listen.explain

(Eight)

If it is said that Wanxiu in Shoukang Palace is anxious, then Mu Duer in Chuxiu Palace can be described as frantic and anxious.

Recently, Mudu'er didn't know what he was going to, and he returned to Yongshou Palace without success. In the middle of the night, he heard the familiar sound of the flute and pursued him all the way, but what he saw was Tong Jihai, a native of Xinzheku whom he had never met before, and was even respected. Xue Dongsheng from the office was caught on the spot.

"Eunuch Xue, since you just want to find out this matter, why bother an old man? Tong Tai has already explained that Tong Jihai was just stargazing due to insomnia, and he walked to the tower by accident. The sound of the flute just now was intermittent, and it really seemed to be imitating others. Besides, you Look at him, stupid, what ability does he have to plot evil?"

"Grandma, you are so quick to draw conclusions, is it because you are afraid that if you continue to investigate, you will find out some ulterior secrets?" Xue Dongsheng rarely catches someone else's handle. A slave can show off once, and he can make things difficult for his usual arrogance. Muduer, why not do it?

Mu Du'er is not afraid. "My father-in-law might as well just say it straight, why bother with insinuations?"

"The villain dare not, my aunt is a big celebrity around the queen, if there is suspicion, the villain dare not be rude."

Mu Du'er believed that he acted upright, and said rationally: "I, like my father-in-law, hope to find out the person who is trying to stir people's hearts and disturb the harem with the sound of the flute. I will follow the sound to the tower tonight."

"However, I would like to ask, my aunt's "relatives" are always well-informed, and the perpetrators should have been identified long ago. Why bother my aunt?"

When Mu Duer heard Xue Dongsheng's words, his face with a three-pointed sneer immediately fell into an ice cellar. "Even if my father-in-law suspects me, you don't have to associate me with other people. If you really suspect that I have an affair with someone, you can report it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. If you are not satisfied, you can take me to Rehe and wait for me personally. Empress Empress, lose your hair!"

The last time Fang was insinuated by Rufei Empress once, and today he heard what Xue Dongsheng said again, Mu Duer couldn't hold back his anger anymore, and went straight to Xiefang Hall.

Xiang Ling was resting in the room when the door was suddenly pushed open. "You came to see me? Sit down and talk."

"There's nothing between us to sit down and talk about." Mu Du'er was not polite at all, and he didn't hide his hatred on his face. "I just want to ask you one thing. The so-called sound of the flute that came from the palace recently is the sound of the moon, so that lovers can confess their feelings to their lovers as soon as possible. Are these rumors fabricated by you out of thin air? "

Xiang Ling really didn't know why Mu Du'er would suspect her, or if there was any movement in the palace, Mu Du'er would attribute it to her? "Muduer, you came here specially to ask this question today. I'm afraid you already have the answer in your heart. In fact, if you tell me frankly, I can put aside my prejudices. In short, you can trust me no matter what I answer."

Mu Du'er felt that she was being fooled even more, and sharply accused: "I dare not say a simple yes or no, you clearly have a ghost in your heart! How do you usually correct the information of party smugglers and buy and sell favors? You closed your eyes, but this time you not only spread rumors, but also pretended to be a ghost, and asked people to play flute music secretly to confuse people's hearts." At this point, Mu Du'er raised his head, his gaze was direct and sharp. "—You really think that marrying into my Buyamuqi family, I will definitely not hand you over to the empress to punish you?"

Faced with Mu Du'er's aggressiveness, Xiang Ling also feels helpless. "Finding rumors in the palace is the business your father asked me to do for him."

"Or do you not want Dad to give up this business?"

"Long before I entered the palace, your father already made a living like this."

"But after you entered the palace, what you did became more and more excessive."

"You should know your father very well."

"But this is definitely not what I am, Mu Du'er!" Mu Du'er interrupted Xiang Ling's words abruptly, with resentment in his eyes.

Seeing Mu Du'er like this, Xiang Ling also knew that no matter how much she said, it would not help the matter. "The thing about the sound of the flute really has nothing to do with me. If you don't believe me, I can't help it. I know that in your mind, my stepmother is worse than a stranger. I never expected that you and I could be as close as a mother and daughter. I just I hope that whether we are in the palace now or he is outside the palace, we can get along in peace, and you don't need to come here for no reason to give me a bad blow."

"The problem is, I treat you like a stranger, but others still regard us as a mother and daughter. Even if your activities have nothing to do with me, some people will still think that we are a nest of snakes and rats. Xue Dongsheng is targeting me all the time because of you. A gossip who spreads rumors and stirs up trouble!" Mudu'er was definitely angry, and she didn't shy away from it.

"What kind of person Xue Dongsheng is, you and I know it well, it's not surprising that he wants to find a way to make things worse, why do you mind what he says?"

Mu Du'er restrained his expression and paused for a while before he said: "In short, I will talk about it first, for the sake of my brothers and sisters in the countryside, I don't want them to lose their mothers, so I will tolerate you for the last time. I will take care of business on behalf of the empress.”

Mu Du'er had long since lost his usual etiquette and walked out of the Xiefang Hall.This Xiangling...Only Xiangling is her only weakness in the harem. She is always making troubles and spreading rumors, making it impossible for her to have a clear conscience in front of the empress. It's all because of her stepmother!Thinking of this, Mu Duer felt even more resentful, wishing that Xiang Ling had never appeared in her life, thinking of the love and admiration she had when she was young, Mu Duer really wanted to squeeze her own breath and reincarnated as a human being.

Commit it again... If Xiang Ling commits it again, she must personally repair the book and go to Rehe, so that the empress will drive her out of the palace forever!

(nine)

"Have you heard? The recent incident that the aunt of Chuxiu Palace was entangled by the Xinzheku people?"

"Of course I've heard it. I also heard that Tong Jihai of Xinzheku used to be Qin Tianjian. He was relegated to Xinzheku as a servant because he missed the death of Qianlong. My lord, I have been taught many times by the respect room."

"I also heard that two days ago, these two people were chatting near the Donghua Gate. Tong Jihai said something about the word "Heaven's Happiness" and forced some paper-cuts that he got from somewhere into the hands of my aunt. What a big temper!"

"If it were us, it would have been said that he had an affair with someone from Xin Zheku, but who called that the aunt of Chuxiu Palace? With the support of the empress, she can walk sideways in the palace..."

Youxiang quietly listened to the contemporaneous maid chatting about the right and wrong in the palace, she didn't know how to speak, and just kept silent an important secret - she knew where Tong Jihai's paper-cuts came from.It was that day that Ruokui took out the shredded colored paper from the room of Empress Dowager Chun, when a gust of wind and sand blew up, she happened to see Tong Jihai pick it up when she chased it out.

But she didn't dare to ask Tong Jihai for it, because Concubine Yonggui never liked brightly colored things in Shoukang Palace, if the news about Concubine Chun's empress paper-cutting spread, she might punish her again.But I didn't expect that the empress's paper-cut would fall into the hands of the aunt of Chuxiu Palace, and this aunt would come to Shoukang Palace every now and then.

"Youxiang...youxiang, you didn't say anything? Don't you have anything interesting to do?" The maid at the side pushed her shoulder.

"Yes, I heard that the concubines of the former emperor in Shoukang Palace are too old to walk, and each one is more fierce than the other. Is it true?" The maid who was beaming with rumors about Chuxiu Palace just now also came forward and asked .

Yuuka shook her head. "Concubine Yonggui is in high spirits every day, and Concubine Gong is very kind. I haven't heard her swearing..."

"What about the Concubine Chun you serve? I heard that she is in full bloom, comparable to her elder sister, Rufei, and seems to be equally difficult to serve?"

When Youxiang heard this question, she shook her head in confusion. "Ms. Chun Taifei is very kind and takes good care of me." Even for such a big event as smashing the ivory plaque bestowed by Lord Qianlong, the empress only asked her to kneel until Haishi.

"Then Do Concubine Chun have any rewards for you? That time I delivered a letter to Madam Jia, Madam gave me an emerald jade hairpin..."

Youxiang listened to the unreasonable gossip of the maids, she was a simple and honest person, and when she found that she couldn't talk, she calmed down, but she thought of Empress Dowager Chun in her mind.

She still doesn't understand why others say that Empress Dowager Chun is terrible. Youxiang still remembers that when she first entered the palace, she was trembling with fright. When she saw the gentle and sad eyes of Empress, she forgot all the anxiety and was only curious. The master she will serve.She felt that the empress was not happy. This strong feeling did not come from the fact that the empress scolded Aunt Ruokui a few days ago, but that the empress liked to hear her talking about her hometown.Whenever she talked about her brothers and sisters in the countryside, the empress sometimes tilted her head in a dreamy state, and sometimes suddenly sneered.

No matter how dull Youxiang was, she knew it was because of Rufei.Ru Concubine and Concubine Chun's disagreement was well known in the palace, but she didn't understand what kind of deep hatred could exist between siblings?But she understands that the empress is in pain because of being a concubine, and this kind of pain that goes deep to the bone marrow overflows in every glance, every time she hears about family affection and the name of concubine Ru.The concubine is clearly in her prime, and she is so pretty when she smiles, she doesn't want to see the master sad, so as long as the empress asks things to be done, she will do her best.

"Actually, Empress Dowager Chun treats us servants..." You Xiang was about to argue, when she saw Ruo Kui walking out of Yongshou Palace in a hurry.Thinking of the confession made by Empress Dowager Chun, Youxiang hurriedly left the other maids in the palace and followed Ruokui secretly.

And those gossip and gossip still haunt the entire Forbidden City.

"The servant obeyed my mother's order, and has been following my aunt today, and was very careful not to let her find out."

"Did you see what she did in Qin'an Temple?"

"I just peeked outside the door and window, and I couldn't hear what my aunt and Xinzheku's people were saying. However, I guess she was scolding the servant, the cleaning place is not clean enough?"

"To scold a servant, why do you need to scold for two hours?"

"My aunt didn't stay in Qin'an Palace for so long, she went to Yongshou Palace later, so she didn't come back until two hours later."

"Yongshou Palace?!" Wanxiu, who was playing with the handkerchief in boredom, suddenly raised her head, and said the three words from her mouth with anger and suspicion.

Ruyue again!Knowing that the imperial doctor gave her colorful papers to relieve her boredom, she made Ji Ji want to expel Yang Zixuan from the palace; knowing that Ruo Kui was severely reprimanded by her, she wanted to win Ruo Kui to deal with her.Niu Hulu Ruyue really wants her to be lonely and have nothing to rely on for the rest of her life!

And this Ruokui, thinking of going out of the palace as soon as possible during the winter solstice, not only often pressured her with Concubine Yonggui's instructions in her ears, but also never put her heart into doing things, this time she even turned to Ruyue directly!How can she be worthy of herself if she doesn't get rid of this rebellion? !