Wind and Rain Empire

Zi Linglong walked slowly on the road in front of the cold palace with the little maid in her own palace. A gust of wind blew and the yellow leaves of the trees fell to the ground, so she asked

"Isn't it spring now? Why are the leaves falling?"

"Mistress Zhaorong, this is where Concubine Chen lives. It's called Donghua Palace. There is no one to take care of it all year round, and the flowers and trees will wither."

Zi Linglong turned her face to the maid and said softly

"Understood, you go back first"

maid look up

"But empress, the servant is ordered to follow you."

Zi Linglong doesn't want to pay attention to her anymore

"If you are told to go back, go back first, I will be back in a while."

The maid couldn't argue because of her status, so she had no choice but to bow her head and salute

"Of order, that servant will leave first."

Zi Linglong was frowning and looking at the Leng Palace, and walked to the main entrance of Donghua Palace, and saw a little maid came out after the door opened

Then I heard Concubine Chen's voice coming from the cold palace

"You ugly and lowly servant girl, what kind of offal did you serve for me to eat? It's like pig food. Get out of here. I don't want to see you again. You are ugly and cheap. I will send you to the Jin Kingdom to give to those Jin Kingdom people. □I'm afraid people will avoid you? (Laughs) Hahaha"

The little maid closed the door and stood by the door sobbing

Zi Linglong coughed softly

"cough cough"

The little maid turned her head and saw Zi Linglong, she hurriedly knelt down, panicked and at a loss

"I don't know that the empress Zhaorong is here, the slaves deserve to die"

"Get up"

The little maid bowed her head and stood up

Zi Linglong looked at the little maid

"You raise your head up and let Bengong take a look"

The little lady replied

"The maidservant has scars on her face, afraid of frightening the empress"

Zi Linglong thought it was interesting and smiled

"It's okay, just lift it up"

The little maid covered her face and slowly raised her head. It was a delicate face, which reminded Zi Linglong of herself when she first entered Xiangyang City, so she removed the hand that was covering her face.

Only then did I see a long S-shaped scar appearing on the left face of the little lady-in-waiting

Zi Linglong asked her

"What's your name, what happened to your face, it doesn't look like it's been a long time, and the scars are still relatively new"

"Returning to the empress, the maidservant's name is Hong Wan, and she belongs to Concubine Chen's palace. This injury was accidentally caused by Concubine Chen when she was angry."

Zi Linglong touched the little maid's face

"Hong Wan? What a good name. You were originally a beauty, but it's a pity that you have this scar (turning point). How long have you been here? Have you always been alone?"

"Back to the empress, ever since Concubine Chen was sent to this Donghua Palace, the slaves have been serving Concubine Chen alone. This place is remote and no one comes here at all."

Zi Linglong feels curious

"Then what do you eat and drink?"

Hong Wan Road

"The Imperial Dining Room does not provide food for Donghua Palace. The slaves go to the Imperial Dining Room to pick up some leftovers and snacks every day and bring them back to eat. If there are cooked ones, they will eat them. If they are not cooked, they will cook them on the stove. The well in the palace has also been dried up long ago, and the water for drinking and washing is brought back from the next palace by the servants, and it takes about half an hour to come and go.”

Zi Linglong looked into Donghua Palace

"Then how is Concubine Chen doing now?"

Hong Wan looked a little depressed

"Concubine Chen is in a daze except for cursing people, she can't do anything else, she needs to be fed to eat water and rice."

Zi Linglong looked up at the entire palace

"You said that no one has come here for a long time?"

"Yes, ma'am"

"Are you familiar with the people in the imperial dining room?"

Hong Wan shook her head

"I'm not familiar with you. I haven't even said a word. The slaves just go in to get some leftovers. They don't know which palace the slaves belong to."

Zi Linglong was a little happy when she heard about it

"It's convenient, if you want, you can go with me."

When Hong Wan heard this, she was very surprised, and hurriedly said

"But empress, once this servant leaves, concubine Chen will just..."

Zi Linglong wandered around and returned to Hong Wan

"You mean, are you willing to stay here?"

Hong Wan bowed her head and remained silent

Zi Linglong walked up and down with a smile, and said in a sarcastic tone

"But you can't force me to stay if you want to. This is a clean place, suitable for self-cultivation, but I'm afraid I'll never get used to it."

Seeing that Hong Wan was still hesitating, Zi Linglong said again:

"Speaking of which, there seems to be a bottle of rejuvenating cream that was rewarded by the government in my palace. It is said that it can heal wounds, remove scars and beautify the skin. (Looking at Hongwan) But, I don't know if it will work or not..."

As soon as Hong Wan heard it, she immediately moved her mind, so she knelt down

"Mistress Zhaorong, I don't want to stay here anymore, I beg your empress to take her in."

Zi Linglong stretched out her slender hands towards Hong Wan

"I have one last thing to ask you. Now that you are gone, will Concubine Chen know?"

Hong Wan took Zi Linglong's hand, stood up, smiled and shook her head in silence

Zi Linglong smiled, Hong Wan followed Zi Linglong away

Suburbs of Beijing

Lan Xueyi and Wang Yuhe walked towards a stone tablet engraved with the words "Tomb of Wanyanyue", and stood in front of it.

Lan Xueyi sighed

"Wanyanyue, Wanyanyue, you are only 18 years old, and you still have a great youth waiting for you. It's a pity that you chose the wrong path, especially misjudged me, otherwise you wouldn't have come to this point."

Wanyan Luqi's voice came from behind Lan Xueyi

"That's right, you killed my sister!"

He walked up to Lan Xueyi

"You killed my sister, I want to avenge her"

Wanyan Luqi stepped forward and Lan Xueyi fought, but Lan Xueyi just took the moves and kept dodging

Wang Yuhe shouted anxiously

"You foolish brother, stop quickly, it wasn't our general who killed your sister, it was Jin Guo people!"

Wanyan Lu was furious and walked towards Wang Yuhe

"You are talking nonsense! The people of Jin Kingdom are our own people, how could they kill my sister?"

Lan Xueyi took advantage of Wanyan Luqi's distraction and snatched his sword

Wang Yuhe ran to Lan Xueyi and hid behind Lan Xueyi

"Your sister came to rescue our general last night, but she was stabbed to death by those black-clothed assassins. I wanted to apply medicine to her, but she said no, so... (began to cry)"

Lan Xueyi's face-to-face confrontation with Wanyan Luqi

"I have let your sister go so many times, I won't kill her, but you need to check the people behind the scenes that you joined forces, that is the real culprit who killed your sister"

Wanyan Luqi thinks, inner monologue

"If it's what they said, I'll blame them, Yue'er, no matter who killed you, my brother will definitely avenge you (to Lan Xueyi) I'll trust you once, if I find out that you have the slightest False words, I want your life!"

Lan Xueyi vs. Wanyan Luqi

"Go ahead and investigate, if there is even the slightest falsehood, you don't need to do anything, I will give you my own life" and then threw the sword back to him

Wanyan Luqi took the sword and handed over to Lan Xueyi

"How bold! But it's best not to let me find out that you lied to me"

Wanyan Luqi put down his words and left

In Zhang Tiancheng's room at Prime Minister Zhang's Mansion at night

Zhang Haisheng walked into Zhang Tiancheng's room and saw Zhang Tiancheng painting

Zhang Haisheng patted Zhang Tiancheng on the head

"Tian Cheng, what are you doing again? Why don't you study hard, and draw these messy things?"

"Oh dad, don't you just scold me, I'm helping Tianyu."

Zhang Haisheng is puzzled

"Help? Help for what? (Laughs) Just you? Can you help Tianyu? Has the sun come out from the west?"

Zhang Tiancheng knew that his father looked down on him again

"Eh? Why can't I help Tianyu? I'm painting Tianyu the portrait he wants!"

"What? Portrait? Is Tianyu interested? Why don't I know? Whose girl is it?"

Zhang Tiancheng folded his arms

"Who told you it was a girl?"

"Not a girl? Then what kind of portrait does he want?"

Zhang Tiancheng looked a little unnatural

"It's...it's a portrait of a fugitive soldier! What the hell is your crush, dad, what do you think about all day long?"

Zhang Haisheng flicked his sleeves and pointed at Zhang Tiancheng

"Aren't I worried about your two marriages? One and two eldest are not young enough to get married. When are you going to wait? Keep procrastinating, and if this continues, you will be single for the rest of your life."

Zhang Tiancheng talked back

"What's so bad about being single? Besides, if you don't have someone you like, why get married? It's annoying?"

Zhang Haisheng pointed at Zhang Tiancheng

"you!"

"Also, the sons-in-law on the list are still in their 80s and 30s and haven't married yet! Isn't the current emperor only marrying the queen when he was in his [-]s? Why are we ordinary people so anxious? Just don’t want too much, okay?”

"That's the emperor! He can get married if he wants to, and he can get married if he doesn't want to. He can get married whenever he wants, marry when he wants, and marry as many as he wants. That is the emperor's freedom. You are still in charge of the emperor." ?”

Zhang Tiancheng hands over to Zhang Haisheng

"Father, this prince and general... (interrupted)"

"Shut up! This is a major event of beheading. Be careful if someone overhears you (turn around, ask) where is your brother?"

"He went out and said that some colleagues were buying drinks"

Zhang Haisheng pointed at Zhang Tiancheng again

"Look, he at least has colleagues, how about you? Not even classmates"

"Father, look at you and talk about this again. Haven't all my classmates become his colleagues?"

"Weifu doesn't want to talk about you anymore, but you mess around every day or stay in the house for a day. What can you do if you ask Weifu to take you?"

Zhang Tiancheng spread his hands and asked

"Father, what do you want me to do?"

"Go to the Juren examination, enter the official career and become an official, and then marry a daughter-in-law, and give birth to a grandson for my father and me"

Zhang Tiancheng's extremely displeased tone

"Father, I've already said that I don't want to be an official anymore. Why are you pushing me so hard? Also, are you waiting for me to marry a wife and have children? Then I don't know when I will go, you It might be faster to marry another room!"

Zhang Haisheng stretched out his hand to hit Zhang Tiancheng

"Bastard, my father is almost 60 years old, I can't afford to lose face if you want to!"

"That's up to you. Anyway, my son would rather stay at home and read a book than be an official. You just stop thinking about it."

"Hmph! There is no cure!"

Zhang Haisheng shakes his sleeves and goes out

Zhang Tianyu entered the house from the back door

Zhang Tiancheng pointed to Zhang Tianyu and said

"Honestly, have you come back a long time ago? You cat is listening to daddy training me at the back door!"

Zhang Tianyu bowed to Zhang Tiancheng

"I'm sorry bro, if I had come in earlier, you wouldn't be the only one being scolded, I don't want to hear my father nagging (turning point) Did you finish the portrait for me?"

Zhang Tiancheng picked up the painting, and the scroll gradually unfolded on the table

"It's finished! What do you think? Does it look like the person you said?"

What unfolded in front of Zhang Tianyu was an exquisite painting of beautiful women in ink and wash

Zhang Tianyu watched for a long time

"Well, it's a bit similar. It would be great if there was some agility on this face."

Zhang Tiancheng propped his forehead and thought about it

"Aura? It's a little difficult to draw."

Zhang Tianyu finished the unfolded scroll

"But that's fine, I'll take this thing out and post it (ready to go)"

Zhang Tiancheng grabbed Zhang Tianyu

"Hey, isn't this the person you dreamed about? It's not real, what are you posting?"

Zhang Tianyu points to the painting

"This is the missing person notice. I'm looking for the beautiful lady in my dream! Since I can dream it, there must be a real person waiting for me. I will definitely find her. Wait for my good news!"

Zhang Tiancheng never stopped him, letting Zhang Tianyu escape

"You silly brother, the person you dream of is real, how can you find it? (Sigh)"