Concubine's Pond

Just when Shura rushed to the border at full speed.

Hengyue Dynasty, Shangjing City, the forbidden area behind the Prince Regent's Palace, Tonghua Terrace, and Zhuhong Xiaozhu.

The snow is coming, the sun is breaking through the clouds, and the red plums in the courtyard are in full bloom, and their redness is better than a little cinnabar on the eyebrows of a beauty.

"Baby...baby...sleep...sleep..." In the low-key luxury room that is as warm as spring, Zhu Sha has a motherly radiance on her face, and she is holding a light yellow baby with a smile on her face. Walking around by the screen window, softly coaxing the pink and jade-carved baby in her arms to sleep, while admiring the blooming red plums in the courtyard from time to time.

The pink and tender little bun in her arms, who was about to cry, was coaxed by her in a low voice, and the big black jade-like eyes with watery tears quickly blurred, and she spit out a bubble of saliva, so sweet fell asleep.

Only then did Zhu Sha heave a sigh of relief, and smiled and handed the little person to the wet nurse who was found from the clan. He opened his mouth and cried loudly, "Wow", the sound was quite amazing.

Rao Zhu Sha herself, did not expect this pink and tender little bun to be so attached to herself.

Perhaps, this is the so-called... blood nature?

Although she was not his biological mother, she was always from the same direct lineage of the Helian royal family...

"Take care of Xiao Shizi carefully, don't be careless just because the weather in the capital has warmed up recently." Zhu Sha lightly instructed the wet nurse, but a cold light flickered in the dreamlike water eyes.

"Yes, Holy Emperor...uh, Miss Zhusha." The young and delicate wet nurse trembled in fright, and almost blurted out the real identity hidden by Zhusha, but fortunately she was not such a cunning person, so she spoke quickly. Turned around.

But Cinnabar's watery eyes narrowed suddenly, and the cold murderous intent flashed across them!

"Be careful what you say. Be careful that walls have ears. If you miss a word next time, you won't have to continue living in this world. I, Zhu Sha, want to find a wet nurse. There are plenty of people!"

She smiled lightly, her voice was very gentle, like a soft voice sympathizing with the world, but the meaning revealed in it was dangerous, cruel and chilling.

"Yes... yes, the servant is convicted, and there will never be a next time."

The nurse's body trembled again, her delicate face was pale and bloodless, and she hurriedly expressed her loyalty.

"Well, you go down."

Cinnabar glanced at her again, before turning around, enjoying the blooming fire in the courtyard, which was even better than the cinnabar-shaped red plums on the woman's eyebrows.

"Yes." The wet nurse was silent, not daring to neglect at all, and quickly retreated with the baby in her arms.

"Ling'er..." Zhu Sha admired the blossoming red plums on the branches with twists and turns, and whispered to her quiet confidant maid Ling'er who was accompanying her.

And another confidant maid, Xiu'er, didn't know what she was sending out to do.

"Yes, master, what are your orders?" Ling'er, who was kneeling in front of the soft couch with a plate of snacks, immediately stepped forward obediently upon hearing the sound.

"Has Zuo Shi's injury healed?" Zhu Sha asked softly with a faint smile.

"Returning to Master, Ling'er went back to the room to visit Master Zuo Shi half an hour ago. Although Master Zuo Shi's injury has not fully healed, it is already more than half healed, and it will take a short period of time to fully recover. After all This internal injury has been suppressed by Master Zuoshi for a long time."

"Well... that's it..." Zhu Sha frowned slightly dissatisfied, but she also knew that what Ling'er said was the truth. Without an elixir that can heal and recover, it is impossible to fully recover without a relatively long period of time.

"Does the master have something to tell the left envoy to do?"

Ling'er is very smart and intelligent, and immediately sensed what Zhu Sha meant from Zhu Sha's words, "If Ling'er can do it, Ling'er is willing to share it with the master..."

"Forget it, your cultivation level is not enough." Zhu Sha interrupted her lightly, what she wanted to order the left envoy to do was to go to the border where Huangfu Ye was fighting, and send a letter to the Dark Chess of the Helian clan, one of the three great dynasties there. , Initiate and preside over the next plan, the time must be fast, Linger's cultivation base and speed will never catch up, and Linger's strength is not enough to convince the public——

Although those people are loyal to the clan, they are all bloody and arrogant men. They are also generals who hold heavy soldiers in the border and have great military achievements. It is absolutely unbearable for a little maid with a lowly status to bow her head and submit to her vassal.

"Since Zuo Shi's injury is so serious, you can let him continue to heal his wounds with peace of mind." She pondered for a while, and ordered, but she muttered to herself, "This battle at night should not end so soon. , It should take more than a year... There is still plenty of time."

——At this moment, Zhu Sha would never have thought that it was because of this thought that she suffered a crushing defeat, and all her arrangements were ruined.

"Yes, master. Master, Ling'er asked the small kitchen to prepare your favorite crystal honey cake for you. Would you like to try it now?" Ling'er was slightly taken aback, and immediately asked with a friendly smile.

"Well, good." Zhu Sha suddenly became a little interested, turned around slightly, but suddenly caught an incredible scene in the corner of her eyes——

A few small black and white shadows the size of a palm dance lightly on the branches of red plums in full bloom!

That is - a butterfly! ?

Cinnabar's complexion suddenly changed, and he turned back suddenly, a pair of snow-white jade hands covered with bright red Kodan suddenly grabbed the window lattice, half of his body leaned out, a pair of watery eyes that changed color, fixedly stared at the red plum tree !

How can there be butterflies in this season?

A trace of violent uneasiness suddenly gripped Zhu Sha's heart.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

She half-closed her treacherous and flickering water eyes, and stared firmly at the elegant and beautiful palm-sized butterflies dancing on the red plums on the snow.

Where did these butterflies come from?Why can I still be active after the cold winter?Is it wild, or... domesticated?

The former doesn't matter, it can only be said that it is a special mutated butterfly, which is relatively rare, and it is just a coincidence that it appears here to gather nectar.

But if it's the latter... this matter is serious!

Thinking of this, Zhu Sha couldn't help showing a hint of shock on her face, her pair of slender hands grasping the wooden window lattice, the beautiful bright red nails almost pinched into the wood layer with all her strength.

"Huh? This butterfly is here again..." The change of color and strangeness of cinnabar attracted Ling'er's attention. She stood up and took a look, and immediately cried out in a low voice in surprise.

again……?That is, these butterflies did not appear by accident, but have been around for some time?Was it a second guess?Zhu Sha's eyes changed slightly again.

Her heart suddenly fell into the ice water.

"Ling'er, have you seen these butterflies? When?" She asked calmly.

But her pair of snow-white jade hands with pale knuckles tightly pinching the wooden window lattice revealed the truth.

"Ah... Master, haven't you noticed? From the day we returned to the Regent's Palace, these butterflies were already there... No, it should be before we returned to the Regent's Palace, these butterflies were there. Linger When I saw them for the first time, it was in the greenhouse flower garden of His Highness. At that time, I just returned to the Prince Regent’s Mansion. Didn’t you say that you wanted to pick some magnolia flowers to take a bath, so Linger went to the greenhouse built by His Highness I picked the flower garden for you, and I saw it... But, for some reason, these butterflies have all come out these days. Linger has seen them many times in this yard, haven't you noticed them all the time?" Linger He was taken aback for a moment, and quickly told everything he knew.

At the same time, Ling'er was also wondering, what kind of butterflies are these, they are not afraid of the cold?

What's even more strange is the master himself. What are these harmless and fragile little things doing for no reason?

—— Shura never imagined that the huge risk of being discovered by cinnabar was eliminated by Linger's words. This is Huangfu Ye's luck, but it is also cinnabar's misfortune.

Who would have known that when the people of Tianhun were showing their precious spirit butterflies every day, Linger would see it by mistake?

Ling'er misunderstood, and Zhu Sha was also in tragedy...

All of this is as if there is a dark hand in the dark, manipulating everything, making the trajectory of all things happen along a certain setting...

I see!Cinnabar suddenly understood.

It's not like it just appeared after she came back. It seems that everything is a coincidence.

She couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, only then did she realize that her back was a little wet, and she was actually in a cold sweat because of the guess just now.

Really, why didn't Ling'er say that the butterfly already existed?Almost scared to death...

A hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes, Zhu Sha calmed down, smiled lightly, retracted his fingers that were tightly pinching the window lattice, Shi Shiran turned around, and walked slowly, "Ling'er, I will eat the snacks later, I want to take a bath first .”

"Yes, Ling'er will prepare right away, master, what kind of flower bath do you want to take today?"

Ling'er was still well-behaved, and responded with kindness.

"Just the same as last night."

"Yes. By the way, master, the clan sent cold balm today. Do you want to try it when you take a bath?"

"Oh, this year's cold balm has been made, um, well, it happens that my skin is not smooth enough recently, let's try it."

"Yes, master..."

A master and a servant chatted softly, all the way to the inner room.

So they didn't see at all, those beautiful but fragile butterflies, after their master and servant left, seemed to have received some signal and flew in one direction in unison!

That speed, and the slow Pian Pian form are two extremes, so fast that they disappear outside the courtyard wall like small sharp swords!

If Zhu Sha sees this scene, then everything will change drastically, and everything will have a different result afterwards.

It is a pity that there are no wonders in this world, but there are no ifs.

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Go to the Xuankong Temple thousands of miles away from the capital.

It was getting late, and a light snow fell from the gradually darkening sky.

Somewhere in the courtyard in front of the side hall covered with snow.

The slender figure dressed in black was standing quietly in the courtyard, letting light snow fall on his head and shoulders, motionless, quietly admiring the snow-white plum blossoms blooming on the branches of the plum tree in front of him.

The blossoms are crystal clear, and although they are not very conspicuous in the white snow, they exude an alluring fragrance.

——Although Mei is inferior to Xue by three points, Xue is less fragrant than Mei.

This poem is the best interpretation of this situation.

"Ah... Anituofo, Master Mo's intention to go away has already arisen. Do you decide to leave now, or wait until the sky is bright tomorrow?" Suddenly, there was a soft sigh from behind him—a man who had just finished his work. In the evening class, the solemn old monk walked out of the side hall, clasped his hands together and saluted Mo Xun with complicated eyes.

"Hehe, Master Host, you're here."

Hearing the sound, Mo Xun's body trembled slightly, and the snow on his head and shoulders was immediately shaken off by the invisible zhenqi, and there was no trace of it.

He turned around with a smile, and saluted the old monk with the same pious folded palms—this piety had nothing to do with belief, it was just a kind of admiration, respect for Buddhism and Taoism to the old monk.

Although Mo Xun didn't believe in Buddhism, he still respected the respected old monks and the Buddhism that did have some merits.

"Mo Xun has been nagging Master for a long time, and his innate cultivation has been consolidated. Moreover, Mo Xun has important business to do. It's time to leave, so he won't continue to disturb the master's meditation."

There was a comfortable indifference and confidence in his gentle voice, and he said slowly.

"Where, Donor Mo is serious. Since the benefactor still has important matters to attend to, then the old monk will not continue to keep guests, so let's go. This side hall of the old monk will always welcome the benefactor to come again." The old monk slightly Smile, there is a kind of holy compassion in the smile, which makes people feel good when they see it.

"Yes, when there is time and opportunity, Mo Xun will come again."

Mo Xun's smile was still as gentle as jade.

"Seven kills." He turned his head and called out the rickety old man standing silently by the side like a ghost.

"Yes, young master." Qi Sha immediately understood, and sent the simple brocade box that he had been holding in his hand to the old monk.

"This is?" The old monk was a little puzzled.

"Hehe, this is the sesame oil money that Mo Xun donated to Xuankong Temple for the next ten years. Master, please accept it. Master Xie's care for my father's spirit card is also Master Xie's love for Mo Xun." Mo Xun said seriously, Although the expression is warm and moist, it is undeniably strong!

[First update, two chapters combined into one.There are also updates. 】