Chapter 38
38 [Painful day] A younger sister who was tortured physically + Concubine Rong who was abused in her heart
Zhao Qingrong stood against the wall, his legs, waist, and neck in a straight line.
It was the first class she had taken since she was locked up in the courtyard.
Deportment.
Where she stood, facing the slanting sun. The sun was blazing, stinging her eyes painfully and itchy, and even when she closed her eyes, the light could penetrate the thin eyelids, leaving clear and dazzling marks under her eyes.
Miss Zhao Er, who has been pampered since childhood, has never stood straight for so long. She felt like she was being filled with lead, and Venus was surging in front of her, and although she was leaning on, she couldn't rely on the slightest strength of the wall.
The wall was newly painted with cyan stone powder, and as long as she got a little bit of it, she couldn't pass the lesson and had to start all over again.
She felt as if time had stood still, and she looked dizzily at the sandglass that was not far away, the thin line of sand pulling out a silver line that was almost invisible in the halo, and her eyes were slightly wrong and she couldn't see.
Zhao Qingrong's mind was like porridge boiling for a while, bubbling and tumbling, and then it was like a room with only white walls, and there was nothing in it.
She felt that she had stood at the end of the day, but Hourglass told her that she had stood for less than a quarter of an hour.
The gentle sunlight turned into a golden blade in her eyes, and a knife sliced through her eyes and head. His eyes tingled, and tears rolled down his cheeks.
"Smack!" Just as she began to lose her gaze, Aunt Gongsun's rattan struck her leg with a crisp sound.
"It's just a little longer!" Aunt Gongsun is a very serious person, she is tall, her face is cold, and the most impressive thing on her unsmiling face is the deep nasolabial folds at the corners of her mouth. People with such a face are the most severe. Be strict with yourself and be strict with others.
"The most important thing to serve the master is to be obedient and obedient, if the master doesn't let you move, you can't move. In the palace, standing for an hour or two is even more common, if you can't even hold on for a moment, what's the use of asking you from above? Aunt Gongsun frowned, and her face looked even more majestic, "The boss only gave us a month, and if you don't fight yourself, Second Miss, we can only say to the boss that the errand is not done properly." Of course, we will be punished by the superiors when we go back, but you don't want to step into the palace gate again. โ
Zhao Qingrong's mind was empty at this time, and the words spoken by Aunt Gongsun were like wind passing through the hall, blowing in from the left ear, and immediately flew out of the right ear.
Mama Hong has a group face, and when she doesn't speak, she has a smile on her face, and she and Aunt Gongsun seem to be completely different types of people. She saw that Zhao Qingrong's face was pale, playing the pipa on both legs, and she looked dazed, knowing that she didn't listen to what Gongsun said, so she interjected: "Exactly." If you can't even endure this bit of suffering, let alone serve the emperor, no one will want to serve ordinary beauties. โ
This "emperor" was like a thunderbolt exploding in Zhao Qingrong's ears. Her faint mind was instantly dragged back, and people were also refreshed.
"Your Majesty ......" Two red clouds floated on her pale face, Miss Zhao Er's legs were no longer shaking, her waist was no longer bent, and her head was no longer painful, she took a deep breath and said, "I can do it, I can do it!" โ
Mama Hong looked at her and nodded slightly.
"Go and stand, for an hour." She pulled Aunt Gongsun, who was still frowning, motioned for her to sit aside, and said to Zhao Qingrong, "Second Miss, don't blame us for being harsh. You must know that it takes three years to train the high-class palace maids in the palace, and now we only have one month, which is really too tight. If you can't endure this hardship, you will also suffer if you enter the palace in the future. The queen mother sincerely wants you to be motivated, you don't want to live up to the mother's heart. โ
Zhao Qingrong had tears in his eyes, gritted his teeth and said, "Thank you for the teachings of the two grandmothers, I understand that only when you have to endure hardships can you become a master." โ
Mama Hong smiled and pulled Aunt Gongsun to sit under the shade of the tree on the side.
"Look at her crooked figure, why don't you let me whip her twice?" Far away, Aunt Gongsun took a sip of hot tea and asked Mama Hong angrily, "We came back to be angry for the princess, have you forgotten?" โ
Mama Hong bent her eyebrows, but she just looked at Zhao Qingrong with a little coldness in her eyes.
"I can't forget. But don't push too hard. She said leisurely, "If she retreats now, then what's the point of us coming?" โ
Aunt Gongsun snorted.
"Let her just stand like this, you really want to teach her the rules?" Mama Hong squinted at her, "Rubbing off her delicate skin and cutting off her arrogant bones, this is what Master Hou wants us to do." โ
"Phew, what young lady, the girl from the concubine's room really treats herself as a clove of garlic, and she also wants to share her favor with the queen?" Aunt Gongsun sneered, "I don't care about my own catties." โ
Princess Pingyang is bold and chivalrous, and has always been generous to the people below, Gongsun and Mama Hong were only less than ten years old when they followed her, and they were both orphans who lost their parents during the war. The princess was older than them, and she took care of them everywhere, and treated them without a word. After getting married, he often thinks about taking care of the old people who stay in the palace. It is because the old people in the palace who served the princess in the past remember the good of the princess and remember the kindness of the old master.
Aunt Gongsun is a master who can't rub sand in her eyes, and when she heard from Pei Hou about the suffering of the Pei family sisters in the Zhao family, she couldn't sleep soundly for a day.
"You can smile at them, bastards." Seeing that there was no one around, Aunt Gongsun complained to Mama Hong, "The princess is such a strong and victorious person, and the horse is the general of the three armies, how do you say they can fall in love with Zhao Fengchun's ungrateful little white face?" The eldest lady is gone, and the second lady is promised, and the Zhao family doesn't know which life has burned the blessing of high incense, but they don't know how to cherish the blessing and do it to death. โ
Mama Hong looked around and sighed.
"The princess and the concubine were both fought in the army, and they haven't read much. They think that people who read books in the world are the most powerful, abide by the rules, and understand etiquette. Didn't you listen to the little marquis? The horse thought that he had pulled out the Zhao family, and he would be grateful to the Pei family in the future, and he would not be able to treat our young lady badly...... Who knew that Zhao Fengchun was a white-eyed wolf who couldn't be raised? โ
The two looked at each other and sighed deeply.
When the little maid helped Zhao Qingrong down, she was wet with sweat. Both legs were stiff and could not be bent, and they barely moved to the chair with the support of two maids.
Zhao Qingrong's sideburns were wet, sticking to her forehead and sideburns, strands. Sweat slid down several marks on the morning puff powder, and the rouge turned into red mud, forming an abrupt contrast with the pale complexion.
"Water, water!" Listening to the second lady's hoarse shout, the little maid hurriedly served the lukewarm tea. It's just that Zhao Qingrong's hand didn't listen to the call, and the lid and cup swayed in her hand, colliding with a cheerful sound of "clanging".
The little maid had never seen the second lady at home dressed like a fairy every day so embarrassed, and both of them cried.
"Miss, why don't you talk to the master and rest for a while in the afternoon." A little maid looked at the people in the palace around her, and whispered, "This is too bad, Miss, you are such a noble person, how can you bear this hardship." โ
"Yes, why don't you sneak out and talk to the old lady and aunt? There is no such practice method for practicing the rules, what if the young lady is tired? Another maid said.
"Don't, don't, don't go!" Zhao Qingrong poured a cup of tea and finally eased up.
"What's this suffering?" She gritted her teeth and said, "As long as you can enter the palace, all these hardships are worth it." When I become a mother, I will clean up these old women. Think you can teach people if you come out of the queen's palace? Hmph, but it's just a bunch of old minions. โ
The old minions sat in the shade of the trees, watching her from afar, and exchanged their heads and ears.
After a while, a female official came over and said to Zhao Qingrong, who was pinching the leg by the maid, "Second Miss, you have stood over this hour. The grandmothers said that the second lady did well. In this way, maybe you can really adjust it on time. โ
Zhao Qingrong's eyebrows relaxed, and there was a hint of pride on his face. She smiled and said to the female officer, "Thank you, grandmothers, for the compliment, this little thing is nothing." โ
The female officer smiled slightly and said, "So after a while, we will add some burden, let's come back after lunch, this time, please stand for two hours!" โ
What the?!
Zhao Qingrong's eyes widened, and the teacup in her hand fell into the arms of the little girl who was beating her legs.
Fortunately, there was not much water in the cup, and the water was already slightly cold.
In the afternoon, Zhao Qingrong knew how relaxed it was when he stood in the morning.
Aunt Gongsun asked the maids to remove Zhao Qingrong's hairpin ring jewelry, braided her hair loosely, and then took a copy of "Huiwentang Thousand Character Sticker" on her head. The book was four fingers thick and as heavy as a stone, and Aunt Gongsun told her to hold it on and not fall down. If you fall once, you will be whipped by the rattan in her hand.
By the time Zhao Qingrong finally mastered the balance and stabilized the book, she had already been hit on her leg more than a dozen times, and it hurt hotly.
Thinking that she could breathe a sigh of relief, Mama Hong took the ring ruler and appeared again. Let her stand under the top of the sun and recite the "Female Commandment" under the ceremony, reciting it over and over again, without stopping. If you make a mistake, you can hit a foot in the palm of your hand.
Zhao Qingrong's legs were sore and numb, his head was covered with a book as thick as a brick, and his neck couldn't move.
If she wants to memorize the "Female Commandment" over and over again, how can she not make mistakes?
The stammering endorsement was interspersed with the crisp sound of the ring ruler falling on the skin and flesh and the girl's cry of pain. The voice gradually changed its tone and became a cry.
After standing for an hour, the two grandmothers looked at it and learned a lesson, so they showed mercy and asked Zhao Qingrong to rest for a while.
Zhao Qingrong's voice was hoarse for a long time, and he was dragged to the chair by the two maids, leaving only one crying.
Fang Cai's ambitions were worn away by this hour. The thighs were red and swollen, the palms of the hands were also swollen, and the throat and eyes were burning and aching.
"Miss......" The little maid looked at the panic and fear on the second lady's face, and once again made the previous suggestion, "Do you want the slave maid to go to the old lady and talk to the aunt?" โ
At this time, where can Zhao Qingrong still think about being a mother, she only feels that the two grandmothers from the palace are like fierce gods, this is not a tempering, it is simply going to eat her.
My whole body hurts!
Zhao Qingrong cried so much that tears and snot were all on his face, and he whispered in a voice that was almost speechless: "Hurry up...... Go to ......"
A clever little maid immediately looked at no one, and ran away with her skirt.
After a while, I saw an internal guard walking in with the back of the girl's neck collar and carrying a little chick.
"Ouch!" The girl was thrown to the ground by the internal guard, and she trembled with fear when she looked at the internal guard girl wearing soft armor and a murderous face.
"Two grandmothers, this girl wants to escape, what do you think should be done?"
"I didn't want to escape, I just ...... It is...... I just remembered that I had something to tell my mother. The girl hurriedly argued, "It's true, the slave really just wants to go out to see my mother." โ
Aunt Gongsun sneered and said: "We came to the Zhao family at the behest of the queen's mother, and the mother wants the second lady to learn the rules, and the second lady has to learn how hard and tired she is." As soon as I came, I made it clear to your lord, this courtyard will be sealed from now on, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and your lord has also fully complied. What's the matter, you little girl only came in and regretted it a day ago, and you want to slip away? โ
Aunt Gongsun's face is really powerful, the little girl is in the door of the inner house when she is young, and she has never even gone out of the gate, how have you ever seen such a noble and majestic grandmother? was scared by what she said.
"We are following the will of the mother, and we will do the errand according to the will of the mother. If anyone is disobedient, it is a crime of disobedience and a crime of beheading. Mama Hong stood beside Aunt Gongsun and added, "Seeing that you are also a clever child, how can you be so stupid?" It's just a matter of being locked up for a month, so I can't stand it and want to go to Lao Tzu Niang? โ
The little girl couldn't bear it when she heard the word "resisting the decree", and then she cried directly when she heard the word "kill the head".
"I don't know, I'm just going to deliver a message, don't kill my head, mother, mother!"
Mama Hong glanced at Zhao Qingrong, who was pale, and smiled slightly: "Second Miss, the girls in your house are really useless." โ
Zhao Qingrong's face stiffened, and his heart was cold.
"That's it, seeing that you are young and ignorant, these two young ladies don't need you to serve them." Mama Hong said to the little maid kindly, "You will stay in the backyard from now on, and you will be responsible for cleaning the yard and washing clothes and bedding this month." โ
When the little girl heard that she didn't have to cut off her head, she felt that she had picked up a life, so where could she take care of patting the second lady's ass, and kowtow to the two grandmothers gratefully.
"Thank you, thank you, mother, the slave must work hard and never run around again."
The other little maid standing behind Zhao Qingrong trembled with fright, watching her companion being pulled away by the palace maid, and the clothes behind her were soaked with cold sweat.
When they were chosen to stay, they were still proud and happy. Thinking that he is better than others, he can be picked by the people in the palace.
They can enter the courtyard and serve the second lady well, and when the second miss enters the palace as a mother in the future, maybe they will take them away. Isn't this a flat leap from the high branches?
Unexpectedly, on the first day of coming in, I almost lost my head.
Ouch my mother-in-law, I don't want to enter the palace anymore, I want to go home!
The little maid shed tears of remorse.
Zhao Qingrong also regretted it, who knew that this so-called "closed training" was such an inhumane training method?
But it's useless to regret it now, if she regrets it, she will have to give up the only chance to enter the palace.
The emperor only selected the show three months ago, and according to the rules, the next draft will have to wait two years.
She is already seventeen years old, and if she waits two more years, she will exceed the age limit of fifteen to eighteen for show girls.
Do you want to give up at this time?
No, she, Zhao Qingrong, is definitely not someone who gives up so easily. Miss Zhao Er's hand hidden in her sleeve was clenched tightly. She wants to enter the palace, wants to be rich, and wants to get rid of the marks of concubines on her body. She didn't want to marry a poor scholar or a vulgar merchant. Although she was born in a chicken coop, she believed that she was a golden phoenix, and as long as she was given the opportunity, she could soar into the sky and become the most noble woman in the Great Qi Dynasty.
As long as you can enter the palace, as long as you can enter the palace.
Zhao Qingrong was already stunned by this target, and she only wanted to enter the palace wholeheartedly. She even felt that as long as she entered the palace and let the emperor see her, she would definitely be able to rise to prominence and become an exclusive existence in the harem.
My father and aunt all said that she was good, her appearance was good, she was good at learning, and she was a good girl, except that she was born to an aunt, how could she not be a hundred times stronger than Zhao Yanrong, a concubine? If she can be a queen, she will definitely be able to.
Zhao Qingrong's eyes were red and he gritted his teeth fiercely.
"I see that the second lady is also tired, so let's get here first." Mama Hong gave Aunt Gongsun a look, but she didn't expect the second lady to suddenly shout in a hoarse voice.
"I'm okay, let's continue!"
Even Aunt Gongsun couldn't help but look at her twice.
This pampered little girl is tenacious, and she can still hold on to it after being made like this.
For the first time, Aunt Gongsun's serious face showed a smile.
"That's right! It's not in vain. โ
Let's not mention how to continue the inhumane training course in Zhao's mansion, just talk about Concubine Rong.
Along the way, I took a picture of the mirror from time to time to see what was wrong with my makeup. With nervousness and excitement, Concubine Rong's palanquin finally fell to the ground.
"Niangniang, the emperor is inside, please please." The eunuch who led the way bowed and bowed, and withdrew with the attendant carrying the sedan chair.
Concubine Rong straightened her clothes, looked at the begonias blooming in Tao Ran's curry, and took a deep breath.
The courtyard was quiet, and not even a single palace maid could be seen. Concubine Rong pursed her lips and smiled, although she was eager in her heart, she still slowed down slightly reservedly.
When I met the emperor, what did I have to say? Do you want to cry or laugh? Do you kowtow first or run into the emperor's arms first?
Concubine Rong thought about it, and couldn't make up her mind for a while, but Tao Ranju's door had already arrived in front of her.
Concubine Rong pressed her throbbing chest, biting her lower lip, and a layer of mist gradually appeared in her eyes.
Pushing open the door, it was very dark inside, and Tao Ranju's windows were closed, and the curtain was heavy. Concubine Rong smelled a familiar sweet fragrance and said, she raised her nose and sniffed, it was the acacia incense that the emperor loved every time he went to Huaqing Palace.
Concubine Rong's face flushed, and the heat on her body surged, thinking about the emperor's handsome face and the emperor's majestic body...... Unconsciously, a little wetness came out of my head.
"Your Majesty? Emperor? She called quietly, cautiously as if she were afraid of alarming something. While she opened the tent in front of her, she secretly looked forward to where the emperor would suddenly come out, hold her in his arms, and then press wherever he wanted.
Concubine Rong's heart was beating faster and faster, her face was getting hotter and hotter, and she was even breathing.
But until she went into the depths, the expected and imaginary fall did not appear.
Could it be that he was waiting for Hongu in bed? Concubine Rong touched her hot cheeks and untied the clothes on her body.
The robe fell silently to the ground, and the loose straps of the shirt revealed a peach-colored bandeau, lining her with a trace of snow, and the half-curved ravines were charming and charming.
Since the emperor didn't come to pounce on her, then she would go to pounce on the emperor.
Changing the taste once in a while may be a surprise.
Concubine Rong was ready and was about to lift the last layer of the tent, when suddenly the tent moved, and a hand stretched out.
Concubine Rong's eyes lit up, that hand was wide and slender, and the knuckles were obvious, it was the emperor. She was about to exhale, but saw Li Rui open the tent and walk out, and when she saw her, she was not emotional, but a little surprised.
"Why are you here?"
Concubine Rong was about to fall into the arms of the emperor who was only wearing a middle coat, and when she heard him say this, her body froze.
"Your Majesty?"
Li Rui frowned and looked at her almost half-naked upper body, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes.
"Put on your clothes and look like!"
Concubine Rong was like being suddenly pulled to the ground from the clouds, and she was stunned. This is not what she imagined! What's wrong with the emperor?
It's all undressed, shouldn't you press her to the bed and love her fiercely at this time?
The heat on Concubine Rong's body instantly receded, and her heart was cold.
At this moment, she heard a lazy and endlessly charming woman's voice from behind the tent: "Who? โ
The sound was a little lazy, with a little comfort, like a bend of spring water, and like a breeze with a barb, "whoosh", the spring water poured her through the cold, and "whoosh", the breeze hooked her little room.
Concubine Rong's brain exploded with a "buzz".
The doors and windows were closed, the acacia incense was lit, and the emperor who took off his clothes was not waiting for her, but because of another woman behind the tent!
Concubine Rong's anger in her heart at this time far exceeded her disappointment and sadness. She didn't even think about who this woman who could make the emperor prostitute during the day, so she pushed away the emperor who was looking back at the emperor who was about to speak with a fearless spirit of catching rapes in the bed, and rolled up her cuffs and stretched out her sharp and long nails, intending to scratch a flower on the face of this cheap maid who dared to rob the emperor from her.
"I'll ...... you"
Her screams stopped abruptly as she lifted the curtain and handed her nails to the woman's face.
Because a jade-like hand firmly clasped her wrist.
Obviously, the hand looked even more slender and weak than her, but the force from above made it impossible for her to poke her claws forward in the slightest.
Concubine Rong's anger that rushed to the top of her head turned into horror after seeing the face of the person in front of her.
A woman with black hair scattered on the bed, a naked woman with a bare upper body hugging the quilt lying sideways, a pair of jade arms exposed, and a snow-white neck and chest still have traces of light cherry color.
"The Emperor and Empress ......" Concubine Rong cried out in a trembling voice, and she was about to kneel down as soon as her legs were weak.
Zhao Yanrong threw away her wrist and sat up with the quilt in her arms.
Her thick black hair slid down the quilt and her bare skin as she moved, and her cheeks were like peach blossoms stained with fresh rain, but her eyes were like swords frozen in ice, and that's it...... Passed over her and stabbed at the Emperor who followed him in.
"What's going on? Why did Concubine Rong come here? The queen's voice became sharp, and there was not the slightest trace of Fang Cai's lazy and charming tone.
Li Rui looked at the disheveled Concubine Rong and the unkind queen, and sighed in his heart.
I thought that the queen was invited to interrogate Concubine Rong together, why did it become such a scene?
Looking at the question and anger in the queen's slightly narrowed eyes, the emperor, who forgot Concubine Rong out of the clouds because of impulsiveness, suddenly became a river of sadness.
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