In another brighter room by the pool, Manyun knelt on the ground, Cai Ling stood beside her, and the rest of the people glared at them angrily.

"Clouds. You can't hurt people at every turn, and you are so reckless, can you be guilty? Aunt Wu drank vigorously.

"They made the mistake first." Manyun tried his best to explain.

"We just accidentally knocked over the clothes pole and were about to help it, when Manyun became furious and seemed to kill us. It's terrible! There are such people in the court, how can the sisters feel at ease. Luo Xue cried like a complaint.

"Obviously, you hurt people first." Manyun argued.

"Don't be noisy!" Aunt Wu snorted, "Jiang Cailing, you are also a party to the party, why don't you tell me the whole story quickly?" ”

Cai Ling stood in place, her body stiffened, Manyun was in the Qin Palace, she was looking for trouble by Biluo, and she was beaten so that she hid it very well without saying a word, but now it is just two girls who are still shallow in the Tao that make her angry to this point, if she really cares, it will be chaotic.

"I paid for Manyun to clean up these two." Cai Ling raised her head and said, "Who let them deliberately knock over the clothes pole." ”

"Sister!" Manyun's eyes were round and unbelievable.

"Manyun, I don't have any extra silver now, it's better for you to stay away from me." Cai Ling pleaded.

"Bold. He even did something wrong with a few dollars. Aunt Wu was furious, "Jiang Cailing washed all the clothes again, Manyun punished her for kneeling for one night, and moved to the East House tomorrow, and the two of you are not allowed to see each other from now on." ”

Manyun was already full of tears, holding Cai Ling's legs and refusing to let go. Cai Ling kicked her ruthlessly, and didn't turn her head back to the laundry pool. Now that she is standing on the cusp of the storm, how many people are looking forward to her falling into the abyss, and she doesn't want to pull the clouds to cushion her back. Since those who can't be protected, it's better to stay away.

Raccoon clothes, drying, changing the water of the two pools, the thing was finally done, the sky was slightly exposed, the hut where Manyun was still burning faint candles, she glanced at it from afar, wiped her soaked hands on the robe until they turned white, and dragged her tired body back to the small broken house to lie down. It's okay to sleep for an hour.

The bed was hard, and the moonlight shone in through the torn window paper, shining on her face, and she rolled over into the room, and fell into a deep sleep.

The next morning, you need to sweep the fallen leaves by the pool, put away the clothes you washed yesterday before noon, iron them with a hot iron kettle, fold them carefully, divide them into small bags according to the style and color, and send them to each palace and courtyard by a special person.

On the third day, I squatted by the pool and washed the piles of clothes. The next few days will be the same. The only good news is that Manyun is transferred to sprinkle sweeping, and you can walk on the palace road with a broom, although it is still a coolie, it is not boring.

This reciprocation is all tedious and boring, but it is all prologue.

The real tragedy came half a month later, when she came to the month. Due to the recent physical exertion, she took leave from her superiors and went back to the house early to rest. That dilapidated house, after a few days of repairs and tidying, is already a warm residence. Cai Ling lay on the hard but clean wooden bed, motionless, only waiting for the smooth flow of decay water to alleviate the pain in her lower abdomen.

In a daze dream, the nurse brought brown sugar water to her to drink: "When the monthly letter comes, you should pay special attention to all aspects, and you must not get tired and cold." She was supposed to take a sip of dry brown sugar water, but for some reason she started gnawing at the corner of the table and making a squeaky sound.

She always said that she was not afraid of anything, in fact, she was afraid of walking at night and afraid of snakes, and she was most afraid of the mouse. Now I woke up in fright, and there was still a squeaking sound in my ears. It is said that the granary is in the Yeting Palace, and there are no rats to see here, and there should be no rat infestation. Cai Ling was trying to get the courage to light the oil lamp and kill the rat. But the stomach pain was unbearable, and she tried her best to hold on, but she still didn't dare to light the lamp, so she could only curl up in the corner, waiting for the sky to shine.

Not long after, before dawn, someone came to knock on the door, she just opened the door, the little palace maid said worriedly: "Cai Ling, the clothes you handed over to me yesterday can have the shawl of Lord Shanggong." ”

"Yes." The reason for the collection is unknown.

"Today, the master room sent someone to receive the shawl of Lord Shanggong, and wanted to make another one for the lord by relying on the style and size, but he couldn't find it." The little palace maid was so anxious that her forehead sweated.

Cai Ling comforted, "I'll go to the side of the Huan Wash Pool and look for it carefully." ”

"Ahh The little palace maid stared in horror with round eyes, pointing to the only furniture in the Cailing room except for the bed, the round stool with broken feet, at this time the water-green clothes on the round stool had been bitten to pieces, and in the other corner of the round stool, a bowl of overturned brown sugar water was soaked in the ruined clothes, and the water droplets were sticky and dripping down, and the two greedy rats in the corner were still tasting the sugar water, and when they heard the palace maid's exclamation, they ran away.

"That's Shanggong-sama's shawl!" The palace maid was very frightened and stared at Cai Ling.

Or the room by the pool where the palace maids rested on weekdays, but the people sitting in the high hall were replaced by Han Si of the Shanggong Bureau, and looked at her coldly: "How long have you been in the palace?" I didn't know that sugar water was the diet of the masters, and the palace maids could also drink it secretly? ”

"I don't know why the sugar water is in my house." Cai Ling's face was pale, and she tried her best to justify, "I took a leave of absence early yesterday......"

"According to the company's system, this is by no means the first time, otherwise why would it cause a rat infestation?" Han Sizhi said to Aunt Wu on the side. Aunt Wu has paid a lot of attention to Cai Ling recently, knowing that she is down-to-earth and hardworking, and she doesn't care about the food and clothing, she shouldn't hide to drink sugar water, let alone hide the shawl of Lord Shanggong, and is about to explain two sentences. Han Sizhi said, "Supervisor Wu is becoming more and more merciful to the sinners of the court. From the perspective of this division, this matter must not be spared. How about the palace maid picking Ling, how about dragging it down and killing it with a cane? ”

"Never!" Aunt Wu hurriedly knelt down and begged.

"I'm just tempting you." Han Si Ji sneered and said, "Supervisor Wu is soft-hearted in the end. Since she is the lord of the Ming Shang Palace, she should probably be asked to consult with the court order and then appoint a supervisor as a candidate. ”

"Someone! Drag the picker out and scold him. Aunt Wu bit her lip.

"Cane blame? Before the number is said, Aunt Wu is also a punishment. It's a pity that the shawl of Lord Shanggong is the material given by the Empress Dowager. "The Han Si system is unyielding.

"Please show me." Aunt Wu squeezed the words out between her teeth.

"The internal affairs of the Huanyi Bureau should not be controlled by this department, since Supervisor Wu asked for it, then the department should boldly say a word, I heard that the Huanyi Bureau has waterboarding. This palace maid has made such a big mistake, shouldn't she try waterboarding? A hint of sinister flashed in Han Siji's slender eyes.

Cai Ling's heart was half cold, and she couldn't imagine that the punishment that the Northern Kingdom spy wanted to put on her would be "enjoyed" in her own country and in the incomparably familiar Weiyang Palace!

Now was not the time to lament, she tried her best to think of a way to get out, but she was pressed by several strong women and tied her hands and feet, and thrown into one of the deep pools. The pool water reaches the chest, although it is early summer, I only feel that the lower half of the body is cold and biting.

In a daze, I saw a slender woman kneeling on the edge of the Huanyi Pool, Cai Ling raised her eyebrows coldly, and said angrily: "What are you doing?" Look at my jokes. ”

"Sister, don't do this!" Manyun cried, "I know you're deliberately distancing yourself from me. ”

Cai Ling wanted to speak and stopped, but finally just said gloomily: "Since you know, don't go quickly." ”

"I'm not leaving. Never left. Manyun held back her tears, "Although the labor in the Huanyi Bureau is heavy, I am full of being with my sister and am not afraid of anything." ”

Cai Ling endured the heartache, a wry smile on her face reflected on the water, and she suddenly felt that her head was very heavy, and she was about to be planted in the water.

Manyun exclaimed and waded into the water, and as soon as he tried his best to lift her up, Cai Ling said with the last trace of strength: "I can hold on, and after this catastrophe, there will finally be a place for us in the Huanyi Bureau." You let me hold ......"

At first, in the hut, Aunt Wu's look of pity was not hidden, and in recent days, she has worked diligently and honestly, just to ask Aunt Wu to abandon prejudice, if she can endure this waterboarding, Aunt Wu will no longer think that she is just a delicate lady who can't do anything.

Although her will was strong, her body did not allow it, she fainted in the pool, and Manyun hurriedly dragged her to the stone slab by the pool: "Sister, wait, I'm going to beg someone." ”

The memory has been broken since then, thinking that she would see the courtyard of the Xiangfu burning charcoal fire in a coma, and the nurse sat by the stove and stuffed cotton into the silk cloth strips, and scolded her: The girl's family is the best to lie in bed when the menstrual affairs come, why do you have to run around? It's all gone, and my mind is blank, so I guess I'm dying. But she still has many unfulfilled wishes, such as going to Jiangnan to open another Dongxi Building; For example, the business of the cake shop has opened hundreds of branches all over the country, and those shortbreads are made according to the fine products of the dining room; Another example is raising Yuan'er to grow up, the child is soft and cute, holding her hand and swaying from side to side: How can my aunt be old? Even if she is old, Yuan'er will take her aunt around the country in a big carriage, and maybe we can go to the north to see it.

…… How could she die! The will is especially strong, so he just walked away from the ghost gate.

When I woke up again, it was the next morning, the dilapidated hut was crowded with people, and an old woman in an emerald skirt sat on the edge of the bed, and when she woke up, she quickly held her hand and said, "Since you are awake, don't think about anything else, just rest more." ”

This person is the Lord of Shanggong Bureau Han Shanggong, who has met several times in Ziwei Palace in the past, and has never had a deep friendship. Cai Ling's consciousness was not clear, and she only looked at her incomprehensibly. Han Shanggong said gently: "It's just a shawl, why is it here?" ”

Cai Ling tried her best to sit up: "But I didn't take the shawl, and I don't know why the bowl of brown sugar water is in the room." "Extreme stomach pain hit, and beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

"Supervisor Wu, this matter will be handed over to you for thorough investigation. Be sure to find out the truth of the matter. Han Shanggong said solemnly.

"Subordinates receive orders." Aunt Wu hesitated, "Han Sizhi is still kneeling outside the house. ”

"Let her kneel. The hand is quite long, and it is good to come to the Huanyi Bureau, let her reflect on it! He patted Cai Ling's hand again and said, "You rest for a few more days." When you are well, it's not too late to go out. ”

When everyone left, Manyun removed the thick cotton cloth under Cailing's body, only to see that it was dripping with blood, and it was already a lump of black blood. Seeing Cailing, she was also looking at the puddle of black blood clots, and hurriedly comforted, "The Taiyi Bureau sent someone here, although he was only an apprentice, but he also followed the doctor to study medicine for several years, he said that his sister was only infected with a woman's disease, and she drank the medicine on time three times a day, and she would be fine after a month." ”

"You found Lord Shanggong?" Cai Ling only asked.

"Sister will take care of her body, don't think too much about the rest." Manyun carefully put another cotton cloth on the bed board, and saw Cai Ling staring at him tightly, so he muttered, "I went to find Yu'an." After Yu'an came, he alarmed the Inner Servant Bureau, and only then did he notify Lord Shanggong. ”

As soon as Cai Ling heard this, she immediately endured her stomach pain and wanted to get out of bed, but she was held down tightly by Manyun: "Don't worry. Don't worry. I have begged Yu'an, this matter must not be publicized, and His Majesty will not know. ”

Cai Ling then lay down, turned inward, and said to Manyun after a while: "Thank you, save me again." ”