Chapter 195: Weak Palace Maid VS Eunuch Brother (4)

Xixiu Palace.

"My queen, you have been ill for more than a month. The master and I have been worried and anxious at home." Mrs. Bu smiled and peeled a grape for her, but if you look closely, you will find the worry hidden in her eyes.

"I am sorry to have worried you." Concubine Hui patted the back of her hand gently, her eyes soft.

"The master said that you should not force yourself to do something you don't want to do." Seeing that she had no appetite, Mrs. Bu washed her hands with the clean water prepared by the palace maid.

"Since you have entered the palace, what is there to be willing or not." Concubine Hui looked at the fresh orchids placed on the window frame, her face showing a bit of haggardness and fragility after the illness.

If she was not favored in this harem, her brother and father in the previous dynasty would also be looked down upon by their colleagues. Moreover, although her father was an upright minister, he was not favored by the emperor because of his pedantry. Her brother, who seemed to be favored by the emperor and became the commander of the Jinyiwei at a young age, was actually a knife in the emperor's hand. He had offended countless meritorious officials and dignitaries, and there were countless people who secretly hated him. If she didn't fight for her position in the harem, why would her father and brother have to work hard for those high positions and rewards?

Madam Bu sighed.

She had really thought that her Bu family was deeply favored by the emperor, and she even showed off when traveling with the noble ladies in the capital. It was not until last night when her son came into her room covered in blood and cried about his sister's difficulties in the harem that she realized that their Bu family was now "flourishing in glory" on the surface, but in fact it was "burning in flames".

"Don't worry about me. The Bu family has my father and my brother to support it, and it won't collapse." Concubine Hui put the bracelet on her hand.

Mrs. Bu blinked her eyes and tried to refuse, but after seeing her eyes, she understood and said loudly: "This bracelet is exquisite, thank you for the gift, Concubine Hui."

Mrs. Bu went to the palace and used all her wisdom.

Bu Qi and Lord Bu massaged her legs and shoulders, waiting for her to take out some letters or something.

"The queen only gave me this bracelet." Mrs. Bu took it off and handed it to her husband.

"What does this bracelet mean?" Lord Bu handed it to his son.

Bu Qi fumbled on the bracelet up and down for several times, but couldn't figure out anything, so he shook his head gently.

"Alas." Lord Bu sat heavily on the pearwood chair and clapped his hands on the armrests.

Mrs. Bu was also a little disappointed. She thought there was some mystery hidden in this bracelet. When she left the palace, she deliberately hid it in her sleeves again and again, for fear of being seen.

Bu Qi thought of the little eunuch who informed him in the palace, and his eyes lit up, and he said to himself: "Maybe he knows."

"Who is this kid talking to?" Madam Bu and Lord Bu looked at each other and noticed the confusion in each other's eyes.

"I'm going to the palace tonight to keep watch. I'll come back to tell you two the news." Bu Qi's angry face finally showed some joy.

"Let him do it." Lord Bu leaned on the pearwood chair, his eyelids drooping heavily.

"Eunuch, please stay." Bu Qi stopped Ju Heng who was about to go back to the prison to rest.

In order to find out the time, he took a lot of trouble to ask Eunuch Wu about the eunuchs' daily routines in the palace.

Ju Heng, who was bowing his head, heard his voice, and a smile flashed in his eyes. He said, "What do you want to talk to me about, Lord Bu?"

Bu Qi handed him a waist badge and said kindly, "This is a token that allows you to leave the palace freely. Please keep it, eunuch."

"No reward without merit." Ju Heng did not accept his "gift".

"I hope that when I am not on duty, the eunuch can also report the dynamics of Concubine Hui in the palace at any time." Bu Qi stuffed the waist badge into his sleeve.

"The emperor is most taboo about the officials in the court and the people in the harem." Ju Heng said this, but his hand hid the waist badge in the deepest part of his sleeve with extraordinary sincerity.

"This matter is known to you, me, and heaven and earth." Bu Qi patted his shoulder.

Originally, their Bu family just wanted to be a simple and pure minister, but the emperor has always been unfeeling and ungrateful. Even if he treats Concubine Yan like this, it is hard to guarantee that their Bu family is not the second Yan family. Therefore, for the sake of the family and for the sister in the palace, he also has to establish his own network in this harem.

The little eunuch in front of him looks submissive, but he has accidentally seen his eyes, so cold, lonely, and desperate. Given time, he will definitely be able to occupy a position in this harem. He is sure that he will not make a mistake.

"In order not to let Lord Bu have any scruples, I am willing to mortgage my sister to Concubine Hui's palace." Ju Heng put forward his conditions.

"Okay." Bu Qi agreed readily.

Originally, he was going to send someone to monitor his sister, but now that the other party took the initiative, he felt more relaxed.

After the two of them had discussed the terms, Bu Qi took out the bracelet he got from Concubine Hui and asked Ju Heng to help him see if there was anything mysterious.

Ju Heng found a small hole on the bracelet, broke a twig and poked it in, and the bracelet broke into two halves, leaving a white note.

Bu Qi quickly held the note in his palm, glanced at it, and the dark color changed.

Although Ju Heng didn't know what was written on the note, he guessed from Bu Qi's face that it was definitely related to the Bu family.

Looking at the empty path, he turned around and walked towards the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who was originally going to return to the Jianlan Courtyard.

Since he had paid tribute to Eunuch Wu some time ago, his life has obviously been much better. Eunuch Wu also privately revealed from time to time that he wanted to take him in as an apprentice. But he really looked down on Eunuch Wu's character, and didn't want to ruin his reputation with him, so he got closer to Eunuch Wang of the Qianqing Palace.

"Asleep?" He threw a small stone on the window paper of Shi Yi's bed, but after waiting for a long time, there was no movement.

When Shi Yi heard the sound, she knew that her brother had come, but if he went out for no reason like this, it would definitely arouse suspicion. She lay on the bed and thought for a while. After getting dressed, she pulled the old maid on the bed next to her and asked her to accompany her to the toilet.

The old maid impatiently knocked his hand away, turned over and continued to sleep.

The maids in the same dormitory didn't know that she had a brother in this palace. They just thought she was a helpless person, didn't pay much attention to her behavior, and naturally didn't suspect her.

"Brother." Seeing Ju Heng standing under the tree, she went to him like a bird returning to its nest, her face full of joy.

Ju Heng caught her and wiped her forehead with heartache: "You have entered the palace, but you are still as innocent as a child."

He knew that his sister's life in the Imperial Household Department was not easy. The maids in the Imperial Household Department took advantage of their long time here to bully her and pushed all the dirty work to her. But Tai never mentioned these hardships in front of her.

(End of this chapter)