In the dead of night, the palace could only hear the sound of apricot blossoms bursting, as well as the sound of "Bang Bang Bang" beating the watch.

As soon as the last sound of the fourth watch day ceased, "Help, help, help, help!" A sharp and heart-rending cry broke the silence of the night, and the candles in each house and garden were lit one after another, and the palace suddenly roosters and dogs crowed, and the voices of people were crowded.

"What's the matter, what's the matter?" said the servants, and hurried out to get dressed, to see what was going on.

"Go back, all go back!" Before he got out of the house, he was driven back by a few maids around the little county lord, and Mama Li led the maids to wander around the front and back courtyards, and warned everyone in the palace sharply.

"Continue to sleep, it won't get in the way of your business, don't worry about it, don't look at it and ask less, otherwise you will have good fruit to eat!" Mama Li's words frightened everyone, although she was puzzled, she didn't dare to ask more, so she had to go back to the house obediently. The other courtyard doors were silent, but the back garden of the inner courtyard was lively.

The sky hadn't been polished yet, the chickens hadn't crowed, Zi Ning was still dreaming in the bed, and suddenly the door of the house was opened, and two rough mothers-in-law broke in, and without saying a word, they pulled up Zi Ning and left, and before they could figure out what was going on, they were taken to the back garden in a daze.

I saw that the lights were bright everywhere, the maids and women were holding lanterns and candlesticks, all of them looked unkind, and the black pressure stood all over the courtyard, and in the middle of a mahogany Taishi chair, there was a little county lord with a sneering face.

"Help! Someone's coming, someone is going to die!" Zi Ning saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly shouted.

Mama Li snorted coldly, "It's useless for you to call, the eldest princess and the prince entered the palace a few days ago, and in the entire palace, big and small matters are handled by the county lord." ”

Zi Ning was secretly anxious, thinking: "This is a small life, I offended the little county lord for a day or two, if no one comes to save me, I'm afraid I will have to take off a layer of skin if I don't die." ”

Shouting for help one after another, lonely echoing in the dark sky, startling the crows perched on the trees, "Aunt Xu, come and save me!" Zi Ning did not let go of any life-saving straw, at the moment only the master may still be in the palace, but the master lives in the Zunhua courtyard in the west corner of the palace, a few miles away from the back garden, I don't know if I can hear her shout.

She shouted and shouted until her voice was hoarse, but it was her own echo that responded to her.

"Hmph, I advise you to save your efforts, no one will save you today. The little county lord told Zi Ning very proudly, "You have been arrogant enough, I didn't expect that one day it would fall into the hands of this county lord!"

"Today is the day when the eldest princess enters the palace, why doesn't the little princess follow, but he can't get along with me in this dark-lit courtyard. Although Zi Ning was held by the arms of the two stout mothers-in-law, her knees were forced to kneel on the ground, and she couldn't stand up with struggle, but her tone didn't mean to be soft, "I don't know what the little county lord is going to do, do you want to kill me?"

"Yo, you're quite smart, you can even calculate the time when your father and mother entered the palace, and now the county lord is the biggest in the palace, what's the matter? On weekdays, you are not top-notch and strong, you will coax your mother, now you see who you have to coax, when your mother comes back, you will say that the county lord killed a maid, you committed the next crime, and you deserve to be killed!" The little county lord said fiercely, slowly bent down, stretched out his thin nails, and poked Zi Ning's face hard, his eyes were full of resentment.

The two only looked at each other for three seconds, and the morning dew of the apricot leaves ticked and fell three times, but Zi Ning felt that three years had passed.

Although the two of them have no direct relationship, but the little county lord has long regarded Zi Ning as a mortal enemy, and is ready to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, today she has encountered a good time, even if Zi Ning is calm in her heart, she will inevitably be frightened, and secretly think: "The little county lord was instigated by the villain behind him to say a few words, and he regarded me as an enemy, but I have never had a grudge against her, if I really die this time, wouldn't it be wronged." ”

The little county lord threw down the teacup in his hand, threw down his sleeves, waved his hand and said, "Go!" With a soft sound, the two mothers-in-law who were holding Zi Ning seemed to use all their strength, dragging Zi Ning to stand in front of a big wooden plank, and her arms were numb and inintuitive.

Seeing that things were not good, Zi Ning hurriedly exclaimed, "You guys, what are you going to do? The eldest princess said that lynching should not be abused in the palace. The little county lord didn't answer, only a smug smile piled up on his face.

Zi Ning suddenly realized that she was really going to die in vain, and she was a little scared in her heart.

"County Lord, please be merciful!" Lin Niang's serious injuries had not healed, and when she saw Zi Ning being caught, she stumbled out, and suddenly fell in front of the little county lord, and said in a sad voice: "County Lord, if Ning'er offends you somewhere, don't use the county lord to do it himself, I will teach her a lesson." Lin Niang climbed two steps forward and came to Zining's side, wanting to help her daughter up.

"Lin Niang!" Mama Li stopped her unhurriedly, with contempt on her face, and said to her as if she was very familiar: "You are also an old man in the house, no better than the yellow-haired girl who just entered the house." The rules in this palace don't need to be explained by this grandmother, you also know it. ”

Lin Niang's hair was scattered, her eyes were panicked, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mama Li, and begged: "Please have mercy on Mama and let Ning'er go, she is not sensible, I will go home and teach her a good lesson." ”

Mama Li glanced at her coldly, and snorted: "It stands to reason that Zi Ning is your daughter, even if you make a mistake, it won't be a big deal for your sake." But this Zi Ning was too arrogant and rude, and he was repeatedly guilty of disrespecting the little county lord. This is not something that can be fooled with a blind eye, I, who should be a teacher and a mother, can't see the master being angry with the slave, I really can't ignore it. Then again, we are slaves and maids, we have done something wrong, and the master should teach a lesson, and the little county lord personally disciplines Zining, this is to promote her, do you say that it should be?"

"What Mama Li said is that Ning'er should be disciplined, but the eldest princess and the prince are not at home, and the county lord uses a big punishment like this, and when the eldest princess comes back, I am afraid that the little county lord will be blamed. The slave maid is sincerely afraid, her daughter is not strict in discipline, but she makes the county lord suffer, how can this make it?" Chef Lin just wants to help Zi Ning exonerate, so that the eldest princess can return home.

Mama Li snorted coldly and said lightly: "It's just a matter of disciplining a lowly and eyeless little slave, you don't have to bother the eldest princess." In terms of age, this grandmother is also faceless in the palace, and she can afford to take care of her daughter for you. If the eldest princess is to blame, the old slave will bear it for the little princess. I don't think the eldest princess will blame her, a little cheap maid can still go over the head of the little princess?

After saying this, all the maids and women were silent, and they stood straight and didn't dare to make a sound, except for a few maids and daughters who were close to the little county lord, the rest of the people felt that Zi Ning was pitiful, but they could only watch and couldn't help.

When the master tries to find the fault of the slave and the maid, no matter how favored the slave and the maid are, there will only be a tragic end that will never be recovered.

Everyone secretly thought in their hearts, no matter how much the eldest princess spoiled Zining, she couldn't compare to her own daughter. What's more, the county lord is personally sealed by the emperor and the queen mother, and his status is extraordinary, how can he be an eyesore in front of a cooking maid.

Zi Ning herself knows that eighty percent of her actions are high-profile these days, too dazzling, and she thinks: "Zi Ning, Zi Ning, you are a slave in the palace, but you don't think about your identity, how many people look at you impatiently, and want to get rid of them quickly, the little county lord was instigated by these minions, even if he was angry and killed you on the spot, no one dared to stop him." ”

Chef Lin suddenly cried, crawled back to the little county lord, knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, the little county lord looked a little hesitant, and looked up at Mama Li. I saw Mama Li sneering and said: "The county lord is the master in the palace, and he just teaches slaves and maids, what a big deal." The county lord can rest assured, there is an old slave who is killed, and he will definitely help the county lord get justice in front of the eldest princess. ”

The little county lord was determined, and the corners of her mouth hooked up an indifferent smile, she really hated Zi Ning, and wanted to see her suffer with her own eyes, if she dared to resist and disobey, she would be punished for a big crime of disrespect.

The little county lord held the armrest of the mahogany chair and stared at Zi Ning's face fiercely, a trace of cold sweat oozing from his palms.

Although she is the master of the palace, she has always been a beautiful lady who stays at home, and her eyes are full of spring flowers and autumn leaves all day long, and she is just a huge yard, but her world is only a little bit.

There is a faint grievance in her heart, and there is also an indescribable misery and loneliness, and her mother has not loved her much since she started to remember, and her expression is always faint, as if such a daughter is dispensable. Although her father loves her, he is always not in the house, and she has always envied men for having a free body, who can go out and ride horses at will, chant poems and drink, sing and play with friends all night long.

She can't change anything, she just thinks that all women in the world are like this, and because she is the county lord, she should be an example for women in the world. Mother is the eldest princess, and she is not a pitiful person in her life, guarding the empty palace, although she is in love with her father, but it seems that something is missing.

Until Zi Ning suddenly appeared, all the sorrows and grievances hidden in her heart gushed out, this lowly maid is different from the women of the world, she often wanders around leisurely, and is intimate with everyone, but her mother loves her like a demon, and her eyes are kind and gentle.

The little county lord clenched his fists tightly, and his face was covered with a layer of frost, why could Zi Ning get the favor she couldn't get in front of her mother. is just a cheap maid who cooks, why does everyone want to pamper her?

The handsome figure in green clothes appeared in front of her eyes, and her heart suddenly soured, she once looked at the figure, and secretly lingered in the corner countless times, sad, and cried, but the owner of the figure did not know.

She could have enjoyed him all day long for a stretching smile, but Zi Ning laughed and talked to him in the willow forest, and she actually deliberately seduced, so that the flawless Biyu in her heart was stained with nameless dust.

Dudao is a gentleman who is as gentle as jade, in her mind, all the good words seem to be used to describe him, the eyebrows and eyes are always indifferent like the wind, the smile on the side of the mouth is also faint, and the eyes are full of warmth and profundity, once they fall in, they can't come out.

Such a beautiful son, Zi Ning called him "wood", which made the little county lord angry, and his face was pale and cold with anger from these two disrespectful words.

Growing up so big, she had never killed a slave, and for the first time in her life, she understood hatred. She hated Zi Ning's frivolity in front of him, and even more hated the faint smile on his face, and she didn't seem to mind the title of this. ————