Eunuch's professionalism

Changning Palace returned to its former tranquility after a day of hustle and bustle. The scent of sandalwood in the main hall was mixed with the fragrance of flowers outside, which made people feel calm. Everyone said that Empress Wu was the most dignified and magnanimous. The empress sent the last batch The concubine then took a nap, sitting at the top, one of the maids was massaging her back, and the other was passing tea, but after a while, Empress Wu Yinya threw the tea out, "It's so hot, do you want to scald me to death! ?”

The palace maid was begging for mercy below, and Liang Nai entered the room and stepped forward to take the place of the previous maid and pressed the queen's shoulders. Liang Nai was the queen's former wet nurse, so her feelings were unusual, "Go down."

"Queen, you are a man with a body, so don't be angry with a group of slaves. Who offended you?"

Wu Yinya breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her wet nurse, but she was still furious, "Isn't it the concubine Qigui! I thought Concubine Li could rest easy after entering the cold palace, but I didn't expect that bitch to take advantage of her loopholes." , I don’t even pay attention to this palace when I’m pregnant!”

"Your Majesty, please don't move your body because of those women, the little prince in your stomach is the most important thing!" Liang Nunnery massaged Wu Yinya to appease the Queen's anger.

"Does the emperor want to imitate King Qi Xiang?" Wu Yinya twisted the handkerchief in her hand.

King Qi Xiang, the emperor who once destroyed the country for favoring his concubine.

"Your Majesty!" The good mother shouted, and went out to look around. She was relieved when she found that the servants had already gone down, and turned to persuade the queen, "My Lady, these women have no combined identities. You are tall, you are the mother of a country, why bother with them, when you give birth to a little prince, who else in this palace can steal your limelight."

"I understand what Mammy said, but I can't swallow this breath. That bitch Li Concubine has been against me for so many years, what is Qigui Concubine now!" Wu Yinya said fiercely, and put all the teapots beside her He fell to the ground, panting heavily.

"Your Majesty, calm down first, the three-year general election will soon be held, and there will be newcomers in the palace, and this Qi Guifei will not be around for long."

"Yes, the general election! Another group of younger people will be added!"

"The servant just got the news that the Seventh Prince is going to die soon." The good mother approached the queen and said in a low voice.

"What! Is this true? Is the ghost finally going to be taken away by the sky?"

"I heard that I went out to swim in the lake with the second prince today, and accidentally fell into the water. After returning, I have a high fever."

"What, Yang'er has something to do!" The second prince, Shao Huayang, is the queen's lifeblood. She lost her two pregnancies in her early years, and Shao Huayang is the only prince who survived.

"It's nothing to worry about, just relax, the emperor has punished the Second Highness to copy scriptures a hundred times to pray for the Seventh Highness." In fact, even outsiders like the Liangmao felt that the emperor was too biased.

"It's good that Yang'er is fine." Wu Yinya patted her chest, and then smiled at Liang Nai: "Tell me, there are only one or two people in the palace now, who can notice?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean..." Good Nanny looked at the Queen in horror.

She was finally able to kill enemies for her unborn child.

The queen smiled very gently and dignifiedly, and said in a soft tone, "You said that I have a deep relationship with Sister Li Fei, and it is also my duty to raise her children."

Fu Chen watched Chen Zuoren leave after midnight, and when he returned to the prison yard, it was already past bedtime.

Unexpectedly, I met Muruida who was waiting outside the door. Today, there were a dozen or so young eunuchs missing in the prison yard, but the several stewards were silent.

Fu Chen stepped forward, "Master, I didn't go to serve you today, please punish me."

"Let's take a few days." Muruida glanced at Fu Chen with strict eyes, and found that there was nothing abnormal, and then said, "I'm sorry for today's matter... Zuoren."

Chen Zuoren's name was changed by Murida, but it's only been a few years but things are different.

Hearing this, Fu Chen thought of Chen Zuoren's last pleading, and felt as if his heart had been sliced ​​off piece by piece by a blunt knife.

"Master, he is dead." Dead, no amount of apology will help.

It is very rare for Muruida, who has always been reticent, to say a word of apology.

It stands to reason that Fu Chen should say something flattering, but he didn't at all.

In the dark room, most of the people had already fallen asleep, but a small voice said, "Brother Chenzi..."

Fu Chen also didn't change his clothes at all, glanced at Chen Zuoren's bed, got on the couch and came to Jike's side, "Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I can't sleep... I'm so scared. When I close my eyes, I will look like Brother Renzi..." Ji Ke trembled, groping for Fu Chen's direction in the dark.

"Go to sleep, you will be trained if you don't work tomorrow."

"Brother, your hands are so cold." Ji Ke didn't dare to ask Chen Zuoren what's wrong,

"Help me cover it, it will get hot." Fu Chen smiled lightly.

The child is very obedient, completely different from the bear children he often encounters in modern times, well-behaved and sensible.Ji Ke leaned his body against Fu Chen's side, as if he could resist all fears, he held Fu Chen's ice-cold hands into his arms, and muttered: "It's not cold, we're not cold."

Fu Chen patted Ji Ke's back lightly, and Ji Ke gradually stopped trembling.

"Brother Chenzi, don't be sad." Fu Chen's voice was the same as usual, but Ji Ke just wanted to cry.

"I don't have time to be sad, go to sleep." Fu Chen replied softly.

Like coaxing his son in the previous life, he patted Ji Ke on the back and hummed a warm lullaby.

It wasn't until Ji Ke was coaxed to sleep that he noticed the black shadows around him rising and falling.

"Aren't you all asleep?" Fu Chen asked in surprise.

Someone lit the wax, and the faint candlelight shone on all the dignified faces. Wang Fugui pointed to Ji Ke who was asleep, and then pointed to the door. A dozen young eunuchs of different ages came to the corridor in one go. .It's the place where the servant lives, and it's a little far away from other courtyards, so no one passes by on weekdays.

A group of people sat there, but none of them spoke first.

"The wine I ordered from the old Bahu in the dining room, come on, you guys haven't drunk it yet!" For the eunuchs, no one thinks highly of them, so they have to think highly of themselves, so they call themselves brothers, This is psychological comfort.

Fu Chen knew that even inferior wine was not for servants to drink, and it must have been paid for by Wang Fugui.

Wang Fugui smiled, took out a jar from nowhere, opened it and took a gulp for himself.

He handed over the wine jar again, hesitant at first because it was a violation of the rules, but then everyone drank it as if they were going all out.

When it was Fu Chen's turn, he was young, Wang Fugui wanted to snatch it, but Fu Chen snatched it and drank it.

After a round of drinking, everyone watched the full moon in the sky and sat silently on the steps.

I don't know what I thought of, but suddenly a person started to sob, this is Dongzi who cried the most among the little eunuchs, and it brought many people to tears.

"What is your wish?" Fu Chen asked softly.

Sucking his nose, Dongzi wiped away his tears, "I'll have a full meal."

"I just want my brothers not to come into the palace..."

"I can eat enough and wear warm clothes here, but I still like home. Although we are poor, we are happy!"

"Chenzi, what about you?"

Fu Chen laughed, looked at the moon and remained silent.

"Actually, I also want to try the candied haws that Renzi said..." Someone said suddenly.

As soon as the name was mentioned, the others choked up. They didn't dare to cry too loudly, fearing that the crying would cause unnecessary trouble, so each held his head holding back his voice.

While crying, Wang Fugui spilled the jar of wine on the ground.

"Renzi, let's go! In the next life, we... will still be brothers!"

I don't know who it was, but suddenly hugged Fu Chen, one on top of the other, a group of people hugged their heads together.

"The ones in your yard have a conscience, unlike the ones in my yard, where colleagues sleep like pigs when they die."

In the distance, Chen Lichuan, the eunuch in charge who was watching this scene, said to Muruida.

They were all the twelve eunuchs in charge of the Prison Yard, Murui Da was rigid, and Chen Lichuan was tactful and more pleasing to the master.

"How do you plan to deal with the breach of discipline today." Seeing Murida ignoring him, Chen Lichuan asked.

"There are fewer people in the courtyard, and the errands will be doubled starting tomorrow."

"I heard that there is a person in your courtyard who has the favor of Empress Defei."

"It's nothing, what is the master thinking, don't make random guesses."

"If you are really asked to go, congratulations in advance, let's see how Li Xiangying's screwdriver is so frightening." Chen Lichuan gritted his teeth.

After what happened to Chen Zuoren and others, the prison courtyard was unprecedentedly quiet for a period of time, even eating a meal was quiet.

Originally, there were no distinctions between the twelve chiefs of the Prison Court, but now Li Xiangying is vaguely headed, and almost all the young eunuchs are attached to this father-in-law.It was heard that he gained face with Concubine Qi Gui and would be promoted soon, but everyone who saw Li Xiangying's appearance would be shocked. He looked gloomy and silent, and he had lost a lot of weight in just one month.

For the past month, every night when he was about to fall asleep, he could hear shrill screams, as if someone always whispered in his ear, "Elder-in-law, I'm so wronged..."

But when he stood up and looked around, he saw nothing.

Day after day, Eunuch Li was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart. Now he is suspicious of everyone he sees.

It's not that he didn't suspect that Fu Chen and the others were the culprits, but after testing and testing, Fu Chen and the others all looked confused and remained respectful to him.

In this era, people believe in ghosts and gods, especially ghosts.

Fu Chen would receive the food box from Mohua, the maid of honor, every now and then, but the other party didn't say anything, and when they met, they came and left quietly.

He even said that if he was ordered to do anything, he would be completely loyal to Concubine De.

After asking, Mo Hua just laughed and insisted that it was just a matter of passing and it was pleasing to his eyes.

Is a little eunuch like myself worth the other party's effort?

Finally, one day, Mo Hua said to Fu Chen after he got off work, "The Empress Defei wants to see you."