Chunman Palace

Chapter 61 Weaving the Web
Lu Zhu knelt down in horror and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, this servant did not lie! This servant really did not lie! Please forgive this servant!"

Concubine Lan couldn't care less about people, she had already left in a sedan chair.

Luzhu was beaten to the point of tears, and screamed again and again, and Nanny Fang almost fainted from the stick, and the cries of the two were heard far away.

After being slapped, Lu Zhu knelt on the long street outside the Huanyi Bureau to be punished. Her cheeks were red and swollen from the beating, and the pain was unbearable. The wound was about to be affected, but the crying was not slowed down, and there was always a sob from time to time.

"Are you Luzhu?" An unfamiliar voice sounded, and Luzhu looked up, she was a palace maid she had never seen before, but judging from her clothes, she should be a palace maid from the empress's palace.

Lu Zhu nodded hesitantly, and asked cautiously: "I don't know if my sister can ask me for something..."

The court lady smiled slightly, her eyes were full of concern: "Come with me, our master has something to reward you."

After Lan Fei left the clothes bureau, she immediately got up and went to Yaohua Pavilion. Lin Qingyu seemed to know that Lan Fei was coming early in the morning, so she was not surprised, and she still looked humble and respectful.

"The concubine pays her respects to Concubine Lan."

Concubine Lan looked at the calm and composed Lin Qingyu, sized her up for a long time, and finally said: "Excuse me, Qing nobles, don't you invite me to sit in?"

Lin Qingyu got up slowly, said with a slight smile, "It's only natural, Lingqiao, go prepare a pot of good tea."

After Concubine Lan took her seat, she went straight to the point and said, "The Qing nobleman sent someone to tell me about the Clothes Bureau, but made me rush to a Hongmen banquet. What is the purpose?"

Lin Qingyu stretched out her hand and asked, "Sister, please drink tea."

Concubine Lan glanced at the teacup lightly, and said coldly: "I never drink tea other than Sanqing tea, Qing nobles don't have to worry about it."

Lin Qingyu still avoided talking about it, and said along the topic of people: "It is said that these three clear teas are made from snow-watered plum blossoms, pine nuts, bergamot, and Longjing. People who have practiced in the meditation are really breathless and fascinating."

Concubine Lan looked at the person coldly, without any fluctuations in her heart: "I heard that the nobleman is good at speaking, and now I see it, but I don't have time to listen to the flattery of the nobleman here. I just want to ask you, what are you doing?" What do you want to do?" Her words were extremely flat, but also extremely dangerous, which made people shiver.

Seeing Concubine Lan's tough attitude, Lin Qingyu no longer evaded, and said sternly: "The concubine just wants to use the concubine Lan to expand the situation, so that I can lure the fish to the bait. As for the other things, please forgive the concubine for not telling me."

Concubine Lan was not angry but said in a stern voice, "It's unreasonable. You want to make arrangements, why did you go to the palace? Qing nobleman, if you tell the reason, I don't have to pursue today's matter, otherwise I will have to It was dealt with according to the palace rules."

Lin Qingyu got up and knelt down: "If Concubine Lan still recognizes Jin Gui as a sister, please trust my concubine, and I will tell my concubine everything in the future. As for the current concubine, I really can't disclose it."

Concubine Lan's expression softened slightly upon hearing this.

Qing nobleman and Pingting have a good relationship, the two should have some plans, but Qing nobleman's ambiguous words are not enough to convince her, but if you keep asking, you won't find anything, and it will alarm other people in the harem.

She was silent for a moment, and chose to believe in Lin Qingyu.

"Get up, Bengong will trust you for now. But you have to remember, if you dare to do something unfavorable to Pingting, Bengong will never let you go lightly." At the end, she added another sentence: " Be careful." Get up and leave.

Lin Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief, got up and asked Mo'er, "Is Hanmei back?"

"Should be back, servant girl to call her."

Not long after, Hanmei entered the room to salute: "Slave maid greets the young master."

Lin Qingyu stroked the lid of the lamp, and asked in a cold voice, "Is everything done?"

"Go back to my lord, everything is ready."

Lin Qingyu's beautiful eyes flashed a cold light, she slammed the teacup on the ground, and scolded: "Is it right? I think you have done a lot of things that you shouldn't have done without my knowledge?"

Hanmei kowtowed tremblingly, her voice was a bit crying: "My lord, I don't have any, I just want my lord's plan to be more thorough, and those things can't hinder my plan!"

"Do you know that it's because of your self-assessment that you almost...!" Lin Qingyu frowned angrily, "I don't need self-assertive people around me, go to Yeting by yourself, and never return to Yaohua Pavilion to serve."

"Little master?" Hanmei was stunned, tears rolled in her eyes, and finally fell down with a thud, and she said in a trembling voice: "I really know my mistake, and I just want to let the situation slowly ferment, but the little master Create rumors, this has already been done!"

Lin Qingyu rubbed his forehead, and didn't want to look at anyone anymore, and said annoyedly: "You are too selfish, Yaohua Pavilion can't keep you, go by yourself, don't let me say it a second time."

At this moment, Lingqiao hurried in and said to Lin Qingyu, "My lord, I heard that something happened at the Clothes Bureau! A court lady named Luzhu was punished by Empress Lan, and she jumped into the well after kneeling for an hour. Yes! You have such a strong temper!"

Lin Qingyu's heart trembled, she just wanted to use the people from the Clothes Bureau to spread rumors, but she didn't expect to kill a life for nothing, she tried her best to calm down, and said slowly: "I see... Back off, give some money to others Bury her well."

"Young master is really kind."

I had no intention of killing Boren, but Boren died because of me.

Lin Qingyu closed her eyes tightly and let out a long sigh. When she opened them again, Hanmei was still kneeling on the ground, trembling all over and sobbing softly.

Thinking that Lu Zhu was her good friend and lost her life now, she also felt guilty, so she pulled out the emerald jade hairpin from her head and stuck it in her hair, "Let's go."

Hanmei didn't say anything more, she bowed to Lin Qingyu, bowed her head and retreated.

She walked out of Yaohua Pavilion like a lost soul, walking on the palace road, suddenly trembling and laughing.

"Finally, I'm free."

She laughed so hard that every joint in her body trembled, and finally curled up and squatted down, frowning tightly, trying to squeeze out a few tears, but her eyes were so dry that nothing could come out, she just wanted to laugh from the bottom of her heart.

The palace people passing by thought she was crazy, and all avoided whispering.

And countless pictures appeared in her mind, like a revolving lantern, hitting her heart one after another, or sourness, joy, sadness, anger, unwillingness, fear, these emotions suddenly condensed into extremely bitter water and swung in her heart, like drinking water. Like Meng Po soup, who washes away all the memories in the world, she leans on the palace wall obsessively, like a wandering soul.

Suddenly, a porcelain bottle fell firmly into her palm.

She raised her head suddenly, and was facing a pair of slightly restrained cold eyes.

It was a man.

He has sword-like eyebrows and star-eyed eyes. He is dressed in a black brocade robe with light silver patterns engraved on it, making his complexion as fine and white as silk.

And the pattern embroidered by the silver traces is Platycodon grandiflora.

There is only one guard who can dress like this.

Zeyu is not only the emperor's personal bodyguard, but also ranks up to the third rank, and usually stays by the emperor's side unless he receives special orders.It was an adventure to see you today.

She suddenly came back to her senses, stood up and saluted him: "Master Zezu."

"...So you are not." Zezu frowned, said something to himself, thought for a while as if struggling, and finally turned and left.

Hanmei suddenly looked down at the "porcelain vase" and found that it was made of water jade. She felt surprised, thinking that this thing is precious, and she can get a lot of silver in exchange for coming to Sunrise Palace, so she put it away for the time being.

There are not a few court ladies who have been punished into the court these days.

Su Gonggong, who was in charge of Ye Ting, drew a big cake for several people with kind eyebrows: "I offended the master and was punished to come in? Look at it, there is nothing wrong with Ye Ting. It is very easy to stay away from the turmoil of the harem. As long as you are willing to work hard There is a bright future in doing things.”

However, anyone who is not an idiot knows that the work in Ye Ting is the most troublesome, and as long as the palace maid and eunuch are retreated to Ye Ting by the master, it will be very difficult to be fished out again.

Hanmei was sweeping the leaves, when Su Gonggong suddenly came over, with a smile on his face: "Since you entered the Yeting Court, you can't wear any gorgeous things, this emerald jade hairpin on your head is not vulgar! Which master did you serve in the past? "

Hanmei only cares about sweeping the leaves, ignoring Duke Su's justice.

Eunuch Su has never received such contempt from low-level palace people since he was in charge, he immediately lost his composure, and said sharply: "I'm asking you something! Don't you just want to give you face!"

Hanmei walked around in disgust, and swept the dead leaves in the other corner.

However, Mr. Su took it like a dog skin plaster immediately, squinted his mouse eyes, and smiled maliciously: "Hanmei, just stay well after entering Yeting, don't try to go out, if you are willing to put your head on Give me this hairpin, and it will not be a problem to arrange easy work for you in the future."

Her heart was clear, Hanmei put down the broom, and immediately took off the emerald jade hairpin on her head and handed it to someone: "This hairpin is a gift from the young master, if my servant dares to give it to you, does Eunuch Su dare to accept it?"

"Don't use your master to oppress others. You made a mistake and bored your master, and she still cares about you? Our family is not a big scare." Su Gonggong scolded people angrily, and took the jade hairpin and put it away.

Hanmei closed her eyes deeply, enduring the rising resentment.

At night, Hanmei was assigned to deliver milk to the Lingxin Palace, but a figure suddenly blocked her way.

The visitor is actually very fragrant.

Hanmei put down the barrel and asked, "Auntie Shuxiang, what's the matter?"

With a smile on his face, Shuxiang put a handful of silver bills into the person's hand and said, "The empress said that you are doing well these days, so she specially arranged for you to deliver milk to the Spirit Heart Palace. The empress said that if you finish this matter, she will pardon you immediately." palace."

Hanmei clenched the bank note in her hand, with a puzzled look on her face: "I don't know what the empress wants me to do?"

"You only need to have clear eyes and ears, and then disclose the news to the Qing nobles."

"After this matter is done, will the empress really let me out of the palace?" Hanmei didn't believe it, but she still couldn't help asking this question.

"Naturally." Shu Xiang smiled deeply, but his eyes showed indifference.

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter." Hanmei said with a gloomy heart, she picked up the bucket and headed towards the Spiritual Heart Palace dully.

Lingxin Palace is colorful at night, and the thin branches and leaves are rustling, making it extraordinarily quiet. This place is the residence of Concubine Ling, and the palace people should have been arranged to clean and patrol, but at this time, there is no one there, and the night is hazy and quiet. And weird.

Hanmei stepped into the palace gate empty-handed, looked around carefully, then slipped in, slowly approached the brightly lit bedroom door, and listened closely.

"Why are you so careless, that kind of clothes are still sent to the Clothes Bureau? You think you've lived too long?"

The man's voice filled her ears, and Hanmei covered her mouth tremblingly, forcing herself not to make a sound.

Immediately afterwards, there was Lingbi's terrified voice: "How could it be me! I've had those filthy clothes buried long ago, and I'm not crazy, and I clearly remembered that the clothes I sent someone to deliver were only stained with dust, and I didn't know how to wash them. What's wrong with that court lady in the bureau, she talked so nonsense, and even recruited Concubine Lan!"

The man sighed and said: "This matter is really strange, I think I'd better not come here."

Lingbi let out a coquettish voice, and said dissatisfiedly: "Of course you shouldn't come here! Why did you only think of it now?"

"Hehe, didn't I risk my life to accompany the beauty? If the emperor doesn't come, how can I test whether this prescription is effective?"

There was a sense of resentment in Lingbi's words: "You still said, if it wasn't because you came at the wrong time, maybe this child could stay. Fortunately, the emperor has come more recently, even if I take medicine and have a miscarriage. It takes a while to get pregnant."

The man suddenly hissed, and said sadly, "Did you see the wrench in my hand?"

Ling Concubine said angrily: "How do I know? You haven't come to see me for the past few days, why didn't you just barge into my warm pavilion with white eyebrows and red eyes today! Fortunately, I sent the palace servants early, otherwise you would have died!"

The man smirked and said: "Didn't I greet you during the day? And I came here to help you get rid of the trouble, so the medicine is good?"

"Hmm. It is indeed a good thing to let the palace maid die quietly. How much do you have? Give me some more."

The man was a little surprised and said: "This thing is rare, I spent a lot of money to find it outside, I said, when did you become so vicious, you just want to hurt people?"

"What are you talking about? I remember... your finger wrench seemed to be on my couch last time. I hid it in an old clothes. Now that I think about it, it seems to be in the clothes that I sent to the clothing bureau. Now it's gone. It must be hidden by the nanny in charge. She is greedy for money and didn't say it, but keeping it is a disaster after all, and it must be eliminated as soon as possible!" Lingbi's words were full of viciousness.

The man said dotingly: "Hey, this little head is getting smarter and smarter." Then he let out a burst of laughter.

"Hush! Keep your voice down, you want to kill me!"

When Hanmei heard this, she was so frightened that she couldn't stand still. She took a few deep breaths, and ran out of the Lingxin Palace as if escaping, and ran to Yaohua Pavilion with the bucket that had been emptied earlier.

Lingqiao was about to close the gate of the palace, saw Hanmei hurriedly running to this side, and asked suspiciously: "Hanmei? Didn't you get sent to Yeting, what did you come back for?"

"Lingqiao, I have something important to tell nobleman Qing! Please let me in."

"I'm not stupid. If I let you in, the young master will punish me to death." Lingqiao Bairen glanced at him, and said that he was about to push the palace door.

Hanmei confessed frankly: "The empress accused me of sending cow's milk to the Spiritual Palace, but Concubine Ling has no habit of using cow's milk at all! I know a lot of reasons for this!"

Hearing the word "Queen", Lingqiao couldn't help thinking, she curled her lips, and withdrew her hand from the palace gate: "Trust you once, go in quickly."

(End of this chapter)