Bird Reimu Dance · Returning Night

Murong Ying left overnight, and she stroked my cheek, telling me to recuperate well and obediently wait for her to come back.

Although I really wanted to be with her for a while longer, I was very puzzled why she left in such a hurry.

But the moment she stretched out her arms to hug me very tenderly, I dispelled all my doubts, and just said to her reluctantly, 'Go early and come back early'.

She nodded slowly, straightened the collar of the blouse I had just changed, and left in a hurry.

After she left, I walked slowly back to the inner room, picked up a pair of worn mirrors on the wooden table, and looked left and right.

Calculating carefully, I haven't worn this kind of Jingchai sarong for more than three years, but now I suddenly put it on, and looking at my strange self in the mirror, I feel a strong sense of unreality for no reason.This also made me think of Murong Ying's willingness to respond to my own feelings, which also made me feel strongly unreal.

Staring at the mirror for a long time, I slowly let out a long breath and patted my still flat chest. I couldn't help but feel a little lucky in my heart, and I felt like I was in danger.

It was late at night, I blew out the candles, and lay back on the bed happily, and began to think about where I would take Murong Ying when she came back from the palace... But this heartlessness did not How long did it last? Because when I turned around, I inadvertently pulled the arrow wound on my back. While suffering from pain, it also reminded me of the crisis in the palace... The wife actually wanted to assassinate the queen mother!I don't know what happened after I escaped?

I sat up abruptly, and my mood suddenly became restless. I don't know what happened to Master's wife... and Master and Xinyue should not be implicated by the emperor, right?And that mysterious man in black who saved us...should he be able to escape smoothly too?

I couldn't help but feel a lot of shame. At such a critical juncture with a dark future, I only thought about how I would elope with the person I like...

But even if I don't run away, what can I do?

I'm just a small person who can't even protect myself... Who else can I save?

People like me and Master are different...

Thinking of this, I sighed bitterly with a bit of inferiority, and forced myself to lie back, but I could no longer fall asleep with my eyes open.

Suddenly, I heard furtive footsteps coming from the outhouse.

I subconsciously called out, "Murong Ying?"

But no one answered.

I suddenly felt something was wrong, it didn’t sound like Murong Ying had gone and returned. I hurriedly jumped out of bed, trying to take out the precious blade given by Master from my boots to protect myself, but when I lowered my head, I suddenly found that the blade gone....

The footsteps were slowly approaching again, I didn't have time to think about it, I quickly grabbed the mirror on the wooden table and hid it beside the door curtain.

The moment I saw a black boot stepping in, my heart tightened, and as soon as I gritted my teeth, I rushed forward and wanted to hit the opponent's head with a mirror.

The man did not avoid my attack, and the mirror in my hand stopped when it was within an inch of the man's head.

I looked at the extremely familiar face in front of me in disbelief, and after a long time, I stammered, "Mom...mother...?"

"What? Could it be that after you entered the palace, you didn't even recognize your own biological mother?" Mother stared at me coldly.

I hurriedly lowered my arms and hurriedly explained, "No...Mom...I just...just..."

It's just that I didn't expect to meet my mother at this time and here, and she was wearing a sneaky nocturnal black dress...it looked so strange...I was extremely confused and surprised by her sudden appearance.

"Mom...how...how can you dress up like this?" I felt a little confused, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked with some difficulty, "And how...found me?"

No, Mother just snorted coldly, covered her arms without saying a word, walked slowly to the wooden table and sat down.

She took out a torch from her bosom and lit the candle. The moment the light was bright, I saw clearly that my mother was injured.

"Mom! What's wrong with you?!" I rushed forward nervously, took the remaining healing medicine that Murong Ying gave me to bandage her wound.

"If I hadn't lured the pursuers away for you, do you think you would have escaped?" After a long time, Mother said coldly.

I was stunned, and it took me a long time to react, and I stared straight at Mother, "Mother... Could it be that you are the man in black who showed us the way before?"

Niang also raised her eyes and stared at mine, and said angrily, "Otherwise, who else in this world would really care about your life or death?"

I stood there awkwardly, came over for a while, and then asked a little nervously, "Mother...why have you been so cold-hearted to the child since just now? I don't know what I did wrong?"

No matter how dull I am, I still feel that my mother seems to have been holding back her anger since she saw me, and I don't know where I offended her.

Mother heard me ask this, but her face became even colder. She turned her face away, as if she didn't want to talk to me.

After a long time, she turned her eyes to stare at me and said seriously, "Lin Mu, Mother wants to ask you a question, and you must answer it truthfully."

Hearing my mother call me by name and surname, my scalp went numb, but I still nodded hesitantly.

"What's your relationship with that Murong family's Princess Changle now?" Niang asked word by word.

I opened my mouth in shock, but didn't make a sound for a while.

My mind suddenly went blank, because I never did a good job and never thought about what to say to my mother about the matter between me and her...

After a long time, my mother saw that I was still in a daze, so she suddenly stood up, pointed at me angrily and asked, "Do you like her?"

This is the first time in my life that I heard my mother yell at me so harshly.

I couldn't help but shivered timidly, gritted my teeth, and nodded vigorously.

"You!" My mother raised her palm furiously, but she didn't let it fall down. She stared at me with red eyes, "How could you...?"

My knees softened, I knelt heavily in front of her, looked at her with a sore nose, and said desperately, "Mom...you hit me...it's a child who is not filial...but I'm serious Like her... she treats me too..."

Before I finished speaking, there was a clear 'pa', and my mother slapped me hard, interrupting what I wanted to say next.

"How can you like her?! Regardless of the fact that you are both women and you don't know anything, you just like her?!"

This is the first time I have seen my mother so furious that even her face was slightly distorted.

Instead, I calmed down, raised my head and asked her silently, "What do I need to know?"

The palm of my mother's slapped me just now trembled slightly. After a long time, she took a deep breath and asked, "Lin Mu, do you still remember why your name is Lin Mu?"

I didn't understand why my mother suddenly asked this question, but I still replied, "I don't know, I just remember what mother said, this is the name my Lin family's enemy gave the child."

She slowly met my eyes, and her eyes suddenly became extremely cold and sharp, "Why don't you ask your so-called master why he gave you this name?"

I was stunned for a moment, and then fought a horrifying cold war.

"Lin Mu Lin Mu means that the Murong family will always owe my Lin family."

There was an extremely sad expression on my mother's face, and she sneered at me, "Why, didn't Murongyan mention it to you at all? She caused you to lose your father when you were born? Do you think she Why did I approach you for no reason?"

Yeah... I've always been unable to figure out...how a small person like me...could have a relationship with the former Emperor Lingdi.

"Isn't it because she feels ashamed and ashamed of my Lin family!"

My mind was in a daze, and when I recalled that Master looked at me, there seemed to be always a little bit of guilt in my eyes, and I felt cold all over.

"As for Murong Yan's daughter, do you think it will be something good again?!"

"But...but..." I tried to defend her with a pale face.

"But what? Do you really think that a femme fatale like her would like you?"

"Mom...she has a bit of a cold temper...but she is a good girl...and she told me..." My tongue seemed to be tied, and I didn't even say a word The way is complete.

She told me that she didn't know that she still had the strength to love someone until she met me.

I don't believe it, it's fake.

"Good girl? Do you really take all the jokes she said to you as sincerity?" Mother sneered, and suddenly reached out her hand to hold me tightly, "Then mother will show you the real her! "

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I was terrified all the way, because I never knew that my mother's lightness kung fu could be so powerful.

But soon, I was even more frightened and trembled all over.

My mother and I hid behind the dense jungle. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have never believed that Murong Ying knew martial arts... and could kill a person so easily without blinking an eye.

The short knife in her hand flashed a dazzling cold light in the night, and I recognized it as the knife that Master gave me.

It turned out to be taken by her.

I watched her struggling to save Nangong Jue from a distance, and my heart sank unconsciously.

She clearly told me that she just wanted to go back to the palace for a while.

But why did it appear so untimely in the depths of this lush forest?

Watching her carefully bandage Nangong Jue's body wound, then inexplicably cut his finger, and then the two seemed to have some disputes, I was too far away to hear clearly.In the end, I saw an indescribably distorted expression on Nangong Jue's face, and finally heard him laughing hoarsely and shouting something in the dark, 'You will definitely regret it! '

Looking at Murong Ying's cool back without turning her head, for a moment, I suddenly felt that she looked strange like never before.Even though we had just promised each other for life not long ago, at this moment, I felt as if I had never really known her.

After dawn, I saw her go to several medicine stores separately.

But all they bought were oleanders that had been ground into powder, and I wondered what she was going to do with such a highly poisonous thing?

And I also found that my portrait was posted in the streets and alleys, and I was badly written: It said that I was a fake nobleman, had a dangerous heart, raped the orphans and forced the widows, indulged in violent killings, disrupted the state affairs, endangered the country, and truly He is a heinous person who should be punished by the nine clans!

Fortunately, I was already dressed as a woman, so no one noticed the abnormality on my face for a while.

I finally understood why Murong Ying insisted on letting me return to women's clothing.

There was also a little bit of hope in my heart. I really don't believe that she will be the kind of femme fatale that my mother said.

That night, she finally entered the palace quietly, and my mother also led me to follow her and sneak in without anyone noticing.

She went straight to Zhaolan Hall.

My mother also dragged me to the top of the Zhaolan Hall and lifted a piece of blue tiles. We saw Murong Ying knocking out two maids who were watching the night, and slowly approached Murong Ling who was sleeping soundly. sleeping hole.

I know she has never been kind to Lingmei, seeing her like this, my heart can't help but pick up.

And my mother just let me watch all this without saying a word, as if she was very satisfied with seeing the anxious and uneasy expressions on my face from time to time.

The moment Murong Ying stood in front of Lingmei's bed and pulled out the sword coldly, I finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to jump down to stop her, but my mother held her down, and at the same time, someone crawled out from under the bed He came out, knocked out the blade in her hand, and pushed her away.

I took a closer look, and it was Xue Zinan.

And more guards rushed out from behind the pillars, led by Yang Zhong who was limping with a limp face.

Xue Zinan opened Murong Ling's acupuncture points, patted her back lightly, then stared at Murong Ying and asked, "Princess Changle, you better explain what you want to do to Princess Ling just now?"

Murong Ying looked around slowly, with a very helpless expression on her face, she murmured with a wry smile, "Nangong, Nangong..."

"Princess...the imperial army received an anonymous letter this morning, saying that someone will definitely assassinate Princess Chang'an in the past two days...you should tell me...was there any misunderstanding just now?" Yang Zhong braced himself. With crutches, he reluctantly stepped forward and asked with difficulty.

I also stared at her lips closely, hoping to get a reasonable explanation.

But she just shook her head lightly, and said quietly, "I didn't mean to harm her."

Other than that, nothing else to say.

Xue Zinan walked up to Murong Ying, and said coldly, "Princess Changle, do you mind if my subordinates search you?"

After finishing speaking, she stretched out her palm towards Murong Ying.

Seeing that Murong Ying frowned, she raised her hand and slapped Xue Zinan who was coming towards her.

Xue Zinan didn't expect her to exert strength suddenly, and was caught off guard and staggered back several steps. If Yang Zhong behind her hadn't held her back to stabilize her, she would have almost fallen to the ground in embarrassment.

Yang Zhong's eyes showed great surprise, "Princess...you...you know martial arts?"

Murong Ying didn't explain, but frowned and said to Xue Zinan, "You are too presumptuous."

"It's you who are too presumptuous."

A cold voice suppressed anger sounded, and Empress Dowager Leng walked in from outside the palace door.

She walked up to Murong Ying step by step, with deep disappointment, anger and extreme physical and mental exhaustion in her eyes.

"Why you? Who told you to do this?" The Queen Mother Leng stared at her and asked forcefully.

"I didn't intend to harm her." Murong Ying just repeated it quietly.

"Come here, take Princess Changle down." Empress Dowager Leng ordered.

The guards immediately rushed forward, I was anxious when I saw it, but as soon as I moved, my mother tapped my big acupoint, and I couldn't move or speak immediately.She could only watch as the guards grabbed her arms and put chains on her.And she, looking at Queen Mother Leng quietly, did not resist anymore.

Xue Zinan stepped forward again, and quickly found the bottle of blood and the bag of oleander powder from her body.

"What is this?" Queen Mother Leng asked, frowning.

Murong Ying's face became ugly, she bit her lip, and said, "I want to save her..."

Xue Zinan quickly opened the paper bag, lowered her head to sniff the light pink powder inside.

Murong Ying finally couldn't help but yelled, "Be careful! This is oleander powder! Don't smell it!"

Xue Zinan was shocked immediately, and hurriedly rewrapped the powder carefully, keeping it away from the queen mother and princess.

"Why... Sister Ying, why do you hate me so much?" Murong Ling, who was under the protection of many guards, couldn't help but ask Murong Ying after hearing this.Tears welled up in her dull eyes.

Murong Ying sighed slightly, "Yes, I really hate you, but the mandala poison in your body must be used with the poisoned person's blood and oleander to remove it."

"Mandala flower poison..." The Empress Dowager Leng's expression changed drastically when she heard this, she stepped forward and grabbed Murong Ying's arm out of control, "How do you know that Ling'er was poisoned by this kind of poison?!"

Murong Ying bit her lip, as if struggling in her heart for a long time, before she said seriously, "Because I asked Nangong Jue to poison her at the beginning."

Hearing her utter these words, my pupils shrank suddenly, and my body, which was already immobile, seemed to have fallen into a thousand-year-old ice cellar, and a biting chill spread across my limbs and bones.

I thought...whether I like a man or a woman...at least I will be a good person.

"Why?" The Empress Dowager Leng didn't know if she was extremely angry, but her tone became calm and low.

Murong Ying lowered her eyes, her expression became extremely dim, but she remained silent.

"Why do you treat Ling'er like this?!" The Empress Dowager Leng suddenly raised her voice, staring at her intently, her voice was full of trills.

"Yeah...why... the me at the beginning... I was just too jealous of her..."

Murong Ying finally raised her head and replied with a wry smile, "I'm jealous that she can get all the love from my father...I'm jealous that everyone treats her so well...I'm also a princess, right? But why in such a huge palace, Is it only me who live in such cold and pain? If she can't see it...you can feel the pain too...Maybe the emperor will come back? Heh...I found out two years ago My father is not dead... At that time, I was thinking, if the father who left me alone knew that his most beloved daughter would never be seen again, he would rush back in pain. Destined not to be loved by my father...then it's better to let my father hate me...I wanted to gouge out her eyes with my own hands, but I couldn't do it...and Nangong Jue was given at that time I looked at the flower he raised...he said he could help me... blinded her without anyone noticing...just make her eat mandala petals nourished by his blood ...and make her think she really can't see.."

The Empress Dowager Leng listened to her quietly, her eyes were all red, and her voice became extremely hoarse, "I take back what I said to you before, after all, you are nothing like that person...because you...you So much like your mother..."

After she said this bitterly, she was silent for a long time, then waved her hands exhaustedly, and ordered people to hunt down Nangong Jue immediately, but ordered Murong Ying to be released.

"Why don't you kill me?" Murong Ying was taken aback, she couldn't help being surprised, "Don't you hate me?"

"Before your father left... entrusted you to me... do you know how she told me about you?" The Queen Mother Leng raised her eyes and stared into her eyes, saying every word, "She said, you It is her first child, but she has never been with you well. She owes you too much in this life, and I am afraid that you will never be forgiven in this life. So I promise, no matter how bad you do in the future I have to tolerate you... treat you well... so even if you hurt my daughter so much... I still won't kill you... and I can't say I hate you...but. ..This doesn't mean I'll forgive you...I might as well tell you that even if your father knew about it...she wouldn't hold a grudge against you for doing such a stupid thing. She It will only make you more - disheartened."

Hearing this, I saw Murong Ying's body shaking, with a regretful expression on her face, but she bit her lip tightly and said nothing.

"Go away." The Empress Dowager Leng finally issued the expulsion order, "You have done such a thing, the royal family will not tolerate you any longer."

In death-like silence, Murong Ying bent down to pick up the dagger, and finally left.

Everyone made way for her like avoiding the plague.

Before leaving, she said softly, "Those two things are really a way to detoxify... You need to cut open her finger... and then sprinkle the oleander powder and Nangong Jue's blood on the wound at the same time... .”

"My daughter, I will save it myself." The Queen Mother said coldly, "From now on, you can take care of yourself."

Murong Ying slowly glanced around the crowd who were staring at her contemptuously, and then slowly left like a lonely wandering soul.

Mother untied my acupoints, looked at me with a dejected face, and asked, "How? Do you still like her? Do you want to elope with her? A person who would harm even his own sister, you are just her lonely It’s just a boring pastime, with her cold-blooded cruelty, do you still think she will really like you?”

I looked at the light red figure that was fading away in silence, all the voices were stuck in my throat, and I couldn't say a word.

I turned my head slowly, clenched my fists, and forced myself not to look at her anymore... I really don't want to believe that it was her who hurt Lingmei... But the cruel fact lies in Right now, no matter how hard I try to convince myself, it's useless...

It turns out that I really... don't know her at all... My heart is extremely uncomfortable. This kind of discomfort is like a sudden accumulation of thousands of silts in my heart, which makes people feel suffocated and hopeless.No matter how hard you breathe, it's useless.

Seeing that I didn't speak, my mother sneered, "Such a person, if you kill her, not only will you avenge your revenge, but you can also do justice for the heavens..."

Suddenly, my mother's voice stopped abruptly, and she stared straight behind me, stunned.

I turned around, followed my mother's gaze, and was also stunned.

Not only that, Murong Ying who was not far away also stopped, and looked up to the sky in a daze.

The people in Zhaolan Hall also ran out, their eyes widened in horror.

In the distance, the east was slightly white, but a large piece of red light and black smoke rose in the sky, which was the center of the imperial palace, the direction of the Hall of Mental Cultivation where the emperor lived.

A courtier stumbled into the Zhaolan Hall, stammered and said to Queen Mother Leng, "No...it's not good... Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty's gone!"