Spring apricots around the palace wall

Chapter 6
"Who have you seen!"

When Concubine Ying Gui roared, none of the girls who waited and groomed beside her dared to stand up.

"Are they all dead!"

She got angry and slammed the table, and the maids shuddered and knelt on the ground.

The maids are also aggrieved. It is a bracelet out of nothing. Where can I draw it to give an explanation?
The queen kicked the seeds with great interest.

"The Yufu Palace is really full of talents. If the master loses a bracelet, he doesn't know which one he lost."

Concubine Ying Gui was so angry that her breath became short. These maids are all stupid. Can you just draw it at this time?
Instead, the queen saw a joke.

Concubine Ying Gui adjusted her breath, "I have too many jewelry given by the royal family here. The maids don't know the goods, and they don't dare to look at them. They don't know where they are from."

"You maids are too capable, why don't you send them all to the palace, and this palace picks a few maids who know the goods for you?"

"I will discipline myself," Concubine Ying Gui hummed, "In the end, it's just a bracelet, don't bother the Queen."

The queen stood up and said lightly, "If you don't bother this palace, you don't have to bother the emperor."

Not to be outdone, Concubine Ying Gui said, "I just casually mentioned that I lost my bracelet. The emperor asked the queen to help you find it. That is because the emperor is willing to rest assured about my affairs. How can you understand the meaning of a concubine?"

The queen felt more and more ridiculous when she heard it. Looking at this confident Concubine Ying Gui, she couldn't help laughing.

Mother Chun supported the queen and walked on the long palace road, the queen was speechless for a long time.

In front of Fengyi Palace, the queen raised her eyes to look at the towering lintel, and said with a smile, "The emperor asked me to help find the bracelet, he just asked me to go to the Yufu Palace to kill the noble concubine's spirit."

Aunt Chun nodded and said, "The Holy Heart is unpredictable, madam."
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Concubine Shu came to see Ruan Wei on the third day and brought good news.

"The emperor replaced the maid in the imperial concubine's palace with a clean one, and the one who followed her into the palace from the boudoir was also replaced!"

Ruan Wei was basking in the sun in the yard. She had heard about the change of people in the imperial concubine's palace, but she didn't want to disappoint at this moment, so she was surprised: "Why did you change people suddenly."

"It is said that these palace maids are not good enough, and they can't even tell what bracelet the master lost. The emperor was furious when he knew about this, and angered them as useless, so they replaced them." Concubine Shu held her hand, and the words were sharp. Turn, "Let's play chess, can you play chess?"

Ruan Wei nodded, then sat down at the stone table engraved with the chessboard, and asked someone to bring the pieces.

Concubine Shu was always smiling today and dressed up brightly, especially attentively peeling an orange for Ruan Wei.

Ruan Wei smiled and said, "You were favored last night? Are you so happy?"

"What's the joy of being favored? You haven't seen the concubine's shriveled appearance. The emperor wanted to replace the imperial concubine's palace. He also called the queen to go and asked the queen to point out a few people to the imperial concubine. I was following the queen at that time. I went with the Queen."

Concubine Shu continued: "The Concubine has said it several times, there is no problem with the person, and there is no need to change it. The emperor pretended not to hear it, and changed it upside down. How could Concubine go to the person arranged by the Queen's sister? The face is like eating a bedbug, it's ugly to death."

Concubine Ying Gui originally wanted to make trouble with Ruan Wei, but she got to this point by accident. She lost her wife and lost her army.

Concubine Shu was in a hurry, and she kept babbling: "I was still in front of you two days ago, this is retribution, let her bully others, the sisters don't like her, these two days everyone is happy like the New Year. , Sister Queen is also in a good mood."

The harem has always been united. Before the arrival of Concubine Yinggui, it was always friendly. There were rare quarrels and trivial matters. Everyone was doing well under the leadership of the queen.

At first, no one disapproved of Concubine Ying Gui, she was the one who plucked herself out and disdained to be in the company of others. She also believed that she was the emperor's only favorite, and felt that everyone would be jealous of her. Slowly, everyone also They stand on the opposite side of her, and want to see how long she can be arrogant.

It's ridiculous, after all, when Ruan Wei was favored, there was no one in the harem who could not get along with her.

Ruan Wei said thoughtfully: "This is not necessarily a good thing."

Concubine Shu was taken aback, "Why?"

The emperor's beating of Concubine Yinggui was neither light nor heavy, and Taiwei Xu should understand naturally when he saw it in his eyes, so he must restrain himself.Taiwei Xu has restrained, but it is not a situation that Ruan Wei is happy to see.

What she wanted to see was that Taiwei Xu was more arrogant than the imperial concubine, so arrogant that the emperor was furious.

"After playing chess, I'm going to sit at the queen's place. Will Concubine Shu go?"

Concubine Shu yawned: "Go ahead, I got up too early today, I want to take a nap later."
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When Ruan Wei passed by, the queen was arranging a place for the people who had been exchanged from Concubine Ying Gui's palace.

"You came just in time, come and make up your mind together."

Ruan Wei, together with the Queen, sent these people away one by one, and finally a petite girl was left, leaving her to kneel in the palace alone.

The hall suddenly became quiet, the queen kept silent for a long time, and the maid became more and more flustered for a long time.

Ruan Wei carefully peeled an orange and handed it to the queen, who then slowly spoke.

"Xi'er, right, how long have you been with your concubine?"

Xi'er didn't dare to raise her head, and said, "Returning to Empress's words, the slaves entered the Xu residence at the age of ten and stayed with the imperial concubine for five years."

The queen nodded.Although the palace maid was flustered, she calmly answered her words in a clear and decent manner.

"It has been known that the imperial concubine has a bad personality and is not considerate to the servants. Is there such a thing?"

Xi'er said softly, "Slaves don't dare to criticize master, how master treats slaves, slaves and slaves should suffer."

Although these words did not say anything, they also acquiesced to the harsh treatment of the imperial concubine.

The queen smiled and said, "There is an elder brother and three younger brothers in your family. They were originally from Western Hunan. They moved to the imperial city due to the drought in Western Hunan. Their parents made a living by begging."

Xi'er was startled, raised her head subconsciously, looked directly into the eyes of the queen, and then suddenly realized that she was rude, hurriedly lowered her head, and answered tremblingly, "Yes."

"You can rest assured that they are all safe and sound. As long as you are obedient and go to the Taiwei's mansion to send a letter, your family, including yourself, will have better days to come."

The hall was so quiet that you could hear needles falling, and Xi'er's chaotic breathing slowly calmed down under the queen's gaze.

Xier nodded.

"Don't worry, the maid will do it well." Her answer was firm.

Rather than trusting her words, it is better to trust her to care about her family.Ruan Wei has learned that she brings money to her family every month. She is a very filial girl.

After the queen explained everything in [-], Xi'er was sent out of Fengyi Palace.

Ruan Wei got up and saluted the queen.

"Thank you Queen Empress."

The queen stretched out her hand to help her up and patted the back of her hand, "You're welcome, don't be too polite, I don't like kneeling. Besides, you're not the only one who wants Taiwei Xu to be sacked."

(End of this chapter)