Like Pearl and Jade

Chapter 72

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"Take it away?" Gu Rujiu was stunned for a moment, and wiped the water droplets from her cheeks, "What did he say when he took people?"

Qiu Luo shook his head, thought for a moment, and then said, "When He Ming took people away, he just said, please don't worry about such trivial matters."

"Really?" Gu Rujiu thought for a while, "I see."

After bathing, Gu Rujiu put on a light and breathable palace skirt, and said to Qiu Luo, "Find someone to call He Ming, I want to ask him something."

In the darkroom, He Ming glanced at the pale-faced Baolu, and sneered, "You are also lucky, and the Empress is willing to spare your life."

Baolu was lying on the ground panting and shivering, not daring to look at He Ming.

"If you are not the maid of honor beside the Empress, the Emperor will not tolerate you," He Ming walked up to Baolu, grabbed her by the hair, and forced her to meet his eyes, "Do you know how many people there are in this palace? People want to climb on the dragon bed?"

Baolu's lips were as pale as paper, and tears fell from his eyes, embarrassed.

"You said that you, from head to toe, are comparable to the Empress, and why do you want to think like this?" He Ming released his hand, and Baolu fell back to the ground.

"They're all servants, and they can't even be loyal and protect their masters. What's the use of asking you?" He Ming looked at the woman on the ground with disdain, his eyes were like ice, "The emperor has a deep affection for the empress, and you are like this. A lowly maid who dares to hurt the Queen's heart, it's really a death sentence."

After he finished speaking, he slapped Baolu's face with a slap. He was about to continue to torture Baolu when he walked into a eunuch outside. The eunuch swept the precious green on the ground and whispered, "Grandpa He, the Queen Mother wants to see you."

He Ming took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and flicked the folds on his sleeves: "Since the Queen's concubine summons, our family does not dare to delay, this person will be handed over to you to take care of, remember to leave a life for her."

"Yes." The eunuch who came to pass the message nodded again and again, glanced at the palace maid who was curled up on the ground, and raised his eyebrows, "Grandpa, don't worry, the little girl will take good care of Baolu girl."

Baolu raised her head, only to see the back of He Mingyang walking away, so she turned to look at the green-robed eunuch standing in front of her, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the past, such an eunuch would only nod and bow when facing her, but now he dares to look at her condescendingly, but he can only pounce at his feet.

Her high status in front of these palace attendants is not because she has an identity, but because the empress gave her an identity. After leaving the Empress, she is nothing, and anyone can bully her.

Before entering the palace, she always heard others say that life is not easy in the palace, so when she first entered the palace, she was still cautious. Later, because the queen's position was stable, she controlled the harem, and was deeply loved by the emperor, so those who served in front of the queen also rose with the tide, and countless people held their hands and worshipped, even the people who were serving by the emperor. Be polite to her.

Being touted and held by others, she gradually forgot her shape, forgetting that all this was given to her by the Empress.

"Regret?" Seeing her regretful expression, the green-robed eunuch shook his head and sighed, "I entered the palace at the age of six. It's the first time I've seen it."

"Okay, let's not talk nonsense anymore," the green-clothed eunuch glanced at the sun outside, "Since Eunuch He asked me to take good care of you, I can't slack off. If you want to blame yourself, you can only blame yourself." , he took a whip from the wall and flew to Baolu with a swish.

This whip is black and bright, and it looks gray and nothing special, but when the whip goes down, it can make people feel the pain, but it does not leave any traces on the body.

This whip also has a wonderful name, it's called Soul Dreaming.

"Ah!" As soon as the whip went down, Baolu shrank into a ball in pain. The pain, the pain in the heart, made her tears flow uncontrollably.

"Empress help!" She burst into tears, only begging the Empress to send someone to save her.

"Miss Baolu, what do you think you are doing?" The green-clothed eunuch whipped her again, seeing her writhing on the ground in pain, with a happy smile on her face, "The back master wants the master to rescue you, You really think it's all good."

Thinking that after entering the palace all these years, I have been trying to please like a dog, and I can't find a noble person, so I feel even more jealous of Baolu, a palace maid who does not know how to be blessed, and even the strength of the attack has also increased several times. point.

He Ming walked into the inner hall and saw that the Empress was wearing a wide-sleeved silk gauze palace shirt and a blue silk shawl. Except for a jade bracelet on her wrist, she had no accessories on her body. .

"I heard that Baolu was taken away by you?" Gu Rujiu closed her eyes, raised her head and asked the maid to massage her head.

"Go back to the Empress, this servant is also under His Majesty's order." He Ming cupped his hands and said, "Seeing that you are hurt, His Majesty is angry."

Gu Rujiu was silent for a moment when she heard the words: "This girl, Ben Gong has decided to let her out of the palace, you can let her go after you go back, and Ben Gong will tell His Majesty the rest."

"Slave obeys." He Ming responded without hesitation. He had long known that the Empress would save Baolu's life, and in this matter, His Majesty always listened to the Empress, so he would not feel embarrassed. .

"Niangniang, do you want the servant to bring Baolu over?" He Ming asked again.

"No need." Gu Rujiu shook his head, "You should send someone to send her out of the palace."

"Yes." He Ming took the large package that Qiuluo handed over. The package was very heavy. It could be seen that the Empress had left a lot of things for Baolu.

He Ming's heart moved, he bowed to Gu Rujiu and stepped back.

As a servant, it is a blessing to have such a master. No wonder Bai Xian ran errands for the Empress, and ran so willingly, as if the Empress was close to the eunuch. If he waited in front of the Empress all day, he would probably have the same thoughts as Bai Xian.

But that's okay, if Bai Xian intends to show his face in front of the Queen, no one will compete with him in front of the imperial concubine.

Back in the darkroom, He Ming saw Baolu lying on the ground dying, and raised his voice: "Miss Baolu, my lady is kind, let me let you go out of the palace, you go take a bath, change your clothes, and go out with our family. ."

Baolu slowly raised her head, her hair stuck to her sweaty face, she could only vaguely watch He Ming's figure swaying in front of her eyes, and the rest could not be seen clearly.

Then two aunties helped her to take a shower, change her clothes, and she was stuffed into a carriage.

"Baolu, you can do it yourself, this is what the empress asked our family to bring to you," He Ming threw the package into the curtain, and he couldn't see Baolu's expression through the curtain, but it didn't matter, "you will later Do it yourself."

When he turned around and was about to leave, he heard whimpering and sobbing from the carriage, followed by a thumping sound, something like a kowtow.

Why should I know today? He Ming smiled mockingly and turned away.

After finishing the work of Baolu, He Ming walked towards the imperial study. Before he even reached the place, he saw Bai Xian guarding the door from a distance. He frowned and walked to Bai Xian's side. , "On such a hot day, Eunuch Bai just stood like this, don't get caught in the heat."

"Eunuch He cares about it, doing errands for the emperor and the goddess, and enjoying it." Bai Xian also smiled.

Too lazy to play with him, He Ming lowered his voice and said, "Is the Empress inside?"

"It's been a while since I went in, why are you asking this?" Bai Xian shrugged, looking like he didn't want to pay attention to him.

"What can I do," He Ming snorted, "I just sent that person away."

"You said Baolu?" Bai Xian finally got some energy, glanced inside the door, and said in a low voice, "This little hoof is lucky."

"Okay, don't be so envious, jealous, and hateful," He Ming pouted at the door, "Who told others to follow a good master." Eunuch of the root. Unlike those palace maids, there is still a chance to leave the palace, so it is particularly important to have a reliable master or a fat mess.

It is precisely because of this that he is particularly jealous of Baolu, a palace maid who is in a blissful state.

"It's as if you don't hate it." Bai Xian shook his whisk and gave He Ming a blank look.

Just as He Ming was about to argue, he turned his head and saw an adult in a scarlet official robe walking towards him, and immediately shut his mouth.

When the person approached, He Ming recognized the person as the Minister of Rites, stepped forward and saluted, "Sun Shangshu."

"Second father-in-law, is the emperor here?" Sun Shangshu's attitude towards the eunuchs in the palace is much better than that of Li Guangji. In addition, the Sun family and the Sima family are related by marriage, so the Sima family can't shrink now, and his sister is still in the palace. He was a concubine in the palace, so he was very polite to the eunuchs in the palace.

"Please wait for a moment, Sun Shangshu, and the servant will report to the emperor first." He Ming saw that although Sun Shangshu tried his best to hide it, he still had a look of anxiety on his face, so he didn't dare to delay, and turned around to go to the imperial study to report to the emperor. report.

At this moment, there was some movement in the royal study room, and then the figure of the queen's concubine appeared at the door of the royal study room.

Sun Shangshu didn't expect that the Empress would actually come out of the imperial study. He was stunned for a moment, then stepped back a few steps to salute Gu Rujiu.

Because of the old lawsuit between the Gu family and the Sima family, as an in-law of the Sima family, when Sun Shang wrote to the Gu family, he could not help but feel a little guilty. So now seeing Gu Rujiu, he buried his head extremely low.

"Is this Mr. Sun from the Ministry of Rites?" Gu Rujiu stopped when she approached Sun Shangshu.

"Back to the Empress, the lower official's surname is Sun." Sun Shangshu replied with his head lowered.

"Then you are Taifei Sun's elder brother?" Gu Rujiu thought of Taifei Sun who had been "recuperating" these days, her brows moved slightly.

"Yes, Concubine Sun is the half-sister of Xiaguan."

Half-sister? It is no wonder that Concubine Sun has been in the palace for many years and has not had much contact with the Sun family. It turned out to be a concubine. Because Dafeng women are more sturdy, and many people with clear names don't even have concubines, so the status of concubines is quite different.

Probably this is also the reason why Sun Taifei and Rui Wang did not get together. As a noble daughter of an aristocratic family, even if she is only a concubine, she is still a valuable daughter. How can she be a concubine for a physically disabled prince? Wouldn't that be a shame for the family? But she came out of the concubine, and she was a little short of being a princess, so the matter with King Rui was delayed, and finally the emperor was asked to pick the peaches.

The difference between being an imperial concubine and being an ordinary concubine of the royal family is a world of difference, and the Sun family will definitely not be reluctant to bear a concubine.

The direct daughter married into the Sima family, and the concubine married into the palace to be the imperial concubine.

"Grand Concubine Sun is not in good health recently. Ben Gong intends to let her go to the Lin'an Palace to recuperate. I wonder what Sun Shangshu's plan will be?" Gu Rujiu didn't plan to keep these thoughtful concubines in the harem. Who knows what's behind them? What are you thinking. It's just that she just entered the palace a few months ago, and she hurriedly drove the concubines out of the palace, and the word might not sound good.

Now that she has become the queen for more than half a year, the power of the harem is also in the palm of her hand. Even if these concubines are moved to the Lin'an Palace, other people can only hold back if they don't agree.

"The climate of Lin'an's Bee Palace is comfortable, and the birds are fragrant. It is a good place to take care of your body." Sun Shangshu was very clear about who was more important, so after Gu Rujiu said this, he agreed without hesitation.

To exchange a concubine who has no feelings with him for the favor of the queen and the Gu family, he knows what to do without calculating the account.

What's more, this kind of harem matter, even if the empress doesn't tell him, it doesn't matter if it's done directly. Now the Queen Mother specially mentioned something to him, which is considered to be respect for the Sun family.

Hearing Sun Shangshu's answer, Gu Rujiu was not surprised, she nodded at Sun Shangshu: "If Sun Shangshu thinks this way, this palace is relieved."

After the empress left, Sun Shangshu was relieved. It seemed that the empress did not anger their Sun family because of the Sima family's affairs.

"Sun Shangshu, the emperor has an invitation."

"There is Eunuch Lao." Sun Shangshu smiled and hurriedly walked in behind He Ming.

Although Gu Rujiu didn't like Grand Concubine Sun very much, she didn't like the Sun family's style too much either. In front of the behemoth of the Sun family, Concubine Sun is not a person, but a tool.

Sun Shangshu can easily give up Taifei Sun, isn't it because Taifei Sun has no value

When Taifei Sun entered the palace as a concubine, the Sun family really didn't get half of the benefits

Hateful people are also pitiful. Gu Rujiu took pity on Concubine Sun, but because of this pity, Concubine Sun would not let Concubine Sun plot against herself and Jin Yang.

When I came to Jing'an Palace, it was as lifeless as ever. Gu Rujiu saw Tai Concubine Sun, who was wearing light-colored clothes and looked very haggard, and said with a smile, "After His Majesty's Wanshou ceremony, this palace will send the princess to Lin'anbee Palace to recuperate. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers, where birds and flowers are fragrant, and it is a good place for retirement. ."

Jin Yang's birthday was on June 28, less than half a month before his longevity.

After Taifei Sun heard this, she showed gratitude on her face: "Thank you, the Empress, for thinking so thoughtfully for me."

Whether it was sarcasm or something else, Gu Rujiu accepted it with a smile, and then said, "This year is your majesty's first longevity after your wedding, so your majesty also ordered to recall the vassal kings from all over the world to have fun with your majesty. ."

Dafeng now has a feudal prince, in addition to Rui Wang is the original Zhong Wang in Rongzhou. King Zhong is an iron-hatted king handed down from his ancestors. In terms of blood, King Zhong can be regarded as Jin Yang's uncle, and he has four or five generations of blood relatives.

The generation of Mrs. Zhongwang's wife and grandfather, because they made a lot of credit and was trusted by the emperor, they won a king with iron hats, and they also made Rongzhou a fief to him.

The title of King Zhong has been passed on to the current King Zhong, and it is already the fifth generation. Because these generations are very low-key, no one of these generations of emperors has moved them, so the people of Zhong Wang Mansion live in Rongzhou. Very moisturizing.

If people live too much, it is easy to be foolish. In addition, there is a late emperor who doesn't like to be in charge, so this makes the current King Zhong a bit irritable, and he has the attitude of a local emperor in Rongzhou.

Gu Rujiu had met King Zhong once when he was young. At that time, King Zhong was only in his twenties. He was tall and handsome, and he was very respectable in front of the late emperor.

However, once the emperor and the courtier, the former emperor can be fooled by the loyalty of the king, it is not necessarily that Jin Yang also eats him. It is not the first time that King Zhong whipped the people and robbed the women of the people in the capital. Based on Gu Rujiu's understanding of Jin Yang, she felt that Jin Yang might not like to see King Zhong in his heart.

She even thought that Jin Yang would probably take advantage of this longevity ceremony to keep King Rui and King Zhong in the capital. The prince who has lost his fief and his personal guard is no different from a toothless tiger.

"What did you say?" Concubine Sun's expression finally changed. She looked at Gu Rujiu with burning eyes, "You said that the vassal king is also going to Beijing?"

Gu Rujiu swept her gaze over her, and then smiled lightly: "Perhaps, Ben Gong is a lazy person and doesn't care about these things, so he just vaguely listened to it."

Grand Concubine Sun sneered in her heart. As an empress, she doesn't even care about the emperor's birthday. This empress is really pampered and arrogant. If such a woman meets a man like the late emperor, I am afraid that she will spend her whole life in tears, and it is also her luck that she can meet such an emperor today.

"Your Majesty loves you so much, so I don't want you to worry about it," Tai Concubine Sun said with a smile. "It's just that as a queen, you don't care about anything like this. I'm afraid it won't be very good." Can't even cry.

"Ben Gong thinks the same way, but His Majesty is always worried about this and that. He always thinks that I can get tired even with a good cup of tea, so I can only rest," Gu Rujiu smiled. Seeing Concubine Sun's reaction, she had already I believe that Concubine Wei has said about the past, but I just don't know how graceful the King Rui is. Even if he is disabled, he can attract Concubine Sun so affectionately. Even if he has been in the palace for so many years, he is willing to do so much for him.

"That's because you are lucky, having the emperor's favor is more useful than anything else," Tai Concubine Sun forced a smile, and then said, "Your Majesty's longevity in the first year of the wedding, it is also appropriate for the vassal king to come to Beijing to celebrate his birthday, if they want Come on, I'm afraid I'm already on the way now."

"Isn't it true," Gu Rujiu put down the teacup, "Rongzhou is very far from the capital. If you don't hurry, I'm afraid you won't be able to get to the capital in time."

"Yes, yes," Sun Taifei nodded in disbelief, but she was not thinking of the loyal prince of Rongzhou, but another prince.

"Tianfei, this palace sees that your face is haggard and bad recently, you have to take good care of your body," Gu Rujiu smiled, "the days are still long, so don't make it hard for you to live with your body."

Concubine Sun forced a smile.

"Since that's the case, I won't bother you," Gu Rujiu got the answer she wanted, stood up and said, "I'll take my leave first."

Concubine Sun hurriedly asked the people around her to see Gu Rujiu out, and she herself sat up from the bed and bent towards Gu Rujiu.

After Gu Rujiu left, she lifted the quilt on her body, got out of bed and walked to the bronze mirror.

She looked pale in the mirror, her frown had crept up the corners of her eyes, and her skin had lost its elasticity and luster.

"It turns out that so many years have passed," Tai Concubine Sun stroked her cheeks, looked at her family in the mirror, and said in a trance, "I'm old."

No matter how good the time is, there will be a day in the past, just like her face, which has gradually lost its beauty in time, turning into ugly haggard and pale.

"Empress concubine." After seeing the queen concubine back, the personal maid saw that her expression was not quite right, so she stepped forward anxiously.

"I'm fine," Tai Concubine Sun stood up, avoiding the bronze mirror intentionally or unintentionally, "Go and ask, this time Your Majesty's longevity, whether the vassal king will come to Beijing."

If the vassal king would enter the capital, why did he not mention this in his letter to himself

"Niangniang," Qiu Luo walked into the house and whispered beside Gu Rujiu, who was reading, "In the past two days, Grand Concubine Sun of Jing'an Palace has been asking the Imperial Hospital to prepare her a beauty formula."

"It's good for the queen to please herself." Gu Rujiu nodded and put down the book in her hand, "Is there any news from Concubine Qian?"

Qiu Luo shook his head: "Ever since the rumor of haunting came out of Jing'an Palace last time, Concubine Qian has been quietly staying in the palace, rarely going out, and even Concubine Wei doesn't move much. "

"This one is also a worry-free one." Gu Rujiu's defense against Concubine Qian was no less than Concubine Sun. She remembered that the night when Jing'an Palace was haunted, when she rushed to Jing'an Palace, she didn't even have time to wrap her hair, but Concubine Qian was neat and her hair was not messy at all.

Concubine Qian claimed to have developed a habit and couldn't sleep at night, but who couldn't sleep at night and would wear a thick bun and stay in the room

Not to mention it was because of the habit developed by the late emperor. The late emperor had been dead for five or six years. How much he loved the late emperor, and he didn't want to change this habit

In fact, which of these women in the harem has real feelings for the late emperor

The two masters and servants were talking about Concubine Qian, when they saw a palace maid hurriedly walked in with sweat dripping from her face.

"Niangniang, it's not good, Wei Taifei and Qian Taifei fought in the garden."

Rao is that Gu Rujiu was calm enough, and after hearing the report of the palace maid, her face darkened. When did the palace become like the head of the village, and the dignified concubines could still pinch each other

After this kind of thing got out, they didn't blush too much

Wei Taifei was born in a poor family and did not understand the etiquette of aristocratic family. Qian Taifei was a noble daughter of a noble family, so why did she start with Wei Taifei

"Okay, let's go have a look." Gu Rujiu rubbed her forehead, wishing she could drive these concubines to the Lin'an Palace tomorrow.

At that time, no matter how they pinch, anyway, out of sight is pure.