An Jiu and Eunuch Li looked at each other, understood each other, and decided to tell the emperor this cruel fact.

Fortunately, the emperor did not make a fuss. Perhaps he was really in pain. He drank the medicine and fell asleep.

An Jiu stepped out of the palace, exhaled, and walked to the backyard to find Xiaodong packing up his things and preparing to leave. Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia said a few polite words with subtle expressions.

"We are all in the palace. We will meet again."

After Xiaodong said this, he looked deeply at Anjiu and turned to leave. Anjiu looked in that direction and saw a woman standing in the distance. She looked like a nanny from her dress, but her appearance and figure were quite good.

Xiao Qiu whispered, "That's Nanny Chang. She was working in the outer courtyard before. Nanny Liu was injured and will be back in a while. Now she is in charge of the warehouse."

Speaking of this, An Jiu couldn't help asking, "How are Aunt Liu and Shuangxue injured?"

Xiao Qiu shook her head: "I heard it was quite serious. Aunt Liu's ribs were broken. Shuang Xue knows that the injury should be minor. Aren't they godmother and goddaughter? Why did they suddenly start fighting?"

Obviously, Xiao Qiu thought this matter was outrageous, but there were many reasonable things in this palace, after all, they were two people who loved each other.

The two of them went to work. An Jiu saw Aunt Qu coming over, called her to the side and whispered, "Madame Chang is Xiaodong's godmother... She doesn't have a good relationship with me. Now that Madame Liu is gone, she's here to look after the warehouse. You have to be careful."

An Jiu was puzzled.

"Mammy, who is in charge of these people in the harem?"

The Queen Mother is obviously the one in charge. If she was in charge, I wouldn't have to eat coarse food recently.

And judging from Xiaodong and the others' appointments, Aunt Qu was obviously unable to act with her hands tied.

So, who is in charge of this harem? After all, he was the emperor. He only cared about the affairs of the previous dynasty and even knew that the maids around him had been replaced.

Aunt Qu looked at her.

An Jiu felt uneasy when she looked at him. Did he ask some stupid question?

But Aunt Qu sighed and said, "It is Concubine De and Concubine Shu who jointly manage the harem."

An Jiu: "..."

In the past, we only knew that the emperor had many beauties in his harem and that the emperor was not interested in these women, but these women were all real concubines. It didn't matter that they were not favored by the emperor. They had families behind them and were in power in the palace. They just knew what was good for them and were too lazy to get close to the emperor.

Aunt Qu said that this Concubine De was a daughter of the Jiang family. The Jiang family was the Prime Minister Jiang mentioned by the emperor before. He was a veteran of two dynasties and was a very powerful figure in the court.

As for Concubine Shu, she was sent by General Zhenyuan's Mansion. She was born a military general and had a very arrogant and domineering personality. She had a bad relationship with Concubine De on the surface, but they were definitely good friends. The previous emperor valued military over civil officials and raised the status of military generals a lot, which made the civil officials headed by the Jiang family very dissatisfied.

And there is a very serious problem here. At present, the Xia Dynasty still mainly uses the recommendation system, and the signs of the imperial examination have just emerged. Therefore, most officials are recommended.

That is to say, no matter they were scholars or military generals, or they were descendants of powerful clans, they were all aristocratic families in the capital. These people pursued the succession. In the eyes of quite a few people, the Queen Mother's Prince of Ruyang was the legitimate son of the succession and should be the heir to the throne.

Although the emperor sat on that position, he was always criticized. No matter what the people in the court said, they just watched with indifference. Many people looked down on the emperor and thought he was just a "bastard son of a concubine". In the Xia Dynasty, many bastard sons lived like servants in the family and had no right to inherit the family property.

Is the emperor talented? Of course there is, but you are the legitimate son.

That's the point. No matter what he does, the people in the court should be convinced.

This is what An Jiu knows so far.

Aunt Qu said, "Our Guanghua Palace may seem like an iron barrel, but it may not be so. The palace maids are constantly replaced. Sometimes it's not that your majesty is cruel, but that these people are all obedient. They are sent from this palace or that palace's spies. Although the current Chang Mama used to serve Concubine Chun, there are many people serving Concubine Chun. How much of the friendship back then is left? Who she belongs to now is easy to say. Now she is in the warehouse. Because of what happened to Liu Mama, she must think that I have no tolerance and deliberately hurt people, so you and I should be careful."

An Jiu frowned: "The warehouse is private to His Majesty, can he be the master?"

Aunt Qu: "It's not about being the master, but in the eyes of His Majesty, Nanny Chang is good, and I am not, or even Nanny Liu, we are all just servants."

To put it bluntly, the palace is full of the emperor's slaves.

The emperor would not care about the twists and turns of his servants; he only cared about the results.

Whether it was Aunt Qu, Madam Liu or Madam Chang, the emperor's trust in them was very different. He would not give the ownership of Guanghua Palace to one person.

There are so many twists and turns.

An Jiu felt tired just listening to this.

While they were talking, Xiaodong had already left, and Nanny Chang came over. From a closer look, Nanny Chang was really good-looking, with thin eyebrows, almond eyes, red lips, very fair skin, and a soft and slender figure. Even though she was old, she was still very charming.

She smiled and looked at Aunt Qu: "I have suddenly taken on such a task, so I have to understand it. Sister Qu will have to bear with me in the future."

Aunt Qu smiled and said, "We sisters all work for His Majesty, so why are you being so polite? Let's go check out the storehouse."

Nanny Chang nodded: "I also brought someone with me. She is clumsy, but she is good at doing some rough work."

Aunt Qu said: "The people you bring, I..."

Before she could even utter the word "rest assured", she was stunned.

An Jiu looked at the little palace maid brought by Nanny Chang. The moment this girl raised her head, An Jiu felt like she was screwed.

Small flower.

The little flower that she took away from Guanghua Palace.

It is true that enemies meet on a narrow road.

Where can we meet each other? ! !

In the workplace, there are ups and downs, and there are surprises waiting for you every day.

This crappy class really makes me miss it all day.

Xiaohua was much calmer and bowed to Aunt Qu.

"Xiaohua was sensible before, and made Aunt and Sister Xiaojiu angry. In the future, our families will work together, so please bear with me, Aunt and Sister Xiaojiu."

She said a lot of things in a pretentious manner, but the look in her eyes that showed she wanted to stab someone was hidden.

Xiaohua’s inner thoughts: Bitch.

An Jiu’s inner thoughts: Idiot.

An Jiu smiled and said, "Xiaohua is so polite. But I am ten years old this year, one year younger than you. From now on, I will call you Sister Xiaohua."

Xiaohua smiled and said, "It's up to you."

Afterwards, Xiaohua followed Nanny Chang away.

Aunt Qu and An Jiu looked at each other, and An Jiu said, "Aunt, Xiaohua has a grudge against us. Do you think she can stay here peacefully?"

Aunt Qu showed no expression.

"Whether she can stay or not depends on her ability. The Guanghua Palace is permanent, but the palace maids are always changing. We have sent so many people away."

The attrition rate of palace maids and eunuchs in Guanghua Palace has always been the highest in the harem.

Aunt Qu is not afraid at all. Anyone who dares to make trouble will be dragged out to meet the year-end KPI.

An Jiu went to the small kitchen. The emperor was ill, so he probably had no appetite. It would be best to eat some porridge and some side dishes at this time. However, the emperor didn't like porridge very much. So An Jiu decided to make a bowl of vegetarian noodles. Maybe the emperor would have an appetite. If not, it didn't matter. She could eat it herself.

It seems that everyone in this palace has their own little thoughts, and dangers are lurking everywhere. We still have to hold on to the emperor's thick legs tightly.

As long as the emperor provides her with support, Xiaodong, Xiaohua, Shuangxue, Nanny Chang and Nanny Liu will all have to stand aside.

She had to admit that it was the emperor who gave her fear and terror in the beginning, and it was also the emperor who gave her a sense of security later on. As long as the emperor and the tyrant were around, she felt particularly at ease.