Li Huang

I hugged myself tightly, and a burst of heavy drowsiness struck me, my eyelids couldn't open anymore, and there was a faint premonition in my heart. If I had fallen asleep, I should never wake up again. The unwillingness in my heart is like the turbulent sea, which is torn with sleepiness, but my eyelids are getting heavier and heavier. Although I try to keep my eyes open, my body seems no longer under control.

The moment my eyes closed, a very soft cry came, so tiny and so weak. But it seemed like a thunderstorm split my chaotic mind. I opened my eyes, and there were two green pearls shining in the dark night. The snake calamity once made me look like a snake with a bow and a bow. The faint green color frightened me in such a raging night. I forced my composure and picked up a piece of dry steamed bun on hand and threw it over.

I was a little frightened, but still calmed down and said: "What's over there?" As soon as the voice fell, a cloud of snow fell into my arms. Looking down, it was an exquisite and lovely white cat, so petite and lovely. It had been digging into my arms. The hair on its body had been wet with snow, which made me shiver, but I still hugged it tightly. As if this is the only life-saving straw I can grasp.

In this way, in the raging cold wind, in the seemingly endless darkness, a person held a cat and waited quietly. I didn't go to sleep anymore, but kept stroking the little creature in my arms, covering its fur with my own body temperature, and then found that the cat was so white that there was no variegated fur. The body is petite and exquisite, so beautiful that you can't put it down. And it looked at me with emerald eyes from time to time, yelling "meow", rubbing against me.

I don’t know how long it took. When the daylight came up, the wind stopped. The sun shot a bright light from between the dry branches. The snow on the ground was like a huge and flawless piece of fine white jade, reflecting brilliant light. .

I stood up, a blast of cold air hit my upper body, sweeping away all the fatigue in my body. Three low knocks came from outside the door, which was a signal from Brother Zhao to deliver food.

The cat scratched its head with its paws and called me "Mie" a few times. I stroked its soft fur and gently placed it on the ground.

"Go back, go back to your master." I smiled at it and said softly. Even if I know, how can a cat understand human speech.

It looked at me, finally turned around and ran out in a hurry. I looked at its small body that almost merged with the snow on the ground, and I could only judge its whereabouts by the cute plum blossom paw prints on the snow. It wasn't until I couldn't make out anymore that I turned around and returned to the house.

After that, this cat would come to my place from time to time. Although it stayed for a while, had fun with me, and then left, it also gave me a bit of fun in the long lonely days.

It hasn't come since the spring festival. I guess it must have been cold before, and the maid who looked after it was lazy and reluctant to go out, so the cat ran out by herself. At this time, the spring is full, and the cat’s owner will naturally walk in the spring to admire the scenery, so it is necessary to bring it with him, so naturally he can’t run around.

This cat, at first glance, knows that it is not a wild cat. It has good fur and looks. If it were not fed with good cat food and kept in a comfortable environment, it would not have that look. At the same time, I also guessed that the status of the owner of this cat must not be low. Pets are not allowed in the harem, unless they are bestowed or granted by the emperor. And these must be powers that can only be obtained by favored concubines.

I only think that I will never see it again, but I don't want to see its owner today, and give me a chance.

The cat jumped into the gloomy palace. For it, here is familiar, and there is someone who will love it. Like those maids, I feel that this place is full of evil spirits and unknowns.

The cat turned around in the palace and found where I was hiding. Rubbing my feet "meow" and yelled. At the same time, looking at me with those gem-like eyes, the delicate cat's face is full of aggrieved expressions.

No wonder its owner likes it. If it were me, I would definitely love it.

"Xue'er? So your name is Xue'er." I bent down and picked it up gently. It yelled "meow" as if expressing the friendship of longing. I scratched its chin, it made a comfortable "snoring" sound, and its head rested on my arms, very cute. I smiled softly, adjusted the veil on my face, and walked out slowly.

"Xue'er, Xue'er." Yi Zhaorong's voice is soft and soft, like gurgling water in the mountains. There was anxiety in her voice, but she did not dare to step into this palace.

I turned out from the half-closed door, startled the few people standing outside, and all stepped back, panic and fright in my eyes.

I looked at my gray and stiff robe, which was completely opposite to the elegant and elegant style of Yi Zhaorong's azure silver silk embroidered passionflower palace brocade dress, like a shroud, clinging to my skinny Physically, it makes me look like a ghost.

"You...you...who are you?" the palace lady named Huier called in horror.

I took my steps calmly and walked straight to Yi Zhaorong. Hui'er's protector stood in front of me. I stopped and passed the cat in my arms to Yi Zhaorong.

"This is your cat."

Yi Zhaorong took it in a daze. Xueer seemed unwilling to leave my arms and called me "meow". I nodded its head: "Go back to your master."

"Xue'er likes you very much." Yi Zhaorong looked at the cat and said with a slight surprise: "It rarely shows closeness to people." She said that she took Xueer and held it in her arms.

I took a look at Xue'er: "It's said that cats are ruthless, it doesn't seem to be the case at this time." I took a step back: "I just warmed it up in the winter night, and it remembered me."

Yi Zhaorong looked around for a while, then looked at me: "You live here?"

I nodded.

"Why?" Hui'er next to her yelled first: "This is an old palace, no one lives at all."

I lowered my eyes, the half-length veil on my face was floating on my chest, my brows were lowered, and I said in a slightly dumb voice, "I was punished for this."

"Punish?" Yi Zhaorong was a little surprised: "I haven't heard of it. The emperor has punished who came here."

I looked at Yi Zhaorong and smiled slightly and said: "The empress is a concubine, I am just a slave and maidservant. There are countless slaves and maidservants who are punished every day. How can the empress know?"

Yi Zhaorong still had doubts on her face, but did not speak.

"Then I should go to Lenggong. How could I give you a yard to live in. If it is a slave, then the treatment is better than the master." Hui Er seemed to be dissatisfied with Yi Zhaorong, and asked.

I lowered my head, with deep guilt in my tone: "Don’t hide my mother, I was punished until Fanxi took care of the concubines. But last fall, Fanxi made snakes, and several died. Those concubines were not. Crazy is stupid. I was really scared. I bought the guards who had passed away and asked them to change me to a quieter place, so I lived here."

"You're alone, aren't you afraid? Legend has it that the evil spirit is very heavy here." Hui'er said, but did not question me buying the guards and other claims. However, her attitude can’t decide anything. I looked at Yi Zhaorong, who stood silently. The white fur of Cher in her arms was like the vast snow covering the courtyard all day long in winter. It was pure and flawless, but it was also bitterly cold.

"What are you afraid of?" I said with a blank smile: "Since I have entered this cold palace, sooner or later I will return here. What else is there to be afraid of." The person who said his eyes crossed in front of them fell behind them. At the courtyard gate not far away, he raised a thin hand and said: "In fact, sometimes, those who are still alive but crazy are more terrifying than the ghosts and evildoers that appear in the legend of Midnight."

Maybe it was my frightening voice when I said this, and Hui'er took a step back in a daze, her face full of horror. She pulled Yi Zhaorong: "Master, let's go back."

Yi Zhaorong took a deep look at me with doubts in her eyes. She ignored Hui'er, but said indifferently: "You saved Xue'er, what reward do you want?"

I waved my hand: "It's just a matter of raising my hand."

"Cherer was given to me by the emperor. The meaning is extraordinary, so I must thank you." She said, taking off a mutton jade bracelet and said: "I will reward you with this."

I did not answer, but met her eyes: "Manny, in such a place, precious jewelry is not as pleasant as a hot meal."

Yi Zhaorong didn't expect that I would reject her, and Hui'er beside her was dissatisfied with my disrespect. She was about to say something, but Yi Zhaorong stopped it.

"Well, I promise you a wish, as long as I can do it." Yi Zhaorong said.

I am deeply blessed: "Thank you Niang Niang, I only have one wish, but no one can do it."

Huier looked at me and said, "My family Zhaorong is now the most favored by the emperor, there is nothing she can't want, you can tell." Her tone was full of arrogance.

I stared at Yi Zhaorong with a solemn tone: "I want to leave here."

Yi Zhaorong seemed to think for a long time, and finally stretched her brows, gently stroking the cat in her arms, silent like a butterfly perching on the petals, but as long as she **** her wings, she can shake the flowers.

"Why have you been punished so far?" Yi Zhaorong asked.

I was silent for a moment, thinking of an old thing in the palace, and then said: "I used to be an embroiderer in the palace." I straightened the hair that fell from my temples: "I was an ordinary embroiderer in the Xiulan Pavilion. , They all called me to be Xie Niang. I was very fond of empress dowagers because I was good at embroidering peonies. That year embroidered a rich and ruyi shirt for the empress dowagers. I did the last check before submitting it. There was no problem , But didn’t want to send it to the empress dowager, there was a slit in the front of the breast, and all the peonies on the clothes lost the color of the silk thread itself, very dim.” I paused: “At that time, the empress had committed an old illness. I wanted to use such a dress to please the Queen Mother, but I didn’t want to..." I shed tears: "Because the peonies were all embroidered by me, and the silk threads were all my choice. And the last inspection was also me. Hand, so all the guilt falls on me."

Yi Zhaorong nodded: "I have heard of this."

I wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes: "I passed the criminal law in the Department of Shenxing, but I have never done it and cannot confess. I am going to die, or the empress took the veil I once embroidered and went to the Queen Mother to intercede. I spared my life. But in the end, there was no evidence. The queen mother handed this matter to the empress empress, and the empress sent me to Fansi, asking me to take care of the abandoned concubine.