Long live Emperor Wu!

Xiaoqu has a slender, pointed face with very thin eyebrows, like a woman's. The gloomy expression on his face makes his already pale face look even more gloomy.

Not very flattering.

Li Shan never remembered what the little eunuch who helped Wu Rou looked like back then. He just instinctively disliked the person he saw now.

Especially when he asked this question, Xiaoqu hesitated and lowered his eyebrows not knowing what he was thinking.

Emperor Li Shan couldn't help but frown slightly.

Although Wu Rou didn't turn her face away, she didn't know why but she naturally sensed the emotional changes of the people around her. She quickly said:

"Xiao Qu, whatever your Majesty asks you, just answer it honestly and don't worry about anything else."

Li Shan sneered slightly and said:
"In front of me, what else should you care about?"

Xiaoqu quickly lowered his head, bent his body further, and said:
"Replying to Your Majesty, I don't mean to hide anything, but I just don't know what to say and what not to say."

Li Shan raised his eyes and looked at him for a while, then said warmly:

"I'm just asking where you are on duty and what you should and shouldn't say. Is there any hidden secret here?"

Xiaoqu replied:

"My servant used to work as a handyman for a sin slave in the Yeting Palace. Your Majesty must be wondering why I served as a guide for Wu Zhaoyi, who had just entered the palace more than ten years ago, and now I work as a handyman for a sin slave?
That place was a place where all the new slaves who had entered the palace did the lowest level of hard work in the Yeting Palace, tempered their tempers, and were taught rules.

His Majesty will naturally think that the slave must have made some big mistake before going there.

Wu Zhaoyi is now recruiting a slave to be her servant. Your Majesty must be worried about me, a person who has made big mistakes. When I am with Wu Zhaoyi, I will definitely ask questions... So the slave hesitated. "

The more Li Shan listened, the more curious he became. He glanced at Wu Rou beside him and asked:

"What big mistake did he make that's so mysterious?"

Wu Rou tilted her head, glanced at him with a meaningful and playful look, and said:
"Your Majesty asked himself. How could I know?"

Li Shan knew at a glance that she was deliberately taking advantage of Qiao, but he didn't ignore her and said to Xiao Qu:

"Just say it and I'll listen."

After hearing Xiaoqu, he started talking:

"Before I entered the sin slave house, due to the long time I spent in the palace and the rules of reception, I was assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the newly canonized Concubine Zheng as a ceremonial internal servant..."

A ceremonial waiter is a position that is usually responsible for singing and reminding the superior to arrive and leave, and urging the subordinates to perform rituals in an orderly manner. Or, on specific occasions, such as sacrifices, palace banquets, festivals, and travel, he is responsible for guiding the master through the etiquette process.

This position varies depending on the status of the owner.

Those who follow His Majesty the Emperor are naturally several ranks higher than the ceremonial servants who follow second- and third-grade concubines, and their salaries are also higher.

When Xiaoqu was assigned to Concubine Zheng as a ceremonial chamberlain, she must have been promoted.

However, I did not expect that Concubine Zheng, with the title of concubine, was not even as good as an ordinary maid in front of the queen.This made Xiaoqu, who had always believed that nothing could go wrong if he followed the rules, suddenly become confused.

Xiao Qu bowed and looked sideways at Concubine Zheng who was kneeling on the ground. Her eyes were struggling and she hesitated to speak.

On the high seat, Queen Wang looked at Concubine Zheng who was kneeling below her and said:

"Just now at the canonization ceremony, I was saluted, and I don't know who I am. I asked you to come over, why don't you come over?" In addition to Concubine Zheng, there was Concubine Xiao Shu, and four other concubines. Everyone was sitting around. All around, they watched Queen Wang teach Concubine Zheng.

Concubine Zheng was lying on the ground, her gorgeous clothes were in disgrace. Today was supposed to be her most glorious day, but she was forced to suffer such humiliation in front of everyone.

But she didn't dare to resist, so she could only reply tremblingly:
"Back to the Empress, it was the concubine Qu who refused to let me pass. He said that there were so many relatives and relatives of the emperor and he would be laughed at if he broke the royal etiquette. He did not mean to be disrespectful to the empress."

When Queen Wang heard this, she sneered, turned to look at Xiaoqu who was standing beside her and said:

"Really? Waiter Qu, your master has put this crime on you, what do you say?"

Xiaoqu struggled for a while, but his indifferent face finally calmed down. Adhering to the belief that he would not be afraid of the shadows when he was upright, he mustered up the courage to stand up, bowed and replied straightly:

"Back to the Queen, what the Queen said is true, and... it is the slave's duty as a ceremonial servant to guide and follow the rules. The slave does things according to the duties. I don't know where the blame lies. Please make it clear to the Queen."

As soon as these words came out, Queen Wang was stunned when she looked at Xiao Qu.

The concubines around were also stunned. They knew that the Queen was deliberately making things difficult for Concubine Zheng, and even killed chickens to show them to the monkeys to establish their authority.

Everyone knew that Queen Wang was unreasonable, but this was the first person who dared to argue with her face to face.

Concubine Xiao Shu laughed out loud and said happily:
"This is a baby trained by the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."

Queen Wang was humiliated and slapped the armrest next to her with a "thud" sound, and said angrily;

"What rules?! I am the queen of the palace, and my words are the rules! If you disobey the edict and disobey the order, are you still reasonable?
Today I have to teach you what the rules are!You come out!I order you to slap Concubine Zheng twice! "

Xiaoqu raised his head in shock.

All the concubines looked at the queen with different expressions, as if they were looking at some ferocious beast.

Concubine Zheng raised her head, glanced at the Queen, her eyes were shining with tears, her face was completely gloomy, and she shouted:

"Your Majesty! For the sake of my obedience, please spare me this time. From now on, if My Majesty asks me to go east, I will never go west. If My Majesty asks me to die, I will die immediately."

Concubine Zheng gritted her teeth as she spoke, and her already thin face now flushed with suppressed anger.

She didn't dare to let it out, and her whole face was buried in her hands lying on the ground.

Today was originally her most glorious day. From a little palace maid who kept vigil at night, she became a noble concubine by luck.

Logically speaking, everyone should be grateful for their blessings.

But she regretted everything. Why was she the one who kept vigil that night, and why did His Majesty choose her?
She would rather remain a coolie maid on duty than wear gorgeous clothes and be bullied all day long.

She is clearly focused on her noble status, but she doesn't even have the dignity of a serious palace maid!
Unexpectedly, Queen Wang sneered and mocked her and said:

"That's nice to say. Now I'm going to let you get slapped twice, but you don't want to? What do you mean, you're going to die?... What's wrong? Do you think you're a noble concubine now, so you're more face-saving?"

She took a look at the concubines around her, raised her face like a silver plate, and said arrogantly:

"No matter how high your title is, she is just a concubine who serves our husband and wife. She is a humble maid promoted by me. If I don't beat you, I'm afraid I'll forget who I am."

The women who were looked at by her quickly lowered their heads...