"Ke Xia, our people will enter the city one after another in the next few days, you go to the city gate to pick up." Yue Shumei sat on a chair and ate breakfast peacefully. This house was bought by someone before they entered the city, and after two or three days of cleaning and maintenance, it is now quite comfortable to live in.

"Yes, don't worry, ma'am." Kosha nodded and left.

"That's right," Yue Shumei suddenly called out to Ke Xia, "Call Chen Xiao, I have something to ask him." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Chen Xiao trembled into the front hall, at this time, Yue Shumei had finished breakfast, was holding a hot tea, seeing Chen Xiao enter the door, Yue Shumei smiled and retreated. As soon as Chen Xiao saw Yue Shumei smiling, he instantly felt that his legs and stomachs were spinning, and he didn't obey the call, and knelt in front of Yue Shumei as soon as his knees were weak: "Madam...... Call the little one, there is ...... What are the commands? ”

"Look you're scared." Yue Shumei chuckled, "Get up and speak." ”

Chen Xiao got up from the ground as much as he could, stood aside with his hands down, his eyes fixed on the tips of his shoes, and did not dare to raise his head at all. The woman in front of her was much more ruthless than Zhang Qingyan, and Chen Xiao only felt that his head was buzzing.

"You're afraid of me?" Yue Shumei took a sip of hot tea and asked casually.

"Yes...... Ah, no...... No. Chen Xiao almost didn't know what he was talking about.

"Don't be afraid, I won't eat you again. Let me ask you, how long have you been working under Zhang Qingyan? ”

"No, it didn't take long." Chen Xiao tried his best to stabilize his trembling voice.

"I heard that you used to be the head of the inner house who worked in the Chen Guoshi Mansion?"

"Yes...... It was sent by Zhang Guoshi to go to the small one. ”

"How does the Chen family treat you?"

"It's ...... Very good. ”

"I think it's superb. I heard that you and Chen Zhong are both the internal managers of Chen Guoshi's Mansion, and they are different from others in terms of food and clothing, and I think they also trust you very much, otherwise they would not hand over their beloved daughter to you and take them out at a critical moment. ”

"Yes, they do treat the little ones very well." Chen Xiao remembered the days when he was in Chen Guoshi's mansion, and couldn't help but nod.

"But you betrayed them in the end." Yue Shumei suddenly raised her eyes and stared at Chen Xiao.

"Yes, but, but it was Master Zhang Guoshi who asked the little one to do that." Chen Xiao hurriedly defended himself.

"Oh? If he asks you to do it, you will do it? ”

"Zhang Guoshi After all, after all, the power is high, and besides, there is still a mother in the palace to support him......"

"In other words, whoever is powerful and powerful, you will listen to whom?"

"No, no, no, no." Chen Xiao was really panicked, he didn't know how to deal with it at all.

"Not? What is that? Yue Shumei smiled, "When you were arranged to enter Chen Guoshi's mansion, you were taken care of by Chen Guoshi's family, so you listened to them, so that you were quite trusted, and later betrayed Chen Guoshi's family and obeyed the orders of the high-ranking and powerful Zhang Guoshi, and now Zhang Guoshi is no longer Zhang Guoshi, who should you obey?" Scarlet nails slashed across the snow-white tea bowl, making a piercing sound.

"The small, the little listen, listen to the lady, the lady says the east, the small one never goes west, the lady says to beat the dog, and the small one never picks the chicken." Chen Xiao realized that Yue Shumei seemed to want to show her loyalty.

"You have a very flexible mind, and if I lose ground in the future, what will you do?" Yue Shumei looked at Chen Xiao with a sneer.

Chen Xiao only felt that the beads of sweat were crackling down at this moment, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. If she said that she would always serve Yue Shumei, Yue Shumei would definitely not believe it, but if she said that she would not serve her, she was afraid that her life would not be guaranteed. Isn't it just to live by going around with all kinds of people?

"You are willing to be a slave of the third surname, but I don't want to raise an unfaithful person." Yu Shumei's face instantly became gloomy, but there was still a hint of a smile on the corner of her mouth, "Someone." Drag Chen Xiao out and sink into the pond. ”

"Madame, Madame, spare your life!" Chen Xiao kowtowed again and again and begged for mercy.

"Spare you? Spare you, I am only afraid that you will betray me and betray me in the future. Yu Shumei leaned over and pinched Chen Xiao's chin, her eyes half-squinted, faintly revealing a fierce light.

"Madame, Madame, spare your life!" Until Chen Xiao was dragged out, he kept begging for mercy, but these begging for mercy were just like Chen Xiao himself, grunting and sinking into the pond, except for a few bubbles, there was no response.

"Master, have you heard? The Holy One wants to abolish the crown prince. Yuan Ruo inserted the last hairpin for Yuechan, and whispered in his ear.

"The Queen Mother will not let the Holy Lord please her." Yuechan looked at herself in the mirror and smiled slightly.

"But the Queen Mother has already ......," Yuan Ruo said in a low voice.

"The Queen Mother is the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother is still the Queen Mother." Yuechan took a little bit of lipstick and applied it to her lips, it is said that the whole city is mourning, and the harem concubines are not allowed to wear red and green, and even the hairpin on her head is just a simple plain wooden hairpin, but if she doesn't apply any lipstick, her complexion is like going with the queen mother, she doesn't want it.

"Yes." Yuan Ruo didn't understand what his master meant, but he didn't want to ask too much, so he could only nod his head and answer.

"Alright, don't think about it so much. Take the Buddhist scriptures you copied yesterday and follow me to the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall to burn them. Yuechan got up, put on the plain cloak in Yuan Ruo's hand, straightened her sideburns, and walked towards the Ten Thousand Buddha Hall with the Buddhist scriptures.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, don't drink, don't drink." Li Xusong anxiously persuaded, but he didn't dare to step forward and snatch the wine jug from Mu Lingyi's hand.

"Don't let you do things, don't let you go out, you have to be reprimanded for listening to a song, and now you can't even drink!" Mu Lingyi smashed the wine jug at Li Xusong's feet.

"Your Highness, oops," Li Xu shook the wine on his clothes, shook his head helplessly, and said the same, now Mu Lingyi's state is like house arrest, anyone will be irritable, but he can't look at it, "Your Highness!" Li Xu had the courage to stop Mu Lingyi's hand as he wanted to pick up another wine jug, "Your Highness, have you heard that the Holy Lord is going to depose the crown prince a few days ago." ”

"Hahahaha!" Unexpectedly, Mu Lingyi laughed loudly, and made Li Xusong laugh with a confused and confused face, "He's going to abolish me?" Hahaha......" Mu Lingyi helped Li Xusong to stand up, "He can't abolish me!" Hahahaha......" said and fell asleep on Li Xusong's body.

"Someone!" Li Xusong was afraid of falling Mu Lingyi, so he hurriedly called the little eunuch on the side to help, and carried Mu Lingyi to the bed together, covered the quilt, closed the curtain, opened the window to disperse the wine, and ordered someone to light the incense burner, "I can tell you, if no one comes, we will all keep His Highness to sleep peacefully, if someone comes, just say that His Royal Highness is because of the death of the Queen Mother, excessive grief, crying all night, before falling asleep, if any of you will reveal half a word about His Highness's alcoholism, be careful I want your head!" Did you hear it? ”

"Yes!" Everyone in the Prince's Mansion replied in unison.

"Ahh Mother Xu half-leaned on the head of the bed, shouting at Qiu Tang. Qiu Tang was already guarding the handkerchief she had embroidered all morning in the house, and Mother Xu was a little distressed. Xu has been taken care of by Qiu Tang for a long time, and Xu's mother actually has a motherly heart for Qiu Tang. You must know that if it was placed in the Linglong Pavilion before, even if Qiu Tang embroidered the veil all night, Mother Xu would only think that her hands and feet were slow, but not that she was hard.

"What's wrong with Madame?" Hearing Xu's mother's voice, Qiu Tang immediately put down the needle and thread, sat on the edge of the bed, held Xu's mother's hand with one hand, and touched Xu's mother's forehead with the other, "It's not hot...... Or...... Drink some water? Qiu Tang muttered to himself, got up, poured a glass of water, and handed it to Xu's mother's mouth. Mother Xu drank the water, nodded slightly, and looked at Qiu Tang with a smile.

"Madame's complexion is getting better and better, and when I get through this winter, I will take Madame out to enjoy the flowers." Qiu Tang watched Xu's mother getting better day by day, and her mood gradually brightened, "Madame is resting, I still have to embroider a few handkerchiefs." Right away. Perhaps seeing the distress in Xu's mother's eyes, Qiu Tang comforted Xu's mother. She didn't tell Xu's mother that if she didn't embroider, then they might not have food to cook tomorrow.

"Begonia, Begonia!" Yuchen's voice sounded outside the door. Qiu Tang hurriedly got up and opened the door, and saw Yuchen standing at the door with half a bag of grain, "A few days ago, Huachen sent some silver over, we took the money to buy food, and my master asked me to send some to you and Mother Xu." So saying, he moved the food into the house.

"Master, this can't be done, you have a lot of people, you eat a lot, and you give us food, what can you do?" Qiu Tang followed closely behind, trying to stop Yuchen.

"We have, don't worry. Mother Xu is not in good health, if she doesn't eat well, it will be difficult to recover. Yuchen carried the grain into the kitchen, beat the dust on his body, and looked at Qiu Tang, "And I also heard that you used to be able to barely maintain your daily medicine and food because you sang music in the teahouse, but now that the Holy Majesty has banned the ringer, presumably you can't sing anymore, if you go on like this, how do you live." ”

"Thank you Master for your concern," Qiu Tang gave a deep salute, "I now embroider some silk handkerchiefs every day, and take them to Embroidery Street to exchange for some money, and I can also get by." ”

"The money for embroidery is still small, not to mention that the weather is slowly getting cold, and when I came out in a hurry, Mother Xu probably didn't think of taking thick clothes out of the city, so you can save the money to buy some thick clothes for yourself and Mother Xu." Yuchen patted Qiu Tang on the shoulder, "You said that you want to live, right." ”

"Thank you, Master, for the point. Qiu Tang understood. Qiu Tang bowed deeply again, "Please convey my gratitude to Master on my behalf." ”

"Don't worry." Yuchen smiled slightly, "By the way, don't nest there every day to embroider handkerchiefs, occasionally move your body, don't forget all the kung fu that Huachen has worked so hard to teach you." You recover first, and in two days I'll bring you your whip. ”

"Qiu Tang understands." Qiu Tang sent Yuchen out. Thoughtfully went back to the room, looked at Mother Xu lying on the bed, the needle and thread on the table, and looked down at the calluses on his palms, Qiu Tang's eyes became brighter, the days were too hurried, so busy that he forgot his heart. Fortunately, with Yuchen, Qiu Tang once again remembered why he returned to the Holy City again. At the same time, she also remembered that late night when she was five years old.