night snow full of clear branches

With the cool night wind blowing, I came under the palace wall without anyone noticing.

Looking up, the palace wall is majestic and unattainable, but it is different now. In the past six months, I have studied hard according to the martial arts classics my mother gave me, and it is time to test the results.

Jumping over the wall was really strenuous, but it was much better than before, and I couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in my heart, it seems that I can leave the palace without a token in the future.

In the past, I could only climb over the low walls in the palace, but now I can climb over the highest wall outside. This period of time is not in vain. I just wait for the future when my martial arts improve to a higher level, and I can come and go more freely. Into no man's land.

Because of the momentary complacency, the spirit was still very good in the middle of the night, so he thought about whether to go to the Lenggong to see, the queen lives there now, I don't know if it's okay.

In the past few years in the palace, the empress treated me fairly politely. If it wasn't for knowing what Wei Xue had done, and based on the principle that people are inherently good, I should have come to see it long ago.

But thinking about the empress's killing of Weixue's mother and daughter, she also felt that Weixue's life was also suffering.

While hesitating, he actually came to the vicinity of the Leng Palace, so where?not going?

Thinking about it, I was the only one who didn't sleep in the middle of the night, and the whole palace was running around, even the crazy empress should sleep.

"Please forgive me, please forgive me." I hadn't gone far when I vaguely heard a trembling voice from the cold palace, it was the queen.

Not long after, there was another unfinished scream, "Ah!" as if he had died.

I wanted to rush in to see what was going on, but after living in the palace for a long time, I also understood the truth about the depth of everything, so I didn't take that step after all.

When I got back to the residence, the crescent moon was just showing outside, and it was white to the bone.I don't know how many lives have been buried here in the past countless late nights.

In the early morning of the next day, Si Yong's personal maid told me that the empress had hanged herself.

Hang yourself?Probably only those uninformed palace people would believe it, and in the end it would become more and more outrageous, such as the queen committing suicide in fear of crime.

I know that it is very likely that Weixue did it this time, but the truth has already been revealed, and the queen is also crazy, and she is killing her like this.

The queen is dead, I thought it was the end, but it wasn't.

Later, I met Weixue a few times, and she was still the same as before, just as cold, and I couldn't see any changes brought about by the Great Revenge.

I ran into Wei Xue on the road that day, but she suddenly asked me, "Qingzhi, what's going on recently?"

"What's the matter, it's nothing!" I quickly shook my head, "Princess, I have nothing to say, so I'll take my leave first." But I walked away without waiting for her permission.

I just don't want to get close to her. Her intuition tells me that if I get too close, I will suffer.

Maybe she can see it. When I meet her recently, she always salutes politely and walks away.

After the second prince left the palace, Wei Xue no longer attended classes with us. I heard that she stayed in the imperial study all day long and went to court on time every day.

There are few female officials in the court, and once she goes, she will definitely shine a lot.I am not the only one who thinks this way, even the court ladies and eunuchs around me discuss it from time to time.

Although the Xuan Kingdom has always had the ancestral precept that the harem should not interfere in politics, as long as there are people with outstanding talents, they can enter the court, of course, the premise is that the emperor gives an order.

"Princess Zhaoyun was sent to patrol the south, and she will be leaving soon." Eunuch Lin said next to Concubine Min.

Concubine Min's expression was not very good when she heard that, she took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and said slowly: "The emperor is coming for real."

"I heard that she was also sent a team of imperial guards to accompany her." Eunuch Lin added.

This time, Concubine Min's complexion became even worse, "The imperial guards are not allowed to leave the capital unless they are accompanying the holy driver, what does the emperor mean by this, is it not clear?"

I saw Concubine Min's hands clenched so tightly, I was afraid that her nails would hurt me.

"Mother Concubine." Xun Jia came running from outside at some point, and when Concubine Min looked up, she saw him holding a multicolored ball.

"What's the matter?" Concubine Min's voice sounded a bit stiff.

"They don't play with me--" The poor eighteenth prince didn't know that he had hit the gun.

"Play! Just know how to play, how old are you! You don't know how to learn!" Xun Jia, who was unprepared, suddenly received a scolding, his small eyes were timid, and he didn't know where to look.

"Don't be angry, mother concubine, Xunjia is still young." Si Yong hurried over to persuade me, and motioned for me to take Xunjia away with his eyes.

"Let's go, Xunjia, I'll play with you." While Si Yong was persuading Concubine Min, I took Xunjia and left Concubine Min's palace.

"Cousin, why did the concubine mother scold me?"

"She may be in a bad mood." She was indeed in a bad mood. It seemed that as Princess Zhaoyun became more and more powerful, Concubine Min became more and more uneasy, and Si Yong also felt this.

In Si Yong's view, whether it is Princess Zhaoyun or the other princes and princesses, it seems that whoever gains power and favor has little to do with her, so she doesn't understand Concubine Min's reaction, but is often told by Concubine Min, "You won't Understood" was interrupted.

Gradually, I realized that when Princess Zhaoyun received attention, it seemed that not only Concubine Min was disturbed, but also Concubine Li and Concubine Jin.

The already turbulent palace began to become even more turbulent.

On this day, as soon as the night fell, I came to the palace wall and wanted to sneak out to find some friends to play with. With the experience of climbing over the wall a few times before, I was more comfortable this time.

Unexpectedly, the moment I climbed over the wall and landed, I heard a crash beside me, and Wei Xue also climbed over the wall!

"Hahahaha, I didn't expect you..." This person with the token also imitated me to climb over the wall, I really don't know what his intention is.

Wei Xue tilted her head and stared at me closely, "If you pretend you haven't seen me, I'll pretend you haven't seen you."

"Row!"

So the road was facing the sky, and each side walked.

After I left, I suddenly remembered that I used to be on par with Wei Xue in kung fu, but now it seems that she is constantly improving, so she can easily cross the wall, and I feel a sense of urgency when I think about it.

There is a group of my "hunters and dog friends" in the capital. I usually come out to play and joke with them when I have nothing to do. It is also under their leadership that I am familiar with everything from casinos, wine shops to merchants and pawnshops, but I have never made friends with Zanying. family.

Si Yong said that I was a "fool around" and that I stayed with a group of dubious people all day long and didn't learn well.I am noncommittal, and I still feel that this state is quite satisfactory.

"Hey, Ms. Mu, are you here alone today?" The owner of the tavern walked towards him.

I nodded and served a jug of wine. You thought I was going to drink for myself, but I was actually waiting for someone. After a while, a few "husbands and dogs" gathered together.

"Come, come, drink!"

I like to listen to them tell all kinds of stories, from the turmoil in the world to the politics of the court, these things are the most insightful when told by ordinary people.

For example, Ah Jiu from the pawn shop here said that the queen was deposed because she was out of favor for a long time, and she was crazy about men...

Xiao Du from the brothel over there said that the current prime minister wants to marry the emperor, and keeps giving gifts to Concubine Min...

I know these are half-truths, and I won't tell them the truth, just let them talk nonsense, and the more they listen, the more interesting it becomes.

"You are not right, in fact, the Queen was killed by Princess Zhaoyun!" The waiter in the tavern suddenly came over and interjected, which made me stunned. Could it be that he knew something?

Then Xiaoer continued: "Princess Zhaoyun has always liked the queen's nephew, but the queen has always prevented them from being together because the deceased Concubine Zhuang didn't like Zhaoyun very much..."

"Hahahaha..." Before Xiaoer finished speaking, I almost spit out the wine.

"Miss Qingzhi, are you alright?"

"It's okay, it's okay, continue." The unofficial history in the market may have come out like this, and the rumors in the capital are still like this, the farther away from the capital, the more likely it is that the three become tigers.

I don’t know how Weixue felt when she heard these rumors. According to my opinion, there are no more than two reactions. One, kill the speaker; two, there is no response.

They chatted for a long time without coming to a conclusion, so they asked me instead: "Since Miss Qingzhi often enters the palace, what do you think?"

I live in the palace, but I keep telling them that my sister works in the palace, so I often go there.They actually believed this lie full of loopholes, they are really ignorant people.

"According to my understanding, Princess Zhaoyun actually fell in love with the queen, the son of the former uncle of the country. The two fell in love at first sight, and they were inseparable...Unexpectedly, after the queen knew about it, she strongly opposed it and blocked it many times. …Princess Zhaoyun was forced to helplessness, and finally on a dark and stormy night…” I really appreciate my ability to make up stories.

Seeing that the group of people around me were all dumbfounded, I thought about whether I could take up a spare job as a storyteller when I left the palace tomorrow.

Among this group of people who listened mesmerized, I saw a pair of indifferent eyes, Princess Zhaoyun!When did this girl come?She won't listen to everything I say...

She also seemed to realize that I saw her, so she moved her chin at me, which meant that she wanted me to go out, because she had something to talk to me about.

This is difficult to deal with, although it is a little embarrassing for her to be found by the person involved, but I am not so cowardly, if you ask me to go out, I will go out?

Seeing that I didn't move a step, Weixue's eyes cast a cold arrow again, I didn't plan to pay attention to her, and continued to talk about mine. "Now, the lovers are finally getting married, but the man has changed his mind. He wants to give up the noble Princess Zhaoyun and marry instead..."

"You men really don't have a good thing." The proprietress sighed after hearing this, and the man next to her was dissatisfied, and said: "It sounds like all of you women are very good."

I thought that Wei Xue would come to stop me from continuing, but until I finished the story, she didn't do anything else, but just like everyone else, she listened quietly opposite, without any change in the expression on her face.

"What happened?"

"I really want to know whether Princess Zhaoyun killed him or not..."

"Foretelling what will happen next—I don't know either." I spread my hands in a helpless look.

I left the tavern in the aftertaste of everyone's discussion.