Chapter 375: A Palace Maiden Who Hides Deeply
New Liansheng Kingdom Palace, Huanyi Bureau.
Morning is approaching.
The Huanyi Bureau, as the name suggests, is a special place in the palace that provides laundry services for the royal relatives.
Because of the heyday of the palace, in addition to the queen mother, the queen mother, the concubine, and a large number of princes and princesses, there are also 3,000 beauties in the harem, so since ancient times, the number of clothes that the Huanyi Bureau needs to change every day is also amazing, therefore, the Huanyi Bureau is also the official place that recruits the most palace maids.
Most of them are young women from poor families, but some of them are high-ranking palace maids who have made mistakes in the palace and are sent here to receive hard labor after being demoted.
But anyone who enters the Huanyi Bureau as the lowest-level Huanyi palace maid from the ninth grade, it means that in this palace, it belongs to the palace maid with the lowest status level, even if she sees the cold palace maid of the ninth grade, she must be respectful, otherwise it is not impossible to commit the following crimes, corporal punishment at the lightest, and life at worst.
Of course, it is not without a day to enter the Huanyi Bureau, if you are ingenious and good-looking, you can also be promoted to the top palace maid step by step, once one day you are appreciated by which concubine, or the prince and princess are favored, or even favored by the emperor, and there are many people who become female officials or concubines.
Therefore, these Huanyi palace maids who have lived in remote corners of the deep palace for a long time, in addition to being born dull, or women who are self-aware and have no ambition at all, are also extremely concerned about the wind and grass in the palace, personnel changes, and figure out who should be stuttering, who should keep their distance, and who should leave immediately, and then take action when it is time to make a move, so as to seek a better future for themselves.
No, last night's Chuxiu Palace collapse incident, including the suicide of Concubine Qi Niangniang, and the previous Director An went to Zhong Cui Palace to issue an order - the news about Xiu Nu Yanyu's promotion to Lian Guiren has spread in this corner that has been almost forgotten by others in the palace.
At this moment, these Huanyi palace maids, basking in the warm sun, gathered around the pools, washing clothes quickly, and whispering about it......
"The thunder was so loud last night, I've been most afraid of thunder since I was a child. I woke up so scared that I didn't fall asleep until dawn. I'm sleepy now. ”
A skinny dark girl who looked like she couldn't even open her eyes complained.
"Was there thunder last night? Why didn't I hear it? It was late for me to finish my laundry last night, and I fell asleep when I got back to my accommodation. Hey, I'm still sleepy. ”
Another particularly fat girl said with a confused expression, yawned after speaking, and continued to wash her clothes with half-squinted eyes.
"Wouldn't it? Are you two from this palace? There was such a big thing last night, you two still have the heart to sleep? It's really unproductive! Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with you two. I tell you, this palace will not be peaceful soon. ”
On the other side, a girl who looked a little older than everyone else, but was very shrewd, gave them a disdainful look, and whispered in a low voice.
"Oh? Is it? Sister Qiushuang, what happened in the palace last night? By the way, you are the most popular in this Huanyi Bureau, you know a lot of people, and you have always been the most well-informed, so tell us, right? ”
Beside the girl who was called Autumn Frost, a girl who was concentrating on washing clothes with her head down raised her head and asked curiously.
"Yes, yes, Sister Qiushuang, tell us about it?"
"Sister Qiushuang, every time I listen to you talk about things in the palace, our sisters feel that they are not tired of working."
"That's it, Sister Qiushuang, don't sell it."
“……”
The other girls also begged.
"That's right, there is really no one in this Huanyi Bureau that I don't know. I was born with a super good memory, infinite strength, and intelligence, otherwise Director Tang would not appreciate me so much. Speaking of the ...... back then."
Qiushuang saw that everyone was staring at her, and she replied a little stinky.
He was only halfway through his speech when he was interrupted by one of the girls: "Sister Qiushuang, that ...... Can we talk about your year another day? We've heard it at least 800 times back then. Why don't you change your taste now and talk about what happened in the palace last night? ”
After this girl decisively stopped Autumn Frost, the other girls also nodded in support.
Seeing that everyone seemed unwilling to listen to her mention the events of the year, Qiushuang had to compromise with some disappointment.
"That'...... All right. Since you want to hear about last night so much, I'll tell you about it. Last night's heavy rain was called a big one, and it was thunder, and it was said that even a mountain could be razed to the ground! So, even the Chuxiu Palace, where the Queen Mother once lived, was collapsed by thunder! And ah......"
Qiushuang began to tell everyone about it with her hands and dances, but she was born to exaggerate the facts, so she was naturally startled and frightened the girls who listened to her.
Although the girls around the pool seemed to be listening intently to Qiushuang's story, if you looked closely, one of the girls at the very edge showed a sneering expression, as if she had already known about Qiushuang's story, and she was a little unimpressed.
This girl is none other than Qiaohui who accompanied Concubine Qi to Chuxiu Palace last night to salvage the frog, that is, the personal palace maid of the late Concubine Qi Niangniang, and also the most trusted confidant of Concubine Qi Niangniang.
Because she didn't obey Concubine Qi's order last night and killed Yanyu, Jun Buyu didn't treat her with death, but demoted her to the lowest level of the palace maid and sent her to the Huanyi Bureau to be a Huanyi palace maid.
In view of the fact that Concubine Qi Niangniang has committed suicide, it can be regarded as remorse, and the smoke and rain are also safe, so Jun Buyu ordered that this matter should not be widely spread in the palace in line with the principle of turning big things into small things, turning small things into small things, and not publicizing family ugliness, so as not to bring negative impact to the palace.
also specially instructed the Criminal Justice Department not to disclose Qiaohui's identity as the personal palace maid of Concubine Qi, and the real reason why she was sent to the Huanyi Bureau, so after Qiaohui was sent, she was also extremely low-key, and found an innocuous statement, so that the other palace maids in the Huanyi Bureau did not know that she was the personal palace maid of the concubine who made Long Yan angry last night.
That's why Qiu Shuang didn't shy away from telling everyone the real inside information that happened in Chuxiu Palace last night, after all, how did she know that the new palace maid in the corner was actually Concubine Qi's personal palace maid Qiaohui.
As for the reason why Qiushuang is so well-informed, it's not that she is really so popular that she can't even mention the news that the emperor ordered her to mention, and the director of the Huanyi Bureau or the royal guards who know about it dare to tell her about the big things that happened last night.
The reason why Qiu Shuang knew about last night's incident was mainly because she was not a mortal herself, but a child who had the special ability to eavesdrop on the voices of others within a radius of a few miles since she was a child, so she happened to hear the private chats of the nearby patrol royal guards and the directors of the Huanyi Bureau in the morning, and knew about the big events that happened in Chuxiu Palace last night.
This is also the reason why she has been in a closed Huanyi Bureau all these years, but she always knows everything about what is happening in the palace.
It's just that she is righteous and heroic, and she often treats other palace maids well, so everyone spontaneously helps her keep her mouth shut, otherwise she would have been exposed by the supervisor and then sent to the Shen Punishment Department to be killed.
And the reason why she has this eavesdropping ability is because she is actually a descendant of the golden-crowned black-tailed frog clan from the Lotus Immortal Kingdom, because she grew up in the Lotus Birth Kingdom since she was a child, and she was adopted by mortals, so she doesn't know anything about her life experience.
And in order to prevent her from being mistaken for a monster by mortals, her parents told her not to easily transform into a black frog from an early age, otherwise she might die.
For Qiu Shuang, who has been well-behaved and obedient since she was a child, and is very good at covering up and protecting herself, she naturally understands the good intentions of her mortal adoptive father and mother, so even after she entered the palace, she has never exposed the secret that she is actually an unknown black-tailed frog.
It's just that she is a child after all, and her heart shows herself, so it is inevitable that she can't help but share the news she overheard with the palace maids and sisters around her.
It's just that at this moment, I thought I knew everything, and I was foaming at the autumn frost about last night's legendary experience, but what I never expected was that Qiaohui listened to her with disdain not far away.
And what she didn't expect was that the "Qiaohui" who despised her extremely much at the moment was no longer the Qiaohui from last night.
At this point, in the entire palace, only "Qiaohui" who is currently in the Huanyi Bureau knows the truth.
As for the real identity of this "Qiaohui" now, it turned out to be Concubine Qi!
It turned out that last night, after hearing the voice behind her, the current emperor did not meet, she knew that there was no room for recovery after the incident in the east window.
So in a hurry, she used the forbidden spell to secretly exchange souls with Qiaohui beside her.
This is why she crashed to death in front of the wooden beam, and deliberately hugged Qiaohui who was scared silly beside her.
It was she who silently recited the incantation in her mouth, and then forcibly exchanged souls with the defenseless Qiaohui through hugging, so after the two of them embraced, the original Qiaohui had become the new Qi Concubine Niangniang.
And the one who died headlong in the wooden beam was actually Qiaohui.
As for Qiaohui, whose body became Qi Concubine Niangniang, she was also under the control of Qi Concubine Niangniang's spell, and lost her mind and crashed to death on the wooden beam.
In other words, Concubine Qi killed her henchman Qiaohui with her own hands, and Qiaohui didn't understand what was going on until she died.
After that, after the trick succeeded, Concubine Qi Niangniang took Qiaohui's body, and because the new body was not suitable for her soul, she fainted.
When she woke up again, she found that she had been sent to the Huanyi Bureau by the Criminal Justice Division to become the lowest Huanyi palace maid.
Although her lowly status at the moment drove her crazy, she knew that as long as she could save her life, there was still a chance.
She also vowed not to stay in this bitter Huanyi Bureau for too long, and she would definitely return to other glorious palaces again and continue to realize her dream of becoming the queen mother......