Xiangmen Concubine: The Emperor's Abandoned Concubine

Chapter 471 Fire
Sunset on the west mountain, the shadow of the moon is slanting.

A dark shadow flashed across a corner of King Xiliu's outer court, and the guards on duty did not find any trace.

A black shadow fell in front of the remote courtyard. The courtyard was dilapidated, and the grass was overgrown in front of the courtyard. It was already late at night, but the summer night was not cold, with a kind of coolness.

At the main entrance of the mansion, there is a plaque with the words "Lenggong" written on it. Because of the age, the vermilion on the vermilion typing has faded a little.

The woman's shrill screams came from the courtyard, or the woman's hoarse and ugly singing.The singing is sometimes soft and sometimes shrill.

There were also women's yelling and chattering noises, those harsh and chilling voices poured into the ears of the black shadow from all directions in the cold palace.

Although this is a cold palace, the guards here are very strict.But at this moment, those guards didn't seem to notice the arrival of the black shadow at all, they stood by the wall outside the cold palace, silent as a pine.

The black shadow entered in a flash, and arrived in the cold palace.

His direction was very clear, he went straight to the innermost part of the cold palace, a courtyard closest to the northwest corner.The courtyard is not big, but it is the best preserved among all the courtyards in the cold palace.

Standing by the window, through the carved window sill, the black shadow saw the back of a woman with disheveled clothes and fluffy hair.

Tall and slim, she was wearing a light purple robe, exactly the same as the last time he came to see her, with a trace of blood on it, which seemed to have never been changed.

She stood in front of the bed with her back facing him. The quilt on the bed was very thin, but neat.Beside the bed was a mahogany sword.

Next to the mahogany sword, there are some bottles and jars that I don't know where to find, and there are things like princes, fallen leaves, and sand in them.

The woman's voice was very small and light, as if she was wondering and muttering to herself.

"This is wolfberry, this is almond, this is red fruit, this is..."

While talking, the woman looked at those bottles and jars, and babbled about which things were edible and which were poisonous and could not be touched.

When she counted to the last one, she seemed unable to remember what it was, so she took a small stone and looked at it carefully: "Senior brother clearly said it three times before going down the mountain, why can't I remember it?"

"What is this..." The woman squatted down gently holding a small stone, and began to think hard.

"That's called grass safflower, also known as safflower. It belongs to the Compositae family of dicotyledonous plants. If it is a dry tubular flower, it is small, orange-red, with a narrow flower tube and 5 lobes at the apex. The lobes are narrow and linear, with 5 stamens and anthers. Yellow, united into a tube, higher than the lobes, with a stigma exposed in the center."

"Safflower has a special aroma, and it tastes slightly bitter when you drink it. It is best to have long flower pieces, bright red color, and soft texture. It can promote blood circulation and relieve pain. It is a medicine for promoting blood circulation and stimulating menstruation."

The woman trembled slightly, and suddenly got up and turned her head.Her face was a little pale, that kind of sickly white.

She has a beautiful face, even in such an environment, she still can't hide her jade-like face.There are faint fine lines at the corners of the eyes, and a few strands of white hair on the temples.

Those blurred eyes suddenly became brighter at this moment, and they quickly searched the room, as if they wanted to find the speaker.

"Senior brother, is that you? Did you come back?" The trembling voice was happy and surprised, a little unbelievable.

The senior brother she was talking about was not found in the room, the joy on the woman's face gradually turned into disappointment, and slowly, as if she remembered something, she began to sob softly.

"Brother, I know I'm not good, I know I'm stupid, and I always can't remember the most important thing."

"Brother, don't blame me, okay, don't leave me, okay?"

"Brother, how about you come back? I will study hard in the future and I will not let you down."

"Senior brother, why haven't you come back, senior brother, Daddy wants to marry me to the king, I don't want to enter the palace, senior brother, why haven't you come back..."

"Senior brother, I should listen to you and not enter the palace. I shouldn't believe in the emperor's affection, I shouldn't attach my heart to him, I shouldn't go with you..."

"Brother..."

Shouts, drops of tears, bit by bit into the heart of the shadow outside the window.His breathing tightened slightly, and his hands clenched into fists.

The figure flashed, and the person had already arrived in the room.

"Yue'er." The voice was deep and hoarse, a little heavy.

The woman called Yue'er was stunned for a moment, and with tears in her eyes, she slowly raised her head and looked at the black figure standing in front of her in disbelief.

"You..." His lips trembled slightly, and his pupils widened a little.

As if alerted to something, Yue'er opened her mouth to scream.

The black shadow quickly pulled off the scarf, revealing a refined and vicissitudes of face.

"You...you are senior brother?" Yue'er shouted incredulously, her pupils widened again.

Hei Ying nodded slightly, looking at Yue'er's white hair at the temples, his eyes were full of pity: "Yue'er, senior brother is here to pick you up."

Yue'er looked startled, then shed tears again.

"Senior brother, Yue'er was wrong. Yue'er shouldn't be greedy for his tenderness. Knowing that there are so many beautiful women in the harem, knowing that he is not sincere to Yue'er, but foolishly cheating yourself and hurting your heart."

The man sighed softly, his eyes showed a little pity, walked to Yue'er, and gently hugged her in his arms: "Senior brother doesn't care, as long as Yue'er still wants to leave, senior brother will take you away."

"Let's go... Yue'er wants to go with the senior brother, Yue'er will never trust him again, he is lying to Yue'er, he doesn't love Yue'er." Yue'er cried and sobbed tremblingly in the man's arms.

"Hey, he won't lie to you again, and he won't see you again." The man whispered.

Yue'er in her arms was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously repeated: "Well, he will never see Yue'er again, and Yue'er will never see him again."

The man closed his eyes fiercely, his heart seemed to be torn apart by something, and hugged Yue'er, as if he wanted to feel her pain for so many years.

Yue'er, you will never see him again, and he will never see you again.

Because five years ago, the man who hurt you was already dead.

But he is dead, but Yue'er, you have already gone crazy.Yue'er, you don't know yet, he is already dead, completely dead.

Senior brother will take you away and take you home.Leave this filthy harem, leave this shameful place.

Holding Yue'er horizontally, the two disappeared into the room and walked out quickly.With a little tiptoe, the two had already reached the wall of the cold palace.

In the small room here, a woman with disheveled hair stared at the two standing on the wall with wide eyes, baring her teeth and screaming.

"Concubine Yue is going to jump off the wall, Concubine Yue is going to steal someone..."

"Ugh..."

The pupils of that crazy woman suddenly widened, her mouth opened wide, her face was ferocious, but she couldn't speak a word.

The guards outside didn't take it seriously when they heard it. Everyone knew that the voice belonged to that crazy Concubine Zhang in the cold palace.

When the former king was there, Concubine Zhang, Concubine Yue, and a Jiang Mei were competing for favor. Jiang Mei was the first to fall out of favor. Later, Concubine Zhang and Concubine Yue fell out of favor, and Concubine Yue was imprisoned in the cold palace because of insanity.

And Concubine Zhang wanted to kill Concubine Yue, but was discovered by the first emperor, who gave Zhang Concubine to death and left her to live alone.

Since then, Concubine Zhang has gone crazy.As long as she sees Concubine Yue, she will curse in all kinds of ways, and she can say anything.In this case, the guards have long been used to it.

However, someone still noticed something was wrong. Although the concubine Zhang was crazy, she always maintained a superior posture.

Even a lunatic would never roll on the ground.Because in her heart, she is the queen of the former king and the most honorable woman in the entire harem.

But at this moment, they clearly saw the crazy Concubine Zhang, slowly falling to the ground.

"Quick, go and have a look!"

The leader of the guard waved and hurried over.

A large group of people rushed over and saw the bloodstain on Concubine Zhang's neck. They panicked and shouted loudly: "Come on, kill someone! There is an assassin, catch the assassin!"

"Gather everyone together and see who's absent, who's hurt?"

"Quickly go and tell the king that something happened to Leng Gong."

Some guards were puzzled: "Boss, Wang is not in a good mood recently, now it's over..."

In the middle of the night, if Wang knew that something had happened to Leng Gong, even though it was an insignificant person, it was also due to their negligence.

The leader glared at him fiercely: "Who gave you the guts to come up with such a bad idea? Paper can't hold fire, it's best to catch the murderer, if you can't..."

If you can't catch it, you will delay the time and delay the best time to catch it. The guard was stunned, and quickly knelt down: "Boss, this subordinate just heard... I heard..."

The guard never said the last few words.The guard at the back saw it and knew that the boss was angry because of the guard's ignorance, so he hurriedly took the time to do things.

For a while, there were cries, screams, shouts, and scolding in the cold palace.

A guard hurried over: "Boss, it's not good, it's not good, it's gone..."

The leader was taken aback, is he still walking at this time?It was clear that the assassin was still in limbo.

"You guys, go put out the fire! You guys, surround me with the entire cold palace, and no one is allowed to leave half a step! Anyone who leaves will be killed without mercy!"

The fire was coming fiercely, and it was windy now.The wind was very strong, and the cold palace was old wood that hadn't been repaired for many years, and it was almost destroyed at any point.

Those concubines who were abolished, crazy, or still kept their heads in front of them saw the fire and screamed in horror.

"Help... help..."

"Stop them and take them to the opposite Xiyuan!"

The fire is getting bigger and bigger, spreading from the inside to the outside.These guards didn't have any preparations, and they were cramming.But no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't restore the palace that was gradually engulfed by the fire.

Amidst the raging fire, a pitch-black bodyguard ran out from inside, twisting a woman who was almost out of breath in his hand.

"Boss, catch one! It's Jiang Mei!"

Jiang Meiren lowered her head, her body was trembling.There was a wound on the hand, foaming at the mouth, white eyes, and the clothes on his body were burnt in several places.

Seeing them, they cried out mournfully, "I didn't mean to... I didn't mean to... I didn't mean to..."

"No... I didn't set it on fire, it burned naturally..."

"It's not me... Ah, there are ghosts, there are ghosts..."

"Concubine Yue, Concubine Yue, I didn't harm you, it was...it was Concubine Zhang..."

The leader looked at the fire folder held tightly in Jiang Meiren's hand, closed his eyes, and said coldly: "Take it away!"

The man on the wall pursed his lips tightly, looking at the crazy Jiang Mei who was taken away by the guards, with a contemptuous smile in his eyes.

In the distance, there was a crescent white figure, looking at him tenderly.

The man was stunned for a moment, and without further delay, he jumped over to the figure over there.

(End of this chapter)