An exquisite palace was close to the Yong'an Hall where the emperor lived.
The eunuch stood hunched outside the door, staring at his toes, not daring to look more.
He raised his voice and asked inside, "Master Governor , Eunuch Liu asks for an audience.”
Even though there was a door across the way, Liu Jin still knelt respectfully outside the door.
A very cold voice came from the room, "Come in."
Liu Jin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, opened the door carefully, and smiled coquettishly.
The room is filled with the smell of sandalwood.
There are agarwood blocks in the golden incense burner.
Glazed porcelain is placed on the wooden shelf.
There is a soft table next to the desk.
The table is decorated with pure gold and is covered with snow wolf pure white.
Covered in fur, it looks luxurious and warm.
There was a man lying on the couch.
He supported his head and tapped his thigh with his fingers intentionally or unintentionally.
Without raising his eyelids, he heard Liu Jin's voice and asked casually, "Is the matter done?"
Liu Jin raised his head and said, "Master Governor, the person is dead."
Song Duan slowly sat up, raised his eyes, glanced at him lightly and asked: "Where is the body?"
Liu Jin shuddered, "I only found some wreckage, I'm afraid it was eaten by wild dogs in the cold palace."
Song Duan clicked his tongue twice.
It was hard to tell whether it was pity or ridicule.
An intriguing smile broke out at the corner of his mouth, "He died much better than his younger brothers."
After a pause, he suddenly asked: "Is this the first time?
How many?”
"Back to the Governor, it's already the eleventh time."
Song Duan nodded thoughtfully, "Well, it will be Xu Cairen's son's turn next."
Liu Jin no longer had the initial fear, "Yes."
Song Duan turned the Buddhist beads on his wrist and relaxed his eyebrows, "Let's do it earlier."
Liu Jin nodded hurriedly, "I know."
"Get out."
Liu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart was finally put down.
Before closing the door, he saw the peerless face of the person sitting on the couch.
He has flawless outlines and a face that is almost transparent.
Under his sword-shaped brows is a pair of slightly raised red phoenix eyes.
His sharp gaze seems to be able to look directly into people's hearts.
Every time Liu Jin saw Song Duan, he would sigh.
No wonder the emperor trusted him so much.
He even set up a new West Police Factory for him, which was even more popular than the East Factory.
With a face like this, even a rootless man is still pleasing to the eye.
After Liu Jin left, Song Duan's sleepiness subsided a lot.
He casually put on the mink fur cloak beside him and laughed softly.
The depths of his beautiful eyes were as cold as winter frost.
He raised his chin slightly, His eyes fell on his slender fingers, and his smile gradually deepened.
In the past ten years, at least dozens of princes have died in his hands.
In addition to the one who had just died in the cold palace, he had another life in his hands.
To harm the prince would be to die if you put it on others.
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But for him, Song Duan, it was really not a big deal.
Those princes without the protection of their mother's family were worse than the lowest servants in the palace.
The emperor could not remember them, and no one would care about them even if they died.
Even if the emperor mentions it on a whim in the future, by that time, these people will basically be dead.
Now no one dares to mess with Song Duan in the court, but many civil servants are gnashing their teeth and want to skin him and cramp him, secretly cursing him to die a good death.
He was not only the governor of Xichang, he was also the emperor's first favorite, and even the imperial approval of the memorial came through his hands.
Song Duan retracted his chin and glanced at the stunningly handsome face in the bronze mirror.
With a hard look in his eyes, the prayer beads in his hand flew out and he hit it accurately.
The bronze mirror immediately cracked and he could not see clearly what was inside.
The one who takes care of you.
Song Duan sneered.
After more than ten years, his face still hasn't changed at all.
If he hadn't told him, who would have known that he was already thirty-five years old this year.
Over the years, Song Duan's temperament has indeed changed drastically, but the only thing that hasn't changed is that he still hates his face as always.
He Ling behaved very low-key in Sishantang, but even so, she couldn't stop others from paying attention to her.
The maid who lives in the same room as He Ling is called Lang Pei.
The two are the same age, but their relationship is not very good.
Although Lang Pei is a palace maid, she has a high spirit and has always disliked He Ling serving in the cold palace.
Lang Pei came back from doing errands at noon that day, her face was radiant, her face was pink, and there was an exquisite hairpin in her bun.
Jian Heling held the freshly washed vegetables and looked at her with pride, but more of disdain.
Lang Pei was surrounded by everyone, and laughter like silver bells resounded in the air.
"Sister Langpei, the hairpin on your head is so beautiful."
Lang Pei glanced at He Ling secretly, and seeing her indifferent expression, she felt a surge of anger in her heart.
She took off the hairpin on her head, "You said this was a reward from the imperial concubine to me just now.
I am in a bad mood at lunch today."
Okay, just let someone bring me a hairpin."
At this point, she covered her lips and laughed, "Don't worry, in the future, grandma will ask you to deliver food to various palaces, and this kind of benefit will come from time to time. some."
He Ling stood there holding the wooden basin.
A group of them blocked the threshold and she couldn't get in.
After Lang Pei showed off, she saw the surprise and envy in the eyes of the people around her as she wished.
She smiled, and her eyes became cold and disappeared for a moment.
She suddenly pushed aside the crowd and walked towards He Ling who was not far away, "Sister He Ling, if you stare at me eagerly like this, you must like this hairpin very much."
He Ling was shocked and couldn't react for a moment, "What?"
Lang Pei curled her lips, put the hairpin in her hand on her clean hair, and said in a friendly tone, "If you want it, just say it.
Sister, I'm not a stingy person.
I'll let you wear it for two days, as long as I don't break it."
It’s up to you to do whatever you want.”
He Ling felt confused.
She reached out and took off the hairpin and said coldly: "It's better to put away Sister Langpei's things by yourself."
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Lang Pei was not annoyed, he smiled maliciously, and secretly said in his heart, I want you to look good one day.
He Ling passed through the crowd and walked towards the kitchen carrying vegetables.
Everyone looked at her differently, thinking that she was jealous of Lang Pei but too embarrassed to show it.
Every word Lang Pei said had its own purpose.
She didn't just hate He Ling.
There were only a few people in Sishan Hall who were outstanding, and the only one who was more beautiful than her was He Ling.
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There is no room for two tigers in a mountain, and the taller one is, the more likely he is to be sent to serve a favored concubine.
Even the lowest maid, everyone wants to climb up the ladder.
If she hadn't given Aunt Si Shan a large sum of money, and if she hadn't stayed in Si Shan Hall for several months longer than He Ling, I would have had to do the thankless task of delivering food to the cold palace.
On her head.
Lang Pei wanted to climb up, as long as she often showed her face to Concubine Zhao, she was not afraid of not being able to see the emperor.
After meeting the emperor, it was not difficult to fly up the branches with her face.
And He Ling was her biggest obstacle.
At the age of twelve, her face had already revealed its delicate outlines, which would grow in size in the future.
In comparison with the two, she would be eclipsed.
Lang Pei touched the hairpin hidden in her sleeve, and there was a trace of cruelty in her eyes.
She returned to the house, and He Ling was still in the kitchen.
She wouldn't be able to come back for a while.
She closed the door and window, took out the hairpin and stepped closer.
He Ling's bed, and quickly put the hairpin inside He Ling's pillowcase.
Lang Pei is not stupid.
You can't do things like frame-up too conspicuously.
Aunt Si Shan can tell the truth at a glance, but if you do it smarter, Aunt Si Shan will just turn a blind eye.
Eye.
If the hairpin is placed under the pillow, it is intentional.
Lang Pei took a big risk and stole this hairpin from Aunt Sishan's room.
I remember that Auntie once accidentally mentioned that it was a relic of her mother.
It was not valuable in the market, but it was of great significance to Auntie.
Lang Pei also knew that this method of his was not going to be successful, but it was the most effective.
It would be best if grandma would drive He Ling to the sweeper in a fit of anger, so that he could no longer be an eyesore in front of her.
When she and Ling were picking vegetables in the kitchen, she always felt that something was wrong.
She knew that Lang Pei had always looked down on her.
The two of them could not even talk to each other on weekdays.
Lang Pei seemed very close to her today, which was very unusual.
He Ling fell into a trance while thinking about it.
It wasn't until the cook called her that she came back to her senses, "He Ling, have you picked the celery?"
He Ling hurriedly replied: "Okay, okay."
She said as she handed the washed vegetables to the cook.
He Ling was a handyman in Sishantang and had to do all kinds of menial work.
She had the habit of taking a lunch break every day.
After the kitchen was free, she returned to her room.
When she opened the quilt and was about to rest for a while, she saw a clean The pillow, her pupils shrank, she took a closer look at it, the corners of her mouth sank, and the hair on the pillow was gone.
He Ling has been smart since she was a child.
Before entering the palace, her uncle also taught her some ways to protect herself in the palace.
She never let go of her guard against Lang Pei.
When she got up every day, she would deliberately put something on her pillow.
Put a few strands of hair on it in case someone disturbed her bed.
He Ling opened the pillow and saw nothing under it.
She frowned.
After thinking about it, she took the pillow and touched it, and sure enough she touched something hard.
He Ling opened the pillowcase and rummaged through it carefully before finding a hairpin.
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She remembered that she had seen this hairpin on Grandma Sishan's dressing table.
She thought of the inexplicable words Lang Pei said to her today, I figured it out immediately.
He Ling's eyes were full of sarcastic smiles, he was planning to frame her for stealing.
She had to admit that if she hadn't been careful enough, she would have fallen for Lang Pei's advice.
He Ling put away the hairpin, lowered her eyes, and already had a plan in mind.
At midnight that night, Langpei returned to her room early.
When she opened the door, Heling was already leaning on the bed.
Heling was holding a book in her hand.
She was concentrating on the medical skills and regarded Langpei as a doctor.
Nothing.
This evening, the lights were turned off early, and the two of them didn't even exchange the usual polite words.
Langpei realized that her conspiracy was about to succeed, and she could immediately eliminate the thorn in He Ling's side.
Naturally, she was unwilling to act as usual.
As for He Ling, she had never been a talkative person.
The next day was when He Ling was taking a bath, and she didn't get up.
In fact, she had woken up a long time ago.
Her years of habit had caused her to never sleep in, and she would open her eyes at 9:00 every day.
The reason she didn't get up was because she was waiting for Lang.
Pei.
Lang Pei was very smart, but she couldn't help but get so angry.
She was afraid that she would find someone to catch the stolen goods early this morning.
At three o'clock in the morning, He Ling heard a burst of footsteps coming this way.
From the rush of the sound, you could hear the owner's eagerness.
He Ling's head was hidden under the quilt.
She smiled silently and suddenly remembered That's what the person asked her yesterday.
Why did those people insist on his death?
Similarly, why did she want to harm her?
The fragile wooden door was kicked open from the outside, followed by Lang Pei's voice, "Mommy, last night I saw He Ling sneaking out of your yard."
Grandma had an angry look on her face and was about to get angry.
He Ling slowly came out of the quilt, wearing a white middle coat on her thin body.
Her eyes fell on Grandma Si Shan, who was wearing a green coat.
There was a cluster of purple flowers embroidered on it, and the heavy makeup made her look even more serious.
"Why are you here, mama?"
He Ling's voice was very faint, and there was no hint of panic.
Aunt Si Shan stared at her, "Let me ask you, where were you last night?"
He Ling put on her clothes and calmly got up from the bed, gradually approaching them, her eyes swept over Lang Pei vaguely, "I was in the room last night and never went out."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lang Pei immediately interrupted her, "Sister Heling, don't lie.
You didn't return to your room until Haishi last night.
I saw this with my own eyes."
She paused and changed her mind.
In a tone of earnestness, he said: "And Sister Ling, it was my fault yesterday.
If you really wanted my hairpin, I should have given it to you, otherwise you wouldn’t have thought of stealing it.
Just listen to me and hand over grandma’s hairpin.
Then The hairpin is very important to grandma.”
A smile appeared at the corner of He Ling's eyes and eyebrows, "Why don't I understand what Sister Langpei is talking about?"
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Lang Pei pulled her wrist and said, "Don't be stubborn."
After saying that, he turned to look at Aunt Si Shan and said, "Mom."
Aunt Si Shan waved her hand impatiently, "Search for me."
Langpei smiled proudly and strode towards He Ling's bed.
She picked up He Ling's pillow and shook it.
Her face turned pale.
She increased the strength in her hands, opened the pillowcase and searched carefully. nothing How could it be Lang Pei was still in shock, and a voice sounded from the other side, "Mommy found it."
Aunt Si Shan followed the sound and saw that another palace maid found the hairpin in Lang Pei's dressing box.
Her eyes were like sharp knives on Lang Pei.
Lang Pei's face turned completely pale, and he said tremblingly: "I'm not a slave, I'm really not a slave."
Her eyes were red, and her hand suddenly pointed at He Ling, who was standing there indifferently, gritting her teeth and said: "It's her who must have wronged this slave. " Aunt Si Shan climbed from the lowest rank of palace maid to the seventh-rank female official now.
She is certainly not stupid.
She certainly knows what is going on.
Lang Pei is obviously clever but his cleverness misleads her. a fool Aunt Si Shan took back the hairpin, but her expression did not improve.
She glanced at Lang Pei who was kneeling on the ground and said coldly: "Get out."
Lang Pei got up from the ground in embarrassment, rolling and crawling to follow the footsteps of his boss, Granny Shan.
Soon, Lang Pei's shrill screams were heard outside the house.
He Ling opened a window and watched coldly as the staff in the palace man's hand hit Lang Pei's body.
After watching for a while, she closed the window.
It's just twenty rods, it's just a warning.
As for who gave the warning, it wasn't Lang Pei, but her and Ling.
Aunt Si Shan deliberately chose it in front of He Ling's house, just to scare the monkeys and give her some warning.
There was soon no sound outside the house, and He Ling heard the footsteps that were getting further away.
After a while, the large group of people came back again, and He Ling was also called out.
As soon as He Ling stepped out of the threshold, she smelled the smell of blood.
The bright red blood stains on the ground had not even been cleaned.
Aunt Si Shan stood in the middle, looking at her with sharp eyes.
He had never paid much attention to this little girl since she entered the Sishan Hall, but today he wanted to impress her.
Such a transparent and neat method really doesn't look like a palace maid without any scheming or fighting spirit.
Aunt Si Shan smiled coldly at He Ling.
It took a long time for He Ling to hear her voice.
She said, "You are very smart."
He Ling was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "Mommy is so impressed."
"But Heling, mama, I hate stupid people, but I hate smart people even more."
Foolish people make small mistakes, and smart people make big mistakes accidentally.
He Ling had just made her see clearly how stupid Lang Pei was, and he didn't even know he was being manipulated.
But fools are easy to manipulate, and it takes more energy to manipulate smart people.
This is why she didn't like and Ling reason.
He Ling's heart kept sinking, her smile gradually faded, she clenched her hands, her throat was dry and tight, and in the end she said nothing.
Originally, she planned to exchange this incident for another errand.
She didn't want to go to the cold palace again, let alone meet the man who was entangled with her.
That would be a big trouble.
Before Sister Si Shan left, she left a few words lightly.
She said: "He Ling, from now on, you will stay in the cold palace as an errand." gd1806102: