Feng Zirui knelt on the ground, with a full range of courtesy. Standing in front of her were two concubines and two nobles, plus their respective palace maids, a group of people were all women, with the smell of makeup and their malicious eyes.

Zi Rui knelt for a long time before hearing someone talking, but said, "Feng Zirui? Who is Feng Zirui?"

Before Zi Rui could answer, someone immediately said, "Don't you know, sister? Feng Zirui is the son of the former left prime minister Feng Jinyuan! He is the one who was driven to feed the horse by the emperor. Do you remember?"

The person who spoke before said "Oh" and said in a daze: "It turns out that he is a child of the Feng family. Isn't he the younger brother of Princess Yu? Tsk tsk, he looks good, but it's a pity-" She spoke with a long tone, but the next sentence was that it was a heart that was straight for Zi Rui, "It's a pity that he broke a finger."

The broken finger was humiliating for Zi Rui. It was not because he cared about his body's disability, but because the broken finger was given by his father. Whenever he thought of this, he would think of the Feng family in the past and the unfair treatment he had received in the Feng family in the past, and his heart would hurt like a knife.

But he couldn't say anything at the moment because the words were spoken by the concubine, and he was not qualified to refute. He didn't even dare to stand up, even if he kneeled on the ground and his legs were a little bit cold, he couldn't say anything more. I just hope that these women can do it well, don't make things too deliberately, it would be fine if he said it badly, but it would be fine if he kneeled for a while, so he must not have any extra trouble. In this palace, it's better to have more things than to do less, not to mention that the palace is no longer the palace he knew before.

However, things never go in a good direction according to people's wishes. These concubines who were determined to curry favor with Concubine Yuan Shu were not willing to let Zi Rui go like this. For them, Feng Zirui's appearance was not only a adjustment, but also a great opportunity to curry favor with Concubine Yuan Shu. So the four of them looked at each other and immediately reached an agreement, that is, they would never let this young man go easily.

At that time, everyone was standing next to the small lake in the imperial garden. The lake was not big, but it was flowing water, so it did not freeze. But even without ice, people in the winter made people feel cold. A noble man turned his eyes and pulled a hairpin off his head. He threw it into the water without saying a word. Until the gold hairpin was in the water, he pretended to scream: "Oh! My hairpin fell into the water, what should I do? That is my favorite hairpin!"

Someone immediately echoed next to him: "But that golden hairpin with five-color gems? That's a rare thing!"

"That's the one." The noble man who threw the hairpin into the water was very good at playing tricks. As he spoke, tears in his eyes were in his eyes. "That thing was sent to the palace last year by my family. It is said that even the second one in Dashun could not find. Even the Queen praised it for her to look good, but now..."

"Then you have to go down and grab it!"

The two of them sang and drank and spoke lively. A concubine standing next to them also spoke, looking at Feng Zirui and said, "Women can't do such things as going to the lake to retrieve hairpins. When we came out, we only brought the maids, not the eunuch. Now... the young master of the Feng family, you are the only man here. What should you do about this?"

"Miss Mei Meng!" Without waiting for Feng Zirui to speak, Yuerong spoke first and pointed out the identity of the concubine in one sentence. She said: "The young master of the Feng family is still young and will only be eleven years old after this New Year. I don't know if it will be water. How can he fish it? Besides, in such a winter, the lake water is cold and even if people don't freeze to death, they will have a layer of skin. The young master of the Feng family was invited by the emperor to the palace. If he gets sick, he will be afraid that it will be difficult for the emperor to ask about it."

"Bold!" The Concubine Mei stared at Yuerong, and felt that this girl looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen her for a while. Think about it again, Feng Zirui was from outside, and the maids around her were all from the palace. Who wouldn't look familiar after staying in the palace for a long time? So she said angrily: "Where can you, a slave, interject when you talk between the master?"

"But……"

"No, but!" Meipin interrupted Yuerong's words and said to the maid beside her: "Go, give me a slap!"

Without saying a word, the maid rushed forward and grabbed Yuerong's collar and arched her left and right, slapped her ears, making Yuerong unable to say a word.

Zi Rui was anxious and kowtowed again, "Please spare Sister Yuerong, don't beat me anymore. Zi Rui will get water. Zi Rui goes down to retrieve the hairpin. Please let her stop quickly!"

"Stop!" Meipin raised her hand and stopped the maid from continuing to beat people. Yuerong's mouth was already bloody, and her face was swollen. Meipin asked Zirui with a sneer: "I really want to go down to get a hairpin? This is voluntary. Don't blame me for not reminding you that if you are cold today, you are careful not to get up again."

"Don't worry, Empress, Zi Rui was voluntary, and this matter is not the same as the Empress."

"Okay!" Meipin and others were very satisfied with the result, so they said to Zirui: "Then go! No matter how late it is, I'm afraid that the hairpin will float to where it will float."

Zi Rui knew that he would not be able to avoid today's affairs, so he gritted his teeth and stood up, and walked straight towards the lake.

Yuerong looked anxious and wanted to stop her, but four maids immediately came up begging her. She begged helplessly: "Miss Mei, be kind! Young Master Feng is too young to resist this trouble. Otherwise... let me go! Although I am not very good at water, even if I die, I will get my hairpin back."

"You?" Meipin suddenly laughed, "What are you? You are qualified to touch the nobleman's five-color gem gold hairpin? Humph! Take care of the people for me, don't let her scream." Under Meipin's instructions, the maids simply covered Yuerong's mouth, so as not to make too much noise in the imperial garden and attract more people.

At this time, when Feng Zirui heard a "puzzle", he had no choice but to jump into the lake. The cold water of the lake invaded his whole body instantly, making Zirui unable to stretch his limbs. After swimming less than three times, he watched it sink to the bottom of the lake.

Despair rose in his heart. The ice in the lake was too cold, and his body was frozen suddenly, let alone looking for a hairpin. Could it be that he would be here today? Zi Rui felt a little regretful. How good to stay in that small courtyard, why bother to come to this garden? As expected, everyone in the palace was a cannibalistic person, and the more beautiful the person was, the more poisonous the heart was. He couldn't even understand what these concubines did, why did they make things difficult for others like this?

Of course, Yue Rong's words also echoed in his mind. These are all close to Concubine Yuan Shu, and they are all close to Concubine Yuan Shu! Concubine Yuan Shu is the biological mother of the Eighth Prince, and she is in opposition to the Ninth Prince. Isn't it natural to deal with him?

Thinking of this, his body continued to sink to the bottom of the lake. Zi Rui felt a coldness that was about to penetrate his soul, piercing his whole body like a knife. He no longer wanted to find any golden hairpins, but that was just a reason the other party found casually, with the purpose of killing him. Only when he died can the other party be satisfied?

Seeing the child sinking into the bottom of the lake without any movement for a long time, Yuerong was as anxious as she bit the hand of the palace maid who covered her mouth. The palace maid was in pain and let go. She didn't care about anything else and ran away. Meipin and others also saw Yuexiu running away, and immediately ordered the maid to chase after her. The nobleman Qi asked worriedly at this time: "Can you die?"

Another Concubine Liu answered: "If he really dies, will we be in trouble?"

Xiangpin, who had not spoken, spoke and said, "The emperor should have nothing to do. After all, there is a concubine Shu blocking her! She is just afraid that the ninth prince will come in and whip in if he gets crazy..."

As soon as he mentioned this, people couldn't help but shivered, and even the Concubine Mei shivered for a moment. But then they came to their senses and couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, now is not as good as before. The palace is the world of the Eighth Prince and Concubine Shu. Do you think the Ninth Prince can easily enter the harem? Not to mention whipping people with a whip, I'm afraid that as soon as he broke into the palace gate, he would be arrested by the Imperial Guard. Let's wait and watch the fun." After saying that, he glanced into the lake again, and his eyebrows were still slightly frowned. That's right, this Concubine Mei was also a little nervous. What if Feng Zirui really died, would they really be fine?

Just as I was thinking, I heard footsteps coming from behind me. Before a few people could look back, I heard another "thump" sound, someone jumped out of the water and rushed straight to the bottom of the lake and sank quickly.

Guiren Qi said in a daze: "It seems like he is a eunuch."

Liu Ping said in detail: "It's the eunuch around the Empress."

The few people then realized and turned around. They saw Yuerong leading the queen to walk here. While walking, they pointed at them and said, "Empress, it's them. They deliberately threw hairpins into the lake and forced the young master of the Feng family to jump out of the lake to fish."

There was also a woman in red with her side. In the cold weather, she was dressed very thinly and didn't even wear a cloak. The woman was no one else, and she was Feng Zhaolian who still stayed in Jingci Palace and refused to leave. For a person who grew up in Qianzhou, Dashun's winter was too young, and he really didn't feel cold at all.

But this is not cold because the body is not cold, but the heart is getting colder day by day.

When several people approached, when Meipin and others saluted the queen, Feng Zhaolian looked at the people with disgust. Without saying a word, she raised her foot and kicked one of them. The man also "puzzled" and fell to the lake, but it was the nobleman Qi who took the initiative to throw his hairpin.

Meipin was shocked and stared at Feng Zhaolian and wanted to blame him, but when she was paired with Feng Zhaolian's face, she didn't know how to speak. This person was so beautiful that he was so beautiful that even the person who wanted to scold him was embarrassed to speak. What is this state?

But Meipin was embarrassed to speak, Feng Zhaolian was not so aware. He pointed to the remaining three people and said to the queen: "Whoever is abusive to Baxin should drive them out of the palace and send them to Guzi Temple, and stay in the palace for what? It's not that the old emperor hasn't touched them for more than 20 years, and he looks too ugly."
Chapter completed!