The palace wall reflects the moon

Chapter 4
As soon as Chu Ying woke up, the waiting imperial doctor immediately took her pulse and asked a few questions. After confirming that there was no general idea, the palace staff took her outside the Yangxin Hall.

Chu Ying nodded and entered, feeling that it was almost time to plop down on the ground.

"Your Majesty Wanan!"

When Shen Xiao saw that she was kneeling too far away and her voice was like a mosquito, which really tested his ears, he said, "Come forward."

His voice was gentle, like the breeze blowing over the bright moon.

Chu Ying moved her knees and stepped forward tremblingly, thinking that he was the Prince of Great Xia, a person who was more capable of life and death than Concubine Meng Hui. She was so frightened that her face almost touched the ground.

"Are you from the eldest princess?" Shen Xiao asked.

She didn't dare lie in front of the emperor, but she wanted to live and had to live. Xin Wei helped her get out of Yong'an Palace and let her see the emperor. Then she listened to Xin Wei and didn't dare to make any mistakes.

"Yes, the concubine is indeed the eldest princess's wife!"

Shen Xiao said: "But that's not what Concubine Hui said. Concubine Hui said that you are the queen's person."

"Concubine Hui doesn't know the inside story. The emperor will find out when he asks the eldest princess," Chu Ying said bravely, "I once had a bowl of wine with the eldest princess by the Cang River."

Xin Wei said that she once met the eldest princess by the Cang River and drank a bowl of wine with her. The eldest princess promised her that when she was dying in the future, she could call her by her name and save her life.

Chu Ying didn't really believe that Xin Wei would have such an opportunity, but in any case she would die, so it would be better to take a chance, just in case Xin Wei didn't lie, in case the eldest princess was willing to give this favor...

Shen Xiao said no more and asked Mr. Xi: "Which palace does the woman who was sealed by me a few days ago live in?"

"Back to the emperor, you made Liu Zhaoyi your noble concubine and gave her Weiyang Palace."

Shen Xiao remembered it and signaled: "Place her in Weiyang Palace as well."

Chu Ying stood up and paused for a moment. She hesitated to speak. Finally, at the urging of Eunuch Xi, she said nothing and silently withdrew.

The emperor didn't ask why she was on the roof or why she was asking for help, but he arranged another place for her to go and let her get away from Yong'an Palace.

Walking outside the palace, Chu Ying asked Eunuch Xi: "Eunuch, do I look like someone?"

Eunuch Xi did not answer clearly, he only said: "You should know why the young master entered the palace, right?"

Chu Ying could guess how much, but she didn't understand that if she looked like a very important person, the emperor had no interest in taking a second look at her face.

The emperor's attitude from beginning to end made her unable to feel that there was anything special about her appearance.

Chu Ying asked again: "Father, who is that person who looks very similar to me?"

Eunuch Xi was stunned for a moment, looked before and after, and hissed: "My lord, I don't want to ask this. You still have this matter in your heart, and you must not mention it again in the future."

Chu Ying covered her mouth and nodded.
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Xin Wei was pressed hard on the shoulders by the two maids, making her kneel on the ground. She was obviously weak, but they used hard force, as if they were afraid that they would escape if they let go.

Concubine Meng Hui held a dagger and drew it on her cheek as white as snow. The blade gradually approached until the cold blade touched her skin.

"How about drawing a turtle tortoise?"

Xin Wei quickly begged for mercy: "Your Majesty is pregnant with a dragon seed and her body is precious. You can't be tainted with filth for the slave's lowly body. That would be a slave's crime and deserve death!"

It is unlucky for a pregnant person to see blood.

Thinking of this, Concubine Meng Hui threw the dagger and said: "You are right, you are just a slave and a lowly body. Tell me how Chu Ying climbed to the roof?"

"Chu Jieyu forced the slave to be a human mat and stepped on the slave's shoulders to get on the beam. But the slave thought she was going to hang herself from the beam. I wonder if she dared to lift the tile roof of the woodshed! If the slave could have expected what she would do. She has to stop her from doing things like this, life or death! This slave has suffered terribly from her!"

Xin Wei blurted out a series of complaints, filled with indignation and wishing she could break her teeth.

Concubine Meng Hui didn't fully believe this look of hatred, "You don't want to see the emperor?" Xin Wei lowered her eyes, timidly.

"How dare I see the emperor?"

Concubine Meng Hui looked at her for a long time and said: "There are many people who insist on their beauty and want to show off to the emperor. Isn't Chu Ying trying every means to see the emperor? And you, you are not mediocre in appearance, so you have never had any evil intentions?"

Xin Wei laughed at herself: "There is no shortage of beauties in the palace. What does this ignorant and vulgar servant mean? Who in the vast country can compare with the empress? You have so many graces. How dare I do this in front of the empress?" Are you looking for a way out? This slave just wants to live peacefully."

Concubine Meng Hui had heard too many flattery words, but she still found them useful.

Concubine Meng Hui laughed and sat down leisurely.

"You are self-aware. Unlike Chu Ying, who wants to go to heaven after getting the status of Jieyu. Is she worthy?"

"That's what the empress said." Xin Wei said flatteringly.

Concubine Meng Hui sat down on the large mahogany armchair, and the two maids holding Xin Wei released their hands and stood aside.

"Whether it was intentional or not, you have done something to help the emperor, and I can't let you go for free."

Concubine Meng Hui closed her eyes lightly and said calmly: "I will reward you with twenty boards. Aunt Qin, take her to get them."
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Xin Wei returned to the woodshed and lay on the bed, feeling embarrassed about her embarrassing situation for a while.

She stayed in Yong'an Palace as Chu Jieyu's maid, but now that Chu Ying is gone, what about her?Should I find a way to escape by myself tomorrow morning and go to Chu Ying?
Or continue to live in this woodshed as if nothing has happened?

Aunt Qin seemed to be lenient with these twenty boards, allowing her to move freely even though she suffered pain.

At dawn, the queen's people came to Yong'an Palace and summoned Xin Wei.

There is no way he came here specifically to get her.

Fengyi Palace, which once served as the mother of the country, is much more solemn and magnificent than Yong'an Palace, but it is not as luxurious as Yong'an Palace.

Xin Wei endured the pain in her buttocks and knelt down on the white jade brick. The queen was sitting behind the bead curtain, and a warm voice came: "Xin Wei, do you think Concubine Hui's fetus is stable?"

"Your Majesty, the servants don't know."

She was crowded out from top to bottom in Yong'an Palace. How could she know how Concubine Hui's fetus was doing?
Grandma Zhou stood in front of Xin Wei, frowning and said: "You have stayed in Yong'an Palace for so many years, and you don't even know this?"

If the queen wants to know how the fetus is doing, she can just ask the imperial doctor. There must be the queen's eyes in Yong'an Palace.If I ask her now, I am afraid that what the Queen wants to hear is not the truth, but to ask her to help the Queen solve her worries.

Thinking of this, Xin Wei lowered her body and changed her words: "Empress, I have remembered that Concubine Hui's fetus is unstable."

"It is not easy for the Emperor to have an heir," the Queen said regretfully, "In your opinion, how long can this fetus last?"

Xin Wei understood the implication.

This is to let her set a deadline, and within that time, Concubine Hui must be born.

Xin Wei thought for a moment and then said: "I heard from the imperial doctor that the older the gestation is, the greater the damage to the mother's body will be, and even life-threatening."

"Since it can't be saved, the sooner the pregnancy is lost, the better?" the queen asked.

"My slave believes that Concubine Hui should try her best to protect the fetus. The bigger the fetus, the better."

She couldn't run and hit Concubine Hui in the stomach. She had to do things and save her life. She needed time.

The queen behind the bead curtain was silent for a moment, then smiled and said: "You should do your best to serve in Yong'an Palace, and you will be rewarded for your merits."

(End of this chapter)