Qing Zhao Kingdom.

The night is like thick ink, under the shadow of the moon, in the pavilion, a person sits alone with a sword. He wiped his sword repeatedly, his gaze deep, as if he was preoccupied.

"Why is the Grand Commander sitting here alone?"

The man's gaze never turned away, and he wiped his sword over and over again.

"This moonlight is excellent, it's a pity that the commander doesn't appreciate the moon while looking at the sword."

However, the man never spoke, and the people around him shook their heads helplessly, stood up, and left with their hands behind their backs, "Although he is brave and good at fighting, he has a strange temperament." ”

After the people around him left, the man slowly put down the sword in his hand, put the sword into the scabbard, he raised his eyes, looked at the bright moon in the sky for a long time, and after a while, took out something from his arms.

Wrapped in brocade, it is especially precious. There was a silver bracelet lying inside, and he looked at it as if all his emotions had fallen into it, and at last it turned into a long sigh.

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After He Baoqi and Yunhuang got married, in addition to listening to Xuetang and going to the palace to accompany Wan Zhaoyi, they also often came to King An's mansion.

After Yun Qingqing got married, she was the only one in the palace who could speak, that is, Jiang Wu.

"The princess has something on her mind?" Jiang Wu asked with concern as he brought the refreshments.

He Baoqi sighed leisurely and said slowly.

"I've been trying hard to lean on His Highness's favorite place, but His Highness has always been indifferent to me, I don't know how to please him now, Jiang Wu, you teach me."

"Neither will the slave and the maid." Jiang Wu was a little embarrassed.

"You were still familiar with His Highness before, what else does he like, think about it again and tell me." He Baoqi asked anxiously.

Jiang Wu thought about it seriously, told He Baoqi everything he knew, and then said: "Princess, in fact, these are secondary, the princess likes His Royal Highness King Shu, and treating him with sincerity is the best, His Royal Highness may not understand it very much now, but one day, he will see the princess's sincerity, and sincerity is the most impressive." ”

"Sincerely......" He Baoqi muttered, she was willing to treat it with all sincerity.

But this ...... Can you really impress Yunhuang......

There was so much uncertainty in her mind.

"Jiang Wu, I don't know if I want to be too much or what...... I always feel that His Highness treats me coldly, as if there are other reasons. ”

"For something else?" Jiang Wu subconsciously opened his mouth.

He Baoqi nodded, twisted her little hands in front of her, and said slowly: "I think Your Highness has other women in her heart." ”

Jiang Wu's face tightened.

"It's the princess who thinks too much, the princess doesn't think too much." She exhorted.

He Baoqi held up his emotions, "Is it really that I think too much......"

"The princess is relieved, it's hot today, and the slave maid will prepare some sweet and sour tea for the princess." Jiang Wu turned away.

He Baoqi's thoughts were pulled back, and a smile appeared on his little face, "Well, the hawthorn tea you brewed is the most delicious to relieve the heat." ”

Jiang Wu smiled, turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

When Jiang Wu walked to the door, he heard a sound from inside, the voice was familiar, it was Zhuo Ke. As she approached, Zhuo Ke stood near the door, gesturing at the cook and maid inside.

"That pastry shouldn't be too sweet, Your Highness doesn't like to eat so sweet."

"Also, the fish bones have been carefully removed!"

Jiang Wu's eyes rolled, and he walked in sideways, "Zhuoguan woman." She bowed.

Zhuo Ke frowned when he saw her, "What are you doing here?" ”

Jiang Wu lowered his eyes, "The slave maid brews some tea." ”

Zhuo Ke was silent.

Jiang Wu gestured to her head and walked straight in, she just walked to the table, about to pick up the hawthorn block for brewing tea, suddenly, the hawthorn block was taken away by Zhuo Ke, Jiang Wu was slightly stunned: "Zhuo Guan woman." ”

Zhuo Ke stared at the hawthorn block, and said coldly: "You girl, it's strange to use means to please the master, what hawthorn tea, thin frost cake, little family." ”

Jiang Wu listened to Zhuo Ke's words, and after she finished speaking, she slowly started her voice: "Zhuo Guan's woman, can you return the hawthorn to the slave?" The slave maid wants to make tea. ”

"Tea? Is it to make tea or to confuse the Lord? ”

Jiang Wu bit her lip and shook her head lightly, "How can the Zhuoguan woman say this, the slave maid is not, the slave and the maid are just doing their part, and nothing else, this hawthorn tea His Royal Highness loves to drink, it is His Highness's preference, and the Zhuoguan woman is guilty of falling into the slave and maid's sin, isn't it also questioning His Highness's preference, His Highness will be displeased if he knows." ”

Jiang Wu's words made Zhuo Ke's face change.

"You are so bold, you dare to be so disrespectful just because Your Highness likes you a little! Is it because Your Highness favors you too much, or are you so bold that you don't take this rule to heart?! ”

"The slave and maid don't dare, but the slave and maid don't know what the so-called rules of the Zhuoguan woman are, is it also a broken rule for the slave and maid to brew tea for the master?"

Zhuo Ke blamed, Jiang Wu responded with words, there was a tense atmosphere between the two, the cooks on the side, the subordinates looked at it, and they couldn't help but be timid, one is the only official woman in this Lin'an palace who has a famous title to serve the master, and the other is a girl who is quite favored by His Royal Highness, which is not fuel-efficient.

Zhuo Ke obviously didn't expect Jiang Wu to be so humble or arrogant, her words were respectful, but her rebuttals were reasonable, and it was precisely because of this that Zhuo Ke was even more annoyed.

Although she is not the princess on the side of the princess, she is the only one in this huge Lin'an palace with a title! Jiang Wu is favored again, and his identity is just a slave! It's a slave who is a subordinate to her!

"Jiang Wu, you are so bold, don't you really rely on the favor of His Highness, and your eyes are higher than the sky! It's so rude that I'm above you, and you're so rude! It's a punishment! I'll punish you to kneel outside the courtyard for half an hour!" Zhuo Ke said.

Jiang Wuxiu's eyebrows trembled, and the cooks who were standing and watching on the side also looked at each other.

A maid in the kitchen couldn't help but step forward and persuade: "Zhuoguan girl, this ...... I'm afraid it's not good, but the sun is getting big right now. ”

"Yes, Zhuoguan girl, you don't care about the villain, don't be angry with this little girl." One of the cooks also spoke up.

It would be fine if Zhuo Ke was punishing an ordinary servant, but this Jiang Wu, although his identity is not valuable, but His Royal Highness is quite favored, how can he take care of His Highness.

"Anyway, I can serve His Highness, what's the matter, she was just a slave before, she turned her luck and got rid of the body of a slave, but in the end she is still a slave, can't I even punish the slave for doing something wrong?!"

Jiang Wu's eyes turned around and bowed, "The slave and maid receive the punishment." With that, she walked straight outside.

Zhuo Ke raised his eyebrows and walked out, and saw Jiang Wu kneeling neatly under the sun. She had a clear smile on her face, she knew that Yun Rongjue had something to do in the palace early in the morning, and she heard from the people around her that she would not come back until noon, and she also calculated this point to dare to punish Jiang Wu like this.

Jiang Wu knelt upright, her eyelashes drooping slightly, and she could feel the gazes cast at her around her.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Jiang Wu lifted his eyes slightly, and saw a glimmer of light in his afterglow.

Yun Rongjue and He Baoqi walked over to this side.

"Zhuoguan woman, it's Your Highness! Your Highness is here! ”

Zhuo Ke held a mocking smile, her emotions instantly dispersed, and she was stunned when she saw Yun Rongjue.

Why did Yun Rongjue come back?! Didn't you say you wouldn't be back until noon?!

"See Your Highness."

Everyone bowed.

Yun Rongjue's calm and calm eyes turned cold when he saw Jiang Wu kneeling, and He Baoqi was surprised, "What's the matter, didn't Jiang Wu make me tea, why are you kneeling here." ”

Jiang Wu didn't reply halfway, He Baoqi wanted to come and see what was going on, and on the way over, he met Yun Rongjue, and the two came over together.

Yun Rongjue's eyes were heavy, and he walked straight to Jiang Wu, and said in a cold voice, "What's the matter, who made you kneel here." ”

A few people on the side didn't dare to come out, Zhuo Ke hesitated and stepped forward, "Back to Your Highness, it was the slave maid who made her kneel." ”

"You?" Yun Rongjue blinked his eyes, and his eyes seemed to be even colder.

"Yes...... Yes, Your Highness, don't blame it, it's this girl, her words are wrong, and she contradicts the slave and maid everywhere, and the slave and maid know that their status is not high, but they can ...... But in the end, she is waiting for His Highness, she is too casual and ignorant of the rules, and she will inevitably lose her body, so the slave maid thinks about it, so as not to cause more trouble to Your Highness in the future. Zhuo Ke said.

Zhuo Ke's words are not leaking, and every word sounds like it is for Yun Rongjue's sake.

He Baoqi's brows moved, and he was a little puzzled on his face, and couldn't help but speak: "She is the most cautious and cautious person, and she is not an arrogant person, how can she casually ignore the rules and contradict others." ”

He Baoqi and Jiang Wu get along, because they feel that this girl is very cautious, and she has never contradicted anything, and it is not like Zhuo Ke said that she would do such an overstepping thing.

Zhuo Ke chuckled and said: "Princess Shu doesn't know, this girl is like this, Princess, your status is noble, she is with you, naturally she doesn't dare to exceed the rules, but we are different, we are just a level higher than her, so she probably thinks there is nothing to taboo." ”

He Baoqi frowned, Zhuo Ke said that he had a nose and eyes, as if Jiang Wu was really such a person.

Yun Rongjue looked at Zhuo Ke lightly, and said coldly, "You think about this hall everywhere." ”

Zhuo Ke smiled lightly, "The slave maid is waiting for His Highness, and for the sake of His Highness, it is what the slave and maid should do." ”

Yun Rongjue rolled his eyes, stretched out his hand and pulled Jiang Wu up, his move made Zhuo Ke stunned, "Your Highness? ”

Yun Rongjue's eyes fell on Jiang Wu, and he said: "Her temperament is not your turn yet, remember, she is the person next to the main hall, not your Zhuo Ke's person." ”

Yun Rongjue directly protected Jiang Wu, which Zhuo Ke didn't expect, she thought that he would take care of so many subordinates.

"Your Royal Highness," Jiang Wu, who had never spoken, suddenly spoke, looking at Yun Rongjue's eyes with tears in her eyes, "Your Highness, the slave maid did not deliberately contradict the Zhuoguan woman, the slave maid came to the kitchen to brew hawthorn tea for Princess Shu, and it was the Zhuoguan woman who first troubled the slave and maid." ”

As soon as Jiang Wu's words of explanation came out, several people standing next to him couldn't help but gasp.

This scene is really getting more and more exciting, and the atmosphere is getting more and more tense.

Zhuo Ke's eyes widened, "What nonsense are you talking about!" Your Highness, don't believe her, she's talking nonsense! ”

Yun Rongjue's expression was cold, and he said lightly: "Why, what you said about the main hall is to be believed, it is not nonsense, what she said is nonsense?" ”

"Your Highness......" Zhuo Ke was speechless by Yun Rongjue's rebuttal.

"Father gave me some cakes made in the imperial dining room, you should like them, go try them." Yun Rongjue lowered her eyes, looked at the little girl and said.

His expression was soft, and his tone was soft, which was completely different from when he was with Zhuo Ke.

Jiang Wu nodded lightly, and said softly: "Okay." ”

Yun Rongjue left with Jiang Wu without any punishment. He Baoqi also left.

After the three of them left, there was a dead silence all around.

The cooks and the servants looked at each other and shrugged, turned and went into the kitchen.

"I'll just say, Jiang Wu is favored by His Royal Highness, although this Zhuoguan woman can serve His Royal Highness, but she can't help but think too highly of herself, if she is a princess, oh no, even if it is a concubine, it will not be like this."

"Concubine? I think it's unlikely that she's going to be an official woman by His Royal Highness early, if His Royal Highness really likes her, now that this mansion is also there, she should be given the name of a concubine, Her Royal Highness hasn't given it so far, I think, that's it for her. ”

"It's just that she always wants to find trouble with others, and she's too idle and boring."

The words of several people who were talking about it fell into Zhuo Ke's ears, making her face extremely embarrassed.

Two days later, Zhuo Ke was taken into the palace by Raid Xiang to see Chu Yin.

Chu Yin was also very dissatisfied with her and reprimanded her severely.

"Zhuo Ke, you know Madame's temperament, if you can't please His Highness more, then you have no other use in Madame." Xiang Xiang said with her lips pursed.

Zhuo Ke was taken aback, and hurriedly took Xiangxiang's hand, "Sister Xiangxiang, you help me say good things in front of my wife, I ...... I will definitely do my best to do good things for my wife! ”

Xiang Xiang laughed out loud, "This, I will help you say this when the time is right, but it is not enough for me to help you say a few words, if you want Mrs. to be satisfied, you must do what Mrs. wants you to do, otherwise, what does Madam want you to do?" There are many beautiful girls who will please their masters. ”

Zhuo Ke choked in her throat, knowing the meaning of Xiangxiang's words, if she couldn't satisfy Mrs. Chu again, then she would become an outcast!

The fate of the outcast will be......

What she has now, I'm afraid it will be gone overnight.

"I ...... I understand, but my sister also knows that Her Highness has Jiang Wu's little charm by her side, and she doesn't know what means she has used to make Her Highness like it so much. ”

Xiang smiled and listened to Zhuo Ke's sour words, "What means she used has nothing to do with us, what matters is your means, your heart should be used more to please His Highness, and use your brains to think of a way." ”

Zhuo Ke pursed his lips and nodded.

Zhuo Ke was afraid of becoming an outcast, in the house, she racked her brains to please Yun Rongjue, but Yun Rongjue was never as attentive to her as she was to Jiang Wu, and even became more and more cold, but to Jiang Wu, she was getting better and better!

In the mansion, I even heard from my subordinates that Yun Rongjue had plans to take Jiang Wu as a concubine!

"What nonsense are you talking about! How could His Highness make her a concubine, and she deserved it?! ”

The two or three palace maids looked at the angry Zhuo Ke, understood her emotions, and said: "We can understand the mood of the Zhuo official woman, but this matter is just a matter of one or two sentences from His Royal Highness, how can it be impossible, His Royal Highness is so fond of Jiang Wu and gives her the status of a concubine, it is also reasonable." ”

"Nonsense!" Zhuo Ke said coldly, "She has a lowly status!" Not worthy at all! ”

Zhuo Ke has been hostile to Jiang Wu for Yun Rongjue for not a day or two, and the people in the house also know it, "She was originally unworthy, but now, the emperor has exempted her from being a slave, and this slave has been exempted by the emperor, and she is the same as us." ”

"Yes, hey, look at the people, I was just a little prisoner slave, but now I want to become our master, and Jiang Wu really becomes His Royal Highness's concubine, so ...... Zhuoguan girl, you are going to be a head shorter than her, you made her so troublesome before, tsk...... I don't know if she'll hold a grudge. ”

"Of course it will, if this were me, I would also hold a grudge," the maid glanced at Zhuo Ke and covered her mouth, "Don't mind if we are just guessing casually, don't take it too seriously, maybe Jiang Wu is kind." ”

Zhuo Ke breathed calmly, and his eyes fell to the courtyard where Yun Rongjue was.

She had the patience to climb up step by step, but ...... If someone catches up with him during this period, it is still Jiang Wu's cheap hooves, it will be different! She couldn't let things go any further!

Jiang Wu returned to the palace from the academy, and listened to Nanfu say that before Yun Rongjue went out, she explained what she wanted to use for dinner, and after she put down her things, she thought about going to the kitchen to prepare.

But before she could get out of the yard, she was stopped by Zhuo Ke.

She was subconsciously vigilant, "Zhuoguan woman." ”

"Get up."

"Do you have any instructions from the Zhuoguan woman?" She asked.

Zhuo Ke saw Jiang Wu's vigilance on his face, and chuckled: "What are you doing so nervous?" Am I scary? ”

Jiang Wu: "......"

The Zhuoguan woman laughed.

"I didn't look for anything else for you, I made some cakes, I want to invite you to eat, the thing a few days ago was that I was reckless, maybe it's too hot this day, and people's hearts are panicked, this heat is up, and the talk is a little too much, don't you mind."

Jiang Wu chuckled and shook his head, "The slave maid didn't take it to heart, if the Zhuoguan woman had nothing else to do, the slave and maid would retire first." ”

"Eh, didn't I just say, I made some cakes and wanted you to eat them, why don't you want to?"

"The slave maid understands the heart of the Zhuoguan woman, but the slave maid still has to prepare dinner for His Royal Highness." She said.

"Eh, it's still early, and you can go to my place soon, it won't delay your time, let's go."

Zhuo Ke ignored Jiang Wu's wishes, and even dragged Jiang Wu to his yard.

Jiang Wu was pulled into the house by Zhuo Ke, and Zhuo Ke was very attentive to her.

Jiang Wu looked out and responded to what Zhuo Ke said.

"This cake is regarded as my and your reparation, after you eat it, our previous unhappiness will pass!" Zhuo Ke handed the delicate-looking cake to Jiang Wu.

Jiang Wu lowered her eyes, her eyes fell, and after a while, she took the pastry, and when she was about to bite into it, there was movement outside.

"Your Highness!"

Zhuo Ke heard the call from someone outside, her emotions were tense, she couldn't help frowning, and turned her eyes to look at Jiang Wu, almost biting off this cake!

Yun Rongjue walked in and looked at the two of them, "I just heard from the next person, you are here, why did you come here in a good manner." Yun Rongjue walked straight to Jiang Wu's side.

Zhuo Ke curled his lips, "Your Highness, don't misunderstand, it was the slave maid who invited Jiang Wu to come, the last time, the slave maid felt that it shouldn't be after reflection, and she also felt sorry for Jiang Wu, and today I specially made amends for her." ”