After lunch, Yinxiang excused Ling Ruo's rare visit to the Forbidden City and wanted to show her around, so he pulled her out of the Imperial Concubine's palace. After they went out, Nian took the handkerchief and pursed her lips and smiled.
: "Ling Fujin and Thirteenth Master seem to have only met a few times, but they are already so close. People who don't know it think Ling Fujin is Thirteenth Master's person!"
Her seemingly unintentional words made De Fei'er frown slightly. She glanced at the two people leaving side by side and said to Yinzhen tactfully: "Old Thirteen has a wild and playful temperament. I don't know if he will run away with Ling Ruo."
Wherever we go, it will be bad if we bump into the empress of the palace. Fourth, you have a calm temperament, why not go together so that you can keep an eye on them."
"Yes." Yinzhen agreed and followed Ling Ruo and the others out.
After Yinxiang left the Changchun Palace, he took Ling Ruo all the way to Jingren Palace. Since Concubine Rong was banned, Jingren Palace has become deserted and deserted, and it is no longer the lively scene of the past. The master has fallen out of favor, and the slaves below him have lost their favor.
They were just as lazy as they could, and even the eunuch guarding the gate had disappeared. There was no one guarding the huge palace gate, and anyone could come in or out.
"Do you really want to go in?" Looking at the Jingren Palace just around the corner, Yinxiang persuaded again. Concubine Rong's fall from favor can be said to have been caused by Ling Ruo. Although she still had the title of a concubine, in fact
Even Chang Zai, who did not have a formal name, could not agree to it. Concubine Rong definitely wanted to cut Ling Ruo into pieces with a thousand knives. Yinxiang was really afraid that something would happen when they met.
Ling Ruo took a deep breath, bowed to Yinxiang and said calmly: "Thank you very much, Master Thirteen, for bringing me here. I can just go in by myself. I don't dare to trouble Master Thirteen anymore."
Yinxiang waved his hand and said: "It seems that you are determined to go in. That's all. Since you are already here, there is no reason not to go in. Besides, no one will lead you in. If you are held accountable for entering, it will be a trespassing into the palace."
The crime may be big or small, let's go."
"Where are you going?" The two of them were about to take steps when Yinzhen's voice suddenly sounded behind them.
The two of them were startled. When they turned around, they saw that Yinzhen was looking at them with an indifferent expression. Yinxiang rubbed his nose and laughed, "I haven't gone anywhere. Didn't I just say that? It's rare for my sister-in-law to go to the palace, so
Take her around." He promised not to bark when Ling Ruo was away, but this outsider did not include Yinzhen.
"You ended up walking to Jingren Palace as soon as you left? Still acting sneaky?" Yinzhen naturally noticed the name Yinxiang called Ling Ruo, but he didn't say anything, just glared at him angrily,
Every time Yinxiang lied, he couldn't help but touch his nose. He couldn't deceive him at all.
Ling Ruozhi knew he couldn't hide it from Yinzhen, so he tugged on his sleeves and whispered: "Fourth Master, don't blame Thirteenth Master. I begged him to bring me to Jingren Palace."
After hearing the whole story, Yinzhen frowned and muttered for a long time: "I haven't seen anyone similar to you among Huang Ama's concubines, and my thirteenth brother has no impression. In other words, even if there is
People who are similar to you
She was born twenty years ago during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, and she is now either disabled or dead." At this point, Yinxiang interrupted: "A few years ago, I accidentally broke into the cold palace and saw the dead concubine who was imprisoned in the cold palace.
I haven’t seen anyone similar to my sister-in-law.”
Yinzhen rubbed his chin and looked at Ling Ruo and said, "Is it possible that you are overthinking it? As far as I know, your Ama has a feud with the Crown Princess's Ama, and Concubine Rong is the Crown Princess's aunt, even if she really means it.
It’s normal for me to target you.”
"What about Concubine De? Why is she in a trance when she sees me?" Ling Ruo asked him categorically.
The rare persistence and stubbornness in her eyes made Yinzhen's heart move. He remembered that when Ling Ruo first came at the end of last year, Kangxi specially called him to the Yangxin Hall after the court meeting to give Ling Ruo a lesson, asking him not only to treat her well but also to treat her well.
She will be promoted to her position at the appropriate time. I still remember the loneliness and longing that Huang Ama inadvertently revealed when she talked about this...
It is certainly unfair for the daughter of a court official to be demoted to a concubine, but if she were just an ordinary beautiful girl, she would never attract such attention from the Emperor, let alone the anger of Concubine Rong. Is her suspicion true?
Ling Ruo is really similar to a certain deceased concubine, so Huang Ama loves the house and Wu?
Concubine De must have known, but since she kept it secret just now, it would be in vain to ask again, and it would cause a lot of unhappiness. Yinzhen thought for a long time, and finally agreed to Ling Ruo's request, and accompanied her along with Yinxiang
Step into the gate of Jingren Palace.
Jingren Palace is now like a cold palace. The whole palace looks empty. There are almost no palace maids or eunuchs along the way. The ground is covered with withered leaves and flowers. There is a soft squeaking sound when stepping on the ground. It can be seen that no one has been there for a long time.
While cleaning, a gust of autumn wind blew by, picking up the leaves and swirling them around, making the already desolate Jingren Palace even more dilapidated.
Fingers crossed the vermilion railing and picked up the dust in her hand. Ling Ruo sighed in her heart. For a woman in the palace, all her honor and favor are tied to the king's body. If she loses the king's favor, no matter how high her status is, she will not be able to do it.
It's just in vain.
Ling Ruo blew the dust off her fingertips, looked at each other and raised her hand to push open the six-sided vermilion palace door and walked in. The autumn sun was shining brightly outside, but inside the palace was gloomy and dark, without a trace of sunlight.
"Who?" A ghost-like female voice suddenly sounded in the hall. Through the autumn sun that cut through the haze of the room, several people saw a woman covering her face with her hands to block the golden autumn sun. They were getting used to it.
After catching the sudden sunlight, she slowly lowered her hand, revealing an aging face. Who else could it be if it wasn't Concubine Rong Guifei?
Compared with the last time, she was not only thinner, but also much older, as if the years were taken away in an instant. Her pale face was full of wrinkles, and her lips were also a kind of dead gray.
She was white, and large tracts of white hair could be seen on her temples. She was wearing a half-worn rust-red silver-trimmed flag jacket, and there were many threads on the cuffs and neckline. If the outline of her face was not still there, Ling Ruo would hardly be able to
Connect her with the noble woman from before.
"It's you!" The moment she saw Ling Ruo clearly, Concubine Rong suddenly stood up and stared at Ling Ruo, with deep hatred burning crazily in her eyes. Before others could react, she had already rushed over with her teeth and claws bared, fiercely
He pinched Ling Ruo's neck and said sternly: "It's all thanks to you that I am in such a miserable state. I want to kill you! Kill you!"
Ling Ruo was caught off guard and was strangled by her neck. She couldn't breathe. She tried desperately to pull her hand away, but her hands, as thin as chicken feet, were as if made of iron. She couldn't break them apart at all.
At the same time, my hands and feet began to become weak due to suffocation, and my eyesight became black.
"Concubine Rong, what are you doing?! Let her go!" The two of them didn't expect Concubine Rong to be so crazy. They wanted Ling Ruo's life as soon as they met. Without thinking too much, they hurriedly broke her apart left and right.
Open her hand.
Ling Ruo held her pinched red neck and breathed hard. It took a long time to recover from the pain of suffocation, but there was still a shocking bruise on her neck. This time, if Yinzhen and the others were not present, she might have been killed.
Concubine Rong was strangled to death.
"Concubine, please calm down!" Yinzhen shouted as he held down the struggling Concubine Rong. He didn't know where Concubine Rong got such strength. Both he and Yinxiang were a little unable to hold down, and she almost broke free several times.
go.
"Calm down? Look at Jingren Palace in this situation, and then look at my appearance. Fourth Brother, how do you want me to calm down?!" Concubine Rong stared at Yinzhen with red eyes, and there was nothing but nothing in her eyes.
Hate can no longer be seen.
Yinxiang said coldly at the side: "If you hadn't wronged your sister-in-law and sent her to the fourth brother's house as Princess, how could Emperor Ama be furious and ban you from Jingren Palace? The imperial concubine is responsible for everything.