Zhong Li in unison.The old palace man explained: "There are still ten nuns outside the door, and the officials have already asked them to help with work. These 30 people are carefully selected by the empress, and they are all determined by the adults."

Zhong Li remained motionless, Shi Yao took a look at Zhong Li's face, leaned close to her and whispered: "Miss, Empress, this is..."

Seeing Zhong Li's indifferent attitude, the old palace people pulled out the two leading maids, and smiled at Zhong Li: "These two servants are smart and smart, I think it's better to put them in the inner hall..."

"Thank you Empress." Zhong Li bowed, and then changed the topic, "It's just that Zhong Li is used to living alone, and Shiyao is enough around him, so I'm afraid I'll neglect them."

"It's just some servants, adults can deal with them at will."

Seeing that Zhong Li was about to speak, Shi Yao stepped forward to salute, and said to the palace first: "My lord, my lord has accepted the empress' kindness, but although the west hall is big, the rations are too small, so I really can't afford to support so many people. The ten elder sisters are accepted by my lord, and you can take the ten palace lords back."

Zhong Li frowned, pulled Shi Yao over and reprimanded: "Shut up! You're just a servant, it's not up to you to dictate how the West Palace arranges."

When Shi Yao was murdered, she was dumbfounded for a moment.

"What are you still doing here in a daze? Why don't you go to work?" Zhong Li pointed out the door, Shi Yao reacted, her eyes turned red immediately, she bowed her head and walked away quickly, her back was really aggrieved.Zhong Li didn't even look at her, turned around and said to the palace: "The Ninth Five-Year Empress, you should keep someone by your side to take care of her. Zhong Li is not delicate, ten maids are enough, please go back."

The palace man narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Your Excellency refuses, it's not good for me to return to the Empress..."

"It's none of my business." Zhong Li's face changed, and he waved his sleeves, "Seeing off the guests!" Everyone present didn't react, Zhong Li looked at the maids, and frowned, "Can't you hear me? Or don't you understand?"

The old palace man stood straight, showing no intention of leaving.The maids were at a loss, all looking flustered.Seeing this, Zhong Li snorted coldly and raised his hand, just as he was about to drive them away, a court lady came out boldly and asked the old palace servant to leave.The old palace man's face was already very ugly, he gave the maid a backhand slap, glared at Zhong Li, shook his sleeves and left.

The ten palace servants were still standing there with dazed faces, suddenly one of them knelt down, and the others also knelt down hastily, begging one after another: "My lord is kind, please take us in."

Zhong Li was unmoved, and raised her hand to take off the fox armpit cloak. However, she scanned the room, only to find that the tables and chairs were not in order, covered with dust, and there was no place to put them.Just as she was about to call Shiyao, a court lady quickly stepped forward, took the fox armpit cloak and hugged it in her arms.This court lady had slender shoulders and a thin waist, and she had a beautiful figure. Zhong Li had been sizing her up secretly just now, when she got closer, Zhong Li realized that she was not tall, only reaching his shoulders.

"Raise your head." Zhong Li was a little curious.

The court lady seemed to be hesitating, Zhong Li asked again, and then she slowly raised her face—the brows and eyes were unremarkable, barely delicate, because of the slap, the left cheek was a little red and swollen.

Zhong Li met the anxiety and uneasiness in her eyes, and smiled.

"From now on, your name is Qin'er."

"Thank you for your name!"

Qin'er was about to kneel down, Zhong Li hurriedly supported her, fearing that the fox armpit cloak would fall to the ground and get dusty, who would have made Qin'er even more excited and expressed her loyalty.The ten people at the door were still kneeling on the spot, seeing Qin'er like this, they begged even more vigorously.Zhong Li helped Qin'er up, looking at the crowd of people in the room, feeling upset.

"To shut up!"

Zhong Li walked in front of them, pointed at one of them and said, "You stepped on my skirt."

"Your Excellency was wronged!" The palace man hastily argued, "The slave never came close to you when he entered the door..."

Zhong Li smiled coldly, pointed to the next person and continued: "You, stepped on my hand. You, stepped on my qin. You, also stepped on my qin. You, you, you, and you, put I will be pressed to the ground. You, and you, fight me five times each."

These are all old accounts from ten years ago.

The ten palace servants were trembling, and some of them couldn't hold on, and slumped on the ground.When Zhong Li played the piano, the strings trembled, just like the people in front of him, trembling non-stop.

A palace man raised his head, pretending to be calm: "My lord, what did you say, the servant can't understand?"

"You really don't understand?"

Another palace servant hurriedly echoed: "Your Excellency, you are wronged, you have always been the daughter of the Zhong family, how could this servant step on your jade hand..."

"My lord, you are wronged! Your qin skills are superb, how dare this servant touch your qin..."

"Yes! You were Di Xin's beauty ten years ago, who would dare to step on your skirt..."

"..."

The ten courtiers all opened their mouths to argue with Zhong Li, making a lot of noise, but it was useless to talk too much, the more they refused to admit it, the colder Zhong Li's heart would be.

"The old palace man who brought you here... is Di Xin's servant." Maybe they really forgot, even Zhong Li himself, but when she saw the old palace man, she didn't know anything. I remembered.

Count the days, ten years, how fast.

Ten years ago, Zhong Li might have kept them because she was soft-hearted, but now she will not be soft-hearted anymore.

"The empress's gift is really troublesome." Zhong Li withdrew his straight index finger, raised his hand and snapped his fingers three times, and sighed: "I gave you two chances."

Once they were told to leave, and once they were told to admit their mistakes.It's a pity...it's still the same face after ten years.

With three finger snaps, a hidden guard turned over from the roof and jumped down, one left and one right, stepped on the shoulders of those ten people, and stood in front of Zhong Li in an instant.The maids were startled, the timid ones hugged each other, and the bold ones had already fled out the door.One ran a little slower, or ran a little slower because of curiosity, and came back to take a look.With just one glance, he fainted at the door with weak legs.

"My lord! I was ordered...to do..." A palace man hurriedly explained, but found that he could no longer speak, and his eyes widened.The other nine palace men were the same as him, staring and speechless, their necks ooze blood, and they connected into strange bloody necklaces—then they all broke off and their heads were separated.

Everyone ran away, Qin'er stood there and witnessed everything, screamed and fell to the ground, the fox armpit cloak in her arms was spread on the ground, stained with the blood that flowed over.Zhong Li's face was pale, and her stomach felt nauseous, she turned her face away, but the nausea became more intense, forcing her to run behind the pillar, and vomited out all the contents of her stomach, "The next one is the next one! Cough cough, throw it out, cough cough cough……"

Zhong Li's strings are the most ruthless killing tool in the world, and she doesn't mind letting those who come to see the joke witness her own fate.

On Zhong Li's first day in office, he stepped on ten lives and sat firmly in the harem.All the palace people discussed in private, the old palace man reported the matter to the empress, the empress laughed and said: "You are also an old man in the palace, the master punishes the servants, why make such a fuss."

"Empress, Zhong Li kills people in the open day, it's too rampant! The old slave suggested that Zhong Li should guard the emperor's tomb..."

"It's you who is the most craziest!" Murong Xing threw out the teacup in his hand, his face turned frosty, and the topic changed, "You are the one who should guard the mausoleum the most! No, you should be buried with him."

Jian'er at the side handed Fang Xuejuan, Murong Xing looked indifferent and wiped his hands silently.

The old palace man was poured with tea all over his head and face, and panicked: "Empress, you promised to save my life!"

"The widow promised to keep you alive to give Zhong Li a surprise." Murong Xing threw Xuejuan in front of him, got up and left, "You actually gave the widow a surprise..."

Zhong Li's reaction was really beyond Murong Xing's expectation, it turns out that people can change.

That night, the empress gave the old palace man a three-foot white silk, and hanged him in the emperor's mausoleum.So far, apart from those concubines, there are no old people of Di Xin in the harem.