Chapter VIII

"It's hard work today, sisters, let's go eat." When the queen was about to turn around and drive, suddenly someone pushed me, and I stumbled and crashed into the queen's mother. I shouted in my heart that it was bad, and I fell to the ground with the queen's mother, and the water in the porcelain bowl in my hand splashed the queen's body.

Cui'er, who was beside the queen, hurriedly stepped forward to support the queen mother and shouted loudly, "You little show girl, you dare to push the queen mother, are you tired?" "The queen did open Cui'er's hand and pushed me away.

"Are you going to murder Hongu?" The first time I saw a woman who would have had so much strength, the queen turned around and pushed me a foot away.

"I'm sorry, Queen Mother, the slave was careless." I wonder what the queen's temper is? If it's vicious, then I'm going to be doomed, I can't help but chuckle in my heart.

"Queen Mother, please also be aware that it is not that Liangxi intends to offend Niangniang, I see that someone pushed ......" Tong Jingshu knelt down in front of the queen at this time, it seemed that she wanted to intercede for me and pointed out the culprit.

"Tong Jingshu, don't say it." I motioned for him to stop talking, and I knew that someone was deliberately trying to harm me, but what could she do? The queen doesn't necessarily believe it, even if she believes it, what can she do if the show girl she identified is killed and doesn't admit it? It's just plain to make enemies for yourself.

"The queen mother, it is the slave who is stupid, and she has no intention of offending the queen mother, and she also asks the queen mother to surrender." I knelt on my knees and bowed my head to plead guilty, hoping that the queen would be able to fall lightly.

"You are indeed stupid and ignorant, otherwise how could the emperor look down on you?" The queen said and glanced at me disdainfully, "The good mood of this palace has been ruined by you, since you have soiled the clothes of this palace, then you will be punished to go to the Xinzhiku as a slave, wash your clothes, without the will of the palace, you will not be allowed to leave the Xinzhiku." ”

"Xie Niangniang is magnanimous, and the slave and maid remember the teachings." I kowtowed and apologized, and when the queen was far away, Tong Jingshu came over to help me up.

"Liangxi, if you go to Xinzhiku, you may never be able to turn over!" She looked more excited than I was.

"I know." I said lightly, maybe that's good.

"Then why don't you let me say it, someone pushed you." I could see that she was a little sad, and it was for me.

"Forget it, it's not a big deal, as long as it doesn't involve you." I patted her on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.

"Sun Miaoyin, you stop." Tong Jingshu stopped a show girl, and that show girl was probably the one who pushed me. Sun Miaoyin is the daughter of Sun Zhiqi, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites. I heard that Sun Zhiqi is a despicable villain who is eager to favor and will do anything to achieve his goals, and his daughter must have exceeded it!

"Jingshu, forget it, don't argue with others for me." I persuaded Tong Jingshu, but Sun Miaoyin returned to approach us, looked at me and Tong Jingshu with a disdainful expression, and almost didn't look at people with nostrils.

"Which eye did you see me pushing her? Looking at his shabby appearance, I am still afraid of being infected with poverty and sourness. Her insolent appearance is really as disgusting as her big but godless eyes.

"You ......" Tong Jingshu was even angrier than me when she heard this, but was about to refute but was interrupted.

"What are you, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and everything must be evidenced. Do you think it's in your house? Speak to me in the future! After saying that, she flicked her sleeves and strode away, and then Wu Yashi Xiuxin came over, without saying a word, just holding my and Jingshu's hands.

"Okay, don't be angry, I don't care." I patted the back of Jingshu's hand, and her jaw-dropping expression eased slightly, "But she's too bullying......" Tong Jingshu still looked a little indignant.

"Don't be angry, help me pack my luggage, I'll go to Xinzheku, otherwise what if the queen mother blames it again?" Hearing my words, Wu Yashi Xiuxin and Tong Jingshu both helped me go back to the room and tidy up my things.

When I left, I hugged Jingshu and told her in her ear that she should cherish it and know how to protect herself. And don't tell anyone about my background.

The environment of Xinzheku and Chuxiu Palace cannot be compared. In a large house, the floor was covered with bedding, dark and damp, and there was a musty smell in the air. I looked at this somewhat unsettled and froze. The treatment of the miscellaneous palace maids in this palace is not as good as that of ordinary eunuchs.

"Don't be stunned, do you see that place in the corner? You will rest there for a while. The corner of the wall that Mama Li, the steward of the Xin Zheku, pointed to with her hand, obviously had moss.

"Stop grinding, hurry up and get to work." Looking at me in a daze, the housekeeper was already impatiently urging. I had no choice but to put the burden on my shoulders in the place where I would sleep in the future, and go out to work with the slave and maid.

"What do I need to do, please?" When I entered the courtyard and looked at the busy palace maids, I didn't know where to start.

"Well, that's the clothes you're going to wash." I looked in the direction of Mama's finger, and there was a mountain of clothes piled up on the ground, all kinds of clothes, some eunuchs, some palace maids. I'll look at the other palace maids, there are only two baskets of clothes.

"Why do I have to wash more clothes than they do?" I felt a little resentful. How long will it take to wash so many clothes?

"This is Cui'er next to the queen who has specially come to take care of it, how can you learn it if you don't know much? If you can't do it today, you're not allowed to sleep or have dinner, you know? ”

Obviously, it was the queen who wanted to target me. Before I entered the palace, although I was Sister Yuqin's maid, I didn't do anything to live. Seeing so many clothes to wash at once, I wanted to escape.

Fortunately, it was already summer, and the clothes sent from the palace were thin, and the water was not cold, otherwise it would be difficult to wash the mountains of clothes in front of you. I didn't eat lunch and spent the afternoon leaning over the washboard to do laundry, and the taste of my chest against my back was really uncomfortable. I watched the washing around me finish one by one, and when it was time for dinner, I hadn't finished washing yet. Not only did my stomach rumble non-stop, but my back ached. My hands were already torn to the skin, revealing tender red flesh and pain, stinging in the water mixed with soap foam.

The silver moonlight accompanied me, and I was somewhat comforted. By the time I had finally washed all my clothes and returned to my room, most of the maids were already asleep, and there was a lot of snoring in the room. A remnant candle flickered in the dim light of the fire, and everyone's shadows trembled against the wall. I moved my feet carefully to avoid stepping on everyone.

As I lay down on the bunk that I really didn't want to lie down, I felt happy for a moment, as if all my limbs were empty all at once.

"What's your name, new kid?" A palace maid with an immature voice posted it, I didn't want to respond, and I was embarrassed to embarrass people, so I replied with two words in the middle of the night, "Liangxi." ”

"My name is Jingzhen, and I secretly hid a steamed bun." She said as she took out a steamed bun from her arms and handed it to me, "Take it quickly, don't let others see it, you eat it secretly." She lowered her voice like a kitten.

I glanced at her gratefully and took the steamed bun. God knows what this steamed bun means to me who is hungry. "Jingzhen, thank you." I thanked him, and then I held the steamed bun in the palm of my hand and nibbled on it with a big mouthful.