Bai Suyan untied her hair, took off her outer garment, and prepared to sleep. Zhao Zhao was a bit agitated. She snorted and said, "Indeed, how could you be interested in a box of concubine smiles? You don't even care about a dress made of Su silk, ha."
Bai Suyan ignored her and lay down with her back to her. The silk dress she was talking about was the one Dong Jin had made for her during the New Year. It was made of high-quality Su silk. She had only worn it once. At the New Year's banquet, a little girl had knocked over a dish and splashed oil all over her.
She couldn't wash it clean, so she threw it away and forgot about it. Later, she somehow came to Zhao Zhao's place and was seen by Jing Jing and ridiculed. At that time, what did she say? It was only a silk dress.
She didn't show it on her face, but her heart was in turmoil. She had lived a dignified life as a young lady of an aristocratic family for more than ten years. Su silk was common, so she naturally didn't care much about it. This time, Zhao Zhao suddenly mentioned it, which made her alarmed. She was just a little girl, how could she not care about this rare silk dress?
Zhao Zhao was sensitive and only thought that she and Jing Jing were ridiculing her for being greedy. If this sentence reached the ears of someone with ulterior motives … Thinking about it, it was very frightening. Her back couldn't help but break out in cold sweat, gradually drenching her undergarments.
In the palace, Luoshuanga finished bathing. Outside, Luoxia also reported what she had seen and heard in the past few days. He heard a chuckle from inside. "Miss Mu is quite generous. Imperial concubine smiles. Ha, you may withdraw."
"Yes." After Luoxia bowed, her figure gradually faded. In the blink of an eye, there was no trace of her.
Dressed neatly, Luoshuanga asked, "Is Yiren asleep?"
Liang Yu-an cupped his hands and said, "My subordinates sent news. After taking the medicine, she has been sleeping."
"Gu will go take a look. Someone is coming. Help Gu block them." Luoshuanga paused. "Right, how is the investigation of that Xu Dangui?"
Liang Yu-an replied, "She was indeed taken in by the Xu family in the nunnery. To the outside world, she was said to be an adopted daughter, but in fact, she was a child bride raised by their silly master. As for whether or not she is the real Miss Mu, I can't be sure. After all, the person who delivered the baby died, and the person who was inserted in the nunnery was too new to be of use."
Luoshuanga muttered, "If I remember correctly, she should be one of the most beautiful women in the world."
Liang Yu-an said, "Does Your Majesty mean that she has been internally appointed as a court dweller?"
Luoshuanga raised his head and let the palace servants put on a cloak for him. "If it really is the First Miss Mu who was lucky enough to survive, her entering the palace will definitely cause a commotion. If she isn't, it's just another mouth in the palace."
"Yes."
Luoshuanga carried a palace lantern by himself. He passed through most of the back palace and quietly entered Lu Juan Hall.
They knew in advance that this noble master was coming. Cai Ju and Zhe Man had the others go down early in the morning and forbade them from coming out. Only the two of them were left to guard. After greeting each other, one took the palace lantern and the other helped him remove the cloak.
When Luoshuanga entered, Concubine Qing was sleeping very soundly. Her body was slightly curled up with a pillow between her arms. Her eyebrows were tightly knitted and her eyelashes were wet. It seemed that she had just cried.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, Luoshuanga sighed. He reached out and gently adjusted her sleeping posture. She followed his good advice and hugged the pillow. Tentatively, she tried to pull it. She immediately hugged the pillow tightly, as if it was a treasure that she had obtained with great difficulty and was afraid that it would be snatched away in her dreams.
Luoshuanga no longer cared about the pillow. He reached out and gently smoothed her brows. The gentleness between his brows was something that he had never shown to anyone else. "Today, I saw the longevity lock that you had people send over. It was originally prepared by me for Hong Xian, but we have no fate with her. I thought you would always keep it. I didn't expect you to take it out and give it to Chuiyou."
He stared blankly at the woman's sleeping face. "If you want it, the Wang family should compensate you with a daughter. It will be very soon. It will only be two years. Chuiyou will only be three years old. That's the age when people don't remember things."
That night, hundreds of thoughts ran through her mind. The next morning, after washing up, Bai Suyan ate a bowl of porridge in the small kitchen. She then fetched some water to serve Mu Guiyi. When she arrived, Zhaozhao was already waiting outside. Seeing her sweet smile, she greeted, "Yan Yan -jie."
Bai Suyan frowned and said, "You've worked hard. Go and eat breakfast."
Zhaozhao smiled proudly. "Miss has already rewarded me with breakfast. In the future, I will be serving Eldest Miss with Yan Yan -jie. There's no need to be so polite."
Bai Suyan didn't want to pay attention to her. She reported loudly outside the door. When she heard someone come in, she went in with the water. Mu Guiyi's black hair was scattered. She wore only a fur coat and leaned on the couch by the window. She looked just like when she first arrived in Mu Province.
Only this time, she wasn't stroking a chess piece, but a wooden carving. It was a large snake with a dark cloud on its back. On the cloud, there was a peach blossom.
"Miss, this servant will help you change your clothes first. Otherwise, you will catch a cold."
Mu Guiyi didn't respond. She was still stroking the snake's triangular head. It was as if this wooden carving had some kind of magic that made her obsessed. Bai Suyan had no choice but to take a cloak and put it on her.
Seeing her like this, Bai Suyan's gaze couldn't help but be attracted by the wooden carving. This wooden carving was very lifelike. The venomous snake was coiled around the dark cloud. The snake's triangular head was facing the cloud with its mouth wide open, revealing its sharp fangs and tongue.
The strangest thing was that when one looked along the snake's head and body, the snake's tail became more and more slender. It was so slender that it was like a flower stem. On the flower stem, a peach blossom slowly bloomed.
"Yan Yan, what do you think of Empress Dowager Wang?" Mu Guiyi stroked the flower and asked without turning her head.
Bai Suyan came back to her senses and said, "This servant doesn't know."
Mu Guiyi's fingertips traced the petals and slowly slid to the dark cloud. She even poked it as if it was a real soft cloud. "What about Empress Dowager Jin Yue?"
Bai Suyan still said, "This servant doesn't know."
Mu Guiyi didn't look like she really wanted to hear her response. She muttered to herself, "Yun family, Jin Yue, Wang family, Fangfei."
"Miss, be careful with your words." Her muttering made Bai Suyan panic.
Mu Guiyi didn't continue this topic. She sat up and said, "Let's change."
April in the mortal world, the peach blossoms in the mountain temple begin to bloom.
Bai Juyi's 《Dalin Temple Peach Blossoms》.
The Dark Cloud Carrying Flower Carving was another mystery of the Liumi Temple. The mystery was that Empress Dowager Jin Yue, Yun, was poisoned. The person who poisoned her was from the Wang family. However, Empress Dowager Wang's real name was Wang Yingying. It had nothing to do with peach blossoms.
When it came to peach blossoms, it was easy to think of her, Yaohua, Mu Guiyi.
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