The news in the palace has always been the fastest, and occasionally a small thing will cause a lot of splashes in this deep palace. For example, the news that the emperor wanted Na Ansu to be his concubine spread all over the harem in just a few days, almost replacing the death of Hu Bazi and the polo match, and becoming the most important topic of conversation among the palace people after dinner.

Hearing these news, in addition to the palace people who are idle, there are naturally the masters of each palace. Especially those ladies who rely on the emperor's grace to survive, each has their own thoughts, thinking about whether they will have one more friend or one more enemy in the future.

An Su's days in the palace maid's office were also changed by a few words from the emperor on a whim, and everyone began to respect her. This kind of respect is different from their previous respect for the stewards and palace maids, there is an obvious alienation and an unbridgeable gap, as if An Su has become their master, and can control the power of life and death against them at any time.

Of course, among these people, Su Zili and Bo Churuo must be excluded. Zili is cold to everyone, and he has cooperated with Ansu, and he can't change too much, but occasionally he cares a little more. Not to mention Chu Ruo, she is still an innocent child, and she does not keep a distance from her because of the possible change of Ansu's identity.

Three or two days have passed since the day he met the emperor, and when An Su was about to put this matter behind him, the palace maids received a lot of gifts one after another, needless to say, these were naturally for An Su. In addition to the silk and gold utensils sent by the emperor, Mrs. Luoyan and Mrs. Qi also sent people to send gifts, and An Su couldn't refuse, so she could only accept them one by one. It's just that after putting it away in the room, I don't take it out again.

By the early afternoon, Ansu had completed almost all the day's work. Although Mama Qin knew An Su's intentions, she couldn't arrange heavy work for her because of the emperor's sentence of "taking care of her life", so she casually let her do something. An Su also knew in her heart that she didn't take the initiative to take the job, so as not to embarrass Mama Qin.

"Xu Ji Niangniang is here—" An Su hurriedly stepped forward to greet the palace maids who were busy in the courtyard. These days, Ansu is worried about the emperor's affairs, and he hasn't been to Huanning Hall for many days, and now that he thinks about it, after all these days, Xu Meiren's spleen and stomach should have been recuperated.

"Xu Ji Niangniang is extremely happy." An Su's voice was hidden among the palace maids, and this time Xu Meiren saw her at a glance.

"You all go about your business, Ansu, you stay." Xu Meiren waved her hand to make the people who were following her step aside, and pulled An Su to walk out. An Su observed Xu Meiren's expression, but she couldn't see what she was thinking, and she couldn't speak, so she simply waited for her to say first.

"Ansu, I heard that you were looked down upon by the emperor?" Xu Meiren walked to a place where no one was there before stopping.

If it was really for this matter, An Su knelt down in front of her: "Niangniang, the slave didn't mean it. ”

"What are you doing here? This palace doesn't mean to blame you, but is happy for you! Xu Meiren hurriedly helped An Su up and looked at her with a funny face, "It turns out that in your mind, Bengong is such a jealous person?" ”

"Niangniang is gentle and generous, and she will definitely not be jealous, but the slave maid is ashamed and feels sorry for Niangniang." An Su did have this idea, and he had thought about going to Huanning Hall before, but his mind was very confused, and he delayed it for a while.

"Okay, Hongu knows it's not your fault." Xu Meiren smiled softly, "The emperor likes you, that's what the emperor means, what does it have to do with you?" Besides, you are beautiful and intelligent, who would not like you? It's the tightness that Hongu likes! ”

"Niangniang......" An Su has always only felt that Xu Meiren is kind, but now she feels that she is gentle and dignified. It's just that such a beautiful person will have to be trapped in this deep palace for the rest of his life, which is really regrettable.

"This palace is thinking of coming to you to talk to you, if you are willing, after the emperor gives you the title, you will live in Huanning Hall with this palace, okay?" Xu Meiren looked at An Su's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, thinking that she was worried that the emperor would not allow it, and said, "You don't have to worry, the emperor will definitely not wronged you if he goes to the palace there." ”

"Niangniang, in fact, slaves and maids ......" An Su glanced around vigilantly before lowering her voice, "Slaves and maids don't want to be the emperor's concubines. ”

"Why is that?" Xu Meiren was obviously surprised. The women in this palace, who are not looking forward to the emperor's favor, from the masters of the palaces to the rough palace maids, all want to be able to climb to the emperor, so that they can fly on the branches and step into the sky.

"Although the slave maid is just a little palace maid, she also hopes to love her husband for a lifetime. No matter how precious the emperor's favor is, it is only a favor, not love. An Su lowered his eyes, "Besides, this favor is only temporary, and there will continue to be new people in the future, and at that time, even the favor will be gone, only an empty position remains, and the never-ending loneliness in the deep palace." ”

Xu Meiren seemed to be touched by her, and she lowered her eyes. Ansu felt that she had lost her words again, and wanted to say something else to comfort her, but she slowly raised her head.

"You're right, but in fact, some people stay in the palace voluntarily, and I'm just because of the emperor's gaze and a smile...... That was the second time I saw him, on the 10th day of the first month. It snowed heavily that day, and I, as the new concubine, walked through the snow with the other concubines to visit the queen. He came in wearing a mink coat and sat beside the queen with a smile, and he was so beautiful when he smiled! Later, his gaze swept over the concubines one by one, and finally fell on me. The gaze was so warm that I was so immersed in it that I almost forgot what it should be. Xu Meiren couldn't help but chuckle, took off the handkerchief around her waist to cover her mouth, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were filled with endless sadness. She was obviously smiling, but her expression was full of bitterness, she gently patted An Su's hand, "An Su, do you know? He looked at us, his eyes were full of tenderness and pampering, like a sweet honeypot, which made people want to plunge into it. But there is everything in this honey pot, but there is no love. ”

Ansu looked back at Xu Meiren, and didn't know what kind of mentality to use to talk to her, to explain, comfort, or to persuade, anything that seemed out of place here.

Liu Ying is not much different from the eunuchs and patrol guards outside, except that he is the most noble person in the palace. An Su didn't have Xu Meiren's thoughts, so naturally he couldn't see the difference in Liu Ying's eyes, and he couldn't empathize.

She thought about it for a long time, and then she could only ask dryly: "Even so, why is Niangniang always looking forward to the emperor?" ”

Xu Meiren's expression was relaxed, and her eyes seemed to penetrate the layers of palace walls, and went straight to the noble and translucent Weiyang Palace.

"But I love it! In his heart, I am no different from other concubines, just a flower he keeps in the harem, and it is not even worth mentioning compared to the appearance of Mrs. Emei and Mrs. Luoyan. But as far as I am concerned, from the moment I step into the palace, he has become my everything, and from now on, my joys, sorrows, and sorrows have been affected only by him. ”

"I don't understand." An Su opened his mouth in a daze. She thinks that people's status is divided into high and low, but their hearts must be equal. Since Lang has no intention, why should the concubine be affectionate, and take back the heart she gave out, why bother to see others at ease, but suffer for herself?

Seeing that An Su's face was angry, Xu Meiren smiled and said: "An Su, if there is light in front of the hall, how can you not run to the hall?" ”

An Su disagreed, so he said: "If the light is in the river, do you have to throw it into the river to find it?" Ansu is stupid, and would rather turn into an ant and steal a life than do the regretful thing of a moth fighting a fire. ”

Xu Meiren was stunned for a moment, and the string of jade beads in her hand also hung to the side with her movements, and the jade-colored tassel fell and swayed twice, and it was motionless.

"Ansu, you haven't met the person who is worthy of your moth to the fire, if you can meet one day, you will understand what Bengong said." Xu Meiren smiled shyly, and asked, "You really don't want to serve the emperor?" ”

I don't know why, as soon as Xu Meiren said this, Gu Wenzhou's figure flashed in An Su's mind, and she seemed to smell the unearthly fragrance again. Then, An Su nodded firmly: "Yes, if the slave maid is fortunate enough to live in Huanning Palace, she must be your maid as a maid, and she will never live as the emperor's concubine." ”

"It's good that you can insist on your own ideas in this deep palace, since you insist, this palace will definitely help you." Xu Meiren patted An Su's hand again, smiled at her, and took the minions back to the palace. An Su looked at her back as she left, and finally understood why such a beautiful woman with such a difference was willing to stay in the palace.

Although the work in the palace maid's house has been completed, An Su has nowhere else to go, so he still has to go back to stay. I just walked near the Phi Xiang Palace, but I watched Mrs. Emei's sedan chair go out of the palace gate and go in the direction of the palace maid's house. Although there was not only the palace maid in that direction, An Su always felt that Mrs. Emei was going for her.

An Su kept an eye on it, thinking that she could only walk from the spacious palace road in a sedan chair, so she turned a corner and ran into the path next to her, and if she walked faster, she would definitely be able to return to the palace maid before Mrs. Emei.

"Shangguan Steward, the fallen leaves here have accumulated for a long time, do you want to take a broom to clean it up?" As soon as I entered the door, a little palace maid came to ask.

"Don't bother too many people, you go and get two brooms, and I'll sweep them myself." An Su thought that if Mrs. Emei came over, she would definitely find her trouble, so she instructed the little palace maid again, "Go and call Jiang Qingran over." ”

"Shangguan Ansu, what do you want to do?" Jiang Qingran didn't dare to trouble An Su these days, but he was also guarding against her in his heart, for fear that once she gained power, she would avenge all her past grudges.

"I'm the palace maid, of course I asked you to come over to arrange work for you, otherwise what else can I do?" Ansu threw the broom to her, "The fallen leaves here, hurry up and clean them up." ”

Jiang Qingran cursed in a low voice, An Su listened to it and smiled, not as knowledgeable as her. If she had been cleaning up so much, Ansu might have to feel a little guilty about what was about to happen, and now this swearing made her feel relieved.

There is no wind today, and the fallen leaves are not difficult to sweep, but Jiang Qingran is used to being pampered at home, and he doesn't often work by himself, and he hasn't been able to change these days in the palace, so he has been cleaning more slowly.

"You keep sweeping, I'll come when I go." An Su heard the creaking of the sedan chair outside gradually approaching, so she hid in the bedroom on time, and Mrs. Emei left it to Jiang Qingran to deal with.

"The steward palace maid is amazing! Just know to be lazy! Qing Ran cursed in a low voice.

An Su smiled without saying a word, walked to the door of the bedroom, and met the little palace maid from before, so he asked her to go to the courtyard.

"Our palace maid will soon have a distinguished guest to visit, you go to the door to greet you, if the distinguished guest asks about me, you just need to say that I will sweep the fallen leaves in the yard."

The little palace maid nodded, although she didn't know the reason, she still went to the door according to An Su's instructions. An Su is now in charge of the position of the palace maid, and the emperor's favor, at least in the palace maid's office, no one will dare to easily disobey her orders.

Sure enough, as An Su expected, as soon as she stepped into the bedroom and closed the door, Mrs. Emei arrived at the door of the palace maid's house with her back feet. There are many more palace people accompanying Mrs. Emei than Xu Meiren, and they follow her always high-profile style. According to her temperament, she came to the palace maid's house, and everyone had to go out neatly to greet her, but there was only one little palace maid waiting at the door.

This is not An Su's idea, many people in the palace maid's house were led by Mama Qin to send things to the Queen Mother today, and there are few people staying here now.

"Bold! Your palace maid has eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and Liu Ji Niangniang dares not to go out to greet her! Where's your mother-in-charge? Before Madame Emei could say anything, the eunuch beside her stepped forward and shouted at the little palace maid.

"Niangniang, our lady in charge took everyone to the Queen Mother's palace to deliver things, and now I am not here." The little palace maid was so timid that she didn't dare to look at Mrs. Emei.

"Really? It's a bad luck that this palace came. Mrs. Emei's voice was fluttering, "Don't worry, your housekeeper and palace maid, the one who is looked down on by the emperor is called ...... Shangguan Ansu, right? Is she there? ”

"Back to Niangniang, the Shangguan steward is here, and he is sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard!" The little palace maid shuddered and told Mrs. Emei what An Su had told her.

"Yikes! You palace maids are really ignorant, and the people who are favored by the emperor still have to do these rough jobs. Mrs. Emei exclaimed exaggeratedly, and waved her hand at the little palace maid, "Go and see her in this palace, you can stand down!" ”

"No." When the little palace maid got this sentence, she was like an amnesty, and she disappeared without a trace.

"Hmph, what a coward." Mrs. Emei looked at the back of the little palace maid and sneered, and then she looked at her again, "It's far worse than that charming Shangguan An, let's go, let's go meet her." ”

The minions behind him understood, and when they followed Mrs. Emei inside, they were already ready to watch a good show. The queen doesn't like to take care of things, and their mother is equivalent to the second harem master, since she is the master, she naturally has many ways to deal with the people below.