Chapter 212 Promotion

Guanghua Hall.

Aunt Qu has returned.

"What happened?"

"Aunt, Xiaoqiu was beaten by Concubine De's maid." Xiaoxia told everything with red eyes.

Aunt Qu narrowed her eyes and asked, "You guys didn't say anything nonsense?"

Xiao Xia choked up and said, "Why would the servants gossip about this outside?"

At most, they would talk about it in the dead of night in the house. Who dared to talk about it outside? Walls have ears, and they already understood.

It was obvious that Concubine De was making a false accusation.

Fortunately, Your Majesty believes in them.

Your Majesty, you are such a good person. I misunderstood you before.

Woo woo woo.

Aunt Qu nodded: "I understand."

She said that when she went to the Imperial Household Department today, she was stopped by someone from the department and talked to for a long time.

Moreover, after this happened, no one came to inform her, but told Xiao Jiu directly...

She glanced at Xiao Xia with some suspicion in her eyes: "Why don't you go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find me?"

Xiao Xia also felt wronged: "I wanted to go, but the people of Concubine De blocked my way intentionally or unintentionally. I was anxious and had to go back to Guanghua Palace."

It seems that there are also some rules for stopping them.

"I got it. Let Xiaoqiu have a good rest." Aunt Qu looked at Xiaoqiu's face. Although it was swollen, it was not serious.

In the palace, gods fight each other, and the little people always suffer some injustice.

Xiaoqiu also understood that it was good enough to be able to get away today.

Aunt Qu asked again: "Where is Xiaojiu?"

"Follow His Majesty to Guanghua Palace." Xiao Xia was also worried, afraid that the emperor would embarrass Xiao Jiu.

Aunt Qu smiled.

Will the emperor embarrass Xiaojiu? The emperor was so distressed that he rushed over without even changing his clothes when he heard that Xiaojiu and Defei had met.

Your Majesty has never cared so much about anyone, and I don’t know whether it is good for Xiaojiu or not.

The emperor was still wearing heavy clothes.

Eunuch Li and An Jiu helped him change into casual clothes.

The emperor exhaled.

【The clothes are really heavy.】

An Jiu saw that his lips were dry and poured him a cup of tea.

The emperor took a sip and asked Anjiu casually, "Did Concubine De bully you?"

An Jiu didn't know how to answer.

If you say she wasn't bullied, it was because she was targeted. If you say she was bullied, she was Concubine De and they only said a few words to her. Xiaoqiu was the one who got slapped.

The only one who was hurt in this incident was Xiaoqiu, who was inexplicably targeted. If the emperor had not come today, she might have been slapped in the face.

But didn’t Xiao Fuzi say that if you don’t soak in the well, it won’t be considered bullying?

So An Jiu shook his head: "It's mainly Xiao Qiu."

The emperor looked at her and said nothing for a long time.

【really……】

An Jiu paused.

What indeed?

【Xiaojiu became a thorn in their side.】

[De Fei looks virtuous, but she is not as good as Shu Fei. ]

【just in case……】

The emperor looked at An Jiu again and said to Eunuch Li, "Go and call Aunt Qu."

Not long after, Aunt Qu came.

The emperor said, "There are too few people in Guanghua Palace to serve. So, from now on, Xiaojiu will be the head aunt and manage Guanghua Palace together with you, Aunt Qu."

An Jiu paused.

ah?

He just got promoted two days ago, now he’s promoted again?

Of course Aunt Qu had no objection, as she knew that Xiaojiu and she were not in competition.

Aunt Qu smiled and said, "I am worried. I have a lot of things to do. From now on, Xiaojiu will be responsible for serving Your Majesty, and the other servants will take care of it."

The emperor looked at An Jiu: "What do you mean?"

[If you don't want to be my concubine... I can only choose the highest official among my servants. 】

[From now on, they won’t dare to embarrass you easily. ]

The emperor shook his head and was moved by himself.

【I am really a lovesick person. 】

An Jiu "..."

Seeing that An Jiu didn't respond, the emperor suddenly became a little angry.

[What is she looking at with those silly eyes? ]

[Like a big fool.]

【By the way, what do I like about her? 】

[Could it be... that I just like fools? ]

The emperor was shocked by his own thoughts.

An Jiu hurriedly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The Dog Emperor was almost moved.

However, when Aunt Qu brought the exclusive clothes of the head aunt and An Jiu put them on, the emperor smiled again.

“It’s a bit old-fashioned.”

An Jiu smiled "..."

Not as old as you!

Aunt Qu smiled and said, "Xiao Jiu may be the youngest head aunt in this palace."

Eunuch Li said, "It's a bit eye-catching."

The emperor nodded.

An Jiu "..."

In fact, she thought it was pretty good, because the clothes of the head aunt seemed to be of better quality, and she was a high-ranking official...

But the emperor was obviously a man of appearances, he smiled and said: "Take it off, or wear the maid's clothes."

The other two also nodded.

An Jiu "..."

She really doesn't mind being old-fashioned at all!

then……

An Jiu changed into the clothes of a palace maid again.

Xiao Fuzi breathed a sigh of relief.

"You finally changed back. That outfit really doesn't suit you."

An Jiu rolled his eyes: "Which is more important, clothes or being an official?"

Xiao Fuzi imagined what he would look like as the chief eunuch...

To be honest: "Well, clothes are more important."

Anjiu sighed.

But she didn't expect that the emperor was so idle, because soon the Ministry of Internal Affairs received news that the attire of the palace maids and the head aunts had to be changed this year because the emperor was tired of it.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was completely puzzled: "What is this for?"

"I don't know. His Majesty thinks the clothes of the maids and the head aunt are not good-looking. He said that it affects his mood."

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs: "..."

Okay.

Your Majesty must be upset by the recent war in the northwest, so let's change it.

Aunt Qu even came to keep an eye on it.

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was called Qiao Dong, and he was also a very good person. He raised his orchid finger and said, "Xiao Qu, you are so old, but you still love beauty so much?"

Aunt Qu glanced at him and said, "Why? No?"

She picks the colors herself.

"Your Majesty thinks our clothes are old-fashioned and dull, let's change them into something brighter."

Qiao Dong nodded.

Aunt Qu was about to leave when she suddenly turned around and said to him, "By the way, when I came to the Ministry of Internal Affairs today, someone pulled me aside and talked to me for a long time. But when I got back, I found out that Concubine De had a conflict with the maids in Guanghua Palace, and no one told me about it. Don't you think this is a coincidence?"

Qiao Dong was stunned: "There is such a thing?"

Aunt Qu exhaled: "After all, this country belongs to your Majesty. No matter how powerful the women in the palace are, can they surpass your Majesty?"

Qiao Dong was also a smart man, and he nodded immediately: "I understand, I will take care of it."

Just two days after losing her short-lived official position, An Jiu became the head aunt again and put on new clothes.

Different from those of palace maids, they are more refined, neither old-fashioned nor too young.

The emperor was satisfied this time.

An Jiu seemed a little touched, but didn't know how to be touched. It was just like in a modern idol drama, where the domineering president was afraid that the heroine's feet would get cold, so he gave her a pair of heating insoles. It made people feel warm, but also seemed to be weird.

At the same time, after the tyrant gave the clue last time, the emperor asked Jiang Sheng to investigate, and soon, the spy chief Jiang Sheng locked in several suspects.

"One is Eunuch Li, but I don't think this old guy can be the one. If he was, we would have been finished long ago. The remaining three are Liu Chen, the eunuch who served the late Jing Wang's mother. Han Yun, the eunuch who served the Jing Wang's mother. But after Jing Wang's mother passed away, all her servants followed Duan Wang's mother, Shu Taifei. The other one is Qiao Dong, the current head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

These three people all entered the palace at about the same time as Wang Decai. They were about the same age and height at the time, and they also loved to put on white paint. Each of them looked very suspicious.

They spoke without any reservations to An Jiu, and An Jiu was also thinking about these people. Except for the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, An Jiu had never seen the others.

I wonder if the tyrant can recognize it.

However, the emperor had no intention of asking the tyrant to admit his guilt.