Chen Palace

Chapter 2
As usual.

Chenlu has just recovered, so she has to do some light work-fortunately, today she only needs to wipe the railing thoroughly.

Rong'er found it very strange that Chen Lu actually asked about anecdotes in the palace during the breaks of her work - she was not interested in these things on weekdays, she was a thoughtless and honest person, so she just talked about it Come.

After cleaning the railing for a day, the four of them returned to the room, washed up casually, and quickly got into the Datong bunk.

Chenlu didn't fall asleep.

Listening to the even breathing of the three of them, she opened her eyes, got up with her clothes on, and came to the window.

It's already midnight, the pavilions are shining brightly in the dark, and the mirror lake in the distance is shimmering.

The scenery remains the same, but the personnel are different.

It has been 12 years since Yongjia...

She sighed, as if she had seen it for the first time, looking at her slender body, hands and feet, and the coldness of the room.

I never thought that today would be here...

She laughed almost self-deprecatingly.

No one would have thought that Chen Lu, this shy and humble court lady, had already died.

In this body, it was she who was reborn.

In the underworld, the town was closed due to the curse of the sorcerer, and she couldn't even cross the Naihe Bridge, and burned in the fire for 26 years.

Now due to a chance meeting, I had a dream, but after waking up, I was called "Morning Dew".

26 years... Life is prosperous, but once it is gone...

who I am?
She raised her head, looked at the palace scenery outside the window, and said silently:
My name is Lin Chen.

In this world, how many people still remember this, all-powerful name...

On the second day, the eunuch in charge had something to say, the wind was so violent the day before yesterday that it damaged all kinds of flowers and trees in Yunqing Palace, and it was necessary to rectify it.With an order, the four of them got busy in the court.

Today, the weather was sunny and the wind was strong. Rong'er was busy raising a clump of vines, cultivating soil, and pruning. She raised her head, looked at Chen Lu worriedly, and just said: "You The clothes are too thin--" But there was a slight commotion outside, and when I looked again, I saw two palace sedan chairs landed on the screen wall at the door, and the high-pitched voice of the eunuch in charge shouted: "Your Majesty is welcome back to the palace!"

Rong'er let out a "huh" and said, "Why did Concubine Qi return to the palace so early today, isn't she going to assist the queen in handling the six palace affairs?"

Seeing that the palace people were about to help, the first time the bead curtain in the sedan chair was lifted, Concubine Qi had already got down from the sedan chair.

She is dressed in a crimson red embroidered gold palace dress, her face is extremely gorgeous, her pair of phoenix eyes are naturally charming, but also awe-inspiring, her black hair is combed into a gorgeous bun, beautiful and graceful, and the little finger-sized pearl is as bright as snow, dotted with stars It flickered in the hair, and under the scorching sun, it made people dare not look directly at it.

She walked lightly, but she was tightly tearing the silk handkerchief in her hands, her willow eyebrows were erected, her beautiful eyes were full of power, and she walked to the edge of the flowers in two or three steps.

Her personal maid, Xiangying, went forward to meet her, but before she could speak, she saw Concubine Qi gritting her silver teeth, sneering slightly, without saying a word, she just slapped her.

Xiangying was just ignorant, but she didn't dare to evade. After receiving the palm, her face was like finger marks, and she knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, forgive me..."

"Sister Qi Concubine is so angry..."

A woman behind her smiled and said, her voice was crisp, yet indescribably lazy and charming.

In the second stop of the sedan chair, a woman slowly got out of the sedan chair. She was wearing a pale pink dress, long enough to reach the floor, with a thin waist bound by a cloud belt, showing a tight grip. In her hair was a seven-treasure coral hairpin. It is reflected like a lotus.

With the support of the maids on the left and right, she seemed to be very weak, only the smug smile in her eyes was shining brightly.

"It's the little girl Yunluo!"

Rong'er and the others watched and let out a low voice.

It turned out that this Yunluo was originally a maidservant of Yunqing Palace. Concubine Qi liked her sweet mouth and kept her by her side, but unexpectedly she was outstanding in appearance. Once the emperor saw her when he came to visit and made fun of her, she was compared to Zhaojun Yuexia.Now Concubine Qi knocked over the vinegar jar, and hurriedly ordered her to go to the Clothes Bureau from afar.

"I haven't seen her for so many days, why did she become the master?" The crowd wondered secretly.

Yunluo didn't care, and said with a gentle smile: "Sister Rongzhi, I left in a hurry that day, but I didn't take away a few things I loved, so let's take them together today... Tomorrow I have to serve the emperor, and I don't have the time to come." Woolen cloth!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for a response, she walked gracefully and gracefully to the original residence, took out a stick of incense, bowed slightly to Concubine Qi, and went back to the sedan chair to leave.

Concubine Qi was so angry that her face was trembling, her hands trembled, and she slapped Xiangying again: "Yesterday, the emperor met Yunluo by chance and made her a nobleman of Yun... Didn't I ask you to send her away far away, don't let her go away again?" Is the emperor seeing you? How can you be a poor person!"

Xiangying murmured, "She's in the Clothes Bureau, how could..."

Concubine Qi thought for a moment, then sneered and said: "It must be 'she'... Yesterday morning, pretending to be a virtuous person, the emperor insisted on accompanying her to Yanxia Pavilion to visit the old concubine, just to 'inadvertently' pass by the clothes bureau, and let this little bitch When people come to meet each other, it's not a matter of course!"

Xiangying suddenly realized: "It's the queen—"

Concubine Qi stopped her with a wave of her hand, she felt that there were too many people talking here, she was about to recruit her confidantes and secret merchants, but she saw someone vaguely among the flowers.

"Who's there, come out!"

The four got up, but before they could kneel down and salute, Concubine Qi had sharp eyes and caught a glimpse of Chen Lu.

She had a good memory, and suddenly remembered that this was the servant girl who dripped paint on her body that day, and she had nowhere to vent her anger, so she stretched out her hand and designated Chen Lu: "Drag this lowly servant girl out, and beating her to death is over! "

Concubine Qi was very dignified, and in the midst of fury, she gave an order, and someone dragged her out already, Xiangying hurriedly followed her out and acted as a supervisor.

Rong'er let out a low cry, and was about to stand up, but Cai'er pulled her back to the ground and knelt down. She was trembling all over. After thinking about it, she turned around and faced the Concubine Qi kowtowed vigorously on the ground: "Your Majesty is a thousand years old, let her be spared!"

She knocked down hard, and the bright red blood stained the stone bricks.Concubine Qi ignored her and turned back to the inner palace.

Besides, on the other side, Xiangying followed and saw that the eunuchs had gone to get the torture sticks and were about to do something. The maid named Chenlu said softly: "Sister Xiangying wait a minute, I have a secret to tell you."

The voice was crisp and clear, as if he had never been afraid at all.

Xiangying couldn't help being curious, and took two steps forward: "What secret?"

Chenlu raised her head and met Shang Xiangying's curious eyes.

In an instant, a golden light flashed in her eyes, Xiangying felt involuntary, and looked straight into the depths of her pupils, the bottomless darkness was full of strangeness and treachery.Her mind turned cold, and then she became confused.

"Sister, you are always smart and sympathetic to the weak, you will help me to plead with the empress, right?"

The darkness in the eyes seemed to be inhaled, Xiangying couldn't move her eyes in a daze, she just said: "Yes!"

The next moment, she woke up suddenly, rubbed her eyes, and said sharply to the eunuch: "Don't do anything, I'm going to report to the empress."

Concubine Qi leaned on the side of the couch, her anger still lingering, the fragrance came in, and she carefully offered the incense.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"If you want to hesitate, get out!"

"Yes. The empress's words are obviously ill-intentioned, and she is targeting us."

"Ah."

"So you can't catch her." Xiangying said eagerly.

Concubine Qi brushed her forehead hair with her fingers: "What is the reason?"

"At this juncture, any inadvertence may become an excuse. It is said that it is our Yunqing Palace's own business to kill a maid. But if it falls into the eyes of someone with a heart, it is a crime of 'disregarding human life' gone."

"You mean to let that girl go?" Concubine Qi looked at the bright red Kodan on her fingertips, and said displeasedly, "I hate this kind of clumsy servant the most!"

"Ms. Mingjian... Such a stupid person is not worthy of ruining our reputation for her. Why don't I go to Director Liu tomorrow to transfer this girl away and replace her with a smart one."

"It's up to you... But, you must pay attention to your appearance, and you can't keep tigers in your way!"

Chen Lu was pardoned and went back. Rong'er smiled happily, and the other two were also amazed. They saw that Chen Lu was fine in the past two days, and when they remembered what they called "dead corpses", they felt sorry on their faces, and they were much more kind to her. .

Bai Ping curled her lips and said, "Xiang Ying has a black and merciless temper, but today she showed mercy and pleaded with Chen Lu. Could it be that the sun came out in the west?"

Cai'er courteously brought tea to Chen Lu: "Little sister, why don't you drink some tea... You are so quiet on weekdays, you never thought you would have a relationship with Miss Xiangying. She is the most proud person in front of your empress... What will you do in the future?" Good thing, don't forget our sisters."

In this way, after the four of them had lunch, they were ordered by the eunuch in charge, saying that there was nothing to do in the afternoon, so don't wander around and mess with the empress.In spring, the weather was sunny and warm, and there was nothing left or right, the four of them all went to bed and took an afternoon nap.

Hearing that the four of them were breathing evenly, Chen Lu covered her chest lightly, coughed twice, spat out a mouthful of blood, and said with a wry smile, "What a domineering and wicked skill!"

This "Nine Serenity Conjuring Soul Art" came from the cult in the Western Regions. In her previous life, she was curious and memorized this skill, but she never used it.This rebirth was of great use in a critical moment, but it was a pity that this body was weak and did not have internal strength to protect the body, so it backfired into the internal organs.

The "Nine Serenity Conjuring Soul Technique" seems mysterious, but in essence it uses the eyes to control other people's minds for one's own use.This skill has been practiced to be extremely powerful, but Chenlu is only scratching the surface. Once she encounters a strong-willed person, or asks the recipient to do something he is extremely resistant to, she will still fail miserably.

Although it is superficial, it is enough to deal with Xiangying, a court lady who does not know martial arts.Chen Lu thought, she couldn't bear the disgust in her chest anymore, she quickly crossed her legs and spit out the method in "Huang Ting Yang Sheng Jue".

This tactic is not martial arts internal strength, but to improve oneself through breathing, strengthen the body and maintain health. For ordinary people, it is very effective.

This body is too sick and weak, I don't know how long it will take to cultivate and practice internal strength again.After vomiting, Chen Lu thought of this tricky question and felt a headache.

"Forget it, it's already a rare encounter for me to be reborn in this world. Too much extravagance will cause divine punishment." She comforted herself half-jokingly, and she also fell asleep.

The next day, Xiangying came to deliver an important order—Chenlu was transferred to the Imperial Garden.

(End of this chapter)