Chapter 199: The Weak Palace Maid VS the Eunuch Brother (8)
The palace maid beside Concubine Hui led the emperor all the way to the side hall and stopped at the corner.
The emperor understood what she meant and walked over and opened the door. Seeing the graceful figure behind the white bed curtain, he thought that Concubine Hui had come to her senses and started to send people to him to
win her over. He sneered in his heart, but decided to accept Concubine Hui's kindness. Shi Yi, who was lying on the bed, had been having a headache since she drank a cup of tea this morning. She asked the maid in the palace
for leave to come back and lie down. Now her whole body was hot and she couldn't help but moan. The emperor came in and saw the thin little girl on the bed with a red face, whispering "hot" all the time. He suddenly felt pity for her. He searched the room and finally his eyes fell on the teapot on the round wooden table.
Shi Yi was originally groggy, but he felt much relieved when he felt the coolness on his forehead. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the bright yellow robe. His mind suddenly became clear.
Concubine Hui is going to sell her into the emperor's harem. Her brother works under them. Even if she climbs to a high position, she has to listen to the Bu family! What a good plan!
"Awake?" The emperor saw her sparkling eyes and thought of the aunt who served him when he was a child. He had a good impression of her.
Shi Yi tightly grasped his wrist and said in a firm tone: "I am not willing."
She could sense the emperor's slight affection for her, so she said such impudent words. You have to know that those who serve in the harem are his women as long as the emperor likes them.
The emperor saw that she was sick and she was talking nonsense, so he didn't care much. Seeing that the handkerchief was hot, he put it into the teapot to soak it.
"Your Majesty, I am not willing." Shi Yi repeated again.
She didn't know what she looked like at this moment: her face was as red as the red fruits hanging on the trees in autumn, her eyes were bloodshot but looked like the red river flowers that suddenly appeared in the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, her lips were very light and looked like the flowers that had not yet turned colors in early spring, and her whole body exuded a kind of morbid beauty.
The emperor was used to seeing all kinds of lively, bright, healthy, vivid, and festive beauty in the harem, but he had never seen such morbid beauty. For a moment, she was a little intoxicated.
At that time, she only heard him whisper in her ear: "I will wait for you to volunteer."
The coldness on her forehead again made her vision suddenly blurred, and she fell asleep again.
Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, I see that you are very happy to come back from Concubine Hui this time." Eunuch Wang followed the emperor's sedan chair and deliberately said flattering words.
"Concubine Hui is a wonderful person." The emperor smiled when he thought of it. It seems that Hui Fei had taken great pains to find this beauty in order to please him. Hui Fei's younger brother Bu Qi was also very capable in doing things around him. There was really no need to let the Bu family be buried with him for the sake of an old general.
"This is the first time I have heard you praise the empress in the harem so much." Eunuch Wang bent his waist, speaking with a smile on his face.
Seeing Hui Fei being praised by the emperor, he was not without fear. Obviously, the emperor came in a rage last time and treated Hui Fei coldly for a while. Many people in the harem thought that Hui Fei's position would end at this level. Unexpectedly, the emperor's mind was difficult to guess, and he began to favor Hui Fei again. Seeing that the Bu family was going to rise again. He was only glad that he had always been on good terms with Hui Fei and had never deliberately made things difficult for her.
Although the emperor did not ask about the matter of the missing things in the Qianqing Palace again, Eunuch Wang, the chief steward, had to find out the matter clearly to set an example. Therefore, when Ju Heng arrested Xiao Quanzi and brought him to his residence, he wanted to kick Xiao Quanzi, who was a traitor, to death on the spot.
"You damned dog slave, my kindness to you has really gone to waste. How dare you reach your hand here."
On weekdays, he really treated Xiao Quanzi as a half-godson. Although Xiao Quanzi was a bit of a gambler, he still thought of him in everything. Unexpectedly, it was him who almost caused him to lose his position and the emperor's trust in him.
"Please spare my life, eunuch. I have no choice. If I don't take the things out, my mother will definitely be beaten to death by those moneylenders." Xiao Quanzi knew that he was finished, but he didn't want to be kicked to death, so he kept explaining and dodging for himself. Ju
Heng was afraid that he would kick Xiao Quanzi to death, so he persuaded him kindly: "Xiao Quanzi is not lucky enough to serve you, eunuch, why do you dirty your feet?"
"Come here, take Xiaoquanzi to the Ministry of Punishment and punish him severely." Eunuch Wang had no strength left and leaned on the table. If he really kicked Xiaoquanzi to death, it would really be a shame to dirty his feet.
He looked at Ju Heng, rolled his eyes a few times, and said unhappily: "How do you know it was him?"
"No one dares to take the things that come out of the Qianqing Palace. I asked people outside to find out who is brave enough, and sent people to search at the gate of the palace. Xiaoquanzi thought the rumors had calmed down and would definitely go out of the palace to trade, and I just happened to run into him." Ju Heng bowed his waist, as respectful as always.
"You are as meticulous as dust." Eunuch Wang's turbid eyes suddenly showed joy.
Xiaoquanzi was a gambler, and he was caught by someone, so he had been waiting and thinking about whether to take him in as a godson. But the little eunuch in front of him had no bad habits, his mind was quite active, and he was also attentive to him. He is getting older and will have to leave the palace eventually. It would be better for him to support a new person to take over his position and lead him. When he leaves the palace, he can also get some filial piety.
"You are too kind, eunuch. Ju Heng has been lonely since he was a child, and the only thing he has is his loyalty." Ju Heng bowed his waist, still looking respectful. "
I am also old, and I always feel that I am unable to do things. I get along very well with you." Eunuch Wang tried to persuade him.
"Although Ju Heng has not been in the palace for a long time, I can see that you are a first-class kind person. You will definitely enjoy endless wealth and glory."
His words were very useful to Eunuch Wang. Eunuch Wang said immediately: "I have always been clean in the harem, never forming cliques, and only serving the emperor. But I really get along with you, and I want to adopt you as my adopted son. What do you think?"
Ju Heng achieved his goal, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Ju Heng greets his adopted father."
"He is a sensible man." Eunuch Wang smiled and immediately took off the jade pendant hanging on his body and gave it to him.
"What is this?" Ju Heng raised his head for the first time, but his eyes were still looking down.
"Keep it. Tomorrow you will come to the Qianqing Palace to replace Xiaoquanzi." Eunuch Wang patted his head with satisfaction.
As long as he is obedient, can do things, and can be used by him, it doesn't matter who is the adopted son.
(End of this chapter)
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