"Motoka. ”

"The slave has seen Mama, and Mama is fine. Yuan Xiang, who was dressed in pink and blue palace maid's clothes, had just withdrawn from the Buddhist hall, and when she looked up and saw the popular Mama Zhu beside the Empress Dowager Liu, she immediately saluted and greeted her, and she didn't dare to be disrespectful at all.

Although she is one of the four palace maids beside the Empress Dowager Liu, and she is also very favored when she serves by the side of the Empress Dowager Liu on weekdays, she is not as good as Mama Zhu when she has been with the Empress Dowager Liu, and she never dares to take it.

"You and I are both slaves, no one is more noble than the other, and Yuanxiang doesn't have to be so polite when she sees me. That's what she said, but Mama Zhu obviously liked Yuanxiang's respectful attitude towards her.

Hmph, what about the palace maid who is just popular next to the Queen Mother, if she really offends her, she also has a way to kill Yuanxiang.

"Not to mention that Mama is the most popular Mama, just because Mama is older than Yuanxiang, Yuanxiang should be respectful to Mama. Yuan Xiang restrained her mind very well, and she didn't show any of it, and all she showed on her face was extremely respectful to Mama Zhu, "What's more, the slave maid still has to rely on Mama's care everywhere, so that the slave and maid can show their faces in front of the mother!"

Mama Zhu has been in the palace as a palace maid since she was ten years old, and she served by the side of the Empress Dowager Liu when she was fourteen or fifteen years old.

To put it more bluntly, that is, Mama Zhu eats more salt in this secluded deep palace than Yuan Xiang, a young girl, how dare Yuan Xiang be presumptuous in front of Mama Zhu?

"Hehe... You're a pretty lively girl. Originally, Mama Zhu was still suspicious of Yuanxiang's attitude towards her, but when she heard Yuanxiang's later words, she dispelled the doubts in her heart.

Where there are people, there will be disputes, and in other places, Mama Zhu doesn't dare to say, but in the harem where you eat people and don't spit out bones within this high wall, you don't calculate, you don't fight, you don't take it, you don't seek, then you can only be trampled into the dust and mud and never turn over.

This is actually still light, at least that life is still there, more serious or more miserable, your don't fight, don't grab or grab, it's a life-urging charm hanging above your head, and it will kill you at any time.

Whether you are a high-ranking and noble concubine in this harem, or an obscure, lowly and lowly palace maid, if you have no scheming and no means, then you will live extremely difficult in this place, and even bury Qingqing's life early.

"As the saying goes, people go to high places, water flows to low places, slaves and maids feel that they are no worse than others, why should they be trampled under their feet. Yuan Xiang has been observing Mama Zhu for a long time, but she has thought through some of Mama Zhu's thoughts.

"It's good that you have ambition. "Mama Zhu has been an errand boy by the side of Empress Dowager Liu for so many years, and she has secretly cultivated her own henchmen, but this Yuanxiang is not among Mama Zhu's own people.

"I hope that Mama will mention more slaves and maids in the future, slaves and maids don't want to be bullied by others anymore, as long as Mama is willing to give slaves and maids a chance, the slaves and maids will definitely repay Mama's kindness in the future. ”

Yuan Xiang knew that Mama Zhu was taboo for not expressing her position for a long time, but she would not be stupid enough to say it herself, if she didn't get it, she would ruin this rare opportunity, and she had to be more forbearing.

"Your combing skills are excellent, and my mother will mention you from time to time, even without my mention, you will get ahead sooner or later. As soon as the words changed, Mama Zhu smiled gently and profoundly, her shrewd and cloudy eyes stared at Yuan Xiang, unwilling to miss her slightest expression, "Mama Tian also values you very much, she is also an old man by Niangniang's side, with her care, your future will be bright." ”

Just as there is an open and secret battle between Yuan Xiang and the other three palace maids, Mama Zhu and another grandmother next to Empress Dowager Liu are also competing with each other, and no one will let anyone.

Don't look at the fact that Empress Dowager Liu attaches the same importance to them, in fact, Mama Zhu will be more trusted by Empress Dowager Liu, and many things are also done through the mouth of Empress Dowager Liu and through Mama Zhu's hands.

For this reason, how could Mama Tian not be jealous of Mama Zhu, because Mama Tian did not stumble Mama Zhu in private, but both of them understood that no matter how they made trouble and fought in private, they would never dare to spoil the Empress Dowager Liu, otherwise they would only be dead.

"The slave and maid also asked the grandmother to help the slave and the maid, which can be regarded as saving the slave and the maid, otherwise the slave and the maid will really have no way to live. Saying that, Yuanxiang crossed over to Mama Zhu, looked around to make sure that there was no one, turned around and knelt down at Mama Zhu.

"Yuanxiang, what are you doing, hurry up. ”

"Mama, you don't know, the reason why Mama Tian has been close to the slave and maid again and again is not that she needs the slave to do things for her and serve her, but... Biting her lip, Yuan Xiang also knew that if she didn't say it clearly, Mama Zhu would definitely not believe her, so she had to blushed and whispered: "Mama Tian should know that Mama Tian has a small mansion outside the palace, and her two sons and daughters-in-law, as well as three grandsons and four granddaughters live there." ”

Hearing this, Mama Zhu's mind was lively, and she vaguely seemed to have guessed something, but she only had slightly darker eyes, and she looked at Yuan Xiang very calmly and didn't say anything.

"Mama Tian's eldest grandson heard that when he was fifteen years old, he had a high fever that did not go away, and he fell asleep for a few days, but his brain was burned stupidly, and now he has not married a daughter-in-law in eight out of twenty. She was trying to force the slave to marry her stupid grandson. ”

Yuanxiang's parents died early, she was sold into the palace by her own uncle, and she can be regarded as an orphan, but because of this, she has to marry a fool as a daughter-in-law, then she might as well die in this deep palace, it is better than being ruined by a fool.

"Even if the slave has nothing to rely on, she is not willing to be bullied like this, although she has rejected Mama Tian, she has also annoyed Mama Tian. In the end, Yuan Xiang seemed to have all her strength drained, and there was a bit of despair in her clear eyes.

"You are the big palace maid next to your mother, how can you do it to Mama Tian in your marriage, you don't have to worry too much. "Maybe others in this Cining Palace don't know what the reason for Empress Dowager Liu's reuse of Mama Tian is, but Mama Zhu is one of the few people who know.

When Mama Tian entered the palace to follow the Empress Dowager Liu, she had already married and had children, unlike Mama Zhu, who had stayed in the palace and never married, so some of Mama Tian's means were exactly what the Empress Dowager Liu needed, so Mama Tian was qualified to enter the palace and became one of the two grandmothers on the right hand of the Empress Dowager Liu.

"Mama Xu is too busy to know everything, in the past Mama Tian will not hit the idea of the slave maid, even if you want to fight less to say it will have to wait for five years, but at this time, after the queen was deposed, the palace maids who served in Kunning Palace will be expelled from the palace if they are clean, and the unclean will be executed. ”

Yuanxiang didn't want to be pinched by Mama Tian, since there was no one to help her, she could only fight and gamble by herself.

If she wins the bet, she will not be able to follow Mama Zhu in any future.

If she loses the bet, it's just her life.

If she were to marry a fool, she would rather die than live.

"Where did you hear that?"

"The slave maid is not a little girl who has just entered the palace, she knows what to say and what not to say, she has some eyesight after all these years, and she doesn't dare to hide her grandmother. ”

Such a good opportunity is in front of the emperor, how can the emperor not make good use of it?

Even if it has been cleaned up twice before, there are still too many hidden piles of eyeliner lurking in this harem, and it is rare that there is an event where the emperor can take advantage of the topic, and there must be something to gain.

"Chu Xia and Comb Yu seem to be sisters like slaves and maids, but they are all Tian Mama's people, since Tian Mama had the first temptation, they are lobbying slaves and maids, how can slaves and maids not know what their hearts are. ”

They were afraid that Mama Tian would hit them again, so they couldn't wait to push her out.

"The slave and maid are weak, as long as Mama Tian does a good job, and there is early summer and Comb Yu to attack the slave and maid behind their backs, even if the slave and maid are still too guarded, they may fall into those palace maids who are going to be sent out of the palace, and it will not be Mama Tian at that time. ”

Hmph, her hand is getting longer and longer, and she dares to play tricks under the nose of her mother. Mama Zhu twisted her eyebrows, but at this time she believed Yuanxiang's words for five or six points.

As for why Mama Tian didn't do it before, it's not that she doesn't have the guts, but she doesn't have time, and Yuanxiang still has some means, so Mama Tian doesn't dare to make a big deal about it, otherwise even if Empress Dowager Liu won't punish her heavily, it will inevitably affect her image in Empress Dowager Liu's heart.

"The slave and maid are soft-spoken, and the qualifications are still shallow, so they dare not hold it up, and they feel that they have to choose between the slave and the grandmother, and the mother will choose the slave and the maid. ”

"I know what you said, I'll get back to you later. ”

"The slave thanked Mama. ”

Mama Zhu waved her hand, her face was silent, her thoughts were surging, her mind was spinning faster than ever, and she slowly suppressed all kinds of thoughts in her heart, she suddenly remembered what she was doing in the Buddha Hall, a layer of cold sweat appeared on her forehead, and she asked in a cold voice: "Niang Niang is chanting scriptures in the Buddha Hall, how is she feeling?"

In the past few days, Empress Dowager Liu's temper has become more and more irritable day by day, and Rao is people who have been serving Empress Dowager Liu all the year round can't bear it, and they don't dare to run to her to annoy her.

If it is not necessary, the people up and down the entire Cining Palace are eager to be invisible in front of the Empress Dowager Liu, and no one can see it, otherwise one will be ordered by the Empress Dowager Liu to be scolded by the cane, and if he is unlucky, he will be beaten to death.

"I'm not afraid of Mama's jokes, originally this was supposed to be in the early summer at Mama's side, and the slave maid was squeezed by them, carefully serving the mother, worried for more than two hours, and found that the mother seemed to be in a good mood. "But if you want to say that you are in a good mood, you really can't see it, and Yuan Xiang doesn't dare to say it full, otherwise Mama Zhu will be punished, and it won't be all on her head.

"Then why didn't you serve in there?"

The mother said that she wanted to be quiet alone, and no one was allowed to disturb her, so she drove the slave and maid out. ”

When Mama Zhu twisted her eyebrows, Yuan Xiang cautiously added, "The slave maid waited outside for half an hour, and the maid said that she suddenly wanted to eat red dates and white fungus lotus seed soup, and the slave maid was about to go to the small kitchen to get it." ”

"Don't let Niangniang wait in a hurry, you can go to the small kitchen now and bring the red dates and white fungus lotus seed soup. ”

"Yes, please wait a minute. ”

After a while, Yuan Xiang, who ran away, walked quickly to Mama Zhu with a food box, "Mama, the temperature of the lotus seed soup is just right now, and it is just right to eat it when you bring it in." ”

"You've got a heart. ”

"It is a blessing for a slave to be able to share the worries of the mother. ”

Obviously, Yuan Xiangba's flattering gesture pleased Mama Zhu, so that Mama Zhu showed a sincere smile on her face, and she said, "Wait outside, I'll go to see Niangniang first." ”

Yuan Xiang lowered her eyes and nodded respectfully, Mama Zhu held the tray with one hand, raised it with the other hand and knocked lightly on the door.

"Buckle, buckle, buckle..."

"Come in. ”

In the Buddhist hall filled with the rich fragrance of sandalwood, the Empress Dowager Liu sat on a soft futon in a plain palace dress, plucked the beads in her hand, chanted obscure scriptures in her mouth, and knocked on the wooden fish from time to time.

"The old slave asks for peace to the mother, and the mother is blessed. ”

"Why are you here?" Hearing the voice of Mama Zhu ringing in her ears, Empress Dowager Liu was slightly surprised for a moment, but her slightly closed eyes did not mean to open.

"If you go back to the mother, the slave has something important to report. ”

"What?"

Seeing that Empress Dowager Liu put down the Buddha beads and had the intention of getting up, Mama Zhu hurriedly stepped forward to help, and replied: "Yuan Xiang just sent the red date and white fungus lotus seed soup from the kitchen, the temperature is just right, Niang Niang might as well taste it first." ”

I'm afraid that as soon as she wants to report it, Empress Dowager Liu won't say that she is not in the mood to eat, I'm afraid that she even wants to strangle her.

It's just because of the lessons learned a few times before, Mama Zhu has learned a lot this time, even if the news she received shocked her so much that she didn't dare to do anything anymore.

"What kind of storm has you not experienced in the mourning family, you just have to say it. "Empress Dowager Liu has no appetite for several days, and it is rare to have something to eat, looking at the red dates and white fungus lotus seed soup on the table, her stomach is a little hungry, and she didn't think much about it and picked it up to eat.

"It's rare that the mother has the appetite to eat, so the old slave will wait for the mother to finish eating!"

Empress Dowager Liu's eyebrows, which were depicted quite exquisitely, instantly wrinkled into a small mountain, and her face was also 'brushed' gloomy, and she said sharply: "If the mourning family asks you to say it, you can say it, do you want to report it, and the mourning family can't eat anything?"

"This..."

Say. ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, it has now been rumored outside the palace that His Royal Highness the King of Hanhan is not dead. ”

"Poof—"

The delicious red dates and white fungus lotus seed soup Empress Dowager Liu had just put it into her mouth for the second time, and Mama Zhu stammered the words 'King Han is not dead', which directly stimulated her eyes wide, and all the things in her mouth squirted out.

"Ahem... What you say, you say again. ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, the old slave said that His Royal Highness King Han didn't die. ”

Smack-

The crystal clear glass bowl in his hand slipped from his hand, and shattered to the ground with a crisp sound, and the Empress Dowager Liu didn't know how much strength she used to grab Mama Zhu's arm, the latter was so painful that her face was distorted, but she didn't dare to shake off the hand of the Empress Dowager Liu or scream in pain.

"You tell the mourning family, the news that King Han is not dead has been confirmed?"

"Back to Niangniang's words, the news that His Royal Highness King Han is not dead has not confirmed that the old slave does not know, but now the entire Star Death City has been spread, and according to the news circulating outside, His Royal Highness King Han's tenth ** is really not dead. ”

"I told the mourners carefully. ”

"Yes. Mama Zhu didn't dare to hide anything, so she quickly told her what she knew and what was circulating outside, and did not forget to express some of her own opinions, "Niangniang, things are like this now." ”

"What is the reaction of the Taishi Mansion when you receive the news?"

"Although the Taishi Mansion did not invite the imperial doctor to come to the palace, but the Taishi Mansion still sent out the news, after the queen was deposed and gave the holy decree, Pang Taishi forcibly returned to the house and vomited blood once, and then broke out the news that His Royal Highness the King of Han was not dead and spread into the ears of Pang Taishi, he was hit again, and he vomited blood again in anger, and the palace doctor of the Taishi Mansion was so busy that he couldn't get out of his body, and he didn't dare to go too far from Pang Taishi. ”

"I think that the old fox of Master Pang has also seen something. Empress Dowager Liu quickly collected her emotions, as if she was not surprised at all by the news that King Han was still alive, but no one could spy on what she was thinking.

The old slave thought that no matter whether His Royal Highness King Han was really not dead, or whether he was really alive, Niangniang didn't have to care too much, anyway, if it was true or not, someone would verify it for Niangniang. ”

"The emperor can be in the palace?"

"Back to Niangniang's words, as soon as the news spread that His Royal Highness the King of Han was not dead outside the palace, the emperor left the government affairs and left the palace and went straight to the palace of the King of Han, I am afraid that it is... I'm afraid that in the emperor's heart, he never believed that His Royal Highness King Han was dead. ”

"Hehehe... It's not that he doesn't believe it, it's that he's always known. Empress Dowager Liu gritted her teeth, her eyes were overflowing with hatred, she was still conflicted, in fact, it was just a joke.

"What's going on in the Han King's Mansion?"

"Back to Niangniang's words, the Han Wangfu removed the white flags inside and out, not to mention, the old man and apprentice of the Tianshan Mountains who should have left returned to the Han Wangfu, as if to confirm whether His Royal Highness the Han King had taken the medicine. ”

"Hahaha..."Suddenly, the Empress Dowager Liu waved her hand and swept all the things on the table to the ground, Mama Zhu was so frightened that she bowed her head and knelt on the ground and didn't dare to take a breath, only to hear the Empress Dowager Liu laugh wildly: "The emperor is really calculating, really calculating, all of us were deceived by him, one by one thought we were smart, but I didn't know that we had already stepped into the trap dug by others, hahaha... It's ridiculous, ridiculous. ”

"Your Majesty, you really don't miss the queen mother of the mourning family at all, you don't miss it at all. ”

"Please calm your anger. ”

"Send a message to King Chen, let him come to see the mourning family, and if it is exposed, let him end it himself. ”

Mama Zhu didn't dare to look at the Empress Dowager Liu, who was in anger, no matter what kind of order she ordered, she responded respectfully: "Yes, Niangniang." ”

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!