Chapter 32: Rumors
The power of rumors was powerful, and it soon spread in the palace, and there were all kinds of theories. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info for a while, the whole harem made people panic.
Those ponds have become forbidden places, and no one walks from them, even during the day, the palace people avoid them from afar.
The queen issued a gag order, strictly ordering that it should not be passed on in private, and the offender would be handed over to the Internal Criminal Division.
For a moment, everyone was silent. The Internal Punishment Division, but the nightmare of the palace people, it is said that if you enter the Internal Punishment Division, you have to peel off the skin if you don't die.
Concubine De sat upright on the collapse, with a middle coat on her lap, and only a few stitches left in the cuffs, and it was almost finished. This is Emperor Cheng's bedclothes, which have been made intermittently for two months. My shoulders hurt a lot from sitting for a long time. This is a problem that fell a few years ago. Since Mao'er went, she often sat by the window all night in a daze, probably by the wind, as long as she sat for a long time, her right shoulder was sore, and today it is more and more obvious. When she thought of Emperor Cheng's bloodshot eyes, she felt distressed, knowing that he must not have slept well. The locust plague is over, but it is still dry.
Yesterday, Emperor Cheng came over in the middle of the night, she woke up and wanted to make a sound, but he was dumb and didn't tell her to get up, and hugged her to sleep through the quilt. She quietly opened her eyes and looked at him distressedly, and he slept extremely restlessly, frowning even in his sleep. She looked at him in a daze until dawn, and then fell asleep.
When she woke up, Emperor Cheng left early, and the little palace maid said that the emperor ordered her not to wake her up.
She squinted and continued to pick on the tricks.
"Niangniang," Ping'er stumbled in, completely lacking her previous steadyness. She put down the needle and thread in her hand and looked at her: "What's wrong?" "The voice is flat and does not make waves.
Ping'er paused, took a breath, and said, "Father-in-law Mu from the Gang Internal Criminal Division took Orchid away. ”
Concubine De's eyes darkened, and she got up and sat down again: "But what did you say?" ”
I secretly wondered in my heart, the people from the Internal Punishment Department came to her palace to bring people, but they didn't know about her, what is?
Turned to stare at Ping'er: "You talk carefully." ”
Ping'er didn't dare to hide it, and came to the 1510 authentic. It turned out that early this morning, she sent Orchid to the Huanyi Bureau to send laundry. After Orchid left, she suddenly remembered that there was still a silk handkerchief that might be caught in her clothes, and she was afraid that Orchid would be lost on the road, so she chased after her.
Who knew that he chased him until the Huanyi Bureau and didn't see anyone, so he had to turn around. Halfway through, I heard that Orchid was taken away by Grandpa Mu. The little palace maid who replied couldn't say anything, but I heard that there was also a little eunuch in Wang Chongyuan's palace who brought it with her.
After Ping'er finished speaking, she stared anxiously at Concubine De: "Niangniang! ”
Concubine De pondered for a while, said, "Wait a while", turned around and picked up the clothes on the couch, quickly retracted the thread, found a wooden plate to hold, and took Ping'er out of the house.
Along the way, he passed through the door of the Internal Punishment Division without stopping, and walked straight over, Ping'er was shocked in his heart, and he didn't dare to ask, so he had to continue to follow, and when he looked up, he actually arrived at the Zhongtai Palace.
A small chamberlain went in to report, and after a while, the former head of the imperial palace, Father-in-law De, ran down the steps quickly, came to Concubine Dede, and saluted respectfully: "Concubine De, the saint is ......."
Concubine De raised her hand to stop him from looking down and said, "Father-in-law, don't come unharmed, the new bedding clothes made by the palace for the emperor have been obtained, thinking that this time I will be free, so I will send it over." As he spoke, he motioned for Ping'er to bring it up.
Li Dehai hurriedly stepped forward to take it with both hands, Concubine De looked up at the sky, raised her hand to cover her forehead, and said: "It's weirdly hot this day, I won't go into the palace, please ask my father-in-law to transfer it on my behalf." ”
As he spoke, he glanced at Ping'er with a smile, and Ping'er took out a heavy blessing bag from his sleeve and stuffed it into the plate.
Li Dehai hurriedly said: "Don't dare! He smiled again and said: "It is a blessing for a slave to be able to serve Concubine De, and Niangniang can only tell me if she has anything!" ”
Concubine De's eyes rolled, and she said in a coquettish voice: "When my father-in-law said this, this palace remembered something." Ping'er, about the orchid, you and talk to Father-in-law De. ”
Li Dehai listened to Ping'er's words, groaned slightly, and said: "Xiao Muzi is becoming more and more unable to do things, and he dares to arrest Niangniang's people." Isn't there some misunderstanding here? Otherwise, if you borrow two of his courage, you won't dare. Mother, go back first, and the slave will go and see what's going on. ”
Concubine De turned around with a smile: "You know, I'm the most annoyed with these things, annoyed with Father-in-law Laode." The little palace maid is not sensible, if she really commits something, her father-in-law just teaches her a lesson. With that, he took Ping'er and left.
Li Dehai was stunned for a moment, then turned around and called An Shun, whispered a few words, and An Shun nodded and left.
At noon, Xinyan was having dinner, and An Qin said that Zhou Cairen was here. Busy getting up, Zhou Cairen had already stepped in, bent down to greet Xinyan, and said in a coquettish voice: "Gu Meiren is well." ”
Xinyan hurriedly motioned for her to be flat: "Sister, no need to be polite, let's just be like before." ”
Zhou Cairen smiled and said: "Sister Beauty is generous, Sister I don't dare, Sister Beauty ......"
Xinyan listened to her with a headache and was a little embarrassed to be called a "beauty sister", although this beauty is not another beauty, but it really sounds like a sense of disobedience.
Zhou Cairen looked at Xinyan's face changing a little strangely, stopped his mouth, raised his hand, motioned to Chun'er to hold a large gift box, opened it, and said: "Congratulations to my sister on becoming a beauty, my sister has prepared a little gift here, don't dislike it." ”
Inside the box is a set of fine white tea sets, which are of the highest quality at first glance. Xinyan hurriedly thanked her.
Zhou Cairen sat down and took a sip of tea, and suddenly said, "Sister, have you heard?" ”
Xinyan looked at her inexplicably. She smiled mysteriously and said in a low voice: "This morning, the little eunuch in Wang Chongyuan's palace was taken away by the people of the Internal Punishment Division, and I heard that it was spreading rumors. Did the queen think about her behind closed doors? He grinned.
Wang Chongyuan is high-flying and unpopular, and now she is deflated, and Zhou Cairen is gloating. Xinyan didn't have a good impression of her since the last time Xiao Quanzi, but she asked curiously: "What rumors are spreading?" ...... Internal Criminal Division"
Zhou Cairen looked around and whispered: "If there is a great drought, the year is not good......
Xinyan hurriedly covered her mouth and signaled silence. This kind of thing is just to think about, no, you can't even think about it, maybe you accidentally say it, but it's not a joke, you can pull out your tongue or behead it.
Thinking that this Wang Chongyuan is really unlucky, now Emperor Cheng is irritable, and the people in the harem are panicking, this kind of thing happened at this juncture, isn't it in a hurry to hit the muzzle?
The queen only punished her for facing the wall, and it was really open.
As for the little eunuch, Xin Yan was silent.
Zhou Cairen still didn't think it was enough, so he held back and said another shocking news: "I heard that there is also a third-class palace maid in Concubine De's palace who was detained together. Let's see......"
Xinyan's heart moved, Concubine De, the woman who always smiled softly appeared in front of her, she didn't seem to care about anything, every time she routinely said goodbye, she always sat quietly, smiling at everyone.
Xinyan has an inexplicable crush on her, and she can't say why. What's more, the last time the bamboo forest was cleared, Xinyan has always been grateful.
She blinked and looked at Zhou Cairen: "Really? Don't listen to it, do you? How can Concubine De ...... around?"
Zhou Cairen was stunned, unsure: "This, I also listened to what they said, maybe...... Probably, right? As he spoke, he looked around weakly.
Xinyan took a cup of tea and said, "Moisten your throat." By the way, someone in your family is in the tea business, and this day is like this, will this year's leaf business be ......" Zhou Cairen also diverted the topic and talked about tea with Xinyan in detail.