imperial concubine

Chapter 142
All the concubines in the harem received the queen's order, knowing that the queen was going to weaken the power of the concubine Shu when she was in power, so everyone closed the palace gates tightly, for fear that the fierce queen would stare at them.

After Su Wan had lunch in the palace, she heard the news that a young eunuch under the virtuous man was discovered by the queen for stealing treasures from the palace, and the little eunuch was punished by the empress; Yan, was ordered by the queen to copy the "Internal Training" ten times, and to reflect behind closed doors for seven days.

All the concubines in the palace knew that the queen was just making use of the topic, and the nobleman and concubine Shu had always been very close.This time it is not surprising that the queen took the noble man as an operation.With Concubine Shu's temper, she definitely couldn't bear this tone, and she didn't know how she would respond.

Su Wan didn't care about these things, as long as she closed the gate of Yiliang Palace tightly.As long as she doesn't go out, the queen must have nothing to do with herself.What's more, I have to renovate Yiliang Palace into a monolithic one, so I really don't have the heart to participate in these things.

After rinsing her mouth with tea, Su Wan asked: "Zhuru, how about the maids in this palace? Now the Empress is cleaning up the harem rules and regulations. If anyone in the Yiliang Palace violates it, you can report it to the palace."

When Su Wan asked the fourth prince to fight for the vanguard officer of Liang Dajun that day, he had already expected that when Emperor Chongwen came out of Beijing, the empress would definitely not be willing to be lonely, and would definitely attack the concubines in the harem.And Su Wan wanted to take advantage of the queen's ethos.

The maids serving Su Wan in the hall have been tightly bound by Zhuru with money, feelings and other things. As for those who cannot be used by Zhuru, they have been sent to some deserted corner of the palace by Zhuru at this time .

So when Su Wan asked, Zhuru said with a smile: "Miss, I have warned the maids in the palace that the rules in the palace are not just for fun. If someone dares to commit crimes against the wind, they will definitely be dealt with according to the rules. I think they will definitely not would violate."

The eunuchs and maids in the palace don't take the rules seriously, Su Wan knows.However, now is a critical juncture, if you don't express your attitude at this time, I'm afraid that the people in the palace will not take the rules seriously in the future.

At this time, I heard a maid crying from outside the door, and a familiar voice, "Why are you crying? Come on, follow me to see the princess! You are so brave, how dare you dare to speak to the prince?" Do it!"

Hearing the voice, it was Shuizhu who brought a palace lady.Su Wan frowned slightly, then looked up at Zhuru.Zhuru's expression changed, and she went out immediately after apologizing to Su Wan.

The maids in this palace belong to Zhuru, and the eunuchs belong to Zheng Chusheng. Shui Zhu was just entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Su Wan today, asking her to be responsible for patrolling the palace maids and eunuchs. If someone violates the rules of the palace, they will be brought directly to her.

The maid's cries became clearer, Shui Zhu and Zhu Ru escorted a court lady into the hall, Shui Zhu stepped forward and saluted and said, "Prince, this maid is cleaning the prince's study because she wants to put a The painting was brought out and found by the servants."

Speaking of Shuizhu, he sent a painting to Su Wan. Su Wan looked at it, but it was a picture of snow plum. .

Putting the painting on the table, Su Wan frowned and asked, "This morning, the palace just issued an order that eunuchs and maids in the palace are strictly prohibited from violating the palace rules. You want to take something with you in the afternoon, aren't you afraid of death?"

Su Wan knew that she had just entered the palace, and although she was in a high position, the people below might not be afraid of her.What's more, this court lady is not young anymore, she must be a veteran, that's why she is so unscrupulous.

The court lady knelt on the ground and kowtowed like garlic, and said repeatedly: "Prince concubine, spare my life, prince concubine, spare my life! This servant made a big mistake in a moment of foolishness in order to treat my father, and I asked the prince to spare this servant girl. This time, this servant will never again Dare!"

The voice was hoarse, like a cuckoo crying blood, which made the surrounding maids feel a little sympathetic.The maid only kowtowed, wanting Su Wan to let her go, and kept saying that she was wrong, as if she really wanted to repent.

Su Wan frowned slightly and said, "It's really noisy." When Shui Zhu heard Su Wan's words, she immediately stepped forward and grabbed the maid by the hair, and slapped her face several times, and the maid suddenly became silent. Weeping, not daring to cry any more.

Looking at the painting on the table, Su Wan said slowly: "You said it was to treat your father? If I remember correctly, your name is Qiuxi, right?"

Zhuru had told Su Wan about this maid before, that her hands and feet were not clean from all over Yiliang Palace.It's just that no one took care of her before, so Zhuru just put her in the study for cleaning and didn't deal with her.

Qiu Xi was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect Su Wan to call out her own name.Then he said quickly: "Back to the concubine, the maidservant is called Qiuxi. The maidservant knew it was wrong, and I ask the concubine to spare the maidservant this time."

In the morning, Zhuru told them Su Wan's order, but Qiuxi didn't take it seriously at that time.The fourth prince also said this before, as long as he is careful, he will be fine; besides, he was caught last time and cried to himself, didn't he also be let go?
Su Wan looked at Qiu Xi with a smile, and then said, "You said you were treating your father, but as far as I know, your father died a year ago, which father are you treating this time?" see a doctor?"

When Zhuru was talking about Qiuxi with Su Wan before, she told Su Wan about the fourth prince being deceived by her.It's just that no one dared to tell the fourth prince, so the fourth prince didn't know until now that Qiu Xi's father was actually dead.

Qiu Xi, who was kneeling on the ground, was taken aback for a moment, she never expected that Su Wan knew her so well!After a while, Qiu Xi cried and said, "Your servant deserves to die, your servant deserves to die! This servant will never dare again!"

Zhuru on the side looked at Qiuxi's tearful appearance, feeling very disgusted in her heart.I just told the young lady that the maids in the palace are fine, so she came to smear my face.Even if Miss is soft-hearted, I will definitely not let her go!

The appearance of Qiuxi crying bitterly never softened Su Wan's heart at all, she only felt that Qiuxi was very annoying, "Come here, drag Qiuxi down and punish the [-]th board!"

Shuizhu took the order, and then asked two young eunuchs to drag the crying Qiuxi out for execution.However, after the forty boards, Qiuxi might only have one breath left, and handing it over to Xin Zheku is just waiting to die.

Su Wan said to Zhuru: "Let all the maids in the palace go and have a look, breaking the rules and trying to deceive people in the palace, what is going on! By the way, let Zheng Chusheng take a few eunuchs to have a look too! "

After about a stick of incense, Shui Zhu came back to report, "Prince Concubine, that Qiuxi has been sent to Xin Zheku." Su Wan nodded, and said to Shui Zhu: "Understood. You did a good job this time, wait I will go to Zheng Chusheng to receive a reward of one tael of silver."

Just when Shui Zhu wanted to thank her, Zheng Chusheng hurried in from the outside, knelt on the ground and said to Su Wan: "Prince Concubine, my little one caught a eunuch with dirty hands and feet, and I asked my mother to show me, how should I deal with it?"

Seeing Zheng Chusheng's flickering eyes, Su Wan knew that he hadn't just been caught.Presumably it was because he asked Zhuru to take him to see Qiuxi's execution, and he thought he knew, so he hurried to report to him.

Putting down the scroll in her hand, Su Wan said with a smile: "What a coincidence, Zhuru just disposed of one, and another one popped up on your side." Seeing that Zheng Chusheng began to sweat on his forehead, Su Wan didn't delve into it, "Bring that person in and show me!"

I saw Zheng Chusheng turned his head, and then a eunuch moved in step by step.The eunuch had delicate features, his face was covered with beads of sweat, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed as soon as he came in.

Seeing him like this, Su Wan frowned and said, "What's your name? How many years have you been in the palace? What did you do wrong to be caught by Eunuch Zheng?"

Apparently the little eunuch already knew what happened to Qiuxi just now. Hearing Su Wan's question, he trembled all over. He opened his mouth to expect Ai Ai, but there was no sound.It turned out that I was too scared to speak.

Zheng Chusheng on the side kicked him, and he uttered a voice this time, "The young one is called De Rui, and he has been in the palace for five years. Just now, when he was cleaning His Highness's bedroom, he stole a southern Yunnan pearl from the curtain."

As he spoke, Zheng Chusheng presented the southern Yunnan pearl.It is said that pearls are actually larger than rice grains, and this pearl is not as valuable as the painting of Qiuxi just now.

These ineffective things would not even steal something valuable.Su Wan frowned and looked at De Rui and asked, "Why are you stealing the beads? It's also to help your father see a doctor?"

It was Qiu Xi who said this just now, it was just a lie.Most of the eunuchs in the palace used this excuse to prevaricate their master after being caught, that's why Su Wan asked this question.

Unexpectedly, De Rui didn't answer at all, but just kowtowed on the ground, "Prince Concubine, De Rui is convicted. Please ask Princess Concubine to deal with De Rui."

Now Su Wan became more interested. Qiu Xi, who was caught just now, kept defending, and even made up reasons to deceive herself; but now, De Rui, who was caught, kept admitting his mistake, and didn't even say what the reason for stealing was.

So Su Wan smiled and asked Zheng Chusheng, "He is your eunuch, do you know why he stole things? If he doesn't tell you and you don't know, then you two will be punished together."

On the Qiuxi evening just now, Su Wan knew without asking, she must have gone out secretly to buy rouge and gouache, or even spent it on the concubine outside the palace; seeing that De Rui's eyebrows and eyes are quite upright, and his words are quite reasonable, How could you do such a thing?
Zheng Chusheng smiled wryly and said: "Prince and concubine, let me spare the little one! The little one can't stand a beating." Then he kicked De Rui again, "Hurry up and tell the princess about you ? Maybe you can save your life!"

Hearing Zheng Chusheng's words, Su Wan became even more curious, and couldn't help but look at De Rui.De Rui saw that the matter had come to this point, so he said with tears in his eyes: "My little one's parents died when he was young, and he and his elder brother depended on each other for life. The family was extremely poor, so I entered the palace and became a eunuch, and I also exchanged stolen things for money for my elder brother to study. Brother knows the origin of the money, so he would rather die than use it."

Looking at De Rui who was kneeling on the ground, Su Wan felt a little pity in her heart.It is not easy for a younger brother to do this for his elder brother.

Thinking of this, Su Wan shook her head and said to De Rui: "Although you are pitiful, the rules are the rules, and you can't break the rules just because you are pitiful. Come on, drag De Rui out and give him a [-]-point board."

De Rui was dragged down, and Zheng Chusheng and Shui Zhu were also about to resign.At this moment, Su Wan said lightly: "Zheng Chusheng, set aside 30 taels of silver from my palace's expenses to De Rui. Tell him, if you are short of money in the future, just tell me. Don't do it again." Do these things."

A trace of gratitude flashed in Zheng Chusheng's eyes, and he quickly thanked the prince and concubine for De Rui's kindness.Looking at the respectful and awe-inspiring eyes of the maids and eunuchs around her, Su Wan knew that the day when she was in charge of the Yiliang Palace was not far away.

(End of this chapter)