Qiu Niang came out of the palace, but Gu Baiyi came out of the Knowing Destiny Courtyard, Qin Xiao didn't know anything before, but he was quite surprised when he knew it at this time.

"You met Aunt Rong in the palace." Qin Xiao said: "One of you is in the Shangshi Bureau, and the other is in the Shanggong Bureau, do you usually have a lot of contact?" Qin Xiao felt uncomfortable when he thought of Aunt Rong's arrogant face.

Qiu Niang shook her head and said, "I just entered the palace, just following the rules, and at that time she was already on an errand in the Shangshi Bureau. Qiu Niang explained: "I entered the palace at the age of ten, learned the rules for half a year, and then was assigned to the Shangshi Bureau as a miscellaneous worker, and I was just assigned to the medicine department. I accidentally picked up the wrong thing that day and she ..... She pricked me with a hairpin, I cried out in pain, just when the concubine Niangniang's side Sister Hui came to get medicine, saw her beat me, so she protected me, and after going back, she told the concubine Niangniang, the concubine Niangniang was not only good-looking, but also kind-hearted, so she sent someone to take me to the palace of the concubine, let me be an errand in the palace. ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that since Qiu Niang said this, it seems that the concubine Niangniang is indeed a gentle and kind person, and when Qiu Niang enters the palace, it can be regarded as a blessing to meet such a master.

"Later, Concubine Niangniang became pregnant with the prince, so she didn't let others serve her, and only let me and Sister Hui be next to her." Qiu Niang said softly: "It's just that I have been with Concubine Niangniang for less than a year, and the prince has not yet been born, so I was transferred to the Shanggong Bureau. But when I get to the Shanggong Bureau, I can also go to see my mother from time to time, but ..... Not long after I was transferred, my mother became seriously ill, and not long after, I heard that the prince was not saved due to illness, and the concubine Niangniang also passed away due to illness. ”

"Concubine's Palace?"

"Concubine Niangniang is very favored by the first emperor, not only was she named a noble concubine, but also the palace where the concubine lived was named Concubine Palace." mentioned the concubine Niangniang, Qiu Niang's lips flashed a shallow smile, and her beautiful eyes even showed respect: "I serve by the concubine's side, she is good, she sees me young, treats me like her own daughter, even if I do something wrong, she will not scold me, and ..... She also taught me to paint, and if there was something delicious, she would reward me, by the way, the concubine also gave me a name, called Late Autumn, and then everyone called me that in the palace. ”

Qin Xiao knew that the intrigue in the palace was extremely harsh, and Qiu Niang should have suffered a lot in it.

"When I was in the Shanggong Bureau, I often met with Aunt Rong in the palace." Qiu Niang said lightly: "She is the old palace maid in the palace, and when we meet, we have to call her aunt." Every time she saw me, she would say to the people around her that I was the little palace maid she trained, saying that I was clumsy and couldn't do things, and made fun of me in front of many people, anyway, I always avoided her in the palace. But she had already left the palace ten years ago, and she cared

Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "Niangniang died of illness? ”

Qiu Niang showed sadness and nodded: "Yes, after I knew, I cried for several days." But within half a year, the first emperor also died, the saint soon ascended the throne, many palace maids in the palace were released and left, leaving only the young palace maids, I was still young at that time, did not let me out of the palace, stayed in the Shang Gong Bureau, this treatment is fourteen years, Sister Hui has long been released out of the palace, and later I learned that in the palace except for the concubine Niangniang and Sister Hui treated me well, no one else had a good mind. ”

"After she left the palace, I never saw her again." Qiu Niang shook her head and said, "I don't know much about her. However, she bullied and flattered her in the palace, but she knew many nobles in the palace, and the surname Qian was her nephew, who could be an official, and should have something to do with her. ”

Qin Xiao bowed slightly, thinking about Qian Zhao's attitude towards Aunt Rong before, it seemed that Qian Zhao could be a foreigner, but Aunt Rong used her own connections.

With the medicine, the nobles in the palace use medicine, if the status is high, she will personally send it over, just to get some reward, when she left the palace, she saved a lot of silver. ”

"I see." Qin Xiao said: "The foreigner surnamed Qian was quite respectful to her, and naturally got a lot of benefits from her. ”

Speaking of which, Sister Hui is also Qiu Niang's benefactor.

She can help Qiu Niang with righteousness, and her heart is naturally very pure, although Qin Xiao has never seen it, she has a good impression of that Sister Hui in her heart.

With her status and connections in the palace, it is already the limit to let her nephew be a foreigner.

"What about Sister Hui?" Qin Xiao didn't forget Sister Hui mentioned by Qiu Niang, the only people who knew that Qiu Niang treated her well in the palace were Concubine Niangniang and Late Qiu, if it wasn't for Sister Hui who met Aunt Rong bullying Qiu Niang and went back to report it, Concubine Niangniang would naturally not be able to transfer Qiu Niang to Concubine Palace.

Qiu Niang smiled: "She went back to Guangling, but now she is in Kyoto." After she returned to Guangling, she married one of her father's protégés, and later her father also helped his protégé open the way and enter Beijing as an official. Her father has already become a minister, but she has a brother who is a minister. ”

"It seems that Sister Hui really has some background." When Qin Xiao heard this, his heart was relieved, and he felt that it was naturally a great thing for someone like Sister Hui to have a good home, and said with a smile: "Then you can often see Sister Hui?" ”

"After the death of the concubine Niangniang, Sister Hui was transferred to the Siyuan of the Shang Sleeping Bureau to plant melons, fruits and vegetables in the palace, but after the saint ascended the throne, Sister Hui was the first batch of palace people to be released." Qiu Niang said: "Sister Hui was just twenty years old when she left the palace, and the first batch of people to leave the palace were all older palace maids, and there were not many people who left the palace early like her. But that's okay, out of the palace is in her youth, and her family background is also very good, her father served as a county guard in Guangling County, Xuzhou, and entered the palace when he was sixteen years old. ”

Qin Xiao said: "So she has returned to Guangling to get married?" ”

Qiu Niang immediately said: "Don't say this in front of the white clothes. Bai Yi has been in Kyoto Prefecture for so many years, and he has always been just a clerk, he doesn't like to deal with people, and he doesn't know how to do it

Every time he flatters his boss, the people in Kyoto Prefecture don't want to see him, there are not many of him, and no one thinks of promoting him. It doesn't matter if he is white, as long as he has enough money to buy books every month, he is satisfied. I once told him to ask Sister Hui to help him, but Bai Yi was very unhappy, and he also said that if I really did this, he wouldn't even want to do the errand of the clerk. sighed: "Bai Yi has no utilitarian heart, does not care about his future, and has no interest in being promoted and rich." ”

Qiu Niang nodded slightly, her pretty face became solemn, and she said softly: "Sister Hui followed her husband to Kyoto six years ago, and after I left the palace, she found me, knowing that I had nowhere to go after leaving the palace, so I went to her house to do things." It's just that I have seen a lot of intrigue in the palace, and there are many people in Sister Hui's mansion, if I enter the mansion, I will have to stay with many people, I don't like that kind of day, as long as I can eat three meals a day with Bai Yi. ”

"Sister Hui's husband is Guanglu Temple, and his brother is a minister, and they are not bad, why don't you talk to Sister Hui and let them take Brother Gu?"

Gu Baiyi usually looks calm and calm, looking harmless to humans and animals, but he sees the problem to the point, and he is talented, if there is really a chance for him to show what he has learned, he may not refuse.

"But..... These days, Sister Hui is in trouble. Qiu Niang hesitated for a moment, sighed lightly, and there was a look of worry between her eyebrows.

Qin Xiao thought that it was possible for Gu Baiyi not to want to be an official and make a fortune, but he might not care about his future.

It's just that Gu Baiyi obviously saw through the corruption and incompetence of officialdom, and from his words, he could clearly feel his disappointment in the imperial court, but let him be in the company of that group of officials who were on a vegetarian diet, Gu Baiyi was naturally unwilling in his heart.

Qin Xiao was stunned, couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his nose, and said, "The ghost haunts her?" Whose ghost? ”

The two only talked and didn't eat food, but Qin Xiao was quite interested in the ghost thing, and Qiu Niang didn't move her chopsticks all the time, thought for a while, and then said softly: "It's a maid in her house." ”

Qin Xiaoqi said: "Trouble? What's the trouble? "I thought that Sister Hui's husband was Guanglu Temple, and her brother was Langzhong, and these two people protected her, and the general trouble really couldn't find her.

Qiu Niang wanted to speak and stopped, seeing Qin Xiao looking at herself, obviously waiting to explain the situation to herself, she sighed lightly: "I'm afraid you won't believe what I said." He actually approached Qin Xiao slightly, and said in a low voice: "There is a ghost in Sister Hui's house, she ..... She said there were ghosts haunting her. ”

"Tell me, what's going on?" Qin Xiao and Qiu Niang were separated by a chair, and they had been leaning forward slightly to listen to Qiu Niang's words, and at this time, they couldn't help but sit directly on the side of the empty chair and approached Qiu Niang: "What's the matter with the maid?" ”

Qiu Niang said: "This happened two months ago, a maid named Liancui broke a vase that Sister Hui liked very much, Sister Hui was in a bad mood at the time, so she scolded her a few words, who knew that the Liancui maid died suddenly after two days." ”

Qin Xiao was stunned and frowned, Qiu Niang lowered her voice and said: "Liancui died very strangely, and the maid who shared the room with her said that that night, Liancui thought she was asleep and secretly went out of the room alone, the maid was a little strange, and thought she was going to the thatched house, so she didn't care." The next morning, Liancui's body was found in a well. So everyone thought that it was Sister Hui who scolded Liancui that day, and Liancui was sad and committed suicide by jumping into a well. Sister Hui knew that Liancui committed suicide by throwing herself into a well, and she was very self-blaming and sad, not only gave Liancui's family a sum of silver, but when Liancui was buried, Sister Hui also went to send it in person. ”

"And then?"

"Liancui happened two months ago." Qiu Niang's voice was very soft, and she was very close to Qin Xiao: "After the burial, everyone thought that this matter would end here, but ..... Within half a month, Sister Hui woke up in the middle of the night and saw Liancui's ghost, and she was so frightened that her soul flew away. ”