Zhang Da Ying's position was not high, and she did not have many people to serve her. So, she brought her old maid into the palace and used her as a personal maid.
"My lady! You have been away from home for a long time. You must speak and act in accordance with the rules! If you want to say something bad about others, just keep your voice down. Why do you have to shout so that everyone can see it?"
"Grandma Jiang, I'm just speaking up for that person!" The woman squatted down boredly, pulling out the weeds on the ground. "You saw it today in Fengluan Palace, even the Imperial Concubine and the Zhaoyi had to give her some leeway! It's just that a palace maid got away with it and gave birth to the Emperor's eldest daughter!"
The old nanny was helpless upon hearing this and could only coax her patiently: "My silly girl! There are some things you can just keep in your heart and think about them. Why do you have to say them out loud? The palace is a place where people are eaten alive. What if someone with ulterior motives uses your outrageous words just now to make a fuss..."
"Let them say whatever they want! I'm responsible for my own actions!"
Wei Shuyi clapped his hands and laughed, then walked out from the end of the corridor around the pillars.
"Good! I'm also pleased that Zhang Da Ying has come to this realization."
"Eh?! You, you, where did you come from? Are you eavesdropping on us?!"
Concubine Xin scoffed, "You were almost shouting just now. This concerns Sister Yi, so of course we have to listen carefully."
Zhang agreed to drop the weeds in her hand, wiped them hastily behind her, and saluted them with a blushing face: "My concubine, my concubine pays her respects to the two young ladies."
"That's unacceptable!" Concubine Xin said in a harsh tone, "Who knows if you're pretending to be nice and obedient in front of others, but criticizing them behind their backs? With your mouth around, neither I nor Sister Yi can live in peace!"
The old nanny was afraid that her master would be severely punished, so she knelt down and kowtowed: "Lady Yi, our young master didn't mean to say that. She just came to the palace and has too simple an idea of what people do! Treat this old servant..."
"Grandma Jiang, you don't have to do this for me! Your waist is not good, so don't always kneel down and kowtow to others!" Zhang agreed after giving the order, then looked up and glared at Wei Shuyi, "I just feel that the death of that talented person is strange, and I secretly think that you had a hand in it!"
Concubine Xin was about to retort, but she stopped her: "Oh? According to what Zhang promised, what did I do?"
"I've never researched this method of harming people! But you must be trying to preserve your own wealth and glory by killing someone else's child!"
"Young Master, please stop talking nonsense!" The old nanny was so anxious that she didn't know what to do. "You don't even have any evidence. How can you accuse Noble Lady Yi like this?"
Wei Shuyi walked over and just stretched out his hand, he saw Zhang Da Ying subconsciously turning his head to avoid it, and then raised his arms in fear to protect his face!
She laughed dumbly and helped the old woman up from her kneeling position. "What are you afraid of? Will I hit you?"
"I didn't! My hair was just a little messy, so I just combed it!" Zhang Da Ying put down his arms awkwardly and tried to evade the question, "Lady Yi, what I said just now was from my heart. I didn't lie. You have the final say on how you want to punish me!"
"Wen Yu." "The servant is here."
"Send the Yuqing Baolin ointment developed by Imperial Physician Lu to the Yanxi Palace later."
After saying this, she turned back along the same path without saying anything more.
Now, it was Zhang's turn to be confused about the current situation: "Noble Lady Yi! Aren't you going to punish me?! I scolded you!"
"You are to take the ointment and apply it once in the morning and once in the evening. The scar on your arm will not be good for your future bedtimes, so it is best to remove it as soon as possible."
The master and servant watched them leave in a daze, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses.
The old nanny was the first to react and poked her forehead: "Girl! Are you going to die?! Fortunately, Concubine Yi is kind-hearted and didn't make a fuss about you! If it were someone else, they would most likely beat them to death!"
"She, she just pretends to be kind-hearted. Who knows?"
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Wei Shuyi is adjusting herself every day, hoping to get over the shadow of Liang Cairen's death as soon as possible. Therefore, her daughter becomes her only comfort.
Shoukang Palace became a place she often visited.
The Queen Mother was so distraught over the death of Liang Cairen that she chanted sutras in the Buddhist temple whenever she had free time, hoping to successfully liberate him, and she exhausted herself to the point of exhaustion.
Her arrival just solved the empress dowager's worries: having her biological mother by her side was better than having palace maids taking turns to take care of her.
"Zhaohua, come to the Imperial Grandmother." The Queen Mother shook the rattle on the couch again, trying to attract the little princess's attention. "Come slowly, I'm waiting!"
Wei Shuyi held his daughter's petite body and tried to lead the child to take a few steps, but failed.
Seeing this, Aunt Zijin said, "Noble Lady Yi, you are too impatient! Princess Zhaohua is still so little! We need to let her get used to crawling first before we can consider teaching her to walk."
"Thank you for your advice, Auntie. This is my first time being a mother too, so I'm sorry for making a fool of myself."
"This palace is always lively with children. I originally thought that after that girl became a mother, she would be able to control her temper, but..."
When mentioning talented people, the empress dowager couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.
She hurriedly lowered her head to hide her tears and held her daughter in her arms: "Come, Zhaohua, let's go and make the Royal Grandmother happy!"
The little girl changed every day. Her chubby hands at birth had grown slender. After gently caressing the empress dowager's face, she smiled sweetly at her. Her adorable little face, like a glutinous rice dumpling, was tinged with a layer of pink, making the empress dowager unable to let go.
The regret and sorrow that lingered in my heart were also thrown behind me.
"Has the Emperor...been to your palace recently?"
"No, the Emperor is also worried about that incident. I heard that he has rarely come to the harem recently."
"Ah, what a man he is!" The Queen Mother teased the little princess again and sighed, "I was hoping that while you were still young, you would give Zhaohua a brother or sister!"
As soon as the voice fell, Yin Zhu walked in with a happy look on his face.
"Empress Dowager, there's a happy event in the Yanxi Palace!"
"Oh? Why are you so happy?"
"The imperial physician took Concubine Wen's pulse today and she's already one month pregnant!"
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother simply smiled faintly and said, "She is indeed a blessed child. Zijin, go to the storehouse and pick out a few treasures and send them to her."
"yes."
Wei Shuyi clearly sensed the displeasure hidden beneath the Queen Mother's smile and tried to ask, "Although Noble Lady Wen is also a daughter of the Qu family, her personality is completely different from that of the Imperial Concubine..."
"Yes! One is a tiger or leopard standing before you, and the other is a jackal hiding behind you." The Queen Mother returned the princess to her arms and gave her a few additional words of advice, "I cannot tolerate any foul things! I will certainly not allow anyone to lay a hand on the royal heir. But that daughter of the Qu family, whether she gives birth to a prince or a princess, will surely be eyeing Zhaohua's position! You, you better make plans early."
She was alert and knelt down, "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your reminder. I will do my best to protect the princess."
"Your own strength is not enough. The entire harem belongs not to the Empress, nor to Ai, but to the Emperor. Even for Zhaohua, you must rely on the Emperor's power to achieve peace in this world."
Xie Yanci...
I have to find an opportunity to clear up the misunderstanding with him.
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