The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 46 Punishment Division ([-])

In the morning, the east was exposed to light, and after serving the emperor to change clothes, Wan Lai hurriedly left the Qianqing Palace.

The warm sedan chair bestowed by the emperor is bright yellow, more like the first ray of morning sun rising in the Forbidden City.

Since being favored, the emperor thoughtfully gave Wan Lai a sedan chair to ride alone. The inside of the sedan chair was even decorated with powdered pepper tree flowers, which was called the pepper fragrance sedan chair.

Another said that peppers have many "seeds", which is also a good intention to take more seeds.

Wanlu sniffed the faint fragrance and the pink sedan body, but her heart was not as peaceful as usual.

The sedan chair was secure, and the people who carried the sedan chair walked quickly, and Wanyu returned to Yanxi Palace in half a stick of incense.

As soon as she entered the door, she happened to meet Yun Chan who came out of the small kitchen. Seeing Yun Chan's cheeks flushed and tears in her eyes, she quickly stopped her and asked what happened.

Yun Chan hesitated for a long while, then complained aggrievedly: "Yesterday, Sister Yun Shan asked her maidservant to boil some magnolia juice and said that it is for you today, my lord, to use when you go back to the palace to wash up. Magnolia juice is the most difficult to boil, and the best juice needs a little The fire simmered for three hours, and the servant was too sleepy at night, so she leaned against the wall and squinted for a while, but this time, the time was delayed, and the juice was thickened. Sister Yunshan beat the servant in a fit of anger. It turned out that the servant did not do well Chinese use."

Wanyu gently stroked her swollen face with the juanzi in her hand and comforted her: "Yunshan is impatient, don't bother with her. I will talk to her when I have time, how can I work in the daytime when I don't let people rest at night? What's more, those little things are not the most important." She wiped away the tears for Yun Chan, and smiled at the corner of her mouth: "Stop crying, go wash your face, and go back to the veranda to rest for a while."

Back in the dormitory, Yun Shan was humming a ditty, holding Xue Rong in one hand, wiping the dust on the table with the other.

She went to sit on the couch without making a sound, and Yunshan heard the movement, only to realize that Wanyu was staring at her intently, she trembled in fright, put the snow velvet on the ground, clutched her chest and complained: "Little Why is the master so silent, it scares the servants to jump."

Xuerong tiptoed, and jumped into Wanyu's arms with light movements, lazily and coquettishly.

Wanlu teased its soft neck, and said to Yunshan in a deep voice, "Why are you so happy?"

"The young master came back from bed, and the slaves are naturally happy for the young master."

"It's a happy event, what are you doing with Yun Chan?" Wan Yu stared at Yun Shan, seeing her dodging expression and biting her lower lip, and then asked: "She used to serve the honorable person, I just looked at her poorly." I just brought her back to the palace. You and her are both maids serving in the palace, but after all she is no better than you and me as a master who has accompanied me since childhood. It is pitiful to be alone in the palace. Her temperament is considered gentle, so what's the point of getting angry with her?"

Yunshan said aggrievedly: "The young master also said that she used to serve Ronggui. Don't we know little about Ronggui's temperament? If the young master brings her back, if she is also an uneasy person, wouldn't it be harmful?" Little master. The servants are dedicated to the little master, so I cannot tolerate her."

Seeing Yun Shan's sadness, Wan Yu's tone became softer: "You have good intentions, but she is not the kind of person who is careless. If you care about it, just send her to do some rough work, and stop beating and scolding again. According to the rules in the palace, even the master is not allowed to beat the maid at will, it is always bad for you to act like this and let others see."

Yunshan was not angry in her heart, she nodded in response to the duplicity.

Wanyu picked up Xuerong and put it on the ground, and after a moment of silence, she asked again: "How much money is left in the palace?"

"It's only a hundred ingots. This month, the empress has reduced the monthly salary of the harem, and the money is even tighter." Yun Shan walked to the dressing table, bent down and took out an ebony box from the hollow gap under the dressing table. The lock can be opened without a key, and it is covered with a layer of snow-white silver ingots. She counted it carefully for a moment, frowned and shook her head: "It's getting colder in winter now, and I have to make some new winter clothes, the silver is probably not enough. Fortunately, Aunt Shuangruo was an old man in the palace and knew how to get the money, so she ordered the servants to make some small things like juanzi and square scarves early in the morning. Some taels of silver."

"That's enough." Wan Lai interrupted Yun Shan, ordering her to find a piece of inconspicuous plain cloth to wrap all the money.Yunshan finished the errand according to the order, and after handing over the silver taels wrapped in plain cloth to Wanyu's hands, she asked, "My lord, what are you doing with so many silver taels?"

Wan Yu was concentrating for a moment, and then there was a sentence in the air that made Yun Shan frightened after hearing it.

"Enter the Punishment Division."

Yun Shan was surprised for a moment, then collected herself and probed: "My lord, why are you running to that unlucky place? You."

In the morning, the cool wind blows along the half-opened flower windows, and there is a moist and cool touch on the skin.

The coolness slowly seeped into Wanyu's heart, causing her body to tremble unknowingly.

Originally thought that with gardenia hair and greasy comb hair, he could evoke the emperor's friendship with Rong Yue, thinking about her virtuousness and gentleness dispelled the remaining suspicion.But when he was sleeping, although the emperor didn't mention Rong Yue much in his words, what flowed out between the lines was still the emperor's treacherous thoughts.Now that the emperor wants to clear up his doubts, Liu Yue must confess the truth.

But Liuyue's current situation is not optimistic, if she is murdered again in the Punishment Department, won't she prove Rong Yue's crime of poisoning the prince in vain?

After a night of deep thinking, Wan Yu made a decision that he must ask Liu Yue for some clues before she was silenced.

"The emperor still has doubts about Rong Yue. If I want to save her, I have to go to the Punishment Department myself to force that ungrateful court lady to confess the mastermind behind the scenes." Tighter: "I don't know if I can ask for convenience for these silver taels."

Yunshan's surprise and displeasure were obvious, she cried and whispered: "Little master, what you are holding in your hand is the only silver we have left. If you gave all your brains to others to save Concubine Xian, our life will be better." But? Besides, the emperor is already scrupulous about this matter, now you rush to the Punishment Department rashly, and if it is heard by the emperor, do you want this favor?"

Wan Lai grabbed her clothes and stood up, sighing: "If the money is gone, I can make some small things with you to supplement it. No matter how bad it is, the elder sister and Ama can also help. If the life is not rich, it will not be in poverty. That's fine. In Yue's current situation, if I don't save her, what hope can she have?"

Wanyu changed into a light blue spacious coat without flower and bird embroidery patterns, which looked like a palace maid's daily uniform, and most of her makeup and hair were removed. This watery attire made her as pure as the first snow.

In order not to attract the attention of others, she lowered her head all the way and walked towards the House of Internal Affairs against the wall of the corridor.

Outside the main gate of the House of Internal Affairs, an eunuch saw Wanyu's strange expression, stopped her with a whip, and asked solemnly, "Which palace's maids are wandering around outside the House of Internal Affairs early in the morning."

Wanyu regained her composure slightly, raised her head and said solemnly: "Your Majesty Wan of Yanxi Palace is concerned about Concubine Xian's murder of the emperor's heir, so she is here to personally oversee the interrogation of the Sister of Prudence and Punishment." This raised her voice clearly meant for others It can be heard that during the conversation, Wanyu had already opened the Subu, revealing the shining silver ingot and shaking it a few times at the eunuch guarding the door with a white light.

Unexpectedly, the eunuch was not moved at all, on the contrary Yang Mei glanced at Wan Yu, and said indifferently: "I'm afraid the bloody energy in this is unbearable, so please go back."

(End of this chapter)