Mulberry has no ambitions. It is said that as long as the palace maid stays until she is thirty years old, she may be released from the palace, but she doesn't mind waiting until she is thirty years old in this Xinzhiku. Although it is only nineteen now, the remaining eleven years may be too long, but it is better than an innocent death.

Mammas often say that survival is the most important thing.

Once I entered the deep palace, I got a glimpse of the horrors in this palace. The library is divided into three parts, and the palace ladies live in the central part and also live in the families of some prisoners. The north is Taicang, which is a place for daily grain reserves; The southwest is the province of the inner servant, where the eunuchs are located, and they are in charge of the big and small affairs in the palace. Sang Zhi often saw the family members of those criminals being beaten and insulted, bullied at will, and when they died, they could cover up the past in the name of a casual name. There really is no other place where human life is as cheap as here.

Out of the Xinzhi Library, it is one step closer to glory and wealth. But if you don't leave, it's not necessarily bad. Sang Zhi also heard from the older aunts that if the palace maids outside the Xin Zheku met a bad master, many people would be beaten to death. The palace maids are all slaves, and they are cheap, and if they are killed, they are nothing more than giving their families some appeasement money, and the master has a bad reputation. At most, it is to lower the grade, ban one, and after a while, there is no trace of the matter, and the master will come back after lifting the ban.

Thinking about it this way, compared to going out of the Xinzhiku to serve in various palaces, in fact, in the Xinzhiku, the palace maids are still relatively safe. After all, the palace maid is not a family member of a prisoner, and everyone has no grade, although they are often beaten by the person in charge, but in the end, their lives are safe. Mulberry Branch blinked, looked at the gate of Xinzhiku Palace, and secretly prayed for the green warbler.

Yichun whispered while washing clothes, "Mulberry Branch, have you heard?" The green warbler has been assigned to the Chengqian Palace! She was extremely envious, "Green Oriole's life is so good!" I really don't know when I'll be able to get out of this Xin Library. ”

Chengqian Palace is the residence of today's imperial concubines, and it was not long after Sang Zhi woke up that he heard about countless deeds of Chengqian Palace. I heard that the imperial concubine of Chengqian Palace was deeply favored as soon as she entered the palace and was made an exception to be named a virtuous concubine, and within a month, she was promoted to the imperial concubine, second only to the queen. This is a unique grace in all dynasties. What's even more legendary is that although the imperial concubine is nominally inferior to the queen, she actually controls the harem in the name of the assistant, that is to say, the imperial concubine of the Chengqian Palace is the real first person in the harem.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Yichun glanced at her, "Mulberry Branch, you said that the green warbler is getting ahead now, will you remember you?" If she's willing to recommend you now, maybe you'll come out too. Chengqian Palace is a place where everyone wants to go, and the green warbler has a really good life. ”

Sang Zhi smiled, "If she can take care of herself, I will be very content." ”

Yichun snorted.

Sang Zhi is a group of palace maids who are not too old, Yichun and Lu Ying came in at the same time, and the two are only sixteen years old now. The fourteenth yamen selected palace maids, and they wanted women of thirteen to seventeen years old in the Shangsanqi wrappers, and they did not take them when they were overage. Sang Zhi came in when he was seventeen years old, and the following year Green Ying and Yichun also entered the palace. Unexpectedly, Sang Zhi stayed in Xinzheku for two years and was still unknown, and Lu Ying was already excellent enough to be assigned to Chengqian Palace after only one year of teaching. Probably Sang Zhi is kind-hearted and treats Green Ying very well, and the two are like sisters, so when Sang Zhi, who has changed the core, wakes up from a serious illness, Green Ying always looks at her strangely. However, the green warbler still treats her very well, and when she is sick, the green warbler does not untie her clothes and takes care of her wholeheartedly, and her voice of Sister Sangzhi makes people soft-hearted. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the green warbler was selected out after only half a year, and the mulberry branch was alone again.

Although Yichun is about the same age as the green warbler, her heart is not small, and Sang Zhi doesn't dare to believe her.

A few days later, Mama lectured, and the palace ladies listened carefully.

Li Yingrong, the head of the house, looked stern, "You have all heard about the palace maids who went out of us a few days ago. Listen well to the teachings and do things with a long look, which will naturally have your benefits. Although Chengqian Palace can't go now, Kunning Palace is also a good one. Whether you can get out of the Xinzhiku next depends on whether you are capable enough. ”

Unexpectedly, Kunning Palace is the most reluctant for the palace maids to go. After the head left, Yichun's face turned white with fright, "If I am sent to Kunning Palace, I would rather stay here." ”

"Why?" Sang Zhi was very puzzled, "Although Chengqian Palace is the crown of the six palaces, Kunning Palace is the queen!" Wouldn't you be more able to soar there? ”

"You don't know?!" Yichun lowered his voice and said, "It's a shame that you came early, but you didn't know that one from Kunning Palace?" ”

Mulberry shook his head.

Yichun sneered disdainfully, "No wonder you haven't been out of the Xin's library for two years." Then he asked, "Didn't the green warbler tell you?" Aren't you good sisters? ”

"Say what?" Sang Zhi frowned, "Listening to what you say, it seems that I know a lot." Don't bluff and scare people, right? ”

Yichun sneered, "Sang Zhi, you are stupid yourself, do you still think that others are as stupid as you?" Her eyes rolled, and her voice became lower, "The one in Kunning Palace is the least pleasing to the emperor, who in the palace now doesn't know that Kunning Palace is like a cold palace, the queen has been in charge of the middle palace for four years, and the emperor has not even been there a few times." You don't know? The green warbler didn't sue you? ”

Sang Zhi's heart was half cold. I didn't even know about such important news. She steadied herself, "Green Oriole knows? ”

"Nature." Yichun said, "I overheard the green warbler talk about it, and then inquired about it." There was sarcasm in his eyes, "I see that you and the good sister of the green warbler are also a disguise, and I won't tell you about this kind of thing." She was a little triumphant, "Also, our successor little queen is the niece of the original abolished queen, from the Horqin family." I see, the emperor just doesn't like Horqin's woman, the original Horqin queen was deposed, and now there is a little Horqin queen, no wonder the emperor doesn't like it. Our emperor can't wait to set up the one in the Chengqian Palace! If it weren't for the abolition of the palace a few years ago, maybe the one in Chengqian Palace would really become the queen. ”

"Scrapped?" Sang Zhi asked, "There is still a waste queen?" ”

"It's Concubine Jing of Yongshou Palace now, it turns out that she is the queen! Now I live in Yongshou Palace, which is almost the same as the Cold Palace. And he said, "But you must not send me to these two houses, or I will not be able to come out again, and I will be looked down upon." ”

The master was treated coldly, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the palace naturally did not benefit.

Sang Zhi thought, this successor to the little queen is unlucky. Thinking about the green warbler, she secretly thought, maybe the green warbler had already told this body deity about these things, but she Wenlan, as the current mulberry branch, didn't know anything about these harem secrets. But after hearing Yichun say so much, she couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive in her heart. It seems that if you are assigned to the "cold palace", I am afraid that it is better to stay in Xinzheku. But think about the fact that the "mulberry branch" stayed in the Xinzhiku for two years and was not separated, he wouldn't be so unlucky and get out after just half a year, right?

She was lucky enough to think that probably not. After all, he is clumsy, and he can barely make do with some rough chores, and he can't do anything like that, how dare Mama send such a stupid palace maid out?

However, to her surprise, when Cai Wanyun, who arrived at Kunning Palace, came to choose someone, Li Yingrong actually called her out. Sang Zhi sighed in his heart. When I went to the court, I saw that Sang Zhi's whole person was not good, and it turned out that Li Yingrong called out some clumsy girls. The familiar faces that Sang Zhi often saw when he was criticized were all in the court at this time.

It seems that this Kunning Palace is indeed not majestic, and even the head of a Xin Zheku dares to secretly do something. Those who were sent to Chengqian Palace were all discerning and ingenious, and it was stupid and useless for this Kunning Palace to choose people. Although she herself is among the unbearable.

Li Yingrong seemed to be smiling, facing Cai Wanyun with a spring breeze on his face, and doing his best behind his back. She has always been dissatisfied with Cai Wanyun, she is a grandmother in the palace, Cai Wanyun can be in charge of Kunning Palace, where is she not as good as Cai Wanyun, she has been trapped in this Xin Zhi Library. Li Yingrong feels that she is better than Cai Wanyun everywhere, and the only thing that can't compare to her is her background. Both of them are now in their early thirties, and because they are seeking jobs in the palace, they can't be released from the palace lightly. But Cai Wanyun has a good face and is a show girl. And Li Yingrong was born as a palace maid, step by step to the position of being in charge today, the same fourth-grade female official, Cai Wanyun is a female official in the inner court, living in the queen's palace, but she has to live in this resentful Xin Zheku.

As soon as Cai Wanyun saw the godless palace maids in the court, her face became gloomy, "This is the person taught by Li Zhangshi?" ”

Li Yingrong apologized, "It's really unfortunate, Chengqian Palace just picked someone a while ago, and these are the only ones left in this group of palace maids." "The face is full of provocation.

Cai Wanyun's eyes flashed fiercely, but she couldn't express her anger. Who told her to stay in Kunning Palace? Kunning Palace is not as good as Chengqian Palace, the queen of Kunning Palace does nothing and annoys the emperor, if you dare to face Chengqian Palace again, it must be the queen who suffers. She couldn't bear it, looked at the palace maids who stood up, and eased her tone, "That's all?" ”

"But there are some other things-" Li Yingrong said and smiled, "But I have been sent to various palaces by the Chengqian Palace, and although I haven't come out of the Xin's library yet, it's no longer my little one who dares to move." Or, Lady Cai, are you waiting for the assignment from Chengqian Palace? ”

Cai Wanyun's tea cup fell heavily on the table, but Li Yingrong didn't care. The two of them are of the same grade, and no one can help the other. But if the selected palace maid does not do anything good, as long as she gets out of this Xin Zhiku, it is not her Li Yingrong's responsibility, and it is Cai Wanyun who is responsible for the selection.

Cai Wanyun endured her anger, and had no other way, so she barely picked two or three pleasing ones among these stupid and useless palace maids. Sang Zhi couldn't help but quietly breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Cai Wanyun walking in front of him. But it was this tone that made Cai Wanyun's face cold, and she raised her hand and pointed, "You." ”

"......" Sang Zhi wanted to cry without tears. She turned out to be the last palace maid selected by Cai Wanyun, and she was going to Kunning Palace, which was comparable to the cold palace.