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Seeing the dark heads and dazzling robes under the steps made Xiao Lingming dizzy, his stomach suddenly twisted into a ball because of the momentary dizziness.

Thinking back to the time when he agreed with the new emperor and told the Xiao family to die without a place to bury them, it was so neat.

"Snapped--"

Xiao Lingming dropped the wine cup in a daze, he hurriedly raised his hand in a trance, and covered his violent coughing with the gorgeous robe woven with gold pendants.

Xiao Lingming got up to leave in embarrassment, "...Concubine, I'm going to change clothes." He got up and left the table in a hurry without even waiting for Emperor Wu's consent.

Zhaoyang Hall was far away, so Sui'er only led Xiao Lingming out of the Chunxi Hall where the banquet was held, walked past the water pavilion, and entered the Nuan Pavilion beside the Spring Pool for a rest.

Pingjing was wet and cold in January, even though Xiao Lingming was wrapped in a mink fur cloak all the way, the winter wind blew his face until he lost the color of his face.

Sui'er helped him to sit down on the couch, and immediately the palace servants on duty in the Nuan Pavilion brought him tea.

Sui'er tested the temperature and gave it to Xiao Lingming. Xiao Lingming took it and drank it in one gulp. The warm tea dripped into his stomach, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Sui'er sent someone out, she knelt in front of Xiao Lingming's knee, raised her head and asked him in a worried voice, "Are you unhappy?"

Xiao Lingming's gaze slowly fell on Sui'er's face.

——In terms of age, Sui'er is no longer young.

Xiao Lingming was the only son of the Marquis of Yongchang in his old age. Not long after he was born, he was carefully sent to the Marquis of Yongchang in Beijing by the Marquis from the place where he was released.

In the Yongchanghou Mansion of Nuo University in Jingnei, there are only two masters, a brother and a sister.Xiao Lingyi was afraid that he would be lonely when he was a child, so she prepared dozens of children for him since he was born—both slaves and playmates.

Sui'er is one of them. She was sent to her younger brother's side by Xiao Lingyi when she was five years old.And now she is already thirty one, and is also respected by everyone in the palace as Aunt Sui'er.

Maybe she has a simple mind and doesn't show her age very much on her face. In Xiao Lingming's eyes, she still looks like she was in her early twenties and needed him to take care of her.

Xiao Lingming knew that Sui'er's words were for his own good.Sui'er is trying to relieve him, but what should he be happy about?

Are you happy that you have become the only living imperial concubine since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty?

"It's time for me to be happy about this..." Xiao Lingming murmured.

The teacup in Xiao Lingming's palm was filled with hot steam, which made his eyelashes moist and he was on the verge of tears.He held the teacup in one hand, and the warm porcelain body that was originally pressed against his palm gradually became extremely hot.

Xiao Lingming's eyebrows twitched, and he let go of the teacup. As soon as he put down the teacup, his face suddenly changed.Not only did the hot air in the palm not dissipate, but it quickly flowed through the whole body along the veins in the palm and went straight to the lower abdomen.

"Get out!" Xiao Lingming hurriedly said with a bad heart.

Sui'er was stunned for a moment, but she didn't ask any questions and sent all the palace people waiting outside away far away.She closed the door and came back quickly, only took a look at Xiao Lingming's face, and immediately reacted, and then said in disbelief: "This...how could this be, isn't it just... slave, let's go..." After Sui'er finished speaking, she Some ran out in a panic.

The heat from the lungs made Xiao Lingming's throat dry, and his breathing became uncontrollably heavy.Moisture had soaked out of his smooth forehead in such a short period of time, and a thin layer of crimson appeared at the end of his eyes and between his brows. Xiao Lingming's hands in front of him couldn't help but curled up while grasping the cold gold hem. .And because of too much force, except for the redness of the fingertips, the fingers on the back of the hand were pale.

……

"Your Highness, the imperial concubine invites you to talk." A little maid walked to Song Xian's side on her knees and whispered.

Song Xian raised his glass for a moment, and turned his head to take a deep look at the little maid.He felt that this matter was fraudulent, and it was really low-level fraud.But he still got up gracefully, explained something to Yu Ya, and walked out after the maid of unknown origin.

……

"——Think about it, nod your head now, and if the money is sent to your mother in the future, it will buy your life."

The flower spikes were lying on the ground, and ten fingers that were slightly rough due to labor were resting on the forehead.With her palm pressed against the cold brick floor, she heard herself reply, and she said in a calm voice that was completely opposite to her trembling calves: "I am willing."

Huasui got this opportunity to answer Aunt Sui'er's words because of the care of the old mother. Fang nodded, and was hurriedly brought by the old mother to this lonely room.

She obeyed her orders and kowtowed nervously to Aunt Sui'er, and then got this hard-won opportunity to work hard for her.

After hearing her reply, Aunt Sui'er didn't say anything more, she just ordered, "Fumu, come with me."

……

After leaving the Chunxi Palace, the noisy scene of the New Year's Day banquet with interlaced cups and drums fading away from behind Song Xuan like the tide.It seems that the magnificent scene of the bright lights and candles is just a dream trapped in the Palace of Chunxi.

Song Xuan only walked more than a hundred steps, and he was already immersed in the deep and silent night in the imperial city together with the maid leading the way in front of him.

"Where is the imperial concubine?" Song Xian followed behind the little maid, looking at her clothes inch by inch, but asked gently.

The little maid said: "Go back to Your Highness, pass the waterside pavilion, and you will find the Nuan Pavilion in front of you."

Song Xian hooked the corners of his lips, and said, "Thank you." As he spoke, he dropped his hands, but the cuffs with the black gold dragon pattern firmly covered his hands.

Only when the evening wind blew into the cuffs during the movement, blowing layers of clothing, Song Xian's slender and white hands with distinct knuckles revealed a corner.His cuffs rose and fell two or three times, and a bright silver light could be vaguely seen rolling in the gap of the black robe.

……

The dark candle wick wrapped in bright orange fireworks in the palace lantern trembled violently, and was completely submerged in the clear wax. Jump out in the dark.

Standing outside the door with Sui'er, Li Fu turned her head sharply as if she had eyes behind her back.He glanced at Sui'er, raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, then stood still again.After about a cup of tea, he raised his hand and pushed the door open.

Li Fu stepped in first, and Sui'er followed closely behind. He walked evenly, stepping on the clothing and jewelry on the ground as if he was on flat ground, and walked straight inside.

"I've seen the empress." Li Fu gently threw the little palace maid who had broken her neck in her palm on the ground, and then bowed to Xiao Lingming who couldn't see her expression in the shadow of the bed curtain.

Li Fu straightened up, and as soon as she clapped her palms, the wives rushed in and dragged Xiaogong's daughter's body out, Li Fu bowed again, and retreated.

No matter how many times Sui'er had seen such a scene with her own eyes, her face was always pale and ugly.She stood stiffly on one side, watching Li Fu finish everything, and then thoughtfully closed the door for the master and servant.

"Broken..."

Xiao Lingming's soft call seemed to completely shatter Sui'er's barely maintained appearance.She couldn't hold back anymore, she cried helplessly and threw herself in front of Xiao Lingming's knee like ten years ago, trembling and choking, and said: "When will this kind of day end?"

Xiao Lingming's palm slowly fell on Sui'er's wet cheeks, and she heard her crying blood, "You didn't do anything wrong! Why are you the most innocent in this world and you suffer for her! Why!"

The look in Xiao Lingming's eyes was covered by his thick eyelashes, so he couldn't see sadness or joy, but his voice was filled with heavy and dull great sadness.He said: "Sui'er, I did something wrong... I was completely wrong ten years ago."

"——I am innocent...then why are all the court ladies who died in the past ten years innocent? Princess Yuzhen back then..." His words came to an abrupt end, as if a thousand words were condensed in his heart, but he finally spoke them out again Yes, but a faint sigh.

"—it's just cannibalism," he said.