It rained for half the night in Ci'en Mountain yesterday, and red maple leaves fell all over the Four Seasons Garden.

Rong Shu opened the window, and it was raining continuously outside. The maple forest on the mountain had thousands of branches, which were soaked in a different kind of red by the rain. Looking from a distance, it looks like a gorgeous fire burning in the autumn rain.

Today is the eighth day of September in Jiayou's 23rd year. It has been two full months since the day she was imprisoned in Four Seasons Garden.

Yingque entered the house with a cup of sweet-scented osmanthus water. When she saw Rong Shu with a head of silk-like black hair, wearing only a single piece of clothing, she was kneeling on the low couch by the window. She quickly put down the bamboo plate in her hand and said "Hey" : "Girl, why don't you put on a coat?"

Rong Shu looked back and said with a smile, "When I woke up and heard the sound of rain, I stayed down and opened the window to take a look. The first autumn rain this year came so late."

"Girl, it just happened a few days ago. The illness is about to be cured, but don't be greedy for cold weather and get sick again."

Yingque said while he helped Rong Shu dress and dress quickly.

The girl in the bronze mirror has an excellent color, as bright as a spring peach, dazzling. It's just that he had been ill before and his body had weakened a bit. Not only is his lower jaw a bit sharper than before, but the belt around his waist is also a few fingers wider.

Thinking of what happened in the past few months, the tip of Yingque's nose became sore and she almost shed tears again. She was hurt when she suddenly heard Rong Shu say: "Wear that pleated skirt with gold embroidery and red plum blossoms all over the ground later."

Yingque raised her eyes and saw Rong Shu in the mirror with a calm smile and said: "The weather is good today, your girl wants to You should dress nicer."

Yingque glanced out the window.

It was windy and rainy outside, the gloomy clouds were densely packed on the dome, and the pattering autumn rain made people feel melancholy.

How the hell is the weather getting better?

It's just my girl comforting herself.

"Okay, if a girl is beautiful, she should wear nice clothes." Yingque forced a smile and went to the trunk to get some clothes.

There were several carved lanterns hanging under the corridor outside the door, and they were rustling in the wind.

At the end of the corridor, several palace attendants hurriedly came through the rain curtain. When they reached the outside of the house, they pushed open the heavy wooden door with a "clang" without even waiting to knock on the door.

The leading palace maid held a pot of wine. She glanced inside with her slender eyes and saw Rong Shu and Ying Que inside.

The two of them were obviously startled by the loud opening of the door, and both looked up.

Yingque stood beside the couch, holding a blue and white bowl with a white background. His eyes caught a glimpse of the object held by the palace maid, and his pupils suddenly shrank, like a cat with exploded fur, and he asked loudly: "Who are you? Who let you in!"

Although the voice was loud, it was weak, and his hands My legs couldn't stop shaking. It looked like someone was doing it.

The palace maid only glanced at Yingque, then moved her eyes to look at the young lady sitting on the couch.

Compared with the little maid, this little lady was much calmer. She didn't panic when a group of strangers suddenly broke into the room. Bai Shengsheng's little face showed only a moment of shock before she quickly regained her composure.

He is quite calm when things happen.

The palace maid felt confident, stepped inside, bowed to Rong Shuxu, smiled and said: "Miss Rong, my maid's surname is Zhu, and she is the female officer of Fengyi in Kunning Palace. I am here today by order of the empress. I’ll give you some wine.”

This Aunt Zhu Rongshu has seen before.

That day in Wutong Lane, it was this palace lady who came to pick up Gu Changjin.

Gu Changjin, the number one scholar in Jiayou's 18th year, was the crown prince who was just found by the queen two months ago.

He is also Rong Shu’s husband.

Rong Shu glanced behind Nanny Zhu. Except for two palace maids and two chamberlains, there was no one else there.

Gu Changjin didn't come.

Also, after imprisoning her in Four Seasons Garden, he hurried to Suzhou to pick her up, and she was probably still on her way back to Beijing.

I don’t know if he has found his sweetheart?

It's ridiculous to say that she and Gu Changjin have been married for more than three years. Rong Shu didn't know until two months ago that the person she had shared the bed with for thousands of days and nights had always had a sweetheart. He and his sweetheart had been childhood sweethearts and had a deep friendship.

If she hadn't interfered, the two of them would probably have a good relationship.

Maybe she thought she had been silent for too long, so Aunt Zhu glanced at Rong Shu and said meaningfully: "Miss Rong, please thank me and drink this glass of wine. The Rong family has made a big mistake, and all your relatives will be dead in a few days." They want to be exiled to Suzhou. By drinking this glass of wine, you are also accumulating blessings for them."

This sounds like advice, but in fact it is just a threat.

Rong Shu has always been a person who cherishes her life, but now she has no choice but to live as a swordsman and me as a fish.

She was about to get up from the couch, but Yingque beside her suddenly dropped the bowl in her hand, opened her arms to block her, and said sternly: "Our girl is the wife of our uncle Ming Yuan. Now that our uncle has become the crown prince, we The girl is the Crown Princess! Are you trying to murder the Crown Princess?"

As soon as the word "Crown Princess" came out, the room became quiet, and even the four palace attendants behind Madam Zhu began to breathe softly.

Aunt Zhu sighed, looked at Rong Shu and said kindly: "The person His Royal Highness wanted to marry was never Miss Rong, and Miss Rong knew it in her heart. Miss Rong has occupied the magpie's nest for so many years, Now that a glass of wine can settle the grudge, the Queen is extremely gracious. You guys, please don't drink the wine as a penalty!"

After saying this, Grandma Zhu's smiling face turned serious.

"Yingque, step back."

Yingque was shocked and looked back at Rong Shu, "Girl!"

Rong Shu smiled and said softly: "Mother Zhang and Yingyue are in the kitchen, go and call them over. ."

Yingque's eyes turned red instantly. She knew that the girl just wanted to coax her out. But if she goes out, the girl will die!

Seeing that Yingque didn't move, Rong Shufu said again: "Have you forgotten what I said to you before?"

Yingque was startled, and immediately remembered the day when they were sent to Four Seasons Garden, the girl had been with them. What they said.

"I may not be able to leave this courtyard in the future. If you fight with my master and servant, I will try my best to save your lives."

"Second Master...His Royal Highness is not a murderous person. With him here, the nobles in the palace will want to come." I won't take your lives. You must promise me that no matter what happens in the future, you can go as long as you can, live as long as you can, and you will never be stupid for my sake."

The girl's expression was solemn at that time, and her tone was stronger than usual. Much more solemnly, I think it was from that day on that I guessed that today would happen.

Ying Que was in great mourning and tears burst out from her eyes.

But she finally remembered what Rong Shu said, wiped tears from her face, gritted her teeth and rushed out of the room.

Rong Shu waited until Yingque's figure ran away, then looked at Nanny Zhu and said, "What Nanny just said, is it true? If I drink this glass of wine, can I accumulate blessings and atone for my relatives' sins?"

Zhu As soon as grandma entered the room, her mind was entirely on Rong Shu.

This girl clearly knew what was in the pot, but she never cried, let alone begged for mercy or cursed.

This calm and unhurried demeanor impressed her, and her tone couldn't help but become gentler.

"It's true. The queen is so noble and noble, why do I need to deceive you?"

She is only the daughter of a criminal minister, so how can she be worthy of the queen's efforts to deceive her?

Today's Cheng'an Marquis Mansion is like the tree that was uprooted after the storm. Anyone can step on it, so the Queen really doesn't need to trick her.

Rong Shu nodded slightly and added: "My wet nurse, Mama Zhang, and two maids -"

"Don't worry, Miss Rong." Aunt Zhu interrupted her words, "Not everyone can enjoy the grace of the Queen. You After thanking you, my errand has been completed, and I will return to the palace as soon as possible."

Rong Shu is worried about only A Niang and Mama Zhang. Now, according to Aunt Zhu, the Empress only wants her. life.

She was a dying person, so there was no need for Nanny Zhu to lie to her.

Rong Shu felt relieved, lowered his head and straightened his sleeves, then took a step forward, leaned down and put his forehead to the ground, and said politely: "The sinner Rong Shu thanks the emperor for his kindness."

After saying this, she stood up and took the hand from the palace man. cup, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

The cup fell to the ground, and the clouds that had been stored in the dome for a long time suddenly "rumbling", and purple thunder broke out of the clouds, seeming to split the dark sky.

The rain kept falling, and a palace maid followed Nanny Zhu in small steps. While holding an umbrella for her, she hesitated and said: "Mommy, why don't you stay a little longer? I'm worried that something will go wrong with the wine."

All of them were worried. He is an old man in the palace. There are countless concubines and maidservants in the palace who drank poisonous wine but could not die. The palace maid said this because she was afraid that the wine would not kill Rong Shu.

Aunt Zhu glanced at her with a smile and said, "The wine was filled with 'Midnight'. Even if Daluo Jinxian came, he couldn't save her." As soon as

the words "Midnight" came out, the palace maid There was a hiss and a breath of cold air.

"Third watch day" comes from the Western Regions. It is an extremely rare poison. It is taken from the meaning of "The king of hell wants you to die at the third watch, who dares to keep you until the fifth watch". According to legend, there are 7,749 kinds of poisons in it, and if you touch your lips, you will die.

But the most vicious thing about this medicine is not its incurable toxicity, but the long-lasting pain it brings to the poisoned person. People who are hit by the "Midnight Sky" will die in pain in the end. After death, the tragic scene of crying blood from seven holes and piercing the intestines and stomach is also horrifying.

In the past, the prince of Qiyuan supervised the country and gave death to palace concubines and ministers. His favorite poison was this poison. There were rumors in the palace that Prince Qi Yuan himself also died from this poison...

It was probably because the drug was too poisonous. After I ascended the throne, this "three-shift medicine" became a banned drug in the palace. Gradually disappeared.

The palace maid closed her umbrella and got into the car. She looked at the secluded door in the yard through the rain curtain. She couldn't help but wonder what on earth the Rong girl had done to cause the queen to use such a precious forbidden medicine on her. On your body?

The carriage ran over the mountain road and quickly disappeared into the rain.

In the house, Rong Shu handed the wooden box in his hand to Zhang's mother and said: "After you sell these things, go find my mother. The road to Suzhou is not easy. Use the money to make a living. You must stay alive." To Suzhou."

Mother Zhang and the three of them burst into tears and refused to take the box. "Take it quickly. I have already told you what you need to say, and there is no need to tell you anything more

. If my mother asks about me, you can say that I was sent away by Gu Changjin, and tell her to be alive to find me."

Shu put the box in Zhang's mother's hand, held the corners of her lips, and continued: "You should leave quickly while there is no one outside. I'm tired, so don't bother me. Close the door and let me have a good sleep." Are you ready?"

Mother Zhang raised her tear-stained face, looked at Rong Shu, and then kowtowed three times and said sadly: "I'm sorry, my dear, don't worry, my dear. I will definitely take good care of my wife!" After that, he took Ying Que and Ying Yue out of the house.

Rong Shu slowly let out a breath and went to the couch.

After the wine fell into her stomach, she felt pain. The words she just said had exhausted all her strength.

She originally thought she was going to die soon, but the pain became more and more intense, like ants eating her heart and burning her body. She was already sweating from the pain.

Rong Shu sat down slowly and listened to the first rain after autumn through the half-open window.

Suddenly she remembered that the day she met Gu Changjin was also a rainy day.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jiayou's 19th year, a sudden heavy rain hit Chang'an Street, causing her to hurriedly enter the Star Building. At that time, the Star Building was already crowded with people guessing lantern riddles.

The lantern riddles in Zhaixinglou are notoriously difficult.

There are nine floors, nine and eighty-one steps, and each step has a riddle. The first person to guess the eighty-one riddles will win the ingenious star-catching lantern.

Rong Shu saw that the rain continued unabated, so he held a lantern and joined in the fun. The further you go up, the fewer people there are. By the time you reach the ninth floor, there are only two figures.

The shopkeeper glanced at the paper handed over by Rong Shu and said with regret, "Girl, you are a step too late. This young man has already guessed the last riddle." Only

then did Rong Shu realize that there was someone standing in the corner.

The man was wearing a half-worn green robe, holding a simple wooden lantern. He stood in a half-bright place with half-dark light and shadow. A hand immersed in the light was long and well-jointed, glowing with the color of jade. .

When Rong Shu looked, the young man also looked over.

He was clearly wearing a green shirt, but when Rong Shu took a quick look, he could only see the sternness in his brows.

Like a pine tree covered in frost and snow in a barren mountain, or like a cold star glowing in the endless dark night.

Rong Shu was a little curious about this man from a humble family, but after all, he was a stranger. She only glanced at him and then looked away politely.

The shopkeeper probably couldn't bear her disappointment, so he added: "These days, there are fewer and fewer people who can guess the eighty-one lantern riddles of Zhaixinglou. If the girl doesn't dislike it, I will give you a full-moon lantern." "

The star-catching lantern is not necessary in the first place, and the rules are like this. It's too late, it's too late. How can she be so shameless as to ask for something that shouldn't belong to her in the first place?

Rong Shu smiled and declined. He picked up the lantern and was about to leave when he suddenly heard the man say: "Shopkeeper, give the star-picking lantern to this girl."

Without waiting for the shopkeeper to reply, he put down these words and turned around. building. By the time Rong Shu came to his senses and chased him out, he had disappeared into the misty autumn rain on Chang'an Street.

And he gave up the light to her.

Rong Shu thought to herself that if it hadn't rained that night and she hadn't climbed to the Star-Zhaing Tower, then she probably wouldn't have met Gu Changjin. If they had never met, she might have been able to escape this death today.

It's a pity that on the Mid-Autumn Festival night of Jiayou's 19th year, it rained on Chang'an Street in Beijing.

Rong Shu has since fallen in love with the Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing, so much so that when she later set a date for her wedding, she stubbornly chose August 15th.

On the full moon day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the 20th year of Jiayou's reign, Rong Shu married Gu Changjin.

I still remember that before leaving the pavilion, my mother-in-law told her that Gu Changjin lost his father when he was young, and it was all thanks to his mother who was lingering on the bedside to support him in his studies, that Gu Changjin became the glorious champion today.

"The young man from the Gu family came from a troubled life and endured many hardships when he was young. Since Zhaozhao wants to marry him, she must treat him wholeheartedly and respect his mother. Only in this way can he gain his respect."

She agreed with a smile . , saying that she would be kind to Gu Changjin.

After three years of marriage, every piece of clothing Gu Changjin wears and every bite of food he eats are made by her, which can be described as meticulous and thoughtful.

At night when he was burying his head in his papers, she would always warm a pot of hot tea for him and leave a small lamp waiting for him to go to bed. He went to court before dawn, and for a sleepy person like her, she always endured her sleepiness and got up to change his clothes.

If you love someone, you must do your best to be good to him, and Rong Shu thinks she has done it.

But she never warmed his heart.

Rong Shu only thought that Gu Changjin was naturally cold-hearted and stoic. She never imagined that someone like him could have the tenderness to bury someone deep in his heart.

If she knew that he already had someone in his heart that he wanted to spend his whole life with, how could she marry him?

The sound of rain gradually became quieter, and everything around me became quieter.

Rong Shu coughed a few times, and dark purple blood spilled out from the corners of her lips and eyes, but she didn't know it. The once dark and bright eyes gradually lost their focus and brightness.

The heartbreaking pain had already eroded her five senses, and she could neither see nor hear anything, leaving only endless pain.

She stared at a point in the void, and in a daze, she seemed to see a vague figure.

The figure was slender and tall, hidden in the darkness, but with a few faint rays of light.

She remembered that it was Gu Changjin's leaving figure in the Star Building.

Rong Shu suddenly smiled.

Even if it was a mirage like a mirror, all she saw was his back. Two months ago, the night she went to beg him, all he left her was a decisive look from behind.

"That's fine." She smiled and said, "Actually, I know that you have always hated me."

"But Gu Changjin, when I married you, I didn't know that you were happy with her. My mother sent her away, so It's just for me. If you want to hate me, then you can only hate me, okay?"

"It was my fault that I provoked you in the first place and caused you to miss her for three years. I will risk my life to compensate you. I just ask you to be noble and let my mother go to Suzhou safely and let her enjoy her old age in peace."

The lingering worries in Rong Shu's heart gradually dissipated as he spoke.

She and Gu Changjin were supposed to have no connection, but she forced a marriage that shouldn't belong to her.

Rong Shu never regretted that this marriage did not start well or end well. She just regretted that she could no longer fulfill her filial piety to her mother.

When she was born, everyone thought she was unlucky. Even close relatives, there are many people who hate her and hate her.

Only her mother always loved and protected her.

Rong Shu closed his eyes and felt like he was four years old again.

In March in Yangzhou Prefecture, the mountains are as beautiful as the mountains and the flowers are as bright as cheeks.

She was lying in her mother's arms, following a small boat swaying in a pole of spring water. Aniang gently stroked her forehead and asked her, does our Zhaozhao's head still hurt?

Rong Shu wanted to smile and say, "It doesn't hurt."

She has been afraid of pain since she was a child, but after all, she is the eldest daughter of Marquis Chengan, and she is a bit stubborn in her bones. No matter how painful it is, she will not say it hurts. Ever since I was little, I have been able to shout "hurt" as much as I want in front of my mother-in-law.

Rong Shu smiled and burst into tears. Finally, he couldn't help it and whispered: "Mom, Zhao Zhao hurts so much."

The heavy rain splashed up the green tiles on the eaves with clouds of light smoke.

A carved lantern was blown down by the raging wind and rolled several times on the ground. The light yellow paper surface was slowly wetted by the rain, and the weak light inside went out with a "pop".

The moment the fire went out, Rong Shu's "pain" as low as a mosquito was drowned in the wind and rain. There was gradually no sound in the room, leaving only two figures stretched extremely long by the dim skylight.