Concubine You's congratulatory gift to Fengqi Palace was secretly stopped, and sure enough, it spread throughout the harem that night.

Although everyone is still in awe of her on the surface, in private, they inevitably talk about it.

"Concubine You, have you heard about it?"

"What about congratulatory gifts? Of course I heard about it! I heard that she was ingenious and prepared a set of makeup for the queen's mother, but the queen didn't even look at it, so she put things aside. ”

"You're wrong, where is the queen aside? It is clearly Your Majesty who made the order! ”

"Yes, yes, I've heard about it, too! said that His Majesty was very tight on the queen's mother, so he made a special trip to guard against Concubine You for her. The things were also taken away by His Majesty to Manager Zhou..."

"Why does Your Majesty want to guard against Concubine You?"

"That's a long story..."

A group of people said a word to me, and the news spread again unconsciously.

The night was getting darker, not only outside, but even in Concubine You's courtyard, there was some gossip.

Passing by the front yard with a fruit bowl in late autumn, she heard the two palace maids in the courtyard who were in charge of pruning the flower branches secretly discussing the matter.

"Do you say that Concubine You is completely disgusted by His Majesty this time? Then let's go later..."

"Presumptuous!" When Late Autumn heard this, she was immediately furious, "The position of the head of our mother's first house is still sitting firmly, and you are thinking of joining the new master?!" ”

"Sister Late Autumn...!" The two palace maids turned around in horror and hurriedly knelt down to apologize, "Sister Mingjian in late autumn, let's... We're just worried about our mother, and we have absolutely no other meaning!

"Sister, you have to believe us!"

"Trust you?" Late Autumn laughed angrily at the reason blurted out by the two, "Are you fools or deaf to me?" Half of those words are said from the perspective of the mother? ”

After that, Wanqiu no longer listened to the explanations of the two, and as soon as her face turned cold, she casually stopped the person next to her: "Go, bring the rattan!"

"On weekdays, the mother is kind and never embarrassed by others, but she has raised these people boldly. Today, I will re-establish the rules for this courtyard, so that some people's mouths will not be broken! ”

"Sister Late Autumn!" When the two palace maids heard this, they immediately panicked, "We were wrong, we were really wrong!" Raise your hand and let us go! ”

The slaves and maids in the palace are often punished for doing wrong things. But there is no conclusion on whether the punishment is light or severe, and usually, it depends on how the master handles it.

Concubine You was kind in the past, and basically never punished her subordinates with whipping. The two of them didn't expect that just one or two sentences would make Wanqiu so angry.

Flogging... Just thinking about the feeling of the rattan falling on their bodies made the two of them panic.

But this time in late autumn, he was determined to kill chickens and monkeys, and when he got the rattan, he used his hands to whip people heavily.

"Ah——!h The terrible screams resounded throughout the courtyard, and in order to let everyone hear, Late Autumn did not deliberately let people cover their mouths.

The hustle and bustle outside soon reached Concubine You's ears, and the noisy voice made Concubine You frown instinctively: "What's the situation outside?" ”

The palace maid who hurriedly went back and forth respectfully reported: "Hui Niangniang, it is the late autumn that is teaching two palace people with broken mouths." They said something nasty, and it happened to fall on the ears of late autumn, so..."

"Are you talking about Hongu?" Concubine You frowned.

The palace maid was a little hesitant, but after a moment of silence, she nodded honestly: "Yes..."