night enchanting

Chapter 7 Forbidden Land of the Palace (2)
"Those who don't know are innocent." Nangong proudly stood up, walked to her side, leaned close to her ear and smiled slowly: "I thought, with the intelligence of the princess, even if she recognized Gu's identity, she would pretend not to know! But... ...I don’t blame you alone. Princess, please get up.”

Nangong Ao helped her up with his own hands, Rumo frowned, and avoided her without a trace, without further excuses.We are all smart people, it is useless to talk too much.

They each sat down, and during the banquet, Nangong Ye changed from his normal behavior and showed more consideration to her, picking up vegetables and serving soup, and being extremely attentive, which was very strange.Didn't he dote on Qin Ji?Why do you pretend to be gentle to Qin Ji in front of Qin Ji?Rumo bowed his head to eat, secretly suspicious.

Qin Ji on the other side bit her lip and looked at Nangong Ye who was gentle and considerate to Rumo from time to time. She felt extremely uncomfortable. She had fantasized more than once that King Chen would treat her like this one day. Now, with the appearance of Princess Chen, Make her dreams come to nothing, no more hope.After a meal, it tastes like chewing wax.Suddenly, she regretted a little, regretted that she thought that King Chen had feelings for her because of King Chen's praise, and foolishly begged the king to help her and King Chen, and ended up in this end.A wife is not a wife, and a concubine is not a concubine.And although the king has three thousand beauties in the harem, at least he still has affection for her.

"Kings!"

After lunch, Nangong Ye had something to leave. Qin Ji silently followed Nangong Ao to a bamboo forest in the back garden. Seeing no one around, she chased after him, knelt down behind Nangong Ao with a plop, and called him mournfully.

Nangong Ao turned around, looked at her strangely, and said in a deep tone: "If Jiqin doesn't go back to Chaomu Garden to wait for King Chen, what is she doing here?"

Qin Ji immediately moved over on her knees, tightly grasping the hem of Nangong Ao's clothes with both hands, looked up at him, her delicate face was covered with pear blossoms, and pleaded sadly: "Your Majesty, please take Qin Ji back to the palace. Well, Qin Ji is willing to serve the king for the rest of her life, and never leave again!"

Nangong Ao looked at her with a smile, as if he had expected this day, pinched her chin, bent down and smiled and said: "You want to go back to the palace? You don't think there are too many beauties around you, so you voluntarily come to the Chen Palace for life Serving King Chen? Why, regret it?"

Qin Ji nodded vigorously, and said eagerly: "Yes, Your Majesty, Qin Ji regretted it, because Qin Ji only found out when she arrived at the palace, that in Qin Ji's heart, the person she loves the most is actually you, Your Majesty!"

"What did you say? Do you love Gu?" Nangong Ao laughed out loud as if hearing a joke. After laughing, he suddenly lowered his eyes and sneered, "Qin Ji, you treat Gu as a fool?! Heh, Gu is The king of this kingdom, do you think that Gu really cares about a woman? The reason why Gu can help you is because Gu understands Gu's younger brother better than anyone else! Qin Ji, you don't know how to praise, in this life, you are waiting to die alone , never want to be loved by a man."

Listening to this ruthless voice, Qin Ji collapsed to the ground.She had always thought that he perfected her because he loved her, and was even proud of it for a time, but it turned out...it was so!Unwillingly, she hugged his leg tightly, and pleaded with regret: "Your Majesty, it was Qin Ji who was wrong. Please forgive Qin Ji this time. I really love you!"

"Put away your cute and pitiful appearance. There are so many lonely harems for a woman like you. It's annoying to look at alone. I heard that Princess Chen commented on your piano sound: there is no piano sound but no soul Gu Gu thinks about it now, and thinks what she said makes sense. You, the number one piano in the south of the Yangtze River, without the sound of the piano, what qualifications do you have to ask to return to Gu's side?" Nangong Ao kicked her aside in disgust, without looking back walk away.Qin Ji was left trembling all over, thumping the ground and saying: "It's Princess Chen again!"

This morning, the warm sunshine in the spring shone through the clouds into Chaoxiyuan's slightly shabby dormitory, and Rumo sat quietly by the window, looking out the window thoughtfully.Yiyan bounced into the room, humming an unknown song, her happy and carefree appearance was really enviable.

"Princess, are you bored, can this servant accompany you out for a walk? I heard that there are many small flowers that I have never seen before in Chao Yi Garden, they are very beautiful!"

"Chao Yi Yuan?" Ru Mo's eyes flashed, and he asked with a smile, "Why haven't you heard of it?"

Yiyan thought for a while and replied: "I have never heard of it before. Just now... when they told me, I realized that there is a Chao Yi Garden in the palace, it seems to be in a very remote place."

Remote areas?Ru Mo suddenly became interested, "Go, let's have a look."

After walking around more than half of the palace, the two came to a remote and desolate courtyard. The plaque hanging on the door was very old. Together with the same old gate, it was hidden among the vines climbing the wall. It is the courtyard wall on the edge of the palace.

Chao Yi Yuan, Prince Chen's Mansion actually has such a desolate garden!
Rumo glanced around, it was very quiet, and there was no servant in sight.She lowered her eyes, and found a fresh earth pit not far from the door, a very shallow one, covered with some weeds, which could not be seen without paying attention.Ru Mo's eyes flashed, and at this moment, Yiyan opened the door with a squeak, and what greeted his eyes was the yard full of small flowers fluttering in the wind and the green grass shaking in the wind, growing vigorously as if no one had trimmed it.

"It's so beautiful!" Yiyan widened her eyes and exclaimed excitedly, "Wangfei, take a look, this place is prettier than those flowers in the back garden!"

Rumo nodded, stepped into the gate, and walked in slowly along the stone road in the middle.

The small yard is very clean, but not popular at all.

Rumo walked along the stone road and came to the long corridor on the side. Every house that passed by had its windows closed and its doors locked. Only the door of the main house opened with a push.

The furnishings in the room are simple, and it looks a little empty. The paint on the few furniture is peeling off, mottled and old, but there is no trace of dust. Obviously, it is cleaned every day.Ru Mo couldn't help wondering, since no one lived there, why did he pay so much attention to it? Since he valued it, why did he let everything become decayed and obsolete?
"Princess, this room is so strange, why does it have a gloomy feeling?" Yi Yan looked back at the door that had closed automatically at some time, feeling flustered.He quickly ran behind Ru Mo and held Ru Mo's sleeve tightly, for fear that Ru Mo would suddenly disappear and leave her alone in this weird room.Suddenly, his eyes were attracted by the unusually delicate huge silver box placed on a bed in the back room, and he immediately forgot his fear, stepped forward to wait and see, couldn't help being curious for a moment, and lifted the delicate box cover.

"Ah" screamed, Yiyan's almond eyes widened, her mouth opened wide in horror, and she backed away.

Ru Mo stepped forward upon hearing the sound, and saw an incomplete bloody gown laying flat in the silver box. The gown was not big, like it was worn by a six or seven-year-old boy, and the blood stains on it were dark brown, which seemed to be old for a long time.She frowned, and lifted the bloody clothes slightly, the countless slender slits on the clothes seemed to be cracked by the whip when they were worn on her body.

It's really strange that such a bloody garment should be enshrined in such a courtyard.

"Ah! Princess, look quickly! That, that... what is that?" Yi Yan screamed again, pulling back Ru Mo's thoughts, and Ru Mo looked in the other direction pointed by Yi Yan, where there was a desk , Three sticks of incense were burning in the censer on the table. Behind the thin smoke, there was a small spiritual tablet with six characters written on it: Nangong Ye's spiritual tablet.

Ru Mo was slightly taken aback, but before he had time to react, a cold shout came from the door: "Who allowed you to enter this garden?"

Ru Mo turned her head in a daze, and Nangong Ye, who had already stood at the door at some point, was standing behind the light. She couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, but she could feel the cold air emanating from him, and she was surprised by the eerie and gloomy room. Added a bit of gloomy atmosphere.

As soon as she turned around, he rushed over and snatched the bloody robe from her hand. With a sudden wave of the sleeve robe, a strong internal force rushed towards her face. desk.

There was a bang, her forehead hurt sharply, and a hot stream gushed out. She frowned and didn't say a word.Sitting on the ground, he watched him put the bloody clothes in his hand into the silver box, and his movements were extremely gentle, as if he was treating the most cherished item, for fear that it would cause even the slightest damage if he was not careful.

Her heart trembled, such a gentle and serious expression reminded her again of the handsome young man who gave her medicine ten years ago, and she couldn't help being in a trance.For him to keep it so carefully, it can be seen that the bloody coat is of great significance to him.She didn't miss the remorse and sadness that flashed in his eyes when he was arranging the bloody clothes.Who left behind the bloody clothes that he cherished so much?
"Princess!" Yiyan finally came to her senses, looked at her bleeding forehead and screamed loudly: "Blood... a lot of blood! What to do... what to do..." Yi Yan cried out in fright.

Rumo said lightly, "It's okay!"

Nangong Ye looked at her in a blink of an eye, and saw the bright red blood flowing on her beautiful face. She was charming and dazzing, and there was still no trace of panic in her usually invisible eyes, as if the wound on her forehead and the bright red blood had nothing to do with her. relation.This expression seemed familiar.He suddenly thought of the stubborn girl in the stone house, she always had big and small injuries on her body, she was obviously in great pain but tried her best to pretend not to care, she always bit her lips tightly, holding back her tears, a beautiful picture There was no other expression on his face except indifference, and even the faintest smile never appeared.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sadness in my heart.

Looking at the woman in front of her again, a faint smile appeared on her calm face, which suddenly felt very dazzling.Why did she deal with him blankly and indifferently when he was angry, and why could she still smile as if nothing had happened when she was frightened for her?
"Who gave you the courage to break into the forbidden area?" He grabbed her chin, lifted her up from the ground, and asked harshly.

Ru Mo frowned, "Forbidden place?"

Nangong Ye said: "Don't tell me, you can't see the big stone tablet outside the door!"

She really didn't see it. When she came, the stone tablet was temporarily removed.

"Come on!" Nangong Ye called out.

Five or six guards with swords entered the room in response, as if they were about to drag her down and deal with her.

Ru Mo glanced at Yiyan who was flustered and at a loss, and didn't make any excuses, she knew it was useless to make excuses.With a blood coat and a spiritual card, she touched the secret deep in Nangong Ye's heart. As for what the secret is, she still doesn't know, but she knows that it is impossible to hope for peace today.Enduring the pain in her chin and forehead, she looked up at him quietly without saying a word.

Looking at her calm and fearless eyes, Nangong Ye felt a slight movement in his heart, let go of her, turned around and ordered in a deep voice to the guard: "Drag that girl down!"

The guards were ordered to grab the frightened Yi Yan, and were about to drag her out of the door.

"Wait!" Ru Mo frowned, and lowered his voice, unexpectedly with infinite majesty, his aura was not inferior to that of Nangong Ye.

Nangong Ye was slightly startled, and frowned at her.

Ru Mo said: "My lord is angry, you might as well come to me, why use a little girl to vent your anger!"

Nangong Ye sneered, "What do you think that this king dare not take you? Don't think that you can do whatever you want in this king's mansion just because this king has an appointment with the secret pavilion, and don't take this king seriously! If this king is happy It is not difficult to make your dark pavilion disappear from the world overnight."

"Oh? Really?" Rumo smiled back, "Then just give it a try." She raised her chin, her smile was just like his, so cold that it could freeze the air.

The two looked at each other, and there was no sound around them.

The longer Nangong Ye looked at her, the deeper his heart sank. In the dark pavilion, this woman's status was absolutely extraordinary.But if he broke into his forbidden area, even the owner of the Dark Pavilion would not be able to walk out of this courtyard unscathed.

"The concubine broke into the forbidden area privately, defied the king's prohibition, pulled it out, and rewarded her with twenty whips."

Just a whip?
Ru Mo laughed, Nangong Ye frowned and said, "What's so ridiculous about you? You don't know how to live or die!"

Ru Mo said: "I laughed at you, my lord. I wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, but unfortunately, someone didn't understand your heart. She designed to lure me here and threw the problem to you again! Now, I have indeed broken into the forbidden area." If you move something that shouldn't be moved, or look at something that shouldn't be seen, you will naturally have to accept this punishment. However, in my capacity at this moment, if you want to impose punishment, you have to do it yourself, my lord!"

Nangong Ye's eyebrows moved, and his eyes suddenly narrowed. This woman is smarter than he imagined.He suddenly reached out and pinched her jaw again, staring coldly into her eyes, "You want me to hold the whip myself? Do you think I will take pity on you? You are so smart! Well, I will help you and let you know, How stupid is your request! Somebody, take her out."

"I'll go by myself." Ru Mo broke free from his shackles and stepped out with his head held high, with the appearance that he was going to be tortured at all.

In the middle of the courtyard, she stood at the intersection of two stone roads, with her back straight.

The guard handed a soft brown whip to Nangong Ye. With a flick of his wrist, Nangong Ye slammed the whip on the ground with a cracking sound, which made his heart tremble.

Her expression remained unchanged, she stood with a smile on her face, and quietly clenched her hands.

Nangong Ye turned to her and said with a cold smile, "Don't you beg for mercy?"

"Begging for mercy is useful?" Rumo laughed mockingly. In her life, she can do everything except beg for mercy.It's just a whip, what is it to her who has seen all kinds of torture and experienced countless inhuman tortures in the past ten years?
"Do it." She turned her back, not looking at him.

Nangong Ye looked at the smile before she turned around, and froze slightly. It was this kind of smile again, a little sad, a little sad, and couldn't help being touched in his heart, but how could he, Nangong Ye, change because of a woman, and she was still a woman with The woman who approached him blindly!
Thinking of this, he raised his hand and whipped without mercy.

The skin on her back was ripped apart, and the blood foam was flying.

There was a sudden sound of breathing around, and the guards all turned their heads away. Yiyan screamed and fainted from fright.

Pained to the marrow, Rumo trembled, but didn't make a sound, a salty taste welled up in his throat, and he was forced to swallow it down.Nangong Ye was really willing to use his strength.Suddenly, her heart ached, as if countless steel needles had pierced into the bottom of her heart, making her already cold heart a little desperate.She didn't move, she was still standing there, waiting for him to continue to swing the whip, but there was no movement behind her for a long time.She couldn't help but turn her head, Nangong Ye was staring blankly at her bloody wound, his eyes flashed, and countless emotions flashed one by one.She had never seen those complex and contradictory emotions in his eyes.

Seeing her turn around, Nangong Ye looked away from her back, fixed on her seemingly calm but stubborn eyes, suddenly an unspeakable emotion filled his heart.

"Doesn't it hurt?" he asked.

"It hurts," she replied.

That's right, when such a heavy whip is whipped on a person, blood can be seen on the whip, and the skin is torn apart, how can it not hurt?
"Since it hurts, why don't you beg for mercy and keep silent? Maybe, if you shout out, the result will change." He was suddenly excited, his eyes were painful, although he was looking at her, it seemed that he was asking someone else through her. .Ru Mo frowned, intuitively feeling that his appearance had something to do with that bloody coat.And the spirit card with his name on it, so strange.

She smiled at him and said, "I don't want to change anything, so I don't need to ask for forgiveness, and I don't need to scream to win anyone's mercy."

Nangong Ye's heart was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes were complicated and unspeakable for a moment.His hand trembled, and the soft whip fell to the ground. He turned his back and walked towards the house. After walking a few steps, he paused and didn't turn his head. Half a step towards Xiyuan!"

(End of this chapter)