Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 10 Visiting the Lucai people

"Keep your voice down." Hongxiu hit Jingyue with her arm and kept looking around.

"After all, this is not Yongfu Palace, and there are ears and eyes everywhere. Don't let anyone hear it anymore. What she said is now our master. No matter how dissatisfied she is, she should keep it in her heart."

She was lying when she said she wasn't envious. If she is lucky, she may be sent out of the palace when she reaches the right age and find an ordinary family to marry.

If she is unlucky, she will die in the palace and become a white-headed palace concubine. Those who are capable will naturally find a eunuch who is effective in front of the empress or the emperor to be a rival, so as to seek shelter.

Whenever there is a chance to serve the Holy Master, who wouldn't want to rush for it and seize it with all his strength? Moreover, the beauty of the father and the favor of the imperial concubine gave him the opportunity to transform from a slave to a master.

Alas, she can never look forward to it in this life.

"Hmph, look at how cowardly you are. What are you afraid of her doing? Even if she is the master, she is a head above us. She is still a slave, and she has never been able to get on the stage."

Jingyue curled her lips, "Besides, we were assigned by the imperial concubine. Even if you beat a dog, it depends on the owner. How dare she offend the imperial concubine? Just look at it. The emperor only admires her because she is pretty. Love, you will get tired of it after a few days."

Jingyue's voice was still loud when she spoke, and her expression showed no fear at all.

Hongxiu's eyelids jumped upon hearing this. She didn't know whether Zhu Yunv was capable or not. Just Jingyue's talk would get her killed sooner or later, and it might even implicate her.

"You also know that it was the imperial concubine who sent us here to serve Princess Zhu."

She tugged on Jingyue's sleeves and spoke in a very low voice, "Why have you forgotten what the imperial concubine told you and me? No one can predict what will happen in the future. The most taboo thing in the palace is to look down on others at will. You should say less with this mouth, so as not to get into trouble."

Jingyue rolled her eyes with disdain. In her opinion, Hongxiu was just timid and fearful, so she forgot about the imperial concubine just after leaving Yongfu Palace, and wanted to accept someone else as her master.

The figures of the two people gradually disappeared. Zhu Ci naturally didn't know that the two of them were talking about him behind his back.

She told Zhuying, "I heard that the person living next door is Lucai. Her position is much higher than mine, and she has lived in Qifeng Palace for more than a year. I have already gone to see her, both emotionally and logically. I have a pair of pearls." Tassel earrings, wrap them up and come with me."

"Slave knows." Even though no one else was around, Zhuying still used the word "slave" to call herself.

Although she used to have a good relationship with Sister Zhu, things are no longer what they used to be. Sister Zhu has become the master, and she must abide by her duty and take good care of her.

"My servant heard that this man from Lucai is holding a position in Shangshu Province on the strength of his father. He prides himself on being of a high family background and is extremely aloof. He always likes to make noises and try to bully others. Now that he has someone around him, it is even more excessive. I'm afraid It was you who had to be wronged in the past.”

Although Zhu Ci entered the palace not long ago, he had heard about Lu Cairen's actions. This is how it is in the palace, good things spread faster, especially bad things, there are unstoppable rumors.

"The emperor has just ascended the throne, and he is young and does not have many heirs. Looking at the palace, only the imperial concubine and Lu Cairen are pregnant."

Zhu Ci propped up her chin, dipped her fingers in tea and wrote at the table.

"When one day Lu Cai Ren safely gives birth to the emperor's heir, even if it is a little princess, Jin Feng will not be able to escape. But she is not proud of it. She can say whatever she likes, and we will just ignore her."

"It's not certain whether she will give birth or not. I heard that the queen was pregnant once. At that time, Dayan was at war with the Song Dynasty, and the queen accidentally had a miscarriage in order to pray for blessings. Since then, there have always been inexplicable deaths in the palace. .”

Zhuying sighed, "It is difficult to give birth to children in the palace. Now Lucai has become the target of public criticism. I don't know how many people want to harm her and return the child in her belly. You should be careful, but I didn't expect it to be like this." Zhang Yang." Zhu Ci never thought that Zhuying would say such insightful words. She had always regarded her as a child. Now it seems that she underestimated her in the past. She was originally very wise but foolish.

"She's not worried herself, so why should we worry about it for her?"

While talking, Zhuying also wrapped the things. Zhu Ci took her slowly to the Chunxi Hall.

Lu Zheng was only sixteen or seventeen years old. She wore her hair in a bun, with gold silk hairpins and lotus crab hairpins on her temples. On her white jade-like earlobes were gold earrings hanging from palace lanterns. Her complexion became increasingly snow-white. , delicate and lovely.

Zhu Ci bowed to Lu Zheng Yingying and said, "My concubine, Mrs. Zhu, has met Lu Cairen."

Lu Zheng said nothing, only raised his eyes and glanced at Zhu Ci gently. With an expression that seemed both sarcastic and contemptuous, she lowered her eyes and stroked the cat in her arms.

It was a white cat, as white as snow with no variegation at all, with a pair of green eyes like the faint blue water, and a string of lake-green jade beads around its neck, with a small and exquisite gold lock hanging on it.

Even though Zhu Ci didn't know much about cats and couldn't tell what breed they were, he could still tell that they were very valuable.

"I heard a long time ago that there is a big shot in the imperial concubine's palace. It turns out that she is my sister. She is really good. No wonder the emperor likes her."

Lu Zheng was finally willing to spit out a sentence from her mouth, which was obviously full of sourness and ridicule.

"sit down."

A maid brought a stool to Zhu Ci. Zhu Ci just pretended not to understand, thanked her and sat down holding Zhuying's arm.

"I have often heard people say that the emperor likes the emperor because of her beautiful appearance. Today, when I saw her, I found that the rumors were indeed true. The empress is really stunning, which makes me feel ashamed."

With a flattering smile on her face, Zhu Ci took a mahogany-carved jewelry box from Zhuying's hand.

"This concubine is coming to Qifeng Palace for the first time, so she should come to visit my sister. I have nothing to offer, so I hope your Majesty won't dislike her."

With that said, Zhu Ci gently pushed the box forward.

Lu Zheng didn't seem interested and took a piece of dried meat and fed it to the cat. She secretly looked at Zhu Ci from the corner of her eyes, watching her keep looking around with envy on her face, as if she had never seen the world before.

She couldn't help but sneer, she thought it was He Fang Shengsheng. But it’s just something that is too timid to get on the stage.

Lu Zheng casually opened the jewelry box and took a look, his disdain undisguised.

"It is indeed not a good thing. The pearls on it are small and the color is not good-looking. It looks like a worthless thing at first glance. Even the things I wear on Snowball are better than this."

The cat in her arms raised its head and meowed twice when it heard her name.

Seeing Zhu Ci's expression change slightly, Lu Zheng said with a smile: "I speak frankly, sister, please don't mind. Don't forget that Xueqiu is just a cat, but if it is kept by different people, its weight will be different. It is like my family, and I will naturally stick to it for all the good things."

(End of this chapter)