Chapter 006: Warning the palace people
On the second day after the rain and the sunny day, the gate of Chonghua Palace was very lively, and the flattery and rewards came one after another from all over the palace, and it was really lively as if it was the New Year.
In the Chonghua Palace, the people reclining on the soft couch took a closer look at the sunlight projected through the window, only to see a small piece of "crescent" at the fingertips more crystal clear under the sunlight, and the five fingers facing the sun were white and slender, and it was completely impossible to see what kind of grinding and the original rough color had been undertaken.
Staring at a certain place and losing his mind, Ruan Liuyan's thoughts drifted back to a few months ago.
At that time, after she was forced to enter the palace to run for the election, she returned to the Yin Mansion and entered the palace on the same day, Yin Mingzhu actually came back, when she was sitting on the dresser by her mother-in-law to make up, Yin Mingzhu broke in at this time, she was unkempt, her forehead and cheeks were terrible dried bloodstains, seeing herself, she yelled at her with a hideous face, and said that she didn't need her Ruan Liuyan to enter the palace for her Yin Mingzhu, she wanted to enter the palace by herself!
Thinking of this, Ruan Liuyan couldn't help but show a mocking smile, some people are just naΓ―ve. Sure enough, after a while, Yin Mingzhu was scolded by Yin Zhongxian, who heard the news, and then sent someone to pull it away, Yin Mingzhu did not give up, and shouted desperately at the door frame, "I won't let you succeed, I won't lose to you again this time" and other inexplicable words, but she was unceremoniously pulled away in the end, looking at her resentful eyes, Ruan Liuyan actually felt a strange feeling of pleasure in her heart.
Mingyue's call outside the door interrupted her thoughts, calmed her mind for a while, and Ruan Liuyan motioned for the other party to come in. All morning, Ming Yue was leading a few new palace maids and eunuchs to count and sort out the rewards and gifts sent by each palace in the treasury of the side hall, from the morning to the close to lunch, and now she came to give Ruan Liuyan a meal.
After lunch, sitting in front of the soft couch and quickly reading the gift list, Ruan Liuyan instructed Ming Yue to put it away and asked her to gather everyone in the palace.
The palace people were replaced, and at the beginning she also asked Mingyue to go to the Internal Affairs Office to inquire about the whereabouts of the "Jade Hairpin", but the news was unanimously that the Internal Affairs Office had not done anything about this matter, and since the Internal Affairs Office had not intervened, no matter how stupid she was, she knew that she could no longer be entangled in this matter. The matter of the lost "Jade Hairpin" is over, and now Ruan Liuyan only begs that the secret of the "Jade Hairpin" will not be discovered by those who have a heart, and after this lesson, she plans to call all the palace people over to ring the alarm bell, so as not to have any more moths in the future.
This group of palace people was re-selected by the Internal Affairs Office, all of them were like people, divided into two rows to enter the house with Ming Yue, and several people bowed and bowed in a regular manner, and their every move was several times stronger than the previous wave of palace people.
Standing in the front row were two palace maids wearing verdant palace clothes, seeing Ruan Liuyan turning his gaze to them, the two of them stepped forward at the same time and said: "Slave Chunhua / Chunjing knocks on the master, the master is auspicious." β
For her, where is there any spring scenery after entering the palace? The fingers of his right hand on the low table tapped the table one after another, and Ruan Liuyan's face was expressionless, "Let's change it, the spring scene is Qiurong, and the spring blossom is Qiuluo, do you two have any objections?" β
"The slave and the maid thank the master for giving the name."
Qiu Rongqiu said in unison, and then bowed and retreated to the side. Behind were four little eunuchs in blue robes, seeing Qiu Rong and Qiu Luo retreating, they then knelt down on one knee and saluted and reported their names in turn. This time, Ruan Liuyan was not interested in changing her name, and ordered Ming Yue to pick herself up, and she came to stand with everyone.
Scanning everyone, she said with a faint expression: "Presumably you should all know why your last batch of 'seniors' were sent away, I don't want to see similar things happen in Chonghua Palace in the future, do you remember them?" β
"Slaves/minions remember." Everyone spoke in unison.
"Good. You came to this Chonghua Palace on an errand, and there are a few ugly words that I, the master, will say first-" But after standing for a while, there was a faint pain in the ankle, and Ruan Liuyan motioned for Mingyue to help herself back onto the soft couch.
"I don't expect much of you, but there are two things I want you to keep in mind. First, nominally I am your master, 'one is prosperous, and one is lost', I believe that I don't need to say more about this truth. The second is that if one day any of you do something sorry for the concubine, then it is best to pray that the concubine will never know, otherwise..."
She didn't continue with the slightly threatening words that followed, but they were very understandable. The palms of the people in the palace were slightly sweating with these words, and then they listened to this soft voice and continued: "Of course, if someone feels that they can't 'adapt' to the days in Chonghua Palace in the future, they can stand up now and choose to go back to the Internal Affairs Office to find a new job, and I will let Mingyue take care of the people who leave, so as to ensure that the errand found will not be worse than that of Chonghua Palace." β
"Slaves/slaves are willing to serve their masters." Everyone spoke in unison, neatly and uniformly.
No matter how sincere this result is, Ruan Liuyan is satisfied with it at present. Ming Yue had already prepared the six purses containing silver according to her instructions, and sent them down in turn. The heavy silver was in his hands, and everyone's faces were full of joy that could not be concealed, and seeing that the time was almost up, Ruan Liuyan ordered them to retreat first.
Closing the door, Ming Yue reported the latest news to Ruan Liuyan. The clothes and palace shoes that Hanyue Palace changed out of were indeed problematic, the heels of the palace shoes she was wearing had been changed to a slight arc, and the soles of those shoes, including the center of the arch bridge, were coated with alum, which was colorless and tasteless, and the effect was slippery. In other words, this is a deliberate assassination.
Hearing this, Ruan Liuyan couldn't help frowning slightly. It rained heavily yesterday, and the red alum at the arch bridge has been washed clean, and her clothes have been changed out of Zheng Cainu's palace, so is Zheng Cainu the culprit or accomplice? Or did Zheng Cainu know nothing, and her palace had already been planted with eyeliner?
If it's the latter, then this person behind the scenes is too cunning.
"By the way, master, I also found out that the palace maid who brought you clothes and palace shoes in the Cold Moon Palace that day is a new arrival, it is said that this palace maid used to be an errand in other palaces, and then I don't know how to be assigned to the Cold Moon Palace."
Ruan Liuyan listened carefully to Mingyue's report, as if she suddenly thought of something, she urged: "Go and get that gift list!" β
"Snow veil soft smoke two horses
A handful of Suxue filament fans
Silk cicada glass snow soft pillow..."
After taking the gift list handed by Ming Yue and turning two pages, Ruan Liuyan's gaze stopped somewhere, the above registered is the list of gifts sent by He Zhaorong, a total of three. Holding this gift list in her hand and reading it several times, her eyes suddenly lit up, "I see." β
"Master?" Mingyue was puzzled, "Do you know who did it?" The slave doesn't understand, there's nothing written on it. β
"You don't have to understand," Ruan Liuyan handed her the gift slip in his hand, "put this away." You go and tell Yin Zhongxian's person, and ask him to find out which palace the palace maid used to be on an errand and tell me immediately if he finds out. β