Wind and Rain Empire

In the Ziyun Pavilion at noon, Zi Linglong with her long hair loose, lay lazily on the couch covered with bead curtains and curtains, stretched out her hands in front of her eyes, and carefully looked at her pair of jade hands

Hong Wan walked into the room with a tea tray at this moment, and saw that Zi Linglong had already woken up

"Ma'am, are you asleep?"

Zi Linglong lazily agreed "Yes" and then sat up slowly

"Come and squeeze Ben Gong's shoulders."

Hong Wan answered "Yes, Your Majesty" and put the tea tray on the small table beside the couch, then stepped forward to rub Zi Linglong's shoulders

Zi Linglong asked Hong Wan while enjoying the massage

"Is there anything interesting outside this palace? Tell me quickly, I'm going to have trouble staying in this palace every day."

"Back to your mother, I haven't heard of such a fun thing. If your mother is bored, why not go to the imperial garden?"

Zi Linglong asked back

"Are you still shopping? I don't know how many times I've been shopping. I can even memorize the scenery (turning point) By the way, Hong Wan, do you know where the imperial concubine lives?"

Hong Wan was startled, the hand rubbing Zi Linglong's shoulder stopped

"Uh, I know I know, but..."

Zi Linglong looked sideways at Hong Wan, and asked

"But how?"

"It's just that the imperial concubine has an order that no palace people are allowed to go to her residence, and those who violate the rules will be punished by the imperial concubine."

Zi Linglong thought for a moment

"That means that the court ladies and eunuchs are not allowed to go, right? After all, Concubine De and Concubine Shu have both been there before."

Hong Wan shook her head

"This servant doesn't know. The servant and concubine Chen passed by once before, but there seemed to be no one inside."

"No one? Why don't people go? It's really strange, Hong Wan, you take Ben Gong there."

Hong Wan looked at Zi Linglong worriedly

"Ma'am, are you really going?"

Zi Linglong had a reasonable expression

"Ben Gong is the sister of the concubine's sister. Jiu Shu greeted her. It is a matter of course that I want to meet her. What? Is this reason unreasonable?"

Seeing that Zi Linglong said so, Hong Wan had no choice but to agree.

"Okay then, after the servant girl has dressed up for the empress, she will lead the way to the imperial concubine's residence for the empress."

Not long after, Hong Wan led Zi Linglong to Defang Palace, which is also the Imperial Concubine's Palace, and saw the palace gates wide open

Zi Linglong walked to the door, looked inside, and found no one, so she shook her head at Hong Wan, who also stepped forward to inquire.

Hong Wan frowned, pulling Zi Linglong's sleeve

"Your Majesty, let's go, this palace is deserted and deserted, it's very creepy"

"Don't you think it's strange? Why is there no one in this palace? I want to go in and see what's going on."

"Your Majesty, it's not that slaves don't accompany you, but that there is indeed a rule in this palace that maids and eunuchs are not allowed to enter."

Zi Linglong encourages Hong Wan

"Oh, let's go in and have a look while there is no one here!" She pulled Hong Wan closer

Coincidentally, a voice came out, "Ahem, this is Empress Zhaorong, right?"

Zi Linglong turned her head and saw that it was an older nun

"It's Ben Gong (whispering to Hong Wan) you go back first, stay in the palace and don't go out, if Ben Gong hasn't come back at night, you should report to the officials"

Hong Wan hurriedly replied "Yes!" Seeing the serious face of the nanny, she hurriedly saluted and ran away in a detour.

The nanny bowed to Zi Linglong

"Servant Zheng Xian has seen Empress Zhaorong"

Zi Linglong raised her hand

"Madam Zheng doesn't need to see outsiders, no courtesy"

Zheng Xian is not very polite

"I don't know if it's because the empress is too young, and her servants are so loose, she dared to break into our Defang Palace so presumptuously?"

Zi Linglong had no choice but to smile

"Mum, you are serious. I called her to lead the way for that girl. I have been greeting the imperial concubine for a long time. I want to meet the imperial concubine."

Zheng Xian's serious and alert expression

"What a coincidence, our imperial concubine is not in the palace right now, so I cannot meet with the empress Zhaorong, but the slave will tell the imperial concubine about the arrival of the empress Zhaorong. If she has free time, she will go to see you."

Zi Linglong put away her smile

"Then can the mother tell me when the empress will be here?"

Zheng Xian looked away

"I don't know, the imperial concubine is the empress, she will be there whenever she is here, and she will not be there when she is not. As slaves, we can't control where the empress is going. Do you think so? Zhaorong empress"

Zi Linglong roughly understood that Zheng Xian couldn't get a positive answer when asked, so she went around and asked her

"Madam Zheng is right, so are you the only one in this palace now?"

"When the empress went out, she took all the palace people away, and left the servant here alone."

Zi Linglong smiled again

"Since Mammy is alone in this palace, it is really inconvenient for me to bother you. Nanny Zheng, let me take my leave now."

Zheng Xian seemed relieved

"Respectfully send off the empress Zhaorong, the empress walks slowly"

Zi Linglong took a few steps towards the road and saw Zheng Xian walking into the palace, so she took out the air blower hidden in her sleeve and blew on Zheng Xian, an anesthetic needle was stuck on Zheng Xian's neck, Zheng Xian didn't After walking a few steps, I fainted on the ground

Zi Linglong stepped forward, pulled out the anesthesia needle, put it back into the blowing standard tube, and pushed Zheng Xian

"Mother Zheng, Mother Zheng, are you still awake?"

Seeing that Zheng Xian hadn't moved, Zi Linglong dragged Zheng Xian aside and dropped her, and said inwardly:

"It's easy for you to be alone in this palace, and you still talk to me, I don't listen to you, if you think that I am those delicate concubines who only fight with each other, then you are too Underestimated the Palace"

Zi Linglong walked to the gate of Defang Palace in a stately manner

Wandering around in the yard, seeing no one, Zi Linglong could not help but monologue

"That's strange, where have all these people gone?"

Zi Linglong saw the white jade handrail beside the steps in front of the hall, so she walked up to look, and found the traces of someone's footprints in the grass next to the white jade handrail, so she walked along the footprints, and walked to the place where the footprints suddenly disappeared, and there was a small tree growing there. tree with a rather thick hemp rope under it

Zi Linglong squatted down to carefully observe the footprints, and her inner monologue

"What is this thick hemp rope for? Why do people's footprints disappear here?"

She stared at the thick hemp rope for a while, then pulled it suddenly, and heard a muffled sound, a piece of turf next to the tree was moved along the slide rail, and a tunnel staircase appeared, with dim candlelight shining through it.

Zi Linglong understood at once, her inner monologue

"My concubine, my concubine, what the hell are you doing here?"

She bravely walked down the tunnel stairs slowly

After Zi Linglong walked down the tunnel, she found that there was a hall under the tunnel, which contained furniture and other items. When she was looking at it slowly, she heard the voices of a woman and a man.

"Master Shi, I haven't seen you for a long time. You are good at technology. You are going to play me to death!"

"The imperial concubine is the one who is skilled and courageous, I admire you!"

"Master Shi, don't just talk nice words, show your real skills and compete with Ben Gong."

"Since the imperial concubine has a life, then Shi will not be polite."

When Zi Linglong heard these words, she felt that she couldn't be more familiar, and said inwardly:

"What a noble concubine, you usually look innocent and innocent, but unexpectedly you have a private meeting with foreign ministers in this underground palace and do some shady things. Today, the Palace will arrest you and let us see how you can make excuses."

Zi Linglong walked straight towards the voice, and saw the imperial concubine playing chess with a strange man

Seeing Zi Linglong, the man panicked and shouted

"Who are you?"

She didn't expect that she would be discovered first, things were unexpected, Zi Linglong was taken aback by the shout

The imperial concubine turned her head, looked at Zi Linglong in surprise, and hurriedly stood up

"Sister Zhaorong? You...why are you here?"

Seeing that the two of them panicked more than herself, Zi Linglong quickly calmed down

"I can ask you both of your questions again (Looking at the man) Who are you, why are you in the underground palace of the concubine's sister? (Looking at the concubine) Sister, why are you in this underground palace with a man privately?" Yes?"

The concubine hurried forward

"Sister, listen to my sister's explanation. Things are just as you see. The two of us are just playing chess. We haven't done anything shameful."

The man looked up carefully and saluted

"You are Zi Zhaorong? The official Shi Miyuan has met Lady Zhaorong"

Although Zi Linglong looked familiar at this person, she couldn't remember who it was

"Shi Miyuan? What kind of official position do you hold?"

Shi Miyuan replied

"The next official served as the Minister of Rites"

Zi Linglong suddenly remembered

"Oh! The one who waved the flag at the tourney?"

"It's the next official"

The imperial concubine asked suspiciously

"Sister Zhaorong, how did you come to this palace?"

Zi Linglong has already prepared her lines

"My sister often doesn't see her, so I came to you because I wanted to greet you from a long time ago. I met Madam Zheng and said a few words. After I finished speaking, my sister, I was about to leave. She seemed to be unwell and fainted at the door. In a hurry, my younger sister ran into the Defang Palace to find someone to help her, but she couldn't find anyone. She stumbled over the hemp rope and found this place. It was you, sister of the imperial concubine, what's going on with this underground palace? "

The imperial concubine's focus is obviously not on answering Zi Linglong's question

"What? Madam Zheng fainted? Where is she now?"

"If she hasn't woken up, she's still lying there by the gate."

Concubine to Shi Miyuan

"Master Shi, you should get out of here first. Bengong is going to see Mother Zheng, sister Zhaorong, you come with me."

Shi Miyuan saluted

"Yes, the imperial concubine" turned around and walked into the tunnel

Zi Linglong looked at Shi Miyuan, and asked the imperial concubine

"Why did he walk in instead? (Reacting) Could it be..."

The imperial concubine pulled Zi Linglong

"Let's go, sister Zhaorong, I'll talk to you when I get out"

Zheng Xian lost her energy and walked into the inner hall with her head supported, and met the imperial concubine and Zi Linglong who rushed over.

When Zheng Xian saw Zi Linglong, she was surprised

"Ms. Zhaorong? Why are you still here? Haven't you already gone back?"

"I saw that you fainted, and I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I went to Defang Palace to look for the imperial concubine."

Zheng Xian pointed at Zi Linglong

"There is no one in our palace, as Zhaorong, why do you rush around without knowing the etiquette?"

the concubine interrupted her

"Mother Zheng, Zhao Rong is also concerned about you, so you must not be rude"

"But empress, the servant is afraid of her... (interrupted)"

"Mommy, sister Zhaorong already knows about the underground palace, so you don't need to say any more, go and make some tea."

"But……"

The noble concubine was already a little angry at this time, "If you are told to go, go!"

Zheng Xian had no choice but to step back and pour tea

The noble concubine pulled Zi Linglong to sit down

"Sister Zhaorong, it's true that I don't like being disturbed by people, so except for national celebrations and concubine concubine's invitations, I almost never leave the palace gate, and because of the authenticity, I can invite anyone to be a guest. , compared to my sisters, this palace is not so boring.”

Zi Linglong widened her eyes

"My sister means that the tunnel can lead out of the palace?"

"Yes, and the tunnel is very long and very large. The people in the palace are all sent by the palace to explore the way, so there is often no one in the palace. According to the people in the palace, there is an exit every 10 miles in the tunnel. My palace is not the end, it's just a stop in the middle."

Zi Linglong had already thought about it, so she continued to ask

"Then sister, have you gone out to see it?"

The concubine shook her head

"Sister, I don't dare. I'm afraid it will be dangerous to go out, but you, sister, this underground palace is unfathomable. Why did you come down just by the stairs? Aren't you afraid?"

Zi Linglong also told the truth

"My younger sister knew there was someone when she saw the lights under the underground palace, and she was too curious at the time to pay attention to these things. Sister, who built this tunnel?"

"I'm not sure, I'm afraid it has been there since before the previous court, and the purpose is probably to avoid disaster. (Turning) Today's matter, I hope my sister will not tell anyone about it."

Zi Linglong stared straight at the imperial concubine

"Sister, sister can promise you, but sister wants to discuss with you"

The concubine smiled

"Could it be that you want to negotiate terms with me? As long as you are in Defang Palace, I can make you disappear without a trace at any time."

Zi Linglong also laughed

"Of course my sister knows, but my sister has already told the palace people that I came to Defang Palace. If my sister and I disappear, the officials will definitely dig three feet to find my concubine. That would be bad for you, sister, right? So we Let’s make a mutually beneficial transaction between sisters.”

The imperial concubine squinted at Zi Linglong

"I didn't expect you to be so scheming at such a young age"

"How dare, how dare, my sister is still far behind the concubine's sister."

The imperial concubine relaxed her expression, calmly

"Okay, tell me, what do you want?"

Zi Linglong openly expresses her appeal

"Sister, when I need it, I hope that I can use the authenticity of your concubine sister at any time."

The concubine was a little surprised

"You want to use it? (Shakes head) That's not okay. You are a celebrity around the official family. It's too ostentatious to go in and out of this palace. It's easy to attract the attention of others, and it's too easy to be exposed."

"Sister, I don't have to go in and out every day, just once in a while"

"Sister, if you want something else, it's okay to say, if you want to use this tunnel (staring at Zi Linglong), if you have to use it, then allow me to add more, and ask you for some benefits."

Zi Linglong finds it funny

"I want to use this underground palace. I just want to see my sister use it. If you don't want my sister to use it, it's okay, but I can't guarantee that my sister will slip up one day..."

Zi Linglong left half a sentence, glanced at the imperial concubine, and looked at the imperial concubine's expression

The imperial concubine rolled her eyes and thought about the pros and cons

"Well, come if you need it, just don't tell anyone"

Zi Linglong smiled happily and saluted

"Thank you sister, that's the way it is."