Poor children

Chapter 201: The young palace man hangs himself from the beam and the poor child sacrifices his life for survival
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"Auntie" The poor boy just entered his aunt's yard and saw her sitting at the table, trimming a plate of flowers and plants.

"Come here quickly." The eldest aunt was very happy when she saw her coming, and quickly stretched out her hand to ask her to come over and sit down.

"I brought some oranges from Gannan. I want to give my eldest aunt a fresh taste." Pao'er motioned to Qiu Huai to bring over the oranges.

"Oh?" The eldest aunt knocked the dirt off her hands and took out an orange from the basket to look at it. "Little girl, the Dragon Boat Festival is coming. Has Ruihua Palace prepared some realgar wine?"

"Back to aunt, this is natural" Qiu Huai replied

After hearing this, the aunt looked at some white powder that fell slightly from the orange in her hand and fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong with eldest aunt? Why does it look like she has something on her mind?" Pao'er asked when he saw that her face was ugly.

"In the past, Gannan always sent the best oranges to the palace, but this year's ones are a little different. Look at the white powder that seems to be invisible on the surface of the oranges." The eldest aunt handed the oranges to the poor boy.

"This is..." The poor boy brushed the powder that fell in his hand away, then put it in front of his nose and smelled it, "Is this natron?"

The eldest aunt just nodded.
The poor boy thought about how his aunt had just asked Ruihua Palace if he had prepared realgar wine. He couldn't help but feel nervous and looked at his aunt in disbelief.

"You peeled oranges with your hands, took natron into your stomach, and then drank realgar wine. Think about the consequences yourself." The eldest aunt said again, "I warned you to be more careful, but you still said she is a good person."

"It's not necessarily her who did it..." Pao'er thought about it for a long time and said

"Then do you still want someone else in this palace?"

two

When she came back from the Huazang Temple, the poor girl kept clutching the orange in her hand and never let go. She couldn't help but think about how to deal with it, so as not to hurt herself or let others know that she was wary. If you are willing to give in in exchange for peace and quiet in the palace, then give in...

"Qiu Huai, I won't drink realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival this year," the poor boy ordered on the pedestal.
As soon as the words were finished, a group of people also arrived at the entrance of Ruihua Hall, and from a distance, they saw Qiu Tao waiting anxiously outside the hall with a young maid, and when she saw the poor boy coming back, she knelt down with a plop
The pauper walked down from the top and saw the two of them kneeling in front of them, "Where did this palace lady come from? Do you want to see me for anything?"

"Master" Qiutao replied, "This is Gui Jiu from Changle Palace. Yesterday, the empress of Changle Palace took the lead and betrothed her to Eunuch Liu of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If you want to marry, let the master make the decision."

"She is from Changle Palace, how do you know her?" Pao'er asked

"My servant was passing by Changle Palace and saw her hiding in a corner outside the palace wall crying. When she asked why, she felt so angry that she brought her back," Qiutao replied.

"Your personality is very similar to your sister Lai Bao. You will definitely be a heroine in the future." Pao'er smiled and said, "Okay, get up and go in to talk."

A group of people entered the main hall. Pao'er took off his cloak and washed his hands. Just as Chanyu came over with Hong Yue in his arms, Pao'er took Hong Yue and held her in her arms. He looked at the man who was red from crying. Guijiu

"There is no such rule in the Northwest Dynasty. If a slave in the palace has achieved merit or served well, he will reward a girl to get married. What does his father-in-law want a daughter-in-law? Since it is a new dynasty, such an outdated rule It doesn’t matter, a good girl, how can she be so ruined?" Paoer muttered.
"Your Highness the Queen, please make the decision." Upon hearing this, Gui Jiu knelt down and kowtowed.
"You go back, I will make the decision for you"

After hearing this, Gui Jiu expressed his gratitude and left with tears in his eyes.
The poor man coaxed Hong Yue in his hand and suddenly asked, "Why is it Eunuch Liu from the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Are the oranges from Gannan also managed and distributed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"Master, everything used in the palace, from tables, chairs and benches to needles and thread, all food and clothing must go through the Ministry of Internal Affairs," Chanyu replied

[-]. "Master, it's not good, master..." At dawn the next day, Qiutao came back from outside in a panic.

Pao'er was dressing up. When he saw her panicking, he knew that something was serious. "What exactly happened? Please tell me slowly."

"Master..." Qiu Tao knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, "Gui Jiu of Changle Palace hanged himself last night."

"How is that possible?" Pao'er felt incredible.
"My servant went to inquire about it. She is the queen of Changle Palace. She was angry when she heard that her master wanted to make decisions for the people in her palace. She said that since it was a rule left by our ancestors, it cannot be changed, and she had someone beat Gui Jiu. After a meal, he said that he would deliver it to Eunuch Liu at dawn. Gui Jiu was unwilling to marry Eunuch Liu, so he tied a rope to the beam and hung himself..."

The pauper slapped the table angrily, stood up and walked out. He turned back after not taking two steps, and sat back in his chair in a daze.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is here." Xiao Dunzi hurriedly came in to report.

After hearing this, the poor man stood up and went to greet him. Tianxing came from Changle Palace. Seeing the poor man's face looking ugly, he naturally knew the reason.
He pulled the poor boy over and said softly, "Have you been to the Six Kings' place?"

The pauper nodded slightly.

"Did you know that General Jinwu visits Lingjiu Temple every three or four days?" Tianxing asked again

Pao'er raised her head and looked at Tian Xing intently. She felt that he had aged a lot in just over a month, and his complexion looked bad. She then reached out to take Tian Xing's pulse. He was originally a martial arts practitioner. His pulse is much weaker. How much hard work has he gone through to be like this?

"Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. Your Majesty should go to Changle Palace." Paoer only said this.

Tian Xing agreed, but the couple didn't say anything more. Tian Xing hurried to go to court again.

four

On this Dragon Boat Festival day, I had a day off. Hongwen came before lunch. Before the meal started, he ate two glutinous rice dumplings. Seeing that there were grapes sent from the northwest, he ate a large bunch.
"You've eaten so much. Let's see what you do when lunch comes." The poor boy peeled the orange in his hand and started eating it.

"The queen is worried too much. Her son's belly has no bottom. He can benefit from eating as much as he wants." Hongwen also grabbed two oranges from the basket.
Mother and son just like this, you and I ate half of the oranges in the basket

"These oranges are delicious, but they are a little dusty." Hongwen saw the lunch was served and dusted off the dust on his hands. "Hey! I made fried prawns today." Hongwen picked up his chopsticks and prepared to go. eat
"Hongwen!" The poor man suddenly stopped him, "Don't eat that shrimp. I heard from the imperial doctor that you have a rash a while ago, and the shrimp is a hair. You should not eat it."

"Yes, that's what mother said." Hongwen put down his chopsticks and came over to help the poor boy sit down at the table.

Pao'er seemed to have a good appetite today. She ate a lot of that shrimp, but she didn't see anything else to eat.

"Go and bring the realgar wine," the poor man said after he had almost finished eating the shrimps.

"The master said a few days ago that he would not drink anymore, so we were not prepared," Qiu Huai said

"Yes! I just suddenly wanted to drink again today. Go and prepare some now." The poor man said as he grabbed a bunch of grapes to eat.

After a while, Qiu Huai brought a pot of realgar wine and filled a cup for the poor boy. Hongwen also wanted it, but the poor boy refused to give it to him. He only said that he had eaten too many oranges and got angry, so he ordered someone to give it to him. He poured a cup of Longjing...

(End of this chapter)