Chapter Twenty-Six: The Root of the Curse I
Since Miao Chang had an accident, Concubine Jian has not been very favored, and her arrogance has gradually subsided. Pampering and not being shocked in the harem is the way to survive, just like Concubine Zhuang said, I am afraid that the only thing that can be done is to be like a concubine.
As soon as the weather is cold, people are tired and don't like to move, and the entire Forbidden City is deserted. The affairs of the emperor's previous dynasty are complicated, and there are too many troubles to worry about, and there is no time to take care of the harem.
I walked alone in the palace alley, it was so cold, Fufeng and Hibiscus must have a hard time.
I went to Concubine Wenzhen first, the palace maid beside the concubine went to the labor bureau and only found Fufeng, Fufeng still had a lot of errands to do, and Fufeng heard anxious walking in the courtyard before he showed his face.
I was originally sitting honestly on the chair, but when I heard this voice, I stood up with a "Teng" sound, and Fu Feng ran in, and his mouth was full of joy, "Miss, Miss, I can be regarded as seeing you." ”
I went over and took her cold hand, and my hand was rough, and I looked at Fu Feng in an old and filthy palace dress, and his hair was messy. The shoes on her feet are also worn, as if she is much thinner than half a year ago, but I know that she is living a thousand things now.
I hugged Fufeng, her tears fell on my shoulders and kept wiping them with her own hands, "Miss, I thought I would never see you again, I promised Madame to take good care of you, if something happens to me, I will die and have no face to go to Madame." ”
I hugged Fufeng and patted Fufeng's slightly trembling back with my hand, "Don't cry if you meet you rarely, I'll explain when I cry later, I'll send you some clothes when it's cold,"
Fu Feng wiped away his tears with his sleeves, looked up and down and saw that I was dressed gorgeously, and he was embarrassed to wear shabby and filthy clothes, "Miss, you see that I am happy to patronize, I am afraid that I will stain your clothes." ”
When I heard Fufeng say this, I was very unhappy, and when I remembered the hardships we had suffered together, I said angrily: "If you say that, I will be unhappy, have you forgotten the wish you made to the meteor that night, you are my lucky star, without you there would be no me today." ”
Fu Feng burst into tears and smiled, and pulled the hair on his sideburns, "Miss, don't worry, I've heard what Furao said about you, as long as I live for a day, I will keep the secret of your life for you." ”
I handed the baggage I had just brought to Fufeng and said, "Here are a few clothes that you and Fleur should be able to wear, I can't stay long or I will be suspected, I will come to see you in a few days." “
It's almost time, and I can only lie when I go back, and Fufeng sees that I'm in a hurry and it's not easy to stop me, so I just say that I should be careful on the way back.
I reluctantly looked at Fufeng and walked out, Fufeng leaned on the door and looked at my back, and sighed: "As soon as I enter the palace gate, it is as deep as the sea." ”
I deliberately took a remote road, which was closer to the Cold Palace, and the labor bureau was to the south, so no one usually walked around here.
Just as she was about to walk forward, she suddenly saw a person kneeling in the distance, kowtowing incessantly, and there was a woman in her twenties standing in front of her, her face was full of anger, and she almost fainted.
I didn't have the heart to pay attention to it, just wanted to turn around and leave, suddenly a pair of hands patted me on the back, I broke out in a cold sweat, I turned around and stood behind me like a cotton looking at me with a smile. "Master, why are you here, the slave has been looking for you for a long time."
Seeing that my face changed, I immediately turned to joy, lowered my eyebrows and bent down and said: "The master forgives the sin, the slave wanted to make a joke, but unexpectedly wanted to scare the master, the master quickly beat me!" As he spoke, he was about to slap his face, with a look of chagrin.
I eased up, and deliberately coughed lightly and said, "Rumian, it's okay, I'm just dry and my throat is not comfortable, what's wrong with you?" I said casually.
When I looked back there, the two men were gone, and I said to myself, "Strange, who is that?" ”
Rumian answered here and said: "Cough master, who am I talking about, just now the slave maid saw clearly that it was Concubine Shu and her former maidservant Ruyi, since the sixth elder brother had an accident with Concubine Shu Niangniang, she has stayed at home, the master has naturally not seen it, as for Ruyi, I heard that the emperor punished the labor bureau." ”
"I've heard of Concubine Shu, but how could she come here to see a maid who served before." What Rumian said was the question in my heart.
"Rumian, let's go too, it's cold and cold here, and I don't know how to get around here." I raised my hand again, "Let's go that way." "I casually pointed to the alley on the left that was deep and endless, so as not to touch Fufeng.
I didn't care about Rumian's ugly face, so I walked the road in the deep alley, looking at the surrounding scenery, although it was bleak, but there were also several gorgeous palaces, and the hazy gray glazed tiles looked very strange in the palace.
I turned around and saw Rumian next to me nervously looking around from time to time, as if he was afraid of something, and looked at this place and felt extremely yin, and I already understood in my heart that it was not the place where women in the Forbidden City smelled and changed - Leng Gong Cui'an Palace.
I consciously quickened my pace, and suddenly I heard a few hurried footsteps behind me, echoing in the silent empty alley, and Rumian's hand grasped it tighter.
Suddenly, a pair of long nails full of filthy hands grabbed me, and I looked back to see a woman with a disheveled hair, her greasy hair knotted together, her mouth still flowing with viscous liquid, and a pair of vicious eyes staring at me,
Rumian screamed in fright and slapped her hands, "You let go, let go!" She stared at me viciously and said, "I caught it, haha, this palace caught Concubine Jian, you cheap woman!" I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you. She pressed harder on my hand.
I kicked the woman away, clutching my nose in disgust, and I could distinctly smell a strong sour smell.
She crawled on the ground, shouting: "Concubine Jian, you don't have to die, you, I'm going to kill you!" ”
I didn't want to look at it, but two guards chased her out and held her down, and the guards saw me and said, "You should be a master, what are you doing in this place, this crazy woman sneaks out all day long, if we hurt you, our sin will be great."
I looked at the struggling woman and said, "Who is this, you can't take care of it." ”
The guard put the crazy woman up and looked at it with disgust, "What kind of concubine is this, I heard that it was because she murdered the fetus in the womb of a lady and was sent to the cold palace, and she has been crazy since then." ”
"Our master is a noble Jin, take this crazy woman away, hurt the emperor carefully, and send you down!" Rumian said.
The two guards viciously dragged Concubine Rong away, dragging them on the ground, and I saw those two vicious faces and remembered the officers and soldiers when they searched the house.
I opened my mouth and said, "Slow down, be kind to her, don't hit her." The two guards were astonished, so they said, "Yes, master."
The guards walked slowly, Rong Concubine's face was facing us, and suddenly Rong Concubine's eyes changed, and became pleading, her eyes flashed with pleading, her hands were outstretched, and her mouth seemed to be talking, but there was no sound, I stared at it until I couldn't see it.
"She's not crazy," I suddenly burst out with a sentence, and Rumian was startled by my sudden words: "How did the master know?" ”
I said with a serious face: "Not only is she not crazy, she also said that he was wronged, do you know what happened back then?" ”
Rumian thought for a while, and said as if she had made a lot of determination: "The master is really a rare smart person, this was a year ago, when Concubine Jian was four months pregnant and suddenly had a miscarriage, I heard that Concubine Rong pushed it." The emperor wanted to kill Concubine Rong, but fortunately, he was saved by interceding with Concubine Ru. ”
Rumian paused and then continued: "At that time, Concubine Jian was still a nobleman, but she was very favored, I heard that she was surprisingly low, her father and mother were all clothed slaves, she was originally a slave of Xin Zheku, and she was somehow taken a fancy by the emperor, no wonder Jian Concubine's charm should have been taken in by her, and the emperor did not allow the palace to mention this matter again." ”
These are things I have never heard of before, I didn't expect Concubine Jian to be so low, she has come to this point now with how many people have stepped on her temperament, no wonder even the queen and Ru Guifei can't help her.