Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 4 A good opportunity for prosperity and wealth
  Zhu Ci's tone was panic, and her slender body was trembling slightly.

"The imperial concubine is joking. I just want to serve you well and don't dare to think about anything else."

"Hey, 'people want to go to higher places, but water flows to lower places.' It is reasonable for you to want to climb up. It is a good thing for people to be ambitious when they are young, but it is terrible if they have the heart to support themselves in old age. "

Bai Xinrui let go of her hand, turned around and sat back on the couch, "I have a good opportunity here that will make you rich and powerful. I wonder if you are willing to do it?"

Zhu Ci lowered her eyes and thought for a while: "I don't want any glory or wealth, but if it can be beneficial to the empress, I will be willing to do so."

"You are good at talking." Bai Xinrui twitched the corners of her mouth, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

It's better to be smart. If you are smart, you will not do anything stupid, and you will know what to do and what not to do. What she needs is help, not someone to cause trouble for her.

"You are a smart man. You don't need to say anything about what I mean. You understand it after thinking about it. From now on, you will stay with me and serve you."

"Okay, you go down first. If anything happens, I will call you."

Zhu Ci responded repeatedly and stepped out quietly.

The smile on Bai Xinrui's face slowly disappeared, replaced by a cold look.

"What do you think of that girl?"

"My Majesty's vision is of course unmistakable. That girl is very outstanding both in appearance and figure."

Liu Yan took a spoonful of fragrant powder and sprinkled it into the incense burner, then gently closed the lid.

"It's just your Majesty, do you really plan to do this? I'm worried that the girl's ambition will be too high in the future, and I won't be able to catch her."

"As you just said, with Zhu Ci's beauty, it is only a matter of time before the emperor takes notice. In this case, I might as well give her a ride."

Bai Xinrui sighed irritably, stretched out her hand to gently caress her slightly bulging belly, her eyes were gentle.

"Besides, I am pregnant again now, so it is temporarily inconvenient for me to sleep with you. How many people want to take this opportunity to send women to the emperor's dragon bed."

"The favor of the women in the harem lies between the emperor's bed. If it is not preserved, the emperor will forget about me. At that time, that bitch, Concubine Shu, will see my joke for nothing."

Bai Xinrui sighed and glanced at Liu Yan, "I have no choice, otherwise I wouldn't have made such a move."

Thinking of something, a contemptuous smile appeared on her face, "Huh, Zhu Ci is somewhat pretty, but her family background is low and she was born as a slave. Do you think any slave in the past dynasties has become the emperor's concubine? If she can become Baolin in this life, she will be a blessing to her ancestors."

Seeing what his master said, Liu Yan didn't say anything more. Zhu Ci has outstanding appearance, but the most important thing in the palace is beauty.

Without a powerful natal family and outstanding talents, Israeli servants would eventually fall out of favor. With regard to Zhu Ci's humble background, even if she had the support of the empress and the pity of the emperor, she would not be able to fly up a branch and become a phoenix.

Zhu Ci walked out of the main hall and saw Zhuying hiding in the corner looking over. She looked around, walked over quickly, and pulled her aside.

"Why are you here?"

"I can't worry about you. I just heard them say that Qian Shuang has angered the imperial concubine and has ordered her to be sent to the rape chamber." Zhuying took Zhu Ci's arm and said with a worried look: "Sister, are you okay? Right? Did the imperial concubine blame you? Just now I saw Eunuch Wei was so aggressive, it really frightened me."

"It's okay. I'm just standing in front of you."

Zhu Ci knew that Zhuying was worried about her, so she smiled and patted Zhuying's hand gently.

"There are many people here, so it's better to be careful. If anything happens, we'll talk about it when we go back tonight."

After talking to Zhuying for a few more words, they each went to do their own things.

At the eleventh hour, Zhu Ci dragged her tired body back to her residence. Seeing her coming back, Zhuying quickly got a cup of hot tea and handed it to her.

Outside the window, the cold moonlight fell on the ground like glistening white frost. The swaying flowers, plants and leaves float like diatoms in the water, and the shadows on the corridor become thicker and thicker.

Zhuying sat opposite Zhu Ci, "Sister Zhu, it's too dangerous to use fragrance powder during the day. Fortunately, the imperial concubine didn't believe what Qian Shuang said and didn't blame you."

When Sister Zhu told her plan, she was scared to death. I feel that this method of using fragrant powder to frame Qian Shuang is too risky. What if the imperial concubine doesn't believe anyone and gets angry and orders people to pull them out and chop them all.

But when she thought of Qian Shuang and the grievances she and Sister Zhu had suffered in the past, she impulsively nodded in agreement. Fortunately, Sister Zhu was thoughtful and the imperial concubine did not doubt her.

"The Imperial Concubine and Concubine Shu have been at odds for a long time, and Concubine Shu has repeatedly provoked the Imperial Concubine in public."

"As long as Qian Shuang keeps that magnolia hairpin, she will only die. No one would want a slave with alien intentions. Wouldn't that put herself in a dangerous situation at any time?

What's more, she almost killed the imperial concubine and the little prince in her belly today. "

Zhu Ci put down the tea cup and rubbed the rim of the cup carefully, "I really have no choice. If I don't give it a try, I will only be a mermaid. If Qian Shuang is still alive, you and I will never have a good life."

Zhuying nodded vigorously. If Qian Shuang is still alive, she and Sister Zhu will never have a happy life and will always be controlled by others.

Instead of being bullied by her everywhere, it would be better to get rid of this trouble completely.

Zhuying held Zhu Ci's hand with worry on her face, "Just sister Zhu, do you really want to do that? They say, "Accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger." The imperial concubine is also famous for being jealous. She asked you to serve the emperor. Just for the sake of being a pet.

You are caught in the middle and suffer the consequences. You also have to fight against others, lest you lose your life if you are not careful. "

Zhu Ci nodded and held Zhuying's hand, "Do you think you don't have to go through this as a slave? Where there are people, there will be calculations and disputes."

As a person who has lived for two lives, what she understands most is that people's hearts are evil and the weak prey on the strong. They are all human beings, born and raised by their parents, so why should she be a slave who is ordered around.

If you do good work, you will be happy to die in good health. But the master's thoughts are the most difficult to figure out. If he says the wrong word, he will lose his head at any time.

"Especially for us slaves, our lives are as cheap as grass and trees. We are just things for our masters to play with and learn from. Since there is a possibility of losing our lives, why don't I give it a try?"

Zhuying thought about it and realized that it was indeed true. And I wish my sister is so good-looking, I don’t know how many eunuchs want to be with her.

Like them as slaves, their master can decide their fate with just a word. In this case, it is better to serve the emperor, who is the emperor!
  (End of this chapter)