Long live Emperor Wu!

They are all lowly palace maids. None of them has a good family background or family influence. How dare they say anything?
Concubine Xiao Shu, relying on His Majesty's special treatment, rolled her eyes at this moment.

Seeing that Xiao Qu didn't move, Queen Wang urged:

"Fight! What's wrong? Aren't you very reasonable and care about rules? What rules tell you that you dare not listen to the Queen's orders?"

Xiaoqu hesitated for a moment, then quickly knelt down and said:
"Slave... I know I was wrong. Please forgive me, Queen."

Queen Wang narrowed her eyes and said:
"Hmph... Now I ask you to beat someone in my place. Did I say that I want to punish you? What? You are loyal to protect the Lord and don't take the Queen lightly... Okay, come here, drag me down and give you a hundred punishments. "

A hundred strokes of the rod will kill a person.

Xiaoqu hurriedly took two steps on his knees and said:
"My dear, my dear, I will fight you. I will fight you now."

After he finished speaking, he got up from the ground, changed his hand from Fuchen, which he had turned into a guide, and stood in front of Concubine Zheng.

Concubine Zheng saw his boots, slowly raised her face, and looked straight at him.

At that moment, Xiaoqu was extremely ashamed. The principle of action he had always followed as his backbone, and his pride in achieving success, collapsed at this moment.

But he also has to live.

If a person dies, all principles and pride are useless.

"Pah, pah!" Xiao Qu used all his strength, as if he was ruthlessly abandoning himself, and slapped him twice.

Concubine Zheng swayed, her head raised and her eyes closed, almost fainting. After a long time, she raised her hands to cover her face, and then...red blood flowed out of her nostrils.

Xiaoqu's whole body was trembling. Looking at the woman opposite him who was dressed in fine clothes and whom he regarded as his master, he knelt down with a "thud" and finally cried.

He slapped himself hard and cried:
"Your Majesty...I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm the one below, I'll deserve it, I'll deserve it, I'll deserve it..."

Seeing them like this, Queen Wang curled her lips in disdain and said:

"Okay, it's good to be obedient. But according to the rules, you have deceived the master after all, and you can't go unpunished. So, from now on, you can just go to the slave labor camp and work as a coolie."

In this way, Xiaoqu went to the sin slave house.

The people in the sin slave house are not very old, the oldest is only over ten years old. When someone as "old" as him enters, there will be a lot of discussion.

The ditty wiped the corridor floor, and when people passing by saw him, they all said:

"Did you see that he dared to hit the imperial concubine?"

"How come you weren't executed when you beat the imperial concubine?"

"Who knows, maybe the Queen is kind-hearted and spared his life."

In winter, when it was snowing, Xiaoqu walked across the ice carrying ice cubes, and someone else said:
"I heard that he used to be a ceremonial chamberlain. The first-class chamberlain of the imperial concubine, why are you here?"

"Hey, the two gods above were fighting, and this little devil suffered a lot."

"Hey... should we build a relationship? Maybe he can get out of the Sin Slave Prison another day and drag us out too?"

"Hmph, pull him down quickly. Don't worry about the reason. He dares to hit his master. Who would dare to use such a wild slave in the future?
Our chances of turning around are greater than his.You see, he will be crucified in this sin slave for the rest of his life. "

In this way, he spent three hopeless years in the sin slave house.

In the past three years, he has constantly reflected on where he went wrong and why he was so rigid in the first place.

On the other hand, he was thinking about how he ended up in this situation when he obviously acted according to the rules and made no mistakes.

His heart was filled with confusion and torment, and his expression became more and more gloomy and lifeless.Just when he felt desperate, Wu Rou appeared.

He looked at Wu Rou who had appeared here inexplicably, and was not very happy when he heard that she was already Zhaoyi, the second grade of the new emperor.

The first reaction was that the fight between these harem women once again required me to be such a dispensable victim.

Wu Rou looked at him and smiled, saying:
"Minister Xiaoqu, after so many years, you are still the same as before. You have no feelings, and there is nothing I can do to win you over."

Xiaoqu glanced at her and said flatly:

"My queen is joking, there is nothing worth winning over me. Besides... this slave is not the same as before."

Wu Rou didn't take it seriously and walked directly to him who was busy sweeping the floor, and sat down under the pillars of Yeting Palace.

Xiaoqu stopped the broom subconsciously. He had grown up in the palace since he was a child, and it had become his habit to be courteous and considerate to the superiors.

He didn't dare to sweep anymore, fearing that the woman next to him in second-grade Zhaoyi clothing would be covered in dust.

Wu Rou turned her face away, very satisfied with his reaction, even though his thin eyebrows were cold and gloomy.

She smiled and said:
"You know, I have been in the palace for so many years, and I have seen all kinds of people. Some are flattering on the surface, but deliberately stumbling in private. Some are stubborn on the outside and don't like to get close to others, but they can distinguish between public and private matters. Never mess up an errand.

You are that kind of person.

So, I came to you.Not because of who you were, or because you have offended anyone and can be exploited, but simply because of who you are..."

Wu Rou looked straight into Xiao Qu's eyes, and in his surprise, said sincerely and firmly:

"When you became my escort, I had already made up my mind: if one day I become the empress, I will definitely use you and let you work under me. So, here I am... "

Xiaoqu looked into her eyes and suddenly felt that his chaotic and struggling heart was gradually becoming clear again.

……

……

In Zhaoqing Hall, Li Shan looked at Xiao Qu, a little stunned.

He only knew that the Queen was mean and unkind to the concubines in the harem, but he never cared about the details.

When I heard about it today, I realized that he thought that the queen would be fine if she didn't dare to go out of her way, to torture or kill people.

But in fact, there are so many ways to torture a person that his life would be worse than death, so what does torture mean?

Xiaoqu's face was gloomy, still indifferent, but his eyebrows were lowered, but there was a hint of sadness, and he said:
"Your Majesty, this servant is also an old man in the palace. He has been a servant since he was eight years old. He has always believed in the teachings of following the rules and doing his job well, and he will never make mistakes.

I have been here for more than ten years and have been promoted step by step.But until Queen Wang took charge of the harem, everything changed.

Doing things according to duties and rules is wrong. I can't find the new regulations for serving my master, and I am always afraid that I will make a mistake again, so Your Majesty asked and hesitated..."

When Li Shan heard this, he was very angry and said angrily:
"What are the new regulations? The queen is a moody lunatic. Just follow your old regulations.

...Zhaoyi is not that kind of person. She used to work under Princess Ji Guo. Like her, she will not treat you badly. "

Xiaoqu bowed and replied calmly: "Yes."

At this time, the servant on duty next to the emperor outside the door came over and reminded him in a low voice:
"Your Majesty, today is the fifteenth. According to the rules, it is time to go to the Queen's place to go to bed. It is already getting late."