20demayo Chapter 345 Chu Jiaojiao discovers the truth about practicing Gu
Chapter 345 Chu Jiaojiao discovers the truth about practicing Gu
Yunwei collected her thoughts and followed Concubine Xian to meet the Queen.
Chu Jiaojiao met them.
She stood by the window, her hair untied.
Her hair is draped with black hair, and her slender back reminds people of the bodhi branches in the west, with a green and distant feeling of indifference, as if everything is invisible and has escaped into Buddhism.
Yun Wei always felt that the Queen should not be such a quiet person.
She should be a bit domineering and willful...
It can be seen that the palace is not a good place. It can erase all publicity of people and trim people with different personalities into the same appearance.
Yun Wei obediently followed Concubine Xian and bowed, and Chu Jiaojiao slowly looked back.
His eyes passed over her body, and he paused for a moment before saying, "No courtesy."
The sound is slightly astringent, as if it is astringent with the smell of medicine...
Concubine Xian pulled her forward to show concern.
The main thing is that when Concubine Xian talks to the Empress, Yunwei just stays aside and nods along.
The Empress was in poor spirits, but when she heard Concubine Xian talking about some interesting folk stories, her eyes shone with nostalgia.
"I remember that when the first lunar month is about to leave every year, in order to celebrate the last taste of the new year, people will have performances such as iron flower and fire breathing dragon. Counting the time, it will be tomorrow. Unfortunately, my body is not up to par, and I won't be able to see it this year. …”
She is sorry.
Concubine Xian comforted her and said that if she wanted to see it, she could ask the emperor to come to the palace to see it.
Chu Jiaojiao shook her head, "That would make it less lively."
It could be seen that the Queen's energy was limited, so Yunwei and Concubine Xian did not stay long, but left with concern.
Chu Jiaojiao looked at Yunwei's back, lost in thought.
After leaving Weiyang Palace, the smell of medicine was finally gone. Yun Wei touched her nose and sighed, "Why does the Queen look so weak now?"
Concubine Xian was also surprised. In her eyes, the child Jiaojiao had always been lively and active, but she didn't expect that now she was weaker than a harem girl. She also sighed.
"Maybe it has something to do with the almost miscarriage last time. She used to practice martial arts and has a good foundation. She will be fine after a while of rest."
When Yun Wei heard about the miscarriage, she always felt a little indebted. In the past two days, she heard the specific story in the palace gossip.
It was Lu Xingyi who ignored the Queen's request that night and insisted on leaving the palace to meet someone, which caused the Queen's fetal condition to be unstable.
Who is that person? Yun Wei can just tell him who he is.
She was bored when she went back, so she said goodbye to the Dowager Empress and simply went to the Imperial Garden for a walk.
It was quite a long way to the Royal Garden, so she took a shortcut and took the cobblestone path.
The paths under the towering trees were polished and had a deserted feeling.
Yunwei lowered her head and saw a small stone, and kicked it away boredly.
Kicking and kicking, the pebbles were suddenly stepped on by a pair of grass-colored cloud boots with dragon patterns.
With a helpless smile, "It seems that I bored you to death."
Yunwei looked up, oh, it's Lu Xingyi.
She didn't even salute, and hummed, "It's a bit boring in the palace."
No matter how big the palace was, even if she walked around for a few days, her novelty would be wasted.
Lu Xingyi also kicked the stones out of boredom and suggested, "How about I have someone buy you some folklore books to read?"
Yunwei shook her head. She couldn't make any demands for the emperor's book of words.
It must be elegant, all vegetarian, no meat.
When reading novels, it’s better to mix meat and vegetables.
Seeing that she was not very interested, Lu Xingyi suggested that she go sketching, if this was one of Weiwei's interests.
Yunwei was too lazy to draw. Her back ached after sitting for two hours.
She thought of the folk performances the Queen had mentioned, and her eyes lit up eight degrees. "I heard that there will be folk performances of iron-forging and fire-breathing dragons tomorrow. Can I go out of the palace to see them?"
Lu Xingyi also knew about this custom, but he was worried at first, "There are too many people, I'm worried about you..."
"That's fine." She didn't force it.
It's just that when I said this, there was a hint of disappointment after all.
It was light and indifferent, but it suddenly reminded Lu Xingyi of the time when Weiwei was disappointed with him...
He still relented. When Weiwei came to this dynasty, it was true that he had not done anything with her, and too many things happened later.
"If I'm free tomorrow, I'll take you there."
"Really?"
"You have no jokes."
Yun Wei was happy and finally smiled at him, but she stopped smiling halfway.
"Why don't you send someone to see me off? Don't go with me. I look at your Majesty today and she seems to be in a bad mood."
When she said this, Lu Xingyi's smile that had just risen faded away, "It depends on the situation."
"Ah."
Yunwei obeyed obediently and was about to resign when she suddenly saw a young eunuch running over in a hurry and said, "To report to the emperor, the empress said that she had some food after the meal and took a walk to eat."
Lu Xingyi's pupils shrank, and his reaction was as if the queen did not go to eat after the meal, but disappeared.
Why, the queen is so sick that she can’t even go shopping?
But after just a moment, the emperor calmed down again and waved his hand to indicate that he understood.
He asked Yun Wei: "Do you still want to go shopping?"
Yun Wei quickly shook her head, "No, I'm just tired and I need to go back and rest."
"Well, go back early."
He said this very calmly before leaving.
The setting sun hangs on the deep trees, reflecting the deep sadness and light dark green, and illuminates Lu Xingyi's lonely back.
Yun Wei looked at his back until he disappeared from sight, then turned and left.
Fuyang Palace.
All the red lanterns hung in the palace on New Year's Eve have not been taken out yet, and there is still a hint of joy left.
But Fuyang Palace has accumulated dead leaves, the doors and windows are mottled, and the eaves of the corridors are covered with moss...
There was a plum tree in the yard that was left unattended and grew wildly, with its petals falling all over the ground.
Chu Jiaojiao walked by and stepped on the petals, which made a slight crunching sound.
I heard that the crazy concubine was imprisoned here before, but it became abandoned over time.
One time, she was in a bad mood and was wandering around the palace. She felt emotional when passing by this place, so she walked in and walked around.
It's nothing special, it's covered in cobwebs, it's desolate and decadent, it's gloomy and there's no daylight.
But I didn't expect that I would step here again today...
Pushing open the dilapidated door, she walked to a broken flower pot, turned the base, and a secret passage slowly appeared.
Because it was a place where crazy concubines were imprisoned, a secret passage was built to quietly imprison and execute some of the "crazy" concubines.
Chu Jiaojiao knew about this secret passage, but she accidentally learned it from the manuscript in the cave of the late empress.
When cleaning up the cave, she also got a notebook.
Ye Mengruo only found some clues, but he couldn't move around the palace freely, so when he said that Seventh Brother might have a secret place, Chu Jiaojiao immediately thought of coming here to take a look.
She left Piaoxu outside, looked at the dark staircase, hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to go in.
I thought it would be dark in the secret passage, but I didn't expect that when I got down the stairs, it was actually brightly lit.
It was so transparent that everything she looked at made it difficult for her to breathe.
Because there were many coffins in front of them, and the people lying in the coffins were all young women.
Each coffin even had birthdates and horoscopes next to it, and the women were all asleep, with pale faces, and their clothes had been taken off to their chests. Each of them had a thick silver needle inserted into their heart.