Under the blue sky, the blooming magnolias are as clear as snow.The branches penetrate into the red sandalwood window lattice, and the flower shadows are cast on the landscape paintings on the four-fold screen, like newly painted patterns.

Liu Erya stood by the window, looking at the magnolia trees in the backyard.It was white and deserted.

After waking up drunk, Liu Erya was already in the Shengying Palace, and the emperor asked him to live in another room under the pretext of "getting lost after drunk".

There was a white cherry tree standing in the huge courtyard. Liu Erya walked under the white cherry tree and looked around the cold surroundings, but she was still not used to it.

The Shengying Hall is directly under the harem, but Queen Zhou turned a deaf ear to Liu Erya's move into the harem, complaining of illness every day.Not only did the palace maids not deliver the daily necessities for food, but even a little eunuch who was supposed to serve the young master in the Shengying Palace was not arranged to go there.

The Shengying Palace was as bleak as late autumn, Liu Erya finally couldn't help it, she stepped over the threshold in her indigo dress and walked out.

There are towering walls on both sides of the bluestone road, and there are residual water droplets falling on the black tiles. It must have just rained heavily last night.The alcohol smell in Liu Erya's body has not yet dissipated, and her head has been humming and hurting since she woke up.While rubbing his temples, he recalled what happened yesterday.

The vast harem is like the abyss of the sea.Liu Erya walked past one door after another. In the empty and dark houses, there seemed to be an air of resentment accumulated over a hundred years, so that the vegetation withered and the air was heavy.

There seemed to be a breeze behind Liu Erya.When the wind blows, the old wooden branches that have been sleeping for hundreds of years are awakened.Those dead trees and dead grass came alive silently, blooming fresh green leaves one after another.

Alcohol is not a good thing, Liu Erya has been away for a long time and still can't remember what happened after she got drunk yesterday.When I woke up in the morning, I heard Eunuch Yuchi say that yesterday he did some absurd things after getting drunk, which made the emperor unhappy.

In Liu Erya's eyes, the emperor is broad-minded, he doesn't care about small things, and he is definitely not a stingy person.Liu Erya thought, he must have done something very sorry for the emperor, which made the emperor not want to see him.

Fragments after drinking are like a vernacular whose pages have been torn out. People can't help but want to find the missing page, but they can't.Liu Erya sighed, and was about to go to Zhao'an Hall to apologize face to face, but she never expected that there was something wrong with her leg.

The harem is huge, and Liu Erya walked for an unknown distance, when suddenly her knees felt sore and painful, her legs became weak for a while, and she knelt down on the cold bluestone ground with a thud.He put his hands on the ground and tried to get up, but found that his legs seemed to be crippled, and he couldn't even move a single step. He stared blankly at his legs, not knowing what to do.

With a "Yo" on the top of his head, Liu Erya looked up and saw that standing in front of him was the old eunuch who had slapped him a few days ago.Just now Liu Erya kept her head down thinking about something, she didn't notice anyone in front of her at all.Looking at it now, I can't help being a little surprised.

In front of them, two eunuchs in gray were holding mahogany long boards, and they beat the eunuch in green who was kneeling on the ground cracklingly.The bloodstains on the back of the eunuch in Tsing Yi were obvious, it was because of how many boards he had been hit to cause such injuries.

The old eunuch gave Liu Erya a simple salute, and asked, "My lord, is this... wanting to intercede for Yude?"

Obviously, Yude was the eunuch in Tsing Yi who was beaten.The old eunuch blocked half of his body in front of his eyes, Liu Erya couldn't see Yude's face clearly, maybe he didn't recognize him.But seeing the bloodstains on the eunuch in Tsing Yi's back becoming more and more obvious, Liu Erya couldn't help but said, "Stop beating..."

The two eunuchs holding the board stopped their hands, glanced at the old eunuch, and continued beating.

Liu Erya frowned and pleaded, "Stop beating, if you continue beating...I'm afraid it will kill you..."

Someone in the courtyard sneered: "I want his life!"

The old eunuch turned around and entered the courtyard, and walked out respectfully supporting his master.As soon as he moved away, Liu Erya finally saw clearly the appearance of the beaten eunuch in Tsing Yi, and couldn't help being a little surprised.Looking at the tall figure walking out of the courtyard, he was even more surprised, even slightly frightened.

When people are unlucky, they will choke even when they swallow their saliva. It is not good for Liu Erya to kneel, but she kneels outside the gate of Xichun Hall.

Xichun Palace is the house of Concubine Wei, and the old eunuch with a mole on his mouth is none other than Concubine Wei's confidant Eunuch Huo.

When he ran into Liu Erya at the morning market in Shachuan that day, Eunuch Huo originally planned to buy Liu Erya and give it to Concubine Wei to entertain her loneliness.It's just that I didn't expect that once Liu Erya entered the palace, Concubine Wei's loneliness would not be relieved, but the bitterness and jealousy would be added instead.As a result, Eunuch Huo became Concubine Wei's punching bag, and he didn't know how much he hated Liu Erya.

With the help of Eunuch Huo, Concubine Wei came down to Liu Erya, and said aggressively, "Who should I be? It turns out that you are a bastard who is neither male nor female. You disturbed your majesty's mind and made him do such a thing." What absurd thing, don’t you feel ashamed in your heart? Heh... I don’t think so, how could a bitch feel ashamed.”

Liu Erya lowered her head, thinking that His Majesty might have some unavoidable difficulties.But Concubine Wei didn't give him a chance to talk, and continued: "Why, the husband who robbed this palace wants to rob this palace's servant? What do you think you are? Are you qualified?"

The board was still crackling, and Liu Erya whispered: "I... really don't have the qualifications. But... don't hit it..."

"Okay." Concubine Wei sneered, snatched the board from the eunuch's hand, and hit the eunuch in Tsing Yi hard on the back.The eunuch in Tsing Yi immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, and Liu Erya hurriedly begged, "Stop beating!"

Concubine Wei looked at him with a smile on her lips, but the smile seemed to hide a sharp knife, trying to pierce the thin body of the person in front of her mercilessly.In the courtyard, red cherry blossoms were hanging on the black tiles, and fallen flowers were falling down the wall. Concubine Wei said, "Do you know why I want to beat him? I not only want to beat him, but also want to kill him. If it wasn't for him, An'er in this palace will not die, he is the one who killed An'er... Do you think he should die or not?"

When "An'er" was mentioned, concubine Wei's resentful eyes filled with imperceptible mist, and when she raised her eyes, the mist dissipated like the wind.Liu Erya didn't know what to say, but he still couldn't help saying some things: "Dead people can't be brought back to life... He is dead, and the princess can't live...Princess... She doesn't want someone to do it for her." She kills."

Concubine Wei stumbled and was supported by Eunuch Huo.Covering her mouth with a gold silk handkerchief, Concubine Wei laughed a few times, and said to Huo Gonggong: "Listen, hahaha, look... bitches are all virtuous." Spicy, Concubine Wei leaned over and stared at Erya Liu, and said, "You want me to let him go, right? If I don't want to beat him, how about hitting you?"

The eunuch in Tsing Yi immediately knelt down at Concubine Wei's feet, covered the ground with his palms, kowtowed his forehead on the backs of his overlapping hands, and said: "Your Highness and I have never met each other before, and we didn't come here to plead for mercy. I implore your empress not to take your anger out on Your Highness."

Hearing this, Erya Liu said, "No, I know you."

This eunuch in Tsing Yi had regular features and a kind appearance. He was the eunuch who brought Liu Erya into the palace from Hou Yi Gate.That is, the one who woke up Liu Erya was Liang Yude, the father-in-law who was kidnapped and sold into the palace.

Eunuch Liang was still kneeling on the ground, the blood on his back dyed the blue robe red, but his tone remained calm, and he said: "I have never met your company before, your son may have admitted the wrong person."

Liu Erya said seriously: "I'm not mistaken, I remember yours, Eunuch Liang."

Eunuch Liang frowned, Concubine Wei smiled and said: "Very good." Picking up the board, "Then you will bear this battle for him!"

The blood-stained board hit Liu Erya's back, and a faint red mark was stamped on the indigo brocade robe.The board fell, and Liu Erya supported the ground with her hands, and a painful and numb feeling spread on her back.The spine was especially painful, but Liu Erya didn't make a sound, gritted her teeth, closed her eyes and waited for the second blow.

For a manly man, being slapped and boarded is nothing. In this deep palace, there are many people who hate and resent him. He has to get used to it.He didn't hate anyone, and he didn't blame anyone. He thought it was very pitiful for Concubine Wei to be abandoned by her husband after losing her daughter.I have anger in my heart, and if I hold it back, I am afraid that I will suffer internal injuries. It is a good thing to be able to vent it.He took it as a good deed.

Seeing that the second big board raised by Concubine Wei was about to fall, a cold voice came from beside her ear: "What are you doing!"

Liu Erya opened her eyes and saw that the emperor and Eunuch Yuchi had arrived here at some point in two or three steps.A few people around saluted, Wei Guifei sneered and wanted to continue beating, but the emperor snatched the mahogany longboard from his hand and threw it several feet away.

The mahogany long board fell on the wall and broke in two.When the eunuchs saw this, they knelt down and bowed to the ground. Mr. Huo said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. The little eunuch made a mistake. The imperial concubine only wanted to be punished. Unexpectedly, the noble son came to stop him and bumped into the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine... just... ..." Eunuch Huo trembled, unable to continue, Concubine Wei said: "This bitch doesn't understand the rules of the harem, is it wrong for my concubine to teach him?"

The emperor showed no expression other than a little angry, and with a few words of defense to Liu Erya, Concubine Wei was so angry that she slammed the door away.The gate of Xichun Palace closed with a touch, and the flowers fell in front of the door. The emperor said in a serious voice, "The noble concubine Wei is restricted from stepping out of Xichun Palace for three days."

Liu Erya's thoughts were broken, and Concubine Wei's heart was broken again after such a disturbance.Xuanqing's robe stopped in front of him, and the emperor said: "What are you still kneeling on, get up."

Liu Erya actually remembered it a long time ago, but her legs were limp and she couldn't use any strength at all. She remembered that she offended the emperor when she was drunk yesterday, she lowered her head and said in shame: "Your Majesty, forgive me... I made His Majesty unhappy, I I will never drink again. I...know I'm wrong, don't be angry, Your Majesty, don't get angry..." Thinking of Concubine Wei, he said again, "Also...don't blame the concubine, the concubine...no Wrong." Glancing at Eunuch Liang, he continued, "Eunuch Liang is not wrong either, please don't blame them, Your Majesty."

The emperor looked down at Liu Erya from a high position, his eyes were as cold as winter.Eunuch Yuchi said fairly: "Yude is a member of Chengxiu Palace. Now that Princess Zhaokang has passed away, she has no master to serve her." Xindian, serving the new master?"

Eunuch Liang frowned and hesitated when he heard the words.

Liu Erya felt that Eunuch Liang was the one who mentioned him, and he was considered kind, so she asked weakly: "Your Majesty, can you let Eunuch Liang... come to Shengying Hall?" Shui Lingling looked carefully at him. The emperor, the emperor said coldly, but Eunuch Yuchi said, "Your Majesty, there are rules in the harem. New concubines are not allowed to choose eunuchs and maids by themselves, unless...there is a badge."

Liu Erya knelt on the cold bluestone ground, the robe at her feet was soaked by the accumulated water, the emperor took out a pure gold waist card from his wide sleeve and threw it into Liu Erya's hand, saying coldly: "Get up!" .”

The token in his hand had no words, and a bundle of black thread tassels was tied underneath it. A curly dragon pattern was engraved on the golden surface of the token. The golden dragon was vivid, as if it had been sealed inside.Liu Erya raised her head and asked softly, "Your Majesty...are you still angry?"

The emperor looked away, silent and did not answer.The emperor has been married to the harem for so long, and none of the concubines has ever received an imperial token. Eunuch Yuchi hated himself for talking so much that the emperor broke the rules and broke the rules. I'm not angry anymore."

Liu Erya said again: "Then can I continue to serve His Majesty?"

Yuchi Gonggong said: "Of course it can."

Originally, Liu Erya thought that the emperor drove him to live in the harem because he didn't want him to stay by his side to serve him.Now that she could continue to serve the emperor by her side, Liu Erya's eyes seemed to twinkle like stars, and her smile was as bright as a flower.He bowed to the emperor and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Eunuch Liang, who was next to him, also thanked him.

The emperor opened his mouth, and Eunuch Yuchi knew that he wanted to tell him to "get up".Originally the emperor was cold and indifferent, he would never say the same thing three times, and seeing that the character set was about to collapse, Eunuch Yuchi spoke first: "My lord, please get up."

Liu Erya smiled, she couldn't explain to them that she had some problems with her legs and couldn't stand up, and it seemed that no one would kneel down halfway through walking.Thinking about the emperor's busy government affairs, it's not good for him to worry about such a small matter, maybe he can stand up after a little delay, and said: "Your Majesty, go back first, I... will get up in a while."

Until the one black and one green figure disappeared at the end of the aisle, Liu Erya exhaled, Eunuch Liang got up to help him, but he waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll kneel for a while." He pressed the button and felt a faint pain. Sensational knees and heels regained their feeling and strength, but they felt sore and numb from kneeling for too long, and couldn't get up for a while.

The sun is getting brighter, and the sound of porcelain being broken can be faintly heard in the courtyard.Supported by Eunuch Liang, Liu Erya looked up at the closed gate of Xichun Hall, and staggered back to Shengying Hall.

The warm wind blows, and the faint fragrance of magnolia flowers permeates the room.Eunuch Liang sat in front of the sandalwood square table with his back to the door. Erya Liu took out a bottle of wound medicine from the small drawer of the dresser beside the bed.According to the sunlight, he patiently dispensed medicine for Eunuch Liang.

Seeing that Eunuch Liang frowned, it must be in unbearable pain. Liu Erya remembered that she had heard in the Peizhou pharmacy that distraction could ease the pain, so she found a topic and asked, "When you enter the palace, do you feel pain?" Is the princess serving by your side?"

Eunuch Liang replied: "I entered the palace at the age of five, and entered Chengxiu Hall to serve Princess Zhaokang at the age of 14."

Liu Erya was surprised and said: "You entered the palace at the age of five?" Putting on the plaster, "Then did you serve the imperial concubine in Xichun Palace before?"

Eunuch Liang shook his head and said, "I served as an errand for the late emperor at the age of five, and was sent to the Lishi Pavilion as a clerk at the age of six...and then entered the Palace of Chengxiu."

Liu Erya asked: "Are the scribes in charge of copying books?"

Eunuch Liang said: "Yes." Liu Erya asked again, "Then why were you transferred to Chengxiu Hall?"

Eunuch Liang replied: "Your Majesty wants me to be the companion of the princess. The princess is afraid of strangers, so your majesty asked me to go to Chengxiu Hall to take care of the princess when she was one year old."

The sun was fading outside the house, and there were a few dark clouds floating in the sky, like a splash of ink, and it was going to rain soon.

In the sound of rain, Eunuch Liang talked about a past event.The beginning of the past was also a gloomy and rainy day.

There is a small lotus pond in the courtyard of Chengxiu Palace. Princess Zhaokang reads in the gazebo beside the lotus pond. Every time she gets tired of reading, she will bounce to the edge of the small pond to play.Normally, Concubine Wei would supervise and accompany the reading, but the emperor who came back from outside the palace at that time went to Xichun Palace and bought Concubine Wei's favorite antique blue and white porcelain to surprise Concubine Wei.Concubine Wei's close maid Xiaoyan quietly told Concubine Wei who was feeding Princess Zhaokang porridge in the pavilion the news that the emperor had gone to Xichun Palace. .

The emperor at that time knew romance very well, and set off fireworks for Concubine Wei in broad daylight to create a sweet atmosphere.The crackling fireworks lit up on the cloudy day with drizzle, like gorgeous flowers blooming in the muddy pond, blooming one by one.Princess Zhaokang, who was forgotten by her parents, was very bored, so she asked Eunuch Liang to go to the study in the house to find a romance story book called "The Fox Demon and the Ghost King".Although I don't know why the emperor would buy a romance book for a little princess who is still in love, but since the princess likes it, then buy them all, regardless of his romance, family affection or friendship, just like those few fireworks in the sky, even in the daytime , also in full bloom.

Most of the maids in the Chengxiu Palace are in the age of cardamom, they are all young girls, not as conscientious and sensible as Eunuch Liang, when they see the fireworks, they gather together happily, and no one takes care of Princess Zhaokang.Princess Zhaokang was playing alone on the edge of the lotus pond. The grass beside the pond was wet and slippery under the irrigation of rainwater. Princess Zhaokang ran and jumped, accidentally slipped and fell into the water.The pool may not be deep for adults, and standing in the pool is not afraid of being submerged, but the princess is only a five-year-old child, and she can't swim. The sound of fireworks overwhelms the little girl's thumping hands. Voice.When Eunuch Liang came back from fetching the book, it was too late when he found that the princess had fallen into the water.The husband and wife in the Xichun Palace were loving each other in front of the bed, and when the news reached their ears, when they rushed to the Chengxiu Palace next door, there was already a cold corpse in front of them.

Since then, the emperor has been lying down for a long time, living in guilt, remorse, and grief.Concubine Wei's heart also gradually turned from white to dark...

Tears fell from Liu Erya's eyes, and Eunuch Liang at the side immediately handed him a handkerchief.Liu Erya wiped away her tears, still immersed in the grief of the princess' death, unable to come over slowly.

A five-year-old girl was born in the palace and died in the palace.How many scenes in this world have never been seen, and how many emotions are too late to experience.Just died.

This sudden change interrupted the past laughter and broke the relationship between the husband and wife for many years.Just like the blue and white porcelain placed in the hall, it was made of Wannian ling clay, mixed with water, molded and molded while talking and laughing, how many years of firing, how much emotion was injected...it broke, but only inadvertently that moment.

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