Chang Anqing

Chapter 188
Faintly, the hazy sky became more and more heavy. As the cold wind blew past, denser snowflakes fell in the air, whirled and landed on the ground, and gradually accumulated.Kneeling there in a fairly warm jacket, Chen's face gradually turned pale, and she clenched her hands between her lowered eyebrows. Feeling the coolness on her knees, she finally said humbly: "Yes."

As Zhishan looked over in surprise, the trembling and lowered heads of the crowd gradually lifted up. In the whistling wind, Mrs. Chen kowtowed to Yue Zhaoyi and made a salute, then stood up slowly, not paying attention to anything. People's eyes turned around and walked towards the pool of clear water step by step.

When she came to the clean clothes pool, Chen stopped her steps, looked at the knee-high pool water, gritted her teeth, and finally suppressed her fear, and walked in.With the sound of water waves flowing, everyone present watched Chen shi stand in the clean clothes pool.Almost at the same time, her face in the pool became extremely pale, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

Seeing this scene, Yue Zhaoyi, who was sitting high under the veranda, was slowly turning over the charcoal stove on the steps and grilling her hands, with a look of joy that she hadn't felt in a long time.

At this moment, Chen's lips in the cleaning pool couldn't help trembling slightly, turning blue and purple. The moment she stepped in, she felt as if she had been stripped of her clothes and thrown into the ice and snow. In an instant, she rushed straight up from her feet, cooling her heart and her heart all the way. The thick jacket that Lihua gave her to wear had already been soaked by the pool water carrying crushed ice, unconsciously. It was as heavy as a thousand catties, firmly attached to her legs, making every step of her extremely difficult.

After groping in the icy cold pool for some time with her hands that were already numb from the pain, Chen finally found the first round bead at the bottom of the pool, held it tightly in her hand, and put it into it with trembling hands carefully. In the container, when she continued to walk, every time the water in the pool was stirred, the pain in the bones under her feet would become more and more domineering.

Suddenly, Chen felt that he was not walking in icy water, but walking on sharp ice blades one after another.

Here, upon receiving the news from the servants of the Yeting Palace, Jiang Lihua's expression changed drastically, and she ran towards the Palace like a madman. Her throat was hoarse and faintly smelled of blood, but at this moment she had no time to catch her breath, so she hastened her pace towards the palace gate, but just as she walked outside the second palace gate, the scene in the distance overwhelmed her. Nailed firmly in place, I just felt that all the blood seemed to rush straight into my brain, gradually stagnating.

A Niang was originally a lady who never touched the spring water, since she brought her into the court, she lived for her every day, for her, she took all the hard work and punishment on herself, and did the dirty work that others didn't want to do. Tired of work, but the body is exhausted day after day and year after year. Because of starching and washing clothes in the cold weather all year round, the finger bones and body will always suffer from unbearable pain in the cold winter months, and the body will become weaker and weaker.

But it was such a Niang, who had a fever yesterday, but now she was walking step by step in the laundry pool under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Without warning, a hot tear fell from Jiang Lihua's eyes, and she vaguely saw Yue Zhaoyi, who was dressed gorgeously, leaning on the high couch, and clearly sneered, hatred grew little by little in Yang Lihua's heart, almost At the same time, she tapped her nails into her palm and was about to rush over.

But also in this fleeting moment, reason clearly told her that Yue Zhaoyi chose to do it today because she was sure that Emperor Yuancheng was not in the palace, unable to avenge their mother and daughter, and unable to save her mother's life.

Even if she rushes in at this moment, she is only a subordinate, unable to shake Yue Zhaoyi who has the entire Turkic support.

Only by finding someone who can frighten Yue Zhaoyi, can he——

In an instant, Jiang Lihua's eyes lit up, she turned around without hesitation, and ran desperately in another direction.

……

When Yang Lihua rushed to the front of the Lizheng Hall, her calves were already limp and trembling, and a few strands of her temple hair were scattered unceremoniously, but she was not allowed to think about it at this moment.

The next moment, the palace people standing quietly outside the Lizheng Hall could see an anxious figure running quickly in the snowstorm outside the corridor, and it was only when they were in the corridor that they could barely see that it was a person dressed as a female official.

Because the people in front of them were still panting in embarrassment at the moment, and before they could open their mouths, they knelt on the ground with an inexplicable "plop--" and everyone looked over in surprise. Weeping faintly, the clothes on his body have long been shattered by snow and mud, but he has no intention of tidying up. Instead, he trembles and kowtows, resting his head reverently and humbly on the floor tiles, choking and crying: "Slave servant The servant of the Zichen Palace begged to see Her Majesty the Empress, and begged Her Majesty to save my mother's life—"

Everyone was awakened suddenly by this sound, but they saw that the people in front of them didn't back down at all, they were calling for help one after another.

At this moment, Gong'e under the corridor hurried forward, and now His Highness needs to rest, both His Majesty and Princess Yongning have repeatedly asked not to be disturbed easily by anyone.

But the people in front of them, after hearing her self-declaration, and looking at her appearance, they can roughly understand that she is the female official appointed by His Majesty earlier.

Thinking of this, they could only go forward and hurriedly comforted him: "Your Highness needs to rest, you are making noise here, if you disturb His Highness, you and I will not be able to bear the blame—"

However, such persuasion is like sinking into the sea, and it is of no avail at all.

Therefore, Li Sui, who had been sitting with Empress Yang in front of the stove to talk, faintly heard the commotion outside the hall, and saw a little palace woman entering and said something to Jiamo, and then Jiamo also followed out with a frown.

Realizing that Li Sui had stopped speaking, Empress Yang, who was listening with gusto, opened her eyes and asked, "Why didn't you talk?"

Hearing Queen Yang's inquiry, Li Suining listened calmly, and then said: "Someone seems to be shouting outside the hall?"

Empress Yang also paused after hearing the words, and sure enough, she heard the indistinct calls for help from outside, but after a while, Jiamo, who entered again, saw Empress Yang and Li Sui who had already sat down quietly, and immediately comprehended and bowed down.

"Your Highness, it's the newly-appointed servant of the Zichen Palace who is asking for an audience, saying that Yue Zhaoyi set up a private punishment in Ye Ting Palace, and wants His Highness to save her aunt's life."

Empress Yang paused slightly when she heard the words, then frowned and thought for a while, and immediately guessed something.

"Yue Zhaoyi was already unhappy when she heard that the female official was promoted. Today her cousin is not here, so it is a good time for her to do something."

Hearing Li Sui's words, Empress Yang showed a rare seriousness on her face, and immediately sat upright and said, "Call people in."

When Jiamo retreated and re-entered, there was a woman who was embarrassed but still bright and beautiful behind her. Empress Yang's eyes dimmed, but it only took a moment before they returned to normal.

Seeing the woman politely saluting, Empress Yang said seriously, "Get up and answer."

"What the hell happened?"

Hearing Queen Yang's inquiry, Jiang Lihua held back her sobs under the couch, and told the whole story tenaciously.

"Your Highness, the maidservant's aunt will never intentionally damage the imperial gift, I beg Your Highness to save the servant's aunt—"

Seeing the woman knocking her head on the ground again and again, Empress Yang frowned, and got up to signal: "Get up, I'll go and see for myself."

At this moment, Empress Yang knew that whether she was a queen or a wife, she should come forward to uphold justice and take care of the Six Palaces for Emperor Yuan Cheng.

Hearing this, Jiang Lihua fell down on the ground gratefully and thanked her.

But Jiamo was surprised, fortunately, without waiting for her to comfort her, Li Sui who was at the side had already comforted him the next moment: "Sister is recuperating now, it's cold outside, if you catch the wind and cold, don't worry." Alright, let's stay, sister, how about I and Jiamo take a look for you?"

After listening to Li Sui's words, Empress Yang heard the rushing wind outside the window, looked at the nervous Jiamo again, and finally nodded after thinking: "Okay, Ah Man, everything is cheap—"

The moment Li Sui realized that Empress Yang put her hand on the back of his hand and their eyes met, Li Sui nodded reassuringly and said seriously: "Don't worry, sister, I know how to do it."

(End of this chapter)