Chapter 449: A glimmer of life in exchange for five taels of silver
The Queen Mother's eyes tightened suddenly.
The Feng family in Yanzhou is her maiden home.
"Go on!" The Queen Mother said heavily.
Deng An lowered his eyes, and in the curling incense, his voice could hardly hear the unique sharpness of the waiter, but with a kind of gentleness, as if bringing people to his young time.
In that year, my mother was ill for a long time, and in order to treat my mother's illness, my father took his slaves and maids to get up early and go to the river to smash open ice holes and catch fish to sell in the market. One day, his father slipped and fell into an ice hole, and by the time the slave rescued him, he was unconscious. The money from the sale of fish was exchanged for his parents' medicine, and soon there was not much left, and it didn't take long for my father to go. The slave couldn't bear to see her father wrapped in a straw mat, so she went to the roadside to bury her father. β
Speaking of this, Deng An smiled bitterly: "The slave was still young at the time, she was a fool, she didn't know that this business had her own place, she knelt on the side of the road for a long time and no one cared, and she was even smashed by a passing naughty boy with snow. Just when the slave and maid were about to despair, a carriage from a large family passed by, and a maid got out of the car and gave the slave and maid five taels of silver, saying that it was given by her girl. The maid turned around and got into the car, and when the slave and maid reacted to chase after her, she couldn't catch up, and only faintly saw the word "Feng" on the car. β
Hearing this, the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows.
Deng An continued: "The slave maid bought a thin coffin for two taels of silver to bury her father, and it didn't take long for her mother to go and use the rest of the money to bury her mother. The slave remembered very well that the winter of that year was extremely cold, and the snow fell for half a month, and many familiar faces quietly froze to death on the streets. And the slave maid and a few younger brothers and sisters survived the heavy snow with the little money left, and waited until the time for the rich family of the government to give porridge. Because there were no relatives in the local area, the slave maid came to the capital with her younger brothers and sisters in the spring of the following year. Who knows that the capital is not as easy to live as others say, and it is impossible to support five young brothers and sisters with a slave and maid. Later, when he caught up with the palace to recruit the servants, the slaves and maids gritted their teeth and entered the palace. β
Deng An glanced at the Queen Mother deeply, and the corners of his eyes were slightly wet: "After so many years, the slave maid will never forget that the five taels of silver given by the kind-hearted girl surnamed Feng saved the lives of the slave maid's family of six." β
"That girl surnamed Feng, is she the queen?" The Queen Mother asked.
Deng An nodded slowly.
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth: "That's the case." Why do you take revenge? Doing things for Hua Guifei? β
Deng An prostrate on the ground: "The slave didn't know it at first." As soon as the slave maid entered the palace, she was assigned to Concubine Huagui, because she knew a few words and had the experience of begging for a life outside. is more clever than ordinary little eunuchs, and gradually won the appreciation of Concubine Hua. At that time, Hua Guifei was the master of the slave, and the slave and maid had to listen to the master's words well. Younger siblings can live a good life...... Until the year when the little princess was gone, the queen was overly sad. At that time, Mrs. Cheng Enbo made a special trip to Beijing to visit the queen, and she also brought a young woman with her, who was seen by the slave and maid by chance, and immediately recognized the young woman as the maid who gave the slave and maid silver. The slave inquired quietly. Only then did I know that she was the personal maid of the queen's mother, but because she was old, she did not follow the queen into the palace and stayed in Yanzhou. Only then did the slave know. The person the concubine wants to bring down the most is the benefactor of the slave! β
The Queen Mother stared straight at Deng An: "Back then, the queen was falsely accused of having an affair, what did Concubine Hua Guifei instruct you to do?" β
Deng An shook his head: "The slave maid was not involved in this matter. At that time, the concubine Niangniang trusted the great eunuch Yang Jiang more. Some very private things are for Yang Jiang to do. Later, when the queen was imprisoned, the concubine Niangniang ordered the slave maid to monitor the Guan Ju Palace. Soon after, the slave maid found out that the queen mother was pregnant, and she tried to hide it, until the little prince was born, she did not hide it after all. At that time, the slave knew that the little prince was more than lucky, and the concubine would definitely send Yang Jiang to attack the little prince. β
The Queen Mother squinted her eyes and said faintly: "The mourning family remembers that the big eunuch named Yang Jiang next to Concubine Hua suddenly fell ill and died?" β
"Yes." Deng An tugged at the corners of his mouth, "At that time, the most trusted servant of the concubine was a slave except for Yang Jiang. Once something happens to Yang Jiang, the concubine will definitely send a slave maid to do that thing, after all, walking in the palace, the palace maid is far less convenient than the inner servant. So the slave and maid made a plan to expose the matter of Yang Jiang eating with the palace maid beside the concubine Niangniang. The palace maid was in charge of the treasury for the concubine, and Yang Jiang was bold enough to collude with the palace maid to take out the items that the concubine rarely used and sell them outside the palace. As soon as this matter was exposed, the concubine Niangniang was naturally furious, killed the two of them with a cane, and announced that she had died violently. Then, the concubine Niangniang really handed over the errand to the slave maid. β
"What did that slut say then?"
Deng An hesitated.
"Say!"
Deng An gritted his teeth and said: "The concubine asked the slave maid to take the little prince away from the Guan Ju Palace, and after suffocating to death, she found a remote place and buried him unconsciously. β
The Queen Mother sat back on the low couch and closed her eyes.
The slave and maid responded on the surface, and after taking the little prince away, he put it into a deep barrel and quietly put it into the moat. The slave maid thought, the water of the moat is stable, and the wooden barrel will not be washed away from the river in that season, maybe the little prince will be blessed with a great life, and he will be found and saved by the people by the river, and it can be regarded as the slave and maid doing a little bit for the queen. β
After Deng An finished speaking, he pressed his forehead to the ground: "Queen Mother, the slave knows that the crime is unforgivable, I only hope that you can raise your noble hand and let go of the slave's younger brothers and sisters." β
In the intoxicating aroma, the Queen Mother sitting on the low couch seemed to be asleep and did not say a word.
Deng An has always maintained a kneeling posture and remained motionless.
I don't know how long it took, the Queen Mother finally opened her eyes, her eyes were frighteningly bright, staring at Deng An and shaking her head: "No, the mourning family doesn't plan to kill you." β
"The Queen Mother?"
The Queen Mother raised her hand: "You can rest assured, the lives of your younger brothers and sisters are safe for the time being." The mourning family keeps your life and wants you to do something for the mourning family. If you do it well, no matter what you do, the mourning family at least guarantees that you will not touch your younger siblings. β
Deng An slowly knelt up straight: "Please give orders from the Queen Mother." β
The Queen Mother suddenly smiled, looked at the window with thin gauze, and muttered: "At this time, the oleanders in the garden of Changchun Palace are blooming very well, right?" β
Deng An's head was shocked, and he blurted out: "The Queen Mother knows that flower-"
"Poisonous, isn't it?" The Queen Mother smiled proudly, "The mourning family is the eldest daughter of the Feng family, do you think you can only embroider and play the piano?" β
"The slave didn't dare. The slave maid said that the concubine was very careful, and everything that was imported must be tasted. β
The Queen Mother sneered: "Who said that you poisoned Concubine Hua?" β
"Then you meanβ"
"To the mourning family!" (To be continued.) )
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