Chapter Seventy-One: When the Clouds Rise
When An Su arrived in Xu Mu's yard, everyone was already standing in front of her. Everyone frowned tightly, looking at some intermittent silk threads on the ground, and Mama Xu Mu's face was even more blue and white.
"Shangguan Ansu, what's the matter with you? Didn't these threads be handed over to you for safekeeping? As soon as An Su entered the door, Mama Xu Mu grabbed the messy silk thread on the ground and smashed it on her face.
An Su only glanced faintly at the ground, this level of planting and blaming the blame, she had encountered it many times in the days of Yongxiang. At first, I still had the heart to refute and prove myself, but now I disdain this kind of trick.
"The slave is at fault, please punish the grandmother." An Su didn't explain, so he knelt down directly.
"Ansu, this is clearly not what you did." Suo Hua stood up, "Mama, after Ansu sorted out these silk threads just now, she went out to eat with us, and she hasn't touched these silk threads again until she was called over by Mama now." ”
"You know she hasn't touched it? Can you prove it for her? ”
"I can!" Suo Hua said persistently.
"Hmph, then you were also watching her during the time she finished eating and resting?" Xu Muma's face was even worse, as if she was complaining that Suo Hua was nosy.
Suo Hua bit his lip: "This, this is not true." But Ansu went back to her room after eating, and she didn't go to the weaving room again. ”
"Nonsense! Did she go and let you know? Mama Xu Mu looked at Suo Hua with blazing eyes, "You protect her like this, could it be that you did it with her?" ”
An Su was worried that Mama Xu Mu would punish Suo Hua together, so she quickly pulled the corner of her clothes: "Mama, it's my fault, it has nothing to do with others." ”
"Ansu!" Suo Hua screamed angrily.
"Since you have admitted your mistake, then I will punish you lightly, thirty boards." Mama Xu Mu waved her hand, and the eunuch behind took the execution tools that had been prepared.
"Mama, you can't fight, Ansu's injury from the last punishment hasn't healed yet, and she won't be able to work if the thirty boards are beaten, won't it also delay our affairs?" Suo Hua panicked and said all the reasons he could think of.
"It's a lot less for her, she can't work, so you can do more." Mama Xu Mu looked at An Su coldly, "Call me." ”
It is common to punish palace maids in this Yongxiang, and the eunuchs who executed them are also proficient in fighting, and they all have a straight face, which is quite a cold and ruthless feeling. It's just that this time before the board was knocked down, there was a sound of announcement outside that would never normally appear.
"Xu Ji Niangniang has arrived-"
The shrill voice was very penetrating, almost penetrating the high walls of Yongxiang and directly into everyone's ears. This sound came especially timely, and the boards held high by the eunuchs were a little unable to be knocked down. The palace maids who can be punished at will in Yongxiang can't come in front of the masters.
"Xu Ji Niangniang is extremely happy." It is rare for a master to come to a place like Yongxiang, and while everyone bowed their heads and saluted, they also quietly looked at the lady in front of them with their spare eyes.
In the past, few masters of the palace maids would go, but it was different from Yongxiang, where everyone was innocent. Yongxiang is full of sinners who have committed crimes, and they have always been scorned by everyone, but they are only slightly better than Agarwood Courtyard and Shenshui Pavilion. It's really rare that there will be a master here who will come in the light.
An Su also saluted with Suo Hua's support, and Xu Meiren had already rushed in front of her. Xu Meiren has a cold temperament and is very good to the palace people, but at this time, there is a little anger brewing on her face.
"Who are you in charge here?" Xu Meiren gave a look, and her personal maid Mo Shang glared and asked.
Mama Xu Mu hurriedly stood up: "The slave maid is the lady in charge of Yongxiang." ”
"What did she do wrong, and why did you hit her?" Xu Meiren's voice was still faint, but her eyes were a little dissatisfied.
"Back to Niangniang, this palace maid messed up the silk thread, so she has to be punished." Mama Xu Mu replied while carefully watching Xu Meiren's face.
"It's just messing up the silk thread, can't she just tidy it up, and it's so serious that she has to be fined thirty boards?" Mo Shang couldn't get angry when she looked at An Su's scars all over her body.
"The girl doesn't know, the people who stay in this Yongxiang are very unruly palace maids, and if they don't punish them heavily, I'm afraid they won't remember this lesson, and they will have to do it again in the future."
"Since you can't control them, why don't you change this Yongxiang to a lady in charge?" Xu Meiren spoke without delay.
Mama Xu Mu quickly knelt down and kowtowed a few times: "Niangniang forgives her sins, the slave and maid are at fault, the slave and maid will definitely discipline them well in the future, and ask the mother to raise her noble hand." ”
Xu Meiren's position is not too high, not enough to be able to change the grandmother in charge of Yongxiang at will, but she is deeply favored by the emperor, maybe she does not have this right, and it is possible to say it in front of the emperor.
"This palace can give you a chance to redeem your merits." Xu Meiren beckoned to Mama Xu Mu and asked her to come a little closer to listen, "This palace wants to take Shangguan Ansu and let her go to Huanning Hall to serve." ”
Xu Mu's already raised brows shook suddenly, and she hesitated for a while before she got closer to Xu Meiren, lowered her head and said softly: "Xu Ji Niangniang, this is ...... This Shangguan Ansu was specially instructed by Liu Ji Niangniang to have a good pastime and entertain her, you ...... This is to embarrass the slaves! ”
"You mean, this palace can't take Shangguan Ansu away?" Xu Meiren looked at Mama Xu Mu condescendingly.
"The slaves and maids don't dare, but if Liu Ji asks in the future, the slaves and maids are afraid that it will be difficult to explain! If Liu Ji Niangniang is angry, the one who gets hit by the board will have to be a slave. Mama Xu Mu looked really embarrassed on her face.
Xu Meiren glanced at An Su, and then said to Xu Mu's mother: "If you don't let people go, you will have to be beaten now." Besides, she is just a palace maid in Yongxiang, if this palace goes to the emperor to say something, she still has to go to Huanning Palace. However, since the palace mentioned this matter in front of the emperor, it is natural to mention the matter of changing the head of the mother. ”
"Slaves don't dare." Mama Xu Mu is naturally a good man who doesn't suffer immediate losses, "It's just a palace maid, if the mother wants it, she can take it away at any time." ”
When Xu Meiren learned that An Su was in Yongxiang, she originally wanted to take her back immediately, but when she caught a glimpse of so many scars on her body, she knew that she had suffered a lot from Mama Xu Mu.
"You, the lady in charge, are quite sensible, but she is scarred, and she is not suitable to serve in Huanning Hall for the time being." Xu Meiren circled around Xu Mu's mother, "It's better to let her recuperate in this Yongxiang for three days first, and you will take care of her carefully, if she makes any mistakes in these three days, the responsibility will all lie with you, and this palace will also ask you." What do you think? ”
Mama Xu Mu wanted to refuse, but when she saw Xu Meiren's eyes, she still lowered her head and said: "Since Niangniang trusts the slave maid so much, the slave maid will definitely live up to Niangniang's expectations and will definitely take good care of her." ”
"That's good, Moshang, give her the medicine." Under Xu Meiren's instructions, Mo Sheng handed a few packets of good wound medicine to Mama Xu Mu, and when she reached out to pick it up, she handed it to An Su again.
"Slave and maid, thank you for the medicine." An Su thanked Xu Meidao at this time.
Xu Meiren looked at An Su with a little more distress in her eyes, and she personally walked over to help her up: "This palace said in the past that if you can come to serve in the Huanning Hall of this palace, it will be excellent." Now that you have this opportunity, would you like to come to serve by this palace? ”
"Yes, of course the slave is willing, thank you for remembering the slave." An Su nodded without hesitation, and frowned again in a blink of an eye, "It's just that now that the slave and maid are guilty, wouldn't it be in vain for the mother to send the slave and maid to Huanning Palace?" ”
"You mean Ryuhime?" Xu Meiren lowered her voice.
"Liu Ji Niangniang has always hated the slave maid because of the past, if you find out that Xu Ji Niangniang is helping you in secret, you will definitely ......" An Su's words were not finished when he was interrupted by Xu Meiren.
"Then I'm going to have to bother you to help this palace maneuver through it." Xu Meiren's smile is still the same as before, faint, with a warmth.
"Thank you, slave." Ansu lowered her head and bowed again. Xu Meiren was willing to save her from fire and water at this time, which she really couldn't have imagined. But since the opportunity is in front of us, of course, we must borrow the hand of Xu Meiren to get out of the quagmire, and this favor will definitely be repaid in the future.
In the next three days, Mama Xu Mu really didn't look for trouble again. Xu Meiren asked her to take good care of An Su, but because of Mrs. Emei's instructions, she didn't dare to blatantly show favoritism, so she asked Suo Hua to also call herself sick, but in fact stayed by An Su's side to take care of her.
"Suohua, how long have you been here?" An Su originally wanted to ask her how she got in, after all, most of the people here made a big mistake and were sent in, but a small number of them were directly deposed by the masters of the various palaces. This kind of person is quite unjust, such as the palace maids who have just been sent to Changle Palace and sent out, they can be called unlucky. An Su thinks that Suo Hua has a good personality, not like a person who has made a big mistake, probably this kind of person!
But Suo Hua's answer surprised An Su: "I've been here for half a year, and I was serving in the late Hu Ba's womb. ”
"Hu Bazi?" An Su was stunned for a moment, and a name immediately popped up in her mind, "Then do you know water chestnut?" ”
"Of course I know, water chestnut is my best sister ever." Suo Hua suddenly became excited, but her gaze immediately dimmed again, "It's a pity that the water chestnut was killed at a young age." ”
"She was killed?!" An Su's stubborn eyes suddenly appeared in his mind, and Suo Hua may be an important clue for them to explore the truth of Hu Bazi's death.