Resourceful beauty

Chapter 221 Old things
"My maidservant Chunni, I have met the Crown Princess Concubine, and the empress is safe."

The woman who asked for peace lowered her head respectfully, she couldn't see her face clearly, but she heard her voice, she seemed to be a middle-aged woman in her 30s.

The maids in the palace can be released from the palace when they reach the age of 25, and this Chun Nier is said to have family members outside the palace, so there is no reason to stay until now.

"Get up..."

Shouting, Fang Ruxuan temporarily put aside the doubts in her heart, and looked up.

After a while, Fang Ruxuan asked, "How old are you now? A maid can leave the palace at the age of 25. Why are you still serving in the palace?"

"Back to the Crown Princess, the servant girl is 38 years old this year."

She looks like she is in her 40s, Chun Nier looks a little older than her real age, her eyebrows are drooping, her complexion is sallow, it can be seen that she has suffered a lot in King Yao's Palace for so many years, but she doesn't know how she got here Serving in Fangpin's palace.

But why hasn't she left the palace yet? Chun Nier hesitated for a moment before she said dully: "I have no relatives in my servant's family, and I can't find any way out of the palace, so I stayed and continued to serve in the palace."

Presumably there must be some unspeakable difficulties, Fang Ruxuan didn't continue to ask, but instead asked: "When did you go to serve Concubine Fang?"

"In the 26th year of Yongqian, the concubine Fang was drafted into the palace. At that time, she was still a nobleman. The slave girl was an aunt in the clothing bureau at that time. She was tired of the intrigue there, so she spent money and asked the consul father-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to arrange the slave girl to Xinjin. Gong Guiren is the aunt in charge, so I went to Fang Guiren's place, and it has been three years now."

Chun Nier answered in detail, but the clay sculpture's expression and plain narration made people inexplicably convincing, and felt that what she said was true.

Fang Ruxuan smiled and said, "You usually talk like this when you are with Concubine Fang?"

Chun Nier was stunned for a moment, looked up at Fang Ruxuan, then lowered her head and replied: "When the servant girl was assigned to Fang Guiren's side, she didn't like the servant girl with a clay face all day long, so in the past few years, the servant girl has been in charge. Things in the yard, training the rules of the maidservants in the palace, and assigning tasks to various places. The things about the concubine Fang's closeness do not use slaves."

That said, it makes sense.

Fang Ruxuan called Ding Xiang and said, "Move a stool for her to sit on."

"Slaves dare not..."

Chun Nier hurriedly took a step back, apparently feeling that she was not qualified to sit in front of the princess.

While speaking, Ding Xiang had already brought a little scorpion and placed it in front of the screen three steps away from Fang Ruxuan, Fang Ruxuan pointed to the little scorpion and said, "Sit down, I still have a lot of things I want to ask you. I'm afraid I won't be able to speak clearly for a while, so let's sit down and answer."

Since Chun Nier came, she knew that what the Crown Princess asked must be related to Wanfu Palace and Concubine Ning. Seeing what Fang Ruxuan said, she hesitated for a moment, then turned around and sat on the twig.

Then she motioned to Ding Xiang to pour a bowl of tea for her, and Fang Ruxuan said, "Since we have found you, the future will be brighter. As for how Concubine Ning died in the first place, and what happened in Wanfu Palace that day, I am not in a hurry." I know, let me tell you how you came to serve in the Wanfu Palace."

Chun Nier nodded, and after taking a sip of tea, she recalled what happened back then.

"The slave girl entered the palace at the age of eight. Since entering the palace, she has been working in the clothes washing bureau. Later, in the palace draft, the slave girl was picked out by the Household Department because of her good looks, and sent to Huixin Xiaozhu to serve in the palace to participate in the election. At the end of the draft, the servants in Huixin Xiaozhuli were assigned to serve in various palaces, and the servants were assigned to serve by the concubine Ning, who was still a noble person at that time."

Said softly, with a gentle expression on her face, Chun Nier showed her first smile after entering the door, "The years when I worked as an errand for Ning Guiren were the most comfortable years for slaves to live in the palace. .”

The old man often said that those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black, and there are such servants around as long as there is a master.

Concubine Ning has a gentle temperament, and the maidservants serving by her side must not be difficult to talk to. Therefore, in the first few years, even though Chun Nier and the maidservants who were assigned to Wanfu Palace made mistakes occasionally, they always reprimanded them. A few words of punishment, no serious punishment.

"When Guiren Ning first entered the Wanfu Palace, he still lived in the East Side Hall, and Concubine Qin lived in the main hall. Concubine Qin Gui was domineering, and often punished Guiren Ning because he was in a bad mood. The nobleman was not angry and just accepted it. Later, the nobleman fell into the eyes of the king, Qin Guifei became even more displeased with the nobleman, and often took advantage of the opportunity to make troubles, making it difficult for the nobleman, and then once, the king took a serious look at him."

Thinking of what happened that day, Chun Nier seemed to feel extremely relieved, with a proud expression on her face, "At that time, the nobleman was being favored, but Qin Guifei hadn't served bed for a long time, the king saw Qin Guifei's cold Heaven also made the nobleman kneel in the yard to think about his mistakes, and when something happened, he demoted Qin Guifei to permanent residence and moved out of the Wanfu Palace. Then, the nobleman was named Ning Concubine, took the position of the first palace master, and moved into the main hall. "

"There were not many concubines in the palace. When Concubine Ning was still a noble person, there were only two masters in the Wanfu Palace, Concubine Qin and Concubine Ning. Later, Concubine Qin moved away, Concubine Ning was happy and quiet, and there was another draft in the palace. They are all arranged in another palace, the Wanfu Palace, but only Concubine Ning lives there."

It seems that the master is favored, and the current people are also honored. When Chun Nier mentioned the past, she was quite complacent, but in a flash, her expression darkened, "It is precisely because of this that the concubine Ning has been put in the wrong. They said that Wanfu Palace is secluded and no one lives with them, so they framed the empress."

As she said that, Chun Nier's voice paused, and she didn't continue, Xu felt that she had already explained clearly how she got into the Wanfu Palace.

Fang Ruxuan understood, however, that what she hadn't finished speaking represented what happened back then.

Wanfu Palace is located in the southeast of the palace, a little far away from the Yiyuan Hall of King Yao, and because there is only one master in the palace, the person behind the scenes told stories and framed Concubine Ning for adultery and harmed her Concubine Ning was even more confused when she gave birth to a child prematurely.

"Then when did you leave Wanfu Palace?"

Fang Ruxuan sighed and continued to ask.

"Concubine Ning entered the palace during the second draft in the palace in the fourth year of Yongqian. The servants came to serve her in that year. Later, they served in the Wanfu Palace until the seventh year of Yonggan. The servants were framed Stealing, was expelled from the Wanfu Palace, and relegated back to the Clothes Bureau to continue working. In the second year, that happened in the palace, and Master Concubine Ning left the infant prince and hanged herself."

Clutching the teacup in her hand tightly, Chun Nier said calmly.

"Twenty years have passed, and the events of that year can no longer be verified. Since you have been in the palace for so many years, have you ever doubted anyone?"

Fang Ruxuan asked Chun Nier's guess directly without asking what happened that year, and what vicious rumors spread.

After being stunned for a moment, Chun Nier shook her head resolutely, "Things in the palace are always complicated and unspeakable, and I dare not speculate on my own."

"Since I have found you here, I will not let this matter go away. I just want to know how people in the palace have guessed what happened in the past 20 years. It is not so much about this matter at this moment. The palace is asking you, rather, it is asking any servant in the palace, so even if you don't say it, the palace can still ask from other people, why do you need to hide it?"

Fang Ruxuan spoke bluntly.

The servants in the palace have eight thousand if not ten thousand. When they have nothing to do, they like to dig up those old secrets and talk about them. Naturally, some people will secretly guess who made the case without a head. So, what Fang Ruxuan said was not false at all.

Chun Nier hesitated for a while, and then said again: "When Concubine Ning left, there were only a few people in the palace who were higher in status than her, capable and capable. Fengming Palace, Changle Palace, Jinghua Palace Heyuehua Palace."

Queen Zhou lived in Fengming Palace, Concubine Han Shu lived in Changle Palace, Jinghua Palace and Yuehua Palace were the palaces of Concubine Lu Ru and Concubine Liu Ning respectively.

Counting it, it is also the words of Chun Nier, who are the highest-ranking people in the palace, if they say it, it means they don't say it.

But Fang Ruxuan knew that what Chun Nier wanted to say should be more than that.

Sure enough, after hesitating for a moment, Chun Nier said: "At that time, the queen was still the queen, Concubine Han Shu was still Concubine Han Shu, Concubine Lu Ru and Concubine Liu Ning, but at that time they were only concubines Lu and Concubine Liu, and concubine Lu and concubine Ning We have always been friends, so before Master Ning Concubine left, he entrusted His Highness the Crown Prince to Concubine Lu."

"When Concubine Ning was pregnant, there were already the eldest prince, the second prince and the third prince in the palace, and the fourth prince born to Concubine Lu was lifeless after birth, so there were only a handful of people with motives. "

Chun Nier's words clearly targeted Queen Zhou who did not give birth to a prince.

Just imagine, at that time, Concubine Ning was so favored by King Yao. If she gave birth to a prince, according to King Yao's promise that day, Concubine Ning would jump up to become Concubine Ning after giving birth to the prince. Above ten thousand people.

What does a noble concubine who gave birth to a prince mean to a queen who did not give birth to a prince?
Therefore, Queen Zhou is indeed the most motivated person among them.

Seeing that Fang Ruxuan understood what she meant, Chun Nier continued: "At that time, the second prince was seriously ill, and there were rumors in the palace that the life of the unborn fifth prince was too precious. Only when the prince is restrained will he be ill for a long time."

Concubine Ning's mother is expensive by virtue of her son, and she is about to become Concubine Ning in a flash. Her son is naturally precious in fate, but both are princes, and the mother is also the fourth concubine. Whoever suppresses whoever's son restrains It's nonsense whoever it is.

However, the noble concubine is the head of the four concubines. Concubine Han Shu stayed in the position of Concubine Shu for so long even after giving birth to her son. It is also possible that the son restrained his own son and caused his son to die soon. Whoever it was, would not be merciful?
Thinking of Concubine Han Shu who took good care of her these days, Fang Ruxuan's heart suddenly became mixed.

(End of this chapter)