Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 442
Zhao Duo couldn't explain why, maybe it was the dagger that stuck into his body, maybe it was Qingting's eyes full of hatred, maybe it was the hell that Jing Ning said, all of these made him rise from the bottom of his heart. On the first level of panic, Zhao Duo couldn't help but doubt himself, did he really do something wrong?His eyes were a bit dazed, and his memory seemed to return to the winter when he was six years old.

The heavy snow fell slowly all over the sky, and the palace was covered with silver, which looked very beautiful.Many princes and princesses came out to have fun while it was snowing. They were all about six or seven years old, and the oldest was just nine years old.

But the six-year-old Zhao Duo hid behind the big tree alone, looking enviously at the princes and princesses who were smiling brightly.He couldn't help sniffing, and tried to shrink his chilblained little hands into the ill-fitting padded jacket.The padded jacket was his birthday present when he was five years old, and it was sewn by his mother and concubine Jiabi. Although it was obviously much smaller this year, Zhao Duo still insisted on wearing it.

Because if he wanted to wear a new cotton-padded jacket, the concubine would have to stare blankly at him to get back some cotton wool and discarded fabrics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.He didn't want to see Jiabi's red eyes after being humiliated by those eunuchs.

At this moment, Zhao Duo felt that he was being picked up, his eyes were filled with fear, but he gritted his teeth tightly and refused to make a sound.

"Hey, let me tell you where such a timid child came from in the palace. It turned out to be the bastard of that lowly maidservant. No wonder looking at his back makes people feel humble." The eunuch's unique high-pitched voice rang above Zhao Duo's head up.

Zhao Duo's immature face was full of humiliation and anger, but he didn't say anything to refute, because past experience told him that refusing would only make him worse, and he could hardly remember being left behind on his body by these eunuchs. how many scars.

Seeing that Zhao Duo didn't speak, the eunuch felt bored, so he threw him down. Zhao Duo fell face-down into the snow without standing still. The cold snow covered his face. Thinking that he was going to die, he died humiliatingly at the hands of an eunuch.

When he regained his breath and struggled to stand up, the eunuch seemed to have remembered something interesting, and he slightly bent down and said to Zhao Duo: "Hey, I heard that the lowly maidservant had an affair with the guard guarding the palace gate. Let me listen, what is the law of infidelity?"

Zhao Duo pursed his lips tightly, his eyes full of anger.Seeing that Zhao Duo was silent, the eunuch felt bored, kicked him hard and walked away.

Zhao Duo was kicked to the ground, and when the eunuch walked away, tears finally fell down. He tried his best to stand up, wiped away his tears, and with a smile on his face, he trotted all the way to the Hall of Qinghe.

"Mother Concubine! I'm back! I went to pick up some dry branches, we don't have to suffer from the cold tonight!" Zhao Duo ran into the house excitedly with his arms full of dry branches, but when he saw When seeing the disheveled concubine and the guard guarding the palace gate, the smile on Zhao Duo's face disappeared, and the branch in his arms fell to the ground.

The concubine Jia jumped at Zhao Duo before she had time to straighten her clothes, and covered his eyes with her hand.

"Duo'er is good, Duo'er didn't see anything." Jiabi's voice was crying, full of despair and helplessness.

When the guard saw this, he picked up the thin quilt on the bed and draped it over Jiabi's body.He glanced at Zhao Duo with a complicated expression, and walked out slowly.

Suddenly Jiabi's complexion changed, she felt her palms were wet, it was Zhao Duo's tears, Jiabi slowly put down her hand, and saw Zhao Duo's red eyes without any surprise, obviously he was only six years old The child in her eyes was filled with hatred, Jiabi finally couldn't bear it anymore, she hugged Zhao Duo's small body into her arms, and burst into tears.

The beautiful concubine was originally a palace maid who served in front of the emperor, but that night the emperor drank too much wine and had the honor of her, so Zhao Duo was born.But since then, the emperor has never favored Concubine Jia again, as if he had completely forgotten her.

Although the beautiful concubine's appearance is beautiful, she is not worth mentioning in the palace full of flowers. When others see her out of favor, they neglect her. Dare to speak sour words to Jiabi.

The birth mother's status is not high, others naturally don't have a good look towards Zhao Duo, the palace people like to make fun of him, and often say something bad about the concubine in front of him.Zhao Duochu would refute at the beginning, but after a long time he didn't bother to talk to those people, after all, he knew best about his mother and concubine, but now he suddenly felt that he was not very clear.

"The man told me just now that you had an affair with the guard, I didn't believe it." Zhao Duo's immature childish voice had no emotion, no sadness, no anger, as if he was simply stating a fact.

The concubine Jia cried even louder, and she kept saying: "It's the concubine mother who is sorry for you, it is the concubine mother who has dragged you down, and the concubine mother will definitely let you live a good life."

The young Zhao Duo shook his head, he gently pushed away the concubine who was holding him, and wiped away the tears from her face, his clear eyes were full of seriousness.

"Concubine Mu, Duo'er only hopes that you will be well. As for a good life, Duo'er will let you live it, even if it is taken from elsewhere."

The concubine Jia was stunned for a moment, but she didn't think much about it. She felt guilty and distressed towards Zhao Duo at this moment. If it wasn't because of her low status, Zhao Duo would not have been bullied in the palace. He was only six years old. The child, but the innocence has long been lost on the surface.Looking at Zhao Duo in front of her, Jiabi silently made a decision.

That night, the concubine Jia was very gentle, she hugged Zhao Duo in her arms, and sang to him a little song from her hometown, the brazier in the room was crackling, it was the twig Zhao Duo picked up during the day.

Zhao Duo fell asleep in the arms of Concubine Jia, with a slight smile on her lips, Concubine Jia looked at Zhao Duo's carefree sleeping face, her eyes turned red unconsciously, she carefully moved the Zhao Duo put it on the bed, pulled off the thick quilt that was newly added today and covered him with it. It was the thick quilt she bought with her body today.

She took one last look at Zhao Duo, with a somewhat determined look on her face.

At the third watch, Zhao Duo woke up suddenly. He leaned towards his side in a panic, but he didn't feel the familiar warmth.Zhao Duo turned around, his eyes widened suddenly, it was a three-foot white silk, and the beautiful concubine in white was hanging on the beam like that, her body had already stiffened, and she looked horrific.

Zhao Duo's throat tightened. He wanted to cry, to ask someone to save his concubine mother, but the strength in his body seemed to be drained, he couldn't move, he couldn't make a sound, he could only stare wide Looking at the corpse of Concubine Jia, it wasn't until the guards guarding the gate came to look for Concubine Jia two days later that they found Concubine Jia's corpse with plaques and Zhao Duo with pale face and red eyes.

(End of this chapter)