Chapter 35 The Palace Lock

From that day on, she was no longer Su Yichen, and she had a new name, Pujia, which means weed, and she was a lowly palace maid in Dexi Palace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

She wore the same clothes as the other inferior court maids, and did the same work as them, lighting fires, decocting medicines, emptying buckets, and mopping the floor. In this palace, anyone can instruct and scold her, and if she is not satisfied, she can slap her and beat her, and everyone seems to know that the master hates her, and bullying her seems to prove their loyalty to the master and make the master happy. Her face was often red and swollen, and her arms were always old and new.

Gradually, she got used to it, and even gave up resistance, because resistance is always futile and only provokes the abuser's twisted pleasure even more. Every night when she dreamed, she always dreamed that her uncle and Ning Xuan's brother rode a big horse to save her, her uncle's Ugin armor shone dazzlingly in the scorching sun, she waved desperately, and her uncle rode towards her. But the more real the dream, the more melancholy it feels when you wake up. Uncle conquered the northern frontier, he couldn't go back unless the war was over, and this is not Lixiangyuan, this is the palace, it is the palace of the concubines of the harem of the Great Zhou Emperor, except for the emperor, no other men are allowed to enter, only Ning Xuan's brother, even if he wants to save her, I am afraid that he is powerless.

Emperor Xuan has been to Dexi Palace several times, and every time he comes, the palace maids and eunuchs have to come forward to greet them, and they all kneel on the ground. Su Yichen knelt far behind everyone with her head down, and Shen Wanyi warned her that if she dared to appear in front of the emperor, she would be dedicated to the emperor. Shen Wanyi said, sister, do you know what it's like to lie next to a man you don't like and miss another man? I'd love to give you a taste of that.

Every time Emperor Xuan came to Dexi Palace, the sound of singing and dancing would always sound. She remembered that when she first entered the Dingguo Mansion, she was always stroking the qin, Sister Rushuang was dancing, and after the dance, Sister Rushuang smiled at her slightly, and she wiped the sweat from her sideburns for Sister Rushuang. The sound of the piano is still as beautiful as ever, but she has lost the right to play, and can only hide in a corner and listen to recall the former sisterhood. There is also the green Qiqin in the house, it seems that she has no chance with people and pianos in this life, even if she has it, it is always short, and she will eventually lose it......

However, she also gradually understood Shen Wanyi's kind of mood, even if she was wrapped in glory and luxury, she was also deeply unhappy. She had seen Emperor Xuan a few times from afar, the legendary ninety-five heavenly son who was proud of the world and mighty in all directions, and under the yellow robe of the five-clawed golden dragon was just a cold and arrogant and lonely figure. Like King Ning she had seen, Emperor Xuan also had a handsome appearance, with carved facial features and thin lips revealing fortitude. He slowly stepped forward to pick up Shen Wanyi, who led a group of palace maids and eunuchs to kneel on the ground to greet him, and the corners of his mouth were only slightly raised symbolic smiles. That kind of laughter is very light, so that people can't feel the temperature, like his people, there is always a faint alienation, which makes it difficult to associate him with his amorous emperor father.

Compared with Duan Changyou, who Shen Wanyi loves, Emperor Xuan is indeed too serious and cold, maybe he is warm and gentle, which is enough to impress and warm Shen Wanyi's frozen and wounded heart, so that she no longer clings to the past, and it is difficult to focus on the handsomeness of the man in front of her. But his innate status as a king is destined to have the admiration and admiration of countless women, and he is accustomed to being surrounded and obeyed, so he naturally will not, and of course, he does not have to bother to please a concubine of his own. But this is also the sorrow of him and Shen Wanyi, there are countless beauties in the harem, but how many people love his identity, and they are afraid of him in every way they try to please him, and one is pretending to be happy, but his heart is always stuck in the past. The two of them walked into the hall one after the other, like a couple of husbands and wives, but each step was separated by a shallow and insurmountable distance.

Emperor Xuan was going to the early court early in the morning, so the day after Shen Wanyi went to bed, the entire Dexi Palace would get up earlier than usual. The east is still only showing the white of the fish's belly, and the lights in the hall are as brilliant as day. The great eunuch Gonggong De led his entourage to stand outside the hall, and when Shen Wanyi waited for the emperor to better serve the court, he left in a gust of wind. Dexi Palace regained its tranquility, but Shen Wanyi was uneasy, and the lonely figure under the swaying palace lamp sat for a long time until dawn.

The harem has the rules of the harem, except for the special exemption from illness, the rest of the day, all the concubines and concubines have to go to Jingyang Palace to greet the queen, and Shen Wanyi is no exception.

It is said that the queen mother is an extremely solemn and calm lord, although she is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces, she is kind and generous, and she rarely embarrass the concubines and concubines on weekdays. Shen Wanyi seems to get along well with her, every once in a while, if there are any snacks and snacks made in Jingyang Palace, she will send the palace maid to send some, and occasionally, she will invite Shen Wanyi to chat and drink tea together.

I still went to Jingyang Palace as usual to ask for peace, but today, I have been there for a long time. The silver bird's nest soup in the kitchen was almost at this time in the past, and as soon as Shen Wanyi returned to the palace, she ordered someone to serve it. Wanyi is afraid of the cold, this silver bird's nest soup is simmered on the stove so soft and rotten, a bowl down, both warm up and nourishing, the small kitchen is prepared every day, very popular with her, Yingchun is also quite proud.

But today it was almost more than half an hour late, and I heard that the mother had returned to the palace, and Yingchun hurriedly happily sent it over. After a while, he saw a sad face coming back, with a stack of porcelain fragments in his hand.

Qingman hurriedly stepped forward to ask her, "What's wrong?" Could it be that what you did was not what the mother wanted?! ā€

"It's not what I like, I do it myself every time, it's the same as before, it's just that my mother is angry today, and I think my stew is not delicious after taking a bite, so I hit the ground directly." Yingchun almost said with a crying voice, and the more she said it, the more she felt aggrieved: "Although Niangniang came back late, this silver bird's nest soup, where do I dare to be careless, and I have been simmering on the stove." I saw that Niangniang was bullied by Concubine Rong just now, and she happened to be angry with me when she came back! ā€

"How do you know that Niangniang was bullied by Concubine Rong, don't talk nonsense!" Qingman persuaded her.

"Why not? As soon as I entered, I saw Qiu Jing covering her face, saying that she was beaten by Aunt Xia beside Concubine Rong, and Su Yue was busy persuading Niangniang there, so I thought, just give Niangniang a drink of lotus seed soup to dissipate her anger, who knows...... "Yingchun stomped his feet with regret.

"You're stupid, seeing that the mother's face is not good, and you send it to you by yourself, and you want to ask for a reward, but it doesn't fall, okay?! It's been so long since you've been in the palace, just this little look, you haven't learned it yet, it's really ......" Qingman couldn't help but count at her for a while.