Chaos in the Chu Palace

Chapter 54
In the early years of Chu Ninghe, Chu Huotian cleaned up the court, and some officials were demoted and relocated. Because his army was strong, although there were many rumors, the situation in the court was still stable, and no one dared to oppose him. .The Eldest Prince was sent as an envoy to the Qin State, which caused some people to discuss it endlessly.The second prince was named King Feng and spent the whole day drinking and having fun in his palace, which seemed to be drunk and dreaming of death.The witchcraft case of the Xu family in the harem was also handled coldly by Chu Huotian. Xu Zhenglin, Xu's father, who was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, presented a regretful memorial and went to kneel outside Chu Huotian's imperial study in person. After an hour, Chu Huotian asked someone to help him and staggered back.The queen and Mrs. Liu Guo also entered the plea form.Mrs. Xu was removed from the hairpin, and only one nanny followed, so she was driven to Yongxiang to think about it.

Ouyang Ruo lived peacefully these days, she still went to pay her respects to the empress every day, without interruption, and walked around Mrs. Liu Guo's place, and she had done enough etiquette in each palace.Although Mrs. Liu Guo lost the power to hold the harem, she didn't show any loss on her face.On the contrary, Wang Meiren alienated her, and the three newcomers did not seem to be favored much.Everything is like this snowy palace, silent and dull.

Ouyang Ruo chose a day and evening, and asked Wan Hui to seal the things she wanted to take, and then went out.

Wan Hui packed up her things and asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, do you really want to go there?"

Ouyang Ruo nodded and looked in the mirror. There were very few hairpins on her hair, and her clothes were not luxurious or gorgeous. From a distance, she looked like a court lady.

"The emperor is resting at Li Guiren's place today, and I can just go and have a look. It doesn't matter if I leave in a while. Have you boiled the things you were told to cook?" Ouyang Ruo asked.

Wan Hui nodded.At this time, Dexuan also came in, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, everything has been arranged over there. You can go now."

Ouyang Ruo took a deep breath, Ren Dexuan put a snow coat on her, and quietly left Huayan Palace.

Because it was dinner time, the maids and servants on the road were in a hurry, and no one would pay attention to their group, thinking that it was some honorable servant in the palace who was taking snacks to serve.The snow underfoot creaked, crisp and crisp.It has snowed again in the last few days, and it is getting colder and colder.Ouyang Ruo closed the stove in his arms, and raised his eyes to look at the road ahead.The palace walls are still vermilion, the emerald-colored glazed tiles, and the unmelted snow still has a few stars on it, making the green color more profound and the red dazzling.The Qiqiaolinglong Palace Lantern in Wanhui's hand was dim and dim, and could only illuminate a small area of ​​snow on the road ahead. The wind gradually picked up at night, and the sky was gray, as if another heavy snow was about to fall.

Step by step, the surroundings were silent, the palace people who came and went looked hurried, and their chaotic footsteps gradually receded.The road under his feet became more and more remote, gradually, only Wanhui and Dexuan's tense and heavy breathing were around him.There was a slight smile on Ouyang Ruo's beautiful face, what's so scary, there are neither ghosts nor monsters in this world.Only the hearts of the people lurking in the dark.The road in front of me became more and more desolate. The broken wood and leaves were piled up in piles, and the old things were thrown away. The whole place was in a mess.You can tell at a glance that it has not been swept for many years.

Ouyang Ruo carefully avoided the sundries under his feet while walking forward cautiously.After walking for a long time, I arrived at a dilapidated alleyway. A dilapidated plaque was hanging on the head, crumbling, and the two big and thick characters had not been damaged for many years.

"Yongxiang." Ouyang Ruo squinted his eyes, carefully looked at the plaque, and straightened his sleeves.Go in calmly.That demeanor seemed to be simply going to a banquet instead of walking in this dark alley.Dexuan walked a few steps, came to a door, patted the door a few times, the old eunuch who guarded the door slowly opened the door, raised his eyes to look at the three people, but seemed to see no one, just opened it silently door, turned and left.Dexuan understood, helped Ouyang Ruo and went in.

Ouyang Ruo looked at the dilapidated house in front of him, with no expression on his face, turned to the third room on the left, and suddenly someone was yelling and cursing in a low voice, the voice was already hoarse: "...bitch, they are all a bunch of sluts..."

Ouyang Ruo smiled slightly, that's right, the voice of deep hatred is Xu's voice.She gently knocked on the door, ignoring that the snow falling down from the door stained her white hands which were whiter than snow.

"Who is it? It's someone who doesn't have eyesight coming in to mess with my old lady. I'm telling you! My old lady is not afraid of anything!..." Although the inside was shouting and cursing like this, Ouyang Ruo was not annoyed, and continued to lock the door patiently.

The door opened suddenly.A disheveled and dirty face appeared, with a ferocious anger on it.She was wrapped in a thin cotton coat, and the original color could not be seen clearly.Only 20 days in total.Ouyang Ruo sighed inwardly.She carefully looked at the dilapidated Xu family in front of her like this Yongxiang, and said slowly: "Visitor on a snowy night, can elder sister Xu let younger sister in?"

Xu's angry face suddenly turned from surprise to disbelief, then to embarrassment, and then to disheartened.All kinds of expressions fell into Ouyang Ruo's unblinking beautiful eyes one by one.

"What are you doing here? It's not just to watch Ben Gong's jokes." Xu raised her head, as proud and awe-inspiring as before.

"No." Ouyang Ruo suddenly said, "Just tell my sister something and leave."

Her voice was as cold as snow, and it was as if a clear spring had been poured into people's ears, which was very comfortable.Xu opened the door suspiciously, and Ouyang Ruo walked in calmly.A strong musty smell came to her nostrils, but she did not hide her mouth, but called out: "Auntie, light a lamp, and ask Dexuan to stay outside by the way."

When the lights came on, Wan Hui lit a candle, and the lights in the room went on and off, making the two of them even more dazed.

"What on earth are you here for? Don't tell Bengong that you are just here to reminisce, or just to see how miserable Bengong's whereabouts are." Xu smiled coldly. Although the brilliance of the smile was covered by dirt, it was still vaguely okay. See that beautiful silhouette.Bengong still spoke very calmly in that voice.

"My sister is not doing well these few days, but my sister came here today just to ask sister Xu a word." Ouyang Ruo ignored her sharp questioning.He only looked at her lightly, and the dim candlelight reflected on her watery eyes, which just shone brightly, so beautiful that he couldn't look directly at her.

"What are you talking about?" Seeing her alluring face, Mrs. Xu wished she could pounce on her and catch her.

"My younger sister just asked my elder sister one thing: does elder sister Xu really want to understand? See clearly?" Ouyang Ruo asked slowly, Liu Guang's eyes were only fixed on her face.Whether she is worth saving by myself depends on this sentence.

"Want to understand? See clearly?" Xu was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly smiled coldly and said, "I have figured it out a long time ago, and I have seen it clearly. Ever since I was in the Hou's mansion, I knew that the emperor's love is irrelevant. , He can't afford it, and this scene of sisterly love doesn't have to be played in front of my eyes. I feel disgusted when I see it."

Ouyang Ruo smiled slightly, and waved at Wanhui: "Since sister Xu wants to understand, it's good. My sister is here to congratulate her for her enlightenment."

Wan Hui silently brought a food box, and when she opened it, a bowl of thick black medicine that was still warm was placed in the middle.

Surprised, Xu took a few steps back, pointed at Ouyang Ruo's face tremblingly: "You came today to poison me to death? You are so vicious."

Ouyang Ruo picked up the medicine unhurriedly, walked up to her step by step, and said softly: "Sister, take a closer look and see if there is any medicine in this bowl that will kill people." She spoke very slowly, then In Xu's eyes, laughing is extremely terrifying.

"You...you don't come here... I'll call someone if you come here again. You...you vicious woman." Xu gradually panicked.Step back step by step, and then step back against the peeling earth wall.

Ouyang Ruo looked at her with a faint smile, with regret and seemingly endless disappointment: "Since my sister doesn't believe my sister so much, there is nothing I can do. Originally, my sister said that she saw it clearly, but she was still infatuated." Nian, I can't bear this splendor and prosperity, I can't bear this Mood for Love..."

Mrs. Xu was ridiculed by her, her face flushed, and she said angrily: "Who said that, I, Xu Ningshuang, just say the same thing, don't you just want to see me die, dying at your hands is better than dying at the hands of those temptresses."

After she finished speaking, she grabbed the bowl of medicine with her hands, raised her head and drank it.Gu Lu a few times, clean and neat.Ouyang Ruo watched her movements with a smile, and then sat back upright on the dilapidated chair.

"You..." After finishing her drink, Mrs. Xu looked at her with disbelief and suspicion on her face: "What did you give me to drink?"

Ouyang Ruo smiled, and that smile became more and more charming, but there was a bone-chilling coldness in it: "Why did my sister forget it so quickly, this is the postpartum medicine prescribed by the Hou's mansion. There are twelve flavors in total, and my sister spent a lot of money on it." It took me a long time to find that recipe. Would you like to taste this taste again?"

Mrs. Xu finally calmed down, snorted coldly, and sat down: "What are you trying to say, you are pretending to be a ghost."

Ouyang Ruo didn't say a word, but asked Wan Hui to hold a package of sealed medicine, and showed her a little by little by candlelight: "Sister, take a look, did you take these that day?"

Mrs. Xu stared closely at her delicate hands, and carefully looked at those medicines. Yes, she remembered that she had also taken these medicines. At that time, she had a miscarriage... At that time, after she had a miscarriage, she took it every day. It's this medicine...

Could it be?Is there anything wrong?

Her pupils shrank sharply, and she looked at Ouyang Ruo in disbelief: "...No... I read every medicine, and it was right... How could it be..." She shook her head in a panic .

With a wave of his hand, Ouyang Ruo waved the medicine floating on the surface to the ground, leaving only the inconspicuous foam: "Look, what is this... This is Xingxuecao, which was crushed into powder and mixed into the medicine. Li, as long as you take it for a long time, you will not be able to have children."

After she finished her last sentence, Xu couldn't bear it anymore and screamed.The scream was so sharp that Ouyang Ruo couldn't help frowning.Xu swept the medicine to the ground with a slap, and his face became hideous as if distorted by someone.She was about to rush over, but Wan Hui quickly stood in front of Ouyang Ruo.Ouyang Ruo still had a smile on his face, which stimulated Xu's sensitive and fragile nerves even more deeply.

"Say! Who did it! Which vicious bitch did it! Tell me! I will kill her to avenge my child!" Xu screamed like a madman.

Ouyang Ruo suddenly sneered and said, "It's just you? You're not locked up here, why can you go out? The woman who caused your child to be aborted and you can't reproduce is still sitting in the palace."

Xu was suddenly poked at the sore spot, sobbed and knelt down on the ground.

Why can she go out?How can she get out?

She muttered words in her mouth stupidly, she had never wanted to go out of this door like this moment.

She wants revenge!

Little by little, the past gathered into a river, and it slowed down her nerves. No wonder someone told her that Chu Huotian began to favor another woman. No wonder so many people tried to persuade her to drink more medicine to restore her health.The more she thought about it, the more she hated it, and the dark hatred had already made her head ache.

Seeing her appearance, Ouyang Ruo knew that the hatred in her heart had taken root, so she said calmly, "I won't hide this from you. It grows on the high mountains in Guangjun. Sister Xu is talented and intelligent, so she naturally knows how to deal with it in the house. Which lady can get it. I came here today to tell Sister Xu about it, lest sisters end up seeing Sister Xu lose her life because of this matter for no reason."

After she finished speaking, Xu Shi suddenly smiled coldly: "You came today not only to tell me about this, but also to have a plan. Sure enough, I read right, you are the most thoughtful of all of us .After all, what do you want to do?"

Ouyang Ruo laughed again when she heard the words, it was worthwhile for her to take the risk of coming this time, she is indeed a person with wisdom roots.

"I don't want to do anything, I just want my sister to understand who is harming you and who is harmless to you in this palace. There are also thorns all over my sister's body. That's how it ended up." She said slowly.

Mrs. Xu thought for a while, and suddenly smiled coldly: "Okay, I understand what you mean, but are you Ouyang the one who is harmless to me, Xu Ningshuang?"

Although her face was filthy, it was full of contempt. Ouyang Ruo was neither annoyed nor hated, and just smiled lightly: "You are no longer fertile, but I come from Huadi. Sister, think about it for yourself. That's all my sister said, I hope my sister will take care of her life here, my sister has a peerless face, don't let her down."

After she finished speaking, she got up to leave.

"You tell me when I can go out?!" Xu suddenly asked in a low voice.

Ouyang Ruo's footsteps paused: "After the cold winter, it will be spring. When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming." Before she could finish her sentence, she had fled away like a flying bird.

Mrs. Xu stared blankly at the pitch-black night outside, and said bitterly: "After the cold winter, it will be spring..."

When Ouyang Ruo came out of Yongxiang, he felt a thin layer of cold sweat on his back, and when the cold wind blew, his whole body was chilled.The door closed silently behind them, as if controlled by an invisible hand.

Ouyang Ruo turned his head away, and the dead Yongxiang stood in the darkness with a huge shadow.

Xu's miserable face is still in front of his eyes.Wan Hui stepped forward to help her, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, go away. Don't come here again, it's scary."

Ouyang Ruo nodded and asked, "Have you put down everything for her?" Wan Hui nodded, and De Xuan followed silently.The sky was getting darker, and the wind was getting tighter and tighter. Ouyang Ruo gathered the snow clothes on his body, looked up at the sky, and there was really no star.

The whole world was filled with horror.

She couldn't help quickening her pace.But suddenly, in the rustling wind, she heard what seemed to be mixed with strands of ethereal singing, intermittent, like whimpers and sighs.Ouyang Ruo couldn't help being taken aback, and stopped.

Wanhui and Dexuan were also stunned, and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with your mother?" Their faces were full of doubts and panic.Ouyang Ruo didn't answer, but listened attentively.

"Auntie, did you hear anything?" Ouyang Ruo asked suddenly.The wind whistled across her face, like a knife was cutting, but she didn't notice it, and suddenly took off the hood and listened quietly.

"Go back to your mother, the servant didn't hear anything." Wan Hui and De Xuan looked at each other before replying.

"It's singing..." Ouyang Ruo looked dazed, and suddenly said: "It's singing...it's singing..." She walked forward as if dazed.Both Wanhui and Dexuan were taken aback, the way Ouyang Ruo took was clearly not the way back to Huayan Palace.

"Niang Niang!" They whispered anxiously, Ouyang Ruo acted as if he hadn't heard it, and stepped faster, and finally rushed towards the darkness like a gallop...

(End of this chapter)