Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 1 Does it hurt?

"Please remember to fill up the water tank later and clean the floor of the summer pavilion carefully."

"Sister Qian Shuang, I'm having my menstrual period and I feel very uncomfortable. And I still have work to do. You have arranged so much for me, and I can't finish it."

"Haha, I can't tell you are very delicate. If you are not feeling well, then I am the one who is strong? I think you just want to be lazy."

"That's not what I meant... These jobs belong to you, Sister Qian Shuang, why should you let me do them?"

In March, the sun shines through the fine branches. The breeze blows gently, and the fragments of light and shadow flow with it.

Zhuying bit her lip, her delicate face a little scared, but she still mustered up the courage to look at the woman in front of her.

"How dare you talk back to me! Humph, I'm looking down on you when I ask you to work."

Qian Shuang's willow eyebrows stood upright. Normally, Zhuying would see her like a mouse seeing a cat, but why did he go so crazy today that he dared to refute her words.

Qian Shuang stretched out her hand and pinched the soft flesh on Zhuying's arm, "You always like to cheat and play around, don't think I don't know. If you don't do what I tell you well and I get scolded, See how I deal with you."

Qian Shuang felt that she could not understand her hatred, so she struck harder and harder, picking out the most painful areas and pinching them.

Zhuying subconsciously dodged left and right, but did not dare to resist.

Although she and Qian Shuang were both palace maids doing rough work, Qian Shuang was several years older than her and had been working in Yongfu Palace.

And she was transferred from another place just this year. She didn't even know anyone in Yongfu Palace who she could rely on.

Qian Shuang was jealous by nature, and she always wanted to take revenge. She and several other maids in Yongfu Palace spent the whole day bullying those palace servants who were honest and quiet.

She tried to resist at first, but ended up angering Qian Shuang and others. They not only put snakes on her bed and put laxatives in her meals, but also pushed her into the lotus pond and almost drowned her.

She couldn't fight them at all, so she could only accept them. The more Zhuying thought about it, the more aggrieved she became and she sobbed softly.

"Let's see if you still hide. Do you dare to go against me? What a bitch. If you dare to contradict me next time, let's see if I don't tear your mouth apart."

The more Qian Shuang talked, the angrier she became and she raised her hand to hit him.

"Stop!" Suddenly a slender white hand stretched out from the side and grabbed her wrist.

Qian Shuang was stunned and turned around to see a bright-looking young palace maid standing in front of a food box.

She was wearing a green palace dress, with a slender waist and bright eyes and white teeth.

Zhu Ci glanced at Zhuying who was crying and turned her eyes to Qian Shuang's soft opening.

"If Zhuying does something wrong, Qian Shuang can report it to the imperial concubine and let her punish her. Sister Qian Shuang and Zhuying are both maids of Yongfu Palace. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to slap her without permission, right?"

"What are you teaching me? Who do you think you are? When I was on duty at Yongfu Palace, you two didn't know where you were."

Qian Shuang couldn't help but feel a little angry when Zhu Ci, a new palace maid, looked down upon her so little.

She wanted to break free from Zhu Ci's grasp, but found that she was surprisingly strong and not at all as weak as she looked.

Qian Shuang's face turned red and her voice was sharp, "What do you want to do? Let me go!"

Zhu Ci smiled slightly and let go of her hand, "Sister Qian Shuang, I am doing this for your own good. Think about it, the imperial concubine has never liked making any noise since she was pregnant. If it scares the imperial concubine and the emperor's heir in her belly, , I’m afraid you and I can’t bear it either.”

Qian Shuang rubbed her red wrists and raised her eyes to see Zhu Ci looking at her with a smile, but her eyes were indifferent, without the slightest smile, and she couldn't help but feel her heart tremble.

The Imperial Concubine is known to have a bad temper. Sometimes when she is angry, she even refuses to give the Queen the respect she deserves.

Since I became pregnant, it has become even worse, and I have become more and more uncertain.

A few days ago, a palace maid accidentally broke a vase. He was sent to Yeting Palace. She was just angry and wanted to teach Zhuying, a disobedient girl, a lesson, and completely forgot about it.

"Sister, please calm down. They are all our own sisters. We can't see each other until we look up. It's not worth it to hurt the sisterhood for such a trivial matter." Zhu Ci stepped forward and took Qian Shuang's arm affectionately, "Zhuying is young. I don’t have any eyesight. Sister, don’t be as knowledgeable as her. If sister can trust me, Zhuying and I will clean together, and I’m sure there won’t be any mistakes.”

"You still know how to speak." Qian Shuang pinched Zhuying fiercely and sneered.

"Seeing as she is always inseparable from you, she didn't even learn from you at all. She is really stupid."

"Sister, you are magnanimous, so don't argue with us."

Zhu Ci looked around and saw that the surrounding flowers and plants were lush and green, but it was quiet and no one could be seen.

She took out an exquisite powder box from her sleeve and stuffed it into Qian Shuang's hand as if to please.

"I asked someone to bring this in from outside the palace. I have never been willing to use it. If sister doesn't mind it, just take it and use it."

Qian Shuang smelled a faint fragrance, which showed that this powder was a good thing. Just touching the box body, it was suffused with fragrance.

They liked it in their hearts, but there was a look of contempt on their faces, otherwise the two of them would have thought that they had never seen anything good.

Qian Shuang rolled her eyes, "Don't think you can bribe me with these tatters. If you can't do it right, I'll peel off both of you carefully."

After saying that, Qian Shuang snorted coldly and walked away.

Zhu Ci looked at her retreating figure, withdrew his gaze, and turned to look at Zhuying.

"Let me take a look." Zhu Ci pulled up Zhuying's sleeves and saw the bruises on her fair arms, and couldn't help but frown.

"Does it hurt?"

"It's okay, sister Zhu, I'm used to it."

Zhuying's tears that had stopped flowing started to fall again because of Zhuci's concern.

The maids looked at her as a newcomer, and they all treated her like a fool. And she couldn't tell them to go together. Fortunately, Sister Zhu protected her.

Zhuying pulled down her sleeves and said, "I just want you to help me clean the summer pavilion with me, sister."

"You said something stupid again, you and I don't have to be so polite."

When Zhu Cicai entered the palace, one day he suddenly developed a high fever and almost died of the illness. It was Zhuying who braved the heavy rain and risked her life to bring her an imperial doctor and nurse her back to health.

She was lucky enough to survive, and she would never be able to repay this kindness no matter what.

Zhuying's eyes turned red, "Sister Zhu, I'm lucky to have you here. But Qian Shuang is too bullying. Didn't she just go to Yongfu Palace to work earlier than us? Why do you treat us so lowly? We are also born and raised by our parents, and she is not master."

Zhu Ci took out a handkerchief from her arms and wiped Zhuying's tears, "Stop crying, your makeup is ruined by crying."

She gently twitched the corners of her lips, "Don't worry, evil people will be punished by their own evildoers. Believe me, Qian Shuang's retribution will come soon."

　In order to make it easier for my children to read, I wrote a table. This is my first time writing about palace fighting in Yuewen. I am a glass-hearted person, please squirt gently~

　　Levels of concubines in the harem: four concubines - noble concubine, virtuous concubine, virtuous concubine, and virtuous concubine (first grade)
  　　Jiubin: Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiurong, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan (the second grade)
  　　Jieyu (third grade)

　　Beauty (fourth grade)

　　Talented person (positive fifth grade)

　　Baolin (sixth grade)

　　Royal Girl (Seventh Grade)

　　Cai Nv (eighth grade)

　　
  　
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