Chapter 2314 Grievance

Nan Yan was also worried that she was wronged and had been thinking about her in her heart. When she saw her come back, she immediately said, "Where have you been, girl?"

When Zhu Feng scolded her before, she ran out in tears and disappeared without a trace.

Although Aunt Tongyun and the others wanted to comfort her, the emperor was here, so they naturally had to serve their masters first, and no one had time to care about her.

Fortunately, she came back on her own.

However, her eyes were still a little red, obviously from crying.

At this moment, her eyes were particularly bright, and seemed to still have some tears. She glanced at the gold ingots held in the hands of the crowd, and her eyes flashed.

Then he walked up to Nan Yan, bowed gently and said, "My Lady."

Nan Yan said, "Where have you been?"

Nian Qiu lowered her head and said softly, "The Emperor told me not to serve you, so I will go back to my room."

“…”

"Just now, I heard that the emperor had left, so I dared to come here."

“…”

"I also have to help the queen and the princess go to bed."

What she said was really unfair.

After being criticized by Zhu Feng like that, she could only find a place to cry secretly. After Zhu Feng left, she had to come back and continue working.

Nan Yan sighed, then said, "The emperor has been in a bad mood recently because of state affairs. He scolds everyone he sees. You, don't take it to heart."

Nian Qiu immediately laughed and said, "Your Highness, what are you talking about?"

“…”

"When the Emperor is admonishing me, it's only natural that I've done something wrong. How could I dare to take it personally?"

Nan Yan nodded.

Then he said, "Well, you don't need to serve here anymore. Just go back and rest. After all, your previous injuries haven't healed yet. The weather is cold now, so don't let the root of the disease develop."

"Yes, thank you, Madam."

After saying that, Nian Qiu bowed, turned around and left.

Looking at her leaving back, Nan Yan sighed softly. Aunt Tongyun and Ran Xiaoyu around her also sighed softly and shook their heads.

After a while, Nan Yan raised her head and said to them, "Tongyun, Xiaoyu, when you have time, try to enlighten her."

"yes."

"yes."

Only Ruoshui, holding the gold ingot in her hand, looked at them without knowing what was going on.

When she first arrived, she only had a basic understanding of the people around the imperial concubine and knew the situation of some of the ladies in the palace, but she didn't know about Nian Qiu's affairs. She just felt strange - although the emperor looked very majestic, or a man of dignity without anger, but when he was with the imperial concubine, he was very gentle, especially when the little princess was present, he was even more gentle and no different from an ordinary citizen.

He was so generous in rewarding them with gold ingots.

But he was so harsh to a little servant like Nian Qiu, and even seemed to dislike her.

Did she do something wrong?

She didn't dare ask more questions.

Aunt Tongyun put away the gold ingots she had been rewarded with, then stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the princess has fallen asleep. Should we send her back to Chengqian Palace to sleep?"

Nan Yan said, "Since the King of Wei has important matters to attend to recently, don't let her return to Chengqian Palace. If she goes back, she will definitely cause the King of Wei no peace. For now, let her sleep with me."

"Then, I will make the bed."

"Um."

Aunt Tongyun immediately walked over and started to make the bed as if she was familiar with it. Ruoshui also hurried over to help. Ran Xiaoyu went downstairs and brought in hot water to help Nanyan wash up.

They left only after everything was done and the imperial concubine took the princess to bed.

As soon as they left the house, Ruoshui asked in confusion, "Sister Xiaoyu, why is Sister Nianqiu acting so strangely?"

Ran Xiaoyu turned around and looked at her.

Although they were all cautious about Ruoshui entering the palace to serve, and even until now, they had not completely let down their guard, but after observing her for a period of time, they found that this girl was indeed honest and hardworking, and did not seem to have any other ulterior motives.

She thought for a moment and said, "Don't ask too many questions. Just take care of yourself."

"……oh."

"Now, the Imperial Concubine is the head of all the concubines in the harem, and we servants should also be respectable; but no matter how respectable we are, we must remember our status and not bully others. If the Imperial Concubine finds out, she will not let us off easily."

“…”

"By the way, don't use the Empress's name to ask for things from others."

Ruoshui was so scared that she immediately shook her head: "I dare not."

“…”

"I never bully others. I just hope others don't bully me."

“…”

"I also don't ask for things from others. Besides, the gold ingot the emperor gave me is enough to keep me alive for a year."

Seeing her like this, Ran Xiaoyu couldn't help laughing.

He took her by the hand and walked towards the row house where they lived. As they walked, he asked, "You just said that this one gold ingot could buy several looms. Is that true?"

"Of course it's true."

The two people talked and gradually walked away.

The night passed quietly in a calmness with a slight ripple.

Early the next morning, before daybreak, the cabinet was already brightly lit.

Eunuch Yu took people to clean up early, and then asked two young eunuchs to guard the door with lanterns. After a while, Gu Tingqiu and others who were waiting in the row of rooms entered the cabinet one by one.

When I walked in, they were still talking.

Xu Shifeng was dissatisfied with their tepid approach and said anxiously, "This time, the mulberry farmers' unrest is clearly being manipulated by someone behind the scenes. If we don't stop it in time, I'm afraid it will cause even greater chaos in the future."

Gu Tingqiu listened without saying anything.

Li Ziyun said in a deep voice: "General, we all understand what you mean."

"I understand. Then why do you all disagree with sending troops?"

"General, Sima Fa is right. Even a great nation will perish if it is warlike. Sang Nong is just a small group of common people. Using the most important national weapon on them is like overkill."

Xu Shifeng said with a sullen face, "It's rare that Lord Li still understands that a nation, though great, will perish if it loves war. So why not tell me the rest of the sentence as well?"

"this--"

"Let me tell you, even if the world is at peace, forgetting war will lead to danger."

“…”

"Lord Li is right. There's really no need to use the most important weapons of the state to deal with those common people. But if we allow them to continue like this, and civil unrest breaks out, how will the emperor have the energy to expand the Western Regions, let alone have any greater plans for the world."

Hearing what he said, everyone fell silent.

But they all looked somewhat unhappy.

At this time, everyone entered the cabinet and the emperor also walked in.

Everyone bowed down immediately.

Zhu Feng looked at the complicated expressions on their faces, but didn't ask any more questions. He just waved his hand and said, "Everyone, stand up."

Just as he was about to ask everyone to sit down to discuss matters, he suddenly heard footsteps outside.

You know, no one else would come to the cabinet on weekdays.

Everyone looked back in surprise and was stunned.

It was the Prime Minister He Yi, who had not appeared in the cabinet for a long time. He walked in with a smile.