It's the end of summer, and the heat is gradually dissipating, but the cicadas on the trees are still chirping day and night, which is annoying.

If it was before, there were already chamberlains who used long bamboo poles to stick the cicadas away, but now, let alone the cicadas, even if the roof is blown away by the gate one day, no one may care.

This is the cold palace.

Since Emperor Daxing had an accident in this palace, the Empress Dowager has put Meng Mei and Jiao Meiren, who originally lived in Yuehua Palace, into the cold palace.

It's a pity that these two charming beauties are still virgins, but they have moved from Yuehua Palace to the Cold Palace.

Xiangxue moved in with Meng Meiren.

Her stature has not changed since she entered the palace, and she still looks like she is eight or nine years old, but no one will pay attention to her, for the little palace maid, how much difference can there be between a ten-year-old and an eight-year-old or nine-year-old? What's more, her master, Meng Meiren, didn't have the heart to pay attention to her height.

Meng Meiren is crying, she will cry at this hour every day, she only cries for one hour, and after an hour, it is the turn of Jiao Meiren who lives next door to cry.

Xiangxue didn't know how many people had lived in the cold palace before, because when they moved in, the cold palace had been cleaned up.

Since the establishment of the Great Qi Dynasty, not counting the little emperors who have not yet officially ascended the throne and are still in infancy, there have only been three emperors who have lived in Manda. One of them never ascended the throne, but was only posthumously awarded the temple name.

Therefore, the only people who can live in the cold palace are the women of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Daxing.

Emperor Taizu has been dead for many years, and the women who were in the cold palace are no longer there.

After Xiangxue entered the palace, the cold palace was just a palace with a locked gate, and there was no one in it.

After the accident of Emperor Daxing, the first people to be beaten into the cold palace were Meng Mei and Jiao Mei of Yuehua Palace.

A few months later, the emperor Daxing, and Meng Jiao, two beauties who entered the palace at the same time, also came, and since then, they have become neighbors.

Several grandmothers in charge of the cold palace are people around the empress dowager, they have a great temper, the most annoying thing is that the women cry and cry, no one will believe it, they have set the time for the women here, each person can only cry for an hour, if the hour is still crying, the shortage is not only the mosquito medicine in the summer, the charcoal in the winter, the vegetables in the spring, the fish and meat in the autumn, even the personal palace maids who come in with them, will also be assigned to work in other places.

Therefore, gradually, no one dares to shout at the hour, cry when the hour comes, and silence as soon as the hour passes, Xiangxue sometimes admires them very much, how did these ladies practice this ability to cry.

Meng Meiren is really crying, and she is really crying, she first cried that her father was ruthless and didn't care about her, and then cried about her affection with Emperor Daxing, how Emperor Daxing doted on her, and how she missed Emperor Daxing, she cried a lot, Xiangxue would think that the person she served in the past two or three years must not be really Meng Meiren.

Emperor Daxing hasn't even turned over your sign, why are you in love with him?

Xiangxue looked at the Western clock on the Treasure Pavilion, this Western clock was still rewarded by Mao Guifei, one Meng Mei and one Jiao Meiren, and the two of them were kept as treasures. In the cold palace, many things are gone, but this Western clock is still there, and the reason why those people dare not take it away is because it was rewarded by Concubine Mao.

Concubine Mao is the biological mother of the little emperor, and after the little emperor officially ascends the throne next year, she is also the queen mother, and her status in the palace is second only to the queen mother Yang.

Therefore, the third paragraph of Meng Meiren's crying is telling how kind Concubine Mao is to her, and when she will be able to repay Concubine Mao's kindness.

Xiangxue knew that it was Concubine Mao who could support Meng Meiren now.

As long as Concubine Mao is officially named the queen mother, whether it is her or Jiao Meiren, there is still hope of leaving the cold palace.

After crying in the third paragraph, Meng Meiren looked at the Western clock, and it was not yet time, she was a little strange.

Xiangxue immediately leaned into her ear and said, "You cried for a quarter of an hour in advance today. ”

Meng Meiren blinked, didn't she look at the clock before crying?

Xiangxue whispered again: "Huang Meiren stopped crying a quarter of an hour in advance, and you started crying at that time." ”

It turns out that this is the case, although Meng Meiren doesn't remember whether she looked at the clock at the time, but Huang Meiren did cry for a shorter time than usual.

So, Meng Meiren continued to cry with peace of mind, this time she cried her mother-in-law, who died without even seeing her enter the palace as a beauty, and it was sad to think about it.

At this moment, someone smashed the door outside, Xiangxue immediately went to open the door, and it was Mama Zhang standing outside the door, she roared loudly: "What time is it, why are you still crying and crying, and when this is Yuehua Palace, crying and mourning?" ”

Meng Meiren was startled, and hurriedly pointed to the Western clock, and said flatteringly: "It's not time yet." ”

"I said, beauty, it's great that you have a Western clock? There was no such thing in the slave's house, but he knew that the hour had long passed. Mama Zhang said mockingly.

"How is that possible? My Western clock was rewarded by Concubine Mao, and it was a rare gold, and it was paid tribute by the envoys of Fanbang, isn't it as good as your hourglass? "What do you say, you dare to slander the Western clock? The clay man still has three points, not to mention that Meng Meiren is not easy to bully in the first place.

Mama Zhang originally just wanted to scold a few words, but the Queen Mother had instructed that she couldn't be better than these women.

But she never expected that this Meng Meiren would actually move out of Mao Guifei, didn't she? It's not the first time that Meng Meiren has moved out of Mao Guifei, and the Western clocks in her house are about to become Shang Fang's sword.

Mama Zhang sneered: "Isn't it just a Western clock? Can't you not do it? The slave and maid may have broken this clock, and when the slave and maid take it, let people see it, if it is broken, throw it away for the beauty, and if it is not broken, I will bring it back to you. ”

As she spoke, she waved her hand, and several sturdy palace maids came in and stepped forward to get the Western clock.

Meng Meiren's face was discolored, once this Western clock was in the hands of this group of dog minions, it was impossible to send it back, and then they only needed to say that the clock was broken and thrown away.

But this bell is of great significance to her, this is rewarded by Mao Guifei and the Queen Mother!

Meng Meiren trembled and wanted to protect the bell, but she couldn't help it, and was gently pushed by those people and fell to the ground.

Xianglan screamed to help her, but Xiangxue didn't know when she stood in front of Mama Zhang.

"Mama, that bell is the lifeblood of a beauty, please leave that bell, today's thing is the slave's fault, the slave didn't remind the beauty, it was beyond the hour, you want to blame the slave and the maid, what kind of work do you have there, just command, the slave and the maid to do it, don't look at the slave and the maid are young, but the strength is not small, sweep the floor, wash the toilet and pour the toilet, you can do anything."

Mama Zhang squinted her eyes at the little palace maid who had just arrived on her chest, there were only two palace maids in Meng Meiren's house, and she brought them from outside the palace.

"Okay, you take the clock, and, this little girl, come with me." Mama Zhang said lightly.

A stone in Xiangxue's heart finally landed, and she looked back at Meng Meiren, who was crying and almost fainted, and a trace of coldness flashed in her eyes.