Chapter 257: The Past
It was still a coarse cloth blue dress, and there were no other ornaments on her body except a wooden hairpin on her bun.
The outfit is exactly the same as that day under the low bridge of Manxiang Temple.
His hands were on his lower abdomen, and his head hung low.
Zhou Mingshan couldn't see Su Xin's expression, only her white neck.
Frangipani is almost nineteen years old!
Zhou Mingshan suddenly remembered the age of Su Xin at this time for some reason.
At this time in her previous life, what was Frangipani doing?
She was in a trance......
From the beginning of her entry into the palace, Su Xin has always been by her side, accompanying her to learn the rules, accompanying her to adapt to her new life, and accompanying her to stumble......
Looking back now, if she hadn't had frangipani in her previous life, she wouldn't have been able to even spend the first New Year in the palace!
But even with the company of Frangipani, she was stubborn and stubborn, and she still entered the cold palace.
Needless to say, the environment of the cold palace, in order to keep her fed and warm, she can see a doctor when she is sick, and she can heal as soon as possible without dragging her body down...... I had to ask the steward and eunuch many times.
But the eunuch in charge took a fancy to Frangipani's youth and beauty, and took the opportunity to coerce Frangipani to marry him.
She was dying of illness at the time, and even if she knew the news, she could only watch as Su Xin was wearing a shirt as red as blood and was pulled away by two little eunuchs......
She hurts, she hates!
The pain is like a knife, and I can't wait to cut that eunuch with a thousand knives!
But in the end, she could only hammer the bed weakly, and she couldn't help at all......
When her body finally recovered, she learned that Su Xin had been sent to the Huanyi Bureau because she didn't like the eunuch!
A palace maid like this who was punished to the Huanyi Bureau not only did the lowest work, but also was often oppressed and bullied by other palace maids and stewards.
Zhou Mingshan couldn't wait to rush to the steward to settle accounts with him, but she was no longer the little girl who had just entered the palace, and she knew the consequences of her reckless actions, so she had to grit her teeth and endure it, and she had to accompany her smiling face to send benefits to him and ask him to be accommodating, and take care of Frangipani more for the sake of the past.
The steward is not bad enough to get home, I don't know why I should go down.
Zhou Mingshan was a little relieved, looking forward to the day when she went out to reunite with Frangipani.
I don't know how long I was looking forward to it, but the opportunity finally came, and the queen came to the cold palace.
Zhou Mingshan worked hard to finally get the queen's attention.
And the result was indeed as she wished, and the queen took her out of the cold palace.
And the first thing she did when she went out was to ask someone to go to the Huanyi Bureau to bring Frangipani back.
However, the Frangipani that appeared in front of her made her feel a lot of guilt and pain.
Frangipani, who is only in her twenties, is like an old woman in her forties and fifties, the once black green silk is half gray and half white, her pale and emaciated cheeks, and her eyes that were originally shining are now dull, like two hollows carved under the eyebrow bones......
She couldn't imagine how little frangipani had gone through to become what she is now.
She was full of remorse, holding Frangipani and crying bitterly in front of the palace people.
After a long time, her cry finally brought back Su Xin's senses, and Su Xin trembled and raised her arm, touched her cheek with a rough calloused hand, and then screamed, "Girl, ......" and fainted.
Subsequently, Frangipani became weaker day by day, and even though she begged the queen to invite a doctor for treatment, Frangipani's body was getting worse day by day, and she fell into a coma from time to time.
"Niangniang, you can't cure your life, don't be busy, the maid doesn't want to drag you down anymore......"
Su Xin looked at her eyes as if they were full of gentleness in the past, she knew that she would not live long, as long as she was awake, she always carefully instructed her to be more careful in the palace and take care of her body......
Finally, Su Xin still couldn't hold on, and when she was dying, she took Zhou Mingshan's hand and said intermittently in a weak voice, "Niangniang, the maid is going...... Don't be sad, take care of yourself...... It's true...... Actually, the servant ...... I've always treated you as a sister...... See...... ...... of view"
When Su Xin's hand slid down, Zhou Mingshan's tears also gushed out.
It was as if a big hole had suddenly been dug in her heart, and another person who cared about her had died, the world was so big, but she had to live alone......
Memories are like a flood that bursts the embankment, breaking open the entrance of the passage between Zhou Mingshan's past life and present life, so that her pain and regret are once again exposed without any cover......
She gently wiped away the tears that ran down the corners of her eyes with her hands, and turned her eyes to Frangipani, who had not said a word since she entered the door.
"Sister Frangipani, are you okay?"
The fluttering voice made Zhou Mingshan wonder for a moment if it was her.
"The son of a woman is very good!"
Frangipani still didn't look up, her voice sounding a little lacking, but with a hint of stubbornness.
"In that case, what are you coming to me for?"
Frangipani's body shook, and the fingers of both hands in front of her lower abdomen began to twist together.
It's a frangipani habit, every time she's nervous.
Zhou Mingshan sighed slightly.
But seeing that Su Xin suddenly took a step back, her body began to bend forward, and she spoke with a crying voice, ", please ...... you"
"Stop!"
Frangipani was stunned by this sudden shout, and the unfinished words in her mouth were also blocked in her throat.
"You are no longer the servant of the Yuan family now, and you don't need to kneel to me anymore, and I ......" Zhou Mingshan paused, and glanced at Su Xin's lower abdomen meaningfully, "I'm also worried that I will lose my life!"
She let out a long sigh, and then said slowly, "Besides, you can't ask me, there is a debtor who is wronged, and you must tie the bell to solve the bell, since you dare to do it, you must dare to be!
Frangipani raised her head as she drank, and as she uttered more and more words, Frangipani's face became whiter and paler.
"Girl, ...... you" Su Xin's eyes flashed with shock, unwillingness, grievance, and some other things that Zhou Mingshan couldn't understand.
"Needless to say, I agree with you today, I just want to see how you are doing, since you are doing well, then I can rest assured!"
Zhou Mingshan finished speaking quickly, and then raised his voice to call out to the red cloud guarding outside.
Hongyun entered the inner room without squinting, as if he hadn't seen Frangipani, and bowed to Zhou Mingshan, "Girl, your name is a servant?"
Zhou Mingshan nodded, and then pointed to Frangipani, "You go and send the Frangipani girl." ”
Frangipani stared at her intensely, as if trying to see something on her face.
But Zhou Mingshan didn't want to look at her anymore, turned his back and waved his hand at Hongyun.
Hongyun stretched out his hand, "Frangipani girl, please!"
Su Xin seemed to be suddenly crazy, pushed away the red cloud in front of her, rushed to Zhou Mingshan in a few steps, grabbed her sleeve and shouted hoarsely, "Girl, girl, I'm Franipani, I won't fight with you or anything! Really, I really don't fight, you still treat me as a serving girl like before......" js3v3