Chapter 194: Weak Palace Maid VS Eunuch Brother (3)
"Your servant pays respects to Concubine Hui." Ju Heng knelt down as soon as he entered the palace.
Concubine Hui saved his sister, which was a great favor to him.
"You look quite smart." Concubine Hui looked him over and felt that he was familiar. But her mind was filled with the Imperial Concubine's affairs recently, and she couldn't remember for a moment.
"Your Majesty's vision is certainly correct." Eunuch Wu saw her expression and flattered her carefully, but in a corner where no one could see, he glared at the kneeling Ju Heng.
"You have done such a big job for me, and these rewards are all yours." Concubine Hui moved her fingers slightly, and the maid of the Grand Palace who was serving her had already walked to Ju Heng with a tray.
Eunuch Wu took a brave look, and it was all golden, and he was so envious.
Ju Heng saw his ugly behavior and knelt down respectfully, saying, "Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty."
"He looks smart, but he speaks in a rigid way. He is not as good as Master Wu." Concubine Hui covered her mouth with her hands and yawned.
"Little Juzi has been in the palace for a short time and is immature. I need to go back and teach him carefully." Seeing her tired look, Eunuch Wu immediately understood her spirit.
"Then you can go back. Just remember one thing, work hard for me, and I will never treat you unfairly." Concubine Hui walked to the inner hall, and the serving maid brought out another tray of gold that had been prepared and walked in front of Eunuch Wu.
"Thank you, Your Majesty Hui, thank you, Your Majesty Hui." Eunuch Wu knelt down and accepted the reward.
Although Ju Heng had just entered the palace not long ago, he had already been in the harem for a while and suffered a lot. Knowing that he would not be able to spend such a large tray of gold when he returned, he simply did a favor and gave it all to Eunuch Wu.
Eunuch Wu originally thought that he was a dull person, but it can be seen that he is not arrogant and knows how to behave. He did not make things difficult for him and let him go back to rest.
When he returned to the Jianlan Courtyard where he lived, Ju Heng remembered that he forgot to ask about his sister's injury. He planned to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to ask about it tomorrow when he had time, and bring some medicine to help her recuperate. He was tired after a day, and fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed.
Hui Fei, lying on the bed, was sleepless that night.
She remembered many past events related to the imperial concubine.
The first time she entered the palace, the emperor took the imperial concubine to appreciate flowers in the garden, and the imperial concubine looked at her with disdain; the first time she was favored by the emperor, the imperial concubine ran to her Xixiu Palace and slapped her; the first time she was pregnant, the imperial concubine smiled and congratulated her on the birth of the little prince, but secretly sent countless orchids buried with musk in her yard...
She hated the imperial concubine too much, so much that she didn't want to recall the details at all, but she was more afraid in her heart, afraid of the emperor.
When the imperial concubine's father was useful, the emperor doted on him, even if he scolded the concubines for no reason and beat the palace maids to death. But the imperial concubine's father was old and no longer so useful on the battlefield. The imperial concubine was accused of being "arrogant and violent" in the harem, and even the prince in the imperial concubine's belly was not spared.
What about her Bu family? On the surface, her father is now the emperor's favorite, her stepmother's brother is the most respected commander of the Jinyiwei around the emperor, and she is the emperor's most beloved concubine. Her Bu family is glorious, but if one day, her father, her brother or she does something that violates the emperor's will, will they end up like the imperial concubine? She
was covered in cold sweat and didn't dare to think about it.
When she woke up the next day, she felt dizzy as if there was a heavy weight on her head. She couldn't see the figures in front of her eyes, and her throat was full of phlegm so that she couldn't say a word.
After the morning court session, the emperor learned that she was ill, and brought the imperial physician to care for her. After meeting her from a distance through the beaded curtain, he returned to his own Qianqing Palace to review memorials.
Hui Fei had long known that the emperor was fickle, but it was a different feeling when she experienced the emperor's favor.
Her role, or the role of her entire Bu family, was to confront the imperial concubine and the imperial concubine's maternal family. The imperial concubine fell, and the imperial concubine's maternal family also fell. She, the favored concubine who had just experienced the emperor's favor, might also fall in a while.
After thinking it through, she was ill for a longer time.
It was half a month later that Bu Qi learned about Hui Fei's illness.
Although the imperial concubine died, her father, General Yan, returned to the court bravely, and the emperor specially rewarded him to appease the soldiers. The power of the Yan family was still there, and he was afraid that General Yan would risk everything to avenge his daughter, so he had to live in fear for some days.
Not long after he came out of the Qianqing Palace, he saw a young eunuch running over with a sneaky look. For the emperor's safety, he chased after him personally.
The young eunuch stopped only when he reached the empty palace wall. The moment he caught the young eunuch, he saw his face and remembered that he was the eunuch who went with him to the Chuxiu Palace to kill the imperial concubine.
"Why are you sneaking around?" Although he looked vicious in the eyes of outsiders, he was not the kind of person who killed people indiscriminately.
"Empress Hui is sick." Ju Heng adjusted the hat on his head, looking very embarrassed.
This was a risky move he made. If Bu Qi caught him and chopped him with a knife, he would be helpless. But if Bu Qi didn't chop him with a knife, then he could win Bu Qi's favor by conveying the news about Empress Hui.
In this harem, if he could get some care from Bu Qi, then his and his sister's life would be much better.
Bu Qi stared at him for a long time before asking, "When did you get sick?"
If the emperor hadn't ordered that the news from the harem be kept secret, he and his father, who often walked around the palace, would have known about it.
But why did the emperor keep it secret from them?
"Since the day when the imperial concubine was sentenced to death, I saw the imperial concubine once and started to get sick." Ju Heng lowered his head and didn't look
at him. Outsiders knew that Bu Qi was the stepbrother of Concubine Hui and guessed that their relationship might not be as good as it seemed, but few people knew that Bu Qi's mother was the biological sister of Concubine Hui's biological mother. The two were originally close relatives. Bu Qi must have cared a lot about his sister, Concubine Hui!
Bu Qi's face was full of anger, and he whispered, "Damn it, she can't rest in peace even after death!"
Ju Heng certainly understood that his "damn it" was referring to the imperial concubine who was sentenced to death, not the sick Concubine Hui, but he still stood quietly with his head down and didn't disturb him.
After a long time, Bu Qi heard the footsteps of the Yulin Army patrol and waved his hand to let him go.
Ju Heng asked nothing, asked for no reward, and left obediently.
He knew that he still had a long way to go to win Buqi's favor, but today he finally left an impression on Buqi. This was already a very good thing.
What he didn't know was that Buqi looked at the place where his footsteps disappeared and thought for a long time.
(End of this chapter)
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