[Qing Chuan] No pet little promise

Listening carefully, it really seems to be the sound of birdsong.

Xi Consort went to the door and pushed hard twice.It didn't open, and the door was locked.

She stared down at the lock and snapped, "Open!"

The little eunuch in charge of guarding had already been startled, and stood behind, dazed and panicked.Hearing Xi Consort's order, she hurried forward, took out the key, and opened the lock.

As soon as the door was opened, two or three shadows flew out with fluttering wings.

The little eunuch in front was so frightened that he fell to the ground and screamed.

The two little maids in the back were also very frightened, watching the few black shadows that flashed by, trembling all over.

Xi Concubine frowned and stared at the shadow that flew away, then turned her head to stare at the dark hall.He lifted his foot across the threshold.

The hall was extremely dark, Xi Concubine seemed to be swallowed by a shadow.

The two little maids outside the palace pushed me and pushed you back. After a long time of delay, I mustered up the courage to follow in.

The cold wind was blowing, the cold was howling, and the hall, which had not been lived in for a long time, felt gloomy and cold.

The two trembled and searched for a long time, and finally saw Concubine Xi in the east side room.

She was standing in front of the couch, holding something in her hand, and the moonlight came in from the window, outlining her cold and slender figure.

A slightly bolder court lady approached, only to see clearly that she was holding a piece of paper in her hand, and she was reading it under the cold moonlight.

She said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this place is not clean, you should go back..."

Halfway through the conversation, Xi Concubine on the opposite side raised her head, her face distorted like a ghost.

The little maid screamed in fright, took two steps back and fell to the ground.

At this time, hurried and chaotic footsteps came from outside the door.

Nanny Zhou rushed in with four or five court ladies.

"My lady, my lady, what's the matter with you?"

She had just received the news, and rushed over in a hurry, her clothes were not neatly dressed.

Hearing her voice, Xi Concubine's distorted face gradually calmed down. She stuffed the paper into her sleeve and turned around.

Nanny Zhou leaned in front of her, "Mother, this place is not clean, you have to take good care of yourself!" As she spoke, she used to help Concubine Xi's arm.

However, Xi Concubine dodged and sneered: "Is there any place in Changchun Palace that I can't go to?"

After all, turn around and leave.

Nanny Zhou froze for a moment, and quickly followed.

There is no airtight wall in the palace, and this incident was widely spread in the palace the next day.

Two days later, Wei Rong heard Yufu and Yulian chatting their teeth outside while eating.

"Good guy, as soon as the door was pushed open, thousands of black shadows flew out, fluttering their wings, and passed directly through the body." Yulian lowered her voice, "I heard from Xiao Lizi that they all talked about these things. They are all the ghosts of the birds that were killed during this period."

Yufu sighed, "God has the virtue of loving life. Since that Youxi, how many birds have been killed inside and outside Changchun Palace."

Yulian's eyes turned red, "I don't know if there is a green valley inside."

Wei Rong listened inside, with embarrassment on his face.Obviously she just caught two little sparrows and threw them in through the gap in the window, and then at night, she used the invisibility technique to imitate the birdsong and lured Xi Concubine over there.

Now it has evolved into such a horrifying supernatural event.

"I also heard that Li Jiagui's soul is responsible for the trouble..." Yulian whispered.

"Don't be so dead! You can say such things." Yu Fu spat and covered her mouth.

Yulian didn't dare to speak anymore.

Wei Rong could imagine, with the superstitiousness of the ancients, what this rumor would look like.

Especially Li Jiagui, although he disappeared in Shantang, everyone inside and outside the Changchun Palace knew that he was taken care of by Empress Xi.

Maybe he would feel that Li Jia died innocently, and that Concubine Xi was cruel and merciless so that the child was retribution.

Wei Rong shook his head.

***

The main hall of Changchun Palace.

Sitting in front of the dressing table, Xi Consort looked at her haggard face reflected in the bronze mirror.

After giving birth, the macula faded from her face, but the ulcers did not heal, leaving ugly scars.

The original charming face was completely ruined, and without anyone telling her, she also understood that it was impossible for her to be favored again.

She combed her long black hair slowly.

Nanny Zhou saw that she seemed to be in a good mood, hesitated again and again, and said in a low voice: "Mother, it's shameful that some people in the Heavenly Palace have broken mouths, how about..."

It's a pity that Xi Concubine interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Fangmin's mouth is better than Fangchuan's. If you like to pass it on, let them pass it on. I don't care."

Nanny Zhou was furious, but Xi Concubine seemed to have no desires, and she couldn't persuade her.

Xi Consort spoke slowly again: "It's too quiet in this room, go and bring some birds over and hang them on the porch."

Nanny Zhou almost thought she had heard wrong.It wasn't until Xi Concubine repeated it that she came to her senses and went out with a surprised face to order the little eunuch.

Looking at her leaving back from the bronze mirror, Xi Concubine sneered, probably even Zhou Nanny and other old people who served her since childhood had forgotten why she hated birds so much.

She is the sixth daughter of a concubine in the family. The Hershey family has a prosperous population. In their generation, there are many brothers and sisters of the same generation.She is a concubine who has lived a cautious life since she was a child.

When she was six years old, she went to pay her respects to her aunt's room. When she came out, she saw a string of birdcages hanging on the corridor. Among them was a cage woven with gold silk. Inside was a bird with a red coat and a black beak. It was very delicate and lovely.

She couldn't help but leaned up to take a closer look.

The birds were psychic, singing crisply at her.She was so excited, she couldn't help reaching out and touching the bright feathers through the gap in the cage.But when he withdrew his hand, he somehow opened the cage door.

The bird got out immediately, flapped its wings and flew away.

Xi Consort rushed forward to catch it, but it was in vain. Instead, she knocked several other birdcages to the ground.

The one who lifted the curtain came out was Su Tao, the eldest girl next to my sister, who jumped up and cursed, "This is a Nanyang alien species that the third master specially found for the young lady. She can understand human language, and I will die if I raise it!"

Concubine Xi was full of fear and wanted to argue that the cage door was not locked, but no one listened to her.

She was punished by her angry aunt to kneel in front of the door for two hours. It was a hot day, and she developed a high fever after returning home.

She didn't retreat for several days, her aunt took care of her day and night, and the doctor saw her for two rounds, but she didn't see any improvement, and she was so anxious that she was going crazy.

In the end, it was the "beautiful and kind-hearted" sister-in-law who heard about it, went to ask her mother, and took the post to invite the imperial doctor.

With the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctor, her illness was finally cured, but unfortunately, the already frail aunt fell ill due to overwork.The illness never came up again, and passed away after a delay of more than a month.

A few months after the incident, she went to pay her respects to her aunt.It happened that my sister was acting like a baby in her mother's arms.

I don't know which sister brought this up again.

The sister-in-law smiled softly and said, "It's just a beast, no matter how precious it is, it can't be compared with humans. The sixth younger sister is just a naughty child. Can I, the eldest sister, care about such a trivial matter?"

When this incident spread, everyone praised the sister-in-law for her general understanding, etiquette, and love for her siblings.

But no one remembers that she lost her biological mother, the only person who treated her best in this world.

Since then, she has added a problem, and she can't sleep well when she hears birdsong.

But she never dared to show it, she was cautious and silent at home.Until the age of 16, the eldest sister who was the queen of the middle palace passed away. Because of her soft and charming face, she was able to be selected for the palace because she resembled the elder sister.

Some people say that once entering the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea, and the palace is a oppressive cage, but for her, it is a good place where she can breathe comfortably...

***

After months of turmoil and rumors, the rumors gradually died down.

Changchun Palace also returned to calm.

The emperor still took great care of Xi concubine.It is pity that she lost her child. Although she is no longer summoned, she is still rewarded generously during the New Year's Eve, and Chen Ying was promoted as a resident.

Today's harem has become a three-legged situation where Mi Guiren, Song Qing'er, and Chen Chang are at the top of each other, and occasionally other concubines get involved.

With these three beauties who are fat, swallows, and thin with their own characteristics, Kangxi's attention to Wei Rong gradually faded.

Wei Rong continued to focus on her painting career.After several months of hard work, the painting for Concubine Hui was finally completed.

The background is the majestic main hall of Yanxi Palace, and Concubine Hui, who sits high on the throne, is full of jewels and emerald, which is extraordinarily luxurious.Her appearance is not fully filtered like Concubine De's, but it shows her dignified and luxurious style even more.

Concubine Hui was really satisfied, and rewarded Wei Rong with a lot of golden beads.But he also proposed that another pair should be added, such as the young, beautiful and fairy-like one on the side of Concubine De.

Sure enough, beauty photos are something that every woman has been longing for for a long time.Even Concubine Hui is full of power and sons.

Wei Rong could only continue to work in Yanxi Palace.

Fortunately, after getting along with each other for several months, everyone in Yanxi Palace gradually realized that she was easy to deal with. Although the environment was not as leisurely as Yonghe Palace, it was passable.

In her spare time, she secretly wondered if Xi Concubine would take revenge when she learned the truth about that matter, even though it was her mother's house.

Unexpectedly, Xi Concubine's revenge came faster and more violently than expected.

***

Tomb-sweeping day came soon after the New Year's Eve, and there was a drizzle of rain.

This is the day of worshiping ancestors, and Kangxi also ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare regulations and pray to heaven for sacrifices.

When he returned to the palace that day, another family banquet was held.

The banquet was held in the Qianqing Hall, only the prince and princess, and the empress dowager attended.

Wei Rong and the other concubines were still having banquets in the side hall.

On the third watch of the month, the banquet ended.

Because Wei Rong was a little drunk, she walked slowly, and fell behind with seven or eight concubines.

Suddenly there was a commotion in the main hall.The voice became louder and louder, and several people stopped in surprise.

Soon, a group of guards rushed in and surrounded the entire hall.

People like Wei Rong who hadn't had time to go out were locked inside.No one said a word, and everyone panicked.

Fortunately, not long after, a eunuch in charge of the imperial court came in and told everyone to go back separately, and solemnly warned them not to speak freely.

Everyone was in a daze, not knowing what was going on!

If you don't know that the government is stable, you will think that there has been a palace change.

Wei Rong returned to Changchun Palace full of surprise.

After passing the main hall, I heard the sound of the piano coming from inside, like a gust of wind and a shower.

Is Xi Concubine playing the piano?

Wei Rong paused, since the child's death, Concubine Xi lived in seclusion, and did not attend today's palace banquet.

Yu Fu, who greeted her, said in a low voice: "Miss Xi has been playing since the evening, and it hasn't stopped for more than two hours."

Wei Rong's heart sank slightly, and she instinctively realized that what happened at the palace banquet was probably related to Xi Concubine.

***

In the bedroom of Changchun Palace.

The sound of the piano continued, Xi Concubine played it engrossedly, the sound of the piano was gurgling like a gust of wind and rain, rushing towards her face.

The surrounding palace people were all screened back, and no one dared to disturb them.

After nightfall, Nanny Zhou rushed into the main hall with a pale face, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"

Concubine Xi seemed to have never heard of it, and was absorbed in the sound of the piano.

Mixed with the suddenly raised piano sound, Zhou Nanny's cries carried a kind of inexplicable sadness.

After saying it several times, Concubine Xi was not moved at all, Nanny Zhou rushed up to hold down her zither like a collapse, "Your Majesty, don't play... ah!"

Accompanied by a scream, she was pushed to the ground by Xi Concubine.

Being disturbed by her, the sound of the piano still stopped, Xi Concubine stood up slowly, as if she had just woken up from the world of the sound of the piano, she looked down at Nanny Zhou with a sneer on the corner of her mouth.

"What else can happen in this world?"

Nanny Zhou struggled to get up from the ground, tears streaming down her face, "Mother, mother, something serious happened, please stop playing, the prince is not good."

That is their Hesheli's greatest hope.

"It's really a big show." Concubine Xi said quietly, with a sinister smile.

With a push, Yaoqin fell to the ground and broke into pieces.