Chapter 108: Nanny Chang
An Jiu and Eunuch Li looked at each other, and they understood each other and decided not to tell the emperor this cruel fact.
Fortunately, the emperor did not make a fuss. Perhaps he was really feeling uncomfortable. He drank the medicine and fell asleep.
An Jiu stepped out of the main hall, let out a breath, and walked to the backyard, where he found Xiaodong packing up his things and preparing to leave. Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia said a few polite words with subtle expressions.
"We are all in the palace. We will meet again."
After Xiaodong said this, he looked at Anjiu deeply and turned to leave. Anjiu looked in the direction and saw a woman standing not far away. She looked like a nanny from the way she was dressed, but her appearance and figure were quite good.
Xiao Qiu whispered, "That's Madam Chang. She was working in the outer courtyard before. Madam Liu was injured and can't come back for a while. Now she is in charge of the warehouse."
Speaking of this, An Jiu couldn't help but ask: "How are Liu Ma and Shuang Xue injured?"
Xiao Qiu shook her head: "I heard it was quite serious. Aunt Liu's ribs were broken. I don't know about Shuangxue, but she must be seriously injured too. Aren't they godmother and goddaughter? Why did they suddenly start fighting?"
Obviously, Xiaoqiu also felt that this matter was outrageous, but there were many unreasonable things in the palace, and after all, they were two unrelated people.
The two of them went back to their work. An Jiu saw Aunt Qu coming over, so she called her aside and whispered, "Madame Chang is Xiaodong's godmother... She doesn't have a good relationship with me. Now that Madame Liu is gone, she's here to look after the storeroom. You have to be careful."
An Jiu was puzzled.
"Mammy, who is in charge of these people in the harem?"
The Queen Mother obviously doesn't care about things. If she could, she wouldn't have to eat coarse food recently.
And judging from the appointments made by Xiaodong and the others, Aunt Qu is obviously also restricted in her actions and cannot do what she wants.
So, who is in charge of this harem? It can't be the emperor, who only cares about the affairs of the previous dynasty and doesn't even know that the maids around him have changed.
Aunt Qu looked at her.
An Jiu felt uneasy when she looked at him. Did he ask some stupid question?
But Aunt Qu sighed and said, "It is Concubine De and Concubine Shu who jointly manage the harem."
An Jiu "..."
In the past, we only knew that the emperor had many beauties in his harem, but he was not interested in these women. However, these women were real concubines. It didn’t matter that they were not favored by the emperor. They had families behind them and held power in the palace. They just knew what was good for them and were too lazy to get close to the emperor.
Aunt Qu said that this Concubine De was a daughter of the Jiang family. The Jiang family was the Prime Minister Jiang that the emperor had mentioned before. He was a veteran minister of two dynasties and his power in the court should not be underestimated.
As for Concubine Shu, she was sent from the General Zhenyuan's Mansion. She was born a military general and had a very arrogant and domineering personality. It can't be said that her relationship with Concubine De is bad, but it is definitely not a good one. The previous emperor valued military affairs over civil affairs and raised the status of military generals a lot, which made the civil officials headed by the Jiang family very dissatisfied.
And there is a very serious problem here. At present, Daxia still mainly has a recommendation system, and the imperial examination system is just emerging, so most officials are recommended.
In other words, no matter they were literati, military generals, or descendants of clan leaders, they were all aristocratic families in the capital. These people pursued orthodoxy. In the eyes of quite a few people, Prince Ruyang, born to the Queen Mother, was the legitimate son and the one who should inherit the throne.
Although the emperor sat on that position, he was always criticized. Even though those people in the court did not say anything, most of them just watched coldly. Many people looked down on the emperor, thinking that he was just a "bastard son born to a concubine". In Daxia, many bastard sons of other families lived worse than the servants in the family, and they had no right to inherit the family property.
Is the emperor talented? Of course he is, but you are not the legitimate son.
That’s the point. No matter what he does, people in the court will still be dissatisfied.
This is what An Jiu knows so far.
Aunt Qu said, "Our Guanghua Palace may seem like an iron barrel, but it may not be so. The palace maids are constantly changing. Sometimes it's not that your majesty is cruel, but that these people are all restless. They are either sent from this palace or spies from that palace. Although the current Madam Chang used to serve Concubine Chun, it is true, but there are so many people serving Concubine Chun. How much of the friendship is left? It's hard to say whose she is now. She is in the warehouse now. Because of what happened to Madam Liu, she must think that I am intolerant and deliberately hurt people, so you and I should be careful."
An Jiu frowned: "The warehouse is His Majesty's personal property, so he can't make the decision?"
Aunt Qu: "It's not that I can't make the decision, but in the eyes of His Majesty, whether it's Nanny Chang, me, or even Nanny Liu, we are all just servants."
To put it bluntly, the palace is full of the emperor's slaves.
The emperor would not care about his servants' twists and turns; he only cared about the results.
Whether it is Aunt Qu, Madam Liu or Madam Chang, the Emperor trusts them to a similar degree. He will not give all the power of Guanghua Palace to one person.
There are so many twists and turns.
An Jiu felt tired just listening to this.
As they were talking, Xiaodong had already left, and Nanny Chang came over. Looking at her from a closer distance, Nanny Chang was really good-looking, with thin eyebrows, almond eyes, red lips, very fair skin, and a soft and slender figure. Even at her age, she was still very charming.
She smiled and looked at Aunt Qu: "I have suddenly taken on such a task. I don't know if I understand it. I will have to bear with you in the future, Sister Qu."
Aunt Qu also smiled and said, "We sisters are all working for His Majesty, so let's not be so polite. Let's go and check out the storehouse."
Nanny Chang nodded: "I also brought someone with me. She is clumsy, but she is good at doing rough work."
Aunt Qu said: "The people you bring, I..."
Before she could even utter the word "rest assured", she was stunned.
An Jiu also looked at the little palace maid brought by Nanny Chang. The moment this girl raised her head, An Jiu felt like he was screwed.
Small flower.
The little flower that she took away from Guanghua Palace.
It is true that enemies meet on a narrow road.
There is no place in life where we don't meet!!!
In the workplace, there are ups and downs, and there are surprises waiting for you every day.
I really don't want to go to this crappy class for a single day.
Xiaohua was much calmer and bowed to Aunt Qu.
"It was Xiaohua who was ignorant before and made Aunt and Sister Xiaojiu angry. In the future, we will all work together, so please bear with me, Aunt and Sister Xiaojiu."
She said a lot of pretentious things, but she couldn't hide the look in her eyes that wanted to stab someone.
Xiaohua’s inner thoughts: Bitch.
An Jiu’s inner thoughts: Idiot.
An Jiu smiled and said, "Xiao Hua is so polite, but I am sixteen years old this year, one year younger than you, so I will call you Sister Xiao Hua from now on."
Xiaohua smiled and said, "It's up to you."
Afterwards, Xiaohua followed Nanny Chang away.
Aunt Qu and An Jiu looked at each other, and An Jiu said, "Aunt, Xiaohua has a grudge against us. Do you think she can stay here peacefully?"
Aunt Qu showed no expression.
"Whether she can stay depends on her ability. The Guanghua Palace is permanent, but the palace maids are always changing. We have sent so many people away."
The attrition rate of palace maids and eunuchs in Guanghua Palace has always been the highest in the harem.
Aunt Qu is not afraid at all. Anyone who dares to make trouble will be dragged out to meet the year-end KPI.
An Jiu went to the small kitchen. The emperor was ill and probably had no appetite. It would be best for him to have some porridge and some side dishes at this time. However, the emperor didn't like porridge very much, so An Jiu decided to serve a bowl of vegetarian noodles. Maybe the emperor would have an appetite, but if he didn't, it didn't matter. She could just eat it herself.
It seems that everyone in this palace has their own little tricks up their sleeves, and there are dangers everywhere. We still have to hold on to the emperor's big, thick legs tightly.
As long as the emperor provides her with support, Xiaodong, Xiaohua, Shuangxue, Nanny Chang and Nanny Liu will all have to stand aside.
She had to admit that it was the emperor who gave her fear at first, and also the emperor who gave her a sense of security later. As long as the emperor and the tyrant were there, she felt particularly secure.
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