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Hearing the sound of someone coming in, Nian raised his head and glanced.

Nian is still beautiful.

After all, in terms of age, she is only thirty years old this year.For concubines who don't work hard and are good at maintenance, and have clothes and food to open their mouths, 28 is not an age to look old at all.For example, Concubine Xi and Concubine Yu are a few years older than Nianshi. She is 34 and five years old this year, and her face is still smooth without any wrinkles or aging.

It's just that Nian's complexion is pale like he hasn't been out to see the sun all year round.

That’s right—the trees in the yard have all been cut down, and there’s no shade. It’s too hot to go out, so I probably can’t go out.

After Nian glanced at them, he let out a sneer in his throat, then lowered his head and continued to cut the silk and satin, his voice getting shriller and shriller.

This sneer was full of contempt: the queen must be afraid of being manipulated, she dared not let her die, and forced Guerjia to come here.

Then today, Guarjia will let her flatten and round her, and breathe a sigh of relief!No matter how many people she brings, she still doesn't want to go out properly: hurting people doesn't necessarily mean hurting the body, words are enough.Just looking at myself, I know that although I still live in this gold-painted and carved palace, no one can understand the torment in my heart.

So Nian ignored Jiang Heng, just waved the gloomy scissors and continued to ruin the silk and satin. In the slightly dark room, the gorgeous satin was torn apart by the sharp blade and fell to the ground. Hehe, the sneering woman was full of madness and eerie feeling.

Just when Nian raised his eyes to look here, Yinqiao subconsciously stepped forward and stood in front of Jiang Heng.

The two vice-presidents in front of the imperial court secretly groaned in shame, they were one step too late, so they hurried to stand in front of the imperial concubine.If the big scissors rushed over suddenly, they would be heroic meat shields!

Jiang Heng: ...Don't block my line of sight.

So he waved his hands, and the two chubby eunuchs hesitated for a while, and finally made room for the imperial concubine. Jiang Heng quickly deduced the meaning of Nian's style through visual inspection.

There are more than 40 embroidery frames in the house, and each embroidery frame is stretched with rare and gorgeous silks and satins, silks and satins that cannot be found in the concubines, presumably they are treasures from the years when the concubines were favored in the past.

When the Nian clan 'moved' from the Yikun Palace to the Old Summer Palace, the emperor asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to move the gold, silver and satin in her private treasury for her.

This should be the most precious batch of possessions of the Nian family.Nian is trying to create a clean break. I have cut all the gorgeous satin materials that I valued most in the past. It can be seen that I have a death wish, and you must quickly agree to any conditions.

But Jiang Heng soon discovered that although Nian was holding the big pair of scissors with both hands and cutting, looking crazy, there was a piece of ginger plaster on the tiger's mouth - this plaster can prevent the tiger's mouth It hurts, and it can prevent calluses from grinding.

She couldn't help sighing: This is low-level pretending to be crazy, and you don't want to be out of control, right?

How can there be a person who has a will to die, and is afraid of being tired and hurt, and also afraid of grinding his slender hands into calluses?

That being the case, Jiang Heng was not in a hurry, and was going to wait for Nian to finish ruining her fixed assets before saying: Not every day there is such a prodigal drama to watch.

Jiang Heng walked to a chair pushed to the side of the room and sat down, and then said to Qiu Xue: "Bring in our tea, seeing that the concubine Nian has to cut it for a while, and finally cut the eighth embroidery." frame."

This piercing sound is quite decompressing: let Jiang Heng cut things by herself, she will feel distressed, but watching others cut it is another matter, just like watching the big stomach king eat and broadcast, she can't eat it and watch it full That's fine too.

Qiu Xue froze for a moment, and then went outside to serve tea in the sedan chair.

There are heaters in the sedan chairs in winter, and before they set off today, the empress asked to bring a pot of tea to warm it up, saying that they were going to the Qingxia Hall, and the concubine might not serve tea, so it’s not good to be thirsty, just Bring your own.

Sure enough, this will come in handy.

Qiuxue not only poured tea for Jiang Heng, but also arranged a row of four small teacups, ready to pour tea for the four senior managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Department of Punishment who followed.

Seeing this, Yinqiao hurriedly took the teapot from her hand: "Sister Qiuxue, how can you pour me tea! Naturally, I will come."

Qiu Xue refused to give it to her: "It doesn't matter age at this moment, it's just about status. Miss Yinqiao is now the deputy head of the Punishment Department, and she is walking with the empress. Why can't she be my cup of tea? Don't grab me."

And the two deputy managers also joined in the fun and said: "Don't argue, two girls, our family can't afford the tea you two poured. Why don't you put down the teapot and come separately?"

Liu Erqi turned his head and saw Su Momo beside him, he cupped his hands quickly and said, "Speaking of which, when I first entered the palace, I was falsely accused and sent to Su Zhangsi's subordinates. Fortunately, you saved my life by knowing the truth, otherwise, how could I With me today? The two girls quickly gave up and gave me the pot, I have to pour a cup of tea for Mammy Su quickly!"

There was a heated fight over the teapot—they could see that the imperial concubine was deliberately letting Nianshi dry out, and of course she had to help beat the side drums, as if they couldn't see that there was someone beside them doing performance art and cutting silks and satin, and pouring tea just for whom A scene of Kong Rong letting pears was staged.

Nian's hands holding the scissors were trembling with anger (or tiredness): Who else are you pouring tea for?No, you actually sat down and drank tea? !

Could it be that I am a juggler in a teahouse?

So the few people who were still pouring tea in Kong Rong only heard a crisp sound. It turned out that it was Nian concubine throwing scissors angrily, and then glared at them.

Yinqiao regretted letting go: Really, why didn't you cut it, I still want to drink a cup of tea from the same pot as the empress!

Jiao Jin and Liu Erqi, who were still fighting for pot, met their eyes and smiled at each other.

Although the imperial concubine is young, she is very calm in her hand. If she comes in and rushes to talk to Nian, persuade her to put down the scissors, and persuade her to take care of her illness, then Nian will hold her back.

On the contrary, the imperial concubine and empress ignored her so much, if Nian couldn't stand it, he would lose a city first.

Next, as long as the imperial concubine continues to ignore Nianshi, and let Nianshi raise the conditions first, it will be easy to talk about it...

They thought about it halfway, but they heard the noble concubine say: "Why did the concubine Nian cut such a fine silk and satin? Is there anything you can't think of?"

The eyes of Jiao Jin and Liu Erqi turned into sighs and pity: Oops!How come you didn't hold back and asked questions first, Niang Niang? Doesn't it show that you are worried about her death!

Sure enough, when Jiang Heng asked this question, Concubine Nian sneered: You are still afraid of my death.

So he sneered and threatened: "Oh, I don't even care about my life, let alone such useless external things as silk and satin, what's the use of them!"

Jiang Heng: Alright, this is what I'm waiting for!

So he turned his head and said to the seven or eight specially selected strong palace ladies and eunuchs who followed him: "Since the concubine said no, you can move these clothes and share them with the dozens of palace ladies and eunuchs in Xiyuan."

"Although it can't be a whole horse, these materials are rare. Even half a horse or a few feet is also useful. It's hard for you to follow me from such a long distance to Qingxia Hall. It's just an errand fee. Now the director of Yuanmingyuan Right here, you will divide it now, each go to register the accounts, and mark it as a concubine's reward, and when the time comes, you can either exchange it for silver, or take it out and sell it when you leave the palace, and it will be regarded as a sum of money."

The following palace servants immediately acted thanks to Xie En.

Fully verified that sentence, if there is a ten-pound stone on the ground, you may not be able to hold it, but if there is a ten-pound banknote, you will definitely pick it up and run. Maybe you can break the [-]-meter sprint record.

In the eyes of the palace people, the materials spoiled by concubine Nian Kaka, not to mention the large pieces of a foot, even if they are broken into small pieces the size of a palm, are very valuable!

Especially for the maids, in this poor and unrewarded Xiyuan, they just do more needlework every day, and then beg the eunuchs who can go out to take them out and sell them for some money to come back.

If there is such a good material at this time, it will be a lot of money to make a pocket as big as a palm and sell it.

So before the concubine Nian could react, seven or eight palace people had already emptied the silks and satins scattered on the ground, even the uncut ones, at a speed as fast as koi scrambling for food.

The concubine Nian went bankrupt on the spot.

In fact, a piece of satin has to be cut before it can be cut. Don’t look at Nian’s concubine’s frenzied operation just now, but when the person leaves, she hardly loses anything. The large piece of material that has been cut is collected. You can still use it.

However, that was when the fabric was still there, and now the satin that is as expensive as gold is all gone!

For the concubine Nian, these gorgeous things from the time when she was in great favor are also her spiritual sustenance.From time to time, she would take it out and look through it.This time, he was too ruthless, so he was willing to take it out and cut it, but he was carried away.

After Nian concubine came to her senses, she was so angry that her eyes darkened: "Master Guarjia! You are simply a bandit!"

Jiang Hengxin said: "How can I speak, I am at least a green forest hero who donates money and generously."

But the face was still puzzled and he said with three points of consideration: "Where did the concubine Nian say this? I just understand your feelings. Since you want to say goodbye to this beautiful world, you don't want to be burdened by these extraneous things. I wish I could cut it all off before giving up. It's a pity that my concubine Nian is still sick and too weak to cut it off, so it's kind of me to do you a favor and break it up."

Nian was taken aback by these words: "You are sophistry!"

Jiang Heng sighed: "Oh, well-intentioned people are always misunderstood, and the concubine Nian is too good at wronging people."

Jiao Jin and Liu Erqi who were on the sidelines: ...I'm sorry, I thought the imperial concubine could not calm down, but we were overthinking it.

Nian was dizzy from her anger for a while, and finally remembered the main task: No, why bother to break up with Guarjia, if this routine continues, he will repeat the mistake of being led astray by her at the birthday party back then .

So Nian just stared at Jiang Heng and said, "You don't have to play these mysteries to pretend to be calm. Since you are here today, it means that the Queen Mother and Empress in the palace dare not call me dead. Do you dare?!"

Jiang Heng smiled, and said firmly: "Concubine Nian will not die."

Nian took out a pair of sharper and clearer silver scissors from his sleeve, pointed at his heart, and said bitterly, "Do you think I'm still afraid of death now?"

"Master Guerjia, we have a deep hatred, so we simply made it clear face to face: Today you come to this Qingxia Hall, if I die immediately, can you make it clear after you go out this door? I heard that you also have a son now. Congratulations on having a daughter!" Concubine Nian sneered at her and said, "Don't you think about your children? If you are involved in the matter of forcing me to death, will Concubine Xi and Concubine Yu miss this opportunity? ? What will they say in front of the emperor? Will your children be involved?"

Nian's gaze unscrupulously swept across the two inner eunuchs beside the emperor: "Do you think it is useful to bring someone? I know as much about our emperor's temperament as you do. It is useless for anyone to explain what he doubts. It's like he refuses to believe My brother, I really want to kill him." Speaking of Nian Gengyao, Nian choked up a bit.

Jiang Heng sighed: Actually, you really don't know the emperor well.

Facing Nian's hysterical threat, Jiang Heng still calmly repeated the last sentence: "Concubine Nian will not die."

Nian handed the scissors forward three more points: "You really think I dare not?"

Next to her, Qiu Xue's heart was about to jump out, but she knew that the errand that the empress received from the queen was that the concubine must live alive.

Jiang Heng still shook his head calmly: "I don't know if you dare or not, but the concubine Nian will not die."

When Nian heard her repeating this sentence for the third time, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine, and an unbelievable thought appeared in her mind.

"No, you dare not..."

However, Jiang Heng had already turned her head, and she looked at the door - there was still standing there the little palace maid who had just gone out to meet her tremblingly.Jiang Heng beckoned her over: "Where are the rest of the Qingxia Hall?"

The little palace lady hesitated and said a few words, but Jiang Heng understood: the four palace ladies and four eunuchs in the Qingxia Hall originally left this morning in anger, and the concubine ordered them to move a lot of embroidery. After grabbing the big scissors, they all hid away, and only let this most honest and hard-working little maid here serve the concubine Nian, and the rest went to hide.

Jiang Heng nodded gently: "Since you're the only one staying here, it's your fate—would you like to be a concubine?"

The little maid was stunned: "Ah!"

Jiang Hengwen explained for her: "This Qingxia hall is a good place, surrounded by a bend of clear water, very quiet. The emperor has also specially issued an order, there are many examples of annual concubines, and there has always been sufficient supply for concubines."

Just because the emperor said this in person, no matter how much the empress bothered the young concubine in her heart, she never held her back a bit.She even cared more about Nian's concubine than the other concubines, and conducted spot checks from time to time, for fear that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would be short of money and the emperor would misunderstand that she was detaining Nian's concubine.

The Qingxia Hall hangs alone on the west side, and it is unrealistic to serve meals from the big dining room, so the concubine Nian and the concubine Qi have their own small kitchens, and the big dining room even allocates cooks to order people to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables every ten days. Come with meat.

It can be said that the concubines of the Nian lived better than most of the low-ranking concubines and even the concubines in the palace. The concubines wanted to live in a single house by themselves, but they could only live together palace.It can be seen that Concubine Liang is a serious concubine, and she likes it very much when she comes to a beautiful private courtyard like Beiyuan Mountain Village.

Jiang Heng looked at the hands of the little maid who wringed restlessly, with many cracks and obvious traces of labor, compared with Nian's concubine's still white and delicate hands, which were afraid of being scratched even with scissors, he knew Who in the world is suffering.

Nianshi doesn't want to be this concubine, but some people want to be.

Nianshi finally lost his color: "Guarjiashi! How dare you!"

Jiang Heng didn't pay attention at all, and just said to Liu Erqi next to him: "Look, the palace people here are too negligent, and they all run away at noon. If that's the case, let a new batch of palace people come over to serve you. "

When he approached the bridge, he saw that Nian's face was as frightened as if it had been covered with a layer of white putty: she had stayed in the Yuanmingyuan for several years, and the new palace servants did not know her.If all the palace people were changed, who would know that the concubine in the Qingxia Hall, which is surrounded by no one, has changed?

The Guerjia clan, how dare she change the crown prince like a civet cat!She really dares!

Yinqiao was very happy to watch, at this time, he smiled and went forward to bless the stunned little maid: "Miss Nian, your hair is a bit messy, I will comb it for you again. Alas, the palace maid of Qingshatang If you are not diligent, you will be sick for two days, don't worry, just hand him over to our Punishment Department to take him away, and he will serve you when he is good."

Yinqiao was the one who knew Jiang Heng best and reacted the fastest, but the rest were as shocked as the little maid.

Jiao Jin is still calmer: he is the vice-manager of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and he has a lot of dealings with the Yonghe Palace. He somewhat knows the temper of the imperial concubine.Just now I was really worried for nothing, now it seems that the imperial concubine does not intend to talk to Nian at all, she just wants to go her own way.

But the eyeballs of Liu Erqi, the deputy director of the Old Summer Palace, who was watching from the side were about to drop.

He has stayed in Yuanmingyuan all these years to take care of the affairs of the garden, and has very little contact with the imperial concubine.Before leaving this time, the emperor specifically told him that the imperial concubine is easy-going and doesn't worry about many things, so he must set one of his two eyeballs to watch over the frank and open house at all times. If Elder Brother makes any mistakes, he, Liu Erqi, will have to see them first.

So Liu Erqi regarded this young imperial concubine as a sweet and unintentional concubine who matched her appearance and needed extra care from the emperor.This time when I heard that the noble concubine was going to enter the Qingxia Hall bravely, Liu Erqi came here with the intention of taking good care of the noble concubine and not letting her suffer.

But now it seems that from the beginning to the end, he is simply a spectator who can't get involved.No wonder the imperial concubine said that they don't need to do anything, just be an eye.He thought that the imperial concubine was exaggerating, and co-authoring was being modest.

Liu Erqi remembered the emperor's instructions, and quickly followed Jiang Heng's words to set up a platform for her: "What the imperial concubine and empress said is that the slaves will pick out the palace servants for the concubine when they turn around, and there is no slack in keeping them. Not a single one is talkative!"

Nian's face turned even paler when he heard it, even the eunuch at the emperor's place listened to Guarjia's? !

In a blink of an eye, the little maid was helped to sit down at the makeup mirror in the inner room.Even Jiang Heng followed in and helped her choose the top spot at the table.Nian himself and a bunch of embroidery frames were left in the main hall.

And the little court lady was surrounded by people, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration: Yes, I don't have to be a court lady to be a concubine!He even quickly entered the role, and assured Jiang Heng: "Don't worry, the imperial concubine, the slaves are as good as the bones are small, and they can do all kinds of rough work. From now on, they will be kept in this Qingsha hall, and they will stay there honestly and will not get sick at all. Don't cause any trouble for the ladies!"

Jiang Heng smiled: Although she is timid, she is a clever girl.

So I chatted with her about homework by the way, and asked the young lady's age, and heard that she was only 15 years old, so she nodded and said: "Then you have to work harder to live a long life, maybe you can break the longevity of the concubine." Records." After all, 15 years of age has been falsely increased, and a person who lives to 85 is considered a centenarian.

The little maid nodded vigorously.

Standing in the main hall, Nian felt a chill in his bones.

In her own Qingsha Hall, she seemed to have become a transparent person, and no one said a word to her or looked at her again.

Everyone surrounded another 'nian concubine'.

Even in the night after she fell out of favor, in the countless nightmares she had, she has never seen a more terrifying scene than this.

Nianshi no longer thinks about blackmailing others, she just wants to live as herself!Don't be replaced by others, don't disappear in this Xiyuan without a sound!

She suddenly dropped the small silver scissors in her hand, collapsed and covered her face with her hands: "You go! You go now! I don't want to see any outsiders again!"

As soon as this sentence came out, the concubine Nian completely surrendered.

Jiang Heng stopped chatting with the little maid, and looked at Nian concubine quietly.Yinqiao also stopped combing the little maid's hair, and couldn't help but smile a little in the mirror.

Niangniang is so powerful. Niangniang won this psychological war too thoroughly. From the very beginning, she didn't let Nianbi take advantage of a word, and even made Nianbi a lot of money. In the end, even her heart was broken. up.From now on, the Nian concubine should never want to see the empress again.

Jiang Heng nodded, and Qiu Xue went to tidy up the teapot, ready to pack up the stall and retreat: In less than half an hour, the empress was done, and the tea hadn't been drunk yet.

Jiang Heng lowered his head and asked the little maid sitting in front of the mirror: "What's your name?"

The little maid looked disappointed and frightened: she could see that Nianshi had given in, and if Nianshi wanted to continue to be this concubine, she couldn't do it herself... This concubine's dream was shattered too quickly.

Hearing Jiang Heng ask her name, the little maid hurriedly said: "The mothers gave the name, and the slave is named Xiuxiu." Then she boldly pulled Jiang Heng's sleeves a little and said, "I beg your concubine to take the slave out of here."

Jiang Heng patted her on the shoulder reassuringly: "Of course, I have to take you away." I used her to make a raft once, so why don't we leave her for the concubine Nian to vent her anger?

Xiuxiu's eyes lit up after "swiping", and she quickly got up to help Qiuxue clean up the cups, and quickly entered the role of Yonghe Palace person again.

Nian was stunned when he heard the words: "This is from my Qingxia Hall, why did you take it away?"

Jiang Heng sighed: "Concubine Nian never seems to accept it, and she has to bear the consequences for doing something wrong." If she stayed in the Qingxia Hall, no one would come to take her maid away.

In Nian's mind, she has always been the one who can bully others, but if others want to fight back, she will be surprised and angry.

Pure double-standard bandit logic.

Jiang Heng was also expressing his feelings to himself, not trying to explain anything to Concubine Nian.

After all, in the future, the concubine Nian basically has to ask for more blessings.

In fact, the Nian family has completely withdrawn from the turmoil in the palace, and is almost the best end among all domineering concubines.Although the empress dowager was dissatisfied with her past actions, after the emperor sent her to the Old Summer Palace, the two palaces agreed that the "imperial concubine" was no longer there, and her faults ended here.

Both palaces didn't bother Nian anymore.

It was she who jumped in again and opened the magic box with her own hands.

Now that the queen mother has been blown away by Nian Shi, Jiang Heng can't predict what the queen mother will do when this year is over.

The result of this matter can only be borne by the concubine Nian.

This is probably the last time the two will see each other.

Jiang Heng felt that the trip was worthwhile for taking away a diligent and clever court lady.

Regardless of how concubine Nian values ​​him, in Jiang Heng's eyes, the little maid Xiuxiu whom he met for the first time is more important than her.