Chapter 46-1: The Princess (I)
The next time, the queen mother's decree came from the palace, announcing that I would enter the palace.
I thought it was probably for the money, so I changed my clothes and went out. Entering the palace, passing through the imperial garden, I saw a palace maid holding a little girl about two years old and turning to the back of a rockery in a hidden corner, and faintly heard the little girl's whimper. I was suspicious in my heart, I originally wanted to pretend not to see it, the things in this palace were troublesome, but the girl's cry became louder, and I vaguely heard the reprimand, and finally sighed, and asked Xiaohong to push me towards the rockery, so the reprimand became clearer and clearer.
"Cry, cry, cry to death...... the palace girl shouted angrily, "Tell you not to cry, you want to make Niangniang angry, do you still think you are the princess in the Dexin Palace?" ”
I was stunned, Dexin Palace, isn't it the dormitory of Concubine De? This girl, could it be Concubine De's daughter Jun Xinjie? This palace maid is from the palace of the concubine, right? After Concubine De was beaten into the cold palace, Concubine Shu asked herself to raise the little princess, and the Queen Mother also praised her for being virtuous and virtuous, and she understood righteousness, how could she listen to the words of this palace maid, it doesn't seem to be like that?
"Woo woo...... the little girl's cry was suppressed a little, but it still couldn't stop, "Mother...... I want a mother...... Mother don't be angry......"
"Your mother was beaten into the cold palace by the emperor." The palace maid said impatiently, "Concubine Niangniang is not your mother!" ”
"Mother ......" the little princess just cried. It seems that no one knows about the emperor's death of Concubine De, or does the emperor not give her death at all, so he is just fooling me? I only heard the palace maid continue: "I want to blame you for being disgusting, don't blame Niangniang for being upset when she sees you, Niangniang thought that the emperor would come to her more often, but I didn't expect that the emperor would not even step into the glass hall after half a step, what a harmful spirit, and actually broke Niangniang's favorite glass cup, so I was also scolded by Niangniang...... Still crying, still crying, crying again will throw you to the cold palace too......"
The snobbery of this palace people, I knew it for a long time, I read so many TV novels in my previous life, and I knew that in this deep palace, people who lost their power were not as good as dogs. The concubine is also a scheming person, watching Concubine De lose power, she thought that pretending to be virtuous and raising the emperor's only child would increase the chances of the emperor going to her palace in the future, but she didn't expect the emperor to have too deep a knot in Concubine De, so that her wishful thinking failed, so she was angry with the child. I shook my head, what of the turmoil and disputes in this harem is not made by women in order to compete for favor?
The palace maid kept scolding, I don't know if I hit the girl, the girl snorted bitterly, and didn't dare to cry loudly, so I had to whimper and sob, I couldn't bear it, and was about to go out to drink the palace maid, when I suddenly heard a man say sharply: "Bold slave, dare to beat the princess!" ”
The man's tone was stern, but it was not the shrill voice of the eunuch, and the palace maid was obviously startled, and stammered: "Guard Lei, the slave didn't beat the princess......"
"I saw it with my own eyes, but you still dare to quibble?" The Lei guard said sharply, "Don't you want me to present it to the emperor so that you are willing to confess?" ”
"Guard Lei spares his life...... the palace maid cried, "The slave doesn't dare anymore, please don't tell the emperor ......"
"Get up." The tone of the Lei guard softened a little, "No matter how the master is, no one can tell the things in this palace, feng shui takes turns, the person you treat lightly today may be powerful, and when the time comes, I am afraid that you will not have a good ......time."
"Slave maid...... The slave maid Xie Lei sobbed and ......said, "Don't tell the emperor...... Lei guard was silent for a moment: "You take good care of the little princess, and don't let others bully her, I naturally won't tell the emperor." ”
My heart moved, this guard has a good heart, but in this deep palace forbidden, is there such a good person who is eager to help others? Why did he meddle in this matter, and the tone of asking the palace maid to take care of the little princess also implied a trace of concern, could it be that this person had something to do with Wei Xiang or Concubine De?
"The slave and the maid will never be again, and the slave and the maid will do their best to take care of the princess in the future, otherwise the sky will thunder and the sky will not be able to die." The palace maid hurriedly said. The Lei guard said, "Just remember the oath you made, take the princess away......"
As soon as I heard this, I quickly asked Xiaohong to push me back, but my eyes saw that the palace maid walked out with the little princess in her arms, and I couldn't avoid it for a while, so I had to pretend that I had just arrived here, and pulled Xiaohong to point to a flower not far away and said: "Xiaohong, look at that flower, the color is so beautiful......"
When the palace maid saw me, she was taken aback, her face was panicked, and she knelt on the ground and saluted: "The slave maid has seen Mrs. Ronghua." ”
I saw that there was no sound behind the rockery, and I knew that the guard was hiding and didn't dare to come out, so people bumped into him and a palace maid behind the rockery, but I was afraid that I couldn't tell if I had ten mouths. I deliberately pretended not to know, turned my head to look around, and made a blank look: "Who is it?" ”
"Sister, it's a palace maid sister who asks you for peace." Xiaohong took my hand and pointed in the direction of the palace maid. I made a sudden gesture: "Hurry up, my eyes are not good, I can't see clearly, which house are you from?" ”
"The slave maid is from the palace of the lady concubine, take the little princess out to play." The palace maid stood up and bowed her head. I nodded and smiled, "Is the princess there too?" Hold it up and show me. I deliberately pretended not to see clearly, so that she would think that I had just arrived here, and that her eyes were not good, and that she had not seen or heard anything, and sure enough, she saw that the palace maid exhaled with a sigh of relief, and walked towards me with the little princess in her arms.
The little princess stopped crying just now, looked at me with a pair of dark eyes, and I stretched out my finger and scraped her face: "Look at how fast this day has passed, I haven't seen the princess for almost two years, and the princess has grown so big." ”
When the little princess saw me smiling at her, she couldn't help laughing, opened her arms, and said flatteringly, "Hug ......"
My heart was sour, I was afraid that she had been scolded a lot in private, and when I saw someone smiling at her, this child immediately doubled her flattery, even if she didn't know who I was. When the princess came into my arms, she immediately cried out sweetly, "Mother ......"
I laughed, and the maid was nervous. I nodded her nose and said with a smile, "Mother can't scream, princess call me aunt." ”
"Auntie......" The princess immediately changed her words, this child was nearly a year older than Noor, and it was easier for her to understand the words of adults than Noor. I smiled and answered, and the princess became more and more happy, and called more and more sweetly: "Auntie, play with Jie'er......"
"Princess, we've been out for too long, it's time to go back to the palace." The maid of the palace looked at me worriedly, probably afraid that the princess would talk nonsense in front of me. The little princess hooked my neck tightly: "No, I want to play with my aunt......"
"Princess, my aunt is going to the Queen Mother's grandmother, I can't play with you......" As soon as I said this, the little princess's eyes filled with tears, and she looked at me with tears in her eyes, like a poor puppy. I sighed, and my heart softened: "Is it okay for the princess to go to the queen mother's grandmother with her aunt?" ”
"Good!" She nodded hurriedly, and the palace maid said nervously, "Mrs. Ronghua, this is not appropriate, the lady will blame the slave and maid if she knows it......"
"What's inappropriate, are you still afraid that Mrs. Ben will abduct the princess?" I said lightly, "I haven't seen the little princess for so long, tease her for a while, and the mother won't blame her, let alone go to the Queen Mother's Palace." Xiaohong, let's go. ”
Xiaohong pushed the wheelchair and turned her head away, and I let the little princess sit on my lap without looking at the palace maid. After a while, I saw from the slanted light in her eyes that she had already hurried to the side, thinking that she was going back to tell Concubine Shu.
(To be continued)