Yongzheng period

It's just a palace. "Wen Xing came up from behind Baochai, and put a heavy bag in Yan'er's hand, "Our young master is the most valued by the empress dowager." "

Yan'er didn't look at Wen Xing's expression, she tentatively touched it with shaking hands, estimating the weight of the taels in the bag.Then her face was filled with unstoppable greed, and she nodded in a strange way.

After Yan'er left, Wen Xing said, "This Liu promise seems to be a fool, so she just pretended to be pitiful in vain. Being bullied by Wu Yachang for so long, she is still a fool." It's what you deserve."

Baochai put down her pen, read through the scriptures slowly, and said slowly, "Speaking of Wu Yashi, how is she doing recently?"

"What else can I do?" Wen Xing said disdainfully, "A while ago, I could only open my mouth and howl, but recently I haven't made a fuss, but every day I hug a pillow and tell everyone that this is her little brother who gave birth. It's like a lunatic. It's hard for Mrs. Dong E to take care of a lunatic all day long."

"Then the emperor and the queen mother have visited in person?"

Wen Xing thought for a while and said, "The emperor only sent someone to ask a few words and gave away the things, but the queen mother went there in person, but Wu Yachang was crying and begging for mercy, which made the queen mother really embarrassed What?" Wen Xing sneered when she said this.

Baochai was thinking quietly, then suddenly said, "Do you think Wu Yachang's presence is really crazy?"

"My lord, what do you mean...?" Wen Xing was puzzled.

"Mrs. Dong E personally entered the palace to take care of Wu Ya. She has been undressed and sleepless for many days. She has a kind mother's heart." Baochai said lightly, "But just a few days ago, this good lady suggested to the Queen Mother that she would take Wu Ya away. Another girl from the Ya family is brought into the palace."

Baochai smiled meaningfully, "Coincidentally, this other Wu Ya girl is Wu Ya Changzai's own younger sister. She does not shy away from relatives even if she is worthy. This Mrs. Dong E really has a good plan."

Wu Yachang made a lot of enemies on weekdays. Once even Wu Ya's family and her own biological mother abandoned her, Wu Yachang, who had no value and was completely abandoned, would have no choice but to die.

"And I heard that this good lady's status in Wu Ya's family is not as good as before?" Baochai asked thoughtfully.

"Mrs. Dong E is old now, and she failed to give birth to a son. In recent years, she has continued to use her methods on Lord Wu Ya and her concubine, and Lord Wu Ya has somewhat despised her." Wen Xing replied, "My servant heard that before Mrs. Dong E entered the palace, one of Lord Wu Ya's concubines had just given birth to her eldest son."

"Now that the daughter who entered the palace has become like this again, Mrs. Dong E is naturally anxious about how to consolidate her position." Baochai pretended to be sympathetic, "It's just a pity that Wu Ya is always here."

Immediately afterwards, she touched her face subconsciously, and said with emotion in a low voice, "How long will it be good for Israel to treat others?"

"My lord is no better than her, and Brother Seven is still counting on me." Wen Xing comforted her.

"Seventh elder brother..." Baochai's expression was a little mocking, "I'm afraid he doesn't know who he will get close to..."

Baochai pursed her lips and put her hand on her lower abdomen in silence, if it wasn't for her, she would no longer be able to have children...

After a while, Baochai said in a low voice, "Go down."

Seeing that her master was in a bad mood, Wen Xing drew up the curtain and retreated to the backyard, only to see Yinger kneeling on the ground trembling with red eyes.It was the weather in the early spring of April, and Ying'er had just knelt for a quarter of an hour before she felt the cold moisture on the ground seep into her bone marrow, and after a while her legs became numb and she lost consciousness.

"Sister Ying'er is about to kneel," Wen Xing slouched against the door and smiled maliciously at her, "Which slave who was punished to kneel is not a well-behaved slave who is punished by the master? Sister Ying'er is The one who has been with the master for the longest time has a lot of backbone - who is this grievance on his face?"

Wen Xing was originally the second-class girl who served Aunt Xue, and she was also a veteran among the servants of Xue's family, but even the girls next to the young lady were more prestigious than her.She is not Aunt Xue's close confidant, a dispensable person.When Xue's family lived in Jia's mansion, Baochai sent her to order when he saw that there were not enough people.Even with Baochai, Ying'er didn't have much respect for her because she was an old man beside her wife, so Wen Xing felt unwilling.

Later, after entering the palace and Baochai became the young master again, Wen Xing finally had a chance to stand out.

Although Baochai was closer to Ying'er, she gradually realized that Ying'er was just a little clever. Although Ying'er was extremely loyal to her, she couldn't do the secrets of plotting concubines, so she began to pay more attention to Wen Xing. .Seeing what Baochai did later, although she protected her master, she was unavoidably panicked, and couldn't help dissuading her a few times - after all, in Yinger's view, the young master had already given birth to her elder brother Concubine, even if she is not favored, but because of Seventh Elder Brother's face, it is not a bad idea to wait for the mother to honor the son like the good concubine of the late emperor, so naturally she should not count those secrets anymore.

But in Baochai's mind, the ending of the good concubine is obviously not enough to satisfy her. She was originally upset by the empress dowager's pressing every step of the way. On Yinger's body—this is the punishment for today.

Wen Xing took the time to look at Ying'er's distressed appearance. Ying'er pursed her lips tightly when she heard the words, her voice was hoarse, "A slave made a mistake, and a master should naturally be punished. There is nothing wrong with it."

Wen Xing sneered, and before she could say anything else, she saw the little palace maid Pinger coming over with her head lowered and whispered softly, "Master said to wake up Sister Yinger, so she doesn't have to come to serve at night, just go back and rest. "

"Come on! After all, it's the master who has a kind heart." Wen Xing said hypocritically, holding the veil, "otherwise this is a slave who doesn't have the same heart with the master - he would have been killed and driven out."

After saying that, she shook her handkerchief and left. Ping'er trotted over to help Ying'er up, and said carefully, "Sister Ying'er, you have been kneeling for a long time, I will help you go back to the house and rest."

Ying'er felt that the picture in front of her was blurry, her head became dizzy and heavy, and Ping'er's voice became long and drawn out, as if it came from a very far away place.

She knew she was probably caught in the wind and cold, so she took a few breaths and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

*

In the Qianqing palace, Liu promised to be led in by Xiaoxiazi, and after the blessing ceremony of peace, he stood quietly aside, with obvious anxiety on his face.

"You don't have to be afraid," Daiyu said softly to comfort, "Just answer the questions from the palace and the emperor truthfully." After she finished speaking, she raised her finger to Chunying who was kneeling beside Luyi, "Liu promised, do you recognize me?" This maid?"

The pointed Chunying lowered her head slightly, at first glance she was just a somewhat delicate and ordinary court lady, her expression had been abnormally calm since she was brought to Qianqing Palace.

After listening to Daiyu's words, Liu promised to look at her carefully, then she turned her gaze away and shook her head, "The concubine is not familiar with her, I only have a vague impression of her."

Luyi will not identify Chunying and Liu Shi for no reason, regardless of whether Liu Xuxu is really the mastermind behind the scenes, this alone is enough to entrust Liu Shi into the water.

After several calculations in Daiyu's mind, she listened to Yongzheng'oh? ’ With a cry, he raised his eyebrows with great interest, "She is just an ordinary maid of honor in the imperial garden, how do you recognize her?"

Liu Ying seemed to be at a loss, with a dazed expression on his face, and said honestly, "I have seen her talk to Lu Yi who is next to Hao Guiren's sister a few times, and she once talked to Lu Yi next to Mrs. Gonggui. She was on a mission—it was only after she was sent to the Royal Garden for some reason that my concubine remembered her. And on the day of Huachao, this little palace maid followed her all the way, so this concubine still remembers her."

"This slave used to work in the Palace of Yanxi Palace? Xiaoxiazi—?" Yongzheng instantly thought of Xue Baochai's role in the incident of the concubine Xin, and his expression darkened immediately.

"Yes, Chunying did work for Young Master Gong, but..." Xiao Xiazi was a little hesitant, "Chunying was sent to Yanxi Palace by the empress at the beginning..."

Queen...?Could it be that this matter has something to do with the Queen?Yongzheng thought of the empress who was still imprisoned and imprisoned in Changchun Garden, who was no different from being deposed, and his expression was uncertain for a while.

Hao Guiren and Wei Changzai, who had heard the secrets of the palace ban at the side, only wished that they were deaf who could not hear anything, but Liu promised, as if he had just noticed the unusual atmosphere in the palace, and whispered anxiously, "... Your Majesty ?”

Daiyu suddenly said, "The news about Liu's promise is very popular. I remember that you have only been in the palace for a year, and you even know the old story of Chunying being the maid of Yanxi Palace." Daiyu looked at the palace meaningfully. Mrs. Liu, "Besides, just now you said that you know Chunying because you have seen her get acquainted with Luyi who served Hao Guiren a few times - then you must have a good relationship with Hao Guiren, but I haven't heard much about it. Woolen cloth."

Knowing people, knowing face but not knowing heart, this Liu's seemingly innocent words took the opportunity to turn the conversation on the Queen and the nobleman, I am afraid that she is definitely not as gentle and cowardly as she appears on the surface, Daiyu can't help but secretly guard in her heart.

"This... the matter of Chunying was told by Luyi to my concubine. It's just that Hao Guiren's sister and concubine made friends..." Liu promised that he still didn't understand the situation, and his momentum was insignificant. The concubines inexplicably warmed up, and that's when—"

"So you really don't know why I called you here today?" Yongzheng said lightly.

"...The concubine guessed that it was because of Wu Yachang's miscarriage, but the concubine really didn't know it at all!" Liu promised to become agitated in vain, sobbing softly, "The concubine didn't know that she was pregnant at the time. No way, the concubine's own child is also—"

"Okay," Liu cried.