Villainess, I'll Pamper You

Waterlike Palace is the most desolate and dilapidated palace in the harem. Like water, years are like water, women in this harem, once they live in Waterlike Palace, have almost no chance to go out again.The concubine who lived in the Waterlike Palace lost her mind within a few months.

There are no gorgeous silks and satins here, and exquisite Buyao, only cold walls and a group of crazy women.

Today is the third day that Ning Zhiqing came to Waterlike Palace. On the first day, she was almost bullied by others. On the second day, she witnessed Hong Yan's death with her own eyes. On the third day, she sat on the edge of the high threshold, her eyes were a little dull. Looking at the courtyard, surrounded by concubines who were sitting together, combing their blue hair and white frost, smiling wildly and foolishly.

She pursed her lips lightly, the more she looked, the more fear filled her heart. She was not afraid of the bleakness of this cold palace, but she was afraid that one day, like these concubines, she would lose her mind and do something completely against her original wishes.The Ning Zhiqing at that time was not the Ning Zhiqing of today.

"Thinking about what?"

The voice came from the side, and although it was soft, it was able to bring her back to reality with one word. She tilted her head, looked at Ah Xin's position, and smiled with crooked eyebrows, "Morning Lin, good morning."

"It's not too early, the sun is hanging high." Ah Xin said coldly, "Come."

Ning Zhiqing's previously depressed mood was also swept away. Lin Guiren's words were a bit disappointing and aimed at demolishing her, but she did not forget what the two of them talked about yesterday.Is what Lin Guiren said true?He also asked her if she would be the empress, she was not that material.

Later, Lin Guiren said that if she was asked to listen to the government behind the curtain, she would laugh out loud if she had to change someone else, but facing Lin Guiren's calm and indifferent face, she actually thought it was true.

It's just that the emperor didn't even touch her, and she didn't have a son. The other concubines, except the empress who was He Lianzheng's first wife, had married He Lianzheng, and even Bai Xi had no children.If you listen to the government behind the curtain, you have to get a little emperor out.

Ning Zhiqing followed into Ah Xin's room, she didn't feel it before, but when she came in during the daytime today, she realized that the room was colder and dilapidated than the place where she lived.But this place is different from other houses. Even if the tables and chairs are old and the bedding is old, everything is clean and tidy.Ning Zhiqing thought, this is not like a place where a talented woman lives, but a place where a simple and hardworking woman lives.

Ah Xin closed the door, and Ning Zhiqing sat on the stool a little nervously, "Did Lin Guiren joke with me yesterday?"

"I don't like jokes."

Ning Zhiqing took a deep breath, "As long as my father's life can be guaranteed, I will do whatever you ask me to do."

"Ah."

With a bit of a smile in her eyes, Ah Xin turned around and took out a stack of paper, pens, and some books from the closet. Ning Zhiqing didn't know many words, her mother died early, and her father was a rough man.The reason why General Ning became General Ning was that he accidentally saved the late emperor and helped the late emperor escape a "robber" chase.

The late emperor thought that although General Ning could not read a few big characters, he was good at arranging troops and fighting in battle. As a villager in the mountains, he was really inferior, so he gave him a chance to go to the battlefield.Unexpectedly, this became the number one general at the border.

Before General Ning went to the battlefield, he already had a wife and daughter. Later, he made a fortune, and he never ungrateful, but his wife died not long after he left.Later, he took Ning Zhiqing to his mansion in the capital and was busy guarding the frontier. He was a rough man and forgot to train Ning Zhiqing, which caused many jokes when Ning Zhiqing first came to the capital.But Ning Zhiqing is not a disadvantaged person either. She is beautiful and has inherited her father's boldness. After knowing that her father is a general, she is very good at bullying others. Before entering the palace, she spent all day in the capital holding a whip. Showing off her might, no one dared to bully her anymore.

She doesn't like reading, and she doesn't like embroidery. She likes dancing whips, beautiful dresses, and exquisite jewelry.After becoming a noble concubine, she didn't understand the horror of this deep palace. Even if she was threatened by He Lianzheng, she only thought that He Lianzheng was the kind of person who defended herself like a jade for the one she loved, and if she didn't like her, forget it.As long as He Lianzheng feeds her, provides her with beautiful dresses and jewelry, and rewards her with some good things every day, she will be very happy.

She has been in the palace for a few years, she has really gained a lot of hatred, and she has been framed countless times, but every time He Lianzheng helped her solve it.Just when she was about to fall in love, she realized that He Lianzheng was using her as a shield.It's a pity that it's too late. The minister impeached her for being extravagant and lustful. She only knows how to enjoy herself and deceive the king with her sex. Such a noble concubine is really not worthy of being a noble concubine.

This year is Bai Xi's third year in the palace. He Lianzheng has already paved the way for Bai Xi, and she, Ning Zhiqing, has also blocked countless schemes for Bai Xi.Bai Xi will get rid of her queen and four concubines.The queen was dead, and only one of the four concubines remained, Concubine Lin, in the Palace of Like Water.

"From today onwards, I will teach you how to read." Ah Xin said lightly.

Ning Zhiqing looked at the pen and paper in front of her, and the words on the book that were densely packed like ants crawling, her head was dizzy, she tried her best not to faint, nodded, "Okay."

"Ah."

Ah Xin is quite satisfied, Ning Zhiqing is very repulsed by literacy, she can see it, she can directly let Ning Zhiqing ascend to the sky, but that is meaningless, something that is too easy, not profound, and people will not cherish it .

Even if she pushes Ning Zhiqing to a high position with strong means, if the other party has no ink and no ability to speak of, she will only become a puppet in the end.If it were another person, she might be able to solve it effectively and quickly, but for the soul that awakened her, she is more willing to push people to a higher position step by step, watching her grow slowly, and even likes to be with her Very dear soul spend more time together.

Every time she leaves the small world and returns to the dark and empty place, she will fall into a deep sleep, unable to feel the loss of time at all, she does not want to wake up, and what she faces when she wakes up is only darkness and emptiness, as if the space between heaven and earth Like something is missing.

She only remembered that she had been awakened many times in the past, she fell into a deep sleep satisfied and happy, and when she was awakened, those memories that made her satisfied and happy disappeared for some reason, and she couldn't find them either.She can feel that the memory is still there, maybe hiding somewhere she can't find.She doesn't want to look for it either, she prefers to get along with this soul that makes her comfortable.

"Do you know your name?"

Ning Zhiqing nodded, "I know, but I can't write."

Ah Xin spread the rice paper in front of Ning Zhiqing, rubbed the ink, and put the brush into Ning Zhiqing's hand, "I'll teach you." Ning Zhiqing held the brush with trembling hands, followed by a pair of gentle and slender hands. He stopped her and took her to write the words "Ning Zhiqing" crookedly on the rice paper.She opened her eyes wide and saw that half of these three words were written by her, and she felt a sense of accomplishment in her heart. In fact, literacy and writing are not so boring.

"You try it yourself?"

Ning Zhiqing nodded, her hands were still trembling, and she held the brush vigorously, but the brush was not a whip, and the tighter the grip, the better the writing.In the end, she wrote three characters that she couldn't even recognize herself. She felt a little helpless, and compared the two characters, she thought that she really wasn't literate.

"I, I can't."

"Practice more, no one is born with it, just like a baby, who can walk without being born."

Ning Zhiqing felt that Lin Guiren was a bit serious, and her calm face made her unable to disobey her. Thinking of her situation and her father's situation, she gritted her teeth, "Okay, I'll practice."

After practicing for half a day, Ning Zhiqing was finally able to write three characters that were at least recognizable, and she was still somewhat satisfied.

"Lord Lin."

"I... will there be something wrong with my father?" Bai Xi and He Lianzheng's plot failed, and he still had a reason to call her father back. When the time comes, the king will die, and it's really special to find any reason. Simple.

Ah Xin said, "You can rest assured, I have sent a letter to General Ning, and he will find a reason not to come back."

"And, I have already told him our plan."

"This..." Ning Zhiqing stood up suddenly, not surprised that Ah Xin told her father these things, but how she sent the letter.She glanced at the pen and paper in front of her, where did she get these things.Well, let's say the pen and paper were taken secretly in the palace, how will the news get out?

At this moment, a bird flew in from the window, circled around Ah Xin, and finally landed on Ah Xin's shoulder. Ah Xin took out a handful of rice and put it on the table, teasing the bird calmly. Son.Ning Zhiqing can be sure that this bird is not a carrier pigeon. There are archers in the palace who specialize in monitoring carrier pigeons, and carrier pigeons of unknown origin will be shot down.

"Is it a letter from it?"

Ah Xin raised her head and smiled lightly at Ning Zhiqing, "Yes."

"It's not a carrier pigeon, what is it?"

"The letter bird."

"There is an archer in the palace, why hasn't it been shot down?" Ning Zhiqing asked, really curious, Xinniao, why haven't I seen it before.

Ah Xin didn't answer Ning Zhiqing's question, took the prepared letter and tied it to Xinniao's body, raised her hand, Xinniao pecked at her finger, heard her say "Go", and flew away from the window .

Ah Xin pulled Ning Zhiqing out of the window. Ning Zhiqing thought that she could see the messenger bird flying far away, but when she looked out, she saw nothing. Ah Xin's voice sounded again, "This is a legendary messenger bird." Birds, they fly into the air, they are not easy to see with the naked eye, and archers cannot find them. In ancient times, many people hated this kind of bird. Once an emperor ordered people to hunt and kill this kind of bird. Naturally, there are fewer people. Know It doesn't have many people."

"So there is such a legend?" Ning Zhiqing thought that this was the difference between a rough man and a scholar. The eyes of the rough man were darkened, and the scholar seemed to know everything about the world.

Ah Xin stuffed a book into Ning Zhiqing's hands, "The story of the letter bird is in this book." She smiled faintly at Ning Zhiqing, "Learn well, you only have one month to find the letter." The story of the bird."

Ning Zhiqing's eyes widened, she looked at the thick book in her hand, and said in disbelief, "Lin Guiren, is this too difficult for others? This book is so thick." Can it be... can it be two more months? ?

"General Ning is waiting for you."

"He Lianzheng doesn't know how he will deal with you someday."

"As long as you are a noble concubine, Bai Xi will never let you go, even if you are in the cold palace."

Three sentences made Ning Zhiqing stop her voice.

She held a thick book, pursed her lips, and looked at the plain and stern woman in front of her. She couldn't refuse, "I understand."

"Don't be discouraged. When you become the empress dowager, you will have whatever you want. At that time, you won't need to know how to read." Ah Xin said softly, seeing Ning Zhiqing's happy face, she lowered her eyes. I know them all, so of course I don’t need to learn any more. As the queen mother who listens to the government behind the curtain, it’s enough to approve the memorials every day.

Ning Zhiqing smiled, inexplicably feeling that the room was a little cold, she sighed, she deserves to be in the cold.

At noon, the palace man who delivered the meal came.

Each person had a bowl of clear porridge, and there were not many grains of rice. Ning Zhiqing frowned, looking at a small bun, she picked it up resignedly and gnawed it. After gnawing a mouthful of rotten taste, she quickly spat out, "Why is it rotten?" What?" She stared at the palace man who delivered the food, her eyes filled with anger.

"Oh, my concubine, do you think this is your luxurious imperial concubine's palace? This is the water-like palace, what is the water-like palace? Lenggong, what is Lenggong? A place where concubines who come in have no chance to go out Some of them are good to eat, but they despise them as rotten." The palace man mockingly snatched away half of her sour corn bread, and then took away the bowl of porridge, and gave it to the woman with disheveled hair, who ate it as soon as she got it. , with a smirking satisfaction, repeatedly said that it was delicious, Ning Zhiqing was sad, indignant and helpless.

"Since the imperial concubine doesn't like to eat rotten food, then you can save the wowotou from now on, and take that bowl of clear porridge as a lesson," the palace servant looked down at Ning Zhiqing, "Your imperial concubine, I have to remember today. This is the Temple of Water."

Ning Zhiqing stood there stupidly, looking at the palace servants who left proudly and the mad women around who didn't resist, touched her belly, and aimed at the rotten buns that spit out from the place.At this time, she especially missed the delicacies of the past.

Ah Xin stood not far away, watching Ning Zhiqing shed tears, and finally walked up to Ning Zhiqing, stretched out her hand, "Stand up."

Ning Zhiqing wiped her tears, put her hand in Ah Xin's, and stood up. She looked arrogantly at the closed door of the Water Palace, "I, Ning Zhiqing, will go out one day." She To be the queen mother, she must listen to the government behind the curtain and hold the power.

Ah Xin led Ning Zhiqing into the house, and Ning Zhiqing took the initiative to pick up a pen and paper to practice calligraphy.If she is illiterate, she learns.She would let those dog-seeing things understand that Ning Zhiqing could beat people with a whip, and play with dead people with a pen.

"Are you hungry?" Ah Xin asked with a smile.

Ning Zhiqing said stubbornly, "I'm not hungry." She rubbed her stomach and found that she was very hungry.

"Really?"

Facing Ah Xin's eyes, Ning Zhiqing's voice was filled with grievance, "Hungry, what should I do if I'm hungry? Those lowly maids robbed me of all my food. Why didn't I find out that there is such a place in this palace before?" She was hungry. It's so bad, she almost has no strength to hold a pen, she really wants to eat ginseng soup, red date porridge, steamed fish... the more she thinks about it, the hungrier she gets.

Ah Xin turned around and took out a few white flour steamed buns and a bowl of meat from the cabinet, brought them in front of Ning Zhiqing, she was stunned, she couldn't concentrate on practicing calligraphy while watching the food.

"Clear porridge is not easy to take, boil some water to eat."

Ning Zhiqing took the white flour steamed buns and chopsticks, her eyes were hot, "Don't go there in the future, what if someone catches you?" She looked at Ah Xin, "Isn't it just porridge with few grains of rice, it's rotten Wowotou? I can eat it."

"Eat, they can't catch me."

"I'm afraid." Ning Zhiqing took a bite of the steamed bun, "Lin Guiren, you must not have any accidents, I will listen to you from now on, learn to read well, study hard, and achieve the talent to be able to listen to politics as soon as possible. When I become the empress dowager, I will Protect you forever."

Ah Xin listened to these simple words, and the corners of her mouth curled up into a smile, "Eat quickly, read a book after eating, and I will tell you about the current situation of the court and our plans for the future."

"Ah."

……

"Those barbarians are harassing the people in my frontier again?" He Lianzheng frowned tightly, "In this case..." General Ning really can't call him back. If there is chaos, you have to wait until the chaos is cleared before you can call people back.

Soon, He Lianzheng's brows widened. In fact, he had already thought of a good way. When the chaos was over, he would reward General Ning for calling him back, so no one would be suspicious.As long as people come back, isn't it easy to deal with it?

As for Ning Zhiqing, he will not demote her status as a noble concubine for the time being, lest the matter spread to the frontier and arouse General Ning's vigilance, let her stay in the cold palace for the time being.Hongyan didn't manage things well, and she couldn't use the previous method.As for Ning Zhiqing's temperament that is used to pleasure, he might suffer a lot in the cold palace, so he doesn't need to take care of it.

At the same time, Bai Xi also received news, 【When are the barbarians going to make a mess? They just want to make a mess at this time, and it's going to ruin my affairs. 】

[The host does not need to worry, now that Ning Zhiqing has been thrown into limbo, and when General Ning is recalled to calm the chaos, He Lianzheng will definitely kill him. Once he dies, Ning Zhiqing, the imperial concubine, will come to an end, and the host will be able to achieve The title of imperial concubine of the rank of favorite concubine. 】

【Could it be that I can't directly become the imperial concubine? 】One thing Bai Xi is very dissatisfied with the system is that he must follow the tasks issued by it, and if he can't complete the tasks, he has to stay where he is.

[Host, when you become a noble concubine, you will be rewarded with a big gift package, which contains something you like very much, the birth son pill, if you eat it, you will be able to have a son. 】

Bai Xi felt relieved, 【Okay, then I'll wait. If there is no more prince born, He Lianzheng is not in a hurry, those dead old men are also in a hurry. It's really troublesome. I really want to be the queen mother directly. Wait for my son to be the queen mother. The emperor, do I still need to look at He Lianzheng's face? 】

In her previous life, she was framed and had trouble with others. In the end, He Lianzheng ordered her to be beaten to death with a stick. She ended up just as miserable as Hong Yan. How could she love He Lianzheng so much that it was too late to kill him.She has regretted countless times. It would be great if the Concubine Concubine System was the Emperor System, so that she could achieve her goal, but the system said that she could not kill He Lianzheng, otherwise she would count it as a mission failure and would untie it. She will also be obliterated.

Time flies, and three months have passed.

Ning Zhiqing had already found the story about Xinniao, and she could basically understand that book.After reading that book, this Lin Guiren did not urge her to learn to read. Instead, he picked up many discarded memorials from nowhere and asked her to read them one by one. After reading them, she had to express her opinions. Get praise, bad opinion, the other party will help her correct it.After learning all the time, she has indeed changed a lot, and she can think of many aspects when thinking about one thing. Even so, she still doesn't like reading books, let alone reading memorials.

But now, she glanced at Ah Xin who was sitting on the side with her eyes closed. She especially liked to see this nobleman Lin smiling at her and saying that her approval was good. Very happy.

At this time, she noticed that the corners of Lin Guiren's eyes were closed, as if he had dreamed of some sweet dream. She was very curious and squatted in front of Ah Xin, but Ah Xin suddenly opened her eyes, causing her to fall back in fright.

Ah Xin grabbed her wrist, "Is the approval finished?"

"Ah."

"Lin Guiren, are you having a sweet dream?"

Ah Xin chuckled, "It's a better thing than a dream."

"what's up?"

"He Lianzheng is thirty." Ah Xin said calmly, it must be very lively that day, and she wanted to arrange a very special program for Helianzheng.

Ning Zhiqing was puzzled, "So what if he's thirty, what kind of happy thing is this?" After a pause, she said, "Did Waterlike Palace add meat that day, and didn't make sour corn bread? Give us some white flour steamed buns, if that's the case, it's a good thing, Lin Guiren won't have to go get food." She was still thinking about what to do if Lin Guiren was accidentally caught, this palace is Lin Guiren is the person she cares about most in the palace where she cannibalize people without spitting out their bones.

"Think about eating." Ah Xin smiled softly, holding Ning Zhiqing, "You have almost learned it, let's go meet another member."

Ning Zhiqing was confusedly led by Ah Xin to a relatively remote location in the Waterlike Palace, and from a distance, she saw a five-year-old child wearing patched clothes sitting next to a gray-haired imperial concubine. emaciated.

Seeing them coming, the grey-haired concubine snatched the bun from the child's hand and ran away in a frenzy. The child looked at the empty palm and cried loudly.

"Want to eat?"

Ah Xin's voice made the five-year-old boy stop crying, and he replied crisply, "I think so."

"Listen to me from now on, and you will have enough to eat every meal."

The child glanced at Ah Xin, as if confirming the truth, "What am I going to do?"

"Be the emperor."

The child stared wide-eyed, when... as the emperor, he slapped himself, dreaming.

Ning Zhiqing was still in a daze when she was brought back to the house by Ah Xin, "Mr Lin Gui, is he He Lianzheng's son?"

"No, but he will be in the future." Ah Xin's eyes rolled, "I just found out a while ago that this is the child secretly born by the empress and hidden in the cold palace, but he is not the son of He Lianzheng, but the son of a guard." It just so happened that everyone had a miserable life, and He Lianzheng had a grudge against him, he avenged his mother, you avenged yourself, one became the emperor and the other the empress dowager, it was perfect."

Ning Zhiqing: "..." He Lianzheng would die of anger if he found out.