"The three of them, when they get together, they will talk nonsense and judge others. Moreover, all of them are tricky and eccentric, eccentric and tricky, and the rest of us hate the three of them very much, but they are self-righteous, and instead look down on us, arrogant and arrogant! ”

"Oh, the three of them, they're ugly. Could it be that only ugly palace maids come to this washing room? Murong Hong said casually.

Hearing this, Xiao Cui's face sank.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I was wrong. Actually, you're pretty good-looking. Murong Hong quickly corrected, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

"My name is Xiaocui, what's your name?"

"My name is Mu Hongxue, you can call me Xiaoxue." Murong Hong smiled, but the smile stopped abruptly.

Light snow? Isn't this a name for my sister Murong Xue?

"Looks like you're older than me." Xiaocui also smiled, "Sister Xiaoxue, you are a show girl who just came, right?" ”

"yes, how do you know?"

"Most of the show girls who enter the palace are very beautiful, I have seen a few, but you have to be more beautiful than them." Xiao Cui said, "Strange, how did the show girl come to us? ”

"Shouldn't the show girl come here?" Murong Hong was stunned.

"Yes, the show girl is serving the emperor, and only us palace maids are the ones who work." Xiaocui sighed, "It's just that my parents didn't give me a good face, if only I looked pretty." ”

"yes." Only then did Murong Hong understand the difference between a show girl and a palace maid, "Then don't you have to be here for the rest of your life?" ”

"No, if the palace maid reaches a certain age, she can leave the palace and come in with a younger one. After leaving the palace, the palace maid can marry and have children, and she will not die in the palace all the time. Xiao Cui said.

"Oh, what about the showgirl?"

"It's hard to say about the show girl, if you are lucky, you are taken by the king, and then you can enjoy the glory and wealth in the future. But if you are unlucky and you don't get the king's favor, then you have to wait forever, and it's not impossible to die in the palace. ”

"Then it's better to be a palace maid." Murong Hong nodded, "This palace maid is an individual labor worker, I used to think that all palace maids served the emperor." ”

"Hehe, how is that possible? If everyone is as handsome and beautiful as you, with fine skin and tender meat, then who else will do the rough work? However, you are so delicate and delicate, and you come here to do rough work, this, can they also think of this? ”

"I offended Mama Li, it's Mama Li from Chuxiu Palace, she drove me here." Murong Hong sighed, "I still want to see the king, but I don't have this opportunity." ”

"Really? You offended that Mama Li, no wonder you ended up in this step. Xiao Cui looked Murong Hong up and down, "Not to mention, if the king can see you like this, maybe he will really like you." ”

"Hey, but now that I've fallen here, I can't tell the heavens and the earth, how can I see the king?" Murong Hong sighed, "Could it be that I will die in the palace for the rest of my life?" ”

"That's how you want to see the king?" Xiao Cui frowned, "But don't you know that many of the show girls who were fortunate by the king have never appeared again?" Some people say that they were all thrown into the cold palace, or they were killed by the king. ”

"Really?" Murong Hong pretended not to know, "Wouldn't it?" ”

"Why not?" Xiao Cui said, "The show girls I saw before, after they were taken away, I never saw them again. ”

"Perhaps, they were secretly hidden by the king, this is the golden house hidden Jiaojiao, hehe, they are secretly enjoying the glory and wealth now, right?"

"It's possible, but it's not like it won't show up again, right?"

"Isn't your king going out to see you often? For example, some major banquet or something, he always has to appear, if he comes out, won't those concubines also come out? ”

"I don't know, we don't see that kind of occasion." Xiaocui shook her head, "Even if Sister Fang goes, she can only stand outside, where can I see the king?" ”

"Oh." Murong Hong thought to himself: It seems that this deep palace is like the sea, and it is really difficult to see the king.

"I advise you, let's dispel this idea." Xiao Cui said, "It's good to be safe, you, it's better to stay here honestly, do a good job, Sister Fang said to the above, maybe you can be promoted to which concubine to be a palace maid." In this way, you will have a lot of money to take, and your status will be higher than ours. ”

"How many concubines does the king have?"

"Just three."

"Only three?" Murong Hong was stunned for a moment, "But aren't there many palaces here?" ”

"There are not many palaces here, except for Chuxiu Palace, which is the four palaces of Fushou Palace, Hande Palace and Kunning Palace, and the others are some side halls. Kunning Palace is the queen's palace, but the queen has not been seen for more than twenty years, and some people say that she may be dead, in short, no one has seen her again. ”

"What? You say the queen is missing? ”

"Shhhh Xiao Cui raised her fingers and made a forbidden gesture, "No one dares to mention this matter, if anyone says it, this little life may not be saved!" ”

"Oh, don't worry, I'll keep it a secret, you continue." Murong Hong's curiosity grew heavier and heavier.

The queen, the mother of a nation, has disappeared? Isn't that bizarre?

"I've just heard from the old ladies here that more than twenty years ago, someone had seen the queen, and she was pregnant. But suddenly, overnight, the queen disappeared, and she never knew where she was going. Xiao Cui lowered her voice, "The child in her belly doesn't know where to go, the king ordered not to talk about it, and then a few people discussed this matter in private, and when they found out, they were dragged out and beaten to death." ”

"Huh?"

"Some people speculate that this queen must have cheated on her, was pregnant with someone else's child, and was found out by the king and died, or just went to the cold palace." Xiao Cui said, "It may also be that she gave birth to some freak, or that the queen died in childbirth, these are all possible." ”

"Really? How long was your queen pregnant at that time? ”

"I don't know." Xiao Cui shook her head, "Anyway, I can only tell you that no one will dare to mention this matter in the future." Wang Shang also became a deep and simple person, rarely went to participate in the early dynasty, and could not show up a few times a year, even if he appeared, he wore a mask. Oh, even if he encounters a major event that he must attend, he is only attending by himself, and there is no queen by his side. ”

"Huh?" Murong Hong stuck out his tongue, "Only the king, no queen?" This, too, too unseemly, right? ”

"But no, later the king may have felt that he couldn't explain it, so he took the three concubines Lin Guifei, Wang Shufei and Zhang Defei with him. Concubine Lin Guifei was the most favored and sat next to the king. However, she is not a queen after all, and this is not in line with etiquette. ”

"Your king may be planning to promote Lin Guifei to queen, right?"

"Nope." Xiao Cui shook her head, "Lin Guifei wanted to become the queen, but the king still didn't do it, so Lin Guifei has always been angry." In addition, these three concubines are not angry, and they have not given birth to a son and a half daughter to the king, so each of them wants to give birth to the king one day earlier. ”

"If your king has no children, to whom will this throne be passed on?"

"What are you afraid of, he's still young, and maybe he will have children in the future."

"Young?" Murong Hong nodded, "Yes, you guys are here for this good, people live a long life, a hundred years old is only equivalent to thirty years old in our place." ”

"Where are you?" Xiao Cui was stunned.

"Oh, I'll say whatever I want, you can go ahead." Murong Hong didn't dare to expose it, so he had to say perfunctorily.

"There's nothing more to say, let's go." Xiao Cui stood up, "I told you today, you must not talk nonsense everywhere!" Otherwise, we're all done! ”

"Okay." Murong Hong smiled, but he thought about it in his heart.

It seems that there are really a lot of secrets in this palace. Well, I'd better stay here a little longer.

After finishing the work, it was not early, but when Murong Hong and Xiaocui went back to eat, they found that there was not much food left for them.

"What's going on?" Xiao Cui was a little unhappy, and pointed to the little leftovers in the bucket, "We have worked so hard, why can't we even eat when we come back?" ”

Zhang Xuehua, the eldest sister in the "Tricky and Eccentric Three Sisters", shook her chubby body and said, "Here, isn't there enough for one person to eat?" It's not that you don't have anything to eat. “

"This, that's only enough for one person." Xiao Cui said angrily, "You guys, how much do you three leave a little for the two of us?" ”

Murong Hong took a look at it in the wooden barrel, and indeed, there was a lot of food left in it, and if one person was full, the two of them could only starve.

"The other sisters have already eaten, and this little food is enough for you to eat alone. As for her, she was new to the city, and she didn't greet us beforehand, so of course we wouldn't leave her food. If she wants to eat, come back tomorrow. Zhang Xuehua sneered.

"Who cooks this?" Xiao Cui shouted, "Aren't there a lot of leftovers in normal times?" Why are there so few today? ”

"Yes, it's me." A thin palace maid lowered her head and walked over, "I, I did it according to the usual amount, and there was no reduction." ”

"No reduction? So why are these all left? Xiao Cui glared at the thin palace maid fiercely.

"This, this." The thin palace maid didn't dare to speak, and her head lowered.

"It's the three of us who ate it." Zhang Xuehua crossed her arms in front of her chest and said, "We have worked a lot today, and we are hungrier than usual, so we just ate a little more alone." Sisters, isn't it? ”

The other two people in the "Tricky and Eccentric Three Sisters" group also nodded, revealing a look of disdain.

"You, you!" Xiao Cui was so angry that her chest bulged out, "Hmph, what kind of work have you done?" All the work was done by me and Sister Xiaoxue, you know that you are lazy there, and you still eat so much. A few of you, all of you can only eat, not cook! ”

"Humph! Who called yourself a fake positive? Zhang Xuehua sneered, "Do you think that if you work harder, you will eat more?" What do you think, whoever of us here comes early, who eats more, who told you not to come early, of course you don't have anything to eat if you are late, you deserve it! Do you eat this meal? If I don't eat it, I'll throw it out! ”

"You, you dare!" Cui clenched her fists in annoyance.

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