The little palace maid is not a first-class palace person beside Ning Guifei, but she has been in the palace for a long time, she has given birth to a pair of snobbish eyes, and she knows how to step on the high and praise the low. What if you are born well, you are not favored, you are not favored by the emperor, and you are not a lowly minion.

As soon as two quarters of an hour arrived, the little palace maid didn't want to look at it at all, and hurried back to Qixiang Palace.

Wanfu's legs were numb, she was about to stand up with one hand on the ground, her body shook, and she almost fell down, and one hand held her.

She looked sideways, her lips murmuring, "You ......"

"Don't thank me." Yun Ying helped her stand up slowly, "The master wants to eat lotus seeds, I just happened to see you when I was passing by." ”

Wanfu rubbed her numb legs, put the hairpin into her hair, and said thank you.

Yun Ying looked at her thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "You look like this, it is a disaster at first glance, I don't believe that the emperor didn't take a fancy to you." ”

She spoke boldly, which provoked Wanfu to be stunned, looked around, and was relieved to see that no one was there, and only said, "What are you talking about, I don't understand." ”

Yun Ying smiled, "It's okay, I don't have the kung fu to sue my master." ”

There are no impermeable walls in the palace.

It was not uncommon for Ning Guifei to be in charge of people's mouths, but it didn't take long for her to be bumped into by the emperor, and the emperor's seemingly intentional intention for the woman was quickly spread.

The affairs of the harem, as long as you have anything to do with the emperor, there is nothing that you are not interested in. One mouth spread ten to hundred, and soon changed from the emperor's interest in the woman to the emperor's desire to accept the woman as a concubine. This letter naturally can't be hidden from Concubine Jiang.

"!" Jiang Guifei was so angry that she threw the cup in her hand to the ground, and the fragments cracked, cutting her wrist.

Wanfu's forehead touched the ground, her eyes were cold, and she was quickly taken away, and her thin shoulders trembled, "The master is angry, the slave maid went to the imperial dining room to get soup for the master that day, and I didn't expect to meet Ning Guifei, nor did I think I would meet the emperor, the master is clear!" ”

It looks like I'm terrified.

She said word for word, it was indeed a coincidence, no one could have predicted when the emperor would leave, and no one could have predicted which palace road the emperor would take. But Concubine Jiang didn't believe it, her sister-in-law seemed to be weak and obedient, and she was manipulated by others, but she actually had her own thoughts.

Concubine Jiang looked at her, her eyes were cold, "What about seducing the emperor, do you think the emperor can take a fancy to you?" Do you think that when you enter the palace, the government will be your backer and help you? It's not a dog waiting for this palace! ”

"Like your foxy girl, you know what seduces people!"

Jiang Guifei yawned lazily, and beckoned the rain to come over and rub her shoulders for herself, "What should this palace do with you, so that this palace can dissipate its anger......"

Wanfu's eyes flashed slightly, she shrunk her shoulders, her head slammed on the ground and begged, "The master don't drive the slave out of the Xianfu Palace, please don't drive the slave and the maid away!" ”

Concubine Jiang's eyes turned, this cheap maid didn't want to go out of Xianfu Palace, it was just convenient to see the emperor in Xianfu Palace, she had to send this cheap maid to a place where she couldn't see anyone.

Hearing the rain and seeing the master's face, he hurriedly came up with an idea, "The slave maid sees that the maid is treating this maid too well, so that she is cheeky, it is better to beat her alive and throw it into the cold palace to serve those crazy concubines, sooner or later there will be a day when she can't hold on." ”

"That's a good idea." Jiang Guifei raised her eyebrows, "This cheap maid collided with Ning Guifei, she has no rules, even if she is in the palace, if she is not punished, it seems that the palace will not teach people."

"Pull down and whip twenty, and throw it to the cold palace if you still have your life, and serve those sisters who have fallen out of favor early, which can be regarded as fulfilling the heart of the palace."

Wanfu pulled her lips imperceptibly, but when she fell into the eyes of people, her face turned pale, and she cried and begged: "Master forgive your sins!" Forgive your sins, O master! ”

"The slave really didn't know that the Holy Driver would pass by there, and the master forgave the sins!"

How could Concubine Jiang listen to her defense, waved her hand impatiently, and asked people to drag it down quickly.

Jiang Guifei personally spoke, and the person who answered the whip naturally did not dare to steal and play tricks, and the whip went down one after another, and it was all real.

Wanfu's lips were bitten and her skin was broken, and she never cried a word, she didn't cry when A-Niang died, she was locked in a dark firewood room by Jiang's mother and daughter, and she didn't cry when she was so hungry that she could only eat grass roots, and she won't cry now. She will remember A-Niang's death, remember Jiang Quan's coldness, and make those people pay the price.

The cane was scolded, Wanfu seemed to have gone to half a life, angry like a gossamer, lying motionless, suddenly, as if she saw A-Niang holding her in tears, "Auntie, A-Niang can't take care of you in the future, you have to live well......"

"A-Niang, A-Fu will be obedient and will live well......"

……

When Yunying came to deliver the medicine, the woman's subtle wheezing sound was heard in the ear room, which was very low. She strode over and whispered, "Wanfu...... Wanfu ......"

Seeing that no one should be, she was startled, and hurriedly pushed again, "Are you still alive?" ”

Wanfu lifted her eyes with great effort, saw her, wanted to shake her head, but didn't have the strength, only said, "I'm fine." ”

People are all like this, how can they still be fine. Yun Ying looked at it and twitched her heart, "The master is too ruthless." ”

The lives of the servants in the palace are not their lives, not only in Xianfu Palace, but also in Xianfu Palace. Since Wanfu used the means, she should have expected this consequence. It is a big crime to spy on the emperor's traces, and if she wants to show her face in front of the emperor quietly, she can only use this self-destructive method.

What's more, the matter of accepting concubines must not be in a hurry, and must be done slowly. Nowadays, when he was young, he was killed from a group of princes by iron-blooded means and sat on that dragon chair, but it was not so easy to fool. The emperor was not completely interested in her, but when Concubine Ning punished her, he didn't say much, and she couldn't guess.

Yun Ying didn't know what she was thinking, and took out a small porcelain bottle from her arms, "This is the medicine I got from the Tai Hospital, and it will be cured in a few days." It's just that it hurts a little when you first use it, so you can bear with it. ”

No matter how much pain Wanfu has suffered, these pains are nothing to her.

Yun Ying wiped the wound medicine away, and indeed as she said, the wound touched, and there was a hot feeling. Wanfu frowned, clenched her hands tightly, and after suffering for a while, she gradually got used to it.

Her breathing was very low, her black hair was scattered on her shoulders, and the thin sweat on her forehead was very embarrassed. I haven't eaten for a day, and my stomach is empty, but I don't have much appetite.

The person standing by the couch looked attentive and meditated for her.

Wanfu rested her chin on the back of her hand and asked for a while, "Why are you helping me?" ”

Her impression of Yunying is just that she has been serving flowers and plants in the backyard for a long time, she is like herself, rarely no one speaks, and because her appearance is not outstanding, no one pays attention.

The hand paused, and after a long time, he spoke behind him, "Because I'm like you, I can't see Concubine Jiang good." ”

Jiang Guifei relied on her family background, was pampered and presumptuous, and treated her slaves even more often by beating and scolding, and she was pulled out and beaten if she was not careful. Not long ago, one of the little palace maids who served flowers and plants disappeared, and I heard that it was because she accidentally broke the holy relics given by the emperor. The lives of these minions of theirs are worthless.

Wanfu may have understood, but she didn't ask again.

"Not long after you entered the palace, I guess you don't know anything about the cold palace." Yun Ying looked around, put it to her ear, and whispered, "The East Pavilion of the Cold Palace is locked up in the emperor's favorite woman before, I heard that it was because of the murder of the queen, it was originally to give poisonous wine, and the emperor remembered that she lost her son, so he entered the cold palace." ”

Wanfu's expression paused slightly, and she couldn't help but look at her, pursed her lips, and had a bold suspicion in her heart, "That concubine is the imperial heir who has at the same time as the queen?" ”

Yun Ying's eyes widened, and she couldn't hold back what she wanted to say, but said: "If Concubine Ying's child is alive, he should be three years old now." ”

The whispering murmur dissipated into the night, nowhere to be seen, but it was an unusual night.

Yun Ying left the wound medicine behind, but Wanfu fell into a long contemplation.

The emperor has been on the throne for five years, and there are only two years of drafting, and the harem is not full. And because of the busy government affairs, he rarely enters the harem, so although there are old people in the harem, there are few pregnant with the emperor's heir, even if there is an imperial heir, it is difficult to give birth. The only person in the harem who has an heir is the lord of the six palaces, the queen mother.

If it weren't for Yun Ying's mention, she wouldn't have known that there were still these entanglements. Doesn't the emperor know what even ordinary people can see? Now that he knows, why let such a favored woman fall into the dark and cold palace.

Wanfu was puzzled, but leaving Xianfu Palace did give her another way out.

……

The next day, Qiankun Palace

Almost at the end of the Shen period, Li Xuanyin finished discussing the government affairs, held a pen in his hand, and handled the matter at the desk.

This year's summer is hot, the north is in drought, and there is a locust plague, and officials from all over the country have gone to Beijing to write letters and ask for tax reductions. The harvest is not good, and it is the people who suffer from the sin, and the taxes must be reduced, but how to subtract is a headache for him.

Li Xuanyin reviewed the folds submitted by the place, his eyebrows were twisted deeper and deeper, the drought and locust plague, these old horsemen finally took advantage of a loophole, and they were about to reduce fifty percent when they opened their mouths, and they cried for their fathers and mothers, just to deceive their superiors and subordinates, and fill their pockets with those extra money.

I really thought he was a faint king who didn't know about civil affairs!

"Bastard thing!"

As soon as Chen Dehai came in with tea, as soon as the wind passed, a messy fold was thrown at his feet. He was so frightened that his heart was beating, and it was not the right time to secretly say that he was busy picking up the fold and folding it, and put it on the table with the tea, "The emperor is angry, but don't be angry and hurt your body." ”

He often serves in front of the emperor, who doesn't understand why the emperor is angry, this year's severe drought in the north is serious, and he has to open a warehouse to release grain. However, those magistrates were greedy, and they wanted to scrape a layer of oil and water from the people. This is a common thing for the first emperor, those magistrates have been looking forward to this day for a long time, but once the son of heaven and a courtier, now that the emperor has ascended the throne and is diligent in political affairs, those magistrates want to be confused in the past, but it is not so easy.

These days, the emperor is busy with the drought in the north, and he rarely sees the harem, so he went to Jiang Guifei to rest for a while yesterday, met Ning Guifei, and walked around the imperial garden for a while. When it came to Concubine Ning, Chen Dehai couldn't help but glance at the emperor, after all, yesterday's situation, even he thought that the emperor was going to accept the palace maid, and he didn't want to leave like that, and let people kneel and continue to be punished, he really couldn't figure out the emperor's thoughts.

Thinking of the letter in the palace today, he hesitated to say it, the emperor obviously had a little heart for the little palace maid, but he didn't know how much. During the palace banquet, if it weren't for the little palace maid who pushed the emperor away at the last moment, now he is the master, how can he still do those slave things, he can't see through what the little palace maid is thinking, but it just annoys the emperor, and she wants to take the throne again, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

He was struggling in his heart, and suddenly heard the emperor speak in a deep voice, "But you can find out, which palace is that person?" ”

Chen Dehai's heart was full of chuckles, and he racked his brains to understand, and asked tentatively: "What the emperor said is the woman who was punished by the concubine yesterday?" ”

Li Xuanyin's eyelids stared at him, Chen Dehai knew that he had asked more, and there was a cold sweat on the back of his neck, and he said in his heart that he was really a companion like a tiger, fortunately he kept a heart, otherwise the ball on his neck would have to be explained here today.

"Back to the emperor, that woman is from Xianfu Palace, and her name is Wanfu." Chen Dehai paused, hesitated a few times and said what happened early in the morning, "It's just that yesterday Miss Wanfu was rude to the concubine, and the master of the concubine whipped Miss Wanfu twenty in order to establish rules, and this morning...... Thrown away to the cold palace this morning. ”

He said it euphemistically, why did Ning Guifei and Jiang Guifei choose Miss Wanfu to punish her alone, and their hearts were clear. He really can't see through the emperor's thoughts, Miss Wanfu's appearance, everyone has to look twice, not to mention that although there are few concubines in the harem after the emperor ascends the throne, the emperor doesn't care about that matter, but he is also a greedy for freshness, just say that the holy favor was for a while, and even far better than Ning Guifei's concubine master, after three years, the emperor is not a newcomer around, how can there be old feelings.

The heart of the emperor is unfathomable, he has served the first emperor for a few days, but the emperor in front of him is much deeper than the first emperor, and the city government does not know how deep.

He always hung his head, and he didn't see the emperor's expression, but he felt a cold chill on his back, and it took a long time to hear, "Pick someone to take care of." ”

Chen Dehai was about to respond, and then heard, "There is a great drought in the north, and the Duke of Dingguo is the minister of the humerus, and he should go out of Beijing to inspect the people's situation to show the emperor's grace." Let him go out of Beijing with the Ministry of Industry in a few days. ”

He was shocked in his heart, who didn't know that the Dingguo public style was wandering, extravagant and lascivious, and he went to the arid area to pay it back, and he couldn't stand it in three or two days, but it was the emperor's personal decree, and he couldn't say that he was suffering.

Chen Dehai withdrew.

Li Xuanyin leaned back in the chair, casually fiddling with the white jade wrench of his thumb, the fingertips were still wet and soft to the touch, the man was calmer than he thought, and it took so long to show up. I don't know what to think, I frowned slightly, and my face was disgusted, that is, people are too stupid, and I thought of a way to see him badly, so I picked the most stupid one

He pressed his eyebrow bone, collected his thoughts, and threw himself into the case.

A woman is just not as important as political affairs, and it is not worth his attention.

Chapter 4

Wanfu was indeed thrown into the cold palace, the two mothers-in-law carried her and threw her to the ground mercilessly, and as soon as the person left, the iron door of the cold palace was inserted.

She endured the pain and limped to her feet.

The cold palace is in the most remote corner of the imperial city, and few people pass by outside the high walls in the past. Compared with the splendid palace Qiongyu, this cold palace is really dilapidated. In the two side halls, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and the dead grass in the corner of the wall was half a person high, and there was a black shadow swaying among them, like a mouse, and it quickly disappeared. The door frame was wrapped in a cloud of cobwebs, and the steps were rubble and rubble, and no one swept them.

Wanfu's waist and hips were in unbearable pain, and when she moved, she couldn't help but hiss, bit her lower lip, and held on to the railing where the paint had fallen for a while.

"Which palace are you from?"

Wanfu looked back, only to see the rickety door pushed open, and out came a woman with coarse cloth and hairpins, with bent eyebrows and fine eyes, although she did not apply powder, but her appearance was good. The deep palace that can be entered, when it comes to the emperor, not to mention amazing, it is also a middle-class posture.

It's just that although the woman in front of her has an extremely gentle face, her eyes are like a pool of water, lifeless and lifeless. It is expected that in this cold palace, it is strange to be alive.

Wanfu supported the pain in her waist and hips, and reluctantly lifted the corners of her lips, blessing her body, "Slave Wanfu, I have seen the master." ”

"No need, a waste concubine in a cold palace, how can she afford the word master." She glanced Wanfu up and down, and saw that she had probably been punished for coming.

"You're lucky, you just died a few days ago, and now it's you and me in this palace, so let's go and recuperate if you're seriously injured." She raised her chin at the side hall opposite, "You will live there in the future, I am happy and quiet, don't bother me if you have nothing to do." ”

The woman spoke quickly, as if too lazy to look at her, and turned to close the rickety lattice door.

Since she was the only one left in the cold palace, Wanfu guessed whether this woman was the concubine in Yun Ying's mouth. When she came, she thought about what the concubine looked like when she was a saint, and when she saw it today, she was surprised, although the concubine's appearance was also superior, but it was not as bright as Ning Guifei, nor as beautiful as Jiang Guifei, if the strength was the gentle eyebrows and eyes, but now those eyebrows and eyes were completely covered by death.

Wanfu went up the steps of the side hall.

With a creak, the door opened.

The side hall is much larger than the transept where the slaves live, but although it is spacious, it is really messy. Two long tables, the tea bowl on the top is placed casually, and the water in it is full of ash, and even a few small insects have floated. The ground is also covered with dust, and stepping on it leaves a shoe print. Under the nose, a sour and musty smell wafted out of nowhere.

She walked to the couch, where there was a futon with tattered corners, and I don't know how many times it had been mended. There were also dried brown marks on the covers, mixed with a few drops of blood.