Chapter 76: Homecoming
"Why? Do you have someone in mind? β
Huo Yanzhi was moved at first, and then his expressionless face returned, but the sentence he asked seemed to be gritting his teeth.
Zhi Wei hurriedly denied: "There is no such thing. β
Huo Yanzhi's face softened a little, and he was even more puzzled.
"You hate me?"
Zhi Wei was stunned and continued to shake her head in denial.
"The slave did not dare, nor did she think so. Your Majesty is a good man, otherwise he would not have tolerated the occasional presumptuousness of slaves and maids......"
"Then why are you going home?"
Huo Yanzhi's expression was a little inexplicable, but he still took the initiative to reach out and pull her up.
Zhi Wei was a little crying and laughing: "Your Majesty, this is not the same thing. Since entering the palace, the slave maid has always wanted to go home and reunite with her family......"
Huo Yanzhi interrupted her, and there was even a little puzzlement and laughter in his tone.
"Can't you see them if you follow me?"
Zhiwei said: "That's different. Slaves and maids have been separated from their families for many years, how can they be satisfied with only a short side......"
Huo Yanzhi's perseverance brought her closer.
"If you like it, you can summon your mother to live in the palace. Moreover, women all over the world have to marry at your age, is it possible that they are like you, because they are reluctant to marry their relatives for the rest of their lives? β
Zhi Wei sighed and said boldly, "Your Majesty, this is a strong argument. Most girls in the world can stay with their parents until they are teenagers and adults to get married, how can slaves and maids compare with them? β
Huo Yanzhi also seemed to realize that he was secretly changing concepts, and stumbled for a moment before explaining.
"If it weren't for the Queen Mother's sudden intervention, I could let you go out of the palace and stay with your family for a few months. It just so happens that there will be a draft next spring, and you can still follow them into the palace, and you won't be too eye-catching. But now it'......"
The word draft stung Zhiwei's heart coldly.
"Your Majesty, the status of the slave is low, and I don't deserve to be so loved by you."
"I deserve it!"
Huo Yanzhi unconsciously rubbed the back of Zhiwei's hand, it was not the slippery and greasy feel of the palace concubines who were properly maintained, but with a bit of skinny and skinny beauty, which actually made his heart itch slightly.
Zhi Wei's expression was slightly cold, and she withdrew her hand without a trace, staring at her toes with lowered eyes, her voice was small but very firm.
"Your Majesty, the slave maid just said that the slave and maid do not want to be a concubine, and I beg Your Majesty to fulfill it."
Huo Yanzhi finally heard her words clearly, and when he said it for the first time, he was a little slurred, and his speed of speech was very fast, he only noticed the second half of "reuniting with his family", but ignored the first half.
His heart suddenly cooled half: "What do you mean by that?" β
Zhi Wei remained motionless, maintaining a posture of looking at her toes, like a beauty made of white jade.
"It's literal. To put it mildly, the slave has been in the palace for too long, and has seen a lot more dirty things than Your Majesty. Every day in the palace people die inexplicably, saddled with strange charges, framed, and slandered......"
"The slave really doesn't want to be weaker than stepping into the mud, and I don't want to be the one who does the harm......"
"What does the slave mean, can Your Majesty understand?"
When he first heard it, Huo Yanzhi was still a little surprised, and even nodded with emotion after hearing it.
"Wherever there are people, there will be filth and filth. I already know the chaos in the harem, and I won't treat you badly in the future. You don't want to enter the palace, but can you guarantee that you won't encounter this kind of problem if you marry those ordinary people outside? β
There was a sneer on the corner of Huo Yanzhi's mouth, and he gently and skillfully cited the filthy things in the backyard of a certain marquis, a certain officer, and a certain imperial historian in the capital as an example.
"Even if the farmer has spare money and wants to marry a second house, how can you guarantee that the husband you marry will not change his mind for the rest of his life?"
He felt in his heart that Zhiwei was both sophisticated and naΓ―ve, but he was embarrassed to point it out directly.
But Zhi Wei understood his ridicule, and she said with a white face: "This is not to worry about Your Majesty." The slave and maid can only watch one step at a time, even if the future husband has a new love, the slave and maid can choose to live separately from the divorce and property......"
She was a future husband, and Huo Yanzhi was really angry when she heard it.
He was so angry that he just wanted to plug this annoying little mouth that couldn't say sweet words, couldn't be coquettish, and would only do something to him!
Then, he miraculously blocked it in a physical way.
The world was instantly clear, the sound of heartbeat was amplified, and all that was left in front of me was the sharply wide, incredible-starry eyes.
Where the warmth and the slight coolness meet, it is as soft and sweet as the bowl of steamed sugar cheese steaming white in winter.
Huo Yanzhi wanted to taste it again, but Zhiwei, who was kissed so dizzy, was woken up by the first voice outside the window, "Ah, I'm so ashamed, what are those two people doing".
Zhi Wei didn't know where to give birth to the courage, and she pushed Huo Yanzhi, who was caught off guard, and pushed him to the small table next to him.
Huo Yanzhi hissed, and glared at Zhiwei with his back that hit the small table.
"You girl is so bold......
At this time, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded outside again, which made His Majesty the Emperor, who had tasted it for a long time and wanted to make persistent efforts, extremely unhappy.
"Your Majesty, there's an urgent report from the palace!" It was Zhao Jiufu's voice, with a little rare panic.
Zhi Wei didn't care about being embarrassed, and she didn't have time to think about how to unravel this mess between Her Majesty and her, so she was stuffed into the carriage.
Huo Yanzhi wanted to take her back to the palace with her, but Zhiwei resolutely refused and couldn't kneel for a long time.
In the end, Huo Yanzhi had no choice but to let go, ordered someone to send her back to the small mansion where Song Zhige settled in Beijing, and sent two other guards from King Xin's mansion to protect her.
The four of them were also packed together and stuffed into this small mansion, and when the group knocked on the door of the Song Mansion, they almost didn't scare Jinxiu, who had just come back from outside, into a scare of joy and stupidity.
Since the Su family left Beijing in a hurry, Jinxiu stayed and traveled around every day, either taking care of the business for the Su family, or continuing to inquire about the whereabouts of Imperial Doctor Chen.
It's a pity that she has never had the opportunity to see Imperial Doctor Chen, and she learned from an old doctor that Imperial Doctor Chen has no relatives and no reason in the capital, and there is no mansion at all, so she lives directly in the Imperial Hospital, and rarely comes out on weekdays.
However, the old doctor said that Imperial Doctor Chen has a good heart, and every year when he encounters large-scale disasters such as snowstorms, famines, and plagues, if there are displaced people gathered outside the city, he will always take a trip to the palace of Xiumu Sunrise, and pay out of his own pocket to treat those homeless people and prescribe medicine. Like the flood in Jiangnan at the beginning of the year, Imperial Doctor Chen did not run out of the city.
So, Jinxiu went around the city when he had nothing to do, and he was very conflicted. I was looking forward to seeing Imperial Doctor Chen, but I didn't want to have too much famine and suffer the people.
A few days ago, the young master followed the army back to the capital, and the emperor's grace was vast, and the young master Yun saw the girl once, which was regarded as the heart and task of Jinxiu.
Jinxiu went to the shop to order some accounts as usual, and returned to the small courtyard when the sky was slightly dark, not wanting to see a young girl at the door who looked like her own wife and was similar to the young master!
It can be said that there is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them.
Jinxiu didn't expect that her own girl, who was serving in the royal courtyard, was actually surrounded by everyone and came back, and her dress was vaguely higher than that of others.
Jinxiu felt that something was wrong, but she still greeted her with a look of surprise.
"Girl? Why did the girl come back all of a sudden? β
Zhi Wei glanced at the young but very stable girl in front of her, and asked tentatively, "Are you Jinxiu?" β
Jinxiu was even more convinced that the person in front of her was her own girl, so she hurriedly opened the door and welcomed the person in, and secretly looked at Jiangxue and the others, knocking on the side and asking where these people came from.
Zhi Wei was upset, and she didn't know how to explain, so she just wanted to be vague first.
"Mother's house?"
Knowing that the Su family had not yet returned to the capital, Zhiwei's heart was even more clouded.
Jiang Xue smiled lightly and introduced herself to Jinxiu, and said, "Several of us have been specially ordered by the master, and we have come here to serve the girl." Sister Jinxiu doesn't have to be restrained, she can do whatever she wants on weekdays. From today onwards, the work of grooming and dressing, serving tea and water will only be handed over to us, and my sister will only accompany the girl. β
Jinxiu couldn't help but wonder, who is this master referring to in Jiangxue's words?
The young master didn't tell her much, only that the girl was not in the palace, but in the royal palace. He also instructed her, saying that if Mrs. returned to Beijing, she only needed to bring some good things to the other courtyard to do something, and the person in charge was a greedy and timid person, and most of them could be accommodating to let Mrs. see the girl.
Jinxiu grew up in the people, and didn't understand the difference between the palace and the other courtyard, thinking that it was about the difference between the main house and the other village, the former was precious, the latter was deserted and secluded, and the girl was probably punished for doing something wrong.
But this "master" can easily send the girl home, it is estimated that the power is not small, how can he be a royal person, right?
She asked tentatively, "I don't know which noble person is the master in the mouth of Miss Jiangxue?" β
Before Jiang Xue could speak, Xiao Ling smiled and said, "Our master is amazing, there is no nobleman in the world who is more valuable than him!" β
Jiang Xue frowned and pulled Xiao Ling's sleeve, and the latter stopped.
Jinxiu was taken aback and made a lip gesture at Zhiwei.
Zhi Wei nodded helplessly, pulled her directly into the house, and exercised the right to give orders to others for the first time.
"What should you do, I'll talk to Jinxiu."
Jiang Xue received the order and said yes, and turned her head to let the two guards who were still stunned go to guard the door while ordering Wen Zhu and the three of them to boil water and cook.
Xiaoling was assigned the job of boiling bath water for Zhiwei, because she was not used to the design of the kitchen here, and she accidentally rubbed her face with ashes, and her heart was extremely boring.
"Hmph, it's still a nameless person who ordered us, I want to see how long you can be refreshed!"
Wen Zhu walked in with the washed vegetables and said to her casually: "What is a person muttering? β
Xiao Ling hurriedly got up and took the copper basin: "It's nothing, I scolded this stove for being disobedient, hehe." β
Wen Zhu said: "It's really a little cramped here, and I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, so you put people here." β
As soon as this was mentioned, Xiaoling became angry.
Originally, she didn't know what was going on, but when she was packed and sent to the door of King Xin's mansion, she learned that Zhiwei was actually ordered by the Queen Mother to be a concubine of King Xin!
Xiao Ling was so jealous that she was dying of jealousy, but she quickly calmed down, knowing that she had to honestly follow Zhi Wei into the Xinwang Mansion, so that she could have a chance to get close to the Xinwang Lord.
However, she only glanced at the prince of letters, and after a while, she was packed again and stuffed into such a small courtyard where birds don't lay eggs.
Moreover, looking at the reactions of Jiang Xue and others, it seems that Zhi Wei is the person who believes that Zhi Wei is the emperor, and the queen mother's dictation, the letter to the king's concubine and nothing are all counted, and her dream is also in vain!
Even if you are far away from the person you want, she still has to serve people aggrievedly on this campus that is not much bigger than her family, how can Xiaoling accept such a gap!
Xiao Ling grinded her teeth: "Who knows? Eighty percent of it was the one who coaxed His Majesty to relax~"
Wen Zhu nodded, but made a gesture of boos to her.
"Now that a few of us have arrived in one place, it is a relationship of both prosperity and loss, so let's look forward to more girls. He waited until he returned to the palace, and with the identity of a serious child, you and I can also raise our eyebrows when we go out. β
Xiao Ling smiled bitterly, she didn't come to Zhiwei's side to boil the bath water for her.