Chapter 5 The Concubine
I talked to Fufeng, walked out and didn't take a few steps, I heard a low cry, a palace maid crying in the corner, her shoulders trembled, I didn't like to meddle in things, the years in the palace made me learn to be silent, and it was Hibiscus when I looked closely
Walked up to her and patted her on the shoulder, "Are you okay?"
She hurriedly wiped a handful of tears, pretending to be relaxed and slowly turned around, I saw her red and swollen eyes, there was a feeling of pity in my heart, she saw that it was me, a little surprised, and said in a slurred voice: "I, I'm fine." How did you get here? ”
"It's okay, why are you crying?" Curious, I said that Fleur wanted to go away, and when I saw that I was still standing there looking at her, she turned back and said, "You are a good man," and I thought to myself: I am not a good man, but at least not bad.
Fleur looked at me, sighed, and said in a low voice: "I entered the palace when I was twelve years old, so that the whole family of six could eat, my father died last year, and now my mother is seriously ill and has several young siblings, I myself am incompetent, so I can only stay in the labor bureau." She looked at me with an honest face.
I thought in my heart that it was rare that there was such a true person in the palace, and after a moment of silence, I said: "You are luckier than me, you at least have a family, in this case, you take this," I took out a piece of jade pendant from my arms and stuffed it into her hand.
Ruan's mansion was copied, this is the only thing worth me on my body, if it is not close to me, I am afraid that it will also be searched, this is a gift I received on my tenth birthday, take it in my hand smooth and moist hands, the tentacles are warm, it is the best jade.
Fleur knew at a glance that this was a valuable jade pendant, so she stuffed it back into my hand and hurriedly excused herself: "This, this is not good, I can't accept such a valuable thing,"
"What can I do with a slave and a maidservant, but it's very important to you, I don't know that I have a family without my father, you are a good girl, you won't be happy if you don't accept me."
Fleur was so moved that I took the opportunity to put the jade pendant in her hand and closed my hand. She choked up and said, "Why are you so good to me?"
I thought for a moment and smiled and said, "I don't know, probably because I've been in the palace all the time, except for Fufeng, you're the only one who smiles at me, maybe you don't remember, no matter what the reason, I'm very happy." ”
I still remember that day, I squatted in the barrel pile, and was scolded by my father-in-law who came to receive the barrel for a while because I didn't wash it cleanly.
The father-in-law poured the filth from the unwashed bucket next to me, and I stood motionless, and this was the end of my end. At the end, I spat with a "phew" and brushed my sleeves away, leaving me filthy.
I closed my eyes and held my breath trying not to smell or think. took a step forward and staggered to the ground. The moment I fell, I thought to myself: how good it would be to lie down like this and never get up.
At that moment, a pair of hands helped me up and looked at me with a smile. Whispered, "Are you alright?" I opened my eyes and saw Fleur smiling at me, as if a ray of sunlight was shining into my heart. I remembered that kind her.
Fu Rui said: "You are also the best person to me except for Concubine Wenzhen, but she is a good person, her life is not good, and God is too unfair to her." He began to cry again. I was surprised and said to her, "Concubine Wenzhen, are you crying because of her?" “
Fu Rui sighed and said: "I was originally a person in Concubine Wenzhen's room, Concubine Wenzhen was very favored when the first emperor was alive, but she was different from other mothers, she treated the slaves and maids in the palace very well, she knew that my family was poor, so I always gave me more money every month, and later the Queen Mother dismissed the servants in Concubine Wenzhen's palace, and no one was allowed to serve her to add charges to the maids who were close to her,"
Saying that, she looked around, and no one paid attention to her, so she continued with relief, "I've arrived here, and now Concubine Wenzhen is sick, and no one will take a look." “
I was puzzled and asked, "Why doesn't anyone look at it?" “
Fu Hui whispered: "Don't ask, but it is precisely because of the Queen Mother that no one dares to go because of the majesty of the Queen Mother, they are all a group of powerful villains, where are there kind-hearted people in this harem." “
When I heard this, I remembered the humiliation I suffered in the Tai Hospital, and I was very resentful, and I thought of Lu Congmian again, I said: "That's not necessarily, there are still good people, go, take me to see the concubine, I have a way." “
Fleur hesitated, "Okay, let's go." “
followed Fu Hui to Concubine Wenzhen's Ronghui Hall, a remote palace, the courtyard was full of stumps and leaves, and it felt desolate, and it was appropriate to describe it with the word desolate and fiasco. It is a stark contrast to the ornate palaces in the southwest.
Only a little palace maid came out, and when she saw Fleur, she was very happy, and Fleur asked, "Is the concubine better?" “
The palace maid said to us helplessly: "What's so good, it's still like that, it seems to be getting heavier and heavier day by day." “
Concubine Wenzhen was left with only a little palace maid to serve, and when she entered the palace, Concubine Wenzhen lay quietly on the bed, only in her forties, although she had a sick face, she couldn't hide her appearance back then, which showed that she was also a stunning beauty back then.
The palace maid reluctantly said that the concubine had been sick for a few days, and no one came to see it, and it was the queen mother's order.
I asked curiously: "Why don't you let it, human lives are at stake." "
"We don't dare to ask about the reason for this," the palace maid replied cautiously, not daring to say more.
Fu Hui pounced and knelt under Concubine Wenzhen's bed, crying, Concubine Wenzhen woke up, I quickly knelt down, and when I saw the two of us, Concubine Wenzhen asked me in a weak tone: "Who are you?" Why haven't you seen it before? "
Furao hurriedly replied: "Back to the concubine, she is a good sister of the slave maid in the palace, come with me to visit the concubine." “
"Lift up your face, I'll look at you." The concubine pointed at me and said.
I raised my face to look at the concubine, who seemed to be startled, and said in a disguised voice: "No one has been here for a long time." I don't need anyone to come and see it in the future, I'm afraid there won't be much time. "
After finishing speaking, the palace maid and Fu Rui wiped away their tears and hurriedly said, "How could Concubine Hongfu Qitian say such frustrating words. "
Seeing this, I said to the concubine: "Wait, concubine, I know a doctor in the palace, and his character is still good, maybe I can come over to see the concubine." Fleur looked at me with a grateful face, and I stepped back and went to the hospital.
I admit that I am selfish, I just want to meet Lu Congmian, Lu Congmian saw my appearance, he was overjoyed and surprised, when he heard that it was Concubine Wenzhen, he hesitated, I saw him hesitate, and hurriedly said: "I remember that adults said that all beings are equal, and they all have emotions and lives." "
He made up his mind and said, "Let's go," along the way, I secretly looked at Lu Congmian's side face, a shallow smile appeared on the corner of my mouth, and when I got there, I first checked the pulse, and then carefully inquired about the concubine's diet and daily life.
Looking at his serious appearance, I was very relieved. Because Concubine Wenzhen saw the illness, she didn't care about it, but she was old and sick, and her body was not good, and now it was a complication, and in the final analysis, it was caused by a heart knot, so she prescribed a prescription and left.
Lu Congmian said respectfully to the concubine: "Heart disease still needs heart medicine, I hope the concubine will relax in the future, so that she can be cured without medicine." The concubine nodded, thoughtful.
I went to see off Lu Congmian and walked a few steps, "You and I have met twice, you are busy for others, and there is no one in the palace who is as sincere as you for others now." He looked at me as if he wanted to see through my heart.
"Say my lord: it's over, the slave just thinks that people are good, and being good to others is also good to themselves," I looked at him.
He said with a look of approval: "Encourage you." We looked at each other and smiled, and we just felt that we were in a very good mood.
Lu Congmian looked at me deeply and said seriously: "The Queen Mother has never liked Concubine Wenzhen, so it's better for you to move around less in Ronghui Hall." "
My heart was hot, he was caring about me. I smiled: "Master Xie reminds you, the slave will remember." "After sending out Ronghui Hall, I left, Lu Congmian turned around and looked at my distant back until it became a black spot and couldn't be seen, and then went back.
Concubine Wenzhen was very grateful to me when she saw me caring for her so much, and when I asked about the matter between her and the Queen Mother, she was also blunt.
It turned out that Concubine Wenzhen was the favorite concubine of the first emperor of the year, and the queen mother was also the queen of the year, the favor of the first emperor pushed Concubine Li to the cusp, the queen was naturally jealous, how could Concubine Li be favored but there was nothing to do under her knees, the first emperor died, Concubine Li had no support, and the Queen Mother was ashamed of the snow, and moved Concubine Li to Ronghui Hall, because she didn't like Concubine Li's title, she called Concubine Wenzhen. This means that he should stay in the palace honestly, and he can't think about it.
Concubine Wen Zhen called me to me and looked at my face carefully: "If you are really a person who has captivated the country and the city, and her appearance is so outstanding, if I were you, I would never be willing to be an inferior slave in the palace."
I knelt on the ground and bowed my head and said, "The slave is the daughter of a criminal minister, and she doesn't dare to think about it, she just wants to live in peace in the palace." "
"I heard Furao say, you are a good girl, and now you have helped me again, he can come to me for anything in the future, although I am imprisoned here by the Queen Mother." Concubine Wen Zhen lay down and said helplessly.
"The slave and the maid have thanked the concubine, but the slave and the maid do not ask for anything in return," I said. The concubine is a lonely woman in the deep palace, and her life is bleak and hard.
Coming out of Ronghui Hall, I walked on the road covered with blue floor tiles, and my mind was full of the words of the concubine, and I said to myself in my heart: "The moment I entered the palace, I knew that I was carrying too much, and I couldn't live for myself." "