Harem Empress

Chapter 73
Carefully and very gently after wiping Taxue, he rolled down his trousers and said softly, "From now on, there will be no empress, no slaves, only Taxue and Qin Shuang. I should treat you well."

Hearing what I said, Taxue cried even harder. He kept touching his tears with his sleeves, and said gratefully: "After Taxue, I will always consider everything for the sake of my mother, and I will never allow anyone to hurt my mother."

A friend in adversity is probably like this. At this time, there was the sound of fast footsteps in the yard, and I stood up abruptly, wanting to go out to find out, but was grabbed by Taxue. Before I could react, the door I remembered the knock on the door: "Ma'am, it's me, I'm An Guoshun."

It turned out to be An Guoshun. When he opened the door, he saw that it was really An Guoshun. He asked with a questioning face, "It's so late, what are you doing here? If you are discovered, it will be a capital offense."

An Guoshun didn't say anything, but carefully took out a cloth bag from his bosom, opened it slowly, and found that it was all broken silver. An Guoshun was a little fooled, and said again: "This is the cold palace. , can’t use these!”

An Guoshun said in a low voice: "The slave can no longer protect the empress, but these pieces of silver can guarantee that the empress will not be poisoned." After An Guoshun finished speaking, he stuffed the bag of broken silver into my hand heavily.

I didn't expect An Guoshun to be so loyal to me, it's a friend in need!Tears rolled back and forth in my eyes, I didn't expect a slave to treat me better than Emperor Jingyang, but it's a pity that I am in danger now, and I can't even protect myself, let alone them, I looked at An Guoshun gratefully Said: "I accept it, you go, it's not good for people to find out."

An Guoshun kowtowed to me, and said firmly: "The servant is waiting outside for the day when the mother returns." After finishing speaking, An Guoshun's figure quickly disappeared into the night.

I tidied up briefly again, and lay down on the hard bed with Taxue, who had already fallen asleep while I was tossing and turning, only the two of us lived in the deserted cold palace, sometimes I also thought that although this is a cold palace, it is like a paradise isolated from the world. There are no calculations or bloody battles, but once I enter the cold palace, I will be powerless to keep my Qin family safe. Tears flow down the line, I hope my father will not be sad , I hope my Qin family can be safe.Suddenly a strong wind blew up outside, the sound of the wind was like the wailing of the ghosts in the cold palace, the weeds outside were rustled by the wind, and the sound was like the cheers of the ghosts, as if they had been alone for so long, and finally there was a newcomer Come for company.

The sun was shining brightly, and the sweet smell of earth lingered in the yard, reluctant to drift away. I stretched out my hands and stretched my waist, looking at the messy yard that was hit by the strong wind and rain last night. The strong wind blew some long weeds in the yard They are all blown down, one by one, as if someone is hiding and playing hide-and-seek. Once upon a time, when I was playing hide-and-seek with my brothers and sisters at home when I was a child, I also hid in the long grass, but every time I would see it for the first time. The first one was found, and now, I am the only one playing hide-and-seek.

Seeing me standing there in a daze, Taxue limped over and asked, "Miss, if you come, please be safe."

How could I fail to understand the meaning in her words, in fact, I didn't complain about anything?I can only blame myself for being too soft-hearted. Indeed, being soft-hearted towards the enemy is tantamount to playing with fire and setting myself on fire. Now that I have finally tasted it, it was too late. Fighting spirit, the ancients can taste their courage, I can’t even suffer a little bit, so I’m not Qin Shuang!” Although this place is gloomy, it can be regarded as quiet with a little tidying up. There are few people here and there, it is a good place to avoid fighting, sometimes I also thought it would be nice to stay here for the rest of my life, quiet and comfortable!
After a while, a palace official came in reluctantly with breakfast, saw Taxue and I picking up those weeds in the yard, squinted, threw the basket in his hand heavily on the ground, and shouted in a cold voice: "Hey! It's time to eat!" Then she sat on the steps again, looked at us who were indifferent, and muttered and laughed in a low voice: "Hi! Really, I thought I was an empress, so please eat!"

Seeing that we were still not moving, he yelled impatiently again: "Hey! What about you! Did you hear me! I'm still waiting to put away the bowl!"

Slowly straightened her waist, rubbed her sore waist, and squinted at the servant girl on the steps not far away. She was wearing a light blue plain brocade skirt, with two light pink silk flowers tied on her head. With a small pink mouth protruding from his fair face, his modest head was supported by two plain hands, and a pair of small willow-leaf eyes were staring at me with hatred, a wry smile appeared in his heart, a defeated phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken. I couldn't be more right!The corner of her mouth raised a smile, she smacked the dirt on her hands, and walked into the maidservant together with Taxue. Seeing us walking towards her, the maidservant had no intention of getting up, but lowered her head, grabbed She picked up a weed and started playing with ants on the ground. She seemed to be quite addicted to the game. She never looked up at us until we walked in. She and Taxue walked into the hall to wash their hands and started to eat breakfast.

Taxue secretly inspected and proved that it is non-toxic, so I can eat with confidence. The meals are very simple, millet porridge with thin soup and water, hard cold steamed buns, and a few thick pickles in the plate. The rest are all gone. This is My first meal since entering the Leng Palace is really desolate!

Seeing that I hadn't moved my chopsticks, Taxue seemed to have read my thoughts, and asked loudly: "Excuse me, auntie, is this food not hot? My lady really can't eat it!"

"Why do you have so many troubles! It's good to eat something, do you think you're still an empress? This is a cold palace." The maid sneered in a high voice with a nose and a face.

Taxue wanted to continue arguing with her, but I stopped her with my hand, and mustered up the courage to drink the rice in the bowl in one go. The palace maid outside sent it out, but the palace maid didn't say anything, took the basket and walked away quickly.

He and Taxue started to tidy up the yard again, the door of Lenggong was pushed open with a "squeak", and he was working hard with Taxue, but he didn't hear anyone coming in at all, and Su Ying's proud voice came from behind again: "Sister, I really use this place as the Xiangyuan Pavilion, hehehe." Su Ying laughed a few times and continued again: "The food in this cold palace is still good. My sister heard that the food in this cold palace is It's so cold, my sister brought some snacks here because I'm afraid you won't get used to it." Su Ying said as she walked towards me, and gestured to me for the basket in her hand.

I really don't want to see Su Ying's hypocrisy, but she is still sulking, pretending to be relaxed and raising her face to meet those ostentatious eyes, and the corner of her mouth curled up behind Rong Chang, who has long been out of favor. From Rong Changzai's expression, one can predict that she has successfully regained her favor. Looking at the two people who came to show off their power not far away, a surge of anger surged into her heart, tightly clutching the weeds in her hands, Walking towards Su Ying with heavy steps, he raised his hand and threw it, just right on the hem of Su Ying's pink brocade fairy dress, so frightened that the palace maid stood up and stood in front of Su Ying , and gently patted the soil on the skirt, shouting loudly: "Bold, how dare you offend the noble little master!"

(End of this chapter)