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There was no anger on Wen Mu's face, and there was even a hint of a smile, but the two kneeling on the ground could only feel the coldness emanating from the fifth prince's body, and they were so shocked that their whole bodies were cold. Slightly white, the originally clear eyes became more and more clear.

"This palace has never seen such a bold and reckless servant who dares to tell the truth behind the master's back in private, come here, and drag these two people down to torture!"

"Your Highness, spare your life! Your Highness, spare your life! This servant will never dare again!" The two knelt down and kowtowed in unison. In this palace, they only talk about the punishment of the stick but not the number. They just want to beat people to death. Wen Mu This time I got angry, but it has never happened before.

Chang Xiu, who was following Wen Mu, also quickly knelt down, and said bluntly: "Your Highness, calm down, your Highness, because the two of you shouldn't talk about things behind your back, but Xing'er didn't say anything. Hanxiu rose up, Hanxiu did not dare to ask His Highness to spare them, but asked His Highness to give them a lighter punishment."

The palace people who heard Wen Mu's words from other places outside the hall came here, saw that Wen Mu had a cold expression on his face, Chang Xiu and the other two knelt on the ground, although they didn't understand the reason, they all knelt down too.Immediately, inside and outside Zhaoyang Hall, except for the Fifth Prince Wen Mu, the ground was full of people bowing down and worshiping.

Wen Mu saw him, frowned slightly, and was about to speak when he heard a surprise from outside the courtyard, when he looked up, he saw Hongyu who was in front of Concubine Xiao leading a little palace maid in from the courtyard wall.

"I've met the Fifth Prince!" Hong Yu walked up to Wen Mu and saluted, and stood up only after Wen Mu refrained from the salute.

She looked around, and only asked with a smile: "What kind of play is your Highness performing today, to make the servants kneel down so much?"

After all, she is the maid in front of the concubine mother. Although she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, Hongyu can be considered to have watched Wen Mu grow up. Wen Mu is not good at refuting her face. Although she didn't say the reason, her tone is already good Quite a few: "It's just two slaves who broke the rules, I'm making you laugh."

Then he said: "Get up, everyone! Drag these two people down for twenty sticks, and then drive Rushun out of the hall."

Rushun and Xing'er knew that this was already a great gift, so they didn't dare to beg for mercy and say anything else, they just kowtowed to thank each other.

After everyone stood up, some people came over and pulled Rushun and Xing'er down, Wen Mu asked Hongyu, "What's the reason for you to come here today?"

Hearing this, Hongyu first pulled the little palace maid behind her, and then said with a smile: "This is Liu Sui'er in front of the empress dowager, she has been listening to the empress for the past few days, and now the empress sees that she almost understands the truth, He asked his servants to bring them over."

Wen Mu looked at the person with his head bowed in front of him, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, then he nodded and said, "If you don't tell me, I'd have forgotten about it. Hanxiu, take her down first Arrange it!"

Because of the new master, Liu Sui'er just lowered her head blindly at first, not daring to look at anyone, until the fifth prince asked someone to take her down, then she raised her head a little.Then, she felt a faint fragrance in front of her, but a handsome young eunuch stood in front of her, smiled lightly at her, "Miss Liu Sui'er, this way please!"

It was said that Chang Xiu led Liu Sui'er down to make arrangements, but in fact he just asked him to take Liu Sui'er to the grand lady in the side hall of Zhaoyang Palace.The maids and eunuchs in the palace belong to different categories. Although the palace ladies are supposed to be in charge of internal affairs and the eunuchs are in charge of foreign affairs, human nature is different. Most of the time, concubines and princesses prefer to use maids, while emperors and princes use eunuchs more.But how to employ people is up to the master after all, so when he came to Wen Mu's place, because he didn't like servants at all, except for Chang Xiu's close service, most of the other personal affairs were served by court ladies.

Chang Xiu led Liu Sui'er to entrust the matter, then turned around and went to find Wenmu again, before entering the gate of the palace, she ran into Hongyu who had just left the main hall in the yard, Hongyu saw him and pulled him away Go to the corner of the yard along the corridor, with a secretive expression on his face.

"I heard that today's incident was done for you?" Hongyu looked down at Chang Xiu, but only saw Chang Xiu's brow.

"Who did my sister listen to?" Chang Xiu raised her head and looked at Hongyu in surprise.

"I guessed it myself." Hongyu pursed her lips, looked around and looked at no one, and then said in a low voice: "You and your master have had a lot of trouble these days, and Eunuch Li has been very diligent in running to Feixia Palace these days." gone."

The eunuchs around the princes in the palace usually have two managers, one is responsible for managing the trivial affairs in the prince's palace, and the other is in charge of the prince's personal affairs by the prince's side.The two eunuchs are of average rank, only the close eunuch is favored by the master, and the chief eunuch in charge is easy to get benefits, so I can't say which one is more flattering.

Li Da, the chief eunuch in charge of Zhaoyang Hall, was already the head of the first hall before the fifth prince entered the hall, but he was old because of his seniority, and the fifth prince was only a ten-year-old boy. The prince's affairs could not help being a little neglected, and after the fifth prince's outburst, he became a coward.

When the fifth prince had Chang Xiu, he ordered Chang Xiu to do more things. In addition, in less than three months, Chang Xiu was promoted to the personal eunuch because of the Spring Festival award, and Li Da, the eunuch in charge, became a The short chief, although he is still the immediate boss of the eunuchs in the palace, his words are not as powerful as Chang Xiu's.Because of this, this time he seized the opportunity, he inevitably made a few extra trips to Feixia Hall.

When Chang Xiu heard Hongyu's words, she immediately turned pale with fright. Although she didn't know what Eunuch Li said when he ran to Feixia Palace, thinking about it, it would definitely not be a good thing.

"Then the empress also knows? Did the empress say anything?"

"What is your empress going to say? Are you still so comfortable now?" Hongyu replied angrily. She said that she wanted to deal with people, but she cared about the fifth prince no matter how much she did, and directly dealt with the people around the fifth prince without knowing the ins and outs of the matter.

As she said that, Hongyu leaned forward again, and said softly: "I heard that His Highness asked you to go back to watch the night again. I got the wind, so I sent Liu Sui'er here, so as to remind you. Do not offend the master."

Chang Xiu didn't expect that she had already walked around the edge of the cliff, and she didn't expect that such a trivial matter would be spread outside before he returned to the Fifth Prince's side to watch the night.His heart changed slightly, he didn't dare to be careless anymore, he just showed a flattering smile to Hongyu immediately, and said: "Thanks to sister, otherwise Xiu'er will really be in trouble this time!"

Hongyu rolled her eyes, tapped his forehead with her index finger, and said, "I'm thinking of your sister right now, you're usually smart, how did you get into a fight with your master? If it wasn't for the recent These days, the empress has been bothering about the affairs of the central palace, and I don't have the time to take care of this end, and I know what the empress is thinking, and I know that it is not good for the fifth prince to make a fuss at this time, just give me some courage, I dare not speak for you!"

Chang Xiu reached out and pulled Hongyu's sleeve, then swayed it, saying: "Xiu'er knows that sister is good to Xiu'er, and Xiu'er will always remember her kindness and kindness in her heart all her life."

Hongyu originally wanted to put on a serious expression, but when she saw Chang Xiu's appearance, she couldn't bear it. After thinking about it, she showed a somewhat curious expression instead.

"What's the matter between you and your master? Your master is not an angry person. I've heard rumors that people say that you annoy the master and you won't be favored, and then say that you are going to be kicked out. Now come , but met the master who blamed two people for you, what kind of drama do you and your master sing?"

When Chang Xiu heard Hongyu's question, before she could answer, she blushed, and after a while, she finally replied: "It's all trivial things, my sister won't be interested in listening to it."

Seeing that Chang Xiu was unwilling to answer, Hongyu didn't force her to do so. She just straightened her tone and said, "I won't chat with you anymore. Seeing how you look now, my sister is finally relieved. However, I can ask you to Don't think that my sister is long-winded."

Seeing Chang Xiu raised her head and looked at her seriously, she eased her tone, and Fang said again: "In this palace, no matter how strong a person is, he is no better than the master. The master loves you. The master forced it. Compared with the other princes, the fifth prince is really a good master. Although he has a bit of a naughty temper, he will not abuse others at will. It is also the good fortune of the servants to be able to work in front of him."

Seeing that Chang Xiu was silent, but the person listened more seriously, Hongyu looked left and right again, and then whispered: "But he is a son of the royal family after all, and his temper has come up. Don't look at how he treats people well, but he is also a bad guy. Master who recognizes people, didn’t you meet today? You are also smart, even if you don’t serve in front of Master Mu, you must understand this truth. A slave is only obedient.”

After Chang Xiu heard this, there was an expression on his face, but when he saw the smile on his face, it was as bright as a flower.

"My sister is good for Xiu'er, why would Xiu'er think that my sister is nagging? Even if my sister doesn't say it, Xiu'er understands the truth now. Don't worry, sister, Xiu'er will serve her master well in the future, and she will never do such a thing again. .”

Seeing Chang Xiu's normal face, Hongyu felt that there was nothing more to say, she said goodbye to Chang Xiu, and when she was about to leave, she seemed to think of something, then turned and said to Chang Xiu who was sending her outside the courtyard: "Look at your mother. That means, it seems that the palace is going to be unrest soon, you can take care of your master, don't make any trouble again."

Chang Xiu just nodded desperately, and said with a serious expression: "Sister, don't worry, Chang Xiu will save it!"

Sure enough, two months later, taking advantage of the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, the emperor and empress had a banquet to worship the moon in the palace.

In the third year of Zhenbao, in September, Wen, the fourth son of Jihuang, was placed under the name of Empress Zhonggong.

At that time, during the Zhenbao period of the Lie Dynasty, the turbulent battle for the crown kicked off.