The East Garden of the palace is a deserted place.
The concubine Ming sat alone under the bright window, drinking sips of wine.
When the palace maid Pei'er came in from outside, she happened to see this scene.
Under the moonlight, the concubine dressed in white looks as beautiful as a fairy under the moon.
Her hair hung lazily behind her back, only tied randomly with a white ribbon.
For the Ming concubine, it adds another three points of charm.
Unfortunately, from the right, it still looks like a fairy descending to earth, but hiding in the dark, on the left, there is a large red fire burn mark.
From the left side of the face down to the neck, it looks very ferocious.
Even though I have taken medicine, the effect is not much visible.
She now has not a single diamond-shaped bronze mirror in the house, but every time she touches those uneven places, she falls into endless madness.
She was also conceited about her beauty, but now there was a sense of despair.
Let alone going out, even if she was asked to walk out of this door and see the sun, she couldn't do it.
So I picked up the wine at hand and took a sip.
Pei'er felt distressed, but she didn't know how to persuade her mother-in-law.
No one can accept that a flowery age is ruined like this.
I can only stay with Ming Bin quietly, hoping that she can feel a little more comfortable.
Drinking wine will only make your sorrow worse.
When I got sad, I even had the idea of death.
But the rules in the palace are strict.
A concubine cannot kill herself, otherwise the whole family will suffer.
So she couldn't even die a good death, she could only live and suffer.
Thinking of this, Concubine Ming felt 10,000 regrets.
"Pei'er, do you think that if I hadn't been greedy and wanted to enter the palace, I wouldn't have ended up like this? Is God punishing me?"
After saying that, he knelt down in front of the table and cried.
There was no nostalgia for life in that voice, only countless regrets.
Pei'er on the side was also sad.
On the night of the fire, she happened to not be keeping vigil, and for some reason she couldn't sleep.
So I got up and went for a walk outside the yard.
Unexpectedly, not long after she left, the palace caught fire.
They started running out one after another, and by the time she arrived from a short distance away, several rooms in the house had been burned down.
In the end, she and a eunuch risked their lives to go in and drag out the unconscious concubine Ming.
If not, I'm afraid she would also be a charred corpse.
But now, seeing Concubine Ming in such a state that life would be worse than death, Pei'er once doubted whether what she had done was right.
If the concubine Ming was not rescued, would she still be happier?
At least he doesn't have to face his disfigured self, and he doesn't have to live freely due to palace rules.
So he also wiped away tears.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, it's all my fault. If I hadn't gone out that day, I would have heard some noise, and I wouldn't have put your Majesty in trouble. It's all my fault!"
Pei'er said her words one after another.
But Concubine Ming didn't even answer her, she just cried by herself.
I wish I was drunk to death immediately.
Her voice of resentment reached the ears of He Changzai next door.
Today is the Hungry Ghost Festival in Japan, so there are few people walking around in the palace.
The already quiet night was now a little disturbed by this kind of crying.
He Changzai was already lying down, but at this moment he was upset by the cries of Ming Bin and Pei'er.
Ever since she was promoted to permanent presence, she has become a little arrogant.
Probably because I suffered a lot of grievances in the past, so now I want to pour it out all at once.
So after turning around and unable to fall asleep, he sat up and cursed.
"What kind of death did she commit? Why didn't the fire burn her to death in the first place? Now she's crying so horribly here! She's not afraid of those ghosts coming to her door in the middle of the night!"
While scolding him, he asked the girl to close the doors and windows tightly.
It turned out to be useless.
On the contrary, because the doors and windows were closed, it made the room even hotter and stuffier.
I simply got up and started fanning with a cattail leaf fan.
But this wind is just like a drop in the bucket. The more worried and upset I feel, the more sweltering the heat becomes.
In the end, the quarrel made He Changzai so irritable that he slammed the cattail leaf fan in his hand to the ground.
Then he ferociously approached the girl Qiao Xin and whispered a few words to her.
The girl Qiaoxin looked troubled and worried.
"My young master, that ecstasy is a forbidden drug in the palace. When we entered the palace, Madam ordered us not to use it unless absolutely necessary, otherwise it will be troublesome if people find out."
"Isn't it the last resort now? How many days has this madman been crying? She has been crying for more than a month since she came to the palace. If she keeps crying like this, we won't even have to sleep anymore! Let's get through it together!"
The impatient attitude made Qiao Xin feel very embarrassed.
Finally, I had to do it.
After all, it was his master's order.
In addition, it was indeed impossible for the Ming concubine to turn over, so Qiao Xin became bolder.
Not long after, a fascinating smell wafted from the yard next door.
The master and the servant Ming were crying so hard that they naturally did not notice this.
When we got to the back, people were a little faint.
Then there was silence.
Qiao Xin looked through the window and saw that the two people inside were asleep, and then she left with peace of mind.
Before leaving, I deliberately swept the remaining cigarette powder into the grass.
If you don't look carefully, you will definitely not notice it.
Then he returned to the courtyard and reported to He Changzai.
After being bothered for so many days, I was finally able to sleep peacefully one night.
He Changzai opened the window comfortably.
Finally, accompanied by the light summer breeze, I fell asleep.
The next day, early in the morning.
The emperor and Lin Wanyi got up and were having breakfast with the children.
Then he saw Qin An from the Inner Court Department walking in with a bad look on his face.
The look was so scary that Lin Wanyi frowned.
But the children were all here, so Qin An didn't dare to talk nonsense.
So he invited Lin Wanyi out because he wanted to see the accounts in the palace.
When the emperor saw this, he also said that he had eaten enough and was going to the study to review official affairs.
The children didn't check, but still ate happily.
As a result, the emperor and Lin Wanyi heard some shocking news.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, your concubine Ming, and your palace maid Pei'er are dead."
"What?"
Obviously neither the emperor nor Lin Wanyi expected that this would happen in the palace.
It’s still the first day after the Hungry Ghost Festival.
No matter how you listen to it, it sounds a bit scary.
Since the fire incident last year, Concubine Ming has been recuperating in the palace.
Although no one has ever seen her go out, the palace maid Pei'er is still walking around outside every day.
Today was supposed to be the day to receive monthly gifts. Qin An waited for a long time but did not see Pei'er coming.