After the new widow, I became a tyrant's tender outer chamber

Chapter 206 Scissors
Waiting until the next day, the little maids laughed and quarreled with Ruan Yuyi for a while before returning to the bedroom.

It was rare for her to sleep so late. At this time, she was a little tired and weak. After washing and changing, she went to bed.

Mu Xiang brought a pair of small golden scissors and pressed them under the pillow for her to drive away the evil spirits of the past.She smiled knowingly, this Mu Xiang learned a lot of trivial habits from A Niang.

Mu Xiang cut off the candle wick, put down the curtain for her, and walked out lightly.

The room was suddenly taken over by darkness, and even inside the golden curtain, the original color of the curtain could not be seen clearly.She closed her eyes and soon fell into a dream.

In the dream, she saw the wood spirit smiling and walking towards her from a distance.

She was overjoyed and was about to go up to meet him, but suddenly saw two tears of blood in Mu Ling's eyes.Mu Ling smiled sadly, and asked her why she was so careless, why did she ask her to leave the palace without noticing anything strange about her?
In the dream, Mu Ling's face was blurred, but it made her realize that Mu Ling was crying, and heard her weep blood every word.

She was frightened, and wanted to go forward to embrace the wood spirit, but the wood spirit's face suddenly changed into that of Cheng Zhushi, pointing a finger at her, accusing her of being unfaithful and filial.

She felt that her internal organs were suddenly lifted, and her body fell down. She didn't know whether she was awake or not. In a blur of consciousness, she took out the small golden scissors under the pillow and pressed it against the neck of the person in front of her.

The man was tall and tall, with broad shoulders and narrow waist, leaning over the bed.

He didn't seem to be afraid that the scissors would poke him, and he got closer to her on his own.When she saw his face clearly, she came over suddenly. The hand holding the scissors stepped back, and when she let go, the scissors fell.

Jiang Huaiyang picked it out from the quilt and put it on the nearby small table, "Why put such a dangerous thing?"

She lowered her head, black hair covered most of her face, and there was some thin sweat on her forehead. Although she calmed down a little, she could still feel her heart beating like a drum, almost breaking her chest.

She said softly, "...it's a custom."

He pinned her hair behind her ears, revealing the little lady's frightened face.Her eyelashes trembled, like a butterfly with wet wings, she looked very pitiful.

He embraced the person and whispered in his ear, "Called the nightmare?"

In the darkness, Ruan Yuyi was silent for a while, then stared at the person in front of her, and said word by word, "The concubine dreamed of the wood spirit, she is complaining about the concubine, and wants to ask for her life."

So far, she is still not sure whether there is another reason hidden behind the sentence of "suicide", or whether there is a handwriting of the person in front of her.

She is talking, but also testing.

Jiang Huaiyang kissed her warm face and coaxed, "Don't you have a very good relationship with that maidservant? Since you were close in life, how could you harm you after death? Don't think about it."

He suppressed his voice, his voice was low and contemptuous, as if there was some kind of magic, which made her feel much more at ease.

She fell silent.

He continued, "I ordered people to bury her good life, but when I sent people to her home, her grandmother had already died of illness." According to the neighbors, her grandmother was already dying when Mu Ling left her hometown. Later, her aunt's family helped with the funeral.

At this moment, brocade quilts were piled up under her waist, and she was only wearing thin pajamas on her upper body, and the coldness of the deep winter wrapped around her muscles and bones inch by inch.

Xu Shi was very cold, she leaned into his arms, and her nostrils were filled with the familiar fragrance.

It's just that she was still clenching her fingertips, and her body was slightly stiff, obviously for relaxation.

Jiang Huaiyang seemed to have noticed something, and after a moment of silence, he held her face in his hands so that she could look at him, "So you don't believe me? Do you think I lied to you?"

He paused for a moment, and continued, "Or, does Lingling feel that the death of that maidservant has something to do with me?"

She took a breath and swallowed. She should have refuted something, but all of it was stuck in her throat.She had to admit that everything he said was her thoughts.

She also admits that there is no reason to think so, but in the bottom of her heart, she does not want to admit that the happy people in her impression will choose such a way in the end.

She always wanted to find a reason for herself, so she naturally put this suspicion on him.

He bit the tip of her ear as if punishing, but it didn't hurt, but the numb feeling spread all the way down to her spine.

His voice was so low that she couldn't tell the emotion inside, "Can you trust me a little bit?"

What about letters?So what if you don't believe me?For her, there is no difference.But she managed to force a smile after all, and said in a soft voice as usual, "I never thought that way, nor did I ever distrust Your Majesty."

"Look, Your Majesty, who does not believe this?"

Under the faint moonlight, he faintly saw the gleam in her eyes, he thought it was tears in her eyes, because he reached out to caress her eyes, but when he touched them, he realized that her eyes were dry and did not shed tears.
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The next day, as soon as the new emperor came out of Chang'an Palace, the news that Concubine Shu had lifted her confinement spread like wildfire, but the price was that she was deprived of her title and demoted to concubine.For a while, some people gloated, while others panicked.

In any case, this Concubine Rong is free again.

Here in Chang'an Palace Ruan Yuyi was washing and grooming, when someone came to report outside, it was Concubine Rong who asked to see her.She couldn't tell what was going on in her heart for a moment, her throat choked up, and she said softly, "Please."

Some palace servants opened up the soft curtains, and Concubine Rong stepped into the backlight, and the light shone in, creating a halo around her body.His stature and dignity did not decrease at all, but he looked a little weaker.

Ruan Yuyi caught a glimpse of her figure in the mirror, pushed away Mu Xiang's hand holding the hairpin, turned around and stood up.

She opened her mouth, and it took a long time to find her voice, "—Sister."

"I've seen Concubine Jin." It was Concubine Rong who bowed and saluted respectfully, stepped forward to hug her, and it was Rong Shi who thanked her, "If it wasn't because of my sister, Your Majesty would never have lifted the confinement." .”

She said, "No, maybe the concubine will not be exempted from being implicated in the family by the reason of leaving the cabinet as a daughter."

Concubine Rong came here specially to thank her, if not for her help and care during the days when the Chonghua Palace was locked up, those palace people who follow the wind would not be tempted to bully her a little bit.

Ruan Yuyi was ashamed of this thank you, she thought that she had never done anything to help, the only thing she could do was to send some daily necessities or food to Chonghua Palace.

How can she control His Majesty's mind?

She grabbed Pin Rong's hand and wanted to have a chat with her.

Concubine Rong was a little taller than her. Hearing what she said, she lowered her eyes and smiled, "My sister's hair hasn't been done yet. The concubine is beside the empress, and she won't leave."

But from father to brother to wood spirit, she was really terrified.She and Concubine Rong are both women, and Concubine Rong has always been spoiled by her, so it is rare for her to be petty and insist on holding Concubine Rong's hand before she asks Mu Xiang to put on a hairpin for herself.

(End of this chapter)