"Aunt Liu, my mother-in-law is the princess of Jiang Kingdom, although the emperor sent her into the cold palace, but he did not cut her title and grade, how can you call my mother-in-law by her name?"

Xiaohuan couldn't look at it, so he blocked it alone and argued with Aunt Liu.

"Yo? Princess Jiang Guo? It's scary! ”

Aunt Liu patted her big breasts, pretended to be surprised, her face turned dark, and she roared again: "I tell you, in this cold palace, don't say that she is the princess of your Jiang country, even the queen of my good country has to work!" What's more, she is just a hostage sent by Jiang Guo to my good country, and she is still a hostage who died in the good palace and no one cares, you better be self-aware! ”

She was right, I was a giveaway from the ten-year peace agreement between the two countries, and once Jiang Liang and the two countries went to war, I would be the first to die in Liangguo.

Besides, everyone here knows about me in Jiang Guo, and they all understand that the reason why Liangjun didn't kill me was just because he didn't want Jiang Guo to use this matter as an obstacle and blackmail them that Liangguo didn't keep his promise.

Therefore, my current status is not worth mentioning at all, and these minions will not take me seriously.

"Liu Fengyun ......"

"Little Ring!"

I grabbed Xiaohuan in time, and I didn't want to make more trouble, so I slowly stood up and discussed with Aunt Liu: "Auntie, it's too much to embroider thirty brocade pads in a month, I bother you to help, and ...... a few more days."

"Too rushed?"

Before I finished my words, Aunt Liu's fierce eyes glared at me: "Concubine Jiang, although I Qiu Fengyun is not a good bird, I didn't force you to embroider, but you came to me to take the job yourself, and now you told me that you were too rushed, why didn't you say it before?" ”

Although Aunt Liu is an aunt, but she also has the eldest aunt, good envoy, permanent attendant, etc., as a cold palace maid, Fengyin is deducted layer by layer, and it is not better than us to go there, if she still wants to rise step by step, she has to pay tribute to the head on time every month, so this embroidery business, she has to pay attention.

Therefore, this aggressive posture is actually necessary.

"Auntie, two days, I will definitely hand over the work in two days, and please take care of my aunt more."

I don't want to compete with Aunt Liu on the tongue, and take the initiative to show weakness in order to ask for understanding.

After all, Aunt Liu is also an expert in embroidery, and she knows that 30 brocade is indeed too rushed, and after muttering a few words, she finally agreed.

Just as I was sending her away, I saw a woman wearing a plain white brocade dress and a white flower at the gate of the Appreciation Temple.

The woman looked fresh and elegant, with a kind smile on her goose-egg-white face.

She took three steps towards me when she saw me, then stopped to look at the sky, glanced sideways again, took three steps to the west, and then turned back, and then left, without stopping a single step.

I looked at her back suspiciously, thought for a while, and then returned to the courtyard.

For two days in a row, I was busy embroidering day and night, and Xiaohuan was not idle, and I didn't sleep for two days in a row.

Early in the morning of the third day, Aunt Liu came to my appreciation house again and checked my Jinpa piece by piece.

"Tut-tut, they all say that Jiang Guo's embroidery is a must, and I think it's just like that!"

She didn't seem to be very satisfied, and after talking for a long time, she said: "Hey, I see that you guys have been in a hurry recently, and your eyes are red, forget it, I'll accept these Jinpai at the price of 10 yuan each, this is really pure help, I can't even earn you a penny." ”

"What? A Jinpa 10 article? Can't make any money? ”

Xiaohuan was anxious, and when Aunt Liu was about to settle the settlement, she pulled back the Jinpai in her hand, and shouted: "Aunt Liu, our Jiang Guo's embroidery, not to mention that it is tattooed on Jinpa, even if it is tattooed on linen, it can be sold for more than 20 Wen casually, you obviously want to hack us, where is the help?" ”

"Dead girl, can't you see the state of affairs clearly? In the entire cold palace, who will come to collect your embroidery work? Even if there is, I'm afraid that even the five texts are too much, so you just wait to starve to death. ”

"What do you mean? What do you mean? ”

"What do you mean? You don't want to think about it, just by the two of you, are you credible or worthy of sympathy in our good palace? ”

Although Aunt Liu's words are not good, they are true.

In this cold palace where the weak eat the strong, no one comes to bully me, I should burn incense and worship the Buddha, and it is impossible to expect others to accommodate and sympathize.

I frowned slightly, pulled away the little bad again, and put on a smile: "Auntie, we are new to Liangguo, we don't know anything about the prices here, you are a veteran, you must know the market better than us, I naturally believe you." ”

I glared at Xiaohuan and instructed her to give Jinpa to Aunt Liu.

Aunt Liu was naturally happy when she saw that I was soft, and took out a half-hanging copper coin and stuffed it into my hand.

"Well, Concubine Jiang still knows how to measure things, if you only rely on you as an unobstructed girl, I'm afraid that sooner or later I will die in a foreign land."

"You ......"

I winked at Xiaohuan to force her not to continue arguing.

Aunt Liu is an old aunt in the palace, although the grade is not high, but she has seen a lot of things.

Misfortune comes from ancient times, and in the backyard of this deep palace, she is naturally not alarmist.

After Aunt Liu finished settling the settlement, she reached out to grab the Jinpa in Xiaohuan's hand, but she didn't want Xiaohuan to hold on tightly, and her face was heartbroken, as if she had cut her flesh, and she pursed her lips and resented, obviously unwilling.

I had no choice but to reach out and pull it, but at this moment, I felt that Xiaohuan's hand was surprisingly strong, and I also clearly felt that her wrist was hard and couldn't be pinched.

The feeling was fleeting, and vanished as soon as I grabbed her wrist.

I frowned but didn't think so, and turned my eyes to look at Aunt Liu: "Auntie, do you want to check again?" If there's anything bad, I'll be able to rework it in time. ”

I glanced down at Xiaohuan, and although her face did not change, I saw her hands clenching the hem of her skirt, probably due to nervousness.

"No need, I still have to talk about business, and I don't bother to talk nonsense with you."

Aunt Liu turned around and was about to leave, so I quickly took off half of the copper coins and stuffed them into her hands.

"Auntie, this money is my gift to you, I'm in the cold palace now, and I don't have much ability, so I have to ask my aunt to help me a lot in the future, and if it's not, please ask my aunt for more advice."

Aunt Liu is a person who sees money, and when she saw that I wanted to please her, she didn't even say a word of refusal, and accepted my money directly.

She was a shrewd person, and she didn't promise me anything, but only symbolically gave me a few perfunctory words, and then left the courtyard.

……

At night, there is a mysterious atmosphere everywhere.

I wrapped myself in a heavy cloak and walked alone to the pool of blue water behind the cold palace.

The cool breeze blew my hairs on end, and in front of this pool of blue water, I saw a pure white figure.

Syllable...... Syllable...... Syllable......

The third watch echoed louder, and the white shadow trembled slightly, and let out two chuckles.

"What is Empress Jinyue laughing at?"

The woman turned around in surprise, it was the woman in white I had seen outside the courtyard three days ago.

"How did Concubine Jiang know that this palace is Empress Jinyue?" She had a kind smile on her face, and her soft voice was very nice.

"In the palace, funerals have always been taboo, and the queen mother wears white flowers on her head, obviously mourning for a relative."

I replied directly, and there were no twists and turns: "The cold palace is not as good as the harem, it's not that you can do whatever you want if you are favored, Niangniang can enter and exit in such a costume, it should be the daughter of the former prime minister, the emperor entered the cold palace two years ago, Queen Jinyue." ”

When I first entered the cold palace, I had already heard that in this cold palace, there was still a queen of Jinyue.

It is said that this Queen Jinyue sacrificed her life to save Xuanyuan Yi, so before she was beaten into the cold palace, Xuanyuan Yi had a special edict, and she could not abide by the rules of the palace.

Now, even if she is in the cold palace, she still hasn't been cut off her rank and title, I think she should still have a strong backstage, but I don't know very well, in addition to the former prime minister, what else does she have in the background.

"Concubine Jiang really has good eyesight, but why did you come here in the middle of the night?"

I laughed, laughing at this Queen Jinyue who obviously asked me out, but still asked knowingly.

I shook my head slightly, walked to her side, faced the pool, and took a deep breath.

"Three days ago, the queen waited for me outside my appreciation courtyard, saw me come out, walked three steps towards me, and then looked at the sky, isn't that just about meeting me in three days?"