Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 91 Why Help Me
Fang Zhou stared at Xia Zijin, silent for a long time without speaking.

She is a princess, so she has never seen any kind of silk and satin, just a mere embroidery sample. Although Fang Mu's craftsmanship is exquisite, it is still far inferior to the most skilled embroiderer in the palace.

What made her want to help him like this?
It is said that people in the world are the most selfish and ruthless. He has experienced too much, high-ranking people, non-high-ranking people, high-ranking and low-ranking people, everyone is like this, why is this Pearl Princess so different.

"Why did the princess help me..."

He opened his mouth slowly, with some unspeakable inferiority and restraint. As a reader, he thought that he could not lose to anyone in hard work, but he had never failed in what he could do with his brainpower and his experience.

But his weakness, his most embarrassing thing, is that he is too poor.

It doesn't matter how rich you are, even if you speak well, a bowl of rice can kill a man who is extremely hungry, not to mention that he has always been arrogant and unwilling to give in to money. The little money my mother earned from embroidering her eyes was used to subsidize the family, to make ends meet.

Xia Zijin stared at the boy kneeling on the ground with suspicious eyes, and suddenly chuckled, why did she help him?
In all fairness, it was just because he was useful to him.

But this sentence stuck in her heart, but she couldn't say it.

Looking at the young man's eyes full of doubts and difficulties, she slowly said: "This princess is not a kind person, Fang Zhou, just remember, your life was saved by this princess, and this princess doesn't need you." Saddle up and back, as long as you remember, only by climbing higher can you protect the people you want to protect and get what you want, do you understand?"

"Get what I want..." Fang Zhou murmured to himself. The gorgeous woman in front of her had dazzling snow muscles and radiant beauty. She looked younger than him, but she said this from her mouth. Come on.

Without waiting for Fang Zhou to respond, Xia Zijin said again: "In this year's imperial examination, most of the outstanding talents are from poor families, which means it is fair. Everyone's starting point is the same, the process is different, and the result will naturally be different." It's the same. If you have confidence in yourself, you should know that a civil servant is capable of making waves, as long as you dare, as long as you are willing."

Fang Zhou was a little stunned, such unorthodox words came out of that mouth like blue, it was unavoidable abrupt, he stared fixedly at her, but suddenly understood something, how could a talented scholar who is slightly eloquent not know the meaning of such words What are you wearing?
"Princess……"

"If Mr. Fang listens to my princess's words, then accept the money. The day when the list is released is coming soon. If you are named on the gold list, there are places where silver coins are needed. 500 taels is just a goose feather."

"But...you don't get rewarded for nothing..." After all, he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart, even if Xia Zijin made excuses for him, he still couldn't get over it.

Before Fang Zhou finished speaking, Xia Zijin lazily interrupted him: "Mr. Fang, if you really want to be so rigid, how about I buy you a promise for 500 taels as a princess?"

"Promise?" Fang Zhou was even more dazed this time. He is a poor scholar, so promises are worth nothing.

Seeing his doubts, Xia Zijin said politely: "If Mr. Fang will be successful in the future, when the princess has a request, just make a promise to the princess."

A promise... is that all?
Fang Zhou felt a little bit bitter, how far away was the word Flying Huang Tengda, even if he was on the list, how could he climb the ladder step by step with such a background?
Xia Zijin didn't allow him to question himself, but after a while he said in a calm voice, "You can."

The young man Fang Zhou looked up, and at that moment, it seemed that the light of the world was gathered in the eyes of this noble princess in front of him. It was firmness and expectation. To him, it turned out to be so warm and strange.

"What did you say?"

Concubine Yue Gui, who was lying on the bed of the beauty, twisted a sapphire grape and put it in her mouth to refuse, as if she thought she had heard wrong, she asked again with a bit of mockery.

Xiang'er paused and said: "Princess Mingzhu wandered off to the southern suburbs for some reason, and happened to run into a villain in Shangjing who oppressed a family, so she stayed in time to take care of her."

Concubine Yue picked up the handkerchief and wiped the armor with sapphire grapes, and wiped off the water drops on it. She looked somewhere, but she smiled ironically.

"She is a majestic princess, is she willing to condescend and surrender? I'm afraid she is deliberately doing something to show the emperor, so that the emperor can praise her for her kindness."

Concubine Yue was very displeased with this Pearl Princess, not only because her daughter had been squeezed out from the most dazzling position since she entered the Jinlai Palace, but also because she was able to escape unscathed. Several calculations by myself.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, it's not her who died in the disaster of the demon star." The noble concubine Yue sighed, and there was a fierce flash in her eyes. I don't know if it was her illusion or what, but she always felt that this princess and that bitch Yue Jingan There is some involvement between them.

Thinking of Yue Jing'an, Concubine Yue's face was a little bit more resentful. She reached out and rubbed her stinging knees. No matter how she maintained her skin, she would not be able to fool her age. She was already over fifty. Being punished by Ming Shengdi, she went to the Buddhist hall to kneel and pray for blessings every day, and she had to kneel for an hour. If she wanted to fool her, Ming Shengdi's majesty would never allow it.

"Your Majesty, it's better to put on this hot pillow. You have to kneel every day, and your knees can't stand it." Xiang'er stretched out her hand and handed over a soft and square silk pillow, which was wrapped with 49 [-] kinds of precious herbs. The crushed medicinal mud will heat up after being fumigated with wet moxa, and the heat will not dissipate for three hours. It is best used to dehumidify and relieve knee pain.

"Are you saying that I am old?" Concubine Yue snorted, she took the hot pillow in her hand without hesitation, and slowly pressed it on her knees, a gust of warm air permeated from the surface to the bottom of the skin , and then penetrated into the bones, only to make people sigh comfortably.

"Is that bitch dead?"

Concubine Yue suddenly remembered something, and said indifferently, a hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes.

Hearing this, Xiang'er was a little dazed, recalling such an extremely vicious and creepy scene, with numb scalp, and even a disgusting scene, her body couldn't help shaking, because she didn't dare to reveal it in front of Concubine Yue, forcing her With the fear and trembling in her mind, she said in a low voice: "Poria's cut off limbs have already started to grow maggots...the cut off ears are also rotten and pus, because of being poisoned and hoarse, every day I can only cry and howl with a hoarse voice, but my eyes have to watch everything I have suffered."

"But...the vat containing her body is soaked in a lot of precious medicinal materials, and she may not die for a while."

Speaking of this, Xiang'er couldn't control her teeth trembling. In ancient times, Empress Lu made human pigs, which was extremely cruel. She once thought it was just a legend, but when she saw it with her own eyes, she couldn't bear to be afraid of it.

"Oh, that would be the best." Concubine Yue raised a venomous smile, stroking her temples with joy in her heart, "That lowly maidservant dared to betray me and cooperate with Yue Jing'an inside and outside to frame me. The people of Yikun Palace know what the fate of betrayal is!"

When Xiao Huanzi pressed Poria to Yikun Palace, Concubine Yue's face was green and black. She did not expect that there would be such a person who betrayed the Lord in her palace. No wonder Yue Jing'an was able to frame her quietly. Without her, if the thunder method is not used, wouldn't everyone in Yikun Palace want to imitate her!

"Pass down the order of my palace, and lead everyone in Yikun Palace to go and see the fate of that lowly servant girl, but they are not allowed to publicize it! Anyone who dares to betray and talkative in the future will have the same fate." Concubine Yue Fiddling with the sharp armor, speaking, like Shura who cannibalizes human flesh and blood in hell, it makes people shudder.

"Yes... the servant obeyed..."

When Xiang'er arrived, she quietly raised her head to look at Concubine Yue, and gave a chill.

This job in Yikun Palace is becoming more and more difficult.

Three days later, the Civil and Military Trials were announced.

Unexpectedly, this year's Wu Zhuangyuan and Wen Zhuangyuan are both unpopular candidates. The few who were more popular in the past have unexpectedly failed the ranking. Everyone only said that most of them were for show, and now they are a lot of laughter.

Xia Zijin was flipping through a book of hundred schools of thought in his hand, while Xiao Huanzi was vividly describing the crowds of people discussing when the list was released, and couldn't help chuckling.

"How about the ark?"

"Mr. Fang didn't seem to expect that he really won the No. [-] prize. He was stunned for a while under the list, until his classmates congratulated him one after another, and then he came to his senses and was very happy." Xiao Huanzi bowed. .

"Very good." Xia Zijin nodded and smiled. Fang Zhou is still a fledgling, but with his talent, he will definitely make a difference in two years.

"Princess, this is what Mr. Fang entrusted to you from Lord Hu." Xiao Huanzi took out a wooden box from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Xia Zijin.

It's just an ordinary wooden box, ordinary style, ordinary wood, what is extraordinary is the carving on the thin wood, a budding peony is carefully carved with a craft knife, each petal is Containing the infinite spring breeze, it finally turns into a flower that reveals itself, jumping on the tree.

Xia Zijin pulled off the top cover of the wooden box, and saw a piece of rice paper lying in the narrow box, and on the rice paper was the radiant tourmaline jade.

Xia Zijin was a little surprised. It could be seen that the tourmaline jade was extremely important to Fang Zhou's mother and son, but why did he let someone hand it over to her?

With doubts, she shook off the rice paper, and wrote a few words in a majestic pen style. Who would have thought that such resolute and powerful handwriting came from the hands of a poor family.

(End of this chapter)