According to the tacit understanding of the palace ban, the concubines who do not have the queen or whose seat is inconvenient will be the first to arrive, and the queen will arrive just before the queen packs up.
However, the principals did not arrive at the same time. They set off one after another according to their status. Yun Fenghuang lived in Xuanqing Palace. The previous owners were all important bosses in the palace. Naturally, it was far away from Yanfu Palace where the middle palace was located. Not too far.
But because she was just Jieyu now, she could be a little later than the concubines. She had to appear before Concubine Shu, Concubine Xin, and Madam Yaoning, otherwise she would be suspected of being arrogant.
So it was not too late to go out. Just a few steps out of Xuanqing Palace, I saw a group of people in front of me, surrounded by a shoulder bag that resembled Yunfenghuang, walking along the palace The road moves slowly.
As if they noticed someone coming from behind, the group of people slowed down as they walked.
Xijing had sharp eyes and whispered to Yun Fenghuang: "It's Jia Jieyu. She must be making way for the empress."
Yun Fenghuang said "Yeah" and said, "Let's just go."
She has nothing to do with Jia Jieyu, and even if the other party gives way to her, she doesn't bother to pretend to be affectionate.
As a result, the two teams were evenly matched, but Jia Jieyu on the other side turned her head and called her with a half-smile: "Sister Mao."
Although Yun Fenghuang originally had no intention of paying attention to her, Jia Jieyu took the initiative to speak. Especially when she saw someone nearly ten years older than herself calling her sister, she thought it was quite interesting, so she asked with interest: "Is something wrong, sister?"
Jia Jieyu said: "No, but I saw my sister, so I said hello... By the way, does my sister like civet cats? A pair of civet cats came to my palace a few days ago, and they just gave birth to a litter of babies. There are quite a few good-looking cats. I think it is better to have fun alone than to have fun with everyone. If any of the sisters in the palace like them, they can pick one or two and keep them. Whether it is to relieve boredom or to catch snakes and rats, they are quite useful. usefulness."
"My sister accepts it kindly." Yun Fenghuang smiled, "But I'm fine with it. The main reason is that Concubine Yun is also in the Huanqing Palace now, and my sister also knows that her dowry maid... alas... is a good person..."
Jia Jieyu hurriedly said: "My sister didn't think carefully."
It was said that things were peaceful here, but from behind the team came the exclamations of the picking girls, and soon someone screamed in pain: "Mother, help me!"
Yun Fenghuang heard the voice of someone from his own palace. He turned around and saw that among the Cai Nu who were neatly arranged behind the shoulders, a Cai Nu wearing a goose-yellow shirt was covering her face and retreating in panic. , and not far away from her, a yellow, white and black civet cat stood upside down, its back arched, and it was in an attacking posture. The cat's claws were white and stained with a streak of blood, which was particularly eye-catching.
"Go and beat that beast to death!" Yun Fenghuang ordered the attendant who was accompanying him without saying a word, and asked, "When did this cat come here?! Why did it attack Cai Nu?!"
"Oh!" Jia Jieyu curled her lips before turning her head, and then she covered her mouth and whispered, "Sister, you must not do this - this 'tortoiseshell spotted' is the play pet I promised to give to the imperial concubine, and it was given to me two days ago. He was sent to the Yanlan Palace because he had changed his place and didn't want to eat or drink. The imperial concubine was distressed, so she asked me to take him back to the Feihan Palace for recuperation. Today, he seemed to be energetic again, so he took me with him. Go to Chongchang Palace so that the people from Yanlan Palace can bring it to the Imperial Concubine... This cat has always been the most docile and well-behaved, otherwise how could I dare to give it to the Imperial Concubine to play with?"
Yun Fenghuang narrowed his eyes and looked at her: "If you were really docile and well-behaved, why would you attack Cainu rashly? Could it be that Jia Jieyu, you had ulterior motives for the imperial concubine, and took the opportunity to take her back to Feihan Palace and did something, and the imperial concubine followed her? The emperor’s heir has great blessings, but it’s the people in this palace who have blocked the disaster?!”
Jia Jieyu's color changed slightly and her face darkened: "Sister Mao, please be careful what you say! Ji Zhaoyuan has made a mistake before, how dare I do such a rebellious thing!"
As they spoke, both of them put down their shoulders, got up and walked back.
The originally neatly lined up Cai Nv had become a mess. The injured Cai Nv was shocked and frightened. She couldn't help wiping her tears and covering her wound with her hand, but the blood had already flowed to her neck and clothes. She looked around again. It's terrible and pitiful.
Yun Fenghuang waved his hand and asked Liu Hong to help him, saying a few words of comfort, and then asked the people around him what was going on.
Then the people from the Xuanqing Palace said that they were walking well, and the cat in the arms of a palace man over there suddenly jumped over and gave Cainu a paw!
The people in Feihan Palace said angrily that they were the ones holding the cat well, while Cai Nu from Huaqing Palace took the liberty of reaching out and touching it. Because of Jia Jieyu's attitude towards Yun Fenghuang, although they felt that I didn't dare to stop him if it wasn't right. As a result, the cat may have been angered by the wrong tactics. The cat is not sensible and catches people when it gets up... and they don't have time to interfere!
"Don't talk nonsense." Seeing this, Jia Jieyu took the lead and said before Yun Fenghuang could speak, "Who doesn't know that Mao Jieyu is very popular with the Queen, and she is the most disciplined! In this case, her palace How could a person behave like Meng Lang? It must be that you did not hold the cat well and made the cat uncomfortable, so you attacked people randomly... "
As he said blessings to Yun Fenghuang, he admitted his mistake with a correct attitude, "Sister, this is all because of my incompetence and caused trouble to my sister! When my sister goes back, she will definitely beat this bitch hard to vent her anger on her!"
The palace servant responsible for holding the cat knelt down and admitted his mistake in cooperation: "My maid deserves death. I beg you two ladies to show mercy..."
As for the tortoiseshell spot that caused the accident
As early as when Jia Jieyu carried out the imperial concubine, she had already disappeared due to the slight hesitation of the chamberlain and the hints from several palace attendants in Feihan Palace.
Seeing this, everyone in Xuanqing Palace showed angry and helpless expressions. They felt that the matter had come to an end, and I was afraid that they could only let it go - after all, it was just a Cainv who was slightly injured. Jia Jieyu explained again He admitted his mistake again and promised to take care of the person who hugged the cat later. What else do you want
Especially the cat was given to the imperial concubine.
Not only the new prostitutes, but also Jia Jieyu also felt that after the apology was over, it was time to go to the royal palace and continue to Yanfu Palace.
You can't even ignore greetings for such a small thing.
Of course, during the greeting ceremony, if someone laughs at Yun Fenghuang, the leader, for being so cowardly that even the people in the palace who chose her cannot protect her... then it has nothing to do with Jia Jieyu.
At most she could pretend to be a virtuous and virtuous person and say something like "That's not the case" or "Sisters, you have misunderstood" to show that everything was an accident.
As a result, Yun Fenghuang looked at the corner where the cat disappeared and was silent for a moment, then suddenly slapped Jia Jieyu on the face!
She was born and raised in the north. She was originally taller than women from the Central Plains and the south. She learned some bow and horse lessons from her father and brother when she was a child, and her strength was much stronger than that of ordinary women. At this moment, with all her strength, the unprepared Jia Jieyu He was beaten so hard that he spun around half a circle and threw himself directly at the palace maid behind him. The master and servant both fell to the ground together!
"...Sister Mao, how dare you?!" Jia Jieyu lay on the ground and screamed for a while. Yun Fenghuang had already lifted up his skirt and stepped forward to kick him. While kicking him, he ordered the people around him: "What are you doing standing there? Why don't you hurry up?" Can you please help our Jia Jieyu to drive away evil spirits?"
The people in Xuanqing Palace looked at each other, wondering why Jia Jieyu was possessed and needed to be exorcised. However, Chen Zhu and others knew the master's temper. Wasn't Chen Sheng just hesitant and lost his position as a steward
They were already a little trembling when Tortoiseshell Spot escaped just now. If they don't obey now, Yun Fenghuang might be able to deal with them when he comes back!
So they raised their fists in confusion... It's just that they didn't dare to fight against the leader of the first palace like Yun Fenghuang, but they looked for the palace servants from Feihan Palace to practice.
This chaotic fight frightened the Cai Nu, who were already a little frightened. Most of them screamed and backed away.
But there are exceptions, that is, Yi Xingen, after looking at the situation for a while, he said to the people around him: "As a member of the Xuanqing Palace, we have a destiny as the master, how can we not obey it?"
He rushed out first and slapped Feihan Gong's Cai Nv - and soon, the two Gong Cai Nv also got into a fight!
This section of the road happened to be relatively empty. There were not many people there in the early morning, so the two sides fought back and forth for a long time. In the end, Concubine Shu and Concubine Xin's honor guard came over one after another. When they realized something was wrong, they all got off the chariot. Shocked and angry, he ordered the palace people to come forward, and it took him a long time to get the situation under control.
"How unreasonable! How unreasonable!!!" Concubine Shu was trembling with anger. She pressed her hand on her chest and asked Yun Fenghuang and Jia Jieyu who were brought to them with livid faces, "As imperial concubines, you don't want to be dignified and virtuous. The concubine set an example, but instead gathered a crowd to fight on the way to greet the emperor, and took the lead in fighting like this, how unbecoming it is!? In your eyes, do you still have palace rules, is there a queen, is there a majesty, is there a queen mother, are there any? The Queen Mother!!!”
"Sister Shu Fei makes the decision for me!" Jia Jieyu cried with snot and tears. If she didn't look carefully at the style and pattern of her dress, she would be no different from those palace ladies who were pinned to the ground and punched. Not only did the hairpin fall off and the clothes were dirty and messy, but half of her cheeks were now swollen and the corners of her mouth were still bloodshot. She looked particularly miserable with her disheveled hair, "I didn't hug the imperial concubine properly." Mao'er, so much so that Mao'er got violent and hurt people, and it was my fault that I caught Cainu from Xuanqing Palace. But I had already apologized to Sister Mao repeatedly, but Sister Mao still wanted to do something to me... I... I... body… "
She choked up and couldn't speak anymore.
Concubine Shu frowned and asked Yun Fenghuang: "Is this possible?"
"Sister Jia must have cried confusedly." After the two palaces took action, Yun Fenghuang was probably the one who looked neatest and calmest, because the people in Feihan Palace did not dare to touch her, and she struck first. He beat Jia Jieyu forcefully, so she was still wearing fluttering clothes and delicate makeup. At this moment, she calmly stepped forward and said, "The situation is like this. The cat that someone in Sister Jia's palace was holding scratched my body. After Li Cai Nu, although I felt sorry for the people in my palace, I didn't say anything."
"But Sister Jia took the initiative to tell me that this cat was given to the imperial concubine by her before! And it has a very docile and well-behaved personality. Otherwise, if the Sixth Palace knew that the imperial concubine was happy, how could she send such a fierce cat to Yanlan? Palace? It’s just that the cat was a little acclimated in Yanlan Palace, so I asked Sister Jia to help raise it for a few days. Now I feel that the cat is fine, so I plan to send it back... But is this the case, Sister Jia? "
Jia Jieyu thought for a while and nodded: "That's right, but..."
"But when I heard this, I felt something was wrong!" Yun Fenghuang interrupted her and said loudly, "This good cat was so docile and well-behaved a few days ago. How come it doesn't change after just a few days after returning to Sister Jia's palace?" Okay? Are you afraid that it is possessed by an evil spirit? This cat is possessed by an evil spirit. Will Sister Jia be in danger too?! So in a hurry, I thought of exorcising the evil spirit from Sister Jia... If Sister Shu Fei doesn’t believe it, you can send someone. Go to the Northland to investigate, we use beatings to exorcise evil spirits, the harder the beatings, the better!"
"It's best to hang it from the rafters and whip it with a whip full of barbs dipped in salt water, otherwise the evil spirits will not be able to escape if they get into you?!"
He turned around and looked at Jia Jieyu's miserable appearance, and sighed, "It's just that I am a bit soft-hearted, and Sister Jia is such a sweet and heart-warming person... Well, I can only do this for Sister Jia. This is it!"
Jia Jieyu almost fainted from anger and pointed at Yun Fenghuang, but she couldn't even speak. After a while, she moved to Concubine Shu again and kowtowed, asking Concubine Shu to make the decision for her.
"This is simply nonsense!" Seeing this exemplary reversal of right and wrong, Concubine Xin, who had never been a meddlesome person, couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Not to mention the palace, the palace, the emperor's spirit, how could it be possible? Evil is causing trouble?! Just say that cats and dogs are living creatures, and changes in temperament are common. How can it be related to evil?!"
She rolled her eyes at Yun Fenghuang angrily, "I still think it's weird that Mao Jieyu suddenly hits someone. Do you want me to send someone to exorcise you?"
Yun Fenghuang humbly admitted his mistake: "What Sister Xinfei said is that my sister is worthy of her family background and sees things clearly and thoroughly. My sister is not from a high background, so she is confused. She knows that she is wrong. Please ask the two sisters to have a lot of help. Mo I want to be like my sister."
Then she blessed Jia Jieyu and said in the same tone as when she admitted her mistake before, "Sister Jia, these are all unlearned and unskilled sisters who have caused trouble for you! After my sister goes back, she must be familiar with poetry and books. Try not to make such a mistake next time!"
Jia Jieyu looked at her with angry eyes and was about to speak. At this time, another group of people came from behind. The palace servant in front of Shu Fei Xin Fei took a look and quickly reminded: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Imperial Concubine is here? "