Xiangmen Concubine: The Emperor's Abandoned Concubine

Chapter 602
When Lao Chen saw the two maids who had already arrived outside the courtyard where they lived, he was slightly taken aback.Subconsciously, he looked behind them and saw that there was nothing behind them, so he couldn't help feeling suspicious.

"The two are..." Lao Chen looked at the two handsome maids, and when he saw the clothes of the maid slightly in front, he panicked and quickly knelt down.

The hierarchy in the palace is very strict, from the emperor to the prince, from the queen to the concubine, from the eunuch to the maid, what kind of status and what kind of clothes are worn.

Although he has not been out of the cold palace for a long time, he still remembers the rules of the palace clearly.After seeing clearly, he quickly knelt down.

"Slave Chen Bo, I have seen the Hsinchu girl from Jiuyou Palace."

Ruan Mianmian glanced at Chen Bo with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

The harem is indeed a place where dragons and tigers are hidden, a small butler of the Leng Palace, Hsinchu has never been to the Leng Palace, and he can directly guess it based on his clothes.

Ruan Mianmian smiled slightly, looked at Chen Bo and said, "Eunuch Chen is very polite, you are an old man in the palace, how can Hsinchu afford such a great gift from you."

Chen Po quickly shook his head: "Where, the Hsinchu girl was joking. The slave is just a useless slave, not like the Hsinchu girl, she is the queen's personal maid."

Regarding the matter of Jiuyou Palace, it is very clear.Ruan Mianmian still smiled, looked at Chen Bo and said, "Eunuch Chen, let's get up and talk, Hsinchu just came to see today, and has no other intentions."

Chen Bo hurriedly nodded, stood up from the ground, then looked at Ruan Mianmian with some anxiety and asked, "If you have something to do with the girl from Hsinchu, you might as well speak up. The servant knows everything, and he must say everything."

A sensible person, Ruan Mianmian smiled.

She also doesn't like to beat around the bush, so she cut straight to the point: "In that case, I really want to know, which courtyard did Miss Fang's house live in?"

There was no surprise on Chen Bo's face, as if he had already guessed the purpose of her visit.Ruan Mianmian was not surprised by this.

The people from Jiuyou Palace are naturally not for the concubines of the Supreme Emperor.And Fang Ziwei was the only former concubine of Feng Jiuyou who stayed in this cold palace.

"Going back to Hsinchu, Ms. Fang used to live in the yard behind the big banyan tree, turn right and go straight for 300 meters, then turn left."

As he spoke, Chen Bo smiled and said, "If Miss Hsinchu doesn't mind, I'm willing to guide Miss Hsinchu."

Ruan Mianmian nodded, motioning for Chen Bo to lead the way.

Just about to go to the yard where Fang Ziwei lived before, Ruan Mianmian saw another old woman coming out from the yard where Chen Bo came out just now.

Seeing them, he was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Chen Bo.

Chen Bo smiled and said, "Girl from Hsinchu, this is Minghui, the servant and Minghui are... opposites."

The next few words, he said a little embarrassingly.

Ruan Mianmian listened with a clear look on her face.He just smiled, didn't say much, and signaled Chen Bo to lead the way.

Chen Bo took a look at the old maid Minghui: "Minghui, these two are the maids next to the empress of Jiuyou Palace. I will take them to the courtyard where Miss Fang lived before."

Minghui nodded in a daze, and said "oh" softly.

When they arrived at the courtyard where Fang Ziwei lived, Ruan Mianmian said with a smile: "Thank you, Eunuch Chen, I'll take a look here first, you can go get busy."

Chen Po nodded quickly, not daring to stay longer.He is a shrewd person, otherwise he wouldn't have lived to his current age in this harem where people are unpredictable.

Didn't it just mean that the Empress has been missing for more than half a year, has she returned to the palace?It's really strange that he didn't hear the news at all.

It was the news that the emperor brought His Highness the Crown Prince back to the palace. He had heard Minghui mention it earlier this morning, but it was vague and not sure.

Now it seems that the empress should return to the palace.Ms. Fang, who was locked up in the cold palace before, was proclaimed Princess Anning by the empress dowager. It's no wonder that the queen mother asked her close maids to visit the cold palace as soon as she returned to the palace.

Ruan Mianmian stood outside the yard for a while, and then went into the room inside the yard after a while.The furnishings in the room are relatively simple, but relatively clean.

Compared with some of the rooms I saw along the way just now, this room is considered very nice.

That's right, Fang Ji is the Grand Tutor, even if Fang Ziwei is abolished and thrown into limbo, as long as the Fang family is still there, as long as Fang Ji is still the Grand Tutor, Chen Bo and the others will not dare to make things difficult for Fang Ziwei.

Even, because of the management of Fang's family, Fang Ziwei will take extra care of her.This cold palace belongs to the forgotten corner of the imperial palace. The forgotten place is always a place where many unexpected things happen.

She simply looked around the room and didn't see anything strange.I didn't even think about what to see from here, after watching for a while, I went out.

Before going out, she looked at a pot of orchids in the corner of the room.The orchids over there have withered and clung to the flower pots limply.

There was nothing special about it, but what interested her was that there was some new soil under the flowerpot.

Ruan Mianmian winked at the palace lady, who walked over knowingly.

Without waiting for the maid, Ruan Mianmian walked back alone.Chen Bo didn't go far, even Huiming, who was staying in his yard, came over.

Seeing her coming out, both of them saluted respectfully: "Miss Hsinchu."

Ruan Mianmian nodded and looked at them: "What's the matter?"

Huiming smiled submissively on his wrinkled face: "It's nothing wrong, I'm worried that the Hsinchu girl needs help, so Lao Chen and I will wait outside."

Ruan Mianmian said softly "Oh", looked at Chen Bo and said casually, "I saw a withered orchid in the room, I'm afraid Miss Fang forgot to move it when she left."

Huiming hurriedly smiled and said, "No, that's not Miss Fang's orchid. Miss Fang doesn't like her, she prefers playing the piano."

Ruan Mianmian looked up at Huiming with surprise in her eyes: "Really? Hehe, I thought Miss Fang liked growing flowers very much."

Huiming quickly explained: "That's not true, the one who likes to grow flowers is her maid, called Zhi'er."

"Oh, so that's what happened." Ruan Mianmian smiled and said, "But it's a pity, such a good orchid, with a thick flower stalk, just withered like that."

Huiming said: "Yes, but Miss Fang didn't allow us to clean before she left, so we didn't go in. It's not unusual for the orchid to freeze to death in this winter. But that little girl, Zhi'er, probably feels distressed. "

Chen Bo glared at Huiming, signaling her not to talk too much.Huiming was dissatisfied, so he glanced back at him, and continued to smile and said: "What's the use of Hsinchu girls for us, just ask."

Ruan Mianmian raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, but there is nothing to help."

As she said that, she showed a bit of sadness and worry on her face: "I just stopped by to have a look. The empress is missing and has not been found. I reckon that Miss Fang and the empress have met a few times before, and I want to ask if she know?"

Chen Bo and Huiming looked at each other, and were taken aback at the same time.

The empress has not returned to the palace yet?
Could it be that, what they heard outside just now, the fire in Qingfeng Temple really burned the empress to death?

"It's getting late, I'll go back first, thank you Eunuch Chen this time." After glancing at the two of them, Ruan Mianmian saw that the maid had come out, and took her out of the cold palace.

(End of this chapter)