Chapter 65: Just You Talk
The crowd didn't wait long before a doctor-like man was sent into Zhuangzi on a fast horse by a guard, and he almost didn't vomit all his bile when he got off the horse.
However, Hongying came faster than the doctor, but she didn't dare to rush in to see Mr. Jia.
She was so anxious outside that she stopped Zhi Wei to inquire.
After returning, Zhiwei had already learned the general story from the guards.
It turned out that the emperor and King Xin went to the forest to hunt in a light car, but they didn't expect that someone would run into the mountains and forests alone in a daze. Just as King Shin was chasing a roe deer, he approached the man, who was again obscured by the thick bushes, and the arrow fired by King Shin unfortunately, pierced the man's calf.
"It was said that the wound had been treated simply at that time, and the gold sore medicine was applied, and it would be good to wait for the doctor to come."
Hongying was so anxious that she burst into tears, and looked at Zhiwei with pleading eyes, wanting to go in and take care of that Mr. Jia.
Zhiwei could only refuse with a hard heart, and comforted her, and it seemed that King Xin seemed to propose to let Mr. Jia stay in Zhuangzi to recuperate from his injuries, and maybe Hongying would have the opportunity to take care of it herself.
However, after the doctor treated and retreated the wound, Mr. Jia was taken back to his home in a neighboring village by horse-drawn carriage to recuperate.
This made Hongying extremely disappointed, and even went to the steward to ask for leave, and after being rejected, she made the decision to quit.
Zhi Wei subconsciously persuaded her: "If you quit here, where can you find someone with a better salary and a more leisurely errand?" Even if your father, mother, brother and sister-in-law have no opinion, in what capacity do you want to take care of Mr. Najia? You have no relatives and no reason, aren't you afraid of the gossip of the villagers? ”
Ke Hongying said: "I understand what you say, but I just can't let go of him in my heart." My husband had inconvenient legs and feet, but this time he injured the good leg, and there was no one to take care of him at home, seeing that it was about to enter winter, there must be a lot of inconvenience......"
Zhi Wei raised her forehead and sighed: "If that Mr. Jia is sensible, he wouldn't want to see you do such a stupid thing. If he lets you go as he pleases and doesn't promise you anything, I'm afraid that this character is not worth your concern. Besides, didn't the doctor say that it was just a flesh wound, but not a bone injury? ”
Hongying shook her head and looked at Zhiwei with a strange look.
"Zhiwei, you don't understand. I like him, I want to be good to him, I want to see him safe and sound, so I can feel at ease. The considerations you mentioned are very practical, but they are not the most important thing on my mind. If it were you, and the person you wanted was suffering in a distant land, would you be able to abandon him for the sake of the money and the errands? ”
Zhi Wei was slightly stunned: "But, in a few days, won't you be able to take a vacation and go home to visit him?" ”
Hongying still shook her head, threw down the sentence "That's different", and walked away with her small backpack.
Hongying's words shocked Zhiwei, and for the first time she carefully examined Hongying's question, and then sadly realized that she couldn't imagine what her intended person would be like.
In other words, as long as she lives carefully as a royal slave, it is impossible for her to unload her heart from anyone.
If she can regain her freedom, return home, and have the protection of her mother and brother, and become a normal little girl, perhaps, she will not think about this problem at that time.
This anticlimactic private hunt came to an end, and Zhiwei also lost a partner who could talk about something.
But she didn't have time to be upset about this, because there was an extra resident guest in the Imperial Village, and she, a fake cook who was busy every five days, became very busy every day.
The guest who came in was King Shin.
That day, after a deep conversation with Mr. Jia, the prince suddenly made a decision, he wanted to learn from the royal brother's work spirit of attaching importance to agriculture, and decided to live in Zhuangzi for a period of time to understand the way of Lao Zhuang.
However, Zhiwei felt that King Xin seemed to stay just to visit Mr. Jia at a fixed time every day.
In view of the fact that she was not able to accompany her, and I don't know how the two talked happily, what they said exactly, I can only guess from the look on the face of King Xin when he came back every day, that Mr. Jia, who had cut off his career and career, might become a powerful staff member of King Xin.
The emperor's attitude was a little subtle, and the most intuitive manifestation was that he did not come on the rest day after the day of the hunt.
Zhi Wei asked euphemistically about the arrangement of the meal, but King Xin showed a meaningful smile.
"Brother Huang is afraid that he will not come over recently, Miss Zhiwei doesn't need to be too nervous, this king's diet doesn't need to be too fine, just cook some home-cooked food."
Although I don't know where King Xin's determination came from, Zhiwei believes that he didn't make it up casually to coax him.
Confirming that the emperor would not appear in the short term, Zhi Wei did not feel that the burden on her shoulders had been lifted, and she especially wanted to suggest that King Xin get a cook from his own palace to save her from fire and water.
King Xin is really a good prince who pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade, and once he saw the pitiful appearance of Zhi Wei's fingers being frozen red, he immediately made Zhi Wei's wish come true.
He not only got two cooks, but even moved the gardeners in his house, some famous flowers and plants, and many of his personal belongings, and took great pains to ask the steward to build a new shed in the Zhuangzi to raise flowers, and also pointed out the managers of Zhiwei to do this business.
Zhi Wei has become numb to her changing job transfers, and only treats herself as a brick, moving wherever she is needed.
She began to return to her old business, working with the gardeners of Shin Wang, and learning from the experience of raising flowers.
However, now that the weather is getting colder and colder, most of these precious flowers have entered a state of hibernation, and most of them are lazy, just like most of the plants on the Zhuangzi.
Therefore, Zhiwei's ears have been clear for a long time.
It wasn't until half a month later that the emperor reappeared as if nothing had happened.
During this period, King Xin would only enter the palace once during the great court meeting, occasionally go back to the capital, talk to Mr. Jia from time to time, and spend most of his time soaking in Zhuangzi, reading, planting flowers, and wandering, like a young hermit.
The arrival of the emperor surprised Zhiwei, who even thought that she would not see him for at least this month.
Zhao Jiufu was not surprised at all.
In fact, in the past half a month, he has gone from being suspicious at the beginning to being shocked, and now he is like water.
On the second day after returning to the palace, the emperor asked him to go to the Huangzhuang to deliver something to King Xin, fearing that he would not be used to it.
On the third day, the emperor asked him to go to the Huangzhuang to deliver delicacies, saying that he was afraid that he would not be accustomed to the "coarse food" there.
From the fourth day onwards, the emperor did not send anything anymore, but his face became more and more gloomy day by day.
On the day of Humu, the emperor sent two guards to Zhuangzi, ostensibly to protect the safety of King Xin, but in fact, it was ......
Zhao Jiufu thought back to the small paper scroll that was sent to the emperor's desk at a fixed time every day recently, as well as the content of a small paper scroll that he accidentally saw with only a few words, and decided to completely forget about this matter.
He doesn't know anything, really.
One day, after the great court meeting, the emperor left a letter to the king to speak, and asked a few words of concern about how he lived in Zhuangzi, and the latter was full of praise, and thanked the emperor for his reward a few days ago.
King Xin didn't mention anyone else, but he turned around and replied to the palace, and moved half of the palace's belongings, as if he had a plan to live permanently.
When he learned that King Xin began to raise flowers and grass on the imperial village, and the red sleeves added incense, the emperor's face was even more unsightly, especially after the quarrel between the queen and Princess An in the harem.
Although Zhao Jiufu "forgot" all those small paper scrolls of unknown origin, before "forgetting", he vaguely remembered that there seemed to be several more small paper scrolls that day than usual, and His Majesty's face was also a few degrees darker than usual.
Fortunately, a cadre of soldiers who went south to conquer the South Vietnamese rebels returned to the DPRK in triumph, and finally dispelled part of the dark clouds that lingered over the heads of the people in the Qiande Palace.
Zhao Jiufu waited for the emperor to meet with many generals, but because he accidentally caught a cold one day, he accidentally committed a cold certificate, and happened to miss the legendary scar-faced young general Song Zhige.
However, he learned from Wang Dexi, the apprentice of the "substitute class", that the emperor received Song Zhige that day.
"Master, it's not me who blows, this General Song really looks like Miss Zhiwei! If it weren't for such a scar, going out would definitely attract the big girl and the little daughter-in-law to chase him. It is said that the eldest son of Pingyuan Houjia is handsome and beautiful, and I think this Song general is not far behind......"
"Speaking of which, this General Song is also a legend, he was originally admitted to the Gongshi, but he suddenly changed, and he abandoned his pen and started from Rong, starting from a nine-rank lieutenant, and now it has only been half a year, and he has actually mixed with the Dingyuan general of the fifth grade, which is simply amazing!"
"Hehe, Your Majesty wanted to make him a bigger official at that time, but General Song refused to agree, and said that he was young, inexperienced, and meritorious service was all based on luck, and he was not worthy of His Majesty's attention. He also said that if His Majesty is willing to give him a chance, he is willing to go to the frontier and continue to hone himself, not to make great military achievements, but not to be a soldier on paper. His Majesty seemed to like him very much, and even left him to eat with him, and even pulled a few homely ......"
Because of these increasingly obvious signs, Zhao Jiufu could no longer deny the fact that His Majesty was likely to really look at Miss Zhiwei differently.
As a result, I followed His Majesty to Zhuangzi, and the first thing I heard His Majesty say to Miss Zhiwei was-
"Done with the kitchen? Knowing that King Shin is generous and tolerant, he deliberately kicks his nose and is lazy? Hurry up and get ready, I'm hungry! ”
Zhao Jiufu couldn't help but fall into confusion.
If His Majesty is unintentional, what is the reason why he stares at the news from the two guards every day?
If His Majesty has a heart, every time he sneers at Miss Zhiwei or squeezes his words, what kind of operation is this?
Although Zhao Jiufu is just a eunuch, he has no function as a man, and he has no mind to chase women, but he at least knows the truth of "doing what he likes".
He looked at the emperor sadly, and then at Zhiwei.
At that time, Zhi Wei was squatting outside the newly built shed, with several large wooden basins in front of her, all filled with water. She stretched out her fingertips, plunged into the water and stirred, scooped up a scoop and was about to get up, when she was questioned by the emperor.
She was stunned and explained: "I have seen Your Majesty." This matter is at the behest of the king, and the slave and maid need to take care of the flowers and plants in this shed......"
The emperor put his face on the board, and his face, which was not angry and arrogant, was now more solemn and inviolable.
"I see, you have been in the Zhuangzi for too long, not only have you forgotten your identity, but also who your master is!"
Zhi Wei felt a little surprised as if she had been struck by lightning, but she was more aggrieved.
She was a little palace maid, and she was "assigned" to Zhuangzi for a reason that was not upright enough, and the emperor did not come, and King Xin, who lived here, was the person with the highest status. Could it be that if King Xin asked her to go east, could she still say that she preferred to go west?
The long eyelashes trembled slightly, hiding a small curtain of sunlight, and most of the palm-sized little face was hidden in the shadows.
"Your Majesty taught you a lesson. The slave went to help in the kitchen. ”
Zhi Wei did not hesitate, only gently put down the wooden scoop in her hand, nodded to the old gardener behind her, and drifted away.
Huo Yanzhi, who stayed in place, was silent, his heart was faintly bored, as if he had hit the cotton with a fist, and he felt quite powerless.
Zhao Jiufu muttered in his heart: "A good slave should relieve his worries and troubles for his master in time......"
He also learned from the emperor to make a face and said, "Your Majesty, this Zhiwei girl's temper is really getting bigger and bigger. You see, how cold her eyes were just now, she didn't have any guilt or respect, she seemed to have no fear. She must have asked the prince to support her! ”
Huo Yanzhi suddenly said in his heart, no wonder he felt that something was wrong in his heart, it turned out that the girl's eyes were really not quite right. Fortunately, Zhao Jiufu pointed out in time, otherwise he would have been sued by that girl in front of King Xin!
He said indignantly: "Let her go back to the palace today!" Every day is here, and my heart is in the wild! It's really not true! ”
It's just that he kept complaining, but he didn't say a word about how to punish this "temperamental" and "wild" bad palace maid.
Zhao Jiufu nodded solemnly and echoed: "According to the slave maid, such a disobedient girl should be sent to the Criminal Division to teach a good lesson." ”
Hearing the three words of the Shen Criminal Division, Huo Yanzhi was silent, as if he was reminded of a not very wonderful past.
After calming down, Huo Yanzhi seemed to have regained his senses and glared at Zhao Jiufu unkindly.
"Just you talk a lot! If you don't speak, no one will treat you like a dumb person! ”