Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 12 Dogs look down on people

Jingyue quickly assured her, "Don't worry, my queen, I know this."

Bai Xinrui nodded, yawned sleepily, and lazily swept away the smoke from the corner of his eyes.

Liu Yan stepped forward and took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and gave it to Jing Yue with a gentle smile on his face.

"This is a reward from your Majesty. As long as you keep an eye on Qifeng Palace for My Majesty, you will benefit from it in the future."

Jingyue smiled happily, reassured her again and left in a hurry.

Qifeng Palace.

Zhu Ci was sitting on the Arhat couch near the window, flipping through a book.

The night was quiet, with unknown insects hiding in the corner and whispering. The exquisite palace lanterns in the corridor emitted a dim light, and the night wind blew by, illuminating the window.

Zhuying stepped in and said, "Master, Jingyue did go to Yongfu Palace. Now she's back, as happy as anything. The slave just asked her a few questions casually, but she didn't know whether her nose was a nose or an eye."

"She has the support of the imperial concubine. If she doesn't take me seriously, how can she respect you?" Zhu Ci said with an indifferent expression.

"Then what are you going to do? Are you just going to let her do whatever she wants? She and Hong Xiu are from Yongfu Palace after all, so staying with her may not be a long-term solution."

Zhuying asked: "Even if they don't harm you, they still feel bad in their hearts. Don't instigate Xiao Yinzi and the others to bad things."

"Don't worry, I will definitely take care of them. I keep loyal servants by my side. If I keep them two, any of my actions will be under the control of the imperial concubine. It is really too passive."

Zhu Ci closed the book, held up her chin and thought for a while, "I just have to think of a way to have both ends. It can not only make the imperial concubine suspicious, but also completely get rid of the two of them. I remember if you have a person in the Shangshi Bureau Fellow fellow?"

Zhuying nodded, "I do have a fellow villager in Shangshi Bureau, but the relationship is not very good and we only exchanged a few words with him."

"That's enough, come here." Zhu Ci whispered in Zhuying's ear and gave instructions carefully.

"You should handle this matter yourself. Don't let them find out."

After giving instructions to Zhuying, Zhu Ci asked her to go down and rest, and he went to bed early.

Since she entered the palace, she has only slept on a wooden bed. The quilt was light, damp, and smelled of mold. Tonight, it was changed to a soft and comfortable brocade quilt, and the bed was also covered with soft cushions. Lying on it felt like falling into the clouds.

Zhu Ci slept until dawn, sitting in front of the dressing table.

Zhuying stood behind her and gently combed her hair with a comb dipped in osmanthus fragrance.

"My master looks really good. I think he had a good night's sleep last night."

"This is the first time since I entered the palace that I slept so peacefully."

Zhu Ci raised her eyebrows in the mirror and said in a gentle voice, "In the past, in Yongfu Palace, we had to get up before dawn to clean the fallen leaves. In winter, our hands were covered with chilblains from the cold, and we had to endure the bullying from Qian Shuang and the others. Now that I think about it, it's not that hard. You know how to get through it.”

"Yeah, think about it. It was really not a life for people in the past. No wonder the people in the palace were struggling to climb up, even at the expense of blood on their hands. It is a truth from ancient times that people who are good will be bullied."

Although Zhuying is still a maid, doing the work of serving people. But the master treated her very well. Except for Jingyue, Xiao Yinzi and the others were sweet-mouthed and obedient. It's much better than the days in Yongfu Palace where people shouted around and drank.

She also knew that she had no ability and no lofty ambitions, she just wanted to stay by her master's side forever. Even if she has to be a slave for the rest of her life, she is willing to do so.

"But master, all the hardships have finally come to an end. There will definitely be a lot of good days waiting for you in the future. Which clothes are you going to wear today?" Zhu Ci thought for a while and said: "The more plain, the better, that's the one. Wear a chest-length undershirt in sky blue color, and don’t make your hairstyle too complicated, just keep it simple.”

Zhuying was a little confused at first, and just wanted to ask why. Then when I thought about it carefully, I understood why my master said that.

She smiled and said: "Master, are you worried that dressing up in a flashy dress will make you too showy? On the contrary, it will be self-defeating and attract others to target you."

"Not bad, I know how to draw inferences from one instance." Zhu Ci smiled at Zhu Ying in the bronze mirror, watching her hands holding her hair and turning it around flexibly.

"I have just stayed in bed, and I was promoted to the concubine by the emperor. I am obviously a concubine of Bai Guifei. Concubine Bai has always been domineering by nature and has made many enemies. I am afraid that I have become the target of public criticism. If I don't keep a low profile, I'm afraid It arouses even more criticism from everyone.”

After everything was tidied up, breakfast was also ready. Zhu Ci saw that although there were three dishes and one soup, they were very delicate, but the portions were very small.

She looked up at Jingyue, who was serving soup, and saw oil stains on the corners of her lips, and she suddenly understood.

Zhuying glanced at it and frowned: "Why is the portion of this dish so small? It's already cold. Sister Jingyue, you don't know how to ask them to heat it up."

"Perhaps the people in the Shangshi Bureau look down on others and deliberately deprive the master of his food."

Jingyue rolled her eyes at Zhuying and placed the soup heavily in front of Zhu Ci.

"Master, just drink as you please. There is no kitchen in the palace, and we don't know how to perform magic tricks. If others knew about it, they would think that our master is too delicate and difficult to take care of."

Kanzhu was filled with indignation and was ready to argue with Jingyue.

Zhu Ci secretly tugged on the hem of her clothes, shook her head and said timidly: "Forget it, just drink it like this. The cold soup tastes different. You two should stop standing and sit down to eat together."

"It's just such a small amount of food, you'd better keep it for yourself. How can the slaves be so embarrassed to snatch it from you? If others see it, they will think that the slaves are disrespectful."

Jingyue snorted, her already mean face looking even more ugly.

"My slave knows that you have good intentions, but others don't know either. Do you think so?"

"You're right, I didn't think carefully." Zhu Ci sighed, sipping the soup quietly.

Seeing Zhu Ci's submissive look, Jingyue felt even more contemptuous. She is so petty, and I don’t know why the imperial concubine is so interested in her.

Zhuying was so angry that it was hard for her to speak even if her master didn't say anything, so she could only glare at Jingyue with a red face.

After he was seven to eight cents full, Zhu Ci put down the bowl and chopsticks. Zhuying brought tea for her to rinse her mouth.

Zhu Ci smiled flatteringly at Jingyue, "I really imagined a cat meowing last night. Please tell them to pay attention carefully and don't hurt themselves."

"My slave, I know. How can a person be afraid of an animal? You are too worried."

Jingyue's attitude was very impatient, "Don't you still want to go to the imperial concubine's palace and go with the imperial concubine to Zhaoyang Palace to pay her respects to the empress? Don't miss the time."

With a sarcastic look on her face, Zhu Ci gave a few more instructions and left with Zhuying.

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