To catch a thief, to catch a phoenix first

Needless to say, Xue Yueyue also saw that the old Yuetiao Palace had become a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​flames.Amongst the piles of corpses, one could vaguely distinguish familiar faces, including the junior sisters who always pestered her, and the elders who raised her, but Xue Tang could not be found alone.

There was a sudden thunder, followed by rain, and a hoarse voice pierced the silence: "Mother, where is she?" For some reason, Shi Yuanyuan subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she still has something to worry about, Probably won't seek death.

"If you are willing to surrender, I will give you her... relics, and set up a tomb for her, and let her past be forgotten." So what about a generation of famous heroes, Xue Tang has indeed been pierced through the heart by thousands of swords, and died without a whole body. A sword took her life, and no one knew the name of the person who stabbed that sword.

Hearing this, Xue Yueyue sneered, squinted her apricot eyes, and said in a hateful voice: "Clothes? Heh, you are a wolf-hearted thing. Are you ashamed to say it, but my aunt is too embarrassed to listen to it?" Shi Yuanyuan withdrew the Ronin Sword from her hand and tore apart a small piece of flesh and blood.

Immediately afterwards, he directly attacked her and stabbed her fiercely. Xue Yueyue completely lost her mind, and she didn't care about the fact that I was outnumbered: "Shi Chenxiang, why don't you die? Today, I will take your life and sacrifice to me Xue Yueyue." The heroic soul of the family──" A few words turned into thousands of swords, ruthlessly lingering on the fragile hearts of the two.

Although these words were impassioned, she did not finish her sentence. She lowered her head to look at the white sword blade piercing her chest, and the corners of her lips kept bleeding.It turned out that Zhang Chengji saw the critical situation and drove his sword through his chest, so he hurried over from behind: "Your Highness, Your Highness, please forgive the grassroots for being late."

Shi Yuanyuan didn't even give him a look, her purple eyes were focused on Xue Yueyue, full of apprehension, bewilderment, sadness, all kinds of emotions were intertwined, and finally became a chaos.With a thud, she was exhausted and fell to one knee on the ground, barely able to support the weight by piercing the ground an inch with the sword.

how could be?

She was still waiting for her to say more decisive words, why did she die like this?Is the person with disheveled hair and messy body in front of me the same person as the bright and flamboyant yellow-clothed chivalrous woman?

"She, is dead?"

The rainwater flowed down the black hair and slipped into the gap of the collar. Maybe even Shi Yuanyuan didn't notice it. Her voice trembled violently.Zhang Chengji and Yun Xie both looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding what this meant.When there was no response, the beauty in white repeated it again, asking in a low voice, "Is she dead? Xue Yueyue, is she dead?"

...Your Majesty, she should be dead. "

There must be an answer to any question. Compared with Zhang Chengji's prudence, Yun Xie was obviously much more ruthless. He approached and kicked Xue Yueyue's body to the ground. With a sneer, he said, "Too dead." Cold rain mixed with warmth The blood soaked the bluestone slabs, spreading a large piece of bloody crabapple, so beautiful that it is almost treacherous.

For a long time, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say anything more.Her face turned pale, and with this plain white dress, she seemed not to know who to mourn for.Black hair, white clothes, and only a pair of beautiful purple eyes, became the only color in this world.

"Go back and bury her...and Xue Tang."

"Yes, Your Highness."

The sound of the rain was pouring, and a palace official came panting from the tall building, holding a 64-bone plain paper umbrella for her, and said with a flattering smile: "Your Highness, go back and take shelter from the rain? Don't wait for this!" It's not good for people to worry about other things, and it's not good to catch the wind and cold."

Idle people's business?

Anyway, Xue Yueyue should hate her so much, Bi Luo Huang Quan, she doesn't want to get involved in anything.

There must be a catastrophe in life, it starts because of her, and it ends because of her.The robbery is broken, and people die.From that day when they met for the first time, Xue Yueyue shouldn't have saved her, she was indeed the fate of the lone star of Tiansha, she was extremely vicious and dangerous, and she was born to kill everyone around her.

Xue Yueyue, you asked for this!

The palms that were clenched tightly were sunk deeply by the fingertips, and small bloodstained mouths were drawn out.Unconsciously, she turned and left indifferently.

……

The rain stopped.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the seventh year of Taiyi, August, and it has been more than three months since the Mooncry Palace was destroyed.It is rumored that Princess Yulan and Princess Chenxiang, who were once at odds with each other, seem to have reached a tacit understanding in secret, and even started to visit each other.

No one knows why Shi Lingxiu, who was famous all over the world and known as the most beautiful woman in the royal family, has closed her door to thank guests for several years, and why since then, she always wears a veil when meeting guests, and no longer shows her true colors to others.

At that time, Shi Lingxiu had her black hair coiled up, wearing a vermilion gauze dress, her figure was graceful.If one ignores the hideous scar exposed on the root of the mountain, she is indeed a beautiful beauty with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes.On the contrary, Shi Yuanyuan was still dressed in a snow-white veil, with a silver hairpin tied in blue silk, her expression was indifferent, her deep purple eyes were faintly tired, and her beauty could not be concealed.

The two sat on the ground, looking at each other, there was nothing else to say for a while.When Xue's family fell, Shi Lingxiu felt extremely happy. Under the veil, she raised a wicked smile and sarcastically said mercilessly: "Oh! What a famous martial arts hero, who told her to have sharp teeth and a sharp mouth?" What will happen to him? A sword piercing through the heart, isn’t he a short-lived species? The swordsmanship is outstanding, but it’s really laughable.”

Shi Yuanyuan clenched her thin sleeves tightly, lowered her eyes and said in a deep voice, "Stop talking." Who is Shi Lingxiu?As a member of the royal family, how could she not see that she was depressed, seeing the world with a cold eye, the thousands of ups and downs, and having tasted the warmth and coldness of human relationships.

Therefore, it is even more necessary to spare no effort to sneer and sneer: "Why? Distressed? Back then, she probably would never have expected that the person who drove her into a desperate situation would owe her life-saving grace. , You who will never pay it back for the rest of your life. Thinking about her unbelievable death in the future, why don't I feel relieved?"

Hearing this, Shi Yuanyuan felt a suffocation in her heart, and the colic was unbearable.It is precisely because I know that person's chivalry very well, and have tasted the tenderness in that person's bones, that I am reluctant to let go.She closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she was clear, and her voice trembled slightly: "Shut up, don't say any more. I... never thought of killing her."

Knowing that she really cared about it, Shi Lingxiu accepted it as soon as she saw it, and didn't dare to make any mistakes, so she went straight to the point: "Good Xiaojiu, Miss Huang has got a panacea here, maybe it will make you catch the Mid-Autumn Palace banquet in the future, take care of me!" Use it. Do you want it, or don't you?"

As she spoke, she rolled up her red sleeves, took out a pair of seemingly ordinary medicine sheets, and handed them to Shi Yuanyuan.Shi Yuanyuan raised her eyes, took the medicine slip, got up and said coldly, "Farewell." The relationship between them was just a mutual use, and there was no real affection.Therefore, when she turned around and left, she was also relentless.

It's ridiculous to say that the closer a person is, the more polite and alienated they are.In exchange for people who use each other, they are called sisters instead.People's hearts are so vulnerable.

On that day, Princess Chenxiang entered the palace to meet the saint as usual, and after the audience, she stayed in the imperial garden for a full half an hour on the grounds that she missed the former residence in the palace.Unexpectedly, the next day, the palace servants found the missing pet of the empress in a dry well in the imperial garden.

It was a snow-white cat gifted to the empress by His Majesty, it was fluffy and very pleasing.Temperament is easily frightened, and runs away when seeing strangers.It's a pity that before he died, his limbs were cut off, his tongue was pulled out, and a highly poisonous residue was found in his abdomen. He must have offended some master, or smashed something that shouldn't be broken, and died of severe pain in his body.

This matter was easily exposed, and the palace officials never mentioned it again.The empress was probably feeling quite uncomfortable, and after being coaxed by His Majesty, she still didn't think about eating and drinking, and she was willing to show a smile after the nonsense.The young maids also felt sorry, after all cats with white bodies and blue eyes are rare.

……

Changes happened one after another in various families in the capital, but the atmosphere in the palace was not affected.Tonight, the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet will be held in the Linhua Palace. All concubines, royal relatives, and important ministers can attend the banquet, and the digital family will also be invited to the banquet.

Sandalwood is used as beams, glass is used as bricks, crocodile twirled tents are hung in all directions, and thousands of strands of gold silk are embroidered into large white peonies, the king of flowers, to highlight the royal style.Not only that, for the purpose of lighting, 72 crane night lights are placed on both sides of the hall, which means auspicious and festive, and protect us from the great flood.

The emperor and the empress sat side by side on the twelve white jade steps, and through a few thin screens of golden branches and jade leaves, one can vaguely glimpse the demeanor of the two.The broken-mouthed Gong'e said while serving wine for the dignitaries, "Oh, I don't know which concubine or concubine master can show off tonight and win His Majesty's favor? I don't know which family daughter, lucky Have you been spotted by your highness?"

Another older Gong'e returned a disdainful look: "Who doesn't know that His Majesty only favors the Empress? Those concubines and masters, except for Master Zheng who was favored by His Majesty and ranked as Chongyuan, His Majesty Have you ever looked directly at someone else's memory?"

Hearing this, the young Gong'e who started the conversation deeply agreed with her, and sighed: "Yes, it's true, since not long after the publication, Your Majesty has not called Master Zheng to serve by your side for a long time. I heard that Master Zheng I don't want to turn off the lights, but I want to wait until the end of Haishi when I am sure that His Majesty will not come before I want to go to bed."

The older Gong'e curled her lips, and couldn't help giving a lesson to the younger generation, scolding: "It's not our business anyway, you can work hard, if you are carefully watched by the mother, you will have to be reprimanded again!"

The banquet has not yet started, and it is said that several concubines have practiced their talents diligently for this purpose, just to win the favor of the empress.After the banquet, we went to the Mingyue Pavilion to enjoy the moon and recite poems. It must be another scene.

At the table of the royal family, there are only three people who have survived to this day.Princess Yulan and Princess Chenxiang are very close, but King Weisu is out of place, and beside him is the newlywed Princess Yaner.Since he was stripped of the regency, he threatened not to participate in politics anymore, which aroused heated discussions in the court about Shi Xianyu's various practices of crossing rivers and demolishing bridges.

The elegant gentleman in those days is still wearing a green robe with python pattern, and his appearance is quite slumped. After a few cups of yellow soup, he is already a little drunk.The smell of alcohol welled up his throat, making his face blush.But seeing him standing up unsteadily, toasting his glass and leaving the table, he staggered towards the emperor and empress.

At any rate, there are twelve jade steps, which makes others feel terrified.