Whether in the palace or outside the palace, it is common to encounter hostility from similar classes.

Just as the concubines are either dressed up to seduce the emperor every day, or they are trying their best to fight with black-eyed chickens, just to consolidate and improve their status, the battles between the palace people are similar.

There are so many servants under a master, and there are not even three, six, nine, etc., but not everyone can squeeze to the master to be reused. Although everyone is a slave, with the same background and the same grade, the treatment of going out is different when they are valued by their masters. Don't say anything else, just say how much Wang Dexi eats in the harem.

Of course Zhi Wei understands this truth, she has also encountered similar problems in other palaces, people like Hua Ying and Hua Cai are everywhere, just look at whether their methods are smart enough.

After discovering Yuxue's hostility, she immediately reflected on her behavior in the past few days, and after confirming that she was low-key enough, she could only reluctantly give this pot to Manager Zhao, who could not come to top the pot.

She can only be more cautious, and when talking to Yuxue, she used her respect and flattery to the palace maid beside Concubine Shu back then, and she didn't appear in front of Yuxue if she had nothing to do.

However, even so, Yuxue's eyes did not ease her in the slightest.

Especially after Yufang officially left the palace, the situation worsened.

Yufang and Yuxue were originally the palace maids who had served the longest time in front of the palace, and they were very valued by Chief Manager Zhao. Now that Yufang is gone, Yuxue, who decided to stay in the palace as a female official, naturally became the first person in the palace in front of the palace, and also took on the important task of arranging shifts for the palace maids every day and training the newcomers to the palace for the busy Zhao.

When Yuxue became Zhiwei's top boss, the latter soon found that he was being excluded.

Yuxue didn't want Zhiwei to do chores, but she talked about her previous experience in the Siyuan Bureau, and assigned her an errand to take care of flowers and plants, and she didn't have to touch the rest of the work such as serving tea and water.

From the point of view of an ordinary palace person, it must be very frustrating to be ostracized like this. After all, if you are called to eat ashes outside, and you can't even touch the corners of your master's clothes, where can you still get the attention of your master?

But Zhiwei's reaction was a little strange, that is, Yu Xue was stunned for a moment when she first commanded, and immediately responded sincerely after accepting it and thanked Yu Xue.

Yuxue couldn't help but think more: "If this girl is either stupid, she is scheming." In the future, I still have to be more vigilant, so as not to let her rise in front of His Majesty. ”

And then for a few days, Zhiwei was bored to plant flowers and grass, and there was no intention of going to the palace, and Yuxue was more cautious.

"It's strange, there are only a few flowers and trees in the entire Qiande Palace, where did she get so much work to do? It's been so busy all day that it looks like I'm treating her badly. Hmph, I didn't expect this girl to have such good patience and first-class acting skills. If it weren't for the mention of Xiao Xizi before, I really wouldn't have seen that he was a bold guy who dared to seduce His Majesty in person! ”

So Yuxue became more vigilant, and even took care of the bonsai in the palace every day, and strictly guarded against letting Zhiwei enter the palace.

Zhiwei actually didn't care very much, she couldn't wait to mess around in the Qiande Palace every day, until she left the palace the year after tomorrow. During this period, if the emperor needs her and Aunt Xi Yue to testify, she will show up, and then ask the emperor to give her a gold medal for avoiding death. Whether she can gain the emperor's attention and be promoted to a first-class palace maid is far less important to her than her life.

However, there is also something in her heart that she can't let go.

The first time she served tea to the emperor last time, she happened to see her brother's name appear on the fold, and there were a bunch of names next to it, plus the spring season has passed, and the palace exam is imminent, Zhi Wei is almost eighty percent sure that the fold must be the list of Jinshi who will be admitted to the exam this year!

"Song Zhige, it can't be so coincidental, there is someone with the same name and surname, it must be my brother! My brother has been talented since he was a child, and although he is not very old now, he has been carefully taught by his mother since he was a child, and he has been taught earnestly by his husband, and it should not be a big difficulty for him to pass the Jinshi examination. That's right, it should be like this......"

Every time she thought of this possibility, Zhiwei couldn't help but burst into tears.

thinks that back then, when she "sold" herself into the palace, her family was so poor that it was simply sad. She just remembered that her father died of illness, and her mother was from a bad background, because she disobeyed the family and married her mother as a wife, and her father was expelled from the clan, and naturally no one took care of the affairs after her death, and no one helped her three orphans and widows. The mother raised the two brothers and sisters with her meager savings, and she also tried her best to provide for her brother to go to school, just to let her brother be famous and glorious in the future, so that his father, who died early, could smile at Jiuquan, and even more regretted the ruthless and cold-blooded Song family.

Now, it's finally done!

Zhi Wei stood in front of a cluster of smiling flowers, but the corners of her eyes oozed a little crystal.

Even if he only wins a third-class Tongjin Shi in the end, his brother can find a foreign official position to sit on, even if it is difficult to enter the six ministries and cabinets in the future, it is not bad to be a local official. At least Zhi Wei thinks so, it is easier to make some real achievements as a parent official, which is better than many Beijing officials who don't know how expensive firewood and rice are.

She couldn't help but think, fortunately, she had "sold" herself for ten taels of silver, otherwise, with her brother being sick at that time and having no money to hire a doctor, she really couldn't imagine how her brother would continue to study and take the imperial examination without the support of those ten taels of silver.

"I don't know what happened to my mother...... My brother can get fame so early, and he must be indispensable to the support of his mother. Anyway, they should be okay, right? I don't know if there is an extra sister-in-law in the family, how is her character......"

Zhi Wei whispered a few words to Xiaohua, and began to worry about her current situation again.

She is now guarded by Yuxue like a thief, and she can't enter the inner hall, so she can't peek at the twists. Otherwise, when the palace is tried on March 15, she can always take a look at her brother's specific ranking when she enters the hall to bring tea, water and water. I can't say, I still have a chance to find out where my brother will be an official!

"How can I make Sister Yuxue relax and slack? Like an old hen, I really didn't want to do anything to Your Majesty......"

A delicate voice suddenly sounded, like a little girl who had just woken up and was rubbing her eyes and nose and talking slurredly.

"You want to please Yuxue? It's very simple, don't you know what you like? ”

Zhi Wei asked modestly: "Of course I understand the truth of doing what he likes, but what does Yuxue like?" Delicious, beauty and skin care, or needlework jewelry? ”

Xiaoxiao Hua was startled, and the yellow and pink branches trembled a few times before it quieted down.

"Ah, you can actually understand my words, it seems that you are a human who is rich in learning. For our sake, I'll tell you unashamedly. Yuxue is a person who is very fond of the Dog Emperor, she only has a good impression of the same people, and she has no good impression of all people and things that may have a negative impact on the Emperor......"

Zhi Wei couldn't bear to correct its messy idiom use, listened carefully, and then recalled it carefully, which seemed to make sense.

According to common sense, if a first-class palace person like Yuxue wants to crowd out a small palace person, if it is not out of jealousy, the rest can only be a defensive mentality.

But her intuition was that the former was not very reliable, because she had observed Yuxue, and every time she mentioned His Majesty or His Majesty's orders, the expression on her face was proud, proud, and calm, but there was no trace of love or cowardice.

"Could it be that Yuxue has some misunderstanding about me? For example, she thought I was scheming to squeeze into Qiande Palace to compete for favor? ”

Zhi Wei decided to go back and inquire about one or two, and happily watered the smile flower, and wiped the leaves everywhere she could, waiting for this smile to feel comfortable, and repeatedly beckoned Zhi Wei to come to see her more in the future.

Zhi Wei agreed without thinking, after all, the Qiande Palace is magnificent, there are very few flowers and plants, and she can't control the bonsai in the hall, except for a few pots of green bonsai that may need to be replaced, and only these trees in front of the east and west side halls can be her companion.

After finishing her daily work, Zhi Wei walked back with the watering pot, pondering how to show favor to Yuxue as she walked.

As she walked through a small door, someone suddenly stopped her.

"Miss Zhiwei, you, why are you here?"

Zhi Wei was stunned for a moment, and when she looked up, she was a young man in a guard uniform, and his appearance was still a little familiar, it seemed to be the person he had met twice before, as if he said that his surname was Yuan Lai?

Because the first two times they met at night, she didn't look carefully, but today is the first time she really sees each other.

This man was born with a square silhouette, large ears, thick lips, and soft eyes, and looked like a loyal man. So much so, although he was looking at himself with burning eyes at the moment, Zhi Wei didn't feel that the other party's eyes would offend him or have any bad thoughts about him.

But in the end, she still blushed in such an eager gaze: "It turned out to be Yuan Guard, polite." ”

Yuan Chengtai looked at the girl he liked stupidly, and it took a few beats to react, and he retracted his eyes in a panic, and turned his head to only dare to look at the stone bricks on the floor. He knew he should go away, but he didn't want to be the one who walked away first.

Because his mother was seriously ill, he took leave to serve at home in the past few days, and finally got some improvement, so he returned to the palace to be on duty, and it happened to be staggered with Zhiwei, who was transferred to the palace at the beginning of the year.

Therefore, he still doesn't know the changes of Zhiwei, let alone the reason for the latter layer, and only has a cheerful thought in his heart.

"She's come to serve in front of the palace, won't you be able to see her often in the future? It's so nice......"

Although he knew that he couldn't do anything under the palace rules, and the girls might not be interested in him, he just couldn't stop being happy, so much so that he had to work hard to tighten his lips so that he wouldn't laugh on the spot.

Zhi Wei gave him a slight blessing and was about to leave sideways.

At this moment, a mocking female voice suddenly sounded behind them.

"Tsk, it's still broad daylight, and you can't stand it? I really don't know the rules...... Niangniang, it seems that Mr. Zhao has been busy with nobles recently, and only then does his subordinates dare to ignore it so lightly......"