Chapter Thirty-Four: The River is Dark, and the Rain is Coming

When An Su returned to the team, he first smiled at Chu Ruowan, and then glanced at Zhou Meihong, and the smile on his face carried a hint of success. This smile shocked Zhou Meihong's heart, and she always felt that something bad was waiting for her next.

Sure enough, Mama Qin immediately said: "An Su picked Zhou Meihong, you two go to Changle Palace together, you must be careful to serve, everything is according to the instructions of the Queen Mother, and you must not be so casual as when you were in the palace maid's house." ”

After Mama Qin finished speaking, she gave a few more instructions, and everyone went to the eunuchs who came to each palace to receive people, and asked them about the place they were about to go. Suddenly, the palace maid was full of people, so lively. Only Zhou Meihong, who was still standing in place, had no blood on her face, and she didn't seem to be able to accept the fact that she was going to Changle Palace.

"Ansu, you chose Zhou Meihong for Chu Ruo, right?" Zili didn't know when he came to Ansu's side.

She saw things correctly, and An Su didn't hide it from her, and generously admitted: "That's right, both of them were assigned to the dance studio, and I was really worried that Chu Ruo would be bullied by her in the future, so I took this opportunity to take her away." ”

"Sister Shangguan......" Chu Ruo also walked over, just in time to hear what they said, "Sister Shangguan, thank you." ”

"Okay, now you don't have to worry about anything, just dance in the dance studio and have a good time." An Su took Chu Ruo's hand, and Zili also shook his hand.

In this deep palace, the three girls clasped their hands tightly together, without any suspicion and conspiracy between each other, what a rare thing. It's just that such pure feelings are not many in the deep palace, and even if they appear occasionally, they often can't last long.

After everyone cleaned up a little, they were about to leave the palace maid's house. Chu Ruo was still a little nostalgic, and after looking back several times, Zili's temperament was more free, and he took the package and went to the hospital. An Su thanked Mama Qin, and after Mama Qin's urging, she and Zhou Meihong followed the eunuch who came to pick up people to Changle Palace.

After dealing with the assignment of the palace maid, Mama Qin knew that there was still something waiting for her today, so she simply moved a chair and sat in the courtyard, just waiting for the emperor to come and ask for someone. She expected it well, the emperor came up quickly, almost as soon as An Su left, he came in a hurry, and it seemed that he really had a heart for An Su.

"Slaves and maids see the emperor." Mama Qin stood up unhurriedly and saluted.

Liu Ying came in a hurry, looked at the empty and uninhabited palace maids, and knew that the whereabouts of the palace maids had been arranged. He didn't beat around the bush, and asked Mama Qin directly, "What about Shangguan Ansu?" ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the slave and maid are guilty." Mama Qin kowtowed, "Today's assignment of the whereabouts of the palace maids, according to the rules, it is the eunuchs sent by each palace to choose together, everyone discussed a little, and An Su was assigned to Changle Palace." ”

"What if it's separated? I want her back, and it's ......" Liu Ying suddenly stopped when he said this, and he repeated as if confirmed, "Assigned to Changle Palace?" ”

Mama Qin kowtowed again: "Exactly." ”

Liu Ying furrowed her brows and paced in front of Mama Qin, pinching the bridge of her nose for a while and sighing for a while. After a long time, he finally compromised and said: "Well, the queen mother has never loved the newcomer to serve, when she is sent out of the Changle Palace, I will go and pick her up again, there is no need to rush to the queen mother to ask for someone, it will not be good to hurt the relationship between mother and son." ”

"The emperor is wise." Mama Qin breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, An Su was also about to follow the eunuch to the gate of Changle Palace. The location of Changle Palace is the center of the entire palace, and the Jiaofang Palace, Weiyang Palace is far away, surrounded by other palaces into a kind of stars holding the moon. But the palace people are afraid of the majesty of the Queen Mother, and they don't get close to this side except for errands on weekdays. And the Queen Mother doesn't like to add newcomers, and there are not too many palace people serving in Changle Palace, so it seems to be quiet.

As soon as he walked to the gate of Changle Palace, there was the sound of whips being drawn on people, and the eunuch who led the way hurriedly stopped.

"Let's wait outside! If you go in now, I'm afraid you'll give people a good opportunity to stand up for nothing. ”

Ansu didn't know what he meant, so he stood at the door and peeked in. I saw a high-spirited eunuch with a long whip in his hand, whipping several palace maids kneeling in front of him. Those palace maids also look a little old, they should have served in Changle Palace for a long time, and it stands to reason that they should not be subjected to such a heavy responsibility, even if they are punished, they should not be carried out by the eunuchs of the same palace.

"Look at it clearly, that's Gao Yi, the deputy head of our Changle Palace, don't offend him in the future, otherwise this whip will hit you in the future." The voice of the eunuch who led the way was a little resentful, and he was probably pressed by Gao Yi on weekdays.

He didn't stop them from watching, and Ansu took a closer look at the situation inside. Although Changle Palace is also quiet, it is different from the tranquility in Xu Meiren's Huanning Palace, and the difference can be seen just by the layout of the courtyard of the outer hall, and Changle Palace looks calmer in the end.

An Su's gaze slowly slid from right to left, and he saw two people walking from the apse, looking at their clothes, they must be the Queen Mother and her personal grandmother. originally thought that the Queen Mother would stop Gao Yi's beating of the palace maid, but she didn't think that she just glanced at it lightly, and walked into the palace without looking back.

However, this glance contains a lot of meanings that are worth pondering carefully, An Su felt that he was not mistaken, and when the Queen Mother glanced at Gao Yi, her eyes revealed extreme disgust.

An Su thought that since the Queen Mother was disgusted with him, she must be dissatisfied with what he had done, but she did not punish him, and she did not even reprimand him, so there must be a reason not to move him. Even the queen mother didn't dare to move, but he was a eunuch who worked as an errand in Changle Palace, maybe he had the handle of the queen mother, or he was kind to the queen mother, so that the queen mother had to let him be powerful in Changle Palace. An Su thought carefully about the situation in front of him, and it seemed that there were only two possibilities.

On the other side, while An Su was trying to guess, the Queen Mother was furious and pulled down her face when she entered the hall.

"This Gao Yi is becoming more and more disagreeable, he dares to easily scold the palace maids in the courtyard, and they didn't make any big mistakes in the first place." Songhe, who was beside him, saw that the Queen Mother's face was wrong, and he knew that he was worried about Gao Yi, so he sighed lightly and said.

"Hmph, relying on the fact that I accidentally saved the life of the mourning family in the past, I have been in Changle Palace for so many years, and now it is getting worse and worse, and anyone dares to whip at will." The Queen Mother's tone was filled with unconcealed disgust.

"Queen Mother, should we ...... Secretly get rid of Gao Yi? Songhe asked tentatively.

"Idiot!" The Queen Mother reprimanded her, "Up and down this palace, who doesn't know that Gao Yi is the life-saving benefactor of the mourning family, he is very safe in Changle Palace, if he dies suddenly, I am afraid that he will say that the mourning family is ungrateful." ”

Songhe knew that the Queen Mother had been worried about this matter for a while, but she couldn't find a solution, and even the Queen Mother's temper became more and more uncertain.

"The grace of saving lives can only be solved by returning life for life." The Queen Mother said meaningfully, which made Songhe startled, and she listened to the Queen Mother and continued, "Songhe, you said, if Gao Yi is pampered and arrogant, and kills a palace man from Changle Palace, he will be sentenced to death, and others will have nothing to say!" ”

Songhe was so frightened that he fell to his knees: "The Queen Mother forgives me, our Changle Palace is all old people who have followed you for many years, even if he borrows a hundred guts from Gao Yi, he doesn't dare to beat people to death directly!" ”

"What are you doing in such a panic, the mourning family is still expecting him to kill someone!" A smile crept up on the corner of the Queen Mother's mouth, "Even if you can't really kill you, it's enough in the eyes of others." ”

Songhe finally understood: "The queen mother means to give Gao Yian a charge of mutilating the palace people and get rid of him?" ”

"You're finally smarter."

"But the Queen Mother, no matter how nonsense this Gao Yi is, he won't dare to kill anyone!"

"What if it's a mistake?" The Queen Mother took a sip of tea and said quietly, "The palace people of Changle Palace were dissatisfied with Gao Yi's domineering and quarreled with him, he blocked with a whip, killed one person by mistake, and was sentenced to beheading. How is it? ”

"Queen Mother, the palace people of Changle Palace have always been respectful to Gao Yi, and they are silent when they are punished by him, how can they make trouble?"

"So the mourning family sent someone to pick up the two new palace maids presented by the palace maids this year." The Queen Mother stood up from her chair, "The mourning family has repeatedly told them that they don't need to send people to Changle Palace, but they have to make a show, so the mourning family will laugh at it." ”

"There are two palace maids sent to Changle Palace this time, I don't know which one the Queen Mother wants to die under Gao Yi's whip? The slave and maid will arrange it. "Songhe kept up with the Queen Mother's pace.

"Either one, two together. Even if he doesn't die, when he arrives at the Changle Palace of the Mourning Family, he will be sent to Yongxiang in a few days. Staying in a place like Yongxiang, in the long run, it is better to die. The Queen Mother opened the window and looked out, "The mourning family likes the old people in the Changle Palace to serve, do you know why?" ”

Songhe replied truthfully: "The slave doesn't know. ”

"Because the mourning family only likes two kinds of people, one is obedient people, such as Yuxian, such as most people in Changle Palace, and then you are like you. The other is smart people, like Hu Yu, and Cheng Jiao. And these new little girls, relying on their young and beautiful appearance, are always not obedient enough, let alone smart enough, so the mourning family never likes it. The Queen Mother looked through the window at Gao Yi, who was still reprimanding the palace maid, "Look at him, he used to be the first kind of person, but now he is gradually not the same, so the mourning family has to get rid of him." It's a pity that I've been with the mourning family for so many years. ”

"That's Gao Yi who made the Queen Mother unhappy, and he can only blame himself." Songhe flattered on the side.