When Su Duyin, Mrs. Shangguan and other ladies were escorted into the court, the servants and maids in the court couldn't help but look sideways in gorgeous clothes. The eunuchs who brought them in had received orders from the female envoys beside the empress before, and this group of female dependents must not make any mistakes, lest the empress lose face.

The eunuch had no choice but to settle the grandmother and palace maid in the court: "These are all the first emperor's personal decree lady is also the prime minister's family, although the prime minister has been imprisoned for crimes, but must not be lazy, especially the empress can not see women suffering, if you let the old slave know, in this court, there are any restless people, jealous and mistreat these female dependents, the old slave has to ask His Majesty for a will, to see whether these restless people are dragged out of the palace to be beaten to death, or assigned to the bitter cold land to be a military prostitute." ”

The kneeling grandmother and the maidservant looked at each other, and both replied in response: "The slave and maid know the will, and I hope that the father-in-law can rest assured."

The old eunuch turned to these ladies and said: "Although you were all nobles of the family before, and now you are in trouble to come to this court, this court is the place where you do the most rough work in the palace, and it is not as close to the palace maids as other palaces are close to the master, and the flowers and branches that can be dressed up can be shown, and the master is happy, the empress has not treated you harshly, presumably you have also taken some soft gold and silver, and the old slave also wants to warn you, in this palace, especially now that Her Majesty the Empress is respected, since he has been demoted to slavery, he must also abide by his duty, Although the Empress will let you do some idle work, you should not be embarrassed. But if you still want to come to the court and continue to be your official wife and miss, then you will be in a hurry to let people find your fault, and when the time comes, no one will be able to save you if you stab the empress."

Su Duyin put Wan'er in her grandmother's hand, and then stepped forward and saluted:

"Thank you for the public admonition, but our Shangguan family has been demoted, how can we, the women of the boudoir, know the rules of the palace, and we have to mention more on weekdays, we female dependents must have been pampered by the family before, but since we have been demoted to this court, we should obey the housekeeper sent by the housekeeper Mama, since we are now all slaves, we can't care about any idle work or not, everything is subject to the instructions of the Mama here."

When the old eunuch saw that she was so sensible, she didn't say anything more. And he left.

Su Duyin helped up the maids and grandmothers on the ground: "I know very well that I came to this court to suffer, naturally I will not let you take on more chores for my daughters, we brought some gold and silver with us, the empress was not searched by the generals, I naturally know that before you came to the court, you must have been on an errand in the palace, and these things are commonplace." From these burdens, you can pick up shoes and things to put on your body, and I ask for your forgiveness from the envoys and grandmothers, for my mother is old, and her infant daughter, and the rest of us can share the work in their names."

The maidservants and grandmothers of the court have suffered in this court for many years, and when they heard that the prime minister's family was going to be relegated here, they naturally gritted their teeth and waited to see the jokes of these rich and noble families, and inevitably thought about how to rectify this group of nobles who show off their power on weekdays. It's just that after listening to Su Duyin's words, he also gave up these thoughts.

The maidservant and the grandmother picked out some objects one after another, and one of the housekeepers, the grandmother, spoke slowly: "Most of the people who come to us are from poor backgrounds, either they are lowly slaves for generations, or they have been punished for making mistakes before. It is inevitable that the words and actions are vulgar, and the work of the elderly and children, we naturally do not account for these. You can go to change your clothes first, after all, when you come to the court, wearing gorgeous clothes will inevitably attract attention, and the palace now wants to invite merit and reward in front of Her Majesty the Empress, just don't leave a mistake, although we are vulgar, it is also reasonable. ”

After hearing this, Su Duyin helped his wife to take the other ladies to change their clothes.

The young maidservant who stayed behind couldn't help but ask: "Mama, we said earlier that we would give these noble ladies some hardships, what should we do now?" ”

The grandmother who spoke earlier replied: "The empress sent Gonggong Cao to take them into the court, but Gonggong Cao not only did not reprimand them, but warned us not to think carefully, presumably the empress has just ascended the throne, it is not allowed to spread any rumors of harsh criticism of the palace people, secondly, I look at the old lady and the lady who spoke before, but not some pampered nobles, more sensible, if we are bullying them, it reaches the ears of the empress, if it is listened to by anyone who cares, it will only say that the empress treats her harshly, and the empress has just ascended the throne, Naturally, the means are fierce, and we, the cheap slaves of the court, still don't know how to die. ”

The young maid nodded in fear and said, "What Mama said is that we must live in peace with them."

As soon as she finished replying, the lady in charge went to the place where they were changing, and saw that Su Duyin just knelt down: "Young Pavilion Master, most of the eyeliner of my Lin Pavilion in the palace has been removed, otherwise I wouldn't be unable to go and inform you, Shangguan will suffer." ”

Su Duyin helped her up: "Mama Chang, it's hard for you to play such a play with me just now, before I promised my father-in-law and husband to protect the health of my daughters, Ruolin Zhange insisted on saving me, Wan'er and my mother, but I was afraid that the rest of the Shangguan family's daughters would end up even more miserable." Fortunately, with you, I have to find ways to protect Wan'er's safety in this court, and keep a little blood of the Shangguan family, so that I can have the opportunity to glorify the lintel again in the future. ”

Mama Chang got up and looked at the baby in Twilight's arms: "This is the little lady, young pavilion master, don't worry, I am always here, no one will bully you, but the matter of Lin Zhan Pavilion, you still must not tell the rest of the female dependents, everyone knows that you are the daughter of Yangzhou Tongju, but no one has ever investigated your grandfather's family, so you have to keep your mouth shut." ”

Twilight nodded: "My grandfather's control of Lin Zhan Pavilion's affairs, only my mother, father and husband know, after all, Lin Zhan Pavilion has discovered the secrets of the world, even if it is a secret of the Heavenly Family, you can go and settle the eyeliner in the rest of the palace, and do not pass the news out of the palace for the time being, so as not to get into trouble." The secret news of the empress's accession to the throne needs to be stable for a while. If I want to spread the news to my grandfather and father, I am all right. It's been years since my father resigned, but thankfully the storm didn't hit me."

Mama Chang obeyed the order and went out.

Mrs. Shangguan changed into the clothes of a slave and maid, and tears overflowed her eyes.

He said to Twilight: "I grew up in fine clothes and food, and later found a good son-in-law, and I was also held in the palm of my husband's hand, how could I have suffered such a hard life." ”

Twilight Yin rubbed her shoulders for her: "Mother, now that the Shangguan family is in trouble, we are in the deep palace, and we can't find out the first-hand news, we can only protect ourselves and survive, so as to live up to the last entrustment of our father and husband." ”

Then he went out, led the rest of the women, and found the housekeeper and the mother to obey the instructions.

The housekeeper took the benefits just now, and only arranged some easy work for them.

Miss Cousin cried and said: "Cousin-in-law is so courageous, I was scared to death just now, in this palace, we were enslaved again, when will this day be the end." ”

Su Duyin wiped her tears: "Lan'er, the coming day is long, if you cry and cry on the first day, wouldn't you let others see my Shangguan's jokes, not to mention that no one in this court will be difficult for us, just live in peace, my uncle and cousins may have embarked on the road of exile, and my father and husband have probably been... Forget it, don't talk about it, let's get to work first."

She tilted her head back, and tears didn't fall.