The palace maid Zhuzhen came in with tea, and was taken by Yao Deguang in front of the door, waving her hand to retreat.

Zhuzhen handed over the tea tray and tiptoed out.

It's good to be on an errand in front of the emperor, and it's not good.

The advantage is that she has a big face, although Zhuzhen is only a second-class palace maid, but when the Shang Palace in other places sees her, she has to rush to call the girl, not to mention those first, second and third-class palace maids. As long as you look down, there are smiling faces everywhere.

But behind this glamour, the difficulties are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. There is no mistake in going out on an errand before the emperor, the eyes must live, the heart must be careful, and the mouth must be strict, which are the minimum and minimum requirements, but that's all, eighty percent of the people have been brushed down. Zhuzhen feels that the most important thing for her to stay until today is to remember one thing firmly.

It was when she first entered the palace, and Lao Shanggong told her that she must do her duty.

Zhu Zhen didn't think this sentence was precious at the time.

Lao Shanggong smiled and pointed his finger at her, and the teeth in the open mouth were gone. Zhuzhen followed Lao Shanggong for two years and slowly heard about her past from her.

Her teeth were not lost because she was older, but they were beaten.

In the palace, the slap is a common punishment, but it varies in severity. There are those who let themselves slap their mouths, and there are those who let two people who make mistakes slap each other's mouths, which is considered light. The most important thing is to let a special punishment be beaten, and Lao Shanggong's teeth were knocked out in a palm and mouth punishment. Since then, she can only eat some soft and rotten food, survived the change of dynasty, survived the continuous war, and survived until the current peaceful years.

"When I was young, I also felt that I was born well and had a good voice, and when I was as old as you, some people told me that if you want to live a long time in the palace, your duty is the most important, more important than shrewdness and ability, and more important than being sleek and thoughtful. At the time, I also thought that this was the foolish words of old fools. ”

Zhuzhen couldn't help but ask: "Why?" ”

"When people are young, they are always impulsive, they have little knowledge, but they are ambitious, and eight out of ten people want to climb up. Especially the same palace people around you, not only are they not as good as you, but they are also inferior to you, but they have climbed to the high branches and become a master, but you are still a low-level palace maid, can you be convinced? ”

Zhuzhen shook her head.

Lao Shanggong said this situation, she felt unconvinced when she thought about it.

"yes, I'm not convinced. What should I do if I am not convinced? And the mind moved...... Either I'll go to a high place, or I'll let her fall from a high place. ”

These two sentences are old and sad.

Zhu Zhen was frightened.

"It's too difficult to go to a high place, how can you find a ladder to the sky. But there are too many ways to make people fall from a height...... "Lao Shanggong looked at Zhuzhen, who was still young at the time: "That's how people's hearts become bad step by step. The first time is always harder, but with the first time, it's easy to have a second time. Maybe after starting to do evil, you will feel guilty, and you will gradually get used to it, and you will even be complacent about the success of your cunning. One day when you suddenly turn around, you won't recognize yourself. ”

"If you don't want to become a person like me, a ghost or a ghost, you must remember the word duty from the beginning, don't get lost while walking."

Lao Shanggong was indeed a little old and confused later, and often said some upside down and repeated words.

"Being a slave and maid has the duty of a slave and a maid, and being a master has the duty of a master, people, you always keep your eyes on the wealth and glory, but there are some things, the more you want it, the more you can't get it......"

Zhuzhen sometimes feels scared when she listens to it.

Later, Lao Shanggong died of illness.

Lao Shanggong's words Zhu Zhen firmly remembered in her heart, and everything she saw and heard later confirmed her words everywhere and at all times.

She will also envy others when they are glorious, and she will also be unfair when others are in power...... But none of this is a reason to harm others.

Perhaps it was this childish nature that made her stand out from the crowd of palace maids and was selected to serve in front of the palace.

Here she is more cautious, she will not believe the compliments of others, and she will not take advantage of the convenience of being an errand to deceive her superiors and subordinates. Don't see what you shouldn't see, don't say what you shouldn't say.

A year later, she became the leader of the class of six.

The fifth princess was sent to the study alone by the emperor today, which was originally an unusual thing.

Originally, the responsibility of the princesses' upbringing was the responsibility of the queen's mother, and the emperor was busy with court affairs, and he didn't even have much time for his sons to take care of it, let alone his daughters?

When the fifth princess came, Zhuzhen saw it, and her appearance can be described in eight words.

Trembling, sincere fear.

The fifth princess was called, thinking that it was not the emperor who wanted to praise her.

However, there has been no major incident in the palace recently, and the mistake made by the fifth princess should not be a big mistake...... Or rather, there were no serious consequences.

Thinking about this is enough for Zhuzhen. No matter how much she has, she won't guess or inquire.

It's just that the emperor is obviously in a bad mood, just look at the appearance of Grandpa Yao.

The emperor is in a bad mood, and the people who serve them have to be even more energetic, and there can be no mistakes or omissions.

The fifth princess was grounded.

Lu Jingxuan's envoys were all dismissed, some of them returned to the inner palace prison, and some of them disappeared without even making a sound. In the entire Lujingxuan, there are only a few people left.

Feng Shanggong was fined a year of silver, and did not dismiss her as well, or even downgrade her.

This is a great grace for Feng Shanggong.

Feng Shanggong also knew what this leniency was for.

I probably couldn't find someone who could replace her for a while, so I left her alive to see the aftermath.