Bao Xi seemed to be frightened by Mrs. Wei's words, her face was full of dumbfounded and panicked, and she was silent for a while before she spoke, "Using power for personal gain? She looked incredulous, as if she didn't believe that the harem would really do this to her.

Mrs. Wei nodded, "If my sister takes advantage of the dismissal to send all the women and women in the harem out of the palace, isn't that just using power for personal gain?" Empress Shen and Mrs. Na Qin naturally felt that their sister drove people away in order to clear their strength, they boasted that they were very good to the women in their room, why would these people leave so decisively regardless of their feelings......" she said and paused, "So, then there is only one reason." ”

"If that's the case, Mrs. Wei is a little worried," Bao Xi looked at Mrs. Wei, "I'm not worried about that." ”

Mrs. Wei became anxious, "I know that this is the will of the king, and Lord Zhao in the court is cooperating with my sister's move, but I am afraid that someone will have the intention to frame my sister, so I will explain everything clearly when the time comes." ”

Bao Xi took a breath lightly, "Mrs. Wei doesn't have to worry, although I have started to deal with this matter this day, there are almost no harem women who come to me to ask to leave the palace, how can it cause the big problem you are worried about?" If one or two people were dismissed from the palace, it wouldn't cause such chaos, would it? ”

"I didn't ...... No one? Mrs. Wei was stunned for a moment, "How can there be no one?" ”

"Should there be anyone?" Bao Xi looked at Mrs. Wei suspiciously and asked, "If there should be someone, doesn't it mean that the king treats them very poorly on weekdays, they spend their days in the palace like a year, and now they can't wait to leave when they have the opportunity?" ”

Mrs. Wei looked at Bao Xi and took a deep breath, she had seen a lot of women in the palace, and she knew too well why Bao Xi did this. What Bao Xi did was not to let the king fall into the hands of others, her horror did not come from how smart she was, how she was shocked and calculated, but because she actually considered that it was King Zhou instead of herself, and she had a kind of temperament that was put to death and then born.

Mrs. Wei was in a cold sweat on her head, and the smile on her face was very disobedient, she had been in and out of the harem for many years, because she was not favored, so she always watched more, listened more, and judged less, and she knew everyone's virtue very well in her heart, and now in the face of praise, she just wanted to leave quickly, "In this way, I will rest assured!" She no longer dares to call herself a sister, and she is afraid that it is not easy to match, "I'll leave first, you are busy first!" ”

Bao Xi nodded slightly, turned around and walked to the back hall, and said to Xiuxiu, who had retreated and was waiting for her, "What's next?" ”

"Strange," Xiuxiu flipped through the manual and looked at Bao Xi, "It turned out to be a concubine, named Lu Ning, why is there no image." ”

"The concubines and concubines in the palace have more or less slept in the palace," Bao Xi felt that something was wrong, "which room?" ”

"Huachen Palace," Xiuxiu frowned, "I haven't paid much attention to the fact that there is such a concubine in Huachen Palace, shouldn't it......" She paused for a long time, and suddenly remembered something, "When Madame was still there, there was a concubine in Huachen Hall who was ill all the year round, and she always took this leave and rarely went out, and after a long time, we gradually forgot about her." ”

"When did you enter the palace?" Bao Xi nodded.

Xiuxiu looked at the book in her hand, "Two years ago." ”

Bao Xi always felt that something was wrong, "Call in first, right?" ”

Xiuxiu turned around and went out and called the concubine in, Xiuxiu stood aside, very curious about the woman who came: she looked extremely thin, her face was fair, her body was thin, she could be broken by blowing, the whole person looked like a little girl, and she also carried a small bag with dates in it. She asked Bao Xi for peace, with a smile on her face, looking at her age not much older than Bao Xi, looking at her face would even think that she was smaller, although her appearance was pale, but she was also delicate and lively, and there was a kind of childishness in her tone, looking at Bao Xi timidly asked, "I can eat when I answer my mother's words?" ”

Bao Xi nodded, not thinking about the details, "You are the concubine of Huachen Palace?" ”

Lu Ning looked at Bao Xi and grinned, "Hmm! I came here to ask to leave the palace, as long as the mother answers, I can go! She smiled and looked at Bao Xi and said.

"Why do you want to leave the palace?" Bao Xi asked.

"The king passed the order, but he didn't say that everyone who wanted to leave the palace still had to tell the mother the reason." Lu Ning looked at Bao Xi's face and smiled, but there was no longer anything in his eyes. Her vigilance is very high, but this vigilance is hidden in her delicate appearance, and no one can see it unless she looks carefully.

"After all, everyone serves the king together, and I don't want you to have no way to live after you get out of here," Bao Xi looked at Lu Ning and said, "How much you always know, in the future, the king will miss you, and I will be able to reply when asked." ”

"The king misses?" Lu Ning looked at Bao Xi and pondered these four words, then laughed and applauded, put one leg on the other, and rolled up his sleeves, "I naturally have a way of living when I go out, whether I get married or make a living, I don't have to worry about my mother, and I can rest assured." ”

Bao Xi supported her jaw with her hand and looked at Lu Ning, "I'm afraid it's not easy to get married, if you make a living, you might as well talk about it?" ”

Lu Ning pursed his lips, he had already seen the number of Bao Xi's roads thoroughly, nodded slightly and raised his eyebrows, no wonder from morning to now, so many people have come, but none of them have left, "Do whatever you want to make money," Lu Ning took out the dates in his pocket and stuffed them into his mouth, and said in a vague voice, "There are so many professions in the world that there are no shortage of people, I don't believe that there is no one suitable for me Lu Ning, let alone ......" She looked at Bao Xi and smiled, "I am not from a poor family, and I am not from the countryside, It is quite difficult for other women to go out of the palace and remarry, but it doesn't mean that I can't get married. ”

"You've made up your mind to go?" Bao Xi asked.

"If Niangniang is not at ease," Lu Ning nodded, "I can make a fuss that is known to the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, and say that you are against the king's words, Niangniang should be careful...... Now everyone in the harem is staring at you! ”

"Stay with me, and I can provide you with a living." Bao Xi suggested.

"I've never been in the habit of being someone else's dog." Lu Ning said and threw the jujube in his hand high and threw it into his mouth, savoring the taste with joy, and then looking at Bao Xi's not good-looking expression.

Bao Xi thought for a while, there must have been a woman leaving the palace, but now this woman is from Huachen Palace, she is the master again, so she nodded, and stamped the abolished seal on Lu Ning's book, "You can go." ”

"Thank you Niangniang for your kindness," Lu Ning stood up, holding the table with both hands and looking down at Bao Xi, "I'll see you again in the future, I will definitely thank Niangniang for this kindness." ”

Bao Xi nodded slightly, observing the woman in front of her.

Lu Ning jumped down from the chair, clapped his hands, and walked out of this room with a big grin, seeing her go out, the worry in Bao Xi's heart came to her face, her brows were deep, and her expression was calm. Xiuxiu looked at such a mother, and then looked at Lu Ning's figure going out, and asked and asked, "Niangniang, do you need Lord Shangqing from Xuan Dazai Palace to come here?" ”

"Don't bother your uncle about these little things," Bao Xi shook her head.

"This lady is really weird," Xiuxiu said, looking out the door, "I'm going to check her bedding records?" ”

"No need," Bao Xi waved her hand and pinched the bridge of her nose, "I'll see you again in the future, let's talk about it then." ”

"How does the mother know?" Xiuxiu asked.

"Didn't she just say that?" Bao Xi flipped through the next book and looked at the records on it.

"That's just a little girl's joke, and the mother doesn't have to take it too seriously," Xiuxiu said.

"It's not a joke," Bao Xi raised her head and looked at Xiuxiu and explained, "This girl is well versed in pharmacology, and it is not a problem to go out to make a living, but it is ...... to marry" She paused, "Forget it, maybe I thought too much and called the next person in, right?" ”

"Yes, Niangniang," Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi's expression, she couldn't hide her worry, she wanted to investigate this concubine named Lu Ning, in her impression, she seemed to have never served in bed, the women in the Huachen Palace, which one of the attendants had to go through the arrangement of Mrs. Zheng, so although the Huachen Hall was favored, the fate of the women here was not necessarily much better than those in Mrs. Wei's room.

But without Bao Xi's consent, Xiuxiu's investigation could not be carried out at all, and she had to give up this idea.

What Bao Xi was worried about was that Lu Ning's pale appearance seemed to be due to excessive blood loss, and the constant consumption of dates was to replenish it, and her excessive blood loss did not seem to be born, but more like an acquired formation. In the past two years, she has stepped into the palace gate but refused to go out on the grounds that she is weak and sick, which shows that she is afraid of being recognized.

Who recognized it?

Bao Xi pinched the pen and guessed that she was afraid of being recognized by King Zhou, which showed that King Zhou and Lu Ning at least knew each other, and had a close relationship, but they had never heard King Zhou talk about this woman, and Lu Ning didn't want King Zhou to recognize her. Bao Xi's hand tapped on the table, and she guessed that this Lu Ning should be a dead person.

She also wanted to know about Lu Ning's past, but she must not check it, once she found out any clues, if she was involved, there would be too many things that would be endangered. So no matter how curious she was, she had to hold on to this thought, grit her teeth, and leave it behind.

Bao Xi has a hunch that she will definitely meet Lu Ning again, and at that time, it will be difficult to say whether she is friend or foe.

Dealing with the harem women, so that Bao Xi has not been able to step out of the Qiongtai Hall for a week, from morning to night, and different women say different things, no matter what kind of distress the other party has, she can always resolve them one by one, and finally leave the other party in the palace. There were also a few unfortunate people who failed to convince them, so they let them go, and after a week no one came, and there were only a dozen women who left the harem.

This greatly surprised everyone, and they were surprised and recalled, if the number of women who left the palace reached as many as half at one time, I was afraid that the harem would be chaotic, the front hall would be chaotic, and even the rule of the entire Zhou Dynasty would be chaotic.

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