Chapter VIII
Changning Palace in the hustle and bustle of a day before restoring the tranquility of the past, the main hall wafting sandalwood fragrance mixed with the fragrance of flowers outside the house, smelling it makes people feel calm, the world is known to the queen Wu is the most dignified and generous, the queen sent the last batch of concubines after a nap, sat on the top, a palace maid massaged the back, a hand tea, but after a while, the queen Wu Yinya threw the tea out, "So hot, do you want to burn the palace!?"
The palace maid begged for mercy below, and Mama Liang entered the house and stepped forward to press the queen's shoulder in place of the previous palace maid's position. β
"Queen, you are a person with a body, but don't be angry with a group of minions, who provoked you?"
Wu Yinya breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her nursing mother, but she was still angry, "It's not the fox of Concubine Qi! I thought that Concubine Li could sit back and relax when she entered the cold palace, but I didn't expect to be exploited by that slut, and I didn't even pay attention to this palace when she was pregnant!"
"Niangniang, don't move your body for that group of women, the little prince in her belly is the tightest now!" Mama Liang massaged Wu Yinya, soothing the queen's anger.
"Does the emperor want to emulate King Qi Xiang?" Wu Yinya wrung the handkerchief in her hand.
King Qi Xiang, the emperor who once destroyed the country in order to favor his concubine.
"Niangniang!" Liang Mama shouted, went out and looked around, and found that the minions had already gone down, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to persuade the queen, "Niangniang, the combined status of these women is not as high as you, you are the mother of a country, why bother with them, when you give birth to a little prince, who else in this palace can steal your limelight." β
"I understand what Mama said, but I can't swallow this breath, Concubine Li's slut has responded to me for so many years, and now what is Concubine Qi!" Wu Yinya said fiercely, slamming all the teapots beside her to the ground, panting.
"Niangniang, you dissipate your anger first, there will be a general election every three years soon, and there will be a newcomer in the palace again, and this concubine will not be able to jump for long. β
"Yes, the election! There's going to be a younger group again!"
"The slave maid got the news, saying that the Seventh Prince was about to die. Mama Liang approached the queen and whispered.
"What! Is this true? That ghost is finally going to be taken away by the heavens?"
"I heard that I went out to swim in the lake with the second prince today, and accidentally fell into the water, and after I went back, I had a high fever. β
"What, Yang'er is in trouble!" The second prince Shao Huayang is the lifeblood of the queen, her two children in her early years were lost, and Shao Huayang is the only prince who survived.
"How can there be anything, you can relax, the emperor has punished the Second Highness for copying the scriptures a hundred times to pray for the Seventh Highness. "In fact, even Mama Liang, outsiders think that the emperor's heart is too biased.
"It's good that Yang'er is fine. Wu Yinya patted her chest, and then smiled at Mama Liang: "You say, now there are so many fewer people in the palace, who can notice?"
"Niangniang, what do you mean......" Liang Mama looked at the queen in horror.
She was finally able to slay her enemies for her unborn child.
The queen smiled extremely gently and dignifiedly, and her tone was soft, "You said that I have a deep sisterhood with Concubine Li, and it is also my duty to raise her children. β
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Fu Chen watched Chen Zuoren leave after the time was over, and when he returned to the prison barn, it was already past bedtime.
Unexpectedly, when I met Mu Ruida who was waiting outside the door, there were more than a dozen little eunuchs in the prison yard today, but several stewards were silent.
Fu Chen stepped forward, "Master, I didn't go to serve you today, please punish you." β
"In a few days. Mu Ruida's stern gaze glanced at Fu Chen, and found that there was nothing abnormal, before he said, "Today's matter, I am sorry...... Zuoren. β
Chen Zuoren's name was changed by Mu Ruida, but it has only been a few years, but things are different.
When Fu Chen heard this, thinking of Chen Zuoren's last plea, his heart felt like he was being cut off piece by piece by a blunt knife.
"Master, he's dead. "Dead, no amount of apology is useless.
It is rare to make Mu Ruida, who has never been able to eat oil and salt, vomit out words of apology.
It stands to reason that Fu Chen should have said something flattering, but he didn't have it at all.
When they came to the dimly lit room, most of the people had already fallen asleep, but a small voice said, "Brother Tatsuko..."
Fu Chen didn't change his clothes at all, glanced at Chen Zuoren's bed, and came to Ji Ke's side when he got on the bed, "Why don't you sleep yet." β
"Can't sleep... , I'm so scared, when I close my eyes, it's all like Brother Renzi..."Ji Ke shivered, groping for Fu Chen's position in the dark.
"Sleep, tomorrow I won't be able to do an errand and will be trained. β
"Brother, your hands are so cold. Ji Ke didn't dare to ask Chen Zuoren what was wrong,
"You cover it for me, and it's hot. Fu Chen chuckled.
The child is very obedient, completely different from the bear child he often meets in modern times, well-behaved and sensible. Ji Ke snuggled his body to Fu Chen's side, as if this would be able to resist all fear, he took Fu Chen's cold hand like an ice cellar into his arms, and muttered: "It's not cold, we're not cold." β
Fu Chen gently patted Ji Ke's back, and Ji Ke gradually stopped trembling.
"Brother Chenzi, don't be sad. Fu Chen's voice was no different from usual, but Ji Ke just wanted to cry when he heard it.
"I don't have time to be upset, go to sleep. Fu Chen replied softly.
Like coaxing his son in his previous life, he patted Ji Ke on the back and hummed a warm lullaby in his mouth.
It wasn't until Ji Ke fell asleep that he noticed several dark shadows around him.
"You didn't sleep yet?" Fu Chen exclaimed.
Someone lit the wax, the faint candlelight shone on all the dignified faces, Wang Fugui pointed to the sleeping Ji Ke, and then pointed to the door, more than a dozen little eunuchs of different ages came to the porch one by one. It's also the place where this slave lives, and it's a little far away from the other courtyard, so no one passes by on weekdays.
A group of people sat there, but none of them spoke first.
"The wine I asked for from the old Bahu in the dining room, come, my brothers haven't drunk it yet!" "For the eunuchs, no one can afford them, they have to look down on themselves, so they call themselves brothers, which is psychological comfort.
Fu Chen knew that no matter how inferior the wine was, it was not something that could be drunk, and this must have been paid for by Wang Fugui.
Wang Fugui smiled, and took out a jar out of nowhere, and poured himself a sip after opening it.
He handed the jar over again, and at first hesitated because it was a violation of the rules, but then they all drank it as if they were out of the way.
When it was Fu Chen's turn, he was young, and Wang Fugui wanted to grab it, but Fu Chen snatched it and drank it.
After drinking in a circle, everyone watched the full moon in the sky and sat silently on the steps.
I don't know what I thought, but suddenly someone whimpered, this is the most crying Dongzi among the little eunuchs, which drove many people to burst into tears.
"What are your desires? Fu Chen asked softly.
After snorting, Fuyuko wiped away her tears, "Eat a full meal." β
"I just want my brothers not to enter the palace......"
"I can eat and dress warmly here, but I still like my family, although I am poor, we are happy!"
"Tatsuko, what about you?"
Fu Chen laughed, looked at the moon and was silent.
"Actually, I also want to try the rock sugar gourd that Renzi said..."
At the mention of this name, the others choked, they did not dare to be too loud, for fear that the cry would cause unnecessary trouble, and one person endured the sound and held his head.
Wang Fugui shed tears as he spilled the jar of wine on the ground.
"Renzi, let's go! In the next life, let's ...... Still be brothers!"
I don't know who it is, I suddenly hugged Fu Chen, one by one, and a group of people held their heads together.
"The one in your courtyard has a conscience, which is like the one in my courtyard, where a colleague dies and sleeps like a pig. β
In the distance, Chen Lichuan, the eunuch in charge who was watching this scene, said to Mu Ruida.
They are all among the twelve eunuchs in charge of the prison court, Mu Ruida is rigid, and Chen Lichuan is sleek and more pleasing to the master.
"What are you going to do with today's disciplinary violations? Seeing that Mu Ruida ignored him, Chen Lichuan asked.
"There are fewer people in the hospital, and the errands will be doubled from tomorrow. β
"I heard that there is a person in your courtyard who has the blue eyes of Concubine De. β
"It's okay, what the master thinks, don't guess. β
"If you are really asked to go, you have to congratulate you in advance, look at Li Xiangying's son Lao Wang Ba and how to get sè. Chen Lichuan gritted his teeth.
After what happened to Chen Zuoren and others, the prison was unprecedentedly silent for a period of time, even if it was a meal, it was quiet.
Originally, the twelve heads of the prison court were not divided into high and low, but now they are faintly headed by Li Xiangying, and almost all the little eunuchs are holding on to this father-in-law. I heard that he had a face with Concubine Qi and was about to be promoted, but everyone who saw Li Xiangying's appearance would be shocked, he looked gloomy and silent, and he lost a lot of weight in just one month.
In the past month, every night when he was about to fall asleep, he could hear a terrible shout, and it seemed that someone always said in his ear, "Father-in-law, I am so wronged......
But when he got up and looked around, he didn't see anything.
Day after day, Gonggong Li was scared to the core, and everyone he saw now was suspicious.
It's not that I didn't wonder if it was Fu Chen and their ghosts, but when they tried to test it, Fu Chen and they all looked confused, and they were still respectful to him.
In this era, people believe in ghosts and gods, especially unjust spirits.
Fu Chen can receive the food box from the palace maid's ink painting every three or five days, and the other party has not said anything, and the meeting is also quietly coming and leaving quietly.
He even said that if there was anything he was told, he would be loyal to Concubine De.
After asking, Mo Hua just smiled, insisting that it was just by the way, and it was pleasing to his eyes.
Is such a little eunuch as himself worth the other party's effort?
Finally, one day, after Fu Chen got off the job, the ink painting said to him: "Concubine De wants to see you." β