At the small gate of Chonghua Palace, Qingluo thanked the concubine curtly, and ran towards Yangxin Palace, pulling down the silk cloth covering her mouth and nose.
The cold wind in early spring was like a thin blade, scraping across her cheeks inch by inch. She clenched her hands tightly and dared not stop for a moment. The trees around her had sprouted buds, and the green leaves the size of her fingertips were cute, but she had no intention of doing so.
Watch.
Two days ago, according to Concubine Jin's order, she was supposed to go to find the new emperor, but when she didn't want to leave the palace, she was taken to Cining Palace by several guards.
The first time she saw the Queen Mother's confidant, she knew something was wrong.
But the Queen Mother obviously had no intention of going around her easily, so she was taken to a remote and lonely pond. She took a look and saw that the pond was covered with algae and was bottomless, like a monster with its mouth wide open.
She kept salivating, waiting for the palace attendant who was twisting her to put the delicacies into her mouth.
Qing Luo was only a teenager, and now his eyes were filled with fear.
The palace attendant behind her fastened a pair of iron bracelets on her wrists. The two bracelets were connected with a thin iron chain, only a small circle larger than her wrists. In the middle of the chain, a thicker iron chain was used.
There is a huge boulder that can barely be hugged.
When she was in panic, the palace man behind her pushed her hard, and someone else rolled the boulder into the water.
It was still a bit cool in early spring, let alone in the water. The cool water came from all directions and penetrated into her mouth and nose. The rocks carried her and fell heavily to the bottom of the pond.
She moved her fingertips and hooked up with a piece of algae. The cold water covered her ears. She vaguely heard what the people above said and walked away.
The feeling of panic numbed most of her body. She opened her eyes and looked up, her eyes turned scarlet red from the stimulation of the water.
She didn't know where the courage came from - maybe the master was too kind, which attracted the palace people to be willing to be loyal to her - Qing Luo regardless of it, like to break her hand out of the iron bracelet, she and the stone resisted,
and resisting the severe pain in my hands.
But the iron bracelet bound her wrist, and without the key from the guard, there was no room to pull it out. What's more, she became more and more confused.
The feeling of suffocation came over me overwhelmingly. I loosened my lips and teeth and let out a few bubbles.
She paused for a moment, let herself sink down, lowered her head and approached her hand, biting off the flesh on her hand. The blood spread under the deep pond and quickly dissipated.
She forced her hand out of the small iron bracelet, and the wound was so deep that her bones were visible. When she held back her last strength and climbed to the shore, she lost consciousness.
When she woke up again, she was already hidden in the Chonghua Palace where the Empress Dowager was least likely to find her. After all, the disease was rampant here and no one wanted to set foot there.
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In the majestic imperial city, more than one person rushed to the Yangxin Hall for Ruan Yuyi.
Ruan Zhuoxin originally came with bare hands, and when he broke into the palace, he grabbed a long sword. Even now, he still controlled the situation and only slightly injured or intimidated the people who blocked him.
An ordinary long sword, he wielded it with ease, frightening away all the guards.
The guards are not dead soldiers. As long as they have concerns, they will inevitably cherish their lives. However, the imperial city is heavily guarded, so it is impossible to let him in like this. Therefore, the more he breaks in, the more guards are chasing him.
In the end, there was a crowd, and all the palace maids passing by evaded and screamed.
Ruan Zhuoxin casually caught a palace maid and asked for directions.
The little maid didn't know what was going on. She was startled by the Nuo mask on his face. She spoke tremblingly, and the water basin she was holding in her hand fell to the ground.
He kindly picked it up for her and stuffed it into her arms.
"Thank you, thank you." the little maid said slowly, but the man had already run away.
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Strangely, as he approached the Yangxin Hall, all the guards behind him disappeared. He knew something was wrong, but he didn't care about it, and took a few steps up the long platform.
There was no one guarding in front of the palace. He knocked open the palace door, and what greeted him was a long sword, shining with a cold light. Only a superior sword soaked in real blood can have such luster.
This is the only sharp weapon allowed to be placed in the main hall. It once accompanied the new emperor, who was still a prince, on his march to kill the enemy.
The man holding the sword has a pair of indifferent peach blossom eyes, a shaved nose, greased lips, and a thick shadow cast on the side of the nose. He has the face of a noble nobleman to intimidate others. But Ruan Zhuoxin knows very well that this person's tricks
A cruel place.
Jiang Huaiyang seemed to be at ease with the situation in front of him. He actually put down his long sword, stared at the Nuo mask he had been wearing with interest, and suddenly sneered, "I haven't had a distinguished guest here for a long time.
"Your outfit is quite novel." But I don't know if he also has the same three-point tattoo on his body as the previous assassin.
Ruan Zhuoxin gritted his teeth, calmed down his breath, loosened his hand, and dropped the long sword that he had held all the way to the ground, making a crisp sound when he hit it.
Jiang Huaiyang raised his eyebrows subconsciously, quietly waiting for the other party's next move.
He moved his fingertips to the back of his head, pulled and picked, and untied the string. He slowly took off his mask, knelt down and saluted, "Your Majesty, Jin An."
He said "Long live", but underneath his submissive appearance, he actually wanted to grab the new emperor's clothes and question him!
Ask him why he is entangled with his sister.
Asking him why he brought people around but didn't treat him well, made his sister cry.
That was his biological sister who he couldn't protect the capital in time. If it weren't for Yi'er and Aniang, he wouldn't have thought of joining the army.
Ruan Zhuoxin was kneeling against the light. Even so, his face clearly fell into Jiang Huaiyang's eyes. His red lips were protruding and his eyebrows were like ink paintings. Especially the pair of passionate eyes under his eyebrows were the same as Ruan Yuyi's.
This is a face that has been his nightmare countless times, but has gradually become blurred in his endless dreams.
His breath was slightly stifled, and he opened and closed his lips several times before he found his voice, "...Yu Huai?"
A name that had been sealed for a long time involved a past that he had deliberately forgotten. When I saw Ruan Zhuoxin, he was still a soldier in the military camp. He was on the training ground, holding a long bow, and his clothes were flying behind him.
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When we met again, he was already a young general. Jiang Huaiyang took a fancy to his fierceness and promoted him with his own hands. Vice General Yuan really lived up to his expectations. A sword and a bow made him better and better in his hands.
Become a perfect person.
Ruan Zhuoxin was a gentle man, and his subordinates could all make a joke. The only time Jiang Huaiyang saw him angry was when two unruly soldiers took the gold-inlaid jade ring from his hand and threw it at each other.
play.
It was just teasing, but he turned red-eyed and scolded the two soldiers sharply. The two men were startled, and they were so stunned that no one dared to say a word.
Later, the Khitans frequently harassed the people on the border. They led their troops westward, and were chased and intercepted by a group of people. Because he and Jiang Huaiyang's troops were divided into two groups, they each led their troops and made an appointment to meet at the front.
I don't know what kind of hardships he encountered on the road, so he would hold the jade ring against the chief.
Everything in the past was connected inch by inch, affecting every meridian in Jiang Huaiyang's body, as if a net had been drawn down, creating an overwhelming sense of suffocation.
He remembered that Yuan Yuhuai actually showed him his sister's portrait, but he just glanced at it casually and didn't take it to heart.