Chapter 211 This is for her
The accident did not happen in Guanghua Palace, but on the palace road.
Concubine De stood proudly, and a little palace maid was slapping Xiaoqiu in the face.
"Empress Defei." An Jiu came over and bowed.
Defei glanced at her and asked, "Who are you?"
An Jiu said respectfully: "My servant Xiao Jiu is from Guanghua Palace."
Concubine De did not respond, but the maid beside her said, "Sister, you came at the right time."
She pointed at Xiaoqiu who was slapped in the face: "This slut said that the concubines in the harem are pitiful and cannot get the favor of His Majesty. They are not as good as Xiaojiu, who can accompany His Majesty day and night."
"I didn't say that..." Xiao Qiu just opened her mouth and was slapped again.
"Shut up, you still dare to quibble, our queen has heard it all."
An Jiu looked at them. She knew the newcomers Xiao Qiu and Xiao Xia. They were not the talkative type, and they were outside.
Is it slander?
But why did Concubine De suddenly slander Xiaoqiu like this?
In An Jiu's impression, Concubine De has always been gentle, virtuous, dignified and generous...
And the words they said were very pointed...
"The Xiaojiu that this slave girl mentioned who accompanies His Majesty day and night is you, right?" The maid of Concubine De looked at An Jiu.
An Jiu said: "I am serving His Majesty, but I have never stepped out of line."
In fact, I have crossed the line, but I cannot admit it.
An Jiu understood that this was aimed at her today.
Concubine De must have heard something and came to test her, or maybe she was also testing the emperor. After all...
An Jiu looked at the sky and saw that the emperor would be back soon.
There will be a lot of trouble. If the emperor comes to save her, it will confirm the rumors.
So boring.
This is why An Jiu doesn't want to be trapped in this palace.
In her previous life, she was the kind of person who would mind for several days if someone glared at her.
Now I have to waste my energy on these people over trivial matters.
What if you win the fight? What if you lose the fight?
It makes no sense at all.
Why should life be wasted on such boring things?
"It seems that what I said came true." The maid beside Concubine De was a little proud.
An Jiu did not refute.
Because of the inequality in status, Concubine De deliberately made trouble. Even if the "Cui Guo" in front of her smashed her mouth, Concubine De was also the imperial concubine and she was just a servant.
What can I do?
Could the emperor punish Concubine De for her?
"If I say no, no one will believe me." An Jiu said, "Besides, we are talking about Xiao Qiu now."
An Jiu looked at Xiao Xia: "Did she tell you that you were with Xiao Qiu?"
Xiao Xia looked at Concubine De, and when she met her cold gaze, her legs felt a little weak.
What if I say something wrong, will Empress Defei punish me?
But……
But Xiaoqiu worked with her, and they usually got along like sisters. In this palace, it was so rare to have good sisters who could rely on each other.
"No, no." Xiao Xia thought, let her die. Now they can slander Xiao Qiu, but what if they slander her tomorrow? What should she do then?
Betrayal is the most taboo in the palace. Besides, they are all from Guanghua Palace. The emperor will not ignore them, right?
Woo woo woo.
I feel that the emperor will definitely not care. He chops people like cutting vegetables, so why would he care about their life or death?
Woo woo woo…
"You bold and lowly maid, do you mean that our queen is slandering you?"
What the palace maid beside Concubine De meant was actually Concubine De's intention, and An Jiu understood it.
This is the bad thing about getting promoted. After enjoying the benefits, you have to stand up and take responsibility at this time.
An Jiu whispered: "Maybe I heard it wrong."
"Did you hear wrong?" The maid beside Concubine De stepped forward and said coldly: "You said our queen is blind and deaf?"
An Jiu"......"
She just said it.
If people deliberately make trouble for you, you will be fired even if you step into the company with your left foot first.
Moreover, she is not a person with high emotional intelligence and cannot perfectly solve the current problem.
Defei looked at Anjiu coldly, examining her from head to toe.
In the past, she never took a palace maid seriously. She was the noble daughter of the prime minister, and the palace maid was just a lowly servant.
But now...
Her father also asked her to pay attention, so she had to pay attention.
She checked carefully and found that no one had died in Guanghua Palace recently.
Regardless of whether the emperor was cruel or sick, his sudden behavior must have meant something unexpected had happened, and someone must have made him better.
Who is it?
Defei suddenly remembered that the last time the Empress Dowager went to Guanghua Palace with them, it was this palace maid who accidentally got scalded when serving tea, and the Emperor changed after that.
At that time, Concubine De thought that the emperor was targeting the empress dowager, but now that she thinks about it...
Perhaps the emperor felt sorry for the palace maid when he saw her injured?
If this is the case, then it is no longer just a small toy for the emperor.
The emperor was not interested in women, but only in her...
Concubine De didn't say anything, and the air around her seemed quiet and oppressive.
"The Emperor has arrived."
The eunuch's shout brought Concubine De back to her senses.
She let out a breath, as if a stone had finally fallen to the ground.
The emperor really came.
Her guess... was right.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you," Defei saluted.
The emperor didn't say anything. He first looked at An Jiu, then at Xiao Qiu, whose cheeks were red from being beaten.
"What's going on?" The emperor didn't ask her to stand up, but Concubine De continued to bow.
"Your Majesty, this palace maid said bad things about our queen, so she was punished by her." The palace maid of Concubine De spoke up.
The emperor glanced at Xiaoqiu and continued to ask, "What did she say?"
The maidservant of Concubine De repeated what she had just said.
The emperor did not look at Xiaoqiu, nor did he ask her whether she had said it or not. Instead, he sneered and said to Concubine De: "Aunt Qu will deal with the maids in Guanghua Palace. Did Concubine De cross the line?"
[Damn you, Prime Minister Jiang, you're really overreaching. I'll kill you sooner or later.]
The emperor was furious.
But her face looked very calm, and even the calm Defei felt nervous inside.
She didn't know whether the emperor was so angry because she made things difficult for the palace maid or because he felt her father was meddling too much and making the emperor unhappy.
Concubine De nodded and said, "I understand. I was anxious and lost my sense of proportion. Please punish me, Your Majesty."
Defei's body trembled slightly because of the posture of the salute. The emperor stared at her for a long time before he exhaled and said, "Get up."
He didn't say who was right or wrong. He was the king of a country, and there were so many things going on outside. Why would he be here arguing with a few women about whether a palace maid was a gossipmonger?
and……
This incident seemed to be a punishment for Xiaoqiu, but in fact it was directed at Xiaojiu.
It seems that Prime Minister Jiang has noticed Xiaojiu.
Then he would be even less able to deal with Xiaoqiu.
Although I am a slave, I am also a slave of Guanghua Palace...
【Being a dog depends on its owner. 】
[To punish my slaves is to slap me in the face. 】
[Damn it! ]
[From this angle, Concubine De really looks exactly like Prime Minister Jiang! ]
As soon as Defei stood firm, she heard the emperor say, "Defei, you have worked hard in managing the harem."
Defei was stunned.
I don't understand what the emperor meant by suddenly saying this?
Could it be that...
She looked up at the emperor, thinking that he was really going to punish her for such a small matter, but she found that the emperor was just looking at her quietly.
She felt a chill in her heart, the emperor had indeed seen through her intentions.
"Just manage the harem from now on. I will take care of my Guanghua Palace myself." The emperor said this coldly and left with his men.
On the palace road, only Concubine De and her palace maids were left.
"Your Majesty, that slut really... seduced Your Majesty. If I had known earlier, I should have slapped her twice to vent my anger." The maids of Concubine De were furious. They had been on guard day and night, but they didn't expect that a maid would get there first.
But Concubine De shook her head.
She hadn't done anything yet, but the emperor acted like this. If he had really slapped her just now, it might not have been so easy to resolve.
She just thought it was ridiculous.
The Emperor, he is the supreme ruler. She still remembered how amazed she was when she first saw him when she entered the palace. She was full of longing at that time, but later she knew the Emperor's temperament. Although she felt it was a pity, she could still accept it calmly.
After all, it’s not that the emperor dislikes her, he dislikes everyone equally.
But now...
What is worrying is not the scarcity but the inequality.
Concubine De couldn't understand.
Unreconciled.
Why would the emperor care about a palace maid?
Although the palace maid looked pretty, she was not outstanding.
Why would His Majesty like such a person?
Could it be that...she is not as good as a palace maid?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she felt extremely uncomfortable.
Concubine De let out a breath and clenched the handkerchief tightly in her hand.
"Your Majesty." The palace maid called her.
She suppressed the thousands of thoughts in her mind and said calmly, "Let's go back to the palace."
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