phoenix knot

At twilight, the gates of the city were unlocked.

Su Mingyue's embroidered handkerchief was covered with cold sweat. She regretted it and didn't want to enter the palace.

However, in this palace city, she can come and leave whenever she wants.Before entering the palace now, or...

"Sister, I'm afraid..."

Su Jingzhi held her hand, also burning with anxiety, "Why don't you go too, let Jingxian choose a few girls of the right age from the clan and send them to the palace."

While talking, someone lifted the curtain of the sedan chair outside, and a young girl said outside: "Why don't you go in when you're here? Don't make your mother wait for a long time."

The sisters of the Su family saw this person, and they recognized this person. It was Qiushui, the servant girl that Su Jingxian brought with her when she entered the palace. Now she works as an errand in Changle Palace, serving at the side of Concubine Hui Su Jingxian.

"Second Miss and Third Miss are good. I haven't seen you for many years. The two young ladies are getting more and more lively. They are really beautiful." Qiu Shui said with a smile.

The old friends met each other and spoke softly, but the sisters of the Su family let go of their guard and were not disturbed by the old events just mentioned. This time, now the elder sister needs the help of the younger sister.Besides, who is the emperor?Three thousand beauties in the harem, can the eldest sister be jealous?She will definitely not feel jealous towards her younger sister like her own biological mother did, causing wives and concubines to fight and restless.On the contrary, when the door of Changle Palace was opened, the sisters of the Su family were close relatives of flesh and blood, and they shared the same spirit, and it was the Yingying and Yanyan outside that gave Su Jingxian a headache.Anyway, she is also a concubine herself, and there is a queen empress on top of her.This smooth delivery will lead to a promotion to imperial concubine. The empress has no children, and the eldest son of the emperor is not a direct descendant. There will be a long way to go in the fight for the crown prince in the future. How can Su Jingxian do without a helper in the harem?

Thinking of this, Su Mingyue let go of her sister's hand, and stepped out of the sedan chair.

The two talked again at the gate of the palace, and then reluctantly waved goodbye.

"Miss San, the sun is rising, so there is no time to delay. Your Majesty has been waiting in Changle Palace for a long time."

Su Mingyue also felt that she was going too far, so she hurriedly restrained her mind, followed Qiushui to walk in quickly, the two of them walked back and forth along the trail within the palace wall, and went straight to Changle Palace.Walking fast, the eunuch who was in charge of carrying Su Mingyue's luggage fell behind and gradually disappeared.Su Mingyue didn't dare to stay and wait, so she just followed Qiushui and hurried forward, thinking that it would be wrong to ask Concubine Hui to wait for a long time.

"The servant girl accompanying Miss San is called Hongling, she didn't come with her?"

"My sister said that the eunuchs and maids serving in the palace have their own origins, and they can't be taken casually, they need to be reported by the ceremonial supervisor, the income list, and a special mother-in-law strictly teaches them to enter the palace to serve the empresses of the palace. Hong Ling is young and ignorant, it would be more appropriate to find a woman who has lived in the palace for a long time to take care of me. As for the candidate, she will arrange it herself."

"The empress also said the same thing, but she told me that if the third lady is reluctant to bring Hong Ling over here this time, then she should keep her and report to the chief of ceremonies in time. Anyway, the empress is now in charge of the Sixth Palace. The Lord can still do it.”

Su Mingyue has heard some rumors in the palace, knowing that the empress is in poor health and has been recuperating in Qixia Temple outside the palace for a long time. Yuan Wenxuan, who was previously named a noble concubine, died of a serious illness not long ago, so now she is the most favored concubine, Su Jingxian In charge of the Six Palaces, the concubines of the other palaces are all good, and they cannot compete with Concubine Hui.

If other people could do the work for the childbirth, Concubine Hui would not have such a headache. Now that she is pregnant with Liujia and it is inconvenient for her to serve the emperor, the three thousand beauties in the harem are a little bit eager to move, thinking that she can take the opportunity to rise to the throne.Rather than letting irrelevant people take advantage of it, it would be better not to let the fat water flow to outsiders, and ask her sisters to enter the palace to help her fill the vacancy.

Qiu Shui pointed Su Mingyue all the way to the various palaces and courtyards. This one is the Yongxuan Palace of the Empress. Now it is empty, only a few court ladies and eunuchs are cleaning it. The other is the Qingning Palace of the Concubine Shu. It is the Xingqing Palace of Concubine Kang, and the residences of concubines in various palaces and courtyards are scattered.

Arriving in front of Changle Palace, one can only see gorgeous gates, halls, courtyards, pavilions and pavilions, all of which are many times more magnificent than Su Yunhai's mansion where the Hanlin Academy works.

"Third Miss, let's rest at Qingfang Residence first. Your Majesty went to Reed Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, and she will be back in a while."

Qingfangju is located in a corner of Changle Palace, a bit out of the way, but fortunately, it is quiet and elegant, with a hidden cave, which suits Su Mingyue's heart.Entering the foyer, before he was seated, a little maid brought food.

"Miss San hasn't eaten breakfast yet. It's been a tiring journey from the Su residence to the palace, and then from the gate of the palace." Qiu Shui arranged the meals.

There was only a bowl of clear porridge, a few dishes of side dishes, and pastries, which were not only rich, but the taste was also Su Mingyue's favorite.As Qiu Shui said, in order not to delay the time, she stayed up all night last night, left in the middle of the night, and walked all the way on the endless walkway of the palace. She was already hungry. After thanking her in advance, she sat down and prepared to eat meal.

Qiu Shui didn't walk away at this time, and stared at her from behind to eat, Su Mingyue blushed, put her favorite cake to her mouth before opening her mouth, and smiled embarrassedly: "I just laughed."

"Eat quickly, there is nothing to be ashamed of."

When she said this, Su Mingyue became even more uncomfortable. She forcibly suppressed the feeling of hunger in her stomach. She took a small bite like a lady from a rich family and then put it down. Then she turned her head to look at Qingfangju, chatting with Qiushui.

Qiu Shui saw that she was embarrassed to eat in person, so he found an excuse, saying that he would go back to see if the empress had returned to Xianyue Tower, and then called a few court ladies and eunuchs who were waiting for her in Qingfang Residence. He had seen Su Mingyue, but The third lady ordered.

Su Mingyue put the cake in her mouth for the second time, but she still stopped because she heard Qiu Shui close the door of the front hall.

Although the Su residence is not as complicated as the imperial palace, spring has already begun at this time, and there are still some rules for eating and drinking tea with the doors and windows open. How can there be any reason to close the door and live in secret?She put down the pastries and went to open the doors and windows by herself to ventilate the air and drive away the mildew that had not been in the house for a long time.

Up to this point, she hadn't become suspicious, but felt that something was wrong, and she couldn't tell what was wrong.

When Su Mingyue put the pastry in her mouth for the third time, a snowball-like beast suddenly ran in, and after a closer look, it was a little Shih Tzu dog with big eyes and a small nose, and a naive look. Very flattering.

Su Mingyue saw it sniffing around, and it seemed very greedy. Maybe it was a pet raised by someone in Changle Palace, or more likely it was the favorite of the elder sister. If she wanted to have a good relationship with the elder sister, she would have to curry favor with this beast first. .So she put the pastry in her hand on the ground, and the noodle soup on the dinner plate had the flavor of shredded pork, and she also took out some on the plate, and put it on the ground for the little Shih Tzu dog to eat.

It was only then that Su Mingyue really started to eat, and only took half a bite of a piece of cake. The puppy suddenly struggled and rolled into a ball on the ground. After a while, it vomited blood from its mouth, its limbs stiffened, and it passed away.

Su Mingyue choked on this mouthful of pastry, couldn't get up and down, picked up the clear tea she wanted to drink, and put it back on the table with a "pop".After finally vomiting the cake, Su Mingyue covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming, her heart was beating wildly in her chest, she was as dumb as a chicken, as hard as a stone lion.

How could this be, how could this be?Su Jingxian actually wants to poison me to death, is this going to poison me to death?My dear sister!

No, this is not my own sister, she is a concubine, I am a concubine, her mother poisoned my brother, and my mother killed her mother.

We are not sisters, we are old enemies with deep hatred!It's ridiculous that she still wants to enter the palace to help her sister win favor, but her sister doesn't think so, she wants to poison herself to death!

There were footsteps outside, Su Mingyue was in a panic, what should she do?what to do?Was the first day she entered the palace actually the date of her death?