Deep ice

Xi Lian was kicked awake.

Suppressing the severe pain in the back of his head, he crawled up from the ground, found the black gauze belt, Xi Lian was about to stand up and raised his head, but was so frightened by the scene in front of him that he collapsed again.

The emperor stood beside him, his face was like a corpse.

It was a cold day in the twelfth lunar month, but he was only wearing a thin layer of clothes, standing in the outer hall with no boots on, shivering all over.

But his expression is high and full of hostility,

"Walk--"

The person sitting on the ground stared at the blood stains on the wrist in front of him like a demon, Xi Lian lost all his usual calmness, "Emperor... Your Majesty..."

Yuan Jing lowered his eyes to look at him, "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you get out and do some work?"

Hearing this, Xilian climbed a few steps, got up with difficulty, and staggered out the door.

Then reach out and push hard,

The cold wind rushed in one after another, blowing the white tents in the hall fluttering like ghosts, stirring endlessly.

Under the clothes that had been turned up at a corner, there were criss-crossing red marks all over.

Xi Lian turned his head away, there was a thin layer of cold on his forehead, he ran out a few steps, the soles of his boots creaked on the snow.

The sound of chewing eats up the dead silence.

Seeing that Xilian was panicked, the night guard outside hurried forward with a knife in his hand.

The palace servants who followed had already gone to find a place to rest. Everyone thought that the emperor didn't need someone to wait on him in the middle of the night.

Xi Lian subconsciously stopped the front guard, with pale lips, "Wait a minute."

The imperial guard who led the team was very puzzled, "Elder-in-law?"

The cold wind blows Xi Lian into a little spirit, after calming down for a moment, after all, it's about the emperor's face, he can't just rush in like this, insult the emperor, annoy the emperor, but the gain outweighs the loss.

It's better to follow the emperor's temperament and leave first.

Thinking of this, Xi Lian heaved a sigh of relief, "Prepare the sedan chair."

The leading guard winked at his subordinates, sheathed his knife, and stepped back.

Xi Lian didn't dare to go back, so he endured the cold and stayed outside for a while, then sent the palace guards to fetch the stove, clothes and boots, and when they were all in order, he carried his things and tremblingly entered the hall.

The candles in Weiyang Palace were burnt out, it was pitch black, and when I first entered, I couldn't see anything.

Xi Lianding stayed in one place for a long time, and finally saw the emperor on one side clearly, bowed his waist, and waited for him to put on his clothes.

Occasionally touching the emperor's skin was cold and damp.

The blood also dried up, congealed on the wrist, dark and ferocious.

Gradually, Xi Lian's mind became clear, and he felt that the emperor was surprisingly calm, silently allowing himself to dress and wrap himself up, not knowing whether it was numbness, or extreme anger.

After tidying up, the two walked slowly out of Weiyang Palace, one in front of the other, Xi Lian rushed ahead of Yuan Jing, lifted the curtain in front of the warm sedan chair, Yuan Jing bowed his head and entered.

On the vermilion pedals, the muddy slime was wiped away by the falling brocade curtain, leaving no trace.

Doctor Xu entered the palace overnight.

-

When Huaihuai woke up, his limbs were sore, and his nasal cavity was filled with a salty and obscene smell.

Standing up, Huai Huai stared at the crumpled mattress and the large blood stains on it, for a moment, he was a little dazed.

There is no one in Weiyang Palace.

Empty, like a cold palace.

Huaihuai sat on the dragon bed, opened his eyes and thought for a while, then his face slowly turned red.

Everyone was in this hall yesterday, turning upside down, turning clouds and raining, and the scene became more and more clear.

It was as if he was imprisoned in one place, unable to shout or get up, and could only helplessly let the beast wantonly abuse him.

Huai Huai's heart was about to burst, "He Yan! Get out!"

Rolling out of bed, running outside without shoes on,

"He Yan! He Yan!"

After searching for a while, there was no one anywhere, not to mention He Yan.

Only the lunatic with disheveled hair was left, howling, running, and finally getting tired, sitting on the ground, sighing silently, "What should I do, I'm afraid he will never come back..."

Huai Huai talked to himself, but no one answered.

It didn't take long to smell the busy footsteps outside, and looked up, there were eunuchs in black boots, each with a white face, leading two guards behind, kicking the door and entering.

Huaihuai was still sitting on the ground, feeling strange, "Are you the new chief eunuch?"

The corners of the leading eunuch's sharp-faced eyes were bent, and his lips looked like a layer of rouge. He looked terrifying, "What daydream are you doing... Dozens of people have been killed in this Weiyang Palace early in the morning La…"

Huaihuai was held up by the guards, lifted up from the ground, only stared at the eunuch and said: "They are all dead...why..."

The sharp-faced eunuch carried a black-lacquered food box on his arm, moved his withered fingers up, lifted the lid, and took out a porcelain pot that shone coldly.

"What else...you seem to have made a big mistake..."

He Yan was dumbfounded, and then laughed out loud,

"Okay, very good..."

The eunuch held the mutton fat jade pot in both hands, and gave the little eunuch behind him a wink, "Why are you standing there stupidly, don't hurry up."

"It's a joke to live like this, and it's not a loss anyway." He Yan smiled as if not enough, his eyes were red, "How could I still be afraid of him? Jiang Huaijin, that's all you can do!"

The eunuch grimaced, "It's simply presumptuous to call the emperor by his first name!"

He Yan said: "People who are about to die, why do you have to be afraid, I don't need to trouble you, I can do it myself."

After finishing speaking, he broke free from the guard beside him, took the jade pot, lifted it up like a wine jar, and poured it on his back.

The clear and bitter medicinal juice trickled down the corner of his mouth, and flowed over the neck full of veins, until there was a clear and crisp sound, all of this was understood.

The eunuch stared at the pieces of broken jade on the ground, snorted coldly, and led the people out.

Weiyang Palace was empty again.

Huai Huai lay on the ground, looking at He Yan, "You should drink less... your head hurts..."

He Yan leaned on the other side, his face changed from the domineering look of the past, and he looked very decadent.

"He's still so cruel... I should have killed him last night."

Huaihuai's eyelids were extremely heavy, he half-opened and said, "You didn't make up your mind?"

He Yan laughed and said, "Fart!"

Huaihuai said: "I don't want to chat with you anymore, I'm so sleepy, I'll sleep first, and then I'll talk when I get up."

He Yan said: "Didn't you just scold me all over the room?"

Huai Huai closed his eyes, "It's not your fault that I was implicated as well."

Then he said: "You are a complicated person, why bother to worry about those previous grievances, what is so difficult for you to do what you think..."

He Yan remained silent, and definitely forgot to stare at Jin Luan, and when his eyes went dark, he lost consciousness again.

It seems to be a little painful, but I really don't know where it hurts.

-

The pointed-faced eunuch put the empty food box in the center, lifted the lid, and stepped back respectfully.

Hillary stretched her neck and looked in.

I thought that when I took it away, it was still a complete piece of porcelain, but when it came back, there was only a box of fragments left.

"It's broken again..." Xi Lian said softly, then turned to look at the eunuch, "Did you drink it for him?"

The eunuch with a pointed face was respectful, lowered his hands and said: "Grandpa Huixi, it wasn't our family who poured it, he drank it himself. Our family watched him drink it clean, and then he fell down."

Xi Lian closed the lid, "How about now?"

The sharp-faced eunuch said: "Passed out, our family carried him to the couch before we came back, this person should still be asleep right now."

Xi Lian's voice is slow, as if talking to himself,

"This doctor Xu's medicine is really well-prepared..."

The sharp-faced eunuch continued: "Eunuch Xi, Weiyang Palace is so big, and there is no one in the palace, no one cares, no one asks, I'm afraid the situation is not good..."

Xi Lian raised his eyes, and pinned it on the face of the person opposite, "You don't need to worry about it, the emperor has issued an order to ask Huayu Gong Chunbao to come over to serve, and just add a maid."

The sharp-faced eunuch responded, "A sinner... It's good to have someone to serve you..."

Xi Lian sighed, "I'll leave this matter to you, go and do it quickly."

-

The palace servants of Huayu Palace almost left, Chunbao nestled in the Huaihuai room, rummaging around.

The room was terribly cold, with a faint gust of charcoal air-conditioning.

Chunbao's hands were red, sucking his nose, he managed to take out a carved cake box, opened it, but the inside was empty, not to mention the cake, not even a speck of scum.

Huayu Palace Small

There was no fire in the kitchen to cook for several days. Chunbao was so hungry that he threw the box on the ground and continued to search.

When the pointed-faced eunuch pushed the door open, he was taken aback by the hungry little eunuch with green eyes, and kicked Chun Bao's heart unconsciously, "Where did the thief come from, his hands and feet are so unclean..."

Chun Bao bared his teeth, covered his heart and groaned for a while, "Elder-in-law, I'm so wronged, I'm the eunuch in this palace..."

The pointed eunuch said, "Then you know Chunbao."

Chun Bao rubbed his body, "I am Chun Bao, I wonder why my father-in-law is looking for me?"

The sharp-faced eunuch sized up the stupid-looking man and frowned, "You think our family is a fool...Look at your stupid appearance, how can you be a servant who can serve your master..."

Chun Bao shook his head, "No, father-in-law, I'm telling the truth, and besides, you don't look stupid at all, you have a sharp monkey face, and your face is also sharp..."

The pointed-faced eunuch rolled his eyes, "It's okay to talk, anyway, there is no one in Huayu Palace here, so it's you anyway, go with our house."

Chun Bao stood up, wiped his nose with his coat sleeve to clear his nose, "Elder-in-law, where are we going?"

The sharp-faced eunuch led the way without looking back, "Go to Weiyang Palace, and you will be working there from now on."

Chun Bao followed behind, a little sad, thinking about the farewell, but he didn't know when he would see Huai Huai, and when he thought of this, tears welled up in his eyes, and he knelt down in the snow with a plop, facing Huaiyu Palace. , knocked his head fiercely, "Huaihuai, we two brothers, it turns out that there is no destiny, if there is an afterlife..."

The pointed-faced eunuch kicked Chunbao down in the snow again, "What are you talking about, hurry up and leave."

Chun Bao stood up, wiped off the snow from his face, clasped his fists with both hands, and said in a mournful voice,

"See you in the next life."

Then wept loudly and collapsed.

The sharp-faced eunuch was very puzzled, "Howling, this is the way to cry."

Chunbao cried out the snot, and then sucked it back, "I haven't seen each other until the end, so I have to cry to be righteous."

The sharp-faced eunuch gave him a sharp look, "Okay, okay, don't cry, our family is upset."

Chun Bao suppressed his tears, collected himself, and asked again: "Grandfather, then when I get to Weiyang Palace, which father-in-law will I work with?"

The pointed eunuch thought for a moment.

"You should be the chief eunuch of Weiyang Palace."

Chunbao was overjoyed, "I am so young, I have such an honor..."

The sharp-faced eunuch snorted coldly, "Yes, and is also the most leisurely eunuch in charge, just take care of yourself."

Chunbao didn't understand the meaning of the words, so he said happily:

"Then when I arrive at Weiyang Palace, I have to set a rule for the small kitchen first. Eight meals a day is the real thing."