Golden branches and jade leaves

Chapter 119
Chapter 10: Nobile appoints land
It seems that no one has been in the Qionghua Garden for a long time. After returning to the palace, these gardens that are not used for a while have not had time to arrange for manpower to clean them up.

The snow has become smaller before you know it, but the cold wind has picked up, whizzing past the dry branches, making a piercing friction sound, the snowflakes are blown by the fierce wind. The clustering sounds also became hasty.

The bright red sunset glow can be vaguely seen in the sky, but in the silver-gray flying snow, the brilliant glow is also dimmed.

I remember the last time I came here, it was still full of spring scenery, under the shade of sycamore trees and weeping willows, the faint fragrance of flowers lingered in people's noses.

How long has it been?The carved railings and jade brickwork are still there, but the flowers and beauties have withered one after another.

As Su Mi walked through the garden, her pace quickened unconsciously.Xiao Luzi, who followed closely behind, could barely keep up, holding a wooden box carved with red lacquer, hurriedly followed Su Mi's footsteps and ran forward.

Finally out of the garden, Su Mi took a long breath, and then slowed down, Xiao Luzi ran behind Su Mi panting.

Seeing Su Mi walking slower and slower, he couldn't help raising his eyes to look around, and walking a short distance from Qionghua Garden, he could see Bibo Pond.

The most prosperous scene in the palace has been neglected for a long time now.

The water from the hot springs outside the city has been cut off, and there is no steaming heat and lotus flowers blooming like a fairyland in a fairyland. For the first time, people discovered that the Bibo Pool in winter will also be so cold, terribly cold, and cold. It penetrates directly into people's hearts.

Xiao Luzi's eyes unconsciously turned back to the red box he was holding in his hand, and he shuddered, not daring to linger, and hurriedly followed Su Mi's pace.

Walking along the Bibo Pond, Su Mi's pace became slower and slower, but no matter how slowly she walked, the short journey would come to an end.

Looking up, Shuyu Palace is already in sight.

The inner eunuch who was in charge of guarding here came out to welcome him, and it seemed that he had already learned about Su Mi's intention for coming this time.

Su Mi hesitated for a moment before walking into the hall.

It was still daytime, but the sky was already dark and unspeakable, as if the night had shrouded the place early, causing people who had just stepped inside to unconsciously have an illusion that they had stepped into a bottomless abyss.

Su Mi closed her eyes, opened them again after a while, and then regained her unobstructed vision.

In the hall, only an oil lamp was lit on the lampstand with bronze lion ears on the left. It was dim and dim, flickering on and off. The glass screen lampshade is already broken into pieces.Without the protection of the barrier, the light swayed helplessly in the cold wind that leaked in through the cracks in the door and windows, as if it would be extinguished in the cold wind in the next moment.

Under the dim light, the tables, chairs and utensils in the hall reflected a clear light, as if there was a dense rising smoke.The heavy jade-colored curtains are dilapidated at this time, and the thin evening light outside the window spills in through the moth-eaten holes, outlining funny shapes on the blue tile floor.

Then she saw them.

They are alive, but only alive.

These concubines who were surrounded by pearls and emerald greens and glazed glass in the past, these beautiful women who were radiant and beautiful in the past, are sitting on the ground in a daze at this moment.

Some of them collapsed in a corner of the hall, curled up behind the screen, and some numbly hugged their legs, leaning against the deepest part of the shadow.It was a more hopeless and helpless expression than when he was in Emiya, without a trace of life.

Even their relatives, at this moment, wished that they would die as soon as possible, so as not to confuse the family.Of course, if they still have family members.

Because of Su Mi's arrival, the door of the hall was pushed open, and the slanting light of the setting sun was projected from outside the hall.

The few concubines who were close to the ground shrank back as if they were frightened by the sudden light.

Su Mi stepped into the hall.For the first time, she felt that the ground of the celadon carved bricks under her feet was so cold.Dust is rising in the air, with a cold and decadent breath, lingering into people's nose, layer upon layer, pervasive.She was walking on the hard blue tile floor, but she felt that she was walking in soft and stagnant dust.

Su Mi's eyes swept across his eyes, several concubines raised their heads, stared blankly at Su Mi, then lowered their heads indifferently, as if what came in was just a shadow that no one could see The fine wind that will care.

Holding the coral lacquer box in his hands, Xiao Luzi walked in trembling, not sure if it was because of the cold or something else.

The eyes of the concubines closest to the door blankly glanced at the guarding eunuch in charge of opening the door, at Su Mi who was strolling in, and at Xiao Luzi who followed closely behind, as if looking at the hall full of dust table.The quiet, almost deadly atmosphere was shattered the moment his eyes fell on the red box in Xiao Luzi's hand.

The eyes of the concubines changed from lifeless loneliness to confusion, then gradually shocked, and gradually turned into deep fear.They stared at Xiao Luzi's hand.

Xiao Luzi's heart trembled when he was stared at by that look, the box in his hand suddenly weighed more than a thousand catties, and he almost couldn't hold it.

Suddenly, a concubine screamed.It was like a signal piercing the sky, with an astonishing sharpness that didn't fit the silent evening.

Aroused by this ear-piercing scream, the concubines who were sitting or lying in the palace raised their heads with difficulty and looked at Su Mi's figure.

Their eyes passed through Su Mi and landed on Xiao Luzi's hand, and then they seemed to have seen the most terrifying thing in the world.

Suddenly a concubine jumped up, and she staggered towards the threshold, shouting hoarsely: "I want to see the emperor! I want to see the emperor! The emperor will forgive me, and I will not die!" It spread far and far in the silent palace.Like a screaming bird thrown into the abyss.

Before her panicked figure rushed to the door, several eunuchs guarding there had already appeared and stopped her firmly.

She struggled to break free from the tight shackles, but was pinned to the ground by several young eunuchs. Her long-tired body only squirmed a few times before curling up powerlessly on the ground, like a dead fish thrown ashore in winter. .

But this scream was like a bowl of cold water thrown into a boiling oil pan.

In an instant, the originally silent hall was tumbling with enthusiasm.

The lifeless concubines in the palace suddenly moved, and they looked at the red box in Xiaoluzi's hand with fearful eyes.As if the dazzling red had brought them infinite strength, they screamed and pushed, running from every corner of Shuyu Hall, towards the threshold, towards the ray of light outside the door.

Su Mi was frightened by the sudden and chaotic situation, before she had time to react, a concubine passing by her violently pushed her.

She staggered back, nearly falling.Holding on to the embroidered folded-corner screen beside her, she managed to stabilize her body.

Those concubines who had been driven mad by fear gathered at the door.

The little eunuchs in charge of guarding blocked this, but couldn't resist that.While shouting and cursing, he tried his best to call his companions behind him to stop him.If it wasn't for the fact that Su Mi was present, he would have punched and kicked these lunatics long ago.

Thinking of the songs, dances and feasts in the past, the scenes of intrigue, who knew that these concubines with golden branches and jade leaves would also have such a day.

Not for the sake of wealth and honor, but just to survive. For such the simplest purpose, I struggled with all my strength, tried my best to pray for the chance to live, even though this chance is so illusory.

Su Mi was in a trance when she heard a faint sigh behind her.

She turned away.

Half of the folded-corner screen embroidered with crocodile silk has been missing, bypassing the screen, and behind it is the warm pavilion where concubines rest.

At this time, there were three or five concubines scattered here and there, and they seemed to have no strength to rush out and shout.Compared with the chaos and fear at the door, the dead silence that enveloped them was more stagnant and chilling.

The breeze blew by, and the sight was unobstructed through the hanging curtain, and saw the red quilt scattered on the bed.The original bright red color has turned dark red due to the accumulation of filth, so old and dirty that the original texture cannot be seen.

On such a bed, a woman was sitting there sideways, staring at the bedding in a daze.

At this moment, the air in Shuyu Palace was dirty and chaotic, but when it came to her side, it gradually settled down and turned into a kind of tranquility.

Su Mi walked around the screen and slowly approached the inner hall. She raised her head and smiled faintly at Su Mi,
After a short distance, the light from the cracks in the window panes shone in the air, and the light golden afterglow floating in the air could be vaguely seen, shining on her still radiant face, as if she had applied a thin layer of makeup. .

"This day has finally come." She looked at Su Mi with eyes as silent as a dry well, and then turned to Xiao Luzi who retreated in panic behind Su Mi to avoid those crazy concubines.

Habitually chant ing, monthly pass, monthly pass...

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