"Ansu, Chu Ruo, wait a minute."

An Su's footsteps stopped at the gate of Yongxiang, followed by Zili's voice, with a slight gasp in his tone, about all the way over.

It was Mama Songhe next to the Queen Mother who sent An Su and Chu Ruo to Yongxiang, she had always had a trace of pity for An Su, and now she was going back to Yongxiang, so she left time for them to speak.

"Ansu, I've heard about the Huanning Palace." When Zili heard that An Su had gone to Changle Palace, she felt bad, and when she hurried over, she was told that she had been sent to Yongxiang, so she rushed over again.

"Zili, now that you have left the hospital, is everything okay?" Every time An Su mentioned Huanning Palace, her heart would ache once, she simply didn't answer Zili's question, she just wanted to ask her about her situation.

Zili is smart, and An Su didn't want to mention it, so she also moved the topic away.

"I'm now in the Imperial Dining Room, learning all kinds of dim sum from those imperial chefs, as well as the hibiscus jade cake that Chu Ruo has always loved."

When it comes to dim sum, Chu Ruo was originally the most happy, but at this time, because of the fear of facing Yongxiang, he couldn't say happy words for a while.

"The Imperial Dining Room is indeed a good place to go." An Su was silent for a while before asking again, "Zili, sometimes we see the people closest to us leaving, but we can't do anything about it. ”

Zili's hands were clasped tightly: "I used to think that things were man-made, but now I feel the same way as you." Maybe there are some things that we really can't do alone. If I hadn't chosen to enter the palace at the beginning, maybe I could now freely travel between heaven and earth, or I would have been married and taught my husband and children. ”

"Yes, if your brother had known, I am afraid that he would not have let you come here for him." An Su held Zili and Chu Ruo's hands, and the hands of the three of them were tightly overlapped, just like on the day they were separated by the palace maids.

"Ansu, it's not too early, it's time to go in." Mama Songhe looked at the sky and urged.

"Zili, we went to Yongxiang, and I'm afraid we won't be able to get out for a while. You have to be good outside, if it is too difficult to take revenge, you might as well wait until you are twenty-five years old, and then you can go out of the palace and live your own life. ”

"Well, I'll remember." Zili let go of their hands and watched the two walk into the gate of Yongxiang.

This place is something that no one in the palace wants to approach, and the degree of deterrence of Yongxiang for the palace people is even greater than that of the Agarwood Courtyard and the Shenshui Pavilion. But Ansu had come in once, and she was still a little familiar with this place, but Chu Ruosher shrank behind her, as if every grass and tree here was a beast that ate people and did not spit out bones.

I heard that after Mama Daxi was disposed of, she was replaced by a kind eunuch, who was kind and always smiling. He is not like Mama Daxi who beats and scolds the palace people at will, and occasionally gets together with everyone to laugh, but if someone makes a mistake, he punishes him without mercy, and everyone is no less afraid of him than Mama Daxi at that time. And Mama Xu Mu is still the same as before, taking money for her master's errands, doing what she should do, and is indifferent to everything else.

These were deliberately inquired by Ansu from everyone, and some of them were learned by their own observations. This time without Suo Hua by her side, it was much more difficult than last time, and she always had to live.

"The slave Shangguan Ansu has seen Mama." On the second day after coming to Yongxiang, An Su and Chu Ruo were able to meet Xu Mu's grandmother, and heard that she had gone out of the palace on errands the day before.

An Su thought, what the Queen Mother said is indeed good, she is in a high position, and she will have privileges no matter where she is. Even in this Yongxiang, the people inside were originally unable to go out, but Mama Xu Mu couldn't even get out of the palace easily.

"Shangguan Ansu, you are really an unconventional person, others are looking forward to going out, you are good, you went out, and you came back not long after." There was obviously a hint of schadenfreude in Mama Xu Mu's smile.

An Su gritted her teeth and let her laugh wantonly, but the sourness in her heart surged up one after another. At that time, it was also here, Xu Meiren gently held her hand and asked her if she would like to serve in Huanning Palace.

"When you come back this time, you have an extra little girl with you?" Mama Xu Mu suddenly noticed Chu Ruo who was following An Su, and looked around her, with a dangerous light in her eyes.

An Su only glanced at her faintly: "The slave doesn't know her, it's just that the Queen Mother asked Mama Songhe to send it over, so she also came to see Mama together." ”

"Is that so?" Mama Xu Mu looked at Chu Ruo curiously.

Long before coming to see Mama Xu Mu, An Su had instructed Chu Ruo that if Mama Xu Mu asked about the relationship between the two of them, she must pretend to be unfamiliar. Whether it is the Queen Mother or Princess Lu Yuan, she will not let go of An Su easily, not only will she be difficult to protect, but she may also be affected by Chu Ruo. Although in order to prevent the Queen Mother from discovering that there was still a fish that slipped through the net in Huanning Palace, she had to bring Chu Ruo here, but even here, it would be good to make her suffer a little less.

Chu Ruo glanced at An Su with his spare eyes, gritted his teeth and nodded: "The slave doesn't recognize this sister, and she only said a few words because she came to Yongxiang together." ”

"How did you get punished for coming to Yongxiang?" Mama Xu Mu asked.

"The slave maid is the palace maid in the imperial dining room, and when she went to deliver snacks to the Queen Mother, she accidentally knocked over the Queen Mother's favorite glass plate, so she was brought here." Hatsuruo whispered the words that had been prepared a long time ago.

"It's a clumsy one, so let's go to the weaving room and work with the girls!" Xu Mu touched it and walked in front of An Su again, "Shangguan Ansu, as for you, just go and dispose of the dung truck, just leave this job to you, and you can free up a few eunuchs for us Yongxiang to do heavy work." ”

"Mama ......" was not angry at first, and was about to blurt out, but was stopped by An Su with words first.

"No, the slave has thanked Mama." An Su turned around and glanced at Chu Ruo, she gritted her teeth, and thanked Xu Mu Mama before going down with An Su.

Mama Xu Mu looked at An Su's back from a distance behind her, and she was also infinitely emotional. When she entered the palace that year, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers! , I feel that I can bend in front of many masters and seek the greatest interests for myself. But she forgot that those masters had also been in the palace for many years, so how could they be easily fooled by her. The self-righteous cleverness has become a stumbling block that has trapped her all her life.

"Shangguan Ansu, I wonder if you are the same as I was back then?" Mama Xu Mu muttered a question, finally shook her head, turned around and went back to her room.

"Sister Shangguan, how can a palace maid do this kind of work like dealing with a dung truck?" When she completely left Xu Mu's sight, Chu Ruo cautiously came to An Su's side.

"It's useless to say more, it must be that the Queen Mother has already arranged it, and I will bear it obediently." An Su looked at Chu Ruo seriously, "For your safety, in the future, in this Yongxiang, you will have to pretend that you don't know me." Although the Queen Mother should know about the friendship between the two of us, she has no intention of dealing with you, there is no need to deliberately instruct, and the people in Yongxiang naturally don't know. If they find out that you are friendly with me, in order to please the Queen Mother, maybe they will be embarrassed with you. ”

"But Sister Shangguan, I'm ......" Chu Ruo was halfway through his words before he was interrupted by An Su.

"You're doing well in Yongxiang, if I encounter any crisis, I can find a way to find someone to help. If the two of us are targeted together, then it is really called the heavens and the earth. ”

Chu Ruo bit her lower lip tightly and finally nodded. Her room was far away from Ansu, and it was time to separate at this time, and it was another step and three turns. An Su had no choice but to be ruthless, and he strode out of her sight first.

The so-called fecal disposal truck actually collects the excrement in the bedpans of each palace into the fecal truck, and then pushes it from Yongxiang to the designated location for burial. Such a foul-smelling, time-consuming and laborious task would not have fallen on a woman, even if it was done by a eunuch, it would be done by several people. Now that Mama Xu Mu has handed over this job to An Su alone, it is clear that she is bullying her, but she can only bear it.

On the first day of dealing with this huge dung truck, Ansu almost couldn't push it steadily, and it took a lot of effort to barely stabilize the body. Everyone who walked by on this palace road watched in amazement, a palace maid who was more beautiful than the master of the concubine, pushing a dung cart with all her might. She was so focused on the cart that she couldn't smell the stench coming from the body.

People who know each other occasionally talk to the palace people around them, saying that this is a palace maid who was once looked down upon by the emperor, and was also liked by the queen mother, and was fortunate to stay in Changle Palace, but now he is not doing the lowest work in Yongxiang. After those palace maids finished speaking, some of them would fall into the well, either saying that she was a fox and bewitching the lord and should have ended up like this, or that she wanted to fly on the branches, but was blocked by Xu Meiren, so she held a grudge and set fire to Huanning Palace.

The rumors in this palace are like inexhaustible weeds, which grow vigorously when the spring breeze blows. These used to be the topics of the palace people's broken mouths after tea and dinner, and after being immersed for a period of time, they were re-lifted by An Su's depressed appearance. Everyone gradually knew that the person who pushed the dung cart back and forth from the palace road in Yongxiang every day was no longer a few eunuchs with a face, but a woman who was so beautiful that if she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, no one would associate her with the dung cart.

When the rumors spread widely, they could spread from the palace to the outside of the palace, and then spread throughout Chang'an City, and naturally they would also reach the ears of those who had a heart. And people with hearts are also divided into good and bad, such as Gu Wenzhou and Deng Tong, and then Liu Le, the princess of Luyuan.

On this day, as usual, Ansu tidied up the dung truck in Yongxiang, and then crossed the Lefang, Dongnuantai, and Yilan Hall all the way to her destination. Although these tasks are tiring, they have become accustomed to them after a long time, and occasionally An Su will feel that it is good to work alone like this, and the pure life is even much more stable than before. The stench of this dung truck was disgusting, but compared to the overwhelming smell of blood in Huanning Hall that night, it didn't seem to be difficult to accept.

When passing through the Winter Warm Terrace, there were gradually fewer people pointing at the palace road. It's summer, and there are few people here, so Ansu can get a little quiet when she walks along this road.

It's just that as soon as I took two steps today, a group of palace maids stopped me in front of me. They seem to have been waiting here, there is no one here, and if they are waiting here, then they must be waiting for Ansu. Knowing that these people would not let themselves leave easily, An Su simply pushed the cart and stopped.

Sure enough, those people surrounded An Su in the middle, but made way on the side, and a person walked over slowly, this person was Princess Liu Le of Lu Yuan. An Su sighed silently in her heart, the last time she came out of the princess's mansion, she offended Liu Le completely, and at this time, she was waiting here, she must not just come to catch up with her.

"This princess smelled a foul smell from afar, who else should it be, I didn't expect it to be Shangguan Ansu, the palace maid of Huanning Palace, who is loyal to Xu Meiren!" Liu Le covered his mouth and smiled deliberately, "Ah, I forgot, there are still any beauties in the palace now, they have already been ancient." Princess Ben is strange, you were so loyal when she was alive, why didn't you follow her when she died? ”

"If the princess is so dissatisfied that the slave maid is still alive, she can go to the queen mother and say it, maybe she can coax the queen mother to order the slave and maid to be killed." An Su replied to her with an indifferent expression.

But as soon as the words fell, Liu Le was slapped in the face, and An Su was not surprised, only stretched out his hand to gently rub the beaten cheek. She understands Liu Le's temperament, and this slap is naturally expected.

"You've been in Yongxiang all these days, and you're still articulate, but you've finally learned to be obedient." Liu Le rubbed his wrist, "If you had obediently given Xu Meiren's child to this princess, maybe you wouldn't have ended up like this now." You disobeyed the princess, not only did you get nothing, but you also made yourself like this. Tut-tut, it's really worth the loss! ”

"Xu Meiren's child is being taken care of by the queen's mother, and she will be the future son of heaven in the future, so it is naturally better than staying in the princess's mansion." An Su deliberately raised his eyebrows at Liu Le who deliberately refused to admit defeat.

There was also a slap on the cheek on the other side, An Su felt the heat on his face, and it seemed that Liu Le had exhausted all his strength. She wiped the corner of her mouth, and there was a trail of blood on the back of her hand.

"So what? That child couldn't be raised by Xu Meiren's side after all, even if you insist that it is better to raise it with the queen than in my princess's mansion, but in the end it is not the result you want. Liu Le suddenly laughed, "Actually, Princess Ben didn't expect that the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, and in the end, it is the queen mother who is better." The same strategy was used at the same time, and the queen mother used you to deal with me, and after all, she kept her great cause. At the end of the day, we're just poor people being toyed with by the queen mother. ”

"The Queen Mother has her thoughts, so what does the princess want this child for?" An Su asked the question she had always wanted to ask, "The concubine and the princess have a bad relationship, even if they don't have children, they can enjoy a stable life with the status of the princess, why do they use this method to take the child?" ”