Jiao Luan

Chapter 451

The queen mother's eyes tightened suddenly.

Feng's family in Yanzhou is her natal family.

"Go on!" The Queen Mother said heavily.

Deng An lowered his eyes, and amid the wafting incense, his voice could hardly hear the peculiar shrill voice of the servant, but a kind of softness, as if it brought people back to his youthful time.

"That year, my mother was ill for a long time. In order to treat my mother, my father took his servants from early morning to late at night to break open ice holes by the river to catch fish and sell them in the market. As a result, one day my father slipped and fell into the ice hole. When the servant rescued him, he was already unconscious. The money from selling the fish was exchanged for the medical expenses of his parents, and soon there was not much left, and his father left soon. The servant could not bear the fact that his father was wrapped in a straw mat Let's go, sell yourself to bury your father by the side of the road."

Speaking of this, Deng An gave a wry smile: "The slave girl was still young at the time, she was a fool, she didn't know where the servants of this business would go, and she knelt on the side of the road for a long time, but no one cared about her, and was even thrown over snow by a passing urchin. When the servant was about to despair, a carriage from a wealthy family passed by. A maid got out of the carriage and gave the servant five taels of silver, saying it was given by her girl. The maid turned around and got into the carriage, waiting for the servant to respond. When I came to chase, I couldn't catch up, and I only saw the word "Feng" on the car."

Hearing this, the queen mother raised her eyebrows.

Deng An continued: "My servant bought a thin coffin for two taels of silver and buried my father. Not long after, my mother also went, and buried my mother with the remaining money. This servant remembers very clearly that the winter of that year was extremely cold. It snowed for half a month, and many familiar faces froze to death silently on the street. However, the slaves and their younger brothers and sisters survived the heavy snow with the little money left. porridge. Because there are no relatives in the local area, the next spring, the slaves brought their younger brothers and sisters to the capital. Unexpectedly, the capital is not as easy to make a living as others say, and it is impossible for a slave to support five Young siblings. Later, when the palace recruited servants, the servants gritted their teeth and entered the palace."

Deng An took a deep look at the Empress Dowager, and the corners of his eyes were slightly wet: "After so many years, I will never forget that the five taels of silver given by the kind girl surnamed Feng saved the lives of six people in my family."

"Is that girl surnamed Feng the queen?" the queen mother asked.

Deng An nodded slowly.

The queen mother gritted her teeth: "In that case, why did you avenge your kindness and work for Concubine Hua?"

Deng An prostrated himself on the ground: "The servant didn't know at the beginning. The servant was assigned to Concubine Hua as soon as she entered the palace. Because she knew a few words and had the experience of begging for life outside, she was smarter than ordinary eunuchs. I was appreciated by Concubine Hua. At that time, Concubine Hua was the master of the slaves. Only when the slaves listened to the master, could the younger brothers and sisters live a good life... Until the year when the little princess died, the queen was too sad. At that time, Cheng En Mrs. Uncle made a special trip to Beijing to visit the queen, and brought a young woman with her. By chance, she was seen by the servant, and she immediately recognized that young woman as the maid who gave the slave money back then. The servant quietly inquired, and then Knowing that she was once the empress's personal servant girl, because she was too old to enter the palace with the empress, she stayed in Yanzhou. This is how I know that the person the imperial concubine empress most wants to bring down is the servant's benefactor!"

The queen mother stared straight at Deng An: "The queen was accused of having an affair with others, what did Concubine Hua instruct you to do?"

Deng An shook his head: "The slaves did not participate in this matter. At that time, the imperial concubine trusted the eunuch Yang Jiang more, and some very private things were left to Yang Jiang. After the queen was imprisoned, the imperial concubine ordered the slaves to monitor Guan Ju Not long after, the slaves found out that the empress was pregnant, and tried to hide it until the little prince was born, but they did not hide it. At that time, the slaves knew that the little prince was in danger, and the imperial concubine would definitely send Yang Jiang to deal with the little prince. The prince starts."

The queen mother narrowed her eyes, and said quietly: "Do you remember that the eunuch named Yang Jiang next to Concubine Hua suddenly fell ill and died?"

"Yes." Deng An pulled the corner of his mouth, "At that time, apart from Yang Jiang, the most trusted servants of the imperial concubine were slaves. Once something happened to Yang Jiang, the imperial concubine would definitely send slaves to do that. After all, she was walking in the palace. The servants in the palace are far less convenient than the servants in the house. So the servants used tricks to expose the fact that Yang Jiang was eating with the big maid next to the imperial concubine. The maid was in charge of the treasury for the imperial concubine. The items used were sold outside the palace. As soon as this matter was exposed, the imperial concubine was naturally furious, and shot the two of them with a stick, and announced that they had died suddenly. Afterwards, the imperial concubine really handed over the job to the servant."

"What did that bitch say?"

Deng An hesitated for a moment.

"Say!"

Deng An gritted his teeth and said: "The imperial concubine asked the servants to take the little prince away from Guanju Palace, and after he died of suffocation, find a remote place to bury him without anyone noticing."

The queen mother sat back on the low couch and closed her eyes.

"The slave girl responded superficially. After taking the little prince away, she put it into a deeper wooden barrel and quietly put it into the moat. The slave girl thought that the water in the moat was stable, and the wooden barrel would not be washed away into the river in that season. Go, maybe the little prince will be found and rescued by the people by the river if he is lucky and fateful, and he can be regarded as a servant doing his best for the empress."

After Deng An finished speaking, he pressed his forehead to the ground: "Queen Mother, this servant knows that the crime is unforgivable, I only hope that you can hold your hands high and let the servant's younger brothers and sisters go."

In the intoxicating aroma, the queen mother who was sitting on the low couch seemed to have fallen asleep without saying a word.

Deng An remained motionless on his knees.

After an unknown amount of time, the Empress Dowager finally opened her eyes, her pupils were frighteningly bright, she stared at Deng An and shook her head: "No, Aijia doesn't intend to kill you."

"The queen mother?"

The queen mother raised her hand: "Don't worry, the lives of your brothers and sisters are safe for the time being. Aijia saves your life and wants you to do one thing for Aijia. If you do it well, no matter what you do, Aijia at least promises not to touch your younger brothers and sisters."

Deng An slowly knelt up and straightened up: "Please order from the Queen Mother."

The Empress Dowager suddenly smiled, looked at the window hung with gauze, and murmured: "At this time, the oleanders in the garden of Changchun Palace are blooming very well, right?"

Deng An's heart was shocked, and he blurted out: "The Empress Dowager knows that flower—"

"Is it poisonous?" The queen mother smiled proudly, "Ai's family is the eldest daughter of the Feng family's direct branch. Do you think you can only know how to embroider and play the piano?"

"I dare not. The servant said that the imperial concubine is very careful. Everything that is imported must be tasted."

The Queen Mother sneered: "Who told you to poison Concubine Hua Gui?"

"Then you mean—"

"Give it to Ai's family!"

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