Dong Gong Mei

The dilapidated Yeting is overgrown with weeds.

Pei Cairen sat on the ground and looked at the roof absently.

This is the cold palace.

This is the second time she has come in. The last time she was crazy and silly, crying and laughing. But this time, she was exceptionally quiet.

The beams were crumbling, and the dust was shaking off. She remained motionless, letting the dust spread all over her body.

"Squeaks-" A mouse pumped into the room beam, and the whole cold palace showed a desolate feeling. The squeaking sound made by the mouse added a bit of killing around.

Pei Cairen sat in the ruins for an unknown amount of time, until when the sun shone into the steps, rapid footsteps suddenly sounded outside.

Pei Cai was indifferent.

After being deposed for the second time, her family lost power. Under a series of blows, she tasted despair.

With a "squeak" sound, the courtyard door was pushed open.

"Hey -" a disgusted voice sounded, "Why is it all covered in ashes, and I don't know how to clean it. After all, I am still a concubine in the harem, so I don't deserve to be laughed at." Then he called out, "Pei Cairen!"

Pei Cai ignored him.

The visitor seemed dissatisfied and called her name again: "Pei Rong!"

Pei Cairen was silent.

The visitor was not polite and directly ordered: "Go, lift her up for me!"

"As ordered."

Before Pei Cairen could respond, his ribs suddenly hurt, and he was lifted up and forced to face the door.

The visitor was an elderly palace maid, accompanied by two chamberlains, both of whom were very unfamiliar.

Pei Cairen only raised his eyelids, looked at it for a while, and then lowered his eyelids.

She was really desperate and didn't want to care about dignity anymore... Besides, in this deep palace, whether master or slave, who was not a dog without dignity?

She allowed the waiter to hold her up, like a puppet, without a trace of life.

She didn't want to argue, but the grandma opposite was very angry and scolded Datong sternly.

Pei Cairen felt that her mind was empty. She didn't want to hear what the man was saying or scolding, and she couldn't hear it. There was only a "buzzing" sound in her ears.

After the nanny finished scolding her, her tone suddenly changed and she shouted sharply: "I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"

Pei Cairen frowned and glanced numbly at the person in front of him.

Grandma grabbed her palm, "pop", put a medicine bottle into her hand, and said succinctly: "There is something, you go and do it."

Pei Cairen raised his eyelids and saw that the other party's expression was cold and serious, not joking, so he twitched the corner of his mouth with a sarcastic smile.

"Why?" she asked, her tone indifferent but arrogant.

"Why?" Mammy smiled, very contemptuously, and held Pei Cairen's chin with one hand, "Because you are a useless concubine, because you are a fool, because you are an ant, and because of your current situation of lingering! "

"Ha..." Pei Cairen also smiled, "Isn't your mistress the same? She was one step away from the throne, but she became a traitor overnight and was put under house arrest by the emperor in the temple. From then on, the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha... Isn't she A stupid person, not an ant, not just hanging on for a living?" The old woman didn't expect that the deposed person could still be so arrogant, and she was speechless for a moment: "You!"

Pei Cairen finished his sarcasm and threw the medicine bottle to the other party: "I won't do it, she can find someone else."

The old mama raised her eyebrows, a little surprised: "You don't want to take the opportunity to bring down the Zhao family? Zhao Xiwei is your enemy!"

"Really?" Pei Cairen laughed out loud, "My enemy is Zhao Xiwei? Hahahaha!"

She seemed to have heard some big joke, and she threw her head back and laughed until tears burst out of the corners of her eyes.

She raised her hand to wipe it, but she pulled it back suddenly, raised her head suddenly, stared at the beam, and said word by word: "I know very well who the real enemy is!"

"Zhao Xiwei?" She looked back at the old grandma and smiled: "She deserves it too?!"

The old mama felt a chill in her heart, and couldn't help scolding: "She caused you to lose your position, made you bear the blame, and made your Pei family implicated, but you say she is not an enemy? I think you are out of your mind. !”

"That's enough!" Pei Cairen interrupted her arrogantly, "Go back and tell your master that she wants to kill Zhao Xiwei. She can just let anyone kill her. Isn't it just drugging? You can do it, and so can he. You can grab any young slave in this palace, but as for me——"

She closed her eyes, "I'm tired and don't want to fight anymore."

"Splash!" was ordered.

"Wow!" Cold water poured down his head.

Pei Cairen opened his eyes, but was dazzled by water drops. In the haze, grandma sneered coldly: "I think you are dizzy! Give you some cold water to wake up!"

Pei Cairen took a sip of cold water, and his hair fell down, sticking to his face wetly, looking very embarrassed.

"No! I'm not dizzy! I'm awake! No matter how stupid I, Pei Arong, was before, I should understand now——"

She coughed violently, tears falling down with water drops, "My enemy is not in the harem, not among women..." She took a deep breath, and her voice became sharp, "He is in the court, among men, among men. East Palace!”

"...As a prince, he actually abolished your Majesty's woman! This is really an eternal joke! You see, I am the emperor's concubine and the biological mother of the prince, and he will abolish me as soon as he says! But Your Majesty... Your Majesty, he didn't even say a word None! Their father and son are connected heart to heart! Yes, they are a family, but who am I? Who am my children? "

"You asked me to kill Zhao Xiwei, why did I refuse? It's not that I'm confused, it's that I saw through it!"

She smiled sadly, "So what if I kill Zhao Xiwei? As long as the crown prince comes to power, how can I, Pei Arong, escape death? My family, the Pei family, is full of loyal people, and how can I escape liquidation?"

"So..." The old woman's expression became strange.

"Haha... Do you think I'm crazy?" Pei Cairen sneered, nodded, and said, "Yes, I am crazy. I went crazy as early as last year."

"...In this way, the master is right about the person..."

The old grandma stared at Pei Cairen, her tone lowered, and she murmured: "...your idea is not crazy..."

"What?" Pei Cairen was startled.

One hand held Pei Cairen's wrist.

With great strength, the old mama stuffed the medicine into Pei Cairen's palm, then wrapped her whole palm with force, and said word by word: "Listen, the dragnet has been laid for a long time. Just wait for one strike today, and you will definitely get a big harvest." Total victory! Remember, revenge is at hand, you just have to obey orders!"

"Follow orders?" Pei Cairen was even more puzzled. She moved her fingers and looked at the medicine bottle inside. Was she being asked to kill the prince?

She opened her mouth and was about to ask when the old nanny suddenly leaned over, got close to her face, and whispered a few words in a low voice: "... Go to the Secretary's Pavilion... Once this medicine is released, the prince will fall into the abyss... By then...you have to know that His Majesty only has two sons...except the prince, who else is left?"