Chapter 18 Silence and Nothingness
Concubine Shu is auspicious. β
A few of us lined up at the gate of the palace to make a big salute, but the high-ranking concubine Shu was not very interested in our little head that was about to be buried in the ground.
"Who was I at that time, it turned out to be a few of you, and we got together every day." Concubine Shu was lazy, and her voice was also full of arrogance.
"Auntie, I've been sick for the past few days, thanks to Sister Liu and Sister Wen to take care of me." I said in passing.
"Sister Liu, Sister Wen?" My aunt read the two names I inadvertently mentioned, and her voice was cold: "Lin Changzai is really prosperous in this palace, and as soon as he entered the palace, he already recognized a large family of sisters and sisters?" As everyone knows, all the sisters are sisters on the surface, but behind them are all women who live on the dragon couch, how can there be any sisters to speak of? To put it bluntly, they are all the emperor's women! β
After my aunt said this, even the air was covered with frost, and the warning was already overflowing. And I thought about it a little more, could it be because I called my aunt and annoyed her?
"Concubine, thank you for your teachings!" I hurriedly saluted again, and Concubine Shu's face was a little colorful.
"Who wants to teach you anything here, how long are you going to tell me to wait here on a cold day?" Concubine Shu pretended to be a gesture: "Sisters, why are you still kneeling so cold?" It's really by the rules, hurry up. β
"Mother, go slowly." Jingtai helped Concubine Shu pass in front of us, but he was also disdainful.
Concubine Shu was menacing, we glanced at each other, bowed our heads and entered the hall. My aunt sat on the main seat and looked at my palace as if she was in her own palace, and Yu Shunliang was cautiously laughing with her.
Cangyun stepped forward after serving the tea according to the rules, but her aunt took a sip and frowned: "It's so bitter." β
Jingtai immediately raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "How do you do things, Niangniang never eats bitter tea, she has always drunk red dates and longan tea, and she doesn't even care about Concubine Shu's affairs, but are you still a palace person in the Forbidden City?" β
"The mother is angry, the slave is going to change!" Yu Shunliang was about to cry in fright, and hurriedly went to pick up the bowl of tea, but his aunt didn't even look at him, and gently put the tea bowl in her hand aside.
"Jingtai, what are you talking to them about this? Everyone knows the preferences of this palace, they don't pay attention to the preparation, they just don't care about this palace, you are so mean, won't everyone criticize me for treating newcomers harshly in the future? β
My aunt's words were extremely serious, and the palace seemed to be three points cold because of these words. I was about to faint when I saw that Yu Shunliang couldn't cope with it, and I was about to say something, but my aunt opened her mouth again.
"It's nothing else, it's just Huaixing, my aunt has something to explain to you."
Wen Xiuyuan was still ignorant and ready to listen together, but Liu Jianxue knew that Concubine Shu had already issued an eviction order, so she hurriedly pulled her to leave: "The two concubines don't prevent Niangniang from talking to Lin Changzai!" β
The aunt was still lazy and didn't speak, Liu Jianxue pushed Wen Xiuyuan and motioned her to go out, but before the two of them crossed the threshold, Wen Xiuyuan had already tripped on a eunuch's deliberately stretched out foot and fell out of the palace door directly.
I was shocked, but the eunuch was someone from my aunt's side, I couldn't scold her, so I quickly got up to see Wen Xiuyuan. I saw her lying on the cold stone slab at the door, unable to move.
"Haha!" My aunt also stood up, and when she saw Wen Xiuyuan's embarrassed appearance, she actually covered her mouth and laughed. She smiled, Jingtai hurriedly laughed, and in the end, everyone in the entire palace actually laughed.
I endured a feeling of discomfort and helped Wen Xiuyuan up, fortunately I didn't hurt anything in winter, but the wound on my hand that had not completely healed was wiped open again.
"Stupid." The aunt smiled with Jingtai beside her, not only did she not care about it, but even the coy posture on her face was omitted.
Wen Xiuyuan was already worried and scared, but at this time, she was so ugly in front of everyone, and tears fell cracklingly.
I looked at her distressedly, and the fire in my heart was almost uncontrollable, but Liu Jianxue secretly pinched my hand. Liu Jianxue picked up Wen Xiuyuan, who had lost his soul, and left slowly.
I turned around, and the anger on my face that I couldn't hide made my aunt look away.
My aunt gave Jingtai a look, and soon there were only two of us left in the palace.
I waited quietly, and sure enough, she slowly walked over to me: "You are a little often, and you entered the palace with the power of your mother's family, and you don't come to thank me for your kindness, but now I come to see you, but do you want to show face to me?" β
I raised my eyebrows and lowered my eyes, and my voice was always flat: "Concubine Shu is wrong to blame Huaixing, Huaixing looks forward to visiting Concubine Shu Niangniang day and night, but as soon as she enters the palace, she is infected with a strange disease, and she doesn't dare to go to see her, for fear of infecting Concubine Shu." β
I replied only with promises, and my words were so respectful and peaceful that no one could find fault with them.
Lin Nanyue was obviously not so happy, and wanted to find something wrong with me, but I was so cautious about even the title.
Concubine Shu is respectful and indifferent, even a little unnatural, but this is exactly what Concubine Shu said to me openly and secretly just now: In the palace, everyone is the emperor's woman, and there is no other relationship.
She stared at me with an ugly look, gritted her teeth and said, "It's really smart and clever, worthy of being a child of my Lin family." But in any case, I still have to teach you a lesson or two, lest you will cause any trouble in the name of my niece in the future, but it will be pushed on my head. β
"How dare the concubine make trouble for her mother?" I tried my best to suppress the anger, but I couldn't help but feel a chill in my voice.
"You're embarrassed to say that you won't cause me trouble, but you just caused such a big thing! Didn't you get tricked about daffodils? If you yourself are poisoned, it will be fine, but it will be on me! My aunt sneered, and the words were sharp.
Hearing her say this, I couldn't help but burn a trace of anger: "Speaking of this, the concubine has something she wants to talk to you about. β
Seeing that I looked at her without hesitation, Lin Nanyue was a little unnatural: "If you have something to say, just say it." β
"The poison in the daffodils, isn't it really from Concubine Shu?" I stared into her eyes, trying to see something out of them.
When she heard me say this, instead of worrying about it, she picked up the powder-glazed tea balls she had just put down and slowly admired them. While touching the lines on it, he said lazily: "Yes or no, what's the point?" β
Seeing her contemptuous attitude, I couldn't help frowning: "The concubine entered the palace according to her mother's words, and she didn't expect to be taken care of by her aunt for a lifetime, but she didn't expect that the first person to harm me was her own family!" Concubine Shu, no, auntie, I'm your niece. β
"What about nieces? Once you enter the harem, all the feelings you say are in vain! My aunt suddenly sat up from the chair, her eyes and tone sharpened: "You are my niece, so I came to remind you." Didn't the people of the Lin family tell you before you entered the palace that the palace was a place to eat people? β
"No one can easily win the favor of the emperor, and simply keep the glory and wealth of the whole family for a lifetime. You go out and see, which palace doesn't have a few lives? If you continue to be so naΓ―ve, you will also become a revenant in the palace. When the time comes, you just wait to cry in front of the gate of Changxing Palace every day! Oh, by the way, it's not just you who will cry at that time, but also the Lin family, all of whom will be implicated! β
"Do you think it's easy for me to sit in my position today, do you think it's really because of some so-called love? Over the years, I have struggled and cried out, and I am also the one who has died several times. Here, if it is not the blood on your hands, then the next blood will be the heads of you and your people! β
"The Daffodil thing is just a reminder to you, and you're lucky to have not been harmed. But I advise you not to put any sisterhood of those little daughters on the face, don't be angry at anyone, emotions are useless things. Here, the only thing that works, is your brain. Naturally, if you don't have a brain, then I didn't say these words. If you have, think about where you can climb in this house! β
After saying the last sentence, my aunt's originally fierce posture also softened. She walked up to me, and her hands, which were still visible in gold armor, touched my face gently.
Her gaze overflowed with pity and pain, which then turned to disgust and hatred
"When the newcomers came, I felt a little older. Now even you, my own niece, are here. Am I dying? β