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In Miyagi's alleyway, two servants in green clothes walked.

One brow is wide open and looks majestic, and the corner of the other eye is drooping, showing a little timidity.

These two people were just sent by Tang Ci to serve tea for her. It is said that the duty rooms in the palace usually have hot tea, but An Ning's place has been deserted for more than ten years. A lot of laziness, tea with a slightly better quality was either secretly taken out of the palace to sell, or was used by the servants themselves when chatting and teasing, and the rest of the tea had long been moldy, so how could it be brewed for Tangci to drink? .

At first, he spoke to Tangci to please him, but it was just a trick he was used to in the palace to curry favor with dignitaries. Who would have thought that this lord would not go through the motions like the few lords who were ordered to visit before, and put on a long chat posture.So I had no choice but to think about asking for a bag of tea and a bowl of well water when I went to the dining room to pass on the longevity noodles, and brought them back with me.

At this moment, after turning another corridor, he was almost at the main entrance of the palace.

Among them, the shorter waiter was carrying a full food box, after thinking about it, he still had the courage to smile to the side: "You are so bold, how did we come up with the Jiji ceremony a year ago? Not to mention whether we can figure it out, if the items such as Jili crown clothes and hairpins are not reported to the clan's mansion and then purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we will not dare to do it even if we are talented manage."

Since Tang Ci was acting under the emperor's order, wouldn't lying to her be the same as lying to the emperor, which would be a serious crime of losing his head.

The tall servant didn't care, sneered, gave him a blank look, and pointed to the floor tiles under his feet: "Whoever works here can't live a life of juggling on the tip of a knife? According to you, you must Shy about one thing and one thing and another thing two things. During Xuanzong’s reign, the ancestor who waited by the emperor’s side and concealed the news from Cheng Zu turned out to be a bright future created by a coincidence of a blind cat and a dead mouse? So Jiji Li is What Princess Rou Ke mentioned was true, but she was out to observe the filial piety for Princess Yu, but because of her friendship with Prince Chu, who was the patriarch at that time, she ordered someone to pass this matter over to his old man's ears. Ruan Xu also had some pity for his niece, so he quietly made a note on the file. The gift list reported to the House of Internal Affairs was also very simple and rough. It's not easy to make trouble with a hairpin, and it can't make any trouble."

The waiter had heard it thoroughly and understood it, and he was enlightened—because of the embarrassing status of His Highness An Ning, His Majesty has often had nightmares in the past two years, and his temperament has also become more and more difficult to guess. This file that Prince Chu remembered for An Ning Jijili was even more rare, and almost no one dared to spread rumors about it.Therefore, as long as Shun Shun said what he said to Tang Ci just now, without redness or panting, why worry about someone poking it out?

However, although King Yu's lineage is a king with a different surname, since his ancestor ascended the throne and was rewarded for his meritorious deeds and was crowned king, which prince in the later generations is not only separated from the current emperor by blood brotherhood, if it is really about seniority Said Rouke is no different from Prince Chu's niece and daughter.Furthermore, Prince Chu is nearly half a hundred years old, so no matter what, he is Rou Ke's elder.The servant had just heard him say that Rou Ke and Prince Chu had some sort of friendship and almost couldn't hold back his mouth to laugh, so he hurriedly joked again.

"What do you know?" The servant looked around vigilantly, and whispered when he saw no one around, "Buddhism is all about chance, and being favored by the master is a chance, but if you are yourself, it is a job that everyone would like to touch." Bodhisattva, where there is no need for others to support her, she can rise to the top by herself. This Princess Rouke—I don’t know if the old ancestor of Prince Yu showed her spirit and cast some spell on her, which made her go up and down in the past. There is no master surnamed Tang in the entire palace city who doesn't like her. It's commonplace to have a good relationship with Prince Chu, but don't blame me for not breaking up with you after hearing these stories. Brother, if you want to talk, I will tell you rare things."

The short waiter hurriedly agreed repeatedly, obviously impatient.

"You are young in the palace, and I don't know if you know Princess Yongjia." The cold wind poured into the servant's collar, and he was so cold that he was so brave that he shivered, and hurriedly dragged another servant to hide in the corner Taking shelter from the wind, the voice was lowered a little bit, "That is the one who is truly loved and protected by everyone. Your Highness Yiyang, you have never seen it, but at least you have heard of it? The late emperor was more used to His Highness Yiyang than His Majesty was at that time." I have no sense of propriety, I often hold her in my lap when I go to court, and when I see her not being scared to cry when Shanhu is long live, I am even more happy. I also passed by a few aunts and masters when I entered the palace to study etiquette and palace rules. I don’t know if I can take it seriously when I heard it under the window of the duty room. The children of the royal family are not much different from the folks, and they still have their hair cut when the full moon is full. Princess Yongjia was held in the arms of Empress Yici , whenever he saw the master of the grate room holding a knife and approaching a few steps, his cries were like thunder, and the algae well on the top was shaken down, what did the trick of feeding and comforting work? There was no way! Princess Rouke was watching from the sidelines Hearing that Princess Yongjia was crying so hard that her voice was hoarse, she felt distressed, so she rushed forward and kissed His Highness's little face, just once, the tears never fell again, she just stared at Princess Rouke with a giggle. Don't you think it's strange?"

In the courtyard overgrown with weeds and withered flowers and trees, stands a dead tree that will grow to be as tall as a person.

An Ning was digging the soil with bare hands under the tree.

Because the years have passed, and no one has taken care of watering or loosening the soil, even though it only rained last night, the soil as dry and hard as rocks broke An Ning's nails, which had not been trimmed for a long time. The crimson blood that flowed out was dissolved bit by bit in the handful of loess she dug out.

"Dead, dead, dead..." Just like when she ran out of the room in a daze, An Ning kept repeating her ravings, only these two words over and over again, nothing else.

When Tang Ci chased out of the room, he saw this dead tree from a distance that ordinary people would only glance at at most when passing by, and his footsteps immediately seemed heavy and slow like sandbags weighing dozens of kilograms.

After walking under the tree, she stretched out her hand and touched the thickest branch on it.

No, it should be said to be half a branch - it is not known when it was sawn off most of it by someone, and only a short section less than half the length of other branches was left standing alone on the tree. Tortured by the rain and snow that fell year after year, it lost its true nature, and it was dark and soft.

Tang Ci touched the exposed section of the branch with her fingertips, her lips were bitten until she turned bloody, and after a while, she looked at An Ning and asked softly, "Do you still remember—"

The words came to an abrupt end, An Ning's bloody fingers pierced into Tang Ci's eyes like sharp thorns, she rushed forward to grab An Ning's hands, which seemed to know no pain and no warmth, He stared angrily: "Stop digging, it's all bleeding!"

An Ning couldn't help shrinking back, her eyes, which were so clean that there was no debris at all, were suddenly filled with deep fear at this moment, she didn't dare to look at this overly beautiful young man in front of her again, with her head bowed without tears Sobbing and softly apologizing: "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong..."

Tangci sighed inaudibly, her eyes were full of annoyance, she still held onto An Ning's hand, but the strength was much lighter, in order not to hurt her, after all, even if she was in pain at the moment, she wouldn't cry out. will not say.

"Scared you?" Tang Ci smiled lightly, shaking his head helplessly, "Still as timid as when I was a child."

Like an uncivilized child who can laugh through tears when given a piece of sweet candy, An Ning probably saw Tang Ci laughing, and raised her head to follow along with a silly smile.

After a long while, she suddenly stopped laughing, staring sideways at the small pit she had dug, her eyes gradually became hollow: "Dead, dead, dead..."

Tang Ci was looking around to see if there was a clean wooden barrel in the courtyard that could be used to draw water. He wanted to wash the wounds on An Ning's hands and also wanted to find a few maids on duty to help her bathe.Hearing An Ning repeating this unlucky-sounding word endlessly, she also knew that even if she was in a hurry, she couldn't force her to do anything else, so she could only continue to squat on the ground, her eyes became even brighter. He asked softly, "What's dead?"

An Ning seemed to be stumped, she tilted her head and thought for a while, looked at Tang Ci and then at the pit, her ashen face was full of pain, her eyebrows were tightly frowned, and she said to herself: "What the hell? What? What's dead, what's dead..."

"If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, let's go wash your hands, shall we?" Tang Ci said as he wanted to pull her up and lead her away.

Suddenly, An Ning pulled her hand away from Tang Ci, she clapped her hands, jumped and laughed a few times, pointed to herself, and smiled cheerfully: "What's dead? I'm dead," she pointed to Tang again Resigned, with crooked eyebrows and smiling a little more happily, "You are dead too."

After three years, he walked to the main entrance of the palace where An Ning lived again.

Rou Ke tried her best not to let herself be affected by what Wang An, the manager of the tea and wine department before entering the palace, said to her, but it had little effect.

She came here today to visit An Ning, but not just to visit An Ning.

She knew that at this moment, behind this vermilion gate, there was definitely no peace and solitude behind it.

Even though the distance is close at hand, I dare not step over this threshold, and before I can see the truth through the clouds and mists, I am already in chaos and defeated.

"Princess Rouke." The two servants in Tsing Yi of different heights saluted together.

Rou Ke withdrew one foot that had been raised in the air, nodded slightly, and saw the food boxes they were carrying in their hands, so she knew the nature of these slaves, so she asked again carefully.

After hearing what the two servants said, Rou Ke chuckled lightly, and said in an unclear manner: "Master Tang has a deep and delicate mind, and I just want to ask her for a copy of the congratulatory poem, and hand over the food box to me. Let's go down and have a rest."

All the servants bowed their heads in agreement.

After taking his leave, he walked in small steps in the narrow corridor of Miyagi, both of them looked ashen.

"Fortunately, the dining room came from a different direction than the one coming from outside the palace. Otherwise, Princess Rou Ke would have listened to a few words when she accidentally said something, and the head on her head would have to be chopped off and kicked as a ball! "

"Who said it wasn't? I was careless for a while. I haven't been out of the palace for a while. How do I know when she will return to the capital? Besides, His Majesty didn't have a will. His Highness An Ning is recovering from illness. No one else should bother her, even if she visits her at most once every three years." Did you forget that today is His Royal Highness An Ning's birthday, Princess Rou Ke will definitely invite you to come and visit me!"