Zhonggong Order GL

A man your age likes to play in mud.I always thought you had changed, but now it seems that the things in your bones can't be changed. "

Sangzhi smiled noncommittally, "Then do you like it?"

"I like it, I like it very much." Lu Ying said, "I have a gift for you too." She got up and took out a package, "This is a new dress, I made it for you. Tomorrow happens to be the New Year, try it Does it fit."

"The clothes you sewed by yourself?" Sang Zhi was extremely surprised, "Is this... too expensive?"

"What's the matter?" Luying played with the little pig in her hand, "My sister has never been good at these things, I just made a random one, and I have the right to give my sister a happy new year."

Sang Zhi touched the clothes with mixed feelings in his heart.This was the first time someone had personally sewed clothes for her, and Sang Zhi lingered on the new clothes, but felt guilty in her heart, "Green Ying treats me so well, how can I maliciously speculate on her again and again."

I couldn't help but think of Su Le.Presumably with Su Le's identity, there must be no shortage of these things.Sang Zhi secretly sighed, although it was specially prepared for the two of them, but the gift for Su Le was obviously more thoughtful than that of Lu Ying.Only now did Sangzhi have to admit that although he said that he regarded both Su Le and Lu Ying as friends, in fact, the only one who really cared about him was Su Le who did not know his identity.

Sang Zhi started to lose consciousness again.What is Sule's identity?It seems that Kunning Palace has been mentioned twice.Could it be that Su Le is really from Kunning Palace?However, I haven't heard that the Empress Empress has a child?If Su Le is not Princess Gege, what is her identity?After all, he was so young.

"Lu Ying, is there any sixteen or seventeen-year-old Ge Ge in the palace?" Sang Zhi put away her clothes again, but still couldn't hold back her question.

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"Gege, sixteen or seventeen years old?" Luying's eyes showed surprise, "That's not true." She looked at Sang Zhi suspiciously, "Why did my sister suddenly ask this?"

Sang Zhi was startled, "No?" Seeing Luying's questioning eyes, she could only suppress her doubts and said without any change in her face, "I was just curious about what Ge Ge in the palace should look like at your age."

Luying smiled lightly, "We slaves, how can we mention it with Master Gege. Sister, please don't talk nonsense in the future, you will suffer."

Sangzhi listened, feeling very uncomfortable.The girl Lu Ying felt that the maids of honor were born humble and inferior, so they were as servile as any other court ladies in the palace, but it was reasonable to be like Lu Ying in the deep palace.But the more she behaves like this, the more Sang Zhi misses Su Le.There is a lot of resentment, resentment, bitterness and helplessness accumulated in her heart, but these emotions will never be understood by the green warbler, and probably only Su Le can understand them.It's just... What is Su Le's identity?Sang Zhi did not give up, "Are you sure? There are no girls in the palace who are sixteen or seventeen years old?"

Lu Ying laughed and said, "Ge Ge is not, but there should be quite a few court ladies and concubines around this age."

"Concubine?!" Sang Zhi's voice suddenly rose.Her mind exploded, as if a thunderbolt struck in the sky, she suddenly realized and was stunned, "The concubine of Kunning Palace?"Except—the temple suddenly twitched, and Sang Zhi suddenly felt dizzy, unable to recover for a long time.

Embarrassed, Luying quickly covered her mouth, "Sister!" Luying said, "Kunning Palace is not something we dare to talk about lightly!"

Sang Zhi's heart was beating wildly, a shocking thought came to her mind, but she couldn't believe it.Dazed for a while, she took Luying's hand and asked in a shy voice, "The one from Kunning Palace...is only sixteen or seventeen years old?"

"That's right," Luying sighed, "It's poor, even Concubine Shuhui is more favored than Kunning Palace. But in the palace, isn't it like this. Before our empress entered the palace, Concubine Ke was also favored? It's a pity This is not what it used to be. Think about it, the Concubine Jing of Yongshou Palace is already 24 now, and the empress was sent to the palace with her younger sister, Concubine Shuhui, when the emperor abolished her four years ago." said She glanced at Sangzhi, "I think if the age my sister mentioned, besides the Empress and Concubine Shuhui, there would also be Concubine Zhen, the sister of our Imperial Concubine—no, Concubine Zhen should be nineteen."

"...Empress Empress still has a younger sister?" Sang Zhi clenched her fists, feeling her heart was about to jump out of her throat.All kinds of clues were in a mess in her mind, and she couldn't calm down at all, so she forced a smile and said, "Lu Ying, tell me about this harem, I don't know anything, I'm afraid it will drag you down in the future."

Hearing this, Lu Ying thought to herself, if Sang Zhi was by her side in the future, if she accidentally ran into someone she shouldn't offend, it would be very bad.So he said, "In addition to the queen, there are nine concubines in the harem: three from the Dong E family, four from the Borjijit family, one concubine Tong from the Jia family, and the only concubine from the Han Dynasty, Concubine Ke. Dong E's There are our imperial concubine, concubine Zhen, and concubine Ningxi, and the Borzigit family has concubine Shuhui, the younger sister of the empress empress, concubine Jing, concubine Gongjing, and concubine Duanshun from Yongshou Palace." After a pause, he continued. Said, "In the nine palaces, there are not many heirs. The eldest son of the emperor died early, and now there are only five princes. Concubine Ningxi gave birth to the second prince Fuquan, and Concubine Tong gave birth to the third prince Xuanye. The Prince Rong in our palace is the emperor. The fourth son, and the fifth prince born from a concubine."

"Third Prince Xuanye..." Sang Zhi kept this name a secret, and was afraid that Lu Ying would see the clue, so he said quickly, "When did Chengqian Palace have a prince? I didn't know."

Luying smiled, "Before Prince Rong was born, no one knew the news, but he was named Prince Rong as soon as he landed! You must know that the current second and third princes have not been crowned kings yet, how about we The imperial concubine is deeply favored! Last year, on the third day after the Qianqiu Festival, on the seventh day of October, Prince Rong was born. Why do you think you were so busy last year? It’s just that you are in the outer courtyard, and the imperial concubine is cautious. No news was leaked before the full moon, only the emperor and empress dowager knew."

"It's been a full moon and I haven't seen any news."

"Your Majesty has always been frugal. The Emperor tried to hold a grand full moon banquet but was dissuaded by the Empress. Only a family of three set up a table in the inner hall. At that time, the Emperor was really the kindest Emperor in the world. He even took us along with us." Green Yingdao, "And...things in the palace..." Luying hesitated to speak, her eyes signaled to Sangzhi those things that can only be understood and unspeakable, "The emperor and the imperial concubine and empress love each other like treasures, and the empress is afraid Prince Rong is so blessed that he doesn't want to say anything, even the emperor listens to your mother." He said, "Now is the time when the grace is greater than the sky. In the New Year's Eve banquet that just passed, the emperor only gave the empress the imperial pen. The word 'Fu', even the one from Kunning Palace can only look at it."

"What's the significance of that word?"

"It's a blessing from heaven, usually it should be given to Kunning Palace by the emperor..." Luying lowered her voice, "I'm afraid, Kunning Palace will change its owner again."

Veins twitched on Sangzhi's forehead, and the words "Kunning Palace" made her feel unspeakable.If...if Su Le is really... Sang Zhi closed her eyes, forced herself to restrain her screaming nerves, but involuntarily began to recall in her mind——

When we first met, it was outside the gate of Yongshou Palace.Su Le suddenly appeared - from where to appear suddenly, without being discovered?The best location is the Longfu Gate facing the Kunning Palace.

In Yongshou Palace, even Concubine Jing, the deposed Empress, gave way to Su Le, and Aunt Jinxiu didn't even dare to look at Su Le. Besides her own relatives and the high-ranking queen, who else would she give to her?

The second time we met was still near Longfu Gate.The third time, the pair of shoes on Su Le's feet - I didn't see clearly at first, but now that I think about it carefully, aren't those the feathers embroidered with golden phoenixes?

And this time... just now.Sang Zhi suddenly blushed, what happened just now?She herself watched Su Le come out of Kunning Palace with her own eyes, and she still spoke bad things about the empress in front of Su Le... not only said bad things about her, but also kissed the queen? !

Sangzhi took a big breath, unable to breathe—no wonder Su Le's focus was so strange, no wonder he asked himself if he would like to go to Kunning Palace!

The girl's voice seemed to be still in my ears, "Would you like it?"

are you willing?

Sang Zhi suddenly opened his eyes, felt his beating heart and asked himself, would you like it?

The voice of the green warbler came again, "From now on, you don't have to go to Yongshou Palace to suffer in vain. Chengqian Palace only favors the Sixth Palace, and anyone who has a good relationship with our palace will be honored. See Qianqiu Lingjie and What the emperor meant on New Year's Eve, maybe it won't be long before we all go to Kunning Palace with the imperial concubine."

There was joy that couldn't be hidden in the words, but it sounded like thunder in Sang Zhi's ears, and he blurted out, "What about her!"

"Who?" Lu Ying was puzzled, but Sang Zhi snapped back to her senses, unable to answer, reluctantly said, "No... I'm too tired."

She stopped talking and closed her eyes quietly.

But a heart hurts as if it was bitten by something.Sule...is she really the queen?Could it be that the empress who is dull, unfavored and always being made things difficult in the rumors is the little girl she cherishes very much in her heart?But the Su Le she saw was obviously so bright and charming, cute and amiable.

Su Le...just a 17-year-old girl.How could you be made things difficult for, how could you be deliberately picked on, how could... be maliciously accused and provoked by a man?

Sangzhi's eye sockets were hot.When Su Le was provoked by the emperor, did he suffer everything silently in the cold and lifeless Kunning Palace?Her fingertips were embedded in her palms, and her mood was hard to calm down.

"I am willing." She moved her lips silently, her heart was burning hot, "Su Le, I am willing to be by your side."

However, it was too late.

The author has something to say: the task is very heavy recently, and the codeword time that can be spared is very little.I can write as much as I can.

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New Year's Day.

Sangzhi was very worried, and regretted that he didn't have the courage to follow Su Le's words on New Year's Eve, and regretted why he didn't agree.But regret is useless.She thought, if she had known that Su Le was the queen, if she had known that Su Le lived in the Kunning Palace, which even she hated, she would have stayed with Su Le.

Because, what she, Sang Zhi, really cares about is not prosperity and wealth at all, let alone climbing the dragon and the phoenix.What she cares about is her life and the meaning of living in this Forbidden City.In the beginning, when she didn't know Su Le, everything she did was to save her life and safety.Getting acquainted with Su Le made her finally find some happiness in this Qing Dynasty.What is the most important thing in a person's life?I don't know what other people think, but the most important thing in Sangzhi's heart is people and love.Happiness is meaningful only when there is affection, and fame and fortune are means.She is very clear about the relationship between the cause and the end, so she cherishes meeting Su Le even more in the deep palace.

Originally, she didn't want to follow Su Le, because she regarded Su Le as a close friend.However, once she followed Su Le, then Sang Zhi, as a court lady, must be Su Le's slave.Thinking of this relationship, Sang Zhi felt a lump in his heart.And she thinks that Su Le is Gege, and she must be better than herself in life, so she shouldn't have to worry about it.But she never expected that Su Le turned out to be the queen.

That also means that Su Le's life is not good at all.Her friend, the only person in the Forbidden City and even the Qing Dynasty that she has feelings for and cares about, is not doing well at all.As for himself, he actually refused to accompany this one and only.Sang Zhi regretted endlessly.

Went to Chengqian Palace with Lu Ying, Lu Ying entered the inner hall to serve, and she was still doing rough work in the outer courtyard.While doing things, I thought, how should I get to Kunning Palace now?After all, Sangzhi is just a court lady who is allowed to be a mermaid, and the power of life and death is in the hands of others, let alone choose which palace to go to.Moreover, the maids in each palace are allocated according to the system, the number of places is limited, and they have already been registered in the register.There are probably only two ways to go to Kunning Palace now, either the imperial concubine sends her to Kunning Palace, or the queen comes to ask for it.But now, neither of these two paths works.The imperial concubine didn't know Sang Zhi at all, and the imperial concubine who had always acted cautiously would not easily send the maids of Chengqian Palace to Kunning Palace, otherwise it would not end well if something went wrong.As for the queen—Sang Zhi couldn't help but sigh, how could Su Le be the queen?She still couldn't believe it, so she couldn't help having fantasies in her heart, "Maybe not. Unless you see it with your own eyes, you can't make a judgment." But she knew better in her heart that it was just a fantasy, so she sighed again——Last night Saying goodbye to Su Le and saying those things, I'm afraid it will be difficult to see Su Le again in the future.

Tong Er leaned over, "Sang Zhi, why are you always sighing during the Chinese New Year? This is not a good omen." As she spoke, she deliberately put her wrist in front of Sang Zhi.

"Nothing." Sang Zhi answered carelessly, absent-mindedly.Tong'er deliberately shook her wrist again, and said in a slightly exaggerated voice, "Oh, although this jade bracelet is a good thing, it is strangely cold in winter."

Sang Zhi raised her eyes, only to notice that Tong'er was so proud that others would not see the jade bracelet on her wrist, Sang Zhi thought it was funny, and said lightly, "It's very beautiful."

"That's not right!" Seeing that Sangzhi noticed, Tong'er became more and more proud, "After all, it's something that the master rewards, and it's precious!"

Sang Zhi pursed her lips and smiled, shaking her head secretly.

Tong'er didn't care, and asked her intentionally, "Sang Zhi, you have such a good relationship with Luying, what did you get for the New Year?"

"A dress."

"Where did it come from?"

"Green Warbler made it herself."

"Oh——" Tong'er elongated her voice, "It's still a slave's thing." There was a bit of self-satisfaction and showing off in his eyes, as if it was a great thing to get a master's thing.

Sang Zhi only thought her face was ridiculous and didn't care about it.She asked casually, "Did the imperial concubine reward you?"

Unexpectedly, Tong'er choked, and gave her a glance and said, "Although she is not the imperial concubine, it is still rewarded by the master, and it is better than you."

Sang Zhi felt strange, "Who else is your master besides the imperial concubine?"

Tong'er snorted, "My master is naturally the imperial concubine." He stopped talking to Sang Zhi and continued to show off the bracelet.

Sang Zhi curled her lips, and didn't care about her, only thinking about how to go to Kunning Palace now.

Before dawn, the imperial concubine and empress would go to the empress dowager and the empress to pay New Year's greetings, and the green warbler would accompany her around.Sangzhi saw the green warbler from a distance and couldn't help smiling.Luying noticed her gaze, and there was a smile in her eyes.While helping the imperial concubine to leave the palace, Dong E suddenly said, "It's very cold in the morning, the emperor will go to see Prince Rong in the morning, and send a message later, asking the girls in the palace to change him into a warm cloak, so as to avoid The cold air is directed at the fourth prince."

The green warbler lowered her eyebrows and answered pleasingly, "Yes." Then she winked at Sang Zhi.

Sang Zhi was startled, but saw Luying waving at her.After hesitating for a moment, she hurried forward.Luying said in front of Dong E's face, "Sang Zhi, you can go to the inner hall to pass a message later, so that the maids who take care of Prince Rong remember to change the emperor into a warm cloak."

Dong Eshi also glanced at Sangzhi, "What's your name?"

"Sangzhi." Sangzhi replied softly.Unexpectedly, Lu Ying shivered in fright, and quickly said, "In the words of Hui Niangniang, Sangzhi came out of Xinzheku just like slaves." Hearing Luying bit the words "Hui Niangniang's words" and "servant", Sang Zhi's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he had made a mistake again due to carelessness, he quickly lowered his head and said, "Return to your mother's words, servant Sang Zhi."

Unexpectedly, Dong Eshi had already paid attention to her because of the previous answer that did not comply with the palace rules, "Sang Zhi?"

Sang Zhi lowered her head even more, "The servant is here."

I vaguely heard Dong E's chuckle, but the tone was soft and gentle, "Raise your head."

"..." Hearing this sentence again, the corners of Sang Zhi's mouth twitched, but he still had to raise his head carefully.From the corner of his eye, he saw that Dong E's expression was still very gentle, and Sang Zhi wasn't too scared.

But he didn't expect that what the imperial concubine and concubine said kindly made Sang Zhi terrified, "You were sent out without learning the rules?"

Sangzhi was speechless, and the green warbler turned pale with fright.

Dong E's sighed softly, "You all think Chengqian Palace is rich and glorious, but you don't know that the more prosperous the favor, the more you walk on the edge of the knife. In Chengqian Palace, there is no room for any mistakes." She looked at Sangzhi with pity , "After passing the message, let Mother Chen teach you the rules of the palace."

The mulberry branches are like five thunderbolts."Learning the rules" in the palace is tantamount to punishment in disguise, and "learning the rules well" is tantamount to vigorous punishment!

Luying looked at Sangzhi worriedly, but didn't dare to say a word, just followed behind Dong Eshi with her head down.Dong Eshi took two steps, and suddenly turned to look at Sang Zhi, "Aren't you afraid? Don't you kneel down and beg for mercy?"

Sang Zhi suppressed his emotions, and said in a very calm and deep voice, "It turns out that the slaves did not learn the rules well, and the empress taught them." After speaking, she knelt down without saying a word, kneeling to send the imperial concubine off like other court ladies.

Unexpectedly, Dong Eshi paused, and then asked, "What's your name?"

"Return to your mother's words, servant girl Sangzhi."

Dong Eshi looked at her probingly for a while, then turned and left without speaking.

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In Prince Rong's warm pavilion in the inner hall, the little prince in swaddling clothes was sleeping peacefully, with red lips and white teeth|pink and tender, really cute.Looking at this child, Sang Zhi couldn't help but feel pity in his heart.

It was the first time for Chen Momo to see her, but the old maid was with the imperial concubine, she never deceived others, her kind eyebrows and kind eyes made people like her.After Sangzhi asked for peace, Madam Chen responded in a harmonious voice, seeing that Sangzhi hadn't left yet, she asked, "Is there any order from your mother?"

Sang Zhi sighed secretly, lowered his eyes and said, "Your Majesty told the servants to learn the rules from you."

Nanny Chen was concentrating on looking at the fourth prince in the small bed, she only raised her head to look at her after hearing this, and said softly, "Where did you come from?"

"Xin Zheku." Sang Zhi paused, and then said, "Return to Mammy, Xin Zheku." The cover-up made Sang Zhi very embarrassed.

Nanny Chen said to herself, "It shouldn't have been trained by Li Yingrong. Even with you, she wouldn't have the guts to send it to Chengqian Palace. It's strange." She didn't look at Sangzhi, she just said, " Let Lanxiu teach you first."

Sang Zhi didn't know who Lan Xiu was, but just as Nanny Chen finished speaking, a cold-faced court lady in her early thirties came outside, with a stern face, she didn't look like a kind person, and said coldly, "Come here."

Sangzhi had no choice but to follow.

Lan Xiu had no expression at all, with a blank face, she took Sang Zhi to the yard of the side hall, "What rules did you learn in Xinzheku?"

Sang Zhi was a little confused, Xin Zhekuli learned all the rules, there are countless pieces, where should I start to answer?However, at the moment when she was hesitating, Lan Xiu had already turned around to take the sap stick, Sang Zhi's heart trembled, and the stick landed on her back in an instant, making her stagger.

Lan Xiu's voice was calm, and she asked again, "What rules have you learned?"

"Return to aunt's words, this servant has learned..." Sang Zhi resisted the trembling voice and sweet throat, recalled carefully in order not to miss one, and said one by one in an orderly manner.Lanxiu stood quietly, listening to Sang Zhi's words from the beginning to the end, and then said, "Let me do it one by one."

"Yes." Sang Zhi had a long memory, he just paused in his heart, and quickly responded.The most important thing about being a slave is to do what the boss says without hesitation, without asking too much.However, there are rules one by one, starting from waking up in the morning, there are rules for getting up, for washing, there are rules for washing, for working, there are rules for working, for eating, there are rules for eating, and for going to bed at night, there are rules for sleeping. There are rules - all court ladies must lie on their sides with their faces facing outwards, they are not allowed to turn over and move around, let alone snore.If you do everything according to Lan Xiu's instructions, you won't be able to finish it in three days and three nights.But Sang Zhi didn't dare to object, Lan Xiu asked her to do it, and she just did the same thing in the yard by herself like a pantomime.

Gonggui Sangzhi actually remembered everything, and she did a good job of rehearsing one by one.The only reason for violating the palace rules is that she can't wear off her original traces and lacks a slave's heart, so sometimes she will unconsciously make some "mistakes" that she can't even realize.On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the 15th year of Shunzhi, the weather was not good, and it snowed intermittently soon.At first, it was small snowflakes, which gradually turned into heavy snow. Lanxiu stood in the corridor, and Sangzhi stood in the heavy snow, moving non-stop. A layer of snow fell on his shoulders, but it was evaporated quickly.Because Sangzhi was already covered in sweat, the white air in his mouth could almost melt snowflakes.

Seeing the pale sun crawling out slowly, it was about between Chen Shi and Si Shi, and the breakfast time had already passed.Suddenly heard hurried footsteps, it was the green warbler.Sang Zhi was overjoyed at first, but seeing Lu Ying's face clearly, Sang Zhi had a bad premonition.Luying hastily bowed to Lanxiu, walked quickly to Sangzhi with a small step, her face was full of anxiety, "Sangzhi, have you gone to Kunning Palace?"

Sang Zhi's heart tightened, knowing that something was wrong, he could only nod his head.

Lu Ying was anxious, "Why didn't you say it earlier!"

"what happened?"

Luying stomped anxiously, "It's not good for you to get lost, go to Kunning Palace! The most taboo thing for your empress is that palace people collide with Kunning Palace, you are fine, you..." She glanced at Sangzhi, her eyes full of sadness , "Sangzhi, this time, I can't protect you."

Just as he was talking, another court lady came in and said something to Lan Xiu in a low voice.Lan Xiu's complexion changed suddenly, and she shouted, "Green Ying! What are you dawdling about, take her away!" She stepped forward and grabbed Sang Zhi's arm, and moved forward suddenly. After letting her hiss lightly, Lan Xiu looked at her coldly, "I still know the pain now, I'm afraid I won't even feel the pain later."

Sang Zhi was shocked, and turned to look at Luying, who couldn't bear it, "My lady wants to take you to Kunning Palace to plead guilty."

It turned out that Mrs. Dong E had gone to pay New Year's greetings to the queen earlier in the morning, and when she was about to leave after chatting and eating, Cai Wanyun followed up and gave a blessing, and said, "Yesterday, a girl named Sangzhi in Chengqian Palace almost ran into the empress. The empress heard that it was Those who lost their way in Chengqian Palace didn't blame them when they saw the New Year's Eve, the empress meant that Sang Zhi was an unintentional mistake after all, I hope the empress and empress don't punish her too severely."

After listening to Cai Wanyun's words, the Empress Empress' face changed, but it was fleeting.She knew that Cai Wanyun was thinking about the Central Palace, if that maid was not Sang Zhi, Cai Wanyun's words were just right, not only showing the Queen's tolerance, but also implying that Chengqian Palace would give an explanation for this matter.But Sang Zhi is a court lady who committed crimes, and the little empress originally planned to make big things into small things and make them into nothing. She just hesitated—after all, there are no small things in the harem, especially in Chengqian Palace and Kunning Palace. It can be spread like crazy, not to mention that so many people saw Sangzhi colliding with Fengjia on New Year's Eve.She didn't want Sangzhi to be punished, but also wanted to maintain Zhonggong's face, if she didn't mention it, then Zhonggong might be completely trampled underfoot.The dignity of the royal family cannot be lost, and the face of the queen in the palace cannot be ignored.So even if she didn't want Sang Zhi to stand on the cold snowy night that night, she had to put on a show.The queen was still making a choice, but Cai Wanyun had already said it out.

Dong Eshi never expected that there would be such a problem, so he immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, and ordered Luying to go back and bring him to Kunning Palace.

It made the green warbler tremble with fright.The imperial concubine used to pay respects to the queen every day, but she had never knelt down before. Even the emperor was reluctant to let the imperial concubine kneel down. Seeing Dong E's kneeling in front of the queen this time, Luying knew that something was wrong , hurried back, seeing Sang Zhi still confused, Lu Ying couldn't bear to turn her face away.

Unexpectedly, Sang Zhi's heart skipped a beat, "Kunning Palace?!" She was still thinking about how to get to Kunning Palace, but who knew that she would be escorted there the next day.

Sang Zhi has not yet realized how serious the situation is, but his heart is pounding just because he is going to really see the Queen of the Palace this time.She was just thinking, is Su Le the queen?

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The road from Chengqian Palace to Kunning Palace became short and long.Sang Zhi was restless, and was held by Lan Xiu with both hands and escorted outside the gate of Kunning Palace. Luying hurried in to report, and came out after a while and whispered, "Aunt Xiu, take me to the yard. "

It snowed heavily.As soon as Sang Zhi stood still in front of the main hall of Kunning Palace, Lan Xiu kicked her knee joints, and immediately knelt down heavily on the ground with a "plop". The pain of hitting the ground hard against the bone.

With her position, she was not worthy of entering the main hall of Kunning Palace. When she was kneeling in the courtyard, Lan Xiu took the whip from Lu Ying and slapped Sang Zhi with a "swipe".The piercing pain made Sang Zhi unprepared and exhaled in pain, "Ah!"

However, at this moment, Lan Xiu's second whip came down again.

brush--

brush--

Whip after whip, the whip was sucked into the flesh, and the back of the mulberry branch seemed to be torn by the whip, and it was hot and painful.Another snowflake fell on the blood-stained clothes and melted into the wound, but Sangzhi felt that the coldness seemed to seep into her bones, making her shudder, and she couldn't even suppress the painful moan.She was in so much pain that she completely forgot about finding Su Le for a moment.Even after whip after whip, Sang Zhi finally couldn't help begging, "Stop beating..." Even though she knew clearly, the best choice at this time was to keep her mouth shut.But rationality couldn't overcome the pain of flesh and blood after all, knowing that begging was useless, she still begged sadly after all.

Sure enough, Lanxiu turned a deaf ear to it, and the whip came down harder and harder.The veins on Sang Zhi's forehead were throbbing, his back seemed to gradually become less sensitive, and his body no longer seemed to be his own.She just felt cold all over, drowsy from the cold, and almost lost consciousness from exhaustion.

At this moment, he suddenly heard the voice that Sang Zhi had never heard before, "Stop it."

Not in a hurry, and slowly uttering these two words, the empress who appeared at the entrance of the main hall of Kunning Palace lightly swept the mulberry branches kneeling on the ground, most of her body lying in the snow.

Sang Zhi's eyes were hazy, and when he was about to faint, he finally saw the girl on the steps in the distance, but felt his eyes heat up, "It's really you..." No one heard the murmured voice.In fact, she had lost the strength to make a sound.

At that glance, there seemed to be relief and regret, but there was no surprise.Su Le didn't dare to look at it any more.Falling in the snow, the mulberry branches with messy black hair and bloody flesh made her heart twitch suddenly, and there was a burst of pain densely.She gritted her teeth secretly, but her expression didn't change at all, she just said very plainly, "What is the imperial concubine doing? She beat people like this in Kunning Palace on the first day of the Lunar New Year, meaning to make Kunning Palace see blood ?"

Dong E's heart tightened, and she hurriedly said, "I dare not! Since the concubine's palace has no rules, the concubine should plead guilty."

Su Le said coldly, "Where is the imperial concubine talking? I didn't run into it at first. The people in this palace just said casually that the imperial concubine is working so hard now, and the whole harem is shocked by the New Year's Eve. I don't know why."

"The empress is the mother of a country, how can her prestige be compromised. The affairs of the empress are no small matter. The majesty of Kunning Palace, Chengqian Palace dare not offend." Dong E's bowed and saluted, she was thoughtful and impeccable.

However, although her actions preserved Chengqian Palace's reputation, it hurt the queen.

I don't know which sharp-eyed and flattering palace man saw something going on in Kunning Palace, so he ran off to make a small report to the emperor.

So Su Le was not surprised when he heard the sound of "the emperor is coming" from outside.Su Le was not surprised even seeing the emperor's gloomy face and disgusted expression of wanting to expel her from the palace immediately.Ever since the imperial concubine knelt in front of her, she knew that the emperor would come to find fault again.

I just didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Emperor Shunzhi quickened his pace, walked to Dong E's side in a few steps, pulled him into his arms, and blamed him, "It's cold and cold, and you are always weak. Why do you run out? Let you take good care of it, and take my words as wind on your ears." ?”

Dong Eshi struggled a little but did not break away, and was glared at by Emperor Shunzhi, but there was no strangeness in his eyes.She suddenly felt warm and helpless, so she could only plead in a low voice, "Your Majesty..."

On the contrary, Emperor Shunzhi hugged her right hand tightly as if no one was there, "If you are not obedient, I will punish you."

Knowing that he could not disobey the emperor's words in person, Dong E's face turned red all of a sudden, and he lowered his head and said softly, "The concubine is guilty, and I will let the emperor punish me."

"I will punish you for three days in each month for the next three months."

"Your Majesty!" Dong E was very surprised. When he looked up at Emperor Shunzhi, he saw a mischievous smile in the emperor's eyes. "I will punish you. Within three months, you are not allowed to go out on snowy days, rainy days, or strong winds. Love Concubine, can you accept the punishment?"

"..." Mrs. Dong E was speechless, and didn't know that the emperor punished him secretly, and his heart was sweet and bitter, but he couldn't say anything else, so he could only respond, "The concubine obeys orders."

Emperor Shunzhi was happy now, but he seemed to have forgotten that this was in Kunning Palace, and he was about to drag Dong E into the inner palace.Fortunately, Concubine Dong E pulled his sleeve awkwardly, "Your Majesty, Empress Empress..."

Only then did Emperor Shunzhi frowned and glanced at Su Le, then changed his voice instantly, and said coldly, "What's the matter here, Queen?"

Su Le had already stood aside with lowered eyebrows, and when he heard the emperor's question, he said more respectfully, "Going back to the emperor is just a trivial matter."

"Take care of small matters by yourself," Emperor Shunzhi raised his voice and reprimanded, "Don't ask the imperial concubine for everything. You are also a queen, so let the imperial concubine take care of the important matters in the harem. Concubine, then why do I want you as a queen!" It seems that the queen has real power.

These words were not so serious, and the people in the whole Kunning Palace who heard these words were suddenly frightened and their faces turned pale.Only Su Le's face remained the same, and he knelt down quietly, "It's the concubine who is not good at things."

Dong E's heart trembled when he heard this, and he quickly knelt down on the ground, "Your Majesty, it was the concubine who was incapable of disciplining the queen. The maid of Chengqian Palace offended the empress, and the concubine brought someone here to plead guilty to the queen."

Before she finished speaking, Emperor Shunzhi had already caught her and prevented her from kneeling, "Speak as you speak, what do you do kneeling!"

But next to her, the empress of Kunning Palace was already kneeling silently.

Regardless of Shunzhi's dissuasion, Dong E's stubbornly knelt down, "The empress is still kneeling, how can there be any reason for the palace to kneel, and the concubine not to kneel!"

Shunzhi was a little angry, "The queen is the queen, and you are you. I won't let you kneel!"

Dong Eshi lowered his head, pretending he couldn't hear.

Shunzhi said, "Get up."

"The empress can't afford it, and the concubines are emotional and reasonable, so they shouldn't and dare not." Dong Eshi pursed her thin lips, still kneeling with her head bowed.

"You!" Shunzhi was annoyed, and seeing Dong E's thin body trembling, his heart softened, and he scolded Su Le angrily, "Why are you still kneeling! Did I make you kneel!"

Su Le clenched his fists secretly, gritted his teeth to suppress his emotions, but his brows became more docile, and he stood up quietly with the support of the maid.

Shunzhi said to Dong Eshi in a slow voice, "Still not up yet?"

Only then did Dong E's get up, and immediately went to see Su Le, "Is the empress well?"

"Take care of yourself first!" Shunzhi pulled her over, "There's really nothing I can do about you."

Concubine Dong E couldn't help but secretly sighed, but she couldn't help accepting the emperor's favor.

Su Le looked at Sang Zhi, who was fainted in the snow in the courtyard, and she finally said in a hoarse voice, "Sister, don't worry about the matter of the maid." Dong E's is a few years older than her. She will also call Dong Eshi a sister.

Shunzhi glanced, "From Chengqian Palace?"

Dong E's said, "Yes, the emperor forgives the crime, it's because the ministers and concubines are incapable of discipline."

"Bumped into the queen? I don't think the queen is doing well?" Shunzhi looked at Su Le coldly, and sternly said, "If you don't move, you will be punished. If you beat people to the point of bleeding, queen, is this how you manage the harem? "

Su Le pursed her lips tightly and said nothing, Dong E hurriedly said, "It's an order from my concubine." After a pause, he said seriously, "Chengqian Palace is favored by the emperor, and the rules can't be wrong at all, let alone bumping into the queen."

"That's right." Unexpectedly, Shunzhi changed his words immediately, "Rules must be established, and rewards and punishments are clearly defined.