Chapter 7: Suspicion

Zhi'er didn't know where Yuanluyuan was at all, she went out of the palace and inquired in all directions to know a general direction of it, Zhi'er hired a carriage, and the owner knew its location and went straight to Yuanluyuan. "Master, what will I do when I come out to familiarize myself with the route, do you want to poison Yuanlu Courtyard?" Zhi'er sat on the rickety carriage, and her soul was not dying. The master is usually arrogant and arrogant, and has a short temper, and he understands her character, although he complains about the master, but he does not dare to disobey her orders.

"Guest officer, Yuanlu Courtyard has arrived!" The owner stopped the carriage and shouted to Zhi'er. Zhi'er got out of the car and paid the owner some seashells, and carefully got out of the carriage. She stood outside the courtyard and looked at this awe-inspiring huge building, and thought to herself: "Emperor Wuding really didn't treat his wife like a good general, and he made such a generous move to build this place like another imperial palace." No wonder the master will ...... "Look at the surroundings of the Yuanlu Courtyard again, there is no one in this vicinity, it seems to be dependent on the world and independent, there are some Bodhi trees planted in the courtyard, and it is expected that the woman will pray for the blessing of King Wuding under the Bodhi tree every day."

"Look at what I'm thinking about, the master asked me to come over to familiarize myself with the route, I sat in the carriage and got carried away, and actually forgot to remember the route." Thinking of this, Zhi'er felt that she had done something particularly mindless, just as she hesitated to turn back. The woman came back with the autumn wind and the autumn moon, and they got out of the carriage. Qiu Feng's eyes were sharp, "Isn't that a branch?" How did she end up here? Qiu Feng asked Qiu Yue, Qiu Yue shook her head and said, "I don't know." ”

"Zhi'er!" Autumn Wind shouted at her. Zhi'er heard someone calling herself behind her, and when she heard the voice of Qiu Feng, she was standing sideways, but when she heard Qiu Feng's voice, she quickly turned around and said to herself: "It's broken!" What can I do if I find out? Seeing that Zhi'er didn't take care of herself, she walked quickly to Zhi'er, looked into her eyes and asked, "Zhi'er, why are you here?" ”

"I ...... I came out to buy some things for my mother, and I passed by here, so I stopped for a while. I'll be leaving right away. Zhi'er said hesitantly.

"Don't you want to say hello to the princess?" Qiu Feng said that she, Qiu Yue and Zhi'er had entered the palace a long time ago, had known each other for several years, and had served the Queen Mother together before, so they knew each other well.

"Slave and maid Zhi'er greet the general and princess!" Zhi'er hurriedly turned around, lowered her head and asked the woman to say goodbye, the woman glanced at her, did not say much, and walked straight in the direction of the courtyard, the attendants inside heard the sound of the autumn wind outside, guessed that it was the woman and the master they came back, and hurriedly opened the courtyard door to greet her. After Zhi'er got up, he left in a panic.

"Strange! Isn't this Bei Yin Cuicui's personal maid? How did she end up here? After the woman entered the courtyard gate, she returned to the back room and asked Qiu Fengdao.

"I don't know." Qiu Feng replied, even if she had some suspicions in her heart, she didn't dare to talk nonsense.

"This Bei Yin Cuicui is not right at first glance, and she and the people around her must be careful and beware!" The woman said, the two of them looked gloomy, lowered their heads, and said, "What the mother said is true!" ”

Zhi'er staggered back, looking flustered, and even passers-by noticed her strangeness. Fortunately, everyone here knows the general direction of the palace, and she can ask back while walking all the way, which is much better than asking on foot, after all, few people in the palace know the specific location of the Yuanlu Temple. She walked like this, asked a paragraph, took out the bronze knife and oracle bone fragment she had brought with her, and carved the route on it. When she walked to the palace, it was already dark, and the doorman stopped her in front of her and did not let her in, and when she showed the doorman the pass card given to her by the concubine, she was able to let her go, and when she returned to the palace, she breathed a sigh of relief, and finally successfully completed the task.

Zhi'er is upright by nature, when she accidentally revealed to Bei Yin Cuicui that she was discovered by the women, Bei Yin Cuicui was so angry that her face turned pale, and she yelled at her: "There is not enough success, and there are more failures!" What's the use of keeping you? Frightened, Zhi'er knelt on the ground and hurriedly begged for mercy: "The slaves didn't know it would be so coincidental, they would go back today." And the slave maid only told them that she had come out to buy something and was passing by here, and the slave and maid had already drawn the line back for the mother. Ask the mother to spare the slave's life for the sake of the slave and maid to complete the task. Bei Yin Cuicui thought about it carefully, thinking that Emperor Wuding only gave him this maid, if he killed her in a fit of anger, who would wait for him? Besides, she has leaked the news, if she dies mysteriously, it will definitely cause further suspicion of the woman, and if the woman reports the matter to Emperor Wuding, Emperor Wuding will definitely expel herself from the palace or enter the cold palace. This matter must not be taken lightly, and can only pretend that it is indeed a branch passing by there to buy something. However, the next step of her accumulation will have to be put on hold for the time being.

"Go down!" Bei Yin Cuicui waved at her and motioned for her to go down.

Zhi'er hurriedly stood up, so nervous that her eyes were full of tears, and said, "Thank you Niangniang for not killing!" ”

After Zhi'er went down, Bei Yin Cuicui still sat there sulking, she not only complained about Zhi'er's recklessness, but also resented Emperor Wuding for snubbing her for several days. As the days passed, Bei Yin Cuicui never thought that the loneliness in the palace was so unbearable, and the concubines seemed to have their own thoughts and did not interact with each other. In this palace, my heart is cold, so cold. If Emperor Wuding didn't come to visit her, she had no choice but to take the initiative.

One day, she took Zhi'er to the imperial dining room, and as soon as she entered the door, she ordered the cooks to retreat, and the cooks did not seem to know her, and were confused by her order, and looked at her in a daze.

"This is Concubine Cui, why don't you hurry up and make a big salute?" Zhi'er said from the side.

"The imperial dining room is a place where food is prepared for the emperor, how can we leave? If you want to cook here, you can, but we have to stay here. The head of the kitchen said.

"Are you a fool? If you want to use your hands and feet in the food, you can also do it when it is done. What's the use of you standing here? Zhi'er said bluntly.

"Please forgive us, we don't have such unbearable thoughts, it's just that staying here is one of our duties." Several cooks knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty.

"Alright! Whatever they are! You can help me here. Concubine Cui said, "I just want to make some chestnut cakes for Your Majesty myself." ”

"The ingredients for making chestnut cakes are all over there, and the slave will go and fetch them for the mother." When the head of the kitchen heard this, he hurriedly went to fetch the ingredients for making pastries and put them on the wooden table. Concubine Cui rolled up her sleeves and began to do it. After a few hours of hard work, she was finally done. "These pastries have to be eaten hot to taste the real flavor." Concubine Cui said as she sandwiched a few pieces of pastries on the plate, and she went straight to the Qilin Palace, expecting that Emperor Wuding would be diligent in the Qilin Palace. Zhi'er followed behind his master......