Chapter 315: Retirement
The little palace maid listened to Jinxiu's words, there were tears in the corners of her eyes, she looked at Jinxiu in a daze, opened her mouth slightly but didn't know what to say.
Jinxiu didn't continue to speak, but stood up slowly. After she stood still, she lowered her head and stretched out her hand to smooth the slightly wrinkled skirt, listened to the sparse sobs in the hall, and walked out of the hall without looking back.
After the palace maids in the hall cried for a long time, the crying gradually stopped.
Because they all know that things are just like what Jinxiu just said. Even if Zhaoyang Palace is closed, the queen is still the queen, and even Emperor Chu said that there should be no shortage of things that should be supplied to the queen.
As palace maids, what if they shed more tears, how should they live their lives.
As the first person next to the queen, Jinxiu didn't have to live with other palace maids for a long time, she lived alone in a room in the early years.
But because the queen relied on her for many things, the house was just a place for her to sleep when she returned at night.
After Jinxiu got up and left the main hall, she did not go to the queen, but silently returned to her room alone.
Overnight, Zhaoyang Palace was much quieter, and the palace maid and the chamberlain picked up the work in hand again after a short period of frustration.
The queen returned to her chamber alone, and she closed the door of the chamber herself. No one knew what she was doing inside, but no one dared to touch her moldy head.
Jinxiu sat in the room for a long time, until the room gradually became dark, and then she got up and walked to the window and opened it. The sun had set outside, and the sky had darkened.
She found a set of clothes from the cupboard, and she took off the only jewelry on her head and ears, and replaced it with a very plain-looking dress. In just a blink of an eye, she has changed from the most beautiful high-ranking palace maid in the palace to an ordinary woman who can be seen on the streets of the imperial capital at any time.
In the depths of the cabinet was a package that had been packed up long ago, and inside were some very inconspicuous gold and silver jewelry, small denominations of silver tickets, and a few pieces of loose silver coins.
Splendid took the package out, closed the cabinet door, and sat down quietly again, as if waiting for something.
When the night was deep and silent, Jinxiu, who had been holding the package in his arms tightly, suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.
Jinxiu couldn't help but hold her breath, for fear that if her breathing was heavy, she would scare away the person outside the door.
Sure enough, after a short while, there was a soft knock on her door.
"Come in." At the same time as the knock sounded, Jinxiu stood up excitedly and said to the people outside the door.
The door was pushed open from the outside, and Splendid followed the sound to look over.
"Sister Jinxiu, I am the Baizhu who serves by the imperial concubine's side." There was a smiling man standing outside the door. "The imperial concubine learned the news of the closure of Zhaoyang Palace, and sent me to send Sister Jinxiu out of the palace tonight."
"I've finally waited for this day." Jinxiu listened to Baizhu's finished speaking, and said with relief. "Thank you for the grace of the imperial concubine for me."
Baizhu walked in, she took out a bulging purse from her sleeve and handed it to Jinxiu.
"The imperial concubine knows that Sister Jinxiu should have little savings over the years, but Sister Jinxiu wants to settle down outside the palace in the future, and the money is still indispensable." Baizhu took Jinxiu's hand and handed the purse to Jinxiu's hand, she looked at the package in Jinxiu's arms and asked. "Is that all there is to Sister Jinxiu's belongings?"
"Since you have to leave the palace and start over, there are some things that are inconvenient to take out." Jinxiu explained, her fingers subconsciously clasped on the burden.
"Okay." Baizhu didn't ask any more. "Sister Jinxiu will come with me."
Jinxiu held her package, holding the purse given by Baizhu in her hand. In the vast night, the lantern in Bai Zhu's hand that walked in front of her emitted a faint light, and Jinxiu followed behind her with that light.
The two of them walked all the way, and neither of them spoke.
Until they reached a remote palace gate, the palace guards guarding the gate saw them coming, but they did not stop shouting. Bai Zhu stepped forward and showed them the palace card of Yihua Palace, they didn't speak, just turned their heads and opened the palace door.
The palace gate slowly opened in front of Jinxiu, and a clear oil cart was parked outside the palace gate.
"Sister Jinxiu, the carriage outside was arranged by Sister Suihong outside the palace." Baizhu turned around and said to Jinxiu behind him. "The coachman is a specially chosen person, and the carriage will take you straight out of town. The carriage can't go too far, and Sister Jinxiu can think of a temporary place to stay on the road and let the coachman send you there. ”
"Thank you." Splendid chin said.
"Sister is polite." Bai Shu smiled and guided Jinxiu to the carriage. "Sister, let's get in the car, it's easy to walk all the way."
Jinxiu boarded the carriage, and the coachman shouted, and the carriage immediately moved.
Jinxiu put down the package in her hand, and couldn't help but open the curtain and look back in the direction of Miyagi.
Baizhu had already carried the lantern in his hand into the palace gate, and the palace gate was closed again, and Jinxiu could no longer see anything.
"Girl, it's still some time before you get out of town." The coachman outside said. "The girl can already think about where to get off the bus now."
"Okay." Jinxiu lowered the curtain and said with a smile.
Baizhu returned to Yihua Palace, but Emperor Liu's concubine hadn't slept yet.
"Imperial Concubine Niangniang?" Baizhu handed the lantern in his hand to the others. "It's late at night, why hasn't the mother rested yet?"
"Did the people send them away?" Emperor Liu asked.
"Back to Niangniang, Sister Jinxiu left the palace safely and has already taken the carriage out of the city." Baizhu replied. "Count the hours, and it's time to go out of town at dawn."
"Okay." On the other side of the Zhaoyang Palace, Emperor Chu only said that the queen was seriously ill because of the death of her brother, and she needed to recuperate behind closed doors to get better.
Concubine Feng De was promoted to Concubine De, and let her and Concubine Liu Huang assist in the affairs of the Six Palaces in the evening, and they already knew the Six Palaces, if it wasn't late, I was afraid that the concubines who went to Changle Palace to congratulate would have to line up.
"Niangniang is more exposed at night, Niangniang should rest." Baizhu stepped forward to support Concubine Liu Huang and persuaded softly.
"Well, let's go." Concubine Liu nodded and said. "Tomorrow, Xuan'er will bring Brother Min into the palace, I should rest early."
On the second day, Xiao Xuan took Brother Min into the palace, and she was still thinking about what she said to Emperor Chu last time. Before going to Yihua Palace, he took Brother Min to Emperor Chu's Lingyun Palace.
Before Wu Chuan reported the news of Xiao Xuan's coming, Emperor Chu was still sitting on the dragon chair with a depressed expression.
"Invite the princess in." Hearing Wu Chuan's words, Xiao Xuan brought Brother Min with him, and the gloomy color on Emperor Chu's face was suddenly swept away.
After seeing Brother Min, Emperor Chu immediately snatched him from Xiao Xuan's arms. Brother Min had a good temper after eating and drinking, but it was not enough for Emperor Chu to hold him.
Xiao Xuan sat on the side and was happy, drinking tea and eating snacks.
"If you have nothing to do in the future, you will bring Brother Min into the palace more." Emperor Chu hugged Brother Min so happily that he couldn't help but ask Xiao Xuan to enter the palace more in the future.
"Got it." Xiao Xuan responded with a smile.
After sitting with Emperor Chu for half an hour.
"Okay, I don't need you with me here." Emperor Chu still had government affairs to deal with. "Go to Yihua Palace to say hello to your mother."
"Yes, then my daughter will go first." Xiao Xuan motioned to the nurse to take Brother Min away. "I'll go into the palace another day to greet my father."
"Well, go ahead."
After arriving at Yihua Palace, I saw that Emperor Liu's concubine was particularly refreshed.
"The concubine's complexion today is better than the first few times I entered the palace." Xiao Xuan didn't know the news of the closure of Zhaoyang Palace, and she asked a little puzzled when she looked at Emperor Liu's concubine.
"Zhaoyang Palace is closed." Emperor Liu's concubine didn't hide it from Xiao Xuan, and told Xiao Xuan about Emperor Chu's disposition of the queen and Concubine De's promotion to Concubine De yesterday. "But it's just that the queen is seriously ill, and you are not allowed to go out and talk nonsense, do you know?"
"How did my father dispose of the queen in a good manner?" Xiao Xuan wondered. "Although my father doesn't like the queen, he has always treated him very favorably."
"Speaking of which, the queen and the mother and son of the king of Jinjun have quite similar behaviors, and they both think that what they have done is seamless." Emperor Liu said sarcastically. "What Xiao Jin did your father can know, can the queen hide what she did from your father? However, your father still looked at the Zhenguo Mansion and the relationship between husband and wife for many years, and left enough dignity for her and Xiao Jin. Although Zhaoyang Palace is closed, she is still the queen, in addition to not being able to go out of Zhaoyang Palace again, her supply is undiminished, and she can also enjoy the honor of the queen. ”
"It seems that the queen will never be able to leave the gate of Zhaoyang Palace in the future." Zhaoyang Palace was completely sealed, and Xiao Xuan was finally able to feel at ease, "In the future, the Sixth Palace will be respected by the mother concubine and the noble concubine, and I can rest assured outside the palace." ”
"Yes, I've been in the palace for so many years, and now I can really put my mind at ease." Emperor Liu said. "The East Palace has been vacant for many years, and there are many palace rooms that need to be renovated, and I still need to discuss many things with Concubine De, and I have to be busy for a while."
When the renovation of the East Palace is completed, Xiao Yu will move to the East Palace with all his family members.
"Then since I happened to enter the palace today, I will bother my mother to watch Brother Min for me for a while, and I will go to Changle Palace to congratulate me later." Xiao Xuan said with a smile. "It's good to ask Concubine De for a good prize."
Concubine De had seven sons when she was young, but unfortunately the seventh son died early due to illness, and Concubine De did not have any more children after that. Because she has always gotten along well with Concubine Liuhuang, Concubine De has always regarded Concubine Liuhuang's children as if they were her own.