Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 8 Xia Ziqi's Means
"You...you are really eloquent." Xia Ziqi was tongue-tied, and only managed to squeeze out a word between her teeth. She thought she was eloquent, but it was a shame to be overwhelmed in front of this lowly girl!
"Fourth sister has won the prize. Compared with Zijin, fourth sister is even worse."

Xia Zijin took Xia Shengqing by the hand and said softly, "Shengqing, let's go, the begonias in the Mosheng Garden are blooming, let's go back and have a look together."

Xia Shengqing was in a trance and hadn't recovered yet, but when she heard that she wanted to enjoy the flowers together, she felt a little nervous.

"Slave..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Xia Zijin staring at him intently, the wind blew her hairpin jingling, and that beautiful face like a peony in May blossomed into a flower bud in his heart.

"it is good."

When he said that, he also laughed inexplicably.

Xia Zijin and Xia Shengqing went away together, leaving Xia Ziqi standing there staring at the maids.

Angrily, she smashed the tray of brocade brocades held by the maid next to her, staring at Xia Zijin's back, which was about to burst into sparks.

"I'm so mad at the princess!" Xia Ziqi waited back to the Qiluo Garden where she lived. She was sitting on a nanmu armchair, and three or two teacups and porcelain bowls had been broken on the ground.

With a bang, she raised her hand and smashed it, and the blue and white porcelain glazed cup on the table fell to the ground in an instant and fell to pieces.The court ladies knelt on the ground in twos and threes, bowing their heads and not daring to breathe.

"What kind of person is Xia Zijin, she dares to show off her tongue in front of this princess, just looking at her bewitching face makes me angry!" Xia Ziqi rubbed his chest, heaving up and down, the handkerchief in his hand The son has been wrinkled by her.

"Princess...you calm down. Isn't it fun for others to be so angry..."

Xia Ziqi's first-class court lady, Fei Er, said timidly. She lowered her eyes and stood beside Xia Ziqi, fearing that the irresistible master might blow the roof.

"Calm down? How do you let this princess calm down? There are tens of thousands of people in the palace, who dares to oppose me like this?" Xia Ziqi gritted his teeth, his beautiful eyes were dyed red.

"But...but Princess Mingzhu is very favored by the emperor, even...even if she offends you, princess, there is nothing we can do about it?" Fei Er said, sneaking a glance at Xia Ziqi, her voice getting smaller and smaller.

Xia Ziqi glared at Fei'er angrily, picked up the celadon cup in his hand and threw it at Fei'er's right cheek, and shattered on the beam with a bang.

"Who said that this princess can't do anything? Useless things, just say frustrating things to this princess!"

Fei'er knelt on the ground and kowtowed in fear, the skin on the right side of her face that had been wiped by the porcelain cup scratched the epidermis, oozing out bits and pieces of blood.

Xia Ziqi snorted coldly, but began to plan in her heart. She has always held a unique position among the princesses. If today's incident spreads, how will she stand up among the princesses in the future?
"Since she relies on her father's favor to make publicity, this princess has cut off her publicity capital!" Xia Ziqi suddenly thought of something wonderful, smiled, waved at Fei'er, and motioned her to come over.

"How about you, find a reliable palace man, go to the Mosheng Garden, and say that the empress summoned Xia Zijin to go there with some important instructions. That little hoof has just entered the palace, and he must not know about the Xiguan Courtyard. , you ask that palace man to lead her into the Xiguan Courtyard..."

After hearing her whisper, Fei'er turned pale with shock, she was already timid, but she trembled and knelt down.

"Princess! Don't do it! You can't go to the Xiguan Courtyard! If the emperor blames you, we can't afford it!"

Xia Ziqi looked like she hated iron for being weak, she pushed Fei Er's head hard with her fingertips, and said cursingly: "What are you panicking about? Let's just say that the queen asked her to go, even if the father investigates If we can't find out, the old lady of the empress is jealous of her concubine being favored, and usually puts a face on her concubine, this time it kills two birds with one stone, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

Fei'er wanted to persuade her, but Xia Ziqi lifted her embroidered shoe and kicked her on the knee, yelling at her to get out of here, so she kowtowed hastily, lifted her Luo Qun and hurriedly retreated.

In the Mosheng Garden, Xia Zijin and Xia Shengqing stood side by side, and the begonias in front of them were in full bloom, with clusters blooming among the dark green and small-toothed leaves. When the wind dances, it looks like a group of butterflies swaying, which is really beautiful.

"If she bullies you again in the future, tell this princess that she is a steward anyway, why is she so soft?" Xia Zijin chose a blooming begonia, put it in the palm of her hand and fiddled with it, the bright red on her fingertips was brighter than the color of the flower. A little bit more delicate.

Xia Shengqing's eyes flowed, and her expression darkened a little.He had never seen such a woman in this palace, she was neither extravagant nor conceited.She is like the Qiutang in front of her eyes, which is soothing and unpredictable.

"Slave...I understand."

Xia Zijin was quite satisfied with Xia Shengqing's change of words, she suddenly raised her hand to pin Qiutang on Xia Shengqing's hair, took two steps back, looked left and right, and gradually smiled.

"You are so handsome, this princess doesn't know that you look so good-looking wearing flowers, look, even Xiaokui can't compare to you." Xia Zijin's crescent-like eyes seemed to have light, shining brightly.

Xiao Kui also burst out laughing, saying yes again and again, the master and servant were teasing Xia Shengqing, he was not annoyed, and laughed with them.

At this time, there were footsteps coming from a distance on the gravel road, and a slender palace lady came in small steps with a gift in her hand. She approached several people, knelt down and saluted slowly.

"I've seen Princess Mingzhu, and my servant passed on the Queen's Majesty's word of mouth, and summoned the princess to go talk about it, and also invited the princess to go with my servant."

Xia Zijin was feeling sad, she was not familiar with the queen, so how could she explain it?
"Why did the empress call this princess?"

The maid paused, but she didn't know how to answer, she just knelt down and said, "I'll know when I go."

Xia Shengqing glanced at the maid's face, vaguely felt that there was something wrong, but couldn't tell what was wrong. After thinking for a while, she said, "Princess, I will go with you."

"Boss Xia can't do it, the empress has told me that only the princess is allowed to go alone, which violates the mother's order, how can you and I be punished?" The palace maid hurriedly interrupted, how dare she let Boss Xia go with her?The elders in the palace are not ignorant of what happened in Xiguan Courtyard, if she leads Princess Mingzhu there, she will definitely be exposed.

"Forget it, the princess will go with you."

Xia Zijin didn't miss the panic that flashed in the eyes of the maid. She already knew half of it. The empress' concubine's summoning was false, and it was true that someone would use the queen's hand to kill her. She was not afraid of who that person was. Well, she wants to see what kind of medicine is sold in this gourd!

"Princess please."

Xia Zijin went with the maid, Xia Shengqing was worried and felt a little uneasy.

On the way forward, the court lady led the way, and Xia Zijin walked slowly behind.

She observed the palace maid along the way, and saw that her steps were impetuous and her breath was not steady, obviously due to a state of nervous tension, her eyes were wandering, and her heart was also tense.

"The Empress's Qianqing Palace doesn't seem to be going here, are you leading the way?" Xia Zijin pretended to be casual.

"No... that's right, when the maid came here, she saw a tree fell down on the main road, and sent someone to move it, so she led the princess to this side..."

Xia Zijin hummed nonchalantly, seeing that the maid seemed to be relieved, she just thought it was funny.The two of them walked farther and farther, and the maid took Xia Zijin all the way to Xiguan Courtyard. No matter how slow she was, she knew what was going on.

Speaking of the Xiguan Courtyard, it is also a royal secret.Ten years ago, Ming Shengdi's first favorite concubine, Dong Shi, lived in this Xiguan Courtyard. Speaking of which, this Dong concubine is even more favored than today's Yue Guifei, but she has a poor face and a young age. The eighteenth Concubine Dong contracted some strange disease that year. A well-behaved beauty turned into a monster covered with fish scales overnight, and everyone who came into contact with her also contracted the disease.

Emperor Ming Sheng had no choice but to order the imperial guards to lock up the Xiguan courtyard, fearing that the disease would spread, he did not dare to let outsiders in, and only let the people in the courtyard starve to death inside, and then set fire to it. clean.

Ming Shengdi was afraid that people would criticize him for his brutal killings, so he strictly forbade the palace people to criticize this matter. The Xiguan Courtyard became a forbidden place in the palace, and no one was allowed to set foot there.

Ten years have passed, and this secret matter has settled down. Xia Zijin entered the palace late, so of course she didn't know about it. If she hadn't heard Lin Runyu mention this matter by accident in her previous life, she would have followed the palace maid without knowing it now.

Xia Zijin already understood in her heart that since she knew what the other party was going to do, she would not want to go through this muddy water. It would be enough for her to break into the forbidden area of ​​Xiguan courtyard and be reported by the people behind the scenes. She drank a jug.

"Princess, let's go quickly, don't let the empress wait in a hurry!" The maid saw that her pace was slowing down, so she couldn't help urging her. Seeing that there were only [-] meters left, she was even more urgent.

Xia Zijin didn't poke her, but with a smile on her face, she twisted her body away, fell to the ground, and cried out ouch.

"Come and help this princess, my ankle is broken!"

The palace maid heard her call, and looked back, Xia Zijin fell to the ground, her face became a little painful, she squatted down in a panic to check Xia Zijin's ankle, but she didn't see the smile that Xia Zijin evoked.

On the other side, Emperor Ming Sheng and Concubine Yue were tasting tea in the imperial garden. The palace people brewed the snow-topped greens that had just entered the palace a month ago. The rich soup was poured into a small glass bowl. overflow.

"Father! Father!"

Xia Ziqi trotted all the way into the imperial garden, panting slightly.

In the pavilion Ming Shengdi tasted the tea soup, frowned, and said: "There are no rules, why are you so impetuous, you are a princess, you should be dignified and beautiful."

Xia Ziqi also didn't care about the meaning of Ming Shengdi's words, she knelt on the ground and reported in panic.

"Father, it's not that the minister doesn't understand the rules, it's just that the incident happened suddenly! The palace servant told the minister that he saw Zijin's sister go to the other side of the Xiwan courtyard, so he refused to listen to any persuasion!"

(End of this chapter)