Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Entering the Palace

The guard outside the gate of Changhe was very helpless today. Although the woman in front of him was handsome, he had already said it so many times. If she hadn't been good-looking, she wouldn't have thought about it. He would have thrown her out a long time ago. Maybe talk nonsense with her for a long time. The guard sighed, "Don't make trouble here, the matter of choosing the maid of honor is already over, you can come back next year." This woman is naturally Lu Zhen, who has changed into a refreshing female attire some time ago, she still does not give up, begging bitterly, "Brother, I beg you..."

When the two were entangled, the palace door opened at some point, and a woman's voice sounded coldly, "Who is making noise there?" From the corner of Lu Zhen's eyes, she saw a train passing by, she quickly lowered her head, and the guard's voice sounded in her ear, "My lord, this woman insists on entering the palace, saying that she wants to be a palace maid." The man groaned, and said curiously: "Oh, who is so bold, dare to break into the inner palace! Look up!" Lu Zhen could only slowly raise her head, but saw that the woman who was asking her questions was Wang Shangyi who had driven her away before, she couldn't help but turn pale with shock.Wang Shangyi recognized her and snorted coldly, "It's you again! It seems that you haven't remembered the lesson from last time!"

She immediately ordered the guards around her, "Hit me out!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Zhenshuai begged: "Sir Shangyi, listen to me!" Wang Shangyi didn't pay attention to her, but just urged the guards, "Hurry up!" As soon as she finished speaking, there was an exclamation from the guards. It turned out that Lu Zhen had snatched a sword at some point and stuck it on her neck. , "Don't come here!" The guards all retreated one after another, fearing that a life lawsuit would be caused.Lu Zhen quickly took out the jade pendant from her bosom, and raised it in the air, "Sir Shangyi, I'm not here to make trouble, please take a look at my jade pendant!"

Wang Shangyi looked at her coldly, "I'm not that interested in watching you play monkey games. If you want to die, do it quickly!" Hearing her say such unreasonable words, Lu Zhen closed her eyes in despair: Is hope gone so soon? A slightly younger female voice sarcastically rang out on the flat ground, "Oh, why is it so lively here? Why do I hear death at one time, and monkey playing at the other. I said sister, this door is an insider after all. Miyashigeji, what good show are you singing?" Lu Zhen opened her eyes, and saw a pretty woman standing beside Wang Shangyi with a sarcastic face, also dressed as a female official.Sure enough, Wang Shangyi became angry, "Shangshi Lou, you have nothing to do here."

Seeing Wang Shangyi getting angry, Lou Shangshi was very pleased, stepped forward and took a step closer, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Sister Wang, you are offended by what you said, the two of us are the only ones in charge of the internal servant bureau. If you are in trouble, we will help you." As a younger sister, can you not come and take care of me?" Lou Shangshi had been watching from a distance for a long time before, as long as she could fight with Wang Shangyi, she wanted to get involved. The two had been fighting for a long time on weekdays, but they were evenly matched, and no one could do anything to win the other.

She deliberately looked at Lu Zhen with a smile on her face, "Hey, you are a pretty girl, and you look a bit like... Hey, why are you always holding a sword? Come on, let it go!" Come down, let me have a look, what jade pendant do you think you have?" Lu Zhen saw at a glance that the faces of these two people were not in harmony, and seeing that this was her only chance, she immediately put down the sword in her hand and handed the jade pendant to Lou Shangshi.Lou Shangshi flipped through it several times, his eyes lit up, and he asked her: "Little girl, what's your name? How did you get this jade pendant? What do you want to do when you come to the Internal Service Bureau?"

Seeing her situation, Lu Zhen knew that she recognized the source of her jade pendant, so she whispered: "My name is Lu Zhen, and the owner of the jade pendant told me that as long as I bring this to the Internal Service Bureau, I can enter the palace as a palace maid." .” Lou Shangshi really said nonchalantly: "Hey, that's not easy!" She called her confidant, "Lamei, take this girl from Lu Zhen to Chen Dianshi, just tell me what I said, this time the maid, Just recruit one more person." Unexpectedly, she would go so smoothly, Lu Zhen opened her eyes wide, and looked at the person in front of her gratefully, "Thank you for your kindness!"

Seeing that Lou Shangshi was against her, Wang Shangyi sneered, "Lou Shangshi, how dare you! She faked her official status before and wanted to enter the palace. If something bad happens, can you afford it?" Lou Shangshi smiled and said, "I can't afford it, but Her Royal Highness the Princess can afford it!" She triumphantly took the jade pendant and walked back to Wang Shangyi, afraid that she would not see the details, "Sister, you have always been well-informed, Why don’t you even recognize the token of His Royal Highness the eldest princess this time? She just went to Yuhuang Mountain to pray for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a few days ago, but you are so lucky to turn around and want to refute her favor?”

As expected, Lou Shangshi saw Wang Shangyi's face froze, and he was very proud. He added fuel to the fire and said, "Look at her, she looks so much like Concubine Xiao, no wonder the eldest princess will choose her." Wang Shangyi stared at her fiercely, "No nonsense!" Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Lou Shangshi said quietly: "Yo, sister, are you... afraid? Afraid that the emperor will fall in love with this little girl as soon as he sees it?" She said this on purpose to Wang Shangyi.After finishing speaking, she took Lu Zhen's hand again with a smile, and returned the jade pendant to her, "Okay, it's none of your business, go in with Lamei."

Seeing that Wang Shangyi didn't chase her away again, Lu Zhen suddenly realized: "Yes!" She happily followed Lamei and left first, leaving only Lou Shangshi looking at her back with deep eyes and sighing with satisfaction.She said to Wang Shangyi: "Hey, it's a cool autumn today, and I saw a good show! Sister Wang, the queen mother wants me to go out of the palace to do something, so I'll go first." Wang Shangyi restrained herself, and seeing Lou Shangshi walking away arrogantly, said gloomyly: "Hmph, the eldest princess insists on sending her into the palace, so I don't know what to do with it? Lou, you can let her in." Gong, I can also let her get out!" She waved her sleeves and walked in the opposite direction.A gust of wind suddenly blew up on the flat ground, and the fallen leaves were rolled up, and I didn't know where to blow them.

But at this time, Lu Zhen didn't know that there had been such a change just now.Chen Dianshi recognized her, and said with something in his words: "You're here again." Lu Zhen didn't know how to respond.But Chen Dianshi said again: "Walking and coming in, the harem needs a capable person like you. Okay, what's your name?" Lu Zhen knew what she meant, so she didn't explain, but replied: "My name is Lu Zhen." Chen Dianshi quickly wrote down her name on the roster of palace maids, and handed her a wooden plaque affectionately, and explained carefully, "Okay, at three o'clock tomorrow, you will take this palace plaque to Helv Gate , someone will take you into the palace naturally." Lu Zhen was still a little apprehensive about the previous experience, and asked her anxiously, "This time, don't you need to check your official status?" Chen Dianshi patted her on the shoulder with a smile, "How can it be useful? Lord Shangshi will personally guarantee you, which is more effective than any official status!" The first year of Huangjian was also the year when Lu Zhen entered the palace.In the Daxing Inner Palace of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Concubine Xiao was honored in the harem, and there were five other concubines including Concubine Zhao, Chen Guiren, and Xu Fangyi.There are 1,000 eunuchs and 2,000 court ladies under the Imperial Palace Bureau.The Bureau of Internal Affairs is in charge of the transmission of imperial edicts and the construction of wood and soil. The person in charge of the bureau is called the third-rank eunuch, and has 45 people under his jurisdiction, including the fourth-rank young supervisor, the fifth-rank internal supervisor, and the seventh-rank official. The Internal Service Bureau is in charge of the harem There is a temporary vacancy for the commanding officer of the third-rank bureau for large and small affairs, and the fourth-rank Shangyi and Shangshi jointly act as the agent. The fifth-rank is responsible for clothes, treasures, meals, officials, ceremonies, and accounting, and is in charge of the clothing and treasures of the harem. Under the six divisions, there are also female officials such as the sixth-rank Dianshi and the seventh-rank Zhangshi.On the fifth day of each month, the two bureaus followed the example of the previous dynasty, and the directors of the palace were appointed to handle the general affairs of the inner palace.Only when the matter is serious, will it be reported to the noble concubine Xiao and the queen mother Lou for a decision... Lu Zhen, who was carrying a small bundle, walked behind the older lady-in-waiting through the palace area. The lady-in-waiting turned around and explained to her: "That's the Zhaoyang Palace, where the emperor lives; that's the Hanguang Palace, where the imperial concubine's bedroom is; The empress dowager lives in the hall at the back, have you seen the plaque written in Xianbei script?" Lu Zhen opened her eyes wide, and looked in the direction she pointed - the sun was rising in the east, the sky and the earth were covered with golden light, and a touch of white snow on the eaves refracted the sunlight into ten thousand golden snakes.Lu Zhen carefully distinguished the words on the hall, and immediately said: "Ren Shou Hall." The older court lady looked at her excited face curiously, "Are you literate?" Lu Zhen was a little shy, she lowered her head slightly and replied, "Know me better." Seeing her modesty, the palace maid nodded and said, "You are so handsome, and you can read and write. No wonder this batch of trainee palace ladies have been in the palace for almost half a month, and Master Shangshi specially dialed you in." Lu Zhen lowered her head even more, and said obediently: "Thank you for your compliment." The palace lady was very happy with what she said, but she still looked around and said that there were no other people around, and said quickly: "Don't shout, I'm just a second-class palace lady, how can I deserve this title? Only the ladies and gentlemen can be called adults. , if you accidentally call it wrong, you might be kicked out of the palace with a board!" Lu Zhen said solemnly: "Thank you, aunt, for teaching me. What's the matter with this second-class one?" Seeing that she was well-behaved and able to talk, the palace lady felt more affectionate in her heart, so she told her: "The palace also divides the palace ladies into four classes. Most of the people in charge of each palace are first-class aunts. Older ones like me , is the second class, those of you who have just entered the palace are the same as those guilty maids, there is no rank, you have to wait until the apprenticeship is over, you have passed the exam, and then you are assigned to the palace before you can become the third class..." The two talked all the way forward, unknowingly approached a palace, the gray outer wall was very inconspicuous, Lu Zhen didn't pay attention at all.Thinking about what the maid said just now, she was amazed, "Is there still an exam?" The older maid smiled slightly, and looked up at the front to signal her, "Of course, there are hundreds of apprentices every time, and only two-thirds of them can stay in the end. Well, the front is the Yongqin Academy. It's going to stay here for two full months, no, one month." She led Lu Zhen into the courtyard door familiarly, and asked loudly, "Is Aunt Yang here?" Suddenly a court lady flashed outside the palace, her face was also getting older, and there were fine wrinkles around her eyes, her dress was exactly the same as the older court lady beside Lu Zhen, she looked at the people beside Lu Zhen and smiled lightly, "Master Lou announced her I went to the Internal Service Bureau. If you need anything, it’s the same with me.” Seeing her coming out, the older maid was visibly relieved, and said in a low voice, "That's kind, who doesn't know that your Aunt Song in Yongqin Courtyard is half the head of the family! This little maid is called Lu Zhen, and it's Chen Master Dianshi just added it, and I was ordered to send her to Yongqin Courtyard." Aunt Song didn't quite understand yet, so she said to the older maid with some doubts: "It's only now? But they've already..." She looked into the hall, where a row of young maids were training in etiquette, and she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed .Didn't the elder palace lady understand her thoughts, she just leaned close to her and said quietly: "Don't worry about it, Lord Dianshi sent her here, you just keep it. Besides, it's not Mrs Dianshi's idea... ..." Aunt Song followed her words and looked at Lu Zhen. After a few glances, her heart skipped a beat—this little palace maid looked a bit like Concubine Xiao, and she suddenly realized, "Thank you, Auntie, for reminding me! Just take her there. ——Your name is Lu Zhen, right?" The last sentence was said to Lu Zhen, so the voice also raised a little bit. Lu Zhen followed Aunt Song into the hall, looked around curiously, and saw a row of little maids standing there straight with tea trays on their heads, and they didn't know what they were doing.Aunt Song said at this moment, "Okay, put it down and take a rest first!" It turned out that this is a kind of training.Hearing that Aunt Song asked everyone to rest, the eyes of the little maids showed a look of relief.Aunt Song pointed to Lu Zhen and said: "This is the new Lu Zhen, and she will be your sister from now on. Lu Zhen, you will live in Room 3 from now on. If there is anything you don't understand, Aning, please help her .” A little maid came out respectfully and answered "yes", Lu Zhen immediately followed her back to the queue and stood at the end of the queue.Aunt Song said with satisfaction: "Okay, it's almost noon, you guys go away, after dinner later, practice in the afternoon." The little maids waited timidly until Aunt Song walked out of the door, and then surrounded Lu Zhen. They said to each other, "Your name is Lu Zhen? Why are you here now?" Lu Zhen was quickly infected by their enthusiasm—it was the first time to be intimate with many people after being away from home for so long, she replied with a smile: "Well, yes... I fell ill a few days ago, So it's too late..." But a shrill voice broke the peace, "You lie!" Everyone looked suspiciously at the source of the voice, only to see Chen Qiuniang and Shen Bi standing aside, looking at Lu Zhen coldly.Shen Bi looked her up and down sarcastically, and Chen Qiuniang stood beside her and said loudly: "We know you! You didn't enter the palace late because of illness. Last time we were in the palace maid selection, we saw with our own eyes that you faked official status. Kicked out by Lord Shangyi!" Seeing that others were looking at her, Lu Zhen shook her hands again and again, "No, no, I didn't fake my official status, it was just a misunderstanding..." Seeing that she was still arguing, Chen Qiuniang screamed, "What misunderstanding? At that time you were crying and begging for mercy, and you said you had no choice but to forget it now?" A court lady asked them sharply, "Aren't you there at that time?" Those maids were going to stay out of the matter, but they were dragged into the muddy water by Chen Qiuniang, their faces were embarrassed, but they just didn't say a word.Lu Zhen said with a pale face: "That's really just a misunderstanding, haven't I already entered the palace now?" Abi saw that her remarks had shaken the maids at the side, she snorted, took a step forward, and said bluntly: "Hmph, you are obviously a liar, how dare you speak hard!" All of a sudden, there was a commotion in the palace. No one noticed that a woman in her early thirties and wearing a scarlet palace gown walked into the palace. This person frowned and raised her voice, "Who is making the noise?" Everyone turned around and found that Aunt Yang, who had gone out early in the morning, had returned at some time. Aunt Yang was famously strict, and everyone immediately silenced them, not daring to vent their anger.However, Abi insisted on killing everything, stepped forward, pointed at Lu Zhen triumphantly and said, "Aunt Yang, you are back? This person is a liar, she entered the palace with a fake official status!" Aunt Yang looked at her coldly. Seeing her appearance, she naturally knew why there was such a commotion just now.She ordered the maid who followed her, "There are no rules at all. Who told you to talk? Give me a slap!" As soon as the words came out, someone came forward and pulled Abi, slapped her head and slapped her face hard. down. Abi didn't expect that such an accident would happen to her. She was going to watch Lu Zhen's good show, but after several slaps, she came back to her senses, tears streaming down her face, thinking that Aunt Yang didn't hear clearly, so she argued: "Yang Auntie, but she really came in with a fake official status..." Aunt Yang frowned. This girl usually looks very smart, but today she is really fooled by lard.She looked at Abi's words and said, "After studying the palace rules for more than half a month, why haven't you made any progress? It's not your turn to speak! It was only admitted after the fifth trial, do you think that your ability is greater than that of adults?" Abi felt cold in her heart, and said in a low voice, "Abi dare not!" Aunt Yang pointed at her, and slowly looked around the hall, "Anyone who disobeys the rules is a role model! Please remember that when you enter the palace, everything must follow the palace rules. Before the master asks you to speak, you must follow the rules. You can't open your mouth. Master slaps you, that's also grace!" The room was quiet.Aunt Yang stared at Lu Zhen again, "You, come out with me!" The two walked out the door one after the other, the maids were all watching Abi's jokes, no one noticed that Lu Zhen followed Aunt Yang outside, and immediately knelt on the ground. Aunt Yang ordered the maids below to bring a chair for herself, sat under the big tree, made a pot of tea, and after a long time stood up and walked to Lu Zhen's side and said sharply: "Sure enough, I still have some patience, no wonder I can walk well But, remember it for me, I, Yang Wanqiu, will treat you equally regardless of whether you belong to Lou Shangshi or the eldest princess! Heh, if you argue with others as soon as you enter the palace, don’t think that you have someone behind you to support you. Complacent and frivolous!" Lu Zhen argued again and again, "Auntie, I don't have it, it's Abi..." Aunt Yang snorted coldly, and interrupted her, "Shut up! Do you want to be slapped a few times like Abi? Let me tell you, you are all slaves, and when you enter the palace, you are all here to serve your master." From now on, you will stay in this court for me to study the palace rules! Learn how to serve the master, how to speak and do things! You came half a month later than others, if you don’t study hard, If you can’t pass the exam by then, you can pack your bags and go home!” She waved her sleeves and left first.Lu Zhen hesitated for a long time before standing up tremblingly. After asking about the palace where she slept, she walked to a door and dared not go in again. The door creaked open at this moment, but it was the maid named Aning.A Ning recognized her, came over and held her hand affectionately and walked in, "Lu Zhen, come in quickly, we have been waiting for you!" Lu Zhen walked in timidly, and saw Chen Qiuniang and Chen Qiuniang in the corner at a glance. Abi.Ah Ning reacted very quickly, pointing at them and whispering to Lu Zhen: "Don't pay attention to Abi and Chen Qiuniang! That Chen Qiuniang will flatter her every day when she hears that Abi's father is a high-ranking official! Come on, you stay here Beds. There are two hundred of us maids, and we live in ten rooms. Our room faces south, so it is the warmest in winter!" Lu Zhen put down the burden tightly held in her hands, and sincerely said to Aning: "Thank you, Aning." Aning said nonchalantly: "Thank you, we stayed in the palace for half a month. We started at Mao and rested at Xu every day. Except for eating and drinking, we had to go to the hall to practice crafts and learn the rules of the palace. If you hadn't come today, Aunt Song won't let us go back to the room at noon to rest. Hey, tell me, what's new outside recently?" As soon as she said this, many court ladies surrounded her with curious eyes—everyone had been away from home for a long time, and they were all young.In this way, in the big room, only Abi and Chen Qiuniang were seen in the corner, pretending that they didn't notice Lu Zhenlai.Chen Qiuniang couldn't help it, and looked at it curiously from time to time, and was immediately called back by Abi.Abi made a secret wish in her heart: One day, you, Lu Zhen, must be driven out of the palace gate. After a few days in the labor court, the training was repeated every day, but it was no big deal.This morning Aunt Song was still doing the demonstration, "When serving tea to the master, the tea tray should be over the top of the head, the wrist should be straight and not shake, here, just like this!" She held the tray of teacups high above her head . The little palace lady was studying seriously, Aunt Song put down the tray in her hand, and said: "Okay, you can practice by yourself!" She stood aside, and when the little maid lifted up the tray, she reminded, "Now I'm going to add water to the empty glass, everyone hold it steady for me!" When it was Lu Zhen's turn, she was holding the plate firmly, but a wisp of boiling water poured directly onto her wrist. The water used for training is usually cold. Today, for some reason, her hands trembled.Aunt Song said sharply, "Why, can't hold it anymore?" Lu Zhen gritted her teeth and said, "No, Auntie, I can still hold it!" But Aunt Song didn't leave, a pot of boiling water was poured directly into her sleeve, steaming hot.She screamed, and the teacup fell to the ground and shattered instantly. Aunt Song immediately got angry, "Okay, Lu Zhen! It's fine if you don't practice seriously, and you even broke such a precious Yue Kiln Lianzhu Cup. It seems that this palace can't keep you!" When the incident happened suddenly, Lu Zhen saw that Aunt Song was making it clear that she wanted to find her fault, her heart was pounding, but she didn't forget to explain, she kowtowed to Aunt Song, and said: "Auntie, Lu Zhen knew it was wrong! But this cup is not Yue kiln Lianzhu cup, you can see that it has a yellow body color, rough glaze surface, and such obvious ice patterns, it looks like the most common porcelain of Ou kiln! This kind of cup is about 50 yuan a piece in the market, Lu Zhen is willing Compensation, I just beg you not to drive me out of the palace!" Aunt Song was stunned by what she said.Aunt Yang on the other side heard the sound and came over, "What happened?" Aunt Song could only cover up embarrassingly, "It's nothing, I accidentally broke a cup." Only then did Lu Zhen breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that there was nothing wrong with her for the time being.The training of the group did not end until nightfall. Chen Qiuniang entered the room first, and lay down on the bed, but quickly jumped up, "Who did it!" She jumped up from the bed, lifted her quilt, There was still water dripping on it. All the court ladies were stunned, followed by another person who also screamed, "Oh! My quilt is wet too!" Now everyone nervously began to check their quilts, and Lu Zhen threw herself in front of her bed , only to find that his quilt was unharmed. Before she regained her senses, Abi had already stormed up to her and asked her, "Tell me, why do you want to wet our quilt?" Lu Zhen stared at her blankly, "I didn't do it!" A maid from the side whispered: "Abi, don't talk nonsense, what evidence do you have that Lu Zhen did it?" Abi sneered, pointed at the quilt in Lu Zhen's hand, grabbed it and shook it a few times for the people around her to see, "Then why is everyone else's quilt wet, but hers is the only one that does it? It's almost winter, you want us to be covered with wet quilts all night? Lu Zhen, how dark is your heart!" Lu Zhen's quilt was indeed dry, and the other court ladies would not Everyone believed in Lu Zhen, and for a while there were many discussions and quarrels. Recalling what happened during the day, Lu Zhen gritted her teeth, took a basin of water from her side and poured it on the bed, "Are you satisfied now? I entered the door with you just now, how can I have time to wet so many quilts?" ?” As soon as the words fell, Aunt Song walked into the door, looked at Lu Zhen with burning eyes, and asked, "What are you arguing about?" Abi shrank to the side, and Chen Qiuniang angrily stepped forward to complain, "Auntie, Lu Zhen has soaked our quilt." Lu Zhen argued without hesitation, "I didn't do it..." Aunt Song put on a serious face, "Then how do you prove that you didn't do it?" Seeing her expression, Lu Zhen strengthened her judgment, she lowered her head in despair.Aunt Song felt complacent for a while.Lu Zhen suddenly raised her head and said firmly: "Auntie, it is said in the palace rules that no certificate means innocence. You can't conclude that I did it just by a few wet quilts! I want to see Aunt Yang and ask her to explain !" Hearing what Lu Zhen said, Aunt Song couldn't help feeling a little flustered, "Aunt Yang is so busy, how can she have time to take care of such small things as you? Lu Zhen, you are noisy late at night, which affects everyone's rest. I will punish you to clean all the toilets in the room. clean!" A discerning court lady at the side also saw the clue, and said angrily: "But..." Lu Zhensheng was afraid that she would offend Aunt Song, so she stopped her and looked at Aunt Song, "Yes, Aunt, but can you get some dry quilts for everyone?" Aunt Song had thought hard at first, thinking that Lu Zhen would definitely be kicked out of the palace if she made a fuss or two, and it was not in vain that Wang Shangyi asked her to drive Lu Zhen away, but in the end, stealing chickens would not be enough to get rid of the rice. Let Lu Zhen be a favor in vain.She said angrily: "Okay! Everyone else has dry quilts, so you can go to clean room tonight!" Lu Zhen smiled faintly and walked towards the clean room.This season is the coldest time, the clean room is ventilated everywhere, and the splashing water turns into ice. Through the gaps in the windows, the white snow outside the house refracts light white light, and there is silence all around. , as if she was the only one.Instead, Lu Zhen felt that her heart was peaceful. No matter what, she must find a corner to take root in this small world.Thinking carefully about what happened during the day, one after another, why did Aunt Song completely change her attitude towards herself in just a few days?Lu Zhen couldn't help flashing Wang Shangyi's cold face in her mind. The words she said were more penetrating than the coldest weather—how can human feelings in this world be so cold? Lu Zhen clenched the jade pendant in her hand: Gao Zhan, are you still alive?I will live strong and strong, and you will live well, looking forward to the day when we will meet again. She struggled to move the toilet, and didn't finish washing until almost dawn. Then she found some straw to bedding and slept with her clothes in a slightly clean corner.In her sleep, Gao Zhan smiled at her, as if returning to the time in the ruined temple: They were sitting around the fire grilling fish, and suddenly a mouse came over and snatched the fish from her hand.With a cry, she woke up from her sleep, only to see a big mouse swiftly running past her feet in a panic.Lu Zhen screamed completely this time, took off her shoes, and hit the mouse accurately. It took her a long time to calm down, she took a stone at hand and scratched it unconsciously, muttering, "Gao Zhan, where are you..." After being frightened, Lu Zhen fell asleep again, and when she woke up again, the sky was already pale, and the surrounding was cold, but there was a familiar figure standing in front of her, and she didn't know how long she had been looking at her. Lu Zhen jumped up and saluted, "Greetings to Auntie." It turned out that Aunt Yang stood beside her at some point, and was concentrating on looking at the words Lu Zhen had written on the ground before.Seeing that Lu Zhen woke up, she smiled slightly, "You wrote it? The structure of this handwriting is quite interesting, very similar to the handwriting of an old friend of mine." Lu Zhen looked down and found the words "Gao" and "Lu" that she had written indiscriminately on the ground.As if Aunt Yang had penetrated her little secret, she didn't pay attention to the last sentence of the other party, but said rather embarrassedly: "I just wrote indiscriminately." Aunt Yang saw that her cheeks were blushing, and kindly reminded, "Gao's surname is the national surname in my Northern Qi Dynasty, so don't write it indiscriminately in the future." She gently wiped the words on the ground with her feet, and asked Lu Zhen softly, "How was your stay in the clean room last night?" She heard about the incident last night, and thought that Lu Zhen would cry to herself today, but Lu Zhen said calmly, "It's okay." Aunt Yang looked Lu Zhen up and down, and she couldn't see the arrogance of a dandy in her body, so she couldn't help but smile, "The mouth is quite hard. That's fine, let's forget about this matter. You can go back and practice with everyone. " Lu Zhen didn't expect that Aunt Yang didn't embarrass herself. She stared blankly at Aunt Yang's figure walking out of the clean room, and quickly chased after her, and ran to the main hall.Today's affairs are over, and a new round of training should start, and the busy figures of the little maids can be seen from a distance. She felt hot, quickened her pace, and quietly walked to the last row. Not long after, Aunt Song found her, and called her over sharply, "Lu Zhen, come here!" Lu Zhen followed her out of the palace gate without knowing why.Aunt Song pointed to the clean bucket and said, "This is the toilet you cleaned last night? It's as dirty as the bottom of a pot. Go and clean it again!" This is directly looking for their own trouble.Lu Zhen couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Auntie, I don't know why you keep trying to drive me out of the palace? I obviously haven't offended you..." She stared at Aunt Song with burning eyes.Aunt Song felt guilty, she turned her head in embarrassment, and said, "You haven't offended me..." Lu Zhen tentatively confirmed, "It's Wang Shangyi, right?" Aunt Song didn't answer her.Now that her face has been torn apart, Lu Zhen affirmed her thoughts and gritted her teeth, "Auntie, you should at least inquire about it. I am specially allowed to enter the palace by Master Lou Shangshi. If you deliberately make things difficult for me, you won't be afraid of offending me." Anyone else?" After she finished speaking, she maintained a calm face and returned to the team to continue her training.This time, Aunt Song didn't make any new troubles for her.But a peaceful life means that the waves below will be more intense, and all the battles are gradually pulling up the initial curtain. A few days later, Lou Shangshi came for a routine inspection.She brought a group of palace people into Yongqin Courtyard, pointing to Lu Zhen and another court lady to pour tea.She looked at Lu Zhen's smooth movements with satisfaction, and looked at Aunt Yang with admiration, "It's not bad, Aunt Yang, you are an old man who trains young maids, and you really did not disappoint." This scene was seen by Chen Qiuniang in the distance, which further strengthened Lou Shangshi's eccentricity.She bit her lip, stood up from the line, and said loudly: "Master Shangshi, please stay, servant has something important to report!" Aunt Yang saw that she was so unruly, she frowned and shouted angrily: "Bold!" Lou Shangshi was about to leave, but now he turned his head, looked at Chen Qiuniang with interest, and said unhurriedly: "It's okay, tell me, what's the matter?" Now that she had spoken, Aunt Yang It was inconvenient to say more, but I just stared at Chen Qiuniang, and then at Aunt Song who was at the side for a long time. Chen Qiuniang pointed at Lu Zhen confidently and said, "My lord, I want to report on this Lu Zhen! She is not a good person, she is a murderer who sneaked into the palace!" As soon as he said a word, all four people were shocked.Lou Shangshi was also shocked, "What did you say?" Seeing that the situation was not good, Aunt Yang waved her hand, and all the maids left the hall first.Abi took a deep look at Chen Qiuniang, with a smile on her lips, and left with the crowd without saying a word.In an instant, the main hall was empty, only Lou Shangshi, Lamei, Yang Song's two aunts, Lu Zhen and Chen Qiuniang. Chen Qiuniang explained it in detail, adding fuel and vinegar to the flames, and did not forget to take out a sea arrest document from her arms and hand it to Lou Shangshi, "Master Shangshi, if you don't believe me, I still have a sea arrest document here. can prove!" Lou Shangshi unfolded it for a look, and threw the portrait at Lu Zhen's feet, "Lu Zhen, what do you have to say?" Seeing Chen Qiuniang's faint smile, Lu Zhen didn't forget to look at Aunt Song's expression, and she became a little clearer in her heart.She picked up the portrait on the ground and said calmly: "Master Shangshi, you know my background best. The woman on the sea arrest document just happens to be similar to me, but it's not me at all! To put it bluntly If you are disrespectful, there are many people who look similar in the world. Some people say that I look like a noble concubine these days after I entered the palace. Jane, but it's the way of the road, Zhenbao's Jane!" She had been thinking about these words in her heart for the past few days, but she never expected that they would come in handy so soon. Chen Qiuniang saw Lu Zhenqiang defending herself, and Lou Shangshi's face became loose again, and said anxiously: "You are talking nonsense, how can such a coincidence happen? They have similar faces and similar names!" Lu Zhen straightened her body, and she also noticed that Lou Shangshi's complexion began to improve, and she said calmly: "Sir Shangshi, if you don't know, you can ask the eldest princess's mansion, if Lu Zhen is indeed the murderer, I will let you deal with it... " Chen Qiuniang became more and more anxious, "Sir, don't listen to her sophistry, what kind of eldest princess and young princess..." Aunt Yang had already seen the eye contact between her and Aunt Song, so she yelled at this moment: "Shut up! How dare you insult the name of the eldest princess, you don't want to live!" Chen Qiuniang was startled, she shrank on the ground in fright and did not dare to move.Wang Shangyi ignored her life and death, this was originally a pawn of his own, and it was of little use after using it up this time.She just stared at Lou Shangshi closely, with a tinge of pleasure in her heart—see if you, Lu Zhen, can't be kicked out of the palace this time!The serious crime of murder, if it is investigated, you, Lou Shangshi, will not be able to get rid of the responsibility!