Empress Huaishu of the Harem

Chapter 40 Has Ruxiu Betrayed?

I was sighing in the main room, but Rujuan's voice came from outside, "The emperor is here, servants have something to see."

Xiao Kuanzi was a little flustered, Rujuan had been in charge of the concubine's personnel affairs for a long time, and teaching and managing the palace people was a no-brainer.In addition, Ningshou Palace was remote and did not set up a chief eunuch, so he and Xiaomengzi were both in charge of Rujuan.It doesn't matter if he gossips with me outside the royal palace, but it's a good lesson for Rujuan to listen to him,--is it okay to spread gossip about the back house to Di Ji?Xiaoyun also suffered a few meals because of this incident.

I waved my hand to signal him to go out through the corner door.Seeing his figure disappear, he said loudly: "Just come in." Although most of Rujuan's punishments were thunderous and rainy, Xiaoyun, a habitual offender, had never been beaten and deducted wages.But compared to the court ladies, the eunuch is even more pitiful, if you can protect me, please protect me a little more.What's more, this is because I am bored and willing to listen to gossip.

Fortunately, Rujuan didn't come here for this matter. After seeing the ceremony, she immediately asked: "Di Ji, this servant has made some mistakes this time, but have you seen Ruxiu these two days?"

I heard her say something solemnly, and asked: "She's not on duty today, I haven't seen her, let alone." I thought about it and then told Ruxiu, "She's busy these days." It's also possible." I instinctively felt that Ruxiu was about to leave, which was a good thing, so I didn't want to pursue it anymore, and I agreed that she would go to meet friends to say goodbye.

Her expression softened when she heard the words, but on the whole, she still couldn't feel relieved. She stepped forward a few steps and said to me in a low voice: "Di Ji, the servants are not alienating, but their duties, so we have to be careful. Do you know , A month ago, Ruxiu had already received a letter saying that her grandmother had passed away."

When I heard about it, I was shocked and said, "Why didn't Ruxiu tell me about such a thing?" The old grandmother brought it up, and the grandparents and grandchildren have a very deep relationship.

Rujuan lowered her head and said very depressedly: "Not only Diji, but Ruxiu didn't tell anyone, even the servants, who have been talking about sisters with her for more than ten years, if they didn't happen to bump into her in the room holding a letter and crying red-eyed, I'm afraid it would be too late." Can't get it out."

Her words were like a boulder knocking on my heart, which made me feel mixed feelings, uncomfortable and embarrassing, and I was relatively speechless for a while. After a while, Fang Shen said: "Ruxiu, I'm afraid it's my fault." Just to protect themselves and make their grandparents regret for the rest of their lives.

Rujuan raised her eyes, and did not say some polite words from her master Tianen, but smiled wryly: "Di Ji thinks people are too simple. Ruxiu wants to leave the palace just to see her grandmother for the last time. Now the old man has passed away." She's gone, so what's the point of her leaving the palace with your permission? She has a bad relationship with her stepmother, and her younger brother separated and left long ago after marrying a wife. It's not easy for Ruxiu to find someone else at her age. But go, Di Ji's here is considered a mess, why don't you stay. If you don't help you and come out, she will always have a way out. Things are contrary to normal, and there must be demons."

I was frightened by the hidden meaning in her words, subconsciously said loudly: "What do you mean? Ruxiu won't betray me."

Rujuan looked at me with pity in her eyes. She looked around for a week and made sure no one was peeping, then said in a low and slow voice, "Ruxiu has a pure personality, but she is also easy to make ends meet. But, um, how have you treated her during this time?" To be honest, maybe she has no intention of harming Di Ji, but what if someone is willing to let her out of the palace in exchange for some of Di Ji's secrets?"

you mean?Li Ronghua, or, sister of the Yin family?But I'm not a concubine, and my time in the palace is limited, so why would they bother to plot against me as a concubine? "The sensitive word "out of the palace" made me think of these two people at the first time, after all, they both have authority in this matter.

Rujuan persuaded: "Emperor Ji, don't be a snake. The root of this matter is Ruxiu. As long as she is under control, there is always a breakthrough. As you said, there is no direct conflict of interest between you and the ladies. Not on you."

Rujuan's logical analysis made my momentary panic gradually calm down. The most indispensable thing in the palace is conspiracies and tricks. "Go and watch, once you see Ruxiu, let her come to see me immediately."

Rujuan and I waited until the lights came on, but we didn't hear from Ruxiu. Instead, we received a call from Yining Palace.I glanced at Rujuan with some trepidation, followed the palace servants into the chariot in doubt, and with the sound of a wheel rolling, I arrived at the empress' bed where I had been traveling since I was a child, and I was in awe of— Yining Palace.

However, after stepping into the main hall, I saw a scene that could not be more normal: the Queen Mother Zhen who was well-dressed but squinting her eyes as if she was very tired, Xue Po beside the Phoenix seat, and the two rows of nanmu cross-gold chairs next to her. A row of concubines, dignified and virtuous concubines, Li Ronghua with a half-smile, Xu Xiaoyi and Xun Fangyi with sweet smiles.

In short, the family is loving and filial, and the concubines are harmonious. It seems that they are waiting for me to come to talk about family fun at night.

While I was slandering, I still visited Ruyi to pay my respects.The queen mother smiled and motioned for me to sit down, and said gently: "Huaishu has been in a state of sluggishness lately, and Ai's family shouldn't be watching. Have you asked the imperial doctor to have a look?"

I made up my choice of words and said with a smile: "Lao mother is worried about her, my daughter is really unfilial, in fact it is just an occasional cold, it's not a big deal, just rest for a while and it will be fine."

The Queen Mother just smiled and said nothing, but Mao Gui said: "Speaking of our sisters, maybe we haven't seen Di Ji for a long time, and I thought you were annoyed by our group of three aunts and six wives, and didn't dare to bother. It turned out that I didn't care enough. The Emperor Ji's Jade Body really deserves to be beaten."

I hurriedly confessed my guilt and comforted me, and my heart became even more curious, what is going on?I can faintly feel how many eyes in the hall are looking at me. This is a timid treatment that I have never had in more than ten years since I was born.I just hate that there are a bunch of elites, each of whom is powerful, and no one speaks first.Until someone asked impatiently: "I heard that Diji was in good spirits a while ago, and recommended a female concubine for the emperor."

I was stunned, and said: "Where did Rong Hua hear this? The emperor's concubines are all ladies from the famous family selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites in response to the grand ceremony of the ancestors. Huai Shu is not talented, but he follows the teachings of the previous emperor and empress dowager, how to do it?" Dare to mess up the royal etiquette."

The matter of an unmarried girl meddling in her elder brother's inner circle is appalling even among the people, let alone the royal family?If this reputation spreads, I will stop being a human being in the future!What's more, I have never done it at all. Where did this crime start? In front of the Empress Dowager, I must definitely distinguish.

(End of this chapter)