At the fourth watch, Wanying heard some movement outside, stretched out her hand to light the candle, and before she finished washing, Aunt Bitong came over and said that she wanted to go to Anle Hall to send a concubine.

Wanying thought to herself: Although she has no chance with the concubine, if she sends it herself, the concubine will be happy in her heart. Besides, the status of the concubine is low, if there are too few people who send it, won't let others laugh at it. Thinking of this, he begged his aunt: "Auntie, Wanying also wants to send a concubine." ”

Aunt Bitong looked at Wanying knowingly: "Good boy, let's go together." ”

The snow was slippery, but Wanying didn't have the panic of yesterday, and her steps were solid and steady.

When the two of them arrived at Anle Hall, it happened to be the first moment of the fifth watch, and Concubine Dong'an kept watch all night, and then went to the Queen Mother to ask for advice.

As soon as I entered the Anle Hall, the scene in front of me was sad, in the empty hall, the concubine was lying alone, and the two monks next to her folded their hands on their chests, their mouths densely thinking about the death spell of the dead soul.

There is no one else.

There was no trace of spark in the brazier where the paper money was burned, and Aunt Bitong knelt down, kowtowed three times respectfully, and then knelt to the side and picked up the flint and paper money on the ground. The brazier burned again.

Wanying followed behind Aunt Bitong, and also knelt in front of the concubine's spirit, and bowed respectfully three times. Then kneel on the other end of the brazier.

The hemp paper used to make paper money is estimated to be the lowest quality in the palace. From time to time, choking soot comes out. But that's it, the paper money burned out after a while. Aunt Bitong looked up, and then Wanying saw the tears in her aunt's eyes and the tear stains on her face.

"You're here, I'll go get some paper money."

"Auntie, it's not dawn yet, and the road is not easy to walk, so let's go Wanying."

"You just entered the palace and went to the Pavilion to ask for something, but I'm afraid you won't come out, so I'll go."

After Aunt Bitong finished speaking, she got up and walked out of the Anle Hall, and at this time, a few grandmothers came in, saw Wanying kneeling in front of the brazier, and said tauntingly: "You have to pick the right time to shoot the horse's ass, not where there is a crack to drill." The concubine has only been gone for a short time, why do you have to come over for an hour, who are you kneeling here like this, with a pitiful face? ”

Wanying knew that they had something to say, thinking that she was a little palace maid who was stammering with Concubine Dong'an, Wanying glanced up, the deceased was the greatest, and Wanying didn't care about them in front of the concubine's spirit.

When they saw that Wanying didn't squeak, they were even more proud. and ridiculed a lot.

"Look at these little *men, one by one, they are rampant, and the grandmothers ask questions, and they don't even answer a word."

"The world is declining, this generation is not as good as the generation, when we first entered the palace on an errand, we saw that the elders were respectful, and now these little hooves, let alone let them be respectful, as long as they don't arrange pits behind me, they will burn high incense."

"Who said it wasn't, on such a cold day, since the funeral work was assigned to a few of our old women, are all the new palace maids in the palace dead?"

"Be quiet, Yesterday's grandfather Sun of the Pavilion Office has been dismissed by the concubine, how many heads do we have enough for the concubine?"

"It's not that these little sluts are picking up on weekdays, plainly, how can the concubine search for her grandfather?"

"I heard that it was because of the ginseng matter, there was a ginseng in the concubine's medicine, and the whole ginseng had to be used, and the imperial pharmacy had been short of ginseng in recent years, and I wanted to ask for a few roots from the Pavilion Administration, but the Pavilion Department said that it was not the responsibility of the Pavilion Administration, and they were only responsible for the distribution of each palace, regardless of the dispensing and catching of medicine. On both sides, because of this matter, several little eunuchs also moved. ”

"There is no ginseng in the concubine's case, and this is also a grievance!"

"What do you know, this is life-saving ginseng, and it doesn't matter if it's a case or not!"

"What you said is light, the things in the Pavilion Department are all registered, and there is no ginseng, what should I do if I ask from above?"

"You also believe this, how many good things have they put in the pavilion, and they are afraid that they will not be able to make up a few ginsengs?"

"You don't understand this, you all know that they are greasy, just taking advantage of the concubine's ginseng, pretending to be white, and washing the pavilion."

"I heard that it seems to be Gonggong Zhang of the Imperial Pharmacy and Gonggong Sun of the Pavilion Department because of something, and the two of them are incompatible, so the two sides are fighting because of ginseng!"

"Because of what?"

"How do I know that? Maybe the two of them begged a little wife, and their eyes were red-eyed......"

Four or five mothers-in-law, you and I are very happy, and they are all amused by this witty nonsense.

A gust of wind carried a few pieces of paper money to the middle of several people, and several mothers-in-law suddenly remembered that this was the mourning hall of Concubine Liu. Could it be that it was very inappropriate for Concubine Liu to see a few people laughing like this, so she blew this gust of wind. Several mothers-in-law were startled and retracted their smiles in unison.

A slippery mother-in-law hurriedly burned incense and worshiped the Buddha and knelt down: "The concubine is kind, the concubine is kind, the concubine goes all the way, and the concubine ascends to ......Bliss early" The mother-in-law with a meaty face happened to meet Wanying's eyes while closing her voice.

"Death*, you will only kneel in the house and burn paper, you see that the paper people and paper horses outside the hall are wet with melting snow, and you don't move to a dry place, and when the concubine comes back and sees it, she feels uncomfortable and peels off your skin."

Wanying didn't squeak at all, what people were most afraid of was a one-man show without an audience, they ridiculed Wanying, and if Wanying was distressed, she fell for their plan. So Wanying doesn't argue, she doesn't get angry, she doesn't get angry, they are just boring. Hearing that the offerings were placed at the door, Wan Ying was so happy to get out, stood up and stomped out of the hall, and while the offerings were placed, there was a voice in her ears:

"If the concubine wants to die, she won't pick a good day, seeing that there are three or five days left to be the end of the year. I can't have fun this year. ”

The grandmother next to her had a look of approval, and said very angrily: "I've been busy for a year, just wait for a few days to eat something good, drink something good, the masters have eaten a year of big fish and meat, and it doesn't matter if you fast, we have eaten vegetables for a year, and we are counting on the oil and water of these days." ”

"Isn't it! The queen mother's concubines must fast, and if we suffer, we still won't be able to eat meat during the New Year. ”

A mother-in-law whispered alertly: "Let's be quiet, and the concubine will come over later." ”

"Afraid of what? It's still early. I know it. ”

"It's good if you know, and it's indispensable to guard against others." After speaking, he glanced at Wanying. Signaling to his companion, it seems that Wanying is the villain who reports the news.

The grandmother didn't care, and snorted out of her nose, "Huh—she? Then he looked at Wanying viciously and motioned for Wanying to silence.

Wanying didn't want to pay attention to them, and she didn't have the heart to compete with them, and she didn't have the interest to defend them, because they were so ugly and humble.