refuse to be a concubine
Chapter 18 Heart, why is it so vicious?
Chapter 18 Heart, why is it so vicious?
I was stunned for a moment, and the queen said again: "Xiaoling said, you touched the second prince's clothes yesterday, is what she said true?"
Looking at Xiao Ling, I saw Xiao Ling staring at me coldly, the depth of her gaze was full of coldness.
"Yes, the servant bumped into Xiao Ling yesterday when she was walking through the corridor."
"So you secretly put needles in your clothes to harm the second prince." Xiaoling said sharply.
"No, the servant didn't put a fine needle." They actually doubted me...
"How can you prove that you didn't put it away?" Xiaoling rushed in front of me, staring at me coldly, "That day, I went to the laundry bureau to fold the clothes myself, and you were the only one who touched them, who else? "
"Why did the servant want to kill the second prince?" I asked in a deep voice.
"Then I don't know. In this palace, there are many people who are jealous of my mother's favor. It's hard to guard against."
"Sister Anfei?" The queen sternly said, "You girl is not implying that this palace instructed Su En to kill the second prince, right?"
"I don't dare." Xiaoling hurriedly knelt down.
The queen didn't look at Xiao Ling, but just looked at the sad Concubine An with a smile.
"How could it be? My sister has always cared for my younger sister, so it's definitely not my elder sister's. My younger sister never even thought about this possibility." Concubine An said sincerely.
"That's good. You just said that the fine needles are hidden in the seams of clothes. It takes a lot of craftsmanship to sew the fine needles so that no one can notice it. Even if Enen can embroider, the craftsmanship may not be so good." so good."
"Sister, my sister is very confused now, I don't know what to do, please let my sister decide everything," Concubine An suddenly knelt in front of the queen, choked up and said, "The second prince is so young, someone wants to harm him, my sister must arrest him." Get out of the person behind the scenes, otherwise my sister won't be able to feel at ease."
"Get up quickly, this palace will never stand by and watch this matter." The queen helped Concubine An up, her face moved.
"Your Majesty, this servant has physical evidence to prove Su En's extraordinary embroidery skills." Xiaoling took out a silk handkerchief from her arms and handed it to the queen.
Isn't that the handkerchief I gave to Aunt Suyan?Why is Xiaoling here?
Get your bad premonition together.
Unexpectedly, his eyes met a pair of dark and quiet eyes.
Since entering the palace, he didn't say a word, he just looked at everything with a pair of cold eyes.
In his eyes, he couldn't see the slightest fluctuation, it seemed to be still but not quiet, just as deep as something.
It seems that everyone's words and deeds here are not under his nose, or that he doesn't want to care about what happened in the harem at all.
At this time, the queen suddenly said: "It's such an exquisite embroidery skill, I'm afraid no one in the palace can compare to it, Xiao Ling, where did you get this handkerchief?"
"This handkerchief was given by Su En to Aunt Suyan from the Laundry Bureau, and the slave got it by accident."
The queen glanced at me, "Is what Xiao Ling said true?"
I nodded, "Yes, it's the handkerchief given to Aunt Suyan by the servant girl."
"That's great, Su En, I really didn't know that your embroidery skills are so good."
"Your Majesty, it doesn't mean anything for a servant to be able to embroider. Why did the servant want to kill the Second Highness who is still a baby?" How could Xiaoling accidentally get the handkerchief I gave to Aunt Suyan?It is absolutely impossible for Aunt Su to give her the handkerchief.
"Empress, I have something to report." Xiaoling said.
"what's up?"
Glancing at me, Xiaoling said: "A month ago, Su En asked the palace servants to send a message to the maidservant, saying that she was waiting in the fish pond in the imperial garden and had something important to tell. The Empress wants to harm Concubine An, and she wants Concubine An to be on guard in advance. The empress’s kindness to my empress is obvious to all. The servant had a dispute with her at that time, but she pushed the servant to the fish pond unexpectedly, and warned that if What happened that night will be detrimental to Concubine An. She must have resentment in her heart, so she murdered the Second Prince."
"You lied, it's not like that." I looked at Xiaoling in shock, I couldn't believe that she was so confusing.
"I didn't lie. Didn't you tell the little palace maid from the sewing room to tell me to wait for me at the fish pond in the imperial garden? Didn't you say that the Empress is going to harm Concubine An and ask my wife to be more careful?" Xiao Ling was aggressive. .
I was speechless, my face turned pale, these were all facts, "I said so, but I didn't push you into the fish pond, but you pushed me into the fish pond to kill me."
"Empress, listen, she has admitted everything, and even accused her slaves of killing her." Xiaoling pointed at me and looked at the queen.
"Sister, Ye Xiaoling came back dripping wet," Concubine An said in a soft voice, "I asked her for a long time before she told what happened. I didn't tell my sister."
"Such a big matter, how can my sister not tell my sister? Fortunately, my sister is a kind person. If others will be provoked by this lowly maid." The queen was moved, and when she turned to look at me, her eyes became darker. , "Su En, this Palace treats you well. I never thought that you would play tricks behind this Palace's back like this, and even resort to such despicable means to assassinate the Second Prince. How can the palace allow people like you to exist?"
Xiaoling's words can't directly prove anything, but every word she said is unbearable for the queen.
As her personal maid, helping the enemy behind her back is tantamount to betrayal.
Dedicated to helping others, in exchange for being framed by others, she fell into a desperate situation.
The queen will not let me go.
No, I can't die.
Even if I die, I will never die in the palace, I will die under conspiracy.
I suddenly looked at the tall man, yes, the emperor was there that night, and he saved me.
Just when I was about to speak, I saw a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, "I really didn't expect that there would be such a slave by the queen's side. It seems that the queen should clean up the palace."
The emperor's words undoubtedly implied that he would not come forward to tell the story of that night.
I just feel cold hands and feet.
He was condescending, his gaze was like a bottomless deep pool.
My mind suddenly remembered what he said.
"I won't get involved."
"My woman must have the ability to endure and deal with the palace, otherwise I will not pity her."
"I won't help one of them."
Clenching his fists, he can't even help his own woman, let alone a mere court lady, I have no way to extricate myself.
The queen handed me over to Concubine An, saying that I would be at her disposal.
The palace man opened the door and pushed me hard into a dark and damp hut.
I don't know how long it was closed.
When the door of the hut was pushed open again, An Fei and Xiao Ling walked in, looking at me indifferently.
I looked back at them, eyes full of wariness.
"The empress sent you to harm Xu'er, right?" Concubine An said, the hatred in her voice was obvious.
"Slaves are wronged."
"Injustice? She's obviously vicious, how old is Xu'er? How can you handle such a vicious hand?" Concubine An said in a hateful voice, she stepped up and waved her hands down.
The sound of slaps echoed in the cabin.
The burning pain spread from the cheek to the whole body.
"Your maidservant was wronged and did not harm the second prince." I covered my face and stared at her intently, and my voice was still powerful.
"You still don't admit it? You are the only one who has touched Xu'er's clothes, who else but you?"
"Then you have to ask Xiaoling."
"Your Majesty, don't let her suffer a bit, I'm afraid she won't recruit." Xiao Ling whispered in Concubine An's ear.
Concubine An shouted coldly: "Come here, give me thirty lashes."
As soon as the words fell, five old palace men stepped forward and grabbed me.
"What are you doing?" I was flustered. Could it be that they still want to use lynching? "Concubine An, lynching is not allowed in the palace. Even if torture is to be used, it must be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Within a few words, four old palace men had already pressed me to the ground, and the other wrapped his horsewhip around my feet, and the next moment, he suddenly rolled up my trouser legs.
Concubine An just watched indifferently, turning a deaf ear to my words.
"Let me go." I struggled, but I didn't expect these old palace people to look so old and have such strong hands, no matter how hard I struggled, it would be useless.
The whip fell on my calf, and the pain made me almost jump up, and just one whip made me break out in a cold sweat.
"Concubine An, the servant was wronged, and the servant did not harm the second prince."
"Snapped--"
Two whips, three whips...
Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and his hair was messed up, sticking together with sweat.
"Your Majesty, the maidservant really didn't harm the Second Prince. You can't abuse the lynching. It's just an unjust case. The person who murdered the Second Prince behind his back is still very good."
The lower lip was already bleeding from my bite, and my face was probably as pale as a ghost. I didn't cry out for pain, and the rest of my rationality told myself that I must not be tortured into a trick.
The pain will pass in a while.
Twenty lashes, 21 lashes... 25 lashes...
There are still five whips, and there are five more whips and it will be over.
I never knew that pain can also lead to weakness. Is it because you are paralyzed that you are weak?
"28, 29, thirty." I murmured and counted, and passed out.
"Mother, she's passed out." The old palace man pulled my hair and took a look, his eyes full of crow's feet showed no pity.
"What a stubborn lowly servant girl, wake her up with water, starve her for a day first, and see if she recruits." After An Fei finished speaking, she left the hut.
Xiao Ling who stayed behind said: "Splashing water is too wasteful, won't kicking wake her up? Let her pass out first, and when her pain subsides, kick her to wake her up again. Do you know?"
The old palace man looked at each other for a while, then said: "Yes."
Xiaoling who walked to the door suddenly turned her head and said, "Don't kick her in the face."
Pain rained down on the shoulders, the back, the legs.
I don't know why it hurts like this.
I just feel very tired, and I really want to just fall asleep like this. When I move my body, it hurts like tearing.
The flood of pain forced me to open my eyes, and I saw a foot flying towards me, and the kick hurt like a bone cracking.
I was still lying on the ground, lying so still that I would have felt like a dead man if I hadn't been sane.
"She's awake," came the old maid's old voice, "Hurry up and report to Concubine An."
An old maid walked out.
Another old court lady squatted down and looked at me, looked at my pale face, and said without a trace of emotion: "Your hands are very beautiful, if you don't recruit them today, your hands will suffer later."
"I was wronged, I didn't harm the second prince." I was so painful that I couldn't move, my voice was very weak, but they could still hear me clearly.
"It's useless to tell me, you have to tell your mother."
The old maid who had been watching at the door came over, looked at me and sighed, "You should recruit, at least you can avoid the pain of flesh and blood."
"No, no, no, how do you ask me to recruit?"
"Nine out of ten people who stayed in this hut were carried out, and the remaining one couldn't speak or leave the bed for the rest of his life. Are you willing to be like this?"
"What I'm saying is the truth. I didn't harm the second prince. Why should I admit it?"
"What a stubborn girl." The old maid clicked her tongue twice, "Today is the second day, let's see if you can survive the third day."
"Concubine An is here."
The five old palace people immediately stood aside politely.
Seeing me unable to move, Concubine An didn't have much surprise in her eyes, on the contrary she looked clear, she just glanced at Xiao Ling, her eyes fell on me again, and asked coldly: "Are you going to recruit today or not?" trick?"
"The slave girl still said the same thing, she didn't let go of the fine needle, and she didn't hurt the second prince."
What should I recruit for something I haven't done?
"Su En, if you continue to fight, you will die. If you make a move, I will let you live."
"The servant only wants to be an upright person. What the empress wants the servant to admit is exactly what the servant despises."
Concubine An sarcastically said: "It's really noble."
"Is this pure and noble? It turns out that in the heart of the empress, it is normal and common to be tortured into tricks."
Knowing that people in the palace think differently from those outside the palace, it is not surprising that Concubine An would say this.
"Still so stubborn? Give me punishment." Concubine An said seriously.
I saw the old palace maid take out a piece of cloth from her sleeve and spread the cloth on the ground. When she opened it, dozens of tiny needles were stuck in the seam of the cloth.
"What are you going to do?" It's not that there is no fear in my heart. I am afraid of pain, and I am even more afraid of unknown pain.
The old lady-in-waiting pulled out the thin needle, grabbed my hand, raised her hand to point at her finger, and poked it off.
The piercing pain made me cry out in pain, and the cry was tragic.
Every time I poke a finger, I let out a scream, the pain is piercing, and I really want to die like this.
"Are you recruiting or not?" The old maid said harshly, "If you don't recruit, the other hand will be tied."
"I... I... didn't... didn't harm... the second emperor... the prince." The pain was so painful that I couldn't make a sound, and as soon as I fell, I screamed again.
The old palace man's thin needle was deeper and heavier than before, and she poked each finger twice vigorously.
His fingers were connected to his heart, and his whole body was shaking with pain.
I was terrified, it was really painful, so painful that I wanted to hit my head to death.
I felt dizzy from the pain, and the old palace man seemed to be talking, but I couldn't hear clearly.
The will became blurred, but the fear remained extremely clear in his mind.
I was afraid, afraid that I couldn't bear the pain and would be tortured into a trick.
I was really scared. Under the pain, I said something against my will and pressed my fingerprints in a coma.
I really want to give up.
But I can't, I can't, I must hold on, even if I die.
Along the way, I have walked so hard, and I have worked hard to stick to my beliefs.
If at this moment, if you are beaten into a trick, the persistence along the way will become a bubble, and everyone will laugh at me, at what I have said, and at what I have done out of good intentions.
Who will help me, Tang Yu, where are you?Why don't you come and save me?
Tang Yu——
When she woke up again, Concubine An was sitting on the chair in front of her. Her clothes were different from yesterday's. I thought, another day has passed.
Xiao Ling came over, squatted in front of me, and took out a piece of paper, "Su En, as long as you put a pledge here and admit that it was the empress who sent you to frame the second prince, my mother will let you go, and you will be taken away." If you are a confidant, you will have no worries about food and clothing from now on."
"So that's how it is," I said angrily, "Your Majesty wants the servants to frame the Empress Madam, not really wanting to find out the murderer for the Second Prince."
I don't know if Concubine An heard what I said, but Xiao Ling in front of her turned dark and gritted her teeth: "Su En, do you press or not?"
"Don't press it." I only conveyed it with my mouth, and I didn't have the strength to speak.
I don't know how long I can last.
I don't know if I will die like this.
I only know that belief is something that will be produced under persistence.
I only know that people can lose everything while they are alive, but they must not lose their faith.
I am still awake and rational, so I must persevere.
"Do you think that if you don't press it, I can't make you admit it? I can still press your fingerprints, but my mother would rather hear you say it with her own ears and use torture." When Xiaoling got up, she sternly I stomped on my pricked hand.
It's no wonder that the ten fingers connected to the heart were already numb after being pierced, and she still felt pain when she stepped on it.
What kind of punishment will be used next?
I told myself that I must persevere, even if I really died, at least I didn't lie to myself.
A stabbing pain came from his head.
An old palace official tugged at my hair fiercely and said, "Let's start here, pick it out, and don't let people find out."
"Stop, stop." They actually wanted to pull out my hair.
But my voice is so low that I can't even hear myself when I say it.
But Concubine An saw it, and she could tell what I was talking about from the shape of my lips.
Bursts of stinging pain radiated from the top of his head like a splitting pain.
Concubine An got up, walked slowly in front of me, looked down at me condescendingly, her eyes were cold, "The pain in the calf, the pain in the fingertips, is enough to paralyze the body, and it is because of the paralysis that the pain falls on the head , the pain of pulling out the hair is not the most painful, just because its pain can wake up the body that is numb from the pain.”
With a sneer, she said again: "Don't worry, these old palace people are very experienced, outsiders can't see anything at all. Don't hate me, if you want to hate, I hate you for following the wrong master."
hatred?I have hated and complained, but it is not hatred that supports me to go on.
I looked at the woman in front of me and smiled.
The first time I saw Concubine An, I thought she was a very weak person, someone who wanted to be protected.
When I saw Concubine An for the second time, I was filled with guilt and self-blame, and wanted to make up for her.
"What are you laughing at?" Beneath my laugh, Concubine An was extremely uncomfortable and asked angrily.
I just laughed and didn't answer. People from the two worlds couldn't understand what I was laughing at, and how could they understand what I was thinking.
"Torture her until she makes the move." Concubine An half-closed her eyes, "As long as you pass out, the bet on the paper will be settled for you."
The pain came from the top of my head again, and I was so painful that I couldn't cry out. I just watched the strands of hair gently float down from my eyes, and floated to the ground and turned into balls.
His whole body was paralyzed, allowing them to torture him.
The head is the most vulnerable place, and I didn't expect the pain of pulling out the hair to make it difficult to pass out.
Are you going to die here?
Close your eyes, desperate.
The door was suddenly kicked away at this moment.
Concubine An, Xiao Ling, and the old palace people exclaimed.
"Enen." A gentle voice mixed with shock and anger sounded, and the next moment, his body was lifted up in the air.
It hurts, it hurts, the place where the body is touched hurts.
"Enen? Enen?" There was infinite tension and fear in the voice.
I opened my eyes, and saw a pair of warm and caring eyes, and worry and self-blame were written on my handsome face.
"Jing Lin." I moved my lips, but there was no sound.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." He hugged me tightly in his arms.
It hurts so much, it hurts so much when he hugs me, I want to break free, but I don't have any strength, so I can only moan in pain.
"Where is your pain?" Jing Lin looked me up and down, saw that I was speechless, and said to the human standing next to me, "Your Majesty, En En is the wife of a minister who has never been married, I implore the Emperor to send an imperial doctor."
It was only then that I noticed that Ming Huang's figure was also in the hut, and his cold eyes swept over my face and body, those eyes were too deep and too gray, and finally his eyes stayed on the hair on the ground.
"I have met the emperor myself."
"The servant has seen the emperor."
After the ceremony, Concubine An smiled softly and said: "It seems that Mrs. Jing is nervous, and I didn't do anything to Enen. You see, she is neither injured nor fainted, but she has been hungry for a day and her body is weak. That's all."
Jing Lin looked at my pale, bloodless face, dying, frowned, and said, "Can mere hunger make people starve like this? I implore the emperor to send an imperial doctor."
"No way, Your Majesty." Concubine An said, "Su En murdered Xu'er, and he was punished for the crime. How could he be treated by the imperial doctor?"
"Dare to ask Mrs. Concubine An, did you admit that she was the one who killed the second prince?"
"Not yet, it's just a matter of time."
"Your Majesty has no strong evidence to prove that Enen is the one who murdered the second prince. In the past three days, Enen has not confessed, and she asked her to let her go."
"You? Your Majesty?" Concubine An knelt in front of the grave-faced emperor, and said aggrievedly, "Xu'er was assassinated at such a young age, even if Su En didn't do it, she is the most suspected, and I can't let her go She, you have to decide for the second prince."
I listened, knowing that Concubine An would never let me go. Although there were no signs of being beaten on the surface of the body, as long as I had a medical examination, I would know what was going on.
Everyone's eyes were on the man, and so was I, looking at him very weakly, waiting for his answer.
Without any hope, what kind of hope can there be for someone like him?
"Come here, tell the imperial physician." The moment he spoke, I even forgot to breathe. To everyone's surprise, he actually passed on the imperial physician.
Concubine An's eyes flickered, her face darkened slightly.
He spoke again, with a cold voice, "I will pass on my order, and the matter of the second prince's fine needle assassination will be submitted to the internal government for review, and there will be a result within five days."
"Yes." A father-in-law hurriedly left the darkroom, and I noticed that it was not Mr. Lu.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will take my leave first." Jing Lin hugged me and hurriedly left.
When I left the darkroom, I subconsciously looked at that man, but I didn't expect his gaze to never leave me, and fell on me so directly and unabashedly.
Really surprised by his kindness.
The glare of the sun made me close my eyes, and it took me a while to get used to the light.
"Can you talk? I'll take you to the imperial doctor right now." Jing Lin asked softly.
"It's much better, I want to drink water." Still can't make a sound, the tearing pain is still there, only slightly better than before, but I feel groggy, probably because of my weakness.
"Patience a little longer, we will arrive at the Tai Hospital soon." Jing Lin quickened his pace.
As his body swayed, the pain in his body became more severe, and I gritted my teeth to hold back.
At this time, I saw Tang Yu, standing alone behind the crescent door, his hands clenched into fists hanging by his legs, his eyes filled with hatred and pity, he looked at me stupidly, A kind of insanity that makes people feel so sad that they want to cry.
I thought he would rush over, but I had great anticipation in my heart.
He really took a step, and his heart suddenly became happy, and finally sank.
Eunuch Lu jumped out from behind him, grabbed him, and shot me with eagle-like eyes.
I saw Tang Yu break away from his hand, but I saw Lu Gonggong suddenly raised his hand and slapped him across the face.
My heart ached, and the inexplicable pain made me even more dizzy.
At this time, Ting Jinglin said: "Fortunately, Eunuch Tang came to tell me that you were taken away by Concubine An, otherwise I'm afraid you will suffer more."
It turned out that Tang Yu told him.
Tang Yu was no longer at the Crescent Gate, presumably he was dragged away by Eunuch Lu.
Let's go, although I don't know what the secret between Eunuch Lu and him is, but after thinking about it, I know that it must be the crime of beheading.
I just don't know why, but my heart is very sad.
"what?"
"what?"
The two "what" words exhausted Jing Lin's astonishment and surprise, and his usual gentle face suddenly changed.
"Miss Su En has no bruises anywhere on her body. It must have been kicked. The blow was extremely heavy. Fortunately, no internal organs were injured, but at least one month's rest is required. The ten fingers are full of small holes that were pierced by needles. It looks okay now, but I’m afraid it will be swollen and painful tomorrow. It won’t go away in five days. On the contrary, the calf is a little better. Although the skin is torn and bruised, there is no injury to the muscles and bones. After ten and a half months of rest, I can walk on the ground. The head is fine. , the pain is only at the moment, the hair and the kidney are closely connected, the girl needs to take some kidney-tonifying medicines during this time, and the hair that falls out will grow back soon, the old minister will go to prescribe the medicine." Imperial Physician Chao Jinglin bowed his hands and retreated.
"I never expected that the lynching in the harem would be so vicious." Jing Lin couldn't believe it, and looked at me with distressed eyes.
I smiled weakly, I was really tired, so I fell into a deep sleep.
After the imperial doctor treated me, I returned to the Queen's Palace.
For five days, I have been recuperating in the side hall. The queen did not summon me. I heard from the palace man who took care of me what Jing Lin said to the queen the day he rescued me. The queen locked herself in the bedroom as if she had been hit hard all day.
There were rumors in the palace that the Queen and Lord Shang Shu had turned against each other because of a mere sibling of a court lady.
I thought I would be tortured to death by Concubine An, but I didn't expect that Jing Lin would save me at a critical moment.
Looking at the potted bamboo in front of the window, I was stunned.
The door was pushed open.
I thought it was the maid who was taking care of me, so I said, "Put it down, I'll eat later."
No one responded, and when I looked around, I saw Tang Yu standing there, full of loneliness. His aura seemed to be more indifferent than before. Is it indifference?No, it's a kind of more... I can't say it, I just feel sour than indifference.
Suppressing the strange feeling in my heart, I smiled, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Why did you come to see me now?"
"Are you feeling better?"
"It's much better, but I can't get out of bed and walk."
There was a silence, an uncomfortable silence.
"you--"
"you--"
They spoke in unison, but they didn't know what to say.
After a long while, I finally managed to say, "Is the little red spot on His Royal Highness healed?"
"At this time, why do you still care about the prince? The queen handed you over to Concubine An because she wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone."
"I know, but I can't let go of this matter. Besides, I can't hate everyone around her because of the queen. If that's the case, shouldn't I hate you too?"
"No one will accept your favor."
"I don't need others to appreciate it. Is it because others don't appreciate it that I can become resentful and live like this for the rest of my life?"
"Why do you still think so in such an environment?"
"Actually, I persisted very hard." It's not that I didn't vent my anger on the prince. During the few days when I didn't give the prince an antidote because of resentment, my life was very uneasy, and I couldn't sleep at night until I boiled kelp. For the prince, the uneasy heart is at ease.
Maybe I am such a person. Whether I am misunderstood by others or pretend to be unappreciated, the concept of being educated since childhood is deeply ingrained.
However, this doesn't mean that I won't fight back. Although the behavior of self-preservation looks so weak in the palace, tolerance cannot be regarded as bullying, and I will fight back.
Tang Yu looked at me deeply, feeling helpless, "Do you know what happened to the little red spot on the Prince's body?"
I thought for a while and said, "Is it Concubine Liu?" I remember that day when the queen knocked over the flowerpot on the top of the crane, she cursed "Damn Concubine Liu".
Tang Yu nodded.
"The problem shouldn't be the pot of flowers called charm?" Thinking of the charm painting that the queen pressed on the table, I guessed.
With a soft "um", Tang Yu said: "Charm is an extremely rare flower outside the territory, and it is also a rare medicinal herb, but few people know that its floral fragrance is as charming as its name, and it is also very poisonous. If you smell it lightly, you will become addicted, and after a long time, your seven orifices will bleed to death. The prince is lucky, no one thought that his constitution would be allergic to this charming flower fragrance, and Concubine Liu naturally could not have expected it."
I guessed it all, I was stunned, really murdered without blood, Concubine Liu, why is her heart so vicious?
Another moment of silence.
It was too quiet, and they didn't know where to put their eyes on each other.
"This is for you." I took out a brocade bag from under the pillow, "I always wanted to give it to you, thank you for taking care of me when I had a fever, but there was never a chance to give it away, so it's not too late to give it to you now."
"It's beautiful." He looked at it carefully for a while, and put it in his arms.
"Thank you." I said, "If you hadn't told Jing Lin, I don't know how I would be tortured right now."
Tang Yu didn't answer, but looked away, and clenched the hands hanging on both sides tightly.
"What happened to your hands?" I exclaimed, ignoring the pain in my legs, I lifted the quilt and got out of bed, took his hands, and saw that the joints on the back of his hands were full of scars. The ointment was applied, but his appearance was frightening, and the injury must have been extremely serious.
He didn't speak, but picked me up by the waist, gently put me back on the bed, covered me with a thin quilt, and didn't look at me directly, but said indifferently: "Don't get out of bed easily, or your foot injury will heal slowly , take a good rest."
Seeing that he was about to leave, I said anxiously, "Tang Yu, what's the matter with the injury on your hand?"
"It's okay, I did it by accident." After saying that, he left the small side room.
Watching him leave, I wondered what happened today.
Why did he become so uncomfortable in front of Tang Yu?
I trust him. In the palace, he and Aunt Suyan are the closest people to me. Being with him should be very comfortable and comfortable.
But I was full of awkwardness, and what was even more strange was that I really wanted to get close to him. Seeing him hurt, I was extremely sad, and even felt a little distressed.
Why is this happening?
Quietly spent half a month.
Except for the maid who came to take care of me on time, no one bothered me.
Faintly felt something was wrong, why didn't Aunt Suyan come to see me?
Even Tang Yu, except for that one time, never came again.
I seem to be isolated in this small side room.
She wanted to ask about the situation outside the palace, but she didn't know anything about it.
On this day, I couldn't bear it anymore, and the foot injury was almost healed, even though my body was still a little dull pain, I didn't care about it, I dressed neatly, and left the side room.
In the outer hall, the palace people are busy.
"Miss Enen, your injuries are all healed." Although the palace man greeted me, his eyes were not as comfortable as before, with a little more contempt.
"Yes." Careful, I scanned the cleaning palace maids one by one, and found that they looked at me very contemptuously.
What happened in the past half month?
Just as she was about to leave the palace, she heard a court lady chatting outside the palace, "That Su En is really lucky, a maid can be Mrs. Shang Shu, I don't know what kind of tricks she used to seduce."
"I guess they tried their best to seduce Mr. Jing. No wonder the queen's face turned green that day, and I heard that she slapped Mr. Jing. Normally, the empress doesn't even say a harsh word to Mr. Jing."
"Can you not be angry? I don't want the richest man's daughter, but I want a maidservant to be the daughter-in-law of the Jing family. This time, my lord..." The chatting stopped suddenly, and the two maidservants said respectfully, "The maidservant has seen Empress."
I hurriedly saluted behind the door, and the embroidered shoes embroidered with a phoenix body came into view.
"It seems that you are almost in good health." The queen's cold voice sounded above her head.
"Thank you for your concern, maidservant, your body has recovered." I carefully agreed.
"I've been taking care of you for half a month, can't you be okay? Xiaoru, didn't Master Jing tell you to tell him as soon as Miss Su is well, why don't you go quickly?"
Only then did I notice that beside the queen, where I used to be, stood Xiaoru.
Xiao Ru sneered and glanced at me before leaving.
Miss Su?I looked at the queen in surprise, and saw that her eyes were full of resentment, and her expression was extremely unwilling.
Hurriedly lowering her head, she heard her say, "You come in with Bengong."
After entering the palace, the queen waved away all the palace people, then stared at me and said, "What kind of trick did you do to Jing Lin? He insisted on marrying you."
I was shocked, does Jing Lin really want to marry me?Do you really want to marry me?
"A person like you, with such a humble status, how can you be with Jing Lin? This Palace will never allow it."
"Then what will the empress think of to stop it? I'm afraid it won't work to kill people with a knife." I still lowered my head humblely, with a deep voice.
"what?"
"Didn't the empress want to use the hands of the concubine An to get rid of the slaves? I didn't expect the slaves to come back alive."
The queen's face became even more ugly, "Su En, you have become more courageous and dare to talk to Ben Gong like that."
"The servant's courage has not become stronger, but she just knows how to get along with the empress."
How many times can a person experience birth and death in a lifetime?Every time I die, my heart gets heavier.
After struggling, what I got in exchange was a heavy scheming.
I think my eyes are not as pure as when I first entered the palace.
Even smiling is no longer so easy.
"Get along? A lowly court lady actually gets along with me? It's ridiculous."
"Your Majesty, maids of honor are human beings, and if they are always bullied, they will retaliate."
"Oh? Then you counterattack and show me."
I raised my head, looked at her deeply, and smiled faintly, "From now on, the servants should no longer call you empress empress, but should call you elder sister, elder sister."
The queen raised her hand and slapped me, glaring at me furiously, her chest fluctuating with anger.
"Is this what your mother is capable of?" I whispered while covering my hot face.
"Su En, if you dare to go against Bengong, you will end up beyond your imagination." The queen gritted her teeth, "Get out."
"Your maidservant dare not go against your majesty, because your maidservant can't tolerate your maidservant." Looking at the empress' pale face, I was blessed, "My maidservant resigned."
When I left the Queen's Palace, I saw that the flowers on the side of the road were all bearing fruit. Although the fruit was green, it made people realize that summer was over and autumn was coming.
If this is outside the palace, it will be harvest time soon.
What was I doing at this time in the past?
Stock up on quilts for winter.
A thick quilt costs a lot of money. To raise this money, I have to embroider handkerchiefs every day until late at night.
"Miss Enen, what are you looking at?"
When I came back to my senses, it was Taozi from the tea set room. I smiled lightly and said, "The days go by so fast, I never thought that it will be autumn in the blink of an eye."
"Where is it so fast, I feel slow to death, since I went to the Queen's Palace since I was a child, my life has become more and more boring." Tao Zi sighed.
As small as?I smiled wryly, I could no longer treat her as a child, thinking of the pity I had for her in the past, I just felt like a dream.
These days, it must have done a lot of things to please the Queen, so that the Queen used her again.
She didn't know that all along, the queen only used her as a training pawn for the prince.
"By the way, Taozi, do you know how the second prince was murdered with a needle?" This is something that has been hovering in my mind.
Tao Zi thought for a while and said, "I heard that the little maid from the laundry bureau accidentally put it in. That little maid died pitifully, alas."
"The little maid from the laundry bureau?"
"Yeah, her carelessness killed her. I have to be very cautious in doing things in the future. Miss Enen, where are you going? Miss Enen?"
Tao Zi's shouts became farther and farther away, and I hurried to the laundry bureau.
How could it be that the little maid from the laundry bureau carelessly dropped the needle into the second prince's clothes?Such exquisite manual work cannot be embroidered without a ten-year foundation, and the little maid in the laundry bureau simply does not have this ability.
Xiaoling has the silk handkerchief I gave to Aunt Suyan, and where did she get it.
Concubine An cooperates with Xiao Ling to lie together.
These all show that this matter is not simple.
Were the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs trying to prevaricate without finding out, or were they instigated by others to get confused?
The maids in the laundry bureau were lazily washing their clothes, without the energy they used to have.Not far away, under the shade of a tree, a court lady in aunt's clothes was eating melon seeds. Her appearance looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.
Isn't it the Aunt Li I met when I first entered the palace?Why is she here.
"Aunt Li?"
Aunt Li glanced up at me, "Who are you?"
"I'm Su En. Eunuch Wang introduced Su En to the palace."
"Eunuch Wang introduced so many people to the palace, I don't remember, tell me, what's the matter."
Looking around, I didn't see Aunt Suyan, so I asked, "Where is Aunt Suyan?"
Aunt Li spat out the melon seed husk, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, don't you see that I am here? Of course she is gone."
"Not here? Where did you go?"
"Going to Concubine Liu Palace as an errand."
"Why did you go to Concubine Liu Palace as an errand?" I asked in surprise.
"She deserves it. Who made her offend Concubine Liu? In this life, she will never go back to the laundry bureau to live a comfortable life... Hey, I haven't finished yet." Seeing me running away suddenly, Aunt Li threw me away again. Putting a melon seed into his mouth, he muttered, "Weird."
Aunt Suyan offended Concubine Liu?
Went to Concubine Liu Palace as an errand?
Aunt has always been cautious in doing things, how could she offend Concubine Liu?
Thinking of what happened in the bamboo forest a month ago, my heart became uneasy.
Concubine Liu Palace is in the middle of Anfei Palace and Queen's Palace, the closest to the Imperial Garden, and very close to the Emperor's Imperial Study.
When I first entered the palace, I heard from the palace people that the emperor's real favorite was concubine Liu, and that the emperor had put in a lot of effort to sit on the throne.
Although I don't know whether these are true or not, it can be seen from the location of Concubine Liu's palace that Concubine Liu holds a lot of weight in the eyes of the emperor.
The gate of Concubine Liu Palace was open, and I stood not far away and looked inside, hoping to see Aunt Suyan.
But no, looking from here, apart from the maid walking around from time to time, there was no figure of Aunt Su.
I was thinking about how I could see my aunt, when I saw the emperor walking towards the right palace path surrounded by all the palace people.
I quickly turned around, leaning my back against the wall, and didn't stand out again until I watched him walk into Concubine Liu's Palace.
With joy on my face, I saw a famous court lady coming out of the palace, and hurried forward.
"Excuse me, is Aunt Suyan here?"
The maid glanced at me and nodded.
"Can I trouble you to call her? I have something to ask her."
"She's busy at the moment, so she has no time to come out to meet people, you'd better go find her yourself." The maid said with a cold attitude.
I could only say, "I'm not familiar with it."
"Go in and turn right, go up the flower gallery, and you will see her when you get out of the courtyard." After the maid finished speaking, she left.
Sighing, I am someone close to the empress. If I enter here, people who don’t know me can still get away with it. People who know me will definitely report to Concubine Liu. It will be troublesome then, but if you want to know what’s going on, Just go in.
Turn right, and the flower corridor made of hundreds of flower vines comes into view. Although the flowers are sparse, the lush scene is unique.
I had no time to pay attention to the beautiful scenery, so I stepped out of the flower gallery and entered the yard.
The yard is very large, and there are two round gates in the northwest.
For a moment, I didn't know which round door to go out from. Just as I was thinking, a group of maids came from the side of the flower garden, carrying various snacks in their hands and walking towards the pavilion in the center of the yard.
I hurriedly hid myself in the flowers, and when I wanted to leave secretly, Ming Huang's figure came into view, and next to him was Concubine Liu with a charming smile on her face.
As a last resort, I had to retreat again, looking at them through the gaps between the leaves.
"Your Majesty, come into the pavilion and sit down. I have prepared some snacks." Concubine Liu's voice was infinitely charming, it was not deliberately artificial, it was extremely natural.
"No, I suddenly want to walk." The noble figure actually walked towards my hiding place.
Surprised, it must have been discovered, and then shook his head, I have been hiding here all this time, and they arrived later, there is no reason to be discovered.
"This courtyard is getting more and more beautiful. Concubine Liu must have spent a lot of energy." The emperor said flatly.
"As long as the emperor thinks it's good, no matter how much energy the concubine spends on it, it's worth it."
"Really?" The emperor stood still, he was standing opposite me across the bushes, as long as he lowered his head a little, he could see me hiding inside through the gaps in the leaves.
My heart was raised in my throat, and I subconsciously squeezed the corner of my clothes, but why couldn't the corner of my clothes move?
I looked down and was shocked, the corner of the clothes was exposed outside the flowers, and was stepped on by the emperor, no wonder it couldn't be dragged.
I became anxious, what should I do if this is discovered?
"Your majesty, this concubine wants a child, a child that belongs to us, okay?" Concubine Liu's soft and charming voice was slightly pleading, which was quite different from her usual arrogant and savage.
Although I was anxious that the hem of the clothes would be discovered, I was still surprised when I heard this.
The queen already has a prince, so the concubine no longer needs to be given medicine by the emperor to prevent her from giving birth to a child earlier than the queen. If the concubine is pregnant with a dragon child, it will be a great joy and a matter of universal celebration.
What does Concubine Liu mean by this?
"These flowers are very beautiful." The emperor suddenly bent down and picked one, his cold eyes glanced at me in the gap.
He saw it?
Eyes wide open, I held my breath, but nothing happened, he just took the flower to his nose and sniffed it.
"Your Majesty, at that time, although my concubine was entrusted to live in a brothel for the sake of King Min, she was still innocent when she was with you."
"I already have two princes, and there is no shortage of successors. If there are more, I am afraid that there will be a battle for the throne. If the concubine Ai can assure me that the one she will give birth to is a princess, I will naturally allow you."
King Min?Just as I was thinking about it, he suddenly threw the flower in his hand, and the place where the flower fell was on my head.
In an instant, his body was like a fossil.
"Really?" Concubine Liu's expression was extremely lost, the smile on the corner of her mouth turned into a wry smile, and she said quietly, "I'm afraid that's not what the emperor is thinking about, right now, you are still guarding against the concubine, right?"
"How could it be? What's going on today? You're not like the usual you." The emperor's voice was flat, but Concubine Liu's expression changed, worry was swept away from her face, and she said softly, "Oh, I'm new to you. I did a dance, and I want the emperor to comment on it." The topic turned extremely stiff.
"Oh? It's been a while since I saw you dancing. Let's go." The emperor finally moved.
Looking at the figure of the emperor leaving, I was greatly relieved.
It was really scary just now, almost, almost let him find out.
But his conversation with Concubine Liu made me have a lot of doubts.
But that's not what I thought.
Looking at the two round doors, I thought for a while and walked towards the north door.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the north gate, he turned back to the main gate of Concubine Liu's Palace, not far from the flower corridor.
"How could this be?" I murmured, it seems that I should go through the south gate.
"Enen?" I don't know if it was my illusion, Aunt Suyan's voice sounded behind me.
Turning around, it's not an illusion, it's really Aunt Suyan, with a beautiful face, a light smile, and a calm demeanor.
"Auntie." I happily stepped forward to hold her hand.
"Is your injury healed?" Seeing me, Aunt Su was obviously very happy, she pulled me to a secret place, and looked left and right at me.
"It's all good."
"That's good. Auntie didn't visit you. Don't you blame Auntie?"
I shook my head. I felt that there was a lot to say, but I didn't know where to start. After a while, I said, "I went to the laundry bureau just now, and the people there said that you came here to work, aunt, what happened?"
"It's hard to say." Aunt Suyan smiled wryly.
"Auntie, why is the handkerchief I gave you at Xiaoling's place?" This time I came to see Aunt Su, one is to care for Auntie, and the other is to seek an explanation for myself.
"The handkerchief is at Xiaoling's place?" Aunt Su was stunned, and said strangely, "I accidentally lost the handkerchief half a month ago, how could it be at Xiaoling's place?"
"Did Auntie lose her handkerchief?"
Aunt Suyan nodded, "Maybe it wasn't put away when I put it back, and it was gone when I found out that I lost it when I looked for it. Enen, I'm really sorry."
"It's okay." I smiled quickly, "I'll embroider a handkerchief for my aunt later."
Aunt Su smiled lightly, and said seriously: "What happened, could it be that your incident this time has something to do with Pazi? I always thought that Concubine An deliberately framed you in order to deal with the queen, saying that you were secretly killing the second prince." .”
"On purpose? Are you saying that the person who put the needle in the second prince's clothes is Concubine An?" I never thought of this possibility.
"It's just a guess. When I heard that someone secretly put a needle in his clothes to harm the second prince, and said that you did everything, I had such an idea. After all, such things are not uncommon in the palace."
"No, how could a mother harm her son." I categorically denied it.
"Enen." Aunt Suyan looked at me deeply, and smiled wryly, "In the palace, there is nothing impossible, only tricks you can't prevent. In the future, you must be careful, everything can only be done by yourself. "
"Aunt Suyan, Aunt Suyan—" In the distance, the voice of a palace maid came faintly.
"Someone is calling me, go back quickly, if someone who knows you sees it, Concubine Liu will think a lot."
I nodded, just as I was about to say something, Aunt Su said again: "Lord Jing is a good home, you have to be careful, if you can leave the palace, you must leave the palace."
Aunt Su's voice was not as calm as usual, but extremely dark, as if she had a lot of things on her mind.
"Auntie, take care too."
Aunt Su patted my hand again, "Go."
As soon as I left Concubine Liu Palace, Mingxiu came out not far away, and said to Aunt Suyan: "You did a good job in inducing her to think that Concubine An harmed her son, but you really thought that the queen would make a lowly Is the maid of honor marrying into the Jing family as a daughter-in-law?"
(End of this chapter)
I was stunned for a moment, and the queen said again: "Xiaoling said, you touched the second prince's clothes yesterday, is what she said true?"
Looking at Xiao Ling, I saw Xiao Ling staring at me coldly, the depth of her gaze was full of coldness.
"Yes, the servant bumped into Xiao Ling yesterday when she was walking through the corridor."
"So you secretly put needles in your clothes to harm the second prince." Xiaoling said sharply.
"No, the servant didn't put a fine needle." They actually doubted me...
"How can you prove that you didn't put it away?" Xiaoling rushed in front of me, staring at me coldly, "That day, I went to the laundry bureau to fold the clothes myself, and you were the only one who touched them, who else? "
"Why did the servant want to kill the second prince?" I asked in a deep voice.
"Then I don't know. In this palace, there are many people who are jealous of my mother's favor. It's hard to guard against."
"Sister Anfei?" The queen sternly said, "You girl is not implying that this palace instructed Su En to kill the second prince, right?"
"I don't dare." Xiaoling hurriedly knelt down.
The queen didn't look at Xiao Ling, but just looked at the sad Concubine An with a smile.
"How could it be? My sister has always cared for my younger sister, so it's definitely not my elder sister's. My younger sister never even thought about this possibility." Concubine An said sincerely.
"That's good. You just said that the fine needles are hidden in the seams of clothes. It takes a lot of craftsmanship to sew the fine needles so that no one can notice it. Even if Enen can embroider, the craftsmanship may not be so good." so good."
"Sister, my sister is very confused now, I don't know what to do, please let my sister decide everything," Concubine An suddenly knelt in front of the queen, choked up and said, "The second prince is so young, someone wants to harm him, my sister must arrest him." Get out of the person behind the scenes, otherwise my sister won't be able to feel at ease."
"Get up quickly, this palace will never stand by and watch this matter." The queen helped Concubine An up, her face moved.
"Your Majesty, this servant has physical evidence to prove Su En's extraordinary embroidery skills." Xiaoling took out a silk handkerchief from her arms and handed it to the queen.
Isn't that the handkerchief I gave to Aunt Suyan?Why is Xiaoling here?
Get your bad premonition together.
Unexpectedly, his eyes met a pair of dark and quiet eyes.
Since entering the palace, he didn't say a word, he just looked at everything with a pair of cold eyes.
In his eyes, he couldn't see the slightest fluctuation, it seemed to be still but not quiet, just as deep as something.
It seems that everyone's words and deeds here are not under his nose, or that he doesn't want to care about what happened in the harem at all.
At this time, the queen suddenly said: "It's such an exquisite embroidery skill, I'm afraid no one in the palace can compare to it, Xiao Ling, where did you get this handkerchief?"
"This handkerchief was given by Su En to Aunt Suyan from the Laundry Bureau, and the slave got it by accident."
The queen glanced at me, "Is what Xiao Ling said true?"
I nodded, "Yes, it's the handkerchief given to Aunt Suyan by the servant girl."
"That's great, Su En, I really didn't know that your embroidery skills are so good."
"Your Majesty, it doesn't mean anything for a servant to be able to embroider. Why did the servant want to kill the Second Highness who is still a baby?" How could Xiaoling accidentally get the handkerchief I gave to Aunt Suyan?It is absolutely impossible for Aunt Su to give her the handkerchief.
"Empress, I have something to report." Xiaoling said.
"what's up?"
Glancing at me, Xiaoling said: "A month ago, Su En asked the palace servants to send a message to the maidservant, saying that she was waiting in the fish pond in the imperial garden and had something important to tell. The Empress wants to harm Concubine An, and she wants Concubine An to be on guard in advance. The empress’s kindness to my empress is obvious to all. The servant had a dispute with her at that time, but she pushed the servant to the fish pond unexpectedly, and warned that if What happened that night will be detrimental to Concubine An. She must have resentment in her heart, so she murdered the Second Prince."
"You lied, it's not like that." I looked at Xiaoling in shock, I couldn't believe that she was so confusing.
"I didn't lie. Didn't you tell the little palace maid from the sewing room to tell me to wait for me at the fish pond in the imperial garden? Didn't you say that the Empress is going to harm Concubine An and ask my wife to be more careful?" Xiao Ling was aggressive. .
I was speechless, my face turned pale, these were all facts, "I said so, but I didn't push you into the fish pond, but you pushed me into the fish pond to kill me."
"Empress, listen, she has admitted everything, and even accused her slaves of killing her." Xiaoling pointed at me and looked at the queen.
"Sister, Ye Xiaoling came back dripping wet," Concubine An said in a soft voice, "I asked her for a long time before she told what happened. I didn't tell my sister."
"Such a big matter, how can my sister not tell my sister? Fortunately, my sister is a kind person. If others will be provoked by this lowly maid." The queen was moved, and when she turned to look at me, her eyes became darker. , "Su En, this Palace treats you well. I never thought that you would play tricks behind this Palace's back like this, and even resort to such despicable means to assassinate the Second Prince. How can the palace allow people like you to exist?"
Xiaoling's words can't directly prove anything, but every word she said is unbearable for the queen.
As her personal maid, helping the enemy behind her back is tantamount to betrayal.
Dedicated to helping others, in exchange for being framed by others, she fell into a desperate situation.
The queen will not let me go.
No, I can't die.
Even if I die, I will never die in the palace, I will die under conspiracy.
I suddenly looked at the tall man, yes, the emperor was there that night, and he saved me.
Just when I was about to speak, I saw a cold smile on the corner of his mouth, "I really didn't expect that there would be such a slave by the queen's side. It seems that the queen should clean up the palace."
The emperor's words undoubtedly implied that he would not come forward to tell the story of that night.
I just feel cold hands and feet.
He was condescending, his gaze was like a bottomless deep pool.
My mind suddenly remembered what he said.
"I won't get involved."
"My woman must have the ability to endure and deal with the palace, otherwise I will not pity her."
"I won't help one of them."
Clenching his fists, he can't even help his own woman, let alone a mere court lady, I have no way to extricate myself.
The queen handed me over to Concubine An, saying that I would be at her disposal.
The palace man opened the door and pushed me hard into a dark and damp hut.
I don't know how long it was closed.
When the door of the hut was pushed open again, An Fei and Xiao Ling walked in, looking at me indifferently.
I looked back at them, eyes full of wariness.
"The empress sent you to harm Xu'er, right?" Concubine An said, the hatred in her voice was obvious.
"Slaves are wronged."
"Injustice? She's obviously vicious, how old is Xu'er? How can you handle such a vicious hand?" Concubine An said in a hateful voice, she stepped up and waved her hands down.
The sound of slaps echoed in the cabin.
The burning pain spread from the cheek to the whole body.
"Your maidservant was wronged and did not harm the second prince." I covered my face and stared at her intently, and my voice was still powerful.
"You still don't admit it? You are the only one who has touched Xu'er's clothes, who else but you?"
"Then you have to ask Xiaoling."
"Your Majesty, don't let her suffer a bit, I'm afraid she won't recruit." Xiao Ling whispered in Concubine An's ear.
Concubine An shouted coldly: "Come here, give me thirty lashes."
As soon as the words fell, five old palace men stepped forward and grabbed me.
"What are you doing?" I was flustered. Could it be that they still want to use lynching? "Concubine An, lynching is not allowed in the palace. Even if torture is to be used, it must be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
Within a few words, four old palace men had already pressed me to the ground, and the other wrapped his horsewhip around my feet, and the next moment, he suddenly rolled up my trouser legs.
Concubine An just watched indifferently, turning a deaf ear to my words.
"Let me go." I struggled, but I didn't expect these old palace people to look so old and have such strong hands, no matter how hard I struggled, it would be useless.
The whip fell on my calf, and the pain made me almost jump up, and just one whip made me break out in a cold sweat.
"Concubine An, the servant was wronged, and the servant did not harm the second prince."
"Snapped--"
Two whips, three whips...
Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and his hair was messed up, sticking together with sweat.
"Your Majesty, the maidservant really didn't harm the Second Prince. You can't abuse the lynching. It's just an unjust case. The person who murdered the Second Prince behind his back is still very good."
The lower lip was already bleeding from my bite, and my face was probably as pale as a ghost. I didn't cry out for pain, and the rest of my rationality told myself that I must not be tortured into a trick.
The pain will pass in a while.
Twenty lashes, 21 lashes... 25 lashes...
There are still five whips, and there are five more whips and it will be over.
I never knew that pain can also lead to weakness. Is it because you are paralyzed that you are weak?
"28, 29, thirty." I murmured and counted, and passed out.
"Mother, she's passed out." The old palace man pulled my hair and took a look, his eyes full of crow's feet showed no pity.
"What a stubborn lowly servant girl, wake her up with water, starve her for a day first, and see if she recruits." After An Fei finished speaking, she left the hut.
Xiao Ling who stayed behind said: "Splashing water is too wasteful, won't kicking wake her up? Let her pass out first, and when her pain subsides, kick her to wake her up again. Do you know?"
The old palace man looked at each other for a while, then said: "Yes."
Xiaoling who walked to the door suddenly turned her head and said, "Don't kick her in the face."
Pain rained down on the shoulders, the back, the legs.
I don't know why it hurts like this.
I just feel very tired, and I really want to just fall asleep like this. When I move my body, it hurts like tearing.
The flood of pain forced me to open my eyes, and I saw a foot flying towards me, and the kick hurt like a bone cracking.
I was still lying on the ground, lying so still that I would have felt like a dead man if I hadn't been sane.
"She's awake," came the old maid's old voice, "Hurry up and report to Concubine An."
An old maid walked out.
Another old court lady squatted down and looked at me, looked at my pale face, and said without a trace of emotion: "Your hands are very beautiful, if you don't recruit them today, your hands will suffer later."
"I was wronged, I didn't harm the second prince." I was so painful that I couldn't move, my voice was very weak, but they could still hear me clearly.
"It's useless to tell me, you have to tell your mother."
The old maid who had been watching at the door came over, looked at me and sighed, "You should recruit, at least you can avoid the pain of flesh and blood."
"No, no, no, how do you ask me to recruit?"
"Nine out of ten people who stayed in this hut were carried out, and the remaining one couldn't speak or leave the bed for the rest of his life. Are you willing to be like this?"
"What I'm saying is the truth. I didn't harm the second prince. Why should I admit it?"
"What a stubborn girl." The old maid clicked her tongue twice, "Today is the second day, let's see if you can survive the third day."
"Concubine An is here."
The five old palace people immediately stood aside politely.
Seeing me unable to move, Concubine An didn't have much surprise in her eyes, on the contrary she looked clear, she just glanced at Xiao Ling, her eyes fell on me again, and asked coldly: "Are you going to recruit today or not?" trick?"
"The slave girl still said the same thing, she didn't let go of the fine needle, and she didn't hurt the second prince."
What should I recruit for something I haven't done?
"Su En, if you continue to fight, you will die. If you make a move, I will let you live."
"The servant only wants to be an upright person. What the empress wants the servant to admit is exactly what the servant despises."
Concubine An sarcastically said: "It's really noble."
"Is this pure and noble? It turns out that in the heart of the empress, it is normal and common to be tortured into tricks."
Knowing that people in the palace think differently from those outside the palace, it is not surprising that Concubine An would say this.
"Still so stubborn? Give me punishment." Concubine An said seriously.
I saw the old palace maid take out a piece of cloth from her sleeve and spread the cloth on the ground. When she opened it, dozens of tiny needles were stuck in the seam of the cloth.
"What are you going to do?" It's not that there is no fear in my heart. I am afraid of pain, and I am even more afraid of unknown pain.
The old lady-in-waiting pulled out the thin needle, grabbed my hand, raised her hand to point at her finger, and poked it off.
The piercing pain made me cry out in pain, and the cry was tragic.
Every time I poke a finger, I let out a scream, the pain is piercing, and I really want to die like this.
"Are you recruiting or not?" The old maid said harshly, "If you don't recruit, the other hand will be tied."
"I... I... didn't... didn't harm... the second emperor... the prince." The pain was so painful that I couldn't make a sound, and as soon as I fell, I screamed again.
The old palace man's thin needle was deeper and heavier than before, and she poked each finger twice vigorously.
His fingers were connected to his heart, and his whole body was shaking with pain.
I was terrified, it was really painful, so painful that I wanted to hit my head to death.
I felt dizzy from the pain, and the old palace man seemed to be talking, but I couldn't hear clearly.
The will became blurred, but the fear remained extremely clear in his mind.
I was afraid, afraid that I couldn't bear the pain and would be tortured into a trick.
I was really scared. Under the pain, I said something against my will and pressed my fingerprints in a coma.
I really want to give up.
But I can't, I can't, I must hold on, even if I die.
Along the way, I have walked so hard, and I have worked hard to stick to my beliefs.
If at this moment, if you are beaten into a trick, the persistence along the way will become a bubble, and everyone will laugh at me, at what I have said, and at what I have done out of good intentions.
Who will help me, Tang Yu, where are you?Why don't you come and save me?
Tang Yu——
When she woke up again, Concubine An was sitting on the chair in front of her. Her clothes were different from yesterday's. I thought, another day has passed.
Xiao Ling came over, squatted in front of me, and took out a piece of paper, "Su En, as long as you put a pledge here and admit that it was the empress who sent you to frame the second prince, my mother will let you go, and you will be taken away." If you are a confidant, you will have no worries about food and clothing from now on."
"So that's how it is," I said angrily, "Your Majesty wants the servants to frame the Empress Madam, not really wanting to find out the murderer for the Second Prince."
I don't know if Concubine An heard what I said, but Xiao Ling in front of her turned dark and gritted her teeth: "Su En, do you press or not?"
"Don't press it." I only conveyed it with my mouth, and I didn't have the strength to speak.
I don't know how long I can last.
I don't know if I will die like this.
I only know that belief is something that will be produced under persistence.
I only know that people can lose everything while they are alive, but they must not lose their faith.
I am still awake and rational, so I must persevere.
"Do you think that if you don't press it, I can't make you admit it? I can still press your fingerprints, but my mother would rather hear you say it with her own ears and use torture." When Xiaoling got up, she sternly I stomped on my pricked hand.
It's no wonder that the ten fingers connected to the heart were already numb after being pierced, and she still felt pain when she stepped on it.
What kind of punishment will be used next?
I told myself that I must persevere, even if I really died, at least I didn't lie to myself.
A stabbing pain came from his head.
An old palace official tugged at my hair fiercely and said, "Let's start here, pick it out, and don't let people find out."
"Stop, stop." They actually wanted to pull out my hair.
But my voice is so low that I can't even hear myself when I say it.
But Concubine An saw it, and she could tell what I was talking about from the shape of my lips.
Bursts of stinging pain radiated from the top of his head like a splitting pain.
Concubine An got up, walked slowly in front of me, looked down at me condescendingly, her eyes were cold, "The pain in the calf, the pain in the fingertips, is enough to paralyze the body, and it is because of the paralysis that the pain falls on the head , the pain of pulling out the hair is not the most painful, just because its pain can wake up the body that is numb from the pain.”
With a sneer, she said again: "Don't worry, these old palace people are very experienced, outsiders can't see anything at all. Don't hate me, if you want to hate, I hate you for following the wrong master."
hatred?I have hated and complained, but it is not hatred that supports me to go on.
I looked at the woman in front of me and smiled.
The first time I saw Concubine An, I thought she was a very weak person, someone who wanted to be protected.
When I saw Concubine An for the second time, I was filled with guilt and self-blame, and wanted to make up for her.
"What are you laughing at?" Beneath my laugh, Concubine An was extremely uncomfortable and asked angrily.
I just laughed and didn't answer. People from the two worlds couldn't understand what I was laughing at, and how could they understand what I was thinking.
"Torture her until she makes the move." Concubine An half-closed her eyes, "As long as you pass out, the bet on the paper will be settled for you."
The pain came from the top of my head again, and I was so painful that I couldn't cry out. I just watched the strands of hair gently float down from my eyes, and floated to the ground and turned into balls.
His whole body was paralyzed, allowing them to torture him.
The head is the most vulnerable place, and I didn't expect the pain of pulling out the hair to make it difficult to pass out.
Are you going to die here?
Close your eyes, desperate.
The door was suddenly kicked away at this moment.
Concubine An, Xiao Ling, and the old palace people exclaimed.
"Enen." A gentle voice mixed with shock and anger sounded, and the next moment, his body was lifted up in the air.
It hurts, it hurts, the place where the body is touched hurts.
"Enen? Enen?" There was infinite tension and fear in the voice.
I opened my eyes, and saw a pair of warm and caring eyes, and worry and self-blame were written on my handsome face.
"Jing Lin." I moved my lips, but there was no sound.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." He hugged me tightly in his arms.
It hurts so much, it hurts so much when he hugs me, I want to break free, but I don't have any strength, so I can only moan in pain.
"Where is your pain?" Jing Lin looked me up and down, saw that I was speechless, and said to the human standing next to me, "Your Majesty, En En is the wife of a minister who has never been married, I implore the Emperor to send an imperial doctor."
It was only then that I noticed that Ming Huang's figure was also in the hut, and his cold eyes swept over my face and body, those eyes were too deep and too gray, and finally his eyes stayed on the hair on the ground.
"I have met the emperor myself."
"The servant has seen the emperor."
After the ceremony, Concubine An smiled softly and said: "It seems that Mrs. Jing is nervous, and I didn't do anything to Enen. You see, she is neither injured nor fainted, but she has been hungry for a day and her body is weak. That's all."
Jing Lin looked at my pale, bloodless face, dying, frowned, and said, "Can mere hunger make people starve like this? I implore the emperor to send an imperial doctor."
"No way, Your Majesty." Concubine An said, "Su En murdered Xu'er, and he was punished for the crime. How could he be treated by the imperial doctor?"
"Dare to ask Mrs. Concubine An, did you admit that she was the one who killed the second prince?"
"Not yet, it's just a matter of time."
"Your Majesty has no strong evidence to prove that Enen is the one who murdered the second prince. In the past three days, Enen has not confessed, and she asked her to let her go."
"You? Your Majesty?" Concubine An knelt in front of the grave-faced emperor, and said aggrievedly, "Xu'er was assassinated at such a young age, even if Su En didn't do it, she is the most suspected, and I can't let her go She, you have to decide for the second prince."
I listened, knowing that Concubine An would never let me go. Although there were no signs of being beaten on the surface of the body, as long as I had a medical examination, I would know what was going on.
Everyone's eyes were on the man, and so was I, looking at him very weakly, waiting for his answer.
Without any hope, what kind of hope can there be for someone like him?
"Come here, tell the imperial physician." The moment he spoke, I even forgot to breathe. To everyone's surprise, he actually passed on the imperial physician.
Concubine An's eyes flickered, her face darkened slightly.
He spoke again, with a cold voice, "I will pass on my order, and the matter of the second prince's fine needle assassination will be submitted to the internal government for review, and there will be a result within five days."
"Yes." A father-in-law hurriedly left the darkroom, and I noticed that it was not Mr. Lu.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I will take my leave first." Jing Lin hugged me and hurriedly left.
When I left the darkroom, I subconsciously looked at that man, but I didn't expect his gaze to never leave me, and fell on me so directly and unabashedly.
Really surprised by his kindness.
The glare of the sun made me close my eyes, and it took me a while to get used to the light.
"Can you talk? I'll take you to the imperial doctor right now." Jing Lin asked softly.
"It's much better, I want to drink water." Still can't make a sound, the tearing pain is still there, only slightly better than before, but I feel groggy, probably because of my weakness.
"Patience a little longer, we will arrive at the Tai Hospital soon." Jing Lin quickened his pace.
As his body swayed, the pain in his body became more severe, and I gritted my teeth to hold back.
At this time, I saw Tang Yu, standing alone behind the crescent door, his hands clenched into fists hanging by his legs, his eyes filled with hatred and pity, he looked at me stupidly, A kind of insanity that makes people feel so sad that they want to cry.
I thought he would rush over, but I had great anticipation in my heart.
He really took a step, and his heart suddenly became happy, and finally sank.
Eunuch Lu jumped out from behind him, grabbed him, and shot me with eagle-like eyes.
I saw Tang Yu break away from his hand, but I saw Lu Gonggong suddenly raised his hand and slapped him across the face.
My heart ached, and the inexplicable pain made me even more dizzy.
At this time, Ting Jinglin said: "Fortunately, Eunuch Tang came to tell me that you were taken away by Concubine An, otherwise I'm afraid you will suffer more."
It turned out that Tang Yu told him.
Tang Yu was no longer at the Crescent Gate, presumably he was dragged away by Eunuch Lu.
Let's go, although I don't know what the secret between Eunuch Lu and him is, but after thinking about it, I know that it must be the crime of beheading.
I just don't know why, but my heart is very sad.
"what?"
"what?"
The two "what" words exhausted Jing Lin's astonishment and surprise, and his usual gentle face suddenly changed.
"Miss Su En has no bruises anywhere on her body. It must have been kicked. The blow was extremely heavy. Fortunately, no internal organs were injured, but at least one month's rest is required. The ten fingers are full of small holes that were pierced by needles. It looks okay now, but I’m afraid it will be swollen and painful tomorrow. It won’t go away in five days. On the contrary, the calf is a little better. Although the skin is torn and bruised, there is no injury to the muscles and bones. After ten and a half months of rest, I can walk on the ground. The head is fine. , the pain is only at the moment, the hair and the kidney are closely connected, the girl needs to take some kidney-tonifying medicines during this time, and the hair that falls out will grow back soon, the old minister will go to prescribe the medicine." Imperial Physician Chao Jinglin bowed his hands and retreated.
"I never expected that the lynching in the harem would be so vicious." Jing Lin couldn't believe it, and looked at me with distressed eyes.
I smiled weakly, I was really tired, so I fell into a deep sleep.
After the imperial doctor treated me, I returned to the Queen's Palace.
For five days, I have been recuperating in the side hall. The queen did not summon me. I heard from the palace man who took care of me what Jing Lin said to the queen the day he rescued me. The queen locked herself in the bedroom as if she had been hit hard all day.
There were rumors in the palace that the Queen and Lord Shang Shu had turned against each other because of a mere sibling of a court lady.
I thought I would be tortured to death by Concubine An, but I didn't expect that Jing Lin would save me at a critical moment.
Looking at the potted bamboo in front of the window, I was stunned.
The door was pushed open.
I thought it was the maid who was taking care of me, so I said, "Put it down, I'll eat later."
No one responded, and when I looked around, I saw Tang Yu standing there, full of loneliness. His aura seemed to be more indifferent than before. Is it indifference?No, it's a kind of more... I can't say it, I just feel sour than indifference.
Suppressing the strange feeling in my heart, I smiled, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Why did you come to see me now?"
"Are you feeling better?"
"It's much better, but I can't get out of bed and walk."
There was a silence, an uncomfortable silence.
"you--"
"you--"
They spoke in unison, but they didn't know what to say.
After a long while, I finally managed to say, "Is the little red spot on His Royal Highness healed?"
"At this time, why do you still care about the prince? The queen handed you over to Concubine An because she wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone."
"I know, but I can't let go of this matter. Besides, I can't hate everyone around her because of the queen. If that's the case, shouldn't I hate you too?"
"No one will accept your favor."
"I don't need others to appreciate it. Is it because others don't appreciate it that I can become resentful and live like this for the rest of my life?"
"Why do you still think so in such an environment?"
"Actually, I persisted very hard." It's not that I didn't vent my anger on the prince. During the few days when I didn't give the prince an antidote because of resentment, my life was very uneasy, and I couldn't sleep at night until I boiled kelp. For the prince, the uneasy heart is at ease.
Maybe I am such a person. Whether I am misunderstood by others or pretend to be unappreciated, the concept of being educated since childhood is deeply ingrained.
However, this doesn't mean that I won't fight back. Although the behavior of self-preservation looks so weak in the palace, tolerance cannot be regarded as bullying, and I will fight back.
Tang Yu looked at me deeply, feeling helpless, "Do you know what happened to the little red spot on the Prince's body?"
I thought for a while and said, "Is it Concubine Liu?" I remember that day when the queen knocked over the flowerpot on the top of the crane, she cursed "Damn Concubine Liu".
Tang Yu nodded.
"The problem shouldn't be the pot of flowers called charm?" Thinking of the charm painting that the queen pressed on the table, I guessed.
With a soft "um", Tang Yu said: "Charm is an extremely rare flower outside the territory, and it is also a rare medicinal herb, but few people know that its floral fragrance is as charming as its name, and it is also very poisonous. If you smell it lightly, you will become addicted, and after a long time, your seven orifices will bleed to death. The prince is lucky, no one thought that his constitution would be allergic to this charming flower fragrance, and Concubine Liu naturally could not have expected it."
I guessed it all, I was stunned, really murdered without blood, Concubine Liu, why is her heart so vicious?
Another moment of silence.
It was too quiet, and they didn't know where to put their eyes on each other.
"This is for you." I took out a brocade bag from under the pillow, "I always wanted to give it to you, thank you for taking care of me when I had a fever, but there was never a chance to give it away, so it's not too late to give it to you now."
"It's beautiful." He looked at it carefully for a while, and put it in his arms.
"Thank you." I said, "If you hadn't told Jing Lin, I don't know how I would be tortured right now."
Tang Yu didn't answer, but looked away, and clenched the hands hanging on both sides tightly.
"What happened to your hands?" I exclaimed, ignoring the pain in my legs, I lifted the quilt and got out of bed, took his hands, and saw that the joints on the back of his hands were full of scars. The ointment was applied, but his appearance was frightening, and the injury must have been extremely serious.
He didn't speak, but picked me up by the waist, gently put me back on the bed, covered me with a thin quilt, and didn't look at me directly, but said indifferently: "Don't get out of bed easily, or your foot injury will heal slowly , take a good rest."
Seeing that he was about to leave, I said anxiously, "Tang Yu, what's the matter with the injury on your hand?"
"It's okay, I did it by accident." After saying that, he left the small side room.
Watching him leave, I wondered what happened today.
Why did he become so uncomfortable in front of Tang Yu?
I trust him. In the palace, he and Aunt Suyan are the closest people to me. Being with him should be very comfortable and comfortable.
But I was full of awkwardness, and what was even more strange was that I really wanted to get close to him. Seeing him hurt, I was extremely sad, and even felt a little distressed.
Why is this happening?
Quietly spent half a month.
Except for the maid who came to take care of me on time, no one bothered me.
Faintly felt something was wrong, why didn't Aunt Suyan come to see me?
Even Tang Yu, except for that one time, never came again.
I seem to be isolated in this small side room.
She wanted to ask about the situation outside the palace, but she didn't know anything about it.
On this day, I couldn't bear it anymore, and the foot injury was almost healed, even though my body was still a little dull pain, I didn't care about it, I dressed neatly, and left the side room.
In the outer hall, the palace people are busy.
"Miss Enen, your injuries are all healed." Although the palace man greeted me, his eyes were not as comfortable as before, with a little more contempt.
"Yes." Careful, I scanned the cleaning palace maids one by one, and found that they looked at me very contemptuously.
What happened in the past half month?
Just as she was about to leave the palace, she heard a court lady chatting outside the palace, "That Su En is really lucky, a maid can be Mrs. Shang Shu, I don't know what kind of tricks she used to seduce."
"I guess they tried their best to seduce Mr. Jing. No wonder the queen's face turned green that day, and I heard that she slapped Mr. Jing. Normally, the empress doesn't even say a harsh word to Mr. Jing."
"Can you not be angry? I don't want the richest man's daughter, but I want a maidservant to be the daughter-in-law of the Jing family. This time, my lord..." The chatting stopped suddenly, and the two maidservants said respectfully, "The maidservant has seen Empress."
I hurriedly saluted behind the door, and the embroidered shoes embroidered with a phoenix body came into view.
"It seems that you are almost in good health." The queen's cold voice sounded above her head.
"Thank you for your concern, maidservant, your body has recovered." I carefully agreed.
"I've been taking care of you for half a month, can't you be okay? Xiaoru, didn't Master Jing tell you to tell him as soon as Miss Su is well, why don't you go quickly?"
Only then did I notice that beside the queen, where I used to be, stood Xiaoru.
Xiao Ru sneered and glanced at me before leaving.
Miss Su?I looked at the queen in surprise, and saw that her eyes were full of resentment, and her expression was extremely unwilling.
Hurriedly lowering her head, she heard her say, "You come in with Bengong."
After entering the palace, the queen waved away all the palace people, then stared at me and said, "What kind of trick did you do to Jing Lin? He insisted on marrying you."
I was shocked, does Jing Lin really want to marry me?Do you really want to marry me?
"A person like you, with such a humble status, how can you be with Jing Lin? This Palace will never allow it."
"Then what will the empress think of to stop it? I'm afraid it won't work to kill people with a knife." I still lowered my head humblely, with a deep voice.
"what?"
"Didn't the empress want to use the hands of the concubine An to get rid of the slaves? I didn't expect the slaves to come back alive."
The queen's face became even more ugly, "Su En, you have become more courageous and dare to talk to Ben Gong like that."
"The servant's courage has not become stronger, but she just knows how to get along with the empress."
How many times can a person experience birth and death in a lifetime?Every time I die, my heart gets heavier.
After struggling, what I got in exchange was a heavy scheming.
I think my eyes are not as pure as when I first entered the palace.
Even smiling is no longer so easy.
"Get along? A lowly court lady actually gets along with me? It's ridiculous."
"Your Majesty, maids of honor are human beings, and if they are always bullied, they will retaliate."
"Oh? Then you counterattack and show me."
I raised my head, looked at her deeply, and smiled faintly, "From now on, the servants should no longer call you empress empress, but should call you elder sister, elder sister."
The queen raised her hand and slapped me, glaring at me furiously, her chest fluctuating with anger.
"Is this what your mother is capable of?" I whispered while covering my hot face.
"Su En, if you dare to go against Bengong, you will end up beyond your imagination." The queen gritted her teeth, "Get out."
"Your maidservant dare not go against your majesty, because your maidservant can't tolerate your maidservant." Looking at the empress' pale face, I was blessed, "My maidservant resigned."
When I left the Queen's Palace, I saw that the flowers on the side of the road were all bearing fruit. Although the fruit was green, it made people realize that summer was over and autumn was coming.
If this is outside the palace, it will be harvest time soon.
What was I doing at this time in the past?
Stock up on quilts for winter.
A thick quilt costs a lot of money. To raise this money, I have to embroider handkerchiefs every day until late at night.
"Miss Enen, what are you looking at?"
When I came back to my senses, it was Taozi from the tea set room. I smiled lightly and said, "The days go by so fast, I never thought that it will be autumn in the blink of an eye."
"Where is it so fast, I feel slow to death, since I went to the Queen's Palace since I was a child, my life has become more and more boring." Tao Zi sighed.
As small as?I smiled wryly, I could no longer treat her as a child, thinking of the pity I had for her in the past, I just felt like a dream.
These days, it must have done a lot of things to please the Queen, so that the Queen used her again.
She didn't know that all along, the queen only used her as a training pawn for the prince.
"By the way, Taozi, do you know how the second prince was murdered with a needle?" This is something that has been hovering in my mind.
Tao Zi thought for a while and said, "I heard that the little maid from the laundry bureau accidentally put it in. That little maid died pitifully, alas."
"The little maid from the laundry bureau?"
"Yeah, her carelessness killed her. I have to be very cautious in doing things in the future. Miss Enen, where are you going? Miss Enen?"
Tao Zi's shouts became farther and farther away, and I hurried to the laundry bureau.
How could it be that the little maid from the laundry bureau carelessly dropped the needle into the second prince's clothes?Such exquisite manual work cannot be embroidered without a ten-year foundation, and the little maid in the laundry bureau simply does not have this ability.
Xiaoling has the silk handkerchief I gave to Aunt Suyan, and where did she get it.
Concubine An cooperates with Xiao Ling to lie together.
These all show that this matter is not simple.
Were the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs trying to prevaricate without finding out, or were they instigated by others to get confused?
The maids in the laundry bureau were lazily washing their clothes, without the energy they used to have.Not far away, under the shade of a tree, a court lady in aunt's clothes was eating melon seeds. Her appearance looked familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.
Isn't it the Aunt Li I met when I first entered the palace?Why is she here.
"Aunt Li?"
Aunt Li glanced up at me, "Who are you?"
"I'm Su En. Eunuch Wang introduced Su En to the palace."
"Eunuch Wang introduced so many people to the palace, I don't remember, tell me, what's the matter."
Looking around, I didn't see Aunt Suyan, so I asked, "Where is Aunt Suyan?"
Aunt Li spat out the melon seed husk, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, don't you see that I am here? Of course she is gone."
"Not here? Where did you go?"
"Going to Concubine Liu Palace as an errand."
"Why did you go to Concubine Liu Palace as an errand?" I asked in surprise.
"She deserves it. Who made her offend Concubine Liu? In this life, she will never go back to the laundry bureau to live a comfortable life... Hey, I haven't finished yet." Seeing me running away suddenly, Aunt Li threw me away again. Putting a melon seed into his mouth, he muttered, "Weird."
Aunt Suyan offended Concubine Liu?
Went to Concubine Liu Palace as an errand?
Aunt has always been cautious in doing things, how could she offend Concubine Liu?
Thinking of what happened in the bamboo forest a month ago, my heart became uneasy.
Concubine Liu Palace is in the middle of Anfei Palace and Queen's Palace, the closest to the Imperial Garden, and very close to the Emperor's Imperial Study.
When I first entered the palace, I heard from the palace people that the emperor's real favorite was concubine Liu, and that the emperor had put in a lot of effort to sit on the throne.
Although I don't know whether these are true or not, it can be seen from the location of Concubine Liu's palace that Concubine Liu holds a lot of weight in the eyes of the emperor.
The gate of Concubine Liu Palace was open, and I stood not far away and looked inside, hoping to see Aunt Suyan.
But no, looking from here, apart from the maid walking around from time to time, there was no figure of Aunt Su.
I was thinking about how I could see my aunt, when I saw the emperor walking towards the right palace path surrounded by all the palace people.
I quickly turned around, leaning my back against the wall, and didn't stand out again until I watched him walk into Concubine Liu's Palace.
With joy on my face, I saw a famous court lady coming out of the palace, and hurried forward.
"Excuse me, is Aunt Suyan here?"
The maid glanced at me and nodded.
"Can I trouble you to call her? I have something to ask her."
"She's busy at the moment, so she has no time to come out to meet people, you'd better go find her yourself." The maid said with a cold attitude.
I could only say, "I'm not familiar with it."
"Go in and turn right, go up the flower gallery, and you will see her when you get out of the courtyard." After the maid finished speaking, she left.
Sighing, I am someone close to the empress. If I enter here, people who don’t know me can still get away with it. People who know me will definitely report to Concubine Liu. It will be troublesome then, but if you want to know what’s going on, Just go in.
Turn right, and the flower corridor made of hundreds of flower vines comes into view. Although the flowers are sparse, the lush scene is unique.
I had no time to pay attention to the beautiful scenery, so I stepped out of the flower gallery and entered the yard.
The yard is very large, and there are two round gates in the northwest.
For a moment, I didn't know which round door to go out from. Just as I was thinking, a group of maids came from the side of the flower garden, carrying various snacks in their hands and walking towards the pavilion in the center of the yard.
I hurriedly hid myself in the flowers, and when I wanted to leave secretly, Ming Huang's figure came into view, and next to him was Concubine Liu with a charming smile on her face.
As a last resort, I had to retreat again, looking at them through the gaps between the leaves.
"Your Majesty, come into the pavilion and sit down. I have prepared some snacks." Concubine Liu's voice was infinitely charming, it was not deliberately artificial, it was extremely natural.
"No, I suddenly want to walk." The noble figure actually walked towards my hiding place.
Surprised, it must have been discovered, and then shook his head, I have been hiding here all this time, and they arrived later, there is no reason to be discovered.
"This courtyard is getting more and more beautiful. Concubine Liu must have spent a lot of energy." The emperor said flatly.
"As long as the emperor thinks it's good, no matter how much energy the concubine spends on it, it's worth it."
"Really?" The emperor stood still, he was standing opposite me across the bushes, as long as he lowered his head a little, he could see me hiding inside through the gaps in the leaves.
My heart was raised in my throat, and I subconsciously squeezed the corner of my clothes, but why couldn't the corner of my clothes move?
I looked down and was shocked, the corner of the clothes was exposed outside the flowers, and was stepped on by the emperor, no wonder it couldn't be dragged.
I became anxious, what should I do if this is discovered?
"Your majesty, this concubine wants a child, a child that belongs to us, okay?" Concubine Liu's soft and charming voice was slightly pleading, which was quite different from her usual arrogant and savage.
Although I was anxious that the hem of the clothes would be discovered, I was still surprised when I heard this.
The queen already has a prince, so the concubine no longer needs to be given medicine by the emperor to prevent her from giving birth to a child earlier than the queen. If the concubine is pregnant with a dragon child, it will be a great joy and a matter of universal celebration.
What does Concubine Liu mean by this?
"These flowers are very beautiful." The emperor suddenly bent down and picked one, his cold eyes glanced at me in the gap.
He saw it?
Eyes wide open, I held my breath, but nothing happened, he just took the flower to his nose and sniffed it.
"Your Majesty, at that time, although my concubine was entrusted to live in a brothel for the sake of King Min, she was still innocent when she was with you."
"I already have two princes, and there is no shortage of successors. If there are more, I am afraid that there will be a battle for the throne. If the concubine Ai can assure me that the one she will give birth to is a princess, I will naturally allow you."
King Min?Just as I was thinking about it, he suddenly threw the flower in his hand, and the place where the flower fell was on my head.
In an instant, his body was like a fossil.
"Really?" Concubine Liu's expression was extremely lost, the smile on the corner of her mouth turned into a wry smile, and she said quietly, "I'm afraid that's not what the emperor is thinking about, right now, you are still guarding against the concubine, right?"
"How could it be? What's going on today? You're not like the usual you." The emperor's voice was flat, but Concubine Liu's expression changed, worry was swept away from her face, and she said softly, "Oh, I'm new to you. I did a dance, and I want the emperor to comment on it." The topic turned extremely stiff.
"Oh? It's been a while since I saw you dancing. Let's go." The emperor finally moved.
Looking at the figure of the emperor leaving, I was greatly relieved.
It was really scary just now, almost, almost let him find out.
But his conversation with Concubine Liu made me have a lot of doubts.
But that's not what I thought.
Looking at the two round doors, I thought for a while and walked towards the north door.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the north gate, he turned back to the main gate of Concubine Liu's Palace, not far from the flower corridor.
"How could this be?" I murmured, it seems that I should go through the south gate.
"Enen?" I don't know if it was my illusion, Aunt Suyan's voice sounded behind me.
Turning around, it's not an illusion, it's really Aunt Suyan, with a beautiful face, a light smile, and a calm demeanor.
"Auntie." I happily stepped forward to hold her hand.
"Is your injury healed?" Seeing me, Aunt Su was obviously very happy, she pulled me to a secret place, and looked left and right at me.
"It's all good."
"That's good. Auntie didn't visit you. Don't you blame Auntie?"
I shook my head. I felt that there was a lot to say, but I didn't know where to start. After a while, I said, "I went to the laundry bureau just now, and the people there said that you came here to work, aunt, what happened?"
"It's hard to say." Aunt Suyan smiled wryly.
"Auntie, why is the handkerchief I gave you at Xiaoling's place?" This time I came to see Aunt Su, one is to care for Auntie, and the other is to seek an explanation for myself.
"The handkerchief is at Xiaoling's place?" Aunt Su was stunned, and said strangely, "I accidentally lost the handkerchief half a month ago, how could it be at Xiaoling's place?"
"Did Auntie lose her handkerchief?"
Aunt Suyan nodded, "Maybe it wasn't put away when I put it back, and it was gone when I found out that I lost it when I looked for it. Enen, I'm really sorry."
"It's okay." I smiled quickly, "I'll embroider a handkerchief for my aunt later."
Aunt Su smiled lightly, and said seriously: "What happened, could it be that your incident this time has something to do with Pazi? I always thought that Concubine An deliberately framed you in order to deal with the queen, saying that you were secretly killing the second prince." .”
"On purpose? Are you saying that the person who put the needle in the second prince's clothes is Concubine An?" I never thought of this possibility.
"It's just a guess. When I heard that someone secretly put a needle in his clothes to harm the second prince, and said that you did everything, I had such an idea. After all, such things are not uncommon in the palace."
"No, how could a mother harm her son." I categorically denied it.
"Enen." Aunt Suyan looked at me deeply, and smiled wryly, "In the palace, there is nothing impossible, only tricks you can't prevent. In the future, you must be careful, everything can only be done by yourself. "
"Aunt Suyan, Aunt Suyan—" In the distance, the voice of a palace maid came faintly.
"Someone is calling me, go back quickly, if someone who knows you sees it, Concubine Liu will think a lot."
I nodded, just as I was about to say something, Aunt Su said again: "Lord Jing is a good home, you have to be careful, if you can leave the palace, you must leave the palace."
Aunt Su's voice was not as calm as usual, but extremely dark, as if she had a lot of things on her mind.
"Auntie, take care too."
Aunt Su patted my hand again, "Go."
As soon as I left Concubine Liu Palace, Mingxiu came out not far away, and said to Aunt Suyan: "You did a good job in inducing her to think that Concubine An harmed her son, but you really thought that the queen would make a lowly Is the maid of honor marrying into the Jing family as a daughter-in-law?"
(End of this chapter)
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