If a person is not too poor to live, he will not want to be a eunuch, after all, without roots, it is equivalent to cutting off children and grandchildren, and he cannot enter the ancestral grave when he dies.

The young man said: "It's my fellow villager Brother Wang, who said that being a eunuch has a future, and if he serves his master, he can glorify his ancestors and take me to the pure body, he took my money and said to find me a way, and he never came back." ”

Tang Jingchen was dumbfounded, "Are you, Brother Wang, a eunuch yourself?" ”

The boy shook his head, "Naturally not. ”

Chunlan said directly: "Then your eldest brother Wang is not a good person, if he is so good as a eunuch, why should he not be himself?" ”

After talking, I learned that this young man's name is Niu Xiaobao, his father died, the clansmen bullied his mother as a widow, he was young, and occupied his family's house and land, so he was so easy to be fooled, thinking that he would enter the palace to serve his master, and if he had power, he could take back the house and land.

Tang Jingchen couldn't help but shake his head, "There are thousands of eunuchs in the palace, and only a few can really serve the master, he is coaxing you." ”

Chunlan said: "Maybe your eldest brother Wang was bought by your clansmen, and when you enter the palace, you will never be able to take back your property." ”

Niu Xiaobao's face turned pale.

Tang Jingchen couldn't bear it, and asked Chunlan, "Do you have any silver left, if you have any, give him some and let him go back to his hometown." ”

Chunlan had a bitter face, "It's gone, it's all for that tooth woman." ”

Tang Jingchen sighed, they came out pretending to be little eunuchs, and they didn't wear any jewelry on their bodies, Chunlan also felt that Niu Xiaobao was pitiful, and they turned over for a while on their bodies, and actually turned out a piece of jade pendant.

She hurriedly handed it to Niu Xiaobao, "If you take it, it's worth dozens of taels of silver." ”

Tang Jingchen said: "You take the money to make a living, or go back to your hometown directly, don't think about being a eunuch, it's not a good way out." ”

Niu Xiaobao refused to accept the jade pendant in a daze, but asked, "Who are you and why are you helping me like this?" ”

Chunlan couldn't help but roll her eyes, "You person, why don't you distinguish between good and bad, no wonder you have to be deceived, we are kind, much better than your big brother Wang." ”

Niu Xiaobao hurriedly said: "It's not that I don't distinguish between good and bad, dozens of taels of silver are not decimals, I will pay it back in the future." ”

Chunlan was speechless, "You don't need to pay it back, you won't be able to see us anymore." ”

It was not early, and the small door of the imperial dining room was about to be locked, Tang Jingchen knew that he could not delay any longer, and said to Niu Xiaobao: "You just take our sword to help us when we see the unevenness of the road, the silver does not have to be returned, and it is better to live well than anything else." ”

"Hmm." Niu Xiaobao nodded heavily.

Tang Jingchen and Chunlan bowed their heads and slid in through the back door of the imperial dining room, where they were busy preparing for supper, and no one paid attention to them.

"This King of Dejun is really a great creation, I heard that the emperor wants to make his eldest daughter a princess, and let the queen adopt him."

"What's the creation, it's not for his daughter to marry Jungar, our princess Xinyan only went for a few years and died, it's not a good thing."

The eunuchs talked a lot, and Tang Jingchen was not in the mood to listen to these gossips, so he took Chunlan to take advantage of the night and returned to Tingyuxuan.

Listening to the silence at the door of Yuxuan, it was dark inside, Tang Jingchen felt that something was wrong, if it was already dark today, why didn't the lights be lit?

I didn't have time to think about it, hurry up and go in first, and when I changed my clothes, everything would be safe, I just stepped into the courtyard of Tingyuxuan, and suddenly the lights were bright, the emperor and Empress Duolun were standing in the courtyard, but Dongxue was kneeling on the ground.

Tang Jingchen immediately knew that something was wrong.

Sure enough, Queen Duolun snorted coldly, "Concubine Jing, what crime should you be guilty of going out of the palace to have a secret meeting with someone privately?" ”

There are people who leave the palace without permission, but where do you start with secret meetings?

Tang Jingchen's eyes widened, he looked at Duolun for some reason, and then looked at the emperor, his face was covered with frost, and his deep eyes were cold.

Duolun said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Tang Jingchen's misconduct must be severely punished, and the concubines think that they should be abolished and sent to the cold palace." ”

The emperor spoke, his voice as cold as his eyes, "Concubine Jing, you explain to me where you went when you were dressed like this." ”

Tang Jingchen's eyes were sour, and his heart was moved, although he was very indifferent, but he still wanted to hear his own explanation, he did not directly convict himself, and said busily: "The concubine misses Lamei, and summons her to the Tang family in the palace but shirks it in every possible way, and the concubine has no choice but to make this decision." ”

"You said you went to the Tang family?" The Emperor asked slowly.

"Yes."

Duolun smiled gloomily, "Your Majesty, she is full of scheming and nonsense, and she can't believe a word of what she says!" ”

The emperor didn't look at her, but said, "Before the matter is clarified, the queen had better be cautious." ”

Duolun's expression froze, and he looked at Tang Jingchen viciously, his eyes were full of resentment, and he only heard the emperor say again: "Pass on Tang Ning." ”

"Your Majesty, when the concubine went to the Tang family, the imperial physician Tang was not at home, and the concubines saw the old lady of the Tang family and Grandma Kong, as well as Lamei, and the emperor sent them to know when they asked."

The emperor bowed his head, "Go and pass it." ”

Soon, the old lady of the Tang family and Kong Yiran came with Lamei, and in the face of inquiry, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said in unison: "Back to the emperor's queen mother, the courtiers have not seen Concubine Jing at home." ”

Tang Jingchen was shocked.

Lamei was anxious and shouted: "You are talking nonsense, Niangniang obviously went, it was because Niangniang went that you moved me out of the firewood room and gave me a bowl of rice porridge to drink." ”

She was seriously ill, and after saying a word, she began to wheezing violently, and coughed, Mrs. Tang looked at her, her eyes were full of pity and compassion, "You are my granddaughter-in-law, although it is a second room, we have not treated you badly, what firewood room, what to move out, you are sick and confused." ”

Kong Yiran followed and said: "Yes, you always have a fever these days, you dream and talk nonsense, it's just at home, don't do this in front of the emperor, you don't have to commit the crime of bullying the king." ”

Tang Jingchen saw that they had pushed it all away, and said that Lamei was talking nonsense, and her heart became cold and cold, yes, they had already been bought.

She couldn't be reconciled, "Your Majesty, the concubine went to the Tang family and met a Ya Po, the concubine was pretended to be the Ya Po's maid and got in, you went to find the Ya Po, she will definitely testify to the concubine." ”

"Full of gibberish." Empress Duolun reprimanded Tang Jingchen, and then said to the emperor: "The emperor must not believe her anymore, even this kind of lie can be made up." ”

The emperor pondered for a long time and instructed the guards, "Go find that tooth woman." ”

Duolun glared angrily, "Your Majesty, even if what Tang Jingchen said is true, she should be punished for leaving the palace without permission." ”

The emperor was condescending, looking at Tang Jingchen, she hadn't seen her for a few days, she had lost a lot of weight, wearing a small eunuch costume, and she looked very pitiful when she was dirty.

He couldn't help but say softly: "On a snowy day, you're not in good health, don't kneel here, hurry back to your room to rest." ”