Since Fu Heng left that night, he never meant to come back. He would rather sleep on the cold desk than go back to his room to sleep.
Erqing's life is difficult, and almost everyone in the Fucha family is guessing that her position as a young lady may not be stable, especially since she has nowhere to go. For the sake of the Fucha family's successors, this time even Fucha's position Madam did not stand by her side, and discussed with Fu Heng whether to take a concubine.
The days were really sad, Er Qing was afraid and angry, she finally gritted her teeth and made up her mind...
"Miss!"
Inside the Changchun Palace, Erqing kowtowed to the queen, with a blue cloth bundle beside her, buried her head on the ground, and cried with her vocal cords: "Erqing wants to go back to Changchun Palace to serve you!"
The queen sat on the head with a pair of crutches beside her, which Wei Yingluo and Mingyu made for her together. There were no dragons and phoenixes carved on it, only two characters of blessing in different handwriting were engraved on it.
"Waiji?" The queen was stunned.
"Yes." Erqing raised her head, wiped her tears with a veil, and said softly, "Niangniang, your body is not healthy, and the servants are very worried. She specially reported to Ama'e Niang and obtained their consent. Pack your bags and enter the palace."
The Queen glanced at the small burden beside her. A dignified young lady from a rich Cha family could not be so soft. This was done on purpose for her.
Seeing it without saying it, the queen just shook her head gently: "There is no shortage of people in the palace, and with your current status, it is inconvenient to do these servant things, you go back."
"Niangniang!" Er Qing crawled forward, crawling all the way to her feet, raised her head to look at her, and mourned, "Er Qing has followed you for six years, and she is used to serving you, although she has left the palace, she can't rest assured! The maids who are needed by the Queen Mother, are still reluctant after they get married, and they are recalled to keep them, not to mention the slaves who married into the Fucha family, are the sister-in-law of the empress, and want to take care of your illness, what's wrong?"
The queen stroked the crutches beside her. When she was unconscious, Erqing didn't come. She was leaning on the crutches and learning to walk with difficulty step by step. Erqing didn't come. .
There are only two blessing characters on the cane, one is from Yingluo, the other is from Mingyu, and neither is from Erqing.
So the queen smiled and said, "No need, I have Yingluo and Mingyu by my side, that's enough."
Er Qing was silent for a moment, and finally let out a long sigh and revealed the truth.
"Niangniang." Tears fell to the ground, Erqing said mournfully, "Fu Heng has always been busy, and he returns to the house three or two days in January. He also sleeps alone in the study, and the servants are at home. - Don't you want to be a slave?"
Its sound is extremely sad, like a puppy abandoned by its owner.
The queen was also naturally soft-hearted. Although she resented her for being ruthless, she couldn't bear to see it, and said, "Er Qing! Honestly, what happened?"
"Fu Heng doted on a servant girl and argued with the servants many times. The servant was angry and punished her, which made Fu Heng furious." Er Qing cried and cried, "Now the Fucha family... has no place for the servants. "
However, the queen did not believe her one-sided words, or, in other words, compared to her one-sided words, the queen believed more in her younger brother who looked down on her from childhood.
Glancing at her lightly, the queen said, "Ben Gong has never seen Fu Heng get angry, so it can be seen that your mistake this time is really serious."
Erqing is a smart person. Seeing that the queen is not fooled, she will not continue to lie about this matter. Instead, she will use a tragic offensive, pulling the queen's skirt and crying continuously: "Empress Empress, let the slaves stay in the palace. I will stay with you for a while, at least wait for Fu Heng to calm down, and then the servant will go back, okay? I beg you... "
Just like the queen knows Fu Heng, she also knows the queen very well.
Erqing knew that the queen had always been attached to old things, and even had to sew and mend old clothes, let alone a person.
Sure enough, after hesitating for a while, the queen sighed and said helplessly: "Forget it, you stay."
The news of Erqing's return to the palace quickly spread throughout the Changchun Palace.
"The Empress is too kind-hearted!" In the palace maid's bedroom, Mingyu kowtowed the melon seeds in her hand, "Wherever in Changchun Palace, she can come and leave if she wants!"
Wei Yingluo glanced at her curiously: "You didn't have the best relationship with her before, how come you don't like seeing her so much now?"
Mingyu snorted coldly: "Since she became the young lady of the Fucha House, she has completely changed her personality. She is jewel-like and bossy. I'm just a servant, but you must not dare to climb high!"
Wei Yingluo smiled: "People don't change so fast, if they do, you just haven't noticed before..."
She suddenly stopped her mouth, because the door suddenly opened, Er Qing stood with the door, her eyes looked inside, and finally landed on her face.
"Wei Yingluo." Er Qing pointed her finger at her, with a face that commanded the servants, "My salute has been moved into the side hall, and it has not been ordered yet, you go and clean up for me."
Mingyu was about to get angry, but was stopped by Wei Yingluo, looking at Fu Heng's thin face, she declined: "Mrs. Fucha, Empress's legs are in constant pain every time the weather is cloudy and rainy, I have to rush to help her. massage."
She gave three points of courtesy, but Er Qing was arrogant and raised her eyebrows: "There is no one else in Changchun Palace except you? Mingyu will naturally do it, you just help me pack my luggage!"
"I'm not free." Wei Yingluo shook her head, "Wait, I'll ask who is free."
She is also considered to be benevolent and righteous, and in the end gave Er Qing a step down the stairs, but just as she stepped through the door, Er Qing stretched out a hand and clamped her arm like iron clamps.
"You..." Wei Yingluo was really impatient, she just turned her head and slapped her face with a slap.
"Good servant, how dare you shirk my order!" Er Qing laughed, "The Empress is so kind that you forget your identity, let me teach you a lesson today, so that you know who is the master and who is Minions…”
Snapped!
A loud slap.
Er Qing was beaten so hard that she spun around in place before she staggered back to her feet.
"You, you..." She raised her hand to cover her swollen right cheek and looked at Wei Yingluo in disbelief, "Wei Yingluo, you're crazy! How dare you hit me!"
Wei Yingluo smiled coldly. She was inattentive before, but now that she has recovered, how can she give the other party another chance to slap her.
"If you want to make a fool of yourself, go back to your Fucha Mansion!" She approached Erqing step by step, "In this Changchun Palace, there is only one master, and that is the Empress! Either you or me, they are all slaves! Forgetting my identity, I have no choice but to make a move to make you remember again..."
Er Qing was afraid that she was going to hit her again, so she hurriedly shouted: "Someone! Somebody! Wei Yingluo is going to beat someone! Pearl, Amber! Come on!"
Called for a long time, no response.
Er Qing gradually felt that something was wrong, she looked around for a moment, Pearl Amber... The palace people of Changchun Palace were all standing in the distance, watching from the sidelines.
That feeling, like a group of people around a cage, watching the monkeys jump up and down inside.
"Xita La Erqing." Wei Yingluo stretched out her hand and pushed Erqing up to the wall, propping her ear with one hand, with a three-point playfulness and seven-point mockery in her voice, "Today's Changchun Palace is not yours anymore. The world is over, if you forget your identity, I don’t mind teaching you a lesson, so that you know who is the master and who is the slave…”
Erqing's chest heaved for a moment.
She slapped Wei Yingluo, Wei Yingluo threw it back at her, the cruel words she said to Wei Yingluo, Wei Yingluo threw it back to her in the next second, it made her face feel burning pain in her heart, she couldn't help saying viciously : "Wait, I'll go to the Empress and let her preside over justice!"
Facing her threat, Wei Yingluo raised her hand without even moving her brows, "Please."
She was so fearless that Er Qing was stunned.
"Wait!" He said viciously, and Er Qing turned around and left.
Watching her back, Mingyu approached Wei Yingluo and said a little worriedly, "Yingluo..."
"It's okay." Wei Yingluo said lightly, "Let her go."
The meal delivery eunuch is clearing the plate.
The queen had just finished her meal. Because the weather was a little hot, her appetite was not very good. Most of the dishes were motionless, and only a few refreshing side dishes moved a few chopsticks.
After taking the handkerchief handed by the maid, she lightly tapped her lips a few times, and the queen lifted the hand of the maid.
"Niangniang!" As soon as she saw her coming, Erqing cried, "Niangniang, you have to decide for Erqing!"
She added fuel to the jealousy, told the whole story of what she had just experienced, and deliberately chose it at the gate of the palace so that everyone could hear it and see it.
After the queen listened quietly, there was no change in the expression on her face, she only looked up at the sky, she seemed to feel that it was too hot here, not a place to talk, and said lightly, "Come to the palace with me, come, go and call Yingluo. ."
"Yes."
Er Qing was overjoyed in her heart and said to herself: Wei Yingluo, you look good now!
The group entered the bedroom, the queen sat on the edge of the table, took the tea cup handed over by the maid, and slowly pulled the tea cover.
Er Qing knelt down with her head down, glancing at the door from the corner of her eyes from time to time.
The door finally opened, and Wei Yingluo walked in: "Niangniang, are you looking for me?"
"In any case, she is your senior." The queen put the teacup on the table, "In front of outsiders, you have to give her some face."
Wei Yingluo obeyed and replied, "Yes."
"Come here and give this palace a leg massage."
"Yes."
Er Qing knelt on the ground and waited for a long time, but did not wait for the next sentence.
She couldn't help raising her head and looked at the queen blankly, no? Is this gone? Kneeling legs are numb, crying eyes are red, and in the end, I only get this light scolding from you
Wei Yingluo was massaging the queen's legs, her whole mind was on her head, and she had completely forgotten Er Qing's existence. As she pressed or thumped her fingers, the queen's expression changed slightly, but the look in her eyes remained the same and gentle. , and trust.
Suddenly aware of Er Qing's gaze, the queen raised her eyes and smiled at her: "Why are you still here?"
At that moment, Er Qing suddenly understood.
"In any case, she is your senior. In front of outsiders, you have to give her some face." - This sentence is beating Wei Yingluo, it is clearly beating her!
The subtext is obvious, now is not what it used to be, when you leave the palace and come back, you Erqing is no longer the head of the palace maids in Changchun Palace, this position already belongs to someone else, belongs to Wei Yingluo.
In front of outsiders, Er Qing had to give her face, instead of kneeling at the gate when she suffered a little grievance like today, everyone knew that she was making a fuss.
And the deeper meaning is that the queen doesn't trust what Er Qing was crying about at all.
There was a cold sweat behind her, and Er Qing slowly lowered her head: "...Yes, the servant retire."
The moment she stepped back to the door and closed the door with her backhand, she saw the two of them sitting and kneeling, one was relieving each other's pain, and the other was watching each other tenderly.
There is no room for her to interfere, and there is no room for her to provoke.
Er Qing suddenly felt cold in her hands and feet, her whole body was like falling into an ice cellar, and she suddenly woke up.
"Wei Yingluo is right." She murmured in her heart, "This is no longer the Changchun Palace of the past, and I will no longer be the Erqing of the past..."