After being exiled, I became a star boss

"Is there any lock in the world that requires two keys to open?"

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Late spring.

The drizzle fell silently on the ground.

The dim light of dawn shines into the courtyard, and the flowers and trees are scattered, hiding a small rockery.

On the rockery, there are Liteng vines and Duruo Baizhi, which are well decorated.

In the shady place under the rocks, a few orchids and green grasses are scattered here and there, emitting a slight fragrance in the drizzle.

The courtyard was silent, but there were exclamations of sobs from time to time.

The light of dawn penetrated through the thin window paper, the curtains were lowered, and a pale and slender wrist was exposed in the crimson gauze.

The hands were soft and soft, the nails were clean, and they were painted with crimson Koudan.

Looking at the morning light from the window, it is bright and crystal, suddenly flashing a little bit of blood-like red, which is shocking.

The woman in crimson clothes leaned helplessly on the couch, still asleep, but it was just a nightmare.

Since that day five years ago, every night will come as promised, like a white silk wrapped around her neck, which is getting tighter and tighter, making her tremble all over and unable to breathe.

She seemed to be terrified, her face was pale and almost transparent, and her soft and soft hands were scratching the wooden couch vigorously, making thin and sharp sounds of "beep beep".

The nails are red and flirtatious, leaving chaotic scratches of different shades on the soft and glossy satin surface of the bed sheet. Over the years, the beauty's nails have been honed to be as sharp as a blade.

"Blood, help—"

There was dense sweat on the woman's forehead, but her lips were pale, and her clenched teeth carved glaring bloodstains on her lips.

Those soft and soft hands seemed to be holding a dagger tightly during the struggle, and they were stabbing out with all their strength.

Hongxiao woke up in alarm, and found that the overwhelming flames had receded, and she was lying on a very clean and comfortable bed.

The room is also very warm and elegant, filled with the refreshing fragrance of orchids.

The rain outside the window has stopped, and there are drops of water hanging from the eaves, like tears hanging on the cheeks in a nightmare.

There was a man standing quietly in front of the window, facing the plum tree outside the window, dressed in white clothes better than the snow.

"Yunqi!" Hongxiao struggled to sit up. The life in the deep palace was just like this small courtyard. Although it was exquisite and elegant, it was lonely and desolate. It was so quiet that one could hear the sound of the breeze blowing down the remaining flowers and gently falling to the ground. .

Yun Qi said lightly, "I thought that you would have forgotten about me when you entered the palace."

Gong'e, who served the red silk, walked in with a bow, helped the slender beauty up, washed and changed her clothes.

There is a smile on Hongxiao's face, and she is actually beautiful when she smiles.

With flowing cloud-like hair draped over her shoulders, she walked slowly to the window with a dull expression, as if she hadn't recovered from the nightmare, and sat down in front of the dressing table, staring at herself in the mirror.

The morning light was faint, and the face in the mirror was beautiful and natural, but it showed the indifference after going through vicissitudes, but the indifference that seemed to be soaked in ice was quietly covered by a rare smile.

This desolate smile was actually the first time since she stepped into this deep palace for two weeks. Hongxiao sighed softly, "Yun Qi, it's great that you can come to see me!"

Yun Qi also smiled. When she laughed, a pair of shallow dimples appeared on her lips, like apricot blossoms bursting in the spring rain, with a fresh and elegant elegance.

The smiling woman in white had already come behind Hong Kao, looking at her from the mirror, and the two looked at each other, sizing each other up.

Yun Qi looked at her pale face and blood-stained lips, remained silent, and finally said: "I miss you, just want to come and see you. For me, this deep palace and forbidden garden can still come and go freely."

Hongxiao stretched out her hand, held Yun Qi's finger with her icy cold hand, and said sweetly, "His Royal Highness has always missed you. If you can enter the palace to accompany me, he might lose his soul."

Yun Qi sneered: "There are so many beauties in this East Palace, his soul must have been lost long ago!"

"Ah," Hongxiao sighed softly, "I am alone in this deep palace, and I have no one to talk to. Those concubines of His Highness are all of noble birth. In their eyes, I am just a poor The lowly women of the world of mortals, even those servants of the master, have eyes on the top of their heads, and don't pay attention to me."

Yun Qi sighed softly, "Since you're having a bad time here, why bother coming here, and since you don't like it here, why bother remembering it?"

The red silk sat like a wooden man, with his head down, like a child who has done something wrong.

After being silent for a while, he finally raised his head, "Living in this world is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. You are alone, and you have no one to take care of you. If you can enter the palace and serve His Highness with me, you will have a big event in your life." If it is settled, you and my sister can still be companions."

Why do women always marry?Only married people are considered settled?What if the entrustment is not human?

Yun Qi felt that Ouyang Yunfei was her fate for the rest of her life, so she said flatly, "I want to persuade my sister."

"Advise me?"

"Leave him. It's really good to enjoy the shade under the big tree, but if the tree falls down, it will kill people."

Hongxiao said quietly: "If a tree falls down, it will kill people, so it is necessary to water, fertilize, and catch insects every day. Such a tree will grow solid and strong."

When speaking, the beauty in the mirror had a gentle smile on her lips, but her eyes were slightly rippling, and a trace of toughness and cruelty was fleeting.

"The crown prince is reliable?" Yun Qi joked with a hint of meaning: "If I enter the palace, sister will not be afraid that I will scare the soul of His Highness the crown prince?"

"How come?" Hung Hom sighed softly, "I don't need you, I'm afraid his soul is no longer with me. After entering the palace, I never saw him again."

She smiled, smiling calmly, as if it didn't matter whether she saw the prince or not, or she was very determined, even if the prince didn't come to see her, he couldn't think of, see her again, or touch any woman other than her.

As if it was a paper kite in the air, no matter where it flies, no matter how far it flies, it will always be tied by an invisible rope, and of course that little rope will always be firmly in her palm.

Yun Qi stared at the face with a bright smile in the mirror, but the old and distorted face of the prince appeared in front of his eyes, and for a moment he didn't know whether to loathe her or pity her.

"If my sister likes it, I will talk with my sister in the palace today, and Lao Liu will take care of the flowers and plants in the shop."

When Hongxiao heard this, she immediately cheered up, and asked Gong'e to prepare breakfast with great interest, counting the concubines living in the Eastern Palace, who is the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, who is the most favored, and who has a noble status.
With nothing to do all day long, no matter who it is, they will get into these trivial things of fighting for favor and favor.

On the surface, Yun Qi dealt with it casually, but he was thinking of Nord in his heart.

"The orchid honey comes in a white porcelain vase that sits in a wooden box on the dresser," Nord said.

Playing with her red silk hair in her hands, Yun Qi raised her head slightly, and her eyes fell on the carved ebony dressing table.

There were four or five jewelry boxes placed side by side on the stage, with different sizes and colors, but she recognized "that" wooden box at a glance.

It was a box of rosewood, the walls were plain, only a strange snake pattern was carved on the top.

This is also one of the two wooden boxes brought into the palace by Hongxiao. It looks ordinary, but it is locked. The bronze lock needs two keys to open it. It doesn't look ordinary at all.

Seeing Yun Qi's absent-minded appearance, Hongxiao knew that she had no interest in life in the palace, and said that after breakfast, they would go to the Imperial Garden together.

In this season, peonies and peonies are in full bloom. She introduced it enthusiastically like a master, "Those peonies are rare and famous products, and you must have never seen them outside the palace."

Yun Qi was thinking about how to get the key, so he replied casually, "Oh, what are they?"

"Wei Zi, Yulouchun."

When Hong Hom was asleep just now, she had already checked the furnishings in the room.

The luggage that Hung Hom brought into the palace was not much, but some personal clothes and jewelry.

She had checked the wooden boxes that were not locked, but found nothing.

She carefully looked at the wooden box with snake patterns. The copper lock on the lid had been polished smooth and shiny by the years, and the surface was spotless. She thought she often opened it.

As long as the key to unlock the lock is found, the prince will be saved.

"Why don't you use the drug?" Yun Qi asked Nuo De, "Did her faint, search everywhere, and the key will not be found."

"She comes from the southern barbarians. She works with evil things all day long. She is good at using Gu poison. Her body is invulnerable to all poisons. Drugs are useless to her."

Yun Qi asked again, "Why didn't the prince take her down directly?"

Nord smiled bitterly, "Someone holds a dagger against your throat. If you are disobedient, you will lose your life faster. At that time, both sides will only suffer."

Yun Qi thought for a while, and then said: "One day, a couple is a hundred days of kindness, why doesn't the prince ask her to relieve the gu?"

"His Highness hates her for gnashing her teeth. I guess she has other plans for playing the Gu. If you can't solve the Gu by yourself, you will finally bow to her as a last resort."

"The crown prince has been hit by the butterfly Gu, even if he finds orchid honey, how can he get rid of the Gu?"

Nord sighed again. "I saw her detoxify a dead puppy once."

"Dog? Is it a half-grown poodle that used to like to rummage for leftovers behind the kitchen of Shuiyun Tower, but it died suddenly a while ago!"

"I think she tested the drug on that dog."

"She...is really scary!"

"Yunqi," with a rustling sound, the white parrot flew in from the window and landed on his shoulder, calling her repeatedly, "The immortal master is already waiting."

With his slender fingers, he picked up a white jade hairpin and pinned it to the red silk Liuyun bun. Yun Qi suddenly raised his head and said, "Didn't you always want to see the Immortal Master? Before, you and I need to bathe with incense."

two

Bathed in fragrant soup, the curtain is drooping.

Mung bean, lily, and borneol are three qian each, and talc, aconite, angelica, white sandalwood, clove, and eupatorium are each five qian. Put them in a gauze bag and decoct them for a bath, which can make the skin white and delicate.

Judging from the dense water vapor in the bathroom, the key is small and exquisite, only the size of a thumb, one gold and one silver, hanging on a red string.

The red rope was thin and long, wrapped around the beauty's white left wrist, four or five times.

"Sister," Yun Qi, who volunteered to rub the beauty's back, smiled slightly and blurted out praise: "The key on your wrist looks very special, can you take it off and let me have a look."

Hongxiao was taken aback for a moment, and after hesitating, Yun Qi asked curiously, "Is there any lock in the world that needs two keys to open?"

"Of course there is," Hongxiao raised her eyes and looked around. The bathing pool was about ten feet wide, and her favorite peach blossoms were floating on the water, pink and white. Woolen cloth?

While thinking about it, the red silk has already untied the red rope, and said thoughtfully when passing it over, "This is called a mandarin duck lock. It was paid tribute by the Great Food Kingdom back then. It is so ingenious. Look, there is a ruby ​​embedded in the golden key." , the silver key is inlaid with green emeralds, these two keys alone are already ingenious, there are only five in the world, back then..."

Speaking of this, the words that came to her lips stopped abruptly, Hongxiao raised her head, looked out of the window, there seemed to be tears in her eyes.