Empress, she is rising step by step

Chapter 80 Let them also taste the feeling of being bitten by a poisonous snake

Zhuying thought thoughtfully, "My slave looks at Yan Baolin and Cao Baolin who seem to be at odds with each other. Yan Baolin has a straightforward temperament, he says what he wants, and he doesn't have so many twists and turns in his heart.

Cao Baolin, on the other hand, has low self-esteem and is sensitive, so he is afraid that he will have random thoughts again when he goes back. "

Zhu Ci took off her shoes and leaned crookedly on the couch, "Who knows whether Yan Baolin is really straightforward or fake. With Cao Baolin's temperament, even if others say good things, she may think it is yin and yang in her heart."

She stared at the dancing candlelight in a daze, "If a person is poor, he still has the opportunity to get rich with his hands. But if the heart is poor, even if you use all the panacea, you can't cure it. Just let the two of them go, there are so many people left and right. It has nothing to do with us, no need to worry."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhuying stepped forward and untied the strips of cloth on Zhu Ci's fingers.

Zhu Ci closed her eyes and took a nap, "By the way, remember to ask Xiao Yinzi to keep an eye on those snakes. If she gets away, it will be troublesome."

"Master, don't worry. Xiao Yinzi put those snakes into the empty water tank in the woodshed, sealed them with wooden lids, and fed them one meal every day."

Zhuying untied all the strips of cloth on Zhu Ci's fingers, and her originally rounded and pink nails showed a beautiful light blue color.

Wait until tomorrow when you can paste the pearl gold powder or the like on it and you're done. Her master's hands were beautiful, and his fingers were as slender as green onion. No matter what color his nails were dyed, they looked as white as jade.

"But what are you keeping them for, Master? They look horrible."

"I want them to help me find the murderer." Zhu Ci smiled slightly and raised his hand to admire his newly made nails.

"Xiao Yinzi said that those venomous snakes are unique to the south. They don't grow in Chang'an. So the only ones who can think of this idea are women who grew up in the south of the Yangtze River. Those whose natal families live in the south, and the concubines in the palace are like that. There are very few, let alone those who have issues with me, even less."

In fact, she already guessed who it was. However, with her reckless temperament, she could only think of ways to poison her. She would not have thought of such a smart and vicious strategy. Someone must be giving her advice behind her back.

Many people in the palace, both secretly and openly, regard her as a thorn in their flesh. If they want to find out the real mastermind behind the scenes, it may not be easy. If not, they will alert others, which is not worth the gain.

"Don't they want to harm me? Then I will use the trick to let them taste the feeling of being bitten by a poisonous snake."

"It seems that the master has an idea in his mind. But the master must be cautious and cautious. What happened today scared the slave to the point of losing his soul. It was really too thrilling."

Zhuying stood up and put away the strips of cloth, her face full of worry.

"I used to work as a maid in the Yongfu Palace. I was often beaten and scolded by innocent people. When winter came, my hands were covered with frostbite. At that time, I was thinking about when I could live a good life."

She raised the corners of her lips slightly, and looked at Zhu Ci with a look full of heartache, "I am living a good life now, but seeing you, Master, so worried and scared, always having to be wary of others, makes me miss the past a little bit. "

Zhu Ci turned her head and raised her face, looking at Zhuying gently with her amber eyes. After a long time, she stretched out her hand and held Zhuying's fingertips. Her fingertips were cold. Years of doing rough work had made her hands covered with a thick layer of calluses, which did not feel delicate to the touch.

"Are you scared? Do you regret following me?"

Zhuying also looked at Zhu Ci, her hand covering the back of her hand, and tears seemed to be shining in her eyes.

She shook her head, "I'm just worried about you. You've only been sleeping for a long time, and so many people want to kill you. The fight in this palace is far more dangerous, painful and torturous than I imagined. I’m afraid that the road ahead will become increasingly difficult, and you’ll be hard-pressed to guard against open and hidden arrows.” Today it’s a poisonous snake, and tomorrow it might be a poisonous arrow. No one knows what’s waiting for them. She understood that her master had to fight and fight, and she also understood that her worries and distress were not as real as a cup of hot tea to her master.

"I can only do my best and obey fate. If God bless me, I will live a long life. Otherwise, even if all the mechanisms are exhausted, I will not be the winner."

Zhu Ci turned over and sat up, her figure reflected on the wall behind her, and the swaying beads on her temples drew a graceful arc in the air.

Her fingers caressed the carved pattern on the small table. The pattern was exquisite, complicated and had a good meaning. It was painted with a thin layer of varnish, with a faint scent of rosin.

It wasn't rough to the touch, and she could feel its dense texture rubbing against her fingertips.

"In this life, people are constantly moving forward in pain and repeated torture. Instead of letting me choose to grow old in a humble way, I would rather fight for what I want in pain and numbness."

Zhuying was worried that there were still snakes and asked Zhuci to sleep with her. Zhu Ci couldn't resist her, so he could only go to her room and sleep with her.

At first, the two of them didn't feel sleepy, so they chatted about each other for half a night, but then they gradually fell asleep when they felt sleepy.

The next morning, Zhu Ci got up early because she was going to pay her respects to the queen.

Hongxiu stood behind her, gently massaging her scalp with orchid dew.

"My master's hair is very long. It is as black and bright as a piece of silk. I see that few ladies in the palace have thick and black hair."

"I'm just taking advantage of my youth. I don't know what will happen to me when I grow old. I don't know if I will become bald."

Zhu Ci took a pair of jade rabbit earrings and put them on her ears. She saw the red sleeves in the bronze mirror flexibly twisting up her long hair. As the sleeves moved, she smelled an unnamed fragrance, which seemed to be I smelled it somewhere.

"You smell so good. What kind of powder are you applying? It doesn't sting your nose, but it lasts for a long time."

Hongxiu was stunned for a moment, raised her sleeves and sniffed, and sure enough, there was a faint fragrance.

"I don't know where I got it from. Maybe I accidentally got it yesterday when I was called to Yongfu Palace by the imperial concubine?"

"Really? Then I have to ask the imperial concubine what her fragrance is."

Although Concubine Bai loves fragrance, she likes to prepare her own spices on weekdays. But she doesn't like elegant and long-lasting fragrance, but prefers strong smell, which is as unforgettable as her temperament.

Zhu Ci glanced at Hong Xiu calmly. She had a simple breakfast and then walked to Zhaoyang Palace.

"Master, I have already found out what you ordered me to do last night."

Zhuying held Zhu Ci's arm and whispered, "Cao Baolin has been on a diet recently and fainted several times. She also asked someone from the Shangyi Bureau to make her a set of clothes, which are not what the empresses in the palace often wear. The style is more like a dress worn by a dancer.”

(End of this chapter)