Chapter 474 Guilt

In November, the palace maids and eunuchs had to start making winter clothes. If they delayed any further, they would be frozen in December.

Jiang Xinyue had been watching Shuangjiang for a while, but no suspicious person appeared around her.

Xi Que was getting impatient: "My queen, that person is too patient. I bully Shuangjiang every day, and I feel guilty."

Shuangjiang cried during the day, and when she returned to Kunning Palace at night, the eunuchs and maids who bullied her in the palace would serve her tea and water to make her smile.

Xi Que even moved directly to Shuangjiang's room to brainwash her: "Shuang! Don't blame me, I really don't want to bully you, but that bad guy is too powerful. He hasn't been fooled for so long. He deliberately wants to see you being bullied more miserably. You still love me, right?"

Shuangjiang patted her head every night: "Love, love, love... Tell me! What cruel tricks are

you going to use against me tomorrow?" "Or let's do something big and force that guy..."

It turns out that Xi Que's fierce and coquettish behavior is deadly.

The next day -

the female officials of the Shanggong Bureau came to measure the palace ladies, and they started from the emperor and empress's palace.

But Shuangjiang was locked in her room. When the female officials asked about it, someone said that Shuangjiang had been fasting and chanting Buddha recently, advocating frugality, and did not make new clothes.

Everyone in Kunning Palace knew that Shuangjiang's family was poor, and she had to send her old clothes back home. Her parents and sisters at home all relied on her for financial support to live a good life.

If she didn't make winter clothes this year, she would be frozen to death.

Several palace maids were laughing and talking about how to tease Shuangjiang. There were many palace maids around them who came to measure their bodies, and they all heard their words.

Some people thought they were too much, but no one dared to stand up and accuse them.

The other party was someone in the palace of the Queen Mother of Heaven, and it was obviously instructed by Xi Que. It was already difficult to survive in the harem, and they didn't want to get into trouble.

In the palace, it was wise to be prudent and protect yourself.

"Get out of here!"

"Is this where you came from?"

Shuangjiang was finally let out of the room. When she arrived at the place where the group was measured, the female officials of the Shang Palace Bureau had already left.

Groups of palace maids were hiding here. When they saw Shuangjiang coming, they all spoke ill of her: "A traitor like you is worthy of making new clothes?"

"The Queen didn't beat you to death, which means she was blinded. You are still taking advantage of her. It seems that I have to teach you a lesson."

Several palace maids carried Shuangjiang and dragged her to a secret corner. People around her didn't dare to come forward. Some were afraid of getting hurt, and even hurried away from the scene.

"Pa pa pa..."

A palace maid took out the pig skin hidden in her chest and slapped it.

Another maid stuffed cotton into Shuangjiang's mouth, and another took out red rouge and smeared it on her face.

"Where is the pigeon blood?"

"Here, here..."

After a lot of encouragement, Shuangjiang's temples were disheveled, her cheeks were red and swollen, and there was a bright blood stain at the corner of her mouth.

In order to make it more realistic, Shuangjiang used her own fingernails to scratch the corner of her mouth, so that it looked like someone had broken it.

"Shuangjiang is really pitiful!"

Shuxiang often went in and out of Kunning Palace, and had a good relationship with Shuangjiang.

She sighed, and sat with Mu Tan to complain: "Don't you think Xi Que is too much? The Queen Mother said that she believes Shuangjiang is innocent, and our Queen Mother also said that it couldn't be Shuangjiang. But Xi Que is relentless. Will she be happy only when she forces Shuangjiang to death?"

Mu Tan also nodded: "So... is it possible... that Xi Que is actually the Jin Kingdom's spy, and she wanted to kill the seventh prince and the third princess, but her plan failed, so she wanted to get rid of Shuangjiang and enjoy the Queen Mother's favor alone, so that it would be easier to succeed in the future without Shuangjiang to hinder her?"

Shuxiang's mouth was open so wide that two eggs could be stuffed in it. She was so shocked by Mu Tan's reasoning that her jaw almost dropped: "No... is it impossible?"

You can't say this casually!

Xi Que is the most trusted confidant of the Queen Mother. If she is a spy of the Jin Kingdom, Mu Tan dare not think about how much risk the young princes will face in the future.

There is simply no escape.

"What are the two sisters talking about?"

The maid of Lord Ye came from the corridor and sat beside the two of them, jumping and skipping: "I saw it from a long distance, and it seems that they said something very interesting?"

Mu Tan told the maid of Lord Ye Lu Xiu what he had just said to Shu Xiang: "Tell me, does my analysis make sense?"

Lu Xiu was almost scared to death. Her master often said that misfortune comes from the mouth, so she didn't even dare to open her mouth easily.

"You girl, say something! Does what I said make sense?"

"This...that..."

One of them is the maid of Concubine Shu, and the other is the maid of Concubine Liang. Even if they get into trouble, their masters can protect you. She is

just a maid of a small noble!

How could she have the qualifications to express her opinion on such a matter?

Lu Xiu regretted it so much. She shouldn't have been curious about what they were talking about. As the old saying goes, curiosity kills the cat.

She smiled awkwardly and changed the subject, saying, "I think Shuangjiang is doomed to die this time. I just went to measure myself and saw several maids from Kunning Palace scolding Sister Shuangjiang! Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Their mouths were bleeding. I also heard them say that they were going to throw Sister Shuangjiang into the dry well behind the cold palace."

It was really scary.

How could the people in the palace be so cruel?

Shuxiang and Mutan looked at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes.

If this goes on, Shuangjiang will really be tortured to death.

The night is very quiet——

"Cuckoo cuckoo..."

The unknown black bird seems to be an unlucky symbol, sounding the horn of death.

The cold wind of late autumn is particularly violent at night. The criminals Shi and Tong in the cold palace started fighting again because of a disagreement.

Screams and curses covered the movement behind the cold palace.

When Shuangjiang woke up from his coma, he was attacked by a burst of cold air, and a figure appeared vaguely in front of him.

The sound of the wind and the curses between the women were in my ears. The top of the dry well was not covered, and the faint moonlight sprinkled down.

"You bastard, if it weren't for you, would I have been banished to the cold palace by the emperor?"

"You are the dead bastard. If you hadn't tricked me into framing Jiang Xinyue, would I have ended up like this today? What about good sisters? Aren't you tired of playing this role for so many years?"

"Who is your good sister? The daughter of a mere fourth-rank official is worthy of being my sister. My father is the general of Zhenbei."

"Hahaha... so funny. Didn't you hear what the eunuch who came to deliver food today said? The general of Zhenbei has been replaced. Your confused general father actually dared to threaten the emperor to release you from the cold palace. The emperor has stripped him of his armor and sent him back to his hometown. Now you are not even as good as me. You are just a commoner girl."

Even though the Tong family was dismissed from office, they were still a wealthy family in the capital. The general of Zhenbei only knew how to fight and had no family background. Now he is just a commoner.