Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Do you know what it means to be insecure?

Seeing that they really raised the torches to ignite the pyre, Qingchuan was so frightened that her mind went blank. Yes, she once thought that she was not afraid of death, but she never thought that this kind of death would be burned alive. She was terrified Struggling up, I just want to shout loudly to them to stop, but my mouth has already been stuffed with a cloth ball, I can't utter a word, I can only make a squeak with difficulty... At the moment when the torch just ignited the pyre, an angry shout came from outside the door, "Stop! Those who stand in my way will die, get out of the way, everyone out of the way."

Everyone turned their heads to look in unison, and saw the eighth elder brother rushing in from outside the courtyard with a group of soldiers, and rushed straight to the burning firewood. Kicked him away, rushed to the woodpile, cut Qingchuan's rope with his sword, picked her up and jumped off the woodpile. Around the pyre, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion had already fought with the guards of the Clan Mansion. Qing Chuan hadn't recovered from the shock, she just stared at Eighth Brother in a daze. Brother Ba grinned at her, pulled off the cloth ball in her mouth, and said, "Go, I'll take you out!" He pulled Qingchuan and rushed out, never thinking that he just rushed to the door , but saw Kangxi and Concubine De coming in from the outside surrounded by a group of court ladies and eunuchs.

Kangxi was stunned when he saw the scene in the courtyard, and then shouted violently: "Stop it all." Everyone in the courtyard stopped at the sound, put down their weapons hastily, and knelt down on the ground in unison.Kangxi's face was ashen, and he walked slowly to the eighth elder brother, looked at him fixedly, and asked coldly: "Old eight, what do you want to do? Do you want to rebel?" The eighth elder brother heard the words and pulled Qingchuan to kneel on the ground, and replied in a deep voice: "I don't dare, I just want to ask Huang Ama to spare Qingchuan."

Kangxi remained silent, but the anger in his heart was on the verge of breaking out. Seeing this, Concubine De hurried forward from behind, and said, "Eighth Brother, you are too impulsive. The emperor has just decided to spare Qingchuan and ask her to work as an errand in Qing Palace, why are you..." Eighth Prince raised his head in astonishment, and looked at Concubine De: "Really?" But Kangxi ordered in a cold voice: "Li Dequan, take this maid named Qingchuan to Qianqing Palace, and let her work under my nose from now on." Li Dequan responded, and led the eunuchs to escort Qingchuan out.Qing Chuan turned her head again and again, she didn't want to leave Eighth Brother just like this, he came to rob the execution ground to save herself, his safety has not been determined yet, how could she just leave him and go away like this!

Li Dequan is so shrewd, seeing this situation, he hurriedly persuaded Qingchuan in a low voice: "Girl, if you make the emperor angry again at this time, it will only be a waste of Eighth Brother's painstaking efforts. Let's go, he will be fine." After hearing this, Qing Chuan felt a little more at ease, and thought that the eighth elder brother in history also lived well to the Yongzheng Dynasty, so there should be nothing wrong this time.Although she was thinking this way, she still couldn't help but turned back to look at Brother Ba again, just in time to see Brother Ba also looking at her, and saw the corner of his mouth slightly hooked, and he was actually under Kangxi's nose. smiled at her.

Qingchuan was speechless immediately, well, a person like him doesn't need her to worry about him at all.She finally felt relieved, turned around and followed Li Dequan away. Over there, Kangxi looked around the courtyard and asked, "Lao Jiu has always been in charge of the token of the Shenji Camp. Could it be that he also has a part in this matter?" The eighth elder brother hurriedly lowered his head again after hearing the words, and replied: "Huang Ama, this matter has nothing to do with Lao Jiu, it was stolen from him by my son-in-law by getting him drunk." Kangxi was silent for a moment, and said in a disappointed tone: "Old Ba, Lao Ba, I have always thought that you are a person who can be a high-ranking person, but I didn't expect you... You really let me down. Come on, take Ba Ge into the prison. The clan mansion is in charge."

Everyone around looked at each other, but no one dared to make a move.Everyone knows that the eighth elder brother is Kangxi's favorite elder brother, who dares to come up and detain him? Seeing that no one dared to move, Kangxi said angrily: "What? Could it be that I need to do it myself?" The eighth elder brother looked up at Kangxi, and replied in a deep voice: "I am wrong, I dare not expect Huang Ama to forgive me, I will go to the clan mansion by myself." After speaking, he stood up from the ground, and turned to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Go to the cell.

Kangxi looked at his still tall and straight back, his anger turned into unspeakable disappointment, a trace of pain flashed across his old face, and he murmured in a low voice: "One of my sons came out, and the other went in again." Now, when will such a thing come to an end?" Seeing him like this, Concubine De wanted to persuade her, but before she could speak, Kangxi waved her hand and said: "Stop talking, go back to the palace." After speaking, he turned and left.Among the crowd, Kangxi's back looked so lonely, Concubine De felt so mixed in her heart that she couldn't help but sighed softly.

Besides, Qingchuan was brought to Qianqing Palace by Li Dequan, and arranged for a cleaning job in the palace.Because she was a newcomer and came here for such a reason, the original maids of the Qianqing Palace were very repulsive to her and stumbling her from time to time.The situation seemed to be back to when she first entered the palace, all Qingchuan could do was endure in silence. On this day, two court ladies accused Qingchuan of being lazy again, Li Dequan didn't bother to find out who was right and who was wrong, so he just turned a blind eye and punished Qingchuan to stand at the door.

Qing Chuan stood outside the door until her legs and feet were numb, and she suddenly felt wronged. She always wanted to be kind to others, but she never thought that the word "good" does not exist in this palace. If you are tall, everyone will flatter you, and you are low , They all come up to step on you again. This is the palace, and this is the people in the palace.Just as she was feeling so emotional, she saw Su Yan sneaking over from a distance, stuffed a piece of snack into her hand, and said in a low voice: "There is no one at the moment, so hurry up and eat, I don't know if you will be punished." When will you be able to have dinner?"

Looking at the piece of snack in the palm of his hand, Qingchuan's heart felt hot, and he couldn't help but shed tears. Su Yan only said that she was wronged, wiped away tears for her, and persuaded: "This palace has always been full of people with red tops and whites, who follow the trend, please bear with it, I will try to see you more." Qing Chuan nodded gratefully, and was about to speak, but saw Xi Concubine bringing someone in from the outside, and seeing Su Yan here, she couldn't help being stunned, she looked at Qing Chuan, and then turned her eyes to Su Yan who was beside her, He asked in a cold voice: "Tong Suyan, you are so courageous, you dare to come here without my order? Are you going to kill yourself?" Su Yan hurriedly explained: "If you go back to your mother, this servant just wants to come and see Qingchuan." Xi Concubine's pretty face was slightly cold, and said: "Chuxiu Palace and Qianqing Palace have always performed their own duties, you are a maid of Chuxiu Palace, it is not your turn to worry about the affairs of Qianqing Palace." "But ma'am, Qingchuan can't eat well or live well here, and is often bullied..." Concubine Xi slapped Su Yan on the face. There are ears everywhere in this palace. She dared to say such a thing outside Qianqing Palace. Concubine Xi was furious and reprimanded: "You haven't heard what I said. Are you clear? The people in the Qianqing Palace are taken care of by the people in the Qianqing Palace, why do you want to worry about it? Could it be that in your eyes, I am not the master, but Qingchuan is your master? A dog meddles in other people's business." Seeing that Su Yan was being beaten because of herself, Qing Chuan hurriedly stood in front of her and defended her: "Mother, please don't say Su Yan, she is all for me." Because of Qingchuan's matter, Kangxi even treated Concubine Xi in the cold a lot. Concubine Xi was annoyed when she heard this and raised her hand to slap Qingchuan again, scolding: "I've only left Chuxiu Palace for a few days, and I won't let you go!" Remember the rules, what about you and mine, you are a slave." Qing Chuan felt a chill in his heart, looked at Xi Concubine's distorted face due to anger, pursed his lips vigorously, lowered his head and replied: "Yes, this servant deserves to die, this servant will pay attention next time." Xi Concubine was furious and was about to punish the two of them again, when she heard someone calling from a distance: "Sister." She turned her head to look, but saw that Concubine De was walking slowly with her maid of honor, Fei Cui.Concubine Xi's rank was lower than Concubine De's, so she could only slightly kneel down and bow to her, saying, "Concubine De is auspicious." Concubine De took a look at Qingchuan and Suyan, smiled softly, turned her head and said to Concubine Xi: "My sister is strict in governing the palace, and she is willing to set an example to teach the slaves, which is naturally a good thing, but the Qianqing Palace is the place where the emperor rests, if so It would be bad if it alarmed the emperor and misunderstood my sister." Concubine Xi was already full of grievances and had no place to vent her grievances, so she sneered and said, "Sister, don't bully me, the emperor hasn't come down yet. You just want to save these two court ladies and show your virtuousness. I won’t let you do what you want, what if I hit them? The servant should hit if he made a mistake.” As he spoke, he raised his hand and slapped Qing Chuan on the face. As soon as Concubine De took hold of her hand, she said veiledly, "Sister, how dare you stop me by teaching my servant? Yes, the emperor did not come back from the court, but people in this palace talk a lot, so it's not sure when it will be passed on." To the emperor's ears. If the younger sister is passed on as a shrew with teeth and claws, will the younger sister think it's okay?" After hearing this, Concubine Xi was stunned, stopped her hand, but smiled lightly: "Okay, I won't hit, I'm afraid that if I hit my hand, I won't be able to help the emperor loosen his muscles in a while. It's better for my sister's life, I have nothing to do all day, just wandering around, if I had my sister this little time, I could be the protector of these servants." After speaking, he sneered softly, turned around and left with the maid. Fei Cui beside Concubine De was no more angry than Xi Concubine's attitude, and said unhappily: "Master, she is getting more and more arrogant." Concubine De smiled indifferently, "Forget it, let her do it." Qing Chuan and Su Yan at the side came back to their senses, and quickly knelt down for Concubine De, thanking them: "Thank you, Madam, for your help." Concubine De looked at the two of them and pointed out: "When working in the palace, it is inevitable to be wronged. It is not always so lucky. When someone comes to save you, so if you want not to be bullied, you have to do it yourself. To the best, understand?" Qing Chuan and Su Yan quickly answered "Yes".Concubine De shook her head slightly, and left with Jade.After walking a few steps, Concubine De suddenly coughed violently, and Fei Cui asked anxiously: "Master, are you okay? I also ate that wild honey, why doesn't it work?"