Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 76

"The princess intentionally lied that the spies dropped the evidence. You are scared and want to escape from the palace before you are discovered." Xia Zijin reached out and patted the swaddle gently, and Ming'er's crying gradually stopped, "I thought you You are an honest person, and this princess has never treated you badly, and found you an adopted daughter, but you ignored her because you ran for your life."

Zhao's mother tried her best to hold back her crying, her eyes were full of remorse and helplessness, she understood that Xia Zijin no longer trusted her when the Dongchuang incident happened, and only now did she truly understand what it means to regret not being at the beginning.

"Princess... It's the slave who is obsessed with ghosts, and the sin is serious!" Zhao Ma moved her knees and knelt in front of Xia Zijin, pulling her skirt and begging, "I beg the princess to see that this slave has served you, please forgive me." Let the slaves die!"

Xiaokui rolled her eyes upwards, and muttered in a low voice, "Shameless."

Zhao's mother heard it clearly, and saw that Xia Zijin was unmoved, and kowtowed non-stop with her hands touching the ground.

"The slave is shameless, she shouldn't avenge the princess, but Ming'er is still young, she...she can't live without the slave! I beg the princess to spare the slave!"

With her index finger in her mouth, Ming'er stared at Xia Zijin who was gently patting her, and then grinned.

Xia Zijin's begging for Mama Zhao did not fluctuate at all. She pinched Ming'er's fleshy face and said calmly: "Since you can't let her go, you won't leave her and run for your life, using the child as an excuse. It’s really a waste of all the painstaking efforts this princess put into entrusting Ming’er to you.”

After finishing speaking, Xia Zijin withdrew her hand, straightened her sleeves, looked at Zhao's mother who was still on the ground, and said coldly: "From now on, Ming'er will be taken care of by the girls in Mosheng Garden. You have nothing to do with it."

Zhao Ma's old face collapsed, a pair of tear-stained eyes stared at the infant Ming'er, and she began to wail at the top of her throat.

Her hoarse voice was particularly harsh in the cold night, and the palace people looked at her one by one, but they didn't feel the slightest sympathy. It has been unacceptable for God to betray one's faith since ancient times, but it is only one's own fault.

"Zhao's conduct is not good, she colluded with outsiders to betray her princess, dragged her back to the Mosheng Garden... and died with a stick."

Xia Zijin was silent for a long time, and finally spit out this sentence word by word, shook the palace sash, and walked away without looking at Zhao Mama again.

"Princess, please spare my life! Princess, please spare this servant, and this servant will never dare again!"

Behind her was Mama Zhao's mournful begging, and the palace people dragged her back to the palace expressionlessly, and Xiao Huanzi even stuffed her mouth with a handkerchief.

The yelling sounded, and soon disappeared into the palace road.

On that day, the palace people in Moshengyuan only remembered that Mrs. Zhao died after receiving 110 three heavy sticks in the garden, and the thick blood stained the whole lower body and floated into everyone's nasal cavity.

Xia Zijin used Zhao Ma's death to let all the palace people in the Mosheng Garden understand that if anyone dared to give birth to the idea of ​​betrayal, this would be the end.

In the bedroom of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Ming was leaning on a nanmu chair, flipping through a book of introductions to Taoism and philosophy in his hand, with a thick fox fur blanket covering his knees, and wriggling his fingers on the chair handle.

There was the melodious sound of the pipa next to her ears, and Yue Jingan was sitting on the other side, holding the pipa in her arms and plucking the strings.

Outside the hall, the sound of skirts scraping the floor gradually approached. Xia Shengqing, who was serving at the side, straightened her waist and walked out of the door. A flash of bright red came from far and near, only to see an unexpected guest coming from outside the hall.

"The imperial concubine, the emperor has already recruited the concubine lotus to attend the bed, and it's not your brand to overturn it today." Xia Shengqing respectfully half-bent down and saluted, and said lightly.

Concubine Yue saw the shadows of the two through the window, one was reading a book and the other was playing, it could be said to be a chord of zither, and everyone was happy.

"Eunuch Xia, you are such a busy person. You have to take care of Princess Mingzhu on the one hand and serve the emperor on the other."

Concubine Yue said eccentrically, staring at Yue Jing'an's gentle shadow, and the melodious and beautiful sound of the pipa slowly came from the hall.She was annoyed, ever since Yue Jing'an came out of the Buddhist hall, Ming Shengdi seldom flipped her sign, if she hadn't had an unshakable relationship with the court, I'm afraid she really wanted to make the people in the palace worship the high and trample the low Belittle.

At this moment, when she saw Xia Shengqing standing in front of her, she became even more angry. She used to think that he was just an ordinary servant, but now it seems that she underestimated him.

"The imperial concubine is joking, serving the emperor and the princess is the duty of a slave, so why bother?"

Concubine Yue looked up and down at the calm Xia Shengqing, and the seeds that had been planted in the hut in her heart sprouted at this moment.She spent a lot of effort to create a seamless drama, thinking that Xia Zijin would definitely be put to death, but she didn't want it to be Xia Ziwu who died at the last moment.

Xia Shengqing was present before Ming Shengdi arrived at the hut. A servant did not follow the emperor, but arrived at the hut before the emperor. This must have something to do with Xia Shengqing!
The long and narrow red phoenix eyes narrowed their upward arcs, and Concubine Yue moved her eyes between the figure in the palace and Xia Shengqing, and suddenly pursed her lips and said: "Eunuch Xia, since the emperor does not need my palace to serve you, then this palace is in Yikun Palace." There is a valuable item in it, please ask Eunuch Xia to hand it over to the emperor!"

"My lady, if there is anything for the palace servants to present to Qianqing Palace, the slaves will naturally bring it to hand over." Xia Shengqing lowered her eyes and said.

What Concubine Yue hates the most is that the palace people don't obey her orders. She snorted coldly and said: "The palace people are naturally not as careful as Eunuch Xia. If something is broken, how can I explain to the emperor?"

After all, Concubine Yue ignored Xia Shengqing's reaction, threw off the tail of her skirt and walked back.

"If Eunuch Xia doesn't come, I have no choice but to tell the emperor truthfully that the position of noble concubine in this palace cannot be manipulated by Eunuch Xia."

A trace of unknown emotion flashed in Xia Shengqing's eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he stepped up to follow. Concubine Yue probably had her eyes on him right now.Forget it, he just wanted to see what kind of medicine the extraordinary concubine Yue Gui was selling in the gourd this time.

The inside of Yikun Palace can be described as extravagant and extravagant. From the moment you enter the main entrance, there are carved beams along the way, and the painted paintings on the eaves are all filled with gold powder, which is vivid even at night.

Inside the main hall, there is a huge double-sided screen, with four beautiful pictures painted on the screen cloth, a one-foot-wide imperial concubine is placed on it, seasonal vegetables and fruits are placed on the golden nanmu table, and a small incense box There is an elegant white fragrance inside.

"Xiang'er, come here."

Concubine Yue stepped into the hall and waved to the maid Xiang'er who was close to her.

Xiang'er looked a little weird, looked up at Xia Shengqing, nodded obediently, and walked down slowly with her skirt up.

"The imperial concubine should hurry up and hand over the things to the servant, so that the servant can go back to Qianqing Palace to deal with business." Xia Shengqing did not ignore the surprise in Xiang'er's eyes, and said calmly with her hands in her sleeves, her heart was already on guard.

"What's the rush? Didn't Bengong let Xiang'er go down to prepare things?"

Concubine Yue sat on the couch, and raised her hand to blow up the smoke in the incense box. After fiddling with the armor for a while, she lazily waved her hand, and handed the incense box to Rui'er, another close-fitting court lady beside her. Said: "The relic incense is about to burn out, go to the storeroom to add some for me. By the way, take Eunuch Xia there."

Rui'er nodded in agreement, then moved forward with the incense box in her hand, bent her knees to Xia Shengqing and said, "Grandpa Xia, please come with your servants."

Xia Shengqing nodded, and followed Rui'er towards the warehouse, passing through the rockery all the way, the water brought up from the dark river was flowing slowly between the rock crevices, if you don't look carefully, it really looks like a mountain stream, It was very cleverly arranged.

Rui'er held the incense box and led Xia Shengqing around three corridors. The lingering fragrance in the incense box got into Xia Shengqing's nose from time to time, and it was a bit cloying.

"The storeroom is in front, please come with me, Mr. Xia." Rui'er smiled slightly, took out the key from her sleeve pocket, inserted it into the big brass lock and turned it with a click.

Xia Shengqing followed Rui'er into the warehouse, and a burst of sandalwood came to her face.There is a lot of dust in the warehouse, and there is always a musty smell. The masters in various palaces often order the palace people to light incense in the warehouse to get rid of the moldy smell, but as extravagant as Yue Guifei, she uses high-quality sandalwood to drive away the smell. Yes, but there are only a handful of them.

Concubine Yue's warehouse is very spacious, with several connected rooms inside and out. Xia Shengqing followed Rui'er's footsteps, and saw a lot of rare things on the square cabinets. There is no shortage of the South China Sea night pearl, down to the authentic calligraphy and paintings of the ancients.

"Grandpa Xia is waiting here for the slaves, the slaves will come as soon as they go."

After saying that, Rui'er blessed her body and walked towards the inner room.Xia Shengqing raised her eyes and looked around for a while, seeing that there was no danger around her, so she stood and waited in peace.

The time for a cup of tea passed, and before Rui'er came out, Xia Shengqing was slightly puzzled, took a few steps forward, took a look, and called out tentatively: "Miss Rui'er?"

The warehouse was quiet, no one answered, Xia Shengqing couldn't help frowning, and walked into the room.

Stepping into the inner room, most of the large pieces of room are placed here. There are idle imperial concubines, and octagonal gold-plated agarwood beds. Floor cabinets and dressing tables are neatly arranged on the side. The obsolete products that are not used.

Xia Shengqing looked around, but did not see Ruier's figure, thought for a while and was about to leave first, but suddenly heard a cry.

He looked back, and saw a lotus root arm hanging from the hanging curtain of the octagonal gold-plated agarwood bed behind him, and the onion-like nails were painted with a touch of Koudan.

He opened the curtain and saw Rui'er was lying on the bed, moaning softly while clutching her forehead.

"Miss Rui'er, are you important?" Xia Shengqing asked with a frown, her face was flushed and her eyes were dense, as if she had a high fever, but she was obviously doing well just now, which made Xia Shengqing quite puzzled.

(End of this chapter)