refuse to be a concubine

Chapter 20 Serving a husband together?
"The slave only wants to leave the palace."

Turning over, he pressed on me, his sharp eyes locked on the darkness of my eyes, and he said through gritted teeth: "Very well, Su En, you will pay for this."

With a light weight on his body, he fell to the ground and shouted: "Come on, change clothes."

Eunuch Lu, who had been waiting outside for a long time, quickly led the people in. He glanced at me with eagle-like eyes, and his eyes couldn't hide his shock. He didn't expect that the person lying here would be me.

After a while, the bedroom fell silent.

I exhausted all my strength to get up, the aches and powerlessness all over my body proved how crazy I was last night, and the whole hall was filled with the breath of lust.

There are his hickey marks all over his body, chest, waist, and legs.

I watched sourly, clenched my fists, and tears flowed down slowly.

He took the clothes and put them on one by one with difficulty.

What am I doing wrong?
Why does God treat me like this?

I just want to live an ordinary life, right?
Stick to your beliefs, right?

It's been a long journey.

Is this the end for me?
I don't accept it, I don't accept it.

Never accept.

I don't believe that fate will treat me like this, and I don't believe that there is no return for hard work.

Never believe it.

"God, what are you doing here, Su En?" Aunt Lian's voice pierced through my eardrums.

"Sister Enen, you are so brave, you dare to take advantage of the Queen's Empress taking a bath..." Xiao Ru covered her mouth with one hand, her eyes full of horror, she shook her head in disbelief, "I'm going to report to the Empress Empress. "After finishing speaking, he left in a hurry.

Hearing Aunt Lian's cry, the palace people also came in one after another.

My clothes are disheveled, there are still a few hickey marks on my neck, and the emperor has just left. In such a scene, there is nothing to say.

The contempt and disdain in the eyes of the palace people already explained everything.

I am waiting, waiting for his arrival. Isn't the queen doing this just to let him see all this?

The hall was very noisy, Aunt Lian was staring at me, and the palace people were whispering.

Those eyes were like iron nails falling on his body.

"Su En, you are so courageous." The queen rushed in, and when she saw everything in front of her, her whole body trembled with anger.

"Your Majesty, Lord Jinglin is here." A little palace maid hurried in to report.

"Let him in."

Is it finally here?I laughed, very astringent and bitter.

How should I prepare to face him?

I didn't have time to think about it.

He has already entered the palace, he is wearing a moon white long gown, his handsome face is as pale as paper, the moment our eyes meet, I am miserable and he is resentful.

"Enen?" Jing Lin's gentle voice had changed, "Why did you do this?"

"And why? She actually seduced the emperor while I was taking a bath. This kind of thing has long been common." The queen snorted coldly.

"Enen is not that kind of person."

"Are you so sure? Don't forget which of the personal maids in the palace did not try to seduce the emperor in order to seek glory and wealth?"

Jing Lin stopped talking and just looked at me with somewhat uncertain eyes.

"I didn't, I didn't seduce the emperor." I want to explain, I should explain, try my best to explain, "It's not what you think, it's not what you see."

"Of course it's not like what you saw. The emperor saw clearly that the person sleeping was not Bengong, so he left angrily. You can't see favor, so you just want to get back Jinglin's heart." The queen sneered.

"I was drugged." I ignored the queen, I just looked at Jing Lin, "I passed out when I was about to leave the palace, and I slept here after waking up."

"Who gave the medicine?" Jing Lin asked sadly.

who is it?Unwilling to believe it was Aunt Lian, "I don't know. But I know it was Xiaoru who sent me to the queen's bedroom."

"You're spitting blood." Xiaoru, who was beside the queen, rushed out and said angrily, "I wanted to see you off, but I saw you passed out, so I kindly sent you back to the small side room, but Aunt Lian and I came back just now. But I saw that you, unexpectedly...Master Jing, every sentence of this servant is true."

"By the way, Jing Lin, Su En should tell you that he is no longer perfect?" The queen rolled up her sleeves and looked at Jing Lin with great joy.

I was taken aback, how could the Queen know about this?

All eyes are on the Queen.

"She must have told you that you were bullied by a bully, right?" The queen gave me a pale look, and then looked at Jing Lin, "The so-called bully is the emperor. In fact, she seduced you when she was outside the palace. If you don't believe me, you can ask Concubine Liu."

Concubine Liu?Concubine Liu told the Queen about this, and the purpose of her coming to the Queen's Palace that day was to tell the Queen about this?

"It's not like that." I looked at Jing Lin helplessly, but I saw hesitation in his eyes, "It's not like that, Jing Lin, listen to my explanation, I..."

Without allowing me to say anything, Jing Lin asked, "Is it the emperor? Is it the emperor?"

I looked at him with tears in my eyes.

"Tell me, is it the emperor?" The gentle expression broke completely.

"Yes." I choked up, "It's not what you think, I didn't lie to you, what I told you is the truth."

"Su En, I really didn't expect you to be so scheming, we were all deceived by you." The queen snorted coldly.

"The wedding will take place tomorrow." Jing Lin said suddenly, his eyes froze as he looked at me.

"What?" The queen exclaimed, "You still want to marry such a woman?"

"Don't lose face of the Jing family. I will tell the relatives and friends who are present today that my lord will have a three-day banquet on the day of my lord's great joy. The bride will come in tomorrow." He glanced at me, turned around indifferently, turned back when he went out, and said ruthlessly, "If she resists, tie her into the sedan chair."

"Jing Lin." The queen chased her out.

The queen locked me in a dark room.

Very quiet, very quiet.

What do people do when they are desperate?
do not know.

And I just sat there, my mind was blank.

Jing Lin once said that he appreciates me, that he likes my personality, and that he understands me.

But all understanding collapsed at that time.

He didn't believe what I said.

In this way, I squatted in the corner all night.

Thinking of nothing, just immersed in the darkness.

The door of the darkroom was opened, and several palace officials entered.

"I want to see Mr. Jing." Straightening up my weak body, I said.

"Let's go." They didn't pay any attention at all, they just pushed me hard on the back, and I was pushed out of the dark room.

"I must meet Master Jing." You can't marry Jing Lin like this, you must explain the matter clearly, if you can't explain, how can you marry?

"What are you talking about." They dragged me directly.

After leaving the Queen's Palace, just as they walked up the palace corridor, the three of them suddenly passed out on the ground.

What happened?When I opened my eyes, a man in a blue shirt suddenly appeared in front of me, blinking at me with half-smile eyes.

It was the man who hit the old palace man with stones that day.

"It's you?" I took a step back and looked at him warily, "Who are you? Who are you? Why are you in the palace?"

"You don't know? I am Qing Yi, the hidden guard next to the emperor." Qing Yi grinned.

Dark guard?Do you mean the guards who secretly protect the emperor?No wonder he was able to show up in time when he was assassinated on Hundred Flowers Festival, "Then what are you doing here?"

"The emperor asked me to bring a word." Qing Yi looked at me thoughtfully, "Say, if you regret it, what he said still counts."

Count?I remembered what he said "I can make you a concubine" in my mind.

"What's your answer?"

I didn't have any hesitation, "I just want to get out of the palace." No matter what happened, I just wanted to get out of the palace.

Qing Yi nodded, and disappeared in front of him in the blink of an eye, the moment he disappeared, the fainted palace servant woke up, Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out, "Why am I lying on the ground?" What are you doing? Why don't you leave now?"

Just as we walked out of the palace corridor, the blue-shirted man Qing Yi appeared on the corridor again, beside him was the emperor with a dark face.

"Since the emperor likes her, why not take her directly, why bother?" Qing Yi looked at his master in puzzlement.

"I like her, but it doesn't stop there. This is also her own choice."

"Does the emperor mean that she will not care whether she lives or dies in the future?"

The emperor glanced at Qing Yi, "I'm the emperor, I'm enough to accommodate her, but she doesn't know how to cherish it, and would rather abandon it."

The palace guard escorted me into a sedan chair.

After a long while, the voices of people came to my ears, which must have been carried to the street.

The car curtain was lifted by the wind from time to time, and through the gap, I saw the endless streets, every pedestrian was smiling, chirping, and the sound of bargaining came to my ears from time to time.

Such excitement didn't affect me, and I was only thinking about how to explain everything to Jing Lin.

He may not forgive me, but he cannot misunderstand me.

As long as the misunderstanding persists, he and I cannot live together.

I must try my best to clear up the misunderstanding.

At this time, the crackling of firecrackers came from a distance, covering up the hustle and bustle of people.

When the sound of firecrackers fell, there were many voices coming from the cracks in the curtains, "Isn't Miss Zhao's maid sitting in this sedan chair?"

"That's right, people are not old-fashioned, and they secretly seduced my uncle. Miss Zhao is too sensible, and let her marry her."

"It is said that Ms. Zhao is beautiful, but I never expected that her character is so outstanding. She even let this kind of maid into the mansion as a concubine."

"Ugh!"

What are they talking about?
Just as I was listening intently, the sedan chair fell to the ground.

"Come out." A fat hand reached in and pulled me out.

It was a plump woman, she looked me up and down a few times, looked down on me, took out a hipa from her sleeve, spread it on my head, and said, "Let's go."

Faintly feeling something was wrong, I tore off the Xipa and looked at the small door ahead.

"Where is this place?" It should be a big family, although it is a small door, but looking at the carvings on the wooden door, you can tell that it is very valuable.

"Where could it be? Of course it is the Shangshu Mansion. This is the small door of the Shangshu Mansion." The fat woman was impatient, "Closing it quickly."

The music came from the other side of the small door. It was the ceremony and music for welcoming the bride. I had heard it many times before entering the palace. Could it be that someone was welcoming the bride not far away?

"Why do I have to enter through the small door?"

"Could it be that someone like you still wants to enter through the gate?" The fat woman looked in disbelief.

He knew that Jing Lin was resentful, but he also said that the Jing family couldn't lose face.

If I go in through the small door like this, what face will the Jing family have.

"I'm going to see Jinglin now." I put aside Xipa and quickly walked into the small door.

"Hey, you can't go in like this." The fat woman hurried in after her.

I have been to this yard before, so I am familiar with the path.

Walking out of the long corridor, I saw the main hall. There were people coming and going in the hall, and it was extremely lively. Looking at their clothes, one could tell that they were famous people in the capital, and they all came to congratulate Jinglin on his wedding.

"You can't go in." When I stepped out, the fat woman who was chasing me grabbed me and yelled, "My lord has treated you well enough, what else do you want? Do you want to be on his happy day?" Do you embarrass him? Oh, how can there be people like you in this world, it’s okay to be ungrateful, and make trouble.”

"I just want to see him, just say a few words to him." How could I not know Jing Lin's kindness to me?For a moment, he didn't notice anything wrong with what the fat woman said.

"When can't we talk? You don't even look at what day it is, go back to your wedding room."

She's right, there are so many guests today, he must be too busy, how can I, as the bride, trouble her again?Let's talk about it tomorrow.

After all, the days are still long.

When I entered the wedding room, I couldn't help being shocked by the grandeur and magnificence of the wedding room.

Compared with the palace, it is even worse.

Even a happy character is unique and loved by all kinds of people.

Not to mention the colorful tables and chairs, the white jade landscape screens, and the wall windows carved with clouds.

"What are you doing in a daze? Sit on the bed and cover the hipa, and the adults will enter the room later." The fat woman pushed me on the bed, covered me with a hipa, and muttered, " It’s really lucky to have such a young lady.”

Miss?Miss what?Just as I was about to ask, I heard a squeak, and the fat woman closed the door and left the house.

All of a sudden quiet down.

So quiet that I could hear my own breathing.

At this moment, I really realized that I was married.

Married to the Shangshu lord of the dynasty, Jing Lin.

This kind of marriage is very different from my original intention, almost forced.

There is no tension and shyness, anxiety and anxiety that a bride should have.

He only thought about what to say when Jing Lin came in later, how to tell him what happened yesterday one by one.

What kind of statement will make him believe that what I said is the truth.

Just because my mind was full of thinking about this matter, I overlooked an important link.

Why don't you use me to change into the bride's wedding dress?
Why did I come directly to the new house without marrying Jing Lin?
Why did I come in through the small door?
And all of this, I think it's just because Jing Lin is too angry.

I don't know how long it took until my legs went numb and the door opened.

Footsteps were heard.

I took a deep breath, thinking of what I was going to say next, I felt a little more confident, just waiting for him to lift the hipa.

"Hmph, you really look like a bride." Jiaojiao's voice was a woman's, very familiar.

It's Zhao Yuefu, why is she here?

Without thinking, he opened the hipa.

I saw Zhao Yuefu dressed in red, the red of a bride, standing in front of me.

Beside her, Jing Lin is also dressed in red, the red that belongs to the groom, standing indifferently, looking at me coldly.

Talented and beautiful, so good to be the right beauty.

I was dumbfounded, surprised, and shocked.

Zhao Yuefu took the full wine glass on the table and handed it to me, saluted gracefully, and said coquettishly and shyly: "Sister, please drink this glass of wine from my sister, in the future we sisters will serve each other together, we must live in harmony. "

"Serving a husband together? What do you mean?" I looked at Jing Lin, my heart sank, and I still held on to the last sliver of hope.

"Literally, it means that I married Yuefu and you at the same time." Jing Lin looked at me like ice arrows, revealing great resentment.

Is this the Jinglin I know?Is it Jing Lin who always has a gentle smile on her face?

"Sister, please drink my sister's tea." Zhao Yuefu's voice drew my attention to her face. It was not a proud face, but she still smiled happily.

I didn't think it would be like this, and I couldn't say a word at this moment after thinking about it for so long.

Looking at everything in front of me in amazement, I just felt at a loss and didn't know how to react.

Unexamined.

"Aren't you going to pick it up soon?" Jing Lin's words startled me, and I subconsciously went to pick it up.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuefu broke the wine glass suddenly, raised her eyebrows, and said: "You really know how to take it? Didn't you know that I was the wife who was married by Jinglin Mingmei, who was carried in eight palanquins? And you, just Jinglin's concubine is just a lowly concubine's room that came in through the small door."

"What, what?" I finally found my voice, but I couldn't believe what I heard.

"Didn't the queen tell you?"

I just looked at Jing Lin, "Is it true? Is what she said true?"

"How can a person like you deserve to enter the door of my Jing family? I only accepted you as a concubine because of my promise to marry you." Jing Lin said, indifferently and ruthlessly.

"Commitment? You said 'I like you, your personality, your manner, I appreciate it, and I believe that with time, eventually I will fall in love with you'. You also said 'Be true to yourself Have confidence, and please have confidence in me', your promise is not to marry me and insult me ​​after entering the door." Straightening my back, I looked back at his indifference calmly.

"Insult? Do you need me to insult you?" He sneered, "Whether it's the past or what's in my heart, I've been telling you the truth, and you've been lying to me, what bully?"

"Then what do you want me to tell you?" Was insulted by the emperor?The person he loves is the emperor's wife, and the person he wants to marry has been ruined by the emperor?
Jing Lin looked at me complicatedly, "Then you shouldn't have anything to do with him anymore."

My eye sockets are sour and wet.

Very disappointed, I am really disappointed in him, "This is what you know about me, is this what you know about me? In your heart, am I this kind of person? There are many people and many things worthy of your doubts Right? Why would you rather believe what they say than believe me a little bit?"

"I saw it with my eyes."

"What did you see? You don't usually do this kind of thing, but you did it on the wedding day? Do you think it's reasonable?"

"Enough." Zhao Yuefu stood between me and Jing Lin, raised her eyebrows and snorted coldly, "Hurry up and get out, this wedding room belongs to me and Jing Lin, what are you doing standing here like a girl?"

"Jing Lin, do you want me to go out too?" Passing Zhao Yuefu, I fixedly looked at Jing Lin with my decision in my eyes.

When I decided to marry Jing Shi, I told myself to live a good life, an ordinary and happy life.

Things backfired, no matter how much I thought about it, I never imagined that Jinglin would give me such a life.

Very disappointed and very sad.

I always thought that Jing Lin understood me and understood me.

That's why she married him when she knew she didn't like him.

He didn't answer, but moved his eyes away to look elsewhere.

And I didn't say anything more, I straightened up and walked out of the wedding room.

In such a situation, no matter how hard you try to explain it, it is in vain.

And I have nothing left, only a few strands of dignity.

Outside the door of the wedding room, the fat woman who stood at the back door came to welcome me. When she saw me coming out, she said impatiently: "Come with me."

They actually arranged me in the servant's room, a room about the size of the small side room in the Queen's Palace, which is quite simple.

"I'm in charge of this place. Everyone calls me Mrs. Fat. From now on, I will leave the cleaning of the servant's room to you." The Mrs. Fat put her hands on her hips, instructing, "Every day you have to get up earlier than everyone else, and after you finish washing your clothes, I will give you the cleaning." Everyone prepares breakfast and then helps out in the kitchen."

Without listening to what she said, I finished looking at the room and walked out.

"Hey, where are you going?"

"Since you are a concubine, you have a yard that belongs to your concubine. I shouldn't have done the washing and preparing breakfast you mentioned. It stands to reason that you should respectfully call me master."

"Let's go, let's be presumptuous, this is what my wife told me, do you dare not follow?"

"I'm not Madam's maidservant, so I don't need to listen to her orders. You can ask your lord to come and tell me directly." My voice was flat, but my words were powerful, and I locked the fat sister's eyes tightly to say these words.

And I also believe that no matter how much Jing Lin resents me now, he will not treat me like this.

He is not that kind of person.

The fat lady was stunned, unable to speak for a moment.

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and lead the way to the house where I live." I sternly shouted.

"Yes, yes." Fat sister-in-law was frightened, and she must have been guilty of what I said, so she obediently led the way.

In the face of her obedience, I didn't feel any achievement, just more sadness.

Is this the inferiority of human beings?

No wonder in the palace, my kindness is always regarded as easy to bully.

This is the way of survival, the jungle of the jungle.

"Husband, madam, this is your small courtyard." The fat sister-in-law pointed to a small courtyard in front of her.

"You don't need to call me Madam from now on, just call me Miss Su." Without worship or any ceremony, I am not from the Jing family.

My heart relaxed like never before.

"The servant has retired."

"Why is it so dark inside? Isn't there a girl serving me?" I don't need a girl to serve me, but I have to say this at this moment.

"Here, this servant will go ask Madam tomorrow."

"Go get some candles."

"Yes." The fat lady backed away in a panic.

The yard is very simple and plain. In the yard, a two-person tall plum tree is the most eye-catching in the whole yard.

The room is not big, but the spacing and layout are reasonable, and there are even inner halls and outer halls.

The faint moonlight shines on the ground through the window, and on the tables and chairs, you can clearly see the landscape paintings hanging on the wall.

Sitting down, I looked at everything carefully.

After a long time, the fat lady did not come.

Knowing that she will not come, concubine and Zheng, she naturally knows who to listen to.

And I sat like this all night.

I thought about my short life, from my father's death, to raising the burden of supporting myself and my mother alone, to losing my innocence in the red building, pretending to enter the palace, the grievances and sufferings I suffered in the palace, persistence and perseverance, to sincerely wanting to be with Jing Lin lived together, but did not expect such a result.

The more things I have experienced, the more I have my own world.

Right and wrong have also generated their own solutions.

This night, I re-recognized myself, or re-recognized myself who is slowly changing.

When Zhao Yuefu saw me in the breakfast hall, she gave the fat sister who was serving me a sharp look.

The fat lady looked terrified.

But Jing Lin didn't show any expression.

"I've seen my wife, I've seen my lord." I bowed to them.

Facing my title, Jing Lin was taken aback, while Zhao Yuefu was pleased with it.

"My lord, the girl has something to say to her alone, can my lord come out for a while?"

Zhao Yuefu's face darkened, but she didn't say anything.

"I'll only give you half a cup of tea." Jing Lin said indifferently and left the lobby.

I was relieved.

The beauty of the Shangshufu garden is no less than that of the imperial palace, it can be said to be a miniature imperial garden.

"Let's talk." Jing Lin entered the pavilion with his back to me.

"My lord." I knelt on the ground and begged, "Please let the girl leave."

"Impossible." He didn't even think about it.

"The Minnv has never worshiped the lord, and she is not the wife of the lord. In other words, the minnv is now free."

He turned around and looked at me resentfully, "Is it necessary to marry a concubine? You are the one who has done me wrong and made me lose face. Do you think I will let you go?"

I was shocked, the resentment in his eyes was so intense, as if the hatred accumulated for decades had burst out at once.

With a flick of his sleeves, he passed me, and he left angrily.

I knew that he resented me and hated me, but I didn't expect the resentment to be so deep.

It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be.

But why is the hatred in his eyes so intense?
Sitting on the ground, I couldn't figure it out for a while, and suddenly my heart was at a loss.

I don't know how long has passed.

I slowly got up and walked towards my small courtyard.

In the yard, the fat lady took a few girls to look around, and when she saw me, she raised her face, pointed at a pile of dirty clothes in the yard, and said in a rough voice: "You wash these, this is what the adults ordered. of."

"what?"

"Your Excellency said, you can live in the yard, but if you want to eat, you have to work. These dirty clothes will be washed within an hour, let's go." Fat lady waved her hand and led the girl we leave.

I stood with my fists clenched.

An hour later.

"Put up the shelf and put down the firewood." The fat lady ordered the girl to nail the stakes, and ordered the servants holding the firewood to put the firewood under the plum tree, "Remember, the firewood will be delivered here from now on."

Soon, six wooden stakes were set up in the courtyard, and the maids were seen neatly wrapping up the ropes.

At this time, the fat sister-in-law glanced at me and said: "Quickly hang the clothes to dry, the girls are still waiting to wear them tomorrow, and then chop up these firewood, I will use them at night." After finishing speaking, she called the girls again. we leave.

Looking at everything in front of me, I thought to myself: "Jing Lin, is this how you don't let me go? Is it really me, Su En, who you hate?"

Two days later, when I was chopping firewood, I felt a line of sight always resting on me.

I couldn't help looking up.

In an instant, I was stunned, my nose was sour, and my eyes were wet.

Only then did I realize that I miss him so much, miss him so much.

He walked in, his eyes swept over the firewood and dirty clothes in front of him one by one, and finally his painful eyes stopped on my hand.

"Tang Yu, why are you here?" I got up, endured the inexplicable sadness, I forced a smile, but I didn't know where to put my hands that were only stared at by him.

There were scars and blisters everywhere on his hands.

"Your hand is hurt." Tang Yu's voice was not the cold one I was familiar with, as if he was holding back something.

"I accidentally scratched it, it's fine." I became more uncomfortable, "Didn't Eunuch Lu say that you were out of the palace on business? Did you just come back today?"

"You looked for me?"

"Well, I wanted to tell you something else." I didn't know what to say, so I searched around, "It seems that your hand injury has completely healed, even the scabs are gone."

"I should stop you from marrying him." Tang Yu finally met my gaze.

I saw the pain and self-blame in his eyes.

This is the first time that I saw other emotions in his eyes other than coldness. In the past, no matter how happy or sad he was, there was always some coldness in his eyes.

"Aren't I pretty good?" I was a little at a loss.

"Is it really good?"

"This is the path I chose, isn't it?" I said sadly, "By the way, why are you here?"

"The empress asked me to bring you some bolts of cloth, so I can see how you are doing." The pain in Tang Yu's eyes was even worse.

"As she wished."

Just as he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard.

Looking around, Zhao Yuefu walked into the courtyard surrounded by a few maids, and when she saw Tang Yu, she smiled and nodded as a greeting.

When he looked at me, his smile became brighter, and he said: "Su En, the empress treats you really well. You have only been in Jingfu for three days, and you sent someone to deliver something. You should thank the empress well." .”

"Enen has already thanked you." Tang Yu said.

"That's good. It's a pity that Su En doesn't spare her blessings. The master treats her so well and greedily seduces the emperor. It's strange. After all this, she will marry you to Jing Lin. The empress treats her so well." The personal maid is not so good." Zhao Yuefu laughed wildly, but there was no smile in her eyes.

Just these words made both Tang Yu and I turn pale.

This incident should have spread throughout the palace, and Tang Yu should know about it.

I don't want him to know.

As long as no one mentions it around me, as long as he doesn't mention it, I will treat it as if he doesn't know.

I don't want him to think I'm that kind of woman, I want to give him the best impression.

My face became paler and paler, and even my hands couldn't help shaking.

Why do I care so much about Tang Yu's feelings?

Why does the heart hurt?

Could it be, did I fall in love with Tang Yu?
No, no.

How could this happen?After I entered Jing's house.

"Ma'am, you must have misunderstood the rumors. Enen is not that kind of person." Tang Yu said, "In this world, she is the only person I can trust wholeheartedly."

Tang Yu... I bit my lower lip tightly, does he trust me so much?

"Oh? Su En seduces the emperor, that's obvious to all, and the number of witnesses is unknown."

"So what? The appearance is not necessarily the truth."

"Why is Eunuch Tang protecting Enen so much?"

"I'm just telling the truth, and Ma'am is just hearsay, right?"

Zhao Yuefu's beautiful face was extremely displeased, she forced a smile, stared at me and said: "Eunuch Tang protects you like this, it must be that your friendship is not shallow, so I won't bother you to reminisce about the old days."

When Zhao Yuefu disappeared from sight, I suddenly felt my face was wet.

"Why are you crying?" Tang Yu stretched out his hand to wipe away my tears, but he stretched out his hand in the air and took it back abruptly.

"Is that why you trust me?" I choked up, but the tears couldn't stop flowing down.

I have never cried like this since I was a child.

Tang Yu's eyes were full of pity, "Although I can't say I understand everything, I know you well so far, and I still know what you are like."

"You talk a lot today." I cried even harder.

I thought that Jing Lin was the one who knew me best, but I was wrong. At the most critical moment, he didn't believe me, and even hurt me.

"If you continue to cry, I will say more." He sighed softly, expressing his distress and helplessness, and finally stretched out his hand and gently wiped away the tears on my face, "I time to go."

"Going away?" I felt a huge reluctance in my heart.

"Take care of yourself."

Watching him leave, my tears fell even more ferociously.

The night sky in autumn is very clean and bright.

I can't sleep tonight, my heart hurts so much that I can't even breathe.

The fact that I suddenly understood made me feel at a loss.

Like Tang Yu?

When is it?
Was it so belatedly?

Looking at the twinkling stars above my head, I shed tears again.

Wipe away the tears, but the tears seemed to be unstoppable, desperately flowing down.

Eventually, I buried my head in my knees, choked up and cried.

Just after dawn, the little door in the courtyard was knocked open by Mrs. Fatty.

I sat on the threshold of the house and stayed up all night, watching the fat wife swaying her fat body in front of me indifferently.

"Girl's manpower is insufficient, and you will also be responsible for emptying the toilet in the future."

Seeing that I was just sitting there blankly, the fat lady gave me a blank look, "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you come with me?"

"Understood." I got up tiredly.

"Go to the main house first, then go to the servant's room, hurry up, I have to go to the kitchen to wash the vegetables later." When walking to the intersection path, the fat sister-in-law said.

"Isn't there a special girl for washing vegetables?" I asked.

Fat sister-in-law flattened her mouth, "I didn't tell you, there are not enough manpower, and you will do these things for the time being." After finishing speaking, she walked forward again.

How could the majestic Shangshu Mansion be short of manpower?It is clear that they are bullying me.

Should I be bullied?
The main house, which is the yard of Zhao Yuefu and Jing Lin, is not far from me.

The main house is very big, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and there are beautiful scenery everywhere. Among the scenery is the house.

The maids walked back and forth in the corridor, preparing the utensils for the master to get up.

I entered the lobby, walked through the inner hall, and entered the dormitory, and saw a few maids standing respectfully outside the screen waiting for orders, and behind the Baiyu Shanshui screen, I could vaguely see Zhao Yuefu who had gotten up and was being attended by the maids. Get off your clothes.

"Madam needs to wash her face." The girl in the screen called out, and someone immediately went out to pass the message.

The toilet is placed in the outermost corner, and I can walk away without having to meet Zhao Yuefu, which makes me breathe a sigh of relief.

Girls carrying washbasins filed in, and the girl in the lead was quietly talking to the people at the side, laughing from ear to ear when they got the most out of it.

I stood aside and waited for them to pass.

Unexpectedly, the girl who was talking and laughing accidentally tripped and bumped into me when she entered the threshold.

Clang twice.

Both the basin and the toilet fell to the ground.

Fortunately, the toilet has a plug, so as long as it doesn't break, the dirt won't leak out.

There is a wall behind me, so I didn't fall down. The girl was not so lucky, and fell on all fours.

"Do you have long eyes?" The girl who was talking got up and pointed at me and scolded, "Didn't you see that I brought water to my wife? You stood in the middle of the door on purpose, why are you at ease?"

Before I could speak, Zhao Yuefu came out from the screen, "What happened?" Fat Auntie followed her.

Seeing me, she raised her eyebrows.

"Ma'am, she knew that the servant was holding Madam's washing water, but she deliberately bumped into the servant." The girl said very angrily.

"I didn't. You bumped into me when you were talking to others while holding the water." Facing such a plot, I no longer felt angry. It turned out that the people here are no different from those in the palace.

"You are talking nonsense."

"I'm not talking nonsense, everyone here has seen it." However, they probably won't help me.

Sure enough, none of them dared to look directly at me.

"Fat sister, don't feed her today." Zhao Yuefu looked at me coldly, and went back to the dormitory after speaking.

The girl who wronged me looked at me proudly.

Hunger means nothing to me.

But I didn't sleep all night last night, coupled with the exhaustion of the past few days, my body is extremely weak at the moment, and even the hand that shakes the clothes and pestle seems weak.

The sun has set.

In front of me, there is still a lot of dirty clothes that have not been washed.

Gritting my teeth, I tapped quickly.

What should I do?
How can I get out of here?

Just as he was thinking, a thin voice sounded in front of him, "Miss Su?"

I looked up, and there was a girl about my age standing in front of me, with big eyes and a round face, looking very refreshing.

I was on guard, I don't know what's going on?
She looked around and quickly took out a paper bag from her bosom, "Here are three meat buns, eat them quickly."

I was stunned, I was puzzled by her move for a moment, didn't Zhao Yuefu order me not to eat for a day?
"My name is Xiaodie, and I belong to Eunuch Tang. Eunuch Tang ordered me to take good care of you." Xiaodie grinned, stuffed the paper bag into my arms, and whispered, "I can't stay longer. It's not good, eat it quickly, it won't taste good when it's cold." After finishing speaking, he left quietly.

"Tang Yu." I muttered, I couldn't help but wanted to cry again, how could he treat me so well.

For half a month, I didn't see Jing Lin, and Zhao Yuefu's making things difficult just made me exhausted every day, and my body was in a state of overdrawn every day.

Other than that, no one bothered me anymore, except Xiaodie.

But it's also strange that Xiaodie hasn't come for three days.

After I folded the clothes to dry, I went to the guest room, and went to see Xiaodie by the way.

It was very strange, along the way, I didn't see a few maidservants, and occasionally saw a few maidservants, all of whom looked extremely flustered.

Entering the servant's room, I found that the maidservants were all gathered together, talking to each other in a low voice, with the same expression as the people I met just now, flustered and uneasy.

What happened?
"My lord, I searched everything, but found nothing." A man's voice came from in front of the maidservant.

Jing Lin is here too?

At this time, the maidservants stepped aside and saw Jing Lin walking out.

When the eyes met, his thoughtful eyes suddenly turned cold, and he left indifferently.

Looking at his figure, I don't understand, I really don't understand, the person who is always talking and laughing, the person who is always gentle, changes as soon as he says it.

As soon as Jing Lin left, the restless maidservants breathed a sigh of relief, and their voices rang out like sparrows.

"I really didn't expect Xiaodie to be a remnant of the previous dynasty. It's incredible."

"Yeah, I really can't see it, it's so dangerous, it almost got us involved."

"It scares me to death these days."

"I think she is quite pitiful. No one came to collect her body when she died. She was thrown on a mass grave and could only be eaten by wild animals in the end."

"Hush, keep your voice down, don't you want the same fate as her?"

"I heard that the remnants of the previous court will bury their bodies tonight."

"That's good, so we can kill them all. These people are terrible."

Listening in disorder, every time they said a word, my heart would jump, until finally, I could no longer listen to what they were saying, and my mind was full of the sentence "I think she is quite pitiful, she is not dead at all." People came to collect the corpses, and they were thrown on the mass graves, where they could only be eaten by wild animals.”

Is Xiaodie a remnant of the previous dynasty?

died?

There was a feeling of sadness in my heart. A few days ago she was still alive and kicking, every time she saw me she would smile innocently at me, but she died?

former court?

What flashed through your mind?I heard Eunuch Lu say before that "you are the heir to the great cause", heirs and so on.

Xiao Die belongs to Tang Yu, and she is a remnant of the previous dynasty, so isn't Tang Yu also from the previous dynasty?
No, the previous dynasty was more than 200 years ago.

The heir to the great cause?Could it be... There was a chill in my whole body, I don't believe it, I don't believe it.

It shouldn't be that complicated.
"Su En, what are you doing here with your clothes?" The fat lady's rough voice pierced my ears.

Only then did he realize that he had appeared in the garden with the folded clothes.

"Leave quickly, madame and the most famous ladies in the capital are enjoying the garden."

Following Fat Auntie's line of sight, she saw Zhao Yuefu, who was dressed up in a luxurious manner not far away, talking and laughing with a group of noble ladies walking towards this side.

"Yes." I turned around and left, but my mind was in a trance. I accidentally tripped over a branch on the road, and I stabilized myself, but the clean clothes in my hands were scattered all over the floor.

Naturally, those noble ladies saw such a big move.

"It turns out that the girls in the Shangshu Mansion are so frizzy." A woman in a green shirt came over, covered her mouth with her sleeves, and laughed, "Fumei, you have to discipline and discipline, otherwise, you will make these poor people come to you." People underestimate you, the housewife."

Zhao Yuefu was smiling when she saw me sinking instantly, and said coldly: "Didn't you see me and my wives strolling in the garden? Go down."

Just as I was about to leave, a woman in a purple fringed skirt stopped me, looked at me and said, "Look, she doesn't look like a girl in the house, sister Fu, who is she?"

"Could it be the concubine that Shang Shu married you on the same day?" Another woman asked tentatively, her eyes full of mockery.

The only smile on Zhao Yuefu's face disappeared.

"Miss Fu's face has changed. Is it really that concubine?" Several women surrounded me, no matter how I walked, they just stopped in front of me.

"Please step aside, ladies," I said.

"What? Let us make way?" The ladies laughed in unison as if they had heard something funny.

The woman in the green shirt glanced at Zhao Yuefu, "Sister Fu, it seems that you, the mistress, are really not doing very well, a concubine who doesn't even know the distinction between superior and inferior."

"Yes, look at the concubines in my family. They are very respectful when they see me. They rush to pick up vegetables during meals, and wash my feet before going to bed. How about I help you teach her a lesson?" The woman in purple shirt looked like she was enjoying the show.

I bit my lower lip lightly and let them talk, I was too weak to do anything.

Zhao Yuefu glanced at me indifferently, and said: "Yuefu thank you all sisters for your kindness, I'm just a little concubine, so insignificant. Why don't you leave here soon?" The last sentence was addressed to me.

I quickly hugged my clothes tightly and walked away from them, but when I passed by the woman in green shirt, she suddenly stretched out her hand, and the next moment, there was a cry of pain, followed by her cursing, "It's so big!" How dare you openly hit me."

What I didn't expect was that she raised her hand and wanted to hit me.

Just when I thought I was about to suffer another innocent disaster, Zhao Yuefu blocked the hand of the woman in the green shirt, and she looked at the woman with a stern look, "Mrs. Wang, this is after all in the Jingfu. Even if the concubine of the Shangshu Mansion made a mistake, I will deal with it myself, if you attack so openly, don’t you take me, Zhao Yuefu, seriously?”

This Mrs. Wang and the other wives were extremely embarrassed. Mrs. Wang hurriedly withdrew her hand and laughed dryly, "Miss Fu misunderstood, I just raised my hand, there is no other meaning. Ah, it's getting late , I think I have to say goodbye too."

"So are we, so are we."

"Since that's the case, then I won't give it away." Zhao Yuefu put on a smile again.

Soon, these ladies disappeared into the garden.

I didn't expect Zhao Yuefu to help me, it was really unexpected.

After waving the fat wife away, Zhao Yuefu looked at me indifferently, "They are the wives of my father's merchants. They have been friends with me on weekdays, but they don't have any good intentions. I am not helping you. Since you have married into Jing They bully you at the door of our house, they will only make me lose face. That Mrs. Wang beat you just to please me deliberately, but she also has the heart to watch a good show. I will not let anyone laugh at me Opportunity, and the greatest humiliation I have received in my life is that you gave me, because of you, I have become the joke of all men, women and children in the capital."

Zhao Yuefu's proud eyes had great scars, and were full of hatred and sorrow.

Suddenly I understood why Zhao Yuefu hated me.

The daughter of the richest businessman in the city, such a proud woman, she was pampered and loved by many stars since she was a child, but she was divorced. On the day of marriage, she entered the door at the same time as her concubine. Teach her to resent?

At this time, Zhao Yuefu said again: "In my life, I hate people who gossip for no reason and hurt others behind their backs, so I will not play tricks on you in secret. I have tortured you enough for the past few days. From now on, You don't have to do those dirty jobs anymore, if you want to win Jing Lin's heart, you have to rely on your ability."

Dazed for a moment, did she actually think that everything that happened was only caused by me competing with her for Jinglin?
That's right, who would have thought that the sisters and brothers of today's National Mother Association would be so affectionate with Master Shangshu?

In Zhao Yuefu's mind, I'm afraid I'm the kind of person who brazenly competes with her for Jinglin just because I'm the Queen's close friend?

But she didn't know that even without her order, Jing Lin would not make me feel better.

"I won't compete with you for Jinglin." I said.

Zhao Yuefu frowned, "What trick do you want to play?"

"The person you have to face is not me." That person would not pose a real threat to her, Jing Lin hid her deep in his heart, and no one could make him open the door.

Back in the yard, I sat for a whole afternoon.

With a lot of thoughts, if Tang Yu is really from the previous court, Xiaodie is a remnant of the previous court.

If someone really went to collect the corpse, would he go too?
If he really went, wouldn't he have to confront Jing Lin head-on?

Thinking about it, I couldn't sit still.

Extremely nervous and flustered.

No, I have to go out to get to the mass grave before everyone else and stay there.

The gate of the Shangshu Mansion is not as strict as that of the palace, but it will only be released after asking clearly what to do.

I made up a random reason. I said I was going to buy embroidery needles and threads, but the servant actually let me go. It was so simple that I couldn't imagine it.

The sky was getting darker and darker, the stars had crept into the night sky, and the moon was shining brightly, making the world as bright as day, and such a bright night helped me to see the terrain clearly.

There are very few pedestrians on the street, and there are still one or two vendors hawking. In order to find out the exact location of the mass grave, I randomly bought a piece of cheap red rope jade in front of a vendor. Seeing me shopping, the shopkeeper naturally said Very detailed.

The mass burial post is located in the northwest of the capital, and it is only a mile away from the capital. It is extremely remote, surrounded by forests on three sides, and there is only a path covered with thorns leading directly to it. From a distance, there are countless graves on the post, and there are many tombstones. A few crows flew by and made strange noises, which made people panic.

The sky is getting darker, and the moonlight is getting brighter and clearer. I think that people from both sides should have not arrived yet.

I suppressed my fear, raised my courage, and walked quickly in the direction of the mass grave.

I only walked 20 meters away from the hill, my legs were shaking with fear, I couldn’t move anymore, I looked at the terrain, I felt that I could see people here, so I gritted my teeth and squatted in a clump of short grass in the pile.

As time passed, cold sweat broke out from fear, and goose bumps appeared on the skin.

I forcefully resisted the urge to leave, and kept my eyes on the path.

A stick of incense passed, and there was no one.

Two hours passed and still no one was there.

I almost thought they wouldn't come, so I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Just as I was thinking that it was time to leave, the sound of weapons being handed over came from the mass grave.

My heart suddenly lifted.

Under the night sky, you can see the light from the sword on the mass grave, and judging from the speed at which the light moves, the fight is extremely intense.

Is Tang Yu among them?
I was so nervous that my palms were sweaty, and I was about to step forward without even thinking about it.

My mouth was suddenly covered by a hand, which made me shake my fists and feet in shock.

"Don't be afraid, it's me."

I turned around quickly, "Tang Yu?"

He was dressed in black clothes, which made his tall and slender body even more slender. His handsome face was slightly cold, his eyes were heavy, and he couldn't hide his worry, "What are you doing here?"

"Me, what about you?"

"Don't ask, it won't do you any good to know."

"Are you here to collect Xiaodie's body?"

He looked at me deeply, and his eyes became more worried. He took my hand and walked towards another road full of thorns. While walking, he cleaned both sides of the road with the sword in his hand, "Go back quickly."

"Are you really from the previous dynasty?"

"Don't ask anything."

"Tang Yu?"

He didn't care, he just cleaned up the thorns, but the hand holding me never let go.

"Tang Yu." I stopped in front of him, "Tell me what's going on, or I'll be uneasy."

(End of this chapter)